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today my little exposition is going to be about my two new and favouritest obsessions: dog the bounty hunter and survivorman. no – they are not in any way related (aside from being reality television shows) but that is not going to stop me from including both in this posting. and no – i don't care if you don't care.
so what i am going to do here (if only i could be this clear in the writing of my dissertation) is compare/contrast the shows and generally tell you what i love about them. and in the spirit of valentine's day, add another random (and let's face it) not-that-attractive guy to my list of "celebrity crushes." you guessed it – leland chapman – or dawg jr to you b*tch.
here goes.
1. i love leland. not cause he is a hawt dawg or because he seems especially smart or engaging. i love him because he says "how's it" the cutest out of all the members of his much-too-large family. also, he looks nothing like the rest of his family (save possibly his uncle. i'm not making any accusations…i'm just sayin')
2. i love when survivorman (let's affectionately call him les, yes?) becomes kind of a whiny b*tch on his show. the premise – for those who don't know – is that basically he gets dropped somewhere remote and has to survive for 7 days – without food, water, and (sometimes) shelter. he survives by his wits and sometimes looses his shit. those episodes are my favourite. like the man hasn't eaten in days, bathed, been warm (or dry, or cool – depending on the climate), had water in some cases, or talked to anyone and the minute he starts complaining about his situation i'm all like – "what a baby!" then i try – but don't always succeed – in telling myself i seriously wouldn't last an hour. and i would definitely be dead in two.
3. this season dog has gotten much more violent. dog himself routinely yells "motherf*cker" at his 'prey' upon catching them and then he tries to save their souls. this is a somewhat welcomed change from the highly anti climatic run-up to someone turning themselves in and then getting asked if they have jesus in their lives. just my opinion.
4. les – on survivorman, stay with me here – kills at least one wild animal a show. every time he does he gives the same spiel – "i hate the thought of killing any animal. but when survival is at stake, any life is fair game" or something to that effect. every time he kills the animal though i judge (against the cuteness of the animal of course) which one of them i would rather see survive. les buddy, you are like losing three to ten. sorry dude.
5. beth's breasts are seriously distracting. so are her nails. but i love her insofar as she subscribes to my motto: go big or go home b*tch.
6. okay both shows are highly gendered – just give me this moment's ranty pants. oh yeah – and classed. oh yeah – and racialized. firstly, beth and baby lisa (can you believe they call their 27-year-old daughter this? but then again, my mother does still introduce me as her baby. so horrifyingly embarrassing. *shudder*) are always sent in to homes to talk to women in order to extract information by the very nature of their womanliness. dog himself is what i like to call a neo-sexist – you know, the older guy who likes to couch sexist (and sometimes misogynist – but always essentializing) comments in 'joking' terms – like "women can't drive" and "men are the boss." also, beth uses slang with racialized people but talks 'normally' with white hawaiians. also, i think the very notion of putting yourself – voluntarily – into survival situations is very gendered – read: 'masculine.' the notion that you can survive in the wild reminds me of the rugged (and misogynist) individualism expounded by certain men's rights groups. also, it is *such* a classed activity. it is like how we go camping to 'rough it.' only a culture of plenty seeks to deny ourselves for leisure. k. rant over.
7. 90% of dog is about driving around in suvs and talking shit. it is like the perfect road trip.
8. 90% of survivorman is talking about fire. or making fire. or carrying fire from one place to another. or crying over fires gone out. producers: give the guy a lighter so i can hear him bitch and moan more. cause that is what that show is missing. drama.
9. i might have had a dream where leland and les get it on. first in the bc backwoods, then in a suv filled with people.
10. naw. i'm just messing with you. i'm just hoping to have a dream like that. i'll keep you posted.
please share your own insights and/or fantasies about the shows. and don't say that you don't watch them.
cause i know you're lyin' b*tch.
it's true. i should be doing ANYTHING else right now besides blogging. there is a tree to put up, an apartment to clean, publications to write, relatives to call, cats to pet. but goddamit, what about time for jacks? i just got back from a whirlwind trip around holland (and belgium) to visit family (i have an aunt who resembles zsa zsa in more ways that one who celebrated her 95th birthday – said birthday was celebrated in.a.castle. yeah, that's right. holland has castles. who knew? and more importantly, how awesome is it to go to a party and then sleep in a castle. oh, and then go to another castle the next day for my cousin's wedding reception. yup. two castles. two days. two parties. two different parts of holland. i barely survived the jetlag. i tell you this not to brag – because do people really get jealous of jacks randomly sleeping in castles? i think not. but rather to share my incredulity with you. dutch castles. things that make you go hmmm). anyhoo – trip was fun – family heavy which was just what i wanted. i got to celebrate sinterklaas day there which is sorta like christmas here – presents for kids, etc. – while christmas – the 25th – is celebrated more like a religious holiday without gifts. if you are looking for a trippy holiday though – sinterklaas day is one to check out – particularly the part about zwarte (translated as black) pete (or piet in dutch). can anyone say unselfconscious blackface? yowza. but in other, only tangentially related news, it seems that i am in blogging arrears and dr. beth (whose blog currently has snow! yay!) has sent me another meme so i must get to it because it makes me feel important.
basically i have to do a bunch of fancy blog-related things that i am too lazy to figure out at the moment and i am distracted by t-bone filling up my eggnog bath (not really) so i will just write 6 random things about myself and ask you, dear readers to do the same in the comments. here goes:
- my nickname when i was six was popcorn head. i might have already talked about this and the way my mother cut and permed my hair like a geriatric's, but who doesn't want to revisit that pain over and over again? i know i do.
- i currently desperately want to write a short story. i thought i wanted to write a novel but now that just seems too ambitious what with the dissertation and all.
- i am currently sporting my natural haircolour which i haven't seen since roughly 1995.
- i was born with three holes in my heart which were repaired by way of open-heart surgery when i was three. it didn't strike me that i had actual holes in my heart until i was about 9 years old and my friend (susanne, if you read this blog, just know that i am outing out) asked me if i had any trouble with my feelings – you know, like love, because the carebears were advising us at that time in the late 1980s that without our hearts we were all just…i dunno mired in the land without feelings. fucking profound susie q. i must say.
- i got married when i was 25. i know! doesn't that seem young? well i guess it does to me now that i am almost thirty. jeesh. such a little lamb back then before t-bone corrupted me with his love and proposals of marriage and such. aaaah.
- i love holland more than i think i would love the land of oz. however, there is no way of ever knowing that and i am aware of that.
yay! this is fun! i want to go on forever but i am afraid of how random this could get. for example i might spill about how i was a punk rocker for like my entire youth for halloween (badly approximating madonna in her like a virgin video (gawd – i STILL love that song!), or how i used to make boys i liked get down on their hands and knees so i could step on their backs getting onto the monkey bars at school (like, what was that about? can someone say control issues?). or how i love eating in random hole-in-the-wall chinese restaurants that smell suspiciously and taste deliciously. or how i love christmas far too much for someone approaching thirty. alright. i'm stopping. but i want to hear some random shit for all ya'll and i will also be accepting ideas for plots for my possible short story. perhaps i will blog some of it. or perhaps it will remain the untold story of a popcorn headed girl, dressed skankily like madonna, eating chinese food in the land without feelings.
um. whatevs.
well. it was my blogiversary. two days ago. but i was sick. like snotty-faced head cold sick. and i even attempted to write a post in that state, but upon perusing it again, realized it makes no sense. it's all tylenol cold meets shots of whiskey. thus, you get the two-days-late celebration of a year of wasting spending my time writing on this blog. there have been good times. bad blogger times. and all around inappropriate times (that post's picture, much to my chagrin, is the most clicked on picture on my blog. i don't know what that means, but it can't be good). i think i have done a pretty bang up job as a bad blogger and a recovering technophobe. but just to convince you, dear sweet readers who hide from me, i will list some of my accomplishments over this past bloggyrific year as a way of saying screw you, i am gonna keep blogging and nobody can stop me (unless i actually get a job and they force me to). a year in the life of jacks-as-blogger or jackablogger:
- i have gone from bitching about starting my dissertation to being close to done a complete first draft. this has resulted in a search for gainful employment. when i began this blog, i hoped it would help motivate me and be an outlet and procrastination place. it has paid off in spades, my friends. spades. (i have no idea what that means).
- i taught myself how to use blogger and then moved over to where dr. beth, the alpha-bloggess told me all the cool kids were, that is, wordpress. THEN i taught myself how to use wordpress. it is like i am a computer genius or something. the really, really cool kids pay for their own domain but i am okay being a second-rung cool kid because i have never been one to kowtow to the whims and trends of others. or maybe i am. i have no idea.
- every time i think i will never be as pumped about another research project, i discover something like fat and fall deliciously, hopelessly in love with the idea of talking to people about it and turning it into something thinky (and bloggy) .
- i went to my first american conference (and blogged about it!) and it made me fall deeper in love with fat studies.
- i spoke at a blogging conference about my research.
- as a bona fide member of the wordpress community i have so far appeared in the "possibly related posts" section of three different blogs. they are: fat feminism: musings of a rubens woman – which, i might add, actually makes sense and looks like a cool blog; some kid's blog who wrote a post about incest – okay, this was a little bit of a stretch but from what i saw, he was trying to be witty. i hope; and this blog, which i think is about nordic skiing. the link here – say with me folks – is a blog post about being a un-sexy pole dancer. get it? ski poles, stripper poles…anyhoo. it appears that "possibly related should be highlighted and bolded. i fear that the nordic ski people might not be getting the kind of pole-action they want (however, i posted the ic of when i went pole-dancing just to add to the confusion. hehe. take that wordpress!).
- i cat blogged once! sorry shells. and everybody.
- this list has to be ten. so here is number eight.
- blogging has inspired not only my future research project (about blogging and fat! wheee!) but it has also inspired that creative writing spirit that i lost roughly after i got my license. before that i would crank tori amos or classic rock (i can't even stand the doors anymore because of how much i listened to them in my angsty youth. borf) and write really.bad.poetry while my father worried for the state of my mental health. it's good to be back to the good ole days.
- basically, i kept it up for a year. and i am friggin' proud of myself. *big shit-eating grin*
so during this little yay me blogiversary partay, i realized i don't have a list of my categories. and i still don't know how to tag things. um, dr. beth? help me…
oh yeah – and how could i forget: HAPPY H-WEEN kids! costume pics to come! (and tell me what you are going to be/were. now. NOW!).
so dr. beth – after a night of vegetarian cuisine and my constant questions about what a ping is and how i can find out how important i am to the blogosphere – has helped me out with a post idea – that is a five things meme. basically i have to thrill you by answering questions with five answers. so here goes nothin' kids.
FIVE things i was doing 10 years ago:
- deciding that instead of dropping out of university and becoming a chef (in which case i would now be working for dreamy gordon ramsey – i don't usually dig men with light hair but comeon) or a florist, i would get my phd and become a professor (can somebody say existential crisis?)
- putting on roughly thirty pounds instead of the average "freshman fifteen" (good times)
- getting up the courage to end an almost-five-year-long relationship to live a life that somehow approximated sex and the city (the former happened, the latter, not so much)
- falling deeply and intensely in love with critical thought (feminist, anthropological, and sociological. seriously. i had a boner for theory)
- discovering exercise. and tanning. later, i will refer to this part of my life as the "surfer chick stage." i neither surfed nor ever considered myself a chick, but upon being misrecognized at christmas by a younger cousin who i heard whisper to her mother "jacks sure looks different than before" i got a sense that something was awry. btw, it was my fake tan and platinum hair. yowza)
FIVE things on my to-do list today
- buy the remaining components of my h-ween costume (and no, you may not know what i am going to be so there. be patient. i will post pics)
- eat stuff. a special moment of ingestion will take place tonight when i go out with friends who are taking their new baby on the town for the first time. i let you know how that goes
- read more of the fat anthology i am currently obsessed with. it is called fat: the anthropology of an obsession. i am sure i don't have to remind you how obsessed with fat i am right now
- try to send five minutes with t-bone. we've been busy so ships passing in the night or somethin' like that
- decide about going to a concert. the band sounds a little like blue rodeo. and no. that isn't good
(and i am aware that there is nothing regarding my dissertation on that list. it's saturday. gimmie a break)
FIVE snacks i like
- poutine
- french fries
- potato chips
- beer (if none of the above is available)
- guacamole (i could seriously drink that shit. seriously)
FIVE things i would do if i had a million dollars
- make the barenaked ladies song "if i had a million dollars" the soundtrack of my life. it would come on when i walked into a room
- buy a forest green volvo circa 1979
- travel to figi
- maybe move somewhere warm
- buy a house in the country and have too many animals
FIVE places i've lived in
- small town ontario (pop. 4200)
- ottawa, our nation's capital (there are two things ottawa does well: canada day and summer)
- toronto
- vancouver
- that's it
FIVE jobs i've had
- interpretive guide/reception at a national historic site (basically i dressed up as a soldier's wife from 1846 and got called wench a lot despite that being a temporally-inappropriate term for women of the era we were representing. i gave tours and found my peverse love of all things reception-y – including but not limited to the movie the secretary. i know. so wrong to go there)
- i worked for a minute for my grandfather in his print shop. i was hoping it would be more secretary-like but it ended up being more print-person like. it sucked. i quit on my second day
- i have been a teaching assistant and i am an instructor. i heart teaching but it seems almost like a not-real job cause it only exists in the forms i have done it in academia. and plus, i love it so it doesn't feel like work (i know that is cheesy but it is true so suck it)
- sadly, that is also it. embarrassing, i know. i did the interpretive guide thing for like 6 years – basically it stole my youth and i have been doing number 3 for about the same amount of time. apparently i don't like to diversify. essentially, i am unemployable outside of academia. pray that i get a job. for reals
I am suppose to tag people here but i don't have enough friends who blog so instead i am going to write five words i find funny. i believe this ruins the point of a meme, but i never claimed to know what i was doing on the internets.
FIVE words i fine funny
- mustache
- panties
- viscous
- scrotum
- sycophant (word and deed are highly annoying)
it would be nice if you chose one of these categories and provided your own answers in the comments section i might just love you forever. really i will.
not everyone likes looking for a job but i dig it. it's kinda like winning something. and being in a contest that you can win, unlike every other contest out there. i mean, i did snag five dollars in that recent lottery that was $43 million so maybe i'm super lucky and CAN win any contest out there. we'll see.
the part people particularly hate – resume writing – is the part i like the most. i know. how messed up is that? but it is fun. especially when i write resumes for other people. so then, when i make shit up about them, i don't feel so bad cause i don't know it's not true. do i? i often initiate the question game – like the one where you ask questions and then everyone has to answer in an attempt to learn interesting and unknown facts about the people you know. [note: this game works best under these two conditions: 1) there is nothing else to play or you are trapped in a car; and 2) there are copious amounts of alcohol. play at your own risk]. anyhoo – during the question game people often ask what the worst job you have ever had was and this normally results in uproarious laughter because you find out someone you know and love wiped old people's bums or posed nude for art classes (the latter is less funny and more an opportunity to picture that person naked). alas, i have no good answer for this because i have had so few jobs and even though one required me to wear a dress from the 1840s, it is simply not that funny. nor dramatic. nor tragic.
maybe it is because i have been lucky with the jobs i have had which makes me excited about the process of job-getting or maybe it is my naivetee about all the shit jobs out there. i have this weird idea – that i swears is not ekhart tolle inspired – that you throw shit out there and see what sticks. and what sticks is usually the right thing because it is what is (okay – that last part was tolle – i admit it!). but i mean, as cliche as it sounds/is, where you end up teaches you something , if only about yourself.
i have also been thinking a lot about the misrecognition of self, not only because my most recent dissertation chapter is about it, but because i think many of us misrecognize ourselves as not enough or too much – whatever form that might take. i'm too fat, not smart enough, too critical/negative, not ambitious enough, etc. we can't see past the past that no longer defines us. has become outside our lived experience but exists within us as a cancer. a plague of doubt. you know what people never hear enough of? praise. and the sentence that they are enough. better, they are perfect just as they are. fine. good. complete.
a job doesn't give us fulfillment, but it offers a chance to live fully through our doubts and fears. through and beyond the nothingness that is the phrase: "i am not good enough."
anyhoodle – what was your worst job? tell me. now. cause i want to laugh and possibly picture you naked.
(and forgive me for the help wanted poster. i couldn't resist!).
so the summer is rapidly passing me by. there were house guests. there were cat emergencies (five hundred dollars and a kitty enema later, we find out bianca was just constipated). there was/is teaching a three-week intensive course that no tenured prof would touch with leprous fingers. such is the life of jacks. and strangely, she has nothing significant to say. that is why she/i? – who talks about themselves in the third person? seriously – will give you one of my random posts that mean nothing and simply waste your precious, precious youth/old age/time spent with love ones who actually give something back. here goes…
- so i ridiculously love teaching. and not just any teaching but the kind of teaching where you get to forward your own personal and political agenda that is ingeniously hidden in the fancy schmance thing called a syllabus. i routinely go off about something and then announce to my students that i will indeed get off my soapbox only to return to it once the next question is asked. drunk with power you ask? power! i say. let me tell you something about power!…
- i have recently noticed that everyone in canada now says "thanks so much" instead of a simple thank you. i have two bones to pick about this – first, canadians are infinitely too nice; and second, i coined that phrase and i want proper recognition for it every time anyone uses it as in, "thanks so much, copyrighted 1993 by jacks." that is not too much to ask, is it?
- i don't think i have successfully had a tan since i moved to vancouver four years ago. my pasty skin glows and i feel shame exposing (imposing?) the white brilliance of my legs on the unsuspecting masses. should jacks fake and bake? jacks thinks yes. thank god i don't own shorts. an for everyone who does own shorts, one question: why?
- big brother has begun again and i fear i that am not properly addicted to this season. is it because everyone in the house is unlovable? jacks says yes again.
- i think i might have hermity traits because teaching forces me out of the house everyday, whereas when i am not teaching, i sit alone, all day, writing my dissertation. shockingly, i long for those days of loneliness and desperation for human contact. oh, where have you gone?
- things that have changed since moving to vancouver (the four year reflection redux remix):
- i now look forward to camping instead of thinking it was some kind of punishment for not flossing regularly (there is a connection there – i leave it to you to find it)
- i regularly tell my students how privileged they are and i throw around the term elitism in my classes like it is a term of endearment
- summer consists of equal parts rain and weather that can't decide if it wants to simply be hot and humid or to burn the province down
- i have morphed into a microbrewed beer fan (also known as a "beer douche")
- too much tofu finds its way into my food. too much i say!
- i have recently discovered that i like soy milk and green tea. like, together. in a latte. what is happening to me?
- i miss seeing my niece and nephew grow up. i am disembodied aunt jacks over the phone. i fear that they do not know or fully appreciate the fabulousness of aunt jacks. one day dammit. they will.
- i love wearing dresses
- i am a fan of the out-of-doors
- i love living in a place that people visit and that when they visit they don't mind sleeping on our living room floor on cat hair filled mattress just be in van…and near us, of course
that's it. jacks out. (but loves and misses her one reader – yup! you! – tremendously).
so now that i have a total of 52 posts or thereabouts, i decided to get myself a shiny new home in the blogosphere. and here it is! i even changed my title cause we all know how i can't commit to anything. so here i am, once again following in the footsteps of the alpha-bloggess dr. beth and moving on up to wordpress, thereby bringing me into at least the 20th century. as dr. beth pointed out, blogger is sooooo 1990s, and jacks is nothing if not cutting edge.
so in honour of my shiny new blog i am going to stop holding back and do something i have been wanting to do for a while. yup. that's right. blog about my cats. and i swear to god, if any of you stop reading because i choose occasionally to catblog, well, just know that i think you're not very nice. yeah. take that. so i told this little ditty at a recent dim sum fest (my new favourite ingestable) and it got some laughs, so here goes.
i have two cats, one is named hobbes, the other bianca. they are brother and sister and the two most beautiful himalayan/siamese cross kitties in. the. whole. world. they have completely opposite personalities and of course this makes them highly complimentary. anyhoo. hobbes is really outgoing. like really. and bianca, well. not so much. so whenever anyone comes over, or really, whenever anyone comes into our place – including us – hobbes runs to them frantically for attention and bianca runs to the bedroom to hide under the bed until she decides that you are not sketchballs. hobbes is essentially an attention whore while bianca takes to heart the cow and the milk analogy.
i give into hobbes a lot. this might be because he is an attention whore like me or because he is really needy. not sure. the point is: what hobbes wants, hobbes gets. that or you have to put up withhim screaming in your face as he kneads your chest with his massive kitty paws. and well, to put it bluntly, hobbes likes his junk scratched. not actually his junk of course. but the general area. so i concede and scratch his belly quite, well, low. this translates into the uniquely hobbesian (hehe) practice of meeting new people, subsequently flopping on them, and then waiting for the junk scratch. needless to say, this takes people off-guard. and maybe a little aback. they begin by asking if it is okay that they scratch his belly (which is a good question because most cats are not into this action). upon receiving the go-ahead, hobbes begins to kick their arms with his back leg in order to get their hands lower. MUCH lower. it is at this point that visitors begin to get uncomfortable, laugh nervously, and ask if what they think he is doing is indeed what he is doing. i say yes and they recoil in a mix of fascination and horror. i clarify and say that he likes it low, but that he does not in fact want anyone to touch it. at least i don't think he does.
so this is my welcome and inaugural post on my new blog. hopefully, it will, as my cat's junk-scratching desires do, demonstrate the propriety of the new handle and theme.
so i changed my blog title. don't judge. i am allowed to be indecisive. at least in the blogosphere. (blogosphere – what does that even mean? don't think too much about it, says the new media studies student. just. don't). indecision does not come easy to me. and that's not something i'm proud of. cause for years i lived in a world (a sphere perhaps?) of black and white. and that's tough lemmie tell ya. tough.
gynormous life decisions have always come relatively easy to me, e.g., while i faltered for a week during christmas break during my first year of university, desperately wanting to drop out and become either a chef or a florist (much to my parent's chagrin and resounding "nos"), by the new year i knew i was going to be a phd student one day. and well. here we are. i would like to say it's the little things that get me and while that may be true, it is really the small to medium decisions that boggle me. such as: where should i eat for dinner instead of making dinner? should i like camping? how many drinks are too many? and, my personal favourite – should i continue to think about the health of my arteries or should i just give in and eat french fries all. the. time.? so far, arteries are winning. but i'm not happy about it.
i made a decision to write a short blog entry – something i can't seem to accomplish due to insufficient short-range wit and the fact that this blog may or may not be turning me into an even more rampant egomaniacal attention whore (could you talk more about yerself much?). i don't seem to be sticking to that decision. but maybe that is just it. as long as i have the big life decisions covered i can completely live a life devoid of simple decision-making. some decisions are easy: should i go on a reality t.v. show? no. would i like to? yes. do i like summer? yes. would i like it to be summer all the time. maybe also yes.
i have recently been thinking a lot about having one's own "take" on everything. which is essentially like having a position – perhaps deciding on an opinion – and then deciding to act upon that decision. my take. your take. everybody has a take. that is what makes people seem so annoying sometimes – your takes don't add up or they don't agree with your take. i also think decision-making is about confidence – the confidence to stand behind your take even though everyone else thinks it is spastically uninformed. in my youth – the heady days of "should i be a chef or a florist" – my take was the law. there were no other takes. my take ruled. that was what living in a world of black and white was like. i didn't see shades of gray. as i get older – and with a recent birthday under my belt – i realize that life is full of shades of gray. if we can cobble together a take, than that's something. enough perhaps. existing in academia teaches me this anew every. single. day. and this is not a bad thing. it is perhaps instead an altered mode of being.
so i made a decision to change the name of my blog. and i may or may not stick with it.
so there.
k – i'm not good at taking pictures. actually, i'm really, really bad. so as desperately as i want a flickr site, i don't have one because a) i take horrible pictures that no one wants to look at, and b) our camera is broken and i don't know how to use it anyway. anyhoo – i was over at sugar sweet, one of my new favourite blogs, and she did this cool flickr meme thingy that i am going to steal because it looked super fun. also, this being the eve of my day of birth, it seems like a fun way to take weird stock of your life, and in pictures no less, which is fun (and elusive to me, a picture-taking spaz). so theses are the rules of the flickr meme:
1. go to http://www.flickr.com
2. type in your answer to the question in the "search" box
3. use only the first page
4. copy the html and paste for the answer
here goes! (please note: i did not answer questions that appear on sugar sweet's that i thought were dumb, e.g., my favourite disney princess). i may or may not have added others. i can do whatever i want cause i am the birthday girl).
2. what is your favourite food?
3. what is your favourite colour?
4. who is your celebrity crush?
5. what is your favourite sunday activity
6. favourite drink? (for me, a tie)
9. what do you want to be when you grow up?
okay – that was stupid fun. do it! i feel inspired to not only take better pictures but also to regularly take stock of the beauty that my life holds. and is.
(also, i thought i was cheating cause i thought you had to use the first picture and i was choosing from the whole of the first page. my post-catholic schoolgirl guilt was wasted cause that is part of the rules – you can choose any from the first page. jeesh.)
i thought it might be time for another rousing rendition of my mediocrity at crafting and maintaining this beautiful blog. since this is my like, fortieth-ish post, i am now an expert on why my blog pales in comparison to those that people read religiously and comment on. some of this list may seem familiar while other aspects of suckage will be entirely new. as always, comments for improvement are welcomed but will resultantly make you unlikeable. just so you know. enjoy.
1. this blog continues to be about nothing. i have recently refurbished my "about me" and "interests" sections. it made me feel better despite the fact that you didn't notice. don't pretend you did.
2. because this blog is about nothing, i will never be paid consultancy fees for anything. shitbags of hell.
3. t-bone has recently pointed out that i not only frequently have spelling errors, but that i always do. thanks for that tidbit.
4. i may or may not have mis-named my blog. i mean seriously, even i skip over blogs with titles like hate in them because i am trying to spare myself the entitled vitriol of others. what was i thinking? i hated my other blog. however, i am desperately in love with this one.
5. do people even blog in the summer? i mean, is this blog going to contribute to my pastiness? i really need a tan – like even a spray-on one. seriously.
6. i am even starting to think the minutiae of my life is interesting. is this a blog-induced state equivalent to navel-gazing in the social sciences (mainly anthropology – i mean, i'm not judging, i'm just saying…)?
7. i think all lists must contain 10 items.
8. all i want to blog about is big brother – till death do us part. hey – you know how i feel about being judged about my reality television choices. so stop it. now.
9. i have ceased and desisted sharing my blog. that can't be good. and if i do i always tell people that they won't want to read it. how is that for a sales pitch?
10. i can't seem to talk about anything related to my dissertation which is both a positive and a negative thing. i mean, this blog is about procrastination, right? suggested to me by the one and only dr. beth, who has in fact completed a dissertation, hence the dr. appellation. almost dr. jacks can't even talk about online dating much less have a blog about it. poor almost dr. jacks. is this what i should rename my blog? methinks i am on to something.
okay, so what has this installment of bad bloggerness taught all of us? not much. but it does suggest that i maybe should change the name of my blog and perhaps share it will others with the same kind of resounding endorsement i give to referrals to my hairdresser or for people to watch flight of the conchords. seriously. watch it. its friggin' awesome folks.
vote now if you think i should change my blog title to "almost dr. jacks changes the world" or some other fabulous suggestion you wonderful people have.
11. i change my blog so often, people can't even find it, let alone figure out what it is about (just a preview of bag blogger installment #6).


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Separating Stone
"Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed. Don't think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister" (2 Thessalonians 3.14-15 NLT).
Staying away from people we love is a difficult choice. If they are refusing to see truth and continue to behave against God's commands to love Him and loves others, sometimes the most loving thing we can do is put some distance between them and us. They are not our enemies; however, they are not admitting and repenting to actions that are contrary to God's Word—actions that are hurting us, our family and our purpose. Only when we have done everything in our power to confront the issue in love and peace and they still refuse to heed the warnings, can we set a dividing "stone,' protecting us from further harm. We can still love them and pray for them, but they may never see their sin until they have lost all the people whom they care about. This separation may be their only hope to truly confronting their wounds, so they my find healing. Hurt people hurt people, but God wants to heal our wounds and repair our relationships. When God has us "stay away" for a time, we can continually pray and trust that God will offer healing and reconciliation to those who desire to atone for behavior that contradicts His heart.
"See this pile of stones," Laban continued, "and see this monument I have set between us. They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me" (Genesis 50.151-52 NLT).

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Recent research shows growing evidence of Positive effects of Bariatric Surgery for treatment of Obesity. The overall effect does depend on amount of excess weight loss and type of surgery. Commonly performed weight loss surgery are Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux en Y Gastric Bypass.
Along with weight loss following are some of the additional positive effects after Bariatric surgery
- Reduce blood sugar and better control of type 2 Diabetis mellitus
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- Do you have bleeding while passing stool ?
- It is most common presenting complains of people suffering from piles
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- Most of patient will not have pain.
- If you have pain there may be underlying fissure which needs to be treated as well
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- Do all piles need treatment ?
- No. Grade 1 , asymtopatic piles can be managed with medical treatment
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The Corner Brook Intermediate Storm Black 8s didn't disappoint the hometown crowd at the Newfoundland and Labrador Volleyball Association's 14U female provincial championships over the weekend in the city.
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Frank Roberts Junior High beat the Heritage Huskies 2-0 (25-19, 25-21) for the Tier 1 bronze medal.
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BOSTON (06/05/2000) - The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) is a draft law that seeks to bring consistent rules to software contracts and licensing agreements.
It was created and adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and was sent last July to the legislatures of all U.S. states and territories for consideration. But UCITA has been plagued by controversy almost since work began on drafting it back in 1996.
Opponents - and there are many - say UCITA is too broad and gives far too much power to software vendors.
"The simple case is that it is a bad thing for consumers of any type, whether you are an individual or a business," says Randy Roth, director of corporate purchasing at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa.
"The only organizations it is good for are the software vendors," Roth adds.
"Don't call it UCITA, just call it the Licensor Protection Act."
Skip Lockwood, director of Washington-based For a Competitive Information and Technology Economy (www.4cite.org), a coalition of end users and trade associations opposed to UCITA, agrees.
"UCITA is anticompetitive and is counter to the whole economic model we have been currently using," he says.
Rules of the Road'
UCITA was born out of a need to have common, legally enforceable rules governing software contracts at a time when the Internet is rapidly changing the way people buy and use software, explains UCITA proponent Keith Kupferschmid, intellectual property counsel for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) in Washington.
"UCITA sets out the rules of the road for licensing of software products, especially in the online environment," he says.
UCITA is very similar to the Uniform Commercial Code, which covers physical products and goods. It establishes the legal rights of software buyers and sellers. It covers standard and custom-developed software licenses and those that deal with online access of software. It addresses issues such as shrink-wrapped and online click-through licenses, warranties, transfer of ownership rights, contract terms, disputes and vendorliability for defects.
Current laws are inadequate and open to varied interpretations in different states, says Kupferschmid.
Also, currently there aren't uniform contract laws that apply to custom-developed software, he says. Such issues are becoming more important as people use the Internet to cut across state lines when buying software, Kupferschmid adds.
"The only uniform rules out there apply to tangible goods - not the software on a CD-ROM, but on the CD-ROMitself," Kupferschmid says.
One of the principal concerns among opponents of UCITA is that it automatically validates all the terms and conditions in shrink-wrapped licenses, click-through agreements and default clauses without giving users much course for legal redress, Lockwood says.
"Under UCITA, those terms are just enforceable, period. It's the law," he says.
For instance, UCITA allows software companies to avoidliability for damage caused by defective software, even though the problems were undisclosed to the customer at the time of purchase.
Another major concern is a provision that says users who don't uphold software licensing agreements could have their software shut down remotely by the manufacturer.
Other issues include provisions prohibiting the transfer of software between companies, even in mergers and acquisitions, and other rules that tie buyers to agreements that were disclosed only after purchase.
The ability of each state to amend UCITA, and the fact that not all of them may eventually enact it, also weakens its potential of becoming a widely accepted law, critics claim.
Supporters such as the SIIA dismiss such concerns and claim that customers remain free to negotiate their own terms with vendors. Important provisions - such as a 15-day notice period before a vendor can disable software, for instance - ensure consumer protection, say SIIA officials.
Cautiously Moving Ahead
But the controversy has caused states to exercise extreme caution as they move to enact UCITA.
The Virginia Senate was one of the first legislative bodies to approve the act, but enactment has been deferred to July 1, 2001, to accommodate provisions aimed at ensuring consumer protection.
Maryland also approved UCITA, and it appears to be poised to become the first state to enact it this October.
Iowa, meanwhile, is trying to pass "bomb-shelter" legislation that would prevent consumers in the state from theeffects of UCITA.
Some states, including Hawaii and Illinois, have considered UCITA and have decided not to move forward with it.
Although the legislation isn't expected to be ratified by every state, it is expected to be introduced in all 50 states and territories during the next year and a half.
Lockwood says that more discussion about UCITA will only increase the ranks of his opposition group, 4cite.org.
"I expect I will be adding more members," he says.


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|Endo-Loop For Endoscope Surgery
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|Lackey et al.
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|October, 2006
|Strychacz et al.
|System State Driven Display for Medical Procedures
|March, 2008
|Garibaldi et al.
|Referral system
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|Ruggirello et al.
|April, 2010
|Van Bommel et al.
|Folded optics in a laser imaging apparatus with an ergonometric tabletop
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[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/204,513 filed on Jun. 9, 1988, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 050,726 filed on May 15, 1987.
[0002] The present invention relates to the fields of radiology and nuclear medicine, and in particular to the use of rectilinear scanners for the performing of a number of diagnostic studies of bodily tissue and organs.
[0003] The fields of radiology and nuclear medicine have long been concerned with the development of techniques for the non-invasive diagnosis of medical conditions of human or animal tissue. Generally procedures involve the use of x-ray radiation that is passed through a body to provide static or dynamic transmission studies, or alternatively, the use of radiopharmaceuticals that are introduced into the patient such that their distribution or concentration can be viewed by the detection of the resulting gamma ray emissions of variable intensity.
[0004] Initially these systems used an analog rectilinear scanner to generate static images wherein a scintillation-type gamma ray detector equipped with a focusing collimator was moved continuously, through a series of parallel sweeps, to scan the region under study.
[0005] Rectilinear scanners have more recently been used with a dual energy radioactive source for conducting transmission bone densitometry studies. Early analog devices have been used for conducting emission studies with an injected isotope as referenced above. In either case rectilinear scanners have seen very limited use due to the development of so-called "gamma camera" systems developed in the last decade.
[0006] Because of the interest in performing dynamic studies such as myocardial perfusion, wall motion, lung perfusion and lung ventilation, systems were developed to view the entire region of interest. These "gamma camera" systems utilized a large diameter sodium iodide crystal in conjunction with a matrix of photomultiplier tubes and a multi-channel collimator to perform a large variety of emission studies. The problem with gamma cameras using scintillation detector crystals is that the resolution is limited by both the light coupler between the detector and the photomultiplier and, more importantly, by the scattering of the radiation emitted from the in vivo region of investigation. Even if the resolution of gamma cameras were adequate they do not produce an image of the tissue of actual size. Gamma camera systems are also extremely expensive, require a large space to be used, and necessitate a relatively high level of operator training. In addition, the use of gamma cameras for performing static studies has tended to lower their cost effectiveness due to there use on these low revenue static studies.
[0007] As a result of these factors, there is a need for a relatively inexpensive, portable and easy to use rectilinear scanner that can be used for diagnostic applications requiring the generation of static images. This will operate to free the gamma camera systems for performing the high revenue dynamic studies for which they are intended.
[0008] The present invention relates to the use of rectilinear scanners for performing emission and transmission studies to provide diagnostic non-invasive measurements of body tissue.
[0009] The apparatus utilizes a housing that can be easily adapted for the use of different radiation sources to conduct these diagnostic studies. For example, both a dual energy radioactive source, such as gadolinium-153, or an x-ray generator can be placed in the housing of the scanner assembly. The radioactive source can be used for conducting transmission studies, and the x-ray source can be used for conducting both transmission and fluorescence studies. The x-ray source, in analogy with the dual photon energy source commonly used in bone densitometry, can use two energy levels to provide an x-ray bone densitometer. Alternatively, the detector, collimator and software package can be replaced to permit the performing of emission scintigraphy studies. A number of interchangeable collimators are used having different focal lengths, and sensitivity and which are designed to operate for emitting isotopes with different energy levels. The wall thickness of the collimator columns is altered to compensate for differing energy levels.
[0010] As described in U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 050,726 filed on May 15, 1987, a rectilinear scanner can be mounted on an assembly which permits the radiation source and detector to be rotated about a patient so that scanning can be conducted at any angle without having to move the patient. This permitted improved bone densitometry studies of patients suffering from bone degeneration. The present application discloses the use of this multidirectional capability for a number of other diagnostic studies for which digital rectilinear scanners have not been used.
[0011] These studies are used to generate images of specific bodily tissue and organs as well as provide quantitative information regarding the volume of organs, tissue density, bone turnover rate, and organ studies such as thyroid uptake. Each study performed by the scanner is controlled by a software package designed for that study.
[0012] The present invention also incorporates the use of a laser, or other light source or some mechanical means for identifying a specific portion of tissue being scanned. The user can record a position of particular interest relative to the scan being conducted using the laser. The software can then analyze detected characteristics of the tissue for the identified region of interest.
[0013] The scanner assembly also incorporates sensors that detect any obstruction to the movement of the detector during scanning, or during rotation of the scanner assembly. These sensors either deactivate the motor drive thereby stopping any further motion, or they actuate an alarm to inform the operator of some obstruction. This reduces the risk of injury to the patient or damage to the system during operation.
[0014] A separate table is used to support the patient so that any region of the body can be positioned within the scanning area of the device. One embodiment utilizes a detector that is rotatable to permit emission studies to be performed on a person in a sitting or supine position.
[0015] Emission studies utilize a zoom capability of the detector to obtain images of different focal planes within the tissue being imaged.
[0016] The above and other features of the invention including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims. It will be understood that the particular multidiagnostic rectilinear scanner systems embodying the invention are shown by way of illustration only and not as a limitation of the invention. The principles and features of this invention may be employed in varied and numerous embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.
[0038] Existing rectilinear scanner assemblies used for the in vivo diagnosis of bodily tissue generally permit only uniplanar directional scanning of patients for only one type of study, i.e. either emission with a radionuclide or transmission with a dual energy radioactive source. The following discloses the first multi-diagnostic rectilinear scanner that can conduct a variety of scans on one portable system.
[0039] Dual photon absorptiometry with the scanners described herein has the capability to both quantitate and image all kinds of bodily tissue, not just bone density as described in the parent application referenced above. The present application describes the many different diagnostic tools for which absorptiometry from a dual energy radioactive source can be utilized.
[0040] The rectilinear scanner is also easily adapted to perform emission studies as well as the use of an x-ray source and detector to perform both transmission and fluorescence radiography studies.
[0041] A rectilinear scanner used in a number of diagnostic applications is illustrated generally in
[0042] A radiation source
[0043] To rotate the apparatus from the anterior position shown in
[0046] During initial rotation of the system from the vertical position, the weight of the tray assembly
[0047] By rotating the detector arm, scanning of the lumbar spine in both the anterior and lateral projections is now possible without repositioning the patient. The patient remaining in the supine position for both the lateral and anterior-posterior projection maintains the correct alignment of both projections, permits direct correlation of the two studies, and anatomically is diagnostically correct.
[0048] Performing the lateral image as the first study may enable the physician to observe extra-osseous calcification in tissue overlaying the lumbar spine. In the anterior-posterior projections, such extra-osseous calcification cannot be distinguished from bone, and could therefore interfere with accurate bone density measurements in that projection. The bone being studied may be examined in real time by amplifying the signal output from the detector and displaying the black and white or colored image on a screen or printing the image on film using as many as
[0051] The system can further be used for the detection of stress fractures that are currently detected on gamma camera systems. By injecting technetium −99 m labelled methylene diphosphate (MDP), stress fractures located within a skeleton can be detected and a static image generated. The higher resolution of digital rectilinear scanners is particularly important for this measurement. The system utilizes a zoom imaging feature for the close examination of the area under study. Other emission studies including those for the brain, heart, liver, lung, kidney, stomach, spleen, pancreas and gallbladder are all depicted in
[0052] Another preferred embodiment of the invention is depicted in the perspective view of
[0053] The patient is placed on a separate moveable table
[0054] The table
[0055] The scanner cradle
[0056] The adjustable detector
[0057] Alternatively, an image of the area under study can be generated on a monitor and points or regions of interest may be identified which may not be palpably or visually detectable. The software is then used to "label" or "mark" this region or a number of such regions on the screen. On command, the software can direct the detector to move over the precise point of the anatomy which has been identified on the monitor.
[0058] A laser beam can now be used to illuminate the point identified on the monitor and the user can mark the point on the patient's skin with a dye marker.
[0059] If the physician seeks to scan an area he believes to be abnormal, he first identifies the area by palpating the tissue with his fingers and marking the point either by the laser, or first with a pen or dye and then recording the point with the laser. An x-ray image can then be produced, for example, with a white crosshair marking the point of interest on the screen or the film.
[0060] The software for the laser marking system can have the processing sequence illustrated in
[0063] The height and length of the region can be selected by the operator and the count within the region can be calculated by a subroutine and displayed on a table adjacent the image being analyzed. A number of such regions can be sequentially defined analyzed, and displayed.
[0065] The table
[0066] A preferred embodiment of the invention incorporates safety features that warn the operator of potentially dangerous situations where the patient may be injured or the system damaged as a result of the automatic movement of the detector assembly during the positioning or scanning thereof, or due to the rotation of the scanner cradle
[0067] The upper surface
[0068] The rotating scanner assembly on the PolyScan diagnostic system includes the scan drive table and a lead-shielded detector tube weighing about 100 pounds. It may be rotated from −30 deg to +90 deg to perform scans at different angles. The rotation mechanism includes heavy duty gears driven from an electric motor through a reinforced rubber belt with teeth, referred to as a timing belt. Due to the weight of the rotating assembly a simple mechanism has been incorporated that senses loss of tension in the belt in the event of belt failure and locks to prevent further rotation.
[0069] The system consists of two spring loaded pawls that engage and stop the main gear from turning in case of a failure of the belt. The tension of the belt in normal operation holds the pawls away from the gear unless the belt breaks. Strong springs will drive the pawls into the teeth of the gear if the belt tension is lost, stopping all gear motion almost instantly.
[0070] A schematic diagram of the system is shown in
[0071] The controller
[0073] The two collimators
[0074] The ability of the system to scan along different focal planes provides the capability for characterizing tumors in patients. As the image created can be scaled to a one-to-one correlation with the tissue being scanned, the geometry of the organ or tissue can be accurately measured. For example, the size of a tumor and the depth of the tumor within the patient can be determined using the focusing collimator to scan at different planes within the body. These measurements can be performed at different angles without moving the patient. By identifying the location of the tumor at each angle with the on screen "marker" the tumor depth location can be determined from the intersection of the lines generated at each angle.
[0075] Repeat studies of the same region of interest can be performed to monitor any change in condition. The patent is positioned relative to the scanner assembly to reproduce the conditions of the original study. The original points of interest that were marked on screen or identified by the laser and stored in the system memory can be scanned and the results compared with prior studies.
[0078] Generally in most simultaneous emission and transmission studies the number of transmission counts greatly exceeds the number of emission counts. The software can be used to correct for the difference between the two studies so that the results of each study can be compared on the same scale.
[0079] Performing simultaneous emission and transmission scans generally results in three different energy levels being acquired by the detector. Two energy levels arise from the dual energy source used for the transmission study.
[0080] A third energy level arises from the injected radioisotope used in the emission study. A multichannel analyzer used in conjunction with the detector can be used to count each energy level through one scan. Alternatively, two scans could be used to acquire all three energy levels.
[0081] Note that the aperture
[0082] Another alternative embodiment is shown in the schematic perspective view of
[0083] Another preferred embodiment is illustrated schematically in
[0084] Both of the embodiments shown in
[0085] While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.


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In 2012, approximately 184.3 billion text messages were sent in the U.S. each month, an increase from 28.9 billion a month just five years before. And every day an increasing number of physicians and other health care providers are exchanging clinical information through a wide range of modes – including smart phones, pagers, CPOE, emails, texts and messaging features in an EMR. So it's no surprise that hospital and health system leaders are honing in on securing protected health information in electronic form (ePHI).
At the same time, changes in the HIPAA regulations released earlier this year, as well as misleading hype from vendors, have made HIPAA compliance more important and yet more challenging to achieve. Delays in addressing the issue can result in expensive legal fees and settlements, divert resources and staff from other important activities, tarnish an organization's reputation, and, most critically, undermine patient trust. But it's time to set the record straight on secure communications.
Time and time again I see health systems looking to implement stop-gap measures and point solutions that address part – but not all – of a problem. And how some in the industry are approaching the security risks associated with electronic communication is no different. Tackling secure texting in and of itself it not enough. In order to identify all potential areas of vulnerability, health care leaders need to consider ALL mechanisms by which ePHI is transmitted – and the security of those mechanisms and processes.
Let me paint a picture of all of various ways PHI can travel in today's complex healthcare environment and expose a health system to risk. Texts are commonly sent between two individuals via their mobile phones – but the communication "universe" into which a text enters is actually much bigger. It also includes sending messages from mobile carrier web sites, web-based paging applications, call centers, answering services and switchboards. For example, a nurse might create a message by logging onto the website of a mobile carrier. The message may be sent via an unsecure network to a pager or via SMS to a physician's mobile phone. A pharmacist might telephone a call center with a message for a physician; the call center agent may create an electronic message that is then sent to the physician via an unsecure network. In addition, voice messages that include PHI may be stored on mobile phones or on a carrier's server – in some cases without sufficient security protections. If these messages contain ePHI and are transmitted through unsecure networks or stored in an unencrypted format, they represent a potential security risk.
SMS text is just one piece of the communications puzzle at this 364-bed hospital
We've all heard the buzz in the market about "secure text messaging" – but health systems need to realize that texting or any other mode of communication can't be viewed in isolation. By failing to address all transmitted ePHI, organizations become vulnerable to security breaches with adverse legal and financial consequences, as well as loss of patient trust and reputation in marketplace.
In Part II of this series on security, I'll be going into more detail about HIPAA's revisions.


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2 pages written 29 Nov 1871 by Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton Russell in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean
From: Inward letters - A H Russell, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0551 (55 digitised items). 54 letters written from Hawkes Bay & Wellington, 1859-1873 & undated. Includes letters from McLean to Russell.
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29th November 1871
Dear MacLean
On looking over the Native Schools Act 1867 I see by the 5th Clause it is necessary that a Memorial be first addressed to the Colonial Secretary praying for the establishment of a school etc. defining the proposed boundaries of the School District, whereupon he shall by notice in the Gazette or otherwise call a meeting etc. whereupon if the majority of the meeting desire to have it constituted a school district they report to the Colonial Secretary etc.
Now applying this to any place difficult of access such as Waiapu, Opotiki, Whakatane etc. several months might elapse before all these preliminaries were carried out.
I therefore beg to suggest that the Colonial Secretary should under sanction of the words in the 5th Clause, "or bysuch other notification as he shall think fit", devolve those preliminary steps upon me so that supposing me to visit any populous neighbourhood where the Natives were desirous to have a school but had taken no steps I might on the part of the Colonial Secretary receive their Memorials and there and then call a meeting of adult native inhabitants, and upon their undertaking to contribute their proportion of funds, and electing their school Committee and Chairman, setting apart a school site etc. in conformity with the requirements of the Act I might set the school in motion reporting all that had been done to you - (I presume the "Col.Secretary" is named because in 1867 there was no "Native Minister" and that the words "Native Minister" should now be read for "Colonial Secretary")
I think a good deal of unnecessary delay and correspondence might be got rid of in the way I have suggested -
I hear the Waimarama people want a school and I propose going to see them in a day or two but I do not think they have much money available - I fancy the establishment of village schools will have the effect of concentrating natives in their vicinity.
Yours very truly
A. H. Russell
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Khloe Kardashian 'Hated Every Minute' of Donald Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Khloe Kardashian, along with Clay Aiken, Lisa Lampanelli and Nene Leakes, went on Chelsea Handler's talk show to discuss how much she hated being on Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice.
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"I was put in situations I would never be in in real life. I went to home school. I don't know how to do a f–king PowerPoint and this and that. I don't care. But what is that going to prove in my life? Stressing myself out, and then dealing with him and about to be fired, I'm like, 'F–k you, I don't want to do this,'" Khloe added.
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This week started off pretty good but quickly turned... Tuesday I woke up with a head which quickly grew to a stomachache which then turned to body ache. I do not get that sick very often but boy did I have the flu. Which was following by a cold. I'm still battling the cold but seem to be feeling a little better!!
But in better news I did manage to pull a 4.0 GPA for school!!! I was never that good in school before so it makes such a big difference when you actually know what you want to do for a living!
Also I have been nominated for a Liebster Award several times and have not gotten to complete it so to everyone that have nominated me in the past Thank you!! I was most recently nominated by Fashion with Danny so I will complete that one!
1)Answer the 11 questions from the person who nominated you
2)Nominate 11 bloggers and link them to your blog
3)Create 11 questions for those that you nominate
4) Let those you nominated know!
Here are my questions from Danny
1)Describe your style in 3 words: hmm, this is kind of a hard one I'd say classic, comfortable and eclectic
2)Why did you start blogging? I started blogging because I needed an outlet to be creative, I was disliking my job and felt so dull. It also helped me ultimately quit my job and go back to school to do something I love!
3)What's your favorite book? Oh my! I do not read very often and really have never been, I recently purchased Nate Berkus book The things that matter, which I loved and cried through.
4)Who is your favorite designer? I really love Oscar de la Renta, and Anna Sui.
5)What is your blogging routine? It really just depends on the day. Mostly if I feel like I have enough to post I will in the evenings.
6)What social media site do you use the most? Facebook and instagram
7)Do you have a job? No. I go to school now :)
8)Who takes pictures for your blog? I usually do, or my husband, or whoever is around.
9)What celebrity do you think has great style? um all? If I had a stylist I would as well!
10)Who is your favorite blogger? Hard one!! I follow many many daily. Currently: Mucho Mucho Bueno Bueno, The Day Book, Chalk White Arrrow, and Peach Gingham. These grow and change though!
11)What is your favorite fashion item? I would say right now scarfs!
Here is my list of Bloggers!
1)exclusively chic
2)Victoria's Stye Secrets
3)Blondies Style Fix
4)Zerxza style
5)Miss Taty Bliss
7)Hey There Stylish
8)Asshly Official
9)Charme Insolite
10) The Real McCoys
11)Soul of a fashionista
My Questions:
1)What would be your dream job?
2) If you could buy anything right now what would it be?
3) Do you prefer Breakfast or Lunch?
4)What is one thing you couldn't live without in your closet?
5) What is your favorite store?
6)What is your go to outfit?
7) In your opinion who has the best fashion week?
8)What designer would you intern with if you had a chance?
9)Flats or High heels?
10)Why did you start blogging?
11)What is the best advice you could give to a new blogger?
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This year there were some protests about 26 January as Australia Day.
A chant on the streets was 'Change the day' and some of the commentaries suggested that 'any other day' would be better.
Advocates for a date change are unlikely to be successful unless an alternative is proposed. There are a number of possibilities, each with pros and cons.
A chant on the streets was 'Change the day' and some of the commentaries suggested that 'any other day' would be better.
Advocates for a date change are unlikely to be successful unless an alternative is proposed. There are a number of possibilities, each with pros and cons.
What might the first Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, have suggested?
26 of January was not a public holiday until its thirtieth anniversary in 1818, when it was as much a remembrance of Governor Phillip himself, who had died only three and a half years before.
In the evening of the 26 January 1788, the 'British colours' were displayed on shore at Sydney Cove. Governor Phillip, with a few officers and others, assembled round the flag, drank to the king's health, and success to the settlement. This was done 'with all that display of form which on such occasions is esteemed propitious, because it enlivens the spirits, and fills the imagination with pleasing presages.'
None of the people there gave the event much lasting importance, except perhaps for Lieutenant Johnson who liked to remind people that he was the first person ashore. The majority of the people in the fleet weren't there; they remained where they had been for the previous eight months: on board the 11 ships of the fleet.
Some male convicts disembarked the next day to help establish the settlement and offload supplies. The process continued for several days. Female convicts and the sick were the last to come ashore on 6 February, by which time a tent hospital had been established and an area cleared to enable the group of about 1300 to be assembled.
The first official ceremony at Sydney Cove
The first official ceremony occurred on the 7 February 1788. The whole colony assembled with some formality around the Governor. The Royal Commission was then read by Lieutenant David Collins, the Judge Advocate. Arthur Phillip was officially appointed Governor of New South Wales. The territory for the Colony covered most of what we now know as Australia, except for what became Western Australia.
This was later called a 'memorable day which established a regular form of Government on the coast of New South Wales'. Sounds like a better date for an official annual event than 26 January already.
There is no record that any indigenous people were present. But after a couple of weeks of noisy tree cutting, the emergence of strange domestic animals, the smell of fires and unfamiliar cooking, together with the general noise which would have occurred, they can't have failed to notice or keep watch. One can imagine them looking on at the proclamation ceremonies with amusement. Later reports indicate that many had been concerned about what these strange beings were.
While it is true that neither 26 January or 7 February were thought of as 'Australia Day', 7 February probably meant more to Philip. Apart from being the day he took office, it was also the opportunity for the expression of high hopes and the worthy intentions. Something worth celebrating.
His instructions were quite clear. Amongst them, he was to 'endeavour by every possible means to open an intercourse with the natives and to conciliate their affections, enjoining all [the King's] subjects to live in amity and kindness with them.'
Whatever problems occurred later (and there were many), the stated formal aim of the colony and the personal wish of Phillip was to establish the best possible relations with the local inhabitants and to punish those members of the Colony who 'wantonly destroy them, or give them any unnecessary interruption in the exercise of their several occupations'.
Phillip himself was at the end of an adventurous career and had nothing to prove. He was apparently a man of deep faith and strong ideals; he saw the potential for the Colony to become a vibrant new nation when most others did not.
It is a pity that Phillip has been overshadowed historically by Cook, Nelson, and Washington, perhaps because he did not exude the same sense of his own place in history. Interestingly, the original of Phillip's formal 'Instructions' in founding the Colony have been lost, but fortunately, a draft survived.
It is no surprise that, unlike the initial flag raising and toast of 26 January, all records from the First Fleet mention the ceremony on 7 February 1788.
This is as Phillip would have wanted.
Read also: Australia Day: when would you like it?
This is as Phillip would have wanted.
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It's seems rather insensitive and trite to post anything as trivial as my messy office in light of all the recent tragedies. I write my posts ahead of time and schedule them to publish so this was written before the senselessness in Las Vegas. I thought about postponing it but good lord if I held off posting because of all the astounding crap going on lately I would never blog. I seriously would like to get through a day without shaking my head in mute disbelief.
So in the spirit of providing distraction, however brief, I'm just going to carry on posting.
"We're all just walking each other home." ~Ram Dass
I showed a few pictures of my office in the house tour but I thought I would show a few before and afters because I spent the better part of Sunday cleaning it up.
My space can best be described as semi-controlled chaos. My space is used for whatever artful whim I am feeling at that moment. And, truth be told, there might be several going on at once. I'm also not a tidy as you go type - just ask my husband who cleans up after me as I cook.
So most days my office is a disaster. I'm going to show the pretty pictures first and then, just for giggles and a dose of reality, I'll show you what it REALLY looks like. You've been warned. Before=95% of the time. After=5%.
Yeah - I did that rainbow things with my books. I was so derisive when the trend showed up, what? Five years ago or so? Pfft! Everyone knows books should be arranged by HEIGHT. Show me a bandwagon and I'll hop on eventually.
I am very fortunate to have a dedicated space that I can call my own. I normally go into an actual office for work but I do work from home a couple days a week so it is used both as a proper office and as a craft room. I always refer to the space as my office rather than a craft room or studio. My personal particularity - craft room brings to my mind tempera paints, popsicle sticks and potholder looms. Studio sounds too lofty for what actually goes on here.
No avoiding that cat pan.
I have had the Ikea Expedit bookcase since 2010 and it has served me well. I had the square baskets/bins that Ikea sells in the bottom cubbies but swapped them out about a year ago for drawer units. Game changer. So much easier to find things now.
I have labels on each drawer; tapes, glues, paints, sparkly things...(it will surprise most of you that I only need one drawer in this category...)
I seemed to have forgotten to tidy my linens. I'm always rifling through the stacks to find a particular piece. I have eight million vintage hankies. I've counted. Last year I sent everyone I know a hankie. They must multiply when I'm not looking.
We've seen the good - now for the bad and ugly.
There are the remnants of about five projects going on in the above picture.
Even the unfinished dollhouse is a disaster.
To be honest it's hard to be productive at this desk when it is out of hand like this.
Tea mug build up.
Okay enough of that. I have to say I think, for me at least, a creative mind needs a bit of clutter and chaos. I really struggle with the hyper organized part of me and the creative part of me. I love nothing more than a perfectly organized space but at the same time, when I'm in that creative mind space, I can't be bothered to clean as I go or follow any kind of routine. The balance I've found it to have an organized house with the exception of this office. Then every few months I have a go at it and clean it up.


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'We've never seen such big crowds': Council leader hails this year's impressive Havering Show
PUBLISHED: 07:00 30 August 2017
More than 55,000 people, some classic hits and beautiful weather ensured this year's Havering Show was one of the biggest in the event's 39-year history.
With the mercury topping 27 degrees at its peak, this year's show saw crowds arrive in thousands to enjoy top acts including 90s chart topper Kenny Thomas, who headlined the Time 107.5FM stage on Sunday, along with Angie Brown and The Dualers.
On Monday evening, Ray Lewis and his band 'Still Drifting' got the audience in the groove, with classics including Ain't No Stopping Us Now, and a medley of Motown hits.
Rock and Roll legends the Blockheads also took people down memory lane when performing the famous Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.
At any given time, there were around 14,000 people on site, enjoying everything from reptilian displays in the Snakes Alive tent to the dodgems in the fun fair section.
Councillor Roger Ramsey, Havering Council leader, said: "We've never seen such big crowds at the Havering Show, and of course, the great weather had a big part to play, but the entire offer was very impressive.
"There truly was something for everyone.
"And thanks to generous sponsorship from many local businesses, we were again able to keep the Show free for all to attend."
One of the surprise hits of the weekend was Paul Young and his band Los Pacaminos, who brought a little taste of the American south to a packed Fairkytes Live stage area when they performed their own brand of country and western.
BMX rider and three times Guinness world record holder Matti Hemming and the Rainham based RCWA wrestlers were also both on hand throughout the weekend to wow the crowds.
As well as all this, the show also boasted a community performance stage, funfair rides, trade and craft stalls, street food, licensed bars and much more providing entertainment for all the family.
Of the many foods on offer, the Wokabout noodle bar proved to be the most popular, while Queen tribute act Majesty can claim bragging rights after holding the highest note of the weekend.


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Actress Eleanor Parker, a three-time Oscar nominee, dies at 91.
World leaders extol Nelson Mandela before a crowd of thousands.
AFI names the year's best movies and TV shows.
Nick Pinkerton on the imaginative empathy of the Coens' Inside Llewyn Davis.
Matt Zoller Seitz's 10 best TV shows of 2013.
And Calum Marsh lost his pen while reading Seitz's The Wes Anderson Collection.
The year's best movies according to Little White Lies, Dana Stevens, and Richard Brody.
Sasha Frere-Jones favorite albums of the year.
Kent Jones is impassioned by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project.
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Five myths about Hamas
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European Leaders, Go to Gaza!
A plea to European governments to take a signifiant role in the newly escalated Mideast conflict: By Judy Dempsey "A new cycle of violence between Israel and Palestine has begun. What triggered it was the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli youths, … Continue reading
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When a daughter is born into a loving family, she is cherished and treated like a princess and dressed up like pretty little doll with colorful plastic bangles and trinkets. The beautiful princess is told…
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Why Iraq is not a sectarian conflict
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