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Ok. Steve tagged me with a book meme, so I guess I gotta.
Here's where I look like a complete nerd.
# of books I own:
Funny story. K, my older daughter, was in the office the other day, counting. Counting, filing sorting, and categorizing things are often her idea of fun.
Me: "K, what are you doing?"
K: "Counting the number of books in the house."
Me: "You should be able to estimate. Figure out how many books are on each shelf and then multiply by shelves to get a rough estimate."
K: "Oh."
Me: "How far have you gotten. It sounded like, what, 39? 40?"
K: "Nine hundred and thirty-eight."
Me: "Huh?"
K: "I've counted my bedroom, M's bedroom, your bedroom and some of the office here."
Me: "Ah." I quickly scanned the bookshelves and made an estimate. "look, you don't have to count all the books. If an estimate is good enough, why don't we put it at 1,200.K: "OK, Daddy."
It's around there. I hope we never have to move.
Last book I bought:
PHP, MySQL and Apache by Julie C. Meloni. Well, what did you expect?
Last book I read:
I used to read books cover to cover, before I had kids. I also used to read fiction for pleasure more often, historical fiction and just a better variety of books. The last book I finished was Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. That's if you don't count the Manga versions of the books that "Ringu" is based on. I'm currently in the middle of a number of books, including:
Five Books that Mean A Lot to Me:
This is the part where I say "The Bible" and that Jesus is my favorite philosopher, right?
OK, I have to answer with a real answer, I guess. But I feel fiction and nonfiction are in separate categories. These aren't necessarily my list of top-rated books. These books just mean something important to me.
Comics/Graphic Novels
OK, I tag Chuck, Maggie to continue this meme. But if you have a blog and you read this, consider yourself tagged and trackback or comment link to your blog entry. If you have no blog you can plan just by leaving a comment.
Why the hell not?
As the unofficial/official (depending on whom you speak to) kickoff of summer, Memorial Day weekend bodes well. Quite a bit was crammed into a small weekend space. Here's the Reader's Digest Version.
Friday Rivers and Needles
On Friday night, M and I were out and about scouting new geocache locations, and checking on my existing geocache.
There's a particular spot I've known about that definitely needs a cache, but I didn't know it well enough to plan one, and we got our first acquaintance with it on Friday. I think people get a little suspicious of you when they see you walking around with a video camera, but the video makes it a bit easier to remember site features when you're back at home. Still photos are good for some things, but your brain puts together more of a sense of depth from a moving camera, and sometimes that's important in understanding what you're looking at.
On the other hand, wandering around with an 8-year-old puts people at ease. So it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. The video in this post is among the copious footage we took.
In our travels, we happened upon a syringe under a rock. I called the police and waited there at dusk to show the officer where it was.
Saturday Caches and Lamb
Saturday morning was spent preparing for a trip to visit Bob and Patti.
It was an excellent visit. We had a hike along a beautiful trail as we sought the Dogs at Delaney cache. It was in a wet region, but the day was dry. When the warm sun hits the ground after a long rain it seems to lift all the scents of the trail into the air.
Back at the house, we lazed in the sunroom while Bob prepared us gin and tonics with Hendricks and cucumber (rather than lime). It is an impressive combination, and one I will be sure to attempt to recreate as soon as I find myself some Hendricks and some free time. Thanks for the introduction, Bob.
Bob also prepared an incredible meal of lamb and chicken shish kebab. As Patti remarked, if we were next door neighbors we'd all be significantly heavier. Their beautiful new kitchen renovation only makes matters worse. The more time spent in that beautiful and functional kitchen, the more calories would be prepared and consumed. I'm sure of it.
I've got "Morningstar Farms Veggie Bacon Strips" written in my PDA, which means I said I would try these. Now that I think of it, it might be worth putting together a side-by-side comparison of various nonmeat bacon products. Especially if I can rope other people in to giving their opinions in a blind test.
Eventually, we left the hospitality and great conversation at their house, but not before a trip to a local hand-made ice cream shop. The name escapes me.
That night, after some web searches and a look at the satellite picture, I noticed an undeveloped place in town I'd never seen before, even though I'd lived in the town my whole life. It was a place that looked ripe for a geocache.
Sunday Scouting and Sideways
In the morning I took the girls to scout this previously unknown area, and record waypoint coordinates suitable for hides. I won't go on and on about it, but the trails, hidden in the midst of our town's central residential area, offer a variety of things to look at and are a great place to walk around.
In the afternoon we had a family party for my cousin Rachael's son.
Julie came by that evening and we ate steak, salad and Spanish rice. Sudden downpours meant we had to cook indoors, which is sub-optimal for steak. But we managed, marinating the stuff in beer which got mixed reviews. Cooking note: steak is best marinated in a beer with less hops character. No IPAs.
We watched Sideways which we seemed to agree was a well-made film, but we hated the main characters. I think you're supposed to like one of the main characters by the end of the film, or at least pity him. I did pity him, but if he was supposed to go through some sort of transformative moment, I was hoping for something a lot more transformative than what we got.
However, the acting was brilliant.
We also got to watch an episode of Greg the Bunny (Julie supplied it) and I think that show met an untimely demise. It probably would have done better on Comedy Central.
Monday Parades and Such
Skimming right along, the girls were in a parade on Monday morning. The parade route goes by our house, so I cleaned the car while waiting for them to go by. Watching a parade alone is uncomfortable, because you feel like you have to wave at all the folks going by. I don't mind waving at the veterans, but I hate waving at the politicians. The veterans don't all have fakey looks on their faces.
Maggie worked in the yard all day, moving earth from one place to another in what was clearly hard labor. For my part, I spread weed and feed and Dursban which took a collective 20 minutes, probably.
K and I then went for a third scouting trip, and attempted to find a new, nearby cache that is hidden in a marsh. Both of us stepped in the marsh, filling our boots with water. However we didn't give up until (running out of time) we realized we had what amounted to a deep stream between us and the cache. K was all for attempting to ford the stream, since we were already wet. But I believe the marsh was at least a couple of feet deep at that point. It won't be so wet come August.
That was our weekend, in brief. Expect a post about a new geocache hide very soon…
Sorry folks. Name That Movie will be on hiatus this week as I have been and will be too busy.
NTM will return next week.
Word of the week:
Travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
I thought this was funny. Morgan Spurlock, creator of "Super Size Me," was honored by a group in his hometown. However, Washington lobbyists petitioned the local chamber of commerce to reconsider because of the subject of Spurlock's film.
Spurlock has gotten a copy of the letter and posted it on his blog.Among the gems:
"… he slants the experiment to yield the results he wants. For example, rather than eating a variety of foods in normal-sized portions, Spurlock chooses to consume oversized sugary drinks, fattening entrees, desserts after most meals and snacks in between."
Anyone who has seen the film knows that Spurlock only Super-Sized when he was asked to… and every time he was asked to. And anyone who has ever been to a fast food restaurant knows about the suggestive sell. "You want fries with that?"
This letter is amusing, but disingenuous at best. I'll leave it to you to identify the other misrepresentations and inanities in the letter.
| You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.
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It's stopped raining, and that gave M and I a chance to get out and see the sights of spring. We explored an infrequently-visited (by us anyway) location on the Taunton River and I stopped to take in a brief panorama of the place with my DV camera.
The results, a quick and dirty video, can be viewed here: The Taunotn River, looking East from the Western bank, just before sunset.
Float away on this, your Friday shotgun.
It's a short one for this week. I'm going to a character carnival.
The parents practice Wicca, a contemporary pagan religion that emphasizes a balance in nature and reverence for the earth. […] "There is a discrepancy between Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones' lifestyle and the belief system adhered to by the parochial school. . . . Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones display little insight into the confusion these divergent belief systems will have upon (the boy) as he ages," the bureau said in its report.
You read that right. The kid's parents have been ordered not to teach the child about the family's religion.
Can't we cut to the chase and just have these people burned? Oh, sorry for that fallacious slippery slope argument. That could never happen here.
OK, it really should be "name that orangutan" or "name that ape" but can anyone here tell me:
I'm guessing not, but you might surprise me. Feel free to use Google.
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid. - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 1954
I'm really swamped lately, folks. And though I seem to still be able to post to the blog, my attention is split and unfocused. I just want to mention that so that because a large percentage of the people I have daily interactions with can't see me in person. Don't even ask what later today is going to look like. It's 1:30 — so much for resting up for the morning meeting. Bleh.
I just got back from my cousin's where we launched a second batch of beer on the heels of our first, extremely successful brew. It is a nice break from doing so many virtual things.
If I weren't pushed to do some of these things, my overriding reaction would be to go all hermity and retract into my shell. I guess that's my comfort zone.
Well, you know what they say. "Some days you eat the bear. Some days, the bear eats you. But always dress for the hunt."
And this early in the morning covered with sticky barley malt extract, that's about as much sense as I'm going to make.
Instructions: see the clues, one by one. Guess what movie they are from. Comment. (Or for a bigger challenge, avoid the comments) Repeat.
On the day I post the images, I post them one at a time, with a delay in between. It's for suspense and it gives the users a chance to play along with each other in the comments. If all the clues are already posted, then play at your own pace. Look for the answer in the comments.
Link to Clue 8
That's all of 'em!
You know I couldn't have gone on too long with this game without hitting a Beatles song. Here's a tough one to chew on.
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (excerpt)
The Beatles
She came in through the bathroom windowDidn't anybody tell her?
Protected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon
Didn't anybody see?
Sunday's on the phone to Monday,
Tuesday's on the phone to me.
I know what some of you are thinking. A lot of songs sound like nonsense. I could actually throw up a bunch of random words here, and while there would be no meaning in the choice of the words (other than some random algorithm run on a dictionary) the words might still evoke some sort of meaning to you.
So, if you despair of the author having any motivation at all to create a song with meaning, then simply give me what it has meant to you.
If you have some special insight into what McCartney was thinking, that's great, too.
I've finally made my first contribution to Maggie's concept blog "Thing of Ugly."
So, Maggie elevating me to the role of "Contributor" is more than simply an ornamental title. I debut with "The Big Unit."
Yeah, it's pretty much about what it sounds like it's about.
Really for no other reason than that I can.
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Tasteless, yet timeless. Rabbits, lettuce, and methane gas. All perfectly natural.
If you're anything like me, you've checked up online on people you used to know. A buddy from high school, ex-coworker, whatever.
Someone I vaguely remember (who I'm pretty certain has a website, but who I've never met in person) popped into my mind earlier, and I thought I'd check out whatever website he is hosting nowadays. He's not someone I really saw eye-to-eye with on many issues, but I was curious.
And then I realized I couldn't remember his name.
And then I thought: In lieu of any compelling reason to contact someone, if you can't even remember that someone's name, maybe that's an indication of how unimportant that person was in your life. And maybe you should erase that mental file to make some more space.
Oversize casket company builds its biggest ever
"It's sad more than anything," Keith Davis said as he and his wife, Julane, and their two employees, the husband-wife team of Grant and Debby Hollingsworth, worked on the final details Thursday morning.
Well, yeah. It's a casket, after all. But maybe Keith is referring to the size issue. His company caters to people needing oversized caskets.
This one, in particular, at 400 pounds, was intended to bury a 900 pound man. It's a giant 7"3" square wooden box. The square shape is a design feature to accommodate the man's legs, which do not come together.
Yow. That is one American Sized casket.
I don't watch many TV shows, but of the few I do watch I was amused to see 2 unexpected reference to Star Wars apparently timed to coincide with the week of the release of the final film, Episode III.
At the end of Sunday's Family Guy there was an extended end sequence which mimicked the famous medal ceremony scene from the end of the first movie, Episode VI.
On Wednesday night on Lost, there is a scene where Michael scolds Jin while they're finishing up construction of the raft.
No, no, no! This one goes there, that one goes there.
It's Han and Chewie from The Empire Strikes Back just before they leave Hoth.
Observed any well-timed Star Wars references this week? Or, heck, any Star Wars-related weirdness? Feel free to post it to the comments.
Extending the unstoppable Burke Media Empire further, I announce the launch of Thing Of Ugly. Tagline: "Surviving ugliness one post at a time."
No other explanation is given at this time.
Much better than the first two prequels. Yes, it's full of great action, but Lucas finally has a prequel in which you can connect with the emotions of the characters. More later, maybe.
There's a micro-sized humor piece for geocachers over at TrackerJim.
So, Star Wars Episode III is opening tomorrow amid decent reviews. My expectations can be classified as .
OK, I lie. I let them creep up above that. Damn - I was trying to keep them low!
In any case, I don't feel emotional about the end of Lucas' 6 movie series (not a the moment — ask agan in the theatre) but we've been watching the original 3 films with the kids, and they seem to love them. 1/3 of each movie per night works out well on a school night, and they're structured in such a way that they lend themselves to serialization.
You know. "When we last left our friends, they had just escaped the Imperial attack on the ice planet Hoth…"
We haven't taken the kids to see any of the new prequels, and this one is no different. We'll be going while the kids are in school.
I know some of you couldn't care less about Star Wars, but before I decided that Indiana Jones was the pinnacle of cinematic adventure, my friends and I were crazy about Star Wars, so there's a healthy dose of childhood nostalgia messing with my mind when I show up at one of these films.
Not to the point where I dress up, 'cause I've never been the dressing-up type. But, you know.
Instructions: see the clues, one by one. Guess what movie they are from. Comment. (Or for a bigger challenge, avoid the comments) Repeat.
On the day I post the images, I post them one at a time, with a delay in between. It's for suspense and it gives the users a chance to play along with each other in the comments. If all the clues are already posted, then play at your own pace. Look for the answer in the comments.
That's all of 'em!
Diggin back to the 80's for this one. What's it all mean? What's it mean to you? Why do you think it means what you think it means?
What's a "cyclone ranger?"
Turning Japanese (excerpt)
The Vapors
I've got your picture of me and you
You wrote "I love you" I wrote "me too"
I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do
Oh it's in color
Your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel
And soft as clouds
I often kiss you when there's no one else around
Interpret away.
Links to the lyrics: Here and Here.
I've launched a new website for geocaching.
Tracker Jim's Geocaching Outpost
At the moment it's just a blog (with a layout I slapped together quickly from other people's templates and my own images), and is still under development with more planned. I'll continue to post the personal stuff here. Geocaching news items (which I never really posted here) will go there. Articles about geocaching, if I write any, will go there, and I'll just link to them from here since I would have previously posted them here.
For the techies, this is also my attempt at using WordPress instead of Movable Type and I like it a lot so far. Almost to the point where I'd consider converting this weblog over to using WordPress. But, I'm trying to limit myself to only 50 projects at a time right now.
I'm doing this in a hurry today, so I'm going to have to apologize in advance for not remembering where I got any of these links.
And, here's a "Heads Up" on next week's Musical Meanings Monday so that you can listen to it over the weekend. For next week's song we will give our opinions about The Vapors' 80's tune "Turning Japanese."
Without realizing it (I thought I was one short) I hunted my 50th geocache today.
I won't go into too much detail about the cache itself — it was a fun multi-cache for which the owner had decided to place several "decoy" piles of sticks near the final cache to distract cache hunters. Experienced geocachers can often see a cache from many yards away even while geomuggles (noncachers) walk right by them.
But an experienced hider can leave the same sort of evidence in a number of places, confounding the hunter (or, in our case, entertaining and amusing us). I couldn't resist leaving my own distraction in the area, a few feet away.
No, I can't resist that sort of thing.
I ate an orange for breakfast, and they had closed the excellent salad counter by the time Sara and I had gotten to the campus center.
I scrounged some lunch food in my office including some old surimi, some canned tuna and a handful of dry frosted mini-wheats. And some wrinkled grape tomatoes. And a handful of Bac-Os.
So I am low on fuel. Diet Vanilla Coke does not a lunch make.
If anything remotely appetizing comes within reach, I swear I'm going to eat it.
Time for a geocaching gripe. Yep, that's where I express my opinion and you either read it and say "what's James got a bug up his but about? He needs some Valium." or you say "Yeah, I can see why he finds that annoying."
I'm annoyed because of how some geocachers will take trade items from a cache and not make much of an effort to place something halfway cool back in the cache. Folks, we're not talking rocket science here, and we're not talking about saving up several months pay to get just the right emerald-encrusted nose ring so you can leave it as a trade item. I'm talking about experienced cachers showing some courtesy for the next person and the cache owner.
Details and advice follow.
I think trade items are cool. What I'm talking about are little trinkets and objects that are placed in geocaches for other cachers to find. A geocache usually starts with a number of trade items in it. The owner wants people to say "Cool!" when they open the cache. Hidden treasure adds to the whole experience.
Cachers are supposed to find these items and make some small trades. A trade is when you take something and you leave something.
Over time, a cache usually becomes more and more pathetic in the trade items it offers. People don't always make even trades, and it only takes a few people placing junk in a cache before it really goes downhill. Cache owners will sometimes replenish a cache. Or a cache owner will be forced to remove a bunch of undesirable junk from a cache. In my short experience caching, I have seen the opposite happen - a cache increase in trade item wealth over a few weeks. But it's been the rare case. As a rule, if you see a cache was placed 2 years ago, it's full of junk.
The real fun is in the hunt, but i recognize the role trade items play. I'll replenish a cache a little bit if I can sometimes. I carry trinkets with me but usually not enough to really rehabilitate a seriously paltry cache. And when I cache with my kids, each kid wants to take something. They don't tend to bring trade items with them, so I end up putting a bunch of things in there anyway, because they are each taking something.
Bear in mind, my peeves do not apply to new cachers. If you've found fewer than 10 caches, I expect you don't really know what's going on yet and you might have never even heard the term "McToy" (that's a derogatory term for a toy from McDonalds or the like left in a cache). I left my share of McToys in my first few finds before realizing that they were considered a scourge. Live and learn. If you're finding 10 caches in one day, or you're an adult whose number of cache conquests exceeds half your age, I expect you to know better. Here we go.
This is turning more into advice than griping. Which, I guess, could actually be productive if I turned this into an article on "trading for fun, not profit." For now, it's late, I'm tired and I'll end this just saying: your trades aren't always going to be even. No big deal. But make a teeny bit of effort to prevent the caches you visit from looking like the inside of the glove compartment of a car in a junkyard. If TNLNSL isn't your style, keep your eyes peeled for cool stuff on those days you can't be out actually geocaching.
Have fun, and help other people keep having fun!
Now, just think a minute. Microsoft finds itself under criticism from the local evangelical leader, religious right shareholders, bigoted employees and who knows who else. They don't know what to do. Who do they turn to? Well, if I'm in a religious right pickle, I'd turn to my $20,000 a month retainered religious right consultant, the former leader of the religious right, Ralph Reed.
So glad I use Microsoft products. Grrrrrr.
Instructions: see the clues, one by one. Guess what movie they are from. Comment. (Or for a bigger challenge, avoid the comments) Repeat.
On the day I post the images, I post them one at a time, with a delay in between. It's for suspense and it gives the users a chance to play along with each other in the comments. If all the clues are already posted, then play at your own pace. Look for the answer in the comments.
That's all of 'em!
What does it all mean?
On Musical Meanings Monday we explore the meaning of a song. I'll post the song, and you tell me what you think it means. It could be what you think the author meant or what it means to you (because who can tell what the author really meant unless they come right out and say it?)
Here's today's song. The lyrics can be found at the links below, but I have pasted it here for your critical review for the duration of the day. Friends can also ask me to play the song for them if they have not heard it.
Polyester Bride
Liz Phair (excerpt)
I was talking, not two days ago
To a certain bartender I'm lucky to know
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend
If I should bother dating unfamous men
And Henry said,
"You're lucky to even know me,
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free,
'cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes."
And then he said,
"Do you wanna be a polyester bride?
Or do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"
(Lyrics copyright of their owners, here for educational and critical review purposes only. Lyrics also available here. I will remove the lyric if contacted with copyright concerns.)
OK, guys. What is this song about? What is Henry trying to tell her (us). Or is it all a metaphor to you? Or, do you hear some of the lyrics differently than I have written here?
Let me know what you think.
This week's word of the week:
Meaning foamy, or filled with foam. Also meaning eccentric, wacky, daft.
"Martha, have you noticed that the new student researcher we hired is completely barmy?"
"Quite. The green, pink and orange tartan kilt was a dead giveaway."
"Barmy" is a good thing, right? Anyhow, be sure to use it often.
On busy weeks (as this one has been) I do less surfing and seeking out fun links. So you're more likely to get the techie and boring stuff that I'm looking at. Just so's you know.
This Forbes Article discusses 10 ways you can help increase your life expectancy.
Among them, the oft-touted "calm down," "get a dog," and "eat your antioxidants." Winning the "Duhhhh" award is "stop smoking."
The libidinous among us will be happy to know that more sex increases your life expectancy. Certainly, this will be good news to the people who don't like vegetables and are looking for an alternative.
Also of interest, studies show that sleeping too much or too little lowers life expectancy. More than 8 hours is not good, but neither is 4 or fewer. I usually get about 5, myself.
Finally, they mention a VAP test, an apparently far more accurate test to measure your risk of heart disease. How can a test like this help you? The risk factors are cumulative over time. The sooner you find out you are at risk, the sooner you can get serious about making the sorts of changes that lower your risk, and the more effective those efforts will be.
It's like trying to stop a freight train going 200 MPH. It's easier to stop it if you start slowing down 5 miles away from the target than it is if you try to stop it in a few hundred feet.
I want my friends to stick around for a while.
Liger on Public Display in Siberian Zoo
A liger — a cross between a tiger and a lion — that was born last summer has now gone on public display in an open-air enclosure at a Siberian zoo, RIA Novosti reports.
Or, from Napoleon Dynamite:
Deb: What are you drawing?
Napoleon Dynamite: A liger.
Deb: What's a liger?
Napoleon Dynamite: It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed… bred for its skills in magic.
Another Name That Movie, released upon an adoring public! The madness continues.
Instructions: see the clues, one by one. Guess what movie they are from. Comment. (Or for a bigger challenge, avoid the comments) Repeat.
On the day I post the images, I post them one at a time, with a delay in between. It's for suspense and it gives the users a chance to play along with each other in the comments. If all the clues are already posted, then play at your own pace. Look for the answer in the comments.
That's it for the clues!
Sunday night was the premiere of the new season of "Family Guy."
If you don't know what "Family Guy" is, then let me welcome you to my blog, because it's likely you're new here.
Last week we decided to make a night of it. Our earlier plans for this weekend had fallen through, so we replaced them with a small Family Guy gathering. Sara, Sharon, Julie, Mike, Maggie and I started the evening out with drunken summer sausage and various fermented beverages while dinner readied itself (oven roasted Italian-style veggies and mesquite-smoked chicken breast burgers). Time flew.
After dinner, Ryan surprised us, showing up after a day of wedding rehearsal obligations. None of our plans to help him escape were needed, as it turned out that the events completed in plenty of time for him to make it.
More cider and beer was imbibed as we played a quick few rounds of Apple to Apples. That game always cracks me up, but I was the loser of the bunch with no green cards to my name by the time 9PM rolled around.
The first new episode of Family Guy was a definite success.
Peter tried to rekindle the spark of his marriage to Lois by taking her on a second honeymoon. They sneak into Mel Gibson's private hotel room (because he rarely uses it) and stumble across Gibson's footage for The Passion of the Christ II: Crucify This! (Cue action music. "Let he who is without sin… kick the first ass!") Starring Chris Tucker and that guy who played Jesus in the first Passion movie.
Bent on sparing the world this abomination, they steal the film and the chase is on.
Meanwhile, Brian (the dog) has been left in charge of the children. That doesn't work out so well, as Chris is caught in the bathroom at the school dance with a bottle of vodka (just before GI Joe warns them about alcohol, and that knowing is half the battle)
This first new "Family Guy" is extremely promising. The characters are still great, and the jokes are still coming fast and furious. "Family Guy" is as good as ever.
After the show, we watched "American Dad," which just wasn't as good as "Family Guy." I'd really prefer more "Arrested Development."
To wind down from all the excitement, we had the traditional ice cream and peanut butter cups along with a game of "Loaded Questions." I revealed my fondness for groundhogs, Sharon her fondness for Koalas. We all avoided the question about where our birthmarks were, and Sara's laugh spot was located. Maggie killed Dr. Kevorkian by trying to resurrect him. Julie and Sharon both seem to like Tom Jones, and Ryan and I agree on Barry White. Mike is still working on guessing musical tastes by age, but I think he's got something there. Is the island of Homos part of Greece? Only the Angel of Death knows.
Finally, we let everyone go home. It was a great way to kick of the new season of a show we've waited 4 years for.


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Mercedes BClass is Canada's little charmer The Globe and Mail
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Introduced to the Canadian in 2005, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class is one of cars Canadians get but Americans – like the Acura CSX, VW Golf and, if you go way back, the Frontenac and McLaughlin Buick.
The iteration – the B250 – is also faster than it used to be, to a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder and Mercedes' seven-speed automatic which I have misgivings More on that later. this engine also premium gas.
Power for this slick little runabout is set at 208 horsepower, with an 258 lb-ft of torque. This is to whip it from a standing to freeway speed in about seconds. Compared to some similarly conceived models – Kia Rondo, Mini Cooper Fiat 500L – it's a
But what is most appealing is its This is an everyday vehicle is inviting to drive, reasonably and as comfortable as, well, a Mercedes-Benz. when I'm driving a Mercedes I'm conscious of that fact step of the way – but with the B250, I was impressed with its useability its lineage. It was a nicely engineered with no bad habits.
Well, a couple. For starters, Mercedes' Direct Select gearshift is pointless and silly. I fail to see how is a better arrangement than the floor- or dash-mounted lever, and I yet to adjust to it, despite having numerous Mercedes models the years. That said, are steering-wheel-mounted shift paddles offset this somewhat, and I these on a regular basis my time with this
Which leads to the transmission. My had a heck of a time deciding gear it should be in, randomly itself up and down and staying too in one gear when it should moved on to another – and vice-versa. The was particularly acute in the morning, cold starts. Maybe speeds are just too much for a car of type?
And lastly, Mercedes' Eco function. This shuts the off when you're stopped – at a for example – and restarts itself you take your foot off the Pretty standard fare, but in case, crudely executed. manufacturers, like Honda, engineered this feature so it's virtually unobtrusive and you even notice it. That's not the here. For what it's BMW's version is equally around the edges, and I hasten to add this is more along the of an observation than a complaint, and you can it via a dash-mounted switch.
Being Mercedes, the B250 have a high equipment Standard kit includes cruise the shift paddles, a huge heated front seats, front windows, hill assist and an electronic parking Most of these features are but the electronic parking brake is Don't need it, don't it.
My tester came with the Package, driving assistance sport package and various odds and sods, including a system ($1,950), parking ($900) and back-up camera As an aside, when I was first to Mercedes' navi system, 10 years ago, it was in Stuttgart, and if I'd it to the letter, I would have up in the Baltic Sea. Things improved since then.
has never come up short it comes to ergonomics and comfort, and the is no exception. Possibly the most seats I've parked in lately, with all kinds of room. Fold the back down and you get 1,500 litres of room which, unless you large objects around on a basis, is plenty. Four will fit comfortably. I like blurb on the interior of the B250: is restored to the unpredictability of life in the new
From a starting price of than $30,000, the B250 up into the big leagues rapidly. all the extras, packages and goodies you're looking at almost More after taxes and All things considered, this value is found in the base with none of the above.
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Base $29,900; as tested: $38,680
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Transmission: automatic with manual feature
Drive: Front-wheel
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A practical approach to innovation
The city might once have been associated with mining and steel, but Newcastle is fast becoming a hub of emerging technologies.
Alexandra Cain
There's a lot of activity happening around new technologies in the city and the University of Newcastle is in the centre of it.
For instance, NeW Space is the University's $95 million nine-storey education precinct in the heart of Newcastle's CBD. It's situated right next to the new law courts and new innovation hubs.
From second semester this year, all business, commerce, innovation and entrepreneurship and law undergraduate students will be based at NeW Space. The School of Creative Industries will also be relocating from the Callaghan campus to the city.
The Newcastle innovation hub Three76, located across the road from NeW Space, is another initiative the University is supporting.
It's designed to support the local innovation ecosystem and Hunter region start-ups. It's a place where researchers, students, software developers, entrepreneurs, investors, technical specialists and business advisers can come together to drive innovation.
Three76 launches spinoffs and start-ups, and attracts investment and businesses to the Hunter region. It also encourages innovation and commercialisation and is tasked with producing the next generation of entrepreneurs, business leaders and inventors for the area.
The University is also a partner of the Hunter Innovation Project, which also involves Newcastle City Council, Newcastle Now and Hunter DiGiT. The project is supporting the rollout of smart technologies and wi-fi throughout Newcastle's CBD.
Providing the underlying infrastructure to support the Hunter region's commitment to emerging businesses is just part of the University's remit. It also has a huge focus on ensuring this work is backed up by academic rigour.
For instance, the University has launched a new Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an undergraduate degree designed to provide the skills required to develop entrepreneurial ideas into successful new ventures, or work within existing businesses in an innovative way.
This degree can be combined with Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Creative Industries or Bachelor of Commerce degrees, giving graduates a broader range of qualifications and better job prospects.
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Industry Engagement and Innovation Sarah Pearson is in charge of spearheading the University's innovation efforts.
"We're putting in new collaboration programs with corporates and industries. We have industry days where we bring in experts to talk to staff and students about what they're looking for. Our researchers and start-ups also have an opportunity to pitch their ideas to our industry partners," she says.
According to Pearson, there's growing emphasis on the need for students to have industry experience or industry engagement, as part of their experience at the University. The institution is helping to support this.
"Work-integrated learning is an important part of our courses. Students can take a whole unit during which they work in a business, which can be anything from a social-impact company to a high tech company," she adds.
It's a way of educating students so they are encouraged to gain a genuine understanding of the workplace, and at the same time, build their innovation skills.
Recent graduate Andreas Antoniades is a wonderful example of what students can achieve at the University. He completed a combined program including electrical engineering, in which he received an honours degree, and business, which helped support him as he built his start-up.
"I started to develop satellite hardware in my electrical engineering honours thesis; I wanted to see if I could create affordable satellite hardware that makes space exploration easier. My degree helped me take that idea and turn it into a start-up," says Antoniades.
University staff also helped Antoniades find ways to fund his project, "Everyone was very encouraging even though what I was doing sounded crazy at the time."
They also promoted the project through blog posts, newspapers and mini-documentaries. "That has helped immensely, because people can see what we're doing and get a feel for it," he adds.
Antoniades, who finished his studies at the end of last year, says the hands-on nature of his degree was a particularly attractive aspect of it.
"The University of Newcastle is very proud of its laboratories and its practical experiences within the engineering degrees. You learn so much more when you can see it in action.
"That was a big thing for me, especially when I hit second year. If my studies had been purely based on text books I would have struggled immensely," he adds.
The practical nature of the degree sets the University of Newcastle apart and is one of the reasons its science and engineering courses are so popular.


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Table of Contents
Here's a table of contents that we hope will make it easier to traverse this page:
Background - presents an explanation and Paul Schrieber's initial description of the Module with a photo
Parts - presents a Bill of Materials for "two-dot-oh" builders and notes about it
Panel - presents the MOTM format panel
Construction Phase 1 - Resistors, Capacitors, IC Sockets, Power Plugs, MTA headers
Construction Phase 2 - Trimmers, Panel connections
Paul Writes:
"The MOTM-700 is another Synthesis Technology exclusive module! It is a bi-directional, dual SPDT switch that is "toggled" when an input control voltage exceeds a trip-point set by a panel knob. Special circuitry handles routing of audio (cross-fading VCAs) or control voltage (fast, low-offset switches).
"The MOTM-700 has 2 identical sections, so we will discuss how one of them operates. The two are totally independent from each other, and by patchcords can be connected in series or parallel with each other, or to additional MOTM-700 modules.
"Think of a SPDT (single-pole, double-throw) mechanical switch. When the switch is 'up', Signal A is connected to the "Common" terminal (let's call it 'X'). So we say, "A is routed to X". If the switch is 'down', then Signal B is connected to X. There are 2 ways of veiwing the connections: 2 inputs are selected to 1 output, OR 1 input is routed to 2 outputs. The switch doesn't care: it's truly bi-directional.
"This is exactly how the MOTM-700 works! What makes it useful in any studio is that you control the selection with a control voltage! The MOTM-700 uses a circuit called a comparator that "compares" the input control voltage with another voltage, set by the panel pot SWITCH. The SWITCH control is adjustable from -5V to +5V.
"Operation is easy to remember:
"So, what is it good for? The fun part is choosing the source of the CV input. Here are just a few examples:
"A MODE switch selects if audio or control voltages are being routed. In the AUDIO position, a special IC actually switches by a very fast cross-fading between channels. This eliminates "pops" and "clicks". The IC is rated for CD quality switching: better than 90dB SNR with less than 0.002% THD. Shielded RG-174 cables are used for all audio signals.
"If the MODE is voltage, then a high-speed, low resistance CMOS switch is used (NOT the cheesy '4066' types!) This IC is good enough for switching VCO control voltages without adding drift or offsets! It can also switch at audio rates as well! This can result in some very bizarre timbres. Check out the demo files!
"We think that the MOTM-700, once understood, will find 100's of uses in your studio. Not just as another module in the MOTM family, but as a 'stand-alone' accessory for routing just about any signal in your setup."
Will and I have developed a parts-list / bill-of-materials in the form of an XL spreadsheet.
In the BOM, the left-most column is the "part." The parts we've ordered have a green background. These parts we have a high (but not perfect) level of confidence that we've specified correctly - we caught a mistake or two in part numbers / prices as we were ordering. please double-check us and let us know of mistakes you find.
Corrections to BOM:
None yet -
None yet -
Click here to download the spreadsheet (apx. 48K).
If you're building this as a "two-dot-oh" project, we also assume you get the panel from Synthesis Technology:
Construction Phase 1
All the stuff in Phase 1 gets soldered using "Organic" Solder. At every break in the action, we wash the board off to get rid of the flux.
Our usual disclaimer:
Whereas we are vigilant about orienting all the resistors, caps, etc. consistently so their values can be read easily (in case we need to trouble-shoot them later), we oriented the resistors with the "tolerance" stripe on the left (relative to the text on the pcb). Why did we do it this way? 'Cause when we started out doing these builds, we thought the gold stripe is so pretty and easy to see... and we put it on the left - well - just because. But now, we do it so all our modules are consistent with each other <shrug>. You might want to do it the opposite way - with the "tolerance" stripe on the right.
Semiconductors, ICs, Misc
Construction Phase 2
All the stuff in Phase 2 gets soldered using "No Clean" Solder.
Prepare Wires
Paul's Assembly Instructions and User's Manual calls for a set of wires. If you bought them from Paul, then you're in like Flynn, but if you didn't (like us) you'll have to make up your own.
Paul calls for six 4-1/2in. coax... well, we made them 5in. for good measure:
So then the rest of the wires:
Wires Installed in the PCB
Coax into PCB
Preparing the Panel
Mounting the PCB
Input / Output Jacks
Set up / Testing
Use Notes
The fine Print:
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We are self-proclaimed idiots and any use of this site and any materials presented herein should be taken with a grain of Kosher salt. If the info is useful - more's the better. Bill and Will
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How This Technology Is Making Doctors Hate Their JobsJuly 19,2016 18:07
The transition from paper-based systems to digital ones kicked off in 2009, under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, which incentivized providers to adopt electronic medical records. That law took ...
Matthew Walvick is a doctor. But until recently, when he left a large hospital to work at a startup, he felt like his day was utterly consumed with data entry.
Walvick, a former internal medicine physician at John Muir Health, recalls spending endless hours checking boxes and filling out charts on the hospital's electronic medical record system. As soon as he returned home after an exhaustive day, he'd hit refresh and be faced with yet more computer work—much to the dismay of his family.
It wasn't all that long ago that doctors' records consisted of scrawling handwritten notes in a binder. The transition from paper-based systems to digital ones kicked off in 2009, under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, which incentivized providers to adopt electronic medical records. That law took effect in January of 2011.
This technology was supposed to reduce inefficiencies, make doctors' lives easier, and improve patient outcomes. The only problem? Many hospitals spent millions (and sometimes, billions) on systems that weren't designed to help their providers treat patients. "Frankly, the main incentive is to document exhaustively so you cover your ass and get paid," says Jay Parkinson, a New York-based pediatrician and the founder of health-tech startup Sherpaa.
Indeed, physicians tell Fast Company that these systems are about a combination of meeting regulatory requirements, maximizing billing, and avoiding liability. "I would describe the practice of medicine today as a festival of measurements that have little to do with patient care," adds Jordan Shlain, a Bay Area-based primary care physician with Private Medical Services.
"Frankly, the main incentive is to document exhaustively so you cover your ass and get paid."Even in cases where the system is ostensibly set up to help doctors, it falls short. Many physicians are now facing an increasing deluge of alerts, including pop-ups about vitally important things as well as utterly meaningless ones. "Many of us are now becoming immune to these alerts," says Nate Gross, a doctor who cofounded both Rock Health and Doximity. "It's a user-experience flaw: These systems were not designed to follow how doctors actually think."
Arguably, the biggest problem is that it's a nightmare for doctors to share vital patient information from one hospital to another. These systems were intended to be interoperable, meaning it would be easy for a doctor to obtain a record from another facility. That didn't happen, in part because it it doesn't help the bottom line of the biggest medical record vendors or the hospitals to make it easy for patients to change doctors.
"It can sometimes take weeks, or months," to get a copy of the patient's record via fax machine from another hospital or clinic and upload it to their medical record, says Walvick. And that, according to Consumers Union staff attorney Dana Mendelsohn, increases the chances of doctors ordering duplicate tests and the likelihood of medical records.
"These systems were not designed to follow how doctors actually think."This compilation of factors has resulted in doctors burning out at unprecedented rates and spending less quality time with patients (the average is now about eight minutes and 12% of their time), according to a recent study, down from 20% of their time in the late 1980s.) This group is 15 times more likely to burn out than professionals in any other line of work. And much of the research on the topic concludes that "documentation overload" is a key factor. A Medscape study from 2015 reported that just shy of half of physicians were experiencing burnout. And three of the top four reasons were related to the electronic medical record.
Some physicians are no longer optimistic about potential solutions, but others say that important changes are finally underway.
"Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel," says Shlain. "It's a train of frustrated physicians who are getting involved and starting to take action." Many doctors are already starting or joining new companies that aim to build user-friendly applications on top of the electronic medical record, which fit neatly into the clinicians' workflow.
Moreover, some hospitals are investing in making much-needed improvements to their medical record systems. John Mattison, a doctor and the chief medical information officer at Kaiser Permanente, Southern California, says his team is working to refine the medical record to reduce the number of clicks and other inefficiencies. As he explains, these systems still do have the potential to improve patient care if they can deliver the right information at the right time, like nudging a doctor to check in with a sick patient.
Solving these problems won't be easy. But rather than throw out these systems altogether, medical groups are putting together practical plans to address these gaping problems by 2020. And that includes reducing the data-entry burden for doctors, so they can shift their focus to patient care.
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CMS to Implement New Health IT Standard for Reporting eCQMs
The federal agency's quality programs will require the use of an HL7 health IT standard for reporting eCQMs beginning in 2019.
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- CMS recently announced that its quality programs will transition to the CQL standard (CQL Release 1, Standard for Trial Use (STU 2) for logic expression. Using CLQ will allow for better aligned standards between clinical decision support and electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs).
Eligible hospitals, professionals, and clinicians will use CQL-based eCQMs are part of programs such as the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, EHR Incentive Programs, and Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2019.
CQL is a Health Level Seven (HL7) international standard designed to unify the expression of logic for eCQMs and clinical decision support. The standard will improve logic expression "defining measure populations to boost the accuracy and clarity of eCQMs," the federal agency stated.
According to a product brief provided by HL7, the standard will benefit health data exchange by creating a common language for sharing quality knowledge and data.
Clinical decision support and eCQMs are closely related and share some common requirements. However, HL7 noted clinical decision support and eCQMs often use different approaches to represent patient health data and computable expression logic. The CQL specification attempts to allow for common representation of expression logic used by both eCQMs and clinical decision support data standards.
"Rather than having an unscalable network of point-to-point communication channels, each with its own set of transformations, different organizations will only need to transform their content to a CQL-compatible format to communicate effectively with any other point in the network of providers that comprises today's healthcare system," stated HL7.
Some quality vendors may also opt to use CQL as an international specification in the future, the organization stated.
Eligible professionals and eligible clinicians using CQL for the 2019 performance period will still use the same data model for quality measures.
"Measures expressed using CQL logic will continue to use the Quality Data Model (QDM) as the conceptual model to express clinical concepts contained within quality measures," clarified CMS.
"Refer to the QDM v5.3 Annotated version and current version of the CQL standard to better understand how they work together to provide eCQMs that are human readable, yet structured for electronic processing," the federal agency continued.
Transiting to CQL-based measures will start in the 2019 reporting period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). Eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible clinicians will begin using CQL-based measures for reporting starting in the 2019 performance period.
CMS stated it will publish CQL-based eCQMs in spring of 2018 for potential inclusion in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, Medicare EHR Incentive Program for eligible hospitals and CAHs, Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for EPs, eligible hospitals, and CAHs, and the Quality Payment Program.
Draft eCQM specifications using CQL will be available through Nov. 13, 2017 on the CQM Issue Tracker. Draft specifications are for informational review only and are not intended for implementation or submission.
CMS also recently issued a guide to assist eligible clinicians in meeting requirements for the prevention of information blocking attestation under MIPS.
All eligible clinicians reporting on the advancing care information performance category must attest to the prevention of information blocking attestation to avoid payment penalties.
"If you are reporting as a group, the prevention of information blocking attestation by the group applies to all MIPS eligible clinicians within the group," clarified CMS. "Therefore, if one MIPS eligible clinician in the group fails to meet the requirements of the Prevention of Information Blocking Attestation, then the whole group would fail to meet the requirement."
DirectTrust CEO and President David Kibbe stated his disapproval of the attestation as it may punish providers for problems more likely caused by non-compliant vendors.
"In my opinion, ONC and CMS can do more to clarify the minimal requirements for interoperable health information exchange necessary for providers and their EHR vendors/health IT vendors to avoid a charge of 'information blocking,'" Kibbe stated.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art collectors continued lavish spending on Thursday as the spring art auctions wrapped up at Christie's, where a $50.6 million oil by Piet Mondrian set an artist's record and went far towards the auction house's $202.6 million Impressionist and modern sale total.
With 43 works on offer, only three failed to sell, while Christie's exceeded its high pre-sale estimate by more than $40 million.
The result capped two weeks of sales that have brought in well over $2 billion at Christie's and rival Sotheby's, with Christie's boasting a new record for history's top auction price with Picasso's "Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O')," which fetched $179.4 million. Christie's' alone took in more than $1.3 billion during the course of its Monday and Wednesday evening sales.
"This sale marks a record-setting week for the global auction market," said Brooke Lampley, head of Impressionist and modern art of Thursday's strong result.
Officials said international demand by a growing pool of relatively new collectors competing with more established ones for a fixed supply of masterpieces had driven prices at the art market's top echelons to record levels.
Sotheby's said Asian buyers had accounted for more than 30 percent of its evening sales, most notably van Gogh's "L'Allée des Alyscamps," which sold for $66.3 million last week to a mainland Chinese buyer.
The auction house logged its second-best results ever at both its Impressionist/modern and post-war/contemporary sales.
The highlight at Christie's on Thursday, as expected, was Mondrian's "Composition No. III, with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black," which soared far beyond its estimate of $15 million to $25 million as six international bidders competed.
At $50.6 million, it obliterated Mondrian's auction record of $27.6 million, which had stood since 2009.
Modigliani's canvas "Beatrice Hastings" also did well, selling for $16.1 million against a high estimate of $10 million, while Fernand Léger's "Le corsage rouge" similarly outperformed expectations, selling for just under $17 million including Christie's commission of just over 12 percent.
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Honestly… It's been Christmas morning for like a week…
So since we went to the husband's Christmas party where Santa came and handed out gifts Little Lue finally made a connection she had previously missed. The boxes under the tree are GIFTS!
We had been keeping a few boxes under the tree that we knew were gifts under the tree… They were still in their mailing packaging, so Little Lue really hadn't given them much attention the few days they were there. But after the party… She realized what they were… So she grabbed a box, brought it over to us and said "Christmas present!" in the most adorable toddler voice eva. "Open the door!"
I'm not very good at waiting myself… so what the heck… Let's open one.
Well… This turned into opening a box every day LOL!! There are now no more boxes under the tree and we have saved the rest of the gifts for tomorrow morning, Christmas Day, but it was still fun to have her open a few things so that it's not totally overwhelming Christmas morning. I'm glad she got to enjoy a few things without the craziness of opening 10 things at once haha.
So since most of these gifts came from Nana's house and she MUST have pictures. I decided to document as best I could. 😉
Yessss! A car or "Brum brum"
I was a bit worried about all the tiny pieces, but she loves them! Fine motor skills 😉
Luna's turn for a random portrait
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|Low energy buildings, Pennyland, 1979
The theory behind Passivhaus is that increasing insulation means massively reducing the heating system, so extra costs insulating are balanced by lower costs installing a heating system. Since Passivhaus also required a ventilation system, and rather than removing the heating system it just scales it down, this seems like a challenge. The cost of extra insulation, structural changes to accommodate and support the insulation, airtightness barriers, increased window specs and ventilation system all need to add up to less than a fraction of the heating system.
|State of the art building, Lavenham Wool Hall, UK, 1464
According to this report from the Passive House Trust, sponsored be AECOM, passive houses cost 3-8% more in Germany, where many are built to the standard. In the UK they typically cost 15-20% extra, although the extra costs are less for large projects, terraces, north-south oriented buildings, and projects where the design can change after tender.
But some people are saying that Passivhaus can, and will cost no more, for example Passivehouse Plus in Ireland give the builder's view on why passive house doesn't cost extra.
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The best-known
annual festivity at Arundel Cathedral is the Corpus
Christi celebration in late May/early June.
This feast, honouring the Body and Blood of Christ, is celebrated
by the laying down of a carpet of flowers along the centre aisle
of the church. After Mass the Blessed Sacrament is carried in procession
with hymns down the flower decorated aisle and, weather permitting,
along the streets of the town to the Castle quadrangle, where there
is Benediction.
Duke Henry introduced this tradition to Arundel in 1877 inspired
by an Italian custom. Click here to
go to the Corpus Christi web page.
Other regular activities include the Arundel
and Brighton Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes is supported
each year by the Arundel Parish and help given to individuals to
Also a programme of choral and other concerts are
held in the Cathedral, which are widely supported especially during
the Arundel Festival season in late August each year. One of the
foremost of these is the performance given by The
Sir Malcolm Sargent Choir of volunteer choristers, who donate
their takings to a cancer charity.
Cathedral parishioners, through voluntary groups,
actively support charities to help raise much-needed funds as well
as profile of the good cause. Please click here to read more on
this support as well as other special interest
voluntary groups building on both religious and social values
underpinning our parish community and Cathedral.
Communication is
key to reaching out to local parishioners and the wider domain of
regional, national and international Roman Catholics. A weekly
newsletter gives the very latest information to everyone
attending Mass both at the Cathedral and The Poor Clares Convent
with the most current version online by clicking here.
The Parish Proclaimer magazine
is issued four times a year – winter, spring, summer and autumn
– to local parishioners who attend weekend Masses either in
the Cathedral or Poor Clares Convent. Click here
to read our most current issue.
Cathedral Centre
is our newly named and restored parish hall, the venue where we
hold social activities and events for the parish community. There
are some great facilities should anyone want to use our former St.
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Tabletop exercise first step toward full-scale drill on flooding in Madison County
WOOD RIVER — Extensive flooding forces numerous residents from their mobile homes in the Granite City area, prompting the Red Cross to open a temporary shelter in a church basement. Five days later some of the residents were able to start moving back into their homes, where the rebuilding process was about to start.
At least that's the way it is supposed to happen.
About 20 people representing public service, emergency response and private agencies met Tuesday morning for a tabletop exercise dealing with flooding in Southwestern Madison County.
Tabletop exercises, where people sit around and tell other people what they or their agency will do, is generally one of the first steps to a full-scale emergency preparedness drill.
Eventually about 100 people, not counting residents or students who will be pressed into service as "victims" during the actual drill, will participate, said Madison County EMA Director Todd Fulton.
Much of the emphasis in Tuesday's drill was on communication, with the question "who is responsible?" constantly being asked.
"We want to make sure the communications process is effective, and is consistently effective," Fulton said.
Part of that is knowing exactly who to contact, but also technical issues such as making sure emergency responders are all on the same radio frequency.
"We even addressed how evacuees would make contact with their loved ones," he said.
One of the reasons communications is stressed is that it is the most likely place for deficiencies to occur, Fulton said.
"We're trying to mitigate those," he said, adding that as they talk through the process sometimes those problems will surface and can be dealt with.
Tuesday's exercise lasted several hours. It started with a basic scenario — rain and flooding a few days after Christmas.
"All of the stakeholders are ready and in place to respond," Fulton said. "I'm thinking worst-case scenario, either it's 0 degrees outside or 112. We want everyone to be prepared."
The exercise went in small steps, with numerous questions and concerns raised at each step.
That includes questions about exactly who is doing what, ranging from transportation of evacuees using Madison County Transit buses; to keeping them supplied with food, clothing and other products.
Fulton said logistics is the bottom line.
"Getting equipment, resources, and individuals from point A to point B in a safe and efficient manner," he said.
He said the way it works is by starting local. Local agencies deal with the situation until they realize it is too large for them, then ask help from the Madison County EMA. If it is too large for EMA, then it goes up the line to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and eventually the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"The key is proper and expeditious notification," he said. "You don't want to wait until an incident to make notification. You want to be ahead of it. We know we're going to have inclement weather on Saturday, we're making notifications today. Be prepared for A, B, C and D."
He also said social media is impacting disaster planning and response.
"It enhances emergency preparedness," according to Fulton. "The more tools you have to make notification, the better."
For Madison County EMA, that includes Twitter, Facebook and the Code Red emergency notification system.
Planning for the full exercise will continue, and another tabletop exercise will probably be held in February.
Reach reporter Scott Cousins at 618-208-6447.


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CWT Meetings and Events Gets to Sit Back While Magnovo Does all the Planning
The hard-working folks at Minneapolis-based CWT Meetings & Events had the tables turned this winter. For once they weren't the ones doing all the planning! Magnovo hosted a Rescue Buddies™ Charity Workshop for the global company, which called upon us to help them give back and build… – http://magnovo.com/cwt-meetings-and-events-gets-to-sit-back-while-magnovo-does-all-the-planning/
CarMax and the San Francisco Giants Team Up for Blue Star Families
An amazing feat of teamwork turned out twenty bicycles for area kids on a sunny summer day in San Francisco, CA. Blue Star Families coordinated a charity team building event with CarMax. Our Bike-A-Thon™ program gives participants a chance to build collaborative skills through improved… – https://magnovo.com/carmax-san-francisco-giants-team-blue-star-families-16686b/
Company Bonding Activities That Inspire Millennials
The holidays may be just the window of opportunity you've been looking for to launch some company bonding activities that will bridge the gap between you and your disengaged Millennial staff members.
Team building isn't a major problem with Millennials. In fact teamwork and technology are… – http://magnovo.com/company-bonding-activities-that-inspire-millennials/
Charity Team Building Events: A Back-to-School Gift for You and Your Community
Though temperatures are high and the days are long, retail stores are already stocking the shelves with all the makings of a brand new school year. To some, it feels like summer just began. But children across the country will soon be heading back to school.
For many, this time of the year means… – http://magnovo.com/charity-team-building-events-back-school-gift-community/
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As summer holidays draw to a close, children begin preparing for a new school year. For many, it brings new things to learn, a new teacher, new classmates, and new opportunities. But for others, these changes create stress and anxiety that could limit their chance to do well.
The experiences and… – http://magnovo.com/5-back-school-principles-building-better-teams/
Essex Property Trust Accountants Stop Crunching Numbers to Build Bikes For Children in Burlingame, CA
It was a gorgeous spring day in San Francisco when 106 accountants converged on the Hyatt Regency Airport Hotel for team building activities that truly had a purpose. This huge group proved eager to work hard, communicate, and learn as they participated in the Bike-a-Thon Charity Workshop we… – http://magnovo.com/essex-property-trust-accountants-stop-crunching-numbers-build-bikes-children-burlingame-ca-16496/
The T-Mobile Team Makes Rescue Buddies for Charity in Tampa, FL
When an outdoor event they had planned got scuttled by bad weather, the folks at T-Mobile contacted Magnovo because they knew we get arrange a fantastic team building event for them on short notice. And not only did we design a workshop that fit their specific needs, we also brought it directly… – http://magnovo.com/t-mobile-team-makes-rescue-buddies-charity-tampa-fl-16839/
Tennessee Valley Authority Engineers Build Teams and Wheelchairs for American Vets
Engineers are typically known for being good at putting things together. So we were only too happy to help some Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) engineers build teamwork skills. Our WheelCharity™ program was the perfect opportunity. The group had never participated in a workshop like ours… – http://magnovo.com/tennessee-valley-authority-engineers-build-teams-wheelchairs-american-vets-16663/
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- Handle incoming client/provider emails for ongoing/escalated IP cases
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Marriage Equality.
Okay, so first I better get everyone up to speed: in NZ it's currently legal to marry a man and a woman. Gay, lesbian and trans-gender people are currently not legally allowed to marry. In the NZ Government system right now (since June last year in fact) has been a debate going on regarding this thing nicknamed "Gay Marriage", it's a bill that once passed will enable many NZ couples to legally marry. Gender becomes fluid and anyone can marry provided they're not first cousins (along with a bunch of other rules).
Ever since this broke in June last year - I jumped on the bandwagon of support.
I attended a rally to Parliament to protest -peacefully- and show my support.
I'm not personally in a queer relationship, I'm straight. But I do have queer and trans-gender friends who I am supportive of.
Some of the current laws in NZ are archaic. I don't agree with all of them. But then, I am no law-queen. I cannot make judgements without researching thoroughly!
This video was filmed at my university. It comes from a larger website of support which can be found here: http://www.marriageequality.co.nz/
There's also a website which is against the entire thing. Personally, I don't think religion should come into this debate. Sure churches are where a lot of weddings take place but the Catholic church (and other religions) didn't actually recognise a wedding (like we do today) until much, much later than most think. (Something like the 11th century BC?)
More can be found here: (I know Wiki isn't a great source, but it's an awesome place to start).
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Are you with me in supporting this? Or against me? (Haha), comment below. Love some feedback on the topic.
The blog all about things I get up to in Wellington, New Zealand. Originally this blog was created to share my adventures with friends and family back home. Today it is an online space where I share things that are on my mind... and photographs and things along the way.
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Three posts in one day! Wow!
Labels: Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender Equality., Lesbian, Same Sex Marriage, Transgender
I'm Lisa, I'm in my late 20's. I live in Wellington, New Zealand (that's the capital city.)
Childfree for many years.
Most of the things on my Google Plus are from my blog posts and some things I've done/ made.
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Hello everyone I apologize if I have not written on my blog for awhile. I have been travelling so much in the past 2 months. I am currently in Washington, DC and I wanted to tell you about my trip to Cape Cod, MA. My trip was about a month ago sometime in July. But it was one of my memorable trips in the East Coast.
I had such a great time in Cape Cod relaxing on Nauset Beach and shopping around in Nantucket. I never knew that there was even such a place like the cape that existed in the East coast. The past weekend is definitely a time never to be forgotten.
On my first day on the Cape I decided to check out Nantucket as I heard there are really cool shops to check out on the island. the boat ride was about an hour and surprisingly I did not get sea sick. I enjoyed the view of the different sizes of boats, beautiful homes of the cape and martha's vineyard. When I arrived in Nantucket, I automatically fell in love with the island. There were so many cool shops that sold little trinkets and things. I had lunch and the island and had homemade ice cream… Then enjoyed the boat ride back to Hyannis.
Upon returning to Hyannis, I visited one of the most beautiful beaches on the cape which was Nausset beach. The beach was filled with the locals and also visitors from all over the east coast. After my visited the beach I had dinner one of the best lobster shacks in the cape and had the most amazing lobster roll. After dinner I went to Sundae School which served homemade ice cream. The place was packed with people but can't really blame them as the weather was so hot.
My trip to Boston was amazing and relaxing. Although I got sun burned from jet skiing and lauing out on the beach, I am thankful to be able to visit such a beautiful place.


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I am thankful that I have this webpage to enjoy day after day..It is nice to be able to travel and let my innerself fly away any time I choose, mostly everyday, thanks
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|Walter Marti
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I want to thank you again for your webcam. The upgrade is wonderfull. It has saved me many trip to the Pier and encourged me when the naysayers said that the conditions were bad.
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This is worth checking out, and for those of you who are not adept with the keyboard, the URL is: http://wm.diver.net. Be sure to check out "The Monterey Shootout" in addition to the other fine offerings.
Thanks for the unique view, Walter.
|the Vallevienis
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We miss you Walker.... When are you coming down to the OC.
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I am banned from the OC! Got the letter last week, couldn't believe it. First time I'd heard from the HappyRox in almost two years!
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|Brian Paradise
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I just love Newport Beach and all Beaches for that matter. I check this cam on a daily basis and if it is looking like a sunny day is a head then I'm there. One of God's gift to me. Well get to the beach and enjoy Surf's up Brian Paradise
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If I try real hard, I can pretend that you are saying that the WalkCam is a gift from God...I'll add that to my life's list of accomplishments. Thanks for that.
I'm planning my vacation to Newport in Sept. I can't wait. New cam is great! It's like I'm almost there. Now if you could only find a way to get the ocean breeze and smell thru the cam site. We would be all set!
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If you leave an old beer can in the sun and then cover the can in Coppertone, you can approximate the smell of my old NB apartment building. That is how I roll down Memory Ln.
|Michael G
Lexington NC
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|Steve Dimmitt
Ben Lomond
Hey Walker, I really like your 'weather station' . I find myself stopping by several times a day, but what happened at sunrise today? There was 20 minutes missing from the "roof cam" just as the sun was comiming up. I hope everything is ok . Your site is still the greatest.
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