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If your toddler's sleep patterns worry you, and it is often a struggle to put her to sleep, you may doing something wrong. Poornima Makaram speaks to experts and parents to get advice on what constitutes good sleep hygiene.
Two year old Shreya is a testy child who refuses to sleep at night. Her mother Ramya Chandran struggles every day trying to get her to go to bed and late evenings soon transform the bedroom into a battleground. The constant tussles begin with cajoling and pleading, and end with fi nally losing losing patience and temper tantrums.
Is this the story of hour home as well? If yes, read for tips to inculcate better sleep hygiene in your family early on.
Bangalore-based paediatrician Dr Sandeep Jathanna believes it is very important to set a good rhythm so that your child gets enough sleep every night. "It is necessary for the child to be put to bed at the same time every evening in order to establish a good pattern," he says. "This way, the child gets enough sleep at night, and is not cranky during the day. Between the ages of two and four, a child needs 10 to 12 hours of sleep every night in addition to one or two naps during the day."
Dr Jathanna urges the setting up of a regular pattern which will signal sleeping time. "This could include giving the child a warm bath before putting her to bed. Ensure that you make her wear familiar and comfortable night clothes like pyjamas and t-shirt. A glass of warm milk with a cookie can be given, and the routine can end with brushing her teeth. Repeating the same pattern every day helps the child recognise bedtime, and will make going to sleep easier. The body recognises the pattern and begins to wind down accordingly," he adds.
Web designer Ranjini Srinivasan always found it diffi cult to put her daughter Vinaya to sleep when she was a year and a half. The little one would drag the whole 'putting to sleep' exercise for nearly an hour before she fi nally relented. "It was an exasperating experience to get her to sleep. I kept trying different things to make the routine comfortable for her. Finally, I bought her a toy which emits a soft light. So, cloer to sleep time, we would switch off all the lights, put the toy next to her, and sing a familiar lullaby every night. After a while, the lullaby became her cue to go to sleep, with the familiar comforting toy right next to her."
Dr Jathanna feels that stimulating activity should be off limits in the bedroom. He says, "No video games or television should be allowed before going to bed." This is because any kind of visual stimulation makes it difficult for the child to wind down, says the paediatrician. "Narrating a bed-time story or singing a song works better," he says. "If she wakes up in the middle of the night and calls out to you, just put her back to sleep without much ado. Do not offer a midnight snack or take her out of the room since that will make it very difficult for her to go back to sleep."
Take for instance, software engineer Pragna Shetty's son Chirag's case. Chirag would wake up in the middle of the night quite often and his mum always had trouble putting him back to sleep. "When he woke up around midnight, my husband Shyam would still watching TV in the living room. The sound would percolate into the bedroom as well, and was perhaps the cause of disturbance. Soon, Chirag would be wide awake and wanting to go out and watch his favourite TV show," says Pragna. "Sometimes, we would humour him and allow him to watch about 15 minutes of TV, but after this, it was always difficult to get him back to sleep for nearly an hour. At my insistence, Shyam began to wear headphones to mute out the sound, and then we found it much easier to put Chirag back to sleep in 10 minutes,"
she says. M&B
• Make the bedroom a comfortable place with enough air circulation.
• Serve dinner at least an hour before bedtime.
• Avoid feeding sweets or sodas before bedtime.
• Don't allow her to fall asleep in front of the television or in the living room as this disrupts regular sleeping habits.
• Give her a doll or toy, or even a blanket to make her feel secure is a good idea.
• If the child's natural rhythm makes her sleep later, then start the process of putting her to sleep a little later, so that a lot of non sleep time is not spent on the bed.
• Don't do other normal activities on the bed as this sends confl icting messages to the child about whether it is a sleep or a play zone.
Akhila Vijaykumar takes a look at the various toys that children play with, and how they could be infl uencing outdated stereotypes or behaviour patterns in your child
Children learn and develop through play. Toys based on action, construction and technology help children gain problemsolving and spatial skills, and encourage them to be active. Toys focused on roles and imagination help growth of social skills. When toys are gendered, they deny both genders one set of vital skills. Girls role-play and imagine scenarios with dolls, doll houses, cooking sets, makeup sets, oven sets and other household-y things. Boys build and run around with sports equipment, chemistry sets, tool kits and building blocks.
Across the world, gendered toys limit childrens' interests. Little girls are restrained to flowers, fairies and princesses in pink and fuchsia hues. Little boys may have toys in all the colours of the world, but can never actually choose pink on their own.
Research and debates the world over throw up concerning findings that say the 'pinkifi cation' of young girls is leading to more gender bias in critical think, selfesteem and body issues. While toys for boys facilitate competition, control and dominance—traits that are once again proving to be troublesome when expressed to violent extremes by boys and young adult males.
Girls are constantly told to wait for their 'Prince Charming' to rescue them and that math, science, technology and construction are not for them—leaving them insecure about their abilities well into adulthood. Boys who embrace even the slightest sign of femininity are derided and stigmatised, teased mercilessly for being a girl, forcing the child to hide his feminine side as well as assume being female is weak or bad.
Studies have shown that newborns, irrespective of sex, show similar preferences. Stuffed toys are favourites with both genders, indicating a united preference for cuddly beings.
In the Victorian age, babies of both sexes were dressed in white. In Catholic countries, blue was sometimes seen as a girl's colour due to association with the Virgin Mary. In fact, even up to the early 80s, toy catalogues and clothes were preferred in primary colours like red and yellow.
The over-emphasis on pink versus blue seems to be a marketing creation—where toys are divided on the basis of gender purely for profi t. After all, it makes it harder for parents to pass down toys between siblings of different genders especially in traditional markets. You're likelier to buy another. The linking of the toy industry and the entertainment industry also has led to merchandise retailing, where the push for volumes has led to a careless, almost cruel divide between boys and girls, all for profit.
Developmental psychologists have found that by two to three years, children have become extremely aware of their gender and its social implications. Forming groups, excluding individuals, including individuals, all becomes based on gender dynamics. While toys might not create the stereotypes of daddy-goes-to-work and mummy-stays-at-home, they defi nitely reinforce them.
A decade into the 21st century, it is clear that traditional roles are changing fast. Men and women will now occupy different roles, happily, out of choice, and possible exchange roles too. In which case, won't encouraging a little boy to play with ovens a way of encouraging him to be nurturing, to feel comfortable taking care of someone and to not consider any job as 'women's work'? Similarly, encouraging girls to use more critical thinking skills via chess, building blocks and sports equipment could mean more physical confi dence and better maths skills, to name just two? Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright has always credited his success to his childhood set of blocks his mother bought home. It begs the question: how many gifted female architects have been thwarted by dolls?
Today, there has been some progress towards gender equality. More women are in the workplace and in public life, some men take on greater parenting and domestic responsibilities but yet, when it comes to children, the lines have never been more clearly drawn in pink and blue. Psychologists suggest that highly gendered toys are not just a a result of capitalism, but also point to a deep, subconscious unease with the advances of women's rights in the past few decades.
What is important is to find a way to dispense with inculcating gendered limits in children, without jettisoning values that families hold dear. It is important to understand the changing milieu, and also fi t these new principles into existing belief systems and culture Simple ways of doing that could be to gradually encourage cross-gender play dates and activities between children, buying gender-neutral toys and supporting children to take on broader gender roles at home and at play. These toys would also encourage development in all areas, especially physical, cognitive, academic, musical and artistic. M&B
Let Toys be Toys and Let Books be Books are just two global movements urging manufacturers and publishers to avoid gender stereotypical colours and visuals on their products. The message of both campaigns is to let children not be forced into a preference based on their gender.
Ros Ball and her partner, James, kept a diary of the lives of their daughter and son, recording the moments when children were made aware of genders, stereotypes, pink-and-blue classifi cation and more. Tweeting the results at Baby Gender Diary, both parents were astounded at the incessant amount of classifi cation that went on with children as young as a year old.
Do you often worry about how harmlful your baby's playthings are? Well, you have reason to. Dr Prashanth Urs, senior consultant neonatologist and paediatrician, Apollo Cradle, talks about toy safety and its implications on your little one
Everyone loves toys. They're both entertaining and informative. Children above the age of five are able to understand how to play with them, and to make out what can be potentially dangerous. The main worry lies with infants. Between the ages 0 to two, a baby is still trying to focus on people and objects. So parents of infants need to constantly be on their toes, making sure that the toys are kept clean, and that the babies are not nibbling at or swallowing anything dangerous. The most critical factor in child safety is to choose toys on the basis of the child's age since most of these are made keeping a age-appropriate skills in mind. Here's our guide to help you make the right choice.
0 to 1 year
In the fi rst few months, your infant will use his primary senses like the eyes and ears to discover the world. Therefore, toys that make noise or are bright and colourful are the ones that appeal most to this age group. In the second half of the fi rst year, infants master motor skills that enable them to play with toys in new and exciting ways. When babies can sit up, they enjoy playthings they can manipulate—bang, drop, stack up, put in and take out, and open and shut.
The toys suggested for this age group include crib gyms, teething toys, interlocking rings or keys, soft dolls, stuffed animals (with short pile fabric) rattles, nesting and stacking toys, simple shape sorters, simple musical instruments and pop up toys.
When it comes to toys for your infant, make sure that:
• the toys are large enough—so that they can't be swallowed or lodged in the baby's windpipe.
• you clean toys on a regular basis—weekly or once in two weeks. The best way to do this is with child-friendly soap and water. Followed this up by wiping the toy with a disinfectant. For fabric toys, wash in the laundry with kidfriendly soap and hot water.
• battery-operated toys should have battery cases secured with screws so that kids cannot pry them open.
• all toys are safe for chewing—check labels.
• you avoid dangerous entanglement. Toys should never be hung or attached to a crib, playpen, stroller, infant seat or around a child's neck with elastic, string or ribbon.
1 to 2 years
In the second year, children turn into explorers. They become extremely curious, and their physical abilities make it easier for them to play and learn. It is at this age that children imitate adults and enjoy toys that help master life skills.
The toys enjoyed by this age group include balls (1-¾ inches and larger), push-pull toys, infant swings, blocks, puzzles with knobs, play vehicles, non-toxic art supplies, playhouse and musical instruments, etc
Take the following safety precautions when picking toys for this age group: Avoid small objects like marbles.
• do not get toys with small parts (such as batteries or loose magnets) that can be swallowed.
• avoid stuffed toys with loosely sewn-on parts that can be easily removed.
• never buy anything with sharp edges.
• always choose toys that are made with lead-free paint.
• scrub with soap and water to effectively remove germs from surfaces. When possible, toys and surfaces should also be disinfected with kid-friendly disinfectants.
• Make sure yoy follow the manufacturer's directions exactly as printed on the label.
2 to 4 years
Preschoolers have longer attention spans than toddlers. Typically, they talk a lot and ask a lot of questions. They like to experiment with things and with their still-emerging physical skills. They can take turns—and sharing one toy by two or more children is often possible for this age group. Toys enjoyed by this age include puzzles, building blocks, pretend toys, picture books, clay and play dough.
While selecting playthings for your preschooler, ensure:
• that the size is big. Avoid toys that can choke the child.
• that you avoid toys with fur as they can carry a lot of dust and lead to allergies and wheezing.
• electric toys are labelled UL, ie, they meet safety standards set by Underwriters Laboratories.
• throw away broken toys or repair them right away. Make sure that wooden toys have no splinters, and that bikes and outdoor toys are not rusted.
• stuffed toys do not have broken seams or exposed removable parts.
• when you buy clay and play dough, check for harmful chemicals in its list of ingredients.
• Check all toys periodically for breakage and potential hazards. Damaged or dangerous toys should be repaired or thrown away immediately.
• wash the toys often, and keep them clean. M&B
You've heard about the nausea, and the swelling of the feet, and the food aversions, and the fatigue… But has anyone told you about what you can gain during pregnancy apart from the pounds? M&B tells you that there's enough reason to be overjoyed
Words: Reshma Kulkami
When Rebecca Bloomwood, the protagonist of Shopaholic & Baby, talked about how her husband has got 'suddenly keen on her cleavage' after she got pregnant, she was listing just one of the many 'pregnancy wows' that women can look forward to. Yes, you read that right. Impending motherhood doesn't just come with its woes (be it cellulite or increased weight), but also brings along a bevy of positives. Read on for more.
Pregnancy means no periods till you continue breastfeeding. This translates into freedom from PMS, dysmenorrhoea and cramps for that much time. Childbirth eliminates some of the proprostaglandin receptor sites on the uterus which cause the contractions of the uterus during menstruation and labour. This translates into reduced cramps. Fewer periods also reduce the exposure to oestrogen and progesterone, thus cutting down the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. High levels of oestrogen in a pregnant body accord protection from heart problems due to its vasculo-protective action. Further, breastfeeding raises levels of the hormone oxytocin, and lowers the risk of heart ailments, diabetes and hypertension. However, breastfeeding reduces the heightened levels of oestrogen, thus lowering the risk of oestrogen-fuelled cancers of the breast, cervix and endometrium. Having a baby cuts the risk of developing autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis, RA, Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. During pregnancy a women's immune system adjusts to avoid attacking the baby and this lowers the immune activity and infl ammation that causes nerve damage.
A wonderful by-product of getting pregnant is the surge in your libido. You can have sex without worrying about contraception. Your body starts looking more feminine, thanks to the soft curves. Breasts may become fuller, resulting in a tempting décolletage. During pregnancy, especially during the second trimester, increased blood flow to the pelvic region makes sex more sensitive and pleasurable. Testosterone and oestrogen produced by the foetus, along with progesterone, boosts sexual drive and gives you a greater likelihood of reaching an orgasm. The oestrogenic upsurge lends a rosy glow to the skin and accords a lustrous mane. Moreover, even though your weight might increase, you and your partner will tend to become more accepting of these physical changes, thus enhancing the psychological factor of lovemaking to a large degree.
Apart from physical benefi ts, pregnancy also brings about a bevy of psychological positive changes in a woman. To begin with, the woman starts adopting a healthy lifestyle for her baby; thus looking better than ever. This boosts her self-worth, which in turn helps her bond better with herself and her partner. Pregnancy brings about a positive attitude and makes you strong to cope with life changes without succumbing to negative thoughts and worries. A surge in progesterone acts as a tranquiliser to help reduce stress and promote calm sleep. After the first trimester, the increase in placental hormones creates a sense of well-being and whets the appetite. The accompanying rise in oestrogen makes you naturally sensitive to rejecting foods that her baby will reject. Pregnancy supercharges the prefrontal cortex of the brain, thus helping a woman become an even better multitasker. The release of oxytocin during delivery helps you become calmer and more focussed. M&B
• Keep up the healthy eating habits to retain good skin, hair and body
• Read and research to know how you can enhance your little one's wellbeing. It helps you be engaged proactively towards the baby.
• Make time to go back to your hobbies and recreational interests. It helps lessen the stress of rearing a child.
• Take up post-natal fi tness programmes to shed the excess fl ab.
• Continue taking supplements of Iron, Calcium etc. with due advice from the doctor.
• Continue breathing exercises to keep postnatal depression at bay and have a healthier respiratory system.
• Most of all, enjoy the beautiful bond that the baby cements between you and your partner. The little life that you create together gives the best security to your relationship, as you both selfl essly strive to work towards a common goal.
Inputs from: Dr Kalpana Pathare, Ankur Maternity Home, Thane; Dr. Loveleena Nadir, Fortis La Femme; Dr Kamna Chhibber, Fortis Healthcare,; Kanchan Naikawadi, Indus Health Plus; Dr Nidhi Arora (PT), AktivOrtho; Dr Kiran Coelho, Hinduja Healthcare Surgical; Dr Anita K Mohan, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru; Dr Tanvi Tuteja, K.J Somaiya Medical College & Hospital; Dr Pradnya Parulekar, Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai; Dr Reenu Jain, Jaypee Hospital, Noida; Dr Anil Magdum, Sunrise Hospital, Mumbai; Dr K Shilpi Redddy, The Birthplace, Hyderabad; Dr Shivani Sachdev Gour, SCI Healthcare; Dr Neena Patwardhan, Cumballa Hill Hospital, Mumbai
Welcome to December 2014
Officially the month of cheer and merriment, December has a lovely joyous air about it, don't you think? The tree, the ornaments, holidays, New Year's parties…it's as if the month demands that you let your hair down. Join M&B in celebrating the year end with as mummies share their favourite festive memories. Also watch out for the lavish X-mas spread for your family. And because you are a mum, keeping the little one busy and enthused is important too. So, we teach you to some decorative snowflakes for the tree!
A harbinger of hope and happiness, the festival celebrates birth—M&B's favourite subject. So, in this issue, we discuss the oft-ignored subject of male infertility, a decisive factor that may be keeping you from experiencing the joy of birth. If you've been lucky though, our guide on early pregnancy symptoms will tell you how to know for sure. From there on, M&B hand-holds you into your journey with a pregnancy diet chart and a guide to help you boost your immunity. For new mums, there are baby skin-care tips and good sleep hygiene suggestions.
Parenting is surely not child's play. But toys are. If you choose well, they play a huge role in your child's development. Remember to keep them safe, clean and hygienic though.
Flip through our shopping list before you start Christmas shopping. We bring you the cutest little dolls you can find. Who knows, you may just find the perfect stocking stuffer right here!
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Largest ski resort in the Alps for winter holidays
Known as the largest ski resort in Switzerland and also as the highest city in Europe at a 1560 m altitude, Davos is a top ski holiday destination with an international appeal. It is also the biggest resort found in the Alps famous for its modern Conference Centre, where the World Economic Forum is hosted almost every year. There an international elite is gathering, with international political figures and financiers.
In Davos you can find five different skiing areas: the largest is Parseen with pistes for all difficulty levels, the longest downhill run popular for its snowboarding – Jakobshorn, Pischa, Madrisa and Rinerhorn. All are family-friendly destinations.
In conjunction with the nearby town of Klosters, Davos is not only one of the best winter destinations due to the large variety of sports activities, but also a great choice for warmer seasons. It has gorgeous summer hiking trails to marvel at the grandeur of the Alpine scenery.
There are plenty of options for the best entertainment of the visitors, in the centre of Davos you can find amazing shopping areas with plenty of boutiques, cafés and restaurants. The vibrant nightlife buzzes with numerous bars, discos and a casino.
O'Neill freestyle snowboarding event takes place annually around December – January
Zügenschlucht – a romantic gorge in verdant nature with the impressive RhB railway line
Monstein Brewery - the highest brewery in Europe
Vaillant Arena – famous for being one of the most beautiful hockey stadiums in the world; Davos is the place of origin of the renown Hockey Club HCD
Paragliding over the breathtaking snow-capped mountains
See the special natural beauty of Sertigtal with its mountain landscapes with a horse-drawn carriage
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In 2017 TrinSoft continued its tradition of setting aside 10% of profits for donations. Team members submitted charitable organizations around Central Kentucky and throughout the world for which they had a passion for the cause or were personally involved. Some of the organizations TrinSoft contributed funds to include:
In addition to the financial contributions from the software company, the TrinSoft team dedicated many hours of service to multiple organizations throughout Central Kentucky. TrinSoft's unique program enables team members to serve in multiple roles for numerous organizations.
This webinar showcased the new features in Dynamics GP 2018 including enhancements in the following key areas: Comprehensive Doc Attach, User Experience, Optimize Financials & HRP, Workflow, and more.
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The room was a green concrete box but clean and utterly silent after our late arrival after mindight and we slept for ten hours solid.
The flight into Hanoi was straightforward and the visa on arrival process worked fine for us although some people didn't have the right exact US $45 and one couple claimed to have had all their money stolen between the plane and the immigration point.
We managed to change $20 into some Viet dong and had a very elegant meal at the Black Duck Cafe just around the corner from the Hanoi Old Town Hotel. The night markets were pulsating with life.
Today we have wandered around in the sweltering heat photographing the insane motorbike traffic, visiting the markets and finding a few things to tide us over on the train to Sapa tonight. We have already blogged Hanoi on our last visit, so this was just another easy day hanging out in air-conditioned comfort with sorties out to see the old town.
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History: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille were founded in France, 1650, and made their first U.S. foundation, 1855. The Congregation of St. Joseph was founded to support its seven founding congregations, 2017-present. A province of one of the seven congregations, the Crookston Province (Crookston, Minnesota) of the Medaille Congregation, has staffed St. Mary Mission School (Ojibwa and Métis), Turtle Mountain Reservation, Dunseith, North Dakota, 1945-present.
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text: Digital13 Political Metaphors More Annoying Than the Government ShutdownBy Patrick Coffee|October 15, 2013 ShareBy Patrick Coffee|October 15, 2013 Share"My metaphorical cup is this full…"Retreat to your cocoon, adjust your tin foil hat, pull the wool over your eyes and get ready to drink the Kool-Aid, sheeple—it's time for a lesson in messages more infuriating than the last season of Lost.See, journalists think people who live in White Houses shouldn't throw stones…if by "stones" you mean a series of increasingly obtuse metaphors that only serve to muddle the message. That's the point NPR writer Ari Shapiro brought to the (allegorical) table last week when he "shouted" during a briefing with secretary Jay Carney that the analogies used to describe government shutdown negotiations were no longer "serv[ing] our purposes" as fact-based reporters.This happened after Carney told the gaggle of scriveners that the president would not pay "ransom" to opponents in order to keep the country running. Shapiro was simply calling him out for overcomplicating the issue by mixing his metaphors: earlier he said that the proposed short-term debt ceiling deal was a way for House Republicans to keep the "nuclear weapon" of debt default in their "back pocket" and that there's still no way to know whether they'll "put the matches and gasoline aside" when it comes to such threats.That last one gave us a headache, but it's just a drop in the bucket, so to speak. In case you think this rhetorical free-for-all is all the White House's fault, here are some other bad messaging apples drawn from recent crises:"…a sugar-coated Satan sandwich" – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's "very accurate" description of a proposed 2011 debt deal"It's a Sophie's Choice, right?" – Carney describing decisions about which bills to pay"Extortion…hostage-taking" – President Obama characterizing current negotiations"[The default issue is] a hostage that's worth ransoming" – Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2011, in case you thought Obama was the first to go there"…we might as well do it now — pull off the Band-Aid; eat our peas." – The president pressing debt negotiators to come to an agreement"Lemmings with suicide vests" – Rep. David Nunes' description of fellow Republicans willing to shut down the government"And the Tea Party hobbits could return to middle earth having defeated Mordor" – Sen. John McCain comparing his colleagues to Elijah Wood and the guy from Rudy"When someone is overextended and broke, they don't continue paying for expensive automobiles." – Rep. Paul Broun comparing the U.S. to a family trying to stay within its budget (and missing the mark by a mile)"[The plan was] a Hail Mary touchdown pass. Let's go and take what we can get in this, get the five yards, get the first down and fight the next battles" – Rep. Blake Farenthold taking his football metaphor way too far"Maybe throw in a Special Counsel to investigate the President's birthplace and the House GOP will stop committing economic treason." – Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe turning what could have been a decent joke into a terrible analogyIt's not just politicos and message massagers: the media does it too."Some…have already declared the Senate bill 'dead on arrival' in the House" – Various media outlets comparing a law to a cadaver"A decisive re-election would break the feverish stalemate in Washington…" – Time Magazine describing the government as a sick chess player "But the machinery was engaged and it seemed to have no reverse gear" – Time again, describing the plan for a shutdown as some sort of vehicleThis bonus entry may be a Batman reference:The economy is in on one ferry, the Constitution on the other, and the GOP has them rigged to blow if we don't play its game.— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) October 7, 2013Here's what we know: in PR as in politics, simplicity and transparency are your best friends. You can try to twist the message any number of ways but, as two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Boston University professor Robert Pinsky puts it:"The attempt to clarify becomes like a poem by an avant-garde surrealist poet."In other words, using too many metaphors is like having too many cooks in the kitchen (and that was a simile, BTW). If you do manage to find a clever way to describe something complicated by comparing it to something less so then please give yourself a pat on the back, but stick with a single analogy.Why? Because the more you twist the language the more you'll come off as the one thing you don't want to be: a spin doctor. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2jGTy29 copy Adweek Adweek


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Sunflower Starfish on the hunt at Pacific Coast Tidal Pools, California. These starfish typically have 22 to 26 legs and are considered voracious hunters and the "Porshe's" of the starfish world. You wouldn't believe how fast they move and can be a bit of a challenge to photograph in a Tidal Pool setting (since I'm photographing through the water surface). Their typical food is sea urchins and other starfish.
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I just read through some of the comments about one red paperclip over at digg. They're super fun to read. People've got some great tales about bigger or better trading games they played at scout camp, conferences, or college. PGvildys has the best one yet: "During freshmen week at my univ someone started with a pencil and got up to a solar car. At another university they started with a pen and got up to an industrial crane. It's not that difficult to do given time." So that's the benchmark: A solar car or an industrial crane. My nod goes to the industrial crane. Never been much of a aerodynamics junkie. And besides, what can't you do with an industrial crane? I'm only up to one red generator right now, but one day, fingers crossed, that l'il red generator sitting beside me in my apartment will be replaced by an industrial crane, given time. Perhaps a red industrial crane. Anyone got an spare industrial crane lying around? Kyle PS I guess I'll need a bigger apartment. Anyone got one of those lying around too?
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The INSIDER Summary:
- Domino's is selling chocolate pizza.
- Fans are raving about it on Twitter and the dessert is running out because of its popularity.
- The only catch is that it's only available across the pond.
Domino's is no stranger to a good marketing ploy: The pizza chain did give us that pizza-shaped engagement ring, after all. But its latest innovation has completely blown our minds. Move over, burger pizza, because chocolate pizza has arrived. We repeat: CHOCOLATE pizza has arrived!
Dubbed the Lotta-Chocca Pizza, this sugar-packed dessert pie is basically any chocoholic's dream come true. There's so much melted milk chocolatey goodness on a six-inch dough base, it looks like heaven on a plate.
According to those who have already tried it, it tastes like it too: As one girl wrote on Twitter, she's "never tasted anything like it!!!! BETTER than the cookies by far." Just check out all these glowing reviews!
Unfortunately, there is a pretty big geographical issue at hand, as it seems to only be found on UK menus: The limited-edition masterpiece is currently being served in branches across the country for £5 (or roughly $7) a pop.
For those lucky enough to find it, a spokesperson recommends acting fast, telling Digital Spy,"We'd suggest that people do try it quickly whilst stocks last, though we'd remind our Domino's super fans that it is a sharing dessert for four, not all for one!"
That sounds like a wise choice, given that it clocks in at 204 calories… per slice. (We'd still do it.)


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Liner Notes]
June 25–July 4: Award-Winning Writer Thomas E. Kennedy
Join a small group of writers on Andros Island for intensive writing
workshops. Writing sample required to be considered. For aspiring and
published writers. Two partial scholarship contests available, and
AAC's first partial scholarship fund is available for writers
who might not be able to participate otherwise.
See Workshops page at AAC website for details.
WC&C scholarship funds are also available via competition,
with manuscripts accepted from 1 December through 30 March.
AWP Scholarships for guidelines.
Designed and launched by Rosalie Herion in 2012, this site offers additional info about
Kennedy's series of novels about Denmark's capital city.
(NOTE: External links open in a new, resizable window, making it convenient
for you to return to browsing this site.)
Anton Mueller of Bloomsbury USA is pleased to announce the acquisition of In the
Company of Angels, by Thomas E. Kennedy, one of four books comprising Kennedy's
Copenhagen Quartet. Although Kennedy's novels are internationally
acclaimed, his work has gone unnoticed by major US publishers until now.
In the Company of Angels was a 2007 winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for
books from independent publishers, the judges writing that "why this was not
one of the most widely read novels of 2004 is a mystery …It should be picked
up immediately."
discusses the novel
reads from the novel
The Copenhagen Quartet comprises four independent novels, set in different
seasons in the Danish capital city. In the Company of Angels is set in
summer, focusing on two damaged characters struggling to heal and regain normalcy:
Bernardo Greene has survived torture at the hands of Pinochet's henchmen in
Chile; Michela Ibsen has escaped a violently abusive husband. During Denmark's
long summer nights, their relationship unfolds as a testament to the resilience
and complexity of the human heart.
2008 Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Dìaz praises the novel highly: "Thomas
E. Kennedy is an astonishment, and In the Company of Angels is as elegant
as it is beautiful, as important as it profound. A marvel of a read."
And Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, writes: "With
generous and elegant prose, Kennedy takes us from the darkest, most violent regions
of our collective behavior to our most exalted: our enduring hope for something
higher, our need to forgive and be forgiven, our human hunger to love and be loved.
[This is] a deeply stirring novel, suffused with intelligence, grace, and that rarest
of qualities — written or otherwise — wisdom."
Bloomsbury is committed to bringing Kennedy's complete body of work —
including novels, short stories, and essays — to a larger audience. In the
Company of Angels will be published simultaneously by Bloomsbury USA and
Bloomsbury UK in March 2010. A second novel from the Copenhagen Quartet
will follow in Winter 2011.
[Update: Since this announcement was first published, all four novels of
Kennedy's Copenhagen Quartet series have been acquired by Bloomsbury. Three
have been published in new editions, both in the USA and in the UK, and the fourth novel,
Beneath the Neon Egg, is scheduled for release in August 2014.]
Now available for publication:
Judges choose "I Am Joe's Prostate" from among six finalists for
a 2008 National Magazine Award in the Essay category. Finalists also included essays
by Walter Kim, Stephen King, Katrina Onstad, Tim Page, and Sallie Tisdale.
The 43rd annual National Magazine Awards, the magazine industry's highest
honor, were awarded at a gala event in New York City on the first of May. Named
after the Alexander Calder Stabile "Elephant," the 2008 "Ellies"
represent a record-setting 1,964 entries from 333 print and online magazines.
"[The Essay category] recognizes excellence in essay writing on topics ranging
from the personal to the political. Whatever the subject, emphasis should be placed
on the author's eloquence, perspective, fresh thinking and unique voice."
(American Society of Magazine Editors)
See complete list of
categories and finalists.
See event photos at Media
Bistro: To see Kennedy and Robert Stewart with the "Ellie"
award, scroll down to the fourth photo under "Ellies '08: Snapshots
and Snippets." Here's the caption:
Writer Tom Kennedy got an Ellie for his New Letters essay "I Am Joe's
Prostate," and he ain't letting go. Related: He bad-assedly rocked
that leopard fez at Ellie events all week.
By Peter Carlson, Washington Post Staff Writer
New Letters snagged the essay award for "I Am Joe's Prostate"
by Thomas E. Kennedy. "'I Am Joe's Prostate' steals its
title from the 1950s Reader's Digest series, but Reader's Digest was
never like this," the judges wrote. "Wince-inducing, outrageously honest
and wickedly funny, Thomas Kennedy's account of his prostate-cancer scare
is essay writing at its most original. Laugh the whole way through, then ponder
the subtext of medical testing gone haywire."
We will pause at this point to enable our male readers to take a deep breath and
compose themselves.
Read the full article.
"I Am Joe's Prostate" appears in New Letters
quarterly magazine, Volume 73, Issue Number 4.
Read an excerpt…
This essay shares top billing for the New Letters Readers Award for the
Essay, 2006-2007. See list of categories and winners.
"The Junk We Carry" is featured in the May 2008 issue of The Writer
magazine, which describes the article this way: "How an accomplished
fiction writer found some of his best stories in notes, scraps and souvenirs."
"Who Says You Can't Shift Point of View?" is featured in the October
2007 issue of The Writer magazine.
From The Writer, referring to Kennedy's essay: "Who
says you can't shift point of view? Our writer begs to differ on this old
edict, and he's not alone."
Kennedy's essay, "I Am Joe's Prostate," which was published
by New Letters quarterly magazine, won the 2008 National Magazine Award
in the category of essay.
On 12-12-08, in an interview with Angela Elam of New Letters on the Air,
Kennedy talks about, and reads from, other essays in his 2008 collection, Riding the
Dog: A Look Back at America.
Listen to the interview
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Apple iTunes, etc.
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Podcast includes the Web extra, in which Kennedy discusses the ramifications of winning the
award. This episode of New Letters on the Air is also available on CD and
Kennedy: "
And I am looking forward to speaking with my grandson,
Leo Kennedy-Rye, when he begins to speak! I held him in my hands a few weeks ago
and whispered to him, "Oh, Leo, you and I are going to be such good friends!"
and he rewarded me with the biggest smile! That's enough to stay alive for!"
Read the interview
"The Baboon Dream" appears in Issue 18 of
"This is a strange fish of a story — with a monkey in it!"
says Ellen Visson, four-time Pushcart nominee.
"Fellow Travelers" appears in the Summer 2007 issue of
Glimmer Train. This is Kennedy's fourth appearance in
the journal: in Issues 10, 30, and 35 (which also includes an interview with
him), and now in Issue 63.
"He remembered one Christmas dinner, when he was still new to the family,
where he had excused himself from a table of smiling people to use the bathroom
and returned to find them all on their feet, shouting at each other, some angrily
pulling on overcoats, others weeping or arguing."
—From "Fellow Travelers" by Thomas E. Kennedy
Excerpt appears on back cover of Issue 63 of Glimmer
Kennedy learned late last year that the poetry of the legendary Danish poet Dan
Turèll (1946-1993) had never been translated into English. Therefore, with
the blessing of Turèll's widow, Chili Turèll, and support from the Literature
Center of the Danish Arts Council, Kennedy began to translate the poems of one of
Turèll's central works, The Big City Trilogy, written in the mid-1970s.
Many of these poems are well-known and immensely popular in Denmark, not only among
other poets, but among the people. Turèll, like T. S. Eliot, is a poet who
had, and continues to have, a wide following among all levels of the population.
His long, driving, rhythmic texts focus on ordinary moments of existence and make
them unique. The reader walks through the city of Copenhagen with Uncle Danny —
one of his self-styled personas — and sees illuminated in all its ordinary,
every-day details the brief, strange experience of being alive.
The first three of the poems, several pages each, appear in
New Letters magazine (Vol 75, Nos 2 & 3, 2009), along with an essay
by Kennedy introducing Turèll and photographs of the poet (inter alia together
with William S. Burroughs). A further three of the longer texts, along with another
essay and photos, will appear in the fall 2009 issue of
Absinthe: New European Writing. Additional works are expected
to appear elsewhere in the near future.
At present Kennedy is researching the life of Turèll and interviewing people
who knew him well — his widow, Chili, and some of his close friends, starting
with the artist Barry Lereng Wilmont. Turèll was also a formidable performer
and reader of his own work, which is written not only for the page but also, with
its driving rhythms, for the human voice.
Kennedy has begun a series of readings to launch the translations — starting
with half a dozen bookstores, cultural centers, and coffee houses in Copenhagen
throughout the spring and early summer of 2009. When the poems have been more widely
published in the U.S., he hopes to organize a series of readings there as well.
In the meantime, you're invited to read Kennedy's 11-11-08 blog entry,
"Dan Turèll's 27-Year-Old Cigar":
I am here to tell you about Dan Turèll — a too-early late, great Danish
poet — and his poet-actress widow, Chili. And I am here to tell you about
Barry Lereng Wilmot, a Canadian-Danish artist-writer who fortunately is still very
much whinnying with us. And I am here to tell you about a cigar, a Cohiba robusto,
which I smoked today in the great Copenhagen serving house, Rosengaardens Bodega,
where a Gestapo informer known as The Horsethief was liquidated on Hitler's
birthday, 1943 — a present for the Führer
New Letters magazine of the University of Missouri Kansas City ran a three-part
series carved out of Kennedy's translation from the Danish of the book by
Thomas Larsen entitled, The Meeting with Evil: Inge Genefke's Fight against
Torture. The series ran consecutively in the Fall 2007, Winter 2008, and
Spring 2008 issues of New Letters
(Volume 74, numbers 1, 2, and 3).
Inge Genefke is a Danish physician who has been fighting for more than 30 years
against the use of torture, and on behalf of its victims to provide them treatment.
She has received many awards and distinctions from many countries throughout the
world for her efforts and has been repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Her struggle is not political, but humanistic, apolitical. Her aim is to stop the
torturers and help the tortured.
In addition to the excerpts from The Meeting with Evil that appear in the
New Letters series, you can learn more about Dr. Genefke in the essay that
follows, "A Shout from Copenhagen 6: The Meeting with
(NOTE: The Medicine and Torture
section at this website also includes links to sites about Dr. Genefke and rehabilitation
of torture victims.)
"Now more than ever, the world needs to be told about the extent to which
men, women and children are being subjected to torture. Thomas Larsen's book
about Inge Genefke's Meeting with Evil and her 30-year fight against
it bears that witness."
— Tim Robbins, star of The Secret Life of Words
"Fifty years ago, the Nobel Laureate Albert Camus said, 'For every man
tortured, ten terrorists are born.' Inge Genefke and the organizations she
founded are working to help the victims and stop the torture. What better way to
wage the war on terrorism?"
—Julie Christie, who plays Inge Genefke in The Secret Life of Words
"As Thomas Larsen says in his introduction to The Meeting with Evil,
torture victims are the loneliest people in the world. Their tormentors inflict
upon them excruciatingly painful abuse which they are helpless to defend themselves
against and which can permanently damage or completely destroy their bodies and
spirit. As the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the United States Congress,
and one who has personally experienced a concentration camp during the Second World
War, I feel compelled to ask, Who will speak out for these unfortunate human beings
in their loneliness and suffering? It is a comfort and reassurance to know that
there is at least one human being who has dedicated the major force of her adult
life to doing so. That extraordinary woman is the subject of Mr. Larsen's
book — Dr. Inge Genefke, a Danish physician, an outstanding humanitarian,
and a distinguished medical doctor who uses her training and compassion to bring
healing to those who have endured the pain of torture."
—Tom Lantos, United States Congressman (in his foreword to The Meeting with
I just dotted the last 'i' on the translation of a book which was at
one and the same time terribly distressing and enormously heartening to work with.
Translating it into English made the horrific things described in it seem to be
unfolding in slow motion and the courageous fight against these things, also related
in the book, awesomely heroic.
In English, the book — which is currently in search of a publisher —
will be titled, The Meeting with Evil, and subtitled Inge Genefke's
Fight against Torture. The book was written in Danish by the distinguished
political journalist, Thomas Larsen, and published in Copenhagen in 2005. Its subject
is a Danish physician by the name of Inge Genefke.
The book includes a foreword by Tom Lantos,
United States Congressman, himself the survivor of a camp during the Second World
War, as well as endorsements by Isabel Coixet who directed a heartbreaking and hopeful
film dealing, in large part, with the work of Inge Genefke, and Tim Robbins and
Sarah Pally who starred in that film, The Secret Life of Words (2006),
as well as Julie Christie, who portrayed Inge Genefke in the film.
Inge Genefke has devoted the past half of her 68 years fighting against torture
and struggling to ensure that the world is aware of the terrifying extent to which
torture is being employed throughout the world as well as to see to it that care
is provided for those whose lives have been broken by these crimes against humanity
and to fight against the continuing existence of this inhumanity.
Her efforts and those of her colleagues have resulted in a situation where undeniable
evidence now exists to disprove the lies of those political and military regimes
who seek to deny the fact that torture of the most heinous sort not only exists
but is being widely employed. Employed — as Inge Genefke states — not
to obtain information really, but to eradicate the personalities of courageous individuals
taking a stand in society. "Torture," she says, "does not produce
reliable information. Under torture, a person will say anything to make the torture
stop, will confess to crimes he knows nothing about, will sign blank pages to make
the pain stop."
Inge Genefke's efforts and those of her colleagues have resulted in the establishment
of two centers for rehabilitation and research against torture in Copenhagen which
formed the model for scores of other centers throughout the world, providing treatment
for hundreds of thousands of victims and gathering research for the treatment of
the victims as well as evidence which can be used to prove that torture is in use
and produced in court against those responsible.
The pages of Thomas Larsen's book are filled with equal parts of horror and
hope and contain a portrait of the woman who has had the courage and tenacity to
fight for all these years against this ugliness. Inge Genefke provides the hope.
It is encouraging to know that there exists a force in the world willing to confront
this evil — she and her husband, Dr. Bent Sørensen, and all her colleagues
at Copenhagen's Rehabilitation Center for
Torture Victims and the International
Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, and those throughout the
world who have been trained and aided by them in their own fight against torture
and struggle to help its victims.
Inge Genefke has received many awards and distinctions from many countries throughout
the world for her efforts and has been repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize. Her struggle is not political, but humanistic, apolitical. Her aim is to
stop the torturers and help the tortured.
Thanks to the United Nations Convention against Torture — which is also analyzed
in Thomas Larsen's book — torture, for all signatory countries, is a
crime without a statute of limitations and one which can be tried anywhere, not
only in the country where it has been committed. And the effects of this have already
been seen. Torturers like Augusto Pinochet are no longer safe to travel freely in
the world, enjoying the profits they have reaped from their activities. There is
no more immunity for such people. Torturers, from the top on down through the hierarchy,
are no longer safe in their misdeeds. A soldier or military policeman or "special
adviser" is no longer free to claim that he was only following orders. The
UN Convention makes it clear that such orders are unlawful and that it is unlawful
to obey them.
The distinguished, 70-year-old literary magazine, New Letters,
published by the University of Missouri Kansas City and edited by Robert Stewart,
beginning with its Autumn 2007 issue, will publish a series of articles with excerpts
from Thomas Larsen's book about Inge Genefke. For a preview of what will appear
in the book, readers are invited to read those issues of New Letters.
At the same time, a forthcoming on-line publication, Exploring Globalization,
co-edited by Walter Cummins (who also edits The Literary Review, currently
celebrating its 50th anniversary), will include in its inaugural number my interview
with Inge Genefke and Bent Sørensen.
Readers with questions about this important topic, publishers who are interested
in acquiring the English translation of this book, and periodicals interested in
articles or interviews are invited to contact me via this blog or
my website.
(NOTE: This essay also appears in the blog at
Absinthe New European Writing,
dated November 13, 2007.)
Link to Kennedy's
Blog at MySpace
Link to Kennedy's
Blog at Absinthe: New European Writing
Link to Kennedy's
Blog at Blogspot
7 October 2007: Kennedy launches a weekly blog at MySpace: A Shout
From Copenhagen. The first entry is entitled, "Visit to an Open Prison."
Kennedy invites MySpace members to subscribe to A Shout From Copenhagen
and looks forward to reading their comments. Non-members are welcome to
preview this blog
before deciding whether to join the community. Joining MySpace and subscribing to
this blog are both free.
6 November 2007: Kennedy's blog is "syndicated" via
Blogspot and Absinthe: New European Writing.
In March of 2007, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) at its annual
conference in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) sponsored a panel on Kennedy's fiction,
entitled, "Thomas E. Kennedy: A Lifetime in Literature."
At the panel, six professors, writers, and editors spoke about various aspects of
Kennedy's work. Those presentations by Duff Brenna, Robert Stewart, Walter
Cummins, Gladys Swan, Michael Lee, and Greg Herriges will be published in the coming
months in South Carolina Review, New Letters magazine, Cimarron
Review, and Perigee.
The Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 issues of South Carolina Review include a
focus on Kennedy's work, including a full 29-page bibliography, an in-depth
interview, several essays and photographs, and original fiction by Kennedy.
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Archive for November, 2011
Northern Sierra, the last stretch for the year
Posted by Justin in Uncategorized on November 12, 2011
From Agnew/Mammoth Lakes to Donner Pass/Truckee/ (mile 914.5 – 1155)
Written by both of us in fits and starts… posted famously late, but better than never!
Our departure from Mammoth Lakes, finally, began with a section of trail I know well. We hiked to Thousand Island Lake, beneath the shadow of the Banner and Ritter peaks, scene of my very near demise eight years ago. This time around, I thanked those mountains from afar and focused instead on the evening's meal. Throughout the Sierra's we have been using a telescopic fishing rod, some 2lb test and a couple of black or yellow 1/4 oz panther martin lures. These, and the Scandinavian spoons we picked up in northern Sweden years ago, have provided us with 26 Golden, Rainbow, and Brook trout from 10 different lakes, including Thousand Island. All trout, including the Golden's in most locations, are human introductions to the high mountain lakes of the Sierra. The different national parks, forest, and wilderness areas encourage people to fish these non-native trout that negatively impact other indigenous species, such as the yellow-legged frog. Besides catching trout, on at least one occasion I did a real decent job of snagging a stonefish (aka: a rock). Thankfully my companion, the polar bear, decided to jump in the ice-cold water and try to retrieve it. The lake of course got deeper and cooler as she moved away from the side banks, but with remarkable persistence she finally procured the silvery shining lure. The shivering mosquito fest that ensued was well worth it (she said) as fresh trout for dinner always feels so nutritional and connecting.
Overall the climbs in this section were less dramatic, (8,000-9,000 feet), but more frequent. In many ways, northern Yosemite seemed to be the most challenging section of the high mountains as well as one of the most remote. At Tuolomne Meadows in Yosemite NP, the John Muir Trail and the PCT separate and the number of people on the trail decreases significantly. We both reveled in the unthinkably large glacially scoured hunks of granite, and the pace of that sandy steep trail winding its way north and west into and back out of canyon after canyon. The days of hiking seemed to become internally quieter for both of us. We both knew that our end date was rapidly approaching. We often hiked right into sundown. Dusk is an important time of the day, a time of transition. There is a phenomenal amount of life shifiting into or out of action all around, if you pay attention. Mosquito blooms are perhaps the least subtle in this regard. They won't take no for an answer, and so much the better then, to keep on walking while their numbers seemingly pulse into existence inversely with the temperature drop…until…they're gone again. With the shift of just that crucial degree or two more in temperature drop they vanish back into the night.
On one unforgettable evening, while I was crouched over an unidentified Saxifrage, face buried in a plant key, Li An was marching on ahead. She suddenly saw a young catlike creature, with a dark brown color and a long thick tail. He was youthfully jumping and running in front of her for 30 full seconds or so. It was truly remarkable that she was able to gaze at that wild animal in awe and wonder for so long, before it too disappeared into the underbrush, as if nothing more than an apparition. That flash of wild mountain lion became one of the highlights of the whole journey for her. She wrote:
"After that encounter, it was as if Yosemite's wildlife and its wildly flowing bloodlines suddenly entered and rushed through my body. With this adrenaline, I wondered: How much does a mountain lion walk on a day? How much does (s)he walk for food and how much to find a place to sleep or to find a mating partner? And how much do we, human beings, still walk for food? I realized that in this wild context the connectivity of life must be strong in order to create such healthy species and resilient systems, yet at the same time this is very intricate and fragile as it has evolved on the basis of this web of relationships all co-depending on one another for many generations. So one change in those relationships may influence and alter this balance. With that in mind, how much does my presence, as a human being, affect those changes or cause imbalance? "
With regards to the snow pack and potential for botanizing it turned out to be a wise choice to flip flop north and returned south five weeks later. By doing southern CA first, Nor Cal in early summer, and the high country in late summer we managed to experience essentially 4 months of Spring. While this was a tough, TOUGH year for the thru hikers (many of whom still made it to Canada) it was really ideal for the plant geeks. At times we were walking through lush meadows with wildflowers as high as our chest. We climbed over alpine passes and witnessed a similar diversity of shapes of flowers and an intensity of colors and fragrances as at lower elevation but all captured in miniature; the whipping winds and early winters are so clearly expressed in the form of the cushion plants and mat forming perennials of the alpine peaks. Several times we found ourselves reminding other day hikers of the need to tread extra lightly through those landscapes. One wrong step up there can be the ecological equivalent of taking a chainsaw to a full grown tree down in the low lands. As humans used to relatively homogeneous man made landscapes we often forget how heterogeneous our world really is, and how responsive to that heterogeneity we need to be.
For precisely this reason, and despite having to traverse approximately twelve dodgy snowfields, one of our favorite parts of the trail was Sonora Pass. This region is predominantly formed by volcanic rock, and as such it is full of alpine life and diversity that we had otherwise not yet encountered. The ten miles leading up to Sonora Pass were a decidedly wind whipped several hours, but the area immediately went into the notes as a 'must return again.'
From Sonora Pass, we headed in to Bridgeport (mile 1018.3) for food resupply. After being skunked on hitching, we lucked out and were gifted a lift all the way by local Sonorians, Craig, Ree and Amy, who made a detour of 60 miles on our behalf. Our luck continued in town as we met some more locals while eating dinner in our raingear and waiting for our clothes to de-grime at the laundromat. John & Kim from Walker, CA very kindly gave us a ride out to the Travertine hot springs. Under a sky with the Leo full moon and shooting meteorites, we took several dips and camped out there. The next morning, Dave, a wetland ecologist and climate change researcher, gave us a short lift from the hot springs to the post office. Coincidentally, we had met one of his colleagues at the Bluesapalooza festival in Mammoth Lakes the week prior. At the post office, we fetched our resupply food box, and in completing a now classic thru hiker scene, we spread and sorted all our food on the pavement in front of the post office. Sherry, a recently retired USFS forester happened by on her bicycle and after a brief conversation, she offered to bring us back to the trailhead at Sonora pass. Amazing. Disregard any "guide book" that might lead you to believe that Bridgeport has no 'trail angels.' Indeed, it is full of them, and near as we can tell, so is the world. What special encounters we have had with so many beautiful and friendly people. Although we are strangers to one another, there is an openness and curiosity that creates these beautiful relations.
Days later, having arrived in Echo Lake (1094.5 mile) we met a couple named Ann & David who spontaneously invited us that evening to their lake-house. They shared their dinner meal with fresh salad and wine with us. Along with Ann's sister Regna, her husband Tom, Ann's son Lucas, and his girlfriend Scarlet, we had very interesting conversations by gas light. We also had the luxury of taking a hot solar shower (the last one we had was at Mammoth Lakes twelve days prior). After dinner, Lucas encouraged us to grab a canoe and glide into the middle of the lake. Looking up at the bright starry night we couldn't help but wonder at the unpredictability of the evening, of the trail, and of life.
Two nights later, our last day out, we arrived at Donner Pass (mile 1155) that leads to Truckee and Tahoe City. The reliable thumb went up and the first car that went by picked us up, Zarko from Serbia made a detour and dropped us at Truckee. From there we got another short ride and lastly we were picked up by our special trail angel Ron from Granlibakken who brought us back to his resort & conference center. For the third time he booked us a room where we enjoyed a shower, hot tub and next morning's grand breakfast buffet with lots of fresh fruit, omelet with avocado, quiche with gruyere cheese and green tea. Mmmm
For the year, the gallivanting has ended. We covered 1455 miles, little more than half of the total PCT. This will seem like a lot to some, and not much to others, but for all the miles, and the worn out shoes, shirts, bags, for all the Snickers, peanut butter, dried venison and fruit leather, for all the spaghetti, and rice, and beans… and yeah for all the bean-o, we seemed to find strength in each other, in the people we met, in our love for the land, and our love for movement and transformation. For the many 'thru hikers' who got caught up in the rhetoric over what truly is a 'thru hike' and what is purity, I can only shrug my shoulders and remember that everyone's walk is theirs alone. Some need speed, others need solitude, and still others need broken records. Whatever it is, don't come back without it. We went seeking experience, adventure, and little more than a chance to meet our world…species by species, ecosystem by ecosystem, and bit by bit. Eventually the pieces all start to reflect something larger, something more meaningful, something whole.
We now have a lot of processing to do, both personally and technically, not least of which is the twelve and half thousand pictures that somehow are going to get organized this winter… For now I am back in Berkeley elbow deep in classes, and Li An is back in Europe reconnecting with many friends and family, designing a course curriculum, and is active in several conferences in the UK.


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Regular Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training is essential for all researchers. GCP provides ethical, and scientific standards and guidelines by which all research is conducted.
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One thing nobody's forgotten is the Cover Oregon mess, which has shown state government at its worst. Lax oversight, ignored warnings, squandered millions, an apparently oblivious governor, all in blind pursuit of an ideological goal: It's all there. Implementing and maintaining a low-carbon fuel standard is a very different endeavor than building an online insurance exchange, but both tasks are complicated and both involve a big "trust me" factor. Oregonians trusted state officials to oversee the expenditure of public funds on the development of Cover Oregon, and they failed spectacularly. Gov. Kitzhaber and like-minded lawmakers now want Oregonians to trust the state to administer a complicated anti-global warming program that will affect them every time they fill up their tanks.Good editorial! The only thing that could be added is questioning the 220,000 figure. If there are that many newly covered (a questionable assertion), it wasn't because of Cover Oregon.
It's almost as if lawmakers – some of them, anyway – are unaware of the yawning credibility pit the Cover Oregon mess has opened in Salem. When we asked SB 1570's sponsor, Sen. Lee Beyer, why taxpayers, given recent events, should trust the state to take up another complex task, he said, "I don't buy your premise. … You in the media have focused on the Web site. What the Legislature was trying to do was get half a million people covered. We're at about 220,000 right now. I would suggest to you that we've achieved that goal." The Springfield Democrat did acknowledge that Cover Oregon has had some technical problems, but his implication that news organizations have blown Cover Oregon's flaws out of proportion doesn't encourage confidence. And it wouldn't even if the low-carbon fuel standard were a good idea.
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Maybe the Oregonian should have asked Sen. Beyer why Cover Oregon is considering cutting 25% of its budget because of extremely weak enrollment. But no one at the Oregonian confronted Beyer with that.
Cover Oregon receives a fee of about $9 per enrollment to pay for its expenditures.
To date, [Cover Oregon's acting director Bruce] Goldberg said, 65,932 people have enrolled in health insurance through the marketplace. About 23,800 of those are enrolled in commercial health plans. There are almost 30,000 people who have been approved to select their plan but have chosen not to move on in the process, Goldberg said.


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Nature turns evil in this novel of horror and suspense involving reckless young Americans and a couple of fellow travelers trapped in the wilds of remote Mexico.
This is the first novel from Smith since his 1993 debut, A Simple Plan, which had greater popular impact in its 1998 movie adaptation, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. This material might also prove riveting on the big screen, but as a novel, lacks narrative momentum, taking too long to reach its resolution. Two young couples on the verge of big changes (med school, career, geography) enjoy a last fling in Mexico before assuming the responsibilities of adulthood. The two young women are best friends, though one is as cautious as the other is careless. Their two male partners are connected mainly through the women. As happens on vacation, they develop quick friendships, in this case with a taciturn German who speaks English and a trio of fun-loving Greeks who don't. The German's brother disappears with a beautiful woman to join an archaeological dig into Mayan ruins, miles removed from urban civilization. As an adventure, the four Americans and one of the Greeks join the German in search of his brother. Once they arrive, though, they fear it will be impossible for them to leave, partly because of the armed Mayans surrounding the site, partly because of the bodies in detailed states of decomposition that litter the area, but mainly because of some mysterious vines with amazing powers that expand as the novel progresses. While these tourists are isolated in the wilderness for many, many (many) pages, the novel shifts from a horror story of graphic gore to a more interesting psychological thriller. If character is destiny, the major suspense lies with which one of them, if any, will survive.
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Jill Eudaly's faithful followers. Thanks to her detailed byline with accompanying photos of her book, I knew just what to look for when the mobile library showed up in Toronto recently. I haven't been up to much lately, but I was determined to get down to the Distillery to get to an art gallery and see a show before it closed. Turns out the entire gallery was closed for a private function by the time I got there, but all was not lost. Just a few feet away, I recognized the well marked trailer from Jill's blog ..... The Sketchbook Project ....had travelled all the way across several states and provinces, and landed right in front of me. I immediately got my library card activated, and set out to see Jill's book in the flesh - which I did! I really could have spent hours and hours at the picnic tables perusing the plethora of sketchbooks, but time was not on my side - though I have included a few i-phone shots just to give you a little taste. I thought of that after I put Jill's book back, and they only allow one loan at a time ..... rules already!
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Jennifer joined The Hilltop Institute as a research assistant/SAS programmer. Prior to that, she was a biostatistical programmer at Pacific Health Research Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she focused primarily on data analysis, writing for publication, and scientific presentation. As director of quality assurance and training at Discovery Alliance, Inc., Jennifer administered internal audits, developed new procedures for documentation and research, and was instrumental in formulating, establishing, and enforcing organizational policies and operating procedures. Prior to that, she gained experience as clinical data manager at Parexel International Corporation and research administrator at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Health Policy and Administration/Cook County Hospital.
Jennifer has a PhD in health policy from UMBC, an MPH in epidemiology from UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago), a certificate of advanced study in bioethics and health policy from Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago Graduate School, and a BS in mathematics from Wheaton College.


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It only took me two years and eight months to run into this article about color. It's interesting to me because I have trouble distinguishing certain colors. The Ishihara Color Blindness test is the only test I've ever failed. That test probably saved my life. Had I passed it I would've have been a fighter pilot during one of our country's many skirmishes with weaker opponents. Too bad for the Air Force that disqualified me. Their loss was my gain. That however, did not stop me from flying a plane. The Joy of Flying for the fun of it is better than flying for a government or a company to earn a living. By the way… one of the planes I used to fly, crashed on takeoff from Farmingdale's Republic airport. Tail no. N18AV. No one was killed, but the plane was totaled.
We've posted some other infographics covering the use of colour and the psychology behind it. However this infographic by Carey Jolliffe goes into the meaning of colours a lot more. As any designer will know, colour can have a huge effect on whatever you're creating – whether it be an app or a poster. With flat design becoming a huge trend right now, colours are bolder than ever. Colours are also being limited to a specific palette to give a sense of minimalism and neatness.