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My parents came for a visit this week. I had not seen them since Christmas.
Mom: (pointing to my stomach, talking to my dad) (gleefully) LOOK HOW BIG SHE'S GONNA GET!!
My parents came for a visit this week. I had not seen them since Christmas.
Mom: (pointing to my stomach, talking to my dad) (gleefully) LOOK HOW BIG SHE'S GONNA GET!!
Tiny Bables,
You want us to KNOW you, there is no doubt in my mind about it. And you're already teaching this Marmie what surprises are all about.
Here is the next part of the story of how we found out who you are going to be:
It begins with a couch.
Yes, a couch. But this is no ordinary couch. It happens to be the only piece of furniture in our home that was not owned by someone else first (we love old, story-filled things. we also love free stuff). Your Mimi and Poppy (my mom and dad) bought it for me before I even knew who your Papa Bear was. (Sidenote: that last sentence had entirely too many cutesy words in it.)
It's a good one, that couch. It's mission style, it's cozy, it makes for the best naps…and it holds many memories, especially for your dad and I. On this couch, he told me he loved me for the first time (he whispered it, I pretended I didn't hear him just so he'd have to say it twice), and he kissed me for the first time there, too. I've told him before that we can never give away this couch because it holds so much of our history.
Just a piece of furniture, but more.
So on Sunday night, we added another memory to our couch. We found out together if you are our son or daughter. The news was sealed in an envelope.
As he held it, he first asked, "what do you think this says?"
And I said, "wait. Are you SURE you want to find out?"
So he placed the envelope on my stomach and asked you. (I'm not sure why)
But we're sure you want us to know, so the envelope was opened. And then I looked at my husband-who's-going-to-be-your-father and he told me this:
"Beth, we're going to have a SON in August."
Tiny Bables…..you're a BOY!!
We love you, our son. We can't wait to meet you and have so many adventures.
p.s. I'm sorry I thought you were a girl and kept trying out girl names on you and dreaming of all the girl outfits I'd dress you up in. I thought I had that mother's intuition thing going on. I thought the Chinese gender predictor was scientific fact.
Grandma Ables always said that "Ables only make boys," and I think she's grinning at us from heaven right now. A little I told you so smile. I guess I just wanted you to be different. And you know what? You will be different. You are the only you. And you are ours. You are love.
Here's our tiny Bables, growing strong and healthy:
And, now…beware and behold the slightly scary/sort of amazing 3-d Bables pictures:
(my child is going to be a mini-Mr. Ables…do you agree? here are a few photos to help you decide)
That's right, friends…my husband was trying to do a little last-minute lesson planning before he fell asleep and I made him POSE LIKE A FETUS. Imagine the outtakes!
But he did it.
That is true love.
So, what do you think? Is our Bables all Ables?
I've always said that I like surprises.
But now I think I need to clarify that statement. I like the surprises that I like. Which means that there's a myriad of experiences in life that I'd rather go into prepared.
But we're all like that, I think. A surprise party? Yes—loved ones gathered together for YOU? Awesome. A surprise gift? Of course—it's something for YOU.
See the commonality? It's all controlled, and the denominator is SELF.
Life-surprises are rarely self-specific, though, and child-bearing is no exception. No matter how many books I read, mothers I speak with, or experiences I visualize, this is a time of surprises. Of expectations exceeded, and also of expectations unmet.
Creating life is simply another part of, well—life.
If you've read this post, then you know that Mr. Ables and I planned to be surprised (the irony's in that last phrase, I see it). I embraced the wonder of finding out on my child's gender on the Birth Day, and not until then. I could vividly SEE that moment in my mind, and it blurred out all of the "why wouldn't you want to find out?" "why not use today's technology?" type questions. This decision was OUR decision, and we felt good about it. Not knowing Bables gender would be one more thing to look forward to. The surprise of all surprises.
Well, yesterday morning was our 20 week ultrasound. Mr. Ables and I both took the day off from school and the excitement seemed to crackle in the air on the car ride to the doctor's office. Since I was the first appointment of the day, there was no waiting. All in a blink, I was on the table, the goo squirted on my belly, and we were looking at our tiny Bables once again.
The technician asked, or rather stated, "so we're finding out the gender today." And I said, with confidence: "No, we're going to be surprised." And, as an afterthought, "I mean…you will check and make sure everything is okay and normal down there, though, right?" She informed us that she would tell us to look away when she checked all of those organs. I relaxed and prepared to gaze at our baby, ready to soak it all in.
And, blessing of all blessings, Bables is healthy and moved around so much! Waving little baby hands, kicking little feet, and even wrinkling its little Bables' brow. It was an experience I'll never forget. A bit surreal, a lot reassuring, and heart-surgingly lovely.
As the technician zoomed out at one point, we could see Bables entire body. EVERYTHING. The ENTIRE body.
"Whoops." she quickly clicked to another angle. My heart began to pound to try to catch up with my whirring thoughts: did I just see what I think I saw? Did this surprise really just get spoiled? Why do I feel disappointed? Did I really see that? Is my baby some sort of exhibitionist? Is Bables already disobeying me? Did anyone else see it? Do I ask, and confirm my suspicions? Did Mr. Ables see it?
Oh, dear. Surprise, indeed. Four months too early.
Mr. Ables and I didn't talk about it until I was in the exam room. I leaned over and said (sorry, Mom, these are my real words. You raised me to be a fine young lady, I promise),
"Did you see a little wiener? I think I did."
"Yeah, I mean—I guess. What do we do?"
Since we had no answers, we went the rest of the day talking of other things, and celebrating the joy of a healthy, lovely baby. Even if the 3-D image did make Bables look a little like a frog…
Last night, around 9:00 though, I lost it. Sobbing, messy, snotty…lost it. My heart was broken. My plan—our plan—was lost. And in a sense, I felt lost, too. The vision wasn't the vision we thought it'd be. I couldn't get it together. This was a fit pitched in the largest, most out of control contexts. Embarrassingly enough, I fell asleep in my clothes and woke up at 7:30 am and cried a little more. I felt like I was in mourning.
I was mourning a dream deferred. And I know it's silly. I know in the scheme of so much going on in the world and in my life it is NO BIG DEAL. Yet, I needed time to look my selfishness and my bratty-ness in the face.
After a lot of talking with my husband, here's what we're doing. Mr. Ables is 75% sure of what he saw, and I'm 90% sure. We have Bables' gender written on a card, sealed in an envelope. Tomorrow, we'll find a favorite place, open the card, and Mr. Ables will tell me if our sweet baby is a boy Bables or a girl Bables. Though this still seems like a let-down, I feel peace about it. It is now a part of this story, of this loved baby knit together within me. Looking like its father…or maybe a little like a frog.
After we tell some of our close friends, I'll reveal it to you all—dear readers from all over the globe (so no guessing yet, please). Thanks for sharing this journey with me, thanks for appreciating honesty, thanks for all the love you send our way.
Well, we're halfway there. Halfway to a family of three. Halfway to meeting our tiny Bables.
From now until we meet the wee one, I thought I'd post a photo and a few things Mr. Ables and I are experiencing each week.
I am feeling too much these days. Angry, hungry, sad, worried, happy, joyous, heart-surged with questions, and an entire spectrum more. I've always been an emotional person, but my feelings are heightened tenfold. I try to embrace the blessing in this rawness, to understand that it is with all of these feelings that I am truly aware and awake to the changes unfolding in my life. Of course, bursting out crying over something that might require a simple question of clarification makes me feel like I am, well—a baby. Is this why I go through this? So that I understand a child's' rush of frustration? I think Mr. Ables should be the one responding here. He's the one that's "experiencing" all these feelings of mine.
I am seeing my body change daily. Yet, the blossoming of spring as my own life blossoms and grows is lovely. The dual unfurling makes these changes more coherent and beautiful. The seasons of my life and of the world align.
I am hearing a heck of a lot of advice. Much of it I welcome—much of it is unsolicited. You know what I've realized through all of it? Nobody's figured out the whole parenting thing. The best thing I've heard is a bit of advice for new mothers: it's your baby's first time being a baby, just as it is your first time being your baby's mother—you are learning it all together. I am also hearing many exclamations at my ever-growing midsection. When you are pregnant, anyone can (and somehow feels obligated to) comment on your body. Hear me out: I love the hands on my stomach, the celebrations of all things Bables, I do NOT like hearing, "Mrs. Ables! Your stomach like BLEW UP overnight!" Even if it's followed by, "Like…in a cute way." It could be simply that I heard this at 8:15 in the morning (see above under "I'm feeling")
I am thinking that all the worrying my Mom's always up to is just part of the territory. I guess soon my spit will possess dramatic cleaning properties, and I'll be carrying around Kleenex, dental floss, and peppermints in my purse. Where the heck is my purse anyway? I am also thinking oh my lawd I'm halfway through this thing and one day I'm going to be in a heck of a lot of pain and then I'm going to have a baby to care for and one day that baby is going to be awkward and twelve and one day that baby will be in high school and think I am the most clueless person on earth and I'll still be doing that teenaged baby's laundry and cooking that baby meals…. Yeah. Whew. I need a milkshake.
I hope you can tell that I am excited. Oh, tiny Bables, we love you so. August can't get here fast enough.
Today was the day of warnings.
Getting out of my car this morning, a woman who works in the office at school was in the process of wrangling her small children out of her minivan.
Me: 'morning.
Woman: (looking me dead in the eye) Enjoy the peace and quiet while you can.
Me: (trying out a good-natured chuckle too early in the morning)
Woman: No. Really. Because things are gonna get really bad.
After dinner at our place with friends a few weeks ago, we had a bit of fun. Can you guess what's happening here?
(thanks, Rita, for the pictures!)
Today it's gonna be close to 80 degrees, so we're hitting the beach. I can't wait for messy, salty hair, sun-warmed skin, and sandy feet.
Now to find a bathing suit I can wear…
baby beach jumper from Kidwonder
I'd like this fun lamp for Bables' nursery. It reminds me of a big, happy dandelion.
Me: So our baby's name should probably be more than one syllable, so they don't end up with an "-able" nickname. Like "Ford-ables" or "Lunch-ables."
Mr. Ables: What about more than two syllables?
Me: …
Mr. Ables (sounding it out): Sac-a-ja-w-ea. El-e-a-zar.
Me: I have to blog about this.
Friends, meet our child: Sacajawea Eleazar Ables. Go ahead—just try and make fun of that name.
Ranier Maria Rilke
amen and amen
Tiny Bables,
We've been busy lately, little bell-pepper-sized baby. I've felt you move, and have a poem in the works about it. I love the word for these first movements: "quickening."
I've especially treasured the last few weekends, and I know one of the reasons is because I am enjoying them for both of us. You already have improved my life. So small…and so so big. Thanks for that.
One weekend, your Aunt Meghan came to visit. We walked a whole lot and talked and one morning ate cinnamon rolls :
…can you tell these two lovelies are related? Hello, dimples.
Then, another weekend, your papa and I went on a walk. We took some pictures of my growing self and the two of us. Here I am, 18 weeks pregnant:
I had an emotional meltdown in the middle of the hustle and bustle of King Street (hooray for hormones), which led to a healing talk in a graveyard. Yes, a graveyard. In Charleston, they are everywhere and—at least that afternoon—made a private place for us to talk about our dreams for you. Sniff sniff. It was such a restful, and honest talk that I took a picture of where we sat:
Perhaps the spirits in that Lutheran church yard soothed us (me), but after a bit, our words faded and stomachs began to rumble. So we enjoyed falafel and Dutch fries:
And it was SO GOOD. I am thankful each day in new ways for the husband I love and the city I live in.
As for this weekend, we took an adventure with our friends Michael and Rita to Botany Bay on Edisto Island. Thousands of acres of unspoiled marsh, beach, and farmland.
We explored, took pictures, talked, and then ate some really delicious barbecue. A lovely day!
At one point, Michael walked close to Matthew and kind-of mumbled, "Can you believe you're going to have a little kid in a few months?"
We can't wait, Bables. See how lovely the world can be?
Our Neighbor: So I hear you're expecting…
Pause as I try to recall how on earth she could know this because I haven't seen her in two months.
Me: …?
Our Neighbor: I saw you reading a pregnancy book.
From her window. Standing there, peering through the blinds, trying to read what the cover of my book says as I sit it in my house.
This is real life.
Mr. Ables and I are not going to find out Tiny Bables' gender.
…well, at least not until August. :)
We've always said that "being surprised" would be the best for us, but when I found out I was pregnant, I had second thoughts. I was so certain that Bables is a girl that I wanted confirmation…or to wrap my head around this "girl" really being a boy.
As we get closer to what I call The Big Ultrasound, I've released the desire to know if we're having a boy or a girl. I've read that this is a way to make the father feel like he is a part of things (I don't really understand how that works…), and since Mr. Ables really seems to want a surprise, then that makes me want it for him. For us.
Honestly, the only reason I really want to find out if we're having a boy or a girl is to please people. My mom (hi, Mom! You're on the Internet!) says, "this is 2011…use that technology!" and even others ask, "how will I know what kind of outfit to get your little baby?" Of course, my students think this is a big bummer: "ugh, really? Mrs. Ables, that is SO BORING."
But much urges us the other way. My brother and sister in law did not find out the gender of my niece, and she has plenty of sweet dresses. Our few friends that have children urge us to be surprised. I even received an e-mail from a former student's mother asking me to consider waiting until the baby's Birth Day to find out if we have a son or daughter! Besides, I prefer the "neutral color scheme". Our baby's nursery wouldn't have been airplane-monster truck-construction worker or princess-ballerina-Pepto Bismol-themed, even if we did find out the gender. And I know it's not all about the decorations and the outfits, but I feel connected and close to this baby already.
These are all of the things I say to justify our decision.
I'm fighting my people-pleasing tendencies, and setting aside all justification. When I envision the end of labor (haven't really tried to think about the beginning or middle yet), I well up thinking about that gentle husband of mine looking at me and telling me whether we have a daughter or a son. My heart bursts at the thought of it. Think of that experience!
A moment of all moments.
student one: you're starting to show, Mrs. Ables… (15 minutes pass) student two: what? I didn't even know you were pregnant!
Tiny Bables,
You are 17 weeks old, which means (the books tell me) that you can hear now. And I made sure you enjoyed your first sounds this weekend.
See, months ago, when you were no more than a dream, Mr. Ables and I found out that one of my favorite bands, the Old 97s, were playing in Charleston.
Over the years, your Uncle Brandon introduced me to all kinds of music, and I'll never forget going to see the Old 97s with him in Asheville—he's usually reserved and oh, so cool, but that night…that night, Uncle Brandon was yelling song lyrics and cutting loose. It was infectious, rowdy, and such fun. Since then, I've looked forward to seeing them again.
Little Bables, I want to somehow express to you how often life (if you allow it) will give you moments like this: moments of music washing over you, surrounded by a singing/yelling crowd…you'll look around at all of the faces washed in colorful stage lighting and think: we are ONE in this moment. It's a bit holy, really. Your papa bear and I have talked about this many times.
Here we all are, second-row, in a calmer moment.
Okay, fine. Your papa bear is mellow. Reeeeeaaaally mellow. I think in this picture he's watching me watch the lead singer Rhett Miller (who's pretty dreamy, and at this point, ridiculously sweaty). I might have been oogling. Your papa thought that was funny. He laughs at me a lot. Will you join him one day? Or will he laugh at both of us instead?
One of our friends was there and told me, "I can't believe you're on the second row! Do you want that baby to be deaf?" It made me feel like a bad mother, and then I remembered about six or seven years ago when I saw (then indie band, now supergroup) Coldplay at a gym (yes, really) in Charlotte. I remember vividly this family two rows in front of us: two kids and their parents, all rocking out at a show. The mom kept looking back at the kids, her face brimming with delight, as if she was saying to them, "Don't you love this? Aren't you glad we're all here together?" They were. They were united. Your uncle and I both agreed we wanted to be those kind of parents one day.
I want to share with you who I am right now, not the "perfect mom" vision that plagues me all the time. I want to enjoy what you enjoy as well…and so this weekend, my Bables wish was for a concert moment with you one day. A golden moment of singing at the top of our lungs, smiling so hard it hurts as we look around and realize that we're a a part of Something bigger.


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– The Falcons declared running back Jason Snelling (concussion) out for Sunday's game in Seattle in the injury report released on Friday.
Rookie running back Jacquizz Rodgers will have an increased role when the Falcons (1-2) face the Seattle Seahawks (1-2) at CenturyLink Field at 4:05 p.m. Sunday.
Snelling suffered a concussion against Tampa Bay and is in the league's concussion protocol.
Also, veteran linebacker Mike Peterson will make his second consecutive start for Stephen Nicholas (calf), who was also declared out for the Seahawks game.
Defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux and defensive end Cliff Matthews (knee) are out of for Seattle.
Wide receiver Roddy White (thigh) was limited in practice and is questionable for the game.
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The last chord fades. The night is cold and fine.
His master's voice rasps through the grooves' bare groves.
Obediently, in silence like the grave's
He sleeps there on the still-warm gramophone...
You could get to hate yourself, jumping to your master's voice every time it calls. It's all we ever do: pain and loss, grief and need, loneliness and madness. The only difference between Doug and Nancy is that she's just doing it to herself. Or she was, until she looked that girl in the eye. It kept spinning around, coming back to the same mistakes and the same place over and over, like a broken record on a broken Victrola, and like with any addiction the question was: how do you stop the record spinning? How do you keep from ending up in the same place?
"How did this happen? What did I do?" You had boys. "Can I just see one boob?" Is that rape? "Do you like to party?" Depends on the party. "When did the floodgates open?" When the water got here. "Give it up! Let's go to hell!" It's the water gets you clean again, too. Every life is a Rubik's Cube, and Esteban's right: you can never completely solve it. But we live, and we try.
A little dog revolving round a spindle...
Gives rise to harmonies beyond belief,
A cast of stars . . . . Is there in Victor's heart
No honey for the vanquished? Art is art.
The life it asks of us is a dog's life.
Outside, on the other side of the glass from us -- and from Ignacio, from Guillermo, from the tunnel, from the truth -- her hands are shaking. She dials, and speaks. That'll be Till. It has to be Till.
She worries at the cube, the puzzle, in a beautiful bower. "Thank you for coming. I know you're busy." She's so sad, and tired. "Guillermo Garcia Gomez." Till sits down, across from her.
He offered to pull her out, so many times, out of the tunnel, but that's what this looks like to an addict: like a monster, like an intervention, like an attack. Like the world coming up at you at 32 feet per second per second, knowing that no matter how fast you talk or dance or how many drugs you do or how many times you get eaten by the lion, you're still going to hit, hard. Law enforcement was always the bad guys, on this show, the same way therapists are always the bad guys, if they're doing it right.
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A tourist has been stranded in an airport for more than two months in Chile because he ran out of money, reports the NY Daily News. The story has a eerie similarity to a Tom Hanks' smash-hit movie "The Terminal."
Spaniard Rodrigo Ben-Azul has been at the Santiago Airport, in the capital of Chile, ever since he ran out of money. Ben-Azul told Chilean TV station Megavision, "I am trying to return to Spain. I'm waiting for them (family members) to send me money for the ticket."
The stranded tourist told the newspaper PubliMetro that he arrived to Chile in November to "resolve a dispute" with family members that lived there. Ben-Azul returned to the terminal and has spent the last eight weeks, including over Christmas and New Year's, waiting for relatives in Spain to send him money for his return flight.
Airport workers have witnessed Ben-Azul pushing abandoned luggage trolleys back into their spaces so he can claim the money. Workers also have seen him sleep in a small corner in the terminal, to wake up in the morning and look for food in dustbins and cigarette ends which can still be smoked.
Ben-Azul is often seen wandering the concourses, luggage in tow and headphones firmly placed in his ears.
His story is very similar of the Tom Hanks 2004 comedy movie, also starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, where Hanks' character Viktor Navorski is trapped in a terminal at New York's John F Kennedy Airport. The character cannot return to his fictitious country of Krakozhia due to a revolution, and so he stays in the terminal for nine months until the conflict is over.
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Alejandro? Take time reading this.
Our teacher told this.
Alejandro means man's defender and protector (God.)
Fernando meansardent for peace (Jesus.)
Roberto meansbright or shining fame (Holy Spirit.)
Babe is the same as Child.
—Don't call my name don't call my name, Alejandro(God)
I'm not your babe(child),…
Don't call my name, dont call my name, GOD.
I m not your child, i m not your child, Jesus
Dont call my name, dont call my name, holy spirit.
God, just let me go.
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WALLA WALLA -- A new hearing on proposed changes to Walla Walla County's critical areas ordinance has been set for next month.
The public hearing to take testimony and comments will be held Nov. 22 during the county commissioners regular meeting, said Connie Vinti, clerk of the board. Commissioners opened, then closed, a hearing on the proposed amendments Tuesday.
The new hearing is due to the county's decision to file for a new determination of nonsignificance for the ordinance, said Tom Glover, director of county Community Development Department. The determination is required by the state Environmental Protection Act.
The proposed amendments are intended to satisfy a May order by the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. The board ordered the county to redraw the portion of its updated critical areas ordinance in regard to protection of potable water wells. The county was given until Oct. 29 to comply with the order to come into compliance with the state Growth Management Act.
Under state law, critical areas are defined as geologically hazardous areas, frequently-flooded areas, critical aquifer recharge areas, wetlands and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas.
The hearing board's action came in response to challenges to the county's critical areas ordinance filed by two citizens' groups, Citizens for Good Governance and Futurewise.
The hearings board ruled the county had failed to use "best available science" to determine which parts of the 190 square miles of gravel aquifer in the county should be designated as "critical aquifer recharge areas" for potable water wells.
Glover said the county will file for an extension on the deadline for compliance with the board.
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Q&A: Miri Ben-Ari
The Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer talks Kanye West, Jay-Z, and serving in the IDF
The first time I saw the classical-hip-hop fusion thing was probably before you came to New York. LL Cool J did this amazing show for MTV Unplugged where he did his album "Mama Said Knock You Out" backed by a 30-piece orchestra with strings, and it was just him, no shirt, 400 people.
I did a tour with LL. But this is very different from what I do. I'm not a part of the orchestra. I'm like the LL. I wanted to be treated like an artist, not like someone who backs someone up. That was the hard part. Because strings in commercial music are being treated as behind the singer.
There has to be a crazy amount of steel in you to push that idea through. That's a crazy level of focus and purpose.
Absolutely. And craziness too. You have to be crazy.
You're releasing an album in the fall, and it's going to be more of a soul R&B album?
It's an original sound that's influenced by everything that I know and bring to the table. You already heard two compositions, Symphony of Brotherhood and the 10 Commandments, and it's commercially very musical. I tell the story with the music, you know, since I don't use words. Nothing changed since I fell in love with Charlie Parker. I'm about to release a single called "Dim the Lights." It has this soul feel, like feel-good type of music with a crazy solo violin in the middle. Only in rock do they do stuff like that. And we just shot a music video for that in Israel. If you told me you were there I would have invited you to my set because I just got back.
The way you're talking about the songs, you're talking like a producer.
I am the producer, and the only one. I programmed everything, I performed all instruments, and I'm doing some vocals too. A-Z. And it was important for me to produce a song like that because I take pride in a being female producer, and being able to sit in the studio and program and play all the instruments and engineer.
"Dim the Lights," my single, also features fashion. I produced the music in a fashion show for Zac Posen last year, I performed at Ms. Universe, I did a few shows for Donna Karan, so when I wrote it, I kind of imagined the runway. It's very feel-good kind of fancy fabulous. But still with a lot of backbone in my solo. And I'm wearing the craziest wardrobe in the video. You have to understand I grew up in Israel wearing jeans and a wife beater. I mean, people wear Crocs to work. Do you see anyone here on the street wearing Crocs?
All the little kids in Brooklyn wear them.
It's all good, it's beautiful—because it makes me the down to earth person that I am. A lot of things, like discovering the whole fashion world, were very fresh for me. Like, you know, everything discovering everything in my career was like it was the first time. It was so new. And it was so much fun.
Yes, it's great to grow up listening to Stevie Wonder. Now imagine what it's like to listen to Stevie Wonder for the first time when you're 20 years old, after you know music enough to appreciate it. You're like "Oh my god, what's that genius?"
Israelis now have a different relation to American culture than they did 20 years ago. The cultures have come closer together in part because Israel has changed, in part because more people have been going back and forth. And I feel that there is this way in which Israelis are sort of becoming the new Jews in America. They are the people who are coming with the outsider perspective and yet who are able to hear and see things in the culture that people who are in it can't see or hear. You see Israeli TV shows being picked up and redone as American shows. And you see Israeli technology businesses being very quickly picked up by American companies. You're a representative of that, too.
You are what people say you are. So it's good to hear when listening to you, I'm like, OK, being Israeli, that means cool.
If you're too distant, you can't see it and feel it. If you're too close, you're part of that thing and you don't have that extra leverage. Jews in America once had that perfect amount of distance to achieve that cultural leverage, but now they've become part of the elite. Where an Israeli can not believe in any of the bullshit because I'm not one of them, and yet I understand enough to get them, and what do I have to lose anyway?
One thing I can say is that people always thought it was cool I was from Israel. They know that Israel comes from struggle. It fascinated them that I went through the army, that my people been struggling always. It's very interesting being an Israeli in America. And you're right, it's definitely a different experience than being a Jewish American. I understand racism in a different way. My entire family from my dad's side, actually both sides, were shot and shoved into a hole. Their murder story is probably one of the worst stories I've heard in my life. And you know, I've been carrying this. And it took me a very long time to even deal with it. With struggle I guess comes a certain amount of maturity.
That's been one of the main emotional roots of black music in America, has been coming from struggle, and to be able to feel that immediacy.
This is why I felt I had the, the—I don't have a better word—right to put out a commercial song featuring the audio and video of Martin Luther King Jr., even though I'm not a black American. Because I understand that struggle, you know?
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Religious Liberty
Pope Benedict Is Alarmed About
What's Happening in America—
And You Should Be, Too!
PLUS: The Crucial Steps We Must Take
Dear friend of Catholic Answers,
If the people at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have their way, Catholics in America will be forced to pay for abortion drugs . . . as well as sterilizations . . . and contraception.
They announced this policy a few months ago, requiring virtually all health insurance plans to cover these evils. While there was an exception carved out for actual churches, the policy still applies to:
- Catholic hospitals
- Catholic universities
- Catholic charities
- Private Catholic schools
- Business owners who are Catholic
- Self-employed Catholics
- Everyone else who pays for an insurance policy, directly—or indirectly
There's no question this policy is a direct, conscious assault on the Catholic Church in America.
It's deliberate "hardball" of an unprecedented kind
Yet the HHS mandate is not the only threat to our religious liberty. The situation has been building for some time.
In fact, there have been so many infringements of our religious liberty in the past few years that Pope Benedict is alarmed about what is happening in America, and he's given an urgent warning to the American bishops.
Prophetically, he sounded the alarm the very day before HHS announced its abortion drug, sterilization, and contraception mandate.
Pope Benedict warns the American bishops
Pope Benedict bluntly told the American bishops:
It is imperative that the entire Catholic community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a radical secularism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres.
He indicated that this is not a matter that should concern only some Catholics. It is a crisis that requires the attention of the entire U.S. Catholic community:
The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life. Of particular concern are certain attempts being made to limit that most cherished of American freedoms, the freedom of religion.
Part of the reason Pope Benedict is so alarmed is because of the confidential reports he had been getting from the American bishops about what is going on in our country. He told them:
Many of you have pointed out that concerted efforts have been made to deny the right of conscientious objection on the part of Catholic individuals and institutions with regard to cooperation in intrinsically evil practices. Others have spoken to me of a worrying tendency to reduce religious freedom to mere freedom of worship without guarantees of respect for freedom of conscience.
Bear in mind that he was saying this even before HHS imposed its sweeping mandate.
So what's the solution?
We've got to get active—or we'll lose this fight
In the wake of Pope Benedict's dramatic warning—and the unconscionable HHS mandate—the U.S. bishops have pulled together in a way we haven't seen before. Among other things, they issued an impassioned call to American Catholics to take action:
As Catholic bishops and American citizens, we address an urgent summons to our fellow Catholics and fellow Americans to be on guard, for religious liberty is under attack, both at home and abroad.
They also called on Catholic publishers and others to employ "all the means of communications—both old and new media—to expound and teach the faith" on this issue, because they have "a critical role in this great struggle for religious liberty. We call upon them to use their skills and talents in defense of our first freedom."
What we must do
If we are going to defeat the threats to religious liberty in our country, then we must take certain practical steps:
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Bull was shot after turning on officers
By Mary Weston
OROVILLE, Calif. - An unidentified Palermo man was flown to Enloe Medical Center this morning after a runaway bull gored him.
The bull was shot after it became aggressive with public safety personnel, charging everyone in sight.
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American Society of Safety Engineers Workplace Guide for Young Workers Provides Key Safety Tips for Youth, Parents, Employers
Des Plaines, IL (March 15, 2007) — As young workers get ready to enter the workforce for the first time or start their summer jobs, they need to be aware of possible workplace hazards. In order to prepare millions of young workers who will enter the workforce in the next few months, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) offers workplace safety tips and a free brochure titled "Important Workplace Safety Guide for Young Workers." It contains key state and federal contact information, important facts to know and workplace safety questions workers and parents should ask from perspective employees.
Each year nearly 70 teenagers die from work-related injuries. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that in 2004 more than 38,000 teen workers were injured on the job. In addition, a recent study published in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics concludes that teens in retail and service jobs are exposed to many hazards, use dangerous equipment despite federal laws prohibiting such use and work long hours during the school week. These teens also lack regular training and supervision on the job.
ASSE urges teens to be safe at work by following these simple tips:
· Ask your employer safety-related questions
· Take part in any safety training at work
· Follow basic safety guidelines at work
· Always check with your employer's occupational safety and health professional
· Be aware of your surroundings
· Ask questions when starting a new job such as; do I need to wear safety equipment? Do you have safety meetings? Are there hazards I should be aware of (noise, chemicals, etc.)? Do you have an emergency plan in place and will I be trained in emergency procedures?
· Know your rights and responsibilities
There are both federal and state laws that pertain to young workers and young worker safety. The U.S. Department of Labor has established two major laws protecting the safety and health of young workers: the Fair Labor Standards Act, which restricts the jobs teens under the age of 18 can hold and the hours they can work, and the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act, which requires employers to provide safe and healthy work environments for teens and all workers. Teens and parents should know that teens have the right to a safe and healthy workplace, safety training and the right to refuse to work if the job poses an immediate threat to their life or health.
For a free copy of the ASSE "Important Workplace Safety Guide for Young Workers," call ASSE customer service at 847-699-2929 or e-mail email@example.com or download an electronic copy of the brochure at www.asse.org/newsroom/brochures.php.
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the largest and oldest professional safety organization and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 30,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor and education. For more information check ASSE's website at www.asse.org.


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HU Travellers Meeting Video
Next HU Meetings and Events - 2014
California, Sept. 25-28. New location - Yosemite! Lots of camping space, several large presentation rooms, and a very friendly town! We'll be there! Online registration is closed but come along anyway!
Queensland, Oct 3-6. New location - Beaudesert! Shane Kuhl and Helen Black are hosting this event, supported by a great team of volunteers. We'll be there! Online registration is closing soon!
Australia WA - Perth, Oct 10-12. New location - Fairbridge Village! Tamara and Xander Kabat are hosting this event, supported by a great team of volunteers. We'll be there! Online registration is open now!
Germany Autumn, Oct 23-26. Great New Location - Campingplatz Pfrimmtal is located 35 km west of the Rhine river, about 50 km south of Mainz, just at the entrance of one of the best riding areas of Germany - the Pfälzer Wald! Great facilities - even showers! Jens Ruprecht is hosting this event. Online registration is open now!
Australia VIC - October 24-26. Cavendish, Victoria. Anthony and Janet Morrison are the local hosts for this event in the beautiful Grampian Mountains. We'll be there! Strictly limited numbers, so don't miss out! Online registration is open now!
Australia NSW - October 31-Nov 2. Riverwood Downs resort, in the foothills of Barrington Tops World Heritage Wilderness Area, NSW. We'll be there! Online registration is open now!
South Africa, Nov 14-16. Near Potchefstroom. Kobus Fourie is hosting this event at his fabulous Elgro River game lodge and conference centre. We'll be there! Online registration is open now!
Get involved! Become a Volunteer, Host a meeting in your area, or Present your story or tech clinic!
Present YOUR travel adventure!
From Brian Coles, who presented at the HU UK 2005 meeting:
"... Since attending the 2003 meeting a month before I set out to 'do the Americas,' I feel that I have now come full circle by presenting a slide show of my trip at Derby. It was an incredible feeling to have achieved my first public presentation. The thanks I received afterwards made it extra special. The HU meetings are unique in size and atmosphere. Everyone is friendly and more than willing to help, whatever the question. I felt that when I started the trip in 2003, and I felt that this weekend when I then presented it. I can recommend presenting your 'trip of a lifetime' to anyone that has been out there and done it. Thanks to you, Susan, and all the organisers, Brian"
Present YOUR Tech Clinic - good at something of interest to motorcycle Travellers? Please do a Tech Clinic for us!
Had a great trip? Got good stories and pics of it? Never presented before? Tips for putting on a successful Travel Slide Show!
Please Volunteer to help out! Odd jobs, registration, gate, etc. We can use your help, and only a couple of hours makes a big difference to make it a better event for everyone!
Vendors/Traders sign up here to join us at a Meeting.
What's a Mini-Meeting?
Small "local" HU Community meetings, often held in someone's backyard/garden/field for a barbie, or in a restaurant or local watering hole. Often held to welcome a traveller passing through, or just as an excuse to get together and keep the travel fires burning. Join, and contact your local Community to get a discussion started on where and when, then let me know and I'll post it here! OR just post it on the HUBB in the HU Events Forum.
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NEW! HU 2015 Motorcycle Adventure Travel Calendar is now available! Get your copy now for some terrific travel inspiration!
HUGE, 11.5 x 16.5 inches, beautifully printed in Germany on top quality stock! Photos are the winning images from over 600 entries in the 9th Annual HU Photo Contest!
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We share the profit with the winning photographers. YOU could be in the HU Calendar too - enter here!
Comments about HU Events
"I have picked up so much information... and met some new friends and wonderful people."
"A superb event that was really well organised. I found the atmosphere amongst the attendees to be very positive too."
"I have not done much travelling so it was like visiting with a world traveller - Presenters were very approachable."
"Great atmosphere and camaraderie, especially at dinner time, and interesting presentations."
"Folks were all great and the most amazing thing was there was NO ATTITUDE."
"I have learned so much, made some great mates and met some of the best people. I was buzzing by the time I got home. I have a little trip planned and just can't wait to get out there."
For more about HU Events, see some magazine articles here.
HU Events Refund Policy
We know 'stuff happens', and you know we have financial commitments to venues and caterers!
If you're unable to attend an event, please let us know (by e-mail reply to your confirmation e-mail from us) so we don't worry that something has happened to you...
Up to 30 days prior to event start, we will refund all fees in full less a $10 (or €9 or £8) fee for handling and PayPal charges.
Up to 15 days prior to event start, we will refund camping/accommodation and food packages in full less a $10 (or €9 or £8) handling fee. We will apply your registration fee to any subsequent HU event in the year or following year. If you have purchased a t-shirt, let us know your mailing address and we'll send it out.
Within 15 days of the event start, there will be no refunds, but we will apply your registration fee to any subsequent HU event in the year or following year. If you have purchased a t-shirt, let us know your mailing address and we'll send it out.
Next HU Events
- USA California: Sept. 25-28
- Aus Queensland: Oct 3-6
- Aus Perth: Oct 10-12
- Germany Autumn: Oct 23-26
- Aus VIC: Oct 24-26
- Aus NSW: Oct 31-Nov 2
- South Africa: Nov 13-16
- NEW! USA Virginia: Apr 9-12, 2015
- NEW! HUMM Morocco: May 13-16, 2015
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Check it out at the HU Store! Remember to use Coupon Code 'HEROES' on your order when you checkout.
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An Ode to Barry the Magic Bison
This bison is big, this bison is great
He's a really nice guy, he'll be your mate
So this is the way the stories been told
Passed through time and history and generations of old
When young in his life while roaming the plain
He stumbled upon a rainbows tail
This rainbows tail contained a pot of gold
And it's magical powers entered his soul
He transformed from brown to many a colour
And his magical powers increased in number
He could fly like a kite and climb like a goat
Run like the wind and float like a boat
He could buzz like a bee and sing like a bird
And he soon became the king of the herd
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THREE BEFORE MIDNIGHT offers an intriguing potpourri of styles and genres. How did the concept of this debut album come about?
I wanted the album to reflect different moods and feelings so that different listeners could each find something for themselves within the music.
You've been playing the piano since you were a child of four. What was the first song that you heard back then that triggered your interest in music?
I heard a recording of "Watermelon Man" and really loved the Latin groove. I remember asking my Mom to play that record over and over again so I could play along on a set of Bongos. We didn't have "Guitar Hero" back then!
Is there a particular artist who has influenced you more than anyone else with regard to composing music and performing?
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You've got some impressive awards on your resume. Could you elaborate for us?
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In addition to being a musician, you also practice law, do the two crafts compliment each other?
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TNA Television Champion Devon was a guest this past week on The LAW promoting 'Slammiversary' this Sunday night and Impact Wrestling's move to 8pm EST on Thursday nights.
To download the entire interview with Devon, you can do so at http://fightnetwork.com/data/podcasts/1141/2012-06-04.mp3 as well as on iTunes and Stitcher.
Here are some highlights from the interview:
On TNA's failed move to Monday nights in 2010:
I know a lot of people would consider it taking a step back, because we did it for a little bit of time, and then we went back to being taped. I look at it as getting our feet wet, and experimenting with it like any other thing that you would try for the first time. You go back to the drawing board, and you see what worked and what didn't work, so when you're ready to come back to live TV, you know exactly what to expect, you know exactly what to look for. I think that's what the whole thing behind us going into live TV the first time a year back, I think that's why we did what we did. It wasn't necessarily taking a step back, but just getting our feet wet and seeing what we were dealing with.
Breaking up Team 3-D in TNA compared to WWE:
One of the things I love about this is that we're able to get the opportunity to come out here and showcase our skills individually as opposed to being together. We know what we've got together, but what can we do individually? I think back in 2002, when we did separate for the first time in the other company, again, to me, testing the waters to see how it goes. I think we both learned a lot from that breakup. I think the fans take it in a little different light; "Team 3D, the Dudley Boyz, they didn't make it, that's a bad idea." No, it wasn't a bad idea. Nothing's bad. The fans have got to understand, nothing's really bad when you do things like that, because if it doesn't work the first time, you go back, you regroup, you do what works, and then you maybe come back to it. That's exactly what we did. I think a lot of the fans have to understand that when we were approached with the idea, we felt strongly about it, because we have done everything there was to do. In every federation we've ever been in, we've conquered the tag team division, and there was nothing really left for us to do. We went to Japan, we conquered Japan. We went all around the world. There was nothing left for us to do. I know the fans live off of what we did yesterday, but the fans gotta understand, we wanted to be selfish in a sense right now. We understand what they wanted, which was us being together, but we wanted to take the limelight individually, as opposed to sharing it. I think that was a little bit of a hard pill for some fans who are very dedicated and loyal to us to swallow. What a lot of fans don't realize, and I'm going to go on record in saying, was that it was more me than Bubba that really wanted to break up. I've always wanted to do singles; I've always wanted to test the waters. Whether I failed or succeeded, I needed to know at the end of the career if that was going to work, and I think right now in both of our favor, it's working very well. For those fans that it was a hard pill to swallow, I think it's gradually going down little by little.
On his weight loss and overall condition:
I'll be honest with you, and I've told him this personally, it's been a running joke but I'm being serious, and we laugh about it everytime we go out to eat, but I'm training for Kurt Angle. I want Kurt. I love Kurt to death; we've been in that ring together and done things tremendously, but I've always said that guys like Kurt, you can really test your how good your endurance and how good you are in the that ring by getting in there with someone like Kurt Angle and being able to survive, being able to match wrestling ability with him, and it's not just being able to hang in there. So I told Kurt when I started dropping that weight in January of 2011, I said, "All of this, Kurt, happens to be for you. I'm getting ready for you. When that time comes, I'm gonna beat you.
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Progressive metal
Speed metal
|Years active
|1999–present (live hiatus from 2009-2014)
|Black Lotus (1999-2004)
Century Media (Europe, North America)
King Records (Japan)
AFM Records (Europe)
|Associated acts
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|Jonas Heidgert
Olof Mörck
Elias Holmlid
Jesse Lindskog
Anders Hammer
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|Daniel Kvist
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Not to be confused with the place where the series, Dragon Tales, takes place in.
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their first two and fifth albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid.
The band was founded in September/October 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded on January 2000. Only 3 months before the recording of their debut album, The Battle of the Ivory Plains started, Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck.[1] The album was released on April 30, 2001, and the second album, Holy War, was released on February 8, 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums.
In 2003, Dragonland invited Japanese power metal band Galneryus to play with throughout the Japan tour.[citation needed] That was also the first time Dragonland performed the song, "to the End of the World", which was included a year later in their third album, Starfall, which was released on October 27, 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Johanna Andersson, Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (Tom and Henrik from Evergrey) provided guest performances on the album, including vocals and guitar solos.
Their fourth album, Astronomy, was released on November 11, 2006. Nightrage's Marios Iliopoulos, Amaranthe's Elize Ryd and Jake E and Dead by April's Jimmie Strimell provided guest appearances on this album.
Work on a fifth Dragonland album was announced via Blabbermouth on the 27th of April, 2008. In September 2009, Dragonland launched their re-designed Myspace site, together with a high-quality preproduction of "The Shadow of The Mithril Mountains", a song from the fifth album. It took some time before the album was completely ready. Five years after "Astronomy" the band finally released the new album, Under the Grey Banner, on November 11, 2011. Where "Starfall" and "Astronomy" are two separate albums "Under the Grey Banner" continues the story of their first two albums.
On October 12, 2013 Dragonland posted a picture of Jonas Heidgert on their Facebook page with some lines of an unknown song, hinting they are working on a possible sixth album.[2][3]
After their live performance in Metalfest 2009, Dragonland went on hiatus from performing live, but they will return with the two Power Prog & Metal Festivals; the first one in Belgium in 2014 and the second in the USA in 2015. Johan Nunez (from Nightrage and Firewind) will be their substitute drummer during the performances. [4]
- Studio albums
- The Battle of the Ivory Plains (2001)
- Holy War (2002)
- Starfall (2004)
- Astronomy (2006)
- Under the Grey Banner (2011)
- Demo's
- Storming Across Heaven (2000)
Band members[edit]
- Current line-up
- Jonas Heidgert - vocals (1999-present), drums (2000–2002)
- Olof Mörck - lead guitar (2000–present)
- Jesse Lindskog - rhythm guitar (2009–present), drums (2003–2009)
- Elias Holmlid - keyboard, synthesizer, piano (2000–present)
- Morten Lowe Sorensen - drums (2009–present)
- Anders Hammer - bass (2007–present)
- Previous members
- Daniel Kvist - lead guitar (1999–2000)
- Magnus Olin - drums (1999-2000)
- Robert Willstedt - drums (2002-2003)
- Christer Pederson - bass (1999–2007)
- Nicklas Magnusson - rhythm guitar (1999–2009)
- Live members
- Johan Nunez - drums (2014)
- ^ http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Dragonland-Biography/FF0CE62D894D74E848256CEA000E4C3A
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151992128751383&set=a.10150126066516383.324414.125056981382&type=1&theater
- ^ "Dragonland: New Song Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Dragonland's upcoming performance at PPM Fest".
External links[edit]
- Dragonland's Official Teaser Website
- Dragonland's Facebook profile
- Dragonland's MySpace profile
- Century Media's Dragonland page
- King Record's Dragonland page (Japanese)


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CBS Screen hosting the credit union message through ACUC conference this summer.
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Phone/Fax Numbers:
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- Receptionist: (205) 930-8202
- For additional services: (205) 930-7114 and listen for options
- Fax number: (205) 930-8225
You do not need a referral unless your insurance provider requires it.
Patients must be at least 16 years of age to be seen in the UAB Sleep-Wake Disorders Center. Younger patients are referred to the Children's Hospital Sleep Center [link].
- Daytime testing -- available Monday through Friday
- Overnight testing -- available Sunday night through Thursday night. Patients who undergo overnight testing are seen the following morning by the sleep physician and usually leave the Center by 9:00 a.m.
What to Bring to Your First Appointment
- Your insurance card
- Driver's License
- Any previous sleep study reports from other sleep centers or sleep physicians. Medical information may also be faxed to us at (205) 930-8225 prior to your appointment.
- Any medications that you regularly take, including herbal supplements
- The completed Sleep Center Intake Questionnaire that was mailed to you from our office
At the end of your clinic visit, if it is determined that you need sleep testing, you will be scheduled for testing at a later date. You will also be given written instructions that include what to bring to your sleep study and what to do to prepare for your sleep study. You will also be educated regarding what to expect during your sleep study and shown the sleep lab and sleeping rooms.
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- Any special pillows, blankets, or bedding that make you sleep more comfortably
- For women, loose-fitting, 2-piece pajamas are preferred to nightgowns
- Books, magazines—items to occupy your time until lights out
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