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Melissa in Napa, CA in Hayward, California
120 months ago
I've been researching several different paralegal programs over the past couple of months and have numerous several major differences in: the duration of the programs, the type of accreditation, (ABA or not seeming to be the most important of these distinctions), whether the program is offered on-line or not, whether job placement assistance is offered and/or internships, etc. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the different options! I have a BA in Administration of Justice, so I would be eligible to enter a post-baccalaureate program. I am considering everything from on-line programs (non ABA-approved) such as National Paralegal College and the Paralegal Institute, to Kaplan University and Cal State U. East Bay (ABA approved). Do you have any advice on the best way to narrow my options? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I would like to get enrolled in a program a.s.a.p.
Franz in Denver, Colorado
71 months ago
Do you offer any assistance. I am interested in the 6 month program, and am motivated to start. Is the 6 month program a certificate program? How long is the BA program?
Stephen in Spring Valley, New York said: I work for National Paralegal College , which you mentioned, so you can take whatever I say in that context. Still, if you want to check out our program, we offer a 2 week free trial where you can sample what it's like to be a student in our school BEFORE you make your decision or commit any money to anyone. Since you already have a BA, you would be looking for a certificate, which would require 8 courses and can be done in anywhere from about 6.5 months (full speed) to 16 months (one course at a time). I think the best way to determine whether a school is for you is to actually attend that school... ABA approval is an issue, but unfortunately, at this time based on ABA rules, if you want the convenience of working online only, you need to sacrifice ABA approval. The ABA categorically refuses to approve an online paralegal program unless at least half the work is in a classroom. I also want to point out that the ABA is a private organization, with no actual power, especially over paralegals (as opposed to lawyers, over whom it holds some indirect power). Good luck.
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PHNOM PENH, July 20 (Xinhua) — The number of people arrested for drug trafficking in Cambodia in the first half of this year has increased by 159 percent, a local newspaper reported Monday, citing police officials.
The National Police released a report saying 1,959 people were arrested in relation to 998 drug dealing cases between January and June, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
Deputy National Police Chief General Mok Chito said that in the same period last year, police arrested 755 people.
He said the 159 percent increase was "very surprising."
"We have only cracked down and made arrests for six months this year, but the number of those we have arrested has already passed what we had for the whole year last year," the newspaper quoted Chito as saying.
According to Pin Sokhom, a drug specialist at NGO Mith Samlanh, the spike could possibly be attributed to the rising demand for drugs among young and more affluent individuals.
"We've been noticing that a lot of high school students and people from the middle class are buying and using drugs, and because of this (drugs are) also becoming easier to get hold of and cheaper," he said. "The police have been clamping down on drug dealers, but it's still definitely out there, just moving around."

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The UMBC women's lacrosse team will return to Baltimore for a mid-week contest as they travel to #18 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 8. The Retrievers and Blue Jays will see the opening draw at 5 p.m. at Homewood Field.
Scouting the Retrievers:
-UMBC had a four-game winning streak snapped on Saturday after falling, 12-5, at Temple. The Retrievers led, 5-4, halfway through the second half before the Owls went on an 8-0 run to close out the game.
-Senior Sam Nolan notched her 21st goal of the season, which leads the team and ranks 11th in the country. Sophomores Brittany Levine, Sara Moeller, Lauren McDonald and Payton Van Kirk all added a score as well.
-Moeller currently ranks 15th among NCAA players and second in the America East with 12 assists. She needs just eight more to crack the top 10 all-time record for helpers in a season.
-Between the pipes, senior Ashley Peacock has made 51 saves, which ranks 14th in the country, and has a .451 save percentage.
Scouting the Blue Jays:
-18th-ranked Hopkins enters this game with a 5-1 record, most recently defeating Furman, 15-5, on March 5. The Blue Jays only loss of the season came in the form of a 10-7 loss against #13 Penn on February 25. As a team, the Blue Jays have outscored their opponents, 75-49, this season.
-Midfielder Haley Shweizer, who was named a Preseason All-American and Preseason All-Big Ten, leads the team with 14 goals on the season. Shweizer and attack Emily Kenul were both named to the initial watch list for the 2017 Tewaaraton Award. Sophomore attack Miranda Ibello leads in assists with 12; she also leads the team in points with 20 after adding 8 goals.
-Preseason All-Big Ten goalkeeper Caroline Federico has made 47 saves and has an 8.29 goals against average, which ranks 15th in the country, and a .490 save percentage.
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-In their last meeting on April 13, 2016, the Blue Jays came out on top with a 17-12 win at Homewood Field. Midfielder Carolyn Jamison recorded nine points with four goals and one assist. Sam Nolan and Lauren McDonald added to the effort with two goals each. Ashley Peacock was also a key factor with six saves in the first half.


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So, Sarah Palin's latest foray into the presidency as the popular, new Fox News
Like when Glenn Beck asks her to name her favorite founding father (which should be a snap since she loooooves America so much), and following a few uncomfortable seconds of her squirming nervously, groping desperately for a name, any name, she is still unable to come up with any coherent answer and (in a Katie Couric interview-from-hell flashback) is forced to resort to the ol' emergency response, "all of them."
To which even a man-child with the brain capacity of an inert gas like Glenn Beck is compelled to cackle hysterically and call "bullcrap" on such an obvious affront to intelligence.
But, then just as Beck tries to giggle and flirt his way out of humiliating her highness, a miracle of miracles!
Jesus swoops in, and like an angel from heaven, saves the day by whispering a name softly into her ear...
George Washington, yes, George Washington!
Of course, that's her favorite founding father because well, he's the only one she could think of but also cause she always loved that cherry tree story with the honesty and the hatchet. (They don't have very many cherry trees in Alaska, ya know!). And also his bravery and diversity (whatever the hell that means) and all the other random adjectives she can think of to generically describe one of the great patriots of freedom she doesn't know a whole lotta 'bout!
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The poster session for the symposium will showcase the diverse work of MICHR translational scholars at the University of Michigan. Research topics in science, curriculum innovation, clinical outcomes, health services, policy, and methodology are all welcome. Scholars are encouraged to submit abstracts describing current works in progress as well as completed studies. Awards will be presented to the best posters in pre-doctoral and postdoctoral level categories. Please register and submit your abstract.
The deadline to submit an abstract is February 1st. If you have any questions, please contact MICHR Education.
Our scholars and trainees who presented at the poster session can cite the poster presentation on their CV. An example looks like:
Hong, O.S., Vogel, S., Eakin, B.L., Chin, D., Jayaraman, N. (2010, September). An internet intervention to reduce firefighters' noise exposure and hearing loss in the US: Lessons learned. IOHA International Congress: Rome, Italy.
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Thought I might.
So anyway welcome to Wednesday. My Wednesday.
It's been pretty good... yesterday Dionne and I made the
In case you missed the dolls let me snap a pic for ya.
As I was saying Dionne and I made them. Breezy immediately claimed Jovi. And then asked if I could make a Lorenza doll. I told her she'd have to wait for the doll making book to arrive. Cos, well, Lorenza needs to be beautiful and not
The book arrived in today's mail.
I want to make an Ellie Conway doll... but I think I have to make Lorenza first or small person will be come small nagging person.
So enough with the
Am reading through EXACERBYTE to check I got everything before I send the ms back to my editor. Woot!!
Gotta say this week feels a bit weird, (not doll weird), with Joanie gone from Rebel everything feels a bit up in the air. I know there is no reason for it to, but it just does.
My shoulder has thrown a fit. It's a tad annoying. It happens every now and then. Blaming the Ab King Pro - or Squealer.
Apart from the reading of EXACERBYTE. I'm working on the second draft (big fat fallacy) of FLASHBYTE. And I'm loving it. It's so much fun it should be illegal. :)


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so much time goes by
the same old stuff
yet all new somehow
but these are events
i cannot let pass by
without comment
the lion is three
and the tiger five
both birthdays
one day apart
it's as if the birthday
suddenly allowed
fully understandable
sentences to flow out
one after another
now if only the birthday
could bring about
big boy underwear
that aren't wet or worse
my next step is
diapers on strike!
And then my big little bro
surprised us all
but mostly her
with the big question
by the way
squeaks and giggles
mean yes...
the ring is so pretty
but her glow is even prettier : )
and i guess i'll admit
as a people fan
that i was happy to hear
rosie is coming back
to daytime television
on the view
her thoughts and lifestyle
may be controversial but
they inspire me to contemplate
and i love the insight
she gives to the "rich and famous"
so this week i prepare
for a cooking show
lots of people coming
funny that i am cooking for them
who would have guessed?
still no nibbles on the other house
once the police pulled us over
and the lion being young
was intrigued by the car
"po-wece mommy"
yes, police
after a minute or two
"we wait?"
yes, we wait
so, no sold sign yet
still, we wait
May 8, 2006
reasons to celebrate
so much time goes by
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I'm still glowing! :-D
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It is definitely a beautiful glow!!


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Jumeirah Supports Cancer Awareness Month
Together with some other 200 prominent landmarks around the world, Burj Al Arab will be illuminated in pink this evening as part of the third annual Estee Lauder Global Landmarks Illumination initiative in recognition of the October 2002 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Christophe Schnyder, Hotel Manager for Burj Al Arab comments: "Jumeirah International is proud to support such an important cause as the October 2002 Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is delighted to illuminate Burj Al Arab for the third consecutive year and thereby contribute to the illumination of global landmarks around the world".
In addition to the illumination of Burj Al Arab to mark the start of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Jumeirah Beach Hotel colleagues will be selling pink ribbons to their guests in several restaurants and the generated revenue will be used to support the October 2002 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.


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I arrived first and immediately went into Aunty Eleanor mode. I can only go into that mode now that my own kids are teenagers, and it involves sitting on the floor and playing cars, playing mini-basketball, admiring new shoes, giving the baby her bottle and loving every single minute of it. Duyvken's eldest was in school, but I got to play with Master J, Miss C and Baby JW, and I can honestly say that they are fabulous and delicious kidlets of the very yummiest and most adorable kind.
Then Kim arrived with two more delectable morsels of baby goodness. My cup runneth over!! Jasper and Grover were wearing the cutest little button-up shirts with collars, and it reminded me of my own son at around the age of two who used to call those shirts "handsome shirts" and would run away when he saw one yelling "Not the handsome shirt! Not the handsome shirt!" But Kim's two young ones (older two were in school) were proudly wearing their handsome shirts and it was all I could do not to eat them up right there and then.
Duyvken set up an awesome cheese platter and Kim brought home-made iced biscuits in animal shapes for the kids and chocolate gingerbread cake HEAVEN with lemon icing PARADISE on top (Nigella's recipe apparently). Here is a picture of Grover showing how Aunty Eleanor ate everything on her plate (she had seconds too) as Kim talks to JW.
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I am taking a quick break on tax day to remind everyone that if we can pass the FairTax Plan April 15 will become just another beautiful Spring Day. As you fill out your complicated tax returns, gather up all your receipts, and pray that you remembered everything and did it correctly, keep the dream alive that someday all this will be a story we tell our grandchildren about. The FairTax movement is alive and well!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15 - Make it just another day!
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Technician/Field Service Representative
- Employer
- Intelligent automation inc
- Location
- Rockville, MD
- Posted
- Jul 17, 2017
- Closes
- Aug 07, 2017
- Function
- Accountant, IT
- Industry
- Specialty Trades
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description Intelligent Automation Inc. is currently seeking a Technician/Field Service Representative to support a variety of product development, testing, installation, and training tasks. US Citizenship or Legal Permanent Resident status is required. JOB DUTIES: · Support installation of systems in various locations, which may be physically demanding at times · Support regular field maintenance of installed systems · Respond to support calls from customers · Provide high-level system training to customers · Participate in data collection and testing tasks, which may be physically demanding at times · Perform production-related technician tasks (assembly, simple reworks, unit/system testing, diagnostics, etc.) · Frequent travel in the DC area is expected, and occasional travel in the US or overseas may be required REQUIRED SKILLS: · Experience with basic hand tools and power tools · Strong verbal communications skills · Attention to detail Technician/Field Service Representative · Experience with security systems or sensors · Experience with electronics tools (soldering iron, multimeter, etc.) · Familiarity with networking concepts (IP, wifi, routers, etc.) · Software testing experience All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Please apply directly through our website www.i-a-i.com. Company Description Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) is a technology innovation company headquartered in Rockville, MD. We specialize in providing advanced technology solutions and R&D services to federal agencies, and corporations throughout the United States and internationally. Leveraging agile R&D processes, a multi-disciplinary collaborative environment, and its substantial intellectual property portfolio, IAI excels in developing concepts into market-focused products and customer driven solutions. IAI's core R&D areas include: Air Traffic Management, Big Data & Social Media Analytics, Control & Signal Processing, Cyber Security, Education & Training Technologies, Health Technologies, Modeling & Simulation, Networks & Communications, Robotics, and Sensor Systems. IAI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Vet. For more information on IAI, please visit see -a-i.com/careers.
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Any politician who is too stupid to realize that emails like this are not a good idea...isn't smart enough to hold elected office. What a tool.
today's Eagle Tribune
there are many comments
"I responded from my BlackBerry," the North Andover Democrat said yesterday. "It was probably a little impulsive on my part."
Torrisi's insulting two-sentence reply was sent to a WTKK producer who had e-mailed Torrisi asking him to appear on Michael Graham's show to discuss his opposition to legislation barring state benefits for illegal immigrants. Torrisi e-mailed back: "Michael Graham is an (expletive). He can go (expletive) himself for all I care."
Graham's website posted a copy of the e-mail, which Torrisi confirmed he sent.
"I obviously regret the choice of words, but I don't regret the intent," Torrisi told The Eagle-Tribune. "To me, people like Michael Graham and other radio talk show hosts ... I don't think they add anything to the debate at all."
The House voted 82-75 Wednesday to send Rep. Jeff Perry's proposal to study, killing it for the year and sparking an outcry from supporters of the proposal, who say illegal immigrants should not have access to taxpayer-supported services.
Torrisi said the state already does "a pretty good job" of screening immigrants applying for public benefits, adding that he believes exceptions should be made for children who grow up in the United States and people who overstay their visas to care for sick relatives here.
"I think the subject of immigration is much more complex than these talk radio hosts make it out to be," said Torrisi. "I said what I said and I probably shouldn't have used those words, but I still feel the same way about talk radio hosts, left-wingers and right-wingers alike."
Graham, one of the region's most popular talk show hosts, discussed Torrisi's response on the air yesterday morning.
"The reaction is not commensurate with the action," Graham said, adding, "It seems like people get really angry with you because you dare to say this isn't right."
In a telephone interview, Graham told the State House News Service that he sensed that among voters, based on "the feeling that he conveyed towards me, the feeling is mutual, and they'll be expressing that feeling in November when it counts."
Torrisi will run for re-election to a seventh term this fall. He has represented the 14th Essex District, including most of North Andover and sections of Lawrence, since 1999.


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I was 19 with the summer holiday from teacher training college stretched in front of me when my mother persuaded me to apply to be a driver for the WRVS meals on wheels service. Exciting - not, I thought. But I duly spoke to the organiser, who seemed more interested in which families I knew from school than my driving skills.
She asked me to take her for a drive in the Mini van to deliver some clothing to a family on the edge of town, an uneventful journey, and I had the job.
For a few days each week, I had a new Mini van - not quite wheels of my own - and definitely not the high performance car of my dreams.
Over the next four weeks, I delivered meals to a round of pensioners with a sprightly 75-year-old called Broughie. She referred to anyone under 70 as a youngster and had supreme, if misplaced, confidence in my driving.
We collected the meals in thermal urns from an enormous kitchen which also served local schools. It was full of steam and vulgar women who delighted in making fun of a 19-year-old lad delivering meals. They suggested activities they would rather see me involved in - what a sheltered world I had come from.
We would deliver to a Mr Jefferson who had confined himself to his house since his wife's death seven years earlier. We served his meal on to plates he always had ready in his gas oven, exchanging a few words about weather and news. After a few weeks, I asked him why he never went out. "My wife was killed by a car, on the road outside," he explained. "It's just not safe."
In one house I saw real squalor and destitution for the first time. It wasn't only the lack of basic comforts - no radio, no TV, no fridge. It was the resigned acceptance of having no money to clean or replace the curtains, the carpet or the single towel that served for pots and dirty hands. Even after we had left, the smell of decay and neglect clung to my nostrils.
Christmas was fun. All our regulars welcomed our Christmas dinner, served three days early. Broughie won a few kisses as she handed out small hampers, made up with donations.
Between drops, over-confidence increased my speed and the van lost its grip on snow. We turned a full 360 degrees. Broughie's comment was typical:
"It's a bit slippery today. Are you all right, young man?" In late spring, a special assignment came my way; to drive the family support officer with a mother and two daughtes to see their father in prison. Ichatted with the girls on the journey. They looked out of place when I left them at the prison gate; the girls' summer dresses and the mother's pale coat against the dark stonework and the studded gates.
My WRVS companion explained the family's story. Dad worked shifts, Mum had another man. Dad went rabbit shooting regularly. With the two girls out at school, Mum took one risk too many. Dad came home unexpectedly, gun in hand, found them in bed and shot the man dead. He had no record - it was unpremeditated. Mum and daughters were devastated when he was sent to prison.
That evening, my friends berated me for "being in a mood". I couldn't bring myself to share the family's tragedy. They would probably have found it funny.
My voluntary work continued during each college holiday. The fact that I was earning nothing didn't matter - I was among real people, rather than students.
The second Christmas came around and I phoned the office to find out when I would be needed. "Tomorrow, if you can manage it. But you'll have to do it on your own." I asked why. "I'm sorry, didn't you know? Broughie died three weeks ago - she had the flu and it turned to pneumonia. I'm sorry you weren't told. Will you be all right for tomorrow?" The loss of Broughie was penetrating.
Regulars greeted me, but with their next breath would ask after Broughie. I heard myself parroting the phone call.
In my final year at college, I was out on teaching practice. Lessons and children's faces were a blur as I moved from class to class. Shouldn't I know them better and be aware of their abilities and difficulties? During the intensive teaching practice, I reasoned, I didn't have the time to do more. I decided that when I had a real job, I would make the time to know my students.
My thoughts were interrupted when a girl approached me at the end of a lesson. "I think I know you," she said, hitching her heavy school bag on to her shoulder. "I'm not sure," I said, "I've only learned a few names. I'm sorry."
"You took Mum, me and my sister to see my Dad in prison." I was stopped in my tracks. "Oh yes," I said, "in the Mini. It was a bit small wasn't it?" "Yes. Daddy's home now." Delight shone in her face. "He's got a new job, where Mum works but in another section." She said so much, without needing to say it all.
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Sometimes there seems to be a whole lotta shit going on in Scannerland, but none of it seems that interesting. That's a high-class problem that comes with listening to the constant patter of emergencies in a major U.S. city. Lots of scannermonkeys would give their left (and right) nut to catch a few shootings, structure fires, extrication and rollover traffic collisions, possible plane crashes and a major gas leak within a six hour period, if not an entire month.
Yes, between the LAFD, LAPD and Santa Monica FD, all of the above went down at some point this evening. But it all felt sorta blah. Like I said, a high-class problem. For the past year or so, I've listened exclusively to the LAFD, LAPD, BHPD/FD, SMFD (with short bursts of Santa Monica and El Segundo PD's mixed in for specific reasons). I've stayed far away from LA County Fire and the LA County Sheriff's. As rewarding as some of the LA County FD calls can be (the sheriff system is way too painful for prolonged listening), I just can't take the constant tones and simulcast dispatches. They interfere way too much with the controlled flow of the LAFD. Even LAPD Hotshots gets on my nerves, but I've decided that it's worth keeping on to catch the good LAPD capers, which go down like clockwork.
That is all.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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It is so very good to be home. The weather is about perfect, in fact, it is perfect. I forget how amazing Colorado is! I have been riding my bike every single day, which is to make it sound like I have been here some great amount of time already. I'm working on my fourth day. . .
Really, though, I have been in USA barely more than three days, and it might as well be three since I write this in the morning. Considering all that has happened for me since arriving, I feel like I've been here for two or three weeks.
Upon arrival on Friday night, my bicycle did not arrive with all my other luggage from Miami. I had picked it up in Miami to go through customs, but it did not arrive in Denver. Strike one! No big deal, it was still in Miami and scheduled to arrive the next morning. The best thing about lost or late luggage is that it is delivered directly to your house. Fine by me, they can lug around that 60lb. box, making me feel like I got my $112 worth for the extra luggage fee.
On Saturday, I promptly woke up(whatever that means)and rode to meet my friend to attend our friend's memorial service, the whole reason I arrived early anyway. In a stunning setting in the mountains of Colorado Springs, we all remembered our friend whom died a tragic death on his mission to disappear in the mountains of southern Colorado to starve himself to death. The reception following was equally as beautiful, if not extremely trying as I was one of the few to see the very last video he made of himself before he died. Seeing someone you care about make a final goodbye to all after forty days of not eating is heart wrenching. Needless to say I did not sleep much on Saturday night. I am comforted by the fact that he died in a beautiful setting, on his own terms. He taught many people many things, was brilliant, talented, hilarious, and unfortunately, troubled. You will be missed Branko.
Upon arriving home on Saturday night, I was informed that things with my sister are totally up in the air with her Peace Corps service due to violence in her country. What this means for me is that I am now likely taking another solo trip. This trip I have planned to Africa was to visit and travel with her, but if she is removed from her country due to dangerous situations, I will be traveling alone. Just another major life change all in one day, no big deal(!!!).
Still on Saturday. Barely back 24 hours at this point. Late at night, I met up with somebody whom I was very close with last summer before I left to do this whole Guatemala thing. As I was away the past eight months, I realized how strong my feelings are for this person and we met up to talk it out. I had been holding these things in for a while and was very excited to see him and to get it off my chest, finally! Well, an hour later, I walked away, with tears in my eyes, heart broken. We had been in very close contact while I was away and I was certain he felt the same way. The last month before I came home he suddenly became very distant, and confirmed to me that yes, he had felt the same way, but things for him had changed, and he was moving on. I guess that now I also have no choice but to move on.
Nothing like taking care of business all at once though. All this happening in my first day back is overwhelming, but prevents it from being dragged out. There is something to be said for that.
In light of information about my sister, I'm thinking to b-line it to Spain upon arrival to Morocco. Kinda had my fill of third world countries right now, and hey, I speak the language. Woo hoo for Spanish! Really, though, the last thing I want right now is to wander a Muslim desert country in the middle of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, where everything shuts down. I know more details than I am dishing, out of respect for my sister's request for privacy on this matter.
I have never, ever, ever, had a trip go as planned, and the changes almost always come right before I leave. This is nothing new for me to deal with, and honestly I am excited. I am looking forward to spending time alone, believe it or not. And I am totally stoked to go to Spain. I have always wanted to go, but Europe is so expensive I have avoided it. This is some fateful way of getting me there anyways. Maybe I won't come back ;) Who knows what will happen for me as a result of the life-changing day I went through upon arrival last week . . .
Until then, however, I am enjoying time with my family, friends, and road bike. I have a family reunion coming up in Keystone the last week of August, which I am looking forward to immensely. I will desperately try to maintain a relatively low profile to avoid any more major happenings. I've been here three and a half days, I have three weeks more to go, I already need a break.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
How a day can change a lifetime.
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Pirates, Mariners Make a Seven-Player TradeJuly 29, 2009
According to multiple sources, the Pirates have just finalized a deal with the Seattle Mariners involving shortstop Jack Wilson as the centerpiece.
The teams will be swapping shortstops at the Major League level, with the Mariners sending over Ronny Cedeno as part of the deal. The Pirates also sent right-handed starter Ian Snell.
The package the Mariners sent to Pittsburgh included C/1B Jeff Clement and three A-ball pitchers: Brett Lorin, Nathan Adcock and Aaron Pribanic.
Pittsburgh is paying all but $400,000 of the remaining salaries of Wilson and Snell for the remainder of the season.
Let's take a look at the players involved in the deal.
Jack Wilson
The centerpiece of this deal for the Mariners, Jack Wilson is a flashy defensive shortstop. Pirates fans have enjoyed watching him make several beautiful plays over the years, and he's had his share of rotations in ESPN's Web Gems.
Statistically speaking, he's in the middle of the best defensive season of his career.
The big knock on Wilson is that he can't hit to save his life. Of course, neither could anyone else the Mariners were playing at shortstop. The addition of Wilson will help stabilize the team's middle infield defense, which has been a weakness for them all year.
The 31-year-old Wilson is likely no more than a one-year rental for the Mariners, who have the ability to buy out of his option next year for $600,000 if they don't feel he's worth keeping on board.
Ian Snell
Snell had a full season's worth of dominant baseball in Pittsburgh split over two seasons, and he may make an interesting reclamation project for Seattle. However, he had burned his bridges in Pittsburgh.
At 27 years old, Snell still has some potential to be wrung out of him. He has amazing stuff, with lots of zip and movement to all of his pitches.
The knock on Snell is a mental one. Although he has the tools to succeed, at times he gets into mental blocks on the mounds and serves up fat pitches to the outer part of the plate.
Pitching coaches and fans alike have criticized his steadfast refusal to spread the ball around the zone, preferring to constantly work the outer half of the plate.
Snell has a reputation for his temper. While Pittsburgh reporters have denied it, fans have gleaned from the quotes in the papers that he has a tendency to fly into fits of rage when things don't go well for him on the mound.
This year, Snell requested and received a demotion to AAA, and while there revealed to the Indianapolis media that he had been struggling with depression and contemplating suicide. Perhaps the change of scenery in Seattle will help him get his life back on track.
Ronny Cedeno
A utility infielder that will likely start at shortstop for Pittsburgh with Wilson gone.
Cedeno is below average both offensively and defensively. He's been the backup middle infielder for both the Cubs and the Mariners, and he plays a better defensive second base than he does shortstop.
There will be a tendency among Pirates fans to focus on Cedeno as the centerpiece of this deal, as he's the only player that will be assigned to the Major Leagues right away, but that's a fallacy.
Cedeno is by far the least important player in this deal and was likely acquired only to be a stopgap. In that role, he's probably better than Brian Bixler, but not much else can be said about him. Except him to be displaced some time next year.
Jeff Clement
The actual center piece of this deal, Clement is a C/1B with significant upside. He alone could make this deal worth it for the Pirates, and I'm shocked the Mariners included him in the package.
Clement was ranked Seattle's No. 1 prospect in 2006 and 2008 by Baseball America, and was highly ranked this year as well.
Clement was Seattle's backup catcher behind Kenji Johjima. The team had him play primarily at DH during his two short stints in the Majors. He was optioned to AAA this year.
At 25 years old, Clement has put together strong offensive minor league numbers for his entire career. He keeps his strike outs low, walks a bit more than the average player, and has the ability to hit for power.
His line in AAA since being optioned is .288/.366/.505 with 14 home runs. It's worth noting that Clement plays in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, but it's also worth noting that the Mariners AAA affiliate has a very pitcher-friendly home ball park.
It's unlikely that he'll remain in AAA for much longer in the Pirates organization, as he's not blocked by anybody.
For the time being, Clement is more likely to play first base than catcher when called up, as Ryan Doumit is an above-average catcher that Pittsburgh is probably going to try to trade next season.
The question is where Clement will remain. Even if Doumit is traded, the Pirates have another above-average catcher in Jason Jaramillo, and they drafted Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez with their first selection this year and have him on the fast-track to reach the Majors.
Both play much better defense than Clement, which Pittsburgh values from their catchers.
There's also the issue of Clement's knees, which are known to be bad. This could preclude a move to first for him, but the Pirates also kept injury-prone Ryan Doumit at catcher, so who knows?
Many people also believe that Pedro Alvarez will move from third to first base as a Major Leaguer. It's possible that the Pirates truly see Alvarez as a third baseman, which would sort everything else out naturally.
At the time being, both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pirates' official web site list Clement as a first baseman, but I find it hard to believe the Pirates won't give him any kind of look at catcher as well.
Brett Lorin
Currently in his second year of professional ball in low A, Lorin was the Mariners' fifth round draft pick in 2008. He is 6'7", giving him a nice projectible frame.
Lorin has been dominant in low A so far, striking out 87 batters and walking 25 in 88.2 innings. He has an ERA of 2.44 and a WHIP of 0.97.
At age 22, Lorin is a little old for the level he's pitching at, but again, it's his second year since being drafted out of college. He'll likely move to high A relatively soon in the Pirates system and start next year at AA.
Nathan Adcock
A 21-year-old pitcher in high A, drafted out of high school in 2006. Another fifth round pick.
His DIPS are nothing to be impressed with. He has 71 strike outs compared with 54 walks in 102 innings this year, and he seems to have a problem with giving up the long ball.
The least likely of the pitchers to make a Major League impact judging by stats. Adcock is a fringe prospect, and his ceiling is likely as a reliever.
Aaron Pribanic
Another 22-year-old in low A, drafted in the same class as Lorin in the third round.
Not a strike out pitcher, Pribanic is never the less a decent looking borderline prospect. He doesn't walk many batters, and is an extreme ground ball pitcher. He has only surrendered one home run in 87 innings.
It's difficult to project his ceiling right now, but it looks like he could be either a back-end starter or a middle reliever. The ability to limit the damage and keep the ball on the ground will keep him from taxing his arm too much, and that's valuable in its own right.
Overall impression
A good deal for both sides.
The Pirates got way more than I would have ever dreamed of for Jack Wilson and Ian Snell here, which makes me think the Mariners overpaid.
Meanwhile, the Mariners got a shortstop that will shore up one of the weakest areas of their team, as well as a nice reclamation project.


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It's a bit late, but for anyone else wondering, there are no (true) 4000 mAh cells yet. The highest at time of writing is 3500 mAh. Anything claiming higher is a total fake.
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It's more about response time. Old spinning hard-disks have multiple-millisecond response times, but a flash drive is below 0.1ms. Literally orders of magnitude faster.But as I said, entirely redundant now that SSDs are widely available.View Instructable »
That's because this doesn't have anything to do with RAM at all.Readyboost uses a thumbstick as a hard-disk accelerator, by storing frequently used files on the (hopefully fast) thumbstick instead of on the (comparatively slow) hard-disk. It's made entirely redundant by having an SSD.


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Tigers finally find their 3-point touch in win over Houston
(20) Tigers 79, Houston 69
By Dan Wolken
January 12, 2007
HOUSTON -- The Houston Cougars bobbed and weaved, created room and created chaos. All the University of Memphis did was shoot straight.
Fueled by the most efficient 3-point shooting performance of the season, the No. 20-ranked Tigers pulled off a surprising role reversal on Thursday night, winning a fast-paced, 79-69 decision in front of a Hofheinz Pavilion crowd of 4,804.
All week, Memphis coach John Calipari fretted about Houston's sometimes erratic but potentially dangerous 3-point game. But instead, the Tigers stung Houston by making 10-of-16 from long range and converting 60 percent of their field-goal attempts, playing their drive-and-kick offense almost to perfection and improving to 12-3 overall, 2-0 in Conference USA.
Houston, picked No. 2 in C-USA's preseason poll, fell to 5-8 and 0-1 in the league.
"We shot the ball extremely well," sophomore guard Antonio Anderson said. "We've been working on it in practice. It's been a hard week for us, but we fought through it. They made some shots, but we got the lead and held on strong the rest of the game."
For the Tigers' first 15 games, as they struggled on the road and played erratically for long stretches, Calipari insisted his team was doing one thing right: Getting far more wide-open looks out of its offense than it did a year ago.
Now, Memphis is finally converting some, and the difference was clear Thursday.
Whereas the Tigers fell apart in road games at Tennessee and Arizona, unable to make key baskets and halt runs, they were calm and aggressive here. After Memphis grabbed a 14-point halftime lead, Houston pushed the Tigers at several moments. Every time, the Tigers pushed back.
And really, Houston's 3-point shooting wasn't much of a factor. Though guard Robert McKiver got some good looks, scoring 27 points on 7-of-13 from the 3-point line, the rest of the team went 3-for-12 as Memphis alertly defended Houston's constantly weaving offense.
"We practiced with their weaves," said freshman Doneal Mack, who scored 11 points and made two big 3-pointers in the first half. "We practiced that for the last week and we knew what they were planning on doing, weaving and shooting threes. So when we got in the game, it showed."
Though Memphis got off to a good start, taking a 14-5 lead in the first 5:14 capped by senior Jeremy Hunt's 3-pointer, it was a late first-half run that gave the Tigers a double-digit cushion they held nearly the rest of the way.
After a McKiver 3-pointer closed the gap to 29-26, Memphis center Kareem Cooper scored on a lefty hook shot just 10 seconds later, Mack made a leaner from eight feet on the next possession, and Anderson scored six straight points to key an 18-4 run.
Suddenly, the Tigers led 47-30 and appeared on their way to a blowout. But McKiver hit a 3-pointer at the end of the half to get within 14, then made another on the first possession of the second half when he got freshman Willie Kemp to bite on a ball fake.
Seconds later, Kemp committed a turnover on an ill-advised entry pass, and a furious Calipari pulled him in favor of Andre Allen just 49 seconds into the half. With Allen back in control, the Tigers quickly pushed the lead from nine back to 17, with an Allen steal and breakaway layup giving the Tigers a 61-44 edge with 14:16 to go.
Though the Cougars closed the gap to 13 and 11 several times, Memphis kept them at bay when necessary. One of the reasons was uncanny shot distribution, with none of Memphis' nine players taking more than nine shots. Four Tigers scored in double-figures, led by sophomore Chris Douglas-Roberts' 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
"I thought we were good," Calipari said. "They weave and play a little different style. We may never see that again until we play them again, and I thought we did a fairly good job. The second half, they made some shots, and we had some miscommunications but it was really them just making shots."
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This poem closes out the "A Rage of Angels" series. It is thematically the least like the rest of the poems in the series, though perhaps there are some hints of things going a bit awry in the first one: the Angel of the City. Still, it does serve as a bit of a rude awakening from the others.
In many ways, it is a fairly dark poem, perhaps closest in spirit to The Way It Was When I Was There. Given they do have quite a bit of overlap at least in tone, it might just be too much for the two poems to actually co-exist in the same collection. It doesn't appear that will ever be an issue, however. I think of the two, I like Deliverance a bit better.
The most obvious inspiration is Jose Rivera's play Marisol. I suspect I had seen the play before writing the poem, but I am not 100% sure (I saw the play for the first time in 1995). I would have had experience dealing with homeless people in NYC by this point, but I think I also recollect a Toronto-based poet in a poetry group I attended in 1993 borrowing (figuratively) a homeless man's sign and incorporating it into his poem (and at least another established poet -- probably either Alan Dugan or Charles Reznikoff -- has done the same). Just for the record, I did not steal the words off of a homeless woman's sign. In addition to filching from Marisol, there may be some flashes of Findley's Headhunter in there. Again, I cannot recall exactly when I read that book for the first time. Perhaps if I keep digitizing my files (and ultimately my diary), I will be able to track down some answers. In the meantime, I present "Deliverance":
I woke in a city.
Was I in—
the city of lights,
the city of love,
the endless city,
the eternal city
or simply the unspeakable city?
I recall a bridge on fire,
cars falling through into a dark river,
a crowd scattering under black clouds.
It could have been the city of desperate angels.
Desperate men
sell themselves on the street,
organ by organ.
The rain does not rain down,
will not put out these fires.
Small children stumble through the streets,
stalked by alley cats.
One woman crouches under a broken plate glass window,
hiding a brick behind her back,
the other hand holding a sign:
"I want to be good —
Please help"
in red ragged letters.
Growling dogs drag scraps of dirty, unspeakable meat to dark corners.
When two angels bump into each other,
heads averted or perhaps bowed,
they struggle.
One loses half its feathers,
while the other sits heavily, nursing a knife wound.
Both weep and pray for deliverance.


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Comment on Tim Duy on 'Fed Watch: Should The Fed Tolerate 5% Unemployment?'
You say: "My expectation [derived from the wage Phillips curve] is that when conditions are sufficiently tight to raise wage growth to the 4 percent range, they will also be sufficiently tight to raise inflation to the Fed's target."
You can substantiate your expectation by applying the correct version of the Phillips curve (2012) which is reproduced here. From the structural Phillips curve, which is entirely FREE of rational expectation and natural rate nonsense, follows inter alia:
(i) An increase of the expenditure ratio rhoE leads to higher employment L (the letter rho stands for ratio).
(ii) Increasing investment expenditures I exert a positive influence on employment, a slowdown of growth does the opposite.
(iii) An increase of the factor cost ratio rhoF=W/PR leads to higher employment.
The complete structural Phillips curve is a bit longer and contains, in addition, public deficit spending and import/export.
Item (i) and (ii) cover the familiar arguments about how effective demand affects employment. Item (iii) embodies the price mechanism. It works such that overall employment L INCREASES if the average wage rate W INCREASES relative to average price P and productivity R and vice versa. The structural Phillips curve translates consistently into the Atlanta Fed's chart titled 'Unemployment and Wage Growth'.
From the theoretically well-founded structural Phillips curve follows the policy recommendation that the Fed should actively ENCOURAGE an increase of the average wage rate. This increases overall employment without negative effect on profit for the economy as a whole under the initial status quo condition of constancy of average price, productivity, and interest rate.
Egmont Kakarot-Handtke
Kakarot-Handtke, E. (2012). Keynes's Employment Function and the Gratuitous Phillips Curve Disaster. SSRN Working Paper Series, 2130421: 1–19. URL
Related 'How Wicksell and the rest got inflation/deflation wrong'.


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Thursday, January 04, 2007
I've been informed by one loyal reader that I needed to clear up some possible confusion with my 'Best of 2006 - Albums' posting. So just to clarify, the entire list has now been posted but I simply added it on to the Dec. 23rd entry. The glorious top 25 is readily available for you to question, judge, scoff and eventually accept as gospel. Thank you.
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Beyonce will take on the role as famed blues singer Etta James in the 1950s-inspired movie, and will be joined by Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, and Cedric the Entertainer.
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Jan 12, 2010
On the Road: January 11, 2010
Sue addressing the Gaston County GOP Executive Committee.
Sue fielding questions from her Youth Advisory Council in our Gaston County office.
Sue presiding over economic development meeting of several Gaston County Mayors.
Interview with Carolina 14.
Lunch time Q and A with the NC Agriculture Forum in Bessemer City.
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Dazzle is now 18 months old. I haven't posted in over a week because there hasn't been much new going on. Same ol' same ol' - Almost daily training sessions in the basement, occasional outings, though not when it's 16 degrees outside! And lots of me in a hibernating funk while Dazzle tries desperately to get me to play.
He did succeed a bit ago and I went out to throw the ball for him with the chuck-it (best invention ever!) For fun, I decided to measure the distance he usually runs. While not exact because sometimes it is a shorter throw, it usually involves more than the actual distance when the ball bounces funny; I measured it as 170' one way. So that means he does approx. 340' per fetch. Since I'm anal and have nothing better to do while standing there tossing the ball, I usually count how many times I throw it. It averages about 30 before I get too cold or he gets too hot depending on the weather :-) So that means he runs non-stop for just shy of 2 miles in about 10-15 minutes!
Our Agility class on Monday went really well (regular instructor was back) and I like how they have the class set-up in three different areas with the class split between three instructors. It puts 2 or 3 people per group/area, so there is very little waiting time and lots of different activities. This week had more "running" on my part and I was really sore afterwards. I'll have to put on some braces for next week. I have been working on "send outs" and "lead outs" so I don't have to run :-) He's doing well with both. We skip a monday, so I have 2 weeks to work on the "relax on a mat" they do before each class. Dazzle is surprizing me with how well he's doing. I'm clicking for any sign of relaxation and he seems to be getting it. Today he offered lying on his side! It was brief, and he was stiffly waiting for the click, but we can shape that into more relaxation. I will definitely be using this for ClickerExpo in Lexington in March. :-) He should be fully conditioned to it by then.
The exercise egg arrived and I got it partly inflated with the help of a small compressor used to put air in a flat car tire. It says to partly inflate it, then wait 24 hours before adding more air. So I just added more air today. Here are some photos of Dazzle on his new toy. He has no fear of it and seems to enjoy getting on it, offering sit, down, high 5, sit-up, etc. :-) I only got photos of the sit though.


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themselves explained the particular advantages of their designs.
There is a knock at the door.
Mr. Tid: Ah! That's probably the first architect now. Come in.
Mr. Wiggin enters.
Mr. Wiggin: Good morning, gentlemen.
Clients: Good morning.
Mr. Wiggin: This is a 12-story block combining classical neo-Georgian features
with the efficiency of modern techniques. The tenants arrive here
and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme
comfort, past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the
rotating knives. The last twenty feet of the corridor are heavily
soundproofed. The blood pours down these chutes and the mangled
flesh slurps into these...
Client 1: Excuse me.
Mr. Wiggin: Yes?
Client 1: Did you say 'knives'?
Mr. Wiggin: Rotating knives, yes.
Client 2: Do I take it that you are proposing to slaughter our tenants?
Mr. Wiggin: ...Does that not fit in with your plans?
Client 1: Not really. We asked for a simple block of flats.
Mr. Wiggin: Oh. I hadn't fully divined your attitude towards the tenants. You
see I mainly design slaughter houses.
Clients: Ah.
Mr. Wiggin: Pity.
Clients: Yes.
Mr. Wiggin: (indicating points of the model) Mind you, this is a real beaut.
None of your blood caked on the walls and flesh flying out of the
windows incommoding the passers-by with this one. (confidentially)
My life has been leading up to this.
Client 2: Yes, and well done, but we wanted an apartment block.
Mr. Wiggin: May I ask you to reconsider.
Clients: Well...
Mr. Wiggin: You wouldn't regret this. Think of the tourist trade.
Client 1: I'm sorry. We want a block of flats, not an abattoir.
Mr. Wiggin: ...I see. Well, of course, this is just the sort of blinkered
philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative
garbage. You sit there on your loathsome spotty behinds squeezing
blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss for the struggling artist.
You excrement, you whining hypocritical toadies with your colour TV
sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding masonic
secret handshakes. You wouldn't let me join, would you, you
blackballing bastards. Well I wouldn't become a Freemason now if
you went down on your lousy stinking knees and begged me.
Client 2: We're sorry you feel that way, but we did want a block of flats,
nice though the abattoir is.
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Fullness of Christ (continued)
Last summer at a conference in Switzerland a gray-haired man made a public confession at the close of one meeting that for twenty-seven years he had had nothing to do with his relatives. For years he had suffered from insomnia. That night, after his confession and cleansing, he slept like a baby. On the following Lord's Day he testified that for twenty-seven years he had not known peace of heart as he had during the last three days.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
It is utterly foolish and futile for any one of us to pray for the fullness of the Holy Spirit if we hold even so much as a tiny spark of known resentment or hurt or unlove or any un-Christlike feeling toward another. We shall pray in vain. Are you willing to have all uncleanness, both of the flesh and of the spirit, carried out of your life?
The cleansing is not the infilling, but it rids us of what prevents the fullness and makes us ready for it.
The second subjective cause for the lack of fullness is an unyielded life, which means an uncrucified and uncontrolled self. Infilling demands the yielding of ourselves to the lordship of Christ. It permits no reservations; it allows no locked doors. We must part with everything of which Christ is not the source, and we must place everything under Christ's control. There must be the utter dethronement of self and the voluntary enthronement of Christ.
In the revival under Hezekiah we see, following the cleansing of the Temple, the consecration of themselves and of their sacrifices and thank offerings.
After the filthiness was carried out, the offerings were brought in.
This is the divine order in the cleansing and consecration of the Christian who is God's holy temple. The "perfecting of holiness" follows the cleansing from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. This comes by presenting the body to the Lord as a living sacrifice for His perfect possession, complete control, and exclusive use.
Yielding to Christ means opening every part of the life to Christ that He may fill it with Himself. Whatever we open the life to, that fills us. If I open my being in any measure to satan, to the world, and to the flesh, I am filled to that degree by them. But if I open every door to Christ, to the Spirit, and to the Word, then they fill my mind, my heart, and my spirit.
Yielding is not infilling, but it prepares for it. Emptying makes ready for infilling. Only the yielded life can be filled with the Holy Spirit. Have you yielded yourself to the Lord Jesus Christ?
~Ruth Paxson~
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The report noted that this year, the number of executions has seen as an "unprecedented spike." "Iran's staggering execution toll for the first half of this year paints a sinister picture of the machinery of the State carrying out premeditated, judicially-sanctioned killings on a mass scale," said Said Boumedouha, deputy director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme.
"If Iran's authorities maintain this horrifying execution rate, we are likely to see more than 1,000 State-sanctioned deaths by the end of the year," he added.
In last May, Iran carried out "a wave of secret execution inside the country's prisons," executing 59 people in a matter of six days, reports said.
France-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a political umbrella coalition of five Iranian opposition political organisations, had then told IBTimes India that the 'Mulllah regime' was using death penalty as a means to strike fear into the hearts of the youth.


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In tasteless cold night,
The cover of stars in sight.
I wipe the moonlit dish,
Of the single neglected wish.
Again morning I wake,
With aplenty promises fake.
Today we'll cook things new,
Today I'll watch dreams a few.
Why is the distance sublime,
When it's still thin a line?
Failing when you're a dot,
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The August Bank Holiday weekend sees Stoneleigh host this show. We went along having been given a couple of complementary tickets to investigate the possibility of Liz's lot having a stand there next year. Actually it was her task to do the investigating; my role was to make sarcastic comments about the place as we wandered, a role to which I am well-suited.
I particularly enjoyed offering commentary on the motor-cycle display team without actually being able to see their display. I have seen several motor-cycle display teams in my life and there is, frankly, a limit to what you can get up to on a motor-bike. Criss-crossing? Check. Hoops of fire? Indeed. Standing on the saddle facing the wrong way? Almost certainly. Throwing a police dog from one moving bike to another? Don't be silly.
Particular marks to the caterers who managed to charge a minimum of £1.50 for throwing a tea bag in a polystyrene cup of almost hot water and telling us where the milk was. Cheese salad baguette. £4.
Two cash machines on the whole site. One broken.
Wonderful stand selling old framed pictures of Leamington for £8 each. Searched hard for one of our street but sadly, although there was one, it was mis-labelled and was of Clarendon Avenue not Leicester Street.
Nice stand selling see-through shoe-boxes made of recycled plastic. Would have bought some until I worked out Imelda and I would have had to pay £200 for 50 boxes.
Good to be at a show where people can take their dogs. Loads of well-behaved dogs. Many incredibly ugly. Seriously considering sponsoring a guide dog for £5 a month. Then we can own another gorgeous labrador vicariously without the rigmarole of having all our favourite possessions eaten too.
Unbelievably strange amount of mismatched couples. What do I mean? Well a woman with multi-facial piercings, a punkish T-shirt, wild hair and boots, arm in arm with a man in waxed jacket and brogues springs to mind. Or a huge, overweight skinhead with sleeveless England shirt barely covering his ample belly, holding hands with a petite woman in heels and wearing mainly pink. He has a Yorkshire Terrier on a lead.
During our two hours there it rained on us, winded us and the sun burnt us. Hail Warwickshire (we'll miss you a lot) and England.
Best bit? It's a toss up between the inter-counties, horseback relay races and the Sheep Show. Passing a baton to the next rider coming in the opposite direction, both going at full pelt, depositing it in a small pot and picking up another one without dismounting looked highly skilled. Making seven sheep dance to a variety of musical styles whilst standing on plynths on the back of a truck was hilarious. All improved by the host/compere's self-deprecation, 'My parents are so proud of me.'
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Just wanted to highlight a few items from other media:
Report from Vancouver (Akimblog) - Writer Aaron Peck provides a nice snapshot of recent events in Vancity, from the much-reviled funding cuts to the Owen Kydd show at the VAG, which I had been wondering about. A lament is also made for the Helen Pitt Gallery.
Shary Boyle wins $25,000 Iskowitz Prize (VoCA) - While I'm not in the "Shary wuz robbed!" camp on the Sobey Award front this year, it's good to see Boyle get some recognition from the AGO here, a much more appropriate venue. Boyle's practice is really strong all around: on craft, concept and a certain exploratory dreaminess. Well deserved.
Blogging the Best TO Shows (Sally & LM) - Sally and LM continue to post photos of top Toronto shows before anyone else, really. And the ephemera posts, like pics of Emmor Ray Sperry's boardgames, continue to blow the mind.
Farewell, Anonymous (Prairie Artsters) - Edmonton critic Amy Fung ixnays anonymous commenters, raising issues that many art outlets should now be thinking about.
Image from Hark! A Vagrant at Topatoco.com
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Re: Readings
Just wanted to highlight a few items from other media:
5 comments:
- L.M. said...
That's very kind of you to write. But all we do most of the time is email the artist and ask for big fat images. (I also have to promise not to write anything inane on the front page. ... but I'll say anything in the comment section)
Thing is, I'm less interested in plugging current shows as I am in showing a variety of artists work over the years. Sometimes we want to be less topical because we aren't arts journalists. Mostly a lot of brilliant artists that I know don't have a big web presence, and I want their past work seen in a web context.
- October 28, 2009 at 5:50 PM
- Leah Sandals said...
Hey LM,
Thanks for the comment -- I guess I know you guys don't work that way, to get the "scoop" but the fact is you also go to galleries a fair bit (I think) and are pretty good about posting what you like -- at least that's what I think.
I myself don't feel like I get out to galleries enough and when I do I spend a lot of time second-guessing my reactions, or at least second-guessing where I should record those reactions.
All I'm saying is while I know you and Sally operate more as artists on the blog, I still think you bring up lots of things that are worth bringing up -- stuff I may have seen, and liked, or not.
- October 28, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- L.M. said...
There are some days when I think we have to widen our range because it can start to look like the JohnDicksonEdPienJulieVoyceLisaNeighbourCarloCestaBGLSallyMcKayLornaMills blog, (which reminds me, have to get some of those BGL pics from Diaz)
- October 28, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- L.M. said...
And I'll post anything that Fastwurms sends to me.
- October 28, 2009 at 11:47 PM
- Leah Sandals said...
Good to know, LM! I think it would be great to have a blog title that is just all those names strung together...
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The world just got a little weirder: Scientists have identified four new species of brain-controlling fungi that turn ants into zombies that do the parasite's bidding before it kills them.
Identified from samples collected at two sites in Brazil's tropical rain forest, each of the four species specializes in controlling a different species of carpenter ant.
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Once it infects an ant, the fungus uses as-yet-unidentified chemicals to control the ant's behavior, Hughes told LiveScience. It directs the ant to leave its colony (a very un-ant-like thing to do) and bite down on the underside of a leaf — the ant's soon-to-be resting place. Once it is killed by the fungus, the ant remains anchored in place, thanks to its death grip on the leaf.
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The ants can survive this shift in the local climate, but "the fungus can't," he said. "What we think we will see is the extinction event of the fungus we just managed to describe." (Hughes said fungi are essential aquatic organisms living in terrestrial environments, making them extra-sensitive to a drying climate.) …
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- If you live near a CVS store, try to capitalize on their sales and rewards. Here are instructions.
- Same story for Walgreen's. The Internet is buzzing with uber frugal moms who are taking CVS and Walgreen's for a ride. It's almost cult-like, google it and find out for yourself!
- The Grocery Game website finds all the deals in your area, and lets you know when it is time to stock up on something. It keeps track of the sales, so you don't have to. Brother Ryan (a celebrity on this blog lately) turned me onto this last spring. Try the free membership!
My other thoughts were about the balancing game. It might look like being a tightwad is my highest priority in life. But that is just not true. In fact, I am a conflicted individual. Thriftiness, expensive taste, and natural-organic-wholesome eating desires are always colliding in my world. It is a very difficult balance, one that I certainly haven't mastered. I write this mostly to point out the obvious truth: spending as little money as possible isn't always the wise thing to do. I am on a constant journey to find the right combination for our family, and it isn't easy. Jump into the conversation, I'd love to read your thoughts on this too.
And finally, I think I have cleared my brain. Until next time :).