text: Thomas Dandekar Department of Bioinformatics University Wuerzburg Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Thomas Dandekar has not added a biography. If you are Thomas Dandekar and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Toward a Systemic Understanding of Listeria Monocytogenes Metabolism During Infection Frontiers in Microbiology. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22347216 PlateletWeb: a Systems Biologic Analysis of Signaling Networks in Human Platelets Blood. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22123846 Time-resolved in Silico Modeling of Fine-tuned CAMP Signaling in Platelets: Feedback Loops, Titrated Phosphorylations and Pharmacological Modulation BMC Systems Biology. 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22034949 Integration of Boolean Models Exemplified on Hepatocyte Signal Transduction Briefings in Bioinformatics. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22016404 Staphylococcus Aureus Physiological Growth Limitations: Insights from Flux Calculations Built on Proteomics and External Metabolite Data Proteomics. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21472852 Immune Response of the Ant Camponotus Floridanus Against Pathogens and Its Obligate Mutualistic Endosymbiont Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21440063 Modeling Antibiotic and Cytotoxic Effects of the Dimeric Isoquinoline IQ-143 on Metabolism and Its Regulation in Staphylococcus Aureus, Staphylococcus Epidermidis and Human Cells Genome Biology. 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21418624 A Metabolomics and Proteomics Study of the Adaptation of Staphylococcus Aureus to Glucose Starvation Molecular BioSystems. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21327190 Two Nucleus-localized CDK-like Kinases with Crucial Roles for Malaria Parasite Erythrocytic Replication Are Involved in Phosphorylation of Splicing Factor Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21312235 Single-cell Genomics Reveals the Lifestyle of Poribacteria, a Candidate Phylum Symbiotically Associated with Marine Sponges The ISME Journal. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20613790 Lead Expansion and Virtual Screening of Indinavir Derivate HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Using Pharmacophoric - Shape Similarity Scoring Function Bioinformation. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20978602 High-throughput Microarray Technology in Diagnostics of Enterobacteria Based on Genome-wide Probe Selection and Regression Analysis BMC Genomics. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20964857 Deciphering the Intracellular Metabolism of Listeria Monocytogenes by Mutant Screening and Modelling BMC Genomics. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20955543 Pharmacogenomic Strategies Against Microbial Resistance: from Bright to Bleak to Innovative Pharmacogenomics. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20860457 Protecs, a Comprehensive and Powerful Storage and Analysis System for OMICS Data, Applied for Profiling the Anaerobiosis Response of Staphylococcus Aureus COL Proteomics. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20662099 Developmental Profiling by Mass Spectrometry of Phosphocholine Containing Phospholipids in the Rat Nervous System Reveals Temporo-spatial Gradients Journal of Neurochemistry. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20524967 Carbon Metabolism of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens and Possible Links to Virulence Nature Reviews. Microbiology. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20453875 Transcriptome Survey of the Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade Milnesium Tardigradum in Comparison with Hypsibius Dujardini and Richtersius Coronifer BMC Genomics. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20226016 Proteomic Analysis of Tardigrades: Towards a Better Understanding of Molecular Mechanisms by Anhydrobiotic Organisms PloS One. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20224743 The IronChip Evaluation Package: a Package of Perl Modules for Robust Analysis of Custom Microarrays BMC Bioinformatics. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20193060 BioNet: an R-Package for the Functional Analysis of Biological Networks Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20189939 Characterization of a Novel Interaction Between Vasodilator-stimulated Phosphoprotein and Abelson Interactor 1 in Human Platelets: a Concerted Computational and Experimental Approach Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20110575 Including RNA Secondary Structures Improves Accuracy and Robustness in Reconstruction of Phylogenetic Trees Biology Direct. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20078867 Stress Response in Tardigrades: Differential Gene Expression of Molecular Chaperones Cell Stress & Chaperones. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19943197 Modelling Cross-hybridization on Phylogenetic DNA Microarrays Increases the Detection Power of Closely Related Species Molecular Ecology Resources. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 21564570 JANE: Efficient Mapping of Prokaryotic ESTs and Variable Length Sequence Reads on Related Template Genomes BMC Bioinformatics. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19943962 Tardigrade Workbench: Comparing Stress-related Proteins, Sequence-similar and Functional Protein Clusters As Well As RNA Elements in Tardigrades BMC Genomics. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19821996 Modeling System States in Liver Cells: Survival, Apoptosis and Their Modifications in Response to Viral Infection BMC Systems Biology. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19772631 The Highly Attenuated Oncolytic Recombinant Vaccinia Virus GLV-1h68: Comparative Genomic Features and the Contribution of F14.5L Inactivation Molecular Genetics and Genomics : MGG. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19701652 CA/C1 Peptidases of the Malaria Parasites Plasmodium Falciparum and P. Berghei and Their Mammalian Hosts--a Bioinformatical Analysis Biological Chemistry. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19663681 Detecting Species-site Dependencies in Large Multiple Sequence Alignments Nucleic Acids Research. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19661281 Bioinformatical Approaches to Detect and Analyze Protein Interactions Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19544036 Molecular Mechanisms of Tolerance in Tardigrades: New Perspectives for Preservation and Stabilization of Biological Material Biotechnology Advances. Jul-Aug, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19472511 5.8S-28S RRNA Interaction and HMM-based ITS2 Annotation Gene. Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19026726 Unsupervised Meta-analysis on Diverse Gene Expression Datasets Allows Insight into Gene Function and Regulation Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19812781 Modelling Phagosomal Lipid Networks That Regulate Actin Assembly BMC Systems Biology. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19061496 New Trends in Pharmacogenomic Strategies Against Resistance Development in Microbial Infections Pharmacogenomics. Nov, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 19018725 Synchronous Visual Analysis and Editing of RNA Sequence and Secondary Structure Alignments Using 4SALE BMC Research Notes. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18854023 ProfDistS: (profile-) Distance Based Phylogeny on Sequence--structure Alignments Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). Oct, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18723521 ITS2 Data Corroborate a Monophyletic Chlorophycean DO-group (Sphaeropleales) BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18655698 Identifying Functional Modules in Protein-protein Interaction Networks: an Integrated Exact Approach Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18586718 The Linear Chromosome of the Plant-pathogenic Mycoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma Mali' BMC Genomics. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18582369 Platelet Protein Interactions: Map, Signaling Components, and Phosphorylation Groundstate Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18451328 Explorative Data Analysis of MCL Reveals Gene Expression Networks Implicated in Survival and Prognosis Supported by Explorative CGH Analysis BMC Cancer. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18416826 Interactions of Methylene Blue with Human Disulfide Reductases and Their Orthologues from Plasmodium Falciparum Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17967916 The ITS2 Database II: Homology Modelling RNA Structure for Molecular Systematics Nucleic Acids Research. Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17933769 Use of Functional Highly Purified Human Platelets for the Identification of New Proteins of the IPP Signaling Pathway Thrombosis Research. 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17931695 Exonization of Active Mouse L1s: a Driver of Transcriptome Evolution? BMC Genomics. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17963496 Integrated Network Reconstruction, Visualization and Analysis Using YANAsquare BMC Bioinformatics. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17725829 Deep Metazoan Phylogeny In Silico Biology. 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17688440 Distinguishing Species RNA (New York, N.Y.). Sep, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17652131 Use of Pathway Analysis and Genome Context Methods for Functional Genomics of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Nucleotide Metabolism Gene. Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17467928 An Integrated View of Gene Expression and Solute Profiles of Arabidopsis Tumors: a Genome-wide Approach The Plant Cell. Dec, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17172353 4SALE--a Tool for Synchronous RNA Sequence and Secondary Structure Alignment and Editing BMC Bioinformatics. 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17101042 XML Schemas for Common Bioinformatic Data Types and Their Application in Workflow Systems BMC Bioinformatics. 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17087823 InGeno--an Integrated Genome and Ortholog Viewer for Improved Genome to Genome Comparisons BMC Bioinformatics. 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17054788 Modelling Interaction Sites in Protein Domains with Interaction Profile Hidden Markov Models Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). Dec, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17000753 A Java Applet for Exploring the New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Sep-Oct, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16968448 Whole-genome Sequence of Listeria Welshimeri Reveals Common Steps in Genome Reduction with Listeria Innocua As Compared to Listeria Monocytogenes Journal of Bacteriology. Nov, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16936040 The Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 Database--a Web Server for (not Only) Low Level Phylogenetic Analyses Nucleic Acids Research. Jul, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16845103 Iron Regulation and the Cell Cycle: Identification of an Iron-responsive Element in the 3'-untranslated Region of Human Cell Division Cycle 14A MRNA by a Refined Microarray-based Screening Strategy The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Aug, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16760464 Lysosomal, Cytoskeletal, and Metabolic Alterations in Cardiomyopathy of Cathepsin L Knockout Mice FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16636100 Genome-wide Mapping of Foamy Virus Vector Integrations into a Human Cell Line The Journal of General Virology. May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16603537 Analysis of SAGE Data in Human Platelets: Features of the Transcriptome in an Anucleate Cell Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Apr, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16601835 RIP Death Domain Structural Interactions Implicated in TNF-mediated Proliferation and Survival Proteins. May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16470584 13C Isotopologue Perturbation Studies of Listeria Monocytogenes Carbon Metabolism and Its Modulation by the Virulence Regulator PrfA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16461909 Analysis of and Function Predictions for Previously Conserved Hypothetical or Putative Proteins in Blochmannia Floridanus BMC Microbiology. 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16401340 Understanding Platelets. Lessons from Proteomics, Genomics and Promises from Network Analysis Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16363231 B-Raf and C-Raf Signaling Investigated in a Simplified Model of the Mitogenic Kinase Cascade Biological Chemistry. Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16307482 Homology Modeling Revealed More Than 20,000 RRNA Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) Secondary Structures RNA (New York, N.Y.). Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16244129 CBCAnalyzer: Inferring Phylogenies Based on Compensatory Base Changes in RNA Secondary Structures In Silico Biology. 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15996120 Metabolites and Pathway Flexibility In Silico Biology. 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15972010 YANA - a Software Tool for Analyzing Flux Modes, Gene-expression and Enzyme Activities BMC Bioinformatics. 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15929789 ITS-2 and 18S RRNA Gene Phylogeny of Aplysinidae (Verongida, Demospongiae) Journal of Molecular Evolution. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15871043 Current Efforts in the Analysis of RNAi and RNAi Target Genes Briefings in Bioinformatics. Mar, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15826358 ProfDist: a Tool for the Construction of Large Phylogenetic Trees Based on Profile Distances Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). May, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15677706 L1Base: from Functional Annotation to Prediction of Active LINE-1 Elements Nucleic Acids Research. Jan, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15608246 Metabolic Interdependence of Obligate Intracellular Bacteria and Their Insect Hosts Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews : MMBR. Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15590782 Shared Components of Protein Complexes--versatile Building Blocks or Biochemical Artefacts? BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15551274 Accurate and Robust Phylogeny Estimation Based on Profile Distances: a Study of the Chlorophyceae (Chlorophyta) BMC Evolutionary Biology. Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15222898 Riboswitch Finder--a Tool for Identification of Riboswitch RNAs Nucleic Acids Research. Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15215370 Pharmacogenomic Strategies Against Resistance Development in Microbial Infections Pharmacogenomics. Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15165173 Phylogeny of Firmicutes with Special Reference to Mycoplasma (Mollicutes) As Inferred from Phosphoglycerate Kinase Amino Acid Sequence Data International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. May, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15143038 A Novel Conserved Family of Nitric Oxide Synthase? Trends in Biochemical Sciences. May, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15130557 NO-bound Myoglobin: Structural Diversity and Dynamics of the NO Ligand Journal of the American Chemical Society. Feb, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14971914 An Open Source Protein Gel Documentation System for Proteome Analyses Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. Jan-Feb, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14741024 In Search of the Prototype of Nitric Oxide Synthase FEBS Letters. Nov, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14596904 A Method for Classifying Metabolites in Topological Pathway Analyses Based on Minimization of Pathway Number Bio Systems. Aug, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12941488 Toward Computer-based Cleavage Site Prediction of Cysteine Endopeptidases Biological Chemistry. Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12887057 Metabolites: a Helping Hand for Pathway Evolution? Trends in Biochemical Sciences. Jun, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12826406 A Software Tool-box for Analysis of Regulatory RNA Elements Nucleic Acids Research. Jul, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12824342 Suspected Utility of Enzymes with Multiple Activities in the Small Genome Mycoplasma Species: the Replacement of the Missing "household" Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Gene and Activity by Glycolytic Kinases Omics : a Journal of Integrative Biology. 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12427276 Comparative Genome Analysis and Pathway Reconstruction Pharmacogenomics. Mar, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11972445 A Versatile Structural Domain Analysis Server Using Profile Weight Matrices Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. Mar-Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11911710 A Combined 3D Tissue Engineered In Vitro/In Silico Lung Tumor Model for Predicting Drug Effectiveness in Specific Mutational Backgrounds Claudia Göttlich*1, Lena C. Müller*1, Meik Kunz*3, Franziska Schmitt1, Heike Walles1,4, Thorsten Walles2, Thomas Dandekar3, Gudrun Dandekar1,4, Sarah L. Nietzer1 1Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM), University Hospital Wuerzburg, 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, 3Department of Bioinformatics, University Wuerzburg, 4Translational Center Wuerzburg, Fraunhofer Institute Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB JoVE 53885 Bioengineering The ITS2 Database Benjamin Merget1,2, Christian Koetschan1, Thomas Hackl1, Frank Förster1, Thomas Dandekar1, Tobias Müller1, Jörg Schultz1, Matthias Wolf1 1Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, 2Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, University of Würzburg JoVE 3806 Biology


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The New Zealand Guitar Quartet
Saturday 13 July 2019
OSPA Theatre, Hall Road, Onewhero
Tickets on sale soon!
Bringing an infectious energy to the stage, their music transcends borders both geographically and stylistically with performances of classical, contemporary and world music. Covering a diverse range of genres including Balkan, Brazilian, Persian, bluegrass, Celtic, Spanish and flamenco music. An Arts on Tour NZ show.

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Sunday, March 15, 2015
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A harrowing story for sure. I feel sympahy for all involved. Should we have children? It's an individual (and individual's) choice.ReplyDelete
Greetings from London.
As is said in Holy Bhagwad Geeta, '"nothing in this world is ours". So, I go by this philosophy. Though it was son's duty to take care of his father and be with him in his last moments, but he could not.May be the father was thinking why my son is not with me or may be he was praying to god.ReplyDelete
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There can be no single straight forward answer to this question.Ultimately it is entirely up to the individual/couple to decide for themselves.To have or not to have or adopt.I personally think adoption would be ideal - you provide a permanent home for an orphan/homeless kid.You also experience the joy of parenthood in home.There are millions of such kids in India/Asian countries or Middle east/Africa. These kids are either orphans or abandoned by unwed mothers, or abandoned because the family does not want a girl child. It would be wonderful to give these kids a new home a new hope a new life. My mantra would be ADOPTReplyDelete
I have noticed that children who grow up in joint family are used to living with many people in the house. They too take care of their own parents later on. Nowadays, the joint family system is going and all are used to having just 3-4 people in their houses. They have their own rooms. They can maintain their privacy. Even one outsider comes and stays at home, people find it difficult to adjust nowadays, forget about taking care of old parents forever. Parents should take care of themselves and children also should be prepared to live alone later. This is life now. I see nowadays that parents and children live in separate houses but in the same housing complex and help each other in need. This is the best method. Money is the crunch means, this method also is gone.ReplyDelete
The trouble is thate we have expectatiom, not just of our adult children but oyther aspects of life as well and expectation leads to disppointment, for our expectations are our expectations and not necessarily shared by anyone else. I am a parent and have no desire for my children to look after me in my old age and I wonder how much our culture has to do with this. In reality in a civilized society we should not have to worry about old age yet we do because if it is not our children, then it is our bank account and if there is no bank account then it is the state and we all know how reliable the state is................................ReplyDelete
In the original story if the son was truly trying to get to his father in time there should be no bad thoughts. If he was making excuses shame on him. There are many people who should not have children. If a couple does not want children they should not have them. Those children will not have happy lives. Children who are wanted and loved by their parents will do all they can to ensure the happiness of their parents.ReplyDeleteReplies
so true. many couples who wanted and can really afford to raise children responsibly don't get one. While most parents produced more offspring but often neglects their children. I hope parents be aware of the future of their kids and have a better perception of it.Delete
It always depends on the couple. This story is real. It happens. Adoption could always be an option.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Should we have children? Well, I feel it is up to the married couple. Every story has to be looked into from both sides before we can say who is right or wrong. And I wouldn't want to jump into any conclusion because we may be very, very wrong.ReplyDelete
I think I might have kids when I'm older. While the man was undoubtedly saddened that his son never made it, he was most likely comforted by the fact he was trying, and he would have been able to die much happier if his son had been there. Of course everyone has the right to not have kids.ReplyDelete
Very interesting post. I think people should follow their heart. Children should be brought into the world only if they're really wanted; not to fill a void or because it's expected.ReplyDelete
I also feel it is not the mistake of the son who did not reach his father in time. his mother or somebody should have informed him much earlier, the delay was not intentional.ReplyDelete
Now the subject of having children or not. It is totally up to the two adults to decide whether they want or not. These days children have lots of responsibilities, they may not be in a position to think impulsively about having a child. Having a child and bringing it up is a full time, a full responsibility, it cannot be taken lightly.
i have known many couples opting not to have any children and they are very happy. My own daughter who has been married for the last 5 years has chosen along with her husband not to have any child. My son who is not even married says he has decided not to have any child, saying it is too much of an additional responsibility to bring a child. So these days children have become more responsible than us, and think of the long time and also the short time problems about many things in life.
However, not everybody feels this way, and i think there is not right or wrong in this issue too.
Your blog cover is so good.
sorry i am so late in gettting here...ironically it is because my wife has been gone a week taking care of her father...he had extreme pneumonia and a blood infection...he just got out of the hospital today...and i get my wife back...but we are already making plans to go down again in a couple weeks to make sure he is doing well...ReplyDelete
on the flip side, my sister in law, who lives 3 minutes down the road from him was too busy to go check on him...
so it was not that they were raised differently, in how they treat their father....but i think it comes down to heart....
Thanks for linking to my blog. I think it's good to have one's own children whatever the outcome. I don't expect anything from them, and will try to make plans for my old age.ReplyDeleteReplies
That last sentence is spot on.Delete
I am so very happy that I have a son and daughter. It's more than just a narcissistic desire to perpetuate myself (a sort of immortality, I suppose). It's just that I wanted to give the world what I hope was a gift. The fact that I would feel the same if I adopted a child says that it IS more than narcissism. Maybe my children will make the world a better place?ReplyDelete
As far as taking care of elderly parents, it's my honor to take care of my forebears. And I hope my children will feel the same way when it's my turn (as long as I'm in a place which has fish sticks and lime jello on Fridays). Just because I feel that it's a tragedy to have a law doesn't change my belief. It's probably naive, but I have more optimism than that.
BTW, that story broke my heart. I feel for the son. Can't be helped, but it's something that he'll carry for the rest of his life.
to have or not to have a children is a choice for as long as we are happy with our choices, then let that be.ReplyDelete
I just have my child at the age of 33 and at 33 that I had only found the deeper and different joy in my life and only this time too had i thought to put a direction on my life. I have the best times of my life at 33. :-D
I have thoughts on having a child of my own, however, all of those had been put in in the parking lot. I realized that raising up a child is no easy task. I need a partner, a good husband and a good father to my kids. That kind of person is very difficult to find nowadays.ReplyDelete
If I were the father, there'd be a sense of regret and even pain for not having my child on my death bed, but it wouldn't be anguish unless the child's actions to "not be there" were deliberate. Just because he wasn't able to make it at his bedside before the father expired doesn't necessarily make the son unworthy of his parent's love; it doesn't make him a bad person. Moreover, it doesn't "delete" happy chapters in a family's life. Would I want a child of my own? I do, but it scares me because sometimes I feel I may not be patient enough to answer to all his/her needs. But when I finally decide on having one, there'd be no doubt in mind that I will turn the world to so I can rear him into a good person, aside from the material things that he'd require. What could the father be thinking at the time of dying? He'd probably be thinking and worrying of his child, instead of his own morbid condition. Parents are mostly selfless in this sense. He'd wish his son well, that's he'd be alright; that he'd find happiness if he hasn't yet.ReplyDelete
I'm very sorry he wasn't able to see his son before his death. It's unfortunate, but I do think his son was trying to see him. I think the choice to have or not have children has to be decided by each individual on a case by case basis...ReplyDelete
i think in general we should have children. but obviously that is a personal choice and most people will know if and when they are ready to do so. and obviously there'll be people who shouldn't have children even if they do, as not everyone is cut out to be a good parent. xReplyDelete
This is so heart wrenching. It is the duty and responsibility of every child to take care of their parents - or at least be there when they are battling for life. all i can say is that the son will suffer too and he will understand in his oldage. But whats the use?ReplyDelete
I don't think that because we have children they should be obligated to care for us when we get older, but I believe responsible children who see a need to care for their parents will do so.ReplyDelete
Interesting question. We have children because we choose to. People are all different with personalities and thoughts. I would like to think my children would be there for me, however there are no guarantees in life. It saddens me to think the son did not see his father before he died. He will regret that and he aklone has to live with that.ReplyDelete
I think having children is part of the circle of life. That's not to say you can't have a fulfilling life without them. But for me, I am grateful for my children, and I love them dearly. I couldn't imagine not having them.ReplyDelete
I live in South Africa and it is always a big issue here as to whether we should continue to populate - and I heard recently that the Chinese are being granted the wish of having a second child if they want to now??? Although I am very gullible and could be sounding like a fool....ReplyDelete
Look I'm at a very interesting stage in my life... mid twenties and really not SURE if I even want kids. I used to. Hell, I used to be the broodiest woman you could find... but I think I've hit this age where I just want to concentrate on me for a while.
I don't believe in waiting for the right moment for a baby and waiting until you have enough money - because lets face it, that is NOT going to happen! No one EVER has enough money for a baby but when it happens, we make a plan. We adapt.
Likewise I don't believe we should fear death as a reason to not have children. One day everyone days.. and to me that is the circle of life.
Life is messy and complicated. Children are born who are unwanted and unloved; children are born who are given everything and end up selfish and resentful. I have seen children devote themselves to parents who abused them; and I have seen children turn their backs on parents who scrimped and sacrificed for them.ReplyDelete
There doesn't seem to be any magic formula, except to love them, instruct them, and model for them what a strong and loving relationship looks like. We prepare them as best we can to go out and live in the world, and then let them go and hope that they live well and maintain their bonds with us.
As for those who choose not to have children, I applaud them. Often it is the wisest decision, especially if they are not financially or emotionally prepared to care for them. To have a child simply because one is pressured into it, or as a sort of "insurance" for old age, could end up being a catastrophe for everyone involved.
As a parent, I hope that my son will be with me before I die. But since I know that life is uncertain for all of us, and that death may come unexpectedly, I am content to simply enjoy any time that we spend together now.
Hi, Joseph. I saw your comment you posted on my blog, about getting one's self motivated to write. You're a good writer, as evidenced by this post, so I do hope you decide to shed your "lethargy" and write your story. I suspect you have a good one in you.ReplyDelete
As for your post here...we have choices to make every day of our lives, some as momentous as having children. A lot of interesting comments here on the topic. I personally have never regretted having children.
Again, thanks for stopping by....
I think it should be couple's choice and I dont think having the chidren is necessary. Yes i agree they bring lot of joy in life but they bring more amount of misery and a whole life liability.ReplyDelete
People want children because they themselves can love only their own, otherwise there are always good people around us, we dont need to have children to fill that void.
That is a sad story! Things did not go well for the father and son mostly because of the traffic which couldn't be changed. Hopefully they found a way to be at peace with the way things were.ReplyDelete
There are many reasons to have or not have children, each case is different.
Tragic that the father had to go through that pain as he lay dying. Of course we don't have the background as to why the son didn't come.ReplyDelete
We have our children but we can never know how they're going to turn out. It is lovely when children appreciate their parents as they grow old but this is not always the case.
I don't think the dying father was thinking that he didn't get to see his son. I rather think that his last thoughts about it were that he was anticipating getting to see his son. Anticipation of a good thing is sometimes even better than getting that good thing. I think it's a good thing to have kids no matter how they turn out. As long as you raised them the best you could, you know that something of you will live on in them.ReplyDelete
Would it be better not to have children? Depends. It's a very personal choice, the desire to have children is not the same for everyone. In this instance it is terribly sad both for the father and the son who did not get to see each other. Unless we know the reasons behind why the son could not make it in time, why judge?
Should people have children only as a safeguard for old age?
I personally can never regret the experience of parenthood. My child makes my life sparkle in unimaginable ways :)
Have a great week. Nice to meet you.
Best wishes,
I honestly think this depends on the parents to be. I don't think measuring whether we should have children by what they can give us in return in future should even come into it, because that puts parents into the head-space where they think it's okay to force kids into careers and lives that they don't love.ReplyDelete
Which could very possibly cause that thing where parents and children become estranged.
What comes to mind is The Prophet by Gibran who wrote about children and other life issues ~ to paraphrase him ~ 'children come through us not FOR us' ~ And so I see those who choose to have children have many different reasons to do so ~ Historically children have been viewed and treated as 'property' ~ sad era of history ~ Personally, my purpose in rearing my son was to 'raise an independent, self sufficient individual' who would be able to 'walk his path' while knowing he had parents who loved him, yet, would let him fly the nest' ~ He does return; yet, as a mother I need to remind myself that as I age I too must be 'independent, self sufficient' and not expect others to 'take care of me' ~ unless I reach a point I can no longer take care of myself ~ Hopefully, my son will be there and provide care and emotional support ~ Giving birth is really a way to perpetuate life. We are all connected and all need to feel love and belongings yet there are higher level needs and that is all individual which does not rule out being with others ~ just don't expect them to live your life, your path ~ I have rambled ~ you ask such wonderful thought provoking questions ` thanks ~ Life is the 'gift' ~ live each day well to the best of your potential.ReplyDelete
Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol
Hi Joseph!ReplyDelete
Hope you are having a great time!
Sorry for the long absence, but it was a harsh 2014... Enjoyed reading your posts again...
Blogtrotter is still in Valencia, Spain, with some old buildings around!
Wish you all the best!
Had the son been sincere and loving to the parents, the father might have cursed the traffic block and also himself for being hapless not to have the presence of his son at the last moment.Had the son been indifferent to the parents,despite all the bitterness he might have cherished a yen for his son's presence.And here also he might have cursed the block and his haplessness.ReplyDelete
Having children in a planned number is a Nature's law. If all choose not to have issues, one more species will become extinct. Experiencing the care and love from the children depends upon the place and position of their prospects.Here the son might have helped them to hospitalize the father, pay the hospital bill, buy medicines and the like.So I think people should have their own progeny with restricted numbers to carry out their family legacy.
If the parents find pleasure in population expansion( there are many who think so) the situation will become grave. Dearth of resources may lead man to take all sorts of evil steps for survival including assassination of by man for wealth and food.Therefore a family with two children or at least one child is ideal.Versions may vary.
may be cursing the society or traffic jam or politicians or may be thinking about no rebirth or born again in developed nation thousands of thoughtsReplyDelete
Whether or not a couple has children is up to them. They should have them because they want to be parents, teaching their children to be good people and sending them out in the world to be good to others.ReplyDelete
I am wondering if he was the only son why couldn't he stay there with his dying father. During the last days of my grandfather, all his sons, all of them took leaves from their services turn by turn and stayed with him. During his last hours each one of his child was with him.ReplyDelete
P.S. It is our luck and upbringing both, a failed child means a failed parent. Although growth and evolution is a truth of nature, and expectations bring sorrow. Somewhere Indian culture is not the culture of loners and sometimes friends and extended family also stands firmly by your side. We should definitely give births to children but not with the thoughts that they will be of our help in old age, but because we want to give birth to them, who knows what comes next!!!
I re-read your post and my comment and I realized may be son in this episode is not bad. We need to know both side of the story for any conclusions. May be he is a loving son too...ReplyDelete
Hello, Joseph, and thank you for commenting on my blog. Your story is about children; those on my blog are my grandchildren. I have them because both parents have put their interests ahead of all their children (four! I am down to the last two). If I lay dying and this daughter came to me, I would turn my back on her. She cannot return to me all the years she has taken for her own pleasure.ReplyDelete
Hi Joseph -- Thanks for popping by my blog today! We have parental support laws in Canada too. They don't get used very often. There was a big case here not too long ago, though, where adult children were held not responsible for contributing to an abusive parent's support in old age.ReplyDelete
Hi Joseph, thanks for your visit and feed back!ReplyDelete
Yes, this is a debatable topic. I personally feel that it is the choice of the parents to bring the children in to this world, so when they make this choice, then it should not be done with an expectation. The choice has to be made only to enjoy and experience the meaning of unconditional love and selflessness.That is the beauty of true parenthood. Nothing wrong is wishing that at the time of death we want to be near our children but it is predestined who is to be with us and who is not to be..I took care of my sick grand father for a few years and I had to go away just for a week on a personal emergency and when I was away, he passed away. so it is really not in our hands, What is important is as parents we need to do the best and the children of such parents will automatically reciprocate and do their best!
Fascinating post! As a woman who struggled to have children - and who was eventually given the gift of a baby through adoption - I can say that my life would not be the same without her. But it has always been my hope to be a Mother - and my further hope is that we will have - or continue to have - a close relationship based upon trust and love that stands the test of time. In other words, I hope to have an adult child who loves her mother and will WANT to take care of me as much as I have wanted to love and care for her. :)ReplyDelete
A deeply moving post!ReplyDelete
As a mother who miscarried 7 babies, and lost a daughter at the age of just two weeks old, I do take motherhood very seriously. I have just one surviving son now, and he is so precious to me.
I don't think about what will happen when I am old and may need support.
My son may well be there for me, but if he happens to be too busy with his own life when that time comes, I won't mind at all. I will love him just the same.
I truly believe that unconditional love is all that matters...along with the ability to forgive...:)
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You are such a strong person to have survived the 7 miscarriages and I believed your son will truly adapt such a positive perspective in life. Good luck!Delete
Have a beautiful day!
I always maintain a positive view of all life, new or old, but I can question.ReplyDelete
__It -may- be that adding population to the world becomes a debt that nature must pay. Our life span is a mere Nano-second, when measured against the world's existence, but when stuffed into such a small bag of social morality, that bag can burst. (Soylent Green?)
__I'm lucky to have my wife, my daughter, my son and my grand children, and in today's complicated life, I SEEK the best for all. _m
- AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 9:15 AM
In days of old, so to speak, having as many children as a couple could was to have enough of them to survive to help support the family and to care for their elderly parents when the time came. Society has changed--children go off and build lives for themselves. Some take care of their parents others leave them to society, I think now it's become a personal responsibility of everyone to prepare for their own elder years "just in case" the children won't be there to help.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is in our culture that children shall take care of their olds, however, you are right in telling that it's our personal responsibility to prepare ourselves when the sunset our lives comes in.Delete
I saw elder people who lives alone simply because they remain to be single and don't have child. I guess it's their choice. Whatever their reasons are, it's their choice still. For me, I'll be happy if my kid look for me when i age, but I am praying that it will not be hard for him.
Have a pleasant day!
I never had children because I knew they would require a lot of money and responsibility, and worse yet, would limit my freedom. Now, I have a surrogate granddaughter who is one of the chief joys of my life. Funny, but I always enjoyed children.ReplyDelete
One biological son and 2 stepsons ~ I enjoyed all of them. My biological son I reared to become an independent, self sufficient and gainfully employed individual. He is doing well ~ I am glad I gave birth to him and sometimes wish I had more birth children ~ yet it was not 'in the cards'. Recently, as I begin to age I realized how 'attached' I was to my biological son and felt I needed to be less attached ~ I love him and always will but he has his 'path' and I have mine. Yet, when my 'last day comes ~ I will probably want my son to be there ~ Yet if he is not able to do so I will feel his 'spirit' with me and that will be as it is. I know longer feel 'alone' ~ I know that all those who went before me are 'watching over me'. That though gives me great peace.ReplyDelete
Now as to what this dying man might have been thinking, I think he was already 'dancing with the angels' and had moved on ~ No blame on anyone ~ His son was there 'in spirit' and in his heart helping him to 'cross over' ~ to where? ~ it is a continuum ~ 'a never ending story.' Round and Round ~ Enjoy ~ namaste, Carol
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Hello, I'm River, thank you for dropping in on my blog. I have four children and whether or not to have any in the first place is a difficult question. Some people know for sure they do not want any and that's fair enough. For the rest of us, do we want them because we love children? do we want them so we can share the delights we knew ourselves as children? Do we want them because our mothers are demanding grandchildren? Do we want them so there will be someone to look after us in our old age? These last two are the hardest to answer. I had my children because I wanted them, but I knew too, that my mother was an only child and my siblings don't have children, so mine were the only grandchildren she would get. Having children only to have yourself looked after in old age puts a burden on children they may not want, especially in cultures where everything is focused on the young, with the elderly being shunted aside, maybe into a nursing home and visited only at Christmas. I'm happy living and coping on my own, I do see my children, and my grandchildren often enough, but I don't want to be dependent on them.ReplyDelete
I probably haven't answered your question, just put forth my own views.
Namaste & Blessings.....ReplyDelete
Parenting is one of the hardest job on earth (its round the clock 24/7, 365 days a year) for which there is no "one fit all" generic rule book on how to do it correctly, precisely and appropriately. This is further complicated by the diversity in character and personality that challenges any "rule" parents make up that may come into play simply because "what works for one child, may not work for another," it simply is an on the job training where child learns from parent and parent learns from child (what works, what doesn't, where modification needs to be had and what needs to be do away with).
Personally parenting, bringing children into the world should be a choice and not an entitlement because not all who could produce children should. Not all men should be fathers and not all women should be mothers.


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I shitting well love Christmas.
I realise this is by no means a bold claim. That's like saying you love kittens or pyjamas. Or kittens in pyjamas. *Googles kittens in pyjamas*.
It is pretty much a given.
I don't think I personally know anyone who doesn't consider Christmas their favourite time of the year. Everyone just seems a bit brighter, a bit happier, a bit more pleased with their fellow man. Like the same way we all felt during the London 2012 olympics but with more artificial snow spray. (I would proper love it if Danny Boyle directed my Christmas one year).
Although on a recent trip to London I overheard two young women on the underground, discussing their Christmas plans. One was going to ask her Mum if she could be excused from going to their traditional family trip to her Nan's house so she could go out with her friends and the other said she had asked to work Christmas Day because she didn't like her family.
Woah. If there had been a fairy present on that 12.45 victoria Line service to Walthamstow Central she would have surely dropped dead. Even possibly spontaneously combusting, exploding internal organs and glitter all over the pair of Scroogettes.
It made me feel quite sad for them. I heart my family, in fact I'm sure I wouldn't want there to be a Christmas if I didn't get to spend it with that bunch of beautiful idiots.
It wouldn't be Christmas without all of our daft traditions. The ones I'll probably carry and pass onto my own children.
The 'only allowed to open one present on Christmas Eve' rule. Or how I would organise stockings and presents into each siblings designated area of the living room come midnight on Christmas Eve (putting myself in front of the fire. Yep I'm not daft). How me and my Mum have always decorated the tree whilst watching 'Meet Me In St.Louis'. She does the lights, I do the baubles. Same with me and my boyfriend. He does the lights I do the tinsel. It occurs to me now that I've been shielded from plug sockets for most my life.
Of course families are super complicated and with new additions such as partners or kids can come a bit of juggling but also new traditions. For example me and my fella will wake up on Christmas morning, pour a glass of Bucks Fizz, eat pate on toast then open our presents. Then we go to my parents in the day, his parents in the evening (as they are the drinkers and the late night Karaoke enthusiasts). I did have an allergic reaction to peach Schnapps during Christmas day at my in laws a few years ago. I know what some of you are thinking. Peach Schnapps? When was this 1994? That's like saying I got drunk to East 17.
We were doing shots as part of a drinking game. Yes, drinking games. My in laws are MEGA! My face blew up the drunker I got and I apparently disappeared for an hour. When my boyfriend came to find me I was pressing my face up against the wall of the bathroom because the tiles felt cool against my big hot red face. This was shortly followed by throwing a microphone at their fireplace during karaoke (I was trying to emulate Robbie Williams when he does the spinny thing with the mic then catches it). I followed this by insisting to my boyfirend this his (very lovely) mother was a misogynist! As she had suggested, quite rightly so, that I go to bed. No more drinking games.
Feeding a Mulgrew Peach Schnapps is like feeding a Mogwai after midnight. Only destruction and chaos can follow.
I am fascinated by people's Christmas traditions and how they came about. The fact that it is such a incredibly universal holiday but that we all interpret it in such specific and personal ways. Actually I would love to hear about your, dear blog reader's traditions. So please feel free to pop them in the comment box below.
When it comes to the festive period, I'm THAT guy. Y'know the one who is already listening to Christmas songs and watched all the Christmas films in my DVD library. Crikey, I'm writing a blog about Christmas and it isn't even the first of December! That is how much I'm a knob for Christmas.
I was an actual Christmas Elf once. Yep that happened.
My first ever job as a sixteen year old was working in a rather posh (now defunct) children's department store in Manchester called Daisy And Tom's. I was employed as a Christmas Temp but was allocated the job of being the official store gift wrapper. Sounds fun right? It wasn't. My counter was in the basement next to the toilets. They also charged a fortune for the service so nobody ever wanted anything wrapped. When I occasionally did get a customer, I'd had no formal training so would wrap to the best of my ability which I'll be honest, at best looked like they'd let a bull loose in a Paperchase shop.
I remember wrapping a giraffe shaped height chart. I'll never forget the look on the man's face as I gave him the ribbon covered monstrosity. Imagine if one of the wise men had turned up at the birth of Baby Jesus with such a shoddily wrapped gift. The other two Kings would have been mortified and probably tried to excuse him by going "So sorry, he's been at the Bethlehem German Christmas markets all afternoon. Too much Gluwhien." I don't even think a child playing a Wise man in a school nativity play would get away with one of my poorly wrapped presents.
After awhile they cottoned on and sent me to the Santa's grotto upstairs to be an Elf. It was great. Me and the bloke who was Father Christmas had a right laugh. I got to joke around with very cute middle class kids, wore jangly bell accessories and took polaroid pictures. Unfortunately It was short lived as after a few weeks I was deposited back to the basement and replaced by a professional actor who came with his own elf suit. HIS OWN ELF SUIT. This was the days before working with children was regulated. Today, a man with his own elf suit would definitely have failed his CRB check. And yes I'm still totally bitter.
As I write this blog I'm currently eating a brownie and listening to the 'Christmas Party' album on Spotify. If I want to get in a festive mood I just stick a bit of music on with tales of snowmen and chestnuts roasting. Not snowmen's chestnuts roasting. Ooooo I went all 'Carry on' for a minute there.
Smell and sound are our most potent senses when it comes to stirring our emotions. A whiff of a particular perfume or a jingle from an old advert can illicit a long forgotten memory. So I've decided to get all Nick Hornby '31 songs'on your asses by making a lil' list of songs and explaining why they get me all of a Noel.
Miss you most (at Christmas time) Mariah Carey
When I was at High School our P.E curriculum in the Winter term was swimming. the swimming pool was located in the primary school partnered with our school. It was about a ten minute walk but it was a nice ten minute walk as my school was in the middle of nowhere. Loadsa hills. I had a sony Walkman with a tape of Mariah Carey's Christmas songs which I would listen to over and over again on the school bus. I'd been at a Dentist appointment so was late to the lesson but I remember walking down the road to this song and feeling an overwhelming sense of contentment. I think it was the first time I'd ever enjoyed my own company properly. That despite what some of my peers would say, I was actually pretty alright.
Fairytale Of New York The Pogues & Kirsty Mcoll
Me and my chaps Karaoke song. Every time I hear it, it makes me think about his stupid lovely face.
Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses
I worked for a few years in the Austic department of a special needs school. My lunchtime break duty for awhile was supervising a girl 1:1 who could be quite a handful. She went through a phase where all she wanted to do was to listen this song over and over again for the whole half hour, five days a week from November onwards. It still makes me giggle when remembering trying to negotiate other possible Christmas songs into our lunchtime repertoire but her having none of it. I would have been rubbish in a SWAT team.
O Holy Night Trad.
Before I ravaged my voice with booze and cigs, I sang this at the School choir service in my Fifth year. It was the first time at school I'd ever performed anything by myself. (I auditioned for lots of parts in school musicals but never got picked.) There was a super high note at the end that I was terrified of. When I hit it, I felt such an incredible feeling of exhilaration and in a way, defiance.
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Andy Williams
This reminds me of my parents spontaneously dancing in front of the Christmas tree. My Mum giggling her face off as my dad tried to serenade her despite the lyrics being faster and more complicated than Girls Aloud's 'Love Machine'.
Do you hear what I hear? Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole's voice is just so deep and rich. Listening to it feels like being hugged in a blanket next to a massive fire. This song makes me feel like a safe, happy child. Proper lush like.
Now excuse me while I go on the John Lewis website to buy a novelty apron, a board game and a greeting in wooden gold sprayed cursive writing that I'll probably never use at any other time of the year….I shitting well love Christmas.


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This was my third assignment in my Digital Imaging class. Our assignment was to pick a destination and create a poster advertisement for that area. I chose Las Vegas because there are many buildings there that are unique to Las Vegas and are part of their "trademark", like the famous pyramid shaped Luxor Las Vegas hotel.
The first thing you probably noticed is the Las Vegas sign, one of the more famous structures found in the city. I picked fonts that matched the actual sign the closest. After looking at the sign, you'd see that it's the only part of the poster with color other than blue, black and white. I did that on purpose so that your attention focuses on the sign.
I made sure to include some famous buildings found in Las Vegas. Again, I created the Luxor Las Vegas hotel. I made sure to include the beams of light shining from the hotel, and ended up manipulating it so that it'd frame the top part of the poster perfectly and create a nice little space to put text on. I also made a Wynn hotel and of course the Eiffel Tower. Of course, having only those buildings wasn't enough, so I included in the background a cityscape to make the poster more filling. All these buildings and structures were edited so that a white outline surrounded it, which makes the buildings look illuminated and more lifelike.
For the text, I chose a font that made it look even more fancy.
Again, for the color scheme, I kept the background simple with blues and grays, simply because I wanted to focus on the sign in the foreground.
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Baseball bet odds on the Cleveland Indians ended up being a bargain last season as the Indians made it to the American League Championship Series.
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- Cleveland Indians History
- The Cleveland Indians began play in 1901 and have been proud to boast some of MLB betting most legendary names on it's rosters though the years, though there have also been many dry years and empty seats during the baseball betting odds years
The 2008 Indians will again be baseball betting underdogs to finish first in the division but they could surprise people again. Baseball bet experts believe that Cleveland will contend again this season.
Detroit made the major noise in the off-season but Cleveland may still have the better team. Baseball bet experts see that the Indians have a starting infield of Asdrubel Cabrera at second, Jhonny Peralta at short, and Casey Blake at third with Travis Hafner at first. Baseball betting experts see that the Indians signed Masahide Kobayashi, an ace reliever from Japan who saved 227 games over the past eight seasons. He should help Joe Borowski in the bullpen and could help as a set up man with Tom Mastny according to experts that look to make a baseball bet.
The key for Cleveland according to baseball bet experts will be starting pitching. They will need C.C. Sabathia to pitch well all season and not flop in the playoffs. The rest of the rotation looks solid according to experts that make a baseball bet. Fausto Carmona was superb last season and is a very good #2 starter. Right-hander Jake Westbrook is a solid #3 while Paul Byrd has the number four slot. Cliff Lee is also still in the mix.
The bullpen is excellent led by perhaps the best pitcher on the staff in Rafael Betancourt (1.47 ERA in 79 innings last year according to baseball bet stats). The Indians also return Rafael Perez (1.78 ERA in 61 innings according to baseball bet stats), and Aaron Fultz (2.92 ERA in 37 innings according to baseball bet stats).
The offense is led by center fielder Grady Sizemore, 1B Travis Hafner and catcher Victor Martinez. It was Martinez that led the team with 114 RBIs last season according to baseball bet stats. Ryan Garko also had a solid season and impacted baseball betting lines. Baseball bet experts believe the other outfield spot could go to Franklin Gutierrez who looked good at times last season.
Most baseball betting experts believe that Cleveland will contend for a playoff spot again this season although they could finish behind Detroit in the division and be battling for the Wild Card.


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I shall not ask Jean Jacques RousseauIf birds confabulate or no.
Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any parent whether a Harold Skimpole, a Mrs. Jellyby, a Jean Jacques Rousseau, or a Leo Tolstoy who for any cause whatsoever feels that he should give no thought for the morrow and that his children may live like the fowls of the air.
[Guybrush: What happened!?] Went to get your hand... [coughs] [Guybrush: You didn't have to do that!] [coughs again] Had to pay you back for all the trouble... Found Jacques... He told me... [Guybrush: What?] He told me... [Guybrush: What? What did the monkey tell you?]
Anyone who has heard (Jacques Derrida) lecture in French knows that he is more performance artist than logician. His flamboyant style--using free association, rhymes and near-rhymes, puns, and maddening digressions--is not just a vain pose (though it is surely that). It reflects what he calls a self-conscious "acommunicative strategy" for combating logocentrism.
Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.Denis Diderot
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Trapper Montgomery
His darkness drew me in.
A mystery with a past I wanted to solve.
He was cold, like ice, but set me on fire.
A heat I hadn't felt in ages.
But when I saw his face, I burned...
In mourning
Brea Bradley
She melted from my voice--shuddered from my touch.
But trembled from the memories
That my face brought back.
She wanted more...
Maybe even him.
I wasn't the hand she counted on.
But I was what she was dealt...
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All India Common Entrance Test for MBBS Course 2016 at APUMP Bhopal
APUMP Bhopal has invited applications "All India Common Entrance Test (AICET-2016)" for admission to MBBS Course in Constituent Units of Member Universities (People's University, Bhopal, Sarvepalli Radhakrishna University, Bhopal and LNCT University, Bhopal) will be held on May 14th 2016 (Saturday).
Participating Constituent Units
Name of Participating Constituent Units (Medical Colleges) are as follows:
- People's College of Medical Sciences & RC, Bhopal Peoples University, Bhopal.
- L.N. Medical College & Research Centre, Bhopal LNCT University, Bhopal.
- R.K.D.F Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal* Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan University, Bhopal.
Eligibility Criteria
Minimum Educational Qualification for MBBS Course, those applicants who have passed the qualifying examination of 10+2 from Board of Secondary Education M.P. or CBSE having passed in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects individually and have secured at least minimum 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology combined together and must have passed in English also (Or).
Those who have passed any equivalent or higher examination with the aforesaid subjects from any other recognized Board, University with the percentage of marks as mentioned above (Or).
Any other qualification recognized by Govt. of India/Medical Council of India, as recognized qualifcation for admission to MBBS Course.
Age Limit: He/She shall complete the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the MBBS Course and should not be more than 25 years age.
How to Apply?
Application Form can also be downloaded from our website www.mpapu.com
Application Forms downloaded from website may be submitted along-with a Demand Draft (DD) of Rs.3000/- in favour of Association of Private Universities Madhya Pradesh, payable at Bhopal, either in the Office of Association or by Speed Post/Courier.
The applicants are advised before filling up the form to ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility and qualifying conditions with respect to qualification etc. for admission to the course.
No Domicile is required any Indian Citizen can apply.
Important Dates for MBBS Program 2016
Application Forms & Information Brochure are available on website: April 14th 2016 onwards
Last Date for Receiving Complete Forms Office of the APUMP: May 10th 2016 (upto 06.00 pm only)
Last Date with Late Fee Rs.500/-: May 12th 2016 (Upto 06.00 pm only)
Date of Examination: May 14th 2016 (Saturday)
Date of Reporting Time: 02 Hours before Exam time


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Whey is a natural by-product of the process used to make cheese. The curds obtained from cow's milk are typically cooked and then cut. This allows the whey to then be separated from the milk. This whey is the raw material used in the formation of whey protein, which is most often sold in a powdered form. The effects of this type of protein on humans continues to be studied, but testing on animals has shown promise that it can become a valuable dietary supplement, due in large part to the body's ability to digest it quickly.
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News? S&T qualified for the dynamic tests but still have a few bugs to work out.
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BOURNE (CBS) – A Bourne selectman is facing domestic violence charges after allegedly attacking his girlfriend.
Michael Blanton was arrested Tuesday.
According to court records, the selectman allegedly grabbed the woman and repeatedly drove her head into the floor. The woman told police Blanton was standing over her with a baseball bat.
Blanton was arraigned briefly Wednesday in Falmouth District Court and ordered to be held without bail until a dangerousness hearing next week.
Investigators said the attack took place inside his Bourne home when his girlfriend confronted him about his infidelity.
He is facing several charges, including assault and battery on a household/family member, assault with a dangerous weapon, threatening to commit a crime, and witness intimidation.
"He seems like a very nice man and I'm surprised to hear that. That makes me very sad," said one woman in the community.
One man said, "It doesn't matter who you are if you're an elected official or not, you should be prosecuted the same way as everyone else."
According to the Town of Bourne website, Blanton is up for re-election this year.


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Over the summer, Naomi Punk released their sophomore album Television Man, the follow-up to their 2012 standout debut The Feeling. This March, Naomi Punk will be embarking on a tour down the West Coast, the second in support of this album, with PC Worship. Tour dates below.
Preceding this, Naomi Punk will be jet setting over the pond for their first European tour. Combined, this two month tour will see them playing 40 dates starting in Germany and wrapping up in California.
West Coast Tour
3/5 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
3/6 - Seattle, WA - Black Lodge
3/8 - Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
3/9 - Olympia, WA - Dumpster Values
3/11 - San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar Music Hall
3/12 - Van Nuys, CA - Takeoff Store
3/13 - Los Angeles, CA - Jewels
3/14 - San Diego, CA - Tower Bar
3/15 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
3/18 - Davis, CA - Third Space Collective
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"[On hearing Naomi Punk live] it felt sinister, playful, hypnotic, a little sadistic and totally gorgeous."
Washington Post
"10 tracks of jagged postpunk, Pacific Northwest grunge, and art-damaged sonic experimentation that's as genuinely pleasurable as it is challenging."
Entertainment Weekly
"...unexpectedly pretty, filled with twists of melody and structure far more sophisticated than they need to be to fly in the realms of punk and underground rock."
"Where grunge famously took a thudding, enraged heaviness and gave it a palatable edge, Naomi Punk takes those shards and makes them glisten with a minimalist edge, maximalist sound."
"The trio specialize in moments of meditative bliss found amid jerky noise, and their second album captures the full-throttle attack of their live show."
Rolling Stone


text: Stage Dust Covered Butterfly review (Metro Arts, Brisbane) By Zenobia Frost | June 4, 2015 | ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Captive, captor, bait. Dust Covered Butterfly's cabaret-showman Host (Chris Farrell) locks the audience in a black box with three slasher-film archetypes and requests a show of hands to choose their fates. Which of these bodies won't make it out alive? Thomas Hutchins directs this hour-long experiment, which might be termed 'rock horror'. Not quite a rock concert, not quite a play, Dust Covered Butterfly exemplifies what only live performance can capture: something electric and transient, less concerned with narrative than with mood and movement. Metro Art's Sue Benner Theatre is gutted and flipped to place us at its flat basement end. The audience is seated across the stage — a fact that underlines the power and vulnerability we feel when The Host asks us to make this vital choice. The risers, now the stage proper, are webbed with plastic drop sheets — a macabre art installation, suffocating and cold. On opening night, we vote in Katy Cotter as The Captor, with Michael Whittred as The Bait and Bella Anderson as The Captive. It's a demanding show that requires its performers to rotate parts, but Cotter, Whittred and Anderson move seamlessly into their new roles as they play out the kidnap, torture and ultimate Stockholm Syndrome of The Captive. Then there's Farrell as The Host. Our puckish guide into this strange underworld engages us through montage: from Attenborough-esque monologues on the theme of metamorphosis (think Silence of the Lambs) to Neil Gaiman quotes ("love takes hostages"). For a play with numerous valid content warnings at the door (for which, thanks), The Host conjures a surprising amount of genuine laughter. But there's also a sense that his camp showmanship hides something more insecure, more manipulative. The key to the show is Michael Whittred's soundtrack. Creepy-cool incidental music makes way for rock star moments as Whittred, in trenchcoat and underpants, whips out an electric guitar. Glossy rock riffs with off-kilter lyrics and eerie-but-powerful harmonies (from Anderson and Cotter) signal the relationship that will unfurl between these three characters, however they're embodied: passionate, binding — both disturbing and disturbed. Dust Covered Butterfly has itself metamorphosed through years of development at Metro Arts, and the polish shows. In lesser hands, these themes could easily veer us into garish, exploitative slasher territory. Instead, Hutchins exploits language to subtle, unsettling effect. Extreme violence is often evoked through the language of food: undercooked rice is compared to chewing fingernails; The Captive, starving, describes herself as an eye fillet; The Captor describes blood drizzling from a wound. Stylistic suffocation has the performers gasping through plastic — but the attacks are never literal. Hutchins is aware that less is more, and the aim here is to entertain, not traumatise. On the flipside, all that entertainment can overshadow, rather than juxtapose, the horror itself. It becomes hard to empathise through the gloss. It's likely that the detachment is deliberate: a comment on our fascination — and weird relationship — with violence. It seems timely that, on opening night, social media is abuzz with Hannibal news; Dust Covered Butterfly is shot through with references to famous serial killers. By offering us choice, Hutchins reveals our fascination with kidnapping for what it is: a bid for control in the face of the unknown — of what might be waiting for us around corners. By spinning our fear of monstrous violence into a fantasy we take part in, Dust Covered Butterfly revels in our fear and carries us along on the collective adrenaline. [box]Dust Covered Butterfly, is at the Sue Benner Theatre at Metro Arts, Edward Street, Brisbane, until 20 June.[/box] Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email About the Author: Zenobia Frost Zenobia Frost reviews Brisbane theatre. Her poetry and essays can be read in Cordite, The Lifted Brow and Hunter Anthology of Contemporary Feminist Poetry. @zenfrost


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Making love can offer u various physical and mental health benefits, but if we tend to make love more often we can treat various conditions as well as diseases and this is proven scientifically! Making love is known to improve your mental health, digestion, circulation, but it can also treat various problems connected to your cardiovascular system.
In our article today, we're going to present you how making love is going to help you treat various health problems!
Improves your heart function
If you tend to have more often making love, you'll improve your heart function and reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack.
Relieves headaches
Making love can increase the levels of oxytocin and endorphins in your blood. These are hormones that will help you relax your body and mind and also help you relieve headaches.
Is an amazing antidepressant
Making love can help you improve your self-esteem and in that way, helps you against depression.
Treats insomnia
As we have already mentioned, when making love relaxes your mind and body. It helps you fall asleep easily and you'll fight insomnia.
Prevents urine leakage
Making love has the ability to strengthen the muscles in the area around your pelvis and in that way, it prevents urine leakage.
Treats the flu
Making love more often can help you prevent the flu because it increases the antibody count and strengthens the immune system at the same time! It also prevents any bacterial and viral infection effectively.
Prevents muscle overload
Muscle overload, as well as joint and muscle pain can be effectively prevented with the help of having making love often.
Makes your skin glow
Numerous toxins will disappear because of making love. That's why, your skin will glow!
Improves your prostate health
The health of your prostate will be improved with the help of making love and you'll manage to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
Reduces the risk of breast cancer
Making love can also help you decrease the risk of breast cancer. It makes your body release oxytocin. That's a hormone which plays a very important role in the reduction of breast cancer.
Make sure you are more intimate with your partner! It can provide you with more pleasure, but it will also improve your overall health!
Source: lifesosimple.org