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Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
If you've been following the events of the past 2 weeks in the Texas Legislature, you may be mad as hell at what went down. You can read my recap of what happened here, but I'll go ahead and provide a Cliff's Notes version of events for those of you who are too lazy to have a look.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry tasked the Texas Legislature with restricting access to abortions, and they didn't disappoint him with Senate Bill 5, a bill that would impose some of the strictest abortion regulation in the country and would effectively close all but 5 clinics in the state of Texas. The republican controlled senate had the votes to pass the bill, but the senate democrats banded together and stalled the vote until 11:45 pm via a 10+hour filibuster by Sen. Wendy Davis and by raising a ton of procedural points.
Some serious banana-republic style hi-jinks by senate leaders enraged the 2,000 spectators in the senate gallery and rotunda to unleash hell, screaming, cheering, stomping their feet as the clock ran out on the day and no vote could be taken. I urge you to read my recap -- it was spine tingling and utterly maniacal.
And then, not 12 hours later, Gov. Perry announced he'd arrogantly called lawmakers back to the house and senate to push his anti-woman agenda through by any means necessary. This time, the measures are almost certain to pass. Perry has stated in the past that his end goal is to outlaw access to ALL ABORTIONS. If you aren't shivering in fear of this man, you should check your pulse. But you (and I) are totally at fault for him even being here in the first place -- because we don't get out and vote.
Texas has the horrible dishonor of being the state with the worst voter turnout in the country. The rest of the country isn't much better! Just this past May, only 15% of registered Los Angeles voters turned out to vote in our mayoral election. (I wasn't even aware it was happening, and I dislike our current mayor viciously.) Citizens pay even less attention to the electing of their state representatives--the very folks who are currently working overtime to strip Texas women of their right to choose.
Those of you who live in California and New York may be feeling pretty smug right about now. Texas is a backwards wasteland -- and this could never happen here, right? As Andrea Grimes of RHrealitycheck.com puts it, this is a dangerous, flawed, and foolish thought:
"Texas is not a throw-away state full of throw-away people who can be shrugged off with a contemptuous, "Well, what do you expect?" Texas is not an outlier. Texas is a test case for right-wingers with their eyes on the coasts and, as Congress showed this week, Washington, D.C."
6 states have recently introduced stringent restrictions on abortions, and ELEVEN other states have considered the same. Still think it can't happen where you live?
I remember the very first election I actually paid attention to as a Texas teen--Democrat Ann Richards vs. Republican Clayton Williams in 1990. At one point in his campaign, Williams likened a woman getting raped to experiencing bad weather: "If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it".
--Clayton Williams, speaking from his West Texas ranch.
From then on, it was Texas women against Williams, and Ann Richards served as our governor for the next 4 years. GAME. SET. MATCH.
That was the absolute power of women, voting in droves, using their voices to say that they wouldn't stand for being marginalized or condecended to any longer. Williams really did the work for Richards with his remarks, and Rick Perry is currently doing this same favor for Wendy Davis:
"In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas senate. It is just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
--Rick Perry, speaking at National RIght to Life conference in Dallas, Texas.
The only hope we have to protect our reproductive rights from being yanked way by a bunch of thugs in Texas (and across the country) is to get out of our seats and VOTE. Research what your local and state reps are doing and saying when they represent you. Make them work for their cheddar, and be sure you agree with the bulk of what they believe in.
There are all kinds of reasons for not voting. Here are some I myself have used: "Oh, it doesn't matter anyway. Nothing changes. Ugh, I don't want to wait in line to vote. I don't even know where my polling place is! I am so sick of all these campaign ads, who cares."
These are the dumb words of a selfish blonde dilettante.
If you are in Texas, here is the link to online voter registration. Most states have the same procedure. Registering early means you can take advantage of absentee voting and still do your civic duty without even leaving your house. Change, for better or for worse, happens at the state level.
We cannot go back in time to the coat hanger days -- not in Texas or anywhere else. This is a serious crisis, and a defining moment for women across the country.
There is only one cure, and that is for women to vote in droves. It's no longer cute to be uninvolved. It's gross and unethical. When women start suffering and dying due to lack of reproductive care, the blood will be on our hands if we didn't vote in the change we wish to see.
Women in Texas specifically will almost immediately cross the border into Mexico for illegal, unsafe abortion services once clinics in their communities close. What's happening in Texas will not stay in Texas. It will eventually, chillingly, come right to your doorstep. Get mad. Stay angry. VOTE.
EDIT: Commenter Dusty, (@ilikeswears) points out that Battleground Texas is doing some excellent work to educate and register women and minority voters. These are the two groups that would blow the whole thing wide open, were they to vote in droves. Consider getting involved and check them out here.
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Note: As NBC airs Friday Night Lights: Season 4, we're once more featuring the reviews written while the season had its original run on DirecTV.
While perhaps not quite living up to the notably high standards set by previous season finales for this series (not counting Season 2, which was cut off early by the writers' strike), "Thanksgiving" still ended Friday Night Lights' fourth season on a compelling, if not perfect, note.
It was nice to see the Mayor again in the opening scene. She was one of those peripheral characters that helps make Dillon feel like a genuine town, but we hadn't seen her in quite awhile. Even as the Mayor was talking about a friendly rivalry between the Panthers and Lions, the tension was only increasing of course – well portrayed by seeing all of the signs throughout town pledging allegiance to one team or the other. I also thought the shots of the Lions field, torn apart, were stirring and did their job well at reminding us why this was, for the Lions, a matter of pride – and yes, there's no avoiding that word.
This episode didn't exactly have much in the way of shocks in terms of the game. When Eric told Luke he could suit up for the game but wouldn't be able to play, I jotted down in my notes, "Hmm…" Because why suit him up at all if he's not going to get the big scene where he comes in and kicks ass? But come on… we all wanted to see him come in and kick ass, right?
And while I was always kind of pissed that Landry joined the team at all in Season 2, since it didn't seem believable at the time that he'd want to, nor that Coach would let him on, I really liked seeing what happened with him here. Seeing him choke and completely screw up his first big kick of the game was a heartbreaker – but damn it if it wasn't awesome to see Eric tell him, in that intense Taylor way, "I took three years turning you into a football player!", to motivate the very doubtful kid. So when he scored the win for the Lions? Hell yeah, I was happy. Weren't you?
Last week was so miserable for all the characters, as was much of the season, that I was just happy to see them win because it would have just been too much on top of all that was going on. However, I do wish the solution to Tami's dilemma hadn't seemed so easy – suddenly she announced she was going to take a job at East Dillon we didn't even know was available. Even if we're told it's a pay cut from what she was making, it still was hard, as a viewer, to feel like she was in a bad place, when she was now going to get to work at the school her beloved husband and daughter were already at.
Matt Saracen was back in town for Thanksgiving, and it was nice not only to see him again, but also to get better and more appropriate closure on his relationship with Julie. It was definitely good to see her resist the temptation to go visit him in Chicago, realizing it was time to cut things off and pursue her own dreams – though her dialogue was a bit too on the nose and I could have done without, "As much as I love you, I need to find my own Chicago." The sentiment felt right, just not the exact words.
It was harsh seeing Landry recieve the gut punch of Jess telling him she was leaving him for Vince. However, I loved Landry and Matt's reconciliation, especially because Landry being so joyful and boasting about his great play (exaggerating that it was a 72 yard kick and calling it a "miracle"), which helped to balance out those very events as being too saccharine.
Also, while I haven't been loving all of Tim's plotlines this season, I felt the material with him and Billy was very good. Billy's tearful toast at Thanksgiving was really powerful, and a great standout scene for Derek Phillips. That scene of course is what made Tim decide to take the fall for the chop shop, feeling he couldn't take his brother away from his family. Taylor Kitsch has been an integral part of this show, and it'll be hard to see Friday Night Lights without Riggins next season, but I really appreciated his final scenes – including the glimpse of his 33 keychain, reminding us of his Panthers glory days.
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LENEXA, Kan. -- Kansas authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for a missing Texas teenager.
Authorities canceled the alert for 15-year-old Nomei "Mimi" Velazquez Wednesday morning because she is no longer believed to be in Kansas. They gave no other details.
Velazquez has been missing from Nacogdoches, Texas, since Monday. The Amber Alert is still active across the rest of the country.
The teenager is 4-feet-11-inches, 120 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, black tennis shoes, carrying a brown purse and wearing glasses.
Authorities say she might be with Juan Fabian Arenas Delacruz, who is 5-foot-11 and 170 lbs. They are possibly in a silver 2004 Volkswagen Passat with Texas plate DF7T507.
Investigators say a cellphone ping indicated they may have been on Interstate 35 in Lenexa Tuesday evening.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
By Patriot-News Op-Ed The Patriot-News
By Jenell Paris
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year's theme is "It's time to get involved."
"Hey, Mommy, get me milkie!" my preschool son snarls across the table. I've just been out of my seat several times fetching jam, silverware and toast for the boy and his two brothers. They gobbled their food and wanted more before I could even take my first bite. I've lost my cool plenty of times in situations like this, but this morning I detached from the heat of the moment and looked at what was happening.
My son rightfully expects me to serve him, because at his young age, he needs plenty of help. But he crossed a line of respect, raising his voice and demanding service without a "please" or "thank you." So focused on his own hunger, he failed to notice that I need to eat, too. Moments such as this happen in millions of households every morning. They pass by quickly and can easily be overlooked.
But our ordinary, everyday interactions are microcosms that relate to social issues of much greater consequence. He's just a little boy asking for milk, of course, but I recognize a similar power dynamic in society, many times with dire consequences: a man disrespectfully demands, or takes, something from a woman without considering her needs or perspective. He thinks he deserves it, or maybe he just doesn't think at all.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year's theme is "It's time to get involved." According to the National Violence Against Women survey, 1 of 6 women and 1 of 33 men will experience attempted or completed rape at some point in their lives. Many others experience sexual violence or assault, and more still receive harassment or disregard that is directed at their sex or gender.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center has declared April 5 the Day of Action; this year, people are encouraged to promote safety through their everyday behaviors. The NSVRC is calling attention to the ways bystanders, those who are neither victim nor perpetrator, can contribute to making their communities more safe.
I leave my breakfast table each day to go teach at a liberal arts college, and I notice gender relations there, too. I'm an anthropology professor, and when I teach about sexual violence in gender studies courses, the most common reply from men is, "Yeah, it's terrible, but I never raped anyone." They acknowledge the problem, but instead of moving toward it as activists who might influence other men, they try to gain as much personal distance as possible.
One semester, two representatives from the NSVRC came to my class as guest speakers, and they insisted that as members of society, we each have a vested interest in preserving healthy sexuality for everyone; we each have a role to play in our friendships, families, workplaces, schools, governments, and society.
It's not as if sexual violence only affects some people — victims and perpetrators — and everyone else can live in the clear. Sexual violence also is embedded in institutions, cultural norms and policies. They showed a spectrum of violence that spans from disrespectful thoughts to demeaning language to full-blown violence such as assault and rape. Prevention also might be pictured as a spectrum, with opportunities for social change present in interpersonal relationships, organizations, government policies and most broadly, cultural values and norms.
What will you do this April, in your everyday life, to encourage safety for men and women? I resolve to bring the issue of sexual assault and prevention to my students, encouraging them to be peaceable in their thoughts and actions, and to be proactive in their spheres of influence. I also resolve to bring the issue to my breakfast table.
When my boys speak disrespectfully to me, I won't do the same in return, confronting their blunders with a greater show of force. I'll wait until I'm calm, and then talk to them about respect, considering the needs of others, and self-control. By insisting on respect for Mommy, even when they're young, I hope they'll grow into men who treat all women well.
My little one is 3, however, and only has so much stamina for discussion. And this morning he does want his milkie. Of course, it's a huge leap from a dear little boy to a sexual predator or even just a run of the mill grown-up jerk, but that's the point. Preventing sexual violence begins long before a perpetrator approaches a victim. It's in ordinary interactions such as ours that men (and boys) and women (and girls) learn to insist on being treated with dignity, engage in healthy conflict and enjoy restored relationships.
So I offer him another chance. "Ask with respect, and I'll get it for you. And after that, I'm not getting anything more until I finish my meal." He does, and I do.
Jenell Paris is professor of anthropology at Messiah College. Her latest book is "The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex is Too Important to Define Who We Are."


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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai faced more pressure to quit when party chiefs debated on Friday whether to call an early party congress to decide the future of a man who has lost three presidential polls.
Tsvangirai, 61, has led the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) since it was formed in 1999 to challenge President Robert Mugabe, the sole ruler since the former Rhodesia gained independence from Britain in 1980, and his ZANU-PF party.
But the former labor union leader has failed to dislodge the 89-year-old Mugabe in three elections, none of which was free or fair, according to the MDC and Western observers.
The MDC's deputy treasurer, Elton Mangoma, renewed pressure on Tsvangirai with an open letter this week asking him to quit, arguing that he had failed to push through reforms while in a four-year power-sharing government with Mugabe.
"It is my unbending resolve that leadership renewal...could be the only avenue to restoring the credibility of the party lest it risks being confined to history," Mangoma said.
He also accused MDC officials in the unity government formed after disputed polls in 2008 of accumulating personal wealth.
The next MDC congress is scheduled for 2016. Even if it is brought forward, analysts predict a drawn-out leadership contest that is likely further to weaken or divide the opposition party.
The MDC, evicted from the coalition government after its crushing defeat in last year's parliamentary election, is split over whether to dump Tsvangirai before the next poll in 2018.
While accusing ZANU-PF of violence and vote-rigging to keep power, some MDC officials say Tsvangirai has been damaged by sex scandals and often outsmarted by Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader.
Previous attempts to bring forward the MDC congress have failed in the last six months. "If the national executive decides on that, then there is going to be a congress, but it's not a given," party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said.
Tsvangirai's camp says Mangoma is a Trojan horse for MDC Secretary-General and former Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who denies he is maneuvering to succeed Tsvangirai, but who has not come out publicly in his support.
Diplomats say Tsvangirai's opponents may have made a tactical blunder by disclosing that he has been offered a $3 million golden handshake, making it difficult for him to accept.
"They should have handled some of this stuff privately to preserve his dignity," said an diplomat from a neighboring country. "They might actually wake up a lot weaker if he digs in and the whole thing turns into a mess."
(Reporting By Cris Chinaka; Editing by Ed Cropley and Alistair Lyon)


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'90s Movies Sequels We Definitely Want to See
It seems like sequels really don't need to happen. They fall into two camps: Either the first movie was so good that a sequel couldn't possibly do it justice (ahem, Grease 2) or the second film was obviously just a ploy to make more money and was totally unnecessary. Either way, they're a bad idea.
Now, that's not to say that all sequels and reboots are terrible — some go over pretty well and others actually top the first movies. But if Hollywood insists on recycling these old movies, the least it could do is give us sequels to some of the best '90s movies of all time, including these:
Ah, the timeless introduction to everyone's favorite onscreen duo: Kate and Leo. This is the pair who showed us that love is all about selfishly refusing to scoot over a couple of feet so your partner can survive after a shipwreck with you (Mythbusters proved it was possible, OK?). Anyway, this take on a true historical event took a lot of liberties with what actually happened, so there's no reason a second movie couldn't be plausible. Perhaps it could star Emma Stone as Jack and Rose's daughter, whom Rose gave up for adoption upon arriving in America? It could happen!
'10 Things I Hate About You'
Though a sequel to a Shakespeare-based movie may be a bit odd, I don't think it's completely out of the question. The iconic teen movie left us with a lot of questions. Did Bianca and Cameron stay together? Did Kat become the singer she always wanted to be? Was she just as snarky after a few years with Patrick as she was when they met in high school? These questions need answers! The only problem? No sequel could ever stand up to the original without Heath Ledger.
'Forrest Gump'
Sure, Forrest Gump is a classic that should probably be left untouched, but in all seriousness it has the setup for a pretty amazing sequel. By this time, Forrest Jr. (played adorably by a young Haley Joel Osment in the original) could be an adult running some sort of technological empire with his genius brain. In fact, if Osment and Tom Hanks both signed on, I can't imagine this movie not being a home run.
Clueless was Mean Girls before Mean Girls happened. With insanely quotable lines, memorable characters and some fashion moments that people may never forget, it's not just a '90s teen flick — it's a true classic. Decades later, a sequel would introduce that same amazing combo to a new generation. Perhaps Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd now have a daughter who is navigating high school with the same finesse as her mother had years ago?
Of course, any of these sequels could be one of two things: an incredible hit or a disastrous flop. But can any of us really say we wouldn't be just a tad interested in a second take on the '90s classics? Be honest.


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Baggin' it in Barcelona: Recycling Bag Fun for Everyone!
This was announced in February, but we are finally seeing it in homes in the capital of Catalonia. The City of Barcelona has distributed three bags to 720,000 households; yellow, green and blue to correspond with the colours of the recycling containers found in the city. Each bag is decorated with the list of appropriate materials that you can put inside. This not quite city-wide campaign is a pilot project to encourage recycling and hopefully add to the increasing amount of recyclable waste collected in the last few years. In 2006 the City collected more than 266,000 tons of recyclables, representing 31.4% of the total waste generated in the city and 165% more than the year 2000 (5% more than the year 2005). The City says that the biggest growth was in organics collection which has grown 511.8% in 5 years - but this is also an ongoing pilot project whose availability throughout the city has increased annually. Stats for recycling per person per year in Barna read like this: 53 kg of paper, 16 kg of glass, 20 kg of oversized waste like furniture, 8.8 kg of plastics and 53.7 kg of organics. Regardless, the new fandangled recycling bags (kind of like Ontario's blue boxes for curbside collection), made from 100% recyclable polypropylene are aimed at encouraging people not only to recycle more, and more effectively, but perhaps also to start using our beloved, LCA-approved cloth grocery bags. We've seen that they are the best choice according to the Australians, so let's get Catalonia on board. In BCN you bring your garbage/recycling to one of the more than 7000 containers on the street whenever you get the urge to recycle. Thus, many people use plastic grocery bags to carry out that chore. With reusable recycling bags people don't "need" nor do they have an "excuse" to get plastic bags at the supermarket. No excuses now! Our dream is to see the Catalans using their great cloth bags AND recycling with a municipally-supplied PP bag (all while reducing their consumption habits and choosing local products with less packaging). Everybody wins. Instead of extending the life cycle of a plastic grocery bags in a feeble attempt to extend their use phase and reduce their impacts, Barcelonians can elimiante them completely from their garbage diet. Or so we hope. We have seen a few folks actually using the bags to bring their groceries home! Still, a great use for these colourful little guys. Let's hope the bags are well-received and the City gives them to all of us. I'm still waiting for mine...Read the press release in Spanish here.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Derek MacKenzie on injured Reserve retroactive to Nov. 22 due to a strained back.
The club also announced on Thursday it had claimed forward Corey Tropp off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres.
MacKenzie is eligible to return on Saturday. He has two goals and an assist in 22 games this season, giving him 147 goals and 185 assists in 258 career NHL games with the Atlanta Thrashers and Blue Jackets.
The 24-year-old Tropp has three goals and six assists in 43 career NHL games, including one assist in nine games this season, with the Sabres.
A third-round pick by Buffalo in the 2007 draft, he missed most of the 2012-13 campaign due to a knee injury.


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Rachel and I, happily, have many bands where our tastes overlap, and about whom we're equally keen to catch "live" whenever possible (Nada Surf, The Sheila Divine and The New Pornographers leap to mind here). Similarly, there are also "David bands" and "Rachel bands", where we acknowledge one of us is just that bit more keen than the other. Noted "Rachel bands" include the likes of Idlewild, Biffy Clyro, James, Ash… and, oddly, this lot, Manchester Orchestra, Alabama's finest purveyors of riff-overloaded, alt-Americana tinged anthems for hairy chainsaw-wielding Appalachian backwoodsmen. I get why I like them, less sure about why my dear lady wife is such an avid fan. But hey, if it means that when they announce a new tour cycle promoting a new album (as they did earlier this year, including a Bristol date on their tour cycle in support of new album "A Black Mile To The Surface"), Rach is all over it like a rash, booking tix for us on the pre-sale, then hey, I'm game! It didn't hurt either, that said new album (widely lauded as their finest yet) is an eminently listenable affair, a juxtaposition of the bleak and anthemic elements of their work, often recalling equally hairy Scottish mob Frightened Rabbit in the process. A bit weird about most tracks being titled "The [something or other]", but there you go…
After making robust plans for our departure, we found out at the last-minute that this was an early one. However parental responsibility trumped rock'n'roll tonight, so we left directly after watching Logan's final race in his swim club championships! Still, we parked up in the Rupert Street car park for 7.30, too late to catch the curiously named support Slothrust, but in ample time to brave the crowded bar for Rach's vino collapso, and find a splendid viewing spot near the front, on the (slightly) raised walkway stage right. Sure enough, the lights dimmed and bearded behemoth vocalist Andy Hull led Manchester Orchestra on prompt at 8, his unorthodox high choirboy/ operatic lilt embellishing the elegiac opening to "The Maze", before the song layered and built to a thudding, ball-crushing denouement under an avalanche of riffery. "The Gold", next up, was a sinister lupine howl of a song with a pounding backbeat, and "The Moth" was all juddering heavy riffery again, the aural equivalent to being pulverised to a fine powder. Cripes!
Then, oldie "Shake It Out" actually brought some tuneage amidst all the sonic assault, and suddenly the scales fell from my eyes and I realised why Rach likes this lot so much – "Shake It Out", all seething power, screaming hookline and undulating, tempo changing structure, could easily have walked off Biffy Clyro's "Puzzle" album. Colour me stupid, but hey, got it now! Similar oldie "I've Got Friends" provided a respite from the sonic attack, almost pretty in comparison, with a deft keyboard hook accompaniment, and "The Alien", one of 3 mid-set numbers which segued into each other (the 70's soft rock feel of "The Sunshine" and the predictably heavier "The Grocery" being the other 2) was underpinned by a creepy bassline.
"Simple Math" thereafter returned to the usual Manchester Orchestra modus operandi – slow, eerie intro into mid-paced number, big ball-crushing crescendo – and I confess that by set closer "The River", which felt like an ordeal in pounding repetitive noise, I would have liked a lot more light and shade respite during the set. I know that's not normally like me to complain about the noise, but it all seemed a little… incoherent at times, just pounding riff after pounding riff for the sake of it. However, "Shake It Out" notwithstanding, the 2 encores were probably my favourite numbers of the night; "I Can Feel A Hot One" retaining its' touching, tender mood throughout, and closer "The Silence" (ironically named, given the set thus far!) was also slow, quiet and almost 60's film score-esque, at which point the taciturn Hull (not a word to the audience throughout!) gave a wave and led the troops offstage.
A remarkably easy list later, we were then stuck in an utterly stupid semi-crush to get out, as the crowd funnelled out to the single staircase exit at the back, then onto the street – where the pre-gig barriers were still up, cutting egress down to single file. Utterly stupid, and dangerously thoughtless, particularly for such a new venue. Note to self – don't be in a rush to leave next time! So overall, a variable performance by Manchester Orchestra for me – splendid at times, hard work at others. They're a "Rachel band", though, and she loved it, so there!


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Management of the Patient with Disruptive Vocalization.
Sloane, Philip D.; Davidson, Susan; Buckwalter, Kathleen; Lindsey, Anthony; Ayers, Susan; Lenker, Vonda; Burgio, Louis D.
Gerontologist, v37 n5 p675-82 Oct 1997
Reports the results of a consensus meeting convened to provide guidelines for clinicians and make recommendations for researchers regarding disruptive vocalization (DV). Suggests that DV arises largely in persons with cognitive impairment and generally reflects an underlying need or discomfort. Managing DV involves appropriate identification of all possible factors. (RJM)
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Brand Promise and the Value of Time
A global pizza corporation sought to convey the importance of fresh and efficient food delivery through its promise of get to the customer in a stated amount of time. Through support campaign concept testing, a new kind of "cyber relationship" forged an outlet for nearly instantaneous, honest feedback.
The client wanted to know how this concept resonated with its customer base, and searched for the core meaning of how to qualify the value of time. Using a variety of online activities on its existing i°Communities® platform, participants provided feedback from menu options to delivery expectations. The in-depth dialogues and online survey allowed the client to evaluate how customers perceived the business' brand promise of online delivery, and whether or not the new campaign had an emotional connection with their decision to have pizza delivered.
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Name: Hannah Brown of Hannah Brown Interiors
Location: Bishopston, Bristol, United Kingdom
Size: 1991 square feet
Years lived in: 4 years
Hannah Brown's home has a distinctly English charm that seems entirely appropriate to a Victorian townhouse. But this family home is anything but stuffy. By combining antiques with more modern pieces — in particular, a few well-chosen light fixtures — she's created a mix that's fresh, but respectful of the home's history.
Although the entire home is lovely, the most jealousy-inducing space might be the dining room, with folding doors that open it up to the terrace, making the entire space a big outdoor room. It's the perfect spot to work, or linger over dinner with friends. And for those of you who enjoy a good bath, the spacious second-floor bathroom may have you feeling a little green. When the house was remodeled before the family moved in, Hannah converted this room, formerly a bedroom, into the bathroom, and turned the existing bathroom into the master closet. Worried that the bathroom-turned-closet would be too dark, she came up with a clever solution — a glass-backed bookcase that faces the landing and transmits light into the space, without sacraficing privacy.
All over the house you'll spot artworks, like the framed black sea fan and pressed orchids, that are created by Hannah and are available in her shop. These, along with the other assorted treasures displayed throughout the house, give the home a sort of curiosity-shop feel. There's quite a lot to see, so come on in and take a look around.
And if you love Hannah's style and want to keep up with what she's doing, you can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest, or check our her website.
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My Style: A mix of contemporary to classic mid-century modern style to antique nostalgic pieces. Personable.
Inspiration: Everything that makes me smile and feel warm — my childhood, my family, friends, garden, memories. If I see a piece of furniture I like, I have to position it in my mind and connect it to a favorite old blanket or cushion
Favorite Element: Lighting, I love my house at night, I love buying pendants and lamps. I love what lamps give to a space. They transform a space and enhance the elements around it.
Biggest Challenge: Living for 3 months without a kitchen, washing up in the bath, draining pasta on the street covered in dust!
What Friends Say: "Ohhh, I love your house" and "I wish I could make my house look like this" and "Your house works so well."
Biggest Embarrassment: Dust everywhere.
Proudest DIY: The glass-backed bookshelf on the landing. When we moved the bathroom, I was worried we would lose natural light where the door had been, so instead of filling it in we created a bookshelf backed with glass so the light from the original bathroom still comes through. On the other side it looks great too, as you can see the books through the glass in our walk-in wardrobe space. Also, my son's split level room in the attic space.
Biggest Indulgence: My Artemide Tolomeo Mega Terra Floor Lamp. I love it! — best buy ever! Not only does it look fantastic, but the parchment shade gives such a soft warm light. I love the way you can swing it around to create different moods in your space. I use it mostly for my work, but it's a perfect reading light too.
Best Advice: Don't ever concern yourself with what others think — create a space that works for you and your family, and bring your own character into your house. Don't be hasty — live in your space before making big decisions.
Dream Sources: Flea Markets, antique stores, Retrouvius, Baileys Home and garden, Kvadrat
Resources of Note:
• Farrow and Ball : Strong White–Spare room and boys rooms
• Wallpaper: Cole & Son, Vivienne Westward - Squiggle
• Yellow buttoned armchair: Antique shop
• Table: Conran shop warehouse sale
• Pendant: John Lewis
• Chairs: Ebay
• Scaffolding shelves
• Artwork: //www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/
• Built-in shelving: custom made
• Butchers block: Gumtree
• Sea Fan artwork: //www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk
• Bath: Villeroy and Boch
• Mirror: Heals
• Pendant: reclamation Yard
• Cabinet: Ebay
• Marble shelf: reclamation Yard
• Artwork: //www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/
• Wall light: IKEA
• furniture: IKEA
• Wall shelves: Urban Outfitters
• Rug: Urban Outfitters
• Chair: Ebay
• Parquet Side Table: Charity shop
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Jeremy Lin looked around on the first day of the Houston Rockets' training camp with more hope than expectation. James Harden arrived three weeks later and everything changed.
The Rockets are back in the playoffs for the first time since the 2008-09 season. Houston will face Oklahoma City, Harden's former team, in the first round beginning Sunday.
Houston had the No. 6 seed within reach after clinching a berth last week, but losses in three of its last four games dropped the Rockets to No. 8.
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What have Meerkats got to do with Movies?
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Good question! If like many keen cinemagoers you have been asking yourself what those furry little zoo favourites have got to do with your local movie theatre, here's the low down.
Many of us were disappointed to find out a few weeks back that Orange Wednesdays would be no more. Ever since the inception of EE and the last of those adverts starring Spacey look-a-like Brennan Brown, the end of Orange's cinema deal has been on the horizon. Fortunately though, the great ticket offer that's saved many a skint bachelor on a first date, and allowed us all to splash out on extra popcorn and drinks after saving 2-4-1 on tickets is back!
Meerkat Movies, for those not familiar with the relentless animated adverts, is the new cinema ticket offer from Compare the Market. Claiming your free tickets is easy, and the offer is now valid on Tuesdays AND Wednesdays, offering double the options for mid-week movie fans.
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The earlier Alzheimer's is detected, the better chance a patient has of receiving treatments that may delay certain symptoms. Early diagnosis also allows families to better plan for the care and support which may be needed.
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Every J-term, we offer a study abroad ARTH 110 Intro to Art History Course in London. This past January, Margaret Conley and Ben Kraemer were two of the undergraduate students who took part in the course.
This past January we were given the amazing opportunity to study art history in one of the most historic cities in the world – London, England. Personally, this was, and still is, the most incredible and life-changing learning experience we have ever had. Our days were spent traveling around to historic sites, museums, and learning what living in the city of London feels like. Our class focused on five topics: architecture, museums and collecting, British painting, Amerindian Art, and World War II in London. London was an amazing city to study art history because modern skyscrapers stand next to buildings that have stood since the time of William the Conqueror. The city has a thriving culture where people from all over the world convene and collaborate. London has one of the best modes of transportation – The Tube. This underground metro system makes traveling across the city extremely convenient and there is no better feeling than getting off the Tube and seeing one of the amazing landmarks London has to offer, like Big Ben, when you walk up the stairs and onto the street.
The first week of our time in London led us to explore the history of England and delve deeper into the architecture of the historic city. The first day began exploring the Tower of London, the earliest Norman structure built in England. The structure was like a small town because it was so expansive. You could feel the history in the buildings walls as you walked through the buildings. Impressive armor, tapestries, and carvings decorated the buildings. One of the biggest highlights was seeing the Crown Jewels. The crowns that adorned the heads of the kings and queens of England were just a few feet in front of us. Diamonds and jewels the size of your fist helped decorate the priceless objects. We toured Hampton Court Palace, the favored palace of King Henry VIII and saw the impressive architecture that dominated the Tudor era. The bricks of the building formed intricate designs on the exterior of the building and even the chimneys had extremely ornate decorations. This edifice left no doubt about the power that the royalty contained. Westminster Abbey displayed the importance of wealth in the sacred realm through its magnificent Gothic architecture and decorative arts. This incredible building contained some amazing stained glass windows and contained the tombs of England's royalty, including Elizabeth I and her sister, Mary I.
The numerous museums of London were also explored during our month abroad, including the British Museum, Sir John Soane Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, and National Gallery. Beautiful paintings, sculptures, and other artwork filled our days. Medieval artwork with amazing tapestries, Renaissance art, including the only Michelangelo sculpture in Great Britain, and modern artists were displayed. Seeing the brushstrokes on the works of art was incomparable to seeing images projected in a classroom.
The group took a day trip to Oxford as well. We got to see one of the oldest libraries in Europe along with the oldest building at the college. Not to mention, we got to see the library from Harry Potter along with the setting for the Yule Ball! Oxford was an amazing city and filled with rich historical figures. At every street corner, we could see something that inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, or C. S. Lewis's many theological writings. Oxford is a truly inspirational city.
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To make a Frankenstein costume, one needs green makeup, a black wig, four wine corks, a cheap plastic headband, black boots, a blazer and dark leggings. Glue two corks in a "T" shape and paint them silver for the neck bolts. Use the green makeup to color the skin on the face and hands.Continue Reading
The color of the clothing for this costume does not really matter, but it should be dark, such as navy or black. The boots should be big and clunky. If one already has black hair, style it up and back, away from the face. If not, a black wig works perfectly.
To make the neck bolts, glue one cork to another in the shape of a "T" using a hot glue gun. Paint them silver and let dry. Attach one to each end of a plastic headband, which is then worn around the neck to represent Frankenstein's neck bolts.
Get dressed in the costume prior to applying the green makeup. This decreases the chance that any makeup rubs off on the clothing. Apply the green makeup to face, neck and hands. Use a black eyeliner pencil to draw stitches on the forehead and around the wrists to represent where the monster was pieced together. Put on the wig and the neck bolts and the costume is ready to go.Learn more about Sewing


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Adele? This dog seems to really feel her
Cruelty to animals? You be the judge.
The dog in the video above is listening to Adele's hit single, "Hello."
He or she isn't restrained, so we won't say he or she is being forced to listen to the song. He or she appears free to leave the room, just as we are free to turn off the radio, or the Adele television ad, or the Adele TV show appearance.
Adele is not inescapable, though it sometimes seems that way.
A woman named Jillian Caspers posted the video of she and her dog sharing some Adele time — though it has been removed from some media outlets after complaints of copyright infringement by SME Entertainment Group.
(Don't be surprised if it disappears from here as well. It's not that Adele and her representatives are worried about us drowning in her music — a distinct possibility — they just want to make sure they get paid for it.)
We reproduce the video here not to step on Adele's toes, but for a scholarly examination of the dog's reaction to this particular song, which is also known to result in serious and heartfelt pangs of emotion in humans.
But is that what the dog is experiencing? Or is it just hurting his or her ears? Note how he or she howls most loudly during the high-pitched chorus.
It's always a mistake to pretend we understand what a dog is feeling. And while conjecture about it is not necessarily a bad thing — it shows some sensitivity on our part — it often fails to get us anywhere as well.
And yet we can't help but wonder.
Is the dog's wailing a result of Adele's vocal style hurting his or her ears? Or is he or she moved by the song's oh-so-drippy emotion? We don't think he or she is picking up on any sadness from the owner, as she is laughing her head off about it all.
It's doubtful, too, that the dog is understanding the insipid lyrics.
The truth is — and it rips our heart in two to say this — we will never know.
Are the plaintive and nostalgic tones of Adele's voice enough to send the dog on an emotional roller coaster ride. Is the dog having the equivalent of what we humans would call "a good cry."
Or are the whines simply his or her way of saying, "Please spare me from another second of this."
(All profits from this blog post will be sent to SME Entertainment Group)
Posted by John Woestendiek December 8th, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: adele, animals, behavior, cry, crying, dog, dogs, ears, emotions, hearing, hello, hit, moaning, music, nostalgia, pain, pets, sadness, single, song, wailing, whining
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Ace's diagnosis: A herniated disc
Ace apparently has a herniated disc – a condition his temporary veterinarian hopes will go away with several weeks of rest, a ban on strenuous physical activity, some anti-inflammatory drugs, and multiple daily doses of doggie Valium.
Seeking to solve the mystery of the periodic yelps he has been emitting the past few days, we paid a visit to Ard-Vista Animal Hospital in Winston-Salem, where Ace – after two days of being poked and prodded by me – was poked and prodded by someone who actually knew what he was doing.
It was the first time, other than our stop in Santa Fe to get updated on vaccinations, that Ace required medical attention during our travels – ten months during which he has probably jumped in and out of the back of my Jeep Liberty 3,000 or so times.
There's no knowing what caused Ace's disc to herniate, but I suspect that's the culprit, which is easier to say than I suspect I'm the culprit – for I'm the one who dreamed up this trip, I'm the one who repeatedly says, "Getinthecar, getinthecar."
Veterinarians – the one Ace visited included – make a point of telling owners of dogs so afflicted that it's probably nothing they did, that it could be genetic. But guilt is like an old faucet – even when somebody tries to turn it all the way off it still drips.
I'd felt the guilt even before we got to the vet, back three days ago when Ace, who is six, first balked at jumping into the car. I ordered a ramp the next day, and it came today, about two hours after we got the diagnosis — and thankfully before I had to lift him into the car, in which case we'd probably be talking about two herniated discs right now.
We arrived at the vet early, after a morning in which Ace's behavior turned even more bizarre. He followed me everywhere I went, toilet included, and sat at my feet, peering sadly into my eyes. I'm not one to put words into the mouths of dogs, but many of us dog people receive messages whether they're being sent or not, and the one I was getting was, "This pain I'm experiencing – the one I refuse to let on where it is (because, after all, I'm a dog and can't talk)? It's getting worse. Is there nothing you can do about it?"
Uncharacteristically, he didn't jump up on the front counter at the vet's office, another sign that something was wrong. I passed along his history, and they weighed him in – 127 pounds.
Dr. Raymond Morrison ran his hands along all of Ace, moving his legs, testing his joints, none of which produced a yelp – only a couple of mild growls. When he pushed down on Ace's head though, Ace yelped, just as he had when I did the same thing the night before.
Dr. Morrison's diagnosis: A herniated disc, something that's not uncommon in either little dogs, like dachshunds, or big ones, like Rottweiler's. With Ace it appeared to be a disc located near the neck. The vet opted for conservative steps – a Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (or NSAID), administered once a day. Despite having heard of some pretty bad side effects from NSAIDs in dogs, I agreed.
The drugs and bed rest might possibly take care of the situation. If they don't, and his pain continues, he'll need to get x-ray, CT scan or MRI and be evaluated by a neurologist. Surgery is a possibility.
A herniated disc is a tear that allows spongy material to escape from the disc and protrude into the spinal canal, like jelly oozing out of a jelly donut. By pushing on the spinal cord, it causes inflammation, resulting, in Ace's case, neck pain. In more severe cases it can lead to weakness and a lack of coordination in the limbs, loss of bladder and bowel control, and paralysis.
Based on the diagnosis, there will have to be some lifestyle changes – some temporary, some permanent. No more jumping in and out the car. No more jumping in and out of my bed, at least not for several weeks. No more collar around his neck; instead we'll use his harness. And for the next two weeks, no frolicking, no wrestling, no playing – except for perhaps a quiet board game.
Well be laying low in the basement, during which time I'll likely continue to ponder that grey and squiggly line between pampering and over-protecting one's canine and letting a dog – ala "Merle's Door" — be a dog.
Just now, eight hours after our vet visit, six hours after administering medication, we stepped outside. Ace, for the first time in several days, gave his body a full shake, and crouched into a play stance, full of life. All his guardedness about moving his head – at least for a moment – was gone. As Dr. Morrison said might happen, he was raring to go, wanting to play and seemingly feeling no pain.
"That's just the Valium talking," I said. "No playing. Stop being joyful." He obeyed, and started looking sad and droopy again.
With that I grabbed his harness (his collar being garbage now) and, like two stoop-shouldered old men, we walked slowly back to the house.
At least for the next few weeks, I plan to err on the side of being over-protective.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 17th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: ace, animals, anti inflammatory, ard-vista animal hospital, car, diagnosis, dog's country, dogs, drugs, guilt, herniated disc, identifying, injury, jumping, medicine, merle's door, nsaid, over protective, pain, pets, raymond morrison, road trip, side effects, source, travel, travels with ace, under protective, valium, veterinarian, veterinary, winston-salem
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No! No! No! He's too young to be old
With exactly what, I don't know. But in the past four days, he has taken to yelping when he gets up from a long nap or makes a sudden move.
At the dog park this week, he has plodded along lethargically, showing little interest in other dogs — even when he ran into this little white fellow who shares his name. How's that for a pair of Aces?
I have poked and prodded every inch of his oversized body, but I'm unable to pinpoint what particular spot might be hurting him.
So today, we're off to the vet.
My first thought was the hips. That's based partly on the simple fact that he's very big. Then, too, some of you might recall, when I took Ace to an animal communicator three months ago, she told me he was having some mild discomfort in that area. Add in the 10 months we've been traveling, and all the hopping up into and down from the back of my jeep he's been doing, and the hips seem as good a guess as any.
I knew the day would come when the jumping in and out of the car would need to cease, and given his size, maybe that practice should never have started. Chances are — at age 6 — that day is here, earlier than I expected, and not without some accompanying guilt on my part.
Then again, it might not be his hips at all. Although he's hesitating to jump into the car, he's not yelping when he does so — only when makes a sudden movement, usually after laying still.
I've pushed on his paws, rubbed the lengths of his legs, looked into his ears and down his throat, poked his belly and prodded his hips. None of that seemed to bother him. He didn't yelp. He didn't do that thing he does where his eyes get big, which signifies, to me, anyway, rising alarm on his part. That would have told me I was getting close.
The only time he yelped was when I lowered his head, making me think maybe the pain is in his neck, or spine-related. A half hour massage followed, which, though it might not have helped at all, he seemed to appreciate.
I am puzzled, too, about how much of his current "down-ness" is physical, and how much of it might be emotional.
Twice, I've come home to hear him howling — not howls of pain, I don't think, but howls of loneliness. Twice I've left the video camera on, to try and capture their onset, but he didn't howl those times. And the times he did, he immediately cheered up and ran around when I walked through the door.
I'm pretty sure Ace is less than in love with our new basement quarters, though he likes the upstairs and yard just fine. He has shown a distinct preference for being outside, content to lay at top of stairs, keeping an eye on the kitchen window of the mansion owner, who gives him a daily biscuit.
Something about the basement bothers him. And friends I've talked about it with have different theories. Maybe he was mistreated in a basement in his puppyhood. Maybe the old mansion we're living under is haunted. Maybe, with a firehouse around the corner, the sirens are bothering him, though they never have before — and we lived in Baltimore, where sirens are background music. Maybe it's the lack of sunlight, or he's getting arthritic and the cold and dampness of the cellar aggravate it.
He's moving slowly, lethargically (except when the treats come out), and rather than circling twice before laying down, he's circling about eight times.
Yesterday, working with my theory that it might be his neck, I took a treat and moved it around in front of him — from side to side, then up and down. There were no yelps. Either it caused no pain, or the thought of getting food superceded it.
So, with fingers crossed, we're headed to the nearest veterinarian, with hopes that whatever is bothering him is something minor, something that will pass or doesn't cost too much to fix, something unrelated to all the traveling I've put him through — 21,000 miles of it over the past ten months, something that is neither chronic nor old-age related.
Because he's too young to be old.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 16th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: ace, aches, aging, america, animals, back, basement, depression, diagnose, discomfort, dog's country, dogs, dogscountry, emotional, health, howling, howls, mansion, neck, north carolina, old, pain, pets, physical, road trip, sick, spine, travel, traveling with dogs, travels with ace, veterinarian, veterinary, vets, yelping, yelps
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Laboratory use of dogs on the upswing
Given the endlessly rising popularity of dogs, and our increasing emotional attachment to them, medical researchers who use them for experiments can expect stronger and growing opposition to the practice from the public, a leading expert in canine-human interaction told a conference at Johns Hopkins University this week.
James Serpell, director of the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, was the keynote speaker at a conference sponsored by the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The 30-year-old, non–profit center promotes humane science by supporting the creation, development and use of alternatives to animals in research, product safety testing, and education. It seeks ways to replace animals with non-animal methods, reduce the numbers of animals necessary, or refine methods to make them less painful or stressful to the animals involved
Serpell and other speakers both pointed out that after decades of declining, the use of dogs in medical research has increased in the last couple of years.
U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show that the number of dogs used in medical research and testing dropped from 200,000 in 1973 to 66,000 in 2007, said Tanya Burkholder, chief of the Small Animal Section at the National Institutes of Health. Now, she said, the number has risen to about 75,000 a year.
Much of the increase is likely a result of advancements in, and the promise of, gene therapy.
Dogs have always been a valuable research model for scientists, going as far back as Aristotle's day. Their size, physiology and cooperative behavior have made them convenient models for scientists, who, like Pavlov's dog, grew conditioned to using them in experiments.
While public opposition to subjecting dogs to medical experiments resulted in the practice dwindling in recent decades, the use of dogs has crept up again in the last two years due to advances in molecular biology, genetics and the sequencing of the canine genome.
Because dogs get about 220 of the same inherited diseases and disorders that humans do — including Alzheimer's, muscular dystrophy, hemophilia and retinal degeneration – medical researchers are able to study the underlying genetic defects and, through dogs, seek cures.
This means dogs are being bred to be born with the diseases in colonies at U.S. universities and research institutes and, in the case of South Korea, cloned to be born with the diseases.
No one at the conference went so far as to suggest a halt to using dogs in research, but Serpell warned that the practice does come with risks, and a price.
Dogs evoke protective and nurturing instincts in people, and those have grown stronger as the dog-human relationship has evolved — to the point that dogs are viewed more as family members than family pets. Public opposition to the laboratory use of dogs has continually grown in the last few decades.
Researchers need to be cognizant not just of society's strong feelings about dogs, but also about dog's strong feelings for humans, Serpell said. "Many dogs undergo severe distress when contact with a human is limited or thwarted. We don't give that regard sufficient credence," he said.
The stronger attachment to dogs is in part due to breeders focusing on creating animals for purposes of human companionship, unlike in the past when they were bred for the work they could do. Serpell noted that baby-like features, for one thing, appeal to humans.
Showing photos of dogs, Serpell pointed to one and said, "This animal looks like it was invented by Walt Disney."
Our attraction to dogs stems too from the fact that they make eye contact with humans more than any other species, and studies have shown that petting, or even looking, at a dog increases our levels of oxytocin.
"These dogs are turning us on by looking at us," he said.
Our evolving closeness to dogs has implications for the laboratory, he noted, and perhaps all of society.
Serpell pointed to commentator Tucker Carlson's recent statement that dogs are the social equals of humans, and that therefore Micheal Vick should have been executed for killing them.
"Lots of people feel the same way," he said.
Posted by John Woestendiek January 13th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Wales bans electric shock collars
Electric shock collars have been banned in Wales.
Under the ban — the first in the UK — owners who zap their dogs for misbehaving face a fine of up to £20,000 or six months in prison.
Around 500,000 electric collars are in use in the UK, including some 20,000 in Wales, the Daily Mail reported.
Pet welfare groups, including the RSPCA and the Kennel Club, say the electronic devices cause unnecessary pain and suffering, and that they'd like to see the ban extended across Britain.
Proponents of the collars say they can improve the behavior of dogs that would otherwise be put down, train excitable pets to stop running into traffic and stop them from worrying sheep or inflicting other damage. Banning the collars, they say, could lead to shelters being inundated with unmanageable pets.
The RSPCA counters that, rather than using pain and punishment to train dogs, pet owners should use rewards such as treats and balls. It called The Welsh Assembly's decision "a historic day for animal welfare."
"'Wales has proven it is truly leading the way," Kennel Club Secretary Caroline Kisko said, "and we hope the rest of the UK will follow by example to outlaw these cruel and unnecessary devices."
Posted by John Woestendiek March 25th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, ban, banned, behavior, cats, collars, correcting, dogs, electric, electric collar, electric shock collar, electronic, fines, illegal, kennel club, news, ohmidog!, pain, pets, prison, punishment, rspca, shelters, shock, suffering, training, uk, wales, welsh, zap
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Mist opportunity: Spray your dog's pain away
A drug company and a pet health company have joined forces to market a new spray mist pain reliever for dogs.
The companies are developing a mist version of the pain medication meloxicam, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is commonly used to treat dogs with arthritis.
It is currently available in pill, liquid and injectable forms.
Abbott Laboratories said in a press release today that it is collaborating with Velcera Inc. to make and sell the pain treatment that will use Velcera's "Promist" system, which allows a mist-formulation of the drug to be sprayed inside a pet's mouth.
The product will be the first canine pain management product delivered in a transmucosal mist — a form the company says can get into the bloodstream as much as ten times more quickly than a tablet.
"Abbott Animal Health is dedicated to bringing high quality and innovative treatments to veterinarians and their clients," said Lynn Bromstedt, divisional vice president, Abbott Animal Health. "This revolutionary pain management product will be a great addition to Abbott's existing animal health portfolio and could make medication compliance easier for pet owners."
Promist(TM) technology delivers the active ingredient through a fine mist to the inside cheek or oral cavity of the animal, where it is quickly absorbed through the mucous membranes of the mouth.
Posted by John Woestendiek August 19th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: abbot laboratories, dog, dogs, health, medication, medicine, meloxicam, mist, nsaid, pain, pet, promist, spray, spray mist, velcera, veterinarians, veterinary
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Canadian writer says, "No Marley for me"
A Canadian writer plans to avoid seeing the movie Marley & Me, just as he avoided reading the book. His reasons?
"Spot. Josette. Lulu. Nipper. Paddy. Orly. Brownie. Bijou. Byng. Avery. Tiger. Barkley. Wiggins. Sidney. Those are some of the real-life dogs who've departed on my watch."
Craig MacInnes, in an opinion piece for the Ottawa Citizen, says he, for one, has seen enough dogs die during his life. Why go to the movies to see it again?
"Figuratively speaking, dogs rarely make it to the end-credits of our human lifetimes, preceding us to the hereafter in what is surely Nature's cruelest, most screwed-up plan. Innocent, loyal and trusting, they are rewarded for their blind devotion with a lousy 10 to 15 years, while we get to dither and careen through seven or eight full decades, a journey collectively freighted by the nagging ache of all our losses."
Posted by John Woestendiek December 25th, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, avoid, bereavement, book, boycott, column, death, dog, dog movies, dogs, heroes, loss, marley, marley & me, mourning, movie, opinion, pain, pet, yellow lab
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Spanish tapas menu for entertaining
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The history of Spanish tapas: simple and delicious international recipesThe term "Tapas" has become a regularly advertised menu item in American restaurants, bars, cafes and other dining establishments. These unique appetizer-sized dishes have also become a favorite for party planners and hosts who wish to entertain with a Spanish tapas menu in order to add an international flair and global flavors to their dinner parties or social events.
But what exactly does the word tapas mean, and where did these recipes originate?
This dining concept first began centuries ago in Andalusia, Spain, during the reign of the Spanish king Alfonso the 10th. Spanish taverns and bars began serving wine and alcoholic drinks that were accompanied by light snacks. This helped to prevent people from ingesting alcohol on an empty stomach, and also served to sustain people's hunger until nighttime, since typical Spanish dinners were not served until sometime between 9pm and 11pm.
The word "tapa" which directly translates as "lid" or "cover" was originally a slice of bread, accompanied by cheeses, meats, olives or other toppings, which was placed over the top of a glass of wine or sherry. These "tapas", which were included with the price of a drink, served the dual purpose of abating hunger, and covering the mouth of a glass in order to keep fruit flies out of a customer's wine.
Eventually, tapas menus caught on as popular evening rituals throughout Spain. Many taverns adopted the custom of offer evening drink specials, accompanied by a variety of tapas items. Spanish gourmet food almost always includes many typical ingredients of tapas: anchovies, squid, angulas, cheese. This type of menu made it easy for customers to bar-hop, dine lightly, and socialize with friends, neighbors and acquaintances, before heading home for a traditional family meal.
If you are seeking themes, decor or a sophistacted international menu for an upcoming party or event, you will be relieved to learn how remarkably easy it really is to entertain with a Spanish tapas menu. Add some soft guitar music and serve up some sangria to complete the Spanish theme for your next gathering. To get you started, here are a few simple, traditional and delicious Spanish tapas recipes.
How to Entertain With A Spanish Tapas Menu: Simple, Traditional, Delicious Recipes:
1. Bread:
Bread was a basic tapas item, and was regularly served with roasted garlic, olive oil, sliced cheeses, many varieties of olives, roasted peppers, stuffed peppers, sliced sausage soaked in cider (called chorizo) or other specialty meats and cold cuts.
2. Seafood:
Seafood was, and is a local specialty in Spain. Some of the most delicious and traditional seafood tapas include: Chopitos, which are battered and fried baby squid, Mariscos, which feature anchovies, sardines, squid, shrimp or mackerel stewed with olive oil in a tomato based sauce and Gambas, prawns sauteed in salsa negra (peppercorn sauce) with garlic and chilli peppers.
3. Gazpacho:
Gazpacho is a cold tomato and vegetable cream soup that typically includes tomato, cuber, pepper, onion, garlic, basil, cilantro, paprika, olive oil and vinegar. Traditionally, gazpacho was served with bread, usually tomato-bread.
4. Banderillas:
Named after the spear used by Spanish bullfighters, Banderillas describe any variety of pickled food items skewered together. For example, olives, baby onions, mushrooms, baby cucumbers, chillies, pepper slices, or even anchovies. Often, other types of seafood, such as pickled cod or mackerel were added to banderillas.
5. Morcilla Frita (Black Pudding):
Spanish morcilla frita is a very popular Spanish dish, the first sausage to be made from the freshly killed pig. Fried black pudding is typically flavored with herbs and spices such as garlic and oregano.
If you are planning to entertain with a Spanish tapas menu, be sure to pair your tapas dishes with traditional Spanish drinks and beverages such as wine, sherry, sangria, cava (Spanish champagne) or even Spanish beer, hard cider and of course, Spanish coffee.


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The tradition of the ketubah (a Jewish marriage contract) dates back 2000 years, making it one of the earliest documents granting women legal and financial rights. This example records the matrimony of a Jewish couple in 18th-century Ancona, which was known for its splendid ketubot.
What is a ketubah?
A ketubah (in Hebrew, the plural is ketubot) is simply a marriage contract, though it is not a part of the actual Jewish wedding ceremony. It states financial arrangements, and each partner's rights and responsibilities. Ketubahs are often lavishly decorated, perhaps reflecting the styles and aesthetics of the time and place, and may be proudly displayed in a couple's home.
A thriving port on the Adriatic, the papal city of Ancona was the site of a prosperous and cultured Jewish community. Welcomed in the 15th century, they had to weather local oppression in the 16th when 24 of them were burned at the stake. The community was confined to a ghetto and suffered persecution as late as the 1770s.
Perhaps as a desire to reinforce their identity in the face of these challenges, Ancona became one of the major centres of Ketubah decoration in Italy. So luxurious were some ketubahs that the Jewish community authorities had to set a maximum permitted price. One of their distinctive marks was the pointed upper border, known as an 'ogee arch'. Another typical feature, with many variations, was a wider external frame with roundels incorporating the signs of the zodiac and narrative Biblical scenes.
Couples looking to buy ketubahs today can still buy examples decorated in the style of 18th-century Ancona, similar to the one illustrated here.
What does this ketubah say?
This ketubah records the marriage of Moses Michael ben Judah from Ascoli and Esther, daughter of Joshua Sabbetai, in Ancona. This contract includes a depiction of Jerusalem in the lower vignette with the following legend: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning" (Psalms 137: 5), which is often recited at Jewish ceremonies. The text also memorably occurs in William Walton's 1931 choral piece Belshazzar's Feast.
Hebrew scriptural verses from Proverbs 12:4 and Psalms 128:3 alluding to the wife's attributes and her fertility appear in the upper perimeter inside the crown and in the heart-shaped cartouche placed beneath it.
What happens at a Jewish wedding?
In the Jewish tradition the wedding ceremony is usually held in a synagogue, although this is not obligatory. The bride and groom are traditionally married under a hupah (bridal canopy), something originally mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Joel 2: 16; Psalms 19: 6).
The hupah symbolises the new home that the bride and groom will build together, and is usually made of cloth and held up by four poles. During the ceremony, the rabbi conducting the marriage service, the couple and their closest relatives stand under the canopy. The structure is open on all sides, as was patriarch Abraham's tent, a clear allusion to the hospitality of a Jewish home.
The groom gives the bride a ring and breaks a glass underfoot, said to be a reminder of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. The terms of the dowry are set down in the ketubah.
- Full title:
- Italian ketubah
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- 1776, Ancona, Italy
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- Manuscript / Ketubah
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- Public Domain
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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
Here is Mr. Joel Stein, very excited to be a fireman.
I've followed Joel Stein's funny, smart writing for years. He seems to pop up all over the place -- the Los Angeles Times, TIME, and various TV shows about various pop culture things. I love the title of his new book, "Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity," mostly because many of our conventional notions of masculinity and femininity are dumb and I think it's cool that Joel has a sense of humor about the whole thing.
Plus, I dig these kind of stunt journalism books where the author puts him/herself at risk in order to entertain the rest of us. They're sort of like armchair travel books, but instead of taking a trip to a spa in Tibet, I get punched in the face by a UFC fighter. Or, rather, Joel does. He also consults manly dudes like a Marine and his own alpha father-in-law in order to find out how to set a good example for his new son. I asked Joel a bunch of questions about dude things, and here's what he had to say.
Sara Benincasa: Do you subscribe to the notion that there are alpha males and beta males? If so, where do you see yourself?
Joel Stein: There's no subscribing. It's totally true. I was going to call the book "Beta Male," until we ran it by people and they were confused and asked if was a book about science. Dana White told me the world divides neatly into jocks, nerds and stoners, but there are alpha males who don't fit into any of those categories. They're not very socially adept, but they love to fight and dominate. They love confrontation. And I avoid them at all costs, unless the cost is not writing a book.
SB: Has society moved the goalposts? Is it harder, or less clear, what it means to be a man than it once was?
JS: It's definitely less clear. Which is great. The old system made for some lonely marriages. But we've also lost some good things. Like a code to live by. I could use a code. Right now I decide what to do according to how good the dinner will be.
SB: Of all the things you undertook while trying to learn about masculinity, which was the most challenging?
JS: I was most scared of doing three days of Army boot camp. But that's not what I hated most. I kind of hated hunting. Not the killing. The waking up early and standing quietly in the woods all day. I can't handle life without constant stimulation. Not manly.
SB: You got in the ring with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. How terrifying was that?
JS: I was, as he told me after, adrenaline-drained before we started. I got so tired I didn't care that he was hitting me; I just wanted it to end, like those boxers who just hug the other guy. I thought he'd punch me or pin me in five seconds and it would go dark and be over. But he made me suffer the full five minutes so I'd know how hard it is.
SB: Did you meet any stereotypically macho men in your travels who ended up having surprisingly feminine qualities?
JS: Almost all of them. A Marine sergeant finished screaming at me during my swim training and then, apparently, watched YouTube videos from the musical "Wicked."
SB: Which kind of man do you think your lady would rather be with -- the old-fashioned alpha dog or a more sensitive modern guy?
JS: Modern sensitive guy for sure. I'm pretty much the first guy she dated with who hasn't turned out to be gay. Still, she wouldn't mind if I beat someone up to defend her honor.
SB: Can you compare your macho father-in-law's view of being a man with your personal views?
JS: My father-in-law deeply believes in being self-reliant. Until I met him, I'd never thought of self-reliance as literally being reliant on myself. I thought it was just about making money and connections. So more like relying on other people. Ken, however, grew up assuming he'd have to do a lot himself. His dad -- a man I know only by the name he asked Cassandra to call him, "Big Daddy" -- was a steamfitter, a job that sounds like it that should have disappeared when gasoline was discovered.
When Ken was 17, Big Daddy told him he'd have to start paying rent, so he moved out on his own and got a job laying cement, then later as a carpenter. When I was 17, my parents sat down and figured out a monthly budget of how much to give me while they were paying for my insanely expensive college 3,000 miles away. My mom included, in her calculations, a line item for dry cleaning. I still haven't used up the dry-cleaning allotment.
SB: What about your own dad -- is/was he a manly man?
JS: My dad is super aggro. I never really appreciated how manly he was until I did three days of boot camp in the Army and thought about the fact that he punched his sergeant when he was a private. That's like being a Soviet citizen at a May Day parade and punching Stalin. My dad is a little nuts.
SB: What were some of the ideal characteristics of a man back when your father and father-in-law were your age? How about now?
JS: It used to be a bit more about self-reliance and standing up for yourself. I don't know that it's been replaced by something. Not entrepreneurship, not even irony. Though I'm sure each generation, thanks to technology, is less manly. If the Bible is any indication, men used to spend most of their time pillaging and enslaving the town next to them.
SB: What kind of man do you hope your son will be?
JS: I hope he's not as afraid as I am of asking girls out, going to parties, asking for a balloon from the guy at the shoe store. But I hope he's not a dick either. Sadly, I'd rather he didn't get the balloon than was a dick. I still hate the dick kid with the balloon.


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Improving Apps with UI Automation
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Edge Show 116 - Docker on Azure
Hi, Guys,
Just done my test run of Docker on Azure following Ross's tutorial here:
(This link is not easy to find).
I've got a question though: apparently Docker is a great tool to deploy everything Linux, what if we want similar experience to deploy ASP.NET, Windows Service, WCF etc.?
Is there plan to let Windows support Operating System Level Virtualisation something LXC can do? If not, why?
Best regards,
EdgeShow 50 - Windows Azure and StorSimple
Here is the cake (^)
And Questions:
1, So StorSimple is a device? What is stopping the team to make it work as a driver or service on Windows 7/8/Server 2012 so we can mount an Azure drive for backup?
2, What about Azure storage price? Is it still the same even backup could be very cold? i.e. There is no new offer on cheaper cold storage?
3, Regarding TBs data over WAN, except the mentioned de-duplication, no other new stuff on offer right?
Using SQLite in Windows Store Apps
Seriously guys, I kind of remember there is a Server and Tools Division inside Microsoft, which happens to have a product called SQL Server, and something like SQL Express, SQL Embeded, SQL Compact, SQL Whatever. Are they all dead?
Rx Workshop: Introduction
Dear two,
How does Rx compare with Dryad?