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The worst baby advice ever
In the annals of bad baby advice, a dubious prize goes to Tennessee preacher Michael Pearl, who provoked outrage last year when it came to light that a book he had written with his wife, To Train Up a Child, was allegedly linked to the deaths of three children by abuse and neglect.
An advocate of training children the way one might "stubborn mules", Pearl recommends eliminating the "selfish compulsion". In a less violent vein, according to this recent video clip, he also believes that devoted mothers can potty-train their infants by the time they are two weeks old.
Inspired by Pearl (and the tale of a 1960s Miami paediatrician who believed in feeding solids to newborns), I decided to survey the worst advice given to parents, going back to the 1700s.
What stands out most in these books is the chiding tone espoused by the mostly male physicians writing them. From the 1700s until the mid-20th century - when Benjamin Spock advocated a gentler, instinct-based approach to parenting in The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care - science was often positioned in opposition to motherly instinct, and mothers were repeatedly criticised for being "anxious, well-meaning, but ignorant", as one 1916 book put it.
Of course, it was often the so-called experts who were ignorant. Scottish physician William Buchan's 1804 book Advice to Mothers informed them that "in all cases of dwarfishness or deformity, ninety-nine out of a hundred are owing to the folly, misconduct or neglect of mothers".
Some of the tips - such as infant lard baths - are not necessarily bad, just strange to contemporary eyes. And some are remarkable only for the fact they were necessary. An 1878 book called Advice to Mother informed said mother that she should not give her baby gin to relieve flatulence. A 1749 essay by a physician advised changing infants' clothing frequently because clean clothes didn't, in fact, "rob them of their nourishing Juices". Here are the other choice examples:
A spoiled baby is a socialist baby
Before Spock's 1946 book, a strict approach dominated baby advice books. Experts advised mothers to keep infants on schedules for feeding and sleeping. Holding them just for the sake of it was considered a sure way to produce what a 1911 text termed a "little tyrant". As the US Department of Labor observed in an Infant Care pamphlet in 1929, "a baby should learn that such habitual crying will only cause his parents to ignore him".
Under the behaviorist thinking pioneered by psychologist John B. Watson and others, spoiling a baby was an immoral act that could forever curdle a child's character. Watson advised parents never to hug and kiss their children.
A 1916 book warned parents not to bounce babies on their knees, as it would spoil babies and lead to "wrecked nerves". In general, wrote physician L. Emmett Holt in 1894, playing with babies was a bad idea: "Never until four months, and better not until six months."
As late as 1962, well after Spock's kinder, gentler approach had become a staple of beside tables across the country, a Miami paediatrician named Walter W. Sackett jnr came out with a book called Bringing Up Babies, in which he implied that parents who failed to impose strict schedules on their babies were downright unpatriotic. Absolutely no night feedings, he wrote, no matter how young the baby, nor how much it cried.
"If we teach our offspring to expect everything to be provided on demand, we must admit the possibility that we are sowing the seeds of socialism," Sackett warned, likening overindulgent parents to Hitler and Stalin.
Toilet train your newborns
If there is one pervasive theme in baby advice books from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is a preoccupation with the bowels. Much of it traces to concern over diarrhoea-causing infections that killed many infants, though "sluggish bowels" were also a concern. "If we lock up the bowels, we confine the enemy and thus produce mischief," British doctor Pye Henry Chavasse warned in 1878.
The daily drudgery of cleaning dirty cloth nappies may have been part of the impetus for recommendations to toilet train newborns, but experts often added a moral component.
In 1935, a US Department of Labor Infant Care pamphlet called an infant's regulation of his bowels and bladder a key part of his "character building".
Mothers were instructed to start bowel training their babies at two months of age, holding the baby over the "chamber" at the precise same time each day, and "using a soap stick, if necessary" to provoke a movement.
By six to eight months, the pamphlet predicted, the baby would be trained, and by 10 months, parents could start in on bladder training. As an added benefit to the mother's cleaning chores, said infant "will begin to learn that he is part of a world bigger than that of his own desires".
Don't poison the baby with angry breast milk
Several advice books suggested that mothers could harm their babies by thinking the wrong sorts of thoughts. The Sadlers, husband-and-wife doctors who collected their wisdom in 1916, blamed "angry" mothers for causing their babies' colic. Mothers could also run dry by engaging in "worry, grief, or nagging," they wrote.
In his 1877 book Advice to a Wife, Chavasse informed mothers not to nurse for too long. Once the baby was past nine months, nursing could cause "brain disease" in babies and blindness in mothers.
Watch out for the wet nurse (and baby nurse, and washerwoman ...)
By the turn of the 20th century, infant care manuals had become "staples in the middle-class American nursery", medical historian Howard Markel observes, and the women reading them were informed that the lower-class women helping with their childcare brought all manner of diseases and bad habits into their homes.
"Mothers cannot be too watchful of nursemaids," advised a "Mrs Max West", the author of a 1914 US government pamphlet, writing that these "vicious" women might leave babies in wet nappies or feed them candy.
One 1916 book, The Mother and Her Child, went so far as to suggest that nurses shouldn't expect too much pay, since they were getting something "money cannot buy" by being permitted to live in the edifying environment of an upper-class home.
Meanwhile, washerwomen were apt to wash a baby's clothes in corrosive "soda" and deny it, Chavasse observed in 1878.
Wet nurses were most suspicious of all. Some of this is understandable, as it was feared they could transmit such diseases as tuberculosis and syphilis to their newborn charges. But many other warnings communicated the class tensions inherent in such hires. The Mother and Her Child advised against hiring single mothers; if a woman had more than one illegitimate child, she was apt to be "mentally deficient".
Chavasse's book advised that parents inspect the wet nurse's nipples (they had to be "sufficiently long"), and make sure she didn't "menstruate during suckling", or eat pastries and gravies, both of which would harm the milk. He mandated the wet nurse's 10 pm bedtime. Last, he suggested prospective employers have the wet nurse milk her product into a glass so parents could ascertain that it was bluish-white in colour, and "sweet to the taste".
Lard baths
Several advice books around the turn of the century advised that newborns be "well smeared" in lard, olive oil or "fresh butter". "Some kind of grease is needed" for the removal of the waxy vernix coating babies are born with, explained one book. After a week of daily oilings, mothers could move on to soap and water.
Start solids at two days old
After World War II, commercial baby food producers as well as paediatricians drastically lowered the age at which they recommended babies start solids.
Between the 1930s and the 1950s, much to the delight of Gerber and Beech-Nut, the average age at which parents introduced solids plummeted from seven months to four to six weeks, according to various surveys.
Sackett, the man who feared insufficient strictness would lead to socialist babies, was at the leading edge of this trend, writing in 1962 that breast milk and formula were "deficient", and therefore babies should be started on cereal at two days of age. At 10 days, they could have strained vegetables, and by nine weeks, the little one would be eating "bacon and eggs, just like Dad!"
Sackett also recommended giving babies black coffee starting at six months, to get them used to "the normal eating habits of the family".
These days, we know more about the basics of infant nutrition and medical care, and don't waste time worrying about angry, brain-maiming breast milk. But we do fixate on matters of style (attachment parenting or cry-it-out from the nursery?), as well as the finer details of infant care (solids at four months or six?).
We also know that there are many matters for which we will probably never have definitive scientific answers. As historian Markel pointed out to me, there are ethical problems with experimental trials on babies and, besides, there is not much money to be gained in testing, for instance, whether babies should be rocked or ignored in the middle of the night.
If "there's no drug, no procedure" being tested, Markel says, there is "not likely to be funding".
If it's any consolation, surveying the fads of past advice can give you some perspective on contemporary ones. There may never be a baby book that offers the conclusive answer to every question, but it is possible to extract some wisdom from the suffering of past generations of parents.
Does the book you're reading contradict itself repeatedly, require you to override all your parental instincts, or send you into a panic over your own inadequacy? If so, burn it.
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Ahhh, a thread about the topic my life follows.
If anyone is interested, click on the link under my avatar to see my site - anyone who's talented or opinionated enough to review any metal, then prove it with some articles for me.
I personally listen to a lot of metal, a lot of other styles too, but 90% metal.
If anyone is interested, see my last.fm page - http://www.last.fm/user/pharmer4/
At this point, I am listening to Locus Mortis, from Italy.
My favourite thing is discovering new bands, although I could care less if they are popular or not - the opinions of others matters very little to me - hence I can listen to bands that some people think are "scene" or "garbage" or a "waste of time", and still enjoy them. I think I might be lucky that way, as there are a lot of bands worth hearing that people ignore because of other people's opinions.
Aha, while typing this, "Annubis" by Septicflesh has come on my pod. These Greek dudes sure know how to make some nice death metal!
One thing I find a burden with listening to metal is the constant crap metal fans give to each other and bands that are not "theirs", which just drives me insane. I hate the superiority complex people seem to have, and the bad attitudes people get.
I had one writer for my site that I ditched, because she kept saying how the bands we cover are not "extreme" enough, since we include rock as well as metal.
I also dislike when people get obnoxious. A writer I had from New York had to get sacked quick smart because he started hassling bands, stalking them, contacting them on myspace to give them shoot (rather than in person - at least that I can respect, because you'll have to back yourself up).
Camber, you'll be displeased to know the main band this guy was stalking was TBDM. @$$hole had them wanting to remove any articles about them from my site before I sacked him.
Arr, now "The Watchers (Between The Ages)" by Horologium is on. Very interesting this song, I recomend it to anyone who likes black or progressive - it fits in neither, but it is similar.
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For Jason, such moments with his mother would help shape his own career in landscape design, which fittingly celebrates the earth's beauty and bounty. Three decades hence, he has become the teacher, sharing his knowledge of organic farming and sustainability with his mother and others, as well as his belief in vegetarianism, a lifestyle Bari since has adopted. Their garden collaboration, averdant oasis in Montgomery, is firmly rooted in their mother-son bond.
A dozen years ago, the land Bari now choreographs looked quite different. That's when she and her husband, Joe Levin, first stared down a piece of property that would harbor their dream home. The swampy lot was so dense with overgrowth that a person practically bounced off of it rather than walked into it. Undeterred, they forged ahead, aiming to carve out a place of peace. Both had high-stress jobs. Bari had graduated by then from law school and taken a position as staff attorney of the Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery, where she met Joe, an attorney who co-founded the renowned champion of civil rights, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bari and Joe carried the weight of other people's lives—and in some cases, fates—on their shoulders, and a meticulous attention to detail meant everything.
"Most people think vegetables aren't attractive," Jason says. "What I wanted to help do was prove otherwise."
Jason, by this time in Tucson, Arizona, knew work meant a great deal to his mother, but he also recognized that she needed an outlet for her stress. "He kept saying, 'Wouldn't you like to have a garden? You'd really enjoy it,' "Bari recalls. "Or he'd say, 'Be sure to leave a little space for a garden.' " That seemed all well and good, Bari says, but she'd never had the time or space to tend more than a small plot of vegetables. It might be more trouble than it would be worth. Jason saw the possibilities as catharsis, not labor. "There was a rigidity in her work," he says. "I knew a garden would ease that."
"I began realizing maybe a garden could actually be enjoyable," Bari says. "A place where I wouldn't have to worry about work, and everything being so perfect." Jason was happy she'd seen the light, but a simple flowerbed didn't make complete sense to him considering Bari had begun following an organic vegetarian diet. A kitchen garden made more sense—one with Southern styling, like Bari imagined. "Most people think vegetables aren't attractive," Jason says. "What I wanted to help do was prove otherwise."
Bari bought in to the notion but wasn't sure how they could pull it off. For starters, Jason was more than 1,600 miles away. But once he had made numerous trips home to walk the space, share ideas, and collaborate on design, a plan emerged. Using materials salvaged from an old barn, building began on the garden shed, which was nestled under a towering tree blanketed with Spanish moss. That left only a 15-by-30-foot space for the garden, which would include three raised beds and a central fountain. Then there were neighborhood association hurdles to clear, as well asamending the dense clay soil and improving its drainage. Furthermore, what local landscaper could help her establish the realm she and Jason envisioned?
"It really brought us closer together. It's a thread that leads us to still talk almost every day." The garden would enlist locally sourced materials, water-saving techniques, and organic products. The mother-son phone calls were nonstop. "Jason kept saying, 'It'll be fine. There is a method to the madness,'" Bari recalls. To which Jason says with a laugh, "You can't imagine how fun it is doing irrigation long distance."
It's been 8 years since the garden was created, and Bari, now a master gardener, sees it as a stellar decision. "You have no idea how good these fresh greens are," she says. "The figs and tomatoes barely make it inside." Joe and Joel, an attorney himself in Birmingham, reap the benefits of her efforts and share in the fun of cooking the produce, supplemented with what Bari gets each week from the local farmers' market.
Tending the land and harvesting its bounty also has taught her a lesson: "I like things in order and always have," she says. "My careers have trained me to be that way. But gardening has helped me to relax. It's a living thing that you just can't control. I'm now more accepting that some things just happen."
Jason echoes his mother's positive sentiment. "I love that this has been something we could share," he says. "It really brought us closer together. It's a thread that leads us to still talk almost every day." Except for one thing. Since she's become more comfortable with the garden and the ebb and flow of planting seasons, "she now has Auburn University and the Montgomery County co-op on speed dial," he says with a sly smile. "Not me."
Shelter From Frost
To extend the growing season, Bari Levin protects her vegetables with metal hoops and frost cloth, a medium-weight permeable row-cover fabric. These protective hoop houses trap warmth near the plants, giving 6 to 8 degrees of frost protection on cold nights (or a few degrees more with a double layer of fabric). They keep out wind while letting in sunlight and moisture. Bari explains how it's done:
1. Cut 10-foot lengths of "ladder" reinforcement wire (sold at building-supply stores for reinforcing concrete-block walls) in half so that each section is 5 feet long by 6 inches wide. Bend each section of wire into an arch.
2. Place the arches 4 to 5 feet apart along the length of the bed. Insert the wire ends 4 to 6 inches into the ground for stability.
3. Cut a rectangle of frost cloth about 6 feet wide and 6 feet longer than the bed. (The cloth is also sold in large rolls, but Bari says the ease of working with smaller pieces of material far outweighs the cost savings of a bulk roll.) Drape the frost cloth over the arches, leaving sufficient material on all sides to secure it to the ground.
4. Use clothespins to clip the frost cloth to each section of wire. Hold the fabric edges snugly against the ground with wire anchor pins, stones, or lengths of pipe. Unclip and raise the frost cloth to harvest plants and when the weather conditions are more favorable.
Soft On Worms
Bari Levin uses a three-layer Can-O-Worms vermicompost bin—a holiday gift from her son Jason—to produce liquid organic fertilizer from the castings of well-fed red wigglers. This self-contained composting bin has stacking trays where the worms turn food scraps into fertilizer. Coconut fiber serves as worm bedding, and newspapers help maintain moisture.
Note: Some soil scientists recommend freezing worm castings before using them as fertilizer to avoid introducing nonnative, invasive worm species to the garden.


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SAN FRANCISCO — As Madison Bumgarner prepares for his Game 2 start Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds, the Giants hope the left-hander can tap into the same youthful bliss that carried him through a dazzling postseason in 2010.
Bumgarner, now a wise old 23, conceded Saturday that he was thinking too much as he was going 2-2 with a 5.47 ERA in September.
Now that the playoffs are here, he's switching his brain off.
"Once you get in the postseason, you can't think about the mechanics, can't think about any of that," Bumgarner said. " You just have to go out there and compete with whatever you've got."
His naïveté served him well in 2010 when he became the fourth youngest pitcher in baseball history to win a World Series game. In all, he went 2-0 with a 2.18 ERA in four postseason games.
Giants Manager Bruce Bochy played down Bumgarner's mechanical issues, saying that the pitcher "just got out of sync a little bit there." In Bumgarner's final start, he gave up four runs in four innings and lasted just 76 pitches against the San Diego Padres.
Bochy said the pitcher is making too big a turn in his windup and will try to "short it up a little bit."
Despite stumbling down the stretch, Bumgarner finished 16-11 with a 3.37 ERA and became the first Giants left-hander since Kirk Rueter (1998) to win at least 16 games.
Bumgarner faced the Reds once this season — on June 28, long before his mechanical issues popped up — and he threw a one-hit shutout. He struck out eight and allowed only a sixth inning single to Ryan Hannigan. Asked what he remembered from that game, Reds Manager Dusty Baker said: "I remember that he was on."
Bumgarner is confident that he can rediscover that form now that he's on the October stage again.
"Obviously, you're going to have ups and downs throughout the year," Bumgarner said. "It's about how you can compete and minimize the damage."


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Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by Christopher, Nov 2, 2012.
While there have been no books titled Deep Space Nine in a while, the characters are still a key part of the 24th century books.
There's really no where to go with the Enterprise characters if there are no books. If those books are underperforming then you have to take a look at why and what can be done to fix them. Changing authors seems a good place to start since the last several books have been written by either Andy Mangels and Mike Martin or Mike Martin solo.
As a rule, the series title is a bigger factor in tie-in novel sales than the author's name, unless it's someone really famous like Shatner or Peter David.
It certainly indicates that there's a market where they can still make a profit on Enterprise novels - that's a good point.
In the current continuity, III (orbiting A) and VII (orbiting B) are the two class-M worlds in the Alpha Centauri system, the planet-numbering system applied to Alpha Centauri A starting at I with the several worlds orbiting B starting at V.
(Mine is an inelegant explanation.)
"Centaurus" is obviously of Earth origin, taken from the name of the constellation Alpha Centauri is located in. "Al Rijil" seems to refer to an alternative Earth name for Alpha Centauri, "Rigel Kent". "Velestus" is the native name for Centauri VII, the world frequently cited as the homeworld for the Centauran humans. (III/IV was uninhabited prior to humans' development of starflight.)
New Samarkand in The Buried Age is portrayed as a cosmopolitan centre, notwithstanding Alpha Centauri's initial settlement by humans from Sol.
Maybe it was an attack against humans habituated to one or the other Centauran biospheres. Or maybe Gothmara was just crazy.
The methods aren't that different. After all, a garden shop first has to plant the seeds and then later, when they've grown, they sell them for transplant. Trek has had a small universe for decades. There's nothing that says that they can't be one and the same. For that matter you could probably work the whale probe into it as well. It just works in the aquatic division.
Trek thrives on the most unlikely of coincidences. Are we to believe that every time that Earth has been threatened that it was the Enterprise that saved it? If not, how many other times has Earth been on the brink of destruction? How many other starships have saved everyone on Earth?
In recent Trek lit, look at Elias Vaughn. Until his introduction we'd never heard of anyone that could fit the slot he was placed in and yet, one he showed up he knew everybody and was a major player in a number of previous stories. He is (was? Nah...) a cool character though.
Look at the reboot movie. How many amazingly unlikely coincidences were there just to get the classic crew together and years early at that. Sulu was never an astrophysicist, Chekov is somehow a different age and yet the same person. To say nothing of Spock and Kirk being within walking distance of Scotty on Delta Vega, Spock knowing a long distance being technology that just happens to have been invented by Scott. the crew arriving at Vulcan on the Enterprise which is the only thing that saves them from being destroyed by Nero due to it having the same name as Spock prime's ship. Etc, etc, etc.
Worrying about small universe syndrome and coincidence is a little late at this stage of the game.
Actually, as Deranged Nasat mentioned, The Persistence of Memory establishes that Alpha Centauri IV is also settled in the 24th century -- perhaps a callback to Crisis on Centaurus.
Actually I'm a little embarrassed. I went with Centauri III as the inhabited planet, and justified Centauri VII as a planet around Alf Cen B, because I was going from computer simulations of planet formation in the Alf Cen system done by Elisa Quintana et al. which typically showed only 4-5 planets around the A star (due to the gravity of the B star disrupting wider orbits) and the second and/or third being in the habitable zone. Which was fine as far as it went; the simulations were based on the dynamics of planet formation in our own system, which seemed a reasonable model at the time. But now we've discovered an Earth-sized planet only 0.04 AU from Alf Cen B, far closer than we ever would've expected. It now looks like our system may be anomalous and other systems could often have planets forming much closer to their stars than we thought. So the idea of Alf Cen A having at least seven planets with the fourth in the habitable zone is more credible now than I assumed when I wrote The Buried Age. If I were writing it now, I'd go with a different set of assumptions.
But that's the occupational hazard of writing science fiction. You never know when new discoveries or theories will supersede something you've written.
Actually "al Rijil" is Arabic for "the foot" -- in the same way that Rigel is the foot of Orion. (There's also Mu Virginis, aka Rijl al Awwa, "foot of the barking dog.") The full Arabic name for the star is Ar-Rijl al-Qanṭūris, "the foot of the centaur." This was Romanized to "Rigil Kentaurus," which is often abbreviated to "Rijil Kent" or "Rigel Kent."
In medieval times it was also called Toliman, whose etymology is unclear.
I'm glad the Enterprise sold well enough for another author can continue writting Enterprise novels and find out what has happened to the characters after the Romulan war and the founding of the federation.I hope we can get more Enterprise novels to continue the Enterpise crew adventures in the future and see how the Federation continues to grow and change.
I'm thrilled beyond words the ENT novels will continue! The only thing I'm bummed about is the NX-01 herself is out of commission. Will she never see warp speed again?
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This project strikes me as something potentially absolutely awesome, but also really scary.
The inception of the Federation presents massive opportunities, but also attempting to describe a historical era in great detail, can lead to huge problems; in all honesty, even academics who study the inception of political unions all their lives, would hesitate to speculate on the details of how a utopian post-scarcity federal alliance of planets came about. When each member joined, how their starships developed, how the new culture formed, etc.
Sometimes what is unsaid matters more than what is said; it's better to leave possibilities open than to close them - so the idea that we must fill in every lost era, can be a destructive one, that closes speculation and opportunity. Perhaps it's better that the Romulan War never appeared on screen for example, as whatever the writers of Enterprise had done, they probably wouldn't have lived up to the expectations of the time - but in the absence of official continuity, fans are free to wonder about the enigma, and let their imagination run wild.
Often, in attempting to describe a society, people have fallen into the trap of over-describing it, simplifying it and ossifying it - I think part of the problem with Klingon culture (in some cases), was that people did not leave enough room for opportunity - they tried to fill in absolutely every question. In some works, every avenue of their culture was explained systematically, leading to a really monolithic and simplistic society, which even the smallest nation on Earth, would seem diverse in comparison to. I really like what little we have seen of JJ Abrams Klingons - going back to a less comprehensively understood society, which acts more naturally like TOS Klingons. They are not obsessed with honour, glory and religion - no society on Earth, not even the most obsessive theocracy, would have citizens or military servicemen constantly drop Kahless, honour, bat'leths, etc, into every conversation - it's not natural. Even the Vikings were more than just conquerors.
Also sometimes people suffer from 'bridge syndrome' (for lack of a better term). The idea that the period between two events must present a logical gradient - a ship or phaser made in between two other models, must look like a hybrid of the two. Sometimes this works okay - the Ambassador class looks like a lovely intermediate step between Excelsion class and Galaxy class. But other times, it's taken as a rule, and undermines what really determines the look, feel and technology of any era - practicality and logic. Trying to bridge things can create an autistic view of history, which is all about symmetry, and is very stifling to creativity. For example, it's unlikely that Klingons would wear furs and impractical armour just out of romanticism for the past - any rational society worth a damn (and certainly one capable of running a space empire), would go with practical fabrics and technologies. The reasoning that they have traditions, romanticism for the past, etc, is not compelling.
That's why when you say that you are focusing on exploration and pioneering, I am all the more interested in reading this one. Like you say, that is what season one of Enterprise got right. And by focusing on the fundamentals of what Star Trek was all about, you can't go wrong
One question I would have is to what extent the USS Kelvin's era will influence the story?
The more I think about what little we saw of the Kelvin - a large vessel similar to Franz Joseph's 70s designs, on a survey mission in the fringes of space - the more I become interested in that era, which is shared by both settings. Love that TOS era feel - one ship out amongst the myriad god-like beings and computer-tyrants of the galaxy
Indeed, having re-watched it, I think was way too harsh on the series at the time. Many people (of which I was one) wanted some Babylon 5 type epic historical chronicle in a prequel. We also expected humans by the 22nd century would not be so naive or judgmental. We expected a larger Earth starfleet, and an exploration of what people imagined was the defining conflict of the era - the Romulan War.
But actually, it makes a lot of sense to me now, that the producers chose to make another episodic series about exploration. An early era focused on exploration and discovery is much more in line with Roddenbury's vision - the vision that is still the life essence of Trek. Early Starfleet being a non-military NASA-like organization is a reasonable idea, considering the Federation's ideal of 'humanism'. An organisation that valued military culture and discipline for it's own sake, out of romanticism, would already be very far on the wrong track, and at odds with the ideals of Star Trek.
As much as I loved it, more and more, I think DS9 might have been where the franchise went wrong. By focusing on logistics, fleets, militarism, office politics, dirty deals, etc, the small UN type Federation, full of wonder and homeliness, was replaced by something more like a nation-state, with all the homogeneity and dirty games it entails in our own era.
From being very critical of Enterprise, and quite sceptical about the direction Trek XI went in, I think both of them have been positive in bringing the UFP back from being just another Byzantine space empire like the Old Republic, or Imperium of Man.
Hmm, that's an interesting thought, one worth keeping in mind. I daresay I am doing some "bridging" in A Choice of Futures, when it comes to things like starship and uniform design, at least. But I daresay there's at least one significant thing in the book that I'm taking in a direction nobody would expect given what's known about its status in the 23rd century.
A lot of people have wondered that, but it's important to remember the time frames involved. The Kelvin era is the 2230s, more than 70 years after the Federation's founding. As the title Enterprise: Rise of the Federation should indicate, I'm focusing on a much earlier period, the 2160s. You might as well ask how much the American Civil War would influence a story taking place during George Washington's presidency.
Thanks for the reply
I guess you are completely right about the Kelvin; for all we know, the history of the Federation changed to a massive degree in those 70 years, so the two eras do not neccecarily bear any relationship. It also fits with the whole 'bridging' problem - for all we know, Federation technology changed in a completely random direction in between ENT and 2233.
Also, I'm really glad to hear about where you are taking the novel, in terms of suprises, and new things.
As I get older, I become more of a Roddenbury purist - I begin to realise more and more what an astounding philosopher and visionary he was, and like the Trek from when he was alive (TOS, TAS, the movies, early TNG), more than any other era - and one of the things he always favored was 'the new' over looking backward - and that has served Star Trek remarkably well.
Fundamentally, his humanist vision of exploration and diversity, but mediated by objective reasoning (as opposed to subjectivity) is the essence of Trek. As kids, we tend to look forward to the episodes with Klingons and Romulans, but as adults, it's the stand alone stories that often prove more philosophically fulfilling
P.S. I thought I would just add that the 'lasers' used in TOS The Cage, and the plasma weapons used in ENT Broken Bow are a good example of that bridging thing - before ENT established that Earth had Phase technology in the 2250s, some people speculated that the early Federation and Earth starships were armed with lasers and nuclear weapons.
I remember some people felt uneasy that ENT has particle weapons and antimatter torpedos, and wanted something more primate and Babylon 5 like. I was one such person.
Now, it seems like these weapons existed alongside their particle weapon equivalents. An example of how history does not necessarily bridge together in a linear way - the idea that Pike's Enterprise may have had laser hand weapons in their lockers, as well as perhaps a selection of other types of weaponry fits with real human history.
I'm not sure what the current Pocket Books continuity has to say on the subject
Well, the very idea of "Roddenberry purism" is kind of unrealistic, because Roddenberry wasn't a purist about his own work; he never hesitated to reinvent and retcon it when he had a better idea later on. As I've said before, creators and fans see a work differently. Fans see only the end product, so to them a work is a fixed and monolithic thing. But the creator of the work takes it through many drafts and revisions, goes through many ideas that are refined or completely abandoned along the way, and thus sees the work as the end result of a process of change and refinement. And often the endpoint isn't one the creator chose, but rather one the creator was forced to settle for by scheduling or logistical necessity. So creators are rarely as attached to the final form of their creations as the fans can be, and often welcome the opportunity to go back and correct mistakes, flesh out details, and rework things they've reconsidered.
And we know Roddenberry did this a number of times with Trek. The "laser" thing from "The Cage" was one of the first mistakes he regretted and corrected. He recognized, after the pilot had been made, that even though lasers had only existed for a few years, people already knew their abilities well enough to know that they couldn't do the things they were shown to do in the pilot. So he abandoned the "laser" terminology and replaced it with "phaser." He was forced to keep the two uses of "laser" in the "Cage" footage he recycled into "The Menagerie" because it would've been prohibitive to get Jeffrey Hunter and Peter Duryea back to redub their dialogue, but otherwise he just abandoned it altogether. When TMP came along, with more money and better technology for FX makeup, he had the Klingons redesigned and asked fans to accept that they'd always looked that way. In the preface to his TMP novelization, he pretended that he was a 23rd-century producer and that TOS had been a dramatization of Kirk's "real" adventures, and admitted that his version had been unrealistic and exaggerated, taking some liberties with the facts. And by the time TNG came along, he considered much of TOS to be apocryphal and was willing to ignore or retcon a lot of it, wanting TNG to be the new, revised canonical version of the universe.
So Roddenberry wasn't a purist about Trek because Trek was never a pure representation of what he wanted. Like any television series, it was the result of a lot of collaboration, compromise, approximation, error, and desperation. And like any creator, he changed his mind over the years about a lot of the things he had originally wanted or liked.
And of course Roddenberry's view of himself -- or at least the way he presented himself -- evolved as well. In the '60s, he didn't consider himself a philosopher or a visionary. He was a TV producer and he was trying to make a buck. Sure, he had some things to say, some innovative approaches to doing SF on TV, but his motivations were pragmatic. It was only later that he got caught up in fandom's embrace of ST's philosophy and bought into the image of himself as a visionary. People today tend to base their image of the man on that version of him, but it doesn't really fit who he was and what he wanted when he made TOS. So there's no "pure" version of who Roddenberry was as a producer any more than there's a single pure version of his creative vision.
Yeah, just to clear up any misunderstanding, I mean it in the loosest of possible ways - I said purist for lack of a better word, as it conveys the general notion well - what I really mean is that I am a big fan what little I can glean of his true intentions, as an audience member. And I think there was a subtle change in direction when he died. I love that too, but my preference is for something akin to the former.
The original intention of a creator may not make it onto the final product, but some vision remains; you can for example discern something of George Lucas's philosophical vision, or Joss Whedon's philosophy, or JRR Tolkien's ideas and interests, from their works, even if the intent was unconscious, and even if the viewer may not be able to fully articulate it. Although it is always dangerous to ascribe 'isms' to people, Shakespeare was said to have possessed a remarkably humanistic view of mankind, as was, people argue, Leonardo da Vinci in a different sense.
I think there was a change in Trek overall after his death. One that I fully embrace, mind you, but which I now enjoy a bit less. What little we can know about a private man like Roddenbury, suggests he was a secular humanist who believed in objective reasoning, empathy, and an optimistic vision - he didn't want to promote the neuroses of the past - guilt, egotism, war, fear, and so on, even though he was not averse to his characters and Federation making mistakes. I think that some later Trek started to get further from this - not necessarily a bad thing (I'm a big fan of many works of fiction that present alternate worldviews) - but, I personally don't find it as inspirational, (albeit it was damn entertaining sometimes). DS9 played with the kinds of reasoning that created the military-industrial complex of our own time, occasionally as a critique of those ideas, but also occasionally finding them 'neccecary'. Voyager contained elements of subjective spiritualism, such as 'The Barge of the Dead', which if I remember, led to some dispute. I'm afraid I can't cite better examples, without re-watching them all, but that is the impression I have of Roddenbury's time. Perhaps it is just nostalgia
P.S. it occurs to me, regarding the 'bridging' thing, that there are sometimes two different approaches taken when making a creative work - a director sitting down for the first time, to work out the vision for his motion picture, may reason out the 'look' of his creation using objective reasoning; i.e. lets give the Trekkians from Trek IV a face mask, because of the high UV rays on their colony - but when a person bridges two things together, they aren't looking at the practicalities anymore, and so aren't being as creative - the Trekkians end up being a hybrid of two eras, when something much more original could have been invented - perhaps their planet suffered an ecological catastrophe since last seen, so they now have black skin legions from radiation burns caused by uranium fires, unearthed by volcanic activity. The instinct of someone trying to preserve something, or enforce a certain idea, is toward stasis and explanation - but creativity lies in not trying to do either, but rather shaking the status quo.
I guess that is the difference between creation and stagnation. Although I do not ascribe to his religion, the Buddhist Lama Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, wrote some interesting things on the nature of creativity in his book 'True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art'.
P.P.S. Also, it's worth saying, I know that these people I used as examples, had changing views over time - Tolkien in the days of the Hobbit, with Tolkien in the days of the Silmarillion - there is a contrast. I don't doubt Roddenbury retroactively 'played up' his visionary role But I admire all these people for the process they were on, and like different parts of their careers for different reasons.
Congrats Chris!
Very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the cover art.
Interesting. It seems the series will not be a ship on a mission type tale. Seems bigger. I wonder what this early Federation's flagship is if not Enterprise? Will that be revealed in the first book with its crew?
That is very cool. Particularly those longe-lived ones like Dax.
You have a large canvass. Good luck!
There will be starship missions, but there's other stuff going on too. There's a lot of ground to cover here.
I prefer to avoid the use of "flagship" in the vernacular sense of a vessel that's treated for some reason as the most important or prestigious vessel in the entire Federation fleet. I don't think that's a very realistic usage. Strictly speaking, a flagship is the command vessel of a task force, or it's the ship on which an admiral carries his or her flag, i.e. uses as a command base or has at his or her personal disposal. Both those types of flagship are seen in the novel, but the kind of "flagship" you're talking about is not.
I'm very happy to hear that, Christopher. I've never been a fan of the "flagship" thing.
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Handwashing: The greatest medical invention of all time
Today, believe it or not, is Global Handwashing Day.
I appreciate there are a ton of these kinds of days, and it's sometimes tough to get excited about them all. So far this month we've had World Habitat Day, International Day of Older Persons, International Day of Non-Violence, World Teachers Day, World Post Day, World Mental Health Day, International Day of the Girl Child, World Sight Day, International Day for Disaster Reduction, and International Day of Rural Women.
Phew! What a list -- and we're only halfway through the month. One would have to be a saint to get passionate about them all.
On the other hand, commemorative days can focus attention on what might easily be a vital yet neglected topic. Handwashing happens to be one such issue.
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Just how vital was brought home to me following a visit to Haiti, about a year after the terrible earthquake that struck in January 2010.
Then, as now, hundreds of thousands of people were living in makeshift, unsanitary camps, and a major fear was the spread of cholera, a disease that can kill a child within hours. Incidences of child diarrhea in the camps had to be treated as possible cholera cases, prompting World Vision to immediately dispatch a sanitation team to disinfect latrines and other suspected areas of contamination.
Keeping cholera at bay requires strict observance of basic hygiene such as handwashing. I still remember our water and sanitation manager at the time, a rather forceful Dutchman named Theo Huitema, fuming about what he considered an inadequate "wash your hands" sign in one camp.
"It's 'wash your hands with soap!'" he thundered. When you consider that the spread of cholera can rapidly kill thousands, it pays to get the message right.
Of course, the issue doesn't necessarily have to be a matter of life-and-death to make handwashing important. The picture above shows 4-year-old Dang Lyn of Cambodia having his hands cleaned. In former times, he suffered regularly from diarrhea and stomachaches. His mother, Sophors, spent much of her income on medical bills.
But things changed when World Vision began a comprehensive hygiene and sanitation program in Dang's village -- a critical component of child sponsorship programs. Formerly, villagers had little idea of the harm caused by dirty hands and unsanitary conditions. Now, they have come to appreciate the clean, fresh look of their village and their clean kids.
"I see most of the villagers love cleanliness like I do, because we think about children's health," Sophors says.
Every 60 seconds, somewhere in the world, a child dies from diarrhea -- but the incidence of diarrhea can be radically reduced by handwashing. As the Global Handwashing Day website points out, ingraining the habit of handwashing could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention.
That should prompt us to take Global Handwashing Day very seriously indeed.
Access to a source of clean, safe water, hygiene, and basic sanitation are predictors of dramatically reduced infant mortality rates and incidences of disease. World Vision works to bring these resources as part of our efforts to help communities escape poverty around the world.
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Tom Goedde stressed NASCAR realism during the demonstration of the latest NASCAR
title from EA sports, NASCAR Thunder 2004, and he even got me excited about the
pastime of Middle America. With stress on authenticity and on-line play, NASCAR
Thunder should be a hit with racers all over the country.
The coolest new
features of NASCAR 2004 are the grudges and alliances of drivers. The AI of the
computer controlled driver watches the gamer's driving as if he had a "How's My
Driving?" bumper sticker on his car. A few bumps here and there on a
computer-controlled driver, and he may just go after you and spin you out. On
the other hand, teammates will also come to your aid and help you out in any way
they can. Before the race, racers can see the attitudes the other drivers have
towards them, and during the race, spotters in your crew will warn you of
oncoming trouble. It's the unseen hostility of NASCAR (unless it's Tony Stewart
punching someone in the face after a race) that spectators rarely get a glimpse
Additions to this
year's version include all the Winston Cup Drivers (for the first time in a
NASCAR game), over 60 events (including 12 road courses and 4 fantasy courses),
and a reworked career mode. Graphically, the particle lighting has been
improved making it one of the better-looking racers out there.
The on-line
features for the PC and Playstation 2 versions should keep the competition
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Zimmerman's attorney, former Local 6 legal analyst Mark O'Mara, said Wednesday on Zimmerman's legal defense fund site that his client plans to launch a new defense fund next month with a new manager.
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|Nice hike
|Great hike
|Posted Oct 25, 2015 7:31 pm
|Great friction climbing
|A great place to learn multi pitch friction. Have taken beginners on sundial and the nose numerous times. Very interesting features as many of the holds are these undercling eyebrows.
|Posted Dec 30, 2012 11:56 pm
|Great for learning multipitch climbing.
|Love this place...but can be a circus on weekends.
|Posted Dec 6, 2012 3:56 pm
Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2009
|This was my first time on a multi-pitch route, and probably on a trad route. My buddy and I went up the nose kind of slowly, taking about 3 hours to complete. Since we only had one 60m rope at the time, we didn't feel safe rappelling, so we hiked down. We took the escape scramble off to the left on the last pitch as well, which was a breeze. Fun climb, and a great intro to trad and multi-pitch.
We went again in December 2011, this time I led. It was super windy, and the rock was wet. Neither of us had climbed much in the past months either. I made it up the first pitch and it took nearly an hour, as I did not trust hardly any of my gear placements (still being new to trad, plus having a lack of confidence since I hadn't climbed much lately, and those eyebrows are something else!) and it being so windy. we decided to turn around here, as we also saw other climbers on adjacent routes turning back after their first or second pitches too. Still fun and I'm glad we went.
Also, I have hiked it at least 3 times. The switchbacks get a little annoying, but the last 1/4 mile or so are worth it. It's nice resting near the helipad, and the views are great from the summit. Very similar to Table Rock. Coming back it is kind of easy to get off route, but also easy to get back on.
|Posted May 31, 2012 12:45 am
|Been there...
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011
|...before. This time climbed The Nose and Sundial Crack among other routes. 13 pitches total for the day! Love this giant slab of granite.
|Posted Jul 20, 2011 7:26 am
Date Climbed: May 2, 2011
|climbing this popular mountain on a Monday gave me all the solitude at the top I could possibly want
|Posted May 4, 2011 2:02 pm
|Bob Sihler
|Standard route
|I hiked the summit trail here during a spring trip out here. The trail isn't too exciting at that time of year, but the views from the big slabs up top were excellent.
|Posted Jan 30, 2011 3:33 pm
|Many Times Since
|The views after crossing over the top and descending to the cliff top are spectacular
|Posted Jan 8, 2011 10:42 am
Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2009
|The views looking back at the BRP are amazing in the Fall. The slopes of the mountains were ablaze with color. Easy 6.2 mile RT hike.
|Posted Oct 26, 2009 10:15 am
|Fun Place
Date Climbed: May 25, 2009
|Just about everything is fun. It can get crowded when Fox Mountain Guides are there but there are enough routes to go around.
|Posted Sep 1, 2009 3:44 am
|Sarah Simon
|Looking Glass Rock Trail
Date Climbed: May 14, 2009
|Despite the fact that the heat and humidity nearly killed us, Mom & I enjoyed the hike to the summit of this peak, and then on to the overlook. We especially enjoyed the blooming mountain laurel and azaelias along the way.
Hiking partner: Mom
|Posted May 14, 2009 9:32 pm
|Great hike, awesome climbs
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Make sure to take a dip in the waterfall at the parking lot during the summer months.
|Posted Mar 17, 2009 5:19 pm
|Easy way
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2007
|Cheated by doing the trail. Lots of people. Sunbathed on the helicopter pad.
|Posted Oct 26, 2008 8:52 pm
|cool stuff....
Date Climbed: Mar 2, 2008
|Easy hike to the top and some pretty good views.
|Posted Mar 4, 2008 9:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Bloody Crack
|Great Climb. I only did the first pitch. The "eye brows" are interesting rock formations.
|Posted Oct 25, 2007 4:09 pm
|The Nose
|Chased off the mountain by bad weather on the third pitch. Some strange climbing on the "eyebrows".
|Posted Aug 14, 2007 2:40 pm
|Easy trail
Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2004
|nice views!
|Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:37 pm
|South Face
Date Climbed: May 17, 2007
|Had a Blast! Great Weather the second Day, I will be back here!!!!
|Posted Jul 30, 2007 1:06 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2002
|I thought I was walking on the moon!
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 4:50 pm
|Nice and Easy
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|good hike, easy climb
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Giants' hitting woes hit a new low
Padres 1, Giants 0
LP: Sanchez (1-1)
Record: 8-6, 1st in NL West, tied with San Diego
There's just other way to put it, without engaging in a little French.
Or a lot of French.
The Giants' inability to show any kind of plate discipline, or any time of clutch hitting reached an all-time low on Tuesday night in San Diego.
Jonathan Sanchez pitched his best game of the short season, maybe his best performance since last year's no-hitter. He pitched seven innings, struck out 10 and gave up just one hit …. and lost.
Yes, lost.
Are you ready for the "highlights" from Tuesday's fiasco?
- In five of the nine innings, the Giants put the leadoff runner on base. And failed to score.
- In four other innings, the Giants went down 1-2-3.
- In the first, Eugenio Velez led off the game with a walk (the second time in four days he's done that), but Edgar Renteria hit into a double play. Pablo Sandoval followed with a single.
- In the third, Eli Whiteside led off with a double. Sanchez tried to bunt him to third, but Whiteside was thrown out a third. Velez followed with a single. Then Renteria his into ANOTHER double play.
- In the eighth … the coup de grace! Nate Schierholtz led off with a triple to left-center .. and got stranded there. Whiteside grounded to third; Bengie Molina popped to first; Velez struck out looking.
- In the ninth, Sandoval drew a one-out walk. Andres Torres ran for Sandoval. (That's how desperate the Giants have become that they were taking out their best hitter for their worst hitter). But the moved looked to pay off with Aubrey Huff singled to center, sending Torres to third. Then Juan Uribe flied to shallow right. Torres did not attempt to score. Not sure why, given how poorly the Giants have performed in the clutch. If he'd gone, he probably would have been thrown out. The throw from right was on target, but high. Who knows? But Torres stayed at third. Then John Bowker struck out to end the game.
And how did the Padres score? Chase Headley had a leadoff single (the Padres only hit) in the fourth. He stole second (it was his third stolen base off Sanchez on the night). Headley took third when Huff made a nice play on a foul pop, but fell into the photographer's well, sending Headley to third. Scott Hairston plated the run with a deep fly to right.
Can it get much worse than that? Well, we'll find out Wednesday as the series ends with a 3:30 p.m. game. Do you get that feeling that Wednesday will be the day the starting pitching or the bullpen implodes under the tremendous weight the anemic offense is putting on them?
If there's good news, it's that the Giants still are in first place. We can only hope they still are when they leave their offensive black hole known as Petco Park.


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Oscar and five-time GRAMMY winner, [lastfm]Christopher Cross[/lastfm] is a music icon, best known for his 1980 #1 smash hit "Sailing." Since the '80s he has been a touring machine, averaging 100+ shows per year in all corners of the world.
Now, after a 12-year recording hiatus, he is back and better than ever with his new album, Doctor Faith. Read our exclusive interview, and check out Doctor Faith, streaming right now at Cross' website.
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Recently we had the pleasure of speaking to [lastfm]Christopher Cross[/lastfm] by phone. Here are excerpts from our conversation about life, politics, and new album Doctor Faith.
SD: Doctor Faith must be a pretty exciting project for you. It is several years in the making, is that true?
[lastfm]Christopher Cross[/lastfm]: Yeah about 3 years in the making of it and it's been 12 years since I've made a record of new songs. So it's been a while.
SD: It sounds like these songs follow a bit of a common thread – is there any sort of narrative going through the album?
CC: Well production wise, first off, I'm a guitarist so all of my past records have been produced more like [lastfm]Steely Dan[/lastfm] records. This album I produced myself and it came from a guitarist point of view and it is a guitar oriented sounding record, more like a [lastfm]Crowded House[/lastfm] record. So that was a big change, and I produced it myself. Lyrically and thematically, the title Doctor Faith, that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.
SD: I get that in particular from the first two songs: "Hey Kid" and "I'm Too Old For This." Do you feel like you're imparting some wisdom upon a new?
CC: The first is certainly cross-generational just like [lastfm]Bob Dylan[/lastfm]'s "Time's They Are A Changin'". You know look, I'm not done but it's your time to say what you have to say and we also apologize a little for the set of cards they have been handed. It gives some advice but it is definitely cross-generational and just sort of saying "were handing you the baton now, it's time for you to run, do the best you can."
Then "I'm Too Old For This" is really sort of a Bill Maher rant. You know, we're [Cross, and long-time writing partner Rob Meurer] both 60 and at this point in our lives we really thought things would be different and things would be a little more compatible, politically and societally. You know the US is pretty disappointing, everything from Congress to Kim Kardashian so you just got to get set up with it and we just wanted to express that. It is a little untypical of a song coming from this sort of soft pop guy.
SD: In particular with "Hey Kid", is that aimed at the younger generation in general or is it specific to people making music from that generation?
CC: I think it's for all young people. I think when were musicians we use those metaphors sometimes like "practice your chops" and "practice your smile" but those can be applicable to anything. It could be science or sales or anything like that. You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.
SD: In "We're Too Old For This," you quote Dylan Thomas. Does he inspire you or is that just a line you happen to like?
CC: Well he is a great writer and the line is very inspiring and it worked in that place and regardless of how the song is trying not to surrender to all this mess. Clearly in the end we're saying exactly what Dylan said. Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down. We got to fight this. You can't let them win. You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it. [lastfm]Bob Dylan[/lastfm] says in one of his songs "it's not dark yet, but it's getting there" and you don't want to give it up and call it a day until the very end.
SD: Outside of Bob Dylan, are there musicians or lyricists who've influenced you over your long career?
CC: Well this album is dedicated to [lastfm]Joni Mitchell[/lastfm] and down at the bottom of the record it says "for lifetime inspiration, I dedicate this album to Joni." Of all the artists in my life, lyrically, harmonically, and just in terms of her career path, her artistic journey, Joni is the number one influence.
SD: Historically you have been a touring machine – your bio says you have been averaging 100 shows a year. Are you hitting the road as hard as ever?
CC: It has dropped off a little bit because of the economy. We are doing 60-70 shows. But I was in Japan and then went over to Europe and I'm going back to Europe. I still tour a lot and it's where the income is and it also reaches your fans. There is no better way to promote a record than with the new music.
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Andre Ethier: Converting hometown fans
Arizona native getting used to competing against D-backs
I was born and raised in Arizona, and my family had season tickets for the Diamondbacks for years, so it's a little weird to be in a race against them now for the NL West title.
All of my friends and family back home root for the Diamondbacks -- except when I'm playing them. I've slowly but surely been trying to convert them to Dodgers fans the last couple of years, and I'm beginning to see some progress. They're starting to jump on board with my team, and when we play in Arizona, they cheer against the Diamondbacks.
Whichever team wins, though, they're usually happy, I guess. Let's say they have a lot of interest in both teams.
I grew up a big D-backs fan. We had season tickets as a family up until a few years ago. I remember 1998, the first year of the franchise's existence, very well. I went to high school two miles away from what is now called Chase Field. Even though they haven't been around as long as some other franchises, I did grow up on Diamondbacks baseball.
The highlight came when they won the World Series in 2001 against the Yankees. I was at Game 7. I was thrilled to get a chance to go and to be a small part of it. Arizona needed a major championship in some sport, and that was the first one ever in the state of Arizona. It really enhanced the community.
Now, of course, I'm happy to be on one of their rivals.
When we go to Phoenix, I leave tickets for friends and family, but I don't watch too closely as to what team they're rooting for in the stands. I'm just glad to have them there and to see them.
It's like a big family reunion every time I go there. They don't get a chance to see me very often, and in the offseason, I'm busy trying to get myself back in order and spending time with immediate family. So, it's fun to come into Phoenix during the season and catch up with everyone.
Sometimes, they do ask for those inside tips or secrets about the game, and I might share a tidbit or two with them, but it's just as important to catch up on what is going on in our personal lives.
Andre Ethier, a rising star for the Dodgers, was born in Phoenix along with six brothers and sisters. The left-handed hitting outfielder has already set a career high in home runs this season with 19.
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Carpenter is back. So is CardinalGirl.
Hello dear readers, CardinalGirl is back! I have a goal to be a faithful blogger for the remainder of the season. OK, there will be about 10 days where you won't hear from me because I'll be out of internet and cell range at Burning Man, but other than that, I'll be here!
It's not that I haven't been paying attention to the Cards. I have, somewhat, and I've been impressed at their performance overall and glad to see them in the thick of the chase in what we all expected to be a rebuilding year. I've just had a very busy summer. First off, I met a fella, who doesn't like baseball but has enough other good qualities that I can overlook this (and perhaps he can be trained). Secondly, I've had some visitors from St. Louis and New York, so I've been playing tourguide. Check out my pics from Disneyland and Legoland. I threw a birthday party for The Edgar Winter Dog, with a doggie cake and an agility trainer giving lessons to Edgar and his canine pals. I also took a trip to Albuquerque and Roswell, where I attended the UFO Festival. Work has been busy, and I co-captained the Google team at the Santa Monica Relay for Life (we raised $12,000 to fight cancer – it's not too late to donate!) and led the planning on the Google Santa Monica and Irvine offices joint summer picnic, which we had at Long Beach on Friday.
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Justin Timberlake Is Very Tired Of Being Bullied By The Media
In an emotionally raw, constantly on the verge of tears interview, the Robin to Jimmy Fallon's Batman sat down with GQ this month for their annual "Man of the Year" issue, to talk about his title, Hashtag Of The Year, and show fans the real Justin Timberlake: a sensitive guy who really, really hates being picked on.
After Variety ran a piece "Justin Timberlake: Why He Should Stop Acting" that quoted Timberlake as having said "I have no aspirations of being a movie star," among a myriad of reasons why the silver-tongued Southerner should give up on the silver screen, Timberlake has some choice words for entertainment journalists. "You sound like a dickhead.... It just shocked me because, like, you're trade magazines. None of your opinions count. And by the way, none of you can do it."
Timberlake carried on with his rant, which GQ report Amy Wallace dubbed both a "thirty-minute tirade" and "freak-out," by expressing shock that he's been so kind to people in entertainment, stating "sometimes I just want to fucking kill everybody." Scary!
Timberlake has had a banner year: he returned to music after a seven-year hiatus, and despite critical commentary that the songs were too long, still turned out an incredibly solid album. He headlined a sold-out national tour with Jay-Z, and is amidst his own international tour, The 20/20 Experience. He also joined the Saturday Night Live five time club, and scored an Emmy nomination for his work on the show. While critical complaints have been high in the last few weeks over his box-office failure of Ben Affleck-produced Runner, Runner, being Timberlake is definitely a business, and right now, business is good. His acting skills aren't where they should be, but his role in the upcoming Coen brothers' film, Inside Llewyn Davis, may change that. If not, he has no plans of giving up.
What Timberlake doesn't realize, amidst his plaintive cries of being picked on—he did this to himself. As an avid Justin Timberlake fan myself (the only reason I've been chained to the Tennessee Titans for the last 13 years is because teenage me loved Justin, and Justin loved Steve McNair), even I'm reaching peak Timberlake overload right now. It's not that he's a bad actor—lots of people have bad moviees, and let's be honest, I'll watch them all—it's just that he's fucking everywhere right now. He did a weeklong residency on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in August, and followed it up with a monthlong residency on the show every Tuesday in September. If Timberlake really wants the critics to stop tearing him apart, he needs to focus less on trying to do everything, and aim to just do the things he loves, well.


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Thread: Joke of the Day
Your Duck is Dead
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon.
As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."
The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet.
How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room.
He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever.
As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room.
A few minutes later he returned with a cat.
The cat jumped on the table and delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.
"$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"
The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it is now $150."My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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Male Date-Drug
Male Date-Drug
Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink by any woman.
Many females use a date-drug on the market called 'Beer ' .
The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large kegs.
Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them.
A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no-strings-attached sex.
Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several Beers , men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women to whom they would never normally be attracted.
After drinking Beer , men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that'something bad' occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life's savings, in a familiar scam known as 'a relationship'. In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer-term form of servitude and punishment referred to as 'marriage'.
Men are much more susceptible to this scam after Beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.
Please forward this warning to every male you know.
If you fall victim to this 'Beer ' scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men.
For the support group nearest you, just look up 'Golf Courses' in the phone book.
While deer hunting, two strangers take shots at the same deer at the same time and the deer goes down. They get to the deer at the same time surprised to see the other. There is only on bullet wound in the deer so clearly only one of them could claim the kill. Well Joe was certain he hit it and John seemed a little less certain, but neither would conceded.
Joe - "Well were both real men here, right?"
John - "You Betcha, for sure.."
Joe - "So here is what we can do. We'll take turns kicking each other in the groin.... Last man standing gets the deer. What do you say?"
John - "No problem, I am a real man for sure..."
Joe - "OK - I'll go first..." - and with that he drills John with a right foot that would have launched a missle, and John drops to the ground in dire pain.
After a couple of minutes John struggles to his feet and slowly smiles,
John - "OK, now it's my turn sucker.."
Joe - "No that's OK - you can have the deer." - and turns and walks away....If you believe something to be true, it will be - in it's consequences.
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Hey that's a ripoff of what we used to do to each other in Jr. High.
The game: "Let's see who can punch the other guy the lightest." Joe taps you so you barely feel it. You then punch Joe so hard they have to call paramedics. "Oh, sorry, I lose."My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day to All-- Here's One To Celebrate My Favorite Day
An Irishman moves into a tiny hamlet in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three beers.
The bartender raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone.
An hour later, the man has finished the three beers and orders three more.
This happens yet again. The next evening the man again orders and drinks three beers at a time, several times. Soon the entire town is whispering about the Man Who Orders Three Beers.
Finally, a week later, the bartender broaches the subject on behalf of the town. "I don't mean to pry, but folks around here are wondering why you always order three beers."
'Tis odd, isn't it?" the man replies, "You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America, and the other to Australia.! We promised each other that we would always order an extra two beers whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond."
The bartender and soon the whole town was pleased with this answer, and soon the Man Who Orders Three Beers became a local celebrity and source of pride to the hamlet, even to the extent that out-of-towners would come to watch him drink.
Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two beers. The bartender pours them with a heavy heart. This continues for the rest of the evening - he orders only two beers. The word flies around town.
Prayers are offered for the soul of one of the brothers.
The next day, the bartender says to the man, "Folks around here, me first of all, want to offer condolences to you for the death of your brother.
You know-the two beers and all..."
The man ponders this for a moment! , then replies, "You'll be happy to hear that my two brothers are alive and well...
It's just that I, myself, have decided to give up drinking FOR LENT.My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune. One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die and I will inherit $200 million." Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother. Women are so much better at financial planning than men.2007 Outback - SOLD June 2016
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(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'. That will bring on a 'whatever').
( Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying Screw YOU!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.2007 Outback - SOLD June 2016
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Cowboy Chili
> A cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Medicine Bow, Wyoming .
> He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded
> starring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifteen minutes of just
> sitting there staring at it, the young cowboy bravely asks the old cowpoke,
> 'If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?'
> The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young wrangler and, in his
> best cowboy manner, says, 'Nah, you go ahead.'
> Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over, slides the bowl over to his place,
> and starts spooning it in with delight.
> He gets nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili.
> The sight was shocking, and he immediately barfs up the chili back into the
> bowl.
> The old cowboy quietly says, 'Yep, that's as far as I got, too.'1998 Mobius
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ole and Lena are camping, Ole heads to the crapper, a few minutes go by and Lena hears Ole.."OH CRAP" Lena reluctantly goes to see what is going on, when she opens the door she sees Ole throwing his wallet and keys into the bottom of the toilet..
Lena..shocked: "what are you doing?"
Ole turns to Lena and states..."my change fell in there when I stood up"
Lena: "why the keys and wallet?"
Ole: "I'm not going in there for only $.67"06 Mobius LS


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New York City Community Health Survey, 2002 (ICPSR 27064)
Principal Investigator(s): Kerker, Bonnie , New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Eisenhower, Donna, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
The New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) is a telephone survey conducted annually by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The CHS provides robust data on the health of New Yorkers, including neighborhood, borough and citywide estimates on a broad range of chronic diseases and behavioral risk factors. Based upon the United States national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CHS is a cross-sectional survey that samples approximately 10,000 adults aged 18 and older from all five boroughs of New York City -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island. A computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system is used to collect survey data, and interviews are conducted in a variety of languages. All data collected are self-report. Data are available at the level of 33 different neighborhoods, defined by ZIP code. The survey is conducted to inform health program decisions, to increase the understanding of the relationship between health behavior and health status, and to support health policy positions. Demographic variables include gender, age, marital status, employment status, race, income, and educational attainment.
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Kerker, Bonnie , and Donna Eisenhower. New York City Community Health Survey, 2002. ICPSR27064-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-05-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27064.v1
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Subject Terms: alcohol, asthma, cholesterol, diabetes, diseases, drinking behavior, exercise, health, health care, HIV, households, illness, sexual behavior, smoking
Smallest Geographic Unit: ZIP code aggregations called UHFs
Geographic Coverage: New York (state), New York City, United States
- 2002-05--2002-07
- 2002-05--2002-07
Unit of Observation: individual, Interview data includes geographic location for 33 separate neighborhoods in New York City.
Universe: The 2002 CHS is a landline telephone survey of 9,674 randomly selected adults aged 18 or older living in private (non-institutional) households in New York City. Households were contacted using random-digit dialing sample and data was collected by interviewers using a questionnaire programmed into a computer-assisted telephone interviewing system. Surveys were conducted in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Yiddish, Polish, Haitian Creole, Korean, and Russian. All data collected were self-reported.
Sample: New York City households were sampled randomly using a list-assisted random-digit dialing sample frame. In households with more than one adult, one adult was randomly selected to be interviewed.
Weight: In order to appropriately analyze the CHS data, weights were applied to each record. The weight FINALWT consisted of the probability of selection (number of adults in each household, number of residential telephone lines), as well as a post-stratification weight. The post-stratification weights were created by weighting each record up to the population of the UHF neighborhood, while taking into account the respondent's age, sex and race. The statistical package SUDAAN was used to obtain appropriate standard errors for point estimates.
Mode of Data Collection: computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)
Response Rates: Response Rate (AAPOR #2): 21 percent. Overall Cooperation Rate (AAPOR #2): 64 percent.
Presence of Common Scales: Of the 103 questions on the survey, 75 were identical or very similar to those asked in either the BRFSS or the National Health Interview Survey
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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