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Keeping Busy Part 3
As God is my witness, at my age if I pick up a PLAYBOY it's to look for the illustrations. Almost 40 years in this business and I recently received a call from Mac Lewis, who used to be a Deputy AD at ROLLING STONE Magazine, asking me if I'd be available to do an illustration for Hefner's publication. And a political one to boot! A pretty lengthy profile about current Secretary of State, John Kerry. How could I resist? Finally, after all these years, to add PLAYBOY to my credits. Very cool and very excited about it. The article was indeed an interesting overview of Kerry and the monumental and complicated challenges he has to deal with. Mac handed the responsibilities over to his designer, Robert Harkness and we started kicking around sketches. I have always found Kerry's face to be both a joy and a challenge to caricature. A blessing because it is already so ripe with unique features. A challenge because it is already so ripe with unique features. Often, a face that is so close to a caricature in reality is very hard to add anything to and can go seriousl;y wrong if too much emphasis is placed on an already, by nature, exaggeration. Recently I have shied away from going for the easy distortion preferring instead a more studied approach, but in this case a bit of stretching of features seemed perfect provided it fit the concept and layout. I personally have no axe to grind about Kerry and yet he is indeed a gift that just keeps giving. Thanks to Mac Lewis and Robert Harkness for the opportunity to work for PLAYBOY.
From the copy it quickly evolved that Kerry is involved in a nearly overwhelming juggling act as a modern Secretary of State and we needed to show that. My first thought even before serious discussions and while still reading the copy was a remembrance of the old Ed Sullivan Show and the plate spinning acts he'd occasionally have on his variety hour. But there were so many elements and so many countries and leaders that to position them on plates crowding the top seemed absurd from a compositional standpoint. A failed lion taming act seemed another possibility. My guess is that a lot of the key players in the story were not easily recognizable faces. In the end, a simple multiple globe juggling image satisfied the parameters of our theme.


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|Hama Al-Assy Square 2011-07-22, © Syriana2011
The winds of change are blowing. The world is changing. As early as the Arab Spring, which began in late 2010, a cry of protest rose, the effects of which I think we have only begun to see. Similar sentiment rushed through the Middle East, with speed and intensity only matched by a wildfire.
|Large anti-Mubarak protest in Egypt's Alexandria, © Al Jazeera English
Well over a dozen countries there have seen protests, from minor rallies in places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, to complete chaos, fighting, and the overthrow of governments in Egypt and Libya.
|Where the Smoke Clouds Came From, © Al Jazeera English
In an earlier post, I wrote about the dystopian reality we can find around us, with images of stark decay, squalor, and crumbled infrastructure, pictures of places time has seemingly abandoned. This time, let's take a look at the societal aspect of dystopia, and how it can be seen in the world events unfolding around us.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 14, © David Shankbone
Whether triggered by the protests in the Middle East, or only coincidentally related, the Occupy Wall Street movement has become a key discussion point in today's discourse. Not since the 1970's have we seen this level of widespread and volatile dissension in the United States.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 14, © David Shankbone
This is neither a pro- nor an anti-OWS post, so if you're here for that, you'll be sorely disappointed. I am not here to make a statement, whether ideologically, politically, or morally, regarding the pros or cons of the movement. I see it as portraying a number of key social discussion points that appear in many works of science fiction. There are discussion points from both ends of the spectrum, many with no clear-cut answers.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 60, © David Shankbone
Sociology and science fiction are linked, perhaps far more closely than the average reader imagines. It's not hard to draw parallels and see examples of these discussion points whenever there is a significant social movement.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 28, © David Shankbone
Whether art imitates life, or it's the other way around, we find subcultures, factions, and cliques emerge whenever there is a large group of people put together for any significant amount of time. It's who we are as social animals. It's inherent in our makeup as humans.
|Occupy Wall Street Protests, © Caroline Schiff Photography
No two people think or act alike, and as such, even while we see blatant examples of Orwell's doublethink at work, we see factions and differing opinions presenting themselves as well.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 17, © David Shankbone
Seaking of Orwell, we indeed see examples of his dystopian 1984 world alive and well on both sides of the Occupy movement. Not only do we see protesters echoing a singular voice, often without fully understanding what they're supporting, we see a similar solidarity and unity of action with the police forces reacting to these protests. An individual supporting either side would probably react less strongly one way or the other outside the context of collectivism within their like-minded group. I'm hardly the first to recognize links to 1984, and I won't be the last.
|Occupy Rome 1984 Orwell, © Remo Cassella
There are countless pictures of the movement, which isn't hard to imagine with a crowd whose every member wields a camera. Some are iconic, viral examples of the passionate nature of the movement. Most are obviously taken to express a singular point of view, either for or against these protests, but when viewed as a whole they provide a mosaic from which we can study the sociological issues at play here.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 14, © David Shankbone
From the absurd to the ironic, one can see almost anything whenever a large group of people amass. And each singular view is necessary to view the mosaic as a whole. Each picture tells its own story, or even conflicting stories.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 60, © David Shankbone
No matter what your position regarding this movement, or what "percent" you claim to be a part of, these images present a number of key social issues and questions that apply to both reality and fiction.
|Occupy Wall Street Day 14, © David Shankbone
What does a government owe its citizens, if anything? What does a citizen owe society, if anything? Should personal responsibility be graded on a sliding scale? Where does one draw lines in the gray area between universal human rights offered to all and benefits offered to some? Is what is good for an individual the same as what is good for society as a whole? How about the other way around? Do the rights of the many merit sacrificing the rights of the few, or are the human rights of each individual sacrosanct, even to the detriment of others? We generally agree that one person's rights end where another's begin, but the main bone of contention seems to be exactly where that imaginary line is drawn.
|Occupy Portland, © Kit Seeborg
Sometimes these questions are not only difficult to answer, but may not be immediately apparent. For example, most people would probably agree everyone should be given equal treatment and opportunity. But on what basis do we form this equality? Some argue we should create a higher standard of equality for the many by enforcing unequal treatment to the few. Some argue we should enforce strict equal treatment to all, regardless of success or need.
|Occupy Rome, 15 October, © Remo Cassella
Again, this circles back to the question of who owes what to whom, a question impossible to answer. For every ten people asked, you'd probably get eleven impassioned answers. One could make the argument that different societies would answer these questions in very different manners, producing very different societies, much as we see in various countries around the world.
|Occupy Sevilla, © Tom Raftery
These are vital questions not only to actual society, but to authors of science fiction. For as a creator of a society, no matter how fictional, the structures which hold that society in place have to make sense to the reader. If the society you describe is not a viable, realistic society, it compromises belief in your entire story, not just those elements.
|Occupy Berlin, © Adam Groffman
If you create utopia, the checks and balances must be there to maintain it as such, while at the same time exposing issues which may ride just under the surface as they did a year ago. Because the word utopia resembles both the Greek words for "no place", outopos, and for "good place", eutopos, utopian fiction usually portrays a society which seems perfect on the outside, while leaving several critical sociological issues unresolved. This allows the author to weave plot into the tapestry of the environment of the story and create the possibility for conflict and climax.
|Occupy Wall Street, © Mat McDermott
If you create dystopia, on the other hand, the basic elements for strong conflict should be in the forefront, with no easy resolution in sight. I like to think of a dystopian society as one slightly older than a utopian one. Once the basic tenets of the utopian society have crumbled, dystopia emerges as the main framework of scene.
|Oakland Police Ready for Violence, by Soozarti1
I don't think anyone could accurately tell whether or not what we're seeing with these movements reflects this change. I don't think anyone wants it to. But regardless of what happens in the future, what is happening is a great opportunity to look at elements of a dystopian society. For a science fiction author like me, that is an additional facet to it, and one that makes it more fascinating than it might otherwise be.

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I have cleared what I viewed as the First Hurdle in the Landmark Effectiveness Seminar: I have created an intention.
And also
I am scared shit-less when I read it. Who am I kidding? How am I supposed to transform from a wannabe poser to a bonafied artist?
I am terrified, actually because it feels like my last stand. Like if I don't get my act together now, I might as well find a grenade to sit on.
I know this is not my last stand. Intellectually. I only feel like this is my last stand. I consider whether my fear is evidence that my intention is just more inauthenticity: me blowing smoke up my ass.
What is most significant to me, what I've decided to "go with," is the heightened power, freedom, strength, clarity, enthusiasm, willingness and confidence I feel when I say, aloud,
Also significant, everyone who's heard my intention says they are, in the words of Landmark, "touched, moved and inspired" by it.
Yeah, I think I'll go with this.


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Baseball games in Japan are a trip. It's like going to a baseball game in your dreams. You are totally aware of what is going on - the game they play is exactly the same as the MLB, but they use funny Japanized baseball terms. Common things you will hear at a baseball game:
- "Fine Play!" = Nice play!
- "Getsu" = Get two, or what it's REALLY called, a double play
- "Chansu!" = Chance. I think it means that you have baserunners in scoring position.
- A lot of organized chanting and singing from the outfield = This isn't something that a lot of people are used to, but I'm an A's fan, so this is totally normal to me. However, I have to say, Japanese baseball fans put the A's guys to shame. Their songs are super elaborate and sung right on cue and in unison. They have a pretty good sense of humor too. For the Canadian player Aaron Guiel, they sing "Oh, Canada"
Other things that are awesome at Japanese baseball games? No cutoff on beer sales, the end of inning trash collector and of course, the adorable draft beer girls. These gals (and guys) probably have a better workout during the game than the players on the field. They climb up and down the stadium non-stop with a keg strapped to their backs - all while looking cute and smiling. Now that is commitment.


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Department Silviculture
Academic Programs
Under-graduate program
The department organizes and facilitates the deliverance of undergraduate courses (both theoretical and practical lessons) relevant to silviculture, forest management and biology. The program includes 15 courses, which are almost entirely taught by the department staff members and within the classrooms and faculty laboratories. The department is also responsible for planning and executing, in joint collaboration with FNC staff members, a field tour for the second level students. Every year, the tour is destined to visit different forest areas of the Sudan and the students are particularly exposed to forest tree identification, taxation, ecology, soils, silvicultural practices and other aspects of forest sciences as well. In addition, the department is responsible for delivering the silvicultural planning, soils, climate and vegetation parts of the final year students' working plan.
Post-graduate programs
The department coordinates the deliverance of master and doctoral degree programs for postgraduate students. These degrees are carried out by research works in virtually all the aspects of forestry sciences with special attention on: silviculture, botany, ecology, forest biology, genetics and tree improvement, physiology, soils, agroforestry. The department is responsible for acceptance of degree applications, designation of supervisors and following procedures of degree awarding.
Research Program
Research works in the department consist essentially of individual staff member programs funded by the University, Ministry of Higher Education or from their own personal efforts. Research on subjects related to the department is also carried out through postgraduate degree programs.
The department has its own separate section within the main building of the faculty, which includes the head department office and six other offices for staff members. There is also one general silvicultural laboratory which the department supervises and coordinates its usage by different affiliates of the faculty.


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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
If 3 is greater than 2, then ⅓ must be bigger than ½ — right? Wrong. As thousands of students head back to school next week, many will use exactly that kind of thinking when faced with fractions for the first time. New research from Concordia University shows that for children to understand math, teachers must constantly make the connection between abstract numbers and real world examples.
Helena Osana, associate professor in Concordia's Department of Education, and PhD candidate Nicole Pitsolantis put this theory to the test in a classroom of fifth and sixth graders. Their findings — published in the highly regarded professional journal Teaching Children Mathematics, as well as in the British Journal of Educational Psychology — show students understand math much more clearly when teachers use pictures and concrete models to demonstrate what fractions actually mean.
Those connections are even stronger when the model is personally meaningful to the students. Write out '¾' on the blackboard and the concept is not so clear. Show kids ¾ of a shoelace or talk about running ⅓ of the way to school and suddenly they get it.
Although teachers already use models when talking about fractions — for instance, to show a picture of a pie with slices eaten — they often put them away too quickly. To prove that the constant use of models made a bigger impact, Osana and Pitsolantis tried teaching with models for only part of the lesson and then the entire lesson.
They found that students showed much greater understanding when the models were continually present. "Our study shows teachers should not only include pictures and models while teaching fractions, but also have them side by side throughout the class while continually making clear connections between the concepts and the models," says Osana.
The lessons produced by this research have the potential to go beyond the classroom. "This is something not only useful for teachers but also for parents," says Osana. "Because children are studying fractions, parents think they're not able to help. But parents can have positive effect on learning too. Something as simple as writing '¾' out on a piece of paper, then demonstrating what it means to use ¾ of a cup of sugar, or filling up the gas tank until it reaches the ⅔ mark, then writing and pointing to the numbers '⅔,' can really go a long way towards demystifying math," she says.
Pitsolantis, who also teaches fourth and fifth grade math at Lower Canada College in Montreal, says that the depth of misunderstanding that happens when models are abandoned surprised her. She and Osana are now testing out how teachers can successfully incorporate concrete models into other grades.
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This time last year, I put together a list of my top ten graphic novels of 2010 and my top ten comic-related bargains of 2010. I'm not going to bother putting together a list of my top ten graphic novels of 2011, mainly because I don't think I have read ten new graphic novels this year, so I'll just say that Love and Rockets New Stories #4 was probably my favourite of the few new GNs I read in 2011, that I also enjoyed reading Locke & Key, Scalped, Jonah Hex and the current reprints of E.C. Segar's Popeye strips, as well as small press comics by Andrew Cheverton ('Pictures Made of Light', 'West'), Martin Eden ('Spandex'), Rol Hirst ('Too Much Sex & Violence'), and Paul Rainey ('Thunder Brother: Soap Division') and leave it there. Instead, here are my top 10 comic-related bargains of 2011:
10. E.C. Segar's Popeye HCs
I didn't get an especially great deal on these – although I have been bought at least two of the five volumes I have so far as presents – I just happen to think that these brilliant books are great value for money anyway. Each volume has a recommended retail price of £21.99 / $29.99, you can usually get them online for around £15.00 (sometimes less), and yet they are huge books, packed full of comics, which take longer to read than most Marvel Omnibus books (which is something I say every time I review one, but it's true).
9. Christian Comics from a Woman in Hastings
In the summer, following a tip-off from my sister, who met a woman selling comics at a car boot sale and got her number for me, I went to a big house in Hastings and spent an hour or so rummaging through piles of comics priced at £1.00 each. Most of them were just '80s / '90s crap and overpriced at £1.00 each, but I did manage to find ten comics I wanted to buy, including two hilarious Christian comics from the 1970s – 'Hansi the Girl Who Loved the Swastika' and 'The Cross and the Switchblade' – which would have made rummaging through all those comics more than worthwhile even if they had been the only two comics I bought.
8. Books from The Works
A branch of discount book chain The Works finally opened near me this year, and while they don't often have graphic novels in there, I have managed to grab a couple of comic-related bargains since they opened. First, I got a copy of Chip Kidd's 'Bat-Manga' book – which reprints some long-forgotten Japanese Batman comics from the '60s – for £4.99 (RRP £19.99) and then I got a copy of 'The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga' – a rather large hardcover book that comes with a Tezuka documentary on DVD – for £6.99 (RRP £25.00). Neither of those were books I was desperate to own, but they are both very nice books, and were impossible to resist at those prices.
7. Books Subsidised by the Radio Times
A year or so ago, I was asked to take part in online surveys by the Radio Times – a magazine I subscribe to – in return for points which can be converted to Amazon vouchers. These surveys only come through occasionally and don't take very long to complete, and so far I have managed to convert my survey points into two £5.00 Amazon vouchers. The first one I put towards a Jonah Hex book and the second one I put towards the first volume of The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library, 'Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes', which I am reading right now. This has a recommended retail price of £17.99, had an Amazon price of £13.65 when I ordered it, and it only cost me £8.65. It's a great looking book!
6. Essentials Books from Ebay
Back in May, a tip-off from Rol led me to eBay, where some bloke had listed a lot of Marvel Essentials books for sale – buy-it-now – for just £4.00 (plus £1.00 for postage) each. I bought six or seven volumes of the Essential Hulk, Essential Power Man and Iron Fist Volumes 1 & 2, Essential Marvel Two-In-One Volume 1, and probably some other stuff, too. I haven't read any of these books yet, but I will enjoy catching up with them eventually.
5. Thor Omnibus Subsidised by LoveFilm
Earlier in the year, I signed up for a free trial with online DVD rental company LoveFilm, who at the time were offering a free £20.00 Amazon voucher along with their trials. This was only open to first time customers, but I gave it a go anyway, even though I have enjoyed several free LoveFilm trials in the past, and eventually I was emailed a £20 Amazon voucher which I put towards a copy of the Thor Omnibus HC (the one by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) which has a recommended retail price of £75.00, had an Amazon price of £56.13 at the time, and thanks to my voucher, only cost me £36.13. I wish I'd enjoyed reading it more.
4. Books Bought with Nectar Points
Have you got a Nectar card? Well, even if you don't shop in Sainsbury's, you should probably get one, because you can also collect points from hundreds of online retailers, including Amazon and eBay, if you visit these sites through links on the Nectar website, and the best thing is that you can later exchange your points for Amazon vouchers. A few months ago, I exchanged some of my points for a £20.00 Amazon voucher, which I spent on several Jonah hex TPBs, and I currently have enough points to get another £35.00 of Amazon vouchers, which I will (of course) be spending on even more graphic novels soon.
3. Library Books
I didn't get that many graphic novels out of the library this year but libraries are great and still deserve a place near the top of this list. This year, I borrowed the first few volumes of Scalped – which I liked so much I have since bought them all – and the final volume of Ex Machina, as well as a few unusual GNs that I was keen to read but not enough to actually buy them, like DC's 'Saga of the Super-Sons' TPB. Most of the libraries near me have at least a few graphic novels in stock and, better still, if I go to the Kent Libraries website, I can search all the libraries in Kent and get books sent to my local library, and all I have to pay is a 35p reservation fee. In the past, I have even asked my local library to order books in just for me, which they have, and again, all I had to pay was a small reservation fee, and I recently found out that I can order in books from public libraries all over the UK – not just within my county – which costs more, but it's still only a couple of quid. All of the services I have just mentioned should be available in libraries throughout the UK.
2. Digital Comics
I know that digital comics aren't for everyone but I love 'em. I do find it difficult to read some comics online and I still prefer my graphic novels made of ink and paper, but I much prefer digital comics to monthly periodical comics these days and they also provide an affordable way to sample new series. I don't think the price of most digital comics is low enough, considering they have no resale value – $1.99 is usually the most I will pay for a digital comic, and even that seems like a bit too much – but Comixology regularly offer certain comics at just $0.99c for a limited period. This year, I downloaded issues 1 to 11 of Jeff Smith's Rasl for $0.99c each (although the first issue was free) and Morning Glories issues 1 to 12 for $0.99c each (I think the first issue of that was free, too), which was quite a saving on the price of buying the paper comics.
1. 110 Marvel GNs
Back in the spring, I noticed that a seller who lives quite near to me had listed a collection of 110 Marvel graphic novels for sale on eBay for about £500 and hadn't received any offers. I emailed him and offered him £400 in cash for a private sale, which he accepted, and I went and collected them the same day. I kept back more than twenty of these books for myself – including all the Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne books, Hulk Visionaries: Peter David volumes 1 to 7, Champions Classic volumes 1 & 2, and What If Classic volumes 1 to 5 – and sold the rest on Amazon for a little over £400. It was a bit of a pain in the arse selling all the books I didn't want, and I still have a few that haven't sold yet, but it was more than worth the effort. The books I kept would have cost me about £200 to buy new but this way they didn't cost me a penny, meaning that this deal was always going to be hard to beat as my bargain of the year.
Happy new year! May 2012 bring bargains to you all!


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"Kel you already have your mind made up my friend there is no conversation going on it is what you believe or nothing. Perhaps one day you will wake up...Good luck to you my friend....BTW I live this shit and I am as healthy as a fucking horse...Don't visit doctors nor will I take a drug...Ciao."
This was from an exchange on facebook, where my crime was questioning the generic toxins as a medical threat, as well as self-diagnosis of gut fungus as a source of said toxins. Looking back at the thread, I'm not quite sure what I have my mind made up about, here are the comments I made in the thread.
What toxins are you trying to remove?
What toxins are involved in that, and how would a sauna or steam remove them?
Jxx, what toxins are those?
But if you can't identify what those toxins are, how do you know you're not chasing an invisible bogey man? Which impurities from your food come out through your skin? How is dirt and bacteria on your skin a "toxin"?
Don't get me wrong, I love saunas. I feel great afterwards. I just don't see how it has value as a medical treatment - especially not when it's used for such an ambiguous condition.
Unless you have oral or vaginal thrush, candida really doesn't cause any health problems. What toxins does candida release?
"Alcohol is the main one but others are included."
So how much alcohol does this fungus produce? And what are the other ones?
"It does cause health problems in the gut which then makes its way into the organs and into the brain."
What health problems? How does [candida] cause this?
This is my problem - there's no specificity here.
"It is not widely recognised as a physically proven condition by the mainsteam medical community but I have read more than enough stories of people realising they have it to be convinced it is real."
But if it's not established through peer review, then how do you know it's causing problems? If you're not checking for causal relationships, then you run the risk of not actually identifying the problem. *post hoc, ergo propter hoc*
"I will try my best to work out what it is by eliminating possabilities."
This is why we have trained medical professionals who can run diagnostics and use the best possible evidence to identify the problem. Self-diagnosis is a terrible idea!
In the end, it's your health. If it were me, I'd be worried since I'm not a medical professional and I don't have the resources to perform tests that I'm not doing what's best for me. But that's me, and you have to make that decision for yourself.
I don't know what would be best for Pxxxxxx, my contention here is that people are creating non-existent conditions based on superficial plausibility, and instead of getting tested indulge in self-treatment.
Again the idea of detoxing through diet is an ambiguous one. What toxins are removed? How does that make for better health? Again it sounds superficially plausible, but it becomes meaningless if it's not identifying what processes are involved.
So I'm not sure what I really have to wake up to, or how it's about what I believe or nothing. I kept deferring to medical professionals and argued against self-diagnosis, especially when it came to non-specific factors.
Who would have thought that arguing for getting tested and treated with the best available treatment would be a position that would draw the ire of anyone? It seems idiotic to suggest anything but!


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But then there are shows from CH that somehow fall by the wayside, either by lack of interest from the public or lack of advertising from the TV Boffins - shows like Creepy Crawlies, Fantomcat, Albie and even Vampires, Pirates and Aliens. Anyone seen a (British) DVD featuring this lot?
But the most semi-obscure show from CH has to be these guys:
Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime was another of Cosgrove Hall's wonderfully odd-ball shows, featuring two French criminal brothers always hatching "a meticulous plan" to steal valuable items - but hardly ever succeed due to their constant bumbling.
But there is more to this series than one would think:
- The series combines the writing / voice-acting talents of Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert and David Jason alone (with others such as Edward Kelsey popping up time to time). This would be the last time that Brian and David would provide their voices for a Cosgrove Hall series, as well as being the company's cel-painted show before going from Cosgrove Hall Productions to Cosgrove Hall Films.
- David Jason's voice for Hugo (the short "brain of a brussel sprout") is based from that of Bluebottle from the famous radio programme The Goon Show! To add to that, often Hugo is constantly pestering Victor with the phrase "What is it that it is...?", another Bluebottle trademark ;-)
- Often in animated shows starring anthropomorphic animals, everyone bar themselves is human. Whereas in THIS cartoon, it's vice-versa - the brothers themselves the only human characters!
But that's not all...
|A crossover well deserving - drawn by Andrew Morrice!
So with all the perfect chemicals for a winning show, what has happened to the "Bunglers in Crime"?
Well, the sad fact was that V&H were unfortunately created at the time when Children's ITV was undergoing an anti-cartoon phase in 1991-1992, causing Thames TV to lose their franchise. So according to various sources, the episodes were never shown more than once - at least for British airwaves. Last I heard, they seemed to have gained new life Down Under in Aus...
And apart from one episode on a Cosgrove Hall-themed DVD, the rest of the two seasons that were made are only available on lesser-spotted VHS cassettes and books (both hardback and audio!!).
However, for those who do remember, let us hope that one day we shall see all of Victor and Hugo's bungles on DVD, in this day and age where even the most obscure of shows have managed to find new life for today's generation as such...and pray even harder that we Brits will get it first and not Australia...!! =P
For now, though, here's a handful of eppies to watch by - now updated with a fancy new Playlist!
More episodes from Dailymotion - including crossovers with Danger Mouse and Count Duckula!


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Washington: Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) including Indian origin scientists have developed the first true mouse model of typhoid infection.
The development promises to advance the study of typhoid and the creation of new vaccines against the infection, which remains a major health threat in developing countries.
"Vaccines are the most practical solution for preventing typhoid in the Third World. Unfortunately, existing typhoid vaccines are only modestly effective, leaving millions of people vulnerable to infection. With our new mouse model, the first of its kind, we have a powerful tool for investigating the disease and devising better vaccine strategies," said study co-leader Sankar Ghosh, PhD, the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at CUMC.
Typhoid is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which is spread through contaminated drinking water or food. It is a common health problem in the developing world, affecting more than 2 million people each year and leading to 200,000 deaths.
Symptoms of typhoid infection include high fever, fatigue, stomach pains, headache, and loss of appetite. Typhoid can be treated with antibiotics. Without therapy, the illness may last up to a month, with a fatality rate between 12 and 30 percent. There are two typhoid vaccines, with efficacy rates ranging from 50 to 80 percent.
Since mice and other laboratory animals are resistant to S. typhi, it has been difficult to develop and test new vaccination approaches. In the current experiment, Dr. Ghosh and his colleagues sought to determine why mice couldn't be infected with S. typhi, with the ultimate goal of creating an animal model for studying the disease.
Evidence suggested that toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are expressed on the surface of key immune cells such as macrophages and dendritic cells, might be involved. Such cells are part of the innate immune response, the body's first-line defense against infectious microbes.
For various reasons, the researchers zeroed in on a particular TLR: TLR11. One, this receptor is expressed all over the gastrointestinal lining, or epithelium, where S. typhi infection begins, and two, the receptor is found in mice, but not in humans. Also, in an earlier study, the CUMC team found that TLR11 protects mice infected with the Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in humans.
To determine whether TLR11 protects mice against S. typhi, Dr. Ghosh created a strain of mice that lack the receptor. When the TLR11 "knockout" mice were challenged with orally administered S. typhi, they developed typhoid-like symptoms. Next, the researchers demonstrated that the mice could be successfully immunized against S. typhi with a heat-killed vaccine.
The researchers also showed that this protection could be transferred by passive transfer — that is, by taking serum from a vaccinated mouse and giving it to a non-vaccinated mouse.
"This is important for two reasons. First, it demonstrated that these mice are capable of a robust response that includes protective antibodies. Second, passive immunization can be used to identify the protective component of the immune response and the parts of the bacteria that vaccination should target," said study co-leader Matthew S. Hayden, MD, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology and of microbiology & immunology at CUMC.
The CUMC team also discovered that TLR11 protects mice against S. typhi by recognizing and binding to flagellin, a protein found in the bacterium's flagellum, the whip-like tail that it uses to propel itself.
The researchers are currently exploring whether TLR11 contributes to the failure of other flagellated bacteria to infect mice.
"We are particularly excited that the TLR11 knockout may be an animal model for other enteropathogens" — pathogens that cause intestinal disease — "and potentially, other flagellated epithelial pathogens, including those that infect the lungs and urogenital tract. At present, there are no good mouse models for enterohemorrhagic E. coli, Vibrio cholera, Clostridium difficile, or chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa," said Dr. Hayden.
The other contributors of the study are Ramkumar Mathur, Hyunju Oh, Dekai Zhang, Sung-Gyoo Park, Jin Seo, and Alicia Koblansky (all at CUMC).
The paper was published in the online edition of the journal Cell.


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Highlights at Opus (Palace Cross Road):
30th Oct, Fri: WEIRDASS Ham-ateur Night feat. Vir Das' comedy rock band - ALIEN CHUTNEY
1st Nov, Sun: Four Season O-Show feat. Carlton & The Crazies
Highlights at Opus in the Creek (Brookefields) All details below ..
31st Oct, Sat: the 1st ever Four Seasons O-Show Bizarre Buzzaar, 6 pm onwards
31st Oct, Sat: FREDY MASSAMBA (Congo) playing some African sounds with a mix of funk and hip-hop, 9 pm onwards
Goan Buffet Lunch (Mon - Sat) from noon to 3 pm at Rs. 199 + tax. Happy Hours from noon to 8 pm!
31st Oct at Opus in the Creek (Brookefields), 6 pm onwards & 1st Nov at Opus (Palace Cross Road), noon to moon:
Opus and Nimboo Design + Style in association with Four Seasons, have come together to bring you a fresh, creative, high energy market - O-Show - that will showcase young, talented designers from around the country. Designers are mostly from all over the country and include everything from jewellery, clothes, and accessories to shoes, bags, artefacts and lots more!!
Anuj's Special Sunday Halloween Brunch: noon onwards (Rs. 650/-)
Cold Cuts, Home Made Cheese Platters, Khao Suey, traditional Goan Curries, Flavoured Rice, Sannas, Dosas, Wraps, a variety of Breads and loads of yummy desserts!! Soups, Salads and you can make your own Sandwiches!
Along with Unlimited Kingfisher Blue Beer and Mojitos!!
Saturday, 31st Oct at Opus in the Creek:
8:30 pm onwards: Fredy Massamba (Congo) - A smooth blend of soul, hip-hop, funk & African chants. He sings in Kongo & Lingala and his lyrics speak straight to our hearts. Click here to check out his single and his myspace page
Sunday, 1st Nov at Opus, Palace Cross Road:
1 pm onwards: Carlton & The Crazies (Venky, Sheri, Mark)
9 pm onwards: The trademark Bacardi KroaKnights with the super insane Carlton
Dress up in your favourite, whackiest Halloween costumes and win some exciting goodies !!
eat, shop, drink, shop, laze, shop, sing, shop, dance, shop, shop, shop, shop, kroak, shop, shop, shop and spend the whole weekend with us at Opus!
All details below ..
Wednesday Nights (Opus in the Creek, Brookefields), Thursday Nights (Opus, Palace Cross Road)
A super high energy, up-tempo Quiz that you can relax and unwind to or go mad with, depending on how you take the Challenge. It's an evening you wouldn't want to miss, even if it's just to show off how smart you are!
The Winning Table gets a FREE stay for two at O.Tel (RT Nagar)
RC Booze and Clues. Challenge on the Rocks. Brought to you by Royal Challenge Rock'N Music CDs. Game for Life!
Chill Pill: Every Sunday Night with Shyam & Dominic... in an relaxing unwinding set 7pm onward .. relax to your favourite country, swing, rock n roll tunes.
Bulls Unplugged every Monday at Opus (Palace Cross) and Thursday at Opus in the Creek (Brookefields), 6 pm onwards:
Red Bull and Opus present Bulls Unplugged nights featuring college bands and upcoming artists from around the city, a super cool College Menu and special discounts on Red Bull drinks! Click here to check out the Bulls Unplugged facebook group.
Tuesdays 4-Play!
Tuesday nights has become a games / get back to college fest kinda night. Choose from Boggle, Pictionary, Scrabble, Jenga, Taboo and lots more!
Bacardi KroaKnight hosted by Sheridan & Venky every Wednesday & Carlton every Sunday, 9 pm onwards at Opus (Palace Cross Road) AND every Tuesday night, 7 pm onwards at Opus, in the Creek (Brookefields):
Opus KroaKnights can change your life! Don't be fooled by the name or the frog, which is the mascot of KroaKnights. This is a night dedicated to "singers with talent with no place to show off". Opus has discovered and honed some amazing voices over the years in the city and gives them a place to sing their hearts out and discover their place in the sun.
Bacardi KroaKnight hosted by Sheridan & Venky every Wednesday & Carlton every Sunday, 9 pm onwards at Opus (Palace Cross Road) AND every Tuesday night, 7 pm onwards at Opus, in the Creek (Brookefields):
What's new on myopusradio.com this week!
To view past few events' pictures:
Gueen of Hearts !!
easy like sunday nights ?? N.O.T. !!
The B.Rat Pack at the Creek !!
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Birthday suit
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Cute! Looks like a fun outfit.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Dorothy! I can surely have fun in it.Delete
Looks great did not know that you are so talentedReplyDeleteReplies
Lol, thanks Affeisha..... God given talents!Delete
The outfit looks awesome, I love the fabric. How did you find the shorts pattern? I've been thinking of buying it for awhile now.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Zoe.... The pattern is great! I definitely recommend it. Its a simple pattern but it allows you to do other things with it. It makes a really neat fly. I think everyone might need a few adjustments depending on how you like your shorts to fit.... thanks for the comment!Delete
Happy Birthday! Your outfit is gorgeous!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much!Delete
Happy belated birthday!! OMG! Love this outfit, it looks great on you. The strong printed is awesome and you did an excellent work on your bustier top, I am impressed with the details :) Nice fitting shorts as well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Awww thanks Hana for the lovryfeedback..... the print really is quite pretty.Delete
This fabric is soooo beautiful!!! Love the bustier top and shorts paired with the same fabric! You are killing this outfit! :) Happy Birthday!!!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Sally! Glad you like it! I know I'll start seeing florals from you soon!Delete


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Directly across from the Vicksburg National Military Cemetery is the U.S.S. Cairo Museum. This ironclad union gunboat was retrieved from its watery grave and is now displayed in the park. It is an awesome site to see and you can walk on it. Inside the museum is a treasure trove of artifacts such as weapons, munitions, naval stores and personal gear that the sailor's used on board. This also is a must see when you come to visit Vicksburg! Picnic tables are in the area where you can sit and enjoy the view. Please take the time to read about the USS Cairo that I have linked to our National Military Park site.
A Dixie Lady Deer Hunter
Article by Fred Messina, editor of "On Target Outdoors" from The Vicksburg Evening Post on Friday, January 19, 1990. Photo by Bob Phillips.
Bob Phillips came up the other day with a photo of his wife Marian and a deer she got on Brown's Point New Years Eve. The deer was an 8-point with 16 inches of inside spread that weighed in at 190 pounds. A nice trophy in anyone's book. However, the tale Bob told is that this was Marian's fourth deer this year and he claimed that he would have done better than he did if he had not spent so much time hauling Marian's deer out of the woods. Come off it, Bob. We all know who the hunter was.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
U.S.S. Cairo Museum
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this has been the first summer where I haven't worked at the daycare (summer camp). After 5 years of teaching and working each summer 30 to 40 hours, I felt like this summer I would just hang out and relax, enjoy the time I had on my hands...read, craft, create, do nothing.
I have to admit. I found myself with too much time on my hands. All my family and friends were at work so there was limited hang out availability. I was able to read, to rest, to relax, to do nothing....but I became restless. I became ready to explode with action and an outlet for something. Then it came up that my in law's needed some help working at their furniture store. I would only be working 2 days a week and get to work those days with my husband. I've never sold furniture in my life and it def. forced me to step out of my teaching is life comfort zone. But it's been good to have something to do. It's been good to be uncomfortable.
God's been speaking to me about comfort zones. How dangerous it can be if we remain, take refuge, and refuse to move out of our comfort zones. For comfort, familiarity, can breed complacency. I'm leaning how to see God in the uncomfortable places. In those things that scratch and provoke me (not in a bad way). For it's in our moments of un-comfort that God requires us to step up, rely on Him, trust solely on Him, believe that He will meet us.
I also have came to the revelation through my reflections on time this summer that:
1) Idle time is no good. No friend. It leaves for idle thoughts and an open door for the enemy to step in and start whispering lies.
2) Time management is key. I have also learned that I enjoy having a schedule and following it.
3). Letting God invade my time and wreck my "schedules" is well worth it, no matter how big of a fit I pitch.


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For every solution we offer, we make sure the very latest technologies for data collection, warehousing and management are in place. We start with clean data, including controlled data maintenance for all description changes and new parts, to ensure information integrity. MRO data cleansing is the cornerstone of effective data management.
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After the MRO data cleansing process, and because data stored across multiple systems is often difficult to consolidate, we can create a data warehouse for your reporting and analysis or we can give you the data in a format for you to upload into your system. If you choose to use our system, it would become your custom catalogue. Through our proprietary SDiExchange system, a single platform providing visibility across inventories, we can map the success of your supply program.
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Members of the financial services industry constantly strive to adapt to new technologies, procedures and systems. In a world of new media and banking 2.0, sites like Banking.com and the new social site B2Bsynergy.org powered by The Payments Authority aim to spark conversations and keep financial leaders connected.
B2B Synergy provides another community for credit unions, bankers, vendors and merchants to congregate through message boards, community discussions, white papers, case studies and other educational material to discuss the electronic payments industry.
Amy Smith, President and CEO of The Payments Authority believes B2B Synergy to be the first social network dedicated solely to payments and financial services. She states in a Bank Systems & Technology article,
"It's amazing to see other people from other institutions — banks and credit unions, credit unions and community banks — all weighing in and sharing best practices."
Read the full Bank Systems & Technology post here.
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Jessica Alba in Denim Corset Dress at Comic-Con: Knock off the Look
Jessica Alba was at the San Diego Comic-Con last week promoting the movie "Good Luck Chuck" which opens Sept. 21. She wore a dark denim corset dress — you could say it was the casual version of the black bustier dress she wore to the Fantastic Four premiere in Sydney a few months ago. Jessica Alba is always gorgeous, no question, but what is with those shoes?? Am I the only one who hates them with this outfit, or in general?
Photo: JessicaAlba.net
These dresses will help you knock off her look,
but please don't wear gold Tori Burch flats!
$178 Marciano
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Scallop Boat in dry dock
Rusted and worn
Can you explain the fascination?
Scallop nets
They roll along the ocean's floor
Disturbing and probably destroying.
A cool moon
and a warm sun.
It's the wealth of texture and colour that attracts, I think..ReplyDelete
Hmmm 'rusted and worn' -- isn't everyone attracted to that? I certainly am.ReplyDelete
may be the color the rust leaves.? i know i never gave it much thought until the last year or so...
i can't imagine ever knitting on toothpicks...course i can't knit, but if i ever find a hooked pick, i will try it!!
i also enjoyed the part where all the stick figures tried to figure out how to hang things...my autistic granddaughter would probably write a whole story about that one line in your week.


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Photos by LawrenceToday a member of footsteps dancing academy came to Kelvin Road School to teach us how to dance.
Her name is Kate she wants us to love dancing because it is a lot of fun and keeps us fit.
There are a lot of styles of dancing like Hip hop, Jazz, Tango, Salsa, Breakdancing and even highland dancing.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Movie Marathon: Disney Animated, Day 3
Disney's Robin Hood also joins my list of favorite non-princess films. This classic Disney movie was a staple in as I was growing up, and some of my enjoyment of the movie carries over from those childhood years, I'm sure. But really, who can resist watching Lady Cluck charge through a pack of rhinos like a football player?
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Gipsy Zigeuner Wahrsagekarten fortune telling cards in light-hearted combinations.
SADNESS in combos just for fun…….. can't always be so serious!
+DEATH= saying good-bye is never easy (get over it)
+DESIRE= you probably won't get what you want (but you will get what you don't want)
+ECCLESIASTIC= attending a funeral (don't go if you never liked the person)
+ANGER= wipe away your tears and fight back (time to kick some ass)
+BABY= missing a child (distance makes the heart grow fonder)
+CONSTANCY= you have felt like this for a while now (time for a cold shower)
+ENEMY= back stabbing really hurts (always face your opposition)
+GIFT= bittersweet token of love (good bye gifts always suck)
+HOPE= the sun shines after the rain (and then it rains again)
+HOUSE= distressing news come to you home (don't answer the door)
+FALSENESS= finding out the diamond is not real (and neither is the person that gave it to you)
+FIDELITY= loss of a good friend (was it something you said)
+FORTUNE= money isn't everything (but is sure helps a lot)
+JEALOUSY= no point crying over spilt milk (get a glass of chocolate milk next time)
+LETTER= it is written in black and white (see if you can hit the garbage can with it)
+LOSS= grief (oh poor me, did you want some cheese with your whine)
+JOURNEY= a trip that is necessary to take (most are)
+JUDGE= unfair decision (who said life was fair)
+MERRIMENT= tears of joy (ride the wave while you are on it)
+MISFORTUNE= unexpected catastrophe (running out of your favorite alcoholic beverage)
+LOVE= being dumped (your turn next)
+LOVER= disappointing man (never trust a man that won't let you phone him at home)
+VISIT= unpleasant travel (trip to the dentist usually is)
+WIDOW= lonely old woman (most nags are)
+MALADY= inconsolable (those flu bugs get nastier and nastier)
+MARRIAGE= breach of promise (yup you've been conned, live and learn)
+MESSAGE= bad news arrives (the weather forecast is bad for the camping trip)
+SWEETHEART= nursing one's heart (love is blind)
+THIEF= stealing your joy (those little joy-crooks hide everywhere)
+MONEY= money has no conscience ( and neither does something else ha-ha, winky winky)
+OFFICER= official disturbing news (you need major engine repairs)
+THOUGHT= depressing thoughts (you can only appreciate happiness-if you aren't for awhile)
+UNEXPECTED JOY= in a short time you'll feel better (guys or girls night out)
+SOME MONEY= insignificant raise (well it's enough for the parking meter)
+WIDOWER= loss of partner (poker night is cancelled)


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The Man versus The State
Another book that is on my must read list is Herbert Spencer's The Man versus The State. The Mises institute has a great commentary on this work, written back in 1884 but still full of relevant wisdom and accurate insight. Many of the gloomy predictions made by Spencer have come true due to his understanding of the role of government and its expansionary instincts. An interesting aspect to this classical liberal text was that it was written in 1884, and describes how British society was already heavily regulated, with many supporters of socialised rail, health, medicine and infrastructure.
A common misconception is that the 20th century saw the emergence (and fail) of socialism, but it seems that socialism is a slowly creeping phenomena and the 19th century had its share of supporters who insisted on an ever greater role for the state in providing welfare. The 20th century gave us more than a handful of examples of the blanket poverty that emerged from a socialist command economy. But once again, the classical liberal writers are spot on with their predictions.
Mises foresaw the inevitable doom and failure of communism, and Spencer clearly saw the endless expansion of the state at the expense of individual freedom and liberty.
But any open-minded person who takes the trouble today to read or reread The Man Versus The State will probably be startled by two things. The first is the uncanny clairvoyance with which Spencer foresaw what the future encroachments of the State were likely to be on individual liberty, above all in the economic realm. The second is the extent to which these encroachments had already occurred in 1884, the year in which he was writing.Spencer has some words that are astonishingly relevant to modern society, with western governments claiming credit for our advances and developments when they deserve no credit at all:
The present generation has been brought up to believe that government concern for "social justice" and for the plight of the needy was something that did not even exist until the New Deal came along in 1933. The ages prior to that have been pictured as periods when no one "cared," when laissez faire was rampant, when everybody who did not succeed in the cutthroat competition that was euphemistically called free enterprise — but was simply a system of dog-eat-dog and the-devil-take-the-hindmost — was allowed to starve. And if the present generation thinks this is true even of the 1920s, it is absolutely convinced that this was so in the 1880s, which it would probably regard as the very peak of the prevalence of laissez faire.
Yet the new reader's initial astonishment when he starts Spencer's book may begin to wear off before he is halfway through, because one cause for surprise explains the other. All that Spencer was doing was to project or extrapolate the legislative tendencies existing in the 1880s into the future. It was because he was so clearsightedly appalled by these tendencies that he recognized them so much more sharply than his contemporaries, and saw so much more clearly where they would lead if left unchecked.
It is not to the State that we owe the multitudinous useful inventions from the spade to the telephone; it is not the State which made possible extended navigation by a developed astronomy; it was not the State which made the discoveries in physics, chemistry, and the rest, which guide modern manufacturers; it was not the State which devised the machinery for producing fabrics of every kind, for transferring men and things from place to place, and for ministering in a thousand ways to our comforts. The worldwide transactions conducted in merchants' offices, the rush of traffic filling our streets, the retail distributing system which brings everything within easy reach and delivers the necessaries of life daily at our doors, are not of governmental origin. All these are results of the spontaneous activities of citizens, separate or grouped.And Spencer viewed income tax as nothing more than slavery:
No man has any claim to his property, not even to that which he has earned by the sweat of his brow, save by the permission of the community; and that the community may cancel the claim to any extent it thinks fit. No defense can be made for this appropriation of A's possessions for the benefit of B, save one which sets out with the postulate that society as a whole has an absolute right over the possessions of each member.


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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
KCBS Purge Nears as Entercom Takes Over; Bearman/KGO Bore; Greg Papa Boor; Reggie Aqui Asininity at Circle 7; Tuesday Nuggets
*Imagine the unthinkable The US and North Korea go to war setting off a turbulent time in the country and mass unease...and simultaneously, Chip Franklin opens his show on KGO asking men and women: "What's the best pick-up line?"
*KGO is really irrelevant these days but just out of habit some people listen, myself included. We're jaded, of course, because we all miss the golden days when a really special radio station was the go-to place when major news broke out...say, for example, 9-11; we'd immediately tune to 810 AM to commiserate, vent, rage, scream, opine, whatever...now we're resigned to insipidity at its best with mind-numbing fools masquerading as talk-show hosts who wouldn't know how to run a real newsy show if their life depended on it.
The 12-Noon guy, Ethan Bearman, is the worst with all the news acumen of a hyena. Bearman is following the KGO/Cumulus handbook: "get the demos; get the millennials; stay on "people" topics"!--sure, just as the world burns.
*The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (BASHOF) for some reason called off Mark Ibanez as its MC and replaced him with Gary Radnich: groans in the audience last night at the dinner. Gees, I wonder why.
*Radnich is a super-class phony with ultra paranoia up his sleeve. His salary was slashed by more than 60% at KRON and he's probably now just circling the bases searching for another outlet to help him pay for his mass overhead.
*Behind the friendly face and spirited look...a guy that is getting more boorish by the day: Greg Papa. He was kicked in the ass by Comcast and lost his Giants Post-Game gig; he still does the Warriors but that might be reviewed by seasons end.
Papa has an arrogance and jerk meter that rivals his bosses; he's also supremely disliked by the majority people in the newsroom at Comcast headquarters on 3rd street.
*Reggie Aqui at ABC7: the epitome of asininity. A jerk with the Disney look who was hired by the jerk who hired his own wife and pissed off the majority of the newsroom.
*I haven't watched the extra half-hour of news on KTVU but since you asked: just extra summations from the 10 and a way to stick it to PIX and KGO. Plus, Fox loves extra money and KTVU is its cash cow in the Bay Area.
*For the 100th time, I still don't get the fascination with Heather Holmes; a complete lightweight and overrated teleprompter reader. Oh, you mean that too? Yeah, sure, straight out of Fresno where she'd be lucky to do traffic reports. Gimme a break!
*Another overrated PC gem: KCBS' Holly Quan. Lightweight galore. I wonder why they hired her. Oh, but of course.
*CBS big suit, Doug Harvill: you know, Doug, that bullshit memo about Swanson? You fooled everyone but me.
*KCBS has more KGO people than KGO did. Hell, why don't you just move the studios to the backroom of Grumpy's.
*Jon Bristow wants to anchor at KCBS from 5-9 AM...and also Noon to 3...and also 3-7 PM...and from 7-10 PM...and all night and all weekend morning, noon, and night.
Some people work to live...Bristow lives to work.
*Not that you cared, but Dave Padilla took a buyout offer from KCBS ... so "RISE and SHINE!" is retiring now. God bless us all.
*The asshole radio sports guy who had the chutzpah to write some bullshit on the KCBS' guy's Facebook page he replaced was hired by a guy who never met him; never knew him; never even listened to him. (Psst, Thanks Jack!)
*Torture: my back pain and "The Happy Hour."
*BREAKING NEWS! You too can become a KPIX anchor ...just move to Hawaii.
*Ben Fong Torres: About time for another Bay Area Radio HOF story.
*THIS JUST IN: Roberta Gonzales doing her 47,00th Miss Mary Ann act to Stan Bunger on Tuesday morning. ..Excuse me dear, just give us the damn weather and save the Anaheim act for TV. Holy Shit!
*Duane Kuiper, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Mike Krukow...all are on assignment tonight so be sure to catch Baldy McFuckface on his first Giants' telecast!
*"On assignment": Oy vey.
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- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 12:14 PM
Speaking of Reggie Aqui, I understand why Castro District and SF viewers will accept him as an anchor after reading his amazing profile. I did not know he is not a big fan among staffs inside the newsroom. Maybe, people still give credit to Eric and Kristen.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 12:54 PM
That North Korea situation is sobering. And disturbing.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 2:39 PM
relax. Dennis Rodman is on his way.Delete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 3:41 PM
It was ignored for decades, 2 Democrat presidents and 1 Republican president. Everyone kicked the can down the road and now they're close to nukes. Something has to be done with Hawaii and California in their crosshairs.Delete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM
NOrth Korea has had nukes for a decade. What they don't have is an ICBM capable of delivering one to California or Hawaii. The idea that other presidents "ignored " the issue is without merit. The options of "doing something" include nuke threats to our ally, South Korea" and our ally "Japan". Perhaps Mr. Trump will send his two manly, elephant killing sons to lead the charge into oblivion.Delete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 7:16 PM
Whew, I forgot about The Worm. I feel more secure already!
Californians or Hawaiians (or any state) need not worry about any NorKo missiles. Assuming one successfully makes it off the launch pad (a MAJOR accomplishment, given what we've seen from NorKo's recent test launches) our subs/ships/land-based anti- missile defense systems would shoot down any NorKo missile somewhere between NorKo and Hawaii.Delete
The REAL concern would be for our strong allies in Asia: South Korea (which is only about 20-miles from the border/DMZ)...Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Australia. I doubt these countries have the technology and means to shoot down an incoming missile. And even if they did, they probably wouldn't have enough time to react.
If we, however, detect missiles heading to these countries, would we have the authority to shoot one down--shoot down a missile not heading our way???
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 12:57 PM
Sorry to hear that Radnich disgraced the BASHOF event with his presence.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 12:58 PM
Man, the shit is packed with good stuff today. Good job. Bruce McGowan is a blowhard. Dave Lewis is a nice guy who is doing even better now than if he were to have stayed at KCBS. Speaking of which, wonder if it's Kim Wonderfully that's in jeopardy. What's going to happen with the Pacific gag me talk with Susan Leigh Taylor??? Kimmie's husband, Kevin the Dirty Rodent, will maybe follow suit. But that could all mean that another pompous ass, Rich Walcoff, could replace him or even that wiener, Steve Bitker, in the AM. Greg Papa thinks he's better than he is. He's not. He has zero humility. He struts in the press box at Raiders games like he's the man. He's always done that, going back to his Warriors days. A big problem with announcers is they think they're the show, not what they're reporting/calling. That's a big mistake. Look at Fatnich. I'm surprised he's not on the corner Polk and Geary begging for Bentley gas money. He'll have to get his piece of shit snob car washed only once a week as opposed to every day. Tsk tsk tsk.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 1:03 PM
Before KGO went haywire you could tune in for earthquakes, fires, crashes, politics, happenings around the bay and more. You knew the hosts like they were family even if you didn't agree with them. Hell you even got to know some of the callers, some good some not so good. Good old KGO NEWSTALK 810.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 1:08 AM
You're so right about KGO. When I was awakened by the Napa Earthquake two--or was it almost three, years ago--I didn't even think about turning on KGO because I knew no one was there to report on it.Delete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 1:22 PM
Papa's a smarmy overrated shithead. So glad he isn't on the Giants broadcasts anymore . . . now the Warriors need to kick his ass to the curb where it belongs.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 6:19 PM
Along with Shitzgerald.Delete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 6:35 AM
Disagree, Papa is the best Pre Game/Post Game guy there is.. Most knowledgeable, insightful, easy to watch and best on air personality.Delete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 1:44 PM
If you look up the word strident in the dictionary,ReplyDelete
you will find a photo of Ethan Bearman.
The loudest mouth at KGO.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 1:57 PM
Say what you want about Reggie Aqui, but "Donnie & Marie" as Rich refers to them, along with the rest of the morning KGO news team, make up the best of the morning news programs.ReplyDelete
Followed by channels 4, 2, and 5.
Hard to really get any hard news on any of the stations, but if one is need of traffic and/or weather reports, they all do a decent job.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 2:44 PM
I just started reading you. Geez, don't you like anyone?ReplyDelete
Radnich ripped the BASHOF many times over the years as he has something better to do with his time and he always wanted people to know his awards are in boxes.ReplyDelete
That was then. Now? He feels his mortality catching up to him. Uhuh- better put out some good vibes if he wants people at the funeral. Or,his casket goes on a hand truck 'cause ain't enough people to carry it.
Have a nice day!
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 3:59 PM
Get rid of Sports on KCBS.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 6:14 PM
And on TV: Sports, sitcoms, those 'action' shows, daytime lady's shows, Liz Cook and other forms of brainrot.ReplyDelete
Visit your local library, you'll feel better about yourself.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 7:37 PM
If I announced for the Giants I'd hide too. At least the A's announcers show up. Geesh.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 9:17 PM
Well, what IS the best pickup line?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Both KHON-2 and KITV-4 in Hawaii have solid news products right up there with KTVU.ReplyDelete
'Cept for one little thing...
The women are much hotter.
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 9:19 AM
Any idea what happened to NBC Bay Area's Elyce Kirchner? She just vanished a month or so ago.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 4:45 PM
The biggest problem with KCBS is they're clueless and have people working out of position. For example, they have Bruce McGowan and Matt Kolsky doing sports, and Henry Wofford doing traffic. That's unbelievable. If I were Henry I'd walk into the boss' office and say you have to be kidding me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 5:05 PM
I am moving to South Orange County, and I can't wait to see the women in news, weather and traffic on TV in that market!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 5:34 PM
Orange County CA, NY, or FLA?Delete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2017 at 6:42 PM
I agree with the above statement. Why in the hell do they have Henry doing traffic? He would be their best sports guy by far. I'm still trying to figure out why CSN let Henry go and kept a few people who are very difficult to watch on air.ReplyDelete
Whatever happened to Ron Cervi, the Sky One traffic reporter for KCBS? I haven't heard him in the 9:00 hour for about a month. Also, what's this "Insta-View" in their traffic reports?ReplyDelete
Larry Baer to Kupe and Kuipe "Gary Radnich said we would only get 8,000 for a Giants game in a new stadium. We just had our 500th consecutive (something like that)sell out." Neither K or K had a single good word for Radnich live on TV.ReplyDelete
The legend of his goes on....


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David Cameron was quick to peddle a statistic on GMTV this morning when he said that "half of all pupils at age eleven are unable to read, write and add up properly".
Interestingly, having looked at the statistics, is is quite clear that David Cameron has completely made up these figures.
For 2006, the last set of full results I was able to find, statistics show that just 20% of fail to achieve the correct standard in reading and writing (English) whilst in maths, the number failing to meet the required standard at age eleven is 23%.
Now if these pupils were all different from each other, in effect meaning that the 20% who fail to meet the level 4 standard in english are not the same children who make up the 23% who fail to reach level four in numeracy, this would only mean that 43% of children were not meeting the standard. However, as anyone with any sense knows, a large number of these children "overlap" meaning they fail both.
I'm afraid, by bandying around bogus statement which simply tell lies, David Cameron is doing a disservice to pupils and those professionals at all levels who work in education.
David Cameron needs to explain who made up these statistics, why he chooses to lie on national TV and offer an apology for spreading bogus and uninformed drivel.
As it is, David Cameron has proved conclusively that he and the Conservatives are the ones who cannot add up.


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In the course of their work, father and son naturally bump up against one another. Don Knabe could recuse himself from matters involving his son, but he doesn't. Matt Knabe could represent only clients with business outside the county, but he instead chooses to lobby his father's colleagues and subordinates.
Matt, for instance, helped represent a rave operator when the Coliseum Commission, on which Don serves, considered whether to stop holding raves there; Don voted to allow raves to continue.
Matt also represents IBM. When the supervisors recently reviewed a data-mining contract, Don pulled it off the consent agenda to make sure that once a pilot project was completed, the full contract would be put out to bid. Among the potential bidders: IBM. Matt represents lifeguards who are paid by the county; Don's district includes miles of beaches patrolled by those same lifeguards, and he approves their contracts.


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Electro/punk outfit Angelspit has signed on to craft and perform a hellish soundscape for the legendary horror masterpiece Nosferatu live in the park in Chicago's Comfort Station (Logan Square) on August 20. "This will be the craziest outdoor gig we've ever done," says Zoog Von Rock. "I have written a large amount of new music, plus I am designing many acoustic and electronic instruments to be used in the performance. I'm also using much of the gear used in the recording of our latest album The Product – several old samplers, rare modular synths, and many analog/circuit-bent DIY devices." Angelspit has recruited several musicians to assist, including The Gothsicles' Brian Graupner, I:Scintilla's Jim Cookas and Brittany Bindrim, and some of Chicago's top experimental noise artists. "There is also a huge amount of the the performance that will be played by the audience – and it's all live! No laptops, no sequencers; it's all performed LIVE while the original version of Nosferatu is projected." Nosferatu is famous for its numerous score variations over the years. Further details are available through the official Angelspit Facebook event.
In related news, Angelspit has launched two competitions for fans. The Product Remix Competition invites contestants to craft club-oriented remixes from Angelspit's newest album. The contest closes August 4, with winners added to the band's new remix release, distributed to DJs, magazines, and streaming sites such as Spotify. Full rules and remix packs are available through the band's website.
Angelspit's Video Competition seeks creative videos for tracks from The Product. "Angelspit was so impressed with the quality from our previous video competition that we took The Liar (the winner) on a USA tour with us," says Von Rock. "We commissioned finalists Keith Jenson to do 'Pretty Dead Boys' and Chris Davis to do 'Ambassador' from our new album The Product. These competitions are the coolest way to bring the amazing talent in Angelspit's fan base to light." Full rules are available through the band's website; the contest ends September 8, with winners promoted and used as official Angelspit videos.
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Phil needed to go see a few people in the neighborhood tonight and I was headed to the store so I asked him to take Noah with him. This is what happened next:
Phil: Hey Noah, come downstairs and go for a walk with me.
Noah: Adam! Do you want to come on a walk with me and Dad?
Adam: Nah.
Me: Come on, Adam. You should go with them.
Noah: Yeah, Adam should come and I think mom should stay home.
Phil: Why don't you want mom to come?
Noah: Because then she will talk soooo much and if it's just me and you and Adam then we don't have to listen to her talk so much.


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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Abstraction Continued
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
The Spooks of Art
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Artists are Loose This Halloween
Friday, October 21, 2011
A Game of Connect the Dots
Adele Bloch-Bauer's Portrait
Oil and golden and silver foil on canvas
Hope everyone is having a terrific day, I know mine has been pretty peachy. Let's dive into some art, shall we?
As a child I used to doodle every day, cover my walls with huge crayon scrawlings to cover the overwhelming white space, see pictures and images in wood grain. This active search for similarities in our visual world and the need to interpret them through more images has grown into my love of painting and my need to connect all the information I learn in a day. In class I enjoy nothing more than building my knowledge of an object or idea from various sources. This happened once as I was learning about the physical formation of oxbows in Geology and then seeing View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836; the beautiful oil painting of Thomas Cole.
It's a simple idea, but I enjoy this game of mental connect the dots.
This late summer I went on a brief road trip to Flagstaff, passing through Jerome and Sedona. All three locations are a haven for artists and if you need a little rest I highly recommend taking a trip through some of Northern Arizona. While exploring some of Downtown in Flagstaff I spotted a great mural.
It is on the wall outside of a small bar called Speakeasy which is just a small space fashioned after Roaring Twenties speakeasy. The character that caught my eye though, was the lovely woman in the golden gown. I was just tickled that someone had recreated Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
Klimt had a way with images that simply burst on the canvas. Apart from the glittering gold that catches the eye, the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer is wonderful for the mix of reality and design. Her soft face and hands have a pale, but life-like color and appearance. She is placed within a very stylized gown that is only created with strong golds with a few small color additions. Klimt's use of a limited palette and repetitive shapes creates a flow through the gown that contrasts the person of Adele as well as the spiral designs and textured background. The use of white to draw attention to the figure and face of Adele Bloch-Bauer is beautiful as well.
Klimt's paintings are heavily stylized and utilize repetition create something very different than other artists. His abstracted images surrounding more realistic figurative painting has always struck me as almost collage like or even with a mosaic feel like golden tessera seen in San Vitale. These are the reasons I will always love Klimt; beyond his haunting imagery he created pieces that appeared something beyond a two-dimensional painting.
If you want to learn more about Thomas Cole, Gustav Klimt, or art in general check out our website. For a barrage of cool images follow us on Twitter and be sure to get chatting on our forums! I will be to sure add a thread about the above mural so we can see who's been to the mural and maybe decipher all of the characters of the wall. See you all there!
Fluxus at ASU
Here is another short blurb about an art show! Sorry for those not in the Tempe area, I promise more about art in general is coming soon; I'm working on some exciting topics to come. Anyway, on to the details!
This upcoming show is actually a BFA senior show at ASU's Gallery 100 at the School of Art. The show Fluxus, will feature works from 6 graduating students and will be running from October 24th through November 4th, 2011. An opening reception will be held this coming Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 from 6pm – 8pm that evening and I believe some if not all the artists will be there. It's always a great experience getting to ask an artist about his or her intentions as well as just shooting the breeze with creative minds.
I am excited about going to the reception to see some work of my peers and hope to see some of you there too! If you want more information about art or more images to indulge upon visit our main site, Twitter account, or join the buzz on our forums.
Some Assembly Required and a Quick Hello
Hello All!My name is Marielle and I am currently an intern with Art Fortune and have the wonderful pleasure of getting the chance to work on this blog. I know it's been a while since the last post and I hope to refresh things here with some new topics and consistent posts. There should be some good exploration of all things artistic including paintings, ceramic work, crafts, movies, books, and I'm sure other things that will manifest with time.
As a heads up for any one in Arizona around the Tempe area ASU does have a call for art for a show called Some Assembly Required. DEADLINE IS TODAY and I do apologize for the late notice. Some Assembly Required is now accepting 2D or 3D work from ASU students and community members. Send submissions to email@example.com.
Submissions are due October 21st so take some pictures and get to emailing. Specifics are on the Facebook event so take a quick gander. If you are just looking for a show to attend make sure to check it out November 7 through November 18 at the ASU Art Building West Annex and enjoy the local art.
I hope you all enjoy my time here and will take a look at our forums, Twitter account, and website for all things art!
Monday, March 7, 2011
The Tempe Festival of the Arts is almost here! Are you excited? The Tempe Festival of the Arts is held twice a year, usually in the spring and fall. This spring it will be held March 25-27, 2011 in the Mill Avenue District and admission is always free. This is an event many art oriented people look forward to in the spring and fall. It is unlike any other art event in Phoenix drawing thousands of visitors each time it is held. More than 400 artists showcase and sell their work. There are also food vendors along with a beer and wine area. Fun activities for kids to participate in are also provided.
So if you want to enjoy some art and fun activities for the weekend head on down to Tempe from March 25-27 for the Tempe Festival of the Arts. For additional information and interest in this event visit the website.
Make sure and follow us if you like what you see! And as always, don't forget to stop by our MAIN website by clicking here. We provide everything you need and need to know about art! You can also stop by our art forum by clicking here. Give us your thoughts, opinions, and ideas. Collaborate with other artists and art lovers via the Art Fortune Art Forum! Can't wait to see you there.


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Starting with tonight's Holy Thursday service, we enter my favorite four days of the year.
Holy Thursday: Tonight we commemorate the Last Supper, the institution of Holy Communion, Christ's washing of his Apostle's fee, and Christ's farewell.
Good Friday: Tomorrow night we venerate the cross in observance of Christ's passion and death.
Easter Vigil: An indescribably beautiful service.
Easter: A celebration of the risen Christ and the end of Lent.
If you've never attended the Easter Vigil, you should. It's a long service, upwards of three hours, but the time flies by. The candlelight, the readings (including Genesis), and the ceremony of it all really bring home the power of the season.


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Good Afternoon everyone!!
This week has been a busy one as my youngest daughter celebrated her first birthday. Lots of running about for cake, decorations, presents, etc, which means that not much stitching has been done.
We celebrated her birthday yesterday (28th) and I'm happy to say she had a brilliant time and knew the day was all about her.
Some pictures from her day:
Now, this duck (bottom picture) has a lot of history. It was handmade by my Father In Law around 28 years ago. The pattern he used, was drawn by him, cut out, shaped, and painted all by him. He made it for his son to play with (my now husband) and on his first birthday, he had a photo taken in it. It has now become tradition that when one of our children reach their first birthday, they have a picture taken in it.
|A close up of the duck - doing good considering it is around 28 years old
|Birthday Girl - absolutely fascinated with washing machines haha
Now onto the stitching update.
I have managed to add another word to the Star Trek sampler I'm doing for hubby and I have added part of the ship too.
Here is how it is currently looking:
|Can anyone tell me why my pictures will not turn the right way?
For some reason, I can't seem to get the pictures to upload onto blogger the right way around. I've turned them in the folder, but this is how they upload.
If you can show me how to arrange them the correct way, could you please inform me as it drives me nuts to see wonky photos LOL.
Until next time (when I will hopefully have more progress).


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Quality Time
With my boyfriend being sick last week, I got some quality alone time. Relaxing and restful. All good.
Work was good this week too. New experiences and I didn't feel guilty about having Monday and Tuesday off. And there weren't *that* many emails to catch up on. Heh.
I talked to this person this week and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the direction the conversation went. I have some thinking to do on that.
On another note, I did something very silly - I bought this. I'm very excited. I might get it delivered as early as next week. Eep!!
And Mr. and Mrs. Smith comes out on Tuesday and I really want to get it. I really liked the movie.
SaskTel didn't install my phone line yet - the guy needed a bucket truck to get the line through the big tree at the back. They didn't phone to tell me that though - I had to phone them. Would have been nice if they'd phoned, but hopefully, it'll be done for Monday.


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NEW YORK - Four teenagers are in police custody and a fifth suspect is being sought in connection with an alleged group rape of an 18-year-old woman in Brooklyn.
The NYPD says two teenagers surrendered and two were apprehended. Charges are pending against the 14-year-old, 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds suspects.
Authorities say the victim was accosted Thursday night as she and her father walked inside Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section.
Police say one of the suspects pointed a gun at the father and told him to leave.
Authorities say each man raped the woman. The attackers had already fled when the father returned with two police officers.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Here's Your Sign
I left work that day, still not convinced. As I drove home, I talked to Jessica and Kelli, trying to explain to them, and to myself, that although it wasn't the ideal outcome, it was accomplishing the majority of what we wanted to see happen. I argued both sides, trying to look at it from all the angles. Whether I was trying to convince them or myself, I'm not sure.
I remember saying that I wished there was some way I could know if this was the right path.
Traffic wasn't bad that day, but as I drove alongside other cars, I stopped talking out loud. I didn't want people to think I'm crazy. I do the same thing when I sing in the car, I stop when I get into traffic. Which sucks sometimes because it's usually a really good song.
As I passed a maroon Grand Prix, I noticed the license plate said GOD SNT. My first thought was "Jesus drives a Grand Prix?" Then it hit me – GOD SENT.
Later, as I got off at my exit, I stopped behind a car. The license plate said BLSSD.
As I drove on home, I said, okay God, I'm giving You this problem. I trust You and I know You'll do the right thing.
And what do you know, things wound up being not quite as bad as they seemed that day.
Now we are a week away from the civil hearing and I'm again facing a hard road. I have to tell the court who they were, not just through pictures but through my stories and descriptions. I don't want to let them down, because this is my only shot.
Yesterday was a hard day for me, because once again all my decisions and plans had to revolve around the delay-ridden justice system. I was feeling crabby and selfish, because I can't even plan my birthday due to the "what-ifs" that I've got to deal with this week.
Again, as I drove home, I talked to Jessica and Kelli. I remembered the surprise birthday party that they planned for me one year. I remembered the handmade cards on notebook paper with crayon birthday cakes.
I flipped around through the radio stations and We Are Family came on. When they sang the line of "have faith in you and the things you do, you won't go wrong," I started to cry.
You see, my attorney is putting together a video montage to play for the court. One of the songs
I suggested be used was We Are Family. We used to dance around the kitchen to it, and Jessica, Kelli and Maddy would drape their arms around each other's shoulders and sing "I got all my sisters with me." We joked about their weddings and how they would have all their sisters with them. It has been our closing song at the fundraisers, and last year we played it twice, because once isn't enough.
After it ended, the next song was crap (which usually happens). I flipped to another radio station and damned if We Are Family didn't start playing again. As the opening bars played, I looked through my open sunroof up at the blue sunny sky and said "are you trying to tell me something?" This time, I sang it. In traffic. To hell with people thinking I was crazy.
And when I sang "have faith in you and the things you do, you won't go wrong," I meant it. I have faith in God and I have faith in me. I have faith in my friends and family that are helping me get through this. I have faith that the justice system will not fail us.
I said, "okay, we can do this."
And as I was driving along, feeling a little better, I remembered the Grand Prix and smiled. And in about the same place on the highway, I passed a red Jeep with a license plate that said NO RGTS.
I get it, girls. Here's my sign.
8 comments:
- Andrea said...
The story about dancing to We Are Family in the kitchen is one you should consider telling in the hearing as part of who they were. I have tears in my eyes thinking of what fun they were when they were still here. What a beautiful family you have. What a beautiful memory.
I'm thinking of you lots. Call me if you want to chat.
- April 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Christian's Mom said...
Wow, Kim. All of that is no coincidence. God IS still out there, and your girls ARE still out there, too.
- April 13, 2010 at 10:53 AM
What an incredible story. Too often we mistake fate and signs as coincidence. I'm glad you didn't. :)
- April 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Krys72599 said...
I'm a HUGE believer in signs.
And those sound more like signs than any signs I've ever seen!
I know that you will be fine - after all, you have a couple of absolutely wonderful angels backing you up!!!
- April 13, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Zookeeper said...
You MUST be on the right path. Good luck with all that you have coming up.
- April 13, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Jill of All Trades said...
That is just an amazing story. I'm all about signs and whether you read them and follow their direction. The paths we are led to, the forks in the road and so forth. Courage and faith.
- April 14, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Kelly said...
Kim, I really admire you and all that you are doing to honor your girls. You're doing your very best for them, and you should feel so good about that. Hugs!
- April 15, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- MaLeah said...
Wow.... I just wanted to say that I am thinking of you and know that the girls would be proud of you! Love ya!
- April 15, 2010 at 12:03 PM


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Florence Wilson of 15 Maltby Lane, Northford, a teacher and former Meriden resident, died Friday after a short illness. She was 50.
Mrs. Wilson taught Earth science for 25 years at DePaolo Junior High School in Southington until she became ill this summer. Previously, she taught at Stamford High School and the Nursing School of the former Meriden Hospital.