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Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy, said that the Roman Catholic Church had grown "obsessed" with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some critics.
In remarkably blunt language, Francis sought to set a new tone for the church, saying it should be a "home for all" and not a "small chapel" focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings.
"It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time," the pope told the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, a fellow Jesuit and editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal whose content is routinely approved by the Vatican. "The dogmatic and moral teachings of the church are not all equivalent. The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently.
"We have to find a new balance," the pope continued, "otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel."
The interview was conducted in Italian during three meetings in August in the pope's spartan quarters in Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse, and translated into English by a team of translators. Francis has chosen to live at Casa Santa Marta rather than in what he said were more isolated quarters at the Apostolic Palace, home to many of his predecessors.
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long time no see
i'm just making a sneaky post here on the guitar media blog because last week gareth (you know, super dj robinson crucial) asked me if i could tell him some good australian bands, seeing as it's NZ music month and all. so i'm in sydney now and here's a couple of places that you can check some great australian music.
MESS+NOISE - a bi monthly magazine and website. they cover the best australian bands.
CYCLIC DEFROST - does international bands too, but heaps of interesting/experimental australian artists are on here.
MUSEUM FACE - my blog, or, the place where all the print articles i write go. plenty of good and bad australian bands getting put up here all the time
there's lots of good music coming out of australia at the moment but lots of shit stuff as well. what's happening in new zealand?
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
My answers to your RT queries
And, hey, if the query is comical, it deserves a comical response. If it's serious, I treat it as serious. That in mind, here are this weeks queries:
1. will singulair relax my breathing?: Singulair is a medicine that blocks the release of Leukotreins which prevents a response to allergens. It's an anti-allergy medicine
2. what does a copd non retainer mean: I imagine it would mean a COPD patient is not a retainer.
3. why are alveoli good at their job? Because they have a permeable membrane. Since there is less CO2 in the alveoli than in the blood, the CO2 jumps out of the blood stream and into the Alveoli. Since there is more oxygen in the Alveoli than in the bloodstream, it jumps out of the alveoli into the bloodstream. In this way, fresh oxygen is taken to the tissues, and the patient exhales CO2.
4. why does ventolin increase potassium levels: Why? According to Wikipedia, "Ventolin...promotes movement of K into cells, lowering the blood levels (of potassium)." I'll have a more thorough answer on this in Wednesday's post.
5. beer asthma: It must be known that beer dries out your lungs. Dry lungs can cause asthma or exacerbate it. So, be careful when drinking. Or, at least have this in the back of your mind if you have asthma.
6. ventolin use in chf: Ventolin is a bronchodilator. CHF is fluid outside of the bronchioles, and therefore ventolin will not be beneficial to CHF patients unless there is an underlying bronchospasm component. (COPD/CHF for example).
7. from respiratory therapist to doctor: I actually think the experience obtained as an RT would greatly benefit a doctor. I think RTs would make good doctors.
8. do respiratory therapist ever have to clean wipe up mucus: You don't HAVE to clean the mucus, but you do help get it out of some patients when needed.
9. chf patient ventolin use: Again, if there is no underlying bronchospasm component, Ventolin does nothing for CHF. However, doctors still like to order it for CHF because it makes them feel like they are doing something.
10. lung sounds like bubbles: Usually this means fluid or secretions in the lungs. This is usually referred to as coarse crackles.
Now, if you guys and gals have any further questions for me, serious or not, let me know and I well try to answer them for you. If I don't know the answer, I will seek out a sagacious RT who does, or maybe even a doctor.
You can email me at email@example.com, or write a comment below.
3 comments:
- Mad Asthmatic said...
Hiya, just a query in regard to Singulair. Why does it work better in some people with allergic asthma and not in others?
Do we have different reactions to combatting allergens? I am interested because I have to take 20mg a day to get any effect and it makes a major difference but at 10mg I might as well not be taking it at all.
Mad Asthmatic
- November 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Genevieve said...
I commented on another post and left a question but I haven't heard back?
- November 6, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- Glenna said...
A quick comment about the "beer asthma". I was also warned to steer clear of nitrates when I was first diagnosed with asthma, as an exacerbator. I thought it was odd but with as many allergies as I have, I've found that during the winter months I really don't have as many episodes if I avoid foods like beer, wine, cheese, and bacon. Weird, huh?
- November 6, 2008 at 9:58 AM


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The Photo Friday topic is technology, which was interesting since i'd been looking inside my computer earlier in the week and wondering about taking some photos of the wires, chips , circuit boards and power supply.
I took some photos today but wasn't too pleased with them. Then remembered the PCI adapter that is going to be added to give me some USB 2.0 ports and took some photos of that instead. I had been impressed by its glossy green colour and squiggly lines of the circuits.
On wednesday afternoon , my kids and i were on the beach searching for sea glass- glass that has been smoothed and battered into interesting shapes. We collected quite a lot and are now trying to decide what to do with the collection. Most of the glass is different shades of green or frosty white and might make interesting jewellery or sun catchers.
While i was wandering along, I found this tiny piece of circuit board washed up amongst the pebbles. The edges have been smoothed off by the wave action and the metal circuits look the worse for wear- i wonder what it came from.
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Taking Creative Jumpstart 2014 on line course and it rocks! You can find more about the class here: Http://www.nathaliesstudio.com
I used a lot of paints and stencils, to create the lady I used scotch tape over a magazine image and than cut her out to make a stencil. oh so much fun had.
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By Jim Galloway and Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATLANTA — The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has served notice to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal that it wants input into any monument to the slain civil rights leader erected on state Capitol grounds — if the state expects free use of King's copyrighted likeness.
On MLK Day in January, before an Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation, Deal promised to work with the Legislature to give King a more prominent place on Capitol grounds. A bill to that effect passed the House Monday; it must still pass the Senate.
It is a rare and politically delicate piece of bipartisan legislation, carrying the signatures of House Majority Leader Larry O'Neal, a Bonaire Republican, and state Rep. Joe Wilkinson, a Sandy Springs Republican, as well as two Democrats: Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus and Tyrone Brooks of Atlanta.
If the King letter does not imperil the bill, it could cool Republican enthusiasm for the measure.
Smyre, one of the longest-serving lawmakers in the Legislature, said he was surprised by its timing — it was written the same day the House approved the bill. He said he looked forward to briefing its author on the ways of the Capitol.
"My job is shepherding this bill through the legislative process," Smyre said. "Thereafter, the right people will be assembled and the right meeting will be held."
News of the letter surfaced on the same day King's only surviving daughter, Bernice King, repeated pleas to her two brothers not to sell a Bible he carried and his Nobel Peace Prize medal.
The two-page letter from the corporation that oversees the King estate went to Chris Riley, the governor's chief of staff. It reminded remind Deal that the King estate owns all rights to King's "name, image, likeness, words, rights of publicity, copyrighted works, recorded voice, and trademark interests."
It also chided the governor for not getting in touch. "When the media reported that the Governor referenced this initiative in remarks he made on the King Holiday, we expected to hear from your office and the appropriate parties seeking the Estate's input and approval," wrote Eric Tidwell, managing director of Intellectual Properties Management.
"To date, we have not received any formal request for permission to utilize any of Dr. King's (intellectual property)."
The missive provoked a quick exchange between Riley, the governor's top aide, and the King family representative.
"We will continue to monitor the legislation," Riley wrote in a same-day email. "Please do not assume the governor would ever try to financially capitalize on the legacy of Dr. King. He is simply … trying to honor a great Georgian."


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A nation-state is most likely to blame for unleashing "Flame" on the World Wide Web. Iran appears to be the primary target of the data-snatching virus that has swept through the Middle East, though other countries have also been affected. The sheer complexity of the virus and its targets made the security researchers believe that it seems, a state is behind the attack.
Kaspersky first spotted the virus in 2010, though it may have been wrecking havoc on computer systems for many years. Kaspersky Lab was initially searching for a different form of malware. Kaspersky has earlier reported about the "Stuxnet". Malware researchers of Kaspersky Labs were aware of the malware that had spread throughout the Middle East, attacked hundreds of computers and wiped their hard drives, making the systems unbootable after that.
It was actually after an inquiry from the International Telecommunications Union, which is a part of the United Nations, who actually requested the Kaspersky Lab to start conducting research. Flame is on the same level as the notoriously known Stuxnet and Duqu, hence Kaspersky Labs suspect that there is a nation state behind the development of this cyber attack, and there are reasons for that.
There are traditional cyber criminals who are hunting users' data (like log-ins and passwords) to access bank accounts over the Internet and steal money, send spam, or conduct dubious attacks. Flame doesn't fit into the group of traditional cyber criminal malware. Also, it doesn't fit into the activists' malware who are using typically free and open source tools to attack computers on the Internet. And the third known group at this time is nation-states.
Flame is undoubtedly pretty advanced – one of the most sophisticated examples of malware ever seen. File size over 20 megabytes, when sum up all the sizes of the modules that are part of the attacking toolkit. It's very big compared to Stuxnet, which was just hundreds of kilobytes of code: it's over 20 megabyes. It's also quite unique in the way it steals information. It's possible to steal different types of information with the help of this spyware tool. It can record audio if a microphone is attached to the infected system, it can do screen captures and transmit visual data. It can steal information from the input boxes when they are hidden behind asterisks, password fields; it can get information from there.Also it can scan for locally visible Bluetooth devices if there is a Bluetooth adapter attached to the local system. Flame is an universal attacking tool kit used mostly for cyber espionage.
Stuxnet and Duqu were bright examples of cyber weapons which could even physically destroy infrastructure, and Flame is a continuation of this story. So this is another development in this roe which continues in addition to Stuxnet and Duqu.There are also nation stations supporting these developments.
Cyber warfare has been going on for years already. People were just probably not aware of it because cyber warfare has a unique feature: it's hidden. Nobody knows when cyber warfare operations are going on.
Recently an in depth study has been conducted by Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security at Hungary's University of Technology and Economics. Find the document here
Mr. Alexander Gostev from Kaspersky Labs has given a brief overview about Flame which can be found here
Recently an in depth study has been conducted by Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security at Hungary's University of Technology and Economics. Find the document here
Mr. Alexander Gostev from Kaspersky Labs has given a brief overview about Flame which can be found here
Honestly humanity is losing, because we are fighting between each other instead of fighting against global problems which everyone faces in their lives.


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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian director Cao Hamburger has a good shot at scoring his country's first foreign-language Oscar nomination in nine years on Tuesday.
His second feature "The Year My Parents Went On Vacation," a tender coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Brazil's dictatorship and its 1970 World Cup football victory, is one of nine films competing for five slots.
The others on the shortlist are "The Counterfeiters" (Austria); "Days of Darkness" (Canada); "Beaufort" (Israel); "The Unknown" (Italy); "Mongol" (Kazakhstan); "Katyn" (Poland); "12" (Russia); and "The Trap" (Serbia).
The last Brazilian film to be nominated was "Central Station" in 1999. It lost to Italy's "Life is Beautiful."
"It is very difficult to make the final five, and being included among the nine films (in the shortlist) is already a great victory," Hamburger told Reuters. "It would be wonderful for the Brazilian cinema and for the Latin America cinema having someone in the Oscar."
"The Year My Parents Went on Vacation" stars newcomer Michel Joelsas as a 12-year-old boy whose parents leave him with his grandfather, in a Jewish neighborhood of Sao Paulo, while they evade the country's military authorities. He makes a diverse group of friends in the community as he desperately awaits his parents' return and obsesses about Brazil's World Cup chances.
The $3 million movie premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival last February. Since then, it has been sold to 30 countries and participated in countless festivals. It begins its U.S. run in Los Angeles on February 15.
"The reception has been great. We have the feeling the movie has an universal appeal everywhere. The story touches people from every country," Hamburger said.
Hamburger is working already in three projects, including the second season of the HBO series "Filhos do Carnaval" (Sons of the Carnival). He also plans two new features for the end of the year — one about Indians in Amazon called "Xingu" and another a thriller about death called "UTI."
His first feature movie was "Castelo Ra-Tim-Bum — O Filme," based on a famous TV show for kids in Brazil.
Brazil has been nominated four times in the foreign-language category, but has never won. The only Latin American film to win the prize since the competitive category was introduced in 1957 was Argentina's "The Official Story" in 1986.


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In the last 25 years, there have been exactly two non heavyweight fighters who were heavyweights at the box office, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya. The career's of Leonard and De La Hoya have many similarities. They were both Olympic Gold Medalist and media darlings. They both had crossover appeal, which enabled them to become a huge draw. And both Ray and Oscar have won title's in multiple weight classes. Another thing they share is that their career paths were mapped out, and ran like a fortune 500 company. In most of their big fights, they usually had the leverage. And it was assumed that they always got the benefit of the doubt from the fight judges.
Much has been said recently that the upcoming Hopkins-De La Hoya Middleweight Championship bout has many parallels to the Hagler-Leonard title fight back in April of 1987. That is definitely a fair comparison. In the Hagler-Leonard fight, Leonard was coming off a 35 month layoff. Hagler was the defending Middleweight Champ, who had just made his 12th successful title defense in the last six and a half years. Leonard fought as a Welterweight in his last fight, and was moving up to Middleweight.
Sugar Ray was one month shy of turning 31. He had already established himself as an all-time great fighter. A fight between Hagler and Leonard had been discussed off and on since 1982 when Leonard retired the first time due to a detached retina. When Leonard decided to challenge Hagler, he was in a no lose situation. He was coming off a long layoff, he wasn't taking any tune up fights, and he was moving up in weight. And on top of all that, Hagler was at the very least considered no worse than the third best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Another thing Leonard was aware of was that Hagler had a very tough fight in his last outing against John "The Beast" Mugabi. Just maybe Ray sensed that if there ever was a right time to challenge Hagler, it was then. As long as Leonard didn't get killed or embarrass himself against Hagler, he had nothing to lose. However, if he won, it would be considered a monumental feat.
When Hagler and Leonard finally met, Leonard went on to win a very close controversial decision. The victory over Hagler is the signature win of Leonard's career, and it can never be taken away from him. Regardless of who you thought won, the fight was extremely close and Leonard is immortalized because of it.
I see De La Hoya in almost the same situation as Leonard was. As long as De La Hoya doesn't get destroyed by Hopkins, he can't lose. Much has been made of Oscar accepting a fight with Hopkins. Why I don't know, De La Hoya has always fought the best fighters. However, when you really think about it, what other option did De La Hoya have? And who else could he fight and make 30 million dollars, who he at least has a chance to upset.
No doubt De La Hoya's career is winding down. He has made more money than he'll ever spend. Finishing his career versus Hopkins makes all the sense in the world. Who was out there for him to fight? A third fight with Mosley certainly wasn't going to put 30 million in his pocket. Plus, Shane is a tough match up for him. Winky Wright isn't a big draw, and beating him wouldn't pave his way to immortality. Mayorga just lost to Spinks. Vernon Forrest is no draw or big accomplishment. And Trinidad is no where close to being ready for De La Hoya after his two year hiatus. No doubt Hopkins was the only fight that could pay him huge money, and provide him a chance to enhance his legacy.
Here's the plan. De La Hoya fights Felix Strum for the WBO Middleweight title. He'll most likely beat Strum which will give him his sixth title. Hopefully the rugged Robert Allen will give Hopkins a tough fight, and add some unwanted miles to Bernard's 39 year old body. Basically, De La Hoya had no choice but to accept a fight with Hopkins, because there wasn't any other mega fight out there for him.
Granted, De La Hoya has been more than willing to fight all the World's top fighters, but at this stage of his career, a fight with Hopkins makes the most sense for more than a few reasons. First of all, Hopkins is 39 years old and will only be months shy of turning 40. As much as I have raved over Hopkins being able to retain so much of his ability so late in his career, he could become an old man overnight without any warning. I'm not saying this is why De La Hoya agreed to the fight, or that Hopkins will erode significantly in the next 10 months, but the possibility cannot be discounted.
From a style standpoint, De La Hoya has a better chance to survive and go the distance than Felix Trinidad did. Tito's style was all wrong for Bernard. By taking the fight to Hopkins, Trinidad was set up to be takin apart. That doesn't apply to De La Hoya. What will work in Oscar's favor is, Hopkins is not a catch and kill fighter. He applies measured pressure. This will make it a little easier for De La Hoya to box, instead of having to fight. At least in the early going. Another thing is De La Hoya will be moving and up on his toes regardless of how Bernard fights. By De La Hoya moving, it will take longer for Hopkins to break him down.
This leads me to think that although De La Hoya won't win, he won't get demolished either. This is the best fight De La Hoya could've accepted at this stage of his career. I really don't think we'll see him fight again after Hopkins, regardless of the outcome. He has a chance to possibly cement his legacy versus an all-time great who just may not be at the top of his game. All these factors make this the ideal fight for De La Hoya. As long as Hopkins doesn't destroy him, it's a win-win for De La Hoya.
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In recent columns I've compared the career's of Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya. I want to make two things clear. When I rate Leonard and De La Hoya, I rate them as Welterweight's. I believe that's the weight where they were the most legit and natural. I know De La Hoya won titles at 130, 135, and 140. However, I believe when he fought at 130 & 135 he beat his opponents on the scales. The weigh ins for many of those title bouts were two and three days before the fights. Which means he was at 130 or 135 for all of two seconds, which gave him a tremendous advantage. When the fights took place, De La Hoya weighed up to 10 or 12 pounds more than his opponents. No way De La Hoya and Jorge Paez are the same size! I believe this was all pre-planned to help enhance De La Hoya's legacy. In reality, he was much bigger than Chavez also. Chavez was a natural jr. lightweight. And this is not being disrespectful of De La Hoya one bit. I give him his props and recognize his ring accomplishments. Oh, Leonard wasn't above doing the same thing. He won the light heavyweight title by forcing the champ Donny Lalonde to suck down to 168. Which no doubt weakened him and helped Leonard.
Lastly, I want to make it perfectly clear. In my opinion, Sugar Ray Leonard would've beat De La Hoya seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. Too me, Leonard is a level above De La Hoya as a fighter. I have no doubt that Ray at his best would have defeated every fighter De La Hoya ever fought. I can't say the same about De La Hoya. I have serious doubts if he would have got by Duran of 1980. And I'd bet my life that Hearns of 1981, and Hagler of 1987 both would have stopped him. In my opinion, Leonard was the second best Welterweight of all time. Ranking only behind Sugar Ray Robinson. As outstanding as De La Hoya has been, I'm not sure he cracks the top ten Welterweights in history. Possibly, but definitely not a given.


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Your rise is inexorable
powered by an invisible moon
the God of my tide
You swell in every space within me
scattering my collected world
now blood-red, black and weeping
What was, is lost to me
as your heavy engine chuffs another
whistle-stop; your shrill cry divides
me but is otherwise unheard
Kissed but not loved, I am
for I know your true name
and lie down with you
incestuously; feel your chill-breath
upon my veil, opalescent
with some other light
Oh confident veil, departed
with so much of me in tow, how
little you've left behind to meet the task
But burn if you must these slender threads
sewn loosely here with no precision
for I am not the sum of spinners work
and when tides recede upon the moon's exhale
I will again be more than I've become
by Dennis Tkon Copyright 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Poetry Thursday: Fear
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Poetry Thursday - The Body Remembers
My body remembers what I've forgotten
and pushed beyond the border of mind
Drained of meaning, colorless
and there, at the very start of me
In my cellar, a child's stories huddle boxed
in neat rows on shelves labeled "Denial"
They hold their breath as Truth paces the darkness
vigilant, flashlight in hand, searching
Keeper of secrets you betray me
for you know what lies buried
where bones grind and chalk
and always where to dig
And so it comes to this
A door slams violently shut
Glass shatters the night
And screams bore into me
through secret openings
My past revealed
Oversized shoes – clown-like
Sleeves dangling far past fingertips
A briefcase too heavy lies askew
Peering over a buttoned shirt collar
I glimpse my body - diminished
And I'm eight years old again
Friday, February 16, 2007
Yogurt Time!
First, a little science background. Atmospheric pressure is the pressure at any point in the Earth's atmosphere. In most circumstances atmospheric pressure is closely approximated by the hydrostatic pressure caused by the weight of air above the measurement point. Low pressure areas have less atmospheric mass above their location, whereas high pressure areas have more atmospheric mass above their location. Similarly, as elevation increases there is less overlying atmospheric mass, so that pressure decreases with increasing elevation.
For those of you with little or no comprehension of scientific principals, the above basically means that the higher above the Earth you go the lower the pressure. Eventually the pressure will decrease such that if you were exposed to sufficiently low pressure without protection, you'd explode. Every cell in your body would rupture simultaneously. No. Really. Most of us live at or near sea level (except you folks in Colorado.) At sea level, air presses against our bodies with approximately 15 pounds of force. The reason we don't feel it and are not crushed, is because the pressure inside our bodies and inside our cells is pushing back with an equal amount of force – which is why we'd explode in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Actually, we'd expand like a balloon and then explode in case you're studying for an exam. If you've ever swum to the bottom of a pool or body of water, you've experienced the same situation and felt the increasing pressure in your ears. As you rise back up the pressure decreases. Same idea here with air instead of water.
The reason we don't explode when we're inside a jet airplane at 39,000 feet is because the inside cabin air is pressurized – well, sort of. You know that uncomfortable full feeling you get in your ears when you fly, that's cured by swallowing? That's the effect of the internal pressure inside your head trying to equalize with the much much much lower air pressure inside the jet. The cabin is pressurized, but the pressure is still much lower than it would be back on terra firma. I'm sure money is the reason the airlines don't make you more comfortable at 39,000 feet.
So somewhere along the way, the corporate airline executive food geniuses figured out that yogurt would make a great snack at 39,000 feet. This proves one of two things. Either airline executives don't eat yogurt, or they don't fly in jets.
A little background on yogurt. All you really need to know is that it's manufactured at sea level. Mr. Dannon puts it in a little plastic cup and seals it closed with a peel-away foil lid. I don't know why this is, but there's a little air gap between the top of the yogurt and the peel-away lid. Again, I'm assuming this has something to do with money. They don't fill the damn thing all the way to the top. Damn it! Don't the yogurt magnets know that this fluid-like dairy treat is being served at 39,000 fucking feet? If the yogurt containers were filled all the way to the top, we wouldn't be having this discussion I assure you.
What happens is this. When the little foil lid is glued to the top of the yogurt cup, it traps air (or perhaps some inert gas) inside that gap, which happens to be pressurized at the normal sea level pressure of 15 pounds of force. The yogurt is shipped to the crappy snack food company and married up with the rest of the junk inside the cheap yellow boxes. Chill, load and fly. At approximately 39,000 feet, the pilot decides that it's time to feed the suffering huddled masses and orders the flight crew to feed anyone willing to part with $7.00. The yellow boxes are handed out systematically. Dining begins.
It was my experience on a particular flight, that everyone got to the yogurt at about the same point in their meal as everyone else. But because the boxes were handed out row by row (working from the front of the plane to the back) there was a slight delay in the partaking of the yogurt. While I was about half way through my faux ham & Swiss on impossibly small rye (which only took 3 bites to eat) I heard a noise from about 3 rows in front of me. Just above the constant whine of the jet engines and through the fullness in my ears I heard a muffled, "Oh Shit!" Perhaps a minute later I heard it again, but more clearly this time. Perhaps only one or two rows in front of me. "Oh Shit!" I couldn't imagine what the problem was, but from my cramped quarters, there was nothing I could do and wasn't about to go exploring. The third time I heard it, it was clear. A quite perturbed "Oh Shit" came from the row in front of me. By now I'm seeing flight attendants walking by with handfuls of napkins, offering apologies somewhere several rows up.
I finished my sandwich and grabbed the yogurt. I wrestled the plastic spoon out of its sanitary envelope and placed it on my seat-back tray, which was not upright and in the locked position. I noticed that the peel-away foil top of the yogurt container was clearly bulging. It had a definite camber to it and was quite firm to the touch. Despite these visible signs (and a straight "A" average in science all through high-school and college) I failed to realize what was coming. Nothing registered whatsoever. This says a lot for the value of experience over book learning, mind you, which for me, was sorely lacking, as I had never eaten yogurt at any height above that of your average tabletop.
I grabbed the little foil tab and tugged. Nothing. I tugged harder and was immediately greeted by the sound of a wet fart and rushing air, and promptly followed with my own "Oh Shit!" as I watched about a tablespoons' worth of yogurt fly out of the container, and splatter the front of my shirt. Raspberry surprise! Suddenly, my whole world made sense to me – the domino-like cascade of "Oh Shits", the bulging foil top, the handfuls of napkins – the entire cosmos clicked neatly into place in the space of one second. I sat there stunned as comprehension poured into the top of my head – considering it all. And then it started again. The row behind me. "Oh Shit!" I smiled. I couldn't help wondering whether this was the flight crews' favorite part of their day "Yogurt Time!" Perhaps it's me, but I was glad to be in on the joke, or at least a part of it. I had to admit, this was pretty damn funny, considering all of the circumstances that had to line up for this to happen just so. Science is cool – especially at 39,000 feet.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Poetry Thursday - ch ange
I saw my family doctor on Monday for what is apparently nothing more than a bad cold (which I guess makes me apparently nothing more than a big baby – but I digress) – I was sitting in the car worrying about this week's prompt, feeling sick and uncreative. I felt angry that I was sick. I was tired of coughing and felt overwhelmed by the piles on my desk being ignored due to a cold. And then, I saw these two words in my head –
punch anger
Just like this – next to each other in font colors of black and red. And I thought, "Wow! That's pretty weird! What the hell's up with that?!" I wrote them down in my notepad and just stared at them. After a while my head started filling with all kinds of ideas about this unusual juxtaposition. I'll share with you what I thought about this later – after a few days – but for now, just look at these words together like this, and share with us what comes up for you. Just look at the words. If nothing comes up, then don't comment. But if anything comes for you, please share it here. This is my contribution this week. If you're looking for something more like poetry, I have two poems below that I posted since last Thursday. Feel free to take a look.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Exit Wound
Exit Wound
Fetal pose on wood parquet
His breath exhaled so completely
Death could make all the arrangements
The world in 90-degree perspective
Face on the floor – a taste of rust –tongue dry
Once vertical black seams on stockinged legs
Now retreating horizons pumping toward the door
Invisible entry wound
Applies fresh gloss to her weapon
Imagines poison destroying tissue
Reaches for the knob and turns the page
The exit wound inflicted by
her sotto voce "goodbye"
And in the hall she passes Death
who crouches gathering withered flowers
By Dennis Tkon Copyright 2007
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Forever Nothing
I'm talking about the poetry I wrote before I woke up – before the healing started. I go back and read it again and again. I just have to. It's like a dead body in the woods behind my house. You know it's out there - rotting - calling you to examine the business of decay. In the middle of the night I put on my coat and creep outside, navigate the tangle of my past, and find the dead corpse of my former life and poke it with a stick. I stare at it agape - at its lifeless form. You would think after all this time, rigor mortis would have set in. I mean, my god, rehab was almost ten years ago! But the body yields to the pressure of the stick – still supple - so much so that I more than half-expect it to rise up and engage me in conversation – I fear it may hug me and tell me how it longs to come back inside my house, for old-time's sake – that it was the only one who ever truly loved me or can.
I read my poem. In my head I hear, "This was you asshole – you pathetic piece of shit! You're a maniacal, self-loathing, self-centered, ego-maniac, and above all else, you're incapable of love! You can't even love!"
And then I read my poem again. I stare at the corpse, watching it convulse and twitch with what little life is left. I place my foot across its neck and try to press its head into the dirt. It's mouth moving now, jaws working - fish-like - in silent protest. My stick finds a soft spot between its ribs and I shove through the heart until I feel the stick pass completely through. I crouch down to its ear and whisper, "You're forgiven." I take the hand of the small boy standing next to me – my ever-present companion, and whisk him back to bed. Tucking him in, I bring my face close to his, smelling his innocence and whisper in his ear, "I love you."
This is my poem - it haunts me still
Forever Nothing ~
A resonance born of existential urgency vibrates deep within me. Each successive wave building upon the next. In crescendo, its biting sting tolls against the walls of my inner-self, revealing in its pure tone an emptiness nourished on a banquet of isolation. A feast of famine fit for the king of nothing. My unsatiated hunger to be un-unique feeds in maddening desperation on my sanity, devouring my desire to be. It consumes my hiding place and all my secrets.
The moments comprising my existence hang in a loosely strung succession like beads on an infinite twine, threading it's way backwards, forever into a shadowy place bordering a magnificently splendid nothing. There, non-existent willows sway in an ethereal breeze, weeping infinity into an empty black pool. At its bank, reflections of what never was stare back at what is not. Emptiness sings its silent hollow song, richly devoid of words and tone, in meter without measure. In a moment, nothingness becomes nothing. Its transitory non-existence was ephemeral after all, as was the moment in which it was perceived.
Perception defines reality, yet mine is unique to my minds eye. Seeing what I see, sets me farther apart from those who share in each other's comfort, those who are bound together in a common perception forged not of their own experience. Theirs is one passed down to them clandestinely; a bitter pill tucked inside of sweets and washed down with mother's milk. Independent thought, originality, awareness, present moment mindedness - the blacksmith's forging tools. Experience, the iron of which my reality was struck.
Moments pass, each folding over upon themselves, doubling and redoubling in length and insignificance, strung in their eternal place on the twine. Frenetic monotony ushers in each moment yet to be wasted. Through my active pursuit of incessant idleness each moment's infinite potential is squandered. A shrill wail is faintly perceived as I give birth to yet another crippled companion, each the progeny of unexpressed hopes and dreams, the sum of my desire.
This anecdote devoid of prose has offered me a brief repose, from tolling tones which sting and bite, disturb my sleep and lengthen night. Through idleness did I give birth to this account of my self-worth, which as you see indeed is low, the scar of trauma long ago. A gentle child, perfect, kind, long-forgotten, left behind, my life a worthless piece of twine, threading its way backwards forever into nothing.
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Calling the project a new model, Veazey said it may be non-traditional but it works. "There are tenth graders in our school who are ready for college and we have a responsibility to provided that education for kids who are ready. Well-prepared students suffer by not being challenged if the university doesn't step up."
He hopes the program can expand to other high schools in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. "Going exactly through the steps of kindergarten to twelfth grade has no magic to it. We need to individualize education."
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Experimental Economics may be said to have come of age in 2002 with the award to Vernon Smith of the Nobel Memorial Prize. As the Award Committee noted, economics had long been viewed as 'a non-experimental science that had to rely exclusively on field data', a view that was perceived by many as 'an obstacle to the continued development of economics as a science'. Unless, it was argued, 'controlled experiments could be carried out, tests of economic theory would remain restricted' since, solely on the basis of field data, 'it is difficult to decide whether and when a theory fails, and to pinpoint the aspects responsible for this failure. The feedback channel between theory and observation under controlled circumstances—where new experimental findings suggest new theories and new theories suggest new experiments—seemed to be largely unavailable to economics.'
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I am an active member of goodreads, and I started thinking that I should be posting the reviews I write here as well. So here you are:
In One Person by John Irving
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
One of the questions I am asked most frequently at readings is who my favorite authors are. And my answer always (always!) enthusiastically includes John Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp rank high on my Top Ten of All Time Favorites list. And so it is with a heavy heart that I write this review.
In One Person has all the ingredients of a classic Irving novel: "sexual suspects," boarding schools, wrestlers, an absent father, Irving's acrobatic prose and impeccable comedic timing, the Dickensian span of the narrator's life. (There are even some "bears" near the end of the novel...you'll see when you read it.) But somehow, for me, the ingredients do not make a satisfying meal in the end. It's a souffle that should taste great, but isn't cooked all the way through and falls, hopelessly flat in the dish.
Here is the problem; I have read almost every John Irving novel. I know his tricks. And I could anticipate every single one in this novel. Nothing in this book surprised me. Not one thing. Owen Meany's success is grounded in the potency of the disparate elements coming together in the end. All that basketball practice! It was brilliant. But it ruins the wrestling maneuver in In One Person I know exactly how important that duck-hold will be in the end. This happens repeatedly throughout the novel: foreshadowing that calls such attention to itself (for readers of Irving's previous work anyway), that you can't help but to anticipate that which it foreshadows. I felt like one magician watching another magician perform. John Irving's own novels ruined this novel for me.
I also felt like the characters lacked realistic emotional responses. The book is about sex, for God's sake. About relationships. But even the AIDS epidemic's appearance late in the novel failed to elicit much of anything from our narrator. I wanted to feel the heartache that I felt when Garp loses his son. I wanted to be thrilled in the way I was at the end of Owen Meany. I wanted that Irving magic. But instead, I saw through all the smoke and mirrors, and it just made me feel sad.
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ROAD TO CLOUD 9: Butuan City
Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
It is a very sad day today. The group decided to abort the quest for paradise. If you have been following our trip on this blog; you know that we have come this far. We have seen so many things on this beautiful island of Mindanao on our way to paradise. But some things are not meant to happen no matter what…
Farah, Chris and Morgan took a flight to Manila earlier today. They would fly back to Bangkok tomorrow. Now it's just me, Tommy and Michael who decided to stay a night or two here in Butuan City. I feel bad. I feel I turned them down since I'm the mastermind of this trip. We should've taken the short cut. We should've made travel arrangements. We should've planned it better. We shouldn't have to be this bold to travel on our own to places we never been.
Tommy and Michael are in their room now. They wouldn't talk much after what happened on the way here from Camiguin Island. They refuse to go out of the hotel and I can't blame them. So many things that we should've done to avoid troubles but we were too care free.
This city would be the 2nd to the last stop before we reach paradise – Siargao Island. And I don't know if Tommy and Michael would still come with me to continue the quest. I wish they would speak to me. They are obviously very shaken.
I can almost see the big waves of Cloud 9 coming right at me. Looking right through it… all muscles relaxed… perfect body alignment… full concentration… ready to stand on the board and ride that perfect wave. I can see it coming now…I'm gonna have the surf of my life…
But for now, I just have to keep on dreaming...
Special thanks to Sofia for posting the Perfect Specimen Series. Thank you Sofia, I'll see you soon babe. And thanks also to T-Boy for listening even it's just through email.
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I'm sewing 9 patches while I sit in front of the TV. Sewing BY HAND! I'm not sure why... I thought that my Star Within a Star blocks were a little boring alone and I wanted to add a little more movement. Thus the 9 patches. But now that I have half of them made, I'm not sure that this is what I want or not. What do you think? Again, this is from my cell phone so it is a bit blurred... And I didn't lay out all the blocks...
I liked the idea of 9 patches because I was hoping they would bring out the small square inside the stars and I was expecting the 9 patches to lead the eye here and there and cut the white a bit... but maybe they just make the whole thing too busy.
So I have this... With 9 patches.
Or this.... without 9 patches.
Should I keep making 9 patches? (BY HAND!)
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Youth Gamelan at Wesleyan starts Jan 28
jgetter on Jan 19 2012 at 7:18 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Spring 2012 session of the Youth Gamelan at Wesleyan University begins Saturday, January 28. A gamelan is an orchestra of traditional metal gongs and xylophone instruments from Indonesia.
The Youth Gamelan is open to all children age 7 and up, with no prior music experience necessary. Rehearsals are held on Saturday mornings from 10-11am in the World Music Hall, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, located on Wyllys Avenue (off of High Street). Parents are welcome to stay and watch rehearsals. We will conclude the session with a performance on Thursday, May 3 at 7pm, together with Wesleyan student ensembles.
New members are welcome at this time, though space is limited and advance registration is recommended. There is a registration fee of $30, made payable to Wesleyan University, and the lessons and rehearsals are free. You may register at the first rehearsal, or with the University Box Office in Usdan Campus Center, tel. 860-685-3310, email: email@example.com.
For more info visit our website: http://youthgamelan.blogs.wesleyan.edu. The Wesleyan Youth Gamelan is directed by Joseph Getter, under the guidance of professors I.M. Harjito and Sumarsam. The group was founded in 2002 and is sponsored by the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan, and is a past recipient of support from the Middletown Commission on the Arts.


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Does the UK technology sector measure up?
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From commitments to infrastructure improvements, through to making available more visas for skilled workers, the UK Government has been backing some relatively successful efforts to attract new or added presence from some of the 'big players' to London but, in my opinion, a bit too focused an eastward view.
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The elephant in the room
Another bound Supta K. Maybe it won't be newsworthy soon. That would be cool. I see people around me moving on, getting new poses, getting dropbacks, people who can't bind in Mari D without help or who don't have a really solid forward bend but can manage to bind in everything because of longer arms. I start to wonder - what's up with that? I keep wondering. I try to do my practice and stay out of eveyone else's. But I really want to finish Primary and enjoy those easy, back and forth, rolling on your back poses that come after Baddha Konasana. Also, wouldn't it be nice to be given poses that DID NOT present a challenge to me? It's NEVER happened yet. Even Navasana, I had to learn to press up in between. And even in BujaP, I had to learn and am still learning to come down slowly, rather than crashing onto the top of my head.
I'm tempted to chant to Ganesha. What would God say though? I had lunch recently with a very longtime friend of mine who lost her husband in the World Trade Center on 9-11, and she says that she and God are on a time-out, and have been for the past six years. I suppose I have cause to have taken a break from the deity myself, but I haven't yet. Perhaps it would not be bad to stray to the worshipping of a multi-armed elephant God for a brief time based on my good behavior heretofore?


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A media representative for the Olive Dental Group, a Huntington Beach dentist, today announced the office is hosting a lifetime teeth whitening special for only $295. The special deal is being offered only to established patients and includes custom made whitening trays each patient will take home to use any time they need a touch up as well as 1 tube of whitening gel, complimentary, every time they have a cleaning and check-up (limited to twice per year only ).
The clinic also has a holiday special for new patients who can also get a bright, white smile at the office for $350. This holiday special includes custom made whitening trays. In addition, they gift certificates available as well which is perfect for this holiday season.
The cosmetic dentist in Huntington Beach is one of only a few dentists in the area which consistently offers their patients special deals. In addition to the teeth whitening special, the office is also offering a $125 online new patient special which includes an exam, a check-up, x-rays and a cleaning. Dr. Schmidt, the practice owner said, "We try to do as much as we can for our patients and we're very happy to be able to offer special deals which add value to their life."
The teeth whitening special begins with an in-office one hour ZOOM whitening procedure. Immediately following the procedure patients are given custom made whitening trays to take home so they can maintain their beautiful white smile. Patients are also given a tube of the ZOOM whitening gel every time they come in for a teeth cleaning and checkup. Unfortunately, the free tubes are limited to only two per year per patient and only at their teeth cleaning appointment.
"I thoroughly enjoy my time with Dr. Schmidt every time I visited the office. He has an excellent chair-side manner and he always calls to check up on me after a procedure. He also has a very professional but warm demeanor and he's very friendly to both the patients and his staff."
Consumers who are looking for affordable dental implants in Huntington Beach are encouraged to visit the Olive Dental Group today. The office accepts most insurance plans and major credit cards. Dr. Schmidt said, "We are an in-network provider with a large number of PPO insurance plans and will help you determine the best way to utilize your coverage and benefits while staying within your yearly insurance maximum."
Seniors receive special discounts and Olive Dental offers flexible payment plans. Olive Dental Group can help you apply for CitiBank Health or Care Credit financing which allows patients interest free financing from 6-24 months.
Dr. Schmidt has practiced cosmetic and general dentistry in this same location for 35 years since graduating from UCLA Dental School. He combines excellence in dentistry with a friendly and qualified staff. Olive Dental Group delivers this care in the most pleasant environment possible. Enjoy watching a babbling brook or your own personal television conveniently positioned in the ceiling above while you experience painless dentistry.
Olive Dental Group
6432 Bolsa Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Phone: (714) 591-0033
Website: http://garytschmidtdds.com/


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Finley wants to be a superhero this year and I know I could buy a superhero costume for him at the store (complete with built in muscles), but I knew this one would be fun to make and I couldn't pass up the chance to use the tackiest, shiniest fabric I could get my hands on.
This costume was pretty easy to make and took me about 3ish hours total. You'll notice above that he is wearing a headband rather than the mask I made. He hated wearing the mask. He hated wearing his mask last year so I should have had a clue. Anyhow, I made him a headband instead. I'm including templates for both so you can choose which one floats your kid's boat.
I broke this tutorial down into three different segments: the t-shirt, the cape, and the headband/mask. You can make just one part or all three.
What you'll need for the superhero t-shirt:
- T-shirt in color of your choice
- Two sheets of felt in contrasting colors - for washability and durability, I recommend eco-fi felt by Kunin
- Fusible webbing - for this project, I used Heat n Bond lite
- Lighting bolt template (or you can draw your own) - download here
- Child's initial template. There are a lot of free comic fonts available online. I used comica bd. You can download the font of your choice and create your own template for the initial. (The initial template will need to be backwards because the image will be reversed once you've put your applique together).
- Sewing machine/thread
- Take your lighting bolt and initial templates and place them under your fusible webbing. Trace them.
- Iron them onto your sheets of felt following the instructions for your fusible webbing. If you're using Heat n Bond, iron them for a few seconds on the wool setting (NO steam).
- Carefully cut them out.
- Iron the lighting bolt onto the t-shirt following the instructions for your fusible webbing. Again, if you're using Heat n Bond, you'll iron on the wool setting (NO steam). I like to place a scrap piece of fabric over the appliques on this step just to be safe. Make sure the applique is firmly adhered. Machine stitch the lighting bolt to the t-shirt (I used a running stitch).
- Iron the initial on top of the lighting bolt applique. Machine stitch.
What you'll need for the cape:
- You'll need a cape. There are so many great tutorials on the web (like this one and this one) for making capes and I didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel. Laziness on my part? Perhaps. Both of the tutorials I linked also include instructions for the applique on the back so you can go with theirs or you can follow below to make one that matches the tee.
- Three sheets of felt. One to match the color of your t-shirt and the other two to match the applique that you made for the the tee. Again, I recommend eco-fi felt by Kunin.
- Lighting bolt template - download here
- Child's initial template (use the same one you used for the t-shirt).
- Fusible webbing
- Sewing machine/thread
- Just as you did for the t-shirt, trace your lighting bolt and initial templates onto fusible webbing. Iron them onto the felt and cut them out. You'll also want to cut out a circle large enough to fit your lightning bolt and initial inside. I did NOT use fusible webbing on my red circle since the shiny cape fabric I used cannot be ironed.
- Iron the lightning bolt onto the red circle.
- Machine stitch the bolt onto the circle
- Place your initial onto the lightning bolt and iron. Machine stitch on.
- Since I did not use fusible webbing on my red circle, I pinned it onto the cape and machine stitched it on.
What you'll need for the mask or headband:
- Two sheets of felt. I used contrasting colors to match the applique on the cape and tee but they could be the same color if you choose.
- Fusible webbing
- Elastic
- Sewing machine/thread
- Template - download the headband here or the mask here. These templates are sized to fit my 5 year old's head - you may have to adjust accordingly. The instructions are the same for the mask and headband.
- Place your mask or headband template under the fusible webbing and trace.
- Iron it onto the felt.
- Carefully cut it out. Iron it onto the second sheet of felt.
- Carefully cut it out.
- Machine stitch together.
- Not pictured. Stitch on some elastic for the band (measure your child's head for best fit).
In case you were wondering, Oliver is going to be a bat. I made him some killer ears and a mask to match his wings but he won't wear them either (these kids!).
If you get hung up on any of the steps or have any questions, don't hesitate to let me know. Good luck!


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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
CLUTCH Announce NEW Album Title; World Tour Begins In January!
In conjunction with the album's release CLUTCH will embark on the 'Earth Rocker' world tour beginning in The United Kingdom in January of 2013. A complete list of dates can be found below. A full United States and Canadian headline tour will follow and is slated to run from March 8th through April 20th.
The band has completed tracking 'Earth Rocker' with Machine handling all production duties. Machine is currently in the mixing process on the album. Fans can keep up on the progress of Earth Rocker by visiting the NEW website www.earthrocker.com. The website will be a hub dedicated to all things Earth Rocker. Fans can expect to see daily updates including photos, videos from the studio, song title announcements and samples of NEW songs. In addition to the NEW website CLUTCH has joined the world of Twitter. Follow CLUTCH on Twitter @ClutchOfficial.
Frontman Neil Fallon commented on the the recording process for 'Earth Rocker' and how it differs from other CLUTCH albums:
"Last minute overdubs are fun. Harmonicas, tambourines (yes, we use those), claps, the odd backing vocal. Recording can be monotonous, so those unintended moments can be a lot of fun. It's kind of like kindergarten music class, but with beer. And sometimes the spontaneity of a last ditch idea breathes a lot of life back into a song that we've been beating up for weeks on end. A looming deadline can be a great muse!"
He continues, "It has a lot in common with 'Blast Tyrant' in that Machine's production techniques are really unique. It differs from 'Blast Tyrant' and a lot of other CLUTCH records in that, overall, the songs are faster and concise."
When asked about how this record how it differs from other CLUTCH releases guitarist Tim Sult added, "As far as the composition of the songs go, this is the heaviest and fastest CLUTCH album to date."
CLUTCH will also take to the road starting on Halloween for a quick run of dates including two stops in Flint, MI and two stops in Detroit, MI. MonstrO will open these shows with Lionize providing direct support.
In what has become an annual tradition, CLUTCH will play a string of Holiday tour dates this December. The dates kick off December 26th in Washington, DC and conclude with a special New Year's Eve performance in Worcester, MA at The Palladium. Support on these shows will come from Mondo Generator, Saviours and Wino. A complete list of all dates is below.
With Lionize and Monstro:
10/31: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
11/1: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop (Sold Out - Rescheduled from 5/13)
11/2: Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
11/3: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall (Sold Out - Rescheduled from 5/12)
11/4: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Holiday Tour With Mondo Generator, Saviors and Wino:
12/26: Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
12/27: Asheville NC @ The Orange Peel
12/28: Lexington KY @ Buster's Billiards & Backroom
12/29: Columbus OH @ Newport Music Hall
12/30: Sayreville NJ @ Starland Ballroom
12/31: Worcester MA @ The Palladium
Clutch Earth Rocker World Tour:
1/22: London, UK @ Islington Academy
1/23: Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
1/24: Press Day in Paris, FR
1/25: Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
1/26: Stuttgart, GER @ Universum
1/27: Munchen, GER @ Backstage Club
1/28: Press Day in Berlin, GER
1/29: Berlin, GER @ Lido
1/30: Press Day in Cologne, GER
1/31: Cologne, GER @ Luxor
2/1: Brussels, BE @ VK
2/2: Hamburg, GER @ Logo
2/3: Copenhagen, DK @ Amager Bio
2/4: Press Day in Oslo, NO
2/5: Oslo, NO @ Parkteateret
2/6: Press Day in Stockholm, SWE
2/7: Stockholm, SWE @ Tyrol
Related links:
Clutch's Official Site
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This Saturday, April 18th, the Tour de Lis ride is taking place on the New Orleans lakefront. If you haven't heard about this ride before, it happens every year and is open to cyclists of all ages and ability levels. It's not a race, but ride to raise money and awareness. Last year they raised $165,000 that went to organizations helping cancer victims and their families with treatment, fiancial assistance, support, education, and research.
Pre-registration closed today at 1 (sorry I didn't post this sooner), but if you show up before the ride on Saturday, you can donate $50 to participate. Ride begins at 8 am and ends at noon.
Event Features
- A ten-mile loop on picturesque New Orleans Lakeshore Drive
- Police support
- Food, snacks and beverages
- Free bike support
- Goody bags for riders
- A New Orleans party atmosphere
- Fundraising awards
Ride one loop, one hour, or the whole day-- solo or on a team! Individual and team participation is encouraged as participants can ride the entire time, part of the time or recruit and have a team relay. It's a ride for a cause – not a race.
Please Note:
- No minimum fundraising required.
- All donations are greatly appreciated.
- All cyclists must be at least 12 years of age
- All cyclists must wear a bike helmet
- Baby seats and child carriers attached to bikes are not permitted
- Tour de Lis begins and ends at 8000 Lakeshore Drive near Landry's Restaurant


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Friday, January 28, 2011
Hit by Snow Storms
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The pics r totally wow!! I cant wait to leave India to exp all this in London. :)ReplyDelete
Mujhe bhi snow dekhna hai :|ReplyDelete
Hey MiaReplyDelete
lovely photographs and yeah, having experienced a mild snowfall just once in my life, i can totally agree with the part of "to sit at the window with a cup of tea in your hand and look outside". specially love the last photograph and the one in which Dr. Mystery is cleaning the road. good work:)
take care
So loving the pics!!!!! The last ones gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I am sure babes your looking forward to London, hope you make it there soon and share your pics and experiences with us.
hit the nearest snow capped mountains and enjoy the winter
Thanks mate. hopefully i will upload some more photos soon.
Yeah i like that one too.
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Lovely pics :)ReplyDelete
I fell in love with the weather in Minnesota... be it the snow or the fall... awesome :)
Nice pics....brace for one more big one coming tomorrow. We have has 7 storms alone in the past one month.....ReplyDelete
So when were you in Minnesota eh?
oh la la....stay indoors keep yourself warm....god bless new yorkers
you got beautiful picsReplyDelete
ever want to make a youtube video using these type of pics
just let me know i will do it for you.
Below is link to one of the video i made for blogger friend.
RIP – In loving Memory of Tejaswee Rao – Tribute Video
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those are some really nice pictures ..great job Dr MysteryReplyDelete
lovely snaps... dr. mystery clicks very well. I need some tips :PReplyDelete
missed ya mia...
catch me on gmail
Thanks for the suggestion, will keep that in mind. I did visit the link and I must say its neat stuff
Thanks mate
ya missed reading yur blog too and am so happy to discover a whole new blog....yay...
I've awarded you with the Stylish Blog Award. Visit my blog which will tell you all about it (there is some work to be done) - http://lazydaisyglass.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Cheers, Kathryn
@ Mia :ReplyDelete
I am very lazy Princess as you know :P
In love with the work I do at new blog. I hope to update it every month :D
Take care n be safe
buddy, here i am. at last. in ur blog. just like the good old days.ReplyDelete
u made me remember all those pics u took from ur window back in mumbai
Aw wish it snowed here in India :( It does in Simla but now where I stay !! :|ReplyDelete
Nice post :)
I love snow.. :)
I hope I get to stick my tongue out sometime soon <3
mia is MIA . Come back ... smell awaits you :DReplyDelete


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Husband and Wife Muddy Shoes
My husband Miles and I had a great time at the Nelsonville Music Festival this weekend…despite the epic amounts of mud. In the picture at left, I am wearing pink Lo-Top Converse and Miles is wearing Palladium boots and these are our feet after three hours, pre-, during, and post- Yo La Tengo performance. We are super-lame and having spent the previous night in a tent, listening to the various arguments and intrigues of adjacent campsites late into the night, we left before the headliners, The Flaming Lips, took the stage. In true, lame Harlow-Liebtag fashion, we went back to Miles' dads, watched half of Spaceballs and fell asleep on the couch, feeling half-pityingly and half-contemptously toward the campers who were spending the night in the rain.


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Speaking at the G20 summit in Turkey on Monday, Obama called out Bush and Cruz, without naming names, for their remarks that the United States should prioritize accepting Christian refugees.
"When I hear folks say that maybe we should just admit the Christians but no the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who is feeling from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefitted from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that's shameful," Obama said. "That's not American. That's not who we are."


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At least 75 people, including two Kenya Defence Forces soldiers, were killed last night during a fierce battle after a group of reportedly over 1000 Al Shabaab fighters attacked a KDF base in Fahfahdun, a remote region in Somalia. According to KDF, 73 Al Shabaab fighters were killed and many others injured during the operation, as Evelyn Wambui reports.
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I find indoor plants very restful. I feel it makes your house look much better. Of course I am too cheap to get a large one, so I have a collection of small, pitiful plants rather than the major green room feature of my dreams, but there are some great garden bargains around at the moment.
At Aldi, 140mm indoor plants are $7.99. You can get (L-R) sago palms (in NSW, Victoria and ACT only), peace lilies, Zanzibar gems and magic beans.
At Bunnings, you can get a 130mm Easy Care Calathea Orbifolia for $8.24. These are quite nice-looking.
It's part of the Easy Care range of indoor plants that are all the same price. I guess it's a lottery which ones you get at various Bunningses.
Bunnings also has 30cm hanging baskets (with liner) for $3.98 and 35cm baskets for $5.36. These would be good if you only have a courtyard or balcony, but would still like some greenery.
And there are 'Grow Your Own' vegetable seedlings for $2.94 (which may include tomatoes, lettuce, capsicums, chilli, beans, peas, carrots, eggplant, sweet corn, silverbeet and zucchini), and 'Flying Start' 70mm perennial plants for $2.97.


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Senior Quality Assurance Manager (Governance)
- Recruiter
- Barclays
- Location
CoventryWest Midlands
- Salary
- Competitive plus Excellent Benefits
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2017
- Closes
- 16 Aug 2017
- Sector
- Banking & Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Full Time
Senior Quality Assurance Manager (Governance)
As a Barclays Senior Quality Assurance Manager (Governance), you'll play a key role in our Chief Control Office (CCO), a newly created business area which provides a single controls strategy for Barclays UK (BUK). You will work within the Quality Assurance team, supporting Mortgages in providing regular assurance, while ensuring that effective oversight of business and customer risk is maintained. This is a great opportunity to make a real impact in a rapidly expanding area, where you will contribute in achieving our goal of making Barclays the natural choice for customers, while building relationships with senior stakeholders across the business that will shape your future career.
About us:
You will head up the Quality Assurance function, leading a Team that undertakes a schedule of risk based quality assurance assessments using the defined Risk Methodology and providing support to our business colleagues in respect of the delivery of key internal/external governance commitments e.g. Controls Testing; Advice quality checking; and adherence with our Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
As a Senior Quality Assurance Manager (Governance), your main responsibilities will involve:
* Leading a team that undertakes a schedule of risk based quality assurance assessments and controls testing, using the defined risk methodology
* Undertaking targeted control interventions and assurance, managing the resolution and remediation of conduct risk issues where required, to maintain a green control environment
* Providing robust, effective and insightful reporting, analysis and communication to provide assurance to senior management that the business is compliant with the defined governance framework
* Operating effectively across Mortgages, to share best practices and seek synergies in the control and quality assurance framework mechanisms, identifying opportunities to continuously improve
As a Senior Quality Assurance Manager (Governance), your skills and qualifications will include:
* Experience in risk management and audit, as well as proven success in project or change management and assessment of the impacts this has upon the internal control environment
* Detailed knowledge of the mortgage, general insurance regulations industry
* Proven experience of influencing senior stakeholders, including briefing and presentations
* An experienced people leader, providing leadership through bringing together insight from analyses and external knowledge
* Experienced in successfully dealing with multiple stakeholders in different business functions, who have different objectives, including those from internal audit, risk, compliance, fraud, legal
The Benefits:
Our customers deserve the best. The same goes for our people. That's why at Barclays you'll receive a range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible hours and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be.
Our Culture:
Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our employees. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
At Barclays, we recruit based on merit and are committed to promoting diversity throughout our organisation.
We will consider applications from job share applicants
We encourage applicants to apply as early as possible in the recruitment period. Barclays recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert during the recruitment process.


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This was the Kathmandu Post's headline regarding yesterday's relatively peaceful polling. I'm not sure much of the world was watching honestly, but for those of you who were - it was indeed stunning and moving. Many in this country where 60% of the population is under 35 have never had the opportunity to vote. Many risked their lives to do so. The outcome will tell the tale of course and I promise a break from Nepal politics in this space. If you happened to see any of the online/print coverage, a friend of mine was covering the Maoists for the New York Times and took some fabulous shots.
The kids are missing Daddy who is understandably doing a fair bit of election observing/monitoring these days. This too shall pass!
More later when I'm awake ....
Friday, April 11, 2008
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Terrible picture but this is the snow that came down most of the day. It has been very cold here which is unusual for this time of year. It's the kind of weather that makes you want to stay home with a quilt on your lap and read or knit or nap with a cat on your lap.
Before this last week we have had lovely fall weather. Dh went to an auction and came home with a tractor and a few days later he went to another one and came home with a mower and a blade for it. He showed me how to start it and how to drive it. Not something I want to do a lot of, but it was the first time I've ever driven a tractor. It will come in handy to keep the drive clean if we get a lot of snow this winter and to keep the grass mowed next year. Next thing you know he'll probably want to build a barn to keep it in.
Well, it's time to get comfy, read for awhile and get to sleep.