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1. Gratithursday
Zoiks, I missed Gratituesday again this week! I was too caught up with the Canucks/Chicago Game 7 hoopla and kinda forgot. So before I get into what I'm grateful for this week, I was reflecting on the whole Gratituesday thing and I find it's really made a difference in my perspective. You know how when you buy a certain type of car, and then next thing you know you're driving down the street and you see your model of car all over the place? That's kind of how it's been for me...now I keep seeing things to be grateful for everywhere and it's really shown me the power of thinking positively. Now don't get me wrong...I'm by no means perfect in this and I still have my moments when I kvetch or need to rant, but now I'm really trying to be mindful of what comes out of my mouth because lately I've come to realize just how draining I find negative people are. Like completely energy zapping. And I don't want to be one of those people who other people avoid or hate to be around, so I'm going to really try to curb the negativity. Anyways...on to what I'm thankful for this week:
- I'm grateful for the Canucks winning Game 7!
- I'm grateful for long weekends
- I'm grateful for gorgeous sunny spring days like we had today
- I'm grateful for cool neighbours who want to hang with me at 3am
- I'm grateful for my health
- I'm grateful for my friends and family
- I'm grateful for My Best Day Ever
2. Tapering
Taper time! Last week was our last longer run, so on the schedule this Saturday is a nice 13K run. Hubs is back on the Saturday rotation, so we'll be up and it 'er early to get our run in before he has to head to work. I don't think we'll taper a ton so we stay sharp for the half, but definitely will rest up the last week before.
3. Royal Wedding
So is anyone else kinda caught up in the royal wedding gig? I wasn't that excited about it but last week there were a gazillion shows about William and Kate, and I kinda started watching and now I'm all sucked in. A neighbour of ours is having some of the girls in the hood over for a proper English breakfast complete with scones, devonshire cream and other assorted goodies! Can't wait...I'll have to be up at 3am, but you only see the future King of England get married once in your life, right? Hmmm...better head to bed soon...
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Bellagio Conservatory in Vegas pays colorful homage to summer
Five times a year — spring, summer, fall, winter and Chinese New Year — the horticulture staff at the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens builds a spectacular scene of sights and sounds. And the Vegas tourists (almost 20,000 a day) come.
As last week marked the official start of summer, the 13,573-square-foot conservatory is now in full bloom with a fitting display featuring 8,000 flowers, 70 live birds, bubbling water features, high-flying kites and a 26-foot-tall red and white striped lighthouse.
Patches of golden sunflowers (including an over-sized 14-foot-tall sunflower with three stems) brighten the exhibit's West Garden while hydrangeas and chrysanthemums surround a tranquil pond with a row boat and waterfall in the North Garden. There is also a whimsical wooden treehouse and a collection of large botanical birds constructed from seeds and other organic materials.
At the center of the summer display is a glass-enclosed aviary with 70 live birds, including 50 finches and 12 rosey bourkes.
It's no secret that summer in Vegas is hot, says the Bellagio's Executive Director of Horticulture Andres Garcia. The conservatory provides a nice respite from the heat while paying homage to the season, he says.
"See this is what it's all about," he says, excitedly pointing out a mother and her young son admiring the birds in the aviary.
Upkeep of the Bellagio Conservatory is a full-time job for the horticulture staff of 120. In addition to the mammoth seasonal change-outs, most of the flowers in the Conservatory are hand watered and old flowers are switched out every two weeks.
No detail is left unattended in the Conservatory display. In the summer exhibit, air is perfectly piped through in just the right spots, rustling the leaves of the plants, the kites and the American flags so it feels and looks like summer wind.
While many guests would love to take home a piece of the Bellagio Conservatory for their own gardens, Garcia says those plants that are in good enough shape after the switch out are instead sold to employees who have an easier means to taking care of them right away. The remaining old plants are processed into mulch that is reused in the Conservatory and sold throughout the Las Vegas valley.
"We want to do what we can for the environment," said Garcia. "We want to keep the flowers from the Conservatory out of the landfill."
In addition to the colorful display, visitors to the Bellagio Conservatory can enjoy live music every day from 5 to 6 p.m.


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Olympic Tennis 2012: Andy Murray Has Edge vs. Roger Federer in Wimbledon RematchAugust 5, 2012
Not even two months ago, Andy Murray and Roger Federer met up in the 2012 Wimbledon final. Now at the London Olympic Games, they will once again be going head-to-head, and once again, it will be at Wimbledon, but this time, it will be for the coveted gold medal.
Although the rematch will be the same, there are many variables that will be different.
Roger Federer- From Favorite Son to Swiss Outsider
This will essentially be the response Federer will get in the finals. Of course, there will be loyal Federer supporters as he is one of, if not, the greatest to play the game, but the response he gets for this tournament will not be as welcoming as the one he got when he played and beat Murray in Wimbledon.
During the Wimbledon Championships, Federer was just representing Federer. He wasn't out to bring a gold medal home to Switzerland; he was just trying to win another major, partly to show the doubters that he still has the ability to win majors and to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Now however, he isn't wearing the required white of Wimbledon. He isn't Roger Federer, one of the greatest of all-time and Wimbledon's "Favorite Son." No, now, he's wearing the red and the white of his native Switzerland.
He doesn't need the gold medal for his legacy, but he wants it; not for himself, but for Switzerland. He is still one of the greatest of all time, but in these Olympic Games, he's playing for a different country and is not going to receive the support he did at the 2012 Wimbledon.
Andy Murray- The Scot who's Playing for Great Britain
Around the British tabloids, there's a saying that has become common about Andy Murray, and it goes as such, "Murray's British when he wins, Scottish when he loses."
It's no secret that there is no love lost between Scotland and England, especially when it comes to sports. But when it comes to Andy Murray, however, the two countries are torn on who gets to lay claim to him.
During the Olympic Games, however, this won't be an issue. The United Kingdom—Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland—are all one nation, united for these two weeks in London. As such, Andy Murray may be a Scot, but he's a Scot who's wearing the Union Jack on his sleeve—a Scot who's playing to win the gold for Great Britain. Win or lose, for this match, Murray is British.
As a British tennis player, Murray will have the entire crowd behind him. It isn't just playing for a major, something in which is really only an achievement for Murray, because after all, he is a Scot. No, he is playing for something much better, for a gold medal for his country—Great Britain.
Why Murray Benefits From the Wimbledon Experience
At Wimbledon, Murray actually took the first set from Federer and held all the way to 5-5 in the second set before Federer broke en route to a 7-5 victory. This is really where Fed took over the match, needing just two more relatively easy sets to win his seventh Wimbledon title, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Unlike Federer, Murray got off to a quick start and really looked to be dominating play from the start. At the Olympic Games, it's likely this could happen again as Federer's semi turned out to be the longest match played in Olympic history.
Although, like Wimbledon, both players got a day of rest in between the semis and finals, it has to be a question of how much more Murray's quick finish of Djokovic will benefit him in the gold-medal match.
He has twice beaten Federer in a best-of-three tournament setting but has never beaten his rival in a best-of-five like he will see in the Olympic finals. What Murray does have, however, is great experience gleaned from playing Federer at Wimbledon.
Ultimately, this experience can only help Murray. Even though he failed to best his rival, he was able to take a set off him and to do so in a five-set match. Murray can now have the confidence needed to beat Federer.
He knows he's capable of doing it as he has before in three-set finals, he just needs to play his best tennis and come out strong. If Fed does have any rust from his long semi, it won't last long so Murray will have to start strong and allow the crowd to carry him through.
Can He Survive the Expectations, the Pressure?
For Murray this is more than just another tournament. It's a chance for him to finally show the world that his name belongs with those of the "Big Three." It will be his chance to prove that he can beat the best in the world on the biggest stages.
His ability to perform under the spotlight has been questioned in the past, and now more than ever, he has got the biggest spotlight on his back. The entire nation of Great Britain will be standing behind him, willing him to victory.
The question for Murray, however, is can he handle it? Can he handle the expectations, the pressure, the weight of wearing the red, white and blue?
These are the questions Murray will have to answer, and if he hopes to achieve the greatness that has so far eluded him, he will have to prove that he can, in fact, conquer the pressure and the hopes and dreams of the entire nation riding on his racket.
OK, so maybe that's a bit over dramatic, but I'm sure it's only a taste of how Murray is feeling. He knows what disappointment feels like, but victory in a major, or in this case, gold-medal match? He doesn't know what that feels like. There's no doubt he wants it, though, and if he can temper the pressure, then there should be little doubt that he can make it happen.
And the Gold Medal Goes To...
Andy Murray.
Most people don't get do-overs in life, but Andy Murray does. Against Federer, at Wimbledon, this is his chance to get the win, get the title, that he just barely missed getting at the Wimbledon Championships. He knows exactly what is going to be riding on this gold-medal match. He wants it, maybe more than ever.
It was one of the most emotional I've been after a match, so happy to win, said Murray. You don't see me smiling that much normally. I haven't stopped smiling since I came off the court. —Channel 4 News
He knows the pressure that rides on him. He knows what a medal would mean for his country— the one that at times has dismissed him as a Scottish failure instead of a British champion. He knows what the medal could mean for his own career—what this win could mean for him going forward.
It's about getting the confidence that he currently lacks. It's about fulfilling the belief that he has and giving him reason to think that he can in fact win a major and can do so by beating Federer or Nadal or Djokovic.
He can prove he belongs with the big boys; he prove that he's one of them. He just needs to overcome this hurdle, this inability to win a major. He needs to jump start his career in the right direction.
Getting a gold medal in London, in front of the British crowd, will certainly be a fine place to start.


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I recently heard some of the Passengers stuff because of the Flaming Hands connection, and it's great.
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Dir. Garri Bardin
Running Time: 75mins
This Russian adaptation of the famed "ugly duckling" tale is most certainly the only time in cinema history that we will ever be able to describe a movie as "Chicken Run meets Black Swan!" and have it be absolutely accurate. The Ugly Duckling [Gadkiy utyonok] is Garri Bardin's first feature after a career of short movies that spans 40 years. While at only 75 minutes and bare storytelling it's hard to really define it as a feature at all, but a feature we shall call it nevertheless. This adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's short story is lovingly crafted and features several charming songs, but it's hard to deny the slight nature of its being and that
As featured in the "Next Generation" section of the festival, The Ugly Duckling is most definitely a film that would appeal to a younger audience. While I got quite a bit out of it, especially marvelling at the wonderfully expressive and detailed character creations, the fact that its made for kids with little consideration of adults was somewhat off-putting. I can't imagine anybody other than children finding the shrill singing voice of the ugly cygnet hatchling to be hilarious - and in a frustrating turn, we don't even get to hear the redemptive beautiful singing voice of the swan once he has transformed. Seems like a missed opportunity, especially in such a short movie.
In fact, the film's golden egg to speak in terms of adults viewers has surely come about purely by accident. Bardin has used Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake music as the basis for the original songs and the score routinely swells into the decadence of the musical pieces that were recently made pop culturally significant again due to Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. The aesthetic is very 1980s TV Christmas movie - you know what I'm talking about if you grew up during the era - but that is another endearing quality that the film has in its plumage. The Ugly Ducking isn't particularly special, but curious parents could certainly do far worse (like, say, Cars 2!) B
Strangely, our print had both French and English subtitles on it. I've never seen this before! It was confusing at first.
Winter's Daughter
Dir. Johannes Schmid
Running Time: 92mins
It's about time I start using a thesaurus for words like "sweet" and "charming". The way I'm going, seemingly describing every second film as one or two of those adjectives, I will have well and truly burnt them out and they'll have as much meaning as "the Australian Liberal Party" or "Chris Brown: pop star". But, sometimes, they are the correct words to apply and in the case of Johannes Schmid's Winter's Daughter [Wintertochter], a wonderfully endearing tale of a two German women of different generations (who can tell where this one's going already, can't you?) driving through Poland to discover their lost and unknown families.
Nina Monka stars as 11-year-old Kattaka. She swims, is friends with the young boy next door and goes Christmas tree shopping with an elderly neighter, Ursula Werner's tough Lene. After being told by her mother (Katharina M Schubert) that the man she thought was her father (Maxim Mehmet) is not, but instead is a Russian trawler mechanic named Alexis, Kattaka and Lene travel to the Poland port town of Szczecin to meet him before segueing to the place Lene lived upon the breakout of WWII. It's hard to explain why Winter's Daughter was so good, but it really is just such a satisfying film that made me smile and feel a bit warm inside. The performances are uniformly excellent, especially Werner as well as Leon Seidel as a teenage boy who helps them on their way. The stark, wintery landscapes are wonderfully captured by Michael Bertl and the screenplay by Michaela Hinnenthal, Nora Lämmermann and Thomas Schmid is a restrained charmer. B+
True story: I actually wrote down "SEXY DAD!" in my notes. Add this Maxim Mehmet to the growing list of incredibly-sexy-i-hope-you-get-cast-in-staff-i-get-to-see-throughout-the-year MIFF actors.
Dir. Lena Dunham
Running Time: 98mins
Could we have a new favourite of the 2011 film festival? Why yes, I think we do! Lena Dunham's extraordinary debut feature Tiny Furniture is a wonderful gem filled with hilarious insights into both twentysomething and adult life and a truly wicked outlook on all things "hipster". Many will take Tiny Furniture as being an actual hipster film - the "Mumblecore" movement of filmmaking does that to people - but I instead found Dunham's screenplay to be a vicious attack on the ideas of hipsters, as if pointing to the absurdity of it and cruelly jabbing it.
Following 23-year-old Aura (played by writer, director and - obviously - star Lena Dunahm) as a recently graduated, but emotionally and professionally questioning individual that I identified with greatly. As she moves back in with her mother and sister she finds it hard to identify what it is she wants and how to go about it. There are a lot of movies about this very topic, but it's the unique humour that Dunham brings to the material that stood out as well as the brittle deadpan delivery of she and her cast. My favourite bit was the line about watching reruns of Seinfeld. I watch reruns of Seinfeld! The way it came out of nowhere, much like most of the laugh out loud moments, elevated it beyond simple gag.
Curious to note that Tiny Furniture shares a cinematographer with my other best-of-the-fest title, Martha Marcy May Marlene since they look so different and do such different things with their surroundings (MMMM mostly exteriors, TF mostly interiors.) I adored the way Jody Lee Lipes framed Dunham's film. Major notice must go to art direction by Jade Healy and Chris Trujillo who were in charge of making this interior world amongst the New York suburbs of Tribecca and DUMBO look as refreshing and comical as it does. Dunham - also appearing in The Innkeepers this fest - is a wonderfully refreshing presence in front of the camera. Almost like a female Seth Rogen. Laurie Simmons, on the other hand, isn't so much refreshing as just deliciously lived in and natural as Aura's artist mother.
Whether Tiny Furniture classifies itself as Mumblecore is beyond my care, but what I really focus on is the precise and dedicated wit that Dunham brought to it. Tiny Furniture is a special, hilarious and deeply personal film that I will remember long after the festival. A
Dir. Jean Cocteau
Running Time: 96mins
Another retrospective title for MIFF and it's a wonderful one that I had never seen before. Jean Coteau's 1946 adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 tale is a sumptuously designed affair with elaborate, dreamlike sets that incorporate gothic design and inventive visual effects. Meanwhile, costumes by Antonio Castillo, Marcel Escoffier and an uncredited Christian Bérard are almost as equally divine.
As classic as the film is - and despite having never seen it before, I can easily say that it is indeed a classic - it's hard not to laugh at some of the overt theatricality of it all. And as much as I'd love to admit I didn't laugh when Jean Marais's bête appeared for the first (and second and third...) time dressed like a cross between David Bowie in Labyrinth and Bjorn from ABBA wearing Liza Minelli's favourite black sequin top, however that would be lie. A big fat lie! A-
This evening at the Kino Palace for Beauty and the Beast there was very almost an "incident". In fact, I thought for sure I was witnessing a man dying right there in the cinema. You could've fooled me because it sounded like actual like vanishing from a man. As this elderly gentleman wheezed, coughed and splattered upon himself towards the start of the movie it, at first, sounded quite humourous ("now that's a cough!") but quickly sounded as if it was becoming very serious. Those sitting around him leaned in and offer assistance, one woman went running out of the cinema for assistance, one man yelled that he "take it outside!" (!!!) And then when one woman who had moved across the isle to help him asked "Someone's gone for help, are you okay?" and just like that he stopped coughing, said "Yes" in an inquisitive 'why wouldn't I be okay?' tone and then resumed watching the film never to be heard of again. Curious.
Curiouser still because just moments early I had returned from my own cinema exit rush as I absolutely had to leave for a spectacular coughing fit. It sounded like someone had removed a vital internal organ it was that long and loud. Yikes.
I also attended a screening today - Winter's Daughter - that was attended by what I think was several school classes. It was so refreshing to go to a film with teenagers in attendance and not wanna smack them with their phones and because of their endless chatter. They even laughed and applauded the opening commercial with Geoffrey Rush and clapped at film's end, too. I hope that amongst that large group of MIFF attendees there is at least one person as batty as we cinemagoers seeing 60 films a festival.


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Roles and Responsibilities
Various units and individuals from across the university play critical roles in the academic program review process.
In the Unit under review, the unit head selects faculty members for the unit's APR committee, including a chair of the committee. The committee then collects data, prepares the Self-Study Report, and brings it to the full faculty for deliberation, amendment, and final approval. Then the unit head prepares a Chair's Letter, which will be reviewed along with the Self-Study Report. Once all the reviews are in, the unit head consults with the Dean to develop the unit's APR Action Plan.
The Dean of the unit's college reviews the Self-Study and Chair's Letter and prepares a response. The Dean's Letter speaks to the suitability of the unit's goals, any college-level re-allocations necessary to achieve the goals, and the fit between the unit's goals and those of the college's strategic plan (if present). The Dean meets with the external review team. After all the reviews are in, the Dean works with the unit head and the Provost to develop the unit's APR Action Plan for the coming years. Once the APR Action Plan is approved, the Dean is responsible for supervising its implementation, and issues an annual report speaking to the state of implementation.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) assists and coordinates the Academic Program Review process. The Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness is responsible for overseeing academic program review, including preparing and gaining approval of the review schedule from the Committee on Academic Programs, providing orientation sessions for academic programs prior to review, securing and coordinating visits of outside evaluators to campus, assisting and supporting the Academic Program Review Committee (a sub-committee of the Committee on Academic Programs), and monitoring the status of action plans and their implementation. Day to day management of the review process is undertaken by the Director of Academic Program Review, who helps units connect the content of the self-study report to the university strategic plan; provides the unit APR committee, external reviewers, and APRC members with institutional context; answers questions on the analysis of data and report creation, helps resolve data consistency issues; checks unit and external reviewer reports for compliance with reporting guidelines and deadlines; and aids in the development of action plans; and manages and catalogs all information related to the academic program review process. OIE's Office for Institutional Research and Office of Decision Support Services, collect data for units under review from a wide variety of sources, display the data on the unit's Dashboard, prepare and administer surveys of the unit's faculty, students, and alumni, and work with units to resolve data inconsistencies.
The External Reviewers are a team of two or three faculty members from other institutions in the unit's discipline. They review the Self-Study Report and Chair's and Dean's Letters; meet with the Dean and Provost; visit the unit and speak with faculty, students, and staff; and prepare a report, within 10 days of their visit, articulating the results of their review and their recommendations.
The Academic Program Review Committee (APRC) is a subcommittee of the University Senate's Committee on Academic Programs (CAP). APRC performs a review of the documents generated by the APR process, including the Self-Study Report, Chair's and Dean's Letters, and External Reviewer's Report. APRC prepares a brief report, which speaks to the quality, centrality, and viability of the unit's programs, as well as the fit between the unit's goals and those of the University Strategic Plan.
The Provost meets with the external review team, reviews all documents generated by the APR process, determines which of the unit's goals can be approved, and approves the unit's APR Action Plan. The Provost monitors the annual reports by deans on the implementation of APR Action Plans as part of the deans' annual evaluation process.


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Pain is part of growing
Everything in life is temporary
Worrying and complaining changes nothing
Your scars are symbols of your strength
Every little struggle is a step forward
Other people's negativity is not your problem
What's meant to be will eventually, BE
The best thing you can do is to keep going
Be A Champion Of Your Life
A champion is someone who defeats all competition. As a society, we limit ourselves to this definition. We often focus only on the champions in sports. Joe Flacco, the Baltimore Ravens starting quarterback, was the 2012 MVP for the Super Bowl. He's a champion. LeBron James, starting small forward for the Miami Heat, was the 2012 MVP for the NBA Finals. He's a champion. They are champions, according to the definition. They are champions by hard work and god-given talent. They come to work, put on their jersey and people remember their name and number.
I know a champion, but he doesn't wear a jersey. He doesn't wear his last name or a number on the back of his shirt. He doesn't play a professional sport, nor has he won an MVP award.
His name is Kyle Weafer and he has Autism. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Autism as a "developmental disorder that appears by age three and is characterized by impairment of the ability to form normal social relationships, by impairment of the ability to communicate with others." Weafer isn't limited to this definition or disability. He isn't defined by Autism; he's a champion of Autism. Unlike sports, Autism doesn't end after four quarters. There is no halftime, no timeouts and it doesn't last for a season. It's a permanent game. Weafer didn't ask for Autism, he was born with it. But he never quits. He never slows down. He makes every day count. He knows each day is an opportunity for something great and he uses this as motivation. He's a fighter and fighters never give up.
Six years ago was the first time I met Weafer. Within 30 minutes, he gave me the most valuable piece of advice that I still cherish today, "smile, Bryenn. Life is good." This might seem minute to some of you, but these five words are what propel me to champion my own life. If Weafer, a man who has faced unfair adversity in human biology, can preach about life being good and face each day with a smile, then I can listen.
I start to understand that my "big problems" aren't as big in the grand scheme of things. Worrying about getting the latest Apple product or getting upset about people not texting me back quickly aren't real problems in comparison. I compartmentalize my insecurities and start to focus more on what mattered most to me, my family, friends and my future. Weafer's five words still resonate with me as much as they did six years ago. He gave me something that I can't ever repay. I'm eternally in debt to him. He's my role model. I look up to him and appreciate his love for life and how he conquers each day. To me, that's a champion. Every day is a championship game for Weafer.
He has taken on the role of a champion, much like LeBron James and Joe Flacco and, like James and Flacco, he is an MVP — at least in my eyes. He wakes up every morning embracing life, not complaining about what day of the week it is. He doesn't complain about what he doesn't have or what he was given. He takes what he has and makes the best of it.
Weafer also likes working out, a lot. His unsullied smile every time he approaches the gym is profound. It's a smile that grabs the attention of bystanders. Why is he smiling? It's a simple question with a simple answer; he can't get enough of the gym. To him, this is another challenge. You can't go to the gym and sit there and expect to get fit. Weafer knows there is much dedication and hard work that is needed to become strong. But he's a champion. He knows what it takes and he's ready. Nobody can tell him no. He's a fighter. He has been his entire life.
Much like Weafer's satisfaction for the gym, I find satisfaction in blogging. People ask me why I like blogging. It's a simple answer; I can't get enough of it. This is where I feel like a champion. I challenge myself everyday to become a better writer. But I do more than just challenge my writing abilities. I challenge myself to become a better person in life. A champion of life by doing what is right and living each day as if it were a championship game. Weafer taught me how to become this champion. I think it's time we all become a champion in our lives and find out what we can't get enough of and do it. Don't let a definition, label, or disability limit you. Be an MVP in your life and make the most of each day.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Click on the link to watch this funny video on why moms can't make mommy friends. It is so true it's funny. Some moms are definitely like that. I don't understand that. I don't agree maybe with the ways some moms do thing but I don't take it personally to them. I do things differently from some as well and would hope they don't hold it against me. I took this from another friend's blog cause it hit home. Someone may have been raised differently than you or informed diffferently than you. I take it as an opportunity to learn new things and see their point of view. i may not agree but learning something new everyday keeps your mind working and keeps you open minded. I try to be the least judgemental person. I have been judge wrongly and know how it feels. So has everyone at some point I'm sure and that's why I don't understand how some people can still be so judgemental and argue to the death about things. People are not always going to se eye to eye. Accept them for the person they are or just leave them be. There's no point in getting nasty or arguing about something someone believes in. They are not going to change and neither are you. I wish moms would be more supportive and understanding instead of saying how someone or something is wrong. To share your point of view is one thing to argue tooth and nail is another. So, in taking my own advice I am going to try today and be more positive and supportive. Supportive
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- Ashley said...
It makes me crazy how judgmental mom's can be! Parenting is sooo hard, we all make the best decisions that we can and that work for us.
- September 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Melanie said...
Parenting is ooo hard! You know I moved away from my entire family, and had my kids, so I had really no one to help me or give me the heads up as a brand new mom. While I am no expert (as no one can be)after 4 kids, I have learned that as mom I am open to advice but not someones finger pointing out things I'm doing wrong. I try to remember than while talking to other Moms. The same thing I tell my kids, if you wouldn't like it, no one else would either, just don't do it.
Following from MBC :)
- September 27, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Kimmama said...
Oh my gosh - I have seriously heard moms talking like this! I always try to avoid sounding like this if at all possible. There are 100 ways to raise your kids. :)
- September 29, 2010 at 9:23 PM


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Monday, December 14, 2009
Secret Santa Rocks my world!!!!
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Goodness Gracious!!!! You had a wonderful SS!!! I am in awe at all the stuff she sent you!ReplyDelete
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just out making the SSS rounds with a friendly reminder that today is the SSS shipping date and to remind everyone to please email us your DC#ReplyDelete
also if you have not already please link up on the linky(I think you have-my brain is fried today LOL)
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holy stink! you got lotta loot! What a great SSS!ReplyDelete
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Becky, are you my Secret Santa? I see you are from NC...ReplyDelete
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I left you a long comment on your newer post, but then my aol lost connection right as I hit "post comment" so I don't think it posted.
I wanted to reveal to you that I am your Secret Santa!!!
I had the package sealed up and ready to go and forgot to put a Christmas card in the box. So I will just tell you "Merry Christmas"
PS I hope you had fun with the Secret Santa Soiree....I sure did.
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Animal Friendly: A "Mutts" Treasury. By Patrick McDonnell. Andrews McMeel. $16.95.
If you follow comics in your daily newspaper or at your favorite Web site, you know that FoxTrot is no more, at least in the form in which readers have long been accustomed to it. Bill Amend has semi-retired after 19 years, turning FoxTrot into a Sunday-only strip. Unfortunately, this robs the strip of its day-to-day reflections of somewhat weird family life, forcing readers to see only quick snapshots once a week and undermining one of the best character-driven comedy strips around. The Sunday-only format is a pale replacement for Amend's seven-day-a-week one, and it's hard to imagine that it will be successful for long. So readers of Houston, You Have a Problem will want to hang onto as much of Amend as possible for as long as possible – although this book also shows, literally graphically, how much is already gone. Amend always worked best in snippets – his Sunday strips were never really the equal of his dailies – and this collection shows his skewed-family humor at its best. There's Jason with his iguana,
Patrick McDonnell shows no signs of slowing down or of changing the format of Mutts, and that's a good thing, since McDonnell is one of the most elegant cartoonists around, and his characters are among the most endearing. It's easy enough to argue that Mutts sometimes spends too much time on a soapbox – arguing for adoption and spaying-and-neutering, for example. But by and large, McDonnell simply chronicles the everyday lives of Earl the dog, Mooch the cat, and a large cast of supporting players, with wit and caring and sometimes more than a touch of wisdom. Animal Friendly, which features both black-and-white and color daily strips plus color Sundays, includes the opening Sunday panels that newspapers sometimes drop for space reasons – and they are gems. There's homage to Dick Tracy, one of the old strips McDonnell admires most; to Jackson Pollock and to Japanese style; to famous children's books and to fine art. There are parodies of popular culture, such as an "Animal Idol" sequence. There are strips ostensibly created by characters within the strip – a hilarious bit of self-reference. There's a multi-character beach vacation and a "Mooch's Dear Diary" section. Everything is funny in a gentle, even old-fashioned way (despite the contemporary references), and everything is beautifully drawn and written with real style and an economy of words. Here's hoping that Mutts will be around for many years to come.


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- "We Will Meet Again"
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We Will Meet Again is an original song composed by SVUtau with AVANNA.
A long time ago
You said to me
Just let me go
Over... You said oh it's over.
I loved you
I loved you
Please don't leave me...
You left me. I'm all alone
You said I'm worthless now
I wish it wasn't so...
but for now, I guess it's true
(I loved you baby)
Even if I cry
I won't give up searching for you
My sweet prince, we will meet again
I don't care anymore
I said to you...
Although I knew
I'm lying, I'm lying to myself now
I loved you
I cried as I feel so far
I whispered to myself that
We will meet again
But I wish it was the truth
But for now I'll just fall down
Now I'm alone and I still think
You loved me
What a fool I am... oh...
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Monday, 7 September 2009
Travel with a toddler... Grenoble, Beaune & Arras
When we reached my parents' house in Piedmont, we had a good rest. The car hardly moved as we visited relatives, ate and enjoyed the celebrations of the Feast of the Patron Saint. There were concerts, fireworks and rides. Michela had her first experience of a funfair as a 'passenger' rather than an onlooker. After enjoying warm weather and hospitality for nine days we left on an overcast Sunday morning. Our first stop in France was Grenoble. We took the teleferic up to the mountain pictured above, where there is an old fort and decided to walk down. The views were worth it but the journey down the mountain proved treacherous.
I had forgotten how long it takes to go down mountain paths, this one was 2.5km long and full of stones. It's a miracle our stroller survived the bumpy ride. I had asked a French couple before I bought my one-way ticket and they had assured me it was doable - we did it but Michael had quite a job pushing the stroller down as stones, tree roots and rocky bumps interfered with the wheels. Hats off to Bruin for their sturdy strollers!
If you visit Grenoble on a Sunday, like we did, all the shops are shut in the afternoon, even the supermarkets and some restaurants. We asked a local woman and discovered the Arab quarter, where we found a spice shop that sold groceries.
As we had time left, we visited a museum. There are two free museums in town, we opted for the historical one, which had ancient foundations of a baptisphere in the basement. This was the only museum we visited during the whole trip as the weather was so good we wanted to spend time outdoors. Our stops were also quite short, as we had only half a day or less to visit each town.
Next day we were in Beaune. The old town is like a circle surrounded by walls. We had a good walk on the ramparts too, after walking around the streets full of enticing shops selling wine, food and local delicacies. In one of the squares there was an old-fashioned fairground ride (pictured below). We had one of the best evening meals here - all regional specialities.
Last stop was Arras, which is not far from Calais. It is town with plenty of Flemish buildings (see photo below) and robust cuisine. We had a huge evening meal very cheaply and we had the restaurant for ourselves as the local fete had terminated and it was a Tuesday night. Very few tourists were about as it was early September.
Throughout our road trip we have been a bit edgy about Michela's behaviour in restaurants. They never have plastic glasses so we had to watch her handle a glass tumbler and stop her from misbehaving, which she is fond of doing to attract attention. This time there was nobody to impress so she behaved better.
My top tip: if you want to enjoy a dinner meal with a toddler in tow, bring with you a plastic beaker and feed your child beforehand as they get hungry earlier than you. At the restaurant order them a treat, such as a plate of chips, an ice cream or their favourite snack. Even a glass of cold milk with a straw can keep them occupied! On the last evening we brought two board books too, so she could 'read' a bit while we ate.
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Labels: Arras, Beaune, bruin stroller, France, Grenoble
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- Anonymous24 October 2009 at 15:57
Cool post, thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it.ReplyDelete
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Shibui Birch - Graphite
Spun in a single ply of extra fine merino with a micron count approaching cashmere's, Birch radiates softness. Knit solo or in combination for a luxurious, lofty fabric.
Fibre: 100% extrafine, single ply merino
Skein: 50 g, 1.76 oz; 239 m, 262 yds
Knitting Gauge: 26 - 28 Sts (yarn is ranked as sport weight but seems to knit finer)
Suggested Needles: 3.5 mm or 4 US
Care: hand wash
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Behind the Easter Bonnet: Backstage with the Cast of the Lion King
The upsides are that I have an amazing and sweet friend who is supportive and loving. I also get to go to some fantastic shit.
Last week, the 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition took place at theater that is home to the Lion King. For those of you that aren't familiar (I sure as hell wasn't), the Easter Bonnet Competition was started in 1987 as a benefit to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
, which is the foundation of the Equity Actors' Union. Since 1987, the foundation has raised and awarded $46 million to organizations that provide support to people living with HIV/AIDS. Each year, the Easter Bonnet competition raises $3 million to support the foundation.
Basically, a good portion of the shows on Broadway produce some fairly hilarious and amazing skits that they perform to a sold out audience over two days. A List celebrities often make surprise appearances in each of the skits, and the event, this year, was hosted by Robin Williams and Judith Light (she is TINY as Hell).
This year, the cast of the Lion King decided to do a skit of RuPaul's Drag Race, particularly since the season finale of the reality show took place during the Easter Bonnet Competition. As a surprise guest star, they brought Bebe Zahara Benet into the cast for the Tuesday afternoon performance. It was hilarious to be in the audience when Bebe took the stage with the other cast members cum drag queens....as folks were like..."Is that the real Bebe? It sure looks like Bebe. I think that is Bebe. Naw that's not the real Bebe." I almost pissed myself laughing. A little trickle may have escaped. I can neither confirm nor deny that urinary fact.
The skit lasted all of four minutes, but I had spent the previous four hours backstage in the dressing room with the marvelous cast members that were taking part in the skit. Organized by Alvin and Jean Michelle (both Lion King cast members), I had a hoot of a time getting to know some of the folks that make the magic of the Lion King. From the wig master who, on about an hours notice, merged two ratty ass wigs that looked like rejects from a Judd's concert into a high hair Southern girl spectacular to the "pit crew," members that stripped down to bedazzled square cut shorts, oiled up and started doing a work out in the dressing room (in a room full of mirrors, it was impossible not to oogle...and LORD HAVE MERCY was I trying to be respectful and not have a spontaneous orgasm when they started doing push ups)...the prep for the show was more fun than I've had in forever.
And the best part was when the straight pit crew hunk of chocolatey loveliness walked out into the hallway outside of the dressing room in his shorts and ran right into Robin Williams who looked at him and said, "What the fuck!"
Oh yes....there are most definitely benefits to having a gay celebrity as a best friend.
I want to thank the cast of the Lion King for their amazing love and support of Bebe, and I want to send my personal love and thanks to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They provide support to Camp Heartland (largest camp for children and families impacted by HIV/AIDS...I am a former staff member of the parent organization of the camp: One Heartland). Thank you for an amazing afternoon and for welcoming us into the Lion King family!
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Labels: AIDS, Bebe Zahara Benet, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, Easter Bonnet Competition 2011, HIV, New York City, The Lion King
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Mission and History
Mission Statement
The Minnesota Orchestra's mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.
Our mission will be implemented by:
- Enhancing the traditional core of concerts with innovative approaches to programming and format;
- Providing the finest educational and outreach programs;
- Representing and promoting the Minnesota Orchestra and the State of Minnesota to audiences across the state, across the country and around the world through tours and electronic media;
- Maintaining an acoustically superior hall with a welcoming environment;
- Delivering this within a financially sustainable structure.
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, now in its second century and led by Music Director Osmo Vänskä, ranks among America's top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world; award-winning recordings, radio broadcasts and educational engagement programs; and a visionary commitment to building the orchestral repertoire of tomorrow.
Founded as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble gave its inaugural performance on November 5, 1903, shortly after baseball's first World Series and six weeks before the Wright brothers made their unprecedented airplane flight. The Orchestra played its first regional tour in 1907 and made its New York City debut in 1912 at Carnegie Hall, where it has performed regularly ever since, most recently in March 2016. Outside the United States, the Orchestra has played concerts in Australia, Canada, Europe, the Far East, Latin America and the Middle East. Since 1968 it has been known as the Minnesota Orchestra. The ensemble presents about 175 programs each year, primarily at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis, and its concerts are heard by live audiences of 300,000.
The Orchestra's international tours have reaped significant praise. Under Vänskä's leadership, the ensemble has undertaken five European tours, most recently an August 2016 tour that brought the Orchestra to the Scotland, Denmark, The Netherlands and Finland. In May 2015 Vänskä and the Orchestra performed two historic concerts and collaborated in educational projects in Havana, Cuba, becoming the first major American orchestra to perform in the island nation since the U.S. and Cuban governments announced steps to normalize relations between the two countries. The trip drew widespread international attention and prompted The New York Times to hail the Orchestra's new place "at the cultural vanguard." In January 2018 Vänskä will lead the Orchestra on its first Chicago tour in 38 years, where it will perform on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Center Presents series; that month the Orchestra will also stop at several Midwestern universities and community venues for residencies and concerts.
The Orchestra's recordings and broadcasts have drawn acclaim since the early 1920s, when the ensemble became one of the first to be heard via these media—notably making its radio debut in 1923 by playing a nationally broadcast concert under guest conductor Bruno Walter. Its landmark Mercury Living Presence LP recordings of the 1950s and 1960s, under Music Directors Antal Dorati and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, have been reissued on CD to great acclaim. Under Osmo Vänskä, the Orchestra has undertaken several acclaimed recording projects, primarily for BIS Records. In 2014 the Orchestra and Vänskä won their first Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for a disc of Sibelius' Symphonies No. 1 and 4.
The Orchestra and Vänskä unveiled two new albums during 2017. The first, released in February, is a live-in-concert recording of Sibelius' Kullervo and Finlandia and the world premiere of Olli Kortekangas' Migrations, all performed with Finland's YL Male Voice Choir and vocal soloists. The second, released in August, features Mahler's Fifth Symphony; this release marks the start of the Orchestra's new series of Mahler symphony recordings. The Orchestra has already recorded the Sixth and Second Symphonies for future releases, and will record the First and Fourth during the 2017-18 season.
Earlier recordings by the Orchestra and Vänskä include a five-disc cycle of the complete Beethoven symphonies that The New York Times wrote "may be the definitive [cycle] of our time." The recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony received a 2008 Grammy nomination for Best Orchestral Performance, and the album featuring the Second and Seventh Symphonies was nominated for a 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Award. The Orchestra and Vänskä also recorded a two-CD set of Tchaikovsky's piano-and-orchestra works with soloist Stephen Hough; a disc featuring Bruckner's Fourth Symphony; two albums of Beethoven and Mozart piano concertos with Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin; and a three-album cycle of the complete Sibelius symphonies, including the Grammy-winning disc of Symphonies No. 1 and 4 and a Grammy-nominated album of the Symphonies No. 2 and 5.
The Orchestra's Friday night performances are broadcast live regionally by Minnesota Public Radio, a weekly tradition for more than 40 years. Over the years, many programs have been subsequently featured on American Public Media's national programs, SymphonyCast and Performance Today. In November 2017 the Orchestra is celebrating Minnesota Public Radio's 50th anniversary with a special live broadcast concert hosted by Brian Newhouse.
In addition to offering traditional concerts, the Minnesota Orchestra connects with more than 85,000 music lovers annually through family concerts and educational programs including Young People's Concerts, a series that marked its centennial in 2011. In the last decade nearly half a million students have experienced a Young People's Concert. In March 2017 the Orchestra brought the series to a global online audience for the first time with the inaugural Young People's Concert webcast, which reached students around the globe in 315 cities across 22 countries.
In 2011, extending a long tradition of performances throughout the state of Minnesota, the Orchestra launched Common Chords. This multi-year initiative creates partnerships between the Orchestra and participating Minnesota cities, culminating in a celebratory festival week that features performances and dozens of activities that reflect the interests, diversity and heritage of each community. Launched with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Common Chords presented its first festival week in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2011; subsequent partnerships have taken the Orchestra to the Minnesota cities of Willmar, Hibbing, Bemidji and Detroit Lakes. The next Common Chords week is set for April 2018, when the Orchestra will spend a week in the southern Minnesota city of Mankato.
Along with its core series of classical concerts, the Minnesota Orchestra presents Live at Orchestra Hall, a lineup of concerts by a broad spectrum of artists; conductor Sarah Hicks leads the series, which features genres including popular music, jazz, film scores and world music. Since 1980 the Orchestra has ended each season with Sommerfest, its beloved urban summer music festival. In summer 2017 conductor Andrew Litton concluded his 15-year tenure as the festival's artistic director. Jazz in the Target Atrium, a new series of concerts featuring regional and national jazz musicians performing together in Orchestra Hall's new Target Atrium, was launched in 2014 under the direction of Jeremy Walker.
With a long history of commissioning and performing new music, the Minnesota Orchestra nourishes a strong commitment to contemporary composers. Its annual Composer Institute, now in its fourth season under the direction of Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts, offers up to seven emerging composers from around the nation an intense immersion into the orchestral world, culminating in a Future Classics concert led by Osmo Vänskä. Since 1903 the Orchestra has premiered and/or commissioned more than 300 compositions, including works by John Adams, Kalevi Aho, Dominick Argento (the Orchestra's composer laureate), Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, Charles Ives, Aaron Jay Kernis, Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, Kevin Puts and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. During the 2017-18 season the Orchestra is offering premieres of major new works by Jeff Beal, Sebastian Currier and James Stephenson. In 2012 the Orchestra completed the innovative Musical MicroCommission Project, through which hundreds of music fans made "micro" donations that funded the creation of a major new orchestral work, Judd Greenstein's Acadia.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has bestowed upon the Orchestra 20 awards for adventuresome programming, including five Leonard Bernstein Awards for Education Programming between 2005 and 2012 and, in 2008, the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music.
Music directors of the Orchestra have included Emil Oberhoffer (1903-1922), Henri Verbrugghen (1923-1931), Eugene Ormandy (1931-1936), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1937-1949), Antal Dorati (1949-1960), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1960-1979), Neville Marriner (1979-1986), Edo de Waart (1986-1995), Eiji Oue (1995-2002) and Osmo Vänskä (2003-present).


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Secret revealed from the Amazing piece of art.
The pictures of an amazing piece of art.
Location: Tata Museum , Jamshedpur .
In the first picture, you can see a painting. This was a gift to JRD Tata on his Birthday by a street artist. Nobody was able to understand his art. Unfortunately, only the painting was given to JRD and the artist had promised to reveal the secret shortly. However, JRD was no more when the secret was actually revealed.
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When you place a steel rod at the circle of the first picture (you have seen), you will see the image of JRD Tata as a reflection on the steel rod as seen in the second picture below. Isn't it incredible!!!
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Cherilyn Braun Basketweaving is located on Huron River Drive, in the rear of a white building. The store provides baskets in a variety of designs, including Easter baskets, wastepaper baskets, bowls and totes, as well as basket-making supplies, books and tools. The store offers classes and open weave times.


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Ravi Kelay
Ravi is an MA Fashion Journalism alumnus working at ASOS as a Senior Shoot Coordinator. Here he talks to us about his time as a student at LCF and what skills he learnt here and continues to use today.
Could you introduce yourself and tell us about what you're up to now?
My name is Ravi Kelay and I graduated from the MA in Fashion Journalism in 2009. I am now a Senior Shoot Coordinator at ASOS and a freelance producer and stylist.
How did you go about choosing the course?
I chose Fashion Journalism because I was attracted to the variety of different modules ranging from learning about magazine layout to art directing and styling our own shoots, alongside writing.
How did you find your time at LCF?
It was incredibly rewarding, I left feeling prepared for the realities of working in what can be an incredibly fast paced and constantly changing industry.
How was the teaching?
I had an awesome course director and the teaching in general was of a very high standard.
What are the three things you took away from your experience at LCF?
The need to be versatile and to be open to every opportunity, no matter what stage of your career. If you're not being challenged you aren't progressing as a creative. The importance of being passionate, hard working and on time! And finally knowing that your path doesn't have to follow a set pattern, this is your career and as such trust your instincts about what is right or wrong in terms of your long-term goals.
What skills did you learn from the course and are still using today?
Styling, art directing, layout and producing.
Tell us about an average day at your job?
I run a studio at ASOS, and oversee six other studios on an average day at ASOS. I shoot predominantly ASOS own brand product. This involves art directing the shoot and briefing and directing a team comprising two models, a photographer, a stylist and the hair and make up team.
How do you think digital is changing publishing and the media?
Digital media has completely changed the way we engage with and access fashion from looking at editorial to purchasing product. Whilst print will always provide a stimulating and interesting space for creative expression digital media is most definitely where the future of fashion both as a creative platform as well as a business.
What would be your advice to someone considering postgraduate study?
Never give up, keep your eyes open and trust your gut instinct, it's invariably right.


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Syphilis was first described the 1500s when it was known as the Venetian, Naples, or French disease depending on who was describing it. Left untreated, the sexually transmitted disease can damage the heart, bones and liver and lead to blindness, insanity and death. Here in the United States, syphilis rates have been on a steady decline for about the last 50 years. But although syphilis is easily and cheaply curable, it has yet to be eradicated and there are disturbing signs that a new outbreak may be occurring.
This clinic at the Gallup Indian Medical Center is where most of the cases in the current Four Corners syphilis outbreak are being treated. Dr. John Iralu, who works here in Gallup, says that since the late 1980s, only about two cases a year of syphilis have been seen on the Navajo reservation.
But in 1999, Dr. Iralu says, rates started to rise. "In 2001, we realized we had a significant problem when we started counting up to 34 cases that year, and then in 2002, we repeated that figure at 34 cases," he says.
Thirty-four cases a year doesn't sound like a huge number, but when looked at in the context of the total Navajo population of about 250,000, it's comparable to a rate of infection seven times that of the United States as a whole. So, Dr. Iralu says, health investigators are aggressively looking for people infected with syphilis, even if they show no outward symptoms. "We have instituted a program of testing all people who are being seen for an alcohol related illness or injury," he says. "So, say someone came because they broke their leg while they were intoxicated. We would obtain a blood test for syphilis automatically in that case, so we can screen them and go back and treat them. To be blatantly obvious, when a person drinks alcohol, their inhibitions are lowered, they may have contact with someone with who they wouldn't normally have contact, and that's how syphilis is ordinarily transmitted."
That's why health officials are targeting people who drink and go to bars like this one in reservation border towns.
The Class Act is one of Gallup's most popular nightspots. There's live music tonight, and the sign out front advertises a wet T-shirt contest next week. But lately the Class Act has also been hosting an outreach worker from the Navajo AIDS Network, who sits behind a small table beside the door, offering free condoms and information on how to avoid syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Bar manager Lucy Lozano says she hopes her patrons get the message. "To have clean sex, to protect themselves, because usually when you go into a bar, usually that's what people do, they walk into the door and right away that's what's on their mind, so why not help make it safe," she says.
It seems simple and logical: attack the syphilis outbreak in border town bars, which health investigators have documented as locations frequented by people who acquire the infection. But Larry Foster, who's been fighting sexually transmitted diseases here for 21 years, says it's not that easy. "We used to go into the border town bars and distribute condoms at some of the bars. Not all of the bars, some of the bar owners wouldn't allow us to put that into their bars. So we saw both sides of that situation there, so we know certain bars will welcome us, and some of them won't," he says.
So Navajo Nation health officials decided to try a new approach. They issued a high-profile public call for bar owners to join them in fighting the syphilis outbreak. They launched the effort this April in Gallup, inviting bar owners to meet with them and the town's mayor. George Joe, spokesman for the Navajo division of health, said they wanted to shine a spotlight on the bars. "Yeah, it probably put some pressure on them, I'm sure, and I think many of them recognize that there is a problem, and they want to help be a part of the solution," he says.
The strategy is one that Mr. Joe says would have been unthinkable even a year ago. That's before new Navajo President Joe Shirley took office, and appointed Cora Phillips as the Nation's Health Director. "I don't take things lightly, especially when human lives are at stake. And I've always to a certain degree been radical in nature myself. So I'm taking these measures that will help us produce positive outcomes," she says.
Where the previous administration fought syphilis in a very behind the scenes manner, Ms. Phillips has no qualms about going public. Wanting to put a human face on the campaign, she convinced President Shirley to take out full-page newspaper ads featuring his own photo, urging Navajos to be safe and get tested. She also pushed aside concerns about the Navajo Nation partnering with bar owners in neighboring towns, when alcohol is illegal on the reservation itself. "It is definitely a radical step. Because it's something that has not been attempted before. Although it may be radical in nature, however, the partnership still needs to happen, if not now, in the future, to establish some sort of a mutual understanding, because after all we are neighbors," she says.
So far, the Class Act and one other Gallup bar have agreed to allow outreach workers inside to distribute condoms and disease prevention information. Cora Philips is calling this a precedent setting victory.
In June, the Nation is taking its campaign to bars in neighboring towns, and plans to move on to Arizona border towns after that. With substance abuse the number one problem among Native Americans, the Navaho Nation's Health Director says she hopes that bar owners will keep their doors open to help out with other alcohol related health problems on the reservation.


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You've probably heard a lot of talk about how eating organic food is much better for you than just buying the non-organic fruit and veg the supermarkets generally have for sale. But as with my post about climate change, I think it's always good to remind ourselves exactly what organic food is, and why it can be better for the environment.
So, first of all, what is organic food? The Soil Assocation describes organic food here: "Our definition of organic food is food which is produced using environmentally and animal friendly farming methods on organic farms. These methods are legally defined and any food sold as 'organic' must be strictly regulated." And organic farming is "recognises the direct connection between our health and how the food we eat is produced. Artificial fertilisers are banned and farmers develop fertile soil by rotating crops and using compost, manure and clover."
Different countries have different standards that have to be met for a product to be classified as organic, but you can't define a food as organic if it risks contamination from non-organic sources, e.g. having a field of genetically modified (GM) crops next to your field means there could be a risk of cross-contamination through the air. Also, some products – such as fish – can't always be certified organic (in this case, the water they live in is influenced by so many factors that's impossible to guarantee that it's organic!) So certifying a product as organic is actually much trickier than it sounds, as crops, animal feed etc. can all be accidentally cross-contaminated, even if by a GM seed that blows onto the farm.
But what are the pros and cons of growing and eating organic food?
- No chemicals (such as pesticides) are used. Chemicals can kill wildlife and leach into water, causing health problems in animals, which can eventually work up the food chain and affect humans. They can also be absorbed by fruits and vegetables, so even if you wash them before eating, you might still be eating some of the pesticides sprayed on them.
- Crops are rotated so the soil isn't exhausted and still contains nutrients without having to add fertilisers and chemicals. This also breaks pest and disease cycles, as they don't have a constant supply of food (according again to the Soil Association website).
- Conserves biodiversity – as above, wild plants and animals won't be damaged or killed by chemicals designed to make crops grow better.
- Organic livestock will have regular access to pasture. They also cannot be given antibiotics.
- More carbon is stored in the soil.
- No genetic engineering or use of genetically modified products is allowed. So crops can't be GM, for example, and animals can't be fed with GM foods.
- Growing organic crops takes up more space than growing non-organic, so more land will be required to grow the same amount of organic crops.
- Crops and animals can be more prone to pests and diseases as no chemicals or antibiotics are used.
- Organic foods might not last as long as non-organic foods as they won't contain additives to help them keep longer.
- Organic foods are generally more expensive than non-organic foods.
- Consumers have to rely on certification to know whether a food is organic or not, unless you buy straight from the farmer or producer.
I came across this good infographic a while ago (you can find it pinned on my Pinterest board Going Green – Food). Of course, not all fruits have stickers on, but this is a good guide to go for. (Click on it to make it bigger!)
If you want to know more, you could start with the Soil Association website, or these articles: When Organic isn't Really Organic and The Hypocrisy of Organic Farmers.
What do you think? Do you eat organic?


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That was over 40 years ago and my pattern of painting hasn't changed. If my paintings aren't working out, I don't restart the painting and try it again. Instead, I switch my subject matter often. A landscape, then a figure, then an animal or a still life, I keep rotating my interests. However, I do circle back around weeks, months or years later and once in a great while, I revisit a specific subject and look for a different approach.
This past month I did just that. A year ago I painted a little girl looking out a window at her own reflection. I liked it a lot and so did the Salon International Exhibition and several clients. Somerset Fine Art even has future plans to print it. The painting sold right away.
Waiting 12 x 12 Oil
A year has passed and I felt that I had one more thing to say about that subject. So, taking a second look, I used a slightly different color scheme, changed the format and the approach to the background. This time the same little girl is actually playing with her reflection in the window. I like this one too and so does this year's Salon International Exhibition.
Reflections 14 x 18 Oil
Moral of the story, Mr. Jones was right. Revisiting the subject does inspire new insight, creative ideas, sometimes it even helps simplify and organize. My ideas have had a chance to morph into a new concept. Thanks Mr. Jones; you were right!


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Saturday, December 11, 2010
I'm dreaming of a PINK Christmas!
Christmas Greetings Everyone!
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Noble Studios Ltd. is now making STEAMPUNK HATS!!
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I just ADORE this hat! It features a wide band of luscious burgundy and taupe embossed velvet ribbon. A 3" clock was taken apart and use for the centerpiece of this hat. It has two hands but one of the hands extends beyond the face and it has steampunk cogs and wheels in the middle. An actual antique spring is popping out of the top of the clock and LOTS AND LOTS of antique and vintage gears, from all kinds of vintage timepieces (including a 100 year old cuckoo clock)explode out of the side of this fabulous time piece!
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Cowards and Annonymous Posters--Two of a Kind
If you choose to rip me, (or anyone else for that matter), then have the balls to use your real name.
I do.
I understand and appreciate there are those of you that want to remain anonymous and that's fine. But if you make personal attacks --some of which are really, really, personal and disturbing, then you'd better step to the plate and identify who you are. I know for a fact many of you that rip me personally are in the business because my computer geek has a way of seeing where the IP address emanates from; so not only are you all COWARDS, you're pretty dumb cowards at that. Just sayin.
I'm flattered that those of you in the biz who are jealous of my impending light speed jettison back into the media world write your venom; great, it exposes your character flaw in mass detail. You are worse than vermin. Quote me. I have many advocates now--they put aside petty and amateur-hour material and believe in me and have come to appreciate my talent, my versatility, my uniqueness and have placed me square up top of the domain. It's not bragging when it's true.
I'm opinionated. And I show it, speak it--write it. I don't mind calling someone out and I will do so and do so publicly as long as there's an audience. And my audience is getting bigger --not just here but on the radio too.
I will rip and rip a lot, critique and critique a lot and when I do, MY NAME will be CLEAR and amply so--that's the only way I operate. So please, if you're going to go after me and try to tear me down, I welcome the barrage. If you tear me down with extra-strength venom I'm ready for it but if you fail to ID yourself, then, yeah, I'm not pubbing your shit. This is MY place. My crib. Nobody forced you to come to my party. You want censor? Well, damn straight, you got it.
This is NOT a democracy here. It's a dictatorship. Sorry to ruin your day.
To my loyal readers--even those who disagree with me quite a bit but who are intellectually honest enough and able to pen their disagreement in mostly civilized terms, sorry to have bothered you all with another state of the Lieberman union, but I had to get this off my chest.
Now, back to spaghetti and meatballs.
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Hi Rich. If creating and using a name was much easier on your blog, my bet is more people would do it. I have tried changing mine from time to time, but the system you use is not very flexible. Sometimes I may use the Guy Fawkes mask, or Burl Ives, or even Betty Crocker, if you really have to know. Of course, me being almost computer illiterate doesn't help either.ReplyDelete
I know you're speaking of particular writers who are Malicious Contrarians and Poison Darters who strive to pop other folks balloons just for the sadistic thrill. Well, that aint me. I just like to run my digital mouth and hear the latest dignified gossip.
Ditto. I don't comment much but it's much easier to log in with a comment using Anon than it is signing in through gmail, for example.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 11:26 AM
I have tried to use another name other than Anonymous, but found it too time consuming and cumbersome. I have made comments on other blogs using google to sign in, but it seems if you don't use it often enough, you have to change your password, and they send you different links and still I couldn't sign in. I'm not a computer geek, but I can navigate my way around must sights, and use my computer daily for different tasks, so I agree with the 2 comments above.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 11:06 AM
I don't have an account on the sites you offer and don't intend to sign up for one just for the sake of posting an occasional comment here. So, Anon I will remain.ReplyDelete
Besides, if you're going to censer the posts, what's the point?
I don't follow why folks are saying it's hard to log in on this blog. I'm a complete luddite when it comes to this kind of stuff, but I have no problem doing so. What snags me, is reading the Captcha prompt.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 12:18 PM
It's nice to see anonymous is back. I tried to comment on here last night but anonymous was no longer an option. I figured in time Rich would see less than 5 comments per post and see that most people prefer the anonymous option. As a few people mentioned above, I have no desire to make an account at any of the options listed. Me? I've never ripped Rich. I enjoy what he offers. Why come here if you dislike Rich? Easy solution...don't come here.ReplyDelete
- Auntie LSeptember 29, 2013 at 12:54 PM
You can create a name and use it consistently, as I do. This is actually what my niece and nephews call me.ReplyDelete
"Anonymous" doesn't cut it--at least if you go by one name, the rest of us can track your thinking.
I don't believe Rich censors the posts, but he may if people post hate speech or something. He's never censored me, even when I don't agree with him. But then again, I do it politely....
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 2:13 PM
When I managed a daily newspaper, the publisher allowed anonymous comments on stories. For that reasons and others, I left the paper I co-founded.ReplyDelete
Newspapers, which are different from blogs, should not run anything as anonymous that they wouldn't run on an opinion page.
Yes, I know, tech has changed newspapers, but how has anonymity helped newspapers?
If vile, hateful comments are how newspapers gauge their worth, then it shows how far journalism has sunk.
It used to be solid stories, investigative pieces that would lure readers to keep reading, compelling opinions, lively letters to the editor, etc. Newspapers may be down, but they aren't out.
And I agree with Seymour Hersch: fire 90 percent of the news editors in all mediums: print, broadcast and electronic. Their personal views have clouded their independent pursuit of news in America.
It hurts to a Daily Mail link, but I haven't seen the same story in American media. The New York Daily News had an artical, but it was not as thorough as the Daily Mail's was.
Seymour Hersh agrees with me that the Bin Laden Raid and Killing story was a complete myth. I never believed it.They supposedly used DNA tests to 'instantly' confirm it was Bin Laden who was shot when it usually takes a while to conduct DNA tests. Then to have not ONE picture of the corpse? I think both Bush and Obama used the spectre of BoogeyMan Bin Laden for many years to help justify spending more billions. When they could not scare up more money from the ruse, he was 'killed once again'. Many think he had BIN dead since 2002 battle at Tora Bora.Delete
- MarkNickSeptember 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
It is very simple to use a name. You just select the drop down box and go to the "Name/URL" choice. You type your name in, and voila! I always use this name when commenting here. I would support removing the "anonymous" option.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 4:10 PM
"MarkNick" is still anonymous.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 3:00 PM
I posted the comments at 11:26 and tried to just use my name, but couldn't, I'll try again. I tried open ID just wrote in the name I wanted to use, but nothing happened, tried other, but then I get re directed and have to come up with a password, etc. As I said too time consuming and cumbersome. However I will sign my name here.ReplyDelete
Hanna DK
Rich, you don't have the guts to remove "anonymous" because it'll put into question the number of posters/readers are on the blog. You know this. I've suggested on more than one occasion you remove anon postings, but you haven't. I used to post more and leave my initials because I didn't want to waste the time logging in.ReplyDelete
Now you suggest people are cowards? How are they different from you in that regard? They don't want to come out of the shadows, and you don't want to shine a light! Couple this with the amount of posts you won't publish, I think it's slightly hypocritical for you to hold your posters to some standard you don't seem to hold yourself to.
There have been numerous comments of mine you haven't posted, and that's why I stopped posting as much as I did. That and my connection at Cumulus stopped caring about the inner-workings.
That said, everything I said in the past about Cumulus has come to fruition, or is moving in that direction.
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:27 AM
It's Monday morning and I need your help . Rich, with all your contacts in the media, please have someone let Tori Campbell know that she needs a professional to help with her appearance. Between whatever that thing is around her neck and the loud colors she wears, it distracts from the news and makes me want to vomit. Thank-you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Rich, I agree with what you're saying, but you can't take that stuff personally. Folks need to vent, just like you do as people today are uptight and on edge. You can always keep the really incendiary and vicious ones out of the blog (it sounds as if you do), but when you write things that are as provocative and as opinionated as you do, you have to expect some reaction. Like you, I find the idea that someone would take dirty shots offensive, yet at the same time, we all need to be above worrying about that nonsense. There are a lot of sick, unhappy and angry people in the world, and it's best to just let them stew in their own juices.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Wow Rich...What a scary Post!ReplyDelete
I have never said anything negative directed toward you....
But Micheal Savage deserves every truthful thing that could come his way!
He is an evil rabble-rouser that fills peoples minds with hatred and rage against our President and the entire Dem Party.
The Right Wing has more than it's share of Radio talking heads who are out only to destroy the harmony of America with lies and obnoxious misinformation.
I'm actually fearful of the huge Koch Brother's type money behind the Republican Party and very much value the opportunity to use your Anonymous option. Thank you for that option.Replies
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Writer at 11:03am,,My message to you as a Conservative is Fear Us Not. If we could have 'done something' to people who vote (repeatedly) as you do, we would have 'done it' back last November. We are forced to join you-all for the eight year long muddy ride downhill, as the progressives put more and more folks out to work through that Pandora's Box called ObamaCare. Indeed, we live in interesting times. Our Allies don't even know us anymore. Suddenly Putin is my New Best Friend., not that I fully trust him either.,,,We fear YOU people. The progressives are taking our personal choices away through legislation and partisan judges/ The plebecite are treated as though parasites.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 2:07 PM
And by "partisan judges" you certainly don't mean the 5 on the SCOTUS, who gave us Citizens United?Delete
No, no, you wouldn't mean them...
Keep talking, moron.
11:51 a.m.: I think I just threw up in my mouth. You conservatives are something else.Delete
I like the cartoon. All he needs is a Hurst shifter,a large block 427 cu Chevy motor and he's a Rat Fink by Big Daddy Roach...ReplyDeleteReplies
Humble apology's, I meant Ed Big Daddy Roth.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 1:56 PM
thats a great pic of me.ReplyDelete


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My wife and I get paid every two weeks, therefore, there are two months of the year that we both receive three checks. Next month is one of those months for my wife.
We have decided to use her extra check, $1,161.67, to pay off our Chase credit card. Mathematically, this is not the right move since the card is 0% interest until March 2009. We'd be better off depositing the money into our Emigrant Direct account earning 5.05% APY and stretching the Chase credit card payments out to take advantage of the interest free period. However, the catch with the credit card is that if we are late with a payment, Chase can back-charge us interest. I hate having that hang over our heads, so from a piece-of-mind standpoint, paying off the card is the way to go for us.
It will be nice to have one less debt to worry about.


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Mike's Brother To Join "Desperate Housewives" Next Season
Rumor has it Mike's (James Denton) brother Terry Delfino is coming to Wisteria Lane in the 3rd season finale of "Desperate Housewives." E! Online now confirms the character is indeed coming to Marc Cherry-penned series, but not before fall.
ABC Studio (formerly Touchstone Studio) is about to wrap up the production of the 3rd season of the drama/comedy series and the writers have already started putting together bits and pieces of the season ahead.
Eva Longoria has already revealed that her character Gaby and her former husband Carlos will be getting back together next year. Rumor has it her current flame Victor "will not fare too well" in the third season finale.
As for Mike's brother, the producers are of course as yet to cast the actor who will play him, but it is understood he will be a recurring character and should stick around Wisteria Lane for about 11-12 episodes.
Joe Keenan, the writer who came up with the brilliant episode "Bang" is leaving the show, but before he does he will help Marc Cherry and the rest of the writing team put together 'the bible' for the 4th season.
This is TELEVISIONISTA
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Interesting discussion @ American Conservative
A blog post from The American Conservative on health care and interesting replies in the original blog. Most interesting were commenters talking about job lock and difficulty with insurance as a barrier to entrepeneurship.
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Speedy Fox and Friends ~ Christmas in July
This week Angela came up with the Challenge "Christmas in July".... we have been madly creating for another version of Christmas in July, but I digress... Today I used a new stamp set (to me) called Snowball! lol Short, Simple and to the point!!!!! There are several super cute sentiments to go along with this little chubby Santa!!! I colored Santa with Touch Twin Markers, used some Washi Tape and some fun flock. a bit of glaze pen on his boots, gloves, belt and eyes. bitty twinklettes were added in the sentiment and at random in the top right corner for visual interest.
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge blog and link up!~ Excited to see how your brain works in Christmas mode when a lot of you are having sweltering heat!!!!
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He's too cute!ReplyDelete
Cute card. Love those twinkledettes. New to me.ReplyDelete
he is a cutie patootie!ReplyDelete
HA!! He is ADORABLE!! Cute, cute card.ReplyDelete
KelliJo--I'm loving this cute little Santa CAS card! The little brads in the corner is a great touch! TFSReplyDelete
Oh this is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!! Even with the pretty CAS style of this card there are so many fun things to look at!!! Fabulous ribbon and random gems!!!ReplyDelete
Love the hat trim.ReplyDelete
i love this little rotund Santa - he is just the cutest - as is your card!ReplyDelete
Cute card. Love the gingham ribbon and that chubby little Santa. Thank you for sharingReplyDelete
Thanks for playing along with the Drunken Stampers Christmas in July challenge this week!ReplyDelete
You did a great job on this card.ReplyDelete
super cute card...love the Santa! Thanks for playing at Drunken Stampers.ReplyDelete


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Lattice In, It's Cold Out Here!5:17 PM
It's still pretty cold here, but I got a new color on clearance at Kmart yesterday ($1.12!!) so I wanted to do a Spring-like polish anyway. The Seche Vite topcoat worked pretty well for me. One thin coat lasted two days at work with no touch-ups required. Today I managed to make a TINY chip in the top of one nail. But still much, much better performance than my previous brands. Also picked up some Orly Bonder which is hands down the best base coat I've used. It dries super fast and just a bit tacky. And it makes polishing a breeze :) Onto the colors!
The base is Sally Hansen Xtreme in Concrete. The lattice work is Sally Hansen Xtreme in White On. Tips are Revlon in Minted (LOVE this color!) and the flower is Sally Hansen Xtreme in Plum Burst outlined with Orly Luxe. The purple dots are Milani One Coat Glitter (this stuff REALLY works!) in Purple Gleam.
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