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At Meet at The Gate to finish off Canada's turn on their World Literature Tour. Incidentally, they're all by women: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews (by the way, brand new information courtesy of last night's Olympic hockey game between the US and Canada – is Toews pronounced Taves?), Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro, Helpless by Barbara Gowdy, Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, and The Birth House by Ami McKay.
Writer's Questions – Marina Endicott21 Jan
Last week I confessed that Marina Endicott's Good to a Fault made me cry. This week, she apologised for making me cry (thereby perpetuating every Canadian stereotype, ever) and answered my questions about what she's working on now (a vaudeville romp), how she chains herself to her desk (a Pomodoro timer), and the worst thing she's ever written (a poem, okay?).
What are you reading now?
Re-reading Greatest of Marlys by Lynda Barry and Waiting for Godot and slogging through Gurdjieff, the Key Concepts. After reading all the fiction in Canada last year for the Rogers Writers' Trust fiction prize, I'm taking a bit of a break from reading novels while I work hard to finish writing my new one. But I have Tove Jansson's The True Deceiver (with a lovely introduction from Ali Smith) and Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs waiting on the bedside table.
What was your favourite book when you were growing up?
Terrible, Horrible Edie by E.C. Spykman—out of print at the moment but New York Review Children's Collection is bringing it out soon.
Which fictional character do you wish you'd come up with?
Lyra/Pantalaimon in The Golden Compass etc., by Philip Pullman
What do you enjoy reading besides books?
Poetry. Sometimes I read only poetry for weeks at a time. It is very reliable.
What are you writing now?
A vaudeville romp: a melodramatic, action-packed, rags-to-riches fol-de-rol about a sister trio harmony act touring the western prairies in polite vaudeville in 1913.
Has the success of Good to a Fault changed the way you feel about your own writing?
Not at all. It's the same book that I couldn't get published for love or money, three years ago. Outside stuff is nice or difficult, but the book you are writing is always the hardest book you can make yourself write, and you feel good or bad about it in ten-minute bouts of self-indulgence when tired; the work is just the work. I guess, though, that I feel less need now to justify writing as a profession.
Do you have to force yourself to start writing?
Of course. It's an incredible pleasure to write when it's going well. To get to the point where it's going well, you have to crawl, stagger or blast your way through a thicket of boredom and stupidity and bad starts and doubt. Some days the muse whacks you with her wonder-stick, but it's sadly true that most of writing is applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. I've got a great new thing, the Pomodoro timer, recommended to me by a hard-working television writer. It sits on your computer and doles out work-time in 25 minute parcels, then bings for a five-minute rest (to check email and get another coffee). You can do that, you can sit still and type for 25 minutes, you tell yourself. And another 25, and another, all the livelong day.
Do you have any bad habits that you have to keep in check as you write?
Ouch. Many, including over-use of just, very, fine—like Mark Twain, 'I go through my manuscript and change all the verys to damns, and then my editor takes them out.' (Poor Twain, with no find-and-replace.)
But I don't try to keep them in check as I write, that's for the editing process. To write at all, I think you must be willing to be a holy fool, not censor your impulses. Then you have to (at least I have to) edit like a ravening pitbull.
What's the worst thing you've ever written?
Oh, for heaven's sake. A poem, okay? I'm not saying anything more about it.
Which character did you relate to most?
Changed from day to day as I wrote. I have a great deal in common with Lorraine, with Paul, with Clary. But Dolly is me. And Mrs Pell is what I'll be like when I am old.
Do you think this story could have taken place in a larger city?
Yes, although Saskatoon is the best of cities, and the first place where I saw this kind of thing going on. Communities and make-shift families are created in every place where humans live. The family that is created in Nick Hornby's About a Boy is very urban, urbane, but just as useful as what Clary pulls together. Even Hillary Clinton talked about a village being needed to raise a child, and although some staffer probably found or invented that old proverb for her, it's true. I have lots of friends I'd never have talked to except that our children were the same age, so we were thrown together by proximity and common need for an occasional baby-sitting trade.
Dolly's perspective was such a spot-on representation of how a kid thinks. Would you ever do a story told entirely from a child's or teen's voice?
I am working now on a four-part YA series about time/death/memory/ghosts, written from four young teenagers' voices in a Nova Scotia village called the Hand. The four books are Summer in Hand, HandFall, Winter in Hand, and HandSpring. I love writing from that eye and ear; I don't think interior consciousness changes much from childhood to adulthood, although our concerns and outer voices might.
Name and species of any writer's pets, please:
A 4-year-old Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier named Nemo (as in Captain, but also, sigh, as in the little fish) who is my constant companion. He lies at my feet all day as I write, and is here right now.
Ol' Waterworks13 Jan
Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott made me cry, which I loved (I didn't love being on the tube while I cried, because I didn't want to wipe away my tears and get tube cooties, but c'est la vie).
I drank in every word of this perfectly true-to-life (but never boring) book, but admittedly, this was the part that made me cry, a scene between the dying mother Lorraine and her young son:
'After you're gone from sight, and can't be seen, or be with us, will you still love me?' Trying to get at the idea of dead without saying the word of dead.
'Oh yes,' Lorraine said. 'I'll love you forever.'
'So will I,' Trevor said.
I know, right? But I'm helpless against lines like this. Even thinking about Love you Forever by Robert Munsch makes me weepy ("As long as you're living, my baby you'll be"!!!!!).
Other instant tearjerkers include Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson and the end of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (seriously, I thought I would never get over it).
This is by no means an exhaustive list, since any death scene will pretty much do it. I'm just including ones that did the trick even when I read them for a second or third time.


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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Dynamic Dallas
3 comments:
- Tal Moscovici said...
Ahhh, Dallas T. I remember when he was just a twinkle in his daddy's eye.
Still waiting for that full fledged, full color, feature flick man. What's that? May 4 2010?!!?! You heard it here folks!!
- January 07, 2010
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
- January 10, 2010
- Mike Nassar said...
tal: I have multiple stories outlined, and a couple written out for Dallas. but dallas full color toon produciton prob won't start until end of summer 2010.
the sotry is ready to roll. 2-3 min. toon. no more of these 5-7s.
It'll include a bear skin rug, ninjas, snowy cabin, and animal fights.
I got a gumphry cartoon in the works right now. and I'm working on a ton of high-end tasteless comics in the mean time.
Anon: thanks! not many people's old work is as good. but to hell with it. work hard, you get much better. that's how you become an expert at the stuff you love. I'm glad our growth shows. thanks for being a repeat viewer and drop by again.
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District of Columbia: DC may let 16-year-olds vote for president. Is that a good idea? | NBC
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High school students marched to protest for gun control after the Parkland shooting in Florida and soon they might be marching straight to the voting booth in the nation's capital. Washington is on track to become the first place in the country to allow people as young as 16 to vote in federal elections, including for president, as the nation glimpses the emerging political power of the generation that follows millennials. It's part of a burgeoning movement in the U.S. and abroad as a growing number of cities and states consider ways to expand voting rights to younger people.Full Article: Washington, D.C., may let 16-year-olds vote for president. Is that a good idea?.


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Anyone with a sizable family and a known penchant for craft beer has faced the unenviable task of buying beers to suit everyone's palate. To some, Cantillon Lou Pepe – a masterful gueuze made by Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels – might taste like sour cherries and barnyard funk. To others, it'll taste like spoiled wine and manure. The problem, of course, stems from the subjectivity of taste.
With over 5,000 breweries in the country, there's options for every conceivable price, flavor, and event—tailgating included. The trick is to get a variety of low alcohol beers, because the tailgate is a marathon, not a sprint. By making choices across the style spectrum, you're guaranteed to make everyone happy. Here's how to do it without breaking the bank.
Spiked Seltzer
Ask your uncle what he drinks and he'll say, "whiskey on the rocks." But when no one's looking, he'll grab the something lighter. There's no shame in enjoying a light drink, especially in the warmer months, and the 6% alcohol by volume Spiked Seltzer provides a refreshing alternative to heavier styles.
If alcoholic seltzer is a new concept, it's because Spiked Seltzer didn't hit the national market until this year, after nearly fifteen years in development. It's the brainchild of Nick Shield's, a fith-generation brewer who founded Boston's Haffenreffer Brewery in 1870, and it was purchased last September by AB InBev, so it should be available in your local grocery store cooler. Currently, the company produces four flavors: Indian River Grapefruit, West Indies Lime, Cape Cod Cranberry, and Valencia Orange. In our opinion, Grapefruit is the one to pick.
Sixpoint Jammer
A thousand years ago in Goslar, Germany, brewers began making a style of beer called Gose ("gose-uh"). It was a refreshing, slightly sour style made from 50% malted wheat and 50% malted barley, as well as the saline waters of the Abzucht and Gose Rivers, which intersect in Goslar. Over the years, this style became lost to mainstream brewing, but in 2011, Sixpoint propelled it into the modern brewing zeitgeist with Jammer, a 4% ABV draft-only beer.
Today, Sixpoint periodically releases Jammer in their signature skinny cans, particularly around summer time. While the original Gose got its salinity from river water, Sixpoint uses Jacobsen Hand-Harvested Sea Salt from the Oregon coast. To spice things up, they also add coriander. The result is an easy-drinking, inoffensive brew that's great for those who like something a little bit different.
Victory Prima Pils
Beer falls into two families: Ale and Lager. There's a myriad differences between each, but a good rule of thumb is that Ale is made with top-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and fermented at higher temperatures, while Lager is made with bottom-fermenting (Saccharomyces uvarum) and fermented at lower temperatures. Often, Ales are your heavier, fruitier, higher ABV beers, while Lagers tend to be lighter, crisper, and paler. Think about a Brown Ale at an English pub versus a Pilsner and sausage at a biergarten.
One of the most popular style of lager is the Pilsner, named after the Czech city of Pilzn. Typically, it's a golden beer with a mild flavor, though recent developments have split the style into German Pilsner, Czech Pilsner, and European Pilsner, each with its own subtle variations in color, aroma, and flavor. In the U.S., one of the most accessible pilsners is Victory Prima Pils, a 5.3% ABV German-style Pilsner that balances a German hop bill with delicate Pilsner malts.
Hopback Amber the perfect choice for the person who likes bitter hop flavors but wants his beer to look like beer."
Founders All Day IPA
Of all the trends that have emerged in brewing in the last few years, one of the most welcomed has been the "session" beer. Unlike the high ABV beers that have recently glutted the market, the session beer is specifically brewed low ABV, the concept being that you can drink a few in one session. The best of these manage to make a drinkable beer without sacrificing flavor.
One of the most ubiquitous session beers is Founders All Day IPA, a 4.7% ABV session IPA made to "keep your taste satisfied while keeping your senses sharp." Part of Founders' year-round lineup, it's a fantastic standby and terrific "entry-level" beer for those looking to experiment with craft, and it's one of the few craft beers available in a 15-pack.
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
While sours and IPAs tend to polarize, almost no one argues about the saison. Unanimously lauded, the style is typically low ABV and easy drinking, drawing most its flavor from Belgian yeast.
Brooklyn put a twist on the traditional saison by making a beer that highlighted not yeast, but a single hop varietal called Sorachi Ace. First developed by a Japanese brewery in the 1970s and named for the Sorachi region of Japan, the oddball hop tasted like lemons, and never saw much commercial use. In 2008, a family farm in Oregon started producing the hop, which is where it was found by Brooklyn Brewery. Sorachi Ace is a dry, lemony beer that pairs well with seafood and poultry. It's also one of three beer with a 100 rating from October reviewers.
Tröegs HopBack Amber
Although the fundamentals of brewing haven't changed since cultures first started experimenting with fermentation, ingenious engineers have spent the last several millennia creating technology that yields new flavors. One such piece of equipment is the hopback – basically a hop infuser. After the boil but before cooling, hot wort gets pumped through a hopback, which brewers fill with whole cone hops. This allows volatile compounds normally lost in the boil to settle into the beer.
Tröeg's Brewing Company in Hershey, Pennsylvania, owns a 12-foot hopback, which they use to make HopBack Amber, a 6% Amber Ale. Winner of a gold medal for American-style Amber/Red Ale at the 2012 Great American Beer Fest, it combines the maltiness of Crystal, Munich, and Pilsner malts with an infusion of piney hops. It's the perfect choice for the person who likes bitter hop flavors but wants his beer to look like beer.
Left Hand Milk Stout
Stouts already have a reputation as the dessert of the beer world, but add some unfermented sugars and you get a beer with even more sweetness and body. In Milk Stouts, the unfermented sugars come from lactose, a sugar present in milk that's responsible for "lactose intolerance."
One of the country's more popular expressions of the style is Left Hand's Milk Stout, a roasty, chocolatey 6% sSout often served on nitrogen instead of carbon dioxide. The nitrogen causes a flurry of micro bubbles, which adds to the beer's already silky-smooth texture. For someone who likes dark beers even in the summer, Left Hand Milk Stout is a light, tasty choice.
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You know, all this talk of energy conservation's not new. Solar power, in particular, was used by the Victorians in the design of their walled gardens in order to prolong the growing season and achieve above-average yields, including of some quite exotic fare, like pineapples! The walled gardens played a key role providing fresh fruit and vegetables to the Big House and the surrounding estate and the growing season had to be stretched for as long as possible.
Here at the Scottish Country Garden, we have a two-acre walled garden. It has 3 metre-high walls and is surrounded by protective woodland. This creates a unique microclimate that is, for much of the year, several degrees warmer inside than out, exemplified by the lawns inside growing 2-3 times faster than the grass outside, and in active growth for roughly a month longer at either end of the season. The garden is positioned to maximise the power from the sun's rays on the south-facing border at the hottest time of the day (just after noon) and in fact, in common with many gardens, it's not square, but more of a parallelogram! But the cleverest trick is how they built the walls. The best material is clearly brick – it stores the heat – but bricks were expensive in Victorian times (not aided by the Brick Tax of 1874) and much dearer than locally hewn stone.
Most of our walls here are, then, built from locally hewn whin stone (there is a quarry not far away which still extracts this stone), but where it mattered, brick has been used. So we have whin east-facing and north-facing walls (getting relatively weak morning sun or no sun at all) and brick west-facing walls (which get all the afternoon sun). Interestingly, though, while the outside of the south wall (which receives full sun) is made of brick, the inside south-facing wall (which is the north wall of the walled garden, still with me?!), comprises a 2/3 base layer of whin, with the top 1/3 brick! Perhaps the architects felt that the relatively sheltered south-facing wall inside the garden didn't need as much heat-storage as the south–facing wall outside? (They were probably right!) But perhaps it was in recognition that many climbing plants, while they like full sun on their faces, like to have their roots in the shade.
In Victorian times, the gardeners would grow different crops on each wall: along the south walls would be apricots, nectarines and peaches; the north-facing walls would house gooseberries, currents, morello cherries as well as late varieties of plums and pears. Sweet cherries, early plums, apples and figs faced east, with more peaches, greengages and early pears facing west.
Here, we have most of our apples and pears growing on the east and west-facing walls, and on the 'outside' south-facing wall (round in the kitchen and secret gardens). Inside the walled garden, we have some elderly plums, wall-trained gooseberries and a very rapidly growing magnolia, amongst other things, growing on the south-facing wall, with a further plum and a cherry growing on the west-facing wall.
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Horizon Import Renews at 10 West 33rd Street
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Horizon Imports, Inc. has renewed its office in the Garment District.
The importing company will continue to house their showroom and office at 10 West 33rd Street, otherwise known as the Fashion Accessories Center, where it has housed its headquarters since 1996.
Horizon Important will maintain its 6,021-square-foot space on the sixth floor of the building, next to neighboring tenants like DMF, Every Toe Covered, and South Street Industries, Inc.
David Levy, principal of Adams & Co., represented both Horizon Imports and the landlord, Ten West Thirty Third Associates, in the transaction.
The lease is one of several that Mr. Levy and Adams & Co. have brokered recently, totaling 18,877 square feet and including a 5,336-square-foot renewal for David Geller Associates, Inc. at 1071 Avenue of the Americas, another building in Midtown that the firm exclusively represents in leasing transactions.
"A mix of creative type office tenants and fashion tenants [are attracted to the building]," said Mr. Levy about 1071 Avenue of the Americas, though the statement can be extend to all of the properties that Adams & Co. represents, which are predominately located in the Garment District and surrounding area.
The company's two buildings – 10 West 33rd Street and 1071 Avenue of the Americas – currently clock in at 97.4 percent and 91.67 percent occupied, respectively. The former has increased from 94.8 percent since March 31 and the latter hopes to sign the remaining vacant floor this summer to bring the building to full occupancy.


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Create Your Opportunities
This is an excerpt from Augusto "Cookie" Rojas's chapter in "The GM's Handbook" which is available in paperback, Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. It is cited, indexed and professionally edited, providing perspectives from 16 MiLB C-Suite Executives on leadership, hiring/firing/interviews, merchandise, tickets, concessions, corporate sales and the business of sports revenue generation.
Networking saved my life.
If it hadn't been for networking, I would have had a legal career as an unhappy lawyer, stressed and worried about billable hours, angry that I didn't pursue my true dream of working in sports. Behind a desk in an office tower law firm with a mountain of paperwork, I would have questioned why I didn't take a leap of faith in myself, pursuing my passion. It would have been a miserable life.
The art of networking, coupled with the act of being able to relate to complete strangers in face-to-face interactions, along with the courage to speak, actively listen and learn, created a dynamic that I am continuing to reap the rewards from to this day. The skill of networking created the situation that I am in today. Had I not taken that first awkward, uncomfortable step toward reaching out to someone, I would not be living the life that I dreamed about.
I drive to the stadium every day, realizing that my office is inside. It is an amazing feeling, years in the making, that I can walk out onto the field, stand at home plate, look out at the stands and outfield walls, realizing the epic goal has been accomplished. Being a c-suite level executive in minor league baseball, general manager of the New Orleans Baby Cakes as a Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, is a dream come true. And it was fashioned by networking.
Laughable as it may sound, I skipped a contracts class at Suffolk University Law School, in order to attend a sports and entertainment association meeting on campus. I asked a fellow classmate to do me a favor, take notes for me. Insignificant as it sounds, the decision launched my career into the sports world. It changed my life from being on a path headed toward being a lawyer to where I am today. Choices are what make a person's life, both bad and good, and whether they seize the opportunities in front of them when presented.
Everything in my family's life has been about taking chances. My parents are from Colombia, South America, who took a chance on the American Dream when they immigrated here with their children. It still drives me crazy when people misspell Colombia as "Columbia," same as when they confuse me for "Cookie" Rojas, the former Major League Baseball player. My nickname is something that I share with the famous Cuban, and I actually watched him play with the Kansas City Royals, had his baseball cards, and swore that I would eventually meet him personally. And everyone who meets me believes that I earned the "Cookie" nickname in the same way that he did. Not even close to being accurate.
Everyone always asks me how I earned the nickname, "Cookie." Growing up in Central Falls, Rhode Island as the only Latino family in a neighborhood block surrounded by French Canadians, it was a rather urban setting that I experienced. Central Falls is a blue collar, mill worker city sitting north of Providence, the state's capital. We lived in a triple-decker home, two aunts sandwiched between the floors that my family used. My immigrant parents worked multiple shifts to pay rent and exist, while my aunts took care of me as well as my cousins. My eldest cousin would give me dinner nightly, and I wouldn't eat unless the Cookie Monster was on TV. Thus, she called me "galleta," Spanish for cookie.
Playing in the streets with the neighborhood kids, my cousin would call for me, using the "galleta" nickname. The kids would question what it meant, and when I told them that she was calling me "cookie," well, the nickname stuck. They figured that it was easier to call me "Cookie" rather than "Augusto" and I've been unable to shake the moniker since. Throughout grade school, middle school and high school, I kept having people refer to me as "Cookie." When I enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, I figured no one would know my nickname, but that didn't last long either. I had a girlfriend whose friends sent me a letter with "Cookie" on the back envelope, and my drill instructors never let that nickname go.
When I graduated from college and was hired as a paralegal, I entered the position at the firm as Augusto Rojas, Jr. That was until a fraternity brother who served as a fellow intern at the firm saw me, called out "Hey, Cookie!" and the nickname spread like wildfire through the office. At that point, I chose to embrace the moniker, put it on my business cards, and I've never left it off since. The "Cookie" nickname is also a great one to have when working in professional baseball. So many people think that I am the son of THE Cookie Rojas. The nickname has become a bit of currency for me. I've walked into the offices of several company presidents or CEOs, who each thought that they were going to meet THE Cookie Rojas, only to be disappointed that I am not an 80-year-old former Major League Baseball player from Cuba. Even when this situation occurs, I defuse it by still asking for five minutes of their time. I did finally have the opportunity to meet THE Cookie Rojas at a Marlins Spring Training, which shows that as long as you continue to network, you will end up reaching your goals eventually.
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A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie.
He decides to test it out at dinner one night.
The father asks his son what he did that afternoon.
The son says, "I did some homework."
The robot slaps the son.
The son says, "Ok, Ok, I was at a friend's house watching movies."
Dad asks, "What movie did you watch?"
Son says, "Toy Story."
The robot slaps the son.
Son says, "Ok, Ok, we were watching p*rn."
Dad says, "What? At your age I didn't even know what p*rn was."
The robot slaps the father.
Mom laughs and says, "Well, he certainly is your son."
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Little April was not the best student in Sunday school.
Usually she slept through the class.
One day the teacher called on her while she was napping, "Tell me, April, who created the universe?"
When April didn't stir, little Johnny, a boy seated in the chair behind her, took a pin and jabbed her in the rear. "GOD ALMIGHTY!" shouted April and the teacher said, "Very good" and April fell back asleep.
A while later the teacher asked April, "Who is our Lord and Saviour," But, April didn't even stir from her slumber. Once again, Johnny came to the rescue and stuck her again. 'JESUS CHRIST!" shouted April and the teacher said, "very good," and April fell back to sleep.
Then the teacher asked April a third question. "What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child?" And again, Johnny jabbed her with the pin. This time April jumped up and shouted, "IF YOU STICK THAT F*****G THING IN ME ONE MORE TIME, I'LL BREAK IT IN HALF AND STICK IT UP YOUR ARSE!"
Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacher picked him to answer a question, "Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one with your gun, how many would be left?" "None," replied Johnny, "cause the rest would fly away." "Well, the answer is four," said the teacher, "but I like the way you're thinking."
Little Johnny says, "I have a question for you. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one was licking her cone, the second was biting her cone and the third was sucking her cone, which one is married?"
"Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the one sucking the cone."
"No," said Little Johnny, "the one with the wedding ring on her finger, but I like the way you're thinking."


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Now that January is upon us, it is time to head back to work, school, and grad classes. Dad had surgery last week, and seems to be recovering well. The boys and I visited to entertain as well as to celebrate Mom's birthday. In another week, DH and the boys are going to visit his mom's for her birthday and a long weekend. Church obligations and grad classes are preventing me from joining them, but, sometimes, a weekend home alone is exactly what a momma needs. I will try to be more diligent in keeping up this semester...only one class will seem like a vacation!
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It's been eight months since Kylie Jenner welcomed her daughter, Stormi, and her sleep schedule isn't the only thing that has changed.
In a sneak peek of the Sunday, October 28, episode Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Jenner admits she's struggling with her new shape.
"Nothing in my closet fits me," the 21-year-old declares when sister Kim Kardashian finds her bagging up pre-Stormi pieces. "I'm getting rid of stuff that I just feel like is never going to fit me. I know I'm not going to fit into a [size] 25 jean ever again."
The Kylie Cosmetics CEO reveals she was triggered after a photo shoot. "I'm just feeling a little insecure," she tells her sibling. "I feel like my hips have just spread. My favorite jeans, they're never going to fit me again."
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"I will tell you this, just wear two pairs of shapewear and get out of the house," she instructs Jenner. "I know it's, like, really early on and Stormi is so little, but you just have to roll with it. You just have to be confident, get some things that make you feel good about yourself and find your balance."
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Friday, July 29, 2011
A Legitimate Question
"Anonymous said...
*elephant in the corner*
If your horse is so sore you have to ice his back, and you're giving him bute ...
Isn't it time to take more than a week off?
Is bute legal in your local region? In many equestrian events, it's highly illegal to compete a horse on bute ..."
Believe me, when I saw Moon was lame...the very first thing that crossed my mind was if I was going to need to 'vet out' from the two rodeos I was entered in last weekend.
However, I was lucky this time as I noticed the lameness on Wednesday evening and wasn't up to run again until Friday night. Time was on my side to kind of figure things out.
Secondly, I am very fortunate that I have a host of professionals, who I trust, who are just a phone call away and I am very willing to haul my horse to them for examination. They know me well enough that they feel free to be brutally honest. I am not even going to lie...I have carefully networked and developed friendships in the local horse world. I am of the belief that if you want to be the best, you have to know the best. If even one of the three professionals that I had examine Moon before leaving for the rodeos had said, 'It's best if you don't run him.' I would have scratched my runs and paid my fines.
I have no doubt that as we keep going, there is going to come a time when that will be required...this just wasn't one of those times. Moon had a muscle spasm in his back and THIS time, bute was used in an appropriate manner.
I haven't given a horse bute in over a decade, until this incident and Moon only got 2 doses. I am not a believer in dosing my horses with bute every time they get a little sore or get a little boo-boo. Pain/soreness is an indicator to both me and the horse. I think one of the worst things you can do to a horse that is injured is kill the pain. Then they don't know they are hurt and will often do more damage to themselves rather than use some caution. There is a ton of items on the market that have anti-inflammatory properties or promote healing without actually numbing the horse's pain.
Soreness is another matter...you need to find the root. I already knew the likely cause of what caused Moon's muscle spasm...which is a post in itself. That was hopefully fixed by the farrier.
As for time off...Well...I never had any intention of 'not riding' Moon when I said we needed a week off. I meant I was going to skip the local rodeo on Tuesday and not enter the weekend rodeo. With the heat and so much traveling...both Moon and I were feeling a little limp. Riding, however is my best indicator of how Moon feels and since he no longer had any back pain by Saturday morning, the soreness issue was pretty much mute.
I gave Moon Sunday off and let him loaf in the pasture. Monday, I rode and he felt fine. Tuesday...
He was back on fire and rearing to go. I was actually quite disappointed I had not entered the Tuesday rodeo. Oh well, we spent the week riding with a friend, working on patterning, my timing in the runs and riding in the desert. It was a great week. Moon felt awesome and I got a lot of good insight.
Now mind you, the horse was given 2 doses of bute. One dose on the Friday before at 5 pm and one dose on Saturday morning at 5 am. There was no way there was anything left in his system by Tuesday morning that would have numbed any pain he was in. He was just back to himself and moreso than ever. Hey...with a horse that is rearing to go...you don't waste a weekend sitting at home...I ended the weekend rodeo late and we will be running.
As for the 'is bute legal' question...
Rodeo does not test. EVER...for any drug...in any region...or any association. Nor does the NBHA (to my knowledge).
You'll most likely never get any either. Unlike horse shows/associations, rodeo is based on the winnings of the person, not the horse they ride. Now that being said, 'Rodeo' is far more interested in promoting the humane treatment of the animals people use to compete than most horse shows I've been to. If I was to yank and jerk on a horse at a rodeo, like what is common to see in a horse show warm-up pen, I would most likely be fined and if it became a pattern...kicked out of the association. Physical abuse is not tolerated at rodeos, in the arena or back at the trailer. What you do to keep your horse performing however...is your business. If you are stupid enough to want to ruin your horse for that 'one run' then they aren't going to say anything.
Now I am sure that people will disagree with what constitutes 'physical abuse'. Just because someone is rougher than their horse than you would be with yours does not mean the horse is abused. Just because someone uses a stronger bit than what you use, does not mean the horse is abused. But...if you see someone at a rodeo recklessly/repeatedly yanking, spurring or whipping a horse, all you have to do is get someone else to witness the actions with you and turn them in at the office. It's as easy as that. Put up your complaint or shut up about it.
Considering the number of 'legal' drugs that a person can use on a horse in the show world to keep a horse going...I do find it ironic that bute is considered 'bad'. I mean, I know the reason behind it...You can make a 3-legged lame horse appear to be sound with the use of bute...but in the grand scheme of things...it's far less disturbing than the lengths I KNOW the show world goes to to keep a horse going.
There is also a large number of products on the market that have the same properties as bute and the ads specifically say...'Will Not Test'...so just because someone is not using one product...does not mean they are not using another.
I guess the base line is-this time I had the luxury of a couple of days before hand to figure out what was going on with my horse. I consulted 3 professionals (talked to a couple others), my horse was sound before I left and completely fine by the next morning...he wasn't sore after the bute wore off and is back to his normal self (and then some).
I'm okay with the decision I made. Particularly since I think the bute and ice is what got the spasm out of Moon's back without any residual soreness. Hopefully that answers your questions Anon and I sure didn't mind that you asked them.
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- kestrel said...
A well reasoned and appropriate route to go with your horse BEC!
The fact of life is that every athlete, animal or human, is going to be pushing their ability to the limits at some point, or they're not going to be competitive. Frequently with sore muscles, some light work will help with the soreness more than anything. A lot of competition does involve keeping your horse sound and still competitive, and working around injuries so they don't get worse. Yes, it can be done wrong, but most serious competitors are also expert sports therapists or they are going to be sidelined by injuries. Heck, just watch what coaches do to keep an injured kid playing in school sports...
And I was amazed when I started showing. I saw behavior right out there in broad daylight that would have gotten me jerked off the horse and beaten in the rodeo world! Pain killers are one thing, but deliberately soreing a horse to get it to lift up it's tail or feet is just...wrong.
- July 29, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- joycemocha said...
What kestrel said.
There's being sane and then there's being abusive. Too many people believe you have to back off at the slightest ouch, when, really, I believe you have to assess the causes and decide. For some soreness, treatment and gentle exercise will help recovery happen more quickly.
So yeah. What you said. Totally agree.
- July 29, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Leah Fry said...
#1 glad Moon is feeling better. #2, I admire the way you handled the comment/question.
- July 29, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- in2paints said...
At the end of the day, Moon is your horse and his health and well being is in your hands. I think you did exactly what you thought was best for him, with the help of professionals you trust. I don't think you should necessarily have to explain your actions, but you did a good job doing so.
I'm glad Moon is feeling better. :)
- July 29, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Shirley said...
The other comments about say it all. Have you ever tried peppermint oil as an anti inflammatory? Works really well, and is a pain killer too. I use Young Living essential oils for most of what ails me and my horses and rarely if ever have to resort to pharmaceutical products.
- July 29, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- cdncowgirl said...
Love the way you handled this. An explanation of how you handled the situation wasn't necessary but it was enlightening :)
You happen to be someone I hold in high esteem for their horsekeeping skills. Some people I would have raised an eyebrow on buting their horse through the pain, but I was pretty sure you had Moon's best interest in mind and not your own.
Mild soreness, in people and horses, is usually best handled by keeping moving like you did.
I have a few new horse friends/neighbours. A couple of them hate rodeo because its "so mean" I try to enlighten them that its not as bad as certain animal welfare groups try to make it look. And I have to say that, in my opinion, part of the reason the show world is because its so 'pretty' and 'glamorous'.
- July 30, 2011 at 1:45 AM
- Laura said...
Glad that Moon is back and rearing to go! Good job on answering the question as well. I always learn something from your posts. :-)
- July 30, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Funder said...
Well said!
I know you're in it for the long haul with Moon, so I just assumed you were giving him as much time off as he needed. You've spent so many hours training him and I know you won't deliberately push him too far for one more run. :)
Interesting that rodeos don't ever test. I didn't figure the small ones would; too expensive. But I thought the big shows would do random testing.
In AERC, you have to cough up some money to file a complaint. Not much, $50 or 100, but it's enough to keep people from filing frivolous complaints.
- August 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- BrownEyed Cowgirl said...
Rodeos require 2 witnesses to the alleged abuse to file...unless it is a judge. Their word is good enough. So if a judge files on you...you KNOW you screwed up.
I've seen judges warn people. Mostly ropers who get ticked off they missed and yank on their horse all the way out the gate. The judge just mosey's over and has 'a word' with them. That is usually the end of that!
I did hear (2nd hand) about a gal at one of the recent rodeos who's horse went down during the barrel racing...people witnessed her riding the ever-loving crap out of that horse hours before she ran. When she led the horse out, there was blood on it's sides. I guess the officials read her the riot act, fined the hell out of her and kicked her off the premises. People were threatening to take her out behind the trailers and 'tune' her up before she got out of there.
Rodeo is pretty good about governing their own. We realize that perception is everything in this 'non-ag' world we live in and no one is willing to give the nut-job animal right's activists any more ammo than they think they already have.
- August 1, 2011 at 11:47 PM


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Another fortnight, another round of exciting medical news. Here are some hand-picked highlights from the last two weeks.
We may soon be able to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome using a blood test.
People tired of being told they're not tired, who are tired of being tired, may soon have tangible scientific proof of their condition.
Scientists used an electrical current to test immune cells and plasma in blood samples. When the blood samples were stimulated with stress using salt, the electrical current was also affected. Larger changes in the current indicated stressed cells, which was a distinguishing feature in the chronic fatigue patients. The study tested 40 subjects — 20 with chronic fatigue syndrome and 20 without — and accurately flagged all 20 subjects with the condition without flagging the other 20.
People who complain of chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms are often stigmatized by both peers and medical professionals. Doctors may dismiss their concerns as merely imaginary if their bloodwork comes back otherwise normal. Hopefully, new testing methods can soon reduce this stigma. It may even open doors for research into a chronic fatigue-battling drug.
Urine testing may be as effective as pap smears for cervical screenings.
Pap smears aren't fun, and many women fail to get the necessary screenings done because of the discomfort and embarrassment involved. This is a concern for doctors because the precancerous stage of cervical cancer can be detected as many as five to 10 years before the cancerous stage, allowing for earlier treatment.
Fortunately, UK scientists have found that urine testing may be just as effective as cervical smears to detect high-risk HPV, the virus responsible for causing cervical cancer. The scientists hope that the availability of urine testing may allow more women to participate in regular cervical screening.
Getting screened for HPV regularly is an important part of women's healthcare. Soon, you may soon be spared the stirrups and the speculum and be able to get a diagnosis in a painless, private way instead.
Morning calisthenics can improve brain power in older adults the rest of the day.
If you've ever wondered why your grandparents like to wake up at the break of dawn and do tai chi or go for a brisk walk in the dark, this peculiar habit of theirs may be helping them keep their brains sharp.
A study led by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and The University of Western Australia found that in older Australians, moderate intensity exercise in the morning improves decision-making throughout the day when compared with prolonged sitting. They also discovered that frequent, light walking breaks throughout an eight-hour day of sitting can improve memory when compared to sitting without breaks.
The study also found that levels of brain-derived neurotropic growth factor were elevated for eight hours in the subjects that exercised. This protein is important to the survival and growth of neurons that transmit information in the brain.
Obesity and emotional issues may develop as early as age seven.
Adults who assume children lead stress-free lives may need to listen to their kids more carefully. Presented at the European Congress on Obesity (taking place April 28 to May 1), a study found that children who were obese at age seven were at higher risk of emotional issues at age 11, which then predicted a higher body mass index at age 14.
The study was quite comprehensive, using data from 17,215 children born in the UK participating in the Millennium Cohort Study. The researchers adjusted for factors like gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, but they did admit that the study has certain flaws, such as basing data on parental reporting, not the child's own reporting.
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Lead Poisoning in Cattle Preventable
Calves More Prone to Eat Things That Adults Would Leave Alone
OMAHA (DTN) -- Lead is the most common cause of poisoning with cattle. Even a small amount of lead can kill livestock if they drink crankcase oil, lick grease or chew on lead plumbing fixtures or old vehicle batteries.
Lead poisoning is difficult to identify and is most often fatal in cattle. Preventing cattle from having access to sources of lead is the best way to avoid lead poisoning, according to veterinarians.
Gregg Hanzlicek, director of production animal field investigations with the Kansas State University (KSU) Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, located in Manhattan, Kansas, told DTN lead is the No. 1 cause of poisoning in tests the diagnostic lab runs. This spring, the lab had several cases of spring calves diagnosed with lead poisoning shortly after going to pasture, he said.
"We didn't see any more cases this year than in past," Hanzlicek said. "Lead poisoning is something we see every year."
Hanzlicek said lead poisoning is diagnosed more often in young calves. The only way a cow is poisoned from lead is if they ingest lead directly, whether that is from licking an old vehicle battery or eating flakes of old paint from paint cans improperly discarded.
Newborn calves are especially susceptible as they are curious, so they eat things that older animals probably would not eat. Hanzlicek said most of Kansas received spring rains with some areas seeing heavy rains, which may have washed away soil exposing sources of lead.
Like other poisoning, one of the most common signs is finding one or more dead animals in the pasture, he said. For those cattle that are not dead, clinical signs of lead poisoning would be changes in behavior, stumbling or staggering and convulsions.
Another sign of lead poisoning would be blindness. Within a day or two of ingestion, the signs of lead poisoning will begin to show, he said.
Richard Randle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension veterinarian, said much like lead poisoning in humans, low-dose exposure could yield no signs for a long period of time. Acute poisoning, however, kills livestock much more quickly.
"The poisoning will affect the central nervous system of the animal as well as the gastrointestinal system," Randle said. "Often times cattle will almost bellow as they are in a great deal of pain. Treatment is really not effective once symptoms appear."
Randle said he saw lead poisoning quite a bit growing up and helping his father, who was a veterinarian in Mississippi, in the 1960s. In his work at UNL Extension, he has seen some cases of lead poisoning, but it is not nearly as common as it was decades ago.
Why lead poisoning happens today is probably a result of cattlemen renting different pastures or buying pastureland in recent years. A lot of times the producer will not know the history of the land and where old dumpsites were located until problems with lead poisoning arises.
Randle said he would advise cattle producers to look for signs of old dumping grounds and either clean up these areas or fence cattle off from grazing in these areas. Lead sources can often contaminate soils even after the sources are removed, but plants won't take up lead, so grass, and thus livestock, will not be affected, he said.
Hanzlicek said often it is fairly easy for cattle producers who have issues with lead poisoning to figure out where the source of the lead is located.
"Several times we or the local veterinarian had to walk the pasture to find the source," Hanzlicek said in a KSU press release. "It is usually an easy fix if they know it is an issue."
Although prevention is the best treatment, there are things producers can do should they suspect their cattle has been in contact with lead.
Hanzlicek said one thing he would recommend would be to use smartphones and take videos of the animal and send to your local veterinarian. The local vet can then decide based on the video if more testing is needed to find the true problem.
"There are a couple of good blood tests that are definitive for lead poisoning for diagnosing it in live animals," he said. "For animals that are found dead, we typically like liver and kidney tissue sent in to determine the lead level of those tissues."
Lead poisoning can also be confused for other diseases. A neurologic disease called Polioencephalomalacia, rabies and low magnesium all have similar clinical signs to a lay person, he said.
You can't just assume lead poisoning is the problem. The best source of advice is your veterinarian as he or she has been trained to recognize a diverse number of diseases, he said.
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Reuters reported Norwegian satellite navigation group Marlink has withdrawn its €622 million ($725 million) dividend recapitalization loan.
Marlink Pulls JPMorgan-led $725MM Recap from Market
ING, ABN Amro, Others Support DHT Refi
Crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings closed a $485 million secured credit facility agreement with a six-year tenor for the refinancing of its credit facility. ABN Amro increased the company's revolver from $43.4 million to $57 million.
ING, Danske, Others Agree to Seadrill Restructuring Plan
Offshore oil rig driller Seadrill entered into a restructuring agreement with more than 97% of its secured bank lenders, approximately 40% of its bondholders and a consortium of investors led by its largest shareholder, Hemen Holding.
Rabobank, DNB, Others Provide $1.3B Revolver for Marine Harvest
Seafood company Marine Harvest closed a €1.206 billion ($1.3 billion) senior secured five-year multicurrency revolving credit facility with DNB, Nordea, ABN Amro, Rabobank, Danske Bank and SEB.
BNP Paribas, Citi Others Arrange Millicom $600MM Revolver
Millicom International Cellular entered into a five-year $600 million revolving credit facility with a group of international and regional banks.
Credit Agricole, Others Provide Hapaq-Lloyd $372MM Vessel Financing
Hapaq-Lloyd and a banking syndicate, led by Credit Agricole, DNB, HSBC and UniCredit, signed a $372 million facility agreement to finance five new vessels.
BNP Paribas, Citibank, Others Arrange Norsk Hydro Revolver
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"4. Subject Choice [Part I]
Although to most of you this chapter will have little relevance, to those who are yet to decide which subjects you want to take – this chapter is of great importance. I find that choosing your subjects is, rather unfortunately, underestimated in importance. You are deciding what you will learn in depth for the next two years of your life. So, just as you would take time to choose a college degree, an occupation or a spouse, you should sit down and think about what interests you - even slightly. There are a few factors that you should consider and I have outlined these below:
As with almost everything you do, you will tend to succeed more and find it easier if you are doing something you have an interest for and enjoy. The same goes for IB subjects. Although this is of less importance in choosing a group 1 or 2 language, it has great importance in choosing your group 4 science and group 3 subject. If you know for a fact that you have absolutely no passion and interest for memorizing human anatomy and studying Biology, then you can cross that off. If, on the other hand, you want your IB to have as little maths as possible, then you probably would not be too interested in studying Physics. If you are strongly passionate about a certain subject and are already reading external material concerned with it, then by all means go ahead and take it into consideration.
However, one should be careful not to confuse interest with vague curiosity. If you always thought that graffiti is cool, it would not be wise choosing HL Visual Art solely based on that observation. Similarly, don't let a childhood obsession with spaceships be the deciding factor for choosing HL Physics. This is where a slight familiarity with the course content can greatly help. Take the time to glance over the syllabus of the course you are interested in, and only then check to see if it matches your interests.
Obviously if you are clearly naturally gifted in a certain subject then you should thank your natural abilities and take it. Of course, there are limitations to this rule of thumb. I used to be obsessed with drawing and graphic design, and for many years believed I would be studying Art at Diploma level. However, as the time came for me to make my final decision, I did a little research (with the statistics that the IB provides on their webpage) and talked to many seniors who had previously done Art as a subject. The general feeling seemed to be that if I wanted to go for a subject that I enjoyed, excelled at, and wouldn't be under too much stress then I should choose Art instead of another Group 3 topic. Having done that research also showed me that it seemed very few get 7s in Art (especially in my school), no matter how passionate or how good the candidate is (perhaps due to the nature of the final exam and luck of the draw).
Since I was more concerned with obtaining a 7 than following my passion for Art and gambling with the grade, I chose geography (which I also had a reasonable ability for). The message I'm trying to get across is that often students get confused about how great their abilities are in a certain subject. Just because you got A's in English in Elementary School does not mean that you should expect to jump into a Higher Level English exam and effortlessly produce a grade 7 piece of work. Be honest with yourself when assessing your own ability in a certain subject.
Please don't get me wrong. When I say future I don't mean that the subjects you choose for your IB diploma will reflect in any way where you will be in ten years and what sort of occupation you will have (although, funnily enough, they have for me). Nevertheless, you do need to take into consideration what you want to do at university level if you plan on pursuing a university education. It's unfortunate that you need to be thinking about your post-school decision from almost the age of 16 when university is probably the last thing on your mind but that's the reality of it. Too often I have seen students wanting to study medicine at a top UK university be rejected because, despite taking Biology as a subject, they did not take Chemistry, which is often a requirement to study medical science. The same can be said for students wanting to study Economics. Taking Mathematics Studies severely limits your chances of ending up a at a top Economics course – in most cases.
Thus, if you're one of those students that has his/her heart set on a specific course at a specific university by the age of 16, then you should do some research and find out which courses are essential, and which will help you in getting closer to your goal. For those of you thinking of studying abroad, you may want to reconsider which foreign languages you want to take, if your school offers a wider variety.
Although this is important to take into consideration, don't worry too much about it. In most cases offers from universities are given based on a final score, rather than subject-specific. Also, I have seen people go on to get PhDs in Economics without having taken Economics as an IB subject. So, with regards to the long-term future, subject choice is probably not the most important factor to consider.
This is a tough one. I hate to say it but there is such a thing as a "bad teacher" even in the glamorous top-of-the-line world of the IB Diploma. Trust me; I have seen the best of both worlds. Some of the teachers I have worked with were masters at what they did, with more than a decade of first-hand IB experience. Then there were those who probably couldn't spell International Baccalaureate – let alone teach it. Most students tend to believe this idea where the teacher is the one factor that will make or break the subject. They think that the teacher has a greater influence on the final grade than they do themselves.
I do not agree. Even if your teacher is utterly useless at what they are hired to do, this does not mean you should spend two years moaning only to ultimately fail the subject and live your whole life cursing that teacher. Believe me, I have seen some of the worst of the worst. But even despite the poor teaching I've seen students get past that and take matters into their own hands to come out with a grade they truly deserve. Yes, it's true, if you have a poor teacher then you will spend most of your time becoming best friends with the subject textbooks. But let's be honest here, we don't live in a perfect world, hence we don't all have world class IB teachers.
With regards to the subject material, you should not have to worry too much if your teacher is clueless. But, when it comes to things such as external assessments and choosing options for examinations, you should ensure that they know what they are talking about. You don't want to sit a two-year program only to find that your teacher messed up the internal assessments you gave in and thus you lose almost 25% of your total mark.
By the time you begin your IB program, you will have heard all the rumours about who is a great IB teacher and who shouldn't even be teaching preschool. Don't completely ignore these. If you're the type of person who simply cannot take matters into their own hands and work independently for most of the year, then by all means look for the "best" and most engaging teachers that are available. If, on the other hand, you don't need to be spoon-fed information that is readily available for you yourself to read from the textbooks, then it shouldn't matter. In this case, you should choose subjects based on the other criteria I have outlined."
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Fr Patrick F. Malone
Missionary - Film maker - Poet
Patrick F. Malone was born in Arderry, Aughagower. At the age of twenty he emigrated to America and was drafted in to the U.S. Army during the first World War.
He resumed his studies in Maryknoll Seminary in New York in 1918. He was ordained in 1925 after which he worked as a missionary in China for over twenty years.
He narrowly escaped death on a number of occasions and on one such occasion he had to dress up as an old woman to get past the soldiers.
He returned to Ireland in 1947 and it was then that his talent as an amateur film - maker, became recognised. Some of his films included:
The Tear and Smile of China, The Life of Our Lord (filmed in the Holy Land) Lovely Ireland His films were shown in Killawalla during the 1960s. He was related to the Malone/Gavin household and often visited them there.
Fr. Patrick F. Malone was also well recognised for his talent as a poet. Some of his work was published in magazines, newspapers and journals.
He lived at Rosbeg in Westport for many years and also at Clonbur where he died of a heart attack on the 26th of March 1979, aged 84 years.
His remains were buried in Aughagower Cemetery inside the ruined walls of the old Church.
Friends you used to know
When trees are sighing outside, and leaves come down to find A cover in some corner from the cold November wind When you're sitting by the fireside and musing in the glow Ah - remember, don't forget them - the friends you used to know.
It is again November and souls are waiting there Yes, waiting for your coming with a needy little prayer And you promised - Yes you promised In the country and the town That you would at least remember when the leaves are coming down.
It may have been some dear one who since has left our mind Or one who thought a lot of you, for you too, were so kind Ah yes, now maybe someone - someone for whom you'd care When meeting, say on Saturday, or the Market day or Fair
You loved them in their lifetime, poor Tom and Kate and May How much you said you missed them, when God took them away But now it is November, and they're wondering are you there Wondering if you're coming with that promised little prayer.
Do come to them, acushla, they're our own - a pity, and I wish I'd time to tell you how they need a helping hand And now I must be going - but again, before I go Ah Hail Marys for a friend you used to know.


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In her 2005 memoir, The Summer of Ordinary Ways, Nicole Helget writes long, descriptive sentences that are both rhythmic and lyrical. She continues this technique in her debut novel, The Turtle Catcher:
What matters is after the three brothers left, after the rain stopped, after more than thirty minutes had passed since one gasp of breath had crossed Lester's cracked lips, and after millions and millions ofpounds of water had pressed down and tried to crush his life with its weight, Lester Sutter opened his blue eyes in that black place, expanded his lungs, and found himself alive.
Primarily set in rural Minnesota, The Turtle Catcher paints a picture of the immigrant experience for one German family, surrounding the events of World War I. The story begins in 1920, when the Richter boys force their neighbor, Lester Sutter, into Spider Lake at gunpoint. This is because they believe Lester has violated their only sister, Liesel. The first four chapters introduce one of the novel's central themes: the destructive power of keeping secrets. Liesel Richter wishes to keep hidden her two biggest secrets: a birth defect and her relationship with Lester. When Lester—brain-damaged after years of physical abuse from his father—discovers Liesel's deformity, he is unable to remain quiet. Liesel then panics, calling for her brothers' help. She doesn't want them to hurt Lester, but she is too ashamed of her secret to say anything.
At this point, Helget takes the reader to Bavaria, 1897, where Liesel's mother, Magdelena Schultz, carries a secret of her own: a child (Benjamin) conceived out of wedlock, whose father happens to be the wrong religion. This secret, and the shame it would bring her and her lover, forces Magdelena to move to America and find a proper man to marry. In New Germany, Minnesota, Maggie is introduced to her future husband, a farmer named Wilhelm Richter. The story follows this family from prosperity to financial ruin, solidarity to The Richter's have three more boys and Liesel, but Maggie never forgets her lover from back home.
Love occurs in this novel with little reciprocation. This is not for lack of want or desire; rather it's the limitations the characters have placed on themselves for fear that their secrets will be exposed. Maggie doesn't want her father to find out about her Jewish lover. Luther Richter and Pernilla Sutter don't want their feuding fathers to know about their relationship. Herman Richter's battle wounds run deeper than the surface, which causes him to create distance from his sweetheart, Betty. Liesel shies away from her brother's war buddy, Philippe, because of her anatomical secret.
Overall, this is a story about identity. The characters in this novel struggle with the concept of their national, personal, and—in some cases—gender identities. Which leads to feelings of shame, fear, guilt, and ultimately the need to keep their thoughts hidden. This means the end for some, and nearly destroys one family's namesake. The characters become haunted both figuratively and literally by the secrets they keep and the actions produced from trying to keep them hidden.
But that ends up being the strongest element of this book. Helget creates characters that are direct, yet guarded—characters that display acts of mental fortitude, while remaining contemplative about their actions. Reading this novel feels as if you're getting a glimpse into the history of a real family that actually experienced these events. While there is enough suspense from the plot to keep a reader interested, the character's reactions and responses to conflict made me want to continue turning the page.


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Gin London is definitely having a moment. And the more boutique/distilled/backyard/speakeasy-esque it is the better! The Distillery opened in Notting Hill in December and is a temple to this new Gin London trend. It is a great location on Portobello Road having taken over and gutted an old pub. Spread over 3 floors it is a Gin London church and one of the most fun bars in London!
It is almost hard to believe that the Distillery is only 3 months old. They have obviously used top quality materials and the feel is very old London – with an Art Deco edge. The ground floor contains the wonderfully titled The Resting Room bar. This cosy bar has a wall of very comfortable red leather booths in which we very happily sat! The actual distillery is also tucked away on the ground floor.
What a menu in the Resting Room! It is pages of delicious and exciting sounding beverages. How about some butter gin? There are many unique twists on well-known spirits – one thing I really liked about the menu was that they then suggest a cocktail which best suits that spirit flavour – can be a bit much to have something like this neat! I started with the Lemon Fizz – lovely but possibly more for a summer day than a cold February night!
Next up was the Gin and Tonic. Wow wow wow!!! It is served with loads of ice and orange peel and peppercorns in a lovely big glass and tasted just amazing! I then had to have another one of these it was so good!
Next, we headed upstairs to Gin Tonica – a mix of gin and tapas! I learnt that Spaniards are very big gin consumers – who knew? It is a fabulous room – buzzy and comfortable with an open kitchen and a small bar. The service is super friendly (as it was in the bar) and excellent.
And it is a great menu! We started with the delicious tomato bread and cheese croquettes. Next up were the pig cheeks which were delicious and some lightly coated calamari. The risotto was a highlight – a longer grain rice in a light cheese sauce mmm. The salmon was ok but not my kind of thing – a bit too cured for me.
And then to dessert – which was almost the highlight for me. A fantastic chocolate mousse and then the dish of the night for me – the pecan parfait with caramel sauce – amazing!
There is another floor to the distillery – which is importantly where the loos are! There is also a private dining room/board room and three rooms for G&B or gin and bed! One of the most fun bars in London which I highly recommend.
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Working towards a knowledge investment strategy – An analytical overview of the science and technology community
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- This paper provides an analytical overview of how science and technology organizations are moving toward knowledge investment strategies in establishing more effective processes and mechanisms for capturing, using and leveraging knowledge. The paper looks at science and technology organizations that are engaging in the implementation of strategic knowledge leveraging initiatives, and focuses on how these organizations are building their knowledge-based enterprises based on collaborative innovation processes. It investigates the role of community dynamics (e.g., communities of practice or communities of interest), and synthesizes how these organizations are involved in the future innovation process. The perspectives on leveraging science and technology knowledge are surveyed, including: defence, communications, oil, health, chemical and electrical sectors. This paper also reports on the imperatives in knowledge innovation (e.g., business intelligence and intellectual property; information management and information technology), and examines the science and technology knowledge-related strategies that are considered to be the most effective in fulfilling future business mandates. TRUNCATED
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Campus Safety
Campus Dating Safety: What Students Need to Know About Consent
While most students understand that sexual assault is unacceptable, many don't know what is considered sexual assault. Students need a complete understanding of consent to create a safe campus culture. The six Cs of consent, listed below, can help...Read more
Reshaping Campus Culture: The 6 Cs of Consent Your Students Need to Know
As students start getting ready to head back to their college campus for a new school year, some sobering facts still remain: 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college – and most of these assaults are committed by someon...Read more
The Risks Are Real: Be Alert to Campus Crime
College campuses can give students a sense of security and comradery, even when students are strangers. But substance abuse, sexual assault and theft are just a few of the problems students will likely encounter in college. Having the proper resou...Read more
The Clery Act Is Creating Safer Campuses: Is Your Institution Complying with It?
Campus safety is a real concern for students: 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college (National Sexual Violence Resource Center). The Clery Act requires all public and private institutions of postsecondary education...Read more
Protect Your Students: Develop Strategies to Increase Campus Safety for a Healthy College Experience
All students deserve to be and feel safe at school. It is our job to do everything in our power to ensure that is the case. To do so, we need to understand our current campus safety landscape and take the appropriate measures to prevent violence –...Read more


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General Paediatric Surgery (GPS) Project
This project is hosted by Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trist. PiP supports the work of the project and there are strong links with the Paediatric Anaesthetic Network hosted by PiP.
The Clinical Leads are Mr Oli Gee (BWC) and Mr Doug Bowley (UHB), the Clinical Network Develpment Co-ordinator is Juliet Brown.
The overall aim is to develop a networked solution to ensure that a high quality and sustainable General Paediatric Surgery (GPS) service can be delivered across the West Midlands (and geographical boundaries as appropriate).
For further information you can contact Juliet
Link to the GPS website for further information, news and events
Link to West Midlands Network for General Paediatric Surgery
Engagement of Children and Young People
The Children and Young People's Health Outcome Forum report made it clear that children, young people and their families should be included in any decisions about delivery and development of the care they receive. This was recognised by the PiP Board and at the 2013 Annual Conference.
"PiP has a lot of credibility amongst paediatricians and health care professionals. Working in collaboration, members have consistently established clinical networks in a number of speciality areas."
"I have worked closely with PiP over a number of years, and their work has been highly influential in developing networks, both nationally and regionally".
"….the upskilling was excellent. The master classes covered the management of children's acute care and everyday health problems..."
"PiP has raised the profile of Child Sexual Abuse across the region, encouraging, training and supporting clinicians to work in this sensitive and challenging area..."
"The Paediatric Anaesthetic Network (PAN) provides a great forum for discussion and sharing problems and ideas with like-minded people working in different hospitals."
"Tēnā koutou - greetings from New Zealand...the approach PiP has adopted in the development of clinical networks....has helped inform initiatives now implemented in New Zealand's child & youth health sector".
"I can trust the PiP 'Brand' to deliver high quality education".
Thank you for that amazing Workshop! I gained such a lot of invaluable knowledge' (attended Cerebral Palsy & Spasticity study day - November 2018)
PiP just goes from strength to strength – well done & sincere thanks for all your leadership particularly in bringing people together & nurturing collaboration, its sincerely valued, PiP remains a 'bright spot' on the national landscape (November 2018)
I'm writing to thank everyone in PIP for their excellent guidelines, study days, senior nurse support and above all professional friendship. My career is now taking me overseas but your philosophy will be going with me - and a copy of the PIP clinical guidelines book!
Many thanks for the invitation to present. It was a really informative and thought-provoking conference and I'm happy to have been able to contribute. Also a very well organised event too!
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This programme also recognises that students may already have a portfolio of Continuing Professional Development (including clinically focused level 7 modules from the University of Gloucestershire and other HEIs), but not yet had the opportunity to register for a full Master`s level award. Students will have the potential to transfer credit into the programme providing a coherent route to completing an MSc Advanced Professional Practice.
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