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I uploaded these in reverse..lol oh well.
I recently had major reconstructive surgery that took me out of the shop. After two weeks bedridden I was
GOING NUTS to do something in the shop. Couldn't stand in front of the lathe and the table saw was just too much to handle. I wanted to do something a little more ambitious but saw this sketch on the web and thought it looked like a fun, fairly easy project to warm up on..
Didn't have any basswood so it is out of poplar. Not my best work but I was under the influence of some heavy duty narcotics.. Now that I think about it, my family should have known better than give me sharp objects! :)
-- Jen ~ Happiness is being covered in sawdust.
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#1 posted 01-03-2012 06:37 PM
This carving looks good to me ,I hope your recovery is complete and your back in the shop.
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#2 posted 01-03-2012 08:27 PM
Very cool! Could i ask where on the web you found this as I might want to try this on my CNC!
-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
#3 posted 01-03-2012 08:34 PM
Way to go…..hope you have a fast recovery, but till then keep up you neat work
-- "older I get, the more fun I have"
#4 posted 01-03-2012 09:20 PM
I like it…
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#5 posted 01-03-2012 09:47 PM
WOW— Woodworking, Woodturning and Woodcarving. You are very talented.
-- Mike, Missouri --- "A positive life can not happen with a negative mind." ---
#6 posted 01-03-2012 10:27 PM
Beautiful Jen!! Glad you are back in your shop. :)
-- Taking Turns
#7 posted 01-03-2012 11:15 PM
Thanks everyone, I am back in the shop and at the lathe again. Will be a while before I am back on my motorcycle though :(
-- Jen ~ Happiness is being covered in sawdust.
#8 posted 01-04-2012 12:53 AM
wow! I thought that was me fer a minute
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. firstname.lastname@example.com
#9 posted 01-04-2012 12:55 AM
Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery, like the carving
-- Don, Royersford, PA
#10 posted 01-04-2012 01:35 AM
very nice work,best wishes for a fast recovery, know what you mean about the motorcycle, had a bad fall and it ended my riding days, took up woodworking…. shinju
-- enjoy, be well and enjoy life with all around you
#11 posted 01-04-2012 04:45 PM
I think your family did know better about those sharp objects they gave you, and the projects you make
-- As ever, Gus-the 80 yr young apprentice carpenter
#12 posted 01-04-2012 05:46 PM
it looks really nice, Jen. I hope you get healed up real quick so you can do some more nice projects real soon.
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#13 posted 01-04-2012 06:23 PM
The carving says it all jen. Well put…..
-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....
#14 posted 01-05-2012 03:33 AM
Glad to hear you're back in your shop. I know exactly how you must have felt as I too had surgery on both knees some years back. It was no fun and they still hurt. I wish you speedy and total recovery soon, Jen.
-- LittlePAW - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.
#15 posted 01-12-2012 04:08 AM
It's only when you CAN"T go in the shop that you realize how much you miss it. That's a pretty good carving, Can I get some of those drugs?
-- Have a great day.
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We were looking for a parking lot in this dark car park in Section 21, Seapark in Petaling Jaya when buddy Ah Boy said, "I saw it. Flying wanton mee. He really threw it". Once we were done what we came here for, I suggested we check out the flying wanton stall too. Everyone agreed immediately 😄
To me this is the epitome of street food.
Mobile stall on wheels at a dark street corner. Folding tables and plastic chairs on the road itself beside an open drain. Lit only by street lamps, many of which were not working. Cars edged by inches away from our table as we ate, throwing up dust as it passed. I did not see any furry crawlies scurrying around but will not be surprised at all if I did.
And then, there is street performance.
Amazing showmanship.
Boss Ah Ho's wanton mee tossing skill is amazing - actually, the best that I have seen so far. We were here for over 30 minutes, and during the whole time, it was perfect score - the balls of noodles tossed two stories high and none landed on the floor 😄 Ah Ho's staff's flying wantan mee skills were excellent too 👍
Ah Ho have been running this street side stall for 7 years now.
I have to admit that I was initially a little skeptical about this or any flying wanton mee. Experience taught me that showmanship often don't match delivery.
But, the moment this wanton mee landed on our table, I was wowed by it. The thick cut char siew slices looked well charred at the edges and the translucent fat looked invitingly juicy.
The egg noodles looked dense and heavy, and the right thickness.
The sauce look dark and loaded with deep flavours.
Well, the test of the
The heavy dense noodles have a nice al dente crunch to the bite. The dark sauce was savoury sweet and laced with aromatic oil (香油) and lard though the flavour was not as intense and deep as the best KL style wanton mee. (But, that is another story. The old uncle passed away before I started blogging. I told myself not to let any more great hawkers I know pass without record.)
Back to this flying wanton mee - I like this more than most WTM in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore or anywhere that I have tried.
The crystal char siew had a nice savoury crisp outside. The marination did not penetrate the tender lean meat much. It was neither overly sweet nor porky, so this is for you if you do not like too sweet and porky char siew.
The wanton is a simple traditional one - a knob of minced pork marinated with sesame oil, salt and pepper folded in a purse of thin wanton skin.
The best tasting char siew are the ugliest outside
4-Star (out of 5). I will definitely be back to enjoy this Seapark flying char siew wantan mee and show my friends how charming street food in KL is. It's the whole package - good food, nice folks, the dingiest dusty street side, great value and amazing showmanship. This wanton mee that fly by night is one of my best street food experiences.
Restaurant name: No signposted name but popularly known as "Flying Wanton Mee"
Address: Jalan 21/22, Sea Park, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia (steps away from myBurgerLab)
Hours: 6:00pm to 12:00 midnight (Sunday off)
Non Halal
Date visited: 1 Aug 2017
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We report a study of polymer network morphology in planar diffraction gratings formed from polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals. Photopolymerizing a mesogenic monomer yields a regular sawtooth morphology, composed of polymer sheets running at an acute angle between thick, uniformly aligned bundles which reside on the opposing substrates. To explain this morphology and evidence of two grating vectors in the diffraction pattern, we propose a model for the liquid-crystal director where out-of-phase twists at the surfaces gear into an interior twist, which has half the period of the surface twist, via splay distortions running between the substrates. The morphology also changes significantly when a nonmesogenic monomer is substituted or when selectively polarized states of UV radiation are used to cure the polymer.
Copyright 2000 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3516 (2000) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.126692
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Kang, Shin-Woong; Sprunt, Samuel N.; and Chien, Liang-Chy (2000). Structure and Morphology of Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Diffraction Gratings. Applied Physics Letters 76(24), 3516-3518. doi: 10.1063/1.126692 Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kent.edu/cpippubs/145


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For me the answer is a simple yes. Forget all of the chest beating going on by everyone that was disappointed with the name or the lack of a camera or the inability to multi-task. Many of these things that you hear people complaining about are visions that were dreamed up by someone else with different expectations than Apple. And to that I say, too bad. The reality is that no device will ever please everyone. As history will show, Apple has changed a few minds once people have had a chance to wrap their hands and heads around the true benefits of Apple technology. When Apple released their first iPod, there were already music players on the market but the iPod became "The Device" that everyone had to measure up to, with sales of 250,000,000 devices to date. When they decided to release a phone, it was met with great skepticism. What does Apple know about phones? Well, they knew enough to virtually change the world of cellular communication with the iPhone and left everyone else scrambling to catch up. So here is my take on why this is such a game changer, on several levels.
The first person that I thought of when I saw the iPad was my mother. She's not especially tech savy but knows enough to get around on her computer, save pictures from her digital camera, and send emails. All three of those functions are major highlights of the iPad. She is also an avid reader. Another one for the Yes column. Movies, check, videos of the grand kids on YouTube, check. Being able to do all the things she likes to do in one small portable device… (I know, you are waiting for me to say "priceless" aren't you?) But seriously, she's not afraid of computers but I know that she would relish being able to access new books, magazines, web content, email, and movies all from the comfort of her easy-chair. She also likes to travel and now she doesn't have to give those things up when she leaves her desktop computer behind and hits the road. Game Changer!
The next people that crossed my mind were my kids. They both own iPod Touches and they love the games. I can't get them to sit at a table and play a game of Monopoly but they will play a wireless version for hours. They love games on their iPods and are constantly downloading new, free versions to play. Seeing the new iPad run a couple of game apps during the demo yesterday I had only one thought, this is going to put a serious cramp in the PSP and DS market. Playing games on a 3″ screen is one thing but seeing them in beautiful 1024×768 is amazing. Oh yeah, and once again, there's video and movies. Can you say "peaceful road trip"? This will take portable entertainment and gaming to the next level and beyond. Game Changer!
Then there's me, the photographer, author, and technoweenie. I look at the iPad and I see nothing but potential. By the time this thing hits the stores, Apple will probably be ready to release their OS4 and who knows what types of enhancements will be in that? But I know that it will include more functionality, just as every other OS upgrade has. As a photographer I am looking forward to having beautiful access to my images much like I did with the Epson P5000. Finish shooting and then load the pics right to the iPad. What an amazing thing to have such a huge screen in a small thin package to review my shots. Can you imaging using the OnOne DSLR Remote iPhone app? I can and it would be amazing. Perhaps there will be a future app for my Eye-Fi card so I can shoot and instantly transfer my images to the iPad. I think the surface is just being scratched by photographers using iPods and it will only get deeper with the iPad.
As an author, I am extremely excited about the whole iBook experience. Not only will my books be even more portable but they will look amazing as the reader flips through the pages. Now I can even include multimedia content that can enrich the text portions of the book. So in addition to explaining how to shoot something, I can also have a link that will take them to a video, which they can watch right then and there. Sure, there are questions about how robust the content will be but if it's not great right out of the box in April, it will be down the road. Can you imagine being able to carry all three versions of Scott Kelby's Digital Photography books right in your backpack and be able to reference them at will, in all of their full-color glory? How about being a college student and being able to carry every single one of your textbooks with you on the iPad. Imagine how it would feel to leave behind those 500 page behemoths and whip out your 1.5 pound iPad when you need to read up on a subject. You may not be able to do it yet, but it's just a matter of time. Game Changer!
Is everyone going to own an iPad, absolutely not. It isn't going to satisfy the power-computing needs of the modern techno-geek, but it will be a raving success with the common man who just wants it to work without needing to call the Geek Squad. Only time will tell how much the game will be changed by the iPad, but if you doubt it's impact, just think back to a time before there were iPods and iPhones and then take a look at where we are now. You may not think it's better, but it certainly has changed!
If you haven't seen them yet, here's the link to the iPad site (watch the video to see it in action)
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So along with a large harvest comes..."What do I do with all this food?!" We have been giving quite a bit away, eating a lot of it, yet the refrigerator, basket, colander and windowsill were still overflowing. It was time to get the canner out. So for 8 days, I cooked, preserved, jammed, pickled and canned. I made fig jam, 2 different salsas, yellow pear tomato jam, tomato preserves, tomato lemon marmalade, canned 1.5 pints of tomatoes and made pickled okra. And here is the result.
|One jar of each of the six tomato recipes
|All of the tomato jars minus 1.5 pints of salsa.
|One jar each of every recipe.
|All canned jars minus the 3 pints that had already been given away or eaten.
When I was done, on Wednesday, (after going through about 12 pounds of sugar!) this is what we had left
...well, not counting the squash and eggplant in the refrigerator. And now the basket is full of tomatoes again. I guess I will get back to making salsa again tomorrow :)


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Paul McCreesh's reconstruction bandwagon reaches 1740's Leipzig to give us a wonderful sound canvas of an Epiphany service from St. Thomas's. The cantata performances are good (a little fast, maybe), the mass performance very good, the organ fine and the hymn singing is excellent. Even the sermon is survivable! (A six minute paraphrase of a standard Luther sermon is included. Perhaps DG missed a trick by not including the full hour in the booklet! It's worth noting a rarity in BWV 738a. The CD's both run to eighty minutes (give a second), so you need to set aside a whole evening to listen to this - but do so, I recommend this highly!
P.Möbius said:
I was pleasantly surprised by the concept underlying this recent release. Archiv attempt to place J.S. Bach's church music in a broader cultural context by presenting a full reconstruction what a Holy Epiphany morning service (Hauptgottesdienst) at St. Nicolas or St. Thomas Leipzig may have sounded like in the last decade of Bach's life. This includes the spoken/chanted parts of the liturgy.
The recordings were made at a small village church in the Ore Mountains (Saxony) and at Freiberg Cathedral which has a fine Silbermann organ. The hymn singing of "native" Saxon congretational choirs greatly enhance the authentic flair.
Gabrieli Concort & Players and soloists put on a superb period performance. The ensemble size reflects what is likely to have been available in Bach's day and age. Archiv sound engineering deserve special praise for avoiding the "fuzziness" pitfalls of church accoustics and yet preserving a highly authentic sound.
Listening to recording for the first time I had a massive "flashback" to my childhood years in Dresden and became quite homesick for a couple of hours. What does this say about authenticity?
This excellent recording clearly is a must-have for the genuine Bach collector. I love it!
Steven Langley Guy said:
The Cantata BWV 65 is unusual in that it features horns played at trumpet (soprano) pitch. The result is unique. The rest of the ensemble consists of strings, 2 treble recorders, 2 oboes da caccia and continuo. Quite a 'magical' sound - a little like the sounds of BWV 1 'Wie schon leuchtet der Morganstern'. A nice performance of music that really can't be realised on modern instruments. This whole double CD set is a total Bach-fest and every JSB nut should buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy. (Probably not necessary to steal a copy as its commonly available).
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Paul McCreesh has made his mark in the recording world with his numerous reconstructions of historical liturgical services -- thus furthering the cause of Historical Performance Practice by not only using period instruments, performance styles, and pronunciation, but also by placing the music in its historical context and recording it in an appropriate Space. His recordings of the Morales and Victoria Requiems, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and Schutz are all groundbreaking in that regard, and with this recording he adds the world of 18th-century Leipzig Lutheran Pietism to the list. It's quite breathtaking to hear (excellently recorded and performed!!) works by Bach, in this case two cantatas and a Missa Brevis, in the context of a mid-18th century worship service. The whole project works because, unlike in modern liturgy, almost the entire service is sung -- although the record also includes excerpts from a Martin Luther sermon! This is certainly not a recording for the casual Bach listener, or even the "let's put on some Brandenburgs while we entertain guests" Bach lover -- this recording requires engaged listening. It's a fascinating exploration into the sound-world of an earlier time, and presents the music the way Bach and his contemporaries would have understood it. McCreesh juggles the "Bach choir" debate with a reasonable compromise: for one of the cantatas, he uses one-on-a-part soloists, and for the other uses a somewhat larger choral group. Both are remarkable successes in their execution.The organ playing is masterful, and all of the musicians sparkle.
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The Epiphany Mass not one of the most popular works by Bach, but unlike Bach's other masses where there is more of flow of orchestra and chorus, this piece does not do all of that, it really is a "mass"; at times with no orchestra or chorus to accompany some solos. On other intervals there is that Bach signature of full orchestra and chorus but only limitly, this album is definitly not for first time buyers of Bach,(I would suggest Mass in B, Magnificant,or St.Matthew's passion)this album is for others who would like to have a deeper or extensive appreciation for Bach, but overall its fine, but don't expect Bach the collosal in this one, I'm sure there should be enough of satisfactory moments in this recording that it would be a great collector's item for a Bach enthusiast.


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JOHANNESBURG, May 19 –After the announcement by General Motors (GM SA) that they will be pulling out of the South African market, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Friday that GM's decision to exit South African market called for a permanent solution, to build a domestic automotive industry as it would lead to loss of thousands of jobs.
"The EFF is in no shock to learn of General Motors' decision to disinvest from South Africa. The EFF has long called on South Africa to build internal industrial capacity and not rely on foreign investments who just leave us when they deem fit," the party said in a statement.
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General Motors South Africa (Pty) announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing from SA because, the market can no longer provide it with the expected returns.
As a result, production and sales of all Chevrolet models will be phased out, and Isuzu will take over the firm's operations in Port Elizabeth. Isuzu will also be taking over the parts centre because it will be manufacturing trucks and commercial vehicles.
GM currently employs 2,000 South Africans at its plant in Port Elizabeth and its withdrawal is likely to threaten the livelihoods of these workers and their families.
In pursuit of better global opportunities, GM this year pulled out of Europe (Opel or Vauxhall brand sold to Peugeot SA). Before that it closed plants in Indonesia in 2015 and Halol, India in April 2017.
The EFF said South Africa's failure to build a domestic automotive industry would result in even more job losses and the destabilising of the local automotive industry.
"This will soon have a ripple effect on other industries in which the government of the ANC has failed to develop and prioritise internal capacity," the EFF said.
"It must worry us, as a country, living in a high-tech industrial age that we do not produce our own automobiles. So much of our economy depends on automobiles, yet our state has not invested in the materialisation of sovereignty in the automobile industry.
"The sooner we locally produce the majority of the good we consume, the faster we get to sustainable solution to high unemployment, poverty and inequality."
Minister of trade and industry, Rob Davies, said emerging global geo-political dynamics might have a bearing on some business decisions being made such as GM leaving South Africa.


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R2 Review: Emphatic wins maintain ideal starts for top two
by Jeremy Ruane:
with the compliments of www.sportswebsoccer.com
HAL Round Review
Sydney FC and Melbourne City are making the early running in the Hyundai A-League, after both scored emphatic four-goal victories in second round action across the weekend of October 14-16.
It's the second week running in which Sydney has amassed a 4-0 win, and this time it was Central Coast Mariners who were put to the sword in front of 15,082 fans at Allianz Stadium.
Milos Ninkovic had a field day setting things up for the early season leaders, including the game's first goal, which Filip Holosko deftly chipped home just eighteen minutes into the contest.
Trent Buhagiar and Roy O'Donovan went close to levelling the scores, but once Bobo doubled the lead six minutes before half-time, the visitors were always on a sticky wicket.
The scorer turned provider – to a degree – in the 65th minute, with Bobo being brought down in the penalty area to present Holosko with the chance to convert from twelve yards, one he didn't miss.
Alex Brosque wrapped up the scoring five minutes later courtesy a glaring error by Ivan Necevski on a night City fans were shouting from the rafters at Etihad Stadium, where 43,188 fans saw Victory cop a 4-1 hiding in the Melbourne derby.
As the scoreline suggests, the victors were mightily impressive going forward, never more so than in the 27th minute, when Tim Cahill marked his A-League debut with a thirty-five yard thunderbolt to open the scoring.
Victory were still reeling when Bruno Fornaroli doubled City's advantage four minutes later via a diving header, and when Luke Brattan made it three seven minutes into the second half, the writing was on the wall for the former champions.
Kevin Muscat's side looked to have got a foothold in the contest just after the hour mark when Marco Rojas somehow wriggled through four challenges to pull a goal back, but while he and his team-mates were still celebrating, Fernando Brandan restored City's three-goal advantage and, in doing so, wrapped up the scoring.
The action kicked off on Friday night when reigning champions Adelaide United were stunned 2-1 by the team they conquered in the Grand Final, Western Sydney Wanderers at Coopers Stadium.
14,789 fans saw Sergio Cirio depart the fray early for the home team after being clattered by Jack Clisby, who was only booked for his contribution to a match which got the goal it needed two minutes before half-time, Henrique giving Adelaide the half-time lead.
They only just held onto that advantage early in the second spell when Tarek Elrich cleared off the line, but substitute Brendon Santalab finally brought about parity half-way through the second spell, before stunning the natives with a stoppage time winner.
On Sunday evening, Newcastle Jets stunned Brisbane Roar 4-0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, where Jack Hingert delighted the locals by putting through his own net just eight minutes into the contest, after fine work by Andrew Nabbout.
Nigel Boogaard doubled the home team's lead just after the hour mark, and when Steven Ugarkovic rifled home a third goal nineteen minutes from time, the game was up for Brisbane, who saw one of their former stars, Devante Clut, rub salt in their wounds when wrapping up the scoring four minutes from time.
Across the country at NIB Stadium, Perth Glory prevailed 2-0 over Wellington Phoenix in the 'Distance Derby', in which the bulk of the action took place in the third quarter of the match.
Diego Castro potted a penalty three minutes into the second half after Chris Harold had been clipped in the area, while Glen Moss made amends for bringing down Andy Keogh in the box eleven minutes later by saving the striker's poor spot-kick.
To the delight of the 11,209 fans present, Perth doubled their advantage half-way through the second half through a fiercely struck Nejbosa Marinkovic drive, with the visitors going close to pulling one back fifteen minutes from time when Roy Krishna's close-range header brought out the best in Liam Reddy reflex-wise.
Next weekend's action kicks off on Friday night with Perth making their first trip of the season to Melbourne, where City lie in wait at AAMI Park. On Saturday night, Central Coast welcome Brisbane to Central Coast Stadium before Adelaide and Melbourne Victory lock horns at Coopers Stadium.
Sunday's fare sees Wellington welcoming Sydney to Westpac Stadium, while Western Sydney and Newcastle round things off when they meet at Spotless Stadium, the venue's new name a clear reference to the disciplinary report card the club would like its fans to boast, particularly with regard to their love of pyrotechnics!
Match details:
Adelaide United FC 1 (Henrique (43)) – Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2 (B. Santalab (67, 90)); HT 1-0
Melbourne Victory FC 1 (M. Rojas (62)) – Melbourne City FC 4 (T. Cahill (27), B. Fornaroli (31), L. Brattan (52), F. Brandan (63)); HT 0-2
Newcastle Jets FC 4 ("oggie" (8), N. Boogaard (62), S. Ugarkovic (71), D. Clut (87)) – Brisbane Roar FC 0; HT 1-0
Perth Glory FC 2 (D. Castro (48 pen), N. Marinkovic (66)) – Wellington Phoenix FC 0; HT 0-0
Sydney FC 4 (F. Holosko (18, 65 pen), Bobo (39), A. Brosque (70)) – Central Coast Mariners FC 0; HT 2-0
P W D L F A GD Pts
Sydney FC 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
Melbourne City 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
Newcastle Jets 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4
Perth Glory 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 3
Adelaide United 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
Melbourne Victory 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 1
Central Coast Mariners 2 0 1 1 3 7 -4 1
Brisbane Roar 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 1
Wellington Phoenix 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0


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Monday, June 20, 2011
Quick Question: Next Blogathon
I'm planning the next blogathon as we speak. I just wanted to ask you....
When would you be willing to participate in another blogathon?
I would love to do the next one in approximately one month, from July 17-19. But I don't want to do it if it would be too soon.
See...21 people participated in this blogathon. I want to see if we can get up to 40 for the next one!
That's right...40 participants!!
And yes...there will be awards...
And prizes...MORE prizes...
It is my earnest hope that all of the people who participated will come back for the next one...but if one month is not enough prep time...I can stretch it out until August. Leave a comment or send me an email to let me know what you all think.
P.S. - Only 12 people have voted for Bloggers' Choice so far. Get those votes in, folks! It's close! VERY close!
11 comments:
August would be okay with me...you might want to schedule it toward the middle or end of the month, though because True Classics' Loving Lucy blogathon is in the first week of August.ReplyDelete
I don't have a problem with the July suggestion, really, but I think for maximum participation giving it a buildup towards August would be the way to go.
I'd be very willing to partcipate!ReplyDelete
--Ivan (the other one)
I'm ever at the ready, so whenever you say go, I'll go.ReplyDelete
Since you are putting the shindig together I will gladly participate again! July is fine and it ends 3 days before my birthday.
Of course I would snark on a day old donut if coaxed enough! Will you put direct quick links to each blog next time though? Get all fancy?
And when will we know the topic because you might get better feedback if people know what the topic is so soon. For instance if it's musicals you can count me out.
Thanks, everyone. I've got another important announcement to make in a few hours...ReplyDelete
Page, if you tell me how to do quick links on blogger...I'll be glad to!
Also...you should give musicals another try...
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 3:11 PM
I personally need about a month after it is decided which topic we are going with. Other than that anytime.ReplyDelete
LOL I knew you were going to ask that! Have I let you down before? Of course I will.
I have given musicals a try and the ones from the 50's, 60's drive me nuts! I've never even sat through the Sound of Music but I don't want any crap from anyone over that little fact.
Shh....Page...don't tell anyone....ReplyDelete
I haven't seen Sound of Music, yet, either.....
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 4:12 PM
What Ivan said: August would give you more time to recruit people.ReplyDelete
For me it really depends on the topic, if it's something I'm familiar with, then July would be perfectly fine, but if it's not then I'd need a bit longer.ReplyDelete
I will be participating whatever the case though...
But I do agree with Page, quick links would be nice.
I concur with Ivan. It would be nice to have the blogathon in August so that it can gain some momentum and some new faces. July is doable for me, though, depending on the topic.ReplyDelete


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Disney is responsible for some of cinema's most incredible features in history. They pretty much wrote the book on animated movies. Disney is also responsible for some of the most deplorable rubbish imaginable that ever hit the direct-to-DVD shelves. An oft overlooked animated movie they did remarkably well on was The Emperor's New Groove (2000). It was unlike many of its predecessors in that it wasn't an epic drama, it was a full length slapstick silly movie that the legendary Chuck Jones, director old of the Loony Tunes shorts, would have been proud of. This great and fantastic film puts me in stitches every time I see it!
Vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his "groove," and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma (Eartha Kitt);he's also planning to build a new water park just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of the villages in his kingdom. Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassination, courtesy of Yzma's right-hand man, Kronk (Patrick Warburton), Kuzco is magically transformed into a llama. Now, Kuzco finds himself the property of Pacha (John Goodman), a lowly llama herder whose home is ground zero for the water park. Upon discovering the llama's true self, Pacha offers to help resolve the Emperor's problem and regain his throne, only if Kuzco promises to move his water park. Kuzco's perfect world becomes a perfect mess as this unlikely duo deal with hair-raising dangers and wild comic predicaments as they race to return Kuzco to the throne before Yzma tracks them down and finishes him off.
Believe it or not, The Emperor's New Groove started out as another epic as per Disney's usual standards. It was going to be called "Kingdom of the Sun" set in the ancient Incan world and feature a selfish emperor who finds a peasant who looks just like him along the lines of Mark Twain's archtypal novel The Prince and the Pauper. However, the evil witch has plans to summon the evil god Supai and capture the sun so that she may retain her youth forever. She turns the emperor into a llama and threatens to reveal the pauper's identity unless he obeys her. The emperor-llama learns humility in his new form and even comes to love a female llama-herder; and the two set out to undo the witch's plans. It would have delved into Incan spirituality and culture and been a romantic comedy musical in the traditional Disney style.
I think this sounds like a fascinating story! But following the underwhelming box office performances of Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, studio executives felt the project was growing too ambitious and serious for audiences and needed more comedy. The project was pulled and put on hiatus for a number of years, then had the script completely rewritten, the actors recast, the whole thing went in a completely different direction, and had a new title slapped onto it. It resulted in a very light hearted cartoonish romp that had above average animation for its day. The Emperor's New Groove certainly doesn't aim high or strain too hard; it is completely at ease inhabiting it's pretty miniature realm.
The two things that make this movie so utterly fantastic are the voice actors and the animation. There is a brilliant all star cast here, and all of them have experience with comedy. David Spade plays a fantastic sarcastic short guy. John Goodman is a quintessential bighearted teddy bear. Eartha Kitt can be so zany and expressive that everything she says is a hoot. Patrick Warburton has a distinctive voice, and often plays a surly tough guy or a very dim-witted one. Warburton had roles in television shows before The Emperor's New Groove, but he was such a lovable and hilarious part of this movie that every time I have heard his voice after seeing it, I instantly get excited and say, "It's Kronk!" Everyone gets hilarious lines in this movie and no one outshines anyone else; they are all at the top of their game here and it is simply amazing.
The animation is classic 2-D hand drawn cell animation and it's pretty solid. The art has a simple color scheme and doesn't focus too much on shading. This gives a Saturday morning cartoon quality to it. The backgrounds look more detailed than the characters do and there's lots of pretty designs to see. The spastic way the characters are drawn and animated, couples beautifully with the voice actors' performances. Nearly everything they do, both grand and subtle, are funny. Everything from casual exchanges of dialogue to the screwball action is uproarious, thanks to some skilled animators and talented voice actors.
I dare say that Yzma and Kronk steal the show in every scene they are in; they've got to be some of the best, albeit funniest, Disney villains ever. At first Yzma's plan to kill Kuzco is to transform him into a flea, put him into a box, mail the box to herself, and then smash it with a hammer. But then decides poisoning him would be better and save on postage. Kronk keeps forgetting the plan, gets distracted making spinach puffs, and is anything but subtle when Yzma reminds him of their objective. The scene that always gets me is when Yzma and Kronk suspect Pacha of hiding Kuzco and try to search Pacha's home only to be foiled by Pacha's very pregnant wife and two rambunctious prankster little kids. Every time I see this scene I end up literally rolling on the floor laughing out loud and have to pause the movie until I can catch my breath.
While it is unfortunate that the original movie had a complete overhaul and was entirely changed around, the resulting movie is animated comedy gold. The Emperor's New Groove is absolutely uproarious and highly entertaining. The animation is fantastic and reminds me of classic Saturday morning cartoon shows, the voice actors are absolutely brilliant, and the resulting characters are some of the most lovable Disney creations I can think of. The plot is very simple, but that's okay. It may be light hearted, but it's so much fun to watch. The Emperor's New Groove is an outstanding Disney movie that seems to be overlooked these days. It is absolutely worth the cost of a copy to add to your home collection, but as of writing it is available on Netflix streaming. If you haven't seen this movie, you're missing out on a lot of laughs.
Is there an oft overlooked Disney movie that you are particularly fond of? Comment below and tell me all about it!
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After winning the high jump at Districts, STC's Keith Keahna is at the top of his game heading into his third straight appearance at the State Track and Field Meet. Keahna along with his fellow teammates and the STC girls track team competed at Districts in Pella on Thursday, May 17.
The State Track and Field meet is the culmination of all the hard work put in during the season. For Keahna the State Meet is a culmination of efforts that have been building since his freshman year.
"I felt good today coming in focused and ready to go. I got a little nervous but that's just how you feel when you come down here and try and qualify for State. It's just a really good relief to know that I'm going."
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STC's Keith Keahna won Districts with a jump of 6'7 and will compete at the State meet on Thursday, May 17.
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The boys high jump bar was set at 5'6 and Keahna opted to come in at 6'0. At 6'0 Keahna was in the company of just two other jumpers Turner Schroeder of Benton and Jackson Fisher of Chariton. Keahna nailed the attempt on the first try.
The bar moved to 6'1. He hit 6'1 on the first try and then again at 6'2. Schroeder scratched his last attempt at 6'2 and the competition moved forward with just Keahna and Fisher.
Keahna continued to impress hitting 6'3, 6'4, 6'5 and 6'6 all on his first attempt. In fact he didn't have a miss until 6'7.
"(Hitting the first attempt) is really important. If you can get high heights with no misses it's really good because tie breakers are a big deal. One miss is the difference between 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd and all the way down. I think it's a big deal and (Coach) Mayo emphasizes that first attempt is very important."
Keahna is very familiar with the importance of the tie breaker. He recently took 2nd at the Drake Relays in large part due to a tie break. He had tied at 6'7 with a few other jumpers.
At 6'7 Keahna was jumping alone as Fisher missed the 6'6 height. Keahna regrouped after his first miss and sailed over the bar on his second attempt.
It's 6'8 that has been somewhat of a nemesis to him over the past few weeks. He has hit the height once this season but missed it at Drake and missed it at Districts.
"The arch is important once we get high heights. The past couple of meets I've been flat back and haven't been getting my arch in. That was a problem at conference. Just hitting it with my lower part of legs and my butt. Mayo emphasizes that arch. We are trying to improve it but it could still use some work."
Despite the miss, Keahna is tied with Marion's Blair Brooks this season as 3A jumpers that have reached 6'8.
"He's just a phenomenal athlete," Keahna said of Brooks, "He's all around a track guy. He's fast. He can jump high and long. He's just an outstanding athlete. He'll be really fun to jump against at State this year."
Keahna knows he's one of the best in the state but he's a humble and quiet kid. He doesn't get too caught up in the contest of it and focuses more on how to get better.
"It just means you're right there for a state championship. That's what it means for me. I like to check it once in a while to see if someone has passed me. But I'm not too carried away about it. I try to ignore it but once in a while I'll look at it. I just try to stay humble. When someone asks me about it I just like to say I can always do better," said Keahna.
Keahna was the sole male to qualify from STC. The girls team will have two qualifiers at the State Meet.
Stacey Slaven also qualified in the high jump. Slaven took 2nd at Districts tying at 5'3 with Grinnell's Kylie Neighbors. Neighbors ended up in 1st after tie breakers were applied. Also qualifying for State was Callie Frakes. Frakes missed out on last year's State Track and Field Meet as she was recovering from some injuries. Frakes will run in the 1500.
You can catch the STC high jumpers on Thursday at the Drake Blue Oval. The Class 3A boys high jump begins at 2 p.m. and the girls are at 4:30. The 1500 Meter Run will be on Saturday at 2:45 p.m.


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Portion Control: It's Not Just for Food
When you hear the words portion control, you no doubt thing about plates full of food, servings the size of a deck of cards or a tennis ball, and calorie counting. But what other places in your life are you exercising too little restraint on portions? Is it possible your portion sizes aren't just big in your belly, but in your whole life?
This week, take some time to examine your portion sizes in these key areas and exercise a little portion control. It might just change your life.
- Toxic friendships. I have a friend whose phone calls are always long laundry lists of complaints. I often joke with my husband that I should change my ringtone for her to be, "Cry Me a River." Yet, I answer her calls nearly every time and I listen to her complaints even though she never takes my advice. I'm sure you have a friend like this as well, and perhaps now is the time to exercise some portion control on these friendships.
- Haters and drama creators. You know who I'm talking about. He's constantly starting political drama on Facebook, always talking behind someone's back, and might just be the most annoying Facebook friend you have. Portion control with these individuals means blocking them. You don't have to defriend someone, just hide them from your Facebook feed and your portion control is underway.
- Online shopping. There's something about taking out that credit card in a store, handing it to a cashier, and signing your name on a receipt that makes a purchase more real. Pressing "Checkout" somehow doesn't, though. Exercise some portion control with online shopping, and start by taking your credit card information off of the sites you normally shop on. This makes it harder to just press the button.
What else can you start to increase portion control on in your life? It's not just about calories, it's about happiness!


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About that Giant Balloon You Saw This Morning
A reader reports at 8am:
"Balloon over downtown. Super big balloon. I thought there were airspace issues with downtown DC."
Ed. Note: Our first sighting was back in October 2009. Last year we learned "The balloon was launched by Digital Design and Imaging Inc. to take aerial photos of the District's skyline as part of the joint Height Master Plan the DC Office of Planning and the National Capital Planning Commission are conducting in response to a Congressional request."
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Despite my love of manicures, I have always had problems with my nails. My nails tend to break easily and they don't seem to hold polish well. No matter the brand I try, my nails will chip after a few days. (Although I will say that for some reason, Rimmel London polishes have chipped the quickest on me.) Also, I am not one of those pretty, careful girls, so try as hard as I may, I always without fail, smudge at least one nail right after I leave the salon. This did lead me to try Shellac and Axxium manicures, and honestly, I was not a fan. I appreciated the staying power, but could not deal with the peeling. Also, I swear they made my nails more brittle. My nails have never broken so much as they have with those types of manicures.
When I left the salon, I of course, smudged a nail. Go figure. By the time we got to base (about a 10 minute car ride), I looked down at my hands and realized my nails looked AWFUL. Every single nail had a smudge on it and what looked like little bubbles in the polish. I was beyond upset. 19€ down the drain. I did not have the time or money to go back and get another manicure, so I figured I would go home, take the polish off, and see what I could do myself. When we got home, I was in my bathroom looking for nail polish. I keep all of my polishes in a little plastic container on my windowsill. I picked it up and it was HOT! I was looking through it and finally found my beloved Gucci Muchi Puchi. Except it was no longer the gorgeous pink shade I loved. Instead, it looked like this:
Also- can we just talk about the fact that a basic manicure with cheap polish costs 19€ over here? I was so excited when I saw that the salon had OPI polish and wanted to get a manicure with one of their colors. Then I saw the price list. A manicure with OPI polish costs 29€. Umm holy heck. OPI doesn't even cost that much per bottle in the States! (By comparison, it's 16€/bottle over here.) On that note, if anyone reading this can please get me a bottle of OPI's If You Moust, You Moust, I will be eternally grateful and will repay you in chocolate and other goodies when it cools down a bit. (Can't order nail polish over here, sadly.)


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Going with the status quo
April 11, 2008
Once again, I feel behind and at a loss for understanding how my press is going to make the foray into electronic publishing other presses are making (here I'm thinking specifically of the discussion on the AAUP listserv of SUNY's recent successes). Wayne State University is limiting all temporary employees to one thousand working hours. Those hours are non-renewable, and once they're up the job is supposed to be done and nobody new can be hired. This means that people (I don't have any numbers) are losing their jobs. We at the press are fortunate in that we'll be able to hire someone new on a permanent but part-time basis to replace one of the people we will soon be losing. We can replace one but not all.
These sort of changes affect everyone at the press, those who are losing paychecks especially but also those who remain to pick up the slack. The editorial, design, and production department is doubly affected. We're losing our editorial assistant, and the journals program will be moving under our purview.
Our editorial assistant is a poet and an MFA and will be likely be starting a PhD program soon, so she'll be fine. I'll miss her and I don't know what I'll do with the work, but I know she'll be OK. I have someone in mind to handle some of the cleaning and coding on a freelance basis, but initial cleanup, coding, and general prep for copyediting are awkward to freelance.
I'm working on the posting for someone to replace our current journals coordinator. I initially thought we might be able to merge journal editing and production with book editing and production, but feedback from university press colleagues helped me to see the challenges with that approach, so we're going with the status quo, and I think overall that's a good thing, even though the status quo is much-maligned.
I received a lot of great responses and support, even waves of telepathic empathy, from my colleagues. That was a bright spot in confronting this change. It was depressing that I had so much company in rethinking and doing more with less, but the back-and-forth was inspiring also, especially when another editorial manager suggested I work it out in this blog I've been neglecting.
So now I have the opportunity to work with a content management system that's in the works and also the chance to think through issues of open access and electronic publishing as they relate to journals. How I'll manage six journals on top of my current workload and on top of the other changes and improvements I should be making I'm just not sure. Ideas?
publishing as systematic?
March 25, 2008
Thanks to Amy Buckland for sending "Effects of Editorial Peer Review: A Systematic Review" my way. It's from 2002 and was cited in a blog by Heather Morrison.
True, it's an old study for me to blog about, but I was happy that Amy thought of me and I was amused by the study. Its authors looked at previous studies and concluded that more studies were necessary before a conclusion could be reached about the positive impact of blind review by referees.
I'm not surprised that there was nothing concrete showing the benefit of peer review. (Anyone know if there is now?) Is there anything systematic about publishing? How do you even go about showing the benefits? Compare different versions of manuscripts?
Peer review is about people, as is acquisitions, as is copyediting, as is design. Even though biomedical journals contain real data and high-level theory, we're still dealing with people, people with fixed ideas about how information should be presented, biases, jealousies, and preferences that have more to do with themselves than with the work they're reviewing.
The usual fix
March 12, 2008
<post edited March 13 thanks to a clarification> On our AAUP listserv today was a note from
Greg Tananbaum of Consulting Services at the Intersection of Technology, Content & Academia quoting researcher Atanu Garai, who was calling attention, among other things, to the fact that articles submitted to institutional repositories before publication will be posted before the articles are copyedited and thus will be shared in a rough form potentially embarrassing to their authors.
In his note, Garai quotes Adam A. J. Deville, the author of "Sinners Well Edited" from the most recent issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. I haven't read the article, but Deville is quoted as criticizing some unedited papers as "rambling, repetitive, insufficiently researched, and badly argued." Copyeditors can fix the first two, but university press copyeditors don't, at least in my experience, usually introduce new sources, and they can't fix an argument that is truly faulty, though they can repair and at least query some missing links.
Maybe my reaction to Garai's pointing to the lack of copyediting in articles in repositories and his quote from someone complaining of writing problems that might not be addressed in the editing process is the standard gripe by editorial managers when we're asked to fix something in copyediting that isn't really fixable in our usual copyediting workflow. But I've also noticed that when university presses want to distinguish themselves and praise the work they do as a reason for why libraries shouldn't become publishers or why scholars shouldn't introduce their work into institutional repositories, they like to hold up copyediting as an example of their care and art. That was the context in which this note came to the listserv.
I'm not making a judgment call here about the repository. I'm merely pointing out that we (that is, university presses) are inconsistent about the value we place on copyediting. I've seen copyeditors criticized for "doing too much" when they attempt to revise, even intelligntly so, or when they question content, and I've been asked to do a triage edit to move a book through the pipeline more quickly when someone feels it's more important to get the book into the hands of readers than it is to make sure everything's just so.
If I were to make a judgment about the Harvard mandate, I'd say that I don't feel concerned about the lack of copyediting. The pieces being put in the repository are being called drafts, even though they are papers accepted for publication. They'll be shared as information, not as finished packages.
And you know how I feel about text as information.
on text taking precedence
March 6, 2008
There's nothing quite like being read to motivate writing. Thanks to the Chronicle for blogging my blog. Of course I now wish I'd said something about what motivated me to discuss "free." Whether online publishing costs less than print publishing is an ongoing topic of discussion pretty much everywhere these things are discussed, but I specifically had in mind Cathy Davidson's HASTAC blog in which she reminds the "new technology utopianists" about the high cost of producing scholarship in terms of housing and staffing people to work on that scholarship.
Michael Jensen's post to Publishing Frontier (http://pubfrontier.com/2008/02/29/open-access-re-journals-vs-books/) was also on my mind. In a thoughtful piece about the differences between the cultures of journal and book publishing, Jensen offers some reasons for the relatively easy move to online formats for journals. He spells out some norms in scholarly publishing that are based on the value we put on nearly all of our books. The careful approach we take to every monograph (from thoughtful acquisition and extensive review to careful copyediting and creative design) doesn't translate in full or easily to the work of publishing online.
Publishing born-digital books is not only technically beyond many of us but also, simply, foreign. Publishing PDFs of published books keeps the book design intact, but the feel of the book gets lost. To a lot of university press people a book online just doesn't feel like a book. Its content seems more commoditized, its lifespan shorter.
My husband, a freelance copyeditor for university presses, used to work at a Macmillan imprint that publishes college textbooks, and he often talks about how quickly things changed once the senior management starting talking about "product," not books. He wasn't long for that place.
Moving to a text-takes-precedence model, where design gives way to an XML style sheet and printing is offered only on demand and serves just to hold the book together, means we have to focus on content and use and search, not aesthetics. It's not exactly like thinking about books as "product ," but it's not too far off. Personally, I'm OK with it. I would be equally proud of my work if our books were published only online. Until I became responsible for design and production and not just editorial, I really did think of design and printing as a vehicle to get the text out there, and maybe that some of that view will always stick with me.
On working at a university press
February 29, 2008
When I'm feeling positive, I believe that university press staffs will find their way through the talk of finding a business model that allows us to stay in business and that allows scholars open access to the work of their colleagues. I believe that we'll settle on some methods that will work well to sustain us. When I'm feeling overwhelmed by home (washing baby bottles, cooking food a three-year-old will eat) or work, I feel a little beaten down about the lack of change in university presses as a whole. I get it, of course. As at other presses, at mine we're focused on the day-to-day work of publishing books–an effort that doesn't leave a lot of time for abstract thinking and planning. I volunteered to lead my press's effort into figuring things out, but so far I haven't made enough time for it, being so bogged down by my "regular" work.
When I'm feeling positive, I find my own excuses very irritating. I have read for years about the changes in scholarly book publishing, and that subject is what motivated me to get a master's in library and information science. So if I know something about what we need to do, I shouldn't let anything stop me and I should get to work on our methods.
The solution seems obvious: university presses should publish hyperlinked scholarship online for "free." It's really neither that obvious or that simple, of course. Note the quotes around "free." Note the lack of funds forthcoming from our administrations to support "free." Note the growing list of expensive-to-produce regional books we'd have to sell in large quantities to support "free." Note the lack of staff experienced in converting and tagging Microsoft Word documents and knowledgeable about creating XML-authoring systems.
What the Ithaca Report made clear, what researchers have been saying for years, and what university press leadership generally believes is that our university administrations need to play an important role in any macro-level changes university presses make. Most of all our libraries need to be involved. Ours is willing to be, and I'm supposed to be forwarding that relationship. As with presses, some libraries are more "advanced" than others. Harvard just mandated that its faculty must submit their published journal articles to its repository to be made available with open access, which means that Harvard faculty can only publish in journals that allow postprints. Wayne has a repository, but it is undermarketed and underutilized, and its use is not mandatory.
One of the first decisions we need to make, one that isn't often discussed, is what kind of books we want to publish as objects and what kind of books we want to publish as information. When I was purely an editorial manager at Wayne, it was easy for me to value books purely as text that conveyed research and perspective. Now that I'm also responsible for design and production, I want our books to look good. Whereas before I believed that design was a vehicle for a clear and well-constructed argument, now I have a much better grip on the reality that authors, staff members, and, presumably, book buyers and readers want books to look and feel beautiful.
I'm feeling positive today. Writing about the challenge of addressing the challenges university presses face is motivating me to do some work on my goal of finding a way for Wayne State University Press and Wayne State University Libraries to work together that combines our publishing knowledge and the libraries' IT and cataloging infrastructure and that keeps us both relevant and responsible to our universities, to the Detroit metro community, and to the readers of our books.
This is us
January 24, 2008
I'm starting a blog. I want to use it to create a professional identity, but I also want to say something interesting. I don't know yet who my audience is: friends, family, potential employers. My audience can't be everyone I know, nor can it be everyone I don't know. I do have a Facebook profile now. If you're interested, take a look. It's bare. I'm in the process of compiling friends: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=799828897. That sure is a cute picture of Jesse.


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If you're a veteran and accepted to an MBA program starting in Fall 2015, you should definitely check out some of the pre-MBA industry exploration programs that are available this summer. They are a great way to get a head start on the internship search, and explore different career paths. Plus, they're pretty much free!
Note that this is not inclusive of all the pre-MBA programs out there, but these are the ones that a University of Washington Veteran MBA would be eligible for. Hope this is helpful for the class of 2017!
Applications open in late Spring 2015
Opportunities in Investment Banking in their New York office.
Citi Pre-MBA Fellowship
Applications opened in mid-March, unknown deadline
"As part of Citi's commitment to recruiting high-caliber talent and in accordance with our Diversity Recruiting Mission Statement, Citi Institutional Clients Group is proud to sponsor the Citi Pre-MBA Fellowship. The program will provide exceptional minority First-Year MBA students (women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, military veterans, people with disabilities and people of Black and Latino/Hispanic descent) with an opportunity to join the Institutional Clients Group with financial support from the Firm."
Credit Suisse MBA Military Boot Camp (Veteran-Specific):
Application available Apr 2015, deadline 13 June 2015
July 2015
"The Credit Suisse MBA Military Boot Camp, an educational outreach initiative for prior-military MBA candidates who are entering business school this fall and who are interested in a career in financial services. During this day long program you will learn about careers in Investment Banking, Sales and Trading and Private Banking. You will receive advice from previous Vets who have made the successful transition to Wall Street and will have time to network with members of the Credit Suisse Americas Veterans' Network, the first such network on Wall Street."
JP Morgan MBA Early Advantage (Black, Hispanic, Native American, Military and Veteran, LGBT or female students):
Last year, applications opened in April 2014 with a deadline of Monday, May 26, 2014
July 15-16, 2015 (New York, NY)
Two-day conference providing networking opportunities and training sessions for those interested in Investment Banking as post-MBA career.
Management Consulting
Deloitte Consulting Immersion Program (Anyone w/3-5 years of work exp, pref in large org):
Application opened in March, deadline April 15th at 11:59PM PST
July 10-12, 2015 at Deloitte University (Westlake, TX)
Open to all incoming Class of 2017 Full-time MBA students. Three-day, all-expenses-paid opportunity to learn the basics of management consulting and Deloitte. One of the key benefits to attending this program is that you can interview early for the Summer Associate role for the following summer internship.
Deloitte Career Opportunity Redefinition & Exploration (CORE) Leadership Program (Veterans w/4-8 yrs):
See deadlines below:
April 30-May 2 (deadline March 26),
June 4-6 (deadline May 1), or
November 5-7 (registration deadline Oct 1) at Deloitte University (Westlake, TX)
A three-day all-expense-paid program tailored to help veterans "define their personal brand, identify their strengths, and be able to tell their own story." Seems like a good networking event and leadership development course for transitioning (or still active) military. One of my friends took it and said it was a great experience – met lots of contacts who gave a no-holds-barred account of consulting.
PwC EDGE Program (Anyone with 3 yrs work experience):
Deadline last year was 4 May 2014, not sure when applications opened up.
Summer 2015
As a MBA EDGE intern, you will have a one of a kind experience deployed on an actual client assignment in an international location where you will respond to client issues and present recommendations to the client management team. The skills and knowledge obtained through this distinctive experience can give you an edge both professionally and personally as you continue your education and launch a career in consulting.
Google Student Veterans Summit (Veteran-Specific):
Applications will open March 30, 2015, with a deadline of 1 May 11:59PM PST. Last year, decisions were communicated to applicants in June
8-10 July, 2015 in Mountain View, CA
Competitive! This year they will take up to 50 student veterans, and I believe this is also open to undergrad Veterans as well. This Google Student Veteran Summit includes a professional development curriculum designed to help veterans brush up their business skills and ensure a smooth transition to the civilian workplace. Participants will also meet members of Google's Veteran community and get an inside look at the company's unique culture of impact and collaboration.
Procter and Gamble Marketing MBA Summer Camp (Open to everyone):
Applications open until June 12 2015, Interviews as early as March
Cincinnati, Ohio, last week of July 2015
A six day, all expenses paid, action-packed look at P&G Marketing opportunities shaped for students entering their first year of a two year MBA program and graduating in 2016. This pre-MBA program is designed to attract top diverse talent. During the week you will learn about P&G's Corporate Strategies and Brand Building and how they touch the lives of the world's consumers. You will have the opportunity to spend a day on the brand and preview the key roles you could play in Marketing after completing your MBA. You will also interact with P&G Executives and recent MBA graduates that work for the company throughout the week.


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Lots of people in the Leganes ward. Nancy and us. Both pictures were for Hna. Coakwell's last Sunday. The people here love us!
This smile is an inside joke we would do when we caught the other not smiling.
The district at Hna. Coakwell and Hna. Miron's last district meeting.
Hola Familia y amigos,
It has been quite a week. I am writing today, because we spent 3ish hours yesterday doing residency stuff. I had to meet with a government official to apply for my residency card. We spent ages in line and then I had like a 7 minute interview / paper work stuff. But I am going to be legit legal in Spain soon, so that is good!
This week has been INCREDIBLE! We have really rocked the trio and worked super hard. We taught investigators, less actives, and found new people all week. We were never wondering what we should do next. We have so many people to work with because they combined our areas. It has been crazy, but I LOVE being so busy. I want my whole mission to be like this, and I am going to work hard so that it can be!
I LOVE the mission. Nothing super awesome happened this week, and I dont really have any specific stories, but it was just a great week. I love being a missionary teaching the world His truth! The gospel is true man! Learn it, Live it, Love it, and PREACH it! Thats what I am doing and it is changing my life! My companion Hna. Blodgett is this super happy wonderful high-on-life kind of girl. She is always pumped up to serve and she is always in a good mood. It is a real blessing to be her companion.
We have taught so many investigators, less actives, and we have had some great moments finding new people. I love it. I love meeting new people, learning about them, and seeing what I can do to help.
I have really felt myself be a missionary this week (like other weeks, this was just a really good one!). We helped so many people and we are working with so many people. I learned a lot this week about what it means to be a missionary and just help people. I think part of this is because we have so much work and we are so busy, but the things I have learned this week I can apply for the rest of my mission. Like even if I dont have any investigators, I can use my desire to be busy and work hard and put that into use as I contact all day. Knowing what it is like to be so busy and work so hard, has helped me want that more. yeah...
We have been working a lot with Analee this week. She has been in and out of the hospital and we have had elders come twice to give her a blessing. I love the power of the priesthood. It testifies that the church is true! It helps people heal and be comforted. I'm glad we had the chance to have elders give Analee a blessing.
We have also started teaching some Nigerians and they are SO FUNNY. We were talking about lions in Africa and if they ate people. One of them said that they would eat Hna. Blodgett, but not me. It was funny. They speak English, but sometimes it is hard to understand and we dont know if they understand. This same guy was asking us about our church and this is the conversation:
You pray?
You sing?
You cast out monsters?
No. Not that one.
It was funny. Another funny experience was when I was setting up an appointment with our investigator. We are supper busy this week and I was trying to tell him that, but I accidently told him we were really worried this week. (ocupado is busy and preocupado is worried) I corrected myself though.
Highlights of the week-
Saturday morning we had invited one of our investigators to play futbol with some of the men in our ward in the morning, and since we were supposed to have an investigator we decided to go play too. The men (young men mostly) were super surprised to see hermana missionaries wanting to play futbol but they welcomed us to play. It was super fun. Our investigator never showed up, but I had fun playing soccer with legit latinos. Man they were good!
I suck at futbol but it was fun to watch them and watch their feet go! The best part was when they passed me the ball, and I figured I might as well go for a goal cause I was close to the net. So I gave it a good kick and, I SCORED!!!!! Ive never scored a goal in my life, I am super pleased that my first one was in spain with a bunch of latinos. Spain has magic--especially if it can make me play soccer! Basically I love it here in Spain.
Word on the street (of the mission) is that some visa-waiter Hermanas are coming because they just got their visas. So our trio might not last so long. We dont know who will get the new girl, but she has been visa waiting so she shouldnt be brand new to the field.
Now, photos like I promised!
Hermana Olsen


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Tepic, city, capital of Nayarit estado (state), west-central Mexico. It lies at an elevation of about 3,000 feet (900 metres) above sea level along the Molóloa River, at the foot of the extinct Sangangüey volcano. Founded in 1542, much of the city retains its colonial atmosphere, particularly in its cathedral, municipal palace, and Amado Nervo Theatre. Shops offer Indian handicrafts, and many Huichol and Cora Indians attend open-air markets in traditional clothing. The name Tepic is derived from the Náhuatl term meaning "hard stone."
The city's growth was limited until the opening of the railroad in 1912. Since then Tepic has become a commercial, industrial, and agricultural service centre. Manufacturing is based largely on food-processing (notably sugar) mills. The surrounding farmlands yield corn (maize), sugarcane, rice, coffee, and various other crops. The University of Nayarit (1969) was originally founded in 1930 as the Nayarit Institute of Science and Letters. A regional transportation centre, Tepic has good highway, air, and rail connections. Pop. (2000) 265,817; metro. area, 342,840; (2010) 332,863; metro. area, 429,351.


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Saturday, August 28, 2010
a terrific new idea!!!!! come play with us!
i am really excited to tell yall about an exciting new project that the amazing poppy at bears and bunting has started! photography has been a quick new hobby for me soni jumped at the idea. she is starting a world view globe trotter project using a camera that travels around the world to different people! how fun does that sound!!!! i signed up right away and you still can too! you have till september 10th to sign up so jump on over to her blog for more details! we still need some representation of different countries and below is a list of what we have so far! if your country is not on the list i say sign up! i love to travel but don't always have the means to do so and photos are a great way to take in some sites i may not get tosee in my life time!! hope you all can get involved too!
i am off to the eat real food festival! have a great saturday!
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Yes, so very excited about this project! Have fun at this "eat real food festival" you speak of -- sounds amazing!ReplyDelete
Thank you Cristie! ^_^ Like I said in my blog post, I'm just so overwhelmed with all the lovely comments and with how excited people have got about it. I'm getting some good vibrations from across the pond! =]ReplyDelete
awesome!! totally signing up :)ReplyDelete
cant wait!!! yahoo!ReplyDelete
This is great! I signed up :)ReplyDelete
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Urinary Incontinence
The National Association for Continence states "that while only one out of twelve incontinent patients in the US actually report their symptoms to their doctors, approximately 80% can be cured or improved." Unfortunately, women wait an average of 3 years before admitting their incontinence to a health care provider. A persistent myth is that incontinence is a natural part of aging. The cause of incontinence is often multi-faceted and many combined factors, other than age, are often responsible. These factors may include childbirth, hormonal status, previous surgery, muscle dysfunction or weakness, physical injury or medication, to name a few. Urinary incontinence is the body's inability to control muscles that prevent accidental leakage of urine out of the body. It affects more than 25 million Americans, who are mostly women. There are 4 types of urinary continence. They are:
- Stress urinary incontinence: The leakage of urine during activities such as coughing, sneezing, laughing and exercise
- Urge incontinence: An intensely strong urge to urinate, followed by leakage, even after using the restroom.
- Mixed incontinence: Experiencing symptoms of both stress and urge incontinence.
- Overflow incontinence: The bladder never completely empties, causing leakage.
The most common of these types is stress urinary incontinence. It affects women of all ages from young mothers to senior citizens. It is an inevitable part of aging that can be related to several factors including pregnancy and natural childbirth, strenuous activities/exercise, menopausal hormone changes, and prior gynecological surgeries. The muscles and tissues of the urethra weaken due to these factors, causing them not to function properly, and allowing involuntary leakage of urine out of the body. Depending on the severity of incontinence and your general state of health, treatment is available. These treatments may be muscle retraining/behavioral therapy, medication, bulking agents, or surgery. At Habersham OB/GYN, we want to make sure that the treatment used is what's best for you. Together, we can determine what the best action is for you. As a treatment option being offered, Biofeedback "takes the guesswork out of pelvic muscle training" because it enables the patient to improve pelvic muscle function through muscle awareness, in a non-invasive way, which, when combined with a home exercise program, leads to increased muscle strength and improved coordination. A 1998 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Burgio reports that "patients treated with biofeedback showed a significantly greater reduction in urinary incontinence than a second group who received pharmaceutical intervention."
Female Urology
Because the female urinary tract is close to the vagina as well as the rectum, special conditions and problems can occur in women. Examples of such problems include bladder problems during pregnancy, after childbirth, or after a hysterectomy. Also, in pregnancy, a urinary tract infection is more likely to travel to the kidneys, potentially causing premature delivery. For reasons poorly understood, bladder control problems and urinary tract infections are more common in women than men. Statistics show that one in 5 women will develop a urinary tract infection sometime in their life, with common recurrences. Changes in lifestyle and daily activity can help improve or resolve some symptoms. As to avoid the common and recurrent problems of the urinary tract, one should work on changing any poor dietary habits, including drinking more water instead of sugary and caffeine-loaded drinks and exercising regularly. Should you think you have any urinary tract problems, please contact your health care provider at Habersham OB/GYN.
The information on the Habersham OB/GYN web pages is provided for educational purposes only. You should consult a qualified health care provider if you have a question about your particular medical condition.
Please feel free to email us We will respond as soon as possible. However, in an emergency situation, please do not email us. Call the office or 911 immediately, so that your emergency may be handled in a responsible amount of time.


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Boulder police are looking for four men captured on camera and believed to have broken into a historic building, stealing two African spears, snatching cookies, and damaging glass showcases and sculptures.
Police told the Daily Camera they believe the men entered through a third-floor window that they forced open at the Historic Highland Building, 885 Arapahoe Ave.
Authorities said the men left dirt on the walls and were destructive. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the four men.
More photos can be seen at boulder-police.com.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Ralph Smith at 303-441-3333 or report leads at crimeshurt.com.
Driver gets 18 months in Buckley base chase
A 20-year-old Northglenn man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for eluding police and crashing his car at a military base.
Adrian Moya was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Moya will also serve 12 months of supervised release after his prison term.
The incident happened in January 2012 at Buckley Air Force Base.
Weld sheriff, clerk plan to test term-limit law
The Weld County sheriff and the county clerk say they're running for re-election in 2014, even though the county attorney says they've reached the limit for consecutive terms in office.
The Greeley Tribune reports that Sheriff John Cooke and Clerk and Recorder Steve Moreno announced re-election bids Wednesday.
Each was in his second term in 2007 when voters approved a change in the county's home rule charter limiting their offices to three terms.
Moreno says he and Cooke believe the terms they were serving in 2007 cannot be applied toward the limit.
Weld County Attorney Bruce Barker says Moreno and Cooke aren't eligible to run again.
It wasn't immediately clear who has final authority to determine whether they can get on the ballot.