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It's painful to say this, but our universe is fading, not that any of us would notice. Looking up at the sky, the stars are not disappearing from sight (in spite of regular apocalyptic predictions rippling through our culture). But the rate at which the cosmos makes new stars has been declining sharply over the past few billion years. The age of splendor, of countless lights born anew in the heavens, is long gone.
In a wide-ranging study published this November in the British journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, an international team of astronomers led by David Sobral from the University of Leiden, used three huge telescopes to measure the rate of star formation at different times, from very far in the past to more recent times.
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What they found is discouraging. Equating the rate of star formation to our cosmic GDP, "the cosmic GDP output is now only 3 percent of what it used to be at the peak in star production," said Sobral. "If the measured decline continues, then no more than 5 percent more stars will form over the remaining history of the cosmos, even if we wait forever. The research suggests that we live in a universe dominated by old stars." In other words, 95 percent of the stars that our universe will make in its history have already been made.
Stars started forming only about 300 million years after the big bang. Those first stars were giants, hundreds of times bigger than our sun. Overweight stars live short lives, and these progenitors exploded within millions of years, spreading their guts into interstellar space. These stellar cataclysms spurred the birth of new stars and sprinkled space with heavier chemical elements, including carbon, oxygen, sulfur and others vital for life. As the late cosmologist Edward Harrison said, "people is what happens to hydrogen if you wait long enough." We are, in a very definite sense, children of these stars. And we are lucky to be able to witness our cosmos in its glory. Another 10 billion years from now, the sky would not be as inspiring.
The peak of star formation occurred about 11 to nine billion years ago, when about half of the stars were made. It took five times longer to make the other stars. Now, only five percent are left to be made. The great gravitational engine that compresses hydrogen clouds into energy-churning stars has lost most of its steam.
Unless, of course, the universe reverses its expanding trend and starts recollapsing upon itself due to its own attraction. In this case, matter will be compressed again and much can happen.
Unfortunately, current measurements indicate that the universe will continue to expand, possibly into endless time, picking up speed as it goes. This being the case, as Robert Frost speculated in his poem Fire and Ice, ice will win.
But I take inspiration from another poet, Dylan Thomas, who declared war on decay:
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Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
If only the universe would listen.
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Linda Shockley | 7/16/2013, 10:36 p.m.
(NNPA) – The home of Timothy Thomas Fortune, a pivotal public intellectual and pioneering 19th century journalist, is in jeopardy.
Thomas Fortune, born a slave in Marianna, Fla. in 1856, was the legendary editor of the New York Age, the most influential Black newspaper in the early 20th century. Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, he attended Howard University before making his way north. He became a confidant to the oft-at-odds Marcus J. Garvey, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, a testament to his foresight and persuasive powers.
The Victorian mansion in Monmouth County – located on the Westside of Red Bank, N.J. – is privately owned, boarded up, off and on the market, and widely unrecognized for its significance. This is odd, when it was listed in 1976 as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, a high-level designation.
Black journalists understand the importance of history. Among renaissance men and women, pioneering journalists were the writers, poets, entrepreneurs, political activists and thinkers who shaped our progress. Ida B. Wells Barnett, Samuel Cornish, John Russwurm and Martin Delaney are just a few.
Gilda Rogers, journalist, entrepreneur and Red Bank preservationist, took up the Fortune House effort in 2007. She wrote about his commute by ferry to New York City, likely visits from civil rights giants of the day, meetings of the minds that went on there.
She has reached out to community groups, the state NAACP and members of the National Black Writers Conference. Now it seems the Westside Men's Club with tax-exempt status is stepping up to work with the effort.
Articles were written, negotiations for purchase began and faltered, nothing caught fire. Preservation New Jersey, an advocacy group, named the house to its 10 most endangered sites.
"We need to shine a media spotlight on the situation, get a news outlet to view the house with a historian, we need writers to create an agenda for it," Rogers said.
Fortune became editor of and then purchased the newspaper, which eventually became The New York Age. He employed Ida B. Wells for a time. He became leader of the Afro-American Press Association, such a forward thinker to propose this terminology near the turn of the 19th century, reasoning we were African descendants in America. He also ghostwrote speeches and even books for Booker T. Washington and authored Black and White: Land, Labor and Politics in the South in 1884. In 1923, he became editor of the Negro World, replacing the imprisoned Marcus Garvey. He would die in 1928.
"Kids walk past the house every day and they have no clue. There is nothing memorializing T. Thomas Fortune," Rogers said.
Historic preservation consultant Peter Primavera, who said he learned of the site in 1997, foresaw the possibility of demolition on a recent visit to Red Bank as the real estate market reheated and downtown development is being planned.
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1. Employee means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract for hire, written or oral, express or implied, for the state of political subdivision of the state.
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Centering Absolutely Positioned CSSApril 23, 2003
When it comes to absolute positioning, you are stuck aligning everything to the left or right of the browser. There is no way to align from a center axis.
I was faced with that a few days back, and it turns out it's entirely possible, actually, given a bit of monkey work. Here's my solution, which holds up in everything I've checked it in so far.
It strikes me that there's a simpler way to do it, but the example I'm working with hasn't duplicated when simplified. I'll update if I manage to get it.
update: IE5-friendly example added.
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ns4 + tables + transparent spacer gifs + limitations + browser compatibility issues + quirky bugs = the old method
CSS + divs + limitations + browser compatibility issues + quirky bugs = the new method
i like how CSS has progressed and i do admit that CSS has provided a stronger element for the web browsing experience… but is it the light at the end of the dark tunnel? helllllll-no. far from it. ;0)
maybe i'm missing something, but for centering div's with xhtml, i just put a div align=center tag around everything i want centered, and it works fine (view source on my twothirty.com site to see what i mean).
haze - by your count, that's 6 to 5. Score one for CSS. ;)
paul - yeah, that works for documents built in a sequential 1-2-3 order, where you're working from the top down and positioning elements according to their place in the code. If you start positioning non-linearly, it's almost impossible to break out of that flow given the dynamic nature of the content in each element. This is, I believe, why all the examples of the standard 3 column layout are built to scale the entire browser window. (of course, in researching that statement I found Eric Costello's example of a fixed-width, centered 3 column layout, proving me wrong)
Anyway, a scenario. You've got a list of links that's running down the right side of the screen. You've been a good little web developer and floated the containing DIV, so things are fine. Now you're asked to take that list, and run it horizontally across the header. The easiest thing to do would be to throw it in the top, positioned absolutely, but you can only do that if your content isn't floating. If your site is fixed-width, centered, you have almost no way of using absolute positioning, so you're SOL.
Not a very likely occurance, so this is mostly an academic exercise, but I did need to do precisely that the other day.
5 to 6? that depends on whether youre willing to support ns6 i guess. lol! i'm not, but i know ESPN does.


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They that are wise … and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide [are not] deceived (D&C 45:57).
Our daughter Mary had an experience that taught her about making good choices. Mary was an excellent soccer player. She was in a league that played its games on Saturdays. But one year when she was in her early teens, her team kept winning and made it to the championship game, which was to be played on a Sunday. Mary knew that the Sabbath was a special day for going to church and learning about the gospel, not a day for recreation. But because she was a key player on the team, and it was the team's first time in a championship game, Mary received a lot of pressure from her teammates, coaches, and even from other parents.
Mary was unhappy about the situation and asked us what she should do. After thinking and praying about it, my wife and I knew that our daughter was ready to take the responsibility for her own decision. We encouraged her to think about it and pray about it, and told her that we believed she should make this decision on her own.
After a few days of pressure from her friends, Mary made the decision that she would play in the championship game. But when the game ended, Mary slowly walked off the field. "Oh, Mom," she said, "that felt awful. I never want to feel that way again! I'm never playing another game on the Sabbath day." And she never did.
She continued to play sports in her school and her community, but she never again let pressure from these teams move her from the path she knew was right. She had learned for herself how important it was to her Heavenly Father to keep this commandment, and she never forgot this lesson.
The scriptures teach us what it means to be wise: "They that are wise … and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide [are not] deceived" (D&C 45:57). One of the best ways you can avoid making unwise choices is by learning how to pray and how to feel the Spirit. Heavenly Father loves you, and He is willing to communicate with you through prayer about anything you want to talk about. He will also help you to learn from the mistakes you make so you can become a better person.


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We have been very busy over the past few weeks at the Royal Commission and this week has been spent with the Reconnaissance Team. The team is split into three areas, aerial photography, maritime and uplands survey, looking for new sites in many different areas across Wales as well as monitoring known ones.
We started the week by learning how to catalogue aerial photographs onto the Commission's database, using GIS to help us locate them on the map. It was really interesting trying to locate sites where the National Grid Reference (NGR) was not known to us, and helped me to learn more about the geography and archaeology of Wales.
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Midweek we went to Bryn Y Fan (SN93158870) near Clywedog to see what is involved in the Uplands Archaeology Initiative and talked to Paul Sambrook and Jenny Hall of Trysor about the community archaeology they undertake. We walked up and around the hill for most of the day looking for any archaeological sites. We did find some Cairns which was really exciting which we recorded by taking a NGR, measurements and photos.
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I have often thought back to a conversation I had many years ago with one of my students. She had come from a rural background with a strong, and in many ways admirable, streak of self-reliance. She was dumbfounded when I quoted the saying "There but for the grace of God go I," often attributed to a sixteenth century evangelical preacher and martyr, John Bradford. How could I, her professor, imagine myself in the position of people who were down and out, people without jobs who needed help? Read the rest of this entry »
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On election night, we spent part of the evening with friends who, like us, had served in the U.S. Peace Corps. The group had invited Diane Reiner to speak about her experience in Uganda. She brought Ronald Sseruyange (pronounced Sse as in send, ru as in rue the day, yang as in fang, and ending with the ge pronounced gay) from Kampala.
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Well... the fake snow lasted about 20 minutes before I kicked both girls out of the box and got out my mini dust buster and sucked up the fake glitter that was taking over the kitchen. I replaced all of the fake snow with uncooked white rice and it has been much better since. The snow was pretty but with the 23 month old it was traveling near and far. I tried to not be too Mommy Dearest as I threw away the snow and explained why rice was even cooler than fluff.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Homemade Christmas Reveal #2: The Winter Sensory Box
Here is the long awaited, much anticipated Winter Sensory Box in all of it's glory.
Well... the fake snow lasted about 20 minutes before I kicked both girls out of the box and got out my mini dust buster and sucked up the fake glitter that was taking over the kitchen. I replaced all of the fake snow with uncooked white rice and it has been much better since. The snow was pretty but with the 23 month old it was traveling near and far. I tried to not be too Mommy Dearest as I threw away the snow and explained why rice was even cooler than fluff.
Labels: Christmas, Create, Explore, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Play, Sensory Box, Winter
Monday, December 29, 2008
* So Much Cooler Than Pixie Hollow: DIY Homemade Fairy House
Home Made Christmas Reveal #1: Home Grown Pixie Hollow.
Eat your heart out Tinkerbell.
We've got the coolest fairy house on the block.
Built by yours truly and my darling husband as one of this year's coolest Christmas gifts.
Eat your heart out Tinkerbell.
We've got the coolest fairy house on the block.
Built by yours truly and my darling husband as one of this year's coolest Christmas gifts.
This year my sweet hubby helped me with some of my crazy home made Christmas crafting and this was one of my favorite creations by far. We built a fairy house for our girls to play with. I've seen similar ones on-line and in catalogs but I did not have $300 lying around to drop on one and decided we could meet the challenge and make our own. My parents watched the girls for a Saturday afternoon so we could be busy little elves and get the thing built without an audience. It was quite a little engineering project but it turned out well and is very sturdy.
Materials: We ordered irregular tree "rounds" from Walnut Hollow
(3 circles cost me under $7.00!) to make the floors.
If you have a chain saw and fire wood you could do this for less but it was worth every penny in my book.
Then I ordered the smaller circles to build the stair cases from Discount School Supply (They're called Wood Craft Rounds -- bag of 50 pieces for $11).
The base was an unfinished pine table top from Lowes. The rest was found and recycled stuff from our garage. The columns were cut from a branch the girls and I found on a nature walk this fall and our re-cycled outdoor umbrella post (the top half of this same umbrella became a trellis for my morning glory vines last summer)
The furniture was made by my very patient, artsy, and sweet father with twigs, wood glue, and some unfinished wood boxes from the craft store. I also found a little set of fairy furniture at Five Below for $5 - (SCORE! A complete bargain!) Dad made the wishing well (lined with aqua colored fish gravel), both beds, the tables and chairs, a bench, a rabbit hutch, and a fire pit (with faux red cellophane fire). I sewed mini mattresses and will be making tiny silk flower quilts later. I got the fairy dolls (on sale plus a coupon) at the Disney Store in November.
We've been having a great time with our tiny fairy family
Our silk scarves have been great ponds, waterfalls, snow, and fields!
I'll post the Winter Box next.
Our silk scarves have been great ponds, waterfalls, snow, and fields!
I'll post the Winter Box next.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
This is the Gingerbread House the Frog Princess Built
so easy) Walmart kit. I love the rainbow (of course!) roof that she made and the lollipop trees and gumdrop side lights. We wanted to add a Sweedish Fish coy pond but there wasn't enough room. Our leftover halloween candy served us well!
Happy Holidays !
Wishing you all a very
Merry Christmas
Happy Chanukah
Happy Kwanza
and a healthy, joyous, crafty, and green New Year!
Wishing you all a very
Merry Christmas
Happy Chanukah
Happy Kwanza
and a healthy, joyous, crafty, and green New Year!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
* Do You Have a Fairy In the House? Custom Spice Jar Labels To Make Mealtime Fun for Kids
The Frog Princess made this adorable label with self adhesive white office label paper to convert one of my half empty cinnamon spice bottles into a new and improved Fairy Dust bottle. It contains a mixture of cinnamon and sugar and has made breakfast time a bit more exciting in a "fancy nancy" way. I got this fabulous idea from Megan's Blog Plum Pudding. She made a whole set of these "Sprinkle Jars" with her kids to spice up their mealtimes and I think it's a fantastic idea. Go check out her post and see her kid's adorable artwork on their labels.
What a fun way to get your kids to try new foods. She has much healthier things like wheat germ, flax seeds, sesame seeds, pepper, nutmeg, etc. A harmless way to give them a little more control at meal time and anything that prevents a battle is something I'll add to my playbook any day.
Labels: Explore, Fairy, Family, Making Memories, Play, Preschool, School Age
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Mini Muffin Tin Lunch
My kids are sick of soup and Mini Saurus won't eat Mac and Cheese (I know! What's up with that?) I needed to find an easy lunch time meal solution that made the girls happy and works for mama too.
Solution: Mini Muffin Pan lunches.
I've seen these on several other blog sites and I had to see what all of the fuss was about. Well ladies, I am converted. The girls loved eating their "poo-poo platters" as the Frog Princess calls them out of the mini muffin tins. They fit beautifully in my dishwasher for easy clean up.
I can fill the cups with bits of leftovers from the fridge to make a fairly balanced meal (and yes, organic cheese puffs are part of the dairy group!) The girls happily munch their way through leftover green beans, leftover corn, diced grapes/raisins, turkey pepperoni, white american cheese, and a little something sweet (like mini marshmallows, jelly beans, chocolate chips, etc.)
So simple but so fun. This would be fantastic for our family movie night when we all eat dinner in the family room and watch a dvd. We might manage to spill less for the ants.
Labels: Family
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Bloggy Christmas Ornament Exchange
Quality Control:
Here are our scrapbook paper ornaments being inspected by Mini-Saurus
before we mailed them.
(We made mini versions to go on the girl's christmas trees.)
Here are our scrapbook paper ornaments being inspected by Mini-Saurus
before we mailed them.
(We made mini versions to go on the girl's christmas trees.)
The Frog Princess and I participated in a wonderful Kid's Christmas Ornament exchange through Cami's Blog at Full Circle. Our theme was "Winter Wonderland" and we were to create home-made ornaments with our children. The Frog Princess is the glitter glue queen. She rocked adding ornaments and garland to our scrapbook paper trees.
120 families are participating this year (WOW!) and we each make 7 ornaments to send to 7 other bloggy families and will get 7 ornaments in return. How cool is that?! I'm super excited to see my new ornaments and to make new bloggy friends. Crafts, Christmas, Family, and Blogging, Four of my favorite things!
It has been so fun going to the mail box each day to see if we've gotten a new ornament. Three have arrived so far (see the photo above) and by the Frog Princess' reaction to each of them you would think that Santa himself arrived in each of those envelopes. Thank you ladies for such a fun new tradition!
Labels: Christmas, Create, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Making Memories, Paper Crafts, Sewing Fun, Winter
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
* Holiday Scented Glitter Play Dough
So I put the Frog Princess to work with me this week and we made our own home-made holiday scented glitter play dough in the kitchen. It was fun! We combined science, cooking, and arts and crafts into one big messy adventure. I'm planning to have some available to buy at my craft fair booth. Fun, organic stocking stuffers!
We made a batch of Peppermint Green (with glitter), Cinnamon Red, and Sparkly Vanilla White.Our batch of Little Gingerbread Boy Brown smelled good enough to eat with allspice, cinnamon and ginger. It was like making cookies with less post holiday saddle bag damage!
We plan to make future custom color and scent combinations as birthday gifts for the Frog Princess' little friends. I see visions of rainbow colored glitter dough in themes like Fairy Forrest Friends and Alien Army.
Labels: Christmas, Create, Explore, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Play, Play Dough, Preschool, Recipes, Winter
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Felt Flower Barrettes: Everything's Coming Up Daisies
Here are my flower power girl power hair accessories I made for the craft show this weekend. I also have head bands and pins with these little felt flowers on them. I love the different color combinations. This was one of my favorite crafts to make because of the fun materials. I have a hard time explaining how happy a stack of felt (in rainbow order of course) and a big jar of buttons makes me. You'll see me at the bus stop sporting some of these with my girls. I plan to make more for various friends and their little girls as birthday gifts.
Wouldn't these make cute little stocking stuffers? I think the ponytail holders would be adorable napkin rings for your cloth napkins green mamas!
Labels: Christmas, Create, Fun With Felt, Holidays, Homemade Gifts, Sewing Fun
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
In My Studio....Homemade Christmas Gifts - Ocean In A Box
Update: These little clothespin mermaids were so popular that Disney bought
the rights to the craft from me to use in their Family Fun Magazine
and their Spoonful and Family Fun Princess Crafts website! Yay!
** If you want to make your own clothespin mermaid, check out my
They are easy to make, directions and printable templates can be found in my
The post below is really old and from my pre-watermarking days,
please give proper credit to my ideas and images and do not steal!
My Ocean In a Box Sensory Box
My homemade clothespin mermaids.
Just got home from a Daisy scout cookie exchange and sing along. Now I'm catching up on my blogging instead of finishing a twenty million little projects waiting for me in my studio. So here is today's post...gifts you can make at home for your kids.
This weekend, I'm setting up a little table, my own booth, per se at a local craft show with my favorite fellow artist, my mom. We're planning to hawk our wares and see if we can raise a little Christmas cash. That is if we can off-set the cost of our booth rental, our materials, and the time we've spent making our stuff. Mom will be selling her gorgeous hand-painted cards and ornaments. I will be taking the kiddy route and selling gifts for the under 4 feet tall crowd and their keepers. If nothing sells I figure I've got my first batch for my Etsy shop or I can beg all of you to take mercy on me and relieve me of a years worth of birthday party gifts for little girls ages 4-6. I'm going to post some of my creations this week so you can see how I've been spending Mini-Saurus' nap time and my evening hours for the past few weeks.
First up...my little mermaid boxes. These are small versions of my Ocean in a Box that I will be selling with home-made sea weed and mermaids. We'll see if anyone likes them or not. My studio table was a very happy place today with 20 mini mermaids covering it.
Update -- these little clothespin mermaids were so cute and popular Family Fun Magazine actually bought the rights to use them in their own books and magazines! Woot! : )
Coming up next....What's that sound? Is there a jungle near by?
Labels: Christmas, Create, Holidays, Homemade Toys, Play, Preschool, School Age, Sensory Box
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Fun Gifts You Can Make for Your Kids - Garden In A Box
In continuation with our box themes we now have a "Garden Box" sensory box.
This is like the Ocean Box,
Winter Wonderland Box (photos and post coming this month)
and our Under Construction Box.
This could be a "Fairy Garden", a "Bug Habitat" or even a "Jungle"
I used shredded green paper from Easter time
(you could also just run some green scraps through a document shredder)
silk flowers, a small watering can (no water of course!)
assorted plastic bugs and frogs, a small pail and some mini gardening tools.
The girls have been having a blast "planting" and "picking" flowers.
The polly pockets and fairies have been traipsing around in the wilderness and have been on the lookout for camouflaged giant lizards!
Happy Spring!
Labels: Preschool, Sensory Box, Spring, Summer
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The Royal Opera is to perform Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on 11 January 2012, in a concert performance at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
The cast features Wolfgang Koch as Hans Sachs, Emma Bell as Eva, Toby Spence as David, Sir John Tomlinson as Pogner, Simon O'Neill as Walther and Peter Coleman-Wright as Beckmesser. The performance will be conducted by the newly knighted Sir Antonio Pappano. Wolfgang Koch steps into the role of Hans Sachs as Bryn Terfel has regretfully had to withdraw from the role.
Here's another chance to watch the conductor's recent Insight event:
The concert is recommended by BBC Music Magazine's Editor, Oliver Condy: "Here's a chance to catch the composer at his more light-hearted, performed by a world-class bunch of musicians."
The performance is one of a series of Wagner's works featured as part of the Concert season, including City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Tristan und Isolde; Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre's Parsifal and Opera North's Die Walküre.


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Greetings Sacramento Mustachians! Last year we had a picnic at McKinley Park on a mid-March afternoon. Are you interested in doing this again? I'll just throw out a random date - does Saturday, March 26 at noon work? It's after the rainy season and before it's super hot, so I hope the weather cooperates.Last time, we grabbed a picnic table, shared munchies, and basically chatted for awhile. Perhaps this time we could also bring outdoor games or activities and lawn chairs.I came away feeling more motivated on certain life strategies, and isn't that what it's about - keeping up the momentum? Networking, sharing ideas, celebrating successes, and so on.
Yes, that time is a good one. Tentatively I could make Saturday March 26. Rob in cal
Perhaps not a formal meetup, but if anyone ever wants to join me I am usually doing something outside on the weekends. Mostly I've been working my way through the book 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles - Sacramento, but sometimes I'm out riding on trails or going to some free event. Send me a message if you're bored and looking for something to do. :)
I don't know if anyone is still checking this thread, but I'm in Sacramento (midtown-er here) and would love to meet others!


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School Days
Yesterday I was holding a brand-new, wailing baby girl swaddled in her hospital issued striped blanket. Or at least it felt like yesterday. But really, it was three and a half years ago. And as cliché as the saying is, time does fly by. I'm certain that in twenty-years time, I'll have a similar reflection and wonder where all that time went. The memory of my daughter as a newborn became recently vivid as Elly just started pre-school.
Like pretty much all parental experiences, choosing a pre-school was a first for us. If I had to draw a parallel, choosing a pre-school nowadays feels a bit like what choosing a college was for me. There are so many choices! Except, somehow this choice feels even more daunting if you get it wrong. Gone are the days of the neighborhood house where five or six kids spent a few hours playing blocks and coloring pages. Now pre-schools are touted as the beginning of one's education. And I suppose rightly so. But it can get to be a bit overwhelming - especially if the decisions made now do have a lasting impact. Silly, in a way, isn't it? Or is it? Teachers make a big difference in one's life. As does enjoying school. And this is the beginning of many years of it. So, we want the best shot of getting it "right".
We started looking for our current home when Elly had just turned two. Given that she wouldn't start school for almost eighteen months, we figured that we would wait until we landed in our new town before we looked into pre-schools. As soon as we moved into our house and our neighbors met Elly, the first words out of their mouths were "You have to get her into The Children's Place." The Children's Place is our town's Montessori and apparently a big hit with the locals. As we shuffled boxes around and shook hands with our neighbors, we ended up hearing it from so many people (including some adult alums of the school), that we decided to look into it.
Our neighbor, June said that she would call the school and put in a word for us. We then called the school ourselves and asked for some information. They suggested that we make an appointment to visit and interview. Interview?! When we were kids, watching Sesame Street and playing with Fisher Price toys were what three-year-olds did. Nowadays, one has to interview to get into preschool. By the time Elly has kids, I suspect there will be some sort of SATs for admission into pre-school.
It was the morning of our appointment. We dressed Elly in an outfit akin to what Laura Ingalls from "Little House on the Prairie" wore, but with the style and panache that Carrie Bradshaw would bring to it. We arrived at the school and met with the director, Mrs. Peluso. She took us around the school to see the classrooms. We were astonished at how in each of these rooms, the children were nearly silent - each of them intently working on some task. I whispered to Greg, "Do they sedate the kids on interview days?" He nudged me to be quiet.
After our tour, Mrs. Peluso gave Elly some crayons and paper and sat her at a desk. She then invited us to sit around a child height table on little chairs. While we adults talked, Greg and I both kept glancing over at Elly. We felt pressure, most likely completely in our own minds, for her to create something epic. As I tried to stay engaged in our interview, I concurrently willed her to draw something that would impress Jackson Pollack or Miro. And for goodness sake, at the absolute minimum, please don't write on the walls!
Mrs. Peluso went into the pedagogy of Montessori and explained the school's history. As it turns out, most people start the application process when they first become sexually active. So, it turns out that with Elly being only a year away from admission, we were a little late to the game. I'm kidding about the part of being first sexually active. But I am totally serious, that many people enroll their child when they are still in utero. Crazy, isn't it?
So against all odds, we decided to formally apply. To extend our anxiety, we wouldn't find out if she got in for six more months! In this regard, it's actually more painful than college admission. What if she didn't get in? What would we do as a backup? So, you got it. We chose a safety school. In today's world, one actually needs a "safety school" for pre-school. I use the term "safety school" somewhat in a joking way. Because the school that we chose, was also a great school.
Flash-forward to March, and Elly's letter arrived. I judged the envelope's size, remembering the similarity to college admissions. I called Greg at work since I knew that I wouldn't be able to wait to open it. She had been accepted! She may as well have been admitted to Harvard because we were just as excited. Shortly after the acceptance letters went out, the school hosted the annual Spring Fair. We went so that we could meet more families and get further acquainted. They had tons of activities set up including a ginormous bouncy castle structure. I think it was bigger than the first apartment that Greg and I lived in. Elly had a blast! She romped and frolicked and played. I kept telling her, "Elly, this is your new school! You'll be coming here this fall."
It wasn't until two days later that I realized the inadvertent monster that I created. A monster even bigger than the bouncy castle. We were driving by the school, now without the Spring Fair fanfare when Elly shouts "That's my school. It's gonna be so much fun! They have a big bouncy castle!!" For weeks to come, I worked on undoing damage. "Elly, sweetie. The bouncy castle isn't going to be there when you go to school. It's just a special occasion treat." I had visions of her first day of school in September. We would be walking up the driveway, and there I would be holding the hand of an utterly deflated child who thinks, "Man, this school sucks. There's no bouncy castle or anything." (Hopefully, not in those words. But you get my point.)
Summer came and went, as it always does, and it was time for the first day of school. I dressed Elly, took the requisite pictures and walked her to school. On the first day, parents were invited into the playground with the kids, to ease them in. We were about to climb a ladder by the swing-set, when Elly got bonked in the head with an acorn falling from the tree. "Ow!" she shouted. I checked her out. She was fine. I told her that she got whacked with her good luck acorn, secretly hoping that it was good omen. We met some of her classmates and their parents. Everyone was very kind and welcoming. Many of the kids were returning and others had older siblings who had come before them. We also had already met a few folks from town so that broke the ice a bit more for both Elly and me. Soon, we heard the ringing of a cow bell indicating that it was time to line up. The children were all stood along the fence waiting to be taken into their classrooms. Some were crying, some were smiling. Elly was doing neither. She was just taking it all in - observing her new classmates, watching what the teachers were doing. She was very much her typical self. When it came time for them to go in, we waved to each other and I said "Have fun! I love you." And then it happened. And I knew it would. I got all misty-eyed. I totally had to tough it up. There were other dads present. Already, I was the token gay. I didn't need to be the crying one, too. But here was my baby girl, starting to go to school five mornings a week. This was it. Her educational journey had begun.
It made me think back to my first day of kindergarten. Having not gone to pre-school, it was my first official day of school. I remember walking there with my mom and her dropping me into our classroom in the basement of the elementary school. As she was about to leave, I said "How about if I just take today off?" My teacher, Miss Haggar scooped me up and encouraged me to come in. And almost instantly, I was fine. Reflecting back on all the years of schooling I've had from kindergarten to graduate school, the most meaningful years for me were elementary school and college. And to this day, Miss Haggar and a few of my other elementary teachers are still very dear to me. I even keep in touch with a few of them. They taught me some of the most important lessons in life - how to read, how to do math, how to be kind to people. They were encouraging and supportive. They focused on my strengths and built on my creativity. My third-grade teacher, Mrs. Sartano, walked me through the process of getting a copyright in the Library of Congress for a children's book that I wrote. All these years later and I still hold my elementary teachers in the highest regard. They helped build a foundation and an appreciation for education that made a difference in my life. When I was in sixth grade, I got to help in Miss Haggar's classroom. I remember crying on my last day of elementary school when I had to say goodbye to her.
Turns out, I was right to cry. Twelve is about the age when one's gayness starts to "show." I couldn't care less about the Red Sox but had to have the latest Jordache jeans. Middle school was not filled with the dear, supportive teachers that I had in elementary school. Middle school was the beginning of a number of quite frankly, miserable years, as many of my other fellow gays (and straights will attest). It was like a switch had been flipped. The tenderness and guidance of elementary school teachers was supplanted by my middle school teachers, who would have been better suited as janitors at the Home Depot. They were quicker to point out my effeminate qualities than focus on building me up. Thanks, assholes. Being a pubescent teen isn't difficult enough without your teachers adding insult to injury. And when you can't count on the adults playing the role of adult, you know that you're screwed. I went from being a student who enjoyed school and looked forward to each day to one who dreaded it like the plague. And I bring this up, because it illustrates the difference between good teachers and bad teachers. It's huge! Outside of one's parents and family, they are the most influential people in your child's life.
Greg and I really want Elly to love school. It seems safe to assume that she is enjoying it. One of the first mornings, she woke up at the crack of dawn and tiptoed into our bedroom.
"Daddy," she whispered.
"Yes, Elly," I groggily replied in the darkness of the early autumn morning.
"Is it morning yet?"
I glanced at the clock. It was 5:47 AM. "I suppose it sort of is, Elly."
"Then I can wake up?"
"I guess you can." As my feet hit the floor, I anticipated how long it would be before I could get to my coffee. "But, Elly. It's not quite time for school yet. We still have a few more hours to go."
"Oh, ok. Let's go have some breakfast and then it will be almost time to go."
"Ok, I want Weetabix."
And, I have to say, I was looking forward to going to the school, too. As much as it's important for Elly to fit in and have a good time, it's also important for us to fit in as a family. Each morning at drop-off, I stop and talk with the parents there. Later that morning, I was chatting with Gabby, a mom with whom I had gotten friendly over the week. As we were talking, Gabby noted "I don't think I've met your wife." Having learned through the years that the best way to deal with the "wife" question is immediately, I quickly replied "I'm sure you haven't. Actually, I have a husband."
She quickly came back with "Oh, that's great. I'm a democrat." We both chuckled. I can tell that we'll be good friends.
Another way, I can tell that Elly loves school is because her favorite pretend play is now to play teacher. One afternoon, as we were having a snack, she said,
"Daddy, I want to be a teacher."
"That's great, Elly. I think you'd be an excellent teacher."
"Tomorrow, when I'm bigger, will you send me to be a teacher?"
"You bet."
She lays down blankets as rugs and then gives lessons to her dolls. Cindy, her favorite doll, features prominently in her lessons. And Elly always reminds me that "You shouldn't disturb someone when they're doing their work." It's so sweet to watch her circle the "classroom" and check on the "children."
A few days later she asked me for a clipboard. I knew exactly where she was going with this request. I got her one. And in my mom's wedge heeled espadrilles, she grabbed the board and told me that "All of we teachers have one of these boards." Then she addressed her class "Now come on kids! Hang your coats on the hook."
I hope that Elly's excitement and her love of learning sticks with her. Every time I see her with her teacher, Mrs. Ameran, I see me as a boy with Miss Haggar. I hope that Elly draws the same inspiration from Mrs. Ameran as I do from my first teacher. Watching her emulate Mrs. Ameran, makes me feel proud. Her actions are always loving and kind. Her words always gentle and sweet even when she's being firm with "the children." At three, it's way too early to know if Elly will be a teacher. If that's what the future holds for her, I'm sure she will be a brilliant one. The most important thing is for her to love learning. So far, I think we're off to a good start.
And as I'm typing this column, I just got an email reminding me about the "Flower Schedule." Hmmm, Flower Schedule? It turns out that each week a parent is assigned to bring in a bouquet of fresh flowers for the children to arrange. Yup, it looks like we picked the right school. For all of us.


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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a draft recommendation statement(www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org) indicating that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment using the ankle brachial index (ABI) in adults.
The recommendation applies to asymptomatic adults who have no known diagnosis of PAD, CVD, severe chronic kidney disease or diabetes.
USPSTF Co-vice Chair Michael LeFevre, M.D., M.S.P.H., of Columbia, Mo., told AAFP News Now that the task force concluded that evidence for screening for PAD using ABI in asymptomatic adults who have not been diagnosed as having CVD or diabetes is lacking, and, therefore, the balance of benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic adults cannot be determined. He also said the task force found no evidence indicating that screening for and treating PAD in asymptomatic patients leads to clinically important benefits.
"If you've got somebody who's on the line and might want to take cholesterol-lowering medications but isn't sure, or their risk is intermediate and you want to be sure, it's possible -- but we're not certain -- that some additional information might help you make a one-on-one decision with your individual patient. But across populations, we have no evidence to suggest that it's helpful," he said. "We just aren't sure yet."
- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft statement indicating that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and cardiovascular disease risk assessment using the ankle brachial index in adults.
- The task force found no evidence that screening for and treatment of PAD in asymptomatic patients leads to clinically important benefits.
- Both the draft recommendation statement and draft evidence report are available for comment until April 15 at 5 p.m. EDT.
The last time the USPSTF focused on screening for PAD, according to LeFevre, it did so solely with regard to detection and management of PAD.
"This time, we added screening for PAD as a way to screen for coronary artery disease and for preventing coronary artery disease events, rather than PAD symptoms," he said. "The gist of that is that this is a systemic disease, so if you find disease in the arteries of legs, does that need to be managed differently to prevent heart attack?
"So, for the most part, if family physicians are doing appropriate risk management to prevent heart attacks, you have to question whether or not your treatment is going to change based on what you find in legs."
LeFevre said he doesn't see himself changing how he approaches CVD prevention in his patients.
"Right now, even though the balance of benefits and harms is uncertain, it would be hard for me to imagine that there would be many circumstances in which my management of a patient to prevent coronary artery disease would be influenced by the results of this test," he said. "Of course, as often as not, it's not a question of whether the family physician decides to order (the test); instead, the patient comes in with results. The important question for the family physician to ask is: Do the results of this test help me to prevent heart disease in this patient?"
On a side note, LeFevre pointed out that development of the PAD recommendation statement represents the first time the USPSTF will have followed the full transparency process it initiated in 2007 from beginning to end.
"We posted our draft research plan(www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org) and reached out to interest groups, and this is the first time we are posting the evidence report and the recommendation statement at the same time in draft form," he said. "Both the (draft) evidence report and the (draft) recommendation statement will be revised on the basis of public comment."
The draft recommendation statement is available for comment until April 15 at 5 p.m. EDT.
The AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and Science is reviewing the USPSTF draft recommendation and evidence report and will comment on the draft and make recommendations to the Academy's Board of Directors regarding any indicated changes in current AAFP policy.
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The media continues to annoy the long-suffering Dr Shadowfax.
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29 October 2007
MRSA Hysteria
The media continues to annoy the long-suffering Dr Shadowfax.
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the bugs are winning, there is no question about that. Yet I doubt this new hysteria will be enough to stop people on insisting for an antibiotic prescription if they have a cough that lasts for more than a few days. I dunno, call it a hunch.ReplyDelete
1st to comment on the new blog! (sorry for the CARS-style post, couldn't resist)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/29/2007 8:56 PM
The Seattle Times' headlines were positively irresponsible. My ID buddies were pretty irritated and I wasn't far behind.ReplyDelete
Glad it's not just us.
- Anonymous10/30/2007 2:59 AM
Not related to this, but please check out Grand Rounds today at http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/10/grand-rounds-volume-4-number-6.html. Some moving and insightful stories about experiences in hospitals. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Of course we have a fairly small impact on this...given that the largest impact on Abx resistance is agricultural.ReplyDelete
God I wish I could afford to buy meat at whole foods
- The House Whisperer10/30/2007 12:19 PM
People are freaking out. I saw about 15 wrestlers from a school, all with basically acne, requesting antibiotics for their "MRSA". Maybe 2-3 really had it, and none with an abscess. This really is a very minor problem for most people, folks. I'm really getting tired of the media hysteria, and the absolute inability of lay people to look beyond the headlines.ReplyDelete
I heard some talk yesterday that we may start doing a rapid MRSA test in one of the labs I work in. I haven't read much about it yet, but I have a feeling it will be a popular test. Does your lab offer it? If so, do you order this test on ED patients?ReplyDelete
Rapid MRSA test? Fascinating. I had never heard of such a thing, but it makes sense. We don't do it but probably will in the future...ReplyDelete
When I find out more I'll send you some info. Until then there is cheap entertainment to be had at M.D.O.D. Etotheipi has asked for suggestions for what MDOD stands for.... :-)ReplyDelete


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David Bazan
The son of a pastor, David Bazan wasn't introduced to secular music until his early youth, which helps explain the Christian-influenced songwriting of his band project, Pedro the Lion. Bazan formed the group in 1995, mixing first-person narratives and nuanced indie rock with contributions from a rotating cast of musicians. Based in Seattle, the group released four albums, beginning with 1998's It's Hard to Find a Friend and concluding with 2004's Achilles Heel. Bazan stopped using the name in early 2006, but his musical aspirations continued with several other outfits, as well as a solo career.
Shortly after dropping the Pedro the Lion moniker, Bazan joined Nick Peterson and Starflyer 59's Frank Lenz to form an electronic pop group called Headphones. He also began recording his own solo material, and 2006 saw the release of a solo EP entitled Fewer Moving Parts. The album featured five songs, each one performed twice: first as a fully-arranged song, and later in an acoustic rendition. Bazan even altered the songs' names depending on their arrangements. Named one of the Top 100 Living Songwriters by Paste Magazine, he spent the early portion of 2006 on tour in Europe with the Undertow Orchestra, an outfit featuring fellow songwriters Vic Chesnutt, Will Johnson, and Mark Eitzel. He headed to North America later that summer, supporting his EP's release with a tour alongside Micah P. Hinson.
Three years later, Bazan made his full-length solo debut with the release of Curse Your Branches. Issued on the Barsuk label, the album cracked the Billboard 200 and received warm reviews. He hit the road after its release, recording one of his live performances -- an October 2009 set at the Electrical Audio studio in Chicago -- and releasing it in 2010 as Live at Electrical Audio. The same touring band that appeared on the Electrical Audio album also performed on his second solo album, Strange Negotiations, issued during the early summer of 2011.
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After a busy work day, there´s nothing better than having a dinner outside and just relax. I mixed the work clothes of yesterday - a white blazer - with casual jeans shorts from Milan. Just a simple and comfortable outfit enriched with rock-style accessories...
31 May 2012
28 May 2012
Sunny Windy Sunday
On Sunday, I decided to wear an ancient style inspired look - a long summer dress from Zara matched with jewels from Zara Taylor and sandals from Zara. Lot´s of Zaras! :-)
26 May 2012
Lago di Como
During my holidays in Milan, I made a trip to Lago di Como. Such a beautiful place! These pictures were taken mostly in the amazing park of Villa d´Este.
25 May 2012
BCBG Max Azria Dress
For a friends´ wedding, I wore a simple and elegant BCBG Max Azria dress in 50´s style with powder pink silk embroidered scarf and sandals and fine golden jewels.
23 May 2012
Shopping in Milan
Last week I went to Milan to visit my best friend, btw an amazing super-talented flute player Jana Jarkovska. Apart from sightseeing and visiting a couple of art exhibitions, I went for some shopping as well. Of course, as Milan is a complete shopping paradise! :-)
And this is a list of things I bought in Milano:
- Furla Candy black studded pumps - absolutely amazing!!!
- Michael Kors golden watch - I wanted one like this for so long!
- Bikini Yamamay - I can´t wait for going to the beach!
- Beach dress Yamamay
- Black dress Zara
- Flower dress Zara
- Pink blazer Zara
- Rose ring Accessories
- Silver headband Accessories
Thank God I had a flight with Easyjet and had a luggage limit! :-D
In order to save my budget, I proudly resisted the Jimmy Choo´s loafers but now I´ve found out that it´s possible to buy them online, ooops...
Zara Taylor
I confess, I just love Zara Taylor jewellery. The golden leaves set of bracelet and ear-rings with pearls is a total must-have for me. I have ordered it about a month ago and was sooo excited when it arrived! And - Murphy´s law - I lost the bracelet the first day I wore it. :-( So sad! I just couldn´t resist and ordered it again. Hope this time I´m gonna enjoy it longer!
The second item is a silver bracelet Anchors Away, very useful in case I´d once go sailing... :-D In the meanwhile, such a nice piece will match with nearly everything. :-)
The second item is a silver bracelet Anchors Away, very useful in case I´d once go sailing... :-D In the meanwhile, such a nice piece will match with nearly everything. :-)
15 May 2012
And the Light Goes On
Another couple of glared pictures from the last weekend... Wondering about the reason, I think that my camera might have weaned the sunlight in Belgium, poor little thing. :-)
I wanted white jeans a couple of years but couldn´t find any that would have fit me. Finally a month ago I got these in Replay. As always, there´s no other jeans brand that would fit me better than Replay.
What about you? Don´t tell me that you can find white jeans easily! :-)
14 May 2012
Light Light
I´m definitely not a photographer and unfortunately I know very little about it. And this is the result: I was so excited that it´s sunny this weekend and went to take pictures of two outfits, both in summery light colours... And at home I found out that the photos are totally glared. Now I get why photographers often complain when shooting white clothes.
Hope you can see the structure of the top a bit, it´s really cool and unusual. As you cannot see, it´s brindled light blue. :-) Next time!
12 May 2012
In the Rain
Sometimes (actually very often) it´s difficult to take pictures in Belgium as it rains here all the time.
I managed to take these photos yesterday evening. I was wearing my new silk dress from Mango. I´m in love with this blue - turqoise - white colour combination! So summery (the clothes, not the weather)... :-)
The new blue bracelet with white stars is from Sal Y Limon, a brand which I like very much and have finally discovered it in Belgium.
11 May 2012
60´s School Girl
9 May 2012
Portugal - Miscellaneous
6 May 2012
Portugal - Lisbon
Here´s a couple of photos from Lisbon. To my surprise quite different from Porto yet very beautiful as well.
About clothes, the rock style I´m wearing is recently one of my favourites, it´s so cool, very comfortable and easy to combine. And I´m sooo crazy about the Ash studded biker boots!
5 May 2012
Portugal - Porto
This year I´ve spent the Easter in Portugal. I have to say that I was completely amazed - wonderful people, great weather, delicious food and namely breath-taking ocean and landscape views.
These photos are from Porto where I also stayed. Porto is really pitoresque and super hilly, so I´d advise you no heels! :-)
About clothes, this time I managed to take with me just one bag and quite a low amount of shoes... I was so proud, it looks like I´m getting wise! :-D
3 May 2012
Just Simple
I really like this simple combination - a white shirt, blue jeans and interesting accessories, in this case my favourite hat from River Island that I bought once in Amsterdam.
2 May 2012
1st May
For the 1st May I felt like wearing some romantic flowers - actually lots of flowers... :-D With wedges it was a comfortable outfit, perfect for a walk in the park.
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As part of our work with Orange, at a Group level, we've recently been involved in the launch of Mobile Exposure 2010 research and the launch of a new tool for advertisers – the Orange Mobile Targeting Monitor.
We wanted to share the research findings on the Pheasant for a couple of reasons:
- The data is interesting from a tech point of view. It reveals what content mobile media users in the UK, France, Poland and Spain are engaging with and when. Of particular note is how applications are sitting alongside the mobile browser. The research is a bit of a bench mark, so as Smartphone penetration grows it will be interesting to see how this usage evolves.
- The advertising tool highlights the insight that is used to build advertising campaigns. As I said in a post last week, PRs need to continue to use data to inform our thinking
Included here is a deck with the key research highlights. If this subject is particularly of interest to you – then whiz over to the Orange micro-site to read and view more.
*just in case the above isn't clear…. Disclaimer: Orange is a client, and I work on the account. Our team was involved in the creation of some of the Exposure 2010 materials*