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These anime were released a couple of days ago on official R1 DVDs courtesy of Discotek Media. I've watched both videos so here's my mini review and update to this original post. I'm also uploading screen caps comparing Viz Video's & Discotek Media's OVA DVDs.
This DVD release of The Motion Picture is easily the BEST in existence. The packaging states Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture was created from a new print and is presented in anamorphic widescreen. Finally, after 20 years we've gotten a vivid and sharp widescreen edition that's near Blu-ray quality. Apparently, even in Japan Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture doesn't even exist in anamorphic widescreen. The sound is fantastic too. I haven't uploaded any screen caps of The Motion Picture because it easily bests any previous DVDs of it. As I wrote, this DVD is in anamorphic widescreen and a new master; no proof necessary.
On the Discotek Media OVAs DVD:
The Good:
-Discotek Media is an awesome brand that deserves praise for giving us a respectable new release of this classic anime.
-The OVAs seem uncut and maybe more risque than the Viz release.
-The Joe Higashi fight scene is in it's original place during the OVA and not an Easter egg (it defaults to Japanese audio just for the scene so turn on those subs).
-Both OVAs have the original Japanese titles and text credits and no the dumbed-down for Amerika-jin audiences.
-Though not perfect, this DVD is still highly recommended because both of these OVAs are very entertaining and should be watched.
--An old video master was probably used for this transfer; may be the only source Discotek had access to.
-Discotek Media's OVAs color is a bit washed out compared to the Viz DVD.
-The image is less sharp than the Viz DVD.
-There's rainbow banding on intricate line art such as hair.
Audio for both releases is fine, so no complaints there.
In this age it's becoming financially risky to produce physical DVDs of niche market anime because of internet piracy. I hope those with an interest in SNK and high quality vintage anime releases will BUY these DVDs. It will be money well spent.
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Gold fell to a six-month low in thin year-end trade on Tuesday, notching up its biggest annual decline in 32 years as prospects for global economic recovery prompted investors to switch to riskier assets.
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After a 12-year bull run, gold has shed 28 percent in 2013, with the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to step away from ultra-loose monetary policy undermining the investor rationale for holding bullion.
Years of accommodative monetary policies had propelled the price of gold to all-time highs of $1,920.30 an ounce in September 2011, as low interest rates encouraged investors to put money into non-interest-bearing assets.
In choppy trade on Tuesday, spot gold fell 1 percent to its lowest since June 28 at $1,184.50 an ounce, before recovering its lost ground. Prices were up 0.38 percent at $1,201.13 per ounce at 2:29 p.m. EDT (1929 GMT).
U.S. gold futures for February delivery settled at $1,202.3, down $1.5 an ounce, having earlier fallen to a low of $1,181.40. That was down 28 percent from the end of last year.
Bullion was the third-largest loser for the year on the 19-commodity Thomson Reuters/Core Commodity CRB index, after corn and silver.
"For the first three months of the year at least we are quite pessimistic on gold and a break below $1,180 could trigger further declines to the $1,000 mark," T-Commodity partner Ganclaudio Torlizzi said.
"Moreover, the dollar should strengthen towards the euro in January, as the economy improves, and that's another bearish element for gold," he added. "For the time being, investors will continue to put their money into equities."
World stocks were ending 2013 close to six-year peaks and benchmark bond yields were poised for their first annual rise since 2009 as investors celebrated a pick-up in global growth with expectations of more to come.
The dollar was on track to end 2013 modestly higher against a basket of main currencies.
Trading on Tuesday was volatile with prices falling 1 percent in early New York trade as investors sold bullion at a loss to offset any tax liabilities from bumper equity markets, dealers said.
The market rebounded almost as quickly after prices hit six-month lows.
"We had a final run of tax-loss selling and then dealers swooped in seeing it was an artificial sell-off," said Bill O'Neill, a partner in the commodities investment firm LOGIC Advisors.
Gold was also set to post hefty annual losses in other currencies, with prices in euros down 31 percent on the year, the first fall since 2004. Prices fell 30 percent in Swiss francs and 29 percent in British pounds .
A drop in exchange-traded fund holdings showed investors had lost faith in bullion as a hedge against inflation and an alternative investment after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced plans to trim its monthly bond purchases.
Holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.37 percent to 798.22 tonnes on Monday, their lowest since January 2009.
In Singapore, premiums for gold bars were unchanged at $1.50 an ounce to spot London prices, while in Hong Kong, offers stood at between $1.50 and a high of $2.00.
Silver was down 1.13 percent to $19.43 an ounce. Silver is down 36 percent this year in its worst annual performance since at least 1982, making it the worst-performing precious metal in 2013.
Spot platinum was up 0.8 percent at $1,376.0 an ounce and on course to post an 11 percent annual loss. Best-performing palladium rose 0.9 percent to $718.10 an ounce and was ending year up 2 percent.
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The Second Amendment is under attack. This amendment is so important, so crucial to the liberties of the people, that the Founding Fathers placed it second only to the first; that which guaranteed the five most basic of freedoms. We've moved away from treating this right as a right. We wink when we speak of guarding against tyranny, we collude when we mention hunters and sportsmen, and we ignore the individuals that exercise this right countless times a month to preserve their personal right to liberty and perhaps life. Make no mistake; the right of the people to keep and bear arms is the only provision that prevents a corrupt state from enacting more drastic infringements on the rest of the Bill of Rights.
Because of this, all discussions of restrictions should start with the recognition of just how paramount this right is. All enacted restrictions should therefore meet an extraordinarily high burden of clear, evidence-based benefit, while simultaneously recognizing the danger of restricting the rights of every single American. Gun control advocates are proffering the same restrictions, the same ideas, and the same justifications to achieve their goal; that goal being not to minimize gun violence, but instead remove guns completely from the hands of the citizens. And if outright prohibition isn't possible, to dilute the right so fully that it loses all resemblance to the Second Amendment. Unlike the media's strategy, this is not meant to be sensationalist but instead is the only conclusion that can be drawn from statements made by the Brady Campaign, Attorney General Eric Holder, Senator Diane Feinstein, and many others that lead the call for stronger gun control. This is important because national tragedies such as Newtown, Aurora and Virginia Tech are being used as platforms, as justifications for restriction, when these proposed restrictions would do nearly nothing to prevent future like tragedies from occurring.
Take for example, magazine restrictions. This restriction is mentioned repeatedly and sold by common media outlets and gun control advocates as a common-sense approach to reducing casualties. This specific restriction has been demonstrated in many ways to be practically ineffective. The Virginia Tech shooter used two handguns (the Glock 193 having a magazine capacity of 15 rounds) and reloaded countless times during the massacre. A panel, which consisted of members of Virginia's governor's office and representatives of Virginia Tech, concluded that 10-round magazines that were legal would have not made much difference in the incident.
Perhaps even more damning to this argument is the Columbine shooting and weapon choice. One of the shooters used a Hi-Pont 9956, which was developed and sold under the Assault Weapons Ban and therefore had a magazine with a capacity of 10 rounds. Magazine restrictions serve only to restrict the exercise of one's right while providing, as indicated above, no tangible benefit. I'd be remiss to ignore pointing out also that the assault weapons ban, as a whole, focused on mostly cosmetic features was ineffective at reducing gun violence and yet again restricted the exercise of the Second Amendment without meeting the requisite burden of restricting a right.
Assault weapons bans, registration, further restricting person-to-person sales, all share evidence that flies in the face of what is presented as common-sense. Irrational fear and a misunderstanding of guns, coupled with disrespect for and an inability to recognize the paramount importance of the Second Amendment motivates gun control advocates and changes the nature of the conversation about gun violence. The desire to diminish this right, inaccurately citing violence and massacre as justification, leads to the request for "compromise" and hiding the ultimate goal of complete and utter dilution. Demanding compromise on the basis of compromise alone stops only when one side gets everything they want. In this case, it will serve to rob the people of their right to fight tyranny, as well as their guarantee to individual protection.
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Brunch Dress
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by joolee
Philadelphia, Pe...
Kwik Sew 3228. I also used this pattern for the Pink Polka Dot Retro Dress. It reminds me a little of an apron, so I think this would be a nice dress to wear if I were hosting brunch at home (or to wear to brunch as well of course). Found this adorable grey kitty in the neighbor's window, and I think she makes the shots look great. Widened the straps and added a belt that's sewn to the dress. I also used the circle fabric on the Caramel Straight Skirt. The flower is a pin.
Photo credit: Adam Greenberg, Philadelphia
Material Notes
Yellow/orange circle graphic on cotton; Chartreuse cotton.
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Jan 29, 2012, 11.24 AMby Priscilla Folley
Very sweet, I would wear it for more than just brunches!
Jan 29, 2012, 06.34 AMby schnui
Another very sweet dress. You have been busy!!
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Jan 29, 2012, 04.54 PMby joolee
Yes, I made a bunch of garments throughout the year, then brought them all to my friend's house for an all-day photo shoot so I could have a portfolio of my work and upload them here. Thanks so much for all of your kind words, glad you like everything!
Jan 29, 2012, 04.26 AMby blueartisan
Love the colour pairing! Chartreuse is one of my all time favorite colours! Very pretty dress!
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Jan 29, 2012, 04.55 PMby joolee
Me too! I think it makes the dress since the main fabric is too close to my skin tone to wear it alone. Thanks for your nice comments.
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Sebadoh | REWIG33 | Released: 24/06/07
In 1987, Lou Barlow was bassist for Dinosaur Jr, an underground rock trio from Amherst, Massachusetts who, in their own inimitably hazy way, stirred up a hurricane of ragged, glorious noise that drew influence from country music, classic rock, and psychedelia, placing those sounds and elements within a most electrifying post-punk context. Their second album, that year's You're Living All Over Me, marked more than just the blossoming of their sound into a riot of cracked vocals, flaming sludge guitar and a playful sense of studio experimentation that placed Barlow's melodic bass playing high in the mix; the album also saw Barlow step up to the songwriting plate.
The bassist had sung guitarist J Mascis's words and melodies on several tracks off their self-titled debut, but Dinosaur's second closed out with a track composed and recorded entirely by Barlow. The haunting, home-made cut-up Poledo, juxtaposing a ghostly lament strummed and sung by Barlow with blasts of noise, drone and found sounds, was the fruit of Lou's tinkering with his beloved 4-track tape recorder, the latest incarnation of a fascination with recording and sound that stretched back to his youth.
"When I was a kid, my parents bought me one of the first cheap tape recorders," he remembers, "And my cousin showed me that if you half-press the 'ffw' and 'record' buttons and yell into the mic, it'll make this stretched out groaning sound. That cracked me up! He'd yell "We're gonna beat the crap out of Louieeeee" and would keep playing it at me."
Aged twelve, Lou's tapedeck experiments had extended to primitive multi-tracking, recording himself on acoustic guitar and singing. It was a habit he never grew out of. Having discovered the joys of pot-smoking shortly before recording began on You're Living All Over Me, Barlow would listen back to the sessions in a weed fug, "and everything sounded wonderful". Emboldened by a newfound (and short-lived) sense of harmony within the fractious group, Barlow offered Poledo, which he regarded as the perfect "bullshit freakout track", their Revolution #9 to close out what he saw as Dinosaur's "psychedelic rock record".
"On my way to the Amherst Hanging House / There'll be pot and beer / Here" - "Amerst Hanging House"
In 1987, Eric Gaffney was a pizza delivery driver and radio DJ living in Massachusetts with a history of playing in rock bands, editing his own 'zine, Withdrawal, and writing scene reports for legendary punk and hardcore inkie/bible Maximum Rock'n'Roll. The year before, he'd recorded a 90 minute cassette of music recorded by The Gracefully Ageing Hippy Soloists, a duo of electric guitar and drums he'd formed with school friend Charles Ondras, live recordings which he sold to local record stores.
Cassette culture, a logical offshoot of the same spurt of pent up, adrenalised energy that had thrown up America's hardcore scene, and its accompanying litany of cheaply produced fanzines and seven inch singles, was thriving in the US, with the advent of affordable cassette-to-cassette recorders. While the record industry stamped their increasingly-bland, over-produced product with skull 'n' crossbones threats against the insurgent black market of pirated recordings, the truth spoken by this particular underground was that home-taping was saving music.
Barlow and Gaffney had crossed paths, and Gaffney had booked a series of local shows for Sentridoh, which featured Barlow on ukulele and vocals, performing his songs with Gaffney accompanying on percussion. Barlow had begun recording more material of his own by himself, not intending them for Dinosaur consumption. Morale within the band fading, Barlow had suffered a crisis of confidence in comparison to his ferociously talented bandmate, and lacked the courage to bring his music to the band. There was an outlet, however.
"I realised I could record my own music, copy it onto cassettes and sell it through local record stores," he recalls, "I did it for myself, primarily, but also with the understanding that other people would find it. The chaotic nature, the swings from quiet to loud, the punk and folky stuff. It immediately made sense to some people, like Eric."
1988 saw Gaffney and Barlow working on the 4 track, solo and in collaboration, for the tracks which would make up The Freed Man, the first cassette release by Sebadoh, their newly formed group. That Summer, the duo selected and compiled the thirty minute cassette, a clutch of lo-fi, intimate, delicately twisted songcraft and dizzying, perplexing experimentation.
"Eric and I thought, 'We gotta get stuff to put inbetween the songs!' laughs Barlow. 'So we'd go out with a walkman to the supermarket and record ambient stuff, and put it in the four track and layer stuff over it. Just to make each other laugh. Some of that stuff was scary."
The title of the cassette was symbolic of the tensions within Dinosaur, a group which was becoming increasingly unsound. Barlow wrote no songs for the group's final album, 1988's Bug. Angst clouded the sessions, to which Barlow - eager to escape the studio - contributed only basslines, and vocal to "Don't", which Mascis made him scream until his throat was torn. Barlow exited the group soon afterwards, a man freed.
"By no means should you take any of this seriously" - Last Day Of School
It cannot be denied that Barlow and Gaffney made the very most they could of the democratic, anarchic freedom offered by the home-recording format. Fuelled my a desire to impress the other, the duo were endlessly, radically inventive, packing the cassette with fragments of brilliantly unique songwriting, and passages of sonic intrigue, all marked by a deliciously stoned, playful, restless sensibility.
Covered in Dr Seuss artwork, the cassette sold in local record stores for a dollar. The duo sent copies to Sonic Youth and to Gerard Cosloy, who wrote glowingly of it in his Conflict zine, signing the group to a three album deal with his indie label, Homestead. The tracks were reconstituted and The Freed Man was released to the world on vinyl, where the nascent lo-fi generation soon lost themselves in its haze of fitful invention and goofy, unique humour. And now, following Domino's expanded release of the group's III album last year, this deluxe release of The Freed Man recompiles those original tracks with further contemporaneous songs, noise and abstraction. This doesn't dilute the original, it deepens the experience, expanding the album's horizons.
Mirthful non sequiteurs rubbed shoulders with moments of rare poignancy on The Freed Man, as moments of introspective, intimate folk were interrupted by disembodied voices stolen from television, elliptical and hypnotic looped fragments, and blasts of fuzzy electric punk mess. While they would expand upon and refine the ideas put forth in this album over their later releases, the essence of everything that made Sebadoh so special can be found in the highest concentration on this release. Rejecting the underground rock that they found increasingly macho and empty, Sebadoh pioneered a new kind of hardcore, penning lyrics of such unadorned, unselfconscious honesty that they chilled and moved, examining the darker edges of their own morality, celebrating the loose, fucked-up chaos of their twenty-something lives. That same honesty could also yield love songs of a heady sweetness, like the Summery headrush of K-Sensa-My. Of course, the casual, almost accidental contrast was part of the appeal.
The Freed Man was one of the first and most crucial releases in the burgeoning lo-fi movement, which would peak in media attention in the mid 1990s with the success of Beck, Guided By Voices and Sebadoh themselves. But while it helped inspire and define a global movement, you will struggle to trace such an ambition within these tracks. Sebadoh in this incarnation are a cherishably intimate experience, the seventy odd minutes of wayward, crazy-paved brilliance collected here offering the listener the rare and recommended opportunity to transport themselves to the weed-hazed bedroom where these scraps and songs and pranks were recorded, to imbibe deeply of the haywire creativity that went on in these sessions.


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Living the Connected Life – in Tasmania, Australia
By Lionel Walters, Guest Columnist
I grew up in suburban Sydney and enjoyed many of the benefits and conveniences of life in a large and established community. I was close to family and friends, had easy access to basic services such as education and health care, and had an almost unlimited selection of entertainment and retail options. In those blissful days of my youth, I had everything I needed within a distance of a few short kilometers.
My situation changed somewhat when I started my career. For the first time I found myself joining thousands of others in a daily commute to inner Sydney. I'm sure I was not alone in feeling that the two hours of travel each day could be better spent in other pursuits, but like so many before me, I took it in stride because I believed it was the price to pay if I wanted to realize the Australian Dream.
Then the company introduced me to a life-changing concept: telecommuting.
Although it was only a limited offering in the beginning, this connected life experience enabled me to work from home at times when I really needed it, like when my wife was sick in hospital or when our children were born. Gradually the company started to make flexible work options more accessible and eventually I found myself working from home several days each week and reporting to a manager on the other side of the world.
Inspired by these introductory experiences with the connected life, I wanted to push the envelope and see how the Internet could really change the way I work, live, play and learn. So after some discussion with my wife, I sought approval to move to rural Tasmania and become the company's first employee to live and work in Australia's "Apple Isle".
According to the VNI-Service Adoption Forecast, the Asia-Pacific region will have 1.1 billion users of fixed residential Internet access by 2016. With this many people connected from their homes, it's bound to change how people live day to day.
In stark contrast to the circumstances of my own youth, my children are now growing up far away from their extended family and with limited access to the services and experiences I took for granted. But the world is far more connected now than it was when I was growing up, and even though our little town is just starting to realize the opportunities ahead, I'm convinced that it will provide greater opportunities for my children than I ever had.
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The opposition has accused the government of embarking on a shameless grab for cash, using so-called lost savings to achieve a budget surplus.
Shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann said the government claimed the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Unclaimed Money and Other Measures) Bill 2012 was all about reuniting people with "lost" money sitting in unclaimed superannuation and bank accounts.
He said it was really a shameless grab for cash by a government desperate to find money to plug its budget holes.
"This is a rapid six-month raid on people's bank accounts, people's first-home saver account, people's superannuation accounts, people's life insurance," he told the Senate.
Senator Cormann said the government would end up with $762 million of additional revenue in the first six months of next year, revenue not budgeted when the government promised it would deliver a surplus at the May budget.
"This is a measure which will deliver the government nearly three quarters of their promised 2012-13 surplus," he said.
Under this legislation, bank accounts and matured life insurance policies will be treated as unclaimed if no deposits or withdrawals are made for three years, down from seven years.
Once declared unclaimed, accounts are transferred to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with interest paid to ensure they maintain their value. Accounts can be reclaimed at any time.
The bill passed the senate 36 to 30 without amendments.
The Treasury Legislation Amendment (Unclaimed Money and Other Measures) Bill 2012 now awaits royal assent.


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Team USA Women Roll Switzerland Monday
The United States women's hockey team easily beat Switzerland 9-0 Monday morning to improve to 2-0 at the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. Anne Schleper was a +4 in the game but did not register any points.
Amanda Kessel, Monique Lamoureaux and Kendall Coyne each had a pair of goals for USA, with Brianna Decker, Hilary Knight and Amanda Carpenter each scoring goals as well.
Molly Schaus only needed ten saves to record the shutout for Team USA, while Florence Schelling faced 53 shots for Switzerland and made 44 saves.


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Mia, my new baby girl
I don't have words to describe what I am feeling. Fatigued to the bone could be apt but somehow that's not it. It's almost 7am here, I've been up since 5am, fed her, cleaned second round of yellow potty (I now know five different shades) in the night, put her back to bed and then couldn't sleep.
Despite all advice that says "sleep when the baby sleeps", it ain't that easy. For one, when everyone else is sleeping -- Mia included -- is about the only time I get to cuddle-cuddle her, as against cuddle-to-calm or cuddle-to-feed. Everyone else seems to get heaps of time just doing nothing with her. On the other hand, I seem to only feed, clean, repeat the same and then put her to bed because "You NEED to sleep JB". I even get scolded for not sleeping enough.
But what to do? It's just SO much fun just watching her, even when she' doing nothing but sleeping. The result being I look like something that should hide under a rock, I am even hairy to fit the part. My eyes look like an Amazonian toad's and I haven't really looked at the rest of me. Thankfully babies neither see very clearly at this age -- 5 days old as I type -- nor remember what they see (hopefully). Because if they do then I am afraid that every time Mia sees someone with a moustache, she's going to think it's her mom. Hrmph.
Her birth was (almost) by the book, much to my surprise. I had been nervous that I wouldn't be up to the job and had been mentally prepared for a caesarian. In fact ever since reaching week 36, I'd been trying to coax my doctor (absolutely love her and very grateful as well) to discuss the merits of elective caesarian. Of course, my doctor heard me out patiently, pretended to agree and then came up with devious ways to keep me going week after week. Thankfully though, Mia decided she wanted to come out early.
I was sitting at the computer having put up a FB message bemoaning the baby not coming and now (ie then) playing Mushroom Farm Revolution on addictinggames.com when I realised I had pee-d in my pants without meaning to pee in my pants. As in, I didn't want to go, but was going.
Now I was confused because a week earlier I had actually pee-d in bed. Well not intentionally but it's kinda hard to get out of bed easily when you're hugely pregnant and I think I was dreaming about going to the loo and then woke up cold to realise I had wet my bed. I was horrified. I had called the hospital thinking I'd broken my bag of waters only to be told that it was just incontinence and as a 31-year-old I'd just done soo-soo in bed. I was sooooo upset.
So then when the not-going-but-going happened, I called the hospital, confused and horrified that now I was pant-wetting when awake! This time though the midwife said, "Sounds like your waters breaking. You need to come to the hospital, is your partner around?" Partner was at an official function. My first reaction was, "Baap re, it's happening." As I called him, there was this HUGE gush and the first thing I said as Partner answered the phone was, "Oh my god I am leaking. Come home!"
Despite having packed my hospital suitcase two days earlier -- just-in-case planning -- I'd proceeded to then wear things out of it so in the end, leaking all the while, I just stood there not knowing what to do and without a clue about where things were. My uterus was leaking while my brain was frozen. Partner arrived, we threw stuff into the case and dashed off. That night I was kept under observation.
Next day at 11am the doctor confirmed that almost all of the amniotic fluid was gone and that she was going to hormonally induce me. Twelve hours, four hours of active pain, much moaning, some crying and one epidural later, I felt the urge to have the biggest shit in my life. Except I was informed that it was the baby coming.
I had had visions of me giving birth rather dignified. You know, lying on a bed wearing a white gown or something, hair neatly combed, gentle beads of sweat on my forehead, feet apart, holding on to the railing or to Partner's hand, cursing some... And then a baby is born and I cry etc etc. In the end, my dress was up my boobs, my legs were up in the air, held by the midwife and Partner on either side, my hair was all over, I was grunting and while I obeyed commands to "Take a deep breath, hold it, pull legs closer to chest and now PUSHHHHH"... All I could think of was "I REALLY want to poo" and "I don't want to poo in the doctor's hands."
It was surreal, having three people looking up your (my) fanny. One in concentration ("There's a bulge, no head yet), another in expectation ("Yes, the cervix is fully dilated") and the third in awe ("I do see her head, push baby, push!"). Eventually much to the surprise of the midwife -- "Most women do it here you know" -- I did not shit on the birthing table. Instead Mia was mostly-pushed and partly-sucked out. She was placed on my chest, all wet and mucusy and I had my arm around her and I didn't cry but Partner did and I was thinking, "She has elf-ears" followed by a loud "Can I go and poo now? I really need to*."
Whatever it was that I had thought giving birth would be like, I was proven wrong on most counts. And I am SO bloody happy about it. I can't write about what (or how) I am feeling about Mia because frankly, I am speechless/wordless. She just makes me feel too many things all at the same time and the only feeling that I can describe is that when I hold her close to my chest, her head under my chin, arms spread out, her eyes closed and me smelling her... it makes breathing easy for me and clears my head of every other thought.
*PS: It never happened.
23 comments:
- unpredictable said...
OMG! Congratulations :) Interesting times ahead. Sleep or no sleep, hope you have tons of fun :D
- July 21, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- eve's lungs said...
That feeling when one holds the muck encrusted baby for the first time is indescribable .I feel an immense surge of love for my child even now when I think of it .Congratulations , Jhoomur - the baby is beautiful.
- July 21, 2010 at 7:32 PM
- MRC said...
Congrats to both of you and lots of love to Mia! (She's almost a year younger than Artim)Oh and btw, Welcome to the world of the sleep-deprived ;)
- July 21, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Dee said...
She is beautiful :)
- July 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Chaitra said...
Congratulations JB.. Mia looks beautiful :)
- July 22, 2010 at 2:20 AM
- the cowlick said...
I'm in my week 36, and keep thinking of things that you've mentioned.. packing the bag, but then continuing to use stuff out of it; leaking when I'm least expecting it; all of it happening when husband's in office; pooping in the doctor's hands.. but reading your post gives me hope. Congrats, JB! And well done!
- July 22, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- soin said...
ah the finger. like harry potter great kick ass things expected from the kid. no pressure. congratulations .free
- July 22, 2010 at 3:16 AM
- sharbori21 said...
hey, congratulations and lots of love to Mia and you.
your post is hilarious, real and fabulous. I had a very similar experience some 26 years ago barring the breaking of water. She instead was swimming in the sack with the chords around her neck, and hence was partly pulled out and partly pushed out.
I too looked at her ears and thought to myself that she had funny earlobes.
I enjoyed being a mother, having her besides me, breastfeeding her, playing with her little feet and hands, constantly smelling her, poking my nose into her neck while she was sleeping, etc, almost to the chagrin of the rest of the household. My father used to call me a "baby torturer" LOL. :-)
Have fun and take care.
- July 22, 2010 at 4:34 AM
- JB said...
hello hello... thank you all. i realy should sleep. and express . adn feed. adn sleep. ta ta. ha ha. going a bit nutty.
- July 22, 2010 at 5:20 AM
- Sree said...
hey bit nutty, before you turn into super nutty, lemme say something.YOU sing to her, okay.Shes going to be the only person who would ask you to sing. I mean really. Mine still ask me to sing and i feel like a pop star. the mallu kind.
atleast balo bashe etc sounds soothing.
Reading this I so want to get back to regular and take her to all the classes she wishes to join.Drawing, violin and swimming.I cant wait i cant wait.
You rest.eat.feed.check out the poo's etc.Keep it cool.hope your family be visiting.
- July 22, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Mystique said...
congratulations! Mia's a beauty.
- July 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- simplypallu said...
I'd been waiting for the news, refreshing the page at least twice everyday. Yay! Congratulations!! (Now I'll go read more.)
- July 23, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- simplypallu said...
Sigh! Mia. I love that name. And loved your post. Cheers.
- July 23, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- Deepti said...
Congrats Jbo ... so happy for you .. Mia is a princess :)
- July 23, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Sparkling said...
Congratulations!!! :)))
She looks beautiful!!!
Mia - the princess' diary begins...
- July 23, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Bum said...
Hey, congratulations! x]
- July 23, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- Raza said...
- July 25, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Eveline said...
Oh my God! Welcome Mia :) She's so cute. Am glad you're doing good too! Congratulations to the two of you!!! I am so happy for two (three?) strangers... it amazes me! :) Oh... could you please plant a kiss on Mia's forehead for me?
- July 26, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- G said...
she's beautiful
- July 29, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Congratulations Jhoomur... A beautiful baby for a beautiful mother.. And the post made me cry(proven that childbirth has not frozen ur brain)..
Have fun with the child. These times are fun-filled and yucky at the same time.. cheers...
- July 31, 2010 at 3:44 AM
- Espèra said...
Ooooh I missed this post!
Okay I thought about-to-deliver women were given something to clear out their systems so that they didN'T shit on the table.
- August 4, 2010 at 6:40 AM
- koyel said...
Congrats!!!Mia is so beautiful. enjoy motherhood.
- August 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Enchanta said...
Loving reading you!
- June 3, 2011 at 2:26 AM


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Complaints about East Stroudsburg University's former top fundraiser, Isaac Sanders, go back as far as 2004, according to an email alleging Sanders intimidated his employees and favored minority job applicants.
Complaints about East Stroudsburg University's former top fundraiser, Isaac Sanders, go back as far as 2004, according to an email alleging Sanders intimidated his employees and favored minority job applicants.
The email, from Susan McGarry, ESU's vice president for human resources at the time, was sent to then-ESU President Robert Dillman; Julie Del Giorno, who was Dillman's executive assistant; and Victoria Sanders (no relation to Isaac Sanders), who was the university's associate vice president for diversity and equity.
The Oct. 29, 2004, email is one of many documents recently filed as exhibits in a federal lawsuit slated to come to trial in the fall.
"As per our conversation, following are some issues that have been brought to my attention on more than one occasion from SEVERAL of Isaac's staff regarding his approach to the search process," the email begins.
"I am extremely concerned about how he appears to be intimidating people to make recommendations that might not be in the University's best interest."
In a list, numbered one through nine, McGarry goes on to outline the concerns various employees had about Sanders.
The email does not specify which job search was being undertaken at the time. However, Sanders hired Vincent Dent as director of major gifts at ESU in March 2005.
Dent left the university in January 2008, after which it was revealed that during his ESU tenure he charged an array of personal expenses to his university-issued credit card, which was paid for with public funds.
The charges included a four-piece set of luggage, $280 for a suit and alterations, as well as a silk tie, dry cleaning, eyeglasses, golf clubs, golf shirts, car washes, shoes, a monthly E-Z pass fee, the registration fee for the access card to his gated community and repeated car rentals for regional travel, including $1,500 as part of a larger charge for a six-month rental.
The total for those charges topped $4,000.
In a previous interview with the Pocono Record, Dent had said he repaid all of the expenses.
McGarry also did not immediately return a phone call or email for comment.
She stopped working at the university in 2006.
Dillman did not immediately return a phone call for comment. Dillman does address the email in a recently released 275-page transcript of his deposition.
"As a result of this memo, did you or anybody from human resources interview anyone in the office, the Advancement Office, concerning these complaints about discrimination?" asked Albert Murray, attorney for the plaintiffs, during Dillman's Dec. 21, 2011, deposition.
"Not to my knowledge," Dillman said.
"Did you look into this issue and start an investigation?" Murray asked.
"Well, I talked to Isaac Sanders about it, yes," Dillman responded.
"Well, he denied that he was trying to do anything that would cast any aspersions at one group versus another. I told him that he was — in my view he needed to follow the procedures and that he was supposed to be open to get the best candidate, I remember saying."
"I never really heard much more about it after my conversation with him," Dillman said.
"I trusted Susan's memo from the standpoint I don't think she would have just been putting this together, but I also believe that I did talk to him about it, as I recall, and that he understood what I was asking him to do," Dillman said.
Dillman did not remember which three employees were terminated from Sanders' division.
"I wouldn't have known that anyway," Dillman said when asked about the terminated employees.
As for the hiring process in the advancement office where Sanders worked, there was a certain protocol to follow, Dillman said in his deposition.
That involved setting up a hiring committee, which would have included a chairperson, and people who represent "different elements that these individuals would be working with," Dillman said.
Often, there would be a member of human resources on the search committee, he said.
Although a committee had been set up, it was up to Sanders to make the final decision of whom to hire, Dillman said in the deposition.


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WIPO Negotiations Over Changes To Copyright For Those With Disabilities Once Again Shrouded In Secrecy
from the shameful dept
Once again, secrecy seems to be the way business is being done, as Jamie Love explains how everyone had been barred from using social media to inform the public what's going on.
Today after a short plenary session, the informal negotiations were scheduled to begin behind closed doors again. But WIPO decided to permit NGOs attending the negotiations to follow a live audio of the discussions, subject to a ban on the use of the Internet and related social media to report on the negotiations.Love argued that Chatham House rules could be effective (in which you can talk about what was said, just not who said it). But, of course, the US said that was unacceptable. Because, of course, the US doesn't want anyone to know about its crazy arguments, even if they're not attached to the US itself.
The ban specifically singled out "twitter, blogs, news reports, and email lists" and extends to social media in general.
But, really, the bigger problem is the threat of retaliation under this system for reporting on info discovered through other means. Love explains the problem:
I assume we will be permitted to report and comment in other ways that do not rely upon this audio feed, but people will be careful because there is now a threat to cut off that access if the the forbidden information starts showing up on the Internet, and it maybe difficult to persuade people that the audio feed was not the source. This means less information will be disseminated, including the reports from the relatively accessible negotiators, of which there are many who are willing to talk in the breaks. These bans on the use of social media are increasingly being sought by transparency averse negotiators, particularly when pursuing anti-consumer and anti-freedom policies.It is simply unacceptable these days to hold such negotiations in complete secrecy. It is for reasons like this that people don't trust such organizations and think they're corrupt. Even if they're not corrupt and totally aboveboard, just doing these kinds of things in secret stirs up distrust for the government.


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ADDISON — For new Addison Village President Mike Votzke, local government is the driving factor behind making a better community.
After serving a term as a village council trustee, Votzke, 33, said he decided to run for village president when John Decker decided not to seek re-election.
Votzke, who was unopposed for the seat, said he is taking his role as the community's new leader seriously.
"I know I am going to be in this community for a long time, and I wanted to make it a better place for my family," he said.
Votzke said he is already looking at how to breathe new life into the village of 600 people.
One of the goals he has in mind is bringing businesses back to town.
"Small towns around us are growing," Votzke said. "It will take some motivated individuals to help make the same happen for Addison."
One of Votzke's first issues to figure out as village president was what to do about two trustee seats on the council left vacant after the November election: seek two people to appoint to those seats, or reduce the council to a five-member board.
Votzke said the answer was easy: find people willing to serve.
"The more people you get involved in the community, the better," Votzke said.
In addition to filling the vacant seats, Votzke said he wants to encourage residents to attend council meetings. He said the meetings are a place to not only keep people informed, but a place where they can express concerns.
"That's what the meeting is there for, for people who have issues to let us know what's going on," he said.
Votzke, who also works for Coin-Op Canteen Services Inc. in Adrian and labors as a farmer, said he would like to revitalize the village's planning commission, look into reviving a small annual community celebration similar to the Addison park festivals held nearly 30 years ago, seek grants for making improvements around the community, and design a village website.
A bandstand at Smith Park was restored three years ago and though there have been some small concerts held there, Votzke said he would like to encourage more, similar gatherings.
Votzke said he would also like to see the two tennis courts at Dick Sroufe Park converted into basketball courts, a change that he said should encourage more relevant sports activities.
Built more than 30 years ago, the tennis courts have simply not been used in recent times, he said.
"It will be ongoing process," Votzke said about making his goals and ideas reality, "but I am up for the task."
New Addison village president wants to make improvements
ADDISON — For new Addison Village President Mike Votzke, local government is the driving factor behind making a better community.


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A High-Level Panel Reflects on the Outcomes of the Rio +20 Conference [1]
[2]The UN Institute for Training and Research, and the Ethos Institute [3], one of the global CSR drivers with more than 1,300 member companies, are organizing, with the support of the Government of Brazil, a High-Level Panel "After UN CSD: Are we on track for a 21st Century Social Contract?" [4] on 23 June, at 10.00am, in VIVO Rio [5] (next to Museu de Arte Modern), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is open to the public, and no registration is required. Among the speakers of this High-Level Panel are Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Prof. Ignacy Sachs, the author of ecodevelopment and Honorary Professor at EHESS, Ambassador André Correa do Lago, Chief Negotiator of the Brazilian Delegation at Rio+20 and Executive Directors of UNEP and UNITAR Achim Steiner and Carlos Lopes.
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|I'm loving Kelly Wearstler's refined fabric collaboration for Lee Jofa's Groundworks collection. Charcoals, blacks and cream tones paired with bright shades are sitting well with me right now! A couple of my girl friend's and I are thinking of heading to Miami for a getaway this Fall. (the plus side to using my Amex too much – free miles) I vote that we stay at the Miami-Viceroy. I'll at least grab a drink there to take in the amazing design details! I've been a fan of Kelly's work since I was in grad school, that was about 12 years ago. (I hate to date myself) The entire design hits on so many details that I'm currently adoring! See my mentions below! I love that Kelly marches to the beat of her own drum, her designs and fabrics feel more artist and dynamic then anything else.
When I move I think I need to cover something in the charcoal and cream faux bois print (top pillow above)
|LOVE: Limed wood paired with aqua and deep cobalt
|Architectural outdoor spaces
|Graphic chairs, tufting and limey-yellow ( a color predicted to trend next winter)
|Rope details and small club chairs – working on a nursery with rope details right now!
|Oversized lamps and tufting! (Did I mention tufting ? )
|And as ALWAYS, fret work..I'm always searching for the next best fretwork design.
|Custom Chandeliers and citrus yellow


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Interferon Alfa in Treating Children With HIV-Related Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002621
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 11, 2003
Last Update Posted : July 24, 2014
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of interferon alfa in treating children with an HIV-related cancer including leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, CNS lymphoma, or other solid tumors.
|Condition or disease
|Leukemia Lymphoma Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
|Biological: recombinant interferon alfa
|Phase 2
- Determine the complete response rate and one-year disease free survival of pediatric patients with HIV-related malignancies treated with interferon alfa.
- Determine the toxicity of interferon alfa alone and in combination with antiretroviral therapy in these patients.
- Induction: Patients receive interferon alfa subcutaneously (SC) daily on days 1-14. Patients with advanced stage III or IV undifferentiated lymphomas or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia also receive hydrocortisone intrathecally (IT) combined with cytarabine IT on day 14.
- Maintenance: Patients with stable or responding disease after completion of induction receive interferon alfa SC 3 times a week beginning on week 1. Treatment continues for a minimum of 4-12 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who received IT therapy during induction receive the same IT therapy at 4, 8, and 12 weeks and then every 8 weeks thereafter.
Patients are followed every 6 months for 4 years and then annually for survival until entry on another POG protocol.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-30 evaluable patients will be accrued for this study within 4.2 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|8 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Alpha Interferon (alphaIFN) In HIV-Related Malignancies - A Pediatric Oncology Group Wide Study
|Study Start Date :
|December 1994
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2002
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2005
Experimental: Alpha interferon (aIFN) treatment
See detailed description.
Biological: recombinant interferon alfa
Other Names:
- Complete response rate for HIV related malignancies treated with interferon [ Time Frame: Length of study ]
- Event Free Survival [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically proven malignancy diagnosed at any time following confirmation of HIV-positivity, including the following:
- Leukemia
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- CNS lymphoma
- Other solid tumors
- Measurable disease
Concurrent registration on protocol POG-9182 required
- Confirmed HIV-positive by POG-9182 criteria
- Required biology studies completed
- 21 and under
Performance status:
- Not specified
Life expectancy:
- More than 4 weeks
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 (unless bone marrow involvement present)
- See Disease Characteristics
- Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal
- SGPT and SGOT less than 2 times normal (may discuss with Study Coordinator)
- Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL
- Adequate cardiac function by echocardiogram/MUGA scan
- Chronically infected patients must be stable enough to meet life expectancy requirement
Biologic therapy:
- No prior interferon for cancer
- Prior interferon alfa for viral infections (i.e., hepatitis) must be discussed with Study Coordinator
- At least 1 week since prior chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
- At least 1 week since prior radiotherapy
- Not specified
- Prior antiretroviral therapy allowed
- At least 1 week since prior acute treatment for any serious or life-threatening infection
- No concurrent local treatment unless discussed with the Study Coordinator
- No concurrent acute treatment for any serious or life-threatening infection
- Concurrent antiretroviral therapy allowed
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002621
|United States, Kansas
|Via Christi Regional Medical Center
|Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
|United States, Louisiana
|MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|United States, New Jersey
|Tomorrows Children's Institute
|Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
|United States, North Carolina
|Mission Saint Joseph's Health System
|Asheville, North Carolina, United States, 28801
|United States, Texas
|Medical City Dallas Hospital
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230
|San Antonio Military Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
|Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States, 78236-5300
|University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78284-7811
|Canada, Quebec
|McGill University Health Center - Montreal Children's Hospital
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3H 1P3
|Puerto Rico
|University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00936-5067
|Clinique de Pediatrie
|Geneva, Switzerland, 1211
|Study Chair:
|V. M. Whitehead, MD
|Montreal Children's Hospital at McGill University Health Center
|Responsible Party:
|Children's Oncology Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002621 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
POG-9362 ( Other Identifier: Pediatric Oncology Group )
CDR0000063972 ( Other Identifier: Clinical Trials.gov )
|First Posted:
|August 11, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 24, 2014
|Last Verified:
|July 2014
Keywords provided by Children's Oncology Group:
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
stage I childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
stage II childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
stage III childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
stage IV childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia
unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific
untreated childhood acute myeloid leukemia and other myeloid malignancies
untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
AIDS-related peripheral/systemic lymphoma
AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma
stage I childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
stage I childhood large cell lymphoma
stage II childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
stage II childhood large cell lymphoma
stage III childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
stage III childhood large cell lymphoma
stage IV childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
stage IV childhood large cell lymphoma
recurrent childhood small noncleaved cell lymphoma
recurrent childhood large cell lymphoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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The Service Learning Academy (SLA) expands community-campus partnerships through the integration of SL educational experiences in local, regional, national, and international community-based organizations.
Hosted by the UNMC College of Public Health, the goal of the SLA is to provide students in Public Health and other Health Professions with the opportunity to experience the unique Service Learning pedagogy and prepare competent and community-responsive health professionals. The SLA offers unique interdisciplinary and interprofessional service-learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate level students enrolled at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campuses.
While practice environments are comprised of interprofessional teams, most education of health professionals occurs in silos. Interprofessional education seeks to change the learning culture by bringing together students from various professions to learn with, from, and about each other, and build foundations for a safe and collaborative healthcare practice. Interprofessional experiences are promoted by our SLA.
Activities facilitated by the SLA provide community-based experiences for health profession students, address community-identified priorities, advance community health, and foster civic engagement among students, staff, and faculty. Service Learning activities may facilitate collaborative research and scholarship and new health related initiatives.
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This program works with resettled refugees in Douglas County/Omaha metro area to link them with health care providers and preventive health services. Refugees continue to be resettled in Omaha every year, and they face many health care needs as they make the transition from their home countries to the United States. Students engaged in this project will have a unique opportunity to mentor and link refugees with the health care services that they need.
Do JuSTIce
The Douglas County Department of Correction's mission is to contribute to public safety by safely and effectively controlling inmates, managing offenders in the community, and offering programs which prepare inmates to successfully re-enter society. In this Service Learning project students interact with inmates to deliver STD education, testing, and treatment. Students are exposed to the magnitude of the STD problem in the Omaha Metro and develop strategies for intervention.
Finding a Voice
This project links healthcare students with individuals who are homeless and/or addicts receiving services at the SFH. It includes workshops that provide guests at the shelter an opportunity to express themselves through writing and art.
Decreasing the Donor Deficit
Developed in 2008, Decreasing the Donor Deficit aims to raise awareness of cancer treatment by bone marrow transplantation and to recruit new donors.


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September is National Library Card Sign-up Month as deemed by the American Library Association (ALA). This month was designated by the ALA as a time to encourage library card use due to the beginning of a new school year.
September is National Library Card Sign-up Month as deemed by the American Library Association (ALA). This month was designated by the ALA as a time to encourage library card use due to the beginning of a new school year. This year, librarians across the county are managing facilities filled with print and electronic resources for adult and youth audiences.
In addition to materials, local libraries are gearing up for upcoming events and programming in the months to come.
With a library card, patrons are able to access e-resources, as well as print materials, and attend programs and events hosted by the libraries.
At the Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library, newcomers will find "an excellent collection of materials," according to Director Deborah Jones.
The Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library offers e-Books, audio books, magazines and programming in addition to print materials.
"We have excellent story times and programming for children and for adults. We also have computers available for public use," said Jones.
Adults who would like to get a library card to use materials from the Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library must present a valid Michigan identification detailing current street address and identity.
Individuals under the age of 18 may apply for a library card but must have a legal guardian serve as a co-signer.
The fee for a lost or damaged card is $2.
The Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library is located at 302 E. Main St.
At the Ionia Community Library, library cards are necessary in order to check out materials from the library and through the Lakeland Library Cooperative, as well as to access online resources.
Downloadable e-books, music, access to the Michigan Electronic Library, Rocket Languages and more are available to library card holders at the Ionia Community Library.
"We have a little bit of everything. Sometimes people don't know where to go to get information, so the library is a good starting point," Ionia Community Library Director Denise McKernan said.
In addition to online materials, the library has a variety of print and reference materials, as well as genealogical and local history information for information seekers.
"We have a great children's program and events for teens, too," said McKernan.
To get a library card at the Ionia Community Library, there is no fee. To replace a damaged or broken, there is a $2 fee.
The Ionia Community Library is located at 126 E. Main St.
According to Jana Slisher, youth librarian at the Portland District Library, there are a variety of events and resources available to youth library card holders.
"Here, it's not just about going out and getting books; there's so much more to do once you get here," said Slisher.
At the Portland District Library, patrons may check-out a variety of materials on-hand, such as movies, magazines and newspapers, as well as online resources, such as materials for an e-Reader.
"We have lots of kids events and parties. Coming up, we have the Star Wars Reads event, which is a national event going into its second year. There is going to be a lot for kids to do," Slisher said.
According to Slisher, youth also may visit the library to receive homework help.
At the Lyons Township District Library, library cards allow patrons the opportunity to use library resources, as well as participate in programming.
The Portland District Library is located at 334 Kent St.
According to Lyons Township District Library Director Allison Ferguson, the library will be getting new computers and new programs soon.
A children's story hour, a monthly crafting club that crochets and knits items for charity and more will be starting in the upcoming weeks.
In addition, the Lyons Township District Library is currently playing "Library Bingo."
"People can come in and if they check out different genres, they can check them off on their Bingo card and win assorted prizes. It's a way to expand reading horizons," Ferguson said.
Library cards are free, and there is a $1 replacement fee for a lost or damaged card.
The Lyons Township District Library is located at 240 E. Bridge St.
Sherri Rasmus, director of the Saranac Public Library, says that the library will be participating in National Teen Read Week during the third week of October.
Teen Read Week is a national literacy initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association, which is a division of the American Library Association.
This week will kick off on Oct. 14, and during this time, individuals can waive fines up to $10, as well as upgrade their current library card, get a new card or replace a lost card.
In addition, the library now offers keychain library cards.
"Normally, there is a $2 fee to replace cards, but it will be free that week," said Rasmus.
In addition, Kari McCloud, library clerk for the Saranac Public Library, has variety of events and programs scheduled for patrons of all ages.
The library will be hosting adult programing at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
"Topics will be announced as scheduled, but in October, the topic will be 'Journey to Wellness' and will feature wellness coach Jane White," said McCloud.
There are also movie nights on the third Tuesday of each month, Lego Day on the first Saturday of each month, a knitting group that meets at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays and storytime on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
On Oct. 14, there will be a "Computer 101" course offered through the Saranac Public Library.
"It's going to teach the basics of computers and internet surfing," McCloud said.
Joyce Benienuto, a local author who wrote a poem about the Grand River, will be presenting a poetry reading at 10 a.m. on Oct. 26. According to McCloud, teens who write poems during Teen Read Week will have an opportunity to present their poetry during this event, as well.
The Saranac Public Library is located at 61 Bridge St.
The Clarksville Area Library provides programming for adults and youth, as well as a variety of upcoming events.
Storytime is at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays, the knitting group meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, the book club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. and the adult program Cookies, Coffee and Conversation is the second Tuesday of each month.
According to McCloud, at the Cookies, Coffee and Conversation meetings, individuals share cookies, recipes, books, crafts and more.
The Clarksville Area Library also will be participating in Teen Read Week from Oct. 14 through 19.
On Oct. 16, there will be a "pizza and pages" event for teens at 3:30 p.m. and for Halloween, both Clarksville and Saranac libraries will be hosting "Trick-or-Treat at the Library."
"For Halloween, we will be handing out candy and treats at the library," McCloud said.
The Clarksville Area Library is located at 130 S. Main St.
The Lake Odessa Community Library provides copy and fax services, as well as downloadable audio and e-books through Overdrive and music downloads from Freegal at three free downloads weekly.
With a library card, individuals can access the LakeNet Catalog. This catalog provides patrons with the opportunity to place holds, pay fines and renew items.
This library offers homeschool programs, preschool story time, toddler time, family movie nights, a weekly knitting class and an afterschool program for youth in kindergarten through fifth grade.
The Lake Odessa Community Library is located at 1007 4th Avenue.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
NGS 2011 - Day 3
The four sessions I attended on Friday were:
"The Genealogical Proof Standard: What It Is and What It Is Not" presented by Thomas W. Jones was another outstanding session. Some of the points Dr. Jones made were: (1) no genealogy source comes with a guarantee of accuracy; (2) just because 2 or more sources agree doesn't make them correct; (3) timelines, tables and maps are good tools for comparing and contrasting information; and (4) unresolved conflicting information is incompatible with proof.
Elizabeth Shown Mills explained in "Problem Solving in the Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry" that the usual research approach of identifying the area where an ancestor lived, identifying the sources available in that area and looking for the ancestor in indexes and databases doesn't work with backcountry families prior to the twentieth century. She pointed out that topographical maps are necessities in backcountry research because people traveled to the most accessible location to do business and that might not have been the county seat of the county where they lived.
"Turning Information into Biographical Events: How to Build Historical Context" presented by John Philip Colletta was one of my favorite sessions. Dr. Colletta took a marriage record and used census records, deeds, maps, a city directory and pictures to locate the exact location of the wedding and determine how the couple was connected to the person who lived at that residence (they were not related). He even used the local newspaper to determine what the weather was like that day. Some of the methodology he used was: (1) gather the ancestor's biographical facts; (2) inspect the facts thoroughly; (3) accumulate other sources related to the event; and (4) examine these in light of local history - social, cultural, political, geographic, economic, etc.
In "Framing the Problem for Field and Overseas Research" David Rencher advised that you can't do everything you want in one research trip (unless you can be gone for an unlimited amount of time) so you must identify your desired outcomes and frame the objectives for achieving those outcomes. If you want to stand on the land your ancestor's owned then your frame would be different than if your goal is to extend your pedigree chart several generations.
Next up is the 4th and final day of NGS.
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Hi Linda, thanks for summarizing Day 3's classes. You got them nailed to a T! I attended Pamela's "Reporting the Facts" class and I wrote a blog post about it today. A few things I got from it was 1) cite your sources as you go 2) create a good work space around you at all times with your dictionaries, label makers, back up of all files, flash drives, MS Word templates (complete with a TOC, footnotes, and index), and write as you go - including doing a bit of analyzing while you are scanning/copying those records. I hope this helps!ReplyDelete
Oh and one thing Rencher forgot to mention in his researching overseas class is - don't forget to obtain or renew your PASSPORT!!!
You were probably smart in getting some extra sleep! I really enjoyed myself at the conference, but I am still exhausted!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great day, Linda. Wish I had been there! I would have been in all the same sessions. : )ReplyDelete
Ginger - So are you saying my recliner chair isn't the best place to work?ReplyDelete
Jennifer - I'm sure you're exhausted after driving half-way across the country.
Tonia - No doubt you would have been. I spent almost the entire conference in the same room - Ballroom A was the biggest classroom and had the biggest names.
Linda, Had I been able to attend I think we would have been in quite a few of the same sessions! Of course I am a huge fan of Thomas Jones and ESM too.ReplyDelete
John Phillip Colletta's talk sounds really interesting so I think I'm going to add it to my Jamb order. Thanks for the excellent summary.


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Sonya Ali is bracing herself for Inauguration Day. Since Barack Obama ate lunch last Saturday at her family's diner – Ben's Chili Bowl, a Washington landmark – folks have been stopping by to see where the president-elect sat and then order what he had: a chili half-smoke and sweet tea.
But nothing will compare with the crowds expected on Jan. 20, when the District of Columbia will play host to an unprecedented crush of humanity, coming to witness history as America inaugurates its first black president.
Predictions range from 1.5 million to 3 million visitors, but who knows? Weather will be a factor. Around town, inaugural planning – both official and unofficial – has been in the works for months. Essential employees who work downtown are preparing to sleep at the office on inauguration eve, rather than risk traffic the next morning. Restaurants are laying in extra supplies.
"Fifty big cans of potato chips came in today, and 100 more are coming tomorrow," says Ms. Ali. She predicts hours-long lines at Ben's on Tuesday, "bigger than [at] our 50th anniversary last summer."
Around the White House, signs of presidential turnover abound. Construction workers are putting the finishing touches to the reviewing stand for the inaugural parade.
Stepped up security has made it hard for tourists to take the usual snapshots of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Across Lafayette Park, a stone's throw from the White House, security around the Hay-Adams Hotel – the Obama family's temporary residence – is presidential-level tight.
But it's all the events of this long weekend, starting with a big concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, that have sent planners into overdrive. Around downtown D.C., portable toilets are sprouting up like mushrooms after a spring rain (a total of 5,000 are planned).
Each day, it seems, new details emerge for dealing with the expected masses. Visitors and local residents are being discouraged from driving into the city. Folks living or staying in Virginia who want to head into D.C. are going to have it especially tough: Personal vehicles will be banned from all Potomac River bridges from Virginia into the district beginning at 2 a.m. on Inauguration Day. That's the thanks Virginia gets for voting for Mr. Obama, some wags are muttering.
Layers of security
The Secret Service has mapped out street closures in D.C. for Inauguration Day, and authorities have already begun sealing off a several-square-mile area around the Capitol, where Obama will take the oath of office. More than 20,000 law enforcement personnel, some in plainclothes, plus bomb-sniffing dogs and air patrols will be deployed on Inauguration Day, according to published reports.
Inauguration-goers will face layers of security as they get closer to the Mall. Those who make it to the Mall, but are not among the 240,000 people with tickets to the swearing in, will be able to watch the festivities on JumboTrons. Those with tickets to the inaugural parade face a list of banned items, including: strollers, umbrellas, coolers, duffel bags, backpacks, and signs. People tempted to bring small children and babies might think twice.
Companies are marketing Inauguration Survival Kits, but it's not hard to figure out what to wear and bring. Sensible shoes and layers of warm clothes top the list (all events are outdoors). Tissues, lip balm, hand sanitizer, and heat packs also make sense.
Cellular gridlock could also be an issue, leading to calling and texting delays. Wireless providers have spent several months temporarily expanding capacity, but if everyone decides to send a video of Obama saying "so help me God" to their aunt in Florida at the same time, nothing will go through. First responders will have a special code for their communications devices that will allow them to jump to the front of the line, if necessary.
The housing question has spawned stories about area residents renting out their homes to out-of-town visitors for five-figure sums, but the reality is more down to earth. At this point, a few hundred dollars a night can still get you a condo in Dupont Circle, within walking distance of all events. Some hotels still report vacancies. Many visitors are staying with friends and family. Some who live farther out in the suburbs are staying with friends who live closer in. Then there are the people (i.e., Republicans) fleeing town for the long weekend.
Mounting excitement
But when all is said and done about logistics, Washingtonians and their visitors are excited about the coming extravaganza.
"It will be joyous, and not official Washington," says Mark Plotkin, who comments on all things D.C. for WTOP-FM radio. "There will be a sense of exuberance and euphoria, and also a diversion from all the bad stuff."
Janet Ryder, an AFL-CIO employee from Philadelphia and Obama delegate at the Democratic convention, applied to be in the parade with the labor float, and was accepted. Now, she wouldn't miss coming to D.C. for anything. She got a room at the Washington Hilton through connections, and she's bringing her walking shoes – "plain, black, flat ugly shoes that feel good" – and long underwear.
"As I go around and talk to different community groups and organizations that I deal with in my job, people are into this inauguration like I've never, ever seen in my lifetime," Ms. Ryder says. "And I'm 57 years old."
Larry Breitkopf, an 80-something retiree from Skokie, Ill., who volunteered for Obama in Iowa, got a ticket to the inauguration from his congresswoman, Jan Schakowsky (D). But finding a place to stay took a lot of work. He tried university and religious connections, and finally got a place three blocks from the Capitol.
Was all the effort worth it? No question, he says, repeating what he told a Chicago TV interviewer: "The whole world will be watching, and I'll be there."
After the swearing in ceremony and inaugural parade, there will about 100 official parties, including 10 inaugural balls plus concerts and receptions. For the first time, there will be a "neighborhood inaugural ball," featuring low-priced tickets and A-list talent, including Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, and Alicia Keys. Obama will attend this ball first, then drop in on the nine others.
Star-gazing will be another pastime for inauguration-goers. Actor Will Smith told reporters in Los Angeles last month that he and his family are "definitely going." "We'll go there and just cry – probably two, three days in a row. Just lots of crying. We'll probably cheer a lot, too," he was quoted as saying in US Weekly.
Anyone who wants to catch a glimpse of Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Usher, Shakira, and others need only show up at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, for the opening "inaugural celebration" and free concert at 2:30 p.m.
Obama rolls and Biden brunches
Aside from lots of advance logistical planning, local restaurants are also getting into the inaugural act with special dishes.
Asia Nine is offering the "Obama Roll," with mixed green vegetables. The "Biden Roll," named for Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, contains crabmeat, cucumber, and wasabi cream sauce. In honor of the departing administration, there's the Presidential Lame Duck Roll, containing roasted duck, cucumber, scallions, soy nuggets, and hoisin sauce.
For January, Nage is offering "Biden Brunches," featuring a Biden impersonator performing political sketches and serving up "Bidenisms" – poking fun, no doubt, at the future veep's tendency to talk for too long and at times off-message.
And for those who want an inexpensive inaugural treat, Ben & Jerry's has temporarily renamed its butter pecan ice cream, "Yes Pecan!"


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Fourth International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt at ICSE 2013 San Francisco, California, May 20, 2013 Invited Speaker: Steve McConnell http://www.sei.cmu.edu/community/td2013/ On May 20, 2013, we will be conducting a workshop in conjunction with the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2013) in San Francisco to scrutinize the diverse issues that are related to technical debt and the software development lifecycle.
Managing technical debt is a broad concern of software engineering that blends research and practice. This can be seen from the program that covers topics such as models for measuring and optimizing technical debt, economic models, tool support, managing dependencies, empirical studies, and use of the metaphor and related techniques in practice. To encourage interactive discussion, brainstorming, and community building the workshop will consist of short presentations from the accepted papers.
These short presentations will provide a basis for the participants to investigate further open research questions and challenges in practice. It is for that purpose that the program includes sessions dedicated to open discussion. We invite members of the software engineering community to join us. The details of the program and other logistics are at our workshop site. - Robert Nord, SEI
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|Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1909 Catalog. New York City: Ventura Books. 1979
In the 19th century arsenic was easily accessible as a rat poisoning. One could go buy some with the excuse that they had rats in their barn or somewhere else. Quite a few women killed their loved ones or others with arsenic. One of the more famous cases was immortalized in the play/movie Arsenic and Old Lace. A recent book about the real story behind the fictionalized version is The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer. The true story is one where greed played a large factor.
Women were familiar with arsenic for another reason. They used it to better their complexion. The above advertisement is from a reproduction of a Sears catalog from 1909 that I recently bought from a used book sale (page 382). The advertisement tells women that "By taking them according to directions, a clear, dainty, transparent and altogether beautiful complexion is possible." It goes on to say "Dr. Rose's splendid tabules produce a transparent and pellucid complexion. The effect of these arsenous tabules upon the skin and muscular tissues of the body is to drive out impurities, banish unnatural oiliness and give a transparent texture and beauty." This beauty aid came in the form of a wafer which you ate. Of course your complexion took on a whole new look if you ate too many.
Arsenic was not only ingested for beauty's sake but for other reasons as well including the belief that it helped men. (I will let you guess what it helped men with; life has not changed that much throughout history).
Ancestry.com just came out with a new collection of Sears catalogs. You can conduct a keyword search and find other instances of arsenic sold as a beauty aid, condition powder for cattle and a homeopathic remedy.
Makes you wonder about our ancestors. It would be interesting to know how many of our ancestors used arsenic for activities other than poisoning rats. It also makes me wonder what poisons we are ingesting that generations from now our descendants will think are strange.


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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made it official Tuesday: Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the nation's No. 1 priority is fixing the economy.
"Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility," Obama said in excerpts released in advance of his nationally televised address later in the evening. "Now, it is time to turn the page."
The last full U.S. combat brigade actually left Iraq two weeks ago, but Obama waited to mark the end of the combat mission until Tuesday, the deadline he'd announced in February. He did it without declaring victory, closing a divisive chapter of American history.
Obama's address, scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, will be televised on NBC stations and msnbc TV and will be streamed live on msnbc.com.
Obama said in the excerpts, which were released in advance by the White House, that Iraq's security was now in the hands of the Iraqis — for which he said "the United States has paid a huge price." "We have sent our young men and women to make enormous sacrifices in Iraq and spent vast resources abroad at a time of tight budgets at home," he said.
Now it is time to "put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work," he said. "This will be difficult. But in the days to come, it must be our central mission as a people and my central responsibility as president."
No 'victory lap,' Obama promises
Obama's pledge to end the war helped catapult him into office. Now, as president, he is intent on reassuring Americans and the stretched U.S. military that all the work and bloodshed in Iraq wasn't in vain.
In remarks to soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, Obama indicated that he wouldn't be repeating what has come to be considered one of the biggest mistakes of his predecessor, George W. Bush, who boarded an aircraft carrier in May 2003 to deliver a triumphant speech before a banner reading "Mission Accomplished."
Seven years later, Obama was again declaring an end to the Iraq war, but he was doing it from the sober confines of the White House's Oval Office.
Obama spoke with Bush earlier in the day; neither the White House nor aides to Bush would say what they talked about. But the president told soldiers at the Army base near El Paso that his speech was "not going to be a victory lap" and that it wouldn't be "self-congratulatory."
Partly, that's because as many 50,000 troops will stay as late as the end of next year to help train Iraq's forces and because he's also sending more troops to Afghanistan, the base of the al-Qaida terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But it's also because "there's still a lot of work that we've got to do to make sure that Iraq is an effective partner with us," he told the troops.
Iraq is in political turmoil, and its leaders have been unable to form a new government long after elections in March that left no clear winner. In Baghdad, Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Tuesday to break the impasse.
The uncertainty has left an opening for insurgents to pound Iraqi security forces, hardly the conditions the United States envisioned for this deadline.
Cost of the war
Since the war began, more than 4,400 U.S. troops have been killed and almost 32,000 more have been wounded. Many more Iraqis have been killed. The war is one of the longest in U.S. history, even as the one in Afghanistan continues after nine years. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday that political paralysis and sectarian violence still clouded the country's future.
"I am not saying all is, or necessarily will be, well in Iraq," Gates said, but he emphasized that overall violence was at its lowest level since the war began. In that light, Obama planned to say Tuesday night that the meandering economy was Job One, focusing on jobs, education and entrepreneurship.
"To strengthen our middle class, we must give all our children the education they deserve and all our workers the skills that they need to compete in a global economy," he said. "We must jump-start industries that create jobs and end our dependence on foreign oil."
And "we must unleash the innovation that allows new products to roll off our assembly lines and nurture the ideas that spring from our entrepreneurs," he added.


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Start Fitness (otherwise known as Start Cycles) started life in 1991, founded by a group of fitness enthusiasts. Primarily based in the North of England, they stock a whole host of products, from running to football, but more importantly (from our perspective!) also a reasonably wide selection of cycling gear. In particular, in recent months they've been selling road and mountain bikes at huge discounts, so if you're after a new bike then this is one of the first places I'd recommend looking (Handy quick link to their Bikes & Frames in order of discount!). I've never personally ordered from them, but several of my website's visitors have got in touch with positive feedback after snagging a bargain.
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