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Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13th, 2018!
All moms deserve a day to be celebrated, but somehow every year Mother's Day creeps up on us quicker than anticipated. It's time to make our Mom's feel special, so here are some Gift Ideas, Mother's Day Brunches and Things Moms Get FREE!
15+ Gift Ideas
- ✴Jewlery
- ✴Homemade Gifts
- ✴Breakfast in Bed
- ✴Mani/Pedi
- ✴Salon Gift Card
- ✴Flowers
- ✴Favorite Perfume/Lotions
- ✴Fancy Teas or Coffees
- ✴Wine!
- ✴Chocolates
- ✴Candles
- ✴Gift Card to her favorite store
- ✴New Home Decor
- ✴Gift Certificate to have family pictures taken
- ✴Family Wall Art
- ✴Outdoor Decor like Garden Statues/Sculptures/Stepping Stones
Mother's Day Brunches –
Here are a few places around Northeast WI that will be having Brunch Buffetts (Please call ahead to make reservations)
- ✴Bridgewood Resort & Hotel in Neenah from 9:30am-2pm
- ✴Becket's in Oshkosh from 9am-2pm
- ✴Fox River Brewing Company in Oshkosh from 10am-3pm
- ✴Fratellos Waterfront in Appleton from 10am-3pm
- ✴Dairyland Brew Pub (Wine & Cheese) in Appleton from 2pm-6pm
- ✴Fox Hills Resort in Mishicot from 10am-1pm
- ✴Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club from 9am-2pm
- ✴Liberty Hall in Kimberly from 10am-3pm
- ✴Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center in Oshkosh from 9:30am-2pm
- ✴Holiday Inn in Appleton from 10am-2pm
- ✴Whistler's Knoll in Hortonville from 10am-1pm
- ✴Thornberry Creek at Oneida Golf Course from 10am-2pm
- ✴Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Brunch at the Ballpark offers 2 times to choose from, 10:30am or 1pm.
- ✴St. Brendan's Inn in Green Bay from 11am-2pm
- ✴The Lodge Kohler in Green Bay from 9am-2pm
- ✴The Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan from 11am-3pm
- ✴Village Hearthstone in Hilbert from 9:30am-4pm
- ✴Crystal Falls Banquet Facility in New London from 10am-2pm
- ✴The Ravine in Bellevue from 10:30am-2pm
- ✴Waverly Beach in Menasha from 10am-2:30pm
- ✴Darboy Club in Appleton from 10am-1:30pm
- ✴Stadium View in Green Bay from 9am-12:30pm
- ✴Townline Pub & Grill in Suamico from 9am-1:30pm
- ✴CNC Links Golf Course & Restaurant in Manitowoc from 10am-2pm
Moms Get It Free
- ✴New Zoo in Green Bay. Moms get FREE Admission
- ✴Green Bay Botanical Gardens in Green Bay. Moms get FREE Admission
- ✴Mulberry Lane Farm in Hilbert. Moms get FREE Admission with a paid general admission on Mother's Day
- ✴Sherwood Forest Golf Club in Sherwood is offering Mom's to play FREE all day (cart fees extra).
- Life Church Green Bay is offering Mother's Day Photographs after each service for FREE.
- ✴Many Culver's locations are offering Moms a FREE scoop or other frozen treat on Mother's Day. Only at participating locations!


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When it's quiet there is always a reason!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wordful Wednesday
Posted by Jocasta at 5:16 PM
11 comments:
- NateAndJakesMom said...
All they need are the little bubbles over their heads that say "Wasn't me!"
- April 1, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Jaime said...
Hahaha. Very true!
Somehow your blog not been updating on my bloglines and I just realized I haven't been here in a while! It looks like you've been busy and you house is looking SO good!:)
- April 1, 2009 at 5:48 PM
- Jennifer said...
Oh they are adorable. I have found with teens, the quiet still applies.
- April 1, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- I am Arizona; a person, not a place. said...
So true!!!
- April 1, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- Hootin' Anni said...
You noticed that did you? LOLOLOL
I'm celebrating a 40th birthday today...come see who is the big four oh!!
Have a great Wednesday.
- April 1, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
oh nooooooooooooo
- April 2, 2009 at 3:56 AM
- Tiaras and Tantrums said...
oh no - how did she get sand in the house??
- April 2, 2009 at 4:03 AM
- Michelle said...
LOL! Dogs are the same way. If I come home and the poodle isn't waiting at the door I know she did something that is going to get her in trouble. :)
- April 2, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- Laurie said...
Oh My! I am way behind in commenting and visiting blogs. what did she get into? I guess I should say they get into?
- April 11, 2009 at 5:40 AM
- Josh n Betsie said...
i totally understand that one. I hate hearing quiet
- April 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Josh n Betsie said...
ok im a dork...you can't hear quiet....I meant I hate it when I dont hear anything.
- April 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM


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Interview with Lars Quandel
"Renewable energies continue to be very interesting for investors – but changes in renewable energy law are required for further growth."
September 2017 – 30 years ago, the birth of onshore wind energy in Germany was celebrated in the Kaiser-Wilhelm polder near Marne. Since then, it's growth has been uninterrupted. In the first half of 2017, the increase in onshore wind energy plants rose by 11 percent compared to the same period in the previous year. There were 790 wind energy plants built with a total output of 2,281 megawatts (MW).
While in the 80s wind turbines were laughed at as an exotic craze, wind energy has meanwhile become a recognized and important sector of the economy. Onshore and offshore, it has around a 12 percent share of Germany's total electricity generation. What is the future growth trend? What are the obstacles? Experts from business and industry will exchange their ideas at the "Husum Wind" fair. Around 650 exhibitors are expecting as many as 18,000 visitors at the largest leading trade fair in the sector from September 12 to 15.
Interview with Lars Quandel, Department Manager for Energy & Infrastructure at HSH Nordbank
The calls for bids for onshore wind energy are receiving heavy criticism in the sector. Developers and manufacturers are criticizing the lack of certainty in the level of expansion. Are they justified?
Lars Quandel: Yes, absolutely. The manufacturers and developers are very concerned because the construction of the awarded projects can drag on for a long time and the construction of these projects is in itself uncertain. Many citizens' energy projects have been awarded in the first two rounds of bidding. Citizens' energy projects do not require authorization from the Federal Emission Control Act (BIMSchG) to take part in the bidding. However, this later becomes a requirement for the construction of the project. In addition to this, citizens' energy projects have four and a half years in which to be built. In this respect, it can be good that the expansion of wind energy in Germany is significantly delayed and is perhaps not taking place at the level desired by politics.
Will growth on the German market be sustained or is this likely to be curbed?
Lars Quandel: For 2017 and 2018, following on from the previous years, large additional construction quantities are expected. For subsequent years, from 2019 and 2020 this will begin to slacken off because in recent years calls for bids have mainly been won by citizens' energy projects which have more than four years to complete their projects.
The prices awarded in the auctions are significantly falling, in both offshore and onshore. What are the expectations of bidders who have won?
Lars Quandel: The bidders expect two things: large technical advancement, meaning that the plants are becoming more efficient and therefore the kilowatt hour of electricity is being produced more cheaply. They also expect rising energy prices. In the case of offshore calls for bids, which are won for zero cents, it must be assumed that the energy prices are higher than today so that these projects are worthwile for the investor.
Surely it's a positive thing that the subsidies are being reduced?
Lars Quandel: Absolutely, it significantly accommodates the industry in the medium term and will help its image because the subsidies, if they are reduced, are positive for consumers as this takes the burden off them. If consistently less money needs to be paid out for renewable energies, it promotes its positive image. In the medium term, it is the aim of the industry to manage without subsidies. However, it is important to choose the right time scale for this transition so that all those involved are also able to implement these changes into the framework.
What impact do the limited awards have on the projects?
Lars Quandel: This puts pressure on all price components for the cost of a park. That means that everyone involved, whether it is us a financiers, the manufacturers, or the suppliers, needs to decide whether the products can be offered at a cheaper price. The lower remuneration means the overall remuneration of a project will drop. It can therefore be assumed that around 30 to 40 percent less cash flow is available in a project when comparing the remuneration from the old EEG from 2014 with the awards from the 2nd call for bids in the new EEG.
How do the results of the call for bids for the expansion plan suit the government?
Lars Quandel: At first glance, the results of the first two calls for bids look very good. The entire capacity was awarded. However, as already mentioned, it is not expected that all projects which receive an award will be constructed. It is not in line with the Paris Agreement, according to which almost 100 percent of energy should come from renewable energies by 2050. The German government's political plan to achieve 80 percent by then cannot be relied upon either. With the annual expansion of 2.5 GW net of wind energy passed in the EEG of 2017, in Germany we will only achieve around 60 percent.
What impact does the development have on the plant manufacturers and other participants in the market?
Lars Quandel:There is enormous pressure through the calls for bids and the remuneration being granted, in particular on the manufacturers, to reduce their prices. That is the largest price component and it probably has the most room for maneuver. At the same time, the margins are not so great that the price reductions can be completely implemented by the manufacturers. Those involved in the industry will also increasingly look abroad. Because of the expected limited expansion of wind energy in Germany, the export of wind energy plants plays an increasing role for German manufacturers.
What changes are necessary or sensible?
Lars Quandel: To promote the expansion of renewable energies, it should be considered whether certain aspects of the EEG should undergo further changes. For example, the cap on various sectors could be lifted; the de minimis rule, which has been implemented in France, could be looked at. If it was to be copied, there would barely be a project entering the call for bids, which is politically undesirable, but it could be taken on in stages, e.g. a maximum of three plants with a maximum of nine MW.
The problems of energy storage are also still to be solved. What can be done about this?
Lars Quandel: It is all about creating a stronger link between sectors. Stores are a medium, but at the same time we need to better harmonize the production, the consumption and transportation.
Do renewable energy projects continue to be interesting for investors?
Lars Quandel: Yes, definitely, for institutional investors, but also for other groups of investors. There are still attractive yields to be had in an environment of tried and tested technology and safeguarding of the basic supply of electricity.
How does the trend in Germany fit into an international context?
Lars Quandel: Great advances have been made in the expansion of renewable energies in Germany. We will continue to expand and in that respect are trailblazers on the international stage. However, we see the trend in Germany decreasing, and increasing in other countries. The level of support in Germany currently fits the level of other countries. Remuneration or achievable prices in other countries on the level of the 2nd call for bids are already the norm.
When it comes to climate protection, Germany is a world leader. Renewable energies such as wind and solar now provide around a third of electricity in Germany. However, the expansion of renewables is coming up against its economic limits. More market-based incentives are therefore urgently required. Lars Quandel, Department Manager of Energy & Infrastructure at HSH Nordbank finds himself in prominent company with this view.
Even "The Terminator" was full of praise: "Germany is currently performing brilliantly", California's former governor and ex-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger says enthusiastically, when he was asked a few years ago by "Manager Magazin" about the German energy transition. "The country knows where it wants to get to and has a vision", said Schwarzenegger. And the former "Mister Universe" should know, after all his US State is the number one pioneer for environmental policy.
This ambitious vision still exists today. The coalition agreement of the current grand coalition includes the goal of massively reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990. "In Germany, we want to codify the further steps towards reduction up to the target value of 80 to 95 percent in 2050." With a long program, Germany wants to reach its part of the climate protection targets which were agreed at the UN climate summit in Paris in December 2015. Except for Syria, Nicaragua and, after the latest veto by US president Donald Trump, also the United States, virtually every country on the planet agreed to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius in comparison to pre-industrial values. No nation seems to be making such determined progress as Germany.
But as always, the challenges only start when practical measures are taken. Even in Germany, the model country of the energy transition, renewables still play a comparatively small role. Admittedly, in the case of electricity coming out of normal sockets, up to a third is now eco-electricity. However, even if the Germans were to completely switch without exception to eco-electricity from wind or photovoltaic systems, it would only reduce the climate damaging carbon dioxide emissions by as much as a fifth of the necessary amount. Irrespective of the energy sector, wind, sun and biomass in this country are still trailing behind. In the heating sector, renewables reached 13.4 percent in 2016. Biofuels and renewable electricity in traffic last year contributed to just 5.1 percent of the entire electricity and fuel demand in the traffic sector, according to the Federal Environment Office. In primary energy consumption, renewables only reached 12.6 percent in 2016.
The heating and traffic sectors are primarily responsible for carbon dioxide emissions. The short-term climate protection target for the German Federal Government of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent over 1990 by 2020 "is in all likelihood going to be missed", according to the latest "monitoring report" on the energy transition, which is issued annually by an independent expert commission on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. According to this report, Germany's greenhouse gas emissions have been stagnant since 2009, and this is despite the construction of around 27,000 wind energy plants and 1.6 million solar plants up to the end of 2016.
By simultaneously exiting nuclear power and fossil fuels, Germany has set itself a very ambitious task, both economically and ecologically. Meanwhile, it has become clear that not everything that is desirable, is also affordable or even sensible. "The rash transition lacked decisive prerequisites, in particular with regard to urgently required, high-performance storage technology for electricity. For heavy industry, the heating market and mobility, convincing solutions are still completely absent. We are partly running two infrastructures today. This is a burden on citizens but also on the industry", criticizes Professor Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher, researcher at the University of Ulm and, as a member of the Club of Rome, someone who explicitly warns against the consequences of global climate change.
What critics like Radermacher are calling for is greater realism in energy policy and economic thought so that the energy transition can finally become a success. "Just by subsidizing photovoltaics in Germany, according to our calculations, more than 110 billion euros in payment obligations have stacked up – so far. The renewable energy law surcharge also includes the immense costs for the grid expansion and other costs. Ultimately, Peter Altmeier's famous cost estimate of one billion euros in costs from his time as Environment Minister is unfortunately, ultimately realistic", says Manuel Frondel. He is the supernumerary professor for energy economics and applied econometrics at the University of Bochum and head of the competence area of "Environment and Resources" at the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen.
"Changes to the integration of renewable energies" are also seen by Lars Quandel, Department Manager of Energy & Infrastructure at HSH Nordbank, as essential, precisely so that the energy transition can stay on course for success. The future of wind and solar energy, after years of politically motivated pushing of subsidies, lies in better utilization of the market economy. The auctions for on and offshore wind plants are the first steps in the right direction.


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Goodbye Australia
Been putting this blog post off for a while now, but its finally time. Yes, the final blog post about our time in Australia. The last two weeks we were there were filled with goodbyes and celebrations. Here is a look at our last few days in the Land Down Under.
If you want to see more pictures of our last few days in Australia check out our Adventure Album.
Many of you have asked what's going to happen to the Kids Down Under blog? Well its going to stick around! We have lots of fun stuff coming up before Christmas including what we've been up to since we've been home, some of our favourite Christmas traditions, and glimpses into our lives.
Much Love,
Dane and Christy
Posted by Christy Wutke at Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Labels: Australia Adventures, hillsong
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The future of education, or do you fancy a free iPhone…
Give away 1000 free iPhones, ask the students to use them for learning, and then be shocked when the feedback is awesome!
Seriously, I think the iPhone/iPod Touch platform is the way forward for medical education and support – it's such a versatile little thing, powerful, and now almost ubiquitous. You can even get free tickets to the cinema with an Orange iPhone now.
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2+ years of Highway 49 roadwork on tap for AuburnBy: Gus Thomson, Reporter/Columnist
Another piece of the funding puzzle for major Highway 49 roadwork through Auburn has been announced, paving the way for work to start before the end of the year.
According to Caltrans initial work on a Highway 49 rehabilitation project along the Highway 49 corridor between Interstate 80 and Dry Creek Road to the north will start in mid-November.
A total of $38.8 million has been allocated in federal and state funding for a project that is expected by the state transportation agency to be finished by mid-2021.
During the 2½-year construction timeframe, Caltrans contractors will be installing signals at Locksley Lane and Shale Ridge Road intersections, widening shoulders, improving pedestrian walkways and cycling routes, constructing retaining walls and upgrading guardrails.
The latest funding was announced Thursday and comes from the $690 million 2017's Senate Bill 1's Road Repair and Accountability Act coffers.
The Highway 49 project has been allocated $4.3 million in the August round of funding. Bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on Interstate 80 gained another $6.8 million.
Caltrans Laurie Berman said that the two Auburn-area projects are part of more than 100 funded entirely or partly by SB1 money.
"These projects just a small portion of the key improvements we need to maintain California's critical transportation infrastructure," Berman said.


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Better late than never, right? Due to exams I did not have the time to post my December wrap up earlier.
These are the books I read in December 2017! Luckily I read a lot more in December than in November and I ultimately read 92 books in 2017! I'm quite pleased about that!
1. Kulti by Mariana Zapata
2. Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata
Really enjoyed Mariana Zapata's books! Can't wait to read more! I gave them both 3 stars!
3. The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais
I got an e-arc from Netgalley and you can read my review here!
4. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
I was very productive in December, so you can read my review here.
5. Disney Manga: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Jun Asuka
You can find my review here!
6. Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3) by Sarah Andersen
You can find my fantastic review here :)
7. Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2.5) by Laini Taylor
This was lovely! I love Mik and Zusanna! Gorgeous illustrations and cute story! 4 stars!
8. The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral, #1) by C.L. Wilson
I liked this but I felt it could have been a little shorter. Definitely interested in reading the sequel. 3 stars!
9. The Trouble With Women by Jacky Fleming
This was fun! 4 stars!
10. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
I adored this book! Definitely my favourite of the month! It was absolutely fantastic! 5 stars!
11. Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days, #4) by John Allison
Love Giant Days and this volume was no exception! 5 stars!
Have you read any of the books mentioned above or are you planning to? Leave your thoughts down below!
January wrap up coming soon! Have a great week everyone!
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018
December Wrap Up
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I'll be grabbing Herding Cats at some point as I really liked the first two.ReplyDelete
I haven't read any of these books (story of my life lol) but I'd loooove to read An Enchantment of Ravens! ♥ReplyDelete
Oh wow I didn't realise the 3rd Sarah Scribbles book existed yet!! I need to read it because I loved the first two eep. And I also loved Eliza And Her Monsters and Night of Cake And Puppets. <3ReplyDelete
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While BPA is known to cause a number of negative health effects (it is for instance, an endocrine-disrupting chemical), it is also ubiquitous in the environment.
The goal of the study was essentially two-fold: first, it was to determine whether or not short term exposure to BPA could significantly increase the levels present in the body. Second, it was to use the study population (in this case, dogs) as potential indicators of the presence and effects on humans.
For the study, healthy dog owners volunteered their pets to be fed with one of two common commercial canned food brands for two weeks; one diet was presumed to be BPA-free. Blood and fecal samples were collected prior and presumably after the feedings.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine and Investigator in the Bond Life Sciences Center, Cheryl Rosenfeld, stated:
The dogs in the study did have minimal circulating BPA in their blood when it was drawn for the baseline.
However, BPA increased nearly three-fold after being on the either of the two canned diets for two weeks. We also found that increased serum BPA concentrations were correlated with gut microbiome and metabolic changes in the dogs analyzed. Increased BPA may also reduce one bacterium that has the ability to metabolize BPA and related environmental chemicals.
We share our homes with our dogs – Thus, these findings could have implications and relevance to humans. Indeed, our canine companions may be the best bio-sentinels for human health concerns.
This new study thus has frightening implications for both pets and humans, and stands as an example as to why BPA must be eliminated from our environment.
"Bisphenol A (BPA) in the serum of pet dogs following short-term consumption of canned dog food and potential health consequences of exposure to BPA" was published in Science of the Total Environment.


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If you are looking to start dating seriously you can find online agencies that will help you out. Since agencies operate differently than traditional dating sites, there are a few things you should understand before you sign up for one.
Agencies versus Dating Sites
With a dating site you will pay to set up a profile and browse through other users on your own. You have to create your profile, choose your photos, and then message other users that you think will be a good match. While this is a good option for many people, it can become frustrating if you keep picking the wrong types of people. It's hard to form a connection with someone that you know little about, and can be even harder to find common interests. A dating agency on the other hand helps you with this. They will help you create your profile to make it interesting and will ask that you complete several assessment style tests. These tests give you a better picture of the type of person you are in the dating world, and can serve as a great way to help match you. The agency then sends suggestions to you periodically on users that they feel you will match well with. You will still have the option to message individual users that aren't in your suggested list, but they offer a higher success rate if you take their suggestions to heed.
Cost Differences
A dating site is more affordable than a dating agency on first glance. A traditional dating site will cost around $30 a month, and a dating agency may cost as much as $150 to use online. However, you may spend up to a year on a dating site looking for a long term match that actually works out. This will end up costing you more than twice what the dating agency charges. With a dating agency you can find a match much faster, and in the long run can actually save you a lot of money.


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The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 9-year-old Parlier police K-9 that was found dead in the city Friday afternoon.
Early Friday morning, deputies were called about a grand theft involving the Parlier Police Department, sheriff's spokesman Tony Botti said. When deputies responded, they learned that the theft or disappearance involved Indy, the police department's German shepherd, he said.
In the afternoon, deputies got a call about a dead dog in Parlier in the area of Industrial Drive and Mendocino Avenue, and it was determined that the dog was Indy, Botti said.
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Botti said Parlier police asked the sheriff's office to investigate. The police referred questions about Indy's death to the sheriff's office.
The police reported a grand theft, but Botti said it is unknown if Indy was taken, stolen or got out on his own.
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Shelta is a language spoken by Travellers, particularly in Ireland but also other parts of Britain.[1] It is widely known as the Cant, to its native speakers in Ireland as Gammon and to the linguistic community as Shelta.[2] Although this aspect is frequently over-emphasized[2], it was often used as a cryptolect to exclude outsiders from comprehending conversations between travellers.[1] The exact number of native speakers is hard to determine due to sociolinguistic issues[2] but Ethnologue puts the number of speakers in Ireland at 6,000 and 86,000 worldwide.[3]
Linguistically Shelta is today seen to be a creole language that stems from a community of travelling people in Ireland and Scotland that was originally predominantly Irish and Gaelic speaking which went through a period of widespread bilingualism that resulted in a language based heavily on Hiberno-English and/or Scots with heavy influences from Irish and Gaelic.[2] As different varieties of Shelta display different degrees of anglicization (see below), it is hard to determine the extent of the Irish/Gaelic substratum but the Oxford Companion to the English Language puts it as 2,000-3,000 words.[1]
The language is known by a large number of names. People outside the community often know the language as (the) Cant, the etymology of which is still a matter of debate.[2] Speakers of the language also refer to it as (the) Cant[1], Gammon[1][2] or Tarri[1]. Amongst linguists, the name Shelta is the most commonly used term.[2]
Variants of the above names and additional names include: Bog Latin[1], Caintíotar[citation needed], Gammen[citation needed], Sheldru[1], Shelter[1], Shelteroch[1] Pavee[citation needed], the Ould Thing[1], Tinker's Cant[1].
The word Shelta appears in print for the first time 1882 in the book The Gypsies by the "gypsiologist" Charles Leland, who claimed to have discovered it as the "fifth Celtic tongue". The etymology of the word has long been a matter of debate but modern Celticists are convinced that Irish siúl Irish pronunciation: [ʃuːlʲ] "to walk" is at the root, either via a term such as siúltóir Irish pronunciation: [ʃuːlˠt̪ˠoːrʲ] "a walker" or the verbal adjective siúlta (cf an lucht siúil "the walking people" Irish pronunciation: [ənˠ lˠuxt̪ ʃuːlˠt̪ˠə], the traditional Irish term for Travellers).[2]
Linguists have been documenting Shelta since at least the 1870s, with the first works published in 1880 and 1882 by Charles Leland.[2] Celtic language expert Kuno Meyer and Romani expert John Sampson both assert that Shelta existed as far back as the 13th century.[citation needed].
In the earliest but undocumented period linguists surmise that the Traveller community was Irish speaking until a period of widespread bilingualism in Irish and Hiberno-English (or Scots in Scotland) set in, leading to creolisation (possibly with a trilingual stage).[2] The resulting language is referred to as Old Shelta and it is suspected that this stage of the language displayed distinctive features, such as non-English syntactic and morphological features, no longer found in Shelta.[2]
Within the diaspora, various sub-branches of Shelta exist. English Shelta is increasingly suffering from anglicization whereas American Traveller's Cant, originally also synonymous with Shelta, has by now been almost fully anglicized.[1]
Sociologist Sharon Gmelch describes the Travellers' language as follows:[4]
Irish Travelers use a secret argot or cant known as Gammon. It is used primarily to conceal meaning from outsiders, especially during business transactions and in the presence of police. Most Gammon utterances are terse and spoken so quickly that a non-Traveler might conclude the words merely had been garbled. Most Gammon words were formed from Irish Gaelic by applying four techniques: reversal, metathesis, affixing, and substitution. In the first, an Irish word is reversed to form a Gammon one - mac, or son, in Irish became kam in Gammon. In the second, consonants or consonant clusters were transposed. Thirdly, a sound or cluster of sounds were either prefixed or suffixed to an Irish word. Some of the more frequently prefixed sounds were s, gr, and g. For example, Obair, work or job, became gruber in Gammon. Lastly, many Gammon words were formed by substituting an arbitrary consonant or consonant cluster in an Irish word. In recent years, modern slang and Romani (the language of the gypsies) words have been incorporated. The grammar and syntax are English. The first vocabulary collected from Irish Travelers was published in 1808, indicating that Gammon dates at least back to the 1700s. But many early Celtic scholars who studied it, including the eminent Kuno Meyer, concluded it was much older.
Many Shelta words have been disguised using techniques such as back slang where sounds are transposed (for example gop "kiss" from Irish póg) or the addition of sounds (for example gather "father" from Irish athair).[1] Other examples include lackeen "girl" from Irish cailín, and the word rodas "door" from Irish doras.
It also contains a certain number of lexical items from Romani such as the term gadje "non-Traveller" or "kushti" (from the Romanichal word for "good"), though the Travellers are not actually Romani.[5]
Shelta shares its main syntactic features with Hiberno-English and the majority of its morphological features such as -s plurals and past tense markers.[2] Compare:
|the gawlya beeged the greid
|the child stole the money
Some Shelta words have been borrowed by mainstream English speakers, such as the word "bloke" meaning "a man" in the mid-19th century, originally likely to have been derived from the Irish word buachaill "boy".[6]
There is no standard orthography. Broadly speaking, Shelta can either be written following an Irish-type orthography or an English-type orthography. For example, the word for "married" can either be spelled lósped or lohsped, a "woman" can either be spelled byohr or beoir.[2]
Below are reproductions of the Lord's Prayer in Shelta as it occurred a century ago, current Shelta, and modern English and Irish versions for comparison. The 19th century Shelta version shows a high Shelta lexical content while the Cant version a much lower Shelta lexical content. Both versions are adapted from Hancock[7] who notes that the Cant reproduction is not exactly representative of actual speech in normal situations.
|Shelta (old)
|Shelta (current)
|Mwilsha's gater, swart a manyath,
|Our gathra, who cradgies in the manyak-norch,
|Our Father, who is in heaven,
|Ár n-Athair atá ar neamh,
|Manyi graw a kradji dilsha's manik.
|We turry kerrath about your moniker.
|Hallowed be your name.
|Go naofar d'ainm,
|Graw bi greydid, sheydi laadu
|Let's turry to the norch where your jeel cradgies,
|Your kingdom come, your will be done,
|Go dtaga do ríocht, Go ndéantar do thoil
|Az aswart in manyath.
|And let your jeel shans get greydied nosher same as it is where you cradgie.
|On earth as it is in heaven.
|ar an talamh, mar a dhéantar ar neamh.
|Bag mwilsha talosk minyart goshta dura.
|Bug us eynik to lush this thullis,
|Give us today our daily bread.
|Ár n-arán laethúil tabhair dúinn inniu,
|Geychel aur shaaku areyk mwilsha
|And turri us you're nijesh sharrig for the gammy eyniks we greydied
|And forgive us our sins,
|Agus maith dúinn ár bhfiacha
|Geychas needjas greydi gyamyath mwilsha.
|Just like we ain't sharrig at the gammi needies that greydi the same to us.
|As we forgive those who sin against us.
|Mar a mhaithimidne dár bhféichiúna féin
|Nijesh solk mwil start gyamyath,
|Nijesh let us soonie eyniks that'll make us greydi gammy eyniks,
|Save us from the time of trial,
|Ach ná lig sinn i gcathú
|Bat bog mwilsha ahim gyamyath.
|But solk us away from the taddy.
|and deliver us from evil.
|saor sinn ó olc.
|Diyil the sridag, taajirath an manyath
|For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
|Mar is leatsa an ríocht, an chumhacht, agus an ghlóir
|Gradum a gradum.
|now and forever.
|Trí shaol na saol.


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Round in the name of Alan
Do you believe in omens? Well, maybe there was one around today.
With the Inaugural Alan Coventry Memorial being held today and his two year old colt ran at Globe Derby.
I guess I will know by the time I finish this write-up whether his run was successful or not.
But the Alan Coventry Memorial, sponsored kindly by R.A. Augheys and the Club itself, was a success for one Wayne Forrest.
Forrest took out the Nyrstar Northwestern a couple of weeks ago and is still in fine form.
Forrest, playing with Jayson Meyers, began his game on the tenth and scored himself a birdie straight away.
He completed the back nine, their first nine, with twenty points up his sleeve.
Forrest was one over par on the first hole but soon redeemed himself with two pars.
But looking through the cards when we, the Captain and Vice- Captain, saw where an Eagle on the fourth had been overlooked.
We couldn't believe it. Forrest had said nothing and we had missed it.
Another one to empty out the Eagle's nest, but I tend to think that there is only about six balls in it at this stage.
For those that are not aware: Eagle means scoring two under par (−2). An eagle usually occurs when a golfer hits the ball far enough to reach the green with fewer strokes than expected.
It most commonly happens on par-fives – as Wayne's did. Forrest also scooped the nearest the pins on the second hole along with the tenth.
That is what I call a half decent day. Another player who should have been quite pleased with his round of golf was Tim Smith.
Tim isn't a constant player, although I can say that we have seen quite a bit of him just lately.
But thirty nine points isn't anything to be laughed at and to come in second should make him quite happy.
He must have been just warming up on the front nine, scoring seventeen points but on the back nine, maybe with the wind at his back, he walked away with twenty two points.
A Long Drive win in C Grade would have just topped off his day.
Old faithful, Tony Ridge, was of course not too far away, finishing in third place with thirty eight points.
It is not too often that he doesn't get a look in. Playing a fairly even game with twenty points on the front nine and eighteen on the back, it may have been only the rain to spoil his day.
Not that we had a lot anyway, but it will help keep the cover on the course for when summer comes around all too quickly.
Vance Remphrey picked up the spoils on the fourteenth NTP, just knocking off his father-in-law, and then claimed the Long Drive in B Grade in his name.
He didn't appear in the ball winner's list but the other wins may have been enough for him.
Jose Gonsalves did appear in the same list with thirty five points on his card and picked up the long drive in A Grade.
Mark Malcolm, Roger Kirchner, Jayson Meyers and Phil Bickley all finished on thirty five points also.
Phil Johns signed his card with thirty six points to his credit, Matt Kennedy and Ralph Johnson with thirty seven and Tim Bessen with thirty eight.
Bessen also picked up the NTP on sixteen and Stuart Thorpe walked away with the number five prize. It is good to see Ken "Ducka" Bessen playing again.
He has been absent from playing for a bit and we have missed him. It won't be long though when we will need him back mowing, with this bit of rain and then sunshine to follow.
Ducka we will need you on the mower – soon!
The rain has a way of deterring players, some anyway, and Leon Sampson was seen wandering around in the clubhouse quite early.
Asked if he had finished playing already he explained that no, it had been his playing partner, one Mr Coombe, who had been hit by a few drops of rain, packed up and gone home.
It hasn't been a good week for the one Mr. Coombe . He and Alan Peters thought they might pop up to Wilmington to play in the Vets Day.
This was on the Tuesday. Well, the Wilmington Vets had been played – on the Monday. OK - they thought they might have a game while they were there, maybe play nine holes.
Humphh, not likely, it was the Ladies' Championship Day. Honestly! Any other day in Wilmington .. well, you know. Better week next week, Mr Coombe.
Speaking of next week, the play next week is the Jeff Forrest Memorial. This play is sponsored by Wayne& Karen Forrest in memory of Wayne's father.
The couple also sponsor a competition in the Ladies calendar in memory of Wayne's mother, Jan. Just lovely to honour both parents in this manner.
Two footnotes: Those that soar like eagles today may soon turn into feather dusters, such was the play of both Kevin Stokes and Bob Riding this week.
And secondly – Mackalan ran a mighty race and just got pipped on the post, finishing second. Al would have been pretty chuffed I reckon!
Until next week. Happy Golfing!
The Inaugural Alan Coventry Memorial Stableford
Sponsored by R.A.Augheys & PPGC
1 st Wayne Forrest 40
2 nd Tim Smith 39
3 rd Tony Ridge 38
Ball Winners:- Tim Bessen 38,
Matt Kennedy 37, Ralph Johnson 37
Phil Johns 36, Mark Malcolm 35,
Jose Gonsalves 35. Roger Kirchner 35
Jayson Meyers 35, Phil Bickley 35.
NTP Winners:- No 2 – Wayne Forrest
No 5 – Stuart Thorpe, No 10 – Wayne Forrest
No 14 - Vance Remphrey, No 16 – Tim Bessen
Long Drive A Grade:- Jose Gonsalves
B Grade – Vance Remphrey
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Another Web coalition featuring Google, AOL, Yahoo -- and many other Internet players -- has gathered to fight proposed New York state legislation that would curtail targeted advertising and data collection.
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As part of our series 5 Top Tips from the Experts, Alison Haill, Leadership Communication Expert shares her tips on the top mistakes to avoid when presenting and most importantly what to do instead.
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• The 5 top Mistakes made by presenters
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Could you be a more successful presenter?
Do you suffer from anxiety or doubt your presenting ability?
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1. DON'T start your preparation by creating your slides. DO start instead by considering who is in your audience. What are their fears and concerns? How can you present your topic, so it engages them?
2. DON'T write out your script and then read it. You will inevitably read too fast. Reading aloud is much faster than the Listening Brain can digest content-rich information, so reading aloud will leave your audience cold. Instead, DO hold cards, with legible bullet points on them. These act as prompts for you, so you communicate your information at natural speed.
3. DON'T memorise your script. Memorising is dangerous because something unexpected can easily cause you to forget a chunk of the script. I've seen this happen many times. When the speaker forgets a word or a paragraph, they go into a spiral of panic. Their brain freezes, and they can't remember what comes next.
Nerves are natural when you perform, and they can stop your memory working as expected.
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A storm was brewing on the northwest coast of England around 1969 and 1970, and it was moving inland fast.
The origins of this tempest, however, first stirred in the industrial wasteland of a city called Birmingham, where four scraggly, but wildly creative, young men were transforming the heavy blues of such legends as Cream and Blue Cheer into a new kind of minor-key sonic monster, a ponderous beast capable of pummeling of great pillars into pebbles with immense, explosive guitar riffs, pounding rhythms that buffeted and followed those powerfully struck chords to hell and a singer whose pained howl expressed horrors both real and imagined.
It was a scary, almost apocalyptic sound that both shocked and awed rock audiences in Cumbria, an English county that relied on the bounty of the Atlantic Ocean to eke out what was at times a meager existence. And they loved the devastatingly loud, sludgy dirges and hallucinogenic jams that were blasting out of the rugged amps of a then-unknown Black Sabbath that toured the area hard.
"We'd done a lot of work in northwest England in what they call Cambria," remembers Sabbath drummer Bill Ward, "and without realizing it we built up quite a fan base in northwest England." Playing to increasingly packed houses in the region, Sabbath cultivated a rabid, extremely loyal following that Ward believes put its collective shoulders to the band's foggy, drug-addled, yet crushingly powerful and disturbingly spooky, self-titled debut, released in May 1970, and helped nudge it into the U.K. Top Ten album charts. All of which set the stage for Sabbath's master stroke, Paranoid, also unleashed in 1970, in September of that year, and the subject of a new Eagle Vision "Classic Albums" series DVD as we approach its 40th anniversary.
"I was just amazed," exclaims Ward. "I think [our debut] came in at No. 26 out of the Top 30. It was just like, 'Oh my God.' And it was something that, after all the years that you are playing on the stage and playing all the clubs, playing all the different places we had to play, comes as a surprise. So it was enormous, really. It was like, 'Oh, wow. We've actually accomplished part of a dream,' if you like. That was a big part of the dream, to get a hit record."
But, why Cumbria? What was it about Sabbath's bleak musical black magic, still in its infancy but growing more and more mature with each performance, that appealed to denizens of the area's sparsely populated towns?
Ward explains that, "On the west coast, the northwest coast of England, they're mainly fishing villages. However, they're very hard. It's a very hard life, and it's very hard weather. It's a really tough place to be, working in Aspatria, Whitehaven … these are all tough towns. They're granite. The houses are built of black granite. And so they actually look quite dismal when it's raining with these black, monolithic houses that exist up there. They paint the landscape with granite silhouettes if you like. But at the same time, you can see the beauty in that as well, but there's almost a sense of morbidity there that was … I know we were very attracted to playing there. We wanted to be there all the time (laughs). The biggest city in that specific area is Carlisle, and Carlisle is a fortress. It's a fortress town. It's right on the border of England and Scotland. So it's got a lot of pagan history, and it just goes way back in time. And so [Sabbath guitarist] Tony [Iommi] and I used to live in Carlisle. We were in another band, but when we had Black Sabbath, we all loved Carlisle. That's where a lot of our roots were in the beginning, to play our music. So, I don't know. The people just, you know, really liked hard-core music."
That's putting it lightly. Ward compares Sabbath's original fans in that area to the more intense ones you'd also find in places like New Jersey and Philadelphia. In other words, they're extremely passionate about what they like.
"I think it was great in the sense that not much came up to that part of northwest England," says Ward. "You know, there are rolling hills; it's called the 'lake district.' There are lots of lakes there. There's not a large population. It's quite isolated. So, being up there, it was a real treat when a band went up there, and I loved the audiences around that area. And they loved it when rock bands would go up there and visit these different small towns and so on and so forth. It's just a very fanatical crowd, and I like the Scots. The Scotsmen were the same way."
With momentum building among the black masses, Sabbath, true to its blue-collar roots, continued working. Touring was constant, and on the road, the quartet of Ward, Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and iconic metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne jammed and wrote during the hours when they weren't onstage. There was a bit of a break, though.
"Yeah, well, what was happening was, as we were playing more and more, we became more and more intuitive toward one another, and so, by the time we'd done our first album, we were continually on the road," says Ward. "It didn't stop us from jamming out. You know, we could jam out in hotel rooms. So we'd get ideas all the time."
Their fertile imaginations working overtime, the men of Sabbath were becoming more and more cohesive as a unit, and when they did get a little window of time to exit the road, they decided to go to Monmouth in Monmouthshire, Wales, for more work.
"We actually took a week or maybe 10 days to rehearse some of our songs," says Ward. "I'll give you an example of that. I'll always remember, we rehearsed 'Electric Funeral,' 'Hand Of Doom' and I think we did some of 'War Pigs' there as well. So we actually had - which had never happened to us before – rehearsals, just writing material for what was to be Paranoid. So, with the combination of having licks and different things in our heads and what have you, and also by now being a very intuitive band, when we played, we knew almost … I can't describe it. We knew where the other person was going to go. We would often sit down and write something, and we'd all go to the same place at the same time. It was actually a little strange, a little scary. But without being too analytical, it was just something we had as a band that we were able to do that. We knew intuitively when to change, when we were going to go into a different place, you know. So it was really quite a ride in making a Black Sabbath track, you know."
Deciding on a driver for the trip was easy. Everyone followed Iommi's lead, the guitar wizard who seemed to be able to pluck innovative, instantly memorable riffs out of thin air. Ward and Iommi, both of them heavily influenced by what Ward called the "incredibly rich soil" of the British music scene of the 1960s, began playing in bands together at the age of 16. In Birmingham, Iommi was, even at that tender age, was as good as any guitarist in the city. In quick order, he moved past them all, fluidly navigating more complex pieces than the blues and rock standards of the day.
"I just watched him all his life, you know; observing from his later teenage years, he just shot up," says Ward. "He just grew into this young songwriter, this riff master. His uncanny ability to come up with parts and pieces, and just even sometimes [with] three notes, and then they were so devastatingly good, they would just blow the rest of us away. I mean, just playing drums, as far as playing drums to the notes that he was playing, it was a drummer's dream. It was the best job in the world. But then, of course, it was all about talent [allowed] to flourish when we started making more and more music. But it was a prime growth period for all of us, and definitely for Tony."
However brief, that short rehearsal period, plus the nonstop gigging, prepared Sabbath well for the tight studio timeframe the band had to record Paranoid. Having booked just two days, Sabbath was ready and willing to work long hours to get the job done, going from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Undaunted, Sabbath was up to the challenge.
"God, we were so weird," laughs Ward. "I don't recall us being savvy enough to put that together. It's almost like we were told that this is what it is, this is what you have fellas. This is what you do. It was like, okay, well, we'll just do it then. So we just showed up and did it."
Having engineer Tom Allom and producer Rodger Bain, real recording professionals, onboard helped Sabbath stay on schedule. Allom, for his part, says on the DVD that he knew exactly how to record Sabbath.
"With what he had, and with what Rodger had, I think that they used the tools very well," says Ward. "You know, we tried to scramble everything to put it all together the best we could. We had some fairly decent microphones, which was the case back in the late '60s, around '69, early '70. So, I think with the tools that they had and the equipment that they had, they were able to capture at least part of what we sounded like."
Time being an issue, Sabbath laid down tracks in three takes or less. "I don't think we'd ever [gone beyond] that," admits Ward. "I think if we were in Take 4, we'd probably forget the song, you know, because we knew we were on a timeline, and we intended to keep to that timeline, much to Tom Allom and Rodger Bain's efforts to keep that tight. We knew that's what we were being given, to try to take every advantage of that. So in that sense, we encouraged each other. We were very pushy towards each other."
And Sabbath, being the force of nature they were live and always pushing to play at a volume that was troublesome to manage, had trouble adjusting to the confines of the studio.
"This was like the band's fifth day in a recording studio, 'cause we were only a couple days with Black Sabbath and now we were doing Paranoid and it was like a few more days for Paranoid," says Ward. "We were very inexperienced, but what we were at the time was we were a touring band. We were playing live and we were playing loud and we were playing very aggressively. So, for anybody to capture that in a very small studio, with the baffles and the microphones of the day … I remember just my snare drum, they were trying to just get the microphone to not just go into the red and just overpower the microphone, 'cause I was just playing full strength. You know, I didn't know how to play in the studio."
Being young and somewhat naïve about the recording process, Sabbath decided, whether consciously or unconsciously, to sort of mimic the chords and notes Iommi was churning out, and in doing so, they added incredible heft to the overall sound.
"It was whatever Tony was doing, we'd try to enhance, fill and do that," says Ward. "That was the priority: getting as big a sound as we possibly could. And so, in doing that, keeping that in mind, then we would look at how to create that bigger sound that we had to make it dramatic or dark or hard or critical – any of those things. So, that would be our focus. Whatever we needed to do, whatever the ingredients were note-wise or rhythmically to get to those places, of the latter that I just mentioned, whatever we would do, we'd go wherever we needed to go to get that and just pour all that out."
That flood intensified tracks like "War Pigs," the title track and Ward's particular favorite, "Hand of Doom."
"It's just raw and naked, and Ozzy's phrasing is superb," says Ward. "I like the fact that we got some of our little jazz things going on in there (Ward being a big fan of drummer Gene Krupa and Iommi being heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt). And we go from our little jazz things to a wonderful dynamic of sheer volume. When we played that live, we used to blow everybody away, because we were playing very, very soft and then suddenly you can hear the amps just rise up, baarrangg … you know, so to me, that's pure metal."
If "Hand of Doom" was "pure metal," the trippy, acoustically sketched out space travelogue "Planet Caravan" was something altogether different.
"I think it was something that we would go to when we needed a bit of peace, and I strongly suspect it was the same formula, as always, which was that Tony had, you know, some kind of a riff going on or some kind of chord, because that's how things would normally start," says Ward. "When I listen to that, it sounds like Ozzy immediately caught on to the guitar and interpreted a melody straightaway, so even after 30 seconds of it, we could turn it into a song. Yeah, it was a nice resting spot."
There wasn't much rest for the wicked, though, on Paranoid. The album starts with the raging anti-war epic "War Pigs," which, perhaps surprisingly, has some basis in Sabbath's appreciation for the Latin-tinged poly-rhythms of a band called The Shadows, whose influence on Sabbath, according to Ward, is subtle but omnipresent.
"That was one that we had rehearsed before, so it wasn't something that was brand new that we built in the studio or anything," says Ward. "And we'd already been playing that out, playing it in front of audiences. I thought it was just such a good song live, very compelling. But yeah, I like the way we did play the grooves, especially the top groove … you can feel the jazz influence, only it's played extremely f**king loud."
Another song that was honed to perfection live was "Jack The Stripper/Fairies With Boots." Ward says, "It's one of the band's favorites. It always has been. I think it was fairly well recorded. We'd been playing that for quite some time. And it was a fun song to play. Onstage, we got really, really raucous with it."
Speaking of raucous, the stinging, frenetically paced title track, a classic song that describes, in horrifying fashion, a struggle to maintain one's sanity, was something unexpected, a last-minute fill-in that Sabbath put together in under half an hour. It all started with an idea in Iommi's head. As Ward, Ozzy and Butler went to lunch that last day in the studio, Iommi excused himself. He wanted to work on what's become one of the greatest riffs in rock history, " … and we followed about 10 minutes later," recalls Ward. "He was playing the top 30 or 40 seconds of what was going to be 'Paranoid,' and so, we didn't say a word. It was quite subdued actually. I got up there on my drums, Geezer got on his bass, and Ozzy [got] behind the mic, and we just slammed in and took about 20 minutes to do it. And again, I think that's one of the good things about being a band sharing everything equally and being intuitive to each other. And that's what can come out. And I think it was 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes, from beginning to end. We recorded it, and then there was an overdub the next day, I think, where Tony played through it, and I played through it."
Firing on all cylinders, Sabbath, in just two days, had created not only an album for the ages, but they had also drawn up the blueprints for what a genre that become known as heavy metal. Critics, at the time and for years afterward, loathed Sabbath, but they got the last laugh. Paranoid went straight up to #1 in the U.K. and the songs "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" marched into the lower reaches of the U.S. charts.
As for Sabbath, the realization of what they'd accomplished took a while to sink in.
"I guess we must have stopped to enjoy the party and congratulate each other for being No. 1, but I don't think any of us knew even when we were doing it what that meant," says Ward. "It must have meant something different for everybody, like 'Oh, we're No. 1' and I was expecting something to happen, like there'd be a bolt of lightning out of the sky or something, you know, and I'll be invited to see the Queen. The only thing we really thought about was getting a little bit of sleep and making sure we had some food. It's strange because when it actually happens, it's like, "Oh, yeah, right. What do we do with this now?"
Sabbath was about to find out.
- Peter Lindblad


text: Adherence to Medication and Quality of Life in People With Schizophrenia: Results of a European Multicenter StudyPuschner, Bernd PhD*; Born, Anja Dipl-Psych†; Giebler, Anne Dipl-Psych†; Helm, Hedda Dipl-Psych†; Leese, Morven PhD‡; Bindman, Jonathan P. MRCPsych‡; Gray, Richard J. PhD‡; Schene, Aart MD§; Kikkert, Martijn MSc§; Burti, Lorenzo MD∥; Marrella, Giovanna ClinPsy∥; Becker, Thomas MD*The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease: October 2006 - Volume 194 - Issue 10 - p 746-752 doi: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243082.75008.e7 Original Articles Abstract Author InformationAuthors Article MetricsMetrics Quality of life is often severely impaired in people with schizophrenia, and adherence to antipsychotic medication has been consistently found to be low in this population. Although there is a considerable amount of evidence on these two variables in schizophrenia research, there is only limited knowledge on how they relate to one another. The aim of this study is to develop a meaningful model of the relationship between quality of life and adherence that includes mediating variables. A multicenter randomized controlled trial recruited 409 subjects in London, Verona, Amsterdam, and Leipzig. Baseline interviews obtained data on adherence, quality of life, and other variables. We used graphical modeling to investigate the relationships between the variables. No direct relation could be discerned between subjective quality of life and adherence to medication. Mediating variables, most importantly symptomatic impairment, global functioning, and medication side effects, were identified by the model. It can be concluded that, when aiming at the improvement of quality of life in people with schizophrenia, variables other than adherence, i.e., symptomatic impairment, global functioning, and medication side effects, should be targeted. *Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Germany; †Department of Psychiatry, Leipzig University, Germany; ‡Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, United Kingdom; §Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and ∥Department of Medicine and Public Health, Verona University, Verona, Italy. The study was funded by a grant from the Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Program of the European Union (QLG4-CT-2001-01734). Send reprint requests to Bernd Puschner, PhD, Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89821 Günzburg, Germany. © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Today is primary day in Ohio. A big day for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Looking at the two democratic candidates we noticed that Obama created a logo for himself. The icon, is prominently displayed on his campaign web site, featured on t-shirts, buttons, yard signs and bumper stickers. Will this visual image help with his national recognition? Will it make a difference for voters?Who created the logo and what is it supposed to mean?
A team of Chicago graphic designers at Sender LLC gave Barack Obama's campaign its signature look. The meaning - the "O" of his name has a rising sun inside symbolizing a new day. Apparently, the sun rising over the horizon evokes a new sense of hope. Professionals think the shape and color of the logo signals by design that Obama has a different message and wants to forge a different type of connection with the voters.
The question is . . . has it struck a connection with Ohio?
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Branding a presidential candidate ~ Obama's logo
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- nhsphoto said...
i saw a funny version of this logo on a bumper sticker just yesterday. it said "mormons for obama". funny for so many reasons. i think there need to be more "mormons for..." stickers.
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How about Momma's for Obama.
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or llamas for obama.
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Days at the Dock is the Holden Beach way to kick off the Spring and start the vacation season. Enjoy many arts & crafts vendors and food vendors, live music & entertainment, a cardboard box paddle race, hermit crab races, and the world famous "Bopple Race." Lots of activities for the entire family and a children's area for the kids. The Cardboard Box Paddle Race and Hermit Crab Races will be on Saturday and the Family Fun Run and the Bopple Race will be on Sunday.
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