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Free webinar range – 'knowledge upload' starting this autumn!
W&H brings a breath of fresh air with a free range of webinars to the virtual floor! Use this autumn for your individual training and learn from international experts. Boost your clinical efficiency, easily and conveniently – with W&H Distance Learning, completely free of charge and despite all travel restrictions.
It is times of crisis that show how important it is to stick together. For this reason we want to share our know-how and send "professionals" back to a normal business life all over the world. We want to face the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic together, provide the best support possible and break new ground. For this purpose we have launched the campaign #dentalsunited.
NIWOP – Part 1: The pre-treatment
NIWOP is a plannable workflow that starts long before implantation and continues beyond the prosthetic restoration. Its goal, aside from actual implant placement, is minimising the incidence of biological complications such as peri-implant mucositis or peri-implantitis. (The pre-treatment as per articles from PD Dr Kristina Bertl, PhD, MBA, MSc)
Ultrasound-activated mechanical biofilm management
Continued maintenance of peri-implant health and the associated, targeted prevention of peri-implant disease are essential to ensuring long-term implant success. The case described here illustrates the possibilities for employing a piezoelectric ultrasonic scaler in the scope of SIT for the efficient cleaning of tooth and implant surfaces.
One year of NIWOP
"No Implantology without Periodontology": Given the increasing prevalence of periodontal diseases and the steadily increasing age of the patients requiring implant treatment, the need for a systematic approach is clearly evident. pip spoke with Dr Martina Banze, Director of Scientific Marketing and Bernhard Eder, Product Portfolio Management for Prophylaxis & Periodontology.
The pre-treatment phase and the importance of a stable periodontal situation
Peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis are, unfortunately, relatively frequently occurring biological complications. In order to reduce the prevalence of such biological complications, the NIWOP concept aims to remind the dental health professions of actually well-known facts. - by PD Dr. Kristina Bertl, PhD MBA MSc
Individual Periodontitis Aftercare: A User Report
The following case report concerns a male patient born in 1967 with chronic, already very advanced periodontitis with furcation involvement. The initial diagnostic findings revealed periodontal pockets measuring 6-8 mm across the dentition. Prior to treatment, he had not seen a dentist for ten years.
Interview Prof. Andreas Stavropoulos
The 17th Biennial conference of the IAP in Bangkok presented a variety of talks and workshops in the field of periodontology. In addition to discussing new developments and current approaches to the management of periodontal diseases, further insights on the associations of systemic- and periodontal diseases as well as therapeutic approaches were shown. A practice day offered hands on workshops with the opportunity to learn from acclaimed experts in their respective fields and discuss patient cases.
A contra-angle handpiece becomes a premium brand
Dr Dominik Brunnhuber likes to compare product purchasing to going to the dentist: the main factors are quality and a sound result. However, additional parameters are key to building a long-term relationship. An interview on values, sustainability and consistency.
NIWOP sets the trend at the ISDH in Brisbane
From 15 to 17 August the 21st International Symposium on Dental Hygiene 2019 (ISDH) took place in Brisbane, Australia. The latest trends and scientific discoveries in dental hygiene were presented through the prism of this year's theme: "LEAD – Leadership, Empowerment, Advances & Diversity". With a particular focus on the NIWOP concept, W&H gave interested trade visitors insights into their evidence-based workflow for pre-treatment, implantation and aftercare.
Building a 'Bridge to the future'
Among the exhibitors, W&H was amazing the dental community with its forward-thinking connected ioDent® solutions and concepts for treatment workflows such as NIWOP. Together with W&H Group member and technology partner Osstell AB, the latest developments for optimized treatment planning were shown.
Synea, W&H's premium brand, celebrates its 20th anniversary
As part of the Synea product range, W&H has presented innovative, high-performance and attractive products for the last 20 years. Therefore, Synea has established itself as standard in dental practice, providing users with both safety and efficiency in everyday use.
Benefits of Implantmed during implant treatment
Oral surgeon Dr. Karl-Ludwig Ackermann has a practice in Filderstadt (Germany) and teaches implantology and aesthetic dentistry at two universities. He has placed several thousand implants over the last 38 years. Since autumn 2016, Dr Ackermann has been working with the new, enhanced implantology motor - Implantmed by W&H.
New corporate design for W&H
W&H has a fresh new look: the renowned medical technology company has a new, even more modern corporate design to go with its new strategic orientation.
Internal sinus lift – patient-friendly with piezo surgery
Transalveolar sinus floor augmentations produce fewer postoperative complaints compared with the lateral access. This case report describes the advantages of the piezosurgical procedure and a newly introduced instrument set for preparing the implant bed and lifting of the Schneiderian membrane.
W&H presents new technologies for the world of dentistry
At the International Dental Show (IDS), technology leader W&H is fascinating the dental community with its forward-thinking connected ioDent® solutions, a new generation of innovative products and brand-new concepts for workflows to assist with treatments. And all of this is complemented by a sparkling new brand identity with which the high-tech developer from Salzburg is once again underlining its innovative power in the dental sector.
No Implantology without Periodontology – #NIWOP
Some things do belong together: just as Yin needs Yang, implantology needs periodontology. With "No Implantology without Periodontology", NIWOP for short, W&H presents a systematic and evidence-based workflow for a sound and healthy tissue situation around the implant.
Implantmed Plus: Smart ioDent® system saves time
W&H is constantly expanding its portfolio of networked products for dental practice. From summer of 2019, the 'Implantmed Plus' – a surgical device with the unique 'ioDent®' system – will be available to implantologists. This smart solution from W&H provides even more safety in dental practice, and enables resources to be used proactively and efficiently.
Your technological advantage in high-speed application
W&H has created a unique portfolio in the field of Built-in Solutions with its Primea Advanced Air technology. The easily integrated high-speed drive solution opens up new possibilities in dental preparation and ensures a technological advantage in dental units. Unit manufacturers benefit from a unique technology, which was awarded the National State Prize for Innovation in 2018.
W&H Australasia expands its sales range
From March 2019, W&H Australasia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of the international W&H Group, starts the distribution of the W&H Oral Surgery and Implantology (OSI) product range in Australia. Customers benefit from innovative technologies "Made in Austria" as well as high-quality W&H support and Service.
Over 1000 scientific studies related to Osstell
Osstell, the company that developed the original ISQ technology, today announces that by March 2019, there are now over 1000 scientific studies and publications evidencing Osstell's unique ISQ technology using the original SmartPegs.
W&H sets new standards in periodontology with NIWOP
At EuroPerio9, W&H unveiled the "No Implantology without Periodontology" (NIWOP) treatment workflow. With this workflow, W&H highlights the importance of a healthy periodontal condition prior to implantation. In this interview, Bernhard Eder, W&H Product Manager of Prophylaxis and Periodontology, discusses why W&H is setting standards in periodontology and which advantages users may expect.
Piezo surgery – a broad spectrum of applications in oral surgery
In the age of minimally invasive treatment, dental surgeons and oral and maxillofacial surgeons are increasingly employing piezoelectric devices for the preparation of bone tissue. They allow particularly atraumatic preparation of hard tissue on the basis of ultrasonic surgery technology and the cavitation effect allows an almost blood-free operating field.
Preparation of implant beds - with tactfulness
The preparation of implant beds has to be efficient - and, at the same time, requires a great deal of tacfulness. The 9 new Implant/Crestal instruments for the Piezomed from W&H are specially indicated for fine maxilla bone and the internal sinus lift. Compared with standard rotary instruments, they offer improved tactile feedback, are less invasive and encourage osseointegration.
User Report Dr. Grant Dean - Primea Advanced Air
Nowadays, the challenges during preparations for prosthetics restauration are diverse. Combining precise top quality preparations and high safety with efficient operations is among the desired goals. Excellent Ergonomics, good light conditions in the oral cavity, as well as simple and intuitive handling are requirements for dental devices and instruments.
Optimal periodontal conditions for successful implantation
How can peri-implant infections be avoided and treated as needed? In addition to the newly presented classifications, this issue was a key topic at EuroPerio held in Amsterdam in June. In a symposium organized by the Austrian dental company W&H, Dr Karl-Ludwig Ackermann (Filderstadt, Germany) presented his clinical concept based on the NIWOP workflow ("No Implantology without Periodontology").
Implants should only be inserted when periodontal conditions are stable
Biofilm is the most significant cause of inflammatory bone loss around teeth and implants. Diagnostics, biofilm management and, where necessary, treatment help in patients with this problem. The W&H No Implantology without Periodontology workflow should provide stable tissue prior to implantation through prevention, and implant success in the long term through aftercare – something that is advantageous to both the patient and the treatment team.
Innovation requires the correct mixture
What makes a strong project team is a variety of skills, perspectives and talents. This is Harald Sighart's point of view, as Director of Research and Development at W&H. In an interview, he explains what makes his project teams so special.
Colleagues with passion
At W&H, we know for sure that anyone who is passionate about what they do will do it well. All applicants need to find the perfect task for them. In this interview, Markus Fegg and Christof Baier from Human Resources tell us what they look out for in particular during interviews and provide us with insight into changing career development.
Basic requirements for patient management
Patient management is still a source of difficulty for many practices. After all, this term is often associated exclusively with processes that are part of daily routine anyway: namely appointment scheduling and patient administration. But actually, there is more to it than that. It is worth taking a look at hospitals, where proper patient management forms the basis of standardized and smooth processes.
Tip: Here's how you can turn your waiting room into a comfortable zone
It's the central hub and linchpin of every practice visit, a link between reception and the treatment room: the waiting room. With good service, you ensure that the room invokes positive associations for your patient and allows them to arrive comfortably and relax.
Come on in, dear new patient
Feeling welcome, gaining confidence and making nothing but positive associations – all this should be a matter of course for new patients. Always bear in mind: perfect new patient management begins BEFORE the actual visit to the practice.
Tips for enhancing patient loyalty – "From a patient to a friend"
Prophylaxis is clearly a part of the dental practice with great potential in terms of service. It supports patients in prevention, helps in case of disease and generally contributes to improved health and well-being. Good service means good all-round patient care – from information to education, the actual treatment and beyond.
The practice team as a marketing factor
The most recent study of "Stiftung Gesundheit" (Public Health Foundation) was published at the beginning of this year titled "Ärzte im Zukunftsmarkt Gesundheit" [Doctors in the future health market]. One of the questions asked of the participating doctors was what they considered the most important practice marketing factors. At the top, ranking even above a website or external presentation, they mentioned the practice team. This result emphasizes the importance of the team in the areas of marketing, service and patient satisfaction. However, how can the practice team be supported to become a positive marketing factor?
W&H Dentalwerk wins National Innovation Award
National State Prize for Innovation – Austria's highest national accolade for outstanding performance. W&H was awarded the National State Prize for Innovation by Dr Margarete Schramböck of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs in the category of innovation on 22 March 2018 in the "Aula der Wissenschaften" in Vienna. With the new Primea Advanced Air dental turbine generation, consistent rotation speeds, peak performance approximately 50% higher, shadow-free illumination of the treatment site and less noise when the turbine is running – are now achievable for the first time. Both dentist and patient benefit from this.
New W&H image campaign
You could describe them as everyday heroes: the dentists and dental professionals who, through their dedication, professional skill or simply a friendly smile, manage to transform a dental appointment into a positive event. They do this simply because they care and want to make sure their patients feel comfortable. It is precisely this aspect that will be the focus of W&H's new image campaign 'From a patient to a fan', which will shine a spotlight not on the company itself, but on dentists and their teams. We interviewed Anita Thallinger, W&H Marketing Director, about the background, objectives and challenges of this new advertising campaign.
W&H acquires Swedish specialist Osstell
W&H President and CEO Peter Malata announced the acquisition of the Swedish medical technology company Osstell AB on 1st March 2018. This purchase continues the international growth of the Austrian family-owned company W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos GmbH.
W&H supports everyday heroes
W&H's new image campaign "From a patient to a fan" will be turning a spotlight on dentists and dental professionals. These everyday heroes ensure their patients are in safe and reliable hands whatever the treatment situation.
Correct measurement of implant stability
The correct measurement of implant stability and osseointegration has always been a fundamental criterion for the success of the treatment. The explicit patient demand for streamlined treatment processes combined with an increasing number of patients with risk factors result in progressive and ambitious protocols in which conventional processes such as the torque or percussion test are being strained to their limits.
Advanced Periodontology Training with Dr. Jan Streblov and Tigon+
A specialized workshop on non-surgical periodontal therapy focused on cleaning was held at the 3DK dental clinic in Prague on 12th of October 2017. The team consisting of Dr. Jan Streblov and two dental hygienists provided valuable theoretical and practical training with curettes and ultrasonic scalers (Tigon+).
W&H supports the Mercy Ships organization
Mercy Ships provide transformational health care, relief aid, community development and sustainable change in countries along the coast of West Africa. W&H has donated products to actively support Mercy Ships' health program and to enable people in need to access considerate dental treatment.
Exclusive insights into W&H's product and VR world
From 23rd to 28th October 2017, W&H partner Dental Cremer invited dentists from all across Brazil to the "Dental Cremer Experience" conference at the Riocentro Exhibition & Convention Center. Spanning an area of 20,000 m², the expert platform offered besides comprehensive information on current product innovations selected workshops providing insights into practical applications. A virtual reality experience allowed to visit the company's headquarters in Bürmoos, Austria, and get an impression of state of the art corporate structure for themselves.
Minimally invasive techniques in endodontics
Demanding clinical endo cases and a comprehensive product presentation of the Tigon+ were the centre of attention of the clinical congress at Zagreb from 27th to 28th of October 2017. The event was organized by the Institute for Endodontic and Restorative Dentistry of Dental University Zagreb in cooperation with the Croatian Society for Minimal Intervention Dental Medicine (HDMID).
Endodontics meets piezo surgery in hands-on course
Technological advances which revolutionized the way surgical endodontic treatment is performed were demonstrated during the practical course on the 7th October 2017 organized by W&H Bulgaria in cooperation with the Faculty of Dental Medicine in Plovdiv at the Hotel Forum in Sofia (Bulgaria).
Marco Kern: best European in WorldSkills Competition (Abu Dhabi)
In an exciting test of strength between the world's best skilled workers at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from 15 to 18 October 2017, 21-year-old Marco Kern from W&H put in an impressive performance with his exceptional skills in the field of CNC turning. He demonstrated his technical talent with an excellent 7th place and the "Medallion for Excellence" performance certificate in "CNC turning" category and the gold medal for 1st place in the team competition. Marco Kern is proud to be part of the very successful Austrian national team.
Sharing experiences with Austrian economic delegates
Economic prospects and future growth potentials in Europe were the focus of a series of discussions with Austrian business delegates held at W&H headquarters on 11th October 2017. In their discussions, the team of 15 delegates led by Dr Christian Möller, Head of the Trade Policy and Foreign Trade section of WKS, tackled important topics such as trade restrictions and opportunities for export.
EAO Congress in Madrid
At the EAO congress in Madrid, W&H presented an innovation in the field of implantology with a new generation of Implantmed. The Annual Scientific Congress of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) provided up-to-date scientific knowledge and technological trends in implantology from 5th to 8th October 2017. The Feria de Madrid exhibition site (IFEMA) provided the venue for the 26th annual conference.
Professional insights for dental students and dentists
Give patients the best treatment and service is the main motive in modern dentistry. To familiarize dental students and dentists from Croatia with the functionalities of the Implantmed, a 2 day event with the motto "Implantology Specialization" was organized by Territory Manager Damjan Gorenc in collaboration with W&H partner Inoval d.o.o. at the Dental University Zagreb.
Delayed implantation and augmentation – measurement of implant stability
A first mandibular molar in a young patient had to be extracted due to extensive damage by caries with endodontic complications. The implantation had to be combined with surrounding augmentation. If the bone volume is reduced, good primary stability is more difficult to assess, which means that measurement of the ISQ may be particularly important. Report by Dr. J. Neugebauer (Germany).


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Your Local Furnace Installation Experts
Hoff Heating has been serving Defiance, MO, customers since 1983. We're dedicated to providing quality furnace replacement and installation services at a fair price. Our family-run business started in a detached garage and has grown to become an employer of over 40 professionals.
We're proud to have:
- Three decades of industry experience
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Hoff Heating Offers Furnace Replacement in Defiance
Missouri winters can be brutal. The last thing that you want to worry about is providing heat to your family during the cold nights of winter. Keep your family warm throughout the season by calling on Hoff Heating to replace your furnace or heat pump.
Benefits of choosing our company also include:
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Quality Heating Installations in Defiance
Sometimes, it makes more sense to replace a furnace or heat pump rather than to repair it. Our trained professionals can help evaluate your situation and recommend the best course of action for moving forward. We'll look at things like the age of your current system as well as its energy usage and ratings. In many cases, a newer, more energy-efficient system can pay for itself through lower utility bills.
If you notice things like strange noises or odors when you fire up your furnace for the first time in the fall or you find that your energy bills are unusually high, call Hoff Heating to see what new heating replacement options are available to you. Whether you need installation, maintenance, or repair, our heating company is dedicated to finding the perfect solution for your needs. If you need an AC replacement, we can help with that too. Call now to make an appointment!

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Tellus will provide the full service also through most of this summer. Service point will be closed from July 26th to 4th of August. During this time most of the doors are open as usual so Tellus is still available for visitors and room reservations can be made through Outlook. Room reservations made via email will be answered again on the 5th of August when Service Point returns from summer holiday.
If you have a reservation in Aspire, Galaxy, Horizon or Frost Club when Service Point is closed, please pick up keys from the Service Point beforehand. Have a wonderful summer everyone!
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Meal Planning can be overwhelming. Here's a yummy meal plan that you could be enjoying this week with your family.
Another week, another meal plan. You gotta eat so it might as well be delicious! Here are some awesome recipes for your family to enjoy together this coming week. Enjoy!
Sheet Pan Baked Tilapia and Roasted Vegetables | Garnish & Glaze – Get a healthy dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes with this easy Sheet Pan Baked Tilapia. This recipe is also great for meal prep!
Chickpea & Pasta Soup | Melanie Makes – This Chickpea and Pasta Soup is the reason you'll never buy a can of chickpeas again. The heavy handed shower of Parmesan and chopped fresh parsley that top each bowl really seal the deal on this becoming your new favorite soup.
Walking Tacos | Neighbor Food – These Walking Tacos are so perfect for parties, tailgating, or any gathering that needs a little extra fun and nostalgia.
Slow Cooke Beef Stew | Little Diary on the Prairie – This stew recipe is loaded with vegetables and has the most tender, melt in your mouth pieces of beef! It's perfect for extra busy days too because all you need to do is dice up the veggies and meat, throw a few ingredients in the slow cooker to make a broth, and add simple seasonings!
Garlic Cream Chicken Calzone | Diary of a Recipe Collector – Pizza dough stuffed and rolled up with grilled chicken, spinach, jack cheese, and a garlic cream sauce.
Meat Candy Bacon Wrapped Smokies | Neighbor Food- Three ingredient Bacon Wrapped Smokies with a sweet, sticky glaze and creamy, spicy dipping sauce. No one can resist Meat Candy!
Blackberry Blood Orange Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette | Garnish & Glaze – This BLACKBERRY BLOOD ORANGE SALAD with blood orange vinaigrette, creamy goat cheese, and toasted walnuts is great for lunch or a side at dinner.
Ham Egg & Cheese Monkey Bread | Little Diary on the Prairie – An overnight breakfast recipe that will make your morning a cinch and make your family happy!
Strawberry Sugar Cookies | Melanie Makes – These buttery Strawberry Sugar Cookies have crisp edges, soft centers and – best of all! – a burst of fresh, sweet strawberry flavor.
Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares | Diary of a Recipe Collector – A wonderful Mardi Gras cheesecake made using crescent rolls and sprinkled with cinnamon and festive sugar would be so fun to help celebrate the season.


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Sportsbook.com Prepares for the Big Dance.
With the 'Big Dance' just around the corner, NCAA basketball teams have one last chance to make an impression at Selection Sunday this weekend and Sportsbook.com has odds on all the games.The top two teams going into March Madness according to a recent poll are Connecticut and Villanova who are set to battle one another for the Big East crown – Sportsbook.com has Connecticut as the slight favorite at an even pick, with Villanova at 2-1.
Duke, the pre-season favorite to win the national championship is an even pick in the ACC, followed by the surprising defending National Champions, North Carolina at 5-1.
The tightest conference to call seems to be the SEC where Florida, Tennessee and LSU all sit at 9-4 co-favorites to win the title. The PAC 10 and Big 10 are also anyone's guess as no team has stood out despite having several nationally ranked teams. UCLA is the favorite to win the PAC 10 at 7-5, followed closely by Washington at 2-1 and California at 9-2. Illinois, last year's NCAA tournament finalists, are 8-5 favorites in the Big 10 with Ohio State hot on their heels at 3-2 and Iowa at 9-2.
Alex Czajkowski of Sportsbook.com said, 'Everybody bets on March Madness. It's one of the biggest betting events of the year, but more and more people are starting to bet on the conference tournaments. There is just so much on the line in these tournaments and the passion runs deep - it's a great lead-in to March Madness.'
The NCAA Basketball Tournament's field of 65 teams will be revealed live on Sunday, March 12 and the tournament begins properly on March 15 with the national championships final on April 3.


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Good Morning! It's been a week since we've been back from California and I've been missing La Jolla so much lately. It was one of our favorite vacations this summer and we added a few more days on our trip to go to their beautiful beaches. I hope you loved our Snapchat videos of our little california adventures. Today's look is a beach bum look with this salty beach hair of mine. This post isn't from La Jolla but it sure made me miss the beaches back in California. Almost everyday we went to the beaches in Cali I either wore a one-piece or a cute high waisted swimsuit. This look is a high waisted 2 piece by Tularosa. I actually bought them separately. Whats nice about a 2-piece is you can always mix and match to make it your own style. I love these high waisted Thessy bottoms by Tularosa which has the cutest lace design and pom pom detailing. paired with some high waisted bottoms that completed this beach day look. Hope all of you are having a wonderful summer. Love you all!
Bottoms (here)
Pants (sold out, similar)
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Writers Scilly Island.
'Eek!' Said the beautiful maid
'By eye make-up, I've been betrayed!
I must confess
My face is a mess!'
So I gave her my Mascara-aid.
Can I start again?
See some better Writer's Island posts here.
Pic borrowed from here.
Monday, 1 November 2010
13 comments:
- Anonymous1 November 2010 at 2:02 pm
You ninny Stafford - hahahaha!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 November 2010 at 7:48 pm
I wish I had learnt to cry gracefully - without smudging what took me hours to slap on!ReplyDelete
Heehee, Staff, you're the best.ReplyDelete
Loved it! Made my day. It takes me forever to slap on that makeup and it always seems to smudge.ReplyDelete
wow wish I had thought of thisReplyDelete
- Anonymous2 November 2010 at 6:24 pm
Nothing to be ashamed of in this bit of fun!ReplyDelete
Nice little write. ThanksReplyDelete
Boy you sure do know how to put a play on words Stafford! :-)ReplyDelete
... you make me feel like dancing! Who knew words beautifully strung together could induce such madness?ReplyDelete
...catchy way of saying it, lovely!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6 November 2010 at 4:23 am
what Gabe said up there
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Jurassic Park Inspired Velociraptor Costume
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This homemade costume for kids entered our 2016 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Krista, the 'Jurassic Park Inspired Velociraptor' costume creator:
The idea for this costume came about when I was researching leg structures and mechanisms for my previous Halloween costume. My friend and I decided we wanted to be fauns (deer human creatures), and her father suggested using the same principles of these very cool dinosaur costumes online for our deer legs. Fast forward to July 2016 and I started thinking about it again and decided I wanted to make one of those costumes. I used many different tutorials online to try and create the coolest looking costume I could make for the lowest price and as comfortable as possible. It was then made of lightweight materials such as chicken wire and bedsheets over the course of about 3 months (around 2 not counting my breaks inbettween) it had a moving head and jaw as well as some sound effects (provided by my phone), ironically I was unable to finish any feet for the legs on time so I ended up just tying the legs to my ankles. I wore it on Halloween night and everyone knew what I was and were thoroughly impressed, it also held up quite well despite it taking a bit of a beating in transport, it also looked quite funny on me due to my small stature. TIP: of you make this costume yourself, it's imperative you have a guide to help you, I had some vision but it was very limited so I needed one.
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It seems there's always some new study coming out about whether alcohol is, in fact, good for you. There is evidence on both sides. On the one hand alcohol is involved in a lot of traffic fatalities- 31% of all traffic fatalities are linked to drunk driving. But responsible alcohol use has been shown repeatedly to be very good for you. It can decrease your chances of developing Type II Diabetes or heart disease and people who engage in moderate alcohol consumption are 23% less likely to develop Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia.
Humans have been consuming alcohol in various forms since long before history was being recorded. Early humans were consuming fermented fruits and it didn't take long for them to start fermenting things in a controlled manner. Ancient Egyptians gave slaves a stipend of beer every day, and the Ancient Roman Congress ordered wine production for the citizens. Learn more about how alcohol fits into daily life throughout human history from this infographic!


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Desmond Anthony McFadden, 73 of Milford, CT, beloved husband of Sharron McFadden, passed away on August 5, 2019. Desmond was born on August 13, 1945 in New York, NY to Kathleen and John McFadden.
Desmond joined the Army after high school where he received numerous honors including marksman with various rifles as well as being part of the 101st airborne. He was also a teletype-cripto operator, critical for military communications. After receiving an honorable discharge, he went on to multiple careers and obtaining many skills such as bagel baking in the Bronx and graduating tractor trailer school and obtaining his class-A CDL. His main career and passion in life was plumbing and heating. He eventually left NY, came to CT where he met his wife Sharron and started his own company - McFadden's Plumbing located in Milford, where he was the President for 30 years. In his free time, he enjoyed playing with his dogs, playing cards, cooking, and spending time with his friends and family.
He is survived by his wife, Sharron; son, Zackary; daughter, Alishia Casazza and son-in-law, Michael Casazza; brother, William McFadden; sisters, Margret Lee and Patricia Bell; nephews, Michael Martinetto, Henri Lee, George Lee, Billy Lee, Stephen Lee, John Lee, Daniel McFadden, Joseph Mezes, John Mezes, Mathew Bell, Peter McFadden, John McFadden, and Thomas Pereira; nieces, Sue Mendola, Alison Nelson, Joan McFadden, Kathleen Jameson, Janie Pagnanella, Marie-Elena Bell, Elizabeth Zilempe, and Mary-Frances Smith. He is predeceased by his brothers, Edward McFadden and John McFadden; sisters, Rosemary Campbell, Kathleen Mezes, Frances Pereira, and Theresa McFadden; nephews, Stephen McFadden and William McFadden; and niece, Carol-Ann Campbell.
Family and friends are invited to call on Friday, August 23, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CODY-WHITE FUNERAL HOME, 107 Broad St., Milford, CT. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church (Precious Blood Parish), 70 Gulf St., Milford, CT with Military Honors to immediately follow. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Desmond "Danny" McFadden, please visit our floral store.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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"Websites are not launched, they're born." Matthew Olson, Founder of Signalfire
Launching a new website is an exciting thing for a small business. It is the culmination of countless hours of design, development, writing, and collaboration. You're ready to share it with the world and make worthwhile connections with your customers. Just like new parents bringing home a newborn, the real work is just beginning.
While new parents discover the joys of diapers, permanent scent of baby lotion, and adapting to sleep deprivation – your new website needs include feeding (posting) new content, search engine optimization, and website monitoring. While there are shortcuts, managing a website is a lot like parenting. Shortcuts can mean more headaches and frustrating outcome in the future.
1. Set a Schedule for Reviewing Google Analytics
Google Analytics is one of the most popular free traffic monitoring tools on the web. Included with Analytics are dozens of data points that give you staggering insight into who is coming to your website, what they are looking at, and how website visitors arrived. However, most website owners fail to regularly review the stats. When they do, website owners often have more questions than answers. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of Analytics.
- If you're unfamiliar with the basics of Analytics, we've put together a basic guide.
- Make yourself a 30-minute appointment each month to login and review the data. Set a calendar event to remind yourself.
- Write down your most important metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) to review. For example, what was your most visited page? How has your Bounce Rate changed? Where does most of your traffic come from geographically, and what are some popular referral links?
- Finally, make sure you have a definitive measuring stick for success. This includes how many leads were generated? Be sure to track new customers and/or sales figures?
2. Get Connected on "The Rest" of Google
Google Analytics may be one of the most popular tools, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a host of additional free tools available to enhance your website's performance. Most of these tools can be installed and linked together with your Analytics display.
Google Search Console
As you become more familiar with Google Analytics, you'll quickly discover there is more data to be gathered. Search Console provides additional details about when and how your website is indexed by Google. Great data can be provided such as:
- Which queries caused your site to appear in search results?
- Did some queries result in more traffic to your site than others?
- Are your product prices, company contact info, or events highlighted in rich search results (structured data)?
- Which sites are linking to your website?
- Is your mobile site performing well for visitors searching on mobile?
Google My Business
Google has created a platform for businesses to control how the search engine displays information in search results, maps, and other user requests (think mobile searches, voice assistants, and more). You're My Business account can be combined with your business' other Google accounts to jointly manage your Google Map locations, hours, reviews, and more.
Google Reviews
You've worked hard to get your website online, but you also want to know what customers are saying about you. Google Reviews allow customers to offer a written review and star rating of your product(s) or service(s). These are displayed alongside your website link in most search results. The good news is that the reviews are managed through the My Business account interface.
Don't forget to ask your customers to leave reviews. Let them know that it's quick and easy to leave business reviews on any device. But don't leave the reviews alone. Reply to reviews to build your customers' trust. Your customers will notice that your business values their input, and possibly leave more reviews in the future.
Google AdWords and Keyword Tools
AdWords is the backbone of Google's pay-per-click (PPC) advertising platform. PPC can be a fantastic investment, but the real treasure for you is the tools associated with AdWords. Are you curious how many people are searching for your services? AdWords' keyword research tools will give you the needed data to make smart choices.
Keyword traffic research will give you the needed search traffic data to see if a building contractor should write more about "bathroom remodeling" or "deck repair" for getting more traffic. This becomes a critical tool when you're writing website content (see Content Calendar below).
The Keyword Planning Tool will also give you a budget range if you decide to start advertising in search results.
3. Linking Social Media Platforms
While linking Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social platforms to your website might seem elementary, it is frequently overlooked. Each social platform may have a link on your website (the now infamous icons in the footer or header), but have you gone through all of your social media profiles to include your website link? Here are a few places to make sure everything is tied together:
- Social media profiles have new website address and correct contact information.
- Announce the new website on social media with links.
- Update profile and cover graphics to match the website.
- Follow-up with your social community to connect on other social platforms or even sign up for email newsletter.
4. Create a Content Calendar — and Stick To It!
Developing new content for your website is the most critical activity you can do to improve website performance. Creating that content should be planned, researched (see Keyword Tools), and added over time. Call it a content calendar, editorial calendar, or writing schedule — this plan should be treated as a hard milestone in your overall marketing efforts.
How can you develop a content calendar? It's actually easier than you'd think. Look at your yearly calendar. When are your trade shows? When are you busy or slow? What are the most common questions customers ask?
Here are some components to a content plan.
Blog Writing
Blog topics might be one of the hardest things to come up with for a business, but every business will have a wealth of institutional or tribal knowledge perfect for sharing. Have you asked your sales team the most common questions posed by potential customers? Do you have a success story or case study? What's your opinion on the newest industry trend or practice?
Drop these topics into a spreadsheet, and align them with the right time of year. Do these topics relate to a trade show? Does your industry have "seasons" where the topics might fit? Before you know it, your spreadsheet calendar will begin to fill up.
Email Newsletters
There is a vicious war raging in your office. A savage battle takes place in your computer—right inside your inbox. Emails compete for your attention and even though many of these get destroyed in your trash or spam folder, others make it through. Some even get read. Many businesses underestimate this form of connecting with customers.
Emails can be incredibly powerful. By utilizing and personalizing your content to your recipients, you can drive even more traffic to your website. A short email with a link for more information can awaken long-dormant contacts. This rush of traffic can reinforce your website's performance. Maintaining a steady drumbeat is critical. Make sure the emails go out on a schedule — you'll be surprised at the response.
Social Media Posts
Social media covers a broad spectrum. Businesses often dismiss social media as only a B2C environment, but they're mistaken. Selecting the right social platform is an entirely different topic, but once identified social media can be a powerful tool. The content calendar you assemble with original content can be significantly enhanced by "curated" content.
Original content can link back to your website, but your business can shine as an expert by sharing content from other trusted sources. Curated content from other sources can show your familiarity with the industry or the community at large. With your social media portion of the content calendar populated with a mix of content (yours and others in industry), a steady stream of engagement begins to form.
Your business' content calendar gives a cohesive location for your website's ongoing updates to be planned, reviewed, and evaluated for performance. It should utilize many of the research and evaluation tools offered earlier in this article. Once all of these components come together, your content calendar can quickly grow to become a formidable marketing plan.
No One Said Raising A Newborn Website Was Easy
Research. Plan. Execute. Measure. Repeat. While all of these can appear (kinda) easy on the surface, it will take a mix of trial / error and self-evaluation to ultimately be successful for you. Just like there isn't a set parenting plan that is right for all families, there isn't a set marketing plan for making your website a success. Every business is different, and your connection to your buying community is unique.
Does it pay off? Yes. Is it a lot of work? Yes. What if you don't have the time or resources to pull it off? Signalfire is here. We can do the research. We can formulate the plan. Signalfire can execute and ultimately report on the efforts. Can a small business afford it? Very frequently, our team is less than the total cost of bringing in a single employee to head up your marketing.
Like any concerned website parent should, let's sit down for an interview. Signalfire can provide references and examples (let you meet some of the other website families). Contact us or call (262) 725-4500 to learn more.


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Memos: Obamacare Plagued Since 2010
This just leaked from the White House: New memos indicate trouble with Obamacare's implementation began well before President Barack Obama's re-election, and although the warnings were "specific and dire," it doesn't seem like anyone paid attention. The biggest part of the trouble, it seems, started three years ago, when significant gaps between Obama and certain officials who were to actually carry out the legislation's broad goals became blindingly apparent. In a report from CBS, who obtained the memo, Obama had the "vision", but the execution was another matter entirely:
David Cutler [a Harvard University economics professor], who worked on the Obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top White House economic adviser Larry Summers in May 2010: "I do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out."
No one on the carrying-out side, for example, had experience in the areas that you'd need to start a government health program from the ground up: While a dream team for this sort of venture would have ideally involved a few successful start-up people (from, say, Silicon Valley), as well as expert programmers for websites that could handle more than six peoples' enrollments. But according to Cutler, the people on the team who had complex start-up experience? Zero. Cutler had also expressed concern in his memo that the technology end of things — i.e. the website — might not be able to live up to the expected standard.
The result? The debacle that is healthcare.gov. Reports indicate that Americans are finding it more comfortable to sign up via paper applications because they feel like they're "moving forward" — a strategy promoted by Obama to both consumers and insurance companies beginning Oct. 21. However, another set of internal memos obtained by ABC indicates that just because customers are offline doesn't mean they're immune to trouble. Why? Both enrollment procedures — online and off —use virtually the same sign-up system. "The same portal is used to determine eligibility no matter how the application is submitted (paper, online)," reads an Oct. 11 Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight memo — 10 days before the President's push.
And, the memos indicate, the Obama administration knew this: Essentially, the paper push was a PR move. By having customers fill out the application and send it off, it at least made them feel like they were getting something done, rather than have to grapple with the flickering website themselves.
"The paper applications allow people to feel like they are moving forward in the process and provides another option; at the end of the day, we are all stuck in the same queue," said the notes from an Oct. 11 emergency meeting, which were obtained by House investigators.
Cutler was also concerned that policy coordination would fail — and it did. Miscommunication between departments, as well as different branches interpreting the health care policy differently, led to complications and misalignments that had to be rectified after the policy took effect. Notably, the one where users who signed up at the end of the enrollment period would have been penalized for going without health coverage the first three months of the year.
The President will be embarking on more damage-control Monday, giving a speech to a host of his allies who are working hard to sign everyone up — including Enroll America, Families USA, Protect Your Care, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.


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Fluences is a section of troutswirl devoted to studying haiku, and haiku-like work, by 20th and 21st century western poets. Each installment will take a closer look at a poem, or a group of poems, by a poet who has either dabbled in haiku, been influenced by haiku, or whose work has had an influence, in some way or another, on 20th and 21st century English-language haiku.
Fluences is overseen by Nick Avis.
In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
an exercise in fabricated metaphor
The metaphors are
gone, and so is my faith . . .
sun over a moor
Nakamura Kusatao (24)
The fabrication of an image is achieved through appropriation and/or use of the imagination. There are three perspectives regarding fabricated or imagined images in haiku: they must be real or actually have happened; they can be fabricated but still must be capable of having happened or being real; reality is not necessary.
As for metaphor, the haiku community has been led to believe over the years that the use of metaphor in haiku, like all western poetic devices, is inappropriate if not forbidden.
Consider the following haiku by Basho (1644-1694) from his haibun, Oku-no-Hosomichi, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1689 to 1691). (25) It is one of Basho's best known and best poems:
summer grasses
where stalwart soldiers
once dreamed a dream
Makoto Ueda (26)
summer grasses—
traces of dreams
of ancient warriors
Haruo Shirane
natsukusu ya tsuwamonodomo ga yume no ato (27)
The adjectives "stalwart" and "ancient" are not found in the original and are added by the translators, yet both are implied in the prose preceding the haiku. "Stalwart," meaning brave or resolute (Webster's), though accurate, seems redundant. "Ancient" reflects the fact that Basho was thinking of the distant past, although it does not add very much to the poem.
According to Ueda and Shirane, "warrior" is the literal translation for tsuwamono to which the plural suffix domo is added. (28) The word yume (dream or dreams in the above translations) is singular and allows the translator to pluralize it although the singular would be the norm. (29)
There are two words in the original Japanese that have multiple meanings, a technique Basho often employed. According to Shirane, ato can mean site, aftermath, trace or track; and yume, can mean dream, ambition or glory. (30)
These multiple meanings can rarely be translated with one word in English and the resulting variations in the translations can be substantial. As a consequence, the variations in the interpretation of the poem can also be substantial.
Shirane translates ato as "traces;" Keene, as "aftermath" (31); Stryk, as "remains" (32); Earl Miner, as "vestiges" (33). Ueda, using the word "where," interprets ato as place, the most benign of its meanings and the most literal. All of these translations, except Ueda's, tend to be metaphorical.
The English words used in translation also have multiple meanings and each one brings something different to the poem. "Traces," "vestiges" and "remains" are or can be synonymous.
In addition to its obvious meanings "traces" also means: "The path or way which anything takes." (OED) This suggests fate or simply the way things are. It can be metaphorical in the sense that the soldiers' dreams led them, inevitably, along a path of destruction.
"Aftermath" means: "the crop of grass which springs up after the mowing in early summer" (OED); "a result or consequence, esp. an unpleasant one." (Webster's) The first meaning is metaphorical and the second one implies that the soldiers' dream was the cause of the tragic outcome.
"Remains" can also mean: "Those left, surviving, or remaining out of a number of persons" (OED); "to continue to exist, endure, persist; traces of the past; a dead body, corpse." (Webster's) These multiple meanings add depth to the interpretation of the poem, whether metaphorical or otherwise.
Translating yume as dream or dreams seems universal and by implication a soldier's dream would include in most cultures glory and ambition. In Ueda's translation the soldiers all have the same dream; in Shirane's, each has his own dream. Mizuho (1876-1955), whom Ueda calls one of Basho's "interpreters," says "It is as though each soldier's dream were lingering on each blade of grass." (34)
The word "apparition" in Pound's Metro Poem also has multiple meanings; and the multiplicity of meanings in both poems enriches them.
Two interesting observations regarding the season word are that the leaves of the summer grasses "are scorched at their tips under the flaming sun," and "Basho's summer grass is 'warm' with blood." The summer grasses would be thick and deep. (35)
An "ancient battlefield is a sacred place . . . a kind of purgatory . . . where the souls of the slain soldiers, still retaining their anger and resentment, utter war cries day and night." This is a fairly common theme in Noh drama. (36)
Basho's haiku alludes to a famous battle at Takadachi castle and the tragic history leading up to its destruction (c. 1190.) Basho's prose speaks of the fleeting nature of (military) glory; how it vanishes in the space of a dream; how it quickly became this grass or this grass is all that remains of it or this grass now covers it, depending on the translation. (37) He also alludes to these lines by Tu Fu: "Countries may fall, but their rivers and mountains remain. When spring comes to the ruined castle, the grass is green again." (38)
In the prose preceding the poem Basho also alludes to a Noh play in which a man dreamed a lifetime of glory and defeat while taking a nap before supper. (39)
These literary and cultural allusions, which necessarily result in some appropriation, do not raise any concerns with Basho scholars, translators or interpreters. Such allusions are considered to add depth to a haiku and form part of what Haruo Shirane calls "cultural memory."
Knowledge of such allusions is not always essential to interpret a haiku although it can be, but it is essential for a fuller understanding of it. Allusion is a key element or technique in many of Basho's haiku and has been part of Japanese haiku ever since. In English haiku it is generally overlooked.
As for the soldiers' dreams, Basho lived during a period of peace in Japan and he lived, by all accounts, a very peaceful life. (40) At best he can only imagine the battle, let alone the dreams of the soldiers who fought in it. Having never gone to war and never been in or seen one himself, he cannot even relate to the experience.
The image is rather abstract and can only reside in the imagination although most would have some appreciation of what is meant by soldiers' dreams. No doubt in Basho's time associating soldiers' dreams with ambition and glory was firmly rooted in the cultural memory. Why else would the word yume mean all three? Today most cultures would make the same associations Basho did although there would likely be a great deal more ambivalence concerning the glory of war and soldiers' dreams would have to include nightmares. Still, the soldiers' dream of ambition and glory is more of an idea than a concrete image however well or universally understood.
Basho appropriated the image of grasses (surrounding ancient ruins) from a poem by Tu Fu, even though this is exactly what he saw, and he abstracted the idea of soldiers' dreams from "cultural memory." The interpretations of Tu Fu's and Basho's poems, on one level, are also very similar and metaphorical: the impermanence and futility of human endeavor, and the permanence and complete indifference of nature. Pound's description of hokku as "one idea set on top of another" seems to apply quite well to this haiku by Basho.
Konishi (b. 1915), another of Basho's interpreters, noted that: "For the first time in the history of haikai, an idea has become the subject of a poem." (41) Ideation, generally thought of as forbidden in haiku, is at the root of fabricated images.
Shiki's views regarding the use of imagination to create images in haiku seem to cover the full spectrum. He began by severely criticizing Basho for the poverty of his imagination and excessively praising Buson for the extraordinary range of his. He said "the fact that [Basho] discarded scenes which arise from imagination and are outside observation, as well as human affairs he had not experienced, shows that Basho's realm was rather small." Of Buson he said his imagination soars and "ranges beyond his country's borders." Later, he said that the imagination is "shallow" and that "many of the works which rely on [the imaginative method] are often bad." (42)
Notwithstanding these contradictory statements, Shiki stressed realism and "direct, individual observation of the external world," and his poems reflect this emphasis. (43) His observation that Buson used his imagination to create images much more so than Basho did is quite obvious from reading their poems, even in translation.
After Shiki, images from the imagination became more widespread and the more radical Modern Japanese haiku poets would often abandon reality altogether. Buson was, however, their predecessor, as these two examples clearly show:
About to bloom,
And exhale a rainbow,
The peony (44)
plum blossom's scent—
has it risen so high?
a halo round the moon (45)
Bruce Ross says that Pound's Metro Poem is "not really a haiku, which demands, for one thing, objectively real images." (46) This reflects the traditional view, although the word "objectively" is redundant since the word "real" means something that has "an objective existence." (OED)
Both images in Pound's Metro Poem are not real based on Pound's account in his Essay of what actually happened. He describes the faces as appearing one by one, but the poem has them all appearing at once in a singular apparition. This is consistent with the second image in which the petals are on the black bough, not landing on it. The second image is appropriated and likely imagined by Pound who took a year to come up with it. He never did say he actually saw the second image and it would not have concerned him in the least that he had fabricated and imagined either or both images.
Notwithstanding all the background information known about a poem, the (language of) the poem must speak for itself. Both images are capable of being real and there is no way of knowing from the language alone if they were made up. So both images are real in the poem itself. Appropriated images are usually easier to detect for obvious reasons.
In the following haiku by Buson, it is not possible to know that the poem is fabricated from the language alone:
this piercing cold—
in the bedroom, I have stepped
on my dead wife's comb
Yet Buson's wife outlived him by more than thirty years. (47) No one seriously suggests it is not a haiku for this reason except perhaps Blyth, who also says it is not a haiku because "Haiku has nothing to do with bedrooms or dead wives or treading on this or that thing with its emotional associations." (48)
For the two images in Pound's Metro poem to occur simultaneously in the Paris Metro; for the poem to reflect something that could have happened and does happen in the language of the poem, the poet must either recall his earlier experience of the real image of "Petals on a wet, black bough," or imagine this image when he sees the faces in the crowd. Basho's haiku is similar in this respect.
In Basho's haiku, the poet visits the site of a battle, obviously a well known one, and sees the ruins and the summer grasses. Upon seeing them, he recalls (from cultural memory) and imagines the battle itself and the dreams of the soldiers who fought in it.
In all the translations referred to in this article, except Shirane's because of the word "ancient," the language of the translations also allows for the poet to be visiting the site of a battle he actually fought in.
Ueda states unequivocally that in The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Basho "changed the facts as he saw fit;" and that he did so "to present his theme more effectively." He points out that Basho was not original in this and that "Ancient Japanese court diaries . . . were fictional to varying degrees" and "seemed to be based on the assumption that it was more important to record inner experience than outward events." (49)
Shirane says that the season word in haiku can function as "a complex literary and cultural sign" that is "often highly fictional . . . ." (50)
Basho, like Pound, fabricated through appropriation and imagination the haiku itself or some part of it and probably some of the prose preceding the haiku as well. The vast majority of Basho's haiku are, however, real or capable of being real.
The role of metaphor in haiku has been distorted by Henderson, Yasuda and Blyth, the three most influential translators and interpreters to introduce haiku to the English-speaking world. They simply ban metaphor and metaphorical interpretation in haiku as they do with all figures of speech. They also insist that haiku must have a season word.
At the other end of the spectrum are the views of Raymond Roseliep, one of the more radical poets of the North American haiku movement:
Metaphor I especially promote because it is the imagination's pet tool.
To deny the poet either that tool or his creative mind in haiku is to re-
duce him to a mere poetaster. (51)
George Swede, one of haiku's foremost critics and poets, in the late 1970s/ early 1980s took the view that metaphor was perfectly acceptable since "haiku are, after all, poetry," noting that there are many examples in both classic and modern haiku of the restrained use of figures of speech, including metaphor. (52) The Modern Japanese poets were, however, not that restrained in their use of figures of speech.
Rod Willmot, another of haiku's foremost critics and poets, also argued in the late 1970s/early 1980s that a "haiku contains two fundamental parts, which interact with each other metaphorically." (53)
Shirane says that haikai, which includes haiku, "like all poetry, is highly metaphorical." He points out, as one example, that the season word can be seen as "an implicit metaphor or extension of the poet's inner state," which "tends to be highly subjective." (54)
Ueda's translation of Basho's haiku does not read as a metaphor, whereas Shirane's does. How a translator perceives the role of metaphor in haiku can greatly influence their translation. Ueda very rarely translates Basho's haiku as a metaphor or interprets them metaphorically. Shirane, as just noted, sees haiku as highly metaphorical.
Translations of some of the prose in The Narrow Road to the Deep North also tend to be metaphorical. As Ueda notes, the title itself is "more metaphorical than literal;" and even though there was an actual journey involved, Basho's spiritual quest functions on a metaphorical level. Ueda concedes that some of the poems can be interpreted both literally and metaphorically, although he does not specifically refer to this haiku by Basho. (55) It is apparent that around this time Basho was at least thinking metaphorically.
Pound's Metro Poem is written as a metaphor as is Basho's haiku in all but one of the translations referred to in this article, and both can be interpreted metaphorically. However, what most, if not all of the critics referred to agree on, explicitly or implicitly, is that the juxtaposition of the two parts or two images of a haiku goes beyond metaphor. Bill Higginson argues that Pound achieved this intentionally when he changed the colon to a semi-colon. (56)
a haiku Shiki would have been proud to write
Amid the summer grass
the wheels of a steam engine
come to a standstill
Yamaguchi Seishi (57)
Shiki advocated the modernization of haiku including its subject matter, but he was unequivocal that modern civilization was not a fit subject for haiku. (58) He specifically prohibited trains and, by implication, train stations. (59)
Seishi obviously alludes here to Basho's "summer grasses" haiku and he appears to be the first to have blatantly violated Shiki's particular admonition against trains. This highlights the role of allusion in haiku to other works of art, particularly to other haiku. Seishi's haiku stands on its own, updates Basho's haiku in a thoroughly modern context, and serves as a kind of commentary on it and Shiki's position on modern civilization.
Higginson says that Pound's Metro Poem, with the colon, is simply "a sentimental metaphor" because "one thing restates another in a different way, or that the first simply introduces the second." Whereas:
A semicolon shows that the two statements are independent of each other,
though they may be related. So that "both 'faces' and "petals' should be un-
derstood as real, physical objects, each a core image that stands out against
its own background. (60)
Higginson permits the second image to have been imagined. He does not insist that it be real only that it be understood as real. He also said earlier at a Haiku Society of America meeting in 1973 that the semicolon makes the images independent and equal or "coequal," which results in "a third thing" from their juxtaposition; and that Pound's revision of the poem allows but does not force the reader to interpret the poem as a haiku. (61) Later, in The Haiku Handbook (1985), he says it turns "an otherwise sentimental metaphor into a genuine haiku." (62)
Ross, on the other hand, sees Pound's Metro Poem with the semicolon as a metaphor; Stryk, as a simile.
Regardless, Higginson, like most, if not all of, the critics referred to in the previous section, requires the juxtaposition of images in a haiku to result in something more than a metaphor, and he does not interpret the poem metaphorically.
In dictionary and encyclopedia definitions of metaphor it is usually distinguished from a simile in two principal ways: it is implied rather than explicitly stated and it creates a sense of identity rather than a mere comparison between two images. The metaphor, like the simile, however, is one image expressed in terms of another; the images are related through their similarities and not their differences; and it juxtaposes a concrete image with an abstract thought, idea or interpretation. Metaphors are rarely intended to be taken literally. (63)
Pound never did describe the interaction of the two images in his Metro Poem as a metaphor, and does not even use that word in his Essay, or very often, when discussing Imagism or the Image.
Pound called the useful technique he relied on "a form of super-position." The word "superpose" means: "Geom. To make (one figure) coincide with another in all parts, by or as if placing one on top of the other," and if things coincide, an identity is created. (Webster's) Pound does not appear to be describing a metaphor and if he was, why not simply say so?
In the first version of Pound's Metro poem, the first two phrases of the first line, "The apparition of these faces" is exactly the same length as the second line "Petals on a wet, black bough;" one is set one on top of the other and they physically coincide.
In traditional haiku, the principal technique of juxtaposition is attributable to Basho, and his famous crow poem is considered the model (c.1679):
On a bare branch
A crow is perched—
Autumn evening.
kareeda ni karasu no tomarikeri aki no kure (64)
A number of Basho's critics, including Shiki, Blyth, and Ueda (65), suggest he appropriated the image of a crow on a bare branch from classical Chinese art and poetry, to which he simply added the autumn evening, and maybe not even that. Yamamoto (1907 – 1988), a Basho scholar and interpreter, delicately implies that Basho may have appropriated the image from a renga verse printed in 1563—over a century before Basho's crow poem (66):
evening crow—
in a bare tree on the mountain peak
a voice
Again, the critics do not seem too alarmed, although Shiki feels the haiku is trite, and Yamamoto is concerned with the similarities of Basho's haiku with the one he quotes. In the poetry competitions that Basho judged, in keeping with the rules at the time, he would have had to disqualify his crow poem because it was too close in theme to the other haiku, which came earlier. (67) Implied in this is that a haiku poet needed to be familiar with what has been and is being written.
In Basho's crow poem there is some debate as to whether the branch is bare, withered or dead because the translation of the word kareeda in the original permits all three. (68) This is another example of Basho using words with multiple meanings.
The poem is a model for two reasons: the new technique, which Henderson calls internal comparison; and the simple, objective, ordinary images it contains. (69) It is, however, a model for technique only.
In addition to the haiku-like qualities already mentioned in the previous section, there are a number of interesting parallels that can be made regarding Pound and Basho as founders of poetry movements and the two poems under consideration. (70)
Basho was weary of the artificiality of Japanese court poetry and looked to classical Chinese verse for inspiration. He set out to reform the poetry of his day and had for years consciously been working on a new technique. This poem is seen as the culmination of those efforts.
Basho had been experimenting with form, content, and language. His crow poem had two different versions with different syllabic structures: 5-10-5 then the present one with 5-9-5 Japanese syllables, both longer than the usual 17. The poem is expressed in the simplest possible language and the k sounds imitate the crow's caw, which means that the crow is not silent.
The historical importance of the poem in the development of Basho's haiku, and haiku ever since, cannot be overestimated, although some critics, Ueda for example, say its quality as a poem is exaggerated. Blyth sees at as a masterpiece and a milestone of Japanese culture. (71)
The principal of internal comparison is best described by Henderson himself:
. . . the two parts that make up the whole are compared to each other,
not in simile or metaphor, but as two phenomena, each of which exists
in its own right . . . in which the differences are just as important as the
likenesses. Here it is not simply that 'over the withered landscape the
autumn nightfall settles like a crow.' It is also the contrast of the small
black body of the crow with the vast amorphous darkness of the nightfall—
and whatever else the reader may find in it. (72)
It is easy to see here Henderson's influence on Higginson's thinking.
Comparison and contrast between the images in a haiku is implicit in the works of Blyth, Yasuda and others. Ueda does not cite Basho's crow poem as an example of internal comparison but he does use that very phrase when discussing haiku later in Basho's development and in particular his "old pond" haiku. (73) Willmot says that haiku's "metaphorical structure" requires "comparison and/or contrast." (74) Shirane speaks of "resonance in dissonance, congruity in incon
gruity." (75)
Aristotle said over two thousand years ago that "to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances." Babette Deutsch, in her Poetry Handbook, has this response: "Twentieth century critics have shown that the making of good metaphors implies an eye for differences, too, and that the meaning of a metaphor issues from more complex interactions of perceptions, feelings, and thoughts than were dreamt of in that good Greek's philosophy." (76)
This suggests correctly that the metaphor has evolved over time and that the modern or contemporary metaphor is or can be much broader in scope than simply relating one image in terms of another through their similarities. Perhaps metaphorical interpretation and internal comparison have much more in common than previously recognized.
This concept of metaphor is very close to how Rod Wilmott saw metaphor functioning in haiku: a metaphorical structure involving comparison and/or contrast, in which the resulting relationships are interpreted metaphorically.
Fundamentally, however, metaphorical interpretation is still premised on ideas about things rather than the thing itself, something that many, if not most, consider essential to haiku. Generally, metaphors are also not intended to be taken literally whereas images in haiku are.
Higginson interprets the poem in the following way: "Our sense of the Paris commuters as delicate, vulnerable life builds, now that we see them come up out of the dark underground into a world of falling petals and spring mist." (77)
Higginson's interpretation does not preclude the possibility that the event can be interpreted metaphorically, nor does the semicolon. But the problem with his interpretation is that it alters the language of the poem. It requires the event to occur, not in the station, but on the way in, just outside. Higginson describes the poet/reader entering the Paris metro. This is not capable of having happened, nor can it actually have happened because of the word "In" in the title.
In the third and final part of this Fluence, some of Pound's other haiku-like poems will be looked at, Pound's Image will be compared with the haiku moment, and the discussion of whether or not Pound's Metro Poem is or can be a haiku will be concluded.
24. Modern Japanese Haiku, Makoto Ueda, University of Toronto Press, 1976, p.198.
25. The Master Haiku Poet, MATSUO BASHO, Makoto Ueda, Kodansha International, 1970, pp. 30 and 169.
26. BASHO AND HIS INTERPRETERS, Makoto Ueda, Stanford University Press, 1991, pp. 242, 243.
27. Traces of Dreams, Haruo Shirane, Stanford University Press, 1998, p. 238.
28. Footnotes 26 and 27.
29. HAIKU MASTER BUSON, Yuki Sawa and Edith Shiffert, Heian International, 1978, p. 20.
30. Footnote 27, Shirane, p, 238.
31. Anthology of Japanese Literature, Donald Keene, Grove Press, 1955, p. 369.
32. ON LOVE AND BARLEY, Lucien Stryk, Penguin, 1985, p. 80.
33. Japanese Poetic Diaries, Earl Miner, University of California Press, 1969, pp. 176, 177.
34. Footnote 26, Ueda.
35. Footnote 26, Ueda.
36. Footnote 26, Ueda.
37. Footnote 27, Shirane; Footnote 31, Keene; Footnote 33, Miner; On the narrow road, Lesley Downer, Summit Books, 1989, p.70; Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province, Dorothy Britton, Kodansha International, 1980, pp. 56, 57.
38. Footnote 31, Keene.
39. Footnote 27, Shirane, p. 239
40. Footnote 25, Ueda, chapter 1.
41. Footnote 26, Ueda.
42. Masaoka Shiki, Janine Beichman, Twayne Publishers, 1982, pp. 58 to 60.
43. Footnote 24, Ueda, p. 7; Footnote 42, Beichman, p.31; Footnote 19, Henderson, p. 161; Footnote 27, Shirane, p. 38.
44. A ROSELIEP RETROSPECTIVE, David Dayton ed, Alembic Press, 1980, p. 20.
45. The Path of Flowering Thorn, The Life and Poetry of Yosa Buson, Makoto Ueda, Stanford University Press, 1998, p. 159.
46. Footnote 4, Ross.
47. Footnote 45, Ueda, p. 117.
48. A HISTORY OF HAIKU, Volume One, R. H. Blyth, Hokuseido Press, 1963, p. 255.
49. Footnote 25, Ueda, pp. 139 to 141
50. Footnote 27, Shirane, pp. 48, 49.
51. Footnote 44, Roseliep.
52. The Modern English Haiku, George Swede, Columbine Editions, 1981, pp. 28, 29.
53. A Haiku Path, The Haiku Society of America Inc., 1994, pp. 212, 213.
54. Footnote 27, Shirane, pp. 46 and 49.
55. Footnote 25, Ueda, pp. 136 to 138.
56. Footnote 3, Higginson; Footnote 53, pp. 93, 94.
57. Footnote 24, Ueda, p. 159.
58. Footnote, 42, Beichman, p. 31.
59. Modern Haiku, Poems by Seishi Yamaguchi, Takashi Kodaira and Alfred Marks, Mangajin, 1993, p. xvi.
60. Footnote 3, Higginson.
61. Footnote 53, pp. 93, 94.
62. Footnote 3.
63. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, Ian Ousby, Cambridge University Press, 1988, p. 658; Oxford Reference Encyclopedia, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 896; Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, third edition, Harper and Rowe, 1987, p. 643; A Glossary of Literary Terms, M. H. Abrams, Holt, third edition, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, pp. 60 to 63; Poetry Handbook, Babette Deutsch, fourth edition, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957, pp. 84 to 89; Webster's; OED.
64. Footnote 25, Ueda, p. 44.
65. Footnote 64; Footnote 26, Ueda; HAIKU, Volume 3, Summer – Autumn, R. H. Blyth, Hokuseido Press and Heian International, 1982, p. 898.
66. Footnote 26, Ueda.
67. Footnote 25, Ueda, pp. 150, 151.
68. Footnote 65, Blyth.
69. Footnote 19, Henderson, pp. 18, 19.
70. Footnote 25, Ueda. The next thee paragraphs are taken from pp. 36 to 44.
71. Footnote 26, Ueda; Footnote 65, Blyth.
72. Footnote 19, Henderson, pp. 18, 19.
73. Footnote 25, Ueda, p. 53.
74. Footnote 53.
75. Footnote 27, Shirane, p. 108.
76. Footnote 63, Deutsch, p. 84.
77. Footnote 3, Higginson.


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The Jewelry District's Seven Grand Whiskey Bar will soon have a new neighbor. V DTLA — named after the Roman five — is slated for a Friday. Sept. 13 opening inside of the former Mas Malo space (515 W. Seventh St.), according to representatives.
The all-day restaurant and bar is located just below Seven Grand and comes by way of Stockholm, Sweden. Tapping into the European social club vibe, the approximately 5,600-square-foot, two-level space will offer food including Genovese-style sourdough pizzas, salads and shareable plates, as well as an extensive cocktails program. The restaurant will also serve coffee drinks from Vagabond Coffee Company.
V takes nods from the space's former life as a jewelry store into the new design. The store's vault has been converted into an "intimate" dining space and the design team recreated the original jewelry counter to building V's jade-colored, ground-level bar.
Other design details include mahogany display cases, aged wood tabletops, the restoration of the space's ornate ceiling, an antique art collection, emerald tiles, art deco cabinetry, and lush greenery around the Seventh Street space.
Spanish graffiti artists Pichi & Avo were commissioned to provide street art for the restaurant.
According to the restaurant's website, V DTLA will be opened Sunday-Monday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-midnight, and Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 a.m.
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Upstart SilverStream Software is beefing up its family of e-commerce software to avoid being crushed by giant competitors such as Microsoft and IBM.
SilverStream this week unveiled a new strategy to provide businesses all the software they need to build and run e-commerce Web sites that connect to customers and partners.
The strategy is similar to other contenders, such as Allaire and Bluestone Software, which are trying to compete against software heavyweights such as Oracle, Sun-Netscape Alliance and BEA Systems in the red-hot e-commerce software market.
Like many of its competitors, SilverStream has historically sold application servers, technology often described as the operating system of e-commerce Web sites. Application servers run business software and handle transactions, such as Web surfers' requests to buy products online. But with the application server market consolidating, SilverStream needs to offer more e-commerce products to survive, including software for creating and managing Web content.
"Having an application server doesn't differentiate you in the marketplace," said Forrester Research analyst Josh Walker. "Having a full suite of different applications is more attractive and will help SilverStream win customers."
In the past several months, SilverStream has acquired several companies to spruce up its product line and improve its consulting services.
Like its competitors, the company will build Web portal software that allows businesses to build corporate portal sites for employees to access email, news and corporate resources. Portals for suppliers and partners help businesses conduct trades online, while portals aimed at consumers can profile Web surfers and target information based on their interests and buying habits.
SilverStream is also following rivals in entering the emerging integration software market. The software allows companies to link their different computing systems, so they can exchange data and conduct businesses over the Web.
Analysts say the product strategies of SilverStream, Bluestone, Allaire and other smaller software firms are smart and will allow them to compete in the crowded market.
"They have all survived the first round of shakeout in the application server market," said Walker, referring to companies such as Vision Software and Novera, which have dropped out of the market. "It's been a constant uphill battle, but they've demonstrated there are enough customers out there to support them. Their longevity is not a question. They have a significant customer base."
SilverStream's stock price has dropped from a high of $132 to about $40 in recent months. But analyst Gary Abbott, of Punk Ziegel & Co., is still enthusiastic about the company.
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SilverStream has always touted its software as easy-to-use by giving software developers drag-and-drop tools to build their applications. Company executives said the new portal and integration software, expected this summer, will also be simple to use.
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It was recently our 2 year wedding anniversary – time flies when you're having fun! I asked Deepal what he wanted for dinner that day and he said he wanted a cheesy broccoli soup! And so, I made this simple yet delicious soup. It has so much broccoli in it and because of that, it is very healthy!
- Broccoli (1.5 pounds)
- Onion (1 small, finely chopped)
- Carrot (3 small, peeled, finely chopped)
- Celery (5 stalks, finely chopped)
- Garlic (6 cloves, minced)
- Dill (1.5 tablespoon, finely chopped)
- Lime Juice (1 teaspoon)
- Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese (1/4 cup)
- Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese (1/4 cup)
- Vegetable Broth (4 cups)
- Salt
- Olive Oil
Recipe (4 servings):
- First prep your broccoli. Cut stalks off and chop finely. Put 1 cup of broccoli florets aside and chop the rest finely in a food processor.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss the remaining 1 cup of broccoli florets in salt and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Bake until crispy; about 25 minutes. Set aside.
- Heat up 2 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pot on medium high heat. Add the onion and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic at this point and cook for another 1 minute.
- Add the celery and carrot next. Followed by the chopped up broccoli stalks. Cook for another 5-7 minutes.
- At this point, you can add the shredded broccoli florets. Toss and add more oil if needed. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Next, add 4 cups of vegetable broth and decrease heat to medium low and let simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Add the cheese to the pot and stir until combined. Turn off the stove
- At this point, you can start to season the soup. Add salt to taste. Add the dill and the lime juice.
- To serve, pour a large serving of soup and top with the crispy broccoli croutons.


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In have no left win / super mapped to my keyboard layout to any of the above, so I guess the problem is how to assign one.
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- Develop Sustainability Learning Outcomes
- Sustainability Literacy Assessment
- Provide incentives for sustainability education
- Sustainability Immersive Experience
- Encourage Course Development or Modification
- Inventory Sustainability Courses
- Certificate in Environmental Writing (CEW)
- Develop Sustainability Education definition
- Development of Experiential Learning Sites
- Independent Student Projects
- Support sustainability courses through guest lectures
- Sustainability Minor
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Sustainability is included in our campus Senior Survey. The Senior Survey is quite lengthy, so including sustainability in the survey to graduating students shows our commitment to the issue and our efforts to educate them about the most challenging issue of our time. Results from the survey show a significant increase in students' ability to make decisions from a sustainability perspective.
Since in 1998, the Senior Survey has been administered electronically. Each March an e-mail message regarding the Senior Survey is sent to all seniors on the May graduation list. The e-mail message from the Chancellor asks students to complete the online survey via an embedded link within the message. Ten days following the initial e-mail message a follow-up message was sent reminding students to complete the survey. Beginning in 2010, the Senior Survey included questions about sustainability.
Seniors' "ability to make decisions about sustainability" (Tracked by Academic Year)
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