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Monthly Archives: April 2012
The Wombat Anniversary Tweetup, June 23rd
I've given a brief notice of this before, but since the date is getting closer, I ought to flesh out the bones. Mmmmmm flesh….
Ahem. Mark the date in your diaries, and PLEASE do come to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Saturday 23rd June for a Tweetup to celebrate @little_mavis and my 33rd Wedding Anniversary. (Edit by LM: The anniversary thing isn't really important, we just needed to pick a date & this swung the vote, so don't let that put you off). Feel free to bring kids, dogs, whoever you like. Although there is a restaurant, bring also a packed lunch & drinks, as we'll find a few picnic tables or grass to eat on and socialise before exploring the treasures of the place. And your camera, definitely bring your camera.
The YSP is near Wakefield, a mile from the M1 (junction 38). Admission is free, but parking is £5 using Pay & Display machines, so bring enough change to make life easy for yourself. It opens at 10am, and we'll meet up near the easy-to-find YSP Centre from about 10:30 – 11, then move to a Picnic Area to eat. I'll also be discoverable by phone once we've moved on from there. You can click the map below (which I've annotated using Comic Sans, purely to annoy @captain_doodle) if you want to see a bigger version, or there's a humungous PDF map on the YSP site itself (page 5).
Need a lift?
Please let me know if you're planning to come – it'd be good to be able to look forward to seeing you. Also, I'll try to co-ordinate lifts for anyone without a car, so those needing a lift and those with room to offer one should tell me. Can't promise anything obviously, but I'll do my best to sort this stuff out – oooh, I could use a multicoloured spreadsheet a la Martin Bryce!
Any questions, just ask me. Now watch it rain…. not that I'll mind. I'll just get wet and enjoy it.
Me and My Teddy Bear
Inspired by the song, of course, the 'official' (and therefore deserving of a proper blog) #SUNDAYPICS for April was meant (in my head) to be of you and a cuddly toy. Got lots of pics just of cuddly toys, but given that I'm hardly a stickler for rules, I enjoyed those pics too. Let's go, furries, in alphabeticalish order for no apparent reason.
First up alphabetically due to his
underpants underscore is man about town @_aaronkelly, who gives us "three hobbits with teds". I love photos of little girls, don't you? Oh Gawd, I mean that in a charming-happysmiley-not-at-all-pervy way, obviously. Save me, Alex!
Here she is, in the nick of time – tis @alexbrightsmith, clutching her panda, and demonstrating why he has one ear bigger than the other. Is it me, or is she also sucking her thumb, the sexpot?
Over on the left is @alliterative's 40-year-old bear, which he bravely proves by also showing us a mini-him clutching said ursine. God, were we ever that young?
Ms. Sexy Eyes herself, @andromedababe, shows us her favourite bedcuddles companion. Look at his satisfied expression.
And here's another sexbomb. And it's that @ariadnes_web holding him. She's not normally a "stuffed toy type"; this is a bear given to her on Valentine's Day once. What's the betting he's called "Valentine"? Or possibly "Day".
"His kneading pulled out hanks of fur, but as you can see, Tigger loved Bear" reports @avensarah. She continues, quite jauntily, "Ex-boyfriend gave me him for V's Day when I was 18. No strong feelings for him, but I love Bear" Well, look at his little face!
Here's a tryptich from @bathcat. On the left, Teddy stuck in the tree due to "Little buggers". In the middle, he undergoes the torture of being washed after an adventure in the River Exe. And over on the right, Teddy and His Boy.
The four-year-old @beanobundle hugs her bear tightly, not so very long ago (he says, in a gentlemanly fashion). This was in Southern France. "We arrived there v early & had to wait for host to collect us". Thank God you had Bear to protect you from all those Gallic dangers.
Here's @captain_doodle – "Steeeeeempy, you eeeejit" he says. This means nothing to me, cos I'm not 'street', but he appears to be brandishing some sort of mutated smurf. An X-Smurf, if you will, who can go through a smoky hole at the drop of a hat.
So it would seem that @butmadnnw has been invaded by cuddlies from outer space. On the left "The bed crew – Arthur (big gold snuggler), Quark (black & travel-compact), & some odd pillow pals". On the right, "The shelf crew – keep in mind there are others than what you can see. Space restriction" OUTER space restriction, you mean.
And here's @marcomunkeh with HIS crew (dudes!). "We hang out by the pillow Me, Doctor, Stitch, & Perry". I see you wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
@chickenprincess – "Breaking out an old pic for #SUNDAYPICS Tally and Fred the Ted, on an adventure". Finally, someone names their bear!
Here's another! "Charlie was attacked by a childhood dog. I don't love him any less" says @dawbes. He's a proper beauty, if a rather unpleasant colour.
"Me & my teddy, many years ago" chirrups @em_and_lola. My word, he's a big 'un, you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him. I'll just bet he was called Tiny.
OK, next up is another tryptich, this time of quite a famous bear. This classy feller belongs to @ericafairs, and has been papped for magazines! May I present, on your left, Erica and her teddy bear, having no worries, having no cares. Bear poses alone (and naked) in the centrefold, and features prominently in The Antiques Roadshow Magazine. Posh bear.
Here's @girlthing63, present and past, with Mouse and Panda – not looking bad for 45 year olds. Indeed, two lovely cuddlies on view there. I do like a nice cleavage pic.
Give a warm welcome to The Brechin Boys! @hebbie tells us that these are "Stewie & @GourockGuru's cuddly toys, known as The Brechin Boys. They have sleepovers in each bedroom. Yes really" I'm saying nothing.
Fancy a foursome then? No? In that case, how about four photos instead of the perverted sex? Yes? OK then (spoilsports). Here's @harrietkap – "My bear is a bit of a star, he has his own fb page, he can fly too, and has his own masseuse. He went bungee jumping too – check out those women's faces". Hmmmm…. I think my face would have been a bit wibbly too.
Remember member member what a womble womble womble you are…. here's @janetstratch with her favourite womble. She types well for someone so young, I have to say.
Sir @JimTheSG posted this pic of @Dr_Steph_ and her fluffies (not a euphemism). "Pink Ted I've had since birth according to family lore. Moo Cow, Jim bought me when I was sad". Aww, nice Jim.
This little feller's so lovable, despite being threatened by that nasty Lotso. He belongs to @jingomimi, is over 40 years old & she ate all his fur when she was little. He has a big hole above his eye. He looks like I feel some mornings.
Not sure what the wiggins this is meant to be, but twas posted by @justjimwilldo. It looks way too modern for an old fart like me to understand.
Now here's a pic that made me sdquee like a little girl. So no change there. This is shows Amsie & Big Ted. Unfortunately, @kaPOWed doesn't tell us which is which, so I shall assume they are named in order. Amsie is a lovely name for a giant teddy bear, well done. And you must be so proud of…. erm, Big Ted (not a good name for a little girl – you were a bit cruel there).
Now here's a well-loved bear indeed, and @mana4tee tells us all about him. "Aww my Mum used to sing that song to me – and I take my Ted everywhere with me… to Children In Need gigs … to Antarctica … and everywhere in between. As for another sort of teddy..That can wait for the other comp". Oh my – now I can hardly wait for the day that I'm brave enough to announce the #nuddyteddy theme….
"As of Tuesday I will have had this bear exactly 27 years" says @mckjerral, "I got it in the hospital". As long as you didn't steal it from someone else, then that's a lovely story! I like his little face. The bear's, I mean.
Here's another handsome and long-serving bear, from @misskayleigh – "I've had this one 25 years! I was just a lil bit bigger than him when I was born". Bet you didn't have two black eyes, though.
It took me ages to see the bear in this photo cos, well, boobies! Nice ones tooo…. ahem, sorry. This is @mooley and "batman bear". Oh now see, I thought he was "bondage bear" till you said that.
"My two Teddies, imaginatively named brown ted and orange ted, cuddled up with my girls ted" reports @och23. They look like they're ready to go down to the woods today.
Wordsmith and man-about-town @richlieu_uk now – "This is Teddy and me. We first met the day I was born". He either has two noses or a little Hitler moustache. I kind of hope it's the latter.
Rabbit-torturer @sarahpez here dangles "the best loved rabbit bear in the world … and here he is being loved". Bless him.
Here's our final tryptich this time, from @scullyscully – "Me & my teddy bear (rabbit) for #sundaypics. He's not clear in the 1st. I'm grumpy in the 2nd. And here's a more recent pic – he doesn't look bad for 43 (& yes, he's a cross-dressing rabbit)"
Squashed teddy! Although he looks quite pleased about it. Our reporter @sebastianflyte says "might as well include this chap Furryboo who I found in my bed last night". Furryboo! Best name yet.
This one makes me sniffle with awwww, cos listen to @snowgirl1972 – "Here's mine & Thom's childhood teddies together on Boy's shelf". See? Awwwwwww, you two!
"I don't collect bears, honest" says @sundayhandbag, "Here's two Kringle bears bought in the USA & a Mother's Day bear". A Christmas bear!
There's three teds here, cos this pic is from @teddy_red – "Teddy accompanied by Teddy H – who I MADE at school. In Class H. An imaginative child". You made him? Blimey, that's clever.
Oh now, here's a brave little bear with a good heart. He's from @tweetiepeetie, who says "Meet Rupert, he's 34 & I've had him since I was born". I never realised so many of you would have hung on to your childhood chums. It's quite moving, actually.
Actually the first #SUNDAYPICS submission for "Teddy Day", here's a beautiful pic from @vanishedhippo – "It's actually eldest and her teddy". He's a bit of a boozer I see.
Here's a cool ted from @wavesfromfrance – "French artist Ted in his cravat, beret and paint stained tunic … with a caveman" Yes, er yes, all bohemian artists have a cavemen with them at all times….
Moving right along, here's a couple of my own bear Shankly, bought for me decades ago by @little_mavis. On the right, @37ellie changes his nappy some twenty years ago.
The Coronation of Charles II – the coronation
Good morrow again, people of the future. Following yesterday's description of the King's Procession, today I shall describe his Coronation itself. I remain your humble servant from the past, Mr. Samuel Pepys. Remember, if you wish to read of my daily life in 1661, you can find me on the thing called Twitter at this place: @sampepys_1661. A warning for those of a nervous disposition – this report contains pissing and snogging and spewing.
23rd April 1661 –
About 4 in the morning I rose. Bleeeeuuurrrghh HANGOVER. After a spew or two, I got to the abby, where I got in by pretending to be with Sir J. Denham the surveyour. Then, with much ado, I did get up into a great scaffold across the north end of the abby – where with a great deal of patience I sat from past 4 till 11 before the King came in. My only entertainment was spotting the lovely women wearing their fine dresses, and imagining them without the dresses.
And a pleasure it was to see the Abbey raised in the middle, all covered with red and throne (that is a chaire) and footstoole on the top of it. And all the officers of all kinds, so much as the very fidlers, in red vests. Red was a bit of a theme. Also gold.
At last comes in the Deane and prebends of Westminster with the Bishops (many of them in cloth-of-gold Copes); and after them the nobility all in their parliament-robes, which was a most magnificent sight. Then the Duke and the King with a scepter (carried by my Lord of Sandwich) and Sword before him, and the crowne too.
The King in his robes, bare headed, looked very fine. And after all had placed themselfs, which took a lot of shuffling,- there was a sermon and the service. And then in the Quire at the high altar he passed all the ceremonies of the Coronacion – which, bugger it all to hell and to my very great grief, I and most of the Abbey could not see. The crowne being put upon his head, a great shout begun.
And three times the King-at-armes went to the three open places on the scaffold and proclaimed that if any one could show any reason why Ch.Steward should not be King of England, that now he should come and speak. And a Generall pardon also was read by the Lord Chancellor; and meddalls flung up and down by my Lord Cornwallis – of silver; but none of the bloody things came my way.
There was so great a noise, that I could make but little of the Musique; and endeed, it was lost to everybody. But now I had so great a list to pisse, and could not find a place that would not wet someone's head. So that I went out a little while before the King had done all his ceremonies, and found a corner that had become a piss-place, and did stand in a pond of it. Then I went round the abby to Westminster-hall, all the way within rayles, and 10000 people, with the ground coverd with blue cloth – and Scaffolds all the way. Into the hall I got – where it was very fine with hangings and scaffolds, one upon another, full of brave ladies. And I saw my wife in one little one on the right hand, and she looked bloody GORGEOUS in her blue dress. I did imagine her naked too, which was mighty fun.
Here I stayed walking up and down; and at last, upon one of the side-stalls, I stood and saw the King come in with all the persons (but the Souldiers) that were yesterday in the cavalcade; and a most pleasant sight it was to see them in their several robes. And the King came in with his Crowne on and his sceptre in his hand – under a Canopy borne up by six silver staves, carried by Barons of the Cinqueports – and little bells at every end.
Then clattered in three Lords, Nothumberland and Suffolke and the Duke of Ormond, coming before the feast on horseback and staying so all dinner-time; and at last, came Dymock the King's Champion, all in armour on horseback, with his Speare and targett carried before him. And a herald proclaim that if any dare deny Charles Stewart to be lawful King of England, here was a Champion that would fight with him; and with those words the Champion flings down his gantlet; and all this he doth three times in his going up toward the King's table. At last when he is come, the King drinkes to him and then sends him the Cup, which is of gold; and he drinks it off and then rides back again with the cup in his hand.
I went from table to table to try to get something to eat, and so my Lord did give me four rabbits and a pullet; and so I got some bread too and so at a Stall eat it, as everybody else did what they could grab.
Tell you what; I took a great deal of pleasure to go up and down and look upon the ladies – some right beauties – and to hear the Musique of all sorts; but above all, the 24 viollins. All finished eating about 6 at night, and I went up to my wife and there met with another pretty lady and kissed them both and had a squeeze of arse (threesome ahoy!).
I observed little disorder in all this; save only the King's Footmen had got hold of the Canopy and would keep it from the barons of the Cinqueports; a fight ensued between the footmen and the barons. The Barons were dragged along the hall, and lost their places at table. By a prompt command of the King, however, the Footmen were at once imprisoned and dismissed, the poor sods.
We three went to Mr Bowyers, where we went on the roof, expecting to see the Fireworkes; but they were not performd tonight. I had a long tonguey kiss with my wife, and oh the City had a halo of light like a celestial glory round about it, with the many bonefyres all around the city.
So I took my wife and Mrs Frankelyn (who I proferred the civility of lying with my wife at Mrs Hunts tonight) to Axe yard. In which, at the further end, there was three great bonefyres and a great many great gallants, men and women. They grabbed we three, and had us drink the King's health upon our knee, kneeling upon a fagott; which we all did, they drinking to us one after another – which we thought a strange Frolique. But these gallants continued thus a great while, and I wondered to see how the ladies did tiple. They poured the booze down. Chavs.
At last I sent my wife and her bedfellow to bed, and Mr Hunt and I went in with Mr Thornbury where we drank the King's health and nothing else, till one of the gentlemen fell down stark drunk and there lay speweing. So I home and to bed, but no sooner a-bed but my head begun to turne and I to vomitt, and I fell asleep and sleep till morning – only, when I waked I found myself wet with my spewing. There were diced carrots and tomato skins, which I swear I did not eat.
Thus did the day end, with joy and spew unconfined; and blessed be God, I have not heard of any mischance to anybody through it all, but only to Serjeant Glynne, whose Horse fell upon him yesterday and is like to kill him. Death by horse. Oh, there was also this night, in Kingstreet, a woman had her eye put out by a boy's flinging of a firebrand into the coach.
Now after all this, I can say that besides the pleasure of the sight of these glorious things, I may now shut my eyes against any other objects, as being sure never to see the like again in this world. My thanks to you, stranger, for listening, and I hope to see you on Twitter.
The Coronation of Charles II – the procession
Good day to you of the future. My name is Samuel Pepys, and I may normally be found communicating from 1661 using the modernity of a thyng called Twitter. There you can read my daily doings there by following @sampepys_1661. The King's coronacion being imminent, and such a stonking gig that it shall not be limited to short 140 character bursts of pale description, Mr. Wombat has kindly allowed me to expound at length here upon the glorious Restoration of England's monarchy.
22nd April 1661 –
Got up dead early, and pimped myself up as fine as I could. I had on my new (ish) velvet coat for the first time. Our Navy Office gang, nine of us in all, went to Mr. Young the flag-maker's house, where we had a room with wine and CAKE (yay). We went there cos it's near to the second triumphal arch (near the Royal Exchange) which is dedicated to the Navy.
The streets were all gravelled, and the houses hung with carpets before them, making a brave show, and the ladies leaning out of the windows, one of which over against us I took much notice of, and spoke of her. She was a bit gorgeous, which made good sport among us. She had the most excellent decolletage. Boobies ahoy!
You know, it's impossible to describe properly the true glory of that procession: the fine horses decked out in magnificent clothes, and their riders all bedecked in their finery. Even the most ordinary rider was covered with embroidery & diamonds, and the brightest of them shone with light. This beauty didn't stop several of them doing a big shyte on the gravell.
The Knights of the Bath & their Esquires were a mighty brave sight; especially remarquable were the two men that represent the two Dukes of Normandy and Aquitane. Then some Barons, and a shitload of Bishops all a-glitter. My Lord Monk rode bare after the King, and led in his hand a spare horse, as being Master of the Horse. The King himself, in a most rich embroidered suit and cloak, looked most noble and handsome. The King noticed us leaning out of the windows and nodded in our direction. Oh yeah, baby, we're the in-crowd, we are.
Then followed Wadlow, the vintner from the Devil pub, leading a fine company of soldiers, all young comely men, in white doublets. After came a company of men all like Turks; but I have no idea what they are for, other than to give us a giggle by looking silly. So glorious was the whole show with gold and silver, that we were not able to look at it, our eyes at last being so much overcome with it.
The parade of dekights being ended, Mr. Young did give us a dinner, at which we were very merry, and pleased above imagination at what we have seen. We laid into the drink with a will, and I won 20s from Sir W. Batten with a wager about my Lady Faulconbridge's first name (Mary, since you ask). So home to see the show upon Towre Hill with Will, my wife Lizzie being over at Charles Glassecocke's. Had some more wine. Then more wine. In the evening by water to White Hall to my Lord's, where he old me that his suit for tomorrow was made in France, and cost him 200l., and very rich it is with embroidery. I staid there the night, being fallingdown rat-legged, for the Coronacion itself on the morrow.
I'll tell you all about that (including my dilemma about how to have a pisse during the service) here tomorrow.
Yes, I finally got your hairy pics together – in a video again, sorry, cos I'm still playing catch-up. For a change this time, instead of weirold stuff ordrum-driven music, I've gone with a nice piece of Haydn, purely because it's a sunny afternoon here at Wombat Towers and I'm feeling all boneless and snoozy and relaxed.


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|Fall leaf quilt -- tesselating leaves finally complete and ready to be slept under tonight!
|I want to make some pillow cases in some of the matching fabrics with cordinating flanges. Hope it doesn't take another year!
|One of the reasons I let my daughter get a cat was so I could have quilt pictures with a pet lying strategically! Hah!


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"I need to find a tavern." Roy declared rather suddenly.
"Hmm?" Roy's Archon asked, flitting about in a little figure eight. The little puffball appeared taken aback by the sudden declaration. "Where did that come from?"
Roy shrugged his armored shoulders nonchalantly. "I don't know, I just feel like having a few drinks."
"Well, there's always the Tavern of Infinite One Night Stands…" Roy's Archon ventured.
Roy's face curled into an expression of disgust. "No. There's no way I'm going to the bar looking for some bimbo to bring home and screw in my mom's house. Or have you forgotten where we are?"
"It was just a suggestion…" The Archon declared, its light dimming slightly.
"Yeah, well, maybe suggest something else." Roy replied.
The Archon did a few lazy turns around the small guest room, apparently deep in thought. "Ah, I know of a place!" It declared. "Smilin' Pete's Pub, just a short distance from the Bless-ateria."
Roy nodded. "Sounds good. Lead the way."
Several hours (days? weeks?) later, Roy stood at the entrance to Smilin' Pete's, which bore a sign depicting a grinning man who was presumably the owner giving a thumbs-up while holding a pint of ale. He could hear the sounds of laughter and and loud voices beckoning him from the inside, and one particularly loud woman yelling about the quality of the Sake. Having lived in Azure City for the past little while, a tavern patron yelling about Sake didn't strike him as particularly odd. "Well, it certainly sounds authentically tavern-esque. I just hope a barfight doesn't break out."
"We actually try not to encourage such behaviour here. Lively debate is one thing, but punching your fellow spirits is frowned upon." Roy's Archon explained.
"I'll keep it in mind." Roy replied. He glanced at the sun, still beaming peacefully in the sky. "The only problem with this is that it's still midday. How am I supposed to enjoy a few pints if it's not…" He stepped through the door as he spoke, taking in the scene inside the tavern. The room was dimly lit by a fire and a few cleverly placed oil lamps, and the windows clearly displayed a starry night sky. "…Night?" He finished, shocked. "Well I'll be. They think of everything here."
"We do our best." Roy's Archon agreed. "And look over there, why, it's an empty table in a corner! Your favorite spot!"
Shaking his head at the continued marvels of the celestial realm, Roy walked over to the empty table, passing patrons who smiled and nodded at him as he went. It felt good to be among fellow Lawful-Goods, not having to worry if the bartender would try to cheat him or if the guy he was playing cards with was trying to cut his coin purse (Which was why he usually brought Haley. She was smart enough not to cut his purse, and he knew she was cheating, and so could just fold during any hand where she started betting big). Lost in thought, he settled into his table and let the tavern atmosphere wash over him. He took in the other patrons, noting a rather large number of dwarves, which didn't surprise him now that he thought about it. There was a black haired woman still arguing with the bartender, who seemed to be doing his level best to calm her.
"This Sake is an affront to the Gods! You should be cast out of this realm for such a mockery!" She declared vehemently, thumping an armored fist on the bar, which set off a chain reaction of clanks and jingles as the mail and plate she was wrapped in knocked about.
"M-ma'am, please, this Sake is as close to being made by the Gods themselves as possible! It cannot taste wrong." The barkeep pleaded.
"Then this must be a bad batch! Bring me another from a different barrel!"
The barkeep blinked quizzically. "It… it comes in bottles, ma'am."
"From a different bottle, then!"
"A-at once, ma'am."
Roy rolled his eyes. Even in the Celestial Realm it seemed there were troublesome barflies. He quicly resumed a neutral expression as the barkeep made his way to his table.
"Hey there, newcomer. I'm Smilin' Pete, owner of Smilin' Pete's. Been in the Celestial Tavern business for a hundred n' twenty-seven years, and there's not much I don't know about alcohol. So what'll it be?" The bartender asked with a dramatic bow.
Roy chuckled inspite of himself. "That was quite the introduction. How'd you know I was new?"
"You still got one of the little glowflies following you. They tend to take off once you get yourself settled in. So, here for good or just visiting?"
"Ah, visiting, I hope. I guess it depends how fast my party can get their acts together and ressurrect me." Roy explained.
Pete chuckled. "Ah, one of those adventuring types, are you? Goin' around and getting into all sorts of trouble?"
Roy laughed. "More than you know. Between the goblins and liches and psychotic halflings, I don't know which way is up or down some days. Being dead is almost like a vacation. A very, very surreal vacation, mind you."
"Ain't that the truth. Part of the reason I converted my home to into a tavern. I did it all my life, and it just feels weird not doing it in death. Enlightenment and the upper levels of the mountain can wait a few centuries I say, I'm not done owning a tavern just yet!" Pete thumped on the table for emphasis, grinning like a loon. Roy found himself liking the amicable proprietor. He had a jovial, easy manner, and a real love for his work.
At that moment a mailed fist crashed down on the table between them. "Barkeep!" The angry woman from earlier barked. "I asked for Sake! I did not ask for you to wander over here and talk with-"
Roy looked at her at the same second that she looked at him, and found himself staring into familiar, hate-filled black eyes. "M-Miko?!" He stuttered.
"GREENHILT!" Miko Miyazaki, ex-paladin, bellowed. She quickly drew her katana and levelled it at Roy's chest.
Fighter's instincts took over for Roy. Without conciously doing anything he found himself rolling left and out of the chair, then quickly back, putting it between him and Miko. He sprang to his feet and clumsily picked up the wooden chair, holding it awkwardly in front of himself with both hands, not sure if he should use it as a weapon or as a shield to block her attacks.
"It appears that the Gods have given me one last chance to finish my business with you." Miko growled with a predatory grin.
"Didn't you mention that one of your party members had a saying for times like this?" Roy's Archon asked worriedly, hovering over Roy's shoulder.
"Yeah, it went a little something like this; 'Dun, dun, DUN'."
"That's… not very comforting."
"No, no it is not."


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Launay, E. at al. BMC Pediatrics | Published online: 12 August 2016
Image shows electron micrograph of klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria
Background: Lower respiratory tract infection is a common cause of consultation and antibiotic prescription in paediatric practice. The misuse of antibiotics is a major cause of the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, changes over time, and determinants of non-compliance with antibiotic prescription recommendations for children admitted in paediatric emergency department (PED) with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Methods: We conducted a prospective two-period study using data from the French pneumonia network that included all children with CAP, aged one month to 15 years old, admitted to one of the ten participating paediatric emergency departments. In the first period, data from children included in all ten centres were analysed. In the second period, we analysed children in three centers for which we collected additional data. Two experts assessed compliance with the current French recommendations. Independent determinants of non-compliance were evaluated using a logistic regression model. The frequency of non-compliance was compared between the two periods for the same centres in univariate analysis, after adjustment for confounding factors.
Results: A total of 3034 children were included during the first period (from May 2009 to May 2011) and 293 in the second period (from January to July 2012). Median ages were 3.0 years [1.4–5] in the first period and 3.6 years in the second period. The main reasons for non-compliance were the improper use of broad-spectrum antibiotics or combinations of antibiotics. Factors that were independently associated with non-compliance with recommendations were younger age, presence of risk factors for pneumococcal infection, and hospitalization. We also observed significant differences in compliance between the treatment centres during the first period. The frequency of non-compliance significantly decreased from 48 to 18.8 % between 2009 and 2012. The association between period and non-compliance remained statistically significant after adjustment for confounding factors. Amoxicillin was prescribed as the sole therapy significantly more frequently in the second period (71 % vs. 54.2 %, p < 0.001).
Conclusions: We observed a significant increase in the compliance with recommendations, with a reduction in the prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics, efforts to improve antibiotic prescriptions must continue.
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Paris Saint-Germain are 11 points clear at the Ligue 1 summit after winning 3-0 away at Lille on Saturday.
Yuri Berchiche, Neymar and Giovani Lo Celso got the goals for Unai Emery's men, although they left it late to pull clear of Les Dogues at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
With trips to Sochaux and Toulouse to come next week before Real Madrid away in the Champions League round of 16, the result was the most important thing in northern France, and the French capital outfit emerged with all three points.
The more Lo Celso features for PSG, the more he impresses. Although not a natural deep-lying midfielder, as exhibited in his sublime lobbed finish to make it 3-0 late on and occasional mistakes he makes, the Argentine is finding his feet in the starting XI and continued his development in Lille.
Left-back Berchiche turned up the pressure on positional rival Layvin Kurzawa with a good showing, which was capped by his strike -- albeit controversial -- to make it 1-0 just before half-time.
After a 3-0 win away from home, against an opponent fighting for their lives in Le Championnat and with a number of regular starters missing, there were no major negatives.
However, considering the way the match went, Les Parisiens should not have been as laboured as they were over the 90 minutes.
If grinding out wins against Lille, Sochaux and Toulouse means PSG can turn it on once they get to Madrid, though, then so be it.
Manager rating out of 10
7 -- Emery's starting XI got the job done, and his substitutions enabled him to give Angel Di Maria a bit of rest and continue to ease Lassana Diarra into action.
Player ratings (1-10; 10 = best. Players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating.)
GK Alphonse Areola, 7 -- The youth academy graduate was a reassuring presence in goal and came up with one or two important saves, notably one in the first half.
DF Dani Alves, 5 -- Back from suspension, the Brazil international was solid but unspectacular and is unlikely to have used up too much energy ahead of Sochaux, Toulouse and Real.
DF Marquinhos, 6 -- The Brazilian paired well with compatriot Thiago Silva, and together they kept Lille at bay.
DF Thiago Silva, 6 -- The captain was solid enough, and although LOSC did not threaten too often, he marshalled his backline well.
DF Yuri Berchiche, 7 -- The Spaniard provided the balance that Kurzawa does not and even got forward and grabbed himself a goal on the stroke of half-time to show that his French rival is not the only one who can score from full-back.
MF Giovani Lo Celso, 7 -- The young Argentine was calm and collected in his secondary role as a deep-lying midfielder, and he capped his display with a fabulous lob over former PSG goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
MF Marco Verratti, 6 -- The Italian was combative but let himself down once or twice with his reluctance to shoot from distance, and also picked up a second-half booking.
MF Javier Pastore, 5 -- The Argentina international will now be staying with PSG until at least the end of the season, but his meek showing in Lille was not exactly the best way to convince Emery of the need for more minutes ahead of the World Cup in Russia this summer.
FW Angel Di Maria, 6 -- Did well, despite obviously being a bit jaded after a busy start to 2018, and it was no surprise that El Fideo was replaced by Thomas Meunier with 18 minutes to go.
FW Edinson Cavani, 5 -- The Uruguay international, who is now PSG's all-time leading scorer, was not at his best and was guilty of being selfish when he went for goal with Neymar well positioned in the first half.
FW Neymar, 7 -- The Brazilian superstar was more meaningfully involved than he was in Rennes in midweek, but it took a late free kick for him to get his goal. When he did finally score, though, it was in some style.
MF Lassana Diarra, 6 -- The veteran replaced Pastore for the final 27 minutes and notched his first assist by teeing up Lo Celso's sublime strike and continues to look in good shape despite his relative lack of action recently.
DF Thomas Meunier, NR -- The Belgium international came on for Di Maria after 71 minutes and kept the team pushing forward as they searched for more goals as Alves continued at right-back.
MF Christopher Nkunku, NR -- The youth academy graduate was given the final five minutes in Verratti's place to help keep things tight with the Italy international already on a yellow card.


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With numbers on its side, the BJP believes that the debate in Lok Sabha on Friday on the Opposition's no-confidence motion will be a virtual launch pad for its campaign for the general elections and may help it get support from parties outside the ruling NDA.
Lok Sabha has an effective strength of 534 and the BJP-led NDA has 312 members, while the majority mark is 268. The BJP is hopeful that regional parties like AIADMK, BJD, TRS- which has 37, 19 and 11 members- will either support it or abstain from voting.
Top BJP leaders, including its president Amit Shah, reached out to their allies as well as other parties with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar expressing confidence that the government will get support from "new" parties.
"We will get new support. It will come from south, east and all directions," Kumar told reporters.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami hinted that AIADMK may not back the no-confidence motion while the BJD and the TRS have not made their stand clear yet.
The debate is scheduled to last for seven hours followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply, which is expected at around 6 pm, official sources said. The debate timing in Parliament is, though, often stretched beyond the scheduled duration.
The BJP is likely to pit a clever mix of speakers representing different constituencies of voters to express its views and some ministers may also intervene, sources said.
Kumar said the Opposition will be no match to the BJP's top guns led by Modi and took a dig at it, saying it should not "talk out" of the debate as it will be left wondering if it made the right move by pushing the no-confidence motion.
With the BJP already in campaign mode and Modi addressing rallies in different parts of the country, the party believes his reply will give impetus to its election drive. The next Lok Sabha polls are less than 10 months away.
Kumar also pooh-poohed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's suggestion that the Opposition has numbers to back the motion, saying her maths is weak.
He recalled that she had made the claim of having support of 272 members after the Vajpayee government had fallen in 1999 by losing the vote of confidence by merely one vote.
"She is repeating history after almost 20 years. She will get to know tomorrow where the Opposition and the BJP stand," he said.
On the debate eve, the BJP also engaged in dinner exercise with its whips hosting many groups of party MPs.
Its dissident MP Shatrughan Sinha also announced his support to the government. Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad is unlikely to be present due to personal reasons.


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A new study conducted by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) found that long-term statin use can increase the risk of Parkinson's Disease.
A recent article titled Statins Maybe Not a Wonder Drug for Parkinson in Neurology Times
The new study was conducted over a 20 year period and shows that long-term use of statins can produce some detrimental side effects. However, the study also suggests cholesterol may have a vital role in protecting the brain and nervous system.
In late 2013 I wrote about new heart disease and stroke prevention guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology. These guidelines suggested doubling the number of persons who take statins. I suggested at the time that maybe we should just put statins in the water.
About 43 million Americans take statins or are statin therapy candidates, and the American Heart Association estimates that number will soon increase to 56 million or even more. Guidelines recommend that even persons who do not have high cholesterol but have other risk factors also take statins.
Following the release of this report, some public health officials are reconsidering the widespread use of statins for people with low risk of heart disease.
Dr Xuemei Huang, who led the research on the link with Parkinson's disease, recently published in the journal of Movement Disorders, expressed concerns about the widespread prescription of statins.
The professor of neurology at Penn State College of Medicine in Pennsylvania said: If we blanket prescribe statins to people we could be creating a huge population of people with neurological problems.
I think doctors are over-enamoured with statins and think it is a cure-all.
Eating a vegan or whole-food plant-based diet will keep you away from statins – the "wonder drug" that might not be so wonderful.


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Editor's Note: The accuracy of the italicized portion of this story has been questioned.
Last week, the BMJ reported that the first paper to claim a link between autism and childhood vaccines - a 1998 study of 12 children by Dr. Andrew Wakefield - was an outright fraud:
The analysis, by British journalist Brian Deer, found that despite the claim in Wakefield's paper that the 12 children studied were normal until they had the MMR shot, five had previously documented developmental problems. Deer also found that all the cases were somehow misrepresented when he compared data from medical records and the children's parents.
Wakefield could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls and requests to the publisher of his recent book, which claims there is a connection between vaccines and autism that has been ignored by the medical establishment. Wakefield now lives in the U.S. where he enjoys a vocal following including celebrity supporters like Jenny McCarthy.
This false causal theory has done a tremendous amount of damage to public health. In Britain, for instance, the Wakefield article led to a sharp decline in vaccination rates for measles: by 2004, only 80 percent of the population was getting the MMR shot. In the United States, more cases of measles were reported in 2008 than in any other year since 1997, according to the CDC.
This blog post is not about why Wakefield is wrong. Instead, it's about what happens when the only piece of evidence in support of a radical idea - vaccines cause autism - is clearly and definitely refuted. I thought this Jenny McCarthy post was sadly illustrative:
I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only 2 of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism? Why hasn't anyone ever studied completely non-vaccinated children to understand their autism rate?
These missing safety studies are causing many parents to approach vaccines with moderation. Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? What if a parent used the vaccine schedule of Denmark, Norway, Japan or Finland – countries that give one-third the shots we do (12 shots vs. 36 in the U.S.)? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children – is moderation such a terrible idea?
This debate won't end because of one dubious reporter's allegations. I have never met stronger women than the moms of children with autism.__ Last week, this hoopla made us a little stronger, and even more determined to fight for the truth about what's happening to our kids__.
That's right: the demonstration of fraud has made McCarthy even more convinced that vaccines cause autism. (It's hard to imagine, then, what kind of evidence might shake her conviction.) I bring this up not to pick on McCarthy, but because I think her paradoxical response reflects a deep seated facet of human nature, an irrational quirk that we are all vulnerable to. This is the theory of cognitive dissonance, first proposed by Leon Festinger, a psychologist at the University of Minnesota. (I've blogged about this before.) In the summer of 1954, Festinger was reading the morning newspaper when he encountered a short article about Marion Keech, a housewife in suburban Minneapolis who was convinced that the apocalypse was coming. (Keech was a pseudonym.) She had started getting messages from aliens a few years before, but now the messages were getting eerily specific. According to Sananda, an extra-terrestrial from the planet Clarion who was in regular contact with Keech, human civilization would be destroyed by a massive flood at midnight on December 20, 1954.
Keech's sci-fi prophecy soon gained a small band of followers. They trusted her divinations, and marked the date of Armageddon on their calendars. Many of them quit their jobs and sold their homes. The cultists didn't bother buying Christmas presents or making arrangements for New Years Eve, since nothing would exist by then.
Festinger immediately realized that Keech would make a great research subject. He decided to infiltrate the group by pretending to be a true believer. What Festinger wanted to study was the reaction of the cultists on the morning of December 21, when the world wasn't destroyed and no spaceship appeared. Would Keech recant? What would happen when her prophesy failed?
On the night of December 20, Keech's followers gathered in her home and waited for instructions from the aliens. Midnight approached. When the clock read 12:01 and there were still no aliens, the cultists began to worry. A few began to cry. The aliens had let them down. But then Keech received a new telegram from outer space, which she quickly transcribed on her notepad. "This little group sitting all night long had spread so much light," the aliens told her, "that god saved the world from destruction. Not since the beginning of time upon this Earth has there been such a force of Good and light as now floods this room." In other words, it was their stubborn faith that had prevented the apocalypse. Although Keech's predictions had been falsified, the group was now more convinced than ever that the aliens were real. They began proselytizing to others, sending out press releases and recruiting new believers. This is how they reacted to the dissonance of being wrong: by becoming even more certain that they were right.
It's easy to laugh at the alien cultists, or to criticize the empirical ignorance of those pushing the autism/vaccine link. But it's also important to realize that everyone is vulnerable to cognitive dissonance, that we all recoil from information that contradicts a deeply held belief. We live in a world overflowing with information and yet we're still saddled with a brain that knows exactly what kind of information it wants. When the information cuts against our desires, we can't help but double-down. We will believe almost anything to keep our beliefs from being wrong.
PS. If you're interested in the autism/vaccine story, I highly recommend Seth Mnookin's new book.


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Business SituationFIIG was using a legacy financial system to manage their internal operations and for financial trading and reconciliation. There were many problems with the solution - it was not scalable; they were not able to report expense lines at a department level; they could not limit access to specific reporting levels; and it was not integrated with other systems.
SolutionBefore the solution was implemented, Avanade worked with the FIIG team conducting an in-depth planning and analysis process in order to surface scope and minimize risk. Avanade leveraged process accelerators and reference models from its RapidResults toolset to guide, hasten and control the implementation. Avanade also quickly deployed Dynamic Computing Services – its templated, cloud-based development, testing and build environment – to minimize infrastructure costs and apply leading implementation practices. This meant that the solution could be accessed remotely, deployed rapidly and migrated into the Production environment with minimal impact.
The Microsoft Dynamics AX solution implemented by Avanade provided a robust back-end system for FIIG to manage their internal financials (including payables, receivables and banking). It also supports the high-volume fixed income trading operations by providing a fully integrated, end-to-end enterprise platform.


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Hairs in the nose and ears keep dirt particles out of your lungs, but the protruding ones are irritating and unsightly. These scissors are design to remove unwanted tufts safely without nicking the skin or impeding the follicles' protective function despite their sharp blades. Length is 10 cm / 4" inches.
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Old Stove Brewing Co. Featured in Seattle Met
Posted April 13, 2016
This Saturday, April 16, Old Stove Brewing Co. opens in Pike Place Market at 1525 First Ave.
"Old Stove has long beer hall–style tables of red oak, timber from co-owner Chris Moore's family woods in Michigan, and 16 taps dispensing a rotating cast of accessible beers—stouts, saisons, CDA, brown ale, and yes always an IPA. Moore and cofounder Brian Stan say the wheat beer has been well received thus far; they predict the pilsner will be a hit as summer approaches. The sidewalk seating out front and the wall of fold-up windows should also be a hit whenever warm weather rolls around."
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Pictured above: Co-owner Chris Moore in Old Stove's new First Ave. taproom.


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Seventh Generation Fund to Promote Indigenous Peoples' Self-Determination and the Sovereignty of Native Nations in U.S.
Deadline: 1 February 2019
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc. is accepting applications for its grant programme with an aim to support projects engaged in community empowerment and organizing endeavors, issue advocacy, cultural revitalization, strengthening Indigenous knowledge and practices, and Native leadership development.
The Seventh Generation Fund directs grant support to culturally-grounded Indigenous community organizing efforts initiated and led by the communities impacted.
Grant Programs
- Community Empowerment and Cultural Vitality – Supporting strategies for building viable, culturally-ecologically-economically healthy communities grounded in Indigenous language, creative expression, lifeways and worldviews.
- Thriving Women – Amplifying Native women-led work around birthkeeping, motherhood, kinship systems, cultural continuity, and reclaiming a world without violence against Native women. Prioritizing the response to, prevention of, and healing from violence against Native women and recognizes that health is connected with the vitality of Mother Earth.
- Land Defender, Water Protectors – Protecting Earth's natural systems and ability to nurture and sustain life by supporting Native land stewardship practices and the defense of land and waters.
Types of Grants
Grant awards range from $250 to $50,000. An organization may apply for a single large grant per year, with the possibility of additional Traveling Song Initiative or Mini Grants.
- Up to $50,00:
- The Thriving Women's Program – Alaska
- Up to $30,00:
- The Thriving Women's Program – Continental U.S., Hawaii and U.S. Territories
- Up to $10,00:
- Land Defender and Water Protector Program
- Community Empowerment and Cultural Vitality Program
- Up to $5,000:
- Traveling Song Initiative supports travel for Indigenous Peoples' participation in regional, national and international meetings, advocacy, skills building and decision making opportunities.
- Up to $500:
- Mini Grants Submit a grant Cover Sheet and a one to two page letter of request detailing applicant's project, explaining how funds will be used and a budget.
Eligibility Criteria
- Leadership and Decision-making: A minimum of 80% Indigenous Board of Directors and also an Indigenous Executive Director
- Nonprofit Status: 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status, Fiscal Sponsorship, or other tax-exempt status (if operating within the United States).
- The Seventh Generation Fund does not support: Individuals, Non-Native organizations, religious missionizing efforts, purchase of vehicles, heavy equipment, capital campaigns, or scholarship funds.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must send a complete grant application package including the following:
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- Proposal Narrative (no more than 6 pages)
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- Leadership information, i.e. list of Board of Directors, indicating Indigenous affiliations
- Staff and volunteer listing, indicating Indigenous affiliations
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I was going through some old writing exercises, and I found this short little romp into science fiction. The words listed are the words chosen for the exercise, so I had five minutes to write something that used all three words (this is two separate exercises that ended up being a continuation).
Mercurial current drop
"Sir, with the current orbit, are you sure she can withstand the drop?" First Class Sergeant Miller looked expectantly at his Commander, waiting for the telltale glint in the eye that would reassure him that yes, they would indeed survive even this dire situation, escaping the promise of certain death with a last minute brilliant plan to divert the subatomic particles in Engine B to the Forward Thrusters and usher them to safety just a split second before they crashed into the planet's fiery surface.
He'd witnessed it before. Many times. He had stood on the flight deck, missiles careening towards them, explosions rocking the ship back and forth, but always had the Commander stood firm, always that glint in his eyes, that mercurial sense of humor, the dedication to his crew, his ship, and their mission.
They would survive, First Class Sergeant Miller knew. They would. He glanced down at his red shirt, then at the dire predictions flooding the monitors before him.
"Sir?" he asked, waiting for the response he knew was coming.
But there was something different in the Commander's eyes as he stared coolly out the front display window at the planet rushing towards them.
"Sir!" He shouted it this time, trying to be heard over the roaring whine of the strained engines, the distant screams of crew members fearing the worst.
The Commander looked at him, eyes calm and sad. "Not this time," he said quietly. "She can't handle the drop."
"But this is the part where you always have the brilliant plan!" First Class Sergeant Miller shrieked.
"I know," the Commander said. He scanned the control room, aware of all eyes on him.
Firelight sliver window
First Class Sergeant Miller was hurled to the floor, hands grasping at the controls as he succumbed to the force of the huge ship slowing to a stop. Alarms cut off mid-blare, and the sudden silence was broken by some coughing and shuffling as baffled crew members found their footing. Miller pulled himself upright, fingers pressed deep into the metal frame of his display, and peered out the window. The blazing forge that was the planet had faded to a wisp of firelight.
"Sir," he began in a voice that was way more calm than he felt, "we seem to have stopped above the surface of the planet."
"It appears so," the Commander observed. He gave the flight deck a once over, then resumed his normal commanding presence. "Report," he ordered.
First Class Sergeant Miller wasn't going to be put off that easily. "But…what happened?" he asked. "How did we stop? You…" he let the words trail off. "You didn't do anything to save us!" He let the words hang in the air, then added lamely, "Sir."
The Commander's expression didn't change as he considered Miller's accusation, the man's steely gaze unflinching. He said nothing.
Miller continued, trying to fill the void, "But sir…you always…always save us! You always have that last sliver of hope we need to save us!"
"We have been saved," the Commander said. "Isn't that enough?"


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Alright, North Road, David Kelly, TT bikes, hurt box, kabooom, lots of coffee needed.
Those are the things the same as yesterday, the things that were different were.... um.... we rode two up behind the bunch on the way down the highway.
I had adjusted the armrests which made staying in a tuck more comfortable, not whole ride in a tuck comfortable, but a better than yesterday. I think there's a bit of adjustment needed to the seat height too, when playing the old tip of the saddle game, I lose a bunch of height and decrease the angle to the BB (and thus effective saddle height).
When we got to the golden mile, DK and I decided to past the bunch and wind them up way early for the sprint. I kicked off the line, at a moderate pace, believing I'd do the first turn and then let DK run wild to the end. Instead DK rolled straight over me and tore me apart. As I went backwards up the road, it was a marginal solice to see that the bunch had been split in not 2, but 3 pieces.
2 coffees.
Strava link.
D: 46.2km
A: 182m
Rolled over to the Kew boulevard to check out the HCC crit. The new surface looked good... right up until I saw how fast the a-grade boys were riding on it. From that moment on it looked owie. I'll do a week of arvo riding soon and see if I can hang on for the full time.
D: 27.4km
A: 223m
PMPW: 92kg


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The moment that Decemberley was created was one of my most favorite inspirational moments of the year. It was back in October, and our Children's Librarian was using an Ed Emberley book to draw a skeleton on an activity table. I commented to her as I walked by that I loved what she was doing, and then that I was still trying to come up with a theme for December. A few seconds later "Decemberley" popped into my head and I laughed so loud that I think I scared my team.
And thus, Decemberley was born. This truly has been one of the funnest themes that we've had. And what's better is that it isn't holiday-specific! I had a goal to keep our library as holiday-neutral this year as possible, and with Decemberley, I think that we've found an annual winner. I mean, I don't like repeating themes and such, but Ed Emberley's work is so diverse that I think that we can come up with a new take on it every year.
So this year's Decemberley celebration came together when I discovered this fun snowman printable (it's the one at the bottom of the page) from Ed Emberley's blog. I tweaked the original for our displays to have green and blue colors.
I then noticed the little circles he used to represent snowflakes and I had an idea that really excited me. I had pinned this a year ago, and I could just see it translated into 2-D punched-out circles. But what would make it more Emberleytastic? Fingerprints! Shimmering blue fingerprints! I made every single one of those "flakes" with each one having my unique fingerprints in unique patterns. Besides emulating Emberley, I liked how fingerprints and snowflakes share the every one is different quality.
Can I tell you how very much in love I am with these snowflakes? I ADORE THEM! They twirl, shimmer, and shimmy and just make me happy. I have seen many children coming in the door who seem a bit transfixed by them, and that makes me so very happy. In my mind, they're being transported into an Ed Emberley book. I also love the fact that we show parents that crafts and decor don't need to be store bought. They can make really cool things with everyday around-the-house objects.
For marketing and displays I chose what I considered to be an "Emberley-esque" font from dafont.com. The biggest use of this font was for our winter/holiday book display. I printed out large versions of the letters (the front side blue, and the second reverse letter white) and tried our own version of this. It worked out fabulously (but I had to take down the "Wintertime" letters after the first day to reinforce the "W" which had gone floppy overnight).I wish that I had the photography skills to capture how fun these letters are. They are so very dynamic, and very different than anything we've done before. And yes, each letter has more shiny blue fingerprints. For some time I had wanted to do something with the lonely endcaps that face our DVD collection. I saw this on Pinterest and asked Brittany to come up with three unique snowpeople for our endcaps, and she did! These snowpeople make me smile every single time that I see them. They have also been a delightful surprise for many patrons who aren't used to anything special in that area.
To drive the Ed Emberley theme home, I hand-drew the 16 steps to make Emberley's snowman, and put them up on our whiteboard. Above that is a sign encouraging kids to make their own version of the snowman, and then we could take a picture of them showing off their creation. Finally we'd take that photo and put it on our kids' webpage. It's been awesome. I also included the snowman directions as a handout by the activity tables since Emberley is beyond awesome and lets teachers/librarians use his printables.
To continue the snowman theme, I couldn't help myself, and I created a "Put Olaf Back Together" passive scavenger hunt. I used the free Disney printable for the Olaf parts, did my "laminate it with packing tape" trick, and then created half-sheet "I Built a Snowman" worksheets.Here is where I found the font. The download for it is in the upper-right hand corner of the page.
Honestly, there were three reasons I opted to do this particular program: 1. Frozen is just a weensy bit popular, 2. it was crazy-easy, and 3. I really really really wanted to see kids take a crack at drawing Olaf (and that part hasn't disappointed in the least).
For our Great Wall-o-Pun this month, we tossed around quite a few snowy puns, but nothing really caught us. Then Brittany got an evil glint in her eye and said, "What if I drew Grumpy Cat, and then had the word 's-NO-w' next to her?" Five minutes later, after I stopped laughing, she got to work on it. And here Grumpy Cat is, in all her Dickensian glory:All of the books on display have to do with holidays, snow, ice, weather, cold sports, etc. To touch base briefly on this, since it seems to be on a lot of librarians' minds this year: I chose to use generic words in our displays not just to be considerate of others, but mainly because, as a small library, it allows us to put more items on display. If we used "Christmas" in our displays, then the displays would have to remain empty once those books were gone (and they go very fast in our community). With a word like "wintertime," we get a lot more bang for our buck and can display a greater variety of items.
We were smart (yay!) and saved both the yarn snowballs and game stand from last year's snowman snowball toss. Insta-passive program that fits the theme! And boy, does this remain a popular activity. Even without the snowballs out, toddlers love to open and close the tri-fold in a peek-a-boo fashion.Finally, I saved the most popular thing for last: our front windows. Brittany designed and prepped everything for each panel, and then I had the fun task of taping them up – and truly it was fun. Our goal was to have a very simple front window that was still eye-catching. What we didn't expect was how much the children would love it.
I hadn't even finished the job when the first preschooler came bounding up to the front door, excitedly tapped on the glass, and exclaimed "SNOW!!!" And that's been the general reaction from the preschool-on-down crowd. I think the only other time we've had such an enthusiastic response to our windows was when Mary created abstracted versions of popular kids characters.To add a little uniqueness to the windows, we encouraged kids to help us decorate the front windows during a downtown holiday event that occurred a week after we put up this window. I pre-punched a bunch of white circles, and then put out a shimmery blue ink pad, along with a sign giving parents and children instructions. When the snowflakes were finished, they could bring them up to us, and we would add their snowflakes to our windows.It wasn't the wild hit I was hoping for, but still 17 kids proudly brought up snowflakes to use for our decorations. I hope that this month any time that they go by our library they will get a sense of pride that they helped make our place look special.
On the image above you can see the level of detail I tend to have when doing displays (be afraid, be very afraid): that's packing tape that's holding each snowflake up. I've trimmed each piece of tape to be a rounder shape, as well as removed the ragged cut edge. All it takes is a box cutter, fingernails, and patience. The 20 minutes it takes to do this saves me a month of seeing something that would drive me crazy: something that looks slapped together.
And there you have it: our inaugural Decemberley! This was a rather epic post, so I didn't go into extreme detail on how we did some of this. Feel free to ask in the comments or shoot me an email at email@example.com.
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Hey folks, for this one I tried messing around with tilemap. There's some sand and different kinds of dirt. (I covered both kinds of dirt with the same decal). I'm still just trying to learn about track making.
I'd like to give a big thanks to JGMX. I used some of your earlier tracks as...inspiration, haha. All the decals, billboards, and tilemap came from his tracks.
Let me know what disappoints you about this tracks, so I can work on figuring out how to be less bad.
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the ruts ( mainly im talking about the ones off the start) seem to be a bit bulky and mellow try making them a bit more deep and grabby, the track also feels kinda slippery but that could just be me. Awesome track ill be playing wuite a bit of it cant wait to get my hands on your next track
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During a crisis the dashboard is likely to explode with the world acting as judge and jury on the crisis team's every decision.
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In yet another sign of growing tension on the Korean peninsula, North Korea has blocked access to an industrial park it jointly runs with the south.
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Pyongyang has turned around vehicles trying to get into the work site, effectively severing the North's last remaining link with the South.
Kim Jong-un's regime has already ripped up its truce with South Korea, announced an expansion of its nuclear weapons program and threatened rocket strikes against US bases in the Pacific.
JOHN KERRY, US SECRETARY OF STATE: We've heard an extraordinary amount of unacceptable rhetoric from the North Korean Government in the last days, so let me be perfectly clear here today. The United States will defend and protect ourselves and our treaty ally, the Republic of Korea.
TONY JONES: The UN Secretary-General and South Korean national, Ban Ki-moon, has also expressed his concern.
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I took my parents to see a Ukrainian Dance Troupe last night called "Shumka". This group based out of Edmonton Alberta (surprise, surprise) has been in existence for 50 years. They put on an absolutely dazzling performance. While my expertise on the art of dance is limited, I am certainly not ignorant to the elements of fine dance as I have been to about 10 ballets in my lifetime. Last night's performance, at least from my perspective, was every bit as technically sophisticated and beautiful as a ballet, but a heck of a lot more fun!
As I was watching and enjoying the performance, it dawned upon me that I was fully enjoying this event just like everyone else in the audience. Sure, the dances were choreographed to music, but I heard that well enough. The music was not the focus of the performance, it was the dancers- their athleticism and ornate costumes. I really did not need much hearing to enjoy this activity. I just sat, clapped, and cheered like everyone else.
It seems that so many regularly occurring things in life are affected by hearing loss. Work, communication, enjoying television, theater, movies, music, going to a restaurant, and going for drinks with friends, all require both technical assistive devices such as an FM system, and some accommodations from my family and friends in order for me to participate. Not that I am complaining…I would not want to miss out on these important activities. I am grateful that these devices grant me the necessary access and improve my ability to participate.
But its also nice to find exceptions to this through activities that are not taxing on the ears. For me, these typically include hobbies such as fishing, archery, kayaking, hiking and photography. And last night, it included dance!
Sometimes I wish I enjoyed more of the visual arts. I have certainly tried…I have been to the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musee du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay in Paris, the Met and MoMA in New York to name a few. Sadly, visual art does not speak to me the same way that music does. Perhaps I lack the training and education to fully appreciate the immensity of meaning these pieces of expression may hold.
In any event, there is much to enjoy in this world that does not require good hearing. I find that it is quite beneficial to seek out these "hearing not required" activities to enrich our lives. It also provides necessary relief from the challenges of hearing loss. Its good for you!
For Family Day today, we are off to the Bell Lightbox (Home of the Toronto International Film Festival) to see a French film called Lancelot du Lac. It will have English subtitles for all the viewers, not just me. It should be fun!


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The build-up to this game has been turbulent with a lot of negativity around the micro-transactions implemented in the game, which for the moment have been solved by EA entirely removing micro-transactions from the game. Despite all this Star Wars Battlefront II looks like an exciting game to play. We enjoyed our time with the beta and have put together some reasons why we think this game is worth your time.
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Although many speculated that the vast content in Battlefront II might be unattainable by the average, casual gamer, the creators ensured players that they endure to make the progression of the game a fun and achievable experience. The introduction of a full story mode is a welcome change and something that was a glaring omission in the first game.
There is a lot for players to do in Battlefront II, making it worth the investment of money and time.
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Players in Battlefront II are able to play with some of their favourite characters from the Star Wars franchise. If you've ever dreamed of playing as one of your favourite Star Wars characters, then you'll love the options of heroes to choose from in Battlefront II as well as the beautiful visual style. Undoubtedly a massive plus for Star Wars fans.
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However, some of the characters need to be unlocked, and after some controversy, the creators of Battlefront II have temporarily suspended the loot box system by disabling in-game purchases.
A special mention must be made to voice and motion capture actor, Janina Gavankar who portrays the role of the main character, Iden Versio, in the single-player mode. She is a massive gaming and Star Wars fan and you can see the passion coming through.
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Star Wars fans will love the story in single-player mode. Battlefront II follows the story of Iden Versio, an Imperial commander in the Inferno Squad. As any good Star Wars story, the single-player mode in Battlefront II basically involves Iden's choice between right and wrong, good and evil, the Light Side and the Dark Side. Basically more awesome Star Wars goodness.
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TARLAC CITY-Parts of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija will experience up to nine hours of power interruption on Thursday, December 4.
"Customers of TARELCO I will have outage from 8:00AM to 5:00PM," National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Central Luzon Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Officer Ernest Lorenz Vidal said.
Affected are the towns of San Manuel, Moncada, Paniqui, Anao, Gerona, Ramos, Pura, Sta. Ignacia, Victoria, San Clemente, Mayantoc, Camiling, and San Jose in Tarlac; as well as Nampicuan and Cuyapo in Nueva Ecija.
"Reason of brownout is to facilitate commissioning of feeder protection of TARELCO I's breaker at Concepcion Substation. Normal operations will immediately resume after work completion," Vidal added.
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My father's Little Lionel from Timely's Super Rabbit #13, 1948. You'll definitely notice some differences in drawing and writing styles between this and his other comic work from the Muggy-Doo and Lucky Duck era (1953-54) posted previously. In this, his line is less flamboyant and his writing style succinct -- in fact there are many panels with no dialogue at all. I chalk this up to the fact that in 1948 he was mostly animating for Famous and had yet to move into the story department, as he had by the time Muggy/Lucky was produced. The inking here lends itself more to cartoony animation, while Lucky's wavy-type lines would be murder.
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Born Katherine Edwina Gibbs in Oklahoma City to a mother who had been a stage actress as a young woman and later went on to found vocational schools for women. During her childhood, however, her mother was still on the stage as an actress and singer under the name of Katherine Clinton; and being the child of a working single mother made her upbringing rather rough. She grew up constantly on the road with her mother, only attending school in intervals. At the age of 17 she got engaged to a man named James Dwight Francis; the two married in 1922; hence her last name. The marriage did not last. In 1925 she actually traveled all the way to Paris, France in order to obtain a divorce. When back in the United States she suddenly decided to follow her mother onto the stage; having the good fortune (due to real talent) to make her Broadway debut in 1925 in a modernized version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. She claimed that she got the part (probably as a tongue and cheek joke) by "lying a lot, and to the right people." One of these people was one Stuart Walker, who hired her to perform in his Portmanteau Theater Company in Dayton, Indiana and in Cincinnati. In 1927 she returned to Broadway, in the play Crime, in which a teen aged Sylvia Sidney claimed the lead role. Sidney later joked that Frances stole the show. She was encouraged to try out for a role in the full sound film Gentlemen of the Press (1929), which she got; but the audition brought her to attention of The Marx Brothers. They gave her a part in their film The Cocoanuts (1929), which came out before Gentlemen. Thus she technically made her film debut with The Marx Brothers. In all, she made 5 films in 1929 all of them some form of early talkie. Ironically, the last film she made, not the first, in 1929, The Marriage Playground, was only a partial talkie. In this she played at character called "Lady Wrench." She became known as the tallest leading lady in the business in the 1930's--standing at 5'9". During World War II, she did extensive touring in support of American troops. She passed away after a two year battle against breast cancer on the 16th of August in 1968 at the age of 63. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered.
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The First Mosquito…
…and the first fly invaded our house today. The outside temperatures hit an unseasonal 70, and since we keep the thermostat set so low in order to save on fuel that we have to wear coats in the house, we opened windows and doors – and in came the only bugs probably within a mile radius. Still, after a long, cold winter, I couldn't begrudge their presence too much. March gave us three more snowy days, and went out more like a lion than a lamb like it's supposed to. We were even treated to an April Fool's Day snow! The flakes were so large, some 2 inches across, that we could aim to catch them on our tongues as they floated down. It snowed most of the morning, looking like confetti in the air and settling on the bright green spring grass, making a lovely contrast. But hopefully, now, we are done with winter.
The Lenten Rose bloomed in time to fulfill its name, because of how late Easter is this year. The purple shade is quite liturgical, in keeping with the vestments worn during this period of penance and personal reflection. Its bowed heads seem fitting to the season as well. So many of the popular names of our traditional European flowers have religious themes, or are named after religious feasts, as their common names often were developed during the glorious Middle Ages. Glorious? Yes. Don't believe the text books. There is more war and pestilence and filth today than there was during those times, and there were also great strides made in industry and science. Certainly not as much as today, but without the discoveries of the Middle Ages, we would not be as advanced as we are. We can thank monasteries for further developing the study of plants for medicinal purposes, and for improving farming methods, and even for the development of champagne by a French monk named Dom Perignon. Many monasteries had systems of water power that ran large industrial machines and provided running water in the kitchens and lavatories. All this learning they taught the local people, improving the lives of many, and teaching their children, both boys and girls, the three R's, free of charge. This is why many towns in Europe are named after monasteries and convents, because the people settled around them. And it is from this culture that we get many of the common names of plants. St. John's Wort blooms around the time of the feast of St. John the Baptist. Rose of Sharon, Jacob's Ladder, and Star of Bethlehem take their names from the Bible. And the number of plants named for Our Lady are almost innumberable: rosemary, marigold, lady's slipper, our lady's bedstraw, lady's mantle, Madonna lily, maidenhair fern… and on and on. Someday I hope to create a Mary Garden with all plants of Biblical or religious reference, as a place of meditation and peace. Maybe if this year we make a profit on our little flower business I can begin! Seed planting has begun in earnest, and little baby plants are popping up under the growlights in the basement and finding their way onto window sills…
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