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What are flying-foxes? flying-foxes are large bats, weighing up to 1 kg, with a wing span which may exceed one metre. They sleep during the day and feed on pollen, nectar and fruit at night. In the wild they are important pollinators and seed dispersers of native trees. Seeds are discarded in the faeces or fall where the fruit is being eaten. These seeds germinate when conditions are suitable and ensure that dispersal occurs in a wide area.
What species are the flying-foxes at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney? Flying-foxes, otherwise known as fruit bats, are mammals, and are members of the Pteropodidae family. They have the largest body size of all bats. The grey-headed flying-fox is the largest member of the family. Most flying-foxes at the Royal Botanic Garden are grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus), which are listed as vulnerable under both NSW and Commonwealth legislation. There is also a small number of black flying-foxes (Pteropus alecto), typically a more tropical species, which began roosting in the Royal Botanic Garden around 2006.
Are grey-headed flying-foxes found elsewhere in the world? No. The grey-headed flying-fox is a native species that is endemic to Australia.
Where in Australia can they be found? Eastern Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria.
What is the natural habitat of the grey-headed flying-fox? Forests, woodlands, intertidal mangroves.
How many grey-headed flying-foxes are there in Australia? There are currently estimated to be less than 450,000 grey-headed flying-foxes in Australia. The species suffered a population decline of around 30 per cent over the 10 years between 1989 and 1999, which contributed to its listing as a threatened species. It is believed that the species is still rapidly declining due to the continuation of the key threats to the species.
How can you identify whether a bat is a grey-headed flying-fox? The grey-headed flying-fox has a mostly dark grey body and grey head (occasionally with 'blonde' flecks), with a rusty brown coloured collar. It is also the only bat to have fur from the top of its head right down to its toes. The fur of the black flying-fox only goes part-way down the leg.
How big are grey-headed flying-foxes? This species is the largest bat in Australia and can weigh up to one kilogram. It has the longest wingspan of any bat with a maximum wingspan of about one metre (3 feet). Its body length is normally between 22 and 27 centimetres (8.5 to 10.5 inches).
Can grey-headed flying-foxes see? All bats can see, but unlike the small insect-eating bats (otherwise known as micro-bats) that use echolocation (emitting high frequency sounds that bounce off objects to allow the bats to find their way around in pitch darkness) to find their food, the pollen, nectar and fruit-eating flying-foxes (otherwise known as mega-bats) use sight and smell to find their food. Their vision is just as good as ours during the day and even better at night.
What is the breeding cycle of grey-headed flying-foxes? Both the grey-headed flying-fox and the black flying-fox give birth once a year, usually to only one young. Although both species will mate all year round, they usually all conceive around late April. Conception is followed by a gestation period of six months, after which most young are born in October/November. For the first three weeks after birth, the females carry their dependent young with them on their foraging flights. By the age of around five to six months, the young should be fully weaned and foraging with the adults. They are relatively long-lived mammals with the average age of reproductive animals between six and ten years. Sexual maturity is reached after two to three years.
What is a flying-fox camp? The term camp is generally used to refer to a site where flying-foxes regularly roost, rather than referring to a group of a particular number of flying-foxes e.g. the flying-foxes have made the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney a 'permanent' camp, which is occupied all year round. However, there are 'annual' camps that the flying-foxes use at the same time every year, and also 'irregular' camps that the flying-foxes may roost in occasionally if there is a nearby food source available at the time.
flying-foxes do prefer roosting together in large numbers (hundreds or thousands). Occasionally a smaller group may roost in a location for a short period, but these small groups will usually either attract more flying-foxes to the site, or will move on to join other larger flying-fox camps. flying-foxes are very sociable and because they are so focussed on finding food in many different locations at night, they use 'camps' for social contact (as well as for rest) when they are all together during the day.
What do grey-headed flying-foxes eat? The favourite food of the grey-headed flying-fox is the nectar and pollen of eucalypts and other native trees, such as paperbarks and banksias. Flying-foxes also like eating rainforest fruits, such as figs and lilly pilly berries, which they chew to extract the juice and then spit out the fibre and the large seeds. Small seeds are often swallowed and may not pass through the gut until up to one hour later, by which time flying-foxes could be 35-50 km away from the tree that the seed came from. By dispersing rainforest seeds over wide areas, flying-foxes give seeds a chance to grow away from the parent plant, and potentially expand remnant patches of valuable rainforest vegetation. It is estimated that a single flying-fox can dispense up to 60,000 seeds in one night.
When do flying-foxes eat and sleep?
flying-foxes sleep during the day and feed on pollen, nectar and fruit at night. At dusk, flying-foxes depart from their camps to feed on various local food resources. As dawn approaches, some flying-foxes gradually start to return to camp from which they came, whereas others may fly to another nearby camp to rest for the day.
Why is the grey-headed flying-fox a protected species? Almost all native Australian animals are protected by law. However due to large and rapid reductions (e.g. 30 per cent decline over 10 years) in numbers of grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus), the species was listed as vulnerable in 2001 under both the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. This reduction in numbers was mainly due to loss of habitat of in Queensland and New South Wales due to large scale land clearing, as well as culling.
What makes the grey-headed flying-fox important to protect? Flying-foxes are important pollinators of the eucalypt forests and woodlands of eastern and northern Australia. Their main food source is the protein-rich pollen produced by Eucalyptus flowers. Eucalyptus trees need pollen from other trees of their species (out-crossing) to produce fertile seed, and the largely nomadic flying-foxes are very good at providing this transport service. While feeding on nectar and pollen in flowers, pollen grains stick to the fur of the flying-foxes. Some pollen is eaten during grooming, but some is carried on the fur to other flowers to fertilise the ovules which then develop into seeds. This pollen may be carried for very long distances (up to 100 km in one night) and across cleared land, which provides an essential genetic link between fragmented patches of native vegetation. Other pollinators, such as birds, bees (including native stingless bees), moths, butterflies, wasps, flies, beetles, other small mammals such as gliders and the wind, operate over much smaller areas.
Through pollination and seed dispersal, flying-foxes help to provide habitat for other flora and fauna species and also help to sustain Australia's hardwood timber, honey and native plant industries. But to be effective in this role, flying-foxes need to be in large numbers.
What can be done to help the grey-headed flying-fox species survive? To protect flying-foxes from further decline and to help reduce their apparent need for taking refuge in urban and suburban areas (where food is reliable), it is vital that large areas of forests, woodlands and heathlands are protected throughout the landscape to provide food throughout the year. It is also important to regenerate the mosaic of diet species across the landscape. Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the protection of habitat on the east coast and ranges of NSW, with approximately 40 per cent of this area now protected in National Parks and Reserves.


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I write to you from the tight confine that is the window seat of a Bolt Bus. My legs, holding in place a duffel bag filled with clothes, are practically stuck for the next four hours, a torture barely offset by the fact that Bolt offers Wi-Fi. As the sky slowly begins to grow darker and the driver steers the bus south down the highway, I can feel my much-needed winter break slowly draw to a close and the pressure and anticipation of the start of a new semester loom over me, like an overarching shade that grows darker as the bus continues to progress towards its destination.
Now, for all those reading this, currently going through the ridiculousness of epic proportions that is the college process (and most likely the subject of a future blog post), what your various guides tell you is true: when you go to college, you will be meeting all different kinds of people. For example, growing up in New York City and attending a highly liberal high school, I was always under the impression that I needed to fly all the way to America's heartland and venture to some cabin on the outskirts of a forest in Idaho, to find someone who still doesn't believe in climate change. Yet despite the urban and strong academic environment that is American University and the overwhelming scientific consensus, I've been shocked that the fact that Earth's climate is changing just doesn't seem to resonate with a great portion of the student populace.
Considering that when it comes to climate change, civilization as we know it is at stake, it is absolutely ridiculous, nay, disturbing that there is an ever-expanding distrust of the scientific community within the United States. How can bright young people, educated people, men and women of ambition, looking to further their worldly studies through a university, hold such high disregard for such crushing evidence. I've literally had conversations with students living in my dormitory who have said, in a manner that suggested they knew better than thousands of experts who have dedicated their lives to this area of research, that human beings have no effect on the Earth's climate. That after more than a hundred years of industrialization, a population that is growing exponentially and rapidly, and the past century of devastating warfare, we have placed no burden on our planet. That the thick, disgusting smog over Los Angeles, a city where there are more automobiles than people, would have been there regardless of anything we have done. When I point out these facts, my peers' answer is always the same: "Scientists can be wrong." I understand that in the past, individual scientists have made mistakes and have drawn the wrong conclusions based on collected data, but when you have an entire field of experts working independently of one another drawing the same conclusions, plus satellite photographic evidence of the polar ice caps dwindling away, I think it's safe to say the Earth is changing. But unfortunately for America, it's easier to say those satellite photos were photoshoped in a massive scientist conspiracy to get more grant money.
This attitude that a large majority of our population has embraced is not only defeatist, but suicidal. If people convince themselves that a problem doesn't exist, then they will do nothing to solve or prevent it. At the rate we are going, by the time our country wakes up, the people in my home town, the sunken borough of Manhattan, will be living in refugee camps in Canada. Every once in a while, a generation gets a necessary call to act and sacrifice. The last time this happened, a nation mobilized to defeat the armies of fascism. The most powerful force on Earth is a mobilized democracy calling for action, and that is what we need to be. Right now, we have been granted a very small and rare window to change our ways to save this planet for our children. A new decade means a clean slate. Unlike now in 2010, when 2020 rolls around, let's be able to say truthfully we left the decade with the Earth better than we found it.
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We're off to see the Wizard … or at least to Future of Health Conference 2014November 20, 2014 at 4:15 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 1 Comment
Tags: #futureofhealth, arthritis, Conference, consultant, doctor, Future of Health, GP, Health conference, hospital, nurse, physiotherapy, R.A., RA
I'm on my way to the bright lights, big city of London for the Future of Health Conference 2014. And if Simon Stevens can pull off his Five-Year Forward View then he will indeed be a Wizard – and not just a Wizard of Oz.
The plan has a lot of good things. One is a focus on prevention – something really fairly new to the NHS if they're going to take it seriously, not just say 'Do you smoke? Do you want to stop?' when you go for your flu jab at the GP, so that they can claim their smoking prevention bonus!
Then there's a focus on patients gaining control of their own care. Sounds great – but what does it actually mean? Maybe I'll find out on the train down as this is my planned reading matter.
Then they want to break down barriers in the NHS e.g. between GPs and hospitals, doctors and social services etc. Well I don't think that's anything new on the wish list front – it remains to be seen whether they can actually change deeply embedded cultures to get it done!
GPs are going to be given the option to combine with other specialists, e.g. mental health and social care, to form 'Multispecialty Community Providers'. Hang on – isn't this just the old consortium idea under a fancy new name? Sprinkle a little magic name dust over an old idea and see if it blooms into a beautiful new service.
There's other stuff too – if you're interested go and read my planned reading material link above – but those are the bits that resonate with me.
This tweet by the King's Fund, an independent charity focussing on improving UK healthcare, focuses on where the money's going to come from – always a good question in the NHS, and even more so in this economic climate!
Part of the new plan involves 'managing demand' and while I'm not sure I agree with everything in the link below, there are some good points, and some points I haven't quite got my head around yet.
I can't help thinking managing resources (not just human resources) and managing burnout should also be high on the agenda.
This is certainly not just an American issue. It's something we patients see all the time. It's also not just in doctors. Some of my previous posts about nurse practitioners and even physiotherapists would suggest that it's 'health care professional burnout' that needs to be a concern, and is ladling on more models and targets etc. actually going to help with this? I doubt it.
And this from the King's Fund again:
It's suggesting that the NHS has too many doctors and not enough support staff including nurses, considering that the new plans focus on integrating more and using nurses for EVEN MORE stuff. I'm ambivalent about whether that's such a great idea anyway, but if it's going to happen then how could the NHS have predicted and trained the right number of doctors/nurses given that a) some bright spark comes in and shakes up the NHS every 3-4 years so no one can plan anything anyway and b) medical schools aren't going to stop training doctors because they're funded on how many doctors they train …
It makes my brain hurt! I'm so glad I'm not Simon Stevens. Good luck Mr Wizz. See you on Friday at the Future of Health Conference.
But what if …May 17, 2013 at 8:47 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 13 Comments
Tags: arthritis, consultant, diagnosis, doctor, flare, flare-up, hospital, knee, methotrexate, MTX, NHS, R.A., RA, rhematoid arthritis, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology
So I'm increasing my methotrexate. Flippers crossed that all will go well, I won't get any nasty side effects (except maybe appetite loss, which would actually be a great benefit!) and it'll keep my disease in control for at least another five years … but what if it doesn't?
Well I asked my consultant this at my last appointment. He'd said, 'I'm happy to increase your methotrexate to 17.5 and then to 20 but after that we'll have to start considering other things if that isn't doing the trick'.
So I asked him point blank what other things? 'Oh' he said airily, 'there are lots of other things available.' Well it's now or never I thought and said what's been on my mind for a while: 'I know about biologics, but I won't qualify for them on the NHS, will I?' He looked a bit startled and then had to admit that no, I didn't stand a chance. With my fabulous blood results that never show anything wrong, I've got no chance of being offered them at all at the moment.
So … where would I go if the methotrexate doesn't work or causes problems? Well, I can add sulfasalazine to the mix and see if that does any good. 'Some people are on three DMARDs' said the consultant, but even he didn't sound really convinced about it.
So what it boils down to is that with the usual NHS foresight, if the methotrexate increase doesn't work and then the sulfasalazine doesn't work, I would have to wait until I was in a really bad way, unable to work, probably unable to walk (given that feet and knee are the worst bits of me) before they'd even deign to consider me for other treatments. As usual, let's not make the effort to keep people OK and working – let's wait until they're falling apart before helping, even though surely doing it that backwards way doubtless ends up costing 'the system' more in the end!
Well, back to crossing those flippers and hoping it never comes to that!
Niggles and GrumblesFebruary 13, 2013 at 10:02 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai | 6 Comments
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I've got grumbley hands and feet. I'm not sure that I'd use this description to the rheumatologist mind you, but it seems to fit. I'm not in agony; in fact,I'm not even in constant pain, but if I overdo it then the hands and feet … and knee of course, how could I forget the knee … grumble!
I've been getting a lot more grumbling going on over the last few weeks than I've had for ages. I think it all started with the flare that I had between Christmas and New Year, and there have been niggles ever since.
It doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing – and in fact my hands have been better today, back at work and typing, than they were over the four-day weekend I've just had. (Fabulous birthday weekend away, but that's a whole 'nother story!)
At least I'm not grumbling much about work right now – we've had two weeks of it being dead quiet, and now it's gone manically busy! It would be lovely it was a constant steady flow, but I'm much happier with it busy and buzzing than dead as a dodo.
Well, I don't have a rheumatology appointment until May, and things are nowhere near bad enough to make me subject myself to one earlier, so I suppose by then the grumbles will either have done what they usually do miraculously in time for a rheumy appointment, disappeared – or they'll be bad enough that I'll be able to have a proper grumble to the doc about them! In the meantime I shall just grin and bear it … or possibly grumble and bear it.
Polly's Adventures in NHS WonderlandJuly 3, 2012 at 8:27 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 4 Comments
Tags: arthritis, consultant, diagnosis, doctor, hospital, NHS, nurse, nurse practitioner, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology
Something's going on. Call me a nasty, suspicious, cynical penguin, but this just isn't normal. I went for my routine rheumatology check – you know, the one where they say, 'Oh go away – we're not interested in you. Call those symptoms? Ha! I see people in a much worse state than you every day!' (As though that has anything to do with the price of fish.) But this time it was different … It started off with the usual intro as though we'd never met before, but this time, as I looked at her blankly, she actually said, 'Oh – we've met before, haven't we?' Then she looked at the notes – yes, the ones she'd taken in with her five minutes before she called me in, but obviously hadn't read, and went, 'Oh yes, I saw you last time.'
OK, not an auspicious start, but nevertheless, better than expected. But here's where it gets weird. She asked how I was. I said fine. She said 'scale of 1 to 10' and I said '1'. She looked blank. 'Well, is there anything you want to ask me?'
'No, not really.'
'Well … is there anything I can do for you?'
'You can say, "You're fine. Go away and come back next year," and then I'll do that.'
'Yes, but … I mean surely … '
What's going on here – you usually can't wait to see the back of me.
'I know – you haven't had any x-rays for ages. We ought to check there's nothing going on below the surface that we're unaware of.'
Really – I was diagnosed in 2007. In 2009 I mentioned x-rays and how the guidance said they should be done a year afterwards and then every so many years – but it was poo-pooed. 'No, you're fine. We see worse people …' etc.
I haven't had any x-rays done since and it hasn't worried anyone.
'Good heavens, do you know, you haven't had any x-rays done since you were diagnosed!'
'Yes, I know.'
'Well I really think you should have them done. I know it's inconvenient coming in specially and I know they're a bit of a pain, but I really think …'
'Fine. I'm happy to come in.'
And then, to make matters even more Alice-down- a-rabbit-hole, she said they could arrange the x-rays to fit in with another appointment I had, to save on trips in. Hang on – when has the hospital ever put itself out to help its out-patients? This is new – but I'm not complaining.
Of course, in the next couple of days the universe got itself back on track. The appointment for x-rays arrived, on a completely different day to my other appointment and at an impossible time two days from when the letter arrived.
Ah – that's more like the NHS I know and love, I thought. But wait … I emailed them (yes, they're now so far into the modern age you can email them, woohoo) and said, 'Sorry, can't make that, but I will be in the hospital on this date for this appointment. Can you fit round it?' And wha'-do-ya-know – they actually did!
So … did it work? Did they fit in? Did I run late for the next appointment? For answers to all these questions and more, you'll have to wait for the next exciting episode of … Polly's Adventures in NHS Wonderland.
The joys of a winter routine hospital appointmentDecember 23, 2011 at 9:03 pm | Posted in Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 1 Comment
Tags: arthritis, consultant, diagnosis, doctor, GP, hospital, joint pain, R.A., RA, rheumatoid, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatology, stress, weather, work
I really hate the winter half of my six-monthly hospital appointments. I suppose it could be worse. I have the nurse practitioner visit (usually bad) in summer (not so bad), and the consultant or registrar visit (usually OK) in winter (not so good), so you could say it balances out. I have just had my visit to the register – a very nice young lady who, while obviously struggling with the basics of the English language, still clearly had an excellent grasp of autoimmune diseases! It took rather a long time to find any of that out though.
At the risk of sounding like one of those very bad school essays ('What I did on my holidays: I got up at 4am. Mummy was cross and said go back to bed. I got up again at 6am. We left the house at 7am. We arrived in Wales at 11:30 am' etc.) here's why I hate the winter appointment. I left work at 10:15 for what should have been an approximately half-hour drive to the hospital for an appointment a bit after 11. Why leave such a long time? Because it's December. The weather was a bit rubbish and if you have an appointment you can guarantee to get stuck behind something slow. I did. Then there's the car parking – always fun. I struck gold in the third car-park I tried. As you can imagine, after driving round three car parks, all for several minutes, I was starting to cut it fine, but as soon as I reached the Rheumatology Department I realised I need not have worried. The waiting room was heaving! I handed in my appointment letter, took my seat and waited … and waited … and waited. The usual charmless nurselet called me in, did the 'weigh and wee' and then I got sent to the equally busy inner weighting room … where I waited … and waited … and waited.
After about an hour a nurse came out and wrote next to my consultant's name on the notice board 'running one hour late'. Twenty-five minutes or so after that, I finally got seen. Fortunately I'd taken in a good book. Unfortunately, as it wasn't so cold as last year, and they were probably even more short-staffed, no one offered us a drink. I hadn't had time for a drink on arrival because it was time to check in, so I was a bit parched.
Useful appointment with nice registrar followed, which culminated in a further referral (who knows where, who knows when … but no hurry, nothing urgent!) and a blood test. 'Will you give me a form so that I can get the test at my GP?' I asked. 'No, no,' she said, no doubt intending to be most helpful, 'you have it here. Just go to the blood test department …'
So, by now thirsty and pretty peckish too, but thinking I'd better get this done before heading for a café, I went and found the blood test department. Guess what? The waiting room was heaving AGAIN. That's another reason for hating the December appointment. People get ill in the winter!
I went up to reception and got a ticket – 73. The number just called was 63. Only ten, I thought. Surely it won't be that long. 'What's the waiting time likely to be, just roughly?' I asked the receptionist. 'Hmm,' she said. 'Could be up to 45 minutes … but it might be much quicker.' Aaaaaaaaaaaargh. 45 minutes? Aaaaaaaaaaargh! And we were so busy at work too. So I phoned the duty junior penguin at work and went 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh' down the phone at her. (It's in the job description – 'be prepared to listen to senior penguin going aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh periodically'.)
As it turned out though, the queue did go down quickly. All of a sudden they were charging through people and I was the only one left, and then my number came up, and in I went to be processed. (It did feel a bit like that this time, but given the numbers they were having to get through, I can't really blame them!)
And so back home, stuck behind another slow lorry most of the way and then, somewhat peculiarly, a slow ambulance! I eventually got back into work at around 2.15.
Four hours out of work: total time with medical staff, approximately 15 minutes. Frustration factor: high.
Merry Christmas, Felis Navidad, Feliz Natal and Happy Chanukah to all.
End of the line for physio?June 26, 2010 at 4:04 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, fibromyalgia, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
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OK, here's the thing – the geniuses at my local NHS physo department (or should that be genii?) have decreed that in order to 'be in line with the private sector' they will only give any patient a maximum of six appointments before they kick them out. (The last three words are, of course, my terminology and not theirs!)
I asked Lovely Physio how this was 'in line with the private sector', as I had had to have quite a bit of private treatment before I got into the NHS programme and oddly enough they hadn't been anxious to see the back of me after six appointments. No surprise there – I was paying them. Why would they want to be shot of me? She said something like, 'I have no idea, but that's how they're presenting it to us!'
I suspect the idea is that by ignoring the fact that there are people with chronic conditions who can benefit enormously from regular therapy and pretending that everyone they see can be 'cured' in six appointments, they can massage their figures by getting the waiting list down from the current five weeks to a more 'in line with the private sector' one to three weeks.
The complexity of the system emerges from the fact that it's general practitioner budget that pay for this treatment, but once you were being treated, until now, it was up to each physio to decide when and if to discharge. The GPs had little or no say, but they had to pay. So the idea is that you now have your maximum of six appointments and then go back to the GP if you feel you need to still see a physio, to get re-referred, as I mentioned in the previous post. The GP can, of course, say no. I suspect if I see the one that knows me she would say yes … we'll have to wait and see, but even if she does we're looking at a five-week waiting list right now.
One silver lining in the cloud – they have an SOS system whereby if I need to see my physio in the next couple of months I can phone and make an appointment saying I'm on the 'SOS list'. I can then go in under that and have maybe six appointments then before getting kicked out! Hopefully I won't need to see her in the next two months, but last time I thought that I only lasted three weeks …
Unfortunately I feel I have very little fight in me at the moment – I don't know if that might be something to do with the thyroid issues i might or might not have, but that's the way it is!
Phew – coming out of a flare!February 19, 2010 at 2:28 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 3 Comments
Tags: birthday, consultant, flare, occupational therapy, OT, physio, physiotherapy, RA, RA flare, Rheumatoid arthritis
At last I'm on my way out of a rather prolonged flare! While I'm sure that my consultant would be pleased to point out that it wasn't much of a flare – I mean I didn't even need a steroid shot – it was quite enough of one for me, thank you!
I had a very good birthday this year, in spite of being in the middle of the flare. Hubby had the day off too, which he doesn't often manage, or at least not to coincide with mine, and we had a leisurely morning in Norwich including a trip to the Castle Museum and lunch at 'The Waffle House'. Because of the whole flare thing we decided to come straight after an early lunch and I spent the afternoon lounging around in bed reading some of the many great books (mostly embroidery-related) that I'd got for presents, before heading off to Mum's for a yummy meal in the evening. While I'd have liked to have been able to DO more on my birthday, it was still a jolly good day!
I suppose at least I'm finally learning to pace myself. Talking of which, the OT is NOT in my good books at the moment. I drove for forty minutes in stinking traffic through rain and hail and sleet and snow and fog (and semi-darkness for part of it) to get to my OT appointment only to be told, 'She's gone home'. Luckily for both of us I suppose a) I like her and b) I know she wouldn't do that deliberately and c) she phoned and apologised profusely this morning.
I told her she could make it up to me by fitting me in between physio and a hair appointment next week, which she is doing. I shall come away feeling thoroughly pampered after all that: not quite a luxury spa treatment, and believe me, our local hospital doesn't bear much resemblance to a luxury spa, but the closest I'm likely to get to one for a while!
NICE fiddles while RA burns a hole in the economy and our jointsJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 5 Comments
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I got my shiny new NRAS magazine through the post today. Great to see an article by Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy in there! Well done RA Guy! But there's always something in there to get me aeriated, and the first magazine of 2010 was no exception!
Interesting also to see a two-page spread on the 'European Fit for Work Report'. Frankly, I'm not sure there were that many surprises in there, although I was a bit surprised at the number of people who become 'work disabled'. Apparently 40% leave work altogether within 5 years of diagnosis, which is not happy reading. However, it appears that the main reason for this is people being diagnosed and treated too late or incorrectly. The report recommended 'new and more inclusive methods to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treating musculo-skeletal diseases in particular; one that considers more than the up-front costs of medical expenditure and incorporates wider social and economic factors.' No kidding. In other words, this report recommends doing exactly what NICE doesn't do. The article goes on to say that 'NICE in the UK has already begun such a deliberation, although no decision has been reached to date.' No surprise there then!
Now, my honorable friends, please turn to page 12 of your NRAS magazine. Don't have one? Not to worry – here's the headline: 'People on Enbrel stay in work longer'. It goes on to state that a 500-person study (the COMET study if anyone's inclined to look it up) showed that those with active early RA were three times less likely to stop working if treated with MTX and Enbrel, rather than MTX alone. Absenteeism was also reduced by almost 50% for those on the combination therapy. But here's the rub – NICE won't allow anyone to start on a combination therapy like this until they have been proved unresponsive to at least two other DMARDS including methotrexate … so when does early stop being early? It takes, I would think from my own experience, at least six months to show that a DMARD is not working for you, because it can take them that long to start working. So you're diagnosed (probably not immediately), you're given a DMARD if you're lucky, perhaps hydroxychloroquine, for six months; it doesn't work. You try MTX (either on its own or in combination with HCQ) for another six months. That doesn't work either. You've now been diagnosed for at least a year. Is this still early enough to count for this study? Perhaps it is. If so, fair enough. If not then are NICE ruining people's chances of staying healthy yet again. I don't know the answer – I just pose the question.
And finally to a little article by a brave lady called Jean Burke, who works with NICE to provide a patient viewpoint in their deliberations. Rather her than me but I am full of admiration. Apparently she was asked by a member of an appraisal committee 'Surely a twenty percent increase in quality of life isn't worth bothering about?' Well, I suppose that's why they need the patient viewpoint. If you're reading this blog as someone with RA I imagine you'll see it her way immediately; I know I did. She points out that if the extra 20% means she can make a cup of tea in the morning, go to work or walk to the shops then yes, it's worth it!
So long as NICE remains in its ivory tower, untouched by all these deliberations about the socioeconomic effects of diseases and so on, I simply cannot see how the system can ever work effectively.
The hidden costs of even mild R.A.January 15, 2010 at 11:11 am | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 6 Comments
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I'm part of the Norfolk Arthritis Register (NOAR) study, which is an epidemiological study around rheumatoid arthritis. They look into all sorts of things, physical, mental and social, that affect R.A. patients, from an epidemiological standpoint – i.e. they look at lots of us and then see what the statistics say. In spite of the old 'lies, damn lies and statistics' quote, they produce some very interesting results.
One of the bits of research they did, before I was involved, was around the hidden costs of R.A. and it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. Even mild R.A. leads to an extraordinary amount of hidden costs, even in this country with our 'free healthcare'. I'm trying to compile a list of those hidden costs for someone like me with mild R.A. – I'd be interested in any additions people might think of, so please comment if any come to mind! Later on, when I have the list as complete as I can make it, I'm going to try and price it. I think that might be quite frightening.
Here's what I've got so far:
- Over the counter medications such as paracetamol, stomach settlers etc. not prescribed by the doc
- Time off work due to sickness
- Time of work to attend hospital appointments (consultant, nurse, physio, OT etc.)
- Travel costs to attend hospital, since I live in a rural area and hospitals are 30 miles for consultant/nurse and ten miles or so for OT/physio.
- Aids such as jar openers, tin openers etc. (Some of these are free through OT services, some aren't.) I have compression gloves from OT for instance, but they're starting to get a bit baggy/stretchy after less than a week, so I might invest in some good quality ones!
- An occasional one only, but cost of trips etc. cancelled due to a flare!
I'm sure there are more – will add them as I think of them or as people comment with suggestions! Some, like cost of transport because one can't drive, I haven't included because they haven't actually happened to me so far!
I wish I could live in the dream world my consultant inhabitsDecember 27, 2009 at 11:03 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
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It's official – I had a flare at the end of October/early November … and more, I suspect. No kidding. I think I knew that, but this time it actually showed in the bloods! That's a first for me!! I'll give the consultant his due though – he was as amazed as I was that the bloods actually matched with how I'd felt, so he does at least appreciate that one can feel totally lousy and have no indication in the blood tests whatsoever, and vice versa.
Anyway, we agreed that things were going pretty well at the moment and that it didn't seem sensible to go on increasing the MTX willy-nilly if things were OK. I explained that I knew I was much, much better than last time I'd seen him (which I think was well over a year ago, as I've since seen a registrar and a nurse but not the man himself), but that they certainly weren't perfect, and for the first time he admitted that I probably wasn't going to achieve perfect … I'd kinda figured that out, but still a slight blow to hear him say it!
He then cheerily added that never mind, compared to what he usually saw I really wasn't bad at all. He has no idea just how bloody irritating this comment is – he's said it before. I think last time I was too dazed and generally fed up to actually respond, but this time I was properly prepared and I pointed out that I wasn't comparing myself with his other patients – I was comparing myself to myself before this whole R.A. business started, and that when I do that I don't see my current self in a terribly favourable light. The nurse who sits in with him (as a chaperon and to make sure he remembers to fill all his forms in!) was nodding sympathetically and understandingly behind his back. I got the feeling she'd heard this comment from him before and had thought exactly what I was now saying. Anyway, he sort of blinked a bit, looked rather surprised at being answered back to and mumbled something that was vaguely conciliatory … I think.
Then he bid me to enter his dream world by saying, "If the MTX doesn't keep things under control, if you have another flare, we'll put you on these terribly expensive new drugs called biologics or anti-TNFs." (He does tend to forget I have a brain.)
I snorted – very rude, but it just sort of happened! I said something like, "Have to be one hell of a flare for the NHS to let me on to those!"
"Oh no," says he, "just an ordinary sort of flare."
Well, that's certainly not the impression I've been given by the NRAS magazine, the people on the NRAS forum (other R.A. sufferers, generally in a much worse state than me, who have failed the 'DAS test' for anti-TNFs), the press, people I met in Barcelona, the nurse practitioner, the GP, the practice nurse … just about everyone else really. Since this is the man that told me I should see him in three months last time, when it was totally impossible for anyone to get an appointment closer than six months, and the man who told me that all I needed to do if I had a flare was phone and I'd get straight through to someone on the helpline (not true as it's usually unmanned and then they don't call you back) I don't feel too filled with faith about the biologics comment either! I dare say though that his "ordinary sort of flare" would be the ordinary sort of flare that his other patients have, not my little fizzle!
Well, hopefully the MTX will now do its job properly and I won't need to ever find out whether he's living in a dream world or I'm just being unnecessarily pessimistic about my prospects for biologics!
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Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Banionis began his career with some films in Lithuanian, but he would later play mainly in Russian language films. He has also worked outside the USSR like in the title role Francisco Goya of the USSR-GDR coproduction Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971), directed by Konrad Wolf and in the title role as Ludwig van Beethoven in the 1976 DEFA-production Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben. Aside from films, he was a popular stage actor in Panevėžys, where he acted since the age of 17, and which was frequented by Donatas' fans from all over the former Soviet Union. His first teacher was Juozas Miltinis. He acted in Vilnius, in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.
Vladimir Putin once stated that Banionis was the reason why he joined the KGB.[1] Banionis died on 4 September 2014 from a stroke.[2] He was 90 years old.
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- Marytė (1947) - episode
- Nobody Wanted to Die (1966) - Vaitkus
- Beware of the Car (1966) - pastor
- Dead Season (1968) - Ladeinikov
- The Red Tent (1969)
- Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) - Goya
- King Lear (1971)
- Solaris (1972) - Kris
- Mama, I'm Alive (1977)
- Faktas (1981)
- Cry of the Dolphin (1987) - Bar-Mattai
- Anastasia (2006)
- ^ "How the Actor Donatas Banionis Inspired Vladimir Putin to Become a Spy". The Daily Beast.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Soviet-Era Actor Who Inspired Vladimir Putin Dies at 90". Hollywood Reporter.com. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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This gun is the real deal! It's very strong and durable. I don't think it is heavy at all! This is the best product and number one gun I have ever bought. I certainly am way more than satisfied and completely happy happy happy with it. I am positive that more people should try this gun out and would want to say the same exact thing about this gun.
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
i would buy this product over and over a
By Mike
from San Diego California
Paintball,the site and its accuracy up to 150 yards,weight
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Good marker, but bad package
By ramon-sousa
from vertentes brasil
Comments about US Army Project Salvo Designated Marksman Paintball Marker:
If you're looking at the Project Salvo, get it. It is a good beginner marker and is very simple to use. As a Tippmann, it is obviously going to be easy to operate, so it's good for younger/newer players. One con is the weight. I strongly don't recommend to get this package unless you desire it. If anything to get from this package, get a 16 inch Valken rifled barrel or a foregrip. The extra modifications just add unwanted weight to the marker. If you are getting this package, I also strongly recommend a remote line to the ASA because the tank gets in the way and is uncomfortable with the stock. I still use my Project Salvo occasionaly but it was "retired" among my other markers. I don't regret purchasing the marker, but do regret the package. Don't buy the package. The red dot sight is a waste. The sight is very cheap, the flip cap on mine cracked taking a paintball and I stopped using it right after that use. Overall, the gun is nice. It rarely ever chops paint, because it is a Tippman. I hope if you read this you do not make the same mistake I did.
By nate the great
from Jackson west virginia
I use this mainly for woodsball and hamburger hill works perfectly
Good for Professionals and Noobs.
By Will
from Fresno, CA
You truly get your money's worth when buying this marker. It doesn't matter wheither your ex military/paintball player like myself or someone who's just getting started, this marker is the one to get. Plus, with the rail system, parts and upgrades are endless. Be smart with your time and money-get this weapon system.
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this gun is awsome
(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
this is a great gun!!!!!!!!
i use the gun when we are in the woods. i love the sight, its awesome.
Great gun
I like scenario and woodsball, great gun for this use. very dependable. Just added the reponse trigger, hope to make it better.
A very good gun
I use this product to shoot my friends.This gun is accurate and very durable.Nothing is bad about this gun.
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Perfect! if you buy any gun you should buy nthis one it is the best paintball marker that you could get.This should cost twice its price
This is a great gun i played in the invasion of normandy and i completely dominated the other 1,000 people with this gun
I like the gun its at a good price and it works great.
Best gun ive ever had
By Done son
from Davenport, IA
I use it for woods ball got it for christmas and already have played twice, easy to sight in the red dot sight, i also got the green laser and it fits the weapon perfectly. alittle heavy so if you are alittle on the scrony side i would maybe camp or get a bi pod with this but its not so heavy that you couldnt use it. Over all the best marker i have had and i am a pretty big paintballer. i currently own 3 and i use this all the time now. it can be adjusted to you, the forgrip and the stock, so you dont have to worry about you being to big or too small.
Best of the best of the best
By PaintballMarksman
from Charlotte, NC
This product is the best.. when i finished moding it, it looked as if it shouldnt be a paintball gun. Everything feels real and you dont need a cyclone just to see with a scope. Easily zeroed and price is worth the quality; good deal. Better than the Alpha Black i used previously
amazing gun!!!
By top don
from Pinole, CA
great gun!!! I was able to beat my friends and make better shots with this gun. I'm really impressed!
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ok gun
By Security
from westpalm beach, FL
its about as hard to break as a bt-4 rental gun. heavy NOT A SPEEDBALL GUN. to big bulky and more like a baby soft gun. if you are looking for a good all around gun i recommend the DP G4.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
(8 of 11 customers found this review helpful)
awesome gun
By John
from Pasadena, Tx.
looks great and shoots great. No problems in the heat of battle. competes with higher dollar guns.
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By BUD MCKINZY
from Dublin,CA
This gun is bigger than i thought but still fits my stance perfect. It def feels like a marksman rifle, heavy and solid steel. The upgrades are awesome and the red dot lines up perfect with a alignment. I haven't got to play with it since i just received ti today
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By Ice
from stockton, CA
i bought it from another website and it cost me [$] so this is a great deal i love this gun
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best gun ever
By mikey
from scranton p.a.
it is the best gun i bought yet it is great for long range shots and is verry reliable when you team mates are pinned down and the need fast accurate shots on a target i would also recremend getting a force feed hopper just in case you compremized in your sniping spot so it can bail you out of a jam aslo recremend getting a lazer and a led light to put on the barrel with a biepod too. but ot is on the heavy side tho its doensnt mattter tho its a great gun
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i would by this again and again
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Fatal Infections: Why are Some Diseases Incurable? - Senior SPARK
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This exciting course will centralize around major illnesses that stem from deadly microbial organisms. Our focus will be on zoonotic infections, or in other words, diseases that pass from animals to humans. Most newly arising diseases and some of the most fatal, originate from our animal counterparts. Zoonotic diseases tend to be some of the most deadly because our bodies' immune system are not prepared or trained to battle these new invaders.
How do germs invade the human body? How does our body fight these tiny invaders and in some circumstances lose the battle? Why do some diseases affect humans and not animals or vice versa? In this course, you will learn why certain infections cannot be cured and what makes a germ infectious to humans. Ever curious how vaccines work to protect us from deadly microbes? We will explore the human body's natural defense system, as well as the symptoms, diagnosis and relevant treatments for some of the most lethal germs on earth.
In this course, we will grow microbes and analyze their colonies. Also, we will tour microbiology laboratories studying disease to learn how their research might one day cure patients. We will learn how our body's natural defense system works and why, in some circumstances, it fails to eliminate the invading organism. We will describe the inherent differences between bacteria and viruses, as well as how they survive and proliferate in humans. Symptoms and diagnosis will also be emphasized.
For the purposes of this class, we will discuss some infections that have attacked people throughout history, including rabies, mad cow, and the bubonic plaque. For comparison, we will brainstorm on newer entities such as Ebola that have only arisen in the last few decades. This course will detail ancient medical remedies, current treatments and theoretical future medicines for these fatal infectious diseases. Furthermore, we will touch on how these deadly microorganisms have shaped our culture, fears and myths, examples such as vampires and werewolves.
By the end of the week, students will be familiar with the different types of invisible germs and how the human body's natural defense system works to combat these invading microbes. Using hands-on experiments, students will grow their own microbes and explore why some germs are deadly, while others are harmless. Students will understand how infections spread in humans and their animal hosts. Moreover, students will explore the medical lineage of these diseases, such as where they originated and the historical significance of these pathogens on our society. If you're interested in becoming a veterinarian, historian, doctor or scientist, this is the perfect class to get you started!
Middle school students have varying backgrounds. There are no prerequisites for this course, but introductory biology may be advantageous.
*This Senior SPARK course is designed for students currently in 8th grade (entering 9th grade Fall 2015). Younger students are encouraged to register for our Junior SPARK courses.


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THAT WAS FUCKIN FUNNY! ive been waiting for another YAFFM for a long time and now that this came it didnt disappoint! Mcain is such a dumbass! im gonna watch him fuck up his debate tonight lalz! :D 5/5 10/10 Awesome job!
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So far I have agreed with Reggie all the way on every episode of YAAFM, and this one is no exception. From what I've heard in the political TV commercials, Democracy is the way to go in this election.
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Though I am currently an Obama supporter (I say currently as it may take some foolish W-like mistakes to change my opinion), eventually there may.
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Chauvanist is a excellent description of John McCain. He is a dirty old man. Between his trophy wife and his VPILF, this guy is more pervert than maverick.
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Mike Graham: Turnovers help Titans waltz past Dolphins
MIAMI — Not sure anyone predicted this outcome, the least of which was Miami head coach Joe Philbin.
It appeared to be a game Miami could win — at home against an up-and-down Tennessee team — that would keep the Dolphins' playoff chances alive.
Instead, Tennessee (4-5) blew Miami (4-5) right out of a sun-splashed Sun Life Stadium 37-3, dealing the Dolphins' postseason hopes a severe blow.
"I sure didn't see any signs of this coming," said Philbin, whose team must rebound quickly with a road game at Buffalo on Thursday.
The hardest part to forget for Miami will be the way it lost, turning the ball over four times (three interceptions and a fumble) and by committing costly penalties (five for 47 yards) in the first half that stalled several drives.
"If you look at the statistics sheet, it wasn't that one-sided," Philbin said. "When you add in four turnovers, it gets one-sided pretty quick."
The game was, for the most part, decided in the first 30 minutes, when Tennessee bolted to a 24-3 halftime lead.
It was a strange half of play, in which Miami won the time of possession battle (16:41 to 13:19) and outgained Tennessee (153 yards to 120).
Two pivotal turnovers by Miami, however, gave Tennessee all the momentum it needed.
Dolphins running back Reggie Bush fumbled on a third and 13 — he had gained 15 yards on the play for what would have been a first down — at the 8:46 mark of the first quarter, giving Tennessee possession at Miami's 28. Four plays later, Tennessee quarterback Jake Locker connected with wide receiver Kendall Wright for a 9-yard touchdown pass and a 7-0 Titans lead.
On Tennessee's next possession, Locker used his legs to set up another score, running 20 yards on the first play from scrimmage to the Miami 46, then scrambling five yards on a fourth-and-2 to keep the drive alive. Running back Chris Johnson ran the final 17 yards, pushing the lead to 14-0.
"It wasn't pretty at times," Locker said of his game-changing scrambling, "but we found ways to move the chains and that's the name of the game."
Then came an early knock-down punch.
On a third-and-14 from the Tennessee 32 with more than 14 minutes to play in the second quarter, Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill's pass intended for tight end Charles Clay in the flat was intercepted by Titans' linebacker Colin McCarthy, who raced 49 yards down the sideline for a touchdown.
"Never a doubt," McCarthy later said of his interception return for a touchdown, the first for the former University of Miami player that gave Tennessee a 21-0 advantage.
Down 24-3 at the break, Philbin still thought his team could bounce back.
They didn't.
"We didn't respond as well as I would have hoped," Philbin said of his team's play after the break.
Tennessee effectively put the game away on the opening drive of the second half, going 85 yards in 12 plays — using 8:06 off the clock in doing so — with Locker hitting receiver tight end Jared Cook on a 26-yard touchdown pass.
That made it 31-3 and an announced crowd of 60,165 quickly disappeared.
Tannehill, who only had five interceptions in the first eight games, had the worst game of his young pro career, as his three interceptions went to Tennessee's starting linebackers — McCarthy, Zach Brown and Akeem Ayers.
"I'm embarrassed by the way we played," Tannehill said. "At the end of the day, though, a loss is a loss and we have to move on."
To Buffalo the Dolphins will go, desperately needing a win.
But face it, if Miami can't beat a mediocre Tennessee team at home, what are the Dolphins' chances Thursday and, more importantly, down the road against the likes of AFC East Division leader New England (Dec. 2 at home, Dec. 30 away) or the NFC West Division leading 49ers in San Francisco (Dec. 9)?
Not good, which is exactly how Miami played on Sunday.
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European Tourism Day 2010 - SAVE THE DATE! Publié le: 01/06/2010, Dernière mise à jour: 23/09/2010
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The 2010 European Tourism Day event will be entitled "The role of European Heritage and cultural itineraries in the renewed European tourism policy" and will be held on 27 September 2010, on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Leader projects, policy officers, local and regional authorities, universities and other actors involved in tourism will participate to the event, that will be mainly devoted to the promotion and valorisation of European citizenship and cultural and historical heritage.
In line with new communication "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe" adopted on the 30th June 2010, where the need of promoting cultural itineraries is specifically mentioned (see Communication - pages 7-8), a particular focus will be given to "European Cultural Routes".
A draft programme of the event is annexed. The final version of the programme, together with other practical details and information, will be available soon.


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Please give us a brief bio, where you are from and how you started in this field.
I grew up in La Mesa, just east of San Diego. As I was growing up, I was very athletic, Calif. State Springboard Diving Champion in 1960. So when I went to college, I majored in physical education and math at San Diego State College. Transferred to U.C. Berkeley in 1962 majored in Philosophy and Math, finally getting my B.A. in Physical Ed. and Math. And, I always took art classes because I loved art so much. Became a High School teacher in San Bruno in p.e. and math for 9 years. I was always playing with some form of art as I grew up but never knew how to make a living at it. Finally, a part-time p.e., part-time art person, came into our department. I asked her, "what kind of art", she said pottery, I said, that I had always wanted to learn how to throw pottery. She invited me up after school to show me how to throw. So, I did, I quit teaching 2 years later to become a full-time potter. Hallelujah! It worked, I am still making a living at it.
A few years later, I returned to school, this time San Jose State University, to get my Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree.
Since then, I have expanded my work to include large ceramic wall works, painted murals, watercolors and many other works in pottery. I have collectors all over the place. I have shown in the Smithsonian Craft Show. I have painted murals as far as North Carolina, Illinois, Utah, and many other places.
When did you first discover your creative talents?
Creativity was always with me as I played in all sorts of mediums growing up. I made posters, etc. for school events, classmates and teachers asked me to do the art. I drew an ocean mural for my 5th grade teacher and had other classmates help fill in the blanks. I was always, and still am, inspired by what I see in the world, particularly nature, shadows, colors and how they all interact.
What or who inspires you when it comes to your work?
Many people have inspired me, starting with my parents. I will never forget laying on the lawn with my mom, looking at the clouds in the sky, and seeing shapes of animals. My dad always let me play with wood, nails, whatever he was casting off as he added rooms onto the house. He took me to hardware stores whenever he went, and I was inspired to make "stuff".
Many of my teachers supported my creativity in so many ways.
Could you tell us about some of your work?
My work is diverse. I paint, do clay, decorate. Working in clay, led me to large wall works (recently created a 6′x6′ wall piece for El Camino Medical Center in Mountain View titled "Canyon Dreams"). Large wall works led to painted murals as I worked more and more with Art Consultants. But always, I love thrown pottery. In Japan, I had an experience with a raven and a persimmon which has led me to a series of clay raven teapots and sculptures.
What inspires you to keep going and how do you keep yourself motivated?
I keep motivated, easily. If I am in a difficult stage, I clean my studio, or, I take a painting class,that usually gets me working in my art.
How do you describe your style?
My style? I have always been inspired by Asian aethetics. So my style is direct, simple, readable work. Often, just clay directs my style, the feel, the look, makes me go on in design. I have wondered if I was Japanese in another life, I feel such a connection, but, don't want to copy. I make it my own.
Share with us something funny that has happened to you recently.
Something funny happened last weekend when I was sitting in my studio, feeling kind of down
A big, long haired, orange cat walked in, laid down, and stayed for the day. I love cats, missing my past orange cat, I was thrilled. It brought happiness to my heart. It made my day.
How did you bridge the gap of the business side of designing?
I bridged the gap of business and art by showing my work at art festivals, especially, where many art consultants, designers, galleries walk through. I became willing to sell the art that I make.
Describe yourself in 5 words.
5 words: Play, look, create, trust, continue
Any words of advice for aspiring designers/artists?
Advice: Follow your heart, pay attention, trust your intuition, begin, begin again.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
My biggest pet peeve is arrogance. It stops the real creativity.
Any pets?
Pets? Right now, 2 cockatiels whose parents flew into my old studio over 25 years ago. What a joy to give them a home.
What is it like being in the art community here in San Francisco?
I love being in the art community in SF, usually, although sometimes, it is overwhelming.
How did you get involved with Celebration of Craftswomen?
I became involved with Cele. of Crafts. shortly after it began at the Womens Bldg. when a friend invited me to do the show, then asked me to be on the committee. It has been more than 28 years of participation one way or another. I am grateful to be a part of supporting women artists.


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A perceptually enhanced chroma feature extraction during the HE-AAC audio encoding process is proposed. Extraction of chroma features from the MDCT-domain spectra of the encoder and its further enhancement utilizing the perceptual model of the encoder is investigated. The main advantage of such a scheme is a reduced computational complexity when both chroma feature extraction and encoding is desired. Specifically, the system is designed to produce reliable chroma features irrespective of the block switching decision of the encoder. Three methods are discussed to circumvent the poor frequency resolution during short blocks. All proposed enhancements are evaluated systematically within a well-known state-of-the-art chord recognition framework.
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This fresh joy Christmas photo card design spreads wishes for joy and peace during the 2015 holiday season! Two optional ribbon graphics frame your own family's 1-3 Christmas photos, which we can tint in sepia or black & white to give them a vintage look. Distressed patterns make your photos pop, although we can use clean solid colors instead if you prefer when you order this design. See more ideas & customize the deep green, red & brown colors on the product page here: Refreshing Holiday Photo Card.
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Peoples attention span can be very short, a matter of
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Virtual tours are a superb way to market property and businesses. Statistics show that people spend an average of 3 minutes per image viewing tours. This is quite large amount of time to capture someone's attention online. People love interacting with these images and often share them with friends and family.
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Back Bay Ringers Holiday Concert: Let it Snow!
Presented by Back Bay Ringers and at Amazing Things Art Center
December 2, 2012
The Back Bay Ringers, one of New England's leading handbell ensembles, present their 2012 holiday concert: Let it Snow! The program will feature traditional holiday favorites including "Carol of the Bells" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem", as well as original compositions for handbells. For more information, please visit www.backbayringers.org. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students.
160 Hollis St
Framingham, MA 01702
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$15 adults/$12 seniors and students
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Jury selection to begin Monday in Mueller murder trial
San Angelo man charged in wife's death
SAN ANGELO, Texas - Potential jurors will be summoned to a Colorado courthouse Monday morning as attorneys begin selecting residents who will decide guilt or innocence in the case of a San Angelo businessman.
Court proceedings begin 8:30 a.m. Mountain time Monday in the Gunnison Combined Courts. Gunnison is about 55 miles from Lake City, where Frederick and Leslie Mueller owned a vacation home and where Leslie died.
Sherry McKenzie, spokeswoman for the Office of the District Attorney, 7th Judicial District, said the trial could last through the week of Feb. 4.
Frederick Harold Mueller, 51, was arrested in February in connection with his wife's 2008 death.
He was taken into custody and extradited to Colorado, where court proceedings have taken place.
Leslie Mueller, 47, was San Angelo's first female obstetrician/gynecologist. She was retired at the time of her death but was still active with her church in Wall.
Frederick Mueller, who was charged with first-degree murder and is considered by investigators to be a flight risk, is being held without bond in the Gunnison County Jail under a judge's order.
He will be represented by Houston attorney Mike DeGeurin.
A prosecution team of District Attorney Dan Hotsenpiller, Deputy District Attorney Keith Mandelski and special prosecutor Matthew Durkin, assistant attorney general with Colorado's AG office, was assigned to the case.
According to testimony in a February hearing, Mueller told investigators that he and his wife had gone for a hike and had been taking photos of each other when a bluebird flew by and startled Leslie's dog. He told investigators the dog caused Leslie to lose her footing and "swan dive" into the pool below.
After the 15- to 20-foot drop onto granite, she slid "like mush" into the water of Cottonwood Creek and was carried away. After that, he went to the house of a neighbor, Justin Sparks, to seek help, he said.
Leslie Mueller was found with her head lodged under a log, according to Sparks' testimony.
At that February preliminary hearing, 7th Judicial District Chief Judge Steven Patrick, who will preside over the case, determined there was enough evidence to go to trial.
Colorado officials, assisted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, arrested Mueller on Feb. 6, 2012, at his business, Mueller Metals Co. on Swartz Road in San Angelo.
During the four-year investigation, officials determined Leslie Mueller died by drowning on May 3, 2008, on Cottonwood Creek between Cataract Gulch and Cuba Gulch, Hinsdale authorities have said.
In Colorado, the punishment for first-degree murder ranges from life in prison without parole to the death penalty.
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Genes Could Affect Mental Sharpness As We Age
Aging isn't always responsible for declines in mental function. In fact, some researchers believe simple genetics could play an even bigger role.
ADHD Medications May Not Be Bad For Your Heart
Older Women Are in Luck! Mammograms Work Better for Them — Health Check
Are mammograms actually effective? Several conflicting studies have come out in the past few years, leading some to pose this question. Don't fear though ladies. An even newer study from Dutch researchers indicates that they do work, but older women might be getting more out of them.
Working the Night Shift May Literally Increase Your Risk of Diabetes — Health Check
All you ladies out there now have an excuse for getting out of working night shifts. A new study indicates women who work these hours could be increasing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Who knew?
Lung Cancer Is Officially No Longer Just a 'Smoker's Disease' — Health Check
While most cases of lung cancer occur in smokers, nearly 20 percent of cases strike those who've never touched a cigarette. When it comes down to the facts, 32,000 nonsmoking Americans die from lung cancer every year — so many that experts say it's time to stop calling it "the smoker's disease."
Man Alert! WiFi May Be Great, But It's Hurting Your Little Swimmers in Top Hats
Most people think the only way the internet can reduce a guy's chances of having children is because of games like World of Warcraft lowering sex appeal. But that's not the real reason the internet is risking a man's chances for reproducing. WiFi is actually harming sperm.
Sperm Donor Has Fathered at Least 150 Kids
Think you come from a big family? Think again.
A woman whose son was conceived using donated sperm has learned the same donor has fathered at least 150 other children, with more yet to be counted.