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One piper's exploration of the music of the Scottish Lowlands, its history and its performance. It's a diary of discovery, not a series of essays. You're invited to make your own contributions using the comments option on most pages.
Lowland Amusement - the Tune
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this version has the alternative title 'Captain Keeler'.
David Glen, however, has a tune in book 4 of his Collection titled 'Captain Keiller', which has 'Lowland Amusement' as the alternative title, and it is slightly different: http://www.ceolsean.net/
Glen's version, which I have only just discovered, looks more like a lowland version to me. I base this on the 2nd strain which instead of the repeated notes it has runs of four quavers; I'll try and get a performance of this version uploaded; in the meantime, my current performance is HERE{jcomments on}
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Two weeks ago, while in the throes of recuperation, I sent up smoke signals in a column and on Facebook, asking for assistance. While I received many responses, my iffy Internet connection made it nigh-on impossible to follow up with most of them in a timely manner, and my frustration level reached the boiling point when I realized another weekend was going to be a wash for me.
Just before my phone line failed, gal pal Nora Brown (www.norabrown.net [2]) reached me, having read my on-line plea, and we chatted about how this column actually gets written—which (under normal circumstances) involves me leaving the house (haven't done that in two months), driving to one of several events (can't shift or clutch for another four weeks), taking photographs, (oh how I miss my pictorial chronicle of all things Catskills) and interviewing the many artists, actors, singers and writers that I usually encounter during my workweek.
Nora is a performer/actor/writer herself, so her willingness to fill in for me seemed like a good idea (at the time). I've seen the Bette Davis classic film "All about Eve" ("Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night") a few times, but it never occurred to me that Ms. Brown's talents might threaten to cast mine in the shade, so I happily gave her the green light and breathed a sigh of relief that she would represent me (with husband George in tow) in my absence.
In hindsight, I should have seen it coming: "Nobody can replace you," Nora intoned. "Your class and style in reporting on the arts world is unparalleled. The most I can hope for is not letting you down or sounding like a hack... but I'll give it a shot and get back to you," she concluded before the line went dead.
Sure enough, two days (and 37 phone calls to my Internet provider later) there was a transmission from Nora. "Hoping that the upheavals in your life are 'standing down' she wrote. "The main focus is to regain wonderful health and so get back to your many activities in the cultural life of the Catskills. George and I enjoyed your 'assignment' to attend Saturday night's show at Baker's Tap Room in Yulan, NY (www.facebook.com/pages/BAKERS-TAP-ROOM-II/285499317800 [3]). It was an amazing night after a snowfall, slippery roads, lots of stars and cold."
Being aware of Nora's experience, it should have dawned on me that she would be descriptive recounting her evening out, but I naively assumed that nobody could be as pithy as myself, and read on. "Baker's was crowded when we arrived. Although the advertised performer never showed up, performer Jeremy Langdale (www. jeremylangdale.com) arrived with his band. The great music began and we moved to the bar for coffee. The restaurant emptied out but the bar was busy, with people playing darts and drinking, and several of us sitting on stools, listening to the music, which made me really want to dance. Next time, perhaps. One retired New Jersey fireman did some moves."
By this point in Nora's narrative, I had become ever so slightly alarmed. Her description was interesting, colorful and informed. Since I had innocently asked her (not suspecting that she would be so good at it) for a few words on the performer, Brown's review continued: "The driving electric blues of Jeremy Langdale and his band were brilliantly on display at Bakers Tap Room on Saturday. Langdale covered a wide range of artists, including Johnny Cash, the Beatles and Bob Dylan in his rich and varied blues guitar rhythm, ably backed by Gary Brooks on bass and Sam Brookstein on drums. His style is reminiscent of Muddy Waters & Eric Clapton."
"Wow," (I thought to myself). "If I didn't know better, I would think I had written this myself." Reading on, Nora expressed her own humble opinion. "Especially powerful was the Beatles' 'All the lonely people.' The Langdale Band has played up and down the Hudson Valley in recent years. Let's hope they can be lured back to the Upper Delaware Valley region again soon."
Suddenly horrified by my substitute's fine ability (thank goodness she can't take a decent photograph!) to describe the evening, I made a silent vow to never call in sick again. Nora concluded her message by saying "If you want us to head out on assignment next weekend, please let me know." Hmm. I don't think so, Nora—you are far too good (IMHO) at doing my job. Apparently, I am replaceable. Come hell or high water, I'll be (meekly) hitting the streets this weekend. Too many understudies waiting in the wings.

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1- S. Marbury
2- S. Francis
3- J. Crawford
4- Channing Frye
5- Curry
as for trades i wanna see francis gone prolly for a big man and a draft pick
thats juss my 2 cents
Hoop. I agree with you that Marbury and Frye is just too much talent to give away in a trade where we won't get back an established superstar.
I must differ however on your assessment of Jaric. His offense is pretty much inexistent, but I think he does have defensive skills, at least more than any of the Knicks current PGs.
How do you evaluate defense? Too bad I don't have a readily-available stat that says how much production any given player allows his opponent versus what he chips in. That would be a sound measure.
I believe rebounds and steals are an acceptable measure of defense, and as far as Jaric goes, he gets an acceptable amount of boards and steals.
Griffin led the NBA in blocks per 48 mins, and that's something we sorely need. Just like Artest and Qyntel Woods, he carries a payload, but nevertheless, we need to take chances on these guys... remember Eisley, Anderson and all those good guys that were brought here because of Dolan's policy on adding character? That didn't do much for us.
Role players are what this team needs right now and that 6th pick could mean Rudy Gay, Marcus Williams, Randy Foye and Brandon, all potential superstars.
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1- S. Marbury
2- S. Francis
3- J. Crawford
4- Channing Frye
5- Curry
as for trades i wanna see francis gone prolly for a big man and a draft pick
thats juss my 2 cents
Quuuuuuuentinnn Richarddsonnn
marbury is not going no where
Center- Eddy Curry
PF Channing
SF Al Harrington
SG Crawford
PG Marbury (cant trade em)
Jackie Butler
Jalen Rose
20th Pick - Boone
29th Pick - Mike Gansey (great shooter)
You cannot and will not trade Steph.... there is one reason why you will not..... He will play his AZZ off for Thomas and we all know it... it will be like having him in a contract year.....
you must and will trade Stevie Franchise and (dare I say it?) Nate Robinson ......lets also make it clear that Steve is not a better point guard than Marbury... and anyone who wants to debate that need to look up their career numbers. Postseason stats are meaningless in their careers since neither has truly made a dent. The only possible way to keep Steve is if he is playing the 2.. which by the way makes him seriously deficient on the defensive end - so much so, that he would not be able to compensate for it offensively. Therefore you MUST trade Steve. Since we are not in a position of power we have to take what we can get for him - and face it, it wouldnt be much. Minnesota is starved for a point, and I have no problem giving them Francis. It would be nice to pry the #6 pick. We have to take their crud, but I would insist on Jaric. Reason? We need a serviceable back up point. I dont want to hear about his shortcomings. Its obvious he has many otherwise he would be a star, and you dont trade stars. Therefore its a moot point.
Ultimately that leaves you with Jamal Crawford at the two. Let me add that he is just as undersized as Francis, but he does have extensive experience at the 2, and that other factor - He will play his AZZ off for Thomas as well. You guys need to remember who Thomas brought in and who will play hard for him. In two or three years Crawfords contract will become as asset. But since a championship is not being won within the next two years, Crawford is your best bet.
Jalen Rose is the only PURE 3 that we have. You wont trade him. You dont create a hole while trying to plug one. You leave yourself just as deficient. His contract too, will soon become an asset.
Does anyone really need me to convince them to keep Channing Frye? If so, you are clearly not a Knicks fan, 'nuff said.
Whether or not you think Eddie Curry will be a 14 and 7 guy forever or not, doesn't matter. He is better than what a lot of teams have plugging the middle. And it IS still possible that he can get better. Whether or not he does, remains to be seen. But, you dont trade him. You would be giving away youth. Let me also mention that he will ALSO play hard for Thomas.
So here is what we have:
PG: Stephon Marbury *
SG: Jamal Crawford *
SF: Jalen Rose
PF: Channing Frye
C: Eddie Curry *
PG/SG: Marko Jaric - by way of Minnesota
SG: Quentin Richardson
SF/PF: David Lee
PF: Malik Rose
PF: Maurice Taylor
C: Jackie Butler
Swingman: Qyntel Woods - who frankly can be added as a throw in to any deal and it would not change the scope of the team.
#6 From Minny
#20 Draft picks - not a strong draft class so take your pick and hope for the best...
Cap space means nothing in the city of New York. As the contracts expire rest assured someone else will be obtained with just as a high a salary. The only thing we can hope is that the player coming in will actually be a help - instead of say a "Glen Rice" for example.
If you are thinking that I really have not changed much, then you are right... but next to some names you may have noticed an asterisk....and in that, you will see why its not necessary to change much. This team is much better than their record. A set rotation, and Larry's exit will add 7 wins off the top. Talent alone should have won more games. But if Thomas coaches as well as he should they should be at least a 45 win team. Thats not championship caliber and rings should not be expected within 3 years. But call me back in three years and see what we have at that point.
* Denotes player who will with almost certainty, play considerably harder for Thomas than anyone else.
I have to admit that Coney Island you are dead on....we can't keep overhauling the lineup...there are some very good pieces here...
I do think that expectingto get the 6 pick from Minn might be unrealistic...but if we did...I think we could get an excellent player...be it Roy from Washington (the guy I think will be a great pro) or Williams from Uconn (he could be the backup PG) or even an Aldridge (if he ever fell this low to help with the front line)
Build around Frye, Curry (he is what he is...and he is ours so get used to it) and Crawford...
We could actually be a decent team...this team doesn't hold a parade next June...but it could be closer to that in two or three years...
Oh and by the way...I actually think Jalen Rose will have a good season for us....
Lots of good stuff should happen by Wednesday night!!!!!!!!!
at least the bench has some notion of defense in that lineup...
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If the strength to Marbury's game is the pick and roll, you are talking about being absolutely deadly with Channing Frye. This needs to be remembered. Today Kurt Thomas may be a better player... and I say MAYBE. And we all remember how good he played the pick and roll with Steph. You dont have to like someone to play well with them.
The point is, you build entirely around Steph, Curry, and Frye. No one else should be untouchable. I personally would like to keep Jalen, because he is a pure 3. I would also like to keep David Lee because he does the dirty work and plays hard all the time. There is a nice core. This team needs the right coach.
If Isiah is as smart as you all say he is, he would inquire about the following...
Sign and trade for Ben Wallace. I figure Detroit would want Eddie Curry and one of our rookies, I would have no problem about this trade.
Sign and trade for Al Harrington. This trade has been talked to death.
Trade for Shawn Marion. Phoenix is looking to unload him in order to sign Boris Diaw. Maybe they would settle for Francis and someone and a draft pick.
Mike James is walking out of Toronto. Maybe we can sign him with our MLE.
If the knicks can do a minimum of 2 perhaps 3 out 4 transactions on that list it would be a step in the right direction.
i highly doubt ben wallace will end up in ny, as much as i would love to see it happen i cant.
i agree we need to aquire harrington
shawn marion would be great to fill in our sf position. but if u think were gonna get him for francis n a few others ur crazy. steve nash has the pg spot lockd and carlos barbosa has proven worthy of backing him up. bringing francis into that squad would not help phx @ all. they would need a sf in return. if we trade maybe q-rich back to them along with a.... (i dont wanna say it) jamal crawford. maybe they would bite on something like that. giving us a starting 5 of...
is it worth it?
forget Al Harrington. We going to draft a kid, Shawne Williams of Memphis who is going to be a stud in a few years. He is very young, but had he gone to school he would be a Lottery Pick in the future. Our other Pick will be Josh Boone.
Here is my Roster Within Reason:
PG: Marbury
SG: Francis
SF: Richardson
PF: Lee
C: Curry
We ship out Jalen Rose, Mo Taylor and their expiring contracts to ANY TAKERS for next year or future draft picks. Jerome James, Jackie Butler, Malik Rose, Qyntel Woods just bodies for our youngs guys to work against in Practice.
I sign Radmonovic cause he plays the 4 and has one of the best strokes in the league, if you doubt then you didnt see what he did in the playoffs against the Suns. He put that team on his back. With Francis and Marbury able to penetrate we need them to be able to kickout to reliable shooters. Radmonovic is my NUMBER ONE GUY this off season.
Off the bench, Frye comes in for either Curry or Lee and Nate and Crawford come in for instant offense and instant SPARKS. Radmonovic he is the spot up shooter for the team and who helps create more spacing especially late in the games where Frye and Curry can be utililized in the Low Post to win more games.
Josh Boone gets some minutes cause he rebounds well and blocks shots and he is a legit 6'10". Shawne Williams is taken as a small forward of the future. He has amazing skills and will be a force.
We play at a tempo that is much faster than our last season. But not so fast, cause we want to get Curry involved early. Then when he heads to the bench and Radmonovic comes in, we play at a much faster pace with nate and Jamaal pushing the action.
This would be my plan of attack. The team can handle the half court set but running it thru Frye and Curry in the Low Post or have Marbury and Francis dictate the action. Q is our guy who does everything and he his our Defensive stopper.
i dont think we should use our 2nd pick on josh boone. we have way too many talented pf's to waste a pick on another one.
al harrington should deft be a priority. he should be our starter and then have shawne williams come off the bench. i wouldnt keep q-rich because of him bad mouthing team-mates last season. he should be used along with a pf or 2 to land a pf who is a big banger. whether it be jermaine o'neal, ben wallace, or kenyon martin i think we deft need a guy who will intimidate the other team from penetrating the lane. i would give q-rich and channing and maybe one more person or a draft pick to either detroit or indiana for either of their 'bangers'. i would NOT give denver frye in a deal for martin. maybe just q-rich and jerome james.
Denver dont need Frye.. But they would want more than Q and probably would be one of the other guards probably Crawford to equal the cap hit.
Al Harrington I never liked his game. I didnt like him that much in Indi and I never liked him in Atl. He is decent dont get me wrong.. I just don't like his game. He is maturing and well he is going to want to reup for near max level and some team out there will give it. It wont be the Knicks. See bro, you like our PF, I dont. I like Lee, Frye and Curry for his offense. But the rest to me are just practice players. Butler did look good at times, but he was yanked within seconds of his first mistake time and time again. James is 30 years old and he will ride the Knick bench out for the remainder of his contract. I do think the 3 is weakest on the team and Harrington could really play well there. But I rather get a better shooter in Radmonovic.
Lee getting starters minutes will give us some of that banger mentality and Boone also is an ELITE shot blocker. i dont have his numbers off hand, but he puts up silly numbers in that category. I just like his game. he never saw the ball in the offense at UCONN but still managed a double double. Plus he measured a LEGIT 6'10" in Orlando. Guys like Shelden Williams and Rodney Carney has seen their stock drop cause they are much shorter than what they were listed at in their Teams Manual. Also Tyrus Thomas is small, he is only 6'7" not what I want my PF to be.
What are your thoughts on Radmonovic instead of Harrington? Do you know much about him? He is one of the games best shooters and can shoot over the smaller people who typically guard him with EASE.
i deft agree that radmonovich would be a worthy starter at the 3. not sure if it could happen but maybe q-rich for radmonovich straight up on a sign and trade. if we had to add a draft pick then so be it.
believe me its not like i like most of our pf's its just that i think we have a couple of pf's that no one will take (mo taylor & malik rose). thats y if we can get a dominant pf i would try to throw in one of them to just to get rid of some bad with the good. someone said a few weeks back we should maybe trade mo taylor and a draft pick for danny fortson. i would do mo taylor, channing frye, malik rose for rashard lewis and danny fortson. then we can still use q-rich to land radmonovich. the only reason i like harrington is because he's good friends with marbury and isiah helped develope his game in the first place. he been putting up good #'s lately too.
fortson could be a good backup pf to help intimidate on defense. hes also a force not 2 be f8cked with on the boards.
1. ok so we do q-rich and a draft pick for radmonovich
2. channing frye, mo taylor, malike rose (we get rid of both of our waste of space) for rashard lewis & danny fortson.
3. q-rich, jerome james, & a future draft pick for kenyon martin.
our line-up is now lookingf like...
pg- francis
sg- marbury
sf- rashard lewis
pf- k-mart
c- curry
pg- robinson
sg- crawford
sf- radmonovich/shawne williams (pick #20)
pf- lee/fortson/josh boone (pick #29)
c- butler
getting rid of 3 pf's with the seattle trade would clear up the clutter we have in that position. it would let us then pick up josh boone. lee and radmonovich could switch between the sf & pf depending on who were playing against. this is already like my 15th 'idea' since the offseason. im sure their will be many more. the only thing i wouldnt like about this roster is our depth @ the center positon.


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Not Exactly Apples and Oranges
I didn't watch a whole lot of baseball this weekend. No, despite the inevitable outcry about how boring it is I spent the weekend watching soccer.
More than that, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I started to wonder why baseball fans don't enjoy it more. Both sports tend to end in low-scoring affairs. There are some matches that get blown wide open but for the most part, there are a lot of near misses and defensive stand-offs.
Both sports require an intelligent caretaker. Yes, you need to have the right personnel to execute the coach's plan but management is integral to the two games. When a goal is scored in soccer, the ESPN highlight tends to show only the moment itself. But that moment is usually the culmination of several minutes of slowly building action. A good manager notices where the weaknesses are and then has his team exploit those advantages.
It's not really all that much different than a baseball manager noticing the opposing pitcher taking a little bit longer in his windup and sending a guy who isn't much of a base stealer because that extra half second might be all he needs. We all know that a guy at second base is a much bigger threat than a guy on first and a soccer player knows that a corner kick is a much bigger threat than a throw in from the sideline.
So much of baseball and soccer is based on a patient strategy being slowly implemented. Pitchers set up batters during early at-bats just like strikers set up defenders during early runs.
I'm amazed when people tell me how they think baseball is boring. They tell me they don't understand the rules and they don't know how people can sit there and watch it. Any baseball fan will tell you that every game has a hundred different little dramatic moments. And likewise I'm amazed when a baseball fan tells me they don't understand soccer and that it's boring to watch. The rules may be different but the drama and the intensity are completely on par.
With the exception of Mexico, the baseball playing world and the soccer playing world exist in two very different spheres. But it's time we move beyond that silliness. Who knows, maybe I'll even wear my team USA jersey this weekend when I go watch Strasburg pitch. USA! USA! USA!!!
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When people tell me baseball is boring, something inside me dies. 😦
Well said! Baseball, you know, is my Pastime. My National Pastime. But "football/soccer" is The Beautiful Game. Soccer was handed down to me in another country the same exact way Baseball was handed to me in this country. Soccer from one half of the family…Baseball from the other. Everything else was a learned experience in NYC.
I got a passion for the World's brand of footballin high schoo lusing it as a training tool to stay in shape during the Summerand Spring times when American football was on hiatus, even in high schools.
Love how soccer forced me to make instant decisions and also got me to a cardio level that was unheard of for most baseball players. With the added bonus of women loving to see my muscular legs in a pair of soccer shorts…It was a "win-win" sport for me.
Not sure why the game has not peaked here, but it is a great way for our youth to learn teamwork and fundemental team skills before they hit the grind of competitve athletics aka puberty and beyond sports.
Thinking of grabbing my old Puma Johan Cryuff cleats and maybe dribbling, trapping and volleying around the local park for a few hours…in hommage to the World's game.
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I have to admit I just haven't given soccer a chance. There's hardly enough time for baseball, and now with the NBA playoffs, which came after the NHL playoffs, with my other fave sport, tennis, coming up at Wimbledon, I'm all sports-ed out!
Jeff and Al,
My eyes are red from watching Baseball, soccer and basketball. Three more days till I fly to Boston to watch my Bums. Besides Dodger gear, i am taking my Honduras and USA jersey. Oh yeah, also my Laker Jersey. I'll add my Manny hat with dreadlocks.
my brother and I both hate it when people try to give reasons why they think baseball is boring. It almost never helps their argument. I'm up for debate if the other side actually brings up valid points but most of the time it's just out of stupidity like, "you just hit a ball with a bat and run around in a circle". Oh humans and our lack of awareness with geometric shapes😛
I've always thought soccer should appeal to more baseball fans. If you've ever followed the English Premier League, I think you'd find the games have some similarities….long standing rivalries, the haves and the have nots, tradition, and a game that you really have to dig into to fully enjoy. Took me a few years to really get into soccer/football so that I could understand and enjoy the game beyond just "oooh, look, he scored a goal", but has been worth the effort. I'm loving the World Cup, and can't wait until August when the EPL gets rolling again so I can get my fix Saturday/Sunday mornings.
Love your blog.
I play both high school baseball and soccer, and am immensely pleased with your perspective. The games have so many similarities and take so much knowledge to have success. I hate hearing people say baseball is boring, and it is too the point now that I just walk away. And the same people who say baseball is boring think soccer is a girls sport, so I am not making too many friends…Anyway great post


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He died quietly at his Honolulu home on Dec. 15.
Noh was born in Waialua. His family later moved to the Punchbowl area.
Noh's father was an immigrant worker from Korea. He learned to cook from his mother.
Noh and his wife, Miriam, opened Arirang Restaurant on Kaheka Street in the early 1960s. He wanted dehydrated spices to help in making kim chee and that's how the NOH Foods empire began.
Noh started making dry Asian seasonings and now makes other products like barbeque sauces and iced tea.
2013 marks the 50th anniversary of NOH Foods of Hawaii. NOH products are distributed across the mainland U.S. and internationally to 20 countries.
People in the food industry credit Noh as the first-ever to successfully package Asian seasonings and mixes in a dehydrated powder form.
He wasn't only a businessman, but a developer too. Noh built hotels in Waikiki, including a 10-story building that at one time was the tallest building along the Ala Wai Canal.
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Alarm Will Sound @ the Library of CongressWednesday, October 31st, 2007
Although I still have other shows to write about, I wanted to put some words down about the concert I saw tonight (Tuesday night), Alarm Will Sound at the Library of Congress. This was the best show I've seen since the spring — I really haven't seen a show since then that's had me smiling gleefully in the midst of it, but this one had exactly that effect on me.
Alarm Will Sound is a large ensemble of about 18-20 mostly quite young musicians, playing mostly classical instrumentation (a couple violins, viola, cello, bass, various winds, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano etc) but with a few notable exceptions. I think they made it onto my radar because I heard about the album of Aphex Twin interpretations they did a couple years ago. In any case, their repertoire now is something they're calling "a/rhythmia," in which they play a bunch of pieces that are all based on a steady pulse, but that fuck with them either by layering additional rhythms on top or simply by messing around incessantly with said steady pulse. I'm a pretty beat-based music listener (with the exception of the various ambient musics I've started getting into fairly recently), and as a fan of prog and RIO, in which unusual rhythms are the norm, this was a pretty ideal program for me.
Of the pieces they played — interpretations of everything from 20th century Western classical music to rock to electronica to early music (pre-1500) — my absolute favorite was something called "Yo Shakespeare" by Michael Gordon. For this piece, the ensemble shifted around their instrumentation considerably, ditching some of the acoustic instruments for three Fender Rhodes and two electric guitars, in addition to an assortment of acoustic strings and horns. The music was a loud, polyrhythmic, dissonant cacophony that sounded to me like it could have been a direct influence on Zs, that insanely awesome avant-rock band that rocks out like crazy while focusing on intricate charts the whole time. Imagine Zs' material fleshed out for an ensemble of 20, with many of the resulting possibilities for increased complexity and poly-everything explored to the fullest, and you get some idea of what this piece was like. My feet kept tapping out some of the rhythms in this one for at least 20 minutes after the piece was over.
Another highlight was a composition by Harrison Birtwistle called "Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum," a disorienting slice of postwar classical experimentation that reminded me a lot of (and I'm probably showing my total lack of knowledge when it comes to this kind of thing) Penderecki's more chaotic stuff, in effect if not really in sound. The group also played several pieces by Conlon Nancarrow that I found really appealing — each of these compositions started off with very simple jazz or blues-inspired melodies and basically layered them on top of each other, with the melody played simultaneously by mini-ensembles playing in several different meters. These pieces were some of the the most immediately comprehensible, and accessibly beautiful, examples of complex polyrhythm that I've heard.
Then there were the electronica pieces. A low-key piece by Aphex Twin based on a simple bass drum beat was given life by the performers constantly shifting position, first throughout the concert hall as they meandered down the aisles while playing, and then on the stage. And a manic piece by Mochipet, "Dessert Search for Techno Baklava" (clearly a play on Mr. Bungle's "Desert Search for Techno Allah"), was fun to watch just to see these musicians tackling a composition not meant to be played by humans; their speed and dexterity was impressive, although the song appeared to my ears at least to lack the some of complexity of the rest of the program. But maybe that's just because it was all flying by too fast for me to hear.
Finally there was a cover of a song by The Shaggs. If you don't know it, their story is worth reading. For the purposes of this entry, though, all you need to know is that they were called "the most horrible rock band in the world" by the New York Times, which probably isn't too far off the mark if you're concerned with things like conventional ideas about instrumental talent, compositional chops, the ability to sing and play in tune, etc. But here's what the text of the concert program said:
"…the rhythmic complexity of the other arrangement of commercial music, Philosophy of the World by The Shaggs, may not be the result of intelligence… The drummer seems to be flailing, the vocals and guitar are completely out of tune, and all three are never in time with one another… It is not clear whether the complexity of their music is accidental or deliberate.
One of the guys in Alarm Will Sound apparently decided to take the Shaggs' complexity seriously, and the ensemble's cover of "Philosophy of the World" was actually pretty great, taking the original song's hilariously inept drumming (they played a recording of the original first) and turning it into an asset, an insanely shifting meter that formed the basis for other rhythmic shenanigans in which the rest of the ensemble indulged.
What a pleasant surprise this was. It's like I unwittingly stumbled into a "Classical In Opposition" concert. I expected stuff like the Ligeti and even the Birtwistle, but the overt rhythms and complex beats in the other pieces was what really sold it for me. Really great fun. Sounds like the ensemble are releasing some pieces from this repertoire on a forthcoming CD, which I'll definitely be looking into.
UPDATE: some good reviews of this concert from IonArts and the Washington Post.


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A: I do. I really want the self-sustainable thing to happen. I only want to grow enough food for me to live off of. I have a plan of putting in a root cellar. I have this amazing hill behind my building that I want to dig out and put a root cellar in there, for canning and storing food, and not have to rely too much on going other places. The wood on the land would be great for making paper, so I can make my own toilet paper. This year I'm looking into making a washing machine that can use rain or creek water and runs by hand. I want to slowly implement those things that don't require you depending on the consumer world.
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By Mike Wookey on Jul 25, 2008
The readers of the previous blog entry will remember that our brave xVM CTO was flying out to battle the denizens of user experience and UI implementation for xVM. Armed with the trusty weapon (sharp tongued wit) battle ensued.
It actually turned out to be a total anti-climax. Meetings that were thought to take a few days were over in hours, consensus was reached, understanding was had and people left happy.
Which brings me to think of how did we get to this point? The obvious reasons are around the ability to communicate across distance effectively, while these days we are armed with many forms of communication, webex, remote whiteboards, video conferencing.... how many of these really work in day to day communication. If I were to rationalize this particular case the problems were probably based in context and background. I was trying to explain things from a context and background that the engineering team probably didn't have or appreciate, so no end of phone calls or emails were going to get us through it. So how do we avoid this in the future? <sigh> You need to communicate more Mike!
One of the subjects of much UI discussion was a concept in Ops Center 2: Virtualization Pools.
A virtualization pool is one of the critical constructs in Ops Center 2, it allows you to gather a number of xVM Servers together in a resource pool and apply resource configurations to them as a pool. These things are actually pretty cool, you are constrained by a number of rules as to which xVM Servers can be added into a pool, but once configured, the pool and its operations will look after many of the features of virtualization that otherwise a user would have to specifically manage. To be added to a virtualization pool an xVM Server must meet the following constraints:
- Be on the same physical network as other xVM Servers in the pool. The xVM Server may be on many physical networks (multiple NICs) but one has to be common across all of the xVM Servers in the pool. Good practice suggests that this is often a dedicated physical migration network.
- Be able to see the same storage source for guests. A really great feature is that Ops Center will manage and track the location of all of your guest storage, it will even move it around for you (cold migration) if you so desire (more on this in a future blog). These storage sources in Ops Center are called Storage Libraries, storage libraries are associated with Virtualization Pools and guests, ISOs, virtual appliances are all managed within storage libraries.
- Be of the same same chip architecture, its pretty difficult to live migrate between an Intel instruction set with its extensions to an AMD instruction set with its extensions
If these are all fulfilled, Ops Center will manage all of the live / warm migrations between the guests and they can be done in confidence as all of the relationships are being managed that help such migrations succeed. Once you have these setup you can apply policies to the Virtualization Pool to load balance, pack load etc. These can then recommend or automatically enact migration actions across the pools.
How does this relate to UI design? Well consider the fact that Ops Center is designed to manage physical and virtual aspects of your environment, it can manage the Lights Out Management features of your hardware as well as migrate your virtualized operating system between xVM Servers. Original UI designs had all of this information bundled together in a navigation pane. So effectively from the same UI construct you could view the health of your blade and be able to migrate a windows operating system. I argued that they should be split up, as they were in fact two very distinct user interactions. One was related with status, configuration and organization of hardware and software, the other with the runtime resource management of your virtualized environment - I won :-)
Obligatory disclaimer: all screenshots are from development systems and are incomplete.
Both of these images are from the navigation pane in Ops Center 2. The image on the left shows a navigation tree sample for the hardware and software inventory. You can view all of the assets in a natural hierarchy, e.g. System Chassis -> Blade -> OS -> Applications, or you can create your own groups at whatever level you wish. Groups can be homegenous (e.g. all Operating system entries) in which case you can take actions across assets or they can be heterogeneous for organizational display purposes. Groups can obviously include other groups.
On the right, we have the afore-mentioned resource management view. Here we are showing Virtualization Pools containing xVM Servers running guest operating systems. Note: the naming structure of the tree nodes is not up to specification in these images. Selecting any item in the navigation panes will change to reveal the details in the content panel, together with actions that can be taken.
The image above gives an overall view of a selected virtualization pool for context.
Which brings me back to communication: emails with inclusions. My email volume seems to be on the continuous uptick and no amount of filtering and smart email boxes is helping. In fact my main pain point is email conversations where people always reply to the entire email message including their comments inline through the email. Do this enough times and try and read this on your iphone and you will be quickly looking for the local padded cell. I was going to include such an email example here, but decided not to for obvious reasons ;-)
Planes: flying back from Colorado was tortuous, which leads to a question: what is the difference between these two airlines?
The one on the right is proud of its name? Maybe. The one on the left is late? Probably.
Actually the airline on the left managed to cancel my first flight out, reschedule me on a flight 6 hours later and then cancel that flight. The airline on the right managed to keep all its scheduled flights that day and got me home. Somehow, like many I expect, I remain tied to the airline on the left through years of frequent flyer miles, a credit card that builds up frequent flyer miles etc. etc. The conflicting part of this, is that I seem to have lost my status with United, which is good from the perspective of I obviously haven't been doing that much business travel recently, but bad because I get to enjoy the rear of the plane where my 17" MacBook Pro can't physically open. This however appears to be on the change as next week I set off on a business trip to Europe, when we will be playing where in the world will this blog come from next?
Automobiles: A passion, I recently bought a Lexus ISF, even more recently its been tuned and modified. I took it to Laguna Seca, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds.
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Membership in the Haggerty Museum of Art entitles you to 12 months of special benefits, including: invitations to openings, receptions and special events; a 10 percent discount on museum purchases; subscription to our tri-annual Haggerty Newsletter; national and international art tour opportunities and more! Call the museum at 414.288.7290 for additional information.
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You can make a gift of cash, securities, real estate or personal property to the museum. Such gifts may be unrestricted, and therefore directed to the highest priorities of the museum, or they may be earmarked for an exhibition, a publication, an educational program or our art purchase fund. If you wish, gifts may be made in honor of or in memory of a special friend or relative. For more information, contact Sheila Taphorn at 414.288.8486, or you can make your gift online at www.marquette.edu/giveonline. From the drop-down menu, choose Haggerty Museum of Art for your gift designation.
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You may designate the museum as a beneficiary of your estate, retirement account, life insurance policy or other deferred giving plan, such as a gift annuity or charitable remainder trust. While it is essential to consult your attorney or tax advisor before creating a will or charitable trust, Marquette University's planned giving professionals are always available to talk with you about your plan. Please visit Marquette's Planned Giving Office website at marquette.edu/giving/plannedgiving.shtml if you would like more information or call 414.288.6501 to discuss giving options best suited to meet your goals.
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Recently a couple members of the Worlds Apart crew reached out to 3D World Magazine to see if they would be interested in doing a story on the making of the film. The people over at 3D World loved what they saw and were very excited to do a story. The director of Worlds Apart, Michael Huber, got in contact after and went about answering all the questions they had for him and the crew.
The article full article is on sale now and I have the link to the short version right here: http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/03/21/short-cuts-worlds-apart/
Cogswell is really proud of the Worlds Apart crew for getting accepted into 3D World Magazine. 3D World is one of the biggest CG Arts publications in the world and it is considered to be a great honor to be featured in such a prestigious magazine. Way to go Worlds Apart! Can't wait to see what kind of attention the next Project X film gets!


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Officers say man cashes checks reported missing
Middleton police asked for help identifying a man investigators suspect fraudulently cashing checks at a local bank earlier this week.
Police said shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, a man at State Bank of Cross Plains at 8301 University Ave. cashed checks that the account holder told police had gone missing a month ago.
Middleton Officer in Charge Sgt. Darrin Zimmerman said the account holder told police the checkbook was lost or stolen from his car.
Police released images from bank surveillance footage Saturday afternoon and asked anyone who can identify the man in the photos to call the department at 824-7300 or the agency's tipster line at 824-7304.
The photos show a white man who looks to be in his 20s with a short facial hair wearing a brown flat cap, black hooded sweatshirt over a zip up with horizontal gray-and-black stripes.
Police did not release information about how much money was involved in the check transaction.
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I had stopped to try and get a picture of a Redtail Hawk that was perched in the top of tree. As I was taking pictures of the lone Hawk he was joined by another which made for much better picture.Pictures taken near Brier Hill NY in St. Lawrence County.
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Esther R. Wheelock, age 94, formerly of Peachtree City
Esther R. Wheelock, age 94, of Kennesaw, Ga. (formerly of Peachtree City) passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2013.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
A native of Troy, Ohio, Mrs. Wheelock retired to Peachtree City with her husband, the late William Wheelock, in 1985. She was a registered nurse, and was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City. She was an accomplished golfer well into her 80's. She also enjoyed bridge and bowling.
Survivors include: 2 sons: Jeffrey (Deborah) Wheelock, Kennesaw, Ga. and William (Elaine) Wheelock, Pittsfield, Mass.; 5 granddaughters and 6 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, Ga. is in charge of arrangements.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Junior Amy Roguski (Sykesville, Md./Liberty) scored a career-high six goals to lead the James Madison women's lacrosse team to an 18-7 win at William and Mary in Colonial Athletic Association action on Friday afternoon.
JMU got its 10th win of the season, upping its overall record to 10-5 and its CAA record to 5-1. The Dukes won their third straight game.
W&M dropped its third game in a row and now has a 4-11 overall record and a 1-5 CAA record.
The Tribe's Taelor Salmon scored in the opening minute of play to give W&M a 1-0 lead. However, JMU scored three times in just over four minutes and led 3-1 after a Roguski goal at 24:41. The Dukes never trailed in the match and led 8-3 at halftime.
Other multiple-goal scorers for JMU included redshirt senior Casey Ancarrow (Jarrettsville, Md./John Carroll) and sophomore Steph Finley (Media, Pa./Sacred Heart), each with three, and sophomore Ali Curwin (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) and junior Julianne Giles (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) with two each. Ancarrow also had an assist, and Curwin had two assists.
Salmon and Zoe Buger led W&M with two goals apiece.
JMU held a 34-19 shot advantage and had 14 draw controls to 12 for the Tribe.
Roguski led all players with five draw controls. Senior Kelsey MacDonald (Glyndon, Md./Bryn Mawr), Curwin and sophomore Hannah Verschoore (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) each finished with two caused turnovers. MacDonald and redshirt sophomore Kaci Starkloff (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) led JMU with three ground balls each.
Starkloff, in her first start in goal, made seven saves. W&M starter Katie Geary made three stops in the first half, and Colleen Nofi had seven saves in the second half.
* JMU's Casey Ancarrow now has career totals of 158 goals, 61 assists and 219 points. She moved into a three-way tie for ninth place on JMU's assist list. She shares the spot with Nora Maguire ('92) and Sue Peacock ('84).
* Ancarrow's now has a point in 70 of her 71 career games.
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Celebrate World Oceans Day and our local marine environment with the great kid's activities at Phillip Island Nature Parks over Queen's Birthday long weekend, June 7 to 9.
Join education rangers and discover more about little penguins, Australian fur seals and our local rockpools. Or take a ranger guided tour along the Nobbies boardwalks, learn about penguin research techniques or find out what lurks beneath the waves and some of the major environmental issues affecting oceans. Activities suitable for kinder to primary children. Bookings essential.
Dates: June 7 to 9
Location: Phillip Island Nature Parks' venues
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Cost: From $6 per child, $8 per adult (some activities free) and $25 for a family (2A+2C)
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Support grassroots activismJune 25,2013
Support grassroots activism
As a board member of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, I appreciate Howard Fairmans recognition of our good work in supporting citizen activism (Activism is often self-interest, June 19).
However, Mr. Fairman is wrong or misinformed about our involvement in the Vermont Gas Systems gas pipeline project in Addison County. VCE has been working with community members along the pipeline route since December 2012 to balance the situation of a developer running roughshod over the rights of landowners and communities.
Contrary to Mr. Fairmans implication that citizen involvement creates an image of Vermont as anti-business, VCEs advocacy of the stake-holder process of co-operative planning brings results that are satisfactory to all parties involved. The expansion of the J.P. Carrara gravel pit in East Middlebury is a good example of how this can work. You can read more about the VGS controversy and the Carrara gravel pit expansion in the archives of local newspapers.
We invite Mr. Fairman and others to find out more about Vermonters for a Clean Environment at our website www.vce.org, and to join us us in our support of grassroots activism around the state of Vermont.
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Diabetes has always been a mysterious home to many diseases. It reduces quality of erection. However, there are ways you can enhance your love life, by involving some strategies, such as:
- Approach sex like exercise: This helps prevent dreaded blood sugar lows.If you use insulin, check your blood sugar before sex and have a snack if it's low.
- Just go with it: Planning can be helpful, but don't sweat it if sex just happens.There's no reason not to grab the opportunity if it pops up just because you haven't followed your diabetes exercise routine.
- Use a lubricant: If you are a woman with vaginal dryness, a vaginal lubricant can make sex feel better. Ask your doctor about using one regularly, not just during sex.
- Prepare a sex arsenal kit: Keep anything you might need for optimal sex next to the bed.If you're a woman, you may want to have a lubricant in your kit. Feel free to include massage oils.
- Get a room: Treat yourself and your partner to a night at a local hotel.It's a great libido enhancer.Plan it days in advance.It's planning, but it's planning something fun.
- Get in some practice: If you are a man who uses a device like a vacuum pump or constriction band to help with erectile dysfunction, take time to learn how to use it right.
- Creativity is sexy: If you have trouble getting aroused, stretch beyond your go-to bedroom moves. Try out new positions. Explore different ways to climax. Most women don't climax from intercourse alone, anyway. Some men can have an orgasm from prostate stimulation.
- Limit alcohol: A little alcohol may boost your desire, but drinking can also make your blood sugar level drop quickly. If you drink alcohol, you might sip some champagne during intimacy.
- Get help for emotional issues: Depression, anxiety, poor self-image, and other emotional concerns can hurt your sex life. And if you have a partner, sex troubles can put stress on your relationship.
- Relax: How you feel about your diabetes can set the stage for sex. With diabetes, you have to expect the unexpected.
You can think of a formula in your mind for better,increased, steamier sex life.
Since time immemorial, Ayurveda has been used for treating various ailments including injuries such as wounds and cuts. Medical treatments have made immense advancement in the past few decades, but the age-old Ayurvedic treatments for wounds and cuts have still not gone out of practice.
One of the biggest benefits of Ayurvedic medication is that they don't have any side effects. Ayurveda is the best options available when you want natural treatments of your wounds and cuts.
Let's have a look at some of the best known Ayurvedic treatments available for you.
- Turmeric: Turmeric powder is one of the most popular herbs that are used to heal injuries. It is best known for its antiseptic characteristics. If there is an inflammation, apply turmeric paste on the affected area for steady and quick recovery. Turmeric kills the bacteria and also ensures that the wounds heal faster.
- Tea Tree Oil: This is another great option for healing wounds and preventing infections. The antifungal, antibacterial and antiseptic features of tea tree oil are well k own and they are being used in other forms of medication as well. Crush a few tea tree leaves and apply it on the cut or you can apply tea tree oil for 4-5 times a day on the wound.
- Potatoes: These common vegetables have great healing capacity. Apply a mashed skin of a potato directly on the affected area and cover it with a soft and clean cloth. Keep it overnight and clean the area with salt water next morning to disinfect. This will sting a little but will ensure quick healing while being an antiseptic.
- Aloe Vera: You should grow this plant within your house on small pots as this has many medicinal properties. One them is being an antiseptic as well as a promoter of healing. Break open a leaf and you can apply the gel within it directly on the affected area of the skin.
- Coconut oil: Apply coconut oil on the affected area and cover it up with a band-aid. Repeat the process twice or thrice a day and you would be astonished to see how quickly your bruises disappear.
Chlamydia is one of the more common STDs among both the genders. It spreads through physical intimate contact; it can develop irrespective of one's age, however, is most commonly observed among young women. In women, the symptoms include yellow or green colored odorous vaginal discharge, painful urination and a burning sensation or itching around the vagina, lower abdominal ache, painful menstruation or bleeding during sexual intercourse. Now if the infection reaches up to the fallopian tubes, it causes a disease known as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). In case of unprotected oral sex, the bacteria causing this disorder, 'Chlamydia Trachomatis' might infect the throat as well.
Reasons Behind Chlamydia in Women:
Being a sexually transmitted disease, Chlamydia gets passed on from one person to another through unprotected sex or through the contact with the genitals of an infected person.
In some cases, infants are likely to inherit the disease from their mothers during birth, if she is already affected with it. Hence pre-natal checkups are essential for detection.
Although very rare, this infection can affect the eyes as well via oral or genital contact.
How To Treat Chlamydia?
The infection can be resolved within a couple of weeks with the use of antibiotics. Once it is diagnosed, the treatment course should start immediately. The widely used antibiotics for curing chlamydia are azithromycin and doxycycline. If you are breastfeeding or pregnant or suffering from any allergy, your doctor might prescribe erythromycin or amoxicillin. For severe complications, a longer course is administered. The treatment may induce mild side-effects in the form of vaginal thrush, sickness, diarrhea and tummy pain.
Try and avoid any sort of sexual activity (intercourse or other activities) till the treatment is completely done and none of you show any other sign of the infection.
When a hole develops in the wall of the gallbladder, rectum, large bowel, small intestine, stomach or oesophagus, it is called gastrointestinal perforation. It is a medical emergency that needs urgent medical attention.
Symptoms of gastrointestinal perforation (GP) usually include
1. Serious stomach pain
2. Chills
3. Fever
4. Nausea
5. Vomiting
Peritonitis (abdominal cavity lining inflammation) can also accompany the abovementioned condition. So in addition to the above symptoms, you may also experience peritonitis symptoms such as:
1. Fatigue
2. Passing less gas, urine or stools
3. Breathing difficulties
4. Fast heartbeats
5. Dizziness
Certain diseases can cause Gastro-intestinal perforation, such as:
1. Appendicitis
2. Diverticulitis (A type of digestive disorder)
3. Stomach ulcer
4. Gallstones
5. Gallbladder infection
6. Inflammatory bowel diseases (inflammation in the small intestine and the colon)
7. Swollen Meckel's diverticulum (abnormal bulging of the small intestine at birth)
8. Gastrointestinal tract cancer
Besides diseases, the following conditions can also lead to Gastro-intestinal perforation:
1. Blunt abdominal trauma
2. Gunshot or knife wound to the abdomen
3. Abdominal surgery
4. Stomach ulcers caused by excessive consumption of steroids, anti-inflammatory drugs and aspirin
5. Ingestion of caustic substances or foreign objects
Other than these, drinking alcohol, smoking and bowel injuries (caused by colonoscopy or endoscopy) can lead to GP as well.
Treatment options available
This condition is mostly treated with surgery. The goal of the surgery is to repair the anatomical problem and cause of peritonitis, along with removal of any foreign object in the abdominal socket, such as food, faeces and bile. However, if your doctor deems surgery unnecessary (in instances where the hole closes voluntarily) you will be only given antibiotics.
In some cases, a section of the intestine might need to be removed. An ileostomy or colostomy is performed where a portion of the large or small intestine is removed, which grants intestinal contents to empty or drain into a bag implanted on the wall of your abdomen.
The complications include:
1. Bleeding
2. Sepsis (Critical and fatal bacterial infection)
3. Belly ulcers
4. Wound infection
5. Bowel infarction (impaired supply of blood to the bowels)
6. Permanent colostomy or ileostomy
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex is a genetic disorder that results in the skin turning fragile and blister prone. Any small injury or friction created due to rubbing of the skin might lead to blister formation. In some cases, blisters may occur inside the mouth and on the cheeks.Normally, the cause of the disease is linked to defective genes. The condition is usually inherited and the symptoms start flaring in childhood. In some cases, the symptoms start during the early twenties.
The symptoms of this disease are:
1. Deformities in the nails of the toes and fingers
2. Blisters in the internal organs such as esophagus and vocal chords
3. Formation of blisters on the skin of the feet and the hands
4. Loss of hair and scarring of the scalp
5. Thickening of the skin on the palms and soles of the feet
6. Formation of white skin bumps on the skin
7. You may experience various dental problems such as tooth decay
8. You may have problems in swallowing food
Epidermolysis bullosa can be classified into:
1. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa: This is a severe form of epidermolysis bullosa that usually develops during birth. The condition is characterized by hoarse and unusual crying sounds and scarring in the vocal chords. The genes that attach the epidermis to the basement become defective and thus, cause blister formation.
2. Kindler syndrome: This type is characterized by blister formation across all layers of the skin, but its symptoms tend to disappear with time. This condition is known to cause discoloration of the skin when exposed to the sun.
3. Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: This is caused by a defect in the gene that causes problems in collagen formation. This results in complications as the skin doesn't join properly.
Risks associated with it
This disease may cause various complications such as sepsis, skin infection, anemia, constipation and dehydration. An infant, who has a severe form of epidermolysis bullosa, may not be able to survive due to widespread blistering and infections that may drain all the body fluids out drastically.
Scarlet fever is a kind of bacterial illness that commonly develops in children who are suffering from a strep throat (scratchy and sore throat caused by a bacterial infection). The bacteria streptococcus produces a poison or toxin that causes rashes, colored a bright red, all over the body. The name "scarlet fever" is derived from these red rashes. Scarlet fever is common among children aged between 5 and 15. Previously, it used to be a serious and common childhood illness, but is relatively rare today.
Factors behind it
The main cause of scarlet fever is the bacteria streptococcus, which thrive in your nasal passages and mouth. The bacterial infection is transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes; later the airborne droplets end up affecting a healthy person in the vicinity. Scarlet fever is extremely contagious. Coming in contact with an infected person, and drinking or eating from an infected person's glass or plate, can spread the infection.
Signs and symptoms
The bright red rash is the most obvious sign of this disease. The other common scarlet fever symptoms include:
- Fever that measures above 101 degree Fahrenheit
- Chills
- Headaches
- A sore, red throat with yellow and white patches
- Swollen tonsils
- Flushed face
- Vomiting and nausea
- Enlarged glands on the back of your neck
- Skin around the lips turns pale
- Strawberry tongue (a white tongue with red spots dotting its surface)
The usual treatment for scarlet fever is antibiotics. The antibiotics assist your immune system fight the infection-causing bacteria. If your child is infected, make sure he/she finishes the entire antibiotics course. This will prevent a relapse of the infection. You can also use over-the-counter medicines such as ibuprofen or aspirin to treat the fever. Medication to treat a sore throat can also be prescribed by the doctor. Other easy remedies include:
- Gargling with salted water
- Drinking lots of water to prevent dehydration
- Consuming plenty of warm soup, ice cream or popsicles
- Using an air humidifier to reduce the pain and severity of a sore throat
Scarlet fever should be treated immediately. If you leave it untreated it might cause the following complications in the long run:
- Rheumatic fever
- Kidney disease
- Ear infections
- Skin infections
- Throat infections
- Pneumonia
- Arthritis
Gonorrhea is a bacterial disease that is transmitted through intimate contact. If not treated on time, gonorrhea can become serious. Every year millions of people get affected with this disease across the globe.The area of infection predominantly involves the anus, vagina, penis and urethra.
Symptoms of gonorrhea
Gonorrhea often shows no symptoms. It is found that only two out of ten women show signs of gonorrhea and one out of ten men show signs of gonorrhea. This disease can take as long as 14 days to show any signs of its existence. Some common signs in women include menstrual irregularities, throwing up, abdominal pain, painful intercourse, swelling of the vulva, frequent urination and yellowish vaginal discharge. Some common signs among men include burning sensation while urinatingand discharge of pus during urination. Some common symptoms include itching of the anus, throat selling, oral infection, and painful bowel movements.
Gonorrhea complications
- Complications in pregnancy: Apart from premature labour and stillbirth, gonorrhea can get passed on to the fetus as well. Some other symptoms include eye infection and joint and blood infection. If the fetus gets an eye infection, antibiotics drop is prescribed by the Doctor.
- Infertility: If gonorrhea is not treated for a long time, it can lead to infertility. Women might find infections in regions such as the uterus, fallopian tube and ovaries. Men might find infection in their testicles, urethra, etc. It can lead to a condition known as the epididymitis. If this condition is not treated, men can become permanently infertile.
- Arthritis: Arthritis can lead to a condition known as the disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). This is a condition, which leads to arthritis or soring of skin. Women are more prone to developing this condition than men. Some common symptoms include fever, joint pain and fever. If DGI is not treated on time, it can lead to permanent damage of joints.
How is gonorrhea treated?
Gonorrhea is easily treatable and medication involves antibiotics along with other drugs. In case a pregnant woman gets diagnosed with gonorrhea, antibiotics are not prescribed. It is strictly advised not to involve in any sexual activities while the treatment is underway. Some of the common precautions that should be taken while undergoing treatment involves the following:
- Taking the medication on time. At times, symptoms go away, but completing the full medication course as prescribed by the doctor is required in order to completely get rid of the bacteria.
- Gonorrhea medicines should not be shared with anyone
- Consulting the doctor every three months to ensure that the disease is fully cured
- To make sure that your partner gets treated along with you in order to mitigate the risk of recurrence.
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Hello Dr. last 15 days I feel like as fever but not show on thermometer (97.9),i take as per Dr. prescription paracetamol tab (calpol) for 7 days but no any benefit 0 % ; Dr. suggest me for blood test 1. HB 15.1 % 2. TLC 5790/ cub. Mm 3. PLATELET COUNT 1.55 lacs/cub. Mm, I feel fever like as fever continue. please suggest me.
From couple of months I had never received a NIGHTFALL (comming out sperm during sleep). I am seeing the DREAM but NIGHTFALL isn't happening to me. Sir what is the problem. thankscoming out sperm during sleep). I am seeing the DREAM but NIGHTFALL isn't happening to me. Sir what is the problem. Thnks.
He has stopped smoking but from 24 nov 2016 but now he gets headache sometimes and too much cough and don't feel energetic. Something feel dizzy.
I am 24 years old ,had sustained a fall on an outstretched hand day before yesterday, x-ray features are suggestive of volar barton fracture of right distal end of radius ,doctors are suggesting for ORIF WITH BUTTRESS PLATE, for how long I have to immobilize the hand after surgery sir.
I am navroop singh my mother has 46 years old female she has a series problem of cervical her neck highly pain.
I can't sleep from several days at night. I have been feeling very tired & messy all day long. Any suggestions plz.
I am suffering from headache on daily basis, I was smoker but I quit now before 2 weeks and also sometimes with acidic stomach, even paracetamol didn't work sometimes and it becomes more intense when it happens from morning after getting off the bad.
Using tooth picks
The worst habit you could possibly have when you have food lodgement in the mouth is using a tooth pick to get rid of it. We often try and use this as an acceptable habit even socially but few things are grosser than watching people pick out food bits after meals. If you have a cavity get it fixed. We have numerous cases where the toothpicks have either injured the gums and caused a larger infection or even worse broken in the cavity and triggered of even more pain. So stay safe from dental emergencies do not use tooth picks! while it's important to prevent food lodgement in the mouth and keep your mouth clean use things like brushes interdental brushes and floss sticks or dentists to help you do the same without harming you!
Using a hard or medium brush.
The oldest myth we have seen is brushing your teeth with a hard or medium brush. Please terminate this habit right away ensure you switch to a soft brush at the earliest.
We do not need more teeth ruined or worn off due to overzealous brushing. We see cases with the entire left side worn down and sensitive and I can tell the person is a right handed vigorous brusher. The softer the brush the better it bends and cleans between teeth as well. The gums also recede due to repeated trauma from the hard bristles so save your mouth from these constant attacks in the name of cleaning.
Scrubbing your teeth
The same principle applies when you switch from a hard to soft or extra soft brush don't apply so much pressure that the teeth and gums are still braving the injury.
You need to brush gently as though cleaning glass the force being minimum the reach and coverage being maximum!
So scrubbing is a habit we need to stop.
Not brushing at night
One of the best things we can do to avoid the dentist or any dental troubles is brushing at night. When it comes to cleaning your teeth frequency matters more than force. Ensuring you clean every 12 hours makes bacterial attacks that cause decay inactive so whenever we skip brushing at night we may not realise but it's definitely costing us.
Popping painkillers
The first sign of dental pain and we instinctively choose to ignore it hoping it will go away and if it doesn't we want to go ahead and pop a painkiller till it does. Masking the problem will actually make it bigger -while we all know this we prefer to accept the instant relief the medication provides over the tedious dental visit that may end with bad news. But imagine if we had gone at the very first sign of trouble most likely we would get away with a dental cleaning -the later we go the more often we need to go for extensive treatments.
Let's try and muster the courage to nip these problems in the bud -a habit to develop show up at the very first sign of trouble.
Do it yourself dentistry (diy) at home
We have all been our own dentists at some point!
From self medication to oral applications and home remedies when all else fails we make an appointment.
A few things are harmful and should be used with care when attempting our own dental care.
We recommend mild things like oral rinses or applications which relieve pain but do not use aspirin or any other pain killer to crush and put in the site, that can cause burns.
Also clove oil is a safe remedy but not cloves which can be sharp and hurt your cheek.
Do not try to remove shaking teeth or attempt any procedures the bleeding can be profuse and the damage severe.
In case of trauma ice to freeze the blows and water to clean the wound will work best.
In the age of technology and information let's not fall prey to easily avoidable dental habits that harm you more than they help you.
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3M and RoHS
At 3M, we take pride in our deep history of innovation. But our leadership goes beyond all of the various products and services that we provide. One of 3M's core values is to respect our social and physical environment and this is an integral part of our business process. That's why we're leading the way to ensure that all of our library hardware products meet the EU RoHS (European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive*. It's just one of the many ways we protect our global community and the future of our planet.
What is RoHS?
The RoHS Directive (EU Directive 2002/95/EC) which became effective in Europe on July 1, 2006, mandates that electrical and electronic products (EEE) put in the market within the European Union (EU) shall contain restrictive levels of the following substances:
- Lead (Pb)
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Mercury (Hg)
- Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+)
- Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)
This Directive is aimed at addressing the global concerns regarding human health and environmental risks associated with handling, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances. Outside of the European Union, several other countries such as China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Canada and Australia are all initiating their own versions of the RoHS directive. In the United States, California is initiating its own version of the EU's RoHS directive - the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, or SB20 for short, is scheduled to take effect January 2007. Twenty other states in the United States have bills pending for RoHS-like regulations.
* RoHS compliant means that the product or part does not contain any of the following substances in excess of the maximum concentration values in any homogeneous material, unless the substance is in an application that is exempt under RoHS, as amended: (a) 0.1% (by weight) for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers; or (b) 0.01% (by weight) for cadmium. This information represents 3M's knowledge and belief, which may be based on information provided by third party suppliers to 3M.


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At the IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015, we chose one of the submitted papers from the ISERC – EM track for our Best Paper Award. This year we awarded it to Mark S. Avnet and Alaa Elwany from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States for their paper entitled, Additive Manufacturing of Complex Products by DSM-Based Analysis of Architectures. The SEMS Newsletter had an interview with one of the co-authors, Alaa Elwany about his professional history and involvement with SEMS and IISE.
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What is your academic history from the UG to the highest attained PG certification?I received my B.S. in industrial engineering and operations research (ISOR) from Virginia Tech in 1988. The department changed its name and degree programs, and in 1991 I received my M.S. in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and, in 1995, my Ph.D. in ISE, both from Virginia Tech as well.
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What is your academic history from the UG to the highest attained PG certification?
My undergraduate education was as a civil engineer, but I have never practiced in that field. After joining the U.S. Navy while in college and receiving training as a submarine nuclear engineer, I served as a nuke at sea and ashore for 13 years. My next step was to switch communities in the Navy and attend graduate school, earning both a master's degree in mechanical engineering and the professional degree of mechanical engineer.
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How would you describe your professional self in a few sentences? As an energy solutions consultant, I am focused in the areas of strategic planning, power supply planning, utility rates, marketing, and economic analysis. I am responsible for the overall leadership and direction of the firm's Management Consulting Practice Area. In this role, I facilitate strategic planning meetings with clients - at board, executive, and staff levels - to assist them in determining and accomplishing corporate goals and future strategies. I also assist clients with succession planning, organizational design, and the development of business opportunities, including long-term assistance to help with the success of the endeavor. Under my direction, the EnerVision staff provides management consulting support to EnerVision's clients.
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Prithima earned a B.S. in industrial and production engineering from KLCE in India, followed by a M.S. in industrial engineering from Lamar University in Texas. She then earned a Ph.D. in industrial and manufacturing engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prithima is trained in industrial engineering and specialized in ergonomics and human factors. She is now the research assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Dr. Brian K. Smith received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2011. He also holds a M.S.I.E. from the University of Arkansas and a B.S.I.E. from Mississippi State University. Dr. Smith spent more than 10 years in industry holding various engineering and management positions with the Sony Corp. His primary areas of interest are design and management of organizational improvement projects, process improvement tools and methodologies, and performance measurement and organizational improvement with primary application to the healthcare and transportation industries.
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Sara McComb has been researching communication and cognition among team members for more than 15 years. She has garnered more than 2 million in research funding to conduct this research from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research and the Department of Defense. Her research in this area is published in both scholarly journals such as Human Factors, Decision Sciences and the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management as well as practitioner-focused journals including The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Industrial Management and Organizational Dynamics. Her research has been presented at multiple conferences including ISERC, where her paper in 2012 was selected as one of the five Best Paper finalists for the Engineering Management Track.
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Kirk's professional contributions include providing a SEMS webinar presentation that described how to move from a "quality owned" to a "process area owned" management review process in the ISO 9001 or ISO 13485 environment. He discussed how this shift leads to accountability for efficient and effective processes throughout the organization. The content included the "before" and "after" approach used to make the review more engaging and risk-based.
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Jeseekia Vaughn is a fifth-year student studying industrial and systems engineering at Wayne State University. She served as the chapter president of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and the Region IV vice chairperson in the National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE). She received the IISE Gold Award in recognition of her outstanding leadership as president of the WSU chapter of IISE during her 2011-2013 year. Her leadership in her NSBE chapter at Wayne State contributed to the growth from a small chapter to more than 61 members in one year!
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Dr. Long was recently awarded the 2013 University of Missouri President's Award for Early Career Excellence. The Early Career Award recognizes faculty who exhibit exceptional promise within their first seven years. One award is given across all four campuses of the UM System and is based on excellence in research, teaching and service. Dr. Long's IISE/SEMS Activities include SEMS Board member from 2010-2013; SEMS International Committee, co-chair, 2011-present; SEMS Says contribution liaison, 2010-present; and the Invited Session Chair for the ISERC Annual Conference, 2009-present.
Marianna Jackson is a physician from the University of North Carolina. She is one of the few physicians who have contributed to SEMS. Dr. Jackson has attended the IISE Annual Conference, published a manuscript at ISERC, contributed to SEMS blog, and continues to challenge our society to develop new management concepts and solutions.
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Janaina M.H. Costa is a postdoctoral associate with the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently working on LAI Lean Program Management Community of Practice. She is interested in understanding what are the appropriate metrics that reveal the impact of implementing lean product development methods, tools and practices. Her interests include product development improvement approaches, with a special focus on process diagnosis. She believes that process diagnosis is one of the main practices companies should perform in order to identify the most relevant improvement opportunities. The analysis and evaluation of these opportunities allow the team to focus their attention where it is needed most.
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Grienitz is an assistant professor for industrial engineering at the Institute of Production Technology at the University of Siegen. He holds an endowed chair of Muhr and Bender GmbH. He received his graduate degrees including Ph.D. in industrial engineering from University of Paderborn. His doctoral supervisor was Dr. Jürgen Gausemeier, and his focus was on technology scenarios. He is the author of more than 25 reviewed papers and book chapters with two primary topics: scenario technique in the area of complexity management and production system optimization with GraFem. In 2012, he earned the best paper award for the "Scenario based Service-Engineering" at the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2012) in Istanbul within the Service Systems Track.
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George L. Smith is a life member of IISE and a long-time member of SEMS, having served as its president from 1996-1999. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University; M.S. degrees in experimental psychology and in industrial engineering from Lehigh University; and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University, specializing in human factors engineering.
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(From left) George Smith with Premier of China, Wen Jiabao
SEMS is pleased to profile two SEMS members from our Student Committee: Professor Roberto A. Martins and student Arsalan Safari.
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Active SEMS member, Session Chair for IERC in 2010, 2011 and ISERC 2012, member of the SEMS Student Best Paper Competition Committee and The SEMS Content Committee
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An active international member of SEMS from Brazil, member of the SEMS Student Best Paper Competition Committee and the SEMS Content Committee
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Active SEMS member and Sponsor of the Student Best Paper Competition
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Active SEMS member and Leader of the SEMS Blog Team
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Active SEMS member and Winner of the 2011 SEMS Management Award
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