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from "The Wind-up Bird And Tuesday's Women"
I'm in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when the woman calls. Another moment until the spaghetti is done; there I am, whistling the prelude to Rossini's La Gazza Ladra along with the FM radio. Perfect spaghetti-cooking music.
I hear the telephone ring but tell myself, Ignore it. Let the spaghetti finish cooking. It's almost done, and besides, Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra are coming to a crescendo. Still, on second thought, I figure I might as well turn down the flame and head into the living room, cooking chopsticks in hand, to pick up the receiver. It might be a friend, it occurs to me, possibly with word of a new job.
"I want ten minutes of your time," comes a woman's voice out of the blue.
"Excuse me?" I blurt back in surprise. "How's that again?"
"I said, just ten minutes of your time, that's all I want," the woman repeats.
I have absolutely no recollection of ever hearing this woman's voice before. And I pride myself on a near-perfect ear for voices, so I'm sure there's no mistake. This is the voice of a woman I don't know. A soft, low, nondescript voice.
"Pardon me, but what number might you have been calling?" I put on my most polite language.
"What difference does that make? All I want is ten minutes of your time. Ten minutes to come to an understanding." She cinches the matter quick and neat.
"Come to an understanding?"
"Of our feelings," says the woman succinctly.
I crane my neck back through the door I've left open to peer into the kitchen. A plume of white steam rising cheerfully from the spaghetti pot, and Abbado is still conducting his Gazza.
"If you don't mind, I've got spaghetti on right now. It's almost done, and it'll be ruined if I talk with you for ten minutes. So I'm going to hang up, all right?"
"Spaghetti?" the woman sputters in disbelief. "It's only ten-thirty in the morning. What are you doing cooking spaghetti at ten-thirty in the morning? Kind of strange, don't you think?"
"Strange or not, what's it to you?" I say. "I hardly had any breakfast, so I was getting hungry right about now. And as long as I do the cooking, when and what I eat is my own business, is it not?"
"Well, whatever you say. Hang up, then," says the woman in a slow, sappy trickle of a voice. A peculiar voice. The slightest emotional shift and her tone switches to another frequency. "I'll call back later."
"Now, wait just one minute," I stammer. "If you're selling something, you can forget right now about calling back. I'm unemployed at present and can't afford to buy anything."
"I know that, so don't give it another thought," says the woman.
"You know that? You know what?"
"That you're unemployed, of course. That much I knew. So cook your spaghetti and let's get on with it, okay?"
"Hey, who the--" I launch forth, when suddenly the phone goes dead. Cut me off. Too abruptly to have set down the receiver; she must have pressed the button with her finger.
I'm left hanging. I stare blankly at the receiver in my hand and only then remember the spaghetti. I put down the receiver and return to the kitchen. Turn off the gas, empty the spaghetti into a colander, top it with tomato sauce I've heated in a saucepan, then eat. It's overcooked, thanks to that pointless telephone call. No matter of life-and-death, nor am I in any mood to fuss over the subtleties of cooking spaghetti--I'm too hungry. I simply listen to the radio playing send-off music for two hundred fifty grams of spaghetti as I eagerly dispatch every last strand to my stomach. I wash up plate and pans while boiling a kettle of water, then pour a cup for a tea bag. As I drink my tea, I think about that phone call.
So we could come to an understanding?
What on earth did that woman mean, calling me up like that? And who on earth was she?
The whole thing is a mystery. I can't recall any woman ever telephoning me before without identifying herself, nor do I have the slightest clue what she could have wanted to talk about.
What the hell, I tell myself, what do I care about understanding some strange woman's feelings, anyway? What possible good could come of it? What matters now is that I find a job. Then I can settle into a new life cycle.
Yet even as I return to the sofa to resume the Len Deighton novel I took out of the library, the mere glimpse out of the corner of my eye of the telephone sets my mind going. Just what were those feelings that would take ten minutes to come to an understanding about? I mean, really, ten minutes to come to an understanding of our feelings?
Come to think of it, the woman specified precisely ten minutes right from the start. Seems she was quite certain about that exact amount of time. As if nine minutes would have been too short, eleven minutes maybe too long. Just like for spaghetti al dente.
What with these thoughts running through my head, I lose track of the plot of the novel. So I decide to do a few quick exercises, perhaps iron a shirt or two. Whenever things get in a muddle, I always iron shirts. A habit of long standing with me.
I divide the shirt-ironing process into twelve steps total: from (1) Collar , to (12) . Absolutely no deviation from that order. One by one, I could off the steps. The ironing doesn't go right if I don't.
So there I am, ironing my third shirt, enjoying the hiss of the steam iron and the distinctive smell of hot cotton, checking for wrinkles before hanging up each shirt in the wardrobe. I switch off the iron and put it away in the closet with the ironing board.
I'm getting thirsty by now and am heading to the kitchen for some water when once more the telephone rings. Here we go again, I think. And for a moment I wonder whether I shouldn't just ignore it and keep on going into the kitchen. But you never know, so I retrace my steps back to the living room and pick up the receiver. If it's that woman again, I'll say I'm in the middle of ironing and hang up.
The call, however, is from my wife. By the clock atop the TV, it's eleven-thirty.
"How're things?" she asks.
"Fine," I answer, relieved.
"What've you been up to?"
"Is anything wrong?" my wife asks. A slight tension invades her voice. She knows all about my ironing when I'm unsettled.
"Nothing at all. I just felt like ironing some shirts. No particular reason," I say, switching the receiver from right hand to left as I sit down on a chair. "So, is there something you wanted to tell me about?"
"Yes, it's about work. There's the possibility of a job."
"Uh-huh," I say.
"Can you write poetry?"
"Poetry?" I shoot back in surprise. What's this about poetry?
"A magazine company where someone I know works puts out this popular fiction monthly for young girls and they're looking for someone to select and brush up poetry submissions. Then they want one leadoff poem each month for the section. The work's easy and the pay's not bad. Of course it's only part-time, but if things go well they might string you on for editorial work and--"
"Easy?" I say. "Now hold on just one minute. I've been looking for a position with a law firm. Just where do you come up with this brushing up of poetry?"
"Well, didn't you say you used to do some writing in high school?"
"In a newspaper. The high-school newspaper. Such-and-such team won the soccer meet; the physics teacher fell down the stairs and had to go to the hospital. Dumb little articles like that I wrote. Not poetry. I can't write poetry."
"Not real poetry, just the kind of poems high-school girls might read. They don't even have to be that good. It's not like they're expecting you to write like Allen Ginsberg. Just whatever you can make do."
"I absolutely cannot write make-do poetry," I snap. The very idea.
"Hmph," pouts my wife. "This talk of legal work, though. Nothing seems to be materializing, does it?"
"Several prospects have come my way already. The final word'll be in sometime this week. If those fall through, maybe then I'll consider it."
"Oh? Have it your way, then. But say, what day is it today?"
"Tuesday," I tell her after a moment's thought.
"Okay, then, could you stop by the bank and pay the gas and phone bills?"
"Sure thing. I was going out to shop for dinner soon, anyway. I can take care of it at the same time."
"And what are we having for dinner?"
"Hmm, let's see," I say. "Haven't made up my mind yet. I thought I'd decide when I go shopping."
"You know," my wife starts in with a new tone of voice, "I've been thinking. Maybe you don't really need to be looking for work."
"And why not?" I spit out. Yet more surprises? Is every woman in the world out to shake me up over the phone? "Why don't I have to be looking for work? Another three months and my unemployment compensation is due to run out. No time for idle hands."
"My salary's gone up, and my side job is going well, not to mention we have plenty in savings. So if we don't go overboard on luxuries, we should be able to keep food on the table."
"And I'd do the housework?"
"Is that so bad?"
"I don't know," I say in all honesty. I really don't know. "I'll have to think it over."
"Do think it over," reiterates my wife. "Oh, and by the way, has the cat come back?"
"The cat?" I'm caught off guard, then I realize I'd completely forgotten about the cat all morning. "No, doesn't seem so."
"Could you scout around the neighborhood a bit? He's been gone four days now."
I give some spur-of-the-moment reply, switching the receiver back to my right hand.
"My guess is that the cat's probably in the yard of that vacant house at the end of the passage. The yard with the stone bird figurine. I've seen him there often enough. You know where I'm talking about?"
"No, I'm afraid I don't," I say. "And since when have you been snooping around in the passage on your own? Never once have you mentioned--"
"You'll have to forgive me, but I've got to hang up. Have to be getting back to work. Don't forget about the cat, now." And the telephone cuts off.
I sit there looking dumbly at the receiver a second before setting it down.
Now why would my wife know so much about the passage? I can't figure it out. She'd have to climb over a high cinder-block wall to get there from our yard, and what possible reason was there to go to all that trouble to begin with?
I go to the kitchen for that drink of water, turn on the FM radio, and trim my nails. They're doing a feature on Robert Plant's new album. I listen to two songs before my ears start to hurt and I switch the thing off. I go out to the porch to check the cat's food dish; the dried fish I put in the previous night hasn't been touched. Guess the cat really hasn't come back.
Standing there on the porch, I look at the bright spring sun slicing down into our tiny yard. Hardly the sort of yard that lingers fondly in the mind. The sun hits here only the briefest part of the day, so the soil is always dark and damp. Not much growing: just a couple of unremarkable hydrangeas. And I'm not terribly crazy about hydrangeas in the first place.
From a nearby stand of trees comes the periodic scree-ee-eech of a bird, sharp as a tightening spring. The "wind-up bird," we call it. My wife's name for it. I have no idea what it's really called. Nor even what it looks like. Nonetheless, this wind-up bird is there every morning in the trees of the neighborhood to wind things up. Us, our quiet little world, everything.
As I listen to the wind-up bird, I'm thinking, Why on earth is it up to me to go searching after that cat? And more to the point, even if I do chance to find it, what am I supposed to do then? Drag the cat home and lecture it? Plead with it--Listen, you've had everyone worried sick, so why don't you come home?
Great, I think. Just great. What's wrong with letting a cat go where it wants to go and do what it wants to do? Here I am, thirty years old, and what am I doing? Washing clothes, planning dinner menus, chasing after cats.
Not so long ago, I'm thinking, I was your regular sort of guy. Fired up with ambition. In high school, I read Clarence Darrow's autobiography and decided to become a lawyer. My grades weren't bad. And in my senior year I was voted by my classmates runner-up "Most Likely to Succeed." I even got accepted into the law department of a comparatively reputable university. So where had I screwed up?
I plant my elbows on the kitchen table, prop up my chin, and think: When the hell did the compass needle get out of whack and lead my life astray? It's more than I can figure. There's nothing I can really put my finger on. No setbacks from student politics, no disillusionment with university, never really had much girl trouble. As near as I can tell, I've had a perfectly normal existence. Yet one day, when it came time for me to be graduating, I suddenly realized I wasn't the same guy I used to be.
Probably, the seed of a schism had been there all along, however microscopic. But in time the gap widened, eventually taking me out of sight of who I was supposed to be. In terms of the solar system, if you will, I should by now have reached somewhere between Saturn and Uranus. A little bit farther and I ought to be seeing Pluto. And beyond that--let's see--was there anything after that?
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Saturday morning, I got up early and let her sleep in a bit. Soon, the smell of fresh coffee wafted into the room soon joined by coffee's girlfriend - hot cinnamon. She wandered out of the bedroom, rubbed her eyes and yawned and was pleasantly surprised to find the table set with hot rolls, coffee, and orange juice in her usual place. I was just finishing. She sat down and yawned again....Read On
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Kitten gets to play a kitten and more.
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Melissa teaches Sean about the pleasures of feet.
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This weekend's revolutionary task: Attend Karl Marx Reading Rainbow
Drink German beer and touch a fetishistic sweater at this Karl Marx reading group.
Fri Feb 22 2013
Design: Joe Paul
Tired after a week of toiling away for your capitalist overlords? Spending an inordinate time at your desk plotting the revolution? Well, the weekend is finally here—why not put some of that working-class discontent to use at Karl Marx Reading Rainbow, a discussion dedicated to Marx's Capital, Volume I. Jamie Hook, founder of the Open City Dialogue lecture series, leads the talk on February 24 in the basement of Greenpoint beer bar the Diamond. Prep by reading the tome's first chapter, The Commodity (the Fowkes translation, Penguin Classics edition, if you want to get specific).
To stoke your zeal for dismantling the capitalist machine, Hook's presentation will include a reading from Émile Zola's The Ladies' Paradise and the following instructional aides:
1. a very "fetishistic" sweater from Uniqlo, folded and pristine, to demonstrate what Marx called the "heightened state" (i.e. erotic energy) of objects in their exchange-value state.
2. a slide show of objects representing exchange
3. a flowchart of Marx's terminologies
The first eight proles will receive a free glass of Kölsch, which—as Hook notes—"Karl Marx claimed was the only beer capable of retarding the revolutionary impulse."
The Center for Investigative Research convenes the group on last Sunday of the month for more Marxist reflections, and weekly for other lines of inquiry. There's no meeting on March 3, but on March 10, explore the world of "disturbing fan mail."


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
I frequently search Ebay for old '70s and '80s punk zines and old issues of Factsheet Five. I spotted a Factsheet Five Zine Reader book there today for $5 buy-it-now with free shipping. I've got a copy, but that's a hella cheap deal for a great zine book, so I thought I'd pass along the link .
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Your Feelings About Bikes, in 17 Syllables
Are you riding? Considering it? Angry at all the attention bikes get? Or excited to be a new bike share member? Get out your pens and poetry quills and join The Takeaway's Bike Haiku Challenge.
A team of three judges (one of whom is TN's own Alex Goldmark) will choose the top 10 cycle poems to read on air. The contest is now open and runs through Sunday, September 22 at 11:59 PM Eastern time. The winners get an exclusive prize of a Takeaway-branded bike helmet.
To get your creative juices flowing, here's a haiku from Takeaway host John Hockenberry, who rides an arm-powered, three-wheeled bike:
Four wheels, minus one
Wrapped in oily chains, flying
Free over bridges
And another, from Alex Goldmark:
Gray, scratched all over
Light, for stairs and the subway
My bike does me right
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The World's Greatest Christmas Carols
By Various
Stories and Music of the Best-Loved Carols. Composed by Various. Shawnee Press. Christmas. Shawnee Press #SB1023. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35026210).
Item Number: HL.35026210
ISBN 1592351786. 5.5x7.5 inches.
A timeless collection of well-loved carols and the stories that surround them! These songs have become favorites to millions around the world for generations. The enclosed CD contains all 20 of the songs featured in the book. Recipes for traditional Christmas treats are included making this a keepsake you will cherish for years to come – the perfect gift for the holidays!
Contents: Angels from the Realms of Glory • Angels We Have Heard on High • Away in a Manger • Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus • Coventry Carol • Go, Tell It on the Mountain • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen • Good Christian Men, Rejoice • Good King Wenceslas • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing • How Great Our Joy! • I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day • Infant Holy, Infant Lowly • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear • Joy to the World • Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming • O Come, All Ye Faithful • O Come, O Come Emmanuel • O Holy Night • O Little Town of Bethlehem • Silent Night • The First Noel • There's a Song in the Air • We Three Kings.


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Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com Jan. 10, 2012 Nomura's famously bearish Bob Janjuah is out with his first note of the year (via FT Alphaville), and he's… bearish. "The worst of the eurozone mess is still haead of us," he says, and the US is not out of the woods. He has some very specific predictions….... »
Archive for January 10th, 2012
Bob Janjuah: The Rally Just Has A Few Days Left, Greece Will Hard Default, And The Worst In Europe Is Yet To Come
Will silver prices be boosted by Investments in China?
CommodityOnline.com 09 January 2012 Precious metals have seen a resurgence in recent years as investors search for ways to secure their wealth. Investments that are heavily reliant on the dollar are riskier than ever. Precious metals such as silver, on the other hand, provide hedges against economic uncertainty. For this reason, Silver has become... »
Rights? In The New America You Don't Get Any Rights!
EndofTheAmericanDream.com One of the unique things about the Constitution of the United States was that it guaranteed certain rights for its citizens. Those rights provided the foundation for an era of freedom and prosperity that was pretty much unprecedented in human history and dozens of other nations eventually copied many of the ideas contained... »
How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead
EconomicCollapseBlog.com How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming? I get asked about that a lot. Once people really examine the facts, it is not too hard to convince them that an economic collapse is coming. But once they accept that reality, most of them want to know what they can... »
Cancer, Aids, and Vaccinations
by Benedict D. LaRosa LewRockwell.com Is there a link between cancer and the polio vaccine? There is a good chance that there is, according to a Baylor University study released on February 18, 1999 and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. At the time, the announcement sent shockwaves throughout the medical... »
Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf…
As the election season begins, war clouds gather by Justin Raimondo LewRockwell.com With all eyes focused on Iowa, what is happening in the Persian Gulf escapes most everyone's notice. The babble of competing voices – the nattering nabobs of the mainstream media, the "spin"-doctors, the lobbyists and special interests currently inundating the airwaves with... »
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 The Pentagon Doesn't Want You To Read This
The Lives of the Occupied by Andrew Mason LewRockwell.com The invaders set up camp on the outskirts of our village a week ago. A few days later, their tanks began rolling down our streets with their turrets traversing from left to right and only stopping to point there cannons at anyone crossing the roads.... »
By Paul McGuire January 10, 2012 NewsWithViews.com In 1970, I was participating in the first "Earth Day," celebration in New York City where radical activist Abbie Hoffman was giving a fiery speech about, "The world becoming as one." The streets of Manhattan were jammed with thousands of people as far as the eye could... »
Occupy the Income Tax
Will Kesler Activist Post.com Monday, January 9, 2012 The Occupy movement has not yet fully utilized the two most potent weapons mankind has created in our long, long struggle to be free. We have yet to meld the Constitution with the Internet; the Founding Fathers have not gone viral. he First Amendment states that... »


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by Roghieh Djafarzadeh, Matthias Sauter, Susan Notohamiprodjo, Elfriede Noessner, Pankaj Goyal, Wolfgang Siess, Markus Wörnle, Andrea Ribeiro, Susanne Himmelein, Thomas Sitter, Peter J. Nelson
Mesothelial cells are critical in the pathogenesis of post-surgical intraabdominal adhesions as well as in the deterioration of the peritoneal membrane associated with long-term peritoneal dialysis. Mesothelial denudation is a pathophysiolocigally important finding in these processes. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) biology underlies aspects of mesothelial homeostasis as well as wound repair. The endogenous tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) moderate MMP activity.
By modifying human TIMP-1 through the addition of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor, a recombinant protein was generated that efficiently focuses TIMP-1 on the cell surface. Treatment of primary mesothelial cells with TIMP-1-GPI facilitates their mobilization and migration leading to a dramatic increase in the rate of wound experimental closure. Mesothelial cells treated with TIMP-1-GPI showed a dose dependent increase in cell proliferation, reduced secretion of MMP-2, MMP-9, TNF-a and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), but increased tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). Treatment resulted in reduced expression and processing of latent TGF-ß1.
TIMP-1-GPI stimulated rapid and efficient in vitro wound closure. The agent enhanced mesothelial cell proliferation and migration and was bioactive in the nanogram range. The application of TIMP-1-GPI may represent a new approach for limiting or repairing damaged mesothelium.


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Go Ahead, Make Bruno Mars Day [VIDEO]
Bruno Mars just finished work on his second album–and no one is more please about it than he. The album is due next month, and Mars is celebrating by rescuing small dogs, damsels in distress, and the wild west in a new FunnyorDie.com clip!
Bruno Mars recently tweeted about his new album, "I Did it! FINISHED!!. Over a year workin on it and now Im finally finished. My 2nd album is complete!!!!! Therefore IM THE MAN!!!"
In this FunnyorDie.com clip he's THE MAN alright. The WHATTAMAN who channels ninjas, cowboys, James Bond, even Michael Jackson!
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The Schooner Adventure was designed by the famous marine architect Thomas McManus as a "knockabout" without a bowsprit for the safety of the crew. The schooner was built in 1926, in Essex, Massachusetts, by the John F. James and Son Shipyard. She measured 121.6 feet in length, 24.5 feet in breadth, and 14 feet in depth. Her gross tonnage was 130 and her net tonnage 62. When built, Adventure was powered by a 120 horsepower engine turning a single screw in a cutout space in the rudder.
Fishing the Banks (1926-1953)
Schooner Adventure fished cod, haddock and halibut from Nantucket to Newfoundland, along the Grand Banks of the North Atlantic. Carrying a sailing rig, diesel engine, and 14 dories, Adventure was an exceptionally fast and able vessel, the ultimate evolution of the fishing schooner. Schooner Adventure was a "highliner," the biggest moneymaker of all time, landing nearly $4 million worth of cod and halibut during her fishing career. When retired in 1953, Schooner Adventure was the last American dory fishing trawler left in the Atlantic.
WindJamming (1954-1988)
In 1954, Schooner Adventure was retired from fishing and converted into a windjammer for passenger cruising, removing the engine, propeller, and prop shaft. Adventure carried passengers along the coast of Maine until 1987. Her grace, beauty, and prowess as a sailing vessel earned her the nickname "Queen of the Windjammers."
National Historic Landmark (1988-present)
Captain Jim Sharp, who had owned Adventure since 1965, donated Adventure to the people of Gloucester, Massachusetts by way of The Gloucester Adventure Inc., a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization formed to be steward of this historic vessel. The organization's mission was three-fold:
- Restore and preserve Adventure in perpetuity,
- Utilize Adventure as an educational resource with programming for maritime, environmental and cultural issues and
- Sail Adventure as a symbol of Gloucester's maritime heritage.
A fully restored and operational Schooner Adventure will heighten awareness of Gloucester's role in the development of the American Fishing Industry, the plight of the thousands of men lost at sea, and how a fleet of fast and able schooners defined a regional economy.
Adventure is nearly fully restored and has sailed in the last two Gloucester Schooner festivals. In order to be certified as a commercial passenger vessel, the most recent restoration projects have focused on installing all of the requirements of the Coast Guard's regulations for Sub-chapter 'T' passenger vessels, including tankage for fresh water and grey water, piping to pump the bilges (5 compartments), piping for fire protection on deck, AC and DC electrical distribution and a modern navigation system. Since Adventure is subject to preservation restrictions, work being performed is in accordance with The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Vessel Preservation Projects.
A team of shipwrights has reconstructed the Fo'c'sle and Galley based on research of comparable historic vessels including the Evelina M. Goulart (Essex Ship Building Museum) and the L.A.Dutton (Mystic Seaport) utilizing means and methods prevalent when Adventure was constructed in 1926. When completed, Adventure will have the look and feel of when she was new.


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OK, so i read an article on the DU website a long while ago. talking about what weather to look for for duck movements and what not. but then i stumbled across one saying that some Divers dont migrate based on weather fronts and high pressure cells like most others, they migrate at the same time every year, and they called them calendar ducks. what im wondering is if this has any truth to it or not.
Now i know that you can figure when the woodies will be there and when the teal will be gone. and later when the wigeon will be moving in but it roughly changes every year. what they were saying for the "Calendar Ducks" was that you can expect them at almost the same date every year. seems plausible i guess from a puddle duck hunter. figured i would ask the pro's though.
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- Phobias Slideshow Pictures
- Depression Tips Slideshow
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- Find a local Psychiatrist in your town
- Mental illness in children facts
- What are the most common mental illnesses in children?
- What are causes and risk factors for mental illness in children?
- What are symptoms and signs of mental illness in children?
- How is mental illness in children diagnosed?
- What is the treatment for mental illness in children?
- What is the prognosis of mental illness in children?
- Can mental illness in children be prevented?
- What research is being done on mental illness in children?
- Where can parents find information or support groups for mental illness in children?
What is the treatment for mental illness in children?
There are a variety of treatments available for managing mental illnesses in children, including several effective medications, educational or occupational interventions, as well as specific forms of psychotherapy. In terms of medications, medications from specific drug classes are used to treat childhood mental illness. Examples include the stimulant class for treating ADHD, serotonergic medications for treating depression and anxiety, and neuroleptic medications for management of severe mood swings, anxiety, aggression, or in the treatment of childhood schizophrenia.
For individuals who may be wondering how to manage the symptoms of a childhood mental illness using treatment without prescribed medications, psychotherapies are often used. While interventions like limiting exposure to food additives, preservatives, and processed sugars have been found to be helpful for some people with an illness like ADHD, the research evidence is still considered to be too limited for many physicians to recommend nutritional interventions. Also, placing such restrictions on the eating habits of a child or teenager can prove to be difficult at best, nearly impossible at worst.
Psychotherapy ("talk therapy") is a form of mental-health counseling that involves working with a trained therapist to figure out ways to solve problems and cope with childhood emotional disorders. It can be a powerful intervention, even producing positive biochemical changes in the brain. Two major approaches are commonly used to treat childhood mental illness, interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. In general, these therapies take weeks to months to complete. Each has a goal of alleviating symptoms. More intense psychotherapy may be needed for longer time periods when treating very severe mental illness.
The behavioral, educational/vocational, and psychotherapy components of treatment for childhood mental illnesses are usually at least as important as the medication treatment. Dealing with the specific challenges that mentally ill children present takes patience, understanding, and a balance of structure and flexibility. One kind of psychotherapy used to treat children with mental illness is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This form of therapy seeks to help those with many different kinds of psychiatric disorders identify and decrease the irrational thoughts and behaviors that reinforce maladaptive behaviors. This therapy can be administered either individually or in group therapy. CBT that seeks to help the sufferer of many childhood mental illnesses may decrease the tendency of the depressed or anxious child to pay excessive attention to potential threats, while helping the child with ADHD appropriately refocus their attention.
Behavioral techniques that are often used to decrease symptoms in children with behavioral disorders like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, or conduct disorder or to help children with anxiety disorders like separation anxiety disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder involve the parents, teacher, and other adult caretakers understanding the circumstances surrounding both positive and negative behaviors and how each kind of behavior is encouraged and discouraged. Specifically, learning when and where specific behaviors occur can go a long way toward understanding how to encourage the behavior to happen again if it's positive or extinguishing it if the behavior is negative. Being aware of how the reactions of others contribute to a behavior's continuing or not continuing tend to help the child with a behavior disorder shape their behaviors more positively. Also, developing a fair, meaningful, and effective repertoire of ways to encourage positive behaviors and provide consequences for negative behaviors is a key component of any behavior-management plan and therefore in parenting children with behavioral disorders.
Often, a combination of medication and nonmedication interventions produces good results in helping the child with a mental illness. Depending on the illness, the length of time it existed before treatment starts, as well as the course of treatment deemed most appropriate, improvement may be noticed in a fairly short period of time, from two to three weeks to several months. Thus, appropriate treatment for mental illness can relieve symptoms or at least substantially reduce their severity and frequency, bringing significant relief to many children. There are also things that families of children with a mental illness can do to help make treatment more effective. Tips to better manage symptoms of most childhood mental-health problems include getting adequate sleep, having a healthy diet, and having the support and encouragement of parents and teachers.
If symptoms indicate that your child is suffering from mental illness, the health-care professional will likely strongly recommend treatment. Treatment may include addressing any medical conditions that cause or worsen the psychiatric symptoms. For example, an individual who is depressed and found to have low levels of thyroid hormone might receive hormone replacement with levothyroxine (Synthroid, Levoxyl). It may be found that a hyperactive, anxious, or psychotic child is having a reaction to a medication. Other components of treatment may be supportive therapy, such as changes in lifestyle and behavior, psychotherapy, and may include medication for moderate to severe mental illness. If symptoms are severe enough to warrant treatment with medication, symptoms tend to improve faster and for longer when medication treatment is combined with psychotherapy.
Interpersonal therapy (IPT): This helps to alleviate symptoms of mood disorders like anxiety and depression and helps the sufferer develop more effective skills for coping with relationships. IPT employs two strategies to achieve these goals:
- The first is educating the child and family about the nature of their illness. The therapist will emphasize that depression is a common illness and that most people can expect to get better with treatment.
- The second is defining problems (such as abnormal grief, interpersonal conflicts, or having significant anxiety when meeting new people). After the problems are defined, the therapist is able to help set realistic goals for solving these problems and work with the child and his or her family using various treatment techniques to reach these goals.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): This has been found to be effective as part of treatment for childhood mental illness. This approach helps to alleviate depression, anxiety, and some behavioral problems and reduce the likelihood that symptoms will come back by helping the child change his or her way of thinking about or otherwise reacting to certain issues. In CBT, the therapist uses three techniques to accomplish these goals:
- Didactic component: This phase helps to set up positive expectations for therapy and promote the child's cooperation with the treatment process.
- Cognitive component: This helps to identify the thoughts and assumptions that influence the child's behaviors, particularly those that may predispose the sufferer to having the emotional or behavioral symptoms that they have.
- Behavioral component: This employs behavior-modification techniques to teach the child more effective strategies for dealing with problems.
Most practitioners will continue treatment of a mental illness for at least six months. Treatment for children with a mental illness can have a significantly positive effect on the child's functioning with peers, family, and at school. Without treatment, symptoms tend to last much longer and may never get better. In fact, they may get worse. With treatment, chances of recovery are much improved.
The major type of antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication prescribed for children is the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). SSRI medications affect levels of serotonin in the brain. For many prescribing doctors, these medications are the first choice because of the high level of effectiveness and general safety of this group of medicines. Examples of medications in this class that are approved for use in children are listed here. The generic name is first, with the brand name in parentheses.
The medications available for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can have slightly different effects from individual to individual, and currently no way exists to tell which will work best. Medications indicated for ADHD are thought to work by improving the imbalance of neurochemicals that are thought to contribute to ADHD. Some commonly prescribed medications include the following:
- Stimulants
- Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Metadate, Daytrana patch)
- Dexmethylphenidate (Focalin)
- Dextroamphetamine or pre-Dextroamphetamine (Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat, Vyvanse)
- Nonstimulants
- Atomoxetine (Strattera)
- Guanfacine (Tenex or Intuniv)
- Clonidine (Catapress or Kapvay)
Treatment of bipolar disorder with medications tends to address two aspects: relieving already existing symptoms of mania or depression and preventing symptoms from returning. Medications that are thought to be particularly effective in treating manic and mixed symptoms and have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children (in children 10 years of age and older) include
For treatment of irritability in individuals with autism spectrum disorder, Risperdal has been FDA approved in children 5 years of age and older, while Abilify has been approved in children 6 years of age and older.


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]Sometimes it is more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. I'd rather drive this than an E350[/B].
Comparably equipped, the 528 is about $8k less than the 535. Plus, I'm not sure where you get $100 a year in gas savings from. I've put on 15k per year in my 535 and averaged 19. Down here I'm averaging 22 MPG. In the 528, I've no doubt I'd average 27 - 28 MPG. Doing the math, call it 5 MPG difference, in today's prices that's $500 / year.
If it's not for you, so be it. That's why there's a 535 and a 550. However, my point was that it feels like a BMW. It goes, it stops and starts, it turns and feels like a BMW. You are not driving a poor excuse for a 5 series, you're driving something that still has the soul of BMW baked into it. You can definitely feel the reduced mass, turn in is very crisp. It has none of the boaty feelings I remember from the base 535's I drove back in 2011.
Now, onto driving a 535 MSport for comparison....
Note bolded text. Yes. Yes. Yes. 528s rule.
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So, as I know is very common, I have hated my nose since I was in middle school. I have always felt 'almost pretty'.. like my face was just a little off. I have a feminine personality, and I want my face to reflect that, but my nose is droopy, long, crooked, wide-bridged, and has an undefined tip & large hump. I have very thin lips that look even thinner when I smile, and the tip of my nose droops down making my top lip essentially disappear. I'm a petite girl and I feel like my nose overpowers my entire appearance.
A couple of weeks ago I had a consultation with Dr. Choe of the Choe Center for Facial Plastic Surgery in Virginia Beach, VA. I had already done extensive research and I was very impressed with him and his staff, so I scheduled a rhinoplasty with him for March 25, 2014. My pre-op appointment is March 10. On the day of the consultation, I paid $5,648 for the surgery, which is the price AFTER a discount from his front office for paying in full right then and there. I will also receive a discount when I pay for the anesthesia in cash, which will bring the fee down to $877.
$5,648 (Surgery) + $877 (Anesthesia) = $6,525 (Total Cost, with discounts)
These are the SURGICAL GOALS that Dr. Choe and I agreed on:
1) Add definition to the tip of my nose. Less droopy, more feminine & elegant please! Hopefully this will take away the 'long' appearance of my nose, especially when smiling.
2) Reduce the dorsal hump. This should greatly improve my profile.
3) Narrow the bridge of my nose. Ouch! This is going to make a big difference in my overall appearance, which I am really excited about.. but I'm definitely scared about voluntarily having my nose broken!
4) Projection.. ??? I can't even remember if we discussed this! Thank goodness for the pre-op appointment!
During the consultation, I brought up some of my SECONDARY CONCERNS:
1) As I've mentioned, my upper lip basically disappears when I smile, and even though modifying the tip of my nose will help how my lip appears, it won't physically change my lip's volume. He said that while I am under anesthesia for the rhinoplasty, he could do a very conservative amount of LIP FILLER (such as half of a syringe). I am assuming that we will discuss that again at the pre-op appointment, as it wasn't decided on when I left the consult. Do you ladies have any THOUGHTS/ ADVICE/ EXPERIENCE?? I honestly have always wanted to try a lip filler, but adding it to the cost of the surgery - and knowing that it will only last a few months - has me torn.
2) I'm only 24, but I have definitely noticed a loss of volume in my face over the last year or two. I know that this is primarily weight-related (5'4, 106 lb.), but putting on a few pounds (ex- I had the same issue when I was 114 lb.) doesn't help at all. The lack of volume under my eyes makes it look like I am always tired, and I can't stand it! Unfortunately, the rhinoplasty might emphasize that lack of volume, so Dr. Choe said that he could also do injections in that area, along with my cheeks. As much as I would like to add that to plan, all I can hear are a few resounding CHA-CHING$.
Overall, I am extremely excited for my surgery! Definitely nervous too, though.. I have never had any type of surgery before, and my pain threshold is laughable at best.
I need to make a decision about the fillers before my pre-op appointment, as well as research more about the rhinoplasty recovery process. I'm super lucky that my mom is actually going to be able to help take care of me afterwards! Any advice, tips, etc. would be sooo appreciated!


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Mustang guys, I need your help!
Long story short, I'm hot-rodding a 1950 Chevy pickup. I bought a Heidt's cross-member for Mustang II and installed it. My dad has a friend who had planned on doing the same thing to his truck, but he sold the truck instead, so he gave us the front end components for free. The entire front end is complete (as in I have all the parts; they're just sitting in a toolbox right now), but I have no idea what year the parts are. I know he pulled them off a Mustang II car a few years ago, but I don't know the exact year.
This is where the problem starts. How can I determine the year of the parts? Is it even possible just by looking at them? I'm asking because the instruction on the Heidt's cross-member say to C-notch a spot in the frame for the power steering rack, but it is in a different spot for 74-78 Mustang racks and 79-93 racks. I need to have this done and welded by the end of this upcoming weekend so I can paint the frame (It's getting cold in Montana and my shop isn't heated).
I don't know if this helps, but it's a four-lug front end with disc brakes. It uses a strut rod, too, but I don't know squat about Mustangs, so I don't know if that helps determine the production year or not.
Thanks a ton for your help.
(Shorter version: how do you tell the model year of a Mustang II power rack-and-pinion setup?)
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UPDATE 4-Toronto stocks surge on U.S. data, Agrium
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TORONTO Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index surged nearly 200 points on Wednesday, boosted by gains in Agrium Inc and Research In Motion, and unexpectedly positive U.S. retail data.
Agricultural products supplier Agrium ABU.TO rose C$2.87, or 4.6 percent, to C$66.00 after it reported a fourth-quarter profit, helped by increasing demand and prices for fertilizer.
Research In Motion RIM.TO, the maker of the BlackBerry, also helped yank the index higher as it rose C$4.88, or 5.3 percent, to C$96.52, making it the day's biggest net gainer.
Enthusiasm over a surprise rise of 0.3 percent in U.S. retail sales for January spilled over to the Toronto market as investors hoped the economy south of the border is proving more resilient than expected.
"The retail numbers set the tone early and everybody's jumped on it," said John Kinsey, portfolio manager at Caldwell Securities Ltd. "I think the retail numbers were obviously good and better than expected, and people have been hoping for some good news for a change."
The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE closed up 194.92 points, or 1.49 percent, at 13,282.30 with its 10 main groups up across the board. The index has advanced in four out of its last five sessions, making for a gain of about 3 percent.
"To a certain extent, while one month of better than expected retail sales doesn't actually make a trend, I think it's interesting that the markets are responding so positively, and really looking positively at good news today," said Kate Warne, Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, Missouri. Continued...


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You go to the garden center and see the enormous tractor-mowers. The gigantic bags of lawn food and seed. The big, cumbersome spreaders that defy storage solutions. And maybe you wonder, are you the only person in the world with a small lawn? The fact is, lawns have been getting smaller as new homes are built on smaller lots. Consequently, there are more tools and equipment designed for the smaller lawn.
With a small lawn, your equipment needs change. Instead of a big, heavy power mower, you can use a reel-action push mower. Ideal for use on lawns of 1,000 square feet or less, these mowers are so light, you can hang them up for storage. They give a great cut, don't pollute, and are powered by you. Be sure to look for one that allows you to adjust its mowing height to 2 �-3 inches. You'll still need a sprinkler, of course, but a shorter hose should do the job.
There are many spreaders on the market for bigger lawns, but they may not be practical for yours. Fortunately, you can find hand-held spreaders that can help you spread grass seed and lawn food over your small lawn. Another option is the Scotts� Turf Builder� with Built-In Spreader. This is a hand-held container with a spreader in the spout. You just shake evenly as you walk, and then store it on your shelf when you?re done.
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Join us on Friday, August 7 from 5:30 to 8 PM for "Swinging on a Star," a cocktail party fundraiser to support Falmouth Museums on the Green. If you attended last year's gala, you know this is a festive event not to be missed!
Solon Z and the Sapphires will once again wow with the Big Band sounds of the 1940s. Stroll about the campus while enjoying decadent offerings from Chef Roland's Catering and pose for the pen of talented Boston and Cape Cod caricature artist Mark Penta. The event will also feature an exhibition of iconic 1940s fashion, a silent auction, and a raffle.
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- You and nine guests will enjoy a private wine tasting in your home donated by "The Wine Advisor"
- Ellen Brodsky of Cape Cod Dance will instruct your group with a private salsa lesson in the Museums on the Green Cultural Center
- Wine of the Month for a full year! Murphy's Package Store will personally select a wine each month for you
- Unleash the writer within! You and a group of friends will get in touch with your creative side with a writing workshop donated by Falmouth author T.M. Murphy
Tickets to the event are $65 per person, which includes one ticket to the cash bar. After that endless winter, we look forward to this stylish summer soirée!
We are grateful to our sponsors: Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank, Lawrence-Lynch Corporation, and Salt Pond Realty LLP. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Carolyn Tarr: 508-548-4857 ext. 20 or [email protected]
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Chelsea have the financial firepower to rival any these days, and when it comes to transfer windows they are unsurprisingly linked with almost anyone. I think those in charge of the club understand the ramifications of Financial Fair Play, but clearly the tabloids that conjure up half of these fantasies aren't quite as familiar.
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Baseball without Bubba.
Despite first-round draft pick Bubba Starling missing from the lineup, the Legends completed a three-game sweep against the Kannapolis Intimidators Wednesday afternoon.
Starling, batting .213 with four home runs and 17 RBI, was a late lineup scratch Monday and never saw the field during the series.
"Received word from Kansas City that Bubba is going to K.C. on Wednesday and will return to play on Saturday," Keith Elkins, director of broadcasting and media relations for the Legends, told RoyalCurve.com in an email Wednesday. "No other information is available at this time."
The Legends bats came to life in the last two games of the series, posting 6-1 and 9-2 victories to close out the series and move to 20-19 for the season.
Lightly-used third baseman Adrian Morales notched RBIs in all three contests, including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning in the series opener Monday.
First baseman Fred Ford hit his third home run of the season to lead Wednesday's offensive surge, going 3-for-4 with two run scored and three RBI.
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I don't think it's possible to get tetanus orally.
This is from the CDC Pink Book on Tetanus:
|Tetanus cases among this population declined from 70 in World War I (13.4/100,000 wounds and injuries) to 12 in World War II (0.44/100,000). Of the 12 case-patients, half had received no prior toxoid.
Also, they only infer from the antitoxin levels that protection exists.
|Efficacy of the toxoid has never been studied in a vaccine trial. It can be inferred from protective antitoxin levels that a complete tetanus toxoid series has a clinical efficacy of virtually 100%
I'm imagining that most of those wounds would have been ones that bled freely vs wounds that were anaerobic, so I'm not sure this can tell us much about the risk in a wound that is specifically a risk due to possibly being anaerobic. Does that make sense? Course I wasn't there in WWI so I wouldn't really know the ratio of wounds that bled freely. Its just one thing that popped into my head when I was doing my research to see if I could discern what the risk might be if an unvaccinated child did have a wound that seemed to be at particular risk of being anaerobic. I found no clear answer for that. The info just isn't out there that I could find.
The CDC doesn't recommend passive immunization for minor wounds that receive proper wound care today - even in unvaccinated individuals. The protocol is only to vaccinate, unless the wound is severe, can't be managed easily, etc.
Rust never causes tetanus since it takes oxygen to get anything to rust in the first place. Air, water, blood all contain oxygen so the chance of tetanus.
I think where people get that idea is that rust makes the surface of metals more porous and therefore a much better environment for the tetanus bacterium to attach and live than say a nice new shiny nail.
|Tetanus is most likely to be found in areas with agricultural runoff, livestock waste, etc.
|I don't think, like Angela said,that you can contract it orally. That would be highly, highly unlikely if not impossible unless you had a puncture inside of the mouth...
|I would only be concerned personally with a very deep puncture wound and an oxygen starved environment.
|as an aside... even if it was a puncture wound we were talking about...it is my understanding that children are less susceptible to tetanus than the elderly and other at-risk groups because their blood flow to extremities is so much greater.
Remember that spores live everywhere. Like dust, who knows what is in dust but since we have no vaccines we are not afraid of dust.
The spores need to find a compfy home that is deep within the flesh and contains some dead material that is void of all blood flow and therefore contain no oxygen.
Only then can the spores evolve into the bacteria.
This bacteria produces a side affect and that is what causes us problems. We call that for short "tetanus" but it is the waste product of the bacteria AFTER it has evolved. Not the everyday tetanus spores we encouter EVERYWHERE.
io it is crazy to fear tetanus spores since you have a much better chance to get struck by lightening.
Water is oxygen. Dirty water is still oxygen. The oxygen has got to be eliminated to get the tetanus spores to evolve.
Maybe they are thinking of injuries during the flood? Getting crush wounds?
I can't see getting burned during a flood.
Or are they just thinking of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$?
We carry tetanus spores in our gut so no, you can not get tetanus via the stomach or gut.
Rust never causes tetanus since it takes oxygen to get anything to rust in the first place. Air, water, blood all contain oxygen so the chance of tetanus.
Rust is only associated with tetanus because rusty things are usually dirty.
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I MIGHT consider that shot if I were going to work on a peace or missionary mission in a 3rd world country where showers and basic 1st aid is not available. MIGHT.
Hi, Lissa
Your child CAN get tetanus IF he has some cuts / wound in his mouth. Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani. They can be found from dirt, soil, and animal feces.
The genus Clostridium are mostly anaerobics, and most of them survive stomach acids. If your child is getting tetanus booster shot, you have nothing to worry about.
Though you probably want to get him/her checked if he shows some symptoms. Keep in mind there are no ways to test if you are positive for tetanus, unlike other pathogenic bacterias that got into your system. The only way to know if someone has tetanus is if they show symptoms. Usually the primary symptom of tetanus is lockjaw. Spontaneous muscle spasm is the cause of that lockjaw. What's the danger is, because this bacteria attack the motor neurons, responsible for sending signals to skeletal muscles, impaired respiratory muscles is the potential cause of death.
And by the way.... C. tetani may also be present in medical instruments. In some cases, tetanus can be acquired by getting poked with a needle.
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The reality TV karaoke competition The Voice might still be two days away from ending, but an online magazine has already calculated who it thinks will win, based purely on the number of votes the judges are able to muster through social media.
While Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem and Seal have (respectively) 400,000, 235,000 and 119,000 followers on Twitter - and have used the network to ask for votes - Joel Madden has 644,000 and has called in some heavyweight friends to help.
As fast as Joel sends out a tweet calling for his fans to vote for singer Sarah De Bono online, so too does his wife, Nicole Richie, who has an army of more than three million followers.
''My girl @Sarah-DeBono is the #TEAMJOEL finalist,'' she wrote yesterday, ''Vote for her anywhere in the world 1 x a day on your facebook page … ''
Also spruiking for Joel are DJ Samantha Ronson (with 1.6 million followers) and Fall Out Boy singer Pete Wentz (more than 2 million followers).
Despite the fact Karise Eden is the bookies' favourite to win, with Darren Percival and Rachael Leahcar close behind, the pop culture site Pedestrian.tv is predicting Sarah will win by sheer force of online numbers - most of whom will never have seen an episode of the show.
''It's very exciting that people are so enthusiastic about the voting,'' a very noncommittal spokeswoman for The Voice said. ''But we will just have to wait and see what happens Monday.''
Too much water isn't good for anyone, even fish apparently. Leaks near the Fish in Australian Art exhibition area have prompted staff at the Australian National Maritime Museum to temporarily close the show until repairs can be made and the museum dried out. More than 170 works from Australian artists such as Conrad Martens and Margaret Olley have been showcased in the exhibition since early April. The paintings, indigenous rock art, photographs and installations are all inspired by fish, be it the Queensland gropers, southern pygmy leatherjacket, or skate. Fortunately, museum authorities said, none was damaged by the unwanted water. ''There has been no damage. The leak occurred in the circulation areas, the corridors where people walk through,'' the museum's Shirani Aththas said.
Lucy Lawless, the actor better known as Xena the Warrior Princess, is well and truly living up to her surname after admitting to a charge of being unlawfully on a ship after she scaled an oil exploration vessel in New Zealand to protest Shell's planned exploration for oil in the Arctic. Lawless, was arrested with seven other Greenpeace activists after the protest in February and was initially charged with burglary after spending 77 hours on the 53-metre tower of the Noble Discoverer. Yesterday, however, her lawyer, Ron Mansfield, said the new charge of unlawfully being on a ship had been laid after negotiation with prosecutors, after which they entered guilty pleas at Auckland District Court. In the true spirit of a warrior princess, Lawless said she wasn't worried about it possibly harming her acting career. ''It's not as risky as doing nothing,'' she said as she left Auckland District Court yesterday. ''I stand by what we did, and our need to do it. Peaceful action's the only way forward, a clean green Earth is what we need.'' Lawless, appearing under her married name Lucy Tapert, was remanded on bail and will reappear in court on September 14.
The game of musical chairs at some of Australia's leading glossy magazines seems to have come to its expected end, with the announcement Kellie Hush, editor of Grazia magazine until yesterday, will take over Harper's Bazaar Australia. Hush, who had been deputy editor of Harpers before moving to The Sydney Morning Herald and then Grazia, steps in to replace Edwina McCann, who last month left to edit Vogue after its editor, Kirstie Clements was sacked as part of a ''new broom'' policy by NewsLifeMedia boss Nicole Sheffield. The appointment came as little surprise to anyone in the publishing world, except possibly Hush, who said she never expected the job to become vacant. ''I seriously didn't think it would happen in my career because these jobs … people don't move out of them,'' she said. ''It really is a matter of musical chairs and the domino effect. You're just waiting for someone to kind of fall over for the doors to open.'' And when the door opened, she stepped through quickly. ''I announced to Grazia at 11am and I was up at Bazaar at 11.15am and I'm now in the chair. It's all happened very quickly.''
THEY'VE got swords, spears and centuries of tradition behind them, and the Chinese Opera Warriors are looking forward to using all of it in the closing show for the Year Of Chinese Culture in Australia, playing at the Opera House until tomorrow. More than 60 performers from the Shanxi Huajin Dance Art Troupe arrived in the country yesterday and went straight into rehearsals and performances, starting last night, said the event co-ordinator and troupe translator Wanni Zhu. ''The story is about three brothers, all training in martial arts at the Peking Opera in the early 20th century,'' she said. ''It's a traditional Chinese story told in a modern way.'' And yes, a production spokeswoman said, given the martial arts element, there is a lot more swordplay than most operas we see. ''Peking Opera has nothing to do with what we think of as traditional opera,'' she said. ''It's all dance. Add in the lighting, the music and the choreography and this is quite extraordinary''.
JULIA GILLARD take note: if war breaks out anywhere in the next few weeks, before you send in the troops, send in your cavoodle Reuben for a photo opp. A team of American political scientists has just released the study Unleashing Presidential Power: The Politics of Pets in the White House, which looks at the animals who have shared the lives of various US presidents and what effect they have on the public when they're trotted out (sometimes literally) at press conferences. The conclusion is that when the going gets tough, the tough get a dog. ''In times of war or scandal, dogs are welcome public companions,'' the scientists found, ''but not so in periods of economic hardship.'' Published by Cambridge University journals, the paper ''presents a theoretical framework and statistical evidence'' to explore the conditions under which presidents put their pets in front of the cameras. ''We show that presidents carefully gauge the best and worst times to conduct a dog and pony show,'' the paper's abstract states. We suspect the scientists weren't taking things too seriously, however. Buried in the biographical notes about those who took part is the following information on one author: ''James H. Lebovic is professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University. He is owned by a standard poodle named Softly and three cats (Jellybean, Bessie, and Woody).''
THE medieval-fantasy television drama Game Of Thrones has long drawn flack for its violence, nudity, language and the countless taboo themes they explore, but now the show is really under fire - for cutting off the head of a US president and mounting it on a pike. Without giving away too much, the finale of season one features a scene where one of the major characters meets a grisly end, with their head lopped off and offered up for all to see. And when it is seen, there alongside is the head of former president George Bush, dripping blood as it sits atop a spear. The show's creators admit in their commentary to the recently released DVD of the first series that it is Bush's head, but insist it is not a political statement. ''It's just … we had to use what heads we had lying around,'' one of the show's creators is heard to say as the grisly spectacle unfolds. Still, that has been enough for American politicians to call for a boycott of the show and its broadcaster, HBO. ''It's despicable,'' said the chairman of the Brooklyn Republican Party, Craig Eaton. ''Americans of all political persuasions should stand up and demand that things like this should not continue. They should boycott watching this particular show.''
EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas, they say. Soon it could be faster too. Officials in the Lone Star State are looking to raise the speed limit on one stretch of highway to 85 mph (137km/h), making it the highest in the US. Chris Steinbach, the chief of staff to Lois W. Kolkhorst, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, said lawmakers paved the way for the possibility of an 85mph speed limit under the reasoning that ''if future highways were engineered for safe travel at a higher speed, then the legal speed limits could be raised to reflect that road's capability''. The speed limit could be raised if officials determined the highway was designed to accommodate that speed and it was ''safe and reasonable based on an engineering and traffic investigation'', according to a state Department of Transportation spokeswoman. Texans shouldn't start mounting steer horns on the front of Ferraris just yet, however. Insurers are far from happy with the idea. ''If you're looking at an 85mph speed limit, we could possibly see drivers going 95, up to 100mph,'' Sandra Helin, the president of the Southwestern Insurance Information Service, said. ''When you get to those speeds, your accidents are going to be a lot worse. You're going to have a lot more fatalities.''
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