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|Número de publicación
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|Número de solicitud
|Fecha de publicación
|24 Ene 2012
|Fecha de presentación
|5 Ene 2009
|Fecha de prioridad
|5 Ene 2009
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|Número de publicación
|Chris Brewer, Derek Campbell, Ryan Drew, Kevin Fisher, Jared Goldman, Mark Kokavec
|Cesionario original
|Under Armour, Inc.
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|Citas de patentes (71), Otras citas (1), Citada por (16), Clasificaciones (14), Eventos legales (2)
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to footwear having an upper and a lower, more specifically to a cushion structure integrated as part of the lower.
2. Description of the Related Art
The modern shoe is a combination of various components which all have a critical function in the performance of the shoe. Each component must work closely as a system for the support, comfort, and protection of the user's foot. There are specialized shoes designed for athletes in very different activities from: road running, hiking, general fitness, and basketball. Each of these shoes are designed to provide a special blend of performance related to traction, support, comfort, and protection. Shoes are also designed for the physical characteristics of the wearer such as the user's weight, shoe size and gait (i.e. over pronation, supination, flat-footed). Specifically, the weight, cushioning, lateral stability characteristics of a shoe can be a strong determinant of performance because they may directly impact an athlete's speed, endurance, and sure-footing.
There has been many attempts to create cushion devices in the shoe to improve shock absorption yet these efforts have produced insufficient lateral stability or unnecessarily heavy shoes that are inadequate for serious athletes and active people.
Although foregoing efforts have met with varying degrees of success, there remains an unresolved need for a lower for athletic footwear with improved shock absorption, lateral stability, and low weight. The problem is that previous shoe technology does not provide the level of shock and shear force absorption required by the wearer for demanding applications without an unacceptable thicker sole, greater weight, or loss of lateral stability. There are additional issues to consider such as changes to the bending and twisting characteristics of the shoe as shock absorbing materials are used that might compromise measures to control pronation or other undesirable walking or running characteristics of the wearer.
One aspect of the present invention is to address and resolve the above limitations with conventional footwear wherein the integration of shock absorption elements unsatisfactorily compromises lateral stability, increases the weight, or increases the thickness of the midsole.
In a first aspect, the present invention may include a lower shoe adapted to be attached to an upper. The lower may include a primary midsole, a directional cradle, a set of three cushion elements, a rear lower midsole, and a rear outsole. The primary midsole may be sized to be the full length of the wearer's foot. The cradle may be attached to the primary midsole in a location corresponding to a wearer's heel. The set of cushion elements may be configured to be attached at separate mounting surfaces located on the bottom of the directional cradle. The bottom sides of the cushion elements may be attached to three separate mounting surfaces on the rear lower midsole. The outsole having one or more pieces, may be adapted to be attached to bottoms of the rear lower midsole, directional cradle and primary midsole. The components may be attached together using a cement glue or a general epoxy adhesive.
In another aspect, the lower may include a full-length primary midsole, a directional cradle, a first cushion, a second cushion, a rear lower midsole, and a one-piece outsole. The directional cradle may be attached to the rear bottom of the primary midsole. The first and second cushions may be attached to the bottom of the cradle. The first cushion may be larger than the second cushion. The first cushion may be attached to a bottom mounting surface on the cradle corresponding to both the inner and rear sections of the shoe. The second cushion may be attached to a bottom mounting surface on the cradle corresponding to the outer section of the shoe. The top of the rear lower midsole may have a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface where the first and second cushions may be attached respectively. The outsole may be attached only to the rear lower midsole and the primary midsole. The components may be attached together using a cement glue or a general epoxy adhesive.
In yet a third aspect, the lower may include a full-length primary midsole, a directional cradle, a first cushion, a second cushion, a third cushion, an outer rear lower midsole, an inner rear lower midsole, and an outsole. The directional cradle may be attached to the primary midsole. The first cushion may be attached to the bottom side of the cradle and near the inner lateral side of the shoe. The second and third cushions may be attached to the bottom side of the cradle and near the outer lateral side of the shoe. The inner rear lower midsole may be attached to the bottom of the first cushion. The outer rear lower midsole may be attached to the bottoms of the second and third cushions. The outsole may be attached to the primary midsole, the cradle, the inner rear lower midsole, and the outer rear lower midsole. The components may be attached using a cement glue or a general epoxy adhesive.
In the next aspect, the lower may include a full-length primary midsole, a directional cradle, a single cushion, a rear lower midsole, and a two-piece outsole. The directional cradle may be attached to the rear bottom of the primary midsole. The cushion may be attached to the bottom of the cradle and the primary midsole. The top of the rear lower midsole may have a mounting surface where the cushion may be attached. The pieces of the outsole may be attached to the rear lower midsole, the cradle, and the primary midsole. The components may be attached together using a cement glue or a general epoxy adhesive.
In yet another aspect, there may be a multi-piece outsole or a multi-piece primary midsole included as part of the lower.
As should be apparent, the invention can provide a number of advantageous features and benefits. It is to be understood that, in practicing the invention, an embodiment can be constructed to include one or more features or benefits of embodiments disclosed herein, but not others. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the preferred embodiments discussed herein are provided as examples and are not to be construed as limiting, particularly since embodiments can be formed to practice the invention that do not include each of the features of the disclosed examples.
The invention will be better understood from reading the description which follows and from examining the accompanying figures. These are provided solely as non-limiting examples of the invention. In the drawings:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference characters will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
The upper 5 includes an opening 19 through which a wearer's foot 18 may be inserted into a shoe. The opening 19 may be loosened or tightened upon a portion of the wearer's foot using a variety of closures including laces, buckles, hook-and-loop fasteners, and other means. An upper consistent with this disclosure may also be an assembly that merely serves the purpose of attaching the lower to the sole of the foot for a desired time period. The upper 5 may be made of various materials to optimize shoe performance in certain conditions such as leather, canvas, or synthetic materials such as plastic, artificial suede, synthetic leather, nylon weave, nylon mesh, or the like. The components of the upper 5 may be attached using stitching, or an adhesive, such as a cement glue.
The lower 6 may include a footbed, a midsole, and an outsole. In one embodiment the footbed may include a full length insole made of a structural member, such as cardboard, to provide stability in a construction that is known as "board lasting." The softer the insole, the less torsional stability (lengthwise twist) will be exhibited by the shoe. The firmer the insole (cardboard) the more structure and stability will be exhibited by the shoe. Pronators, supinators or people whose feet collapse excessively may typically select shoes with a cardboard last to provide extra stability.
Another embodiment, called "slip lasting" replaces the structural member with a cloth structure to maximize flexibility for the shoe to twist. A further embodiment provides may be a "combination last" where the front of the shoe may be slip lasted and the back may be board lasted. Another embodiment may be a construction without the cloth structure as part of the footbed and the upper may be attached to the midsole by sewing or adhesive. The footbed may be the structural foundation of the shoe wherein the upper may be attached to the footbed with the wearer's foot between a portion of the upper and the insole. A removable sock liner may be used to provide an interface between the wearer's foot and the top of the footbed structure.
The outsole may be attached to the footbed via the midsole. The outsole provides the contact surface between the shoe and the ground. The outsole may contain carbon rubber (BRS 1000), solid rubber (blend of synthetic and natural rubber), durable rubber compound (blend of synthetic rubber with other additives), blown rubber (synthetic rubber compound with tiny air pockets), gum rubber (natural and synthetic rubber blend with a natural tan color), and the like. Carbon rubber may be harder and more durability than blown rubber; however, the later may provide additional cushioning and "road feel." An assortment of other materials and pigments may also be used to produce different textures and colors on the outsole.
The primary midsole 20 may include one or more directional channels in the top surface 516 to encourage the shoe to flex in an advantageous direction. The directional channels may be parallel, substantially parallel, or of the same or varying depths.
Further, the top surface 516 of the primary midsole 20 may be gradually sloped upward when traveling from the front 16 to the back 17 to enable more shoe structure to be integrated beneath a wearer's heel 510. This additional structure may offer different moduli of elasticity, energy absorption, deformation, and wear characteristics than the primary midsole 20.
A directional cradle 40 consistent with this embodiment is shown in
The cradle 40 also may have surfaces 43 to interface with the bottom of the primary midsole 20. The rear 17 portion of the cradle 40 may be contoured to support a wearer's heel 510. The front portion 16 of the cradle 40 may be angularly shaped and contoured to support the arch of a foot 18 and may interface with the midsole and outsole. The cradle 40 and primary midsole 20 may be attached together via cement glue, epoxy-based adhesive, or the like. The cradle 40 also includes a set of edges 42 configured to interface with the primary midsole 20 at a set of edges 29 as shown in
The top surface 53 of the rear cushion 50 interfaces respectively with a shallow depression 44 on the cradle 40 as shown in
The rear lower midsole 60 may be made from ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyurethane, compounds having EVA and rubber, polyether urethane, polyester urethane, ethylenevinylacetate/-polyethylene copolymer, polyester elastomer, nitrile rubber, ethylene propylene, polybutadiene, styrene-butadiene (SBR), carboxylated nitrile rubber (XNBR), and the like. The rear lower midsole 60 may have a different density than the primary midsole 20.
A second embodiment of a lower 100 may be shown by
As illustrated in
The bottom surface 135 of the cradle 130 also includes a mounting surface 136 and a mounting surface 137. A top surface 141 of rear inner cushion 140 may be shown by
In a third embodiment, a lower 200 includes a primary midsole 210, a directional cradle 230, an inner cushion 240, an outer rear cushion 250, an outer front cushion 260, an inner rear lower midsole 270, an outer rear lower midsole 280, a first outsole 290, and a second outsole 291.
As illustrated in
A fourth embodiment of a lower 100 may be shown by
As illustrated in
The cradle 430 includes the top surface 431 and a bottom surface 432. The top surface 431 includes a plurality of raised grooves 433 that are aligned substantially parallel to the wearer's foot 18 consistent with the front 16 to the back 17 directions of the shoe 1. The grooves 433 may contact the bottom surface 425 of the primary midsole 420, however may be designed to not contact the cushion 440. The grooves 433 may assist in the lateral stability of the shoe 1. The cradle 430 may be made of polyurethane material, tevax, thermoplastic urethane, or the like. The cradle 430 may be attached to the primary midsole 420 via cement glue, epoxy-based adhesive, or the like.
The bottom surface 432 of the cradle 430 also includes a mounting surface 434. A top surface 441 of the cushion 440 may be shown by
The cushion 440 may be attached to the primary midsole 420 at the second raised surface 427. The cushion 440 may have a horseshoe shape. The attachment is assisted by structures on the cradle 430 and the cushion 440. One or more alignment slots 443 on the cushion 440 may be aligned relative to the cradle 430 via one of more alignment tabs 435. The one or more alignment tabs 435 may be integrated as part of the cradle 430 as protrusions.
A bottom surface portion 428 of the primary midsole 420 may protrude through the cradle 430. The bottom surface portion 428 is disposed under the heel 501 when the foot 18 has been inserted within the shoe 1. The bottom surface portion 428 of the primary midsole 420 may be unattached to the cradle 430, the cushion 440 and the rear outsole 460. The surface portion 428 of the primary midsole 420 faces the ground 2, but may not contact the ground 2 when the bottom rear outsole surface 462 may be in contact with the ground. Lateral stability may be improved by having the bottom surface 102 unsupported from below 4 as described in this manner.
All embodiments of the lower are intended to be used by the wearer in a similar way. The wearer inserts the foot 18 into the upper 5. The wearer fastens the upper 5, as needed, to the foot 18 so that there is a comfortable fit and the foot 18 is disposed between the upper 5 and the lower 6. The wearer may engage in whatever activity desired so that the outsole 70 may have a set of impacts with the ground 2. The set of impacts cause a set of forces to be applied to the outsole 70 that are partially dampened by the rear lower midsole 60 and further dampened by the rear cushion 50, the front inner cushion 51, and the front outer cushion 52. The dampened set of forces may provide a safer and less tiring experience to the wearer than without damping. Further, during the activity the wearer may run side-to-side with quick cuts and the side-to-side forces subsequently created and applied to the outsole 70 may be dampened by the cushions 50, 51, 52 attached to the top surfaces 61, 62, 63 that are tilted down at an established set of angles to absorb these forces and provide lateral stability. The softness of material used for the cushions allow a much thinner lower to be created and with less weight than if the entire lower were to be manufactured using traditional approaches. When the activity has been completed the wearer merely unfastens the upper 5 as needed and removes the foot 18 from the opening 19.
Further, it should be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments of the invention are not limited to the exemplary embodiments shown and described above. While this invention has been described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments outlined above, various alternatives, modifications, variations and/or improvements, whether known or that are, or may be, presently unforeseen, may become apparent. Accordingly, the exemplary embodiments of the invention, as set forth above are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. The various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the systems and methods according to exemplary embodiments of this invention are intended to embrace all now known or later-developed alternatives, modifications, variations and/or improvements.
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The Summer Games became a little less special this week as the International Olympic Committee continues to cast the amateur athletics ideal onto the trash heap.
The 15-member board of the Olympics governing body voted to eliminate wrestling from the program in 2020 in order to keep the number of "core sports" at its arbitrarily established figure of 25.
Thus, wrestlers who have devoted years of training and sacrifice for one pinnacle moment every four years will have their dreams dashed after 2016 in Brazil to make room for Tiger Woods and 59 other golfers compete in an event that means way less to them than four major championships annually.
"It really saddens me to know they can take a sport that at the beginning when the Olympics were even established, wrestling was part of it," said Reese Hoffa, a former wrestler at Lakeside High School before becoming a three-time Olympian in the shot put. "All of the sudden you're going to take it out for whatever reason because you want to add a sport that's a little bit more popular? Wrestling, like track and field, are traditional Olympics sports."
Frankly it doesn't get more "core" than wrestling. It's the kind of fundamental sport that defines the Olympics, showcasing athletes who the general public cares little about in the intervening years each olympiad.
Hoffa, who won a bronze medal in shot put last summer in London, has a special connection to the ancient Olympics. The former Georgia all-American walked through the ruined stone arches and tunnels of the original stadium in Olympia, Greece, to compete in the shot put at the 2004 Olympics. On the grounds where he threw in his first of three Summer Games, wrestling was first introduced in 708 B.C. as part of the ancient pentathlon (which also included sprint, long jump, javelin and discus).
He called that experience "overwhelming."
Now Hoffa can't imagine that incentive of the Olympics being ripped from his wrestling brethren.
"Taking that opportunity away, what are these kids going to do in Iowa and Pennsylvania and all across the U.S. who wrestle from the time they're 4 or 5 and have that dream of being in the Olympics and all the sudden that dream is taken out and never clearly explained why it was taken out?" Hoffa said.
Wrestling not only dates back as one of the 10 original sports in the first modern Olympics in 1896, it goes all the way back to the ancient games that birthed the whole idea of peaceful international competition. It hasn't changed all that much in the 2,700 intervening years other than the fact that modern grapplers aren't nude and it ends before the loser admits defeat.
Perhaps its most storied practitioner about 2,500 years before Rulon Gardner was Milo of Croton, a six-time Olympic victor often depicted in ancient art and sculpture. Milo lost his bid for a seventh Olympic victory in 516 B.C. when a fellow Crotonian avoided his crushing embrace with a strategy called akrocheirismos – wrestling at arm's length, sort of the grappling precursor to Muhammed Ali's rope-a-dope.
Legend has it that Milo once carried a bull on his shoulders – a feat that probably would make the IOC reconsider the sport's modern appeal. Before being eaten alive by a pack of wolves when his hands got stuck in a tree trunk he was trying to rip apart, Milo was said to have saved the life of Pythagoras by supporting the roof of a banquet hall after a pillar collapse.
So, basically, thanks to an Olympic wrestler, we now know that the square of the hypotenuse in a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs. You're welcome, mathematicians.
When the modern Olympics returned to Greece in 1896, it was wrestling that produced the most decorated athlete. Carl Schuhmann, of Germany, had already won three medals in gymnastics before entering the wrestling competition. In the final, he defeated Georgios Tsitas, of Greece, in a marathon match that lasted for 40 minutes before being postponed until the next morning because of darkness.
Now after all these years and all that history, the IOC can arbitrarily ax a sport that was just too fundamental for its own good.
What's next, the marathon?
Hoffa finds the whole thing disconcerting and hopes that more sensible minds prevail. As of now, wrestling will have to compete in September with seven other sports including a combined baseball/softball bid for one spot back into the Olympic limelight. There should be room for wrestling to coexist with BMX racing, badminton, modern pentathlon and golf on the Olympic stage.
"I really hope they reconsider," Hoffa said. "I don't want to see any sport taken out of the Olympics. I think targeting or even attempting to take wrestling out is a horrible move for the IOC. It makes them look bad because this is a traditional sport."
In the end, it reveals that the IOC doesn't really care about the amateur ideal and is all about making money.
"The Olympics is moving in a different direction, trying to be more profitable," Hoffa said. "It's more about superstar athletes in the Olympics. Basically making it more of a value brand."
Despite the money and effort that American TV dumps into it, that value diminishes a little more every four years because of short-sighted leadership.

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Blackberry Storm mobile gaming capabilties.??
- Hi to all in the crackberry community, I am a relatively new user(joined in late june when I received my storm) and i have a question bout the capabilities of the storm as a mobile gaming platform....The other day I was in my local verizon and I started toying around with the LG Envy Touch.. during my time with the device I played a very fast paced and 3d graphic rich mobile version of need for speed(the one from the commercials lol) I have two questions..1.Is this same exact game available on the storm? 2.If not is the storm capable of games like this or better? ...07-28-09 08:30 PM
- Yes. I believe the one available for the Storm is the same version. I dunno. I am guessing it is also capable since it is available.
Bplay - Get games for your BlackBerry in just three steps07-28-09 09:49 PM
- I know the iphone is capable of those type of graphics but the envy touch isn't even a smartphone so I figured if it could run those type of applications then shouldnt the storm which is more powerful be able to run things like that even better? I didnt purchase my storm to replace my psp or ds but it would be nice to get some better quality games on my storm(which i love) ...thankx for the feedback guys07-28-09 11:06 PM
- I am glad you brought this up. While it may not be RIMS direct focus at this point, they did build this hardware to accel great graphics. The thing about the storm is since its new technology to their world the software hasn't caught up with its hardware. But its interesting to see your phone improve things with each update allowing you to experience the phones potential ad its software grows. In conclusion yes I believe the storm is capable of amazing game graphics but its up to game developers to take that dive. The phones fairly new but I'm sure they will eventually allow access to storms full potential.07-28-09 11:28 PM
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As part of the Battle of Ideas 2012 festival of debate Leeds Salon is hosting a satellite event on the theme of education.
Every year we see an increase in the number of pupils achieving top grades in GCSEs and A-levels. And every year this sparks a row about standards in education. While some argue that improving results show pupils are getting smarter and working harder, others raise questions about the quality of examinations and school curricula. Many educationalists and commentators argue we have seen a long and steady dumbing-down in educational standards, in which traditional subjects have lost rigour, to be replaced by modular courses with multiple re-sits or by vocational qualifications; while exam boards have been accused of being complicit in competing to offer easier courses, and schools in shopping round for exams that will improve their league table results.
To tackle what he sees as this 'culture of competitive dumbing-down', education secretary Michael Gove plans to replace GCSEs in England from 2014 with a 'tougher' O-level style system alongside a simpler exam for less academic teenagers, like the old CSE. This has provoked charges of 'elitism' and re-creating a 'two-tier' education system in which poorer students will be fobbed-off with a second class education. Nevertheless, others argue this shows ignorance of the current exam system within which those deemed less capable are already directed down the path of lower level GCSEs and NVQs. In addition, many private schools already opt for the International GCE (comparable to the old O-level), while increasing numbers of state schools and sixth-form colleges are turning to a baccalaureate system, also favoured by Gove, as a 'stable' and 'safer alternative' to grade inflation with A-levels.
So, would the return to 'O' levels create a two-tier and elitist system in education that confines many to the scrapheap? Or is it a step in the right direction to improving academic standards for all? What purpose do exams serve anyway? Are they the best way to assess pupils' abilities, and an important part of what education should be about? Or do they discriminate unfairly against less academic pupils?
Dennis Hayes is Professor of Education at the Universityof Derby, and visiting Professor in the Westminster Institute of Education at OxfordBrookesUniversity. He is co-author of The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (Routledge, 2008), and founder of Academics for Academic Freedom.
Audrey Osler is Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and at the University of Leeds where she was founding director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education. She is author of Students' Perspectives on Schooling (Open University Press, 2010), and an Associate Editor of Child and Society.
Valerie Farnsworth is a Research Fellow in 14-19 Education and Training, and a member of the Post-14 Education research group at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Conceptualizing identity, learning and social justice in community-based learning, Teaching and Teacher Education, No.26 (2010).
For more information and reading, visit the Leeds Salon website at: www.leedssalon.org.uk
The Battle of Ideas 2012 is two days of high-level, though-provoking, public debate being held on Saturday 20th & Sunday21st October at the Barbican, London. For more information and tickets visit the Battle of Ideas website at: www.battleofideas.org.uk
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"People talk about a rainy day. Well it was raining and we sought shelter."-- NZRU CEO Steve Tew, on the organization tapping into its cash reserves to survive the economic downturn. (REUTERS, 3/25)
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My great-grand-fathers name was Andre Eyraud Jaussaud and he migrated to California on those years. I am almost sure is the same person you mention. I will try to get more info from my mother in Mexico (Baja California). I live now in Spain and I am sure I would like to know my french family and hopefuly the american one.
I'm sure there is another Eyraud brother althouhg in (Baja California Mexico) I am not to sure about his name Florence* (Florencio). I'll post a familu tree if I can net time.
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Whining PhD students are nothing new, but there seem to be genuine problems with the system that produces research doctorates (the practical professional doctorates in fields such as law, business and medicine have a more obvious value). There is an oversupply of PhDs. Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings. Meanwhile, business leaders complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting PhDs are not teaching the right things. The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes.
Proponents of the PhD argue that it is worthwhile even if it does not lead to permanent academic employment. Not every student embarks on a PhD wanting a university career and many move successfully into private-sector jobs in, for instance, industrial research. That is true; but drop-out rates suggest that many students become dispirited. In America only 57% of doctoral students will have a PhD ten years after their first date of enrolment. In the humanities, where most students pay for their own PhDs, the figure is 49%. Worse still, whereas in other subject areas students tend to jump ship in the early years, in the humanities they cling like limpets before eventually falling off. And these students started out as the academic cream of the nation. Research at one American university found that those who finish are no cleverer than those who do not. Poor supervision, bad job prospects or lack of money cause them to run out of steam.
In the humanities, where most students pay for their own PhDs, the figure is 49%.
I look at PhD programs as poorly paid, entry level training jobs. As with most such jobs, they are hard and there is a lot of attrition as people discover they have other options they like more.
do the hard work, go to conferences and present your work, and DO take the opportunity to network not only among your peers but also among people in fields outside of your area
I do sometimes feel like I could be making a lot more money and gaining more job skills if I had simply left after my MS last year
The premium for a PhD is actually smaller than for a master's degree in engineering and technology, architecture and education.
Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings.
The article is spot on for the most part. A PhD nowadays does not grant you any sort of job security (except life time postdocs) and you have to be ready to work for long hours, low pay and always living in the insecurity of not having a secured future
Unfortunately, this is the common perception, but one must also acknowledge that a PhD is precisely training in independent research. There is some value to not being attached to any specific set of skills, but being able to pull up new stuff, learn it rapidly and figure out what to do oneself...along with the presentation skills, deep thinking, etc, etc. Coupled with skills like programming, it can be valuable outside of academia.
The problem occurs when a PhD has no skills outside of academia-marketable things, and is uncertain of and/or not strong enough to continue in the academia world.
I think some self-awareness going into the PhD (or rather, before applying even) is what is needed.
There are lot of opportunities for people with PhDs outside of the traditional academic fields.
Your PhD will not be gone in vain, in fact, it will be a huge asset to any company you apply for and you most likely will start at a much higher position than you would if you just had a Bachelors or Masters.


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McEvoy Sustains Head Injury at Flemington
Kerrin McEvoy will be hospitalized for several days with bruising to the brain after a two-horse fall in the opening race at Flemington on Oaks day Nov 9.
Kerrin McEvoy will be hospitalized for several days with bruising to the brain after a two-horse fall in the opening race at Flemington on Oaks day Nov 9.
Marc Keller's Grand Couturier, a 3-year-old who was only beaten 2 ¼ lengths in Longchamp's Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-I), is one to watch in the overflow field entered for Saturday's $150,000 Red Smith Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Aqueduct turf course.
Jockey Russell Baze won five races Thursday at Bay Meadows and needs just 23 more to reach the all-time record for riding victories of 9,530 held by Laffit Pincay Jr.
Revved Up, Weigelia and American Miss are back to defend their titles in the $1.2 million Florida Million, eight races for Florida-bred horses to be contested at Calder Race Course Saturday.
Hawthorne's leading rider Chris Emigh has been named to pilot the morning-line favorite in all six $100,000 Illinois stakes for Saturday's Phil Georgeff Festival of Racing card Saturday.
The $2 million New Mexico Cup Day offers the richest day of racing ever at Zia Park with the best New Mexico-bred horses chasing the record purses in 11 stakes races on Sunday afternoon.
On the day it was announced Mr. Greeley's stud fee was jumping to $75,000, a 3-year-old filly by the son of Gone West topped the action at the fourth session of the Keeneland November sale Nov. 9.
It looks like 2005 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Summerly, recently sold for $3.3 million, will get to run one more time over her favorite track in the $300,000-added Falls City Handicap (gr. II) on Nov. 23.
Miss Finland is set to campaign in the Northern Hemisphere after landing her third major win of 2006 in the Victoria Oaks (Aust-I).
Grade III winner Heavenly Ransom, a 4-year-old filly who nearly died this summer with an illness, could be ready to rejoin trainer Ray Bell's stable at Santa Anita Park on Dec. 1.
Trainer Richard Mandella plans to start the venerable gelding The Tin Man in the Citation Handicap (gr. IT) Nov. 24, trying to match his feat in 2003 when the Hall of Fame conditioner saddled 8-year-old Redattore to victory in the same race at Hollywood Park.
Because of track conditions, Thursday's live race card at Aqueduct was canceled.
Ruth Funkhouser, who played a major role in the founding of the West Virginia Thoroughbred Breeders Association, died Nov. 2 in a Ranson, W.Va., hospital.
Bruce Lunsford has nearly completed a deal with John Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale Farm near Lexington to buy back a half-interest in Madcap Escapade and the Pulpit foal she is carrying.
As predicted, all-source wagering exceeded $140 million for the Breeders' Cup World Championships held Nov. 4 at Churchill Downs, according to official figures released Nov. 9.
Fair Grounds is set to open Thanksgiving Day, marking the return of live racing to the New Orleans track following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The meet is scheduled to run Nov.23-March 25, with 81 days of racing. The main reconstruction of the facility has been completed.
Laura D'Angelo, a leading equine attorney and partner at the Kentucky law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, will be teaching Equine Law in the 2007Spring semester at the University of Kentucky College of law. The two credit course, offered to upper-class law students, is the only one of its kind at UK.
MI Developments reported a steeper third-quarter loss Nov. 9, despite a 31% jump in revenue, hampered partly by weakness in its horse racing and gambling unit, Magna Entertainment.
The Lexington Foundation hosted its second annual Fall Wine Celebration Oct. 13. Held at the Red Mile's Floral Hall in Lexington, the black tie event began with cocktails and a silent auction, followed by dinner and a live auction. It raised more than $700,000 for cancer research, education, and care.
Godolpin's Librettist, a multiple French group I winner this year, has been retired to stud at Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud near Newmarket, England.


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In Reply to: Re: Duromine results posted by Liz on October 30, 2000 at 10:58:38:
: : Hi, : : I have just started taking Duromine 30mg and I have been told that it makes you feel awake and not hungry, instead I am so tired and sleepy and i start to feel hungry around dinner time.: : I'm still exercising daily and eating small meals three times a day. I'm not sure whether I should be feeling the need to eat or not.: : I was just wondering if anyone has felt the same and how quickly do you start to see results? : : I have around 30kgs (66lbs)to lose and didn't know if it was going to be a rapid or slow loss.: : I would love to hear anyones experiences as a result of Duromine.: : Janda
: Hi Janda. I am NOT a doctor, however I know that sometimes when you take a dietary supplement that is supposed to increase energy, but instead makes you tired, it may be a thyroid condition. Have yourself checked by your doctor just in case. Good luck.
Hi Janda. I started taking Duromine 30mg in April this year. It took about 3 - 4 months for me to lose about 20kgs, which was much more than I had hoped for. I found when I first started my whole sleeping pattern was out of whack and I don't think I slept much for about 3 days but it soon settled down although I stay up 1-2 hours later than I used to. I have had no other side effects except extreme happiness at my weight loss. I am happy to see you are sticking to 3 small meals a day. You could probably make this 4-5 a day providing you keep them small. The hardest part of dieting is learning to eat when you are hungery, not when the clock says it is time to eat. My advice to you when you want to go off Duromine is to gradually cut down to 1 tablet every 2 days, then 1 tablet every 3 days etc.. this will allow your body to adjust. As Duromine is an amphetemine it increases your metabolism so as you come off it you can expect to put a little weight on. How much depends on your willpower to keep it off. Exercise is the best way to combat this, don't comfort eat!! Good luck.
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Born in Los Angeles, California, Marlon Butler is an upcoming Jazz and R& B vocalist who brings life to the stage and studio. Performing at Jazz Clubs such as: The Fender Museum in Corona, The Eagles Nest at the Pechaunga Casino Resort, The Liemert Parks Regency West, Al Mansor Court Country Club and The Hollywood Park Casino all located in California. Marlon is a rare Bass / Baritone, whose commanding yet smooth pinpoint vocal control, resonates sensuality and passion. You can actually feel the heat as Marlon places his personal touch on these legendary classic love songs. His debut CD 'Siren Song' is a blend of smooth vocals and catchy melodies that will take you on a sensual musical excursion. Marlon's vocal range is illustrated in the 'Siren Song CD' in which covers the songs of music industry legends such as: Van Morrison, Kevin Mahogany, Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau, Brenda Russel, Regina Bell, and the late Lou Rawls. Marlon's performance demonstrates music artistry that will, relax your mind, while rekindling the experience of romance! Marlon Butler is also introducing himself as a Songwriter. 'Siren Song',the title track and 'My Woman's Tears' are his first installments. Siren Song and Siren Song 2...sure to be #1 Smooth Jazz hits. So sexy they should come with a disclaimer. The haunting and melodic sounds of Trumpeter Andrew Carney, Vocalist Marlon Butler with the Background vocal Niomisha Renee Wilson roll play in a romantic encounter. My Woman's Tears...Keyboardist Stuart Pearlman,Drummer Larry Washington and Marlon collaborate on what every man should endeavor in fulfilling his divine purpose. The Romantic Cords of Guitarist Michael Sims, Keyboardist Kevin Flournoy and commanding vocals of Marlon and Niomisha Wilson combine to put a different flavor on the romantic classics of Baby Come to Me and You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine. Keyboardist extraordinaire Kevin Flournoy,in collaboration with Bass Player Brian Simpson, Guitarist Michael Sims, and Drummer Larry Washington,lay down one of the funkiest track you'll ever hear to Early Morning Love. Legendary Keyboardist Bob Emmett, Smooth Groove Bass Guitarist Brad Bobo combine with the Saxophonic genius of Rodney Taylor,touches you to the depths of your sensual soul in Wild Honey. The 'Siren Song' CD will definitely become one of your smooth groove favorites! Don't Sleep on this one! Pardon the pun.
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Denzel Curry "Threatz" Mickey Pearce Remix
Rapper Denzel Curry's ferocious single, "Threatz" featuring Raider Klan members Yung Simmie and Robb Bank$, gets chopped up, ripped open and recycled into a serious rework that isn't afraid to let loose.
Two opposing sides of the music pond collide on this out of left field remix that might be one of the best things I've heard this year. Ignore the fact it's a shitty rip from London's legendary pirate radio station, Rinse.fm's June 13th show, and focus on the fact that the worlds of underground hip hop and underground bass music are coming together in an entirely new way. For years producers like London's Oneman and LA's Kingdom have been reworking rap's brightest up-and-comers, but to hear a primarily dubstep and UK garage producer, Mickey Pearce from revered Swamp 81 imprint go in on such a hardcore rap sound is beyond refreshing.
Miami's Raider Klan, an emerging force to be reckoned with, sees key member, rapper Denzel Curry's ferocious single, "Threatz" featuring Klan members Yung Simmie and Robb Bank$, being chopped up, ripped open and recycled into a serious UK dubstep track that's not afraid to let loose. Leaving the trappy hi-hats intact, Pearce brings a new level of erraticism through whirling, screeching pops and choice vocal snippets that only amp up the anthem worthy factor of "Threatz". Both the original and this remix will be on heavy rotation for the rest of the year. If you know what's up, be sure to follow suit.


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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. Yesterday I decided to give the upgrade to X4 a try on my Vaio running woody. dexter caused me much grief, creating an X config that would hang the console with a completely blank screen.
FWIW. This bug seems to be affecting flavors of Neomagic chipsets, as well as a few other manufacturers. I've tried several suggestions that have appeared on the debian-x list, but so far to no avail. Your best bet is to keep an eye on that list.
BTW, I had 1024x768 running on some of the pre-woody debs, so at least we know it's possible.
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Would it be a big job?
Yepp! its a big job! The grill the front bumper and the hood has to be changed...
The front bumper wouldn't scare me replacing myself but are you sure the bonnet is different?
Can't see why you would want to do it in the first place.
What next, quad pipes?
Jungle were you bullied in school or what??!!
I think in time a lot of people will do it to make their car look up to date.
If a new bonnet wasn't required I'd be one of them!
A lot a people spend a lot of time trying to make there cars look a little different to everyone elses of the same type. Our 'old grill' A3s will be different and special. The original new A3. Why go to all the expenses and hassle to make it look like everyone elses A3. It will not effect the trade-in value.
Be happy than you are driving the original not the one that's just following behind all the other models in the Audi range.
Is that special as in needs...
I like the old shape grille that most of us have and don't think the difference is huge anyway, the Mrs is having a sportback later this year (company car) so we can complete that his n' hers look and have the best of both worlds, can understand where Mark N is coming from though with wanting to keep his car up to date but IMO I don't think it will age the current model - still very similar.
Having said that we haven't seen a 3 door in the flesh yet.
I think you'll do more harm than good.
You'd have to explain to a buyer/dealer what a new shape grill is doing on an earlier car.
That will probably do more to reduce the resale value than increase it. Dealers like cars that are standard models that have not been 'modified' in any way by the user because they appeal to a larger customer base.
Yeh that's true about when it comes to trading in.
Just that I think the new front is nice more than anything...
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never stop learning, traveling and connecting with people
I am a young adventurous person who is always eager to learn and experience something new. I live in Canada, my family is Italian and have an in depth knowledge of Asia that I believe gives me an interesting perspective of the world. As I get older I see the benefits travel has bestowed upon me and the way I live my life, I hope only to further grow as time passes on.
Do everything once don't be afraid to have new experiences.
As well be open minded learn from your fellow man/women. If you are too set in your way of thinking you will never progress.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I can be your Toronto guide, or take you for a coffee
I was at a couch surfing meetings in Ho-chi-min,Osaka and Toronto, but I have meet travelers at hostels and other events while traveling. I have surfed once in Japan, in Istanbul all over Kazakhstan, Korea and a really crazy night in Bishkek.
I love history and understanding its effect on modern day. In addition I would like to get more involved in sustainable tourism approaches, if possible I would like to start my own adventure tourism organization in the Future. If im not thinking or reading you can find me watching a movie, I love movies!
- coffee
- movies
- reading
- traveling
- painting
- surfing
- history
- tourism
- mountains
Music, Movies, and Books
I love 80's heavy metal and hair bands like iron maiden, Bon Jovi and the scorpions. On top of that I love Japanese hair metal like X-Japan.
in terms of movies I love two extremes one is romantic comedies( I have seen the Wedding Singer 50+ times) and then I love science fiction movies like star wars, Aliens and Masters of the Universe are some of my favorites
One Amazing Thing I've Done
The most amazing thing I have done at this point is I hitch hiked from Fukuoka-Osaka while I was traveling Japan as well I Hitch hiked around Okinawa. The people in Japan are very kind and if your a young guy traveling alone I highly recommend it. One of the most amazing things I have seen ins the Sun rise the mountains of Java the main island Indonesia. I can swear the mixture of greenery, fog was so beautiful I could have sworn I was in heaven.
Teach, Learn, Share
To be honest I dun have anything profound to write here at the moment, I am kinda like an artist waiting for insparation I know I wanna travel, but i need to meet more people and see more places before i can paint my masterpiece if that makes sense,. I am hoping that Couch surfing will help with this insparation.
Countries I've Visited
China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam
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Along the fickle path of love I weep
For patience has been tested many times;
Deceit has broken hearts and now they seep
Fulfilling pages void of verse and rhymes.
Why does the past bleed into life with you
And echo thoughts I cannot leave behind?
I've seen the love you claim; it echoes through,
From peaks ne'er seen before; no more confined.
I should have known you'd never do me wrong,
Play hurtful games the mind cannot endure.
But I am no artwork or perfect song,
Just woman, strong and sometimes insecure.
Forgive the doubts that plague me now and then,
Your love has brought me to a state of zen.
03rd December 2016
Copyright © Nicola Byrne | Year Posted 2016
Shall I compare thee to your mother's arse?
Thou aren't more lovely, but more flatulent.
Rough winds do shake it; and bring on a farce
And all her clothes hath all too short a rent
Sometime too hot-headed of hell doth burn,
And often is the true nature exposed;
And every foul from fowl; my stomach churns,
By reason, or by nature's raging closed.
But thy infernal diet shall ne'er start
Nor gain possession of which now I grasp;
Nor shall we meet again; let's stay apart,
When in eternal sounds the voice does rasp,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can cry,
So long lives this, and I bid thee goodbye.
Copyright © Flippant She-Creature | Year Posted 2012
Lying in the meadow on a long afternoon
I press soft against you and start to spoon,
but the lump at the base of your spine has now grown
(vestigial tail , I guess) presses hard against my places unknown,
so rolling you over and with gentle caress,
your yellow scaled elbow, I adore, I confess,
I trace the large bump on the end of your nose.
I just love the coarse hairs and, how subtly it glows.
You sniffle so sweetly, as never ending it runs,
as of lipstick, thick mucous coats your lips, and you have need for none.
So I lie next to you, of your beauty I want more,
admiring your features, almost all I adore ...only one I abhor.
So, though shallow I feel, it saddens me greatly to know I must leave you
for the one thing I hate, I'm sorry my dear but your eyes are just too blue!
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2016
Glowing Cloud On Mountain Top
I met you there, so very full of grace
single rose in your shining raven hair
Radiance beaming from your sweet face
couldn't stop myself, I had to stare!
Every moment since, forever treasured
nights glowed on, your smile a star
Everything since that night measured,
love raced in deep, like a speeding car!
Now time has given me such great sorrow
Heaven welcomed your spirit on in
Misery my food, heartache my tomorrow
forever gone my lover, my great friend!
Glowing cloud on mountain top now dances
I gamble that climb and took my chances!
R.J. Lindley
Oct. 16th, 1973
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2015
These broken, shattered pieces of me are aching
My selfish heart cracking and breaking
Can the healing of the rain
Ease your undying pain
Like a brat I helplessly cling to you
Unaware of just what my venom does to you
Until it is too late to take back the sting
To change this monstrousness I have become…this thing
Never once did you really hate me
And alone I never wanted to be
But my deranged mine created a scenario…a belief that you did not want me around
And I pushed you away…shoved you to the ground
And I can never undo this hurtful crime
Nothing can make this guilt and pain go away…not even time
Copyright © Rebecca Larkin | Year Posted 2012
February 13, 1945
Pathfinders lit the night to show the way
for bombardiers too hungry for the word;
as Dresden's dark was made as light as day,
all hearts were stopped before the blasts were heard;
and as the din was heard by all their ears
the sound it made was not reality
but far removed from all the hopes and fears
and what they thought would never come to be.
They loved the Fuhrer--sin enough for all
to die the fiery death of sweet revenge
brought on by those who had enough of gall
to drop their loads in wartimes heated binge!
And when the fire consumed all that it could
the winter of their lives was understood.
Copyright © Vee Bdosa | Year Posted 2012
To have sent you out of the home,I was wrong
though I didn`t have the mind of doing it,
Your false accusation was a serious hit,
I was vexed and constantly slapped you for long,
Yet,the love that we share its still very strong,
I was drunk and almost fell into the pit,
You held and pulled me up and placed me on ~seat,
This baffled me and made me sing a new song.
For long,I`ve abandoned you and made you cry,
Please,let the old love burn in your heart like fire,
And allow me take you on my wings and fly!,
Fly..over hills to fulfill your heart desire,
For having pain and sorrow,I can`t deny,
Please!forgive me and let`s move a step higher.
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Copyright © olusegun Arowolo | Year Posted 2013
I despise sonnets, and they despise me.
So obnoxious with their fourteen line rhymes.
I'd rather be attacked by a banshee
Than be subjected to my mind's rhyme-crimes.
Fingers tapping to the ten syllables.
Dead to the iambic pentameter.
Now I'm praying for the running of bulls.
A better poet would make my freezer.
o, I know Shakespeare would be so ashamed
To read the words that lay upon this page.
They do not stand to the man they are named.
A Shakespearean sonnet on rampage.
I know the man himself would not agree,
But thank God for rhyming dictionary.
Copyright © Kara McLain | Year Posted 2012
We should communicate in poetry
eliminating all anger from us
anger kills just like guns in this country
we must bring peace here without any fuss
doing away with anger is the way
many will say anger is a good thing
because Jesus showed anger in his day
but the world has change the angels won't sing
hine the light on all our dark thoughts right now
I do believe worldwide peace is able
since Satan is waiting with his big plow
I was taught all sins were forgivable
sorry is so much than a simple word
it's a way of life your soul's only sword
Copyright © Robert Heemstra | Year Posted 2014
I have pets in the streets
Some cat, some dog...
I have friends, that I never talk.
I have darlings, I have loves,
I have never touch.
In my dream, from away, such...
I am afraid to fondle a cat
I can hurt.
Or my friend...
I have loves, such I love them
From far in my heart,
So that someone can separate.
Like a guilty, forbidden somebody,
a shadow.
I love them in my dream,
They never know.
So that I love you, I can not tell; what hell.
Copyright © Leila Anka | Year Posted 2013
Set child, listen to your elder's story often as you can for we are but men A time to live a time to die sorely in life to always do good, my friend: Written books are ink and pen, by a hand So harken more to do the good, when told Living letters never to hold again is far better to hear a voice of old: for prose can write anything to get their way living histories of the feelings told are fading, grows from youth to old but stay; before you pass a place you can not go To heed my grandmother's words, I said no always to do good I fail but I know
Copyright © John Beam | Year Posted 2014
Frozen pipe: leak, puddle, flood
basement soaked!
Copyright © Annalise Brigham...a.k.a. Audrey Haick | Year Posted 2009
The day I woke up
I will never forget
An enormous pang of guilt hits me in the solar plexus
I curl up into the foetal position
As I remember
The guilt
How can I face it?
Explanations will be expected
I will say it was accidental?
I didn't mean it
But I did
And they found the note
I speak to a doctor
How do you feel? He enquires
I feel ok I lie
But he sees through my deceit
He is trained to discover my thoughts
He has a kind face
But can I trust him
I don't want to be locked away
Can I tell him I feel angry?
That it didn't work and I don't want to be here
In a world I am not good enough for
And a burden to those close
Can I tell him I am disappointed?
That no one will miss me
No one will care
So what if I die?
You don't know me
Can I tell him I'm a terrible mother?
I did it to give my kids a better life
My depression clearly affects them
They deserve better than me
A life of happiness and joy
My state of mind prevents that
I feel so much guilt it kills inside
I have no money, our house second hand
I did it for them, my darling children
It is them I now have to face
Can I tell him I was happy?
The moment my decision was made
End my life and the constant pain
Peace for me
Relief for my family
Knowing the end was near
I felt organised
A resolution found
Can I tell him I miss my loved ones?
Those who passed over the years
I felt that I needed them
To be near
To be loved
As I was
I feel alone
I imagined them all waiting for me
With open arms, smiles and big hugs
Can I tell him the guilt is too much?
I want to run as fast as I can
Jump of a bridge
Or under a bus
I am gutted I'm here
I need to escape
I feel trapped like a wild animal
Awaiting my fate
But I will bide my time
Until no one suspects
"She's fine just down in the dumps"
A cry for help
She just needs pills
Maybe therapy
Or just to talk
No one will ever know
The misery and torture inside
That rips me to pieces
Thwarts any chance of happiness
No light at the end of the tunnel
No hope of ending this suffering
A solitary silence I will hold
Until the time I get my wish
To be free, at peace, at last
So please don't judge me
I tried my best but failed
I am not like you
I am weak
I am fragile
I cannot cope with what life gives
Many years wounded
Pain and suffering
In the dark and alone
I am damaged beyond repair
Copyright © Sarah Bryant | Year Posted 2015
To Err Is Human
Would if I could, earn a spot
in the farthest part
of your bleeding heart
to bridge the gaping chasm
that for so long separated
and kept us apart.
What fate does the future holds
for a weary father growing weak and old;
while the whole story has yet to be told?
Through the prism of my aging tears,
rainbows color the present delight
radiating in the remaining waning years.
With a love that is pure and divine,
please forgive the painful err that was mine.
Copyright © millard lowe | Year Posted 2015
December 18, 2012
Beautiful lies known as little white lies
yet one is no more deceptive than each
The truth is what makes it afraid of light
It's important we practice what we preach
Imagination built on lies destroy
Imagination built on truth create
Conquering evil we try to avoid
Tooth fairy, Halloween, Santa abate
Perceptions and images make it real
Origins of Pagan rituals true
We've wandered down this path for a bum deal
Now more lies are created all brand new
The mask behind a beautiful white lie
is the truth with a constant shield, but why?
Copyright © humble b | Year Posted 2012
Some Advice in This Sonnet
A few words of advice in this sonnet:
Don't hurt, if you too don't like to be hurt.
When bad deeds return, you might regret it.
So watch your deeds, and take care of your words.
Always know that from above you're being watched.
On your right and left are angels writing –
Collect whatever good deeds you may lack,
To please God and meet Him while He's smiling.
Avoid supplications prayed against you,
Especially those of righteous Muslims.
Beware of everything you see and do –
Know that on Judgment Day, you'll be questioned.
Obey Allah's Rules, and good you shall get.
If you displease Allah, yours is regret.
Miriam / Mariam Mababaya
Copyright © Mariam Mababaya | Year Posted 2012
The great wish is that we shall never feel,
Dark as the shady thorns over the yonder;
Beating hearts of gloom just atop the hill
Men with rage they neglect the ponder.
Oh, it were I was happy fool as any
Content to play the game of dull pretense,
Specious are these moments for so many;
Truth tales of lies to their own bitter ends.
Some would weasel that amends could be made
Bed is done lied in, for shame has come in;
Son against father with sharp verbal blade
Killed a command, instead honored sin.
Yet in the dark, light still filtered good through,
Heaven and hell, God above only who knew.
Copyright © Tim B | Year Posted 2012
If I just had one day left in life,
I'd rid myself of anger, envy, strife.
I'd hug those I loved dearly through the years,
And kneel to God, crying with bitter tears.
My prayer, dear God, extend my days to live,
For there's still one more person to forgive.
It's me, that comes regretting my despair,
Having lived a pauper's life seemed unfair.
I wanted to travel across the lands,
To see mountains high and the ocean sands.
How can I forget untraveled highways,
And be content at the end of my days?
For all that needs be done, God gives grace.
Fretting life ends, with hopes of better place.
Copyright © Virginia Mitchell | Year Posted 2010
For, ages past, I finally peeled out my illusory shell,
Roaming about naked on the surface, where my mind was covered with cloth made of rust,
Thus, regurgitate all my words swallowed, spit it back at me, for, it's rusty dust,
Use your shovel to dig off my steps, as my theories have finally fell.
The night stars abound, reminds me of glittery gold, strive to vain
A hearten statue sitting all day long on the city centre, lift the mess caused to rare fame,
O! Material like moss, I gathered the same,
Homage to no image, but their seeds I struggled to feign.
Coldly, boldly, I sent acquaintance running farther from my adventure,
For, my new tongue blabbers of no race's language,
Will I adapt to this life?, as I console my tears of unknown future,
Will the past vapourized? Never to surface in my newly age.
This I ponder, as I wander like Crusoe in an empty field,
Sorry to my past, because it what life yield.
Copyright © Chidozie Uche | Year Posted 2012
I'm sorry my dear heroes for our shame
For mothers' empty tears that now go by
For curses braved so cowards sit and cry
For surely there is someone else to blame
I'm sorry that your glory became lie
That freedom was an easy thought to tame
That while you fought our leaders played a game
That all the hopes of yesterdays now cry
Like flocks of sheep to terror in we cave
To eyes and ears that watch us everyday
Arrested cause our clothes hint misbehave
Our children searched in streets they used to play
Those dreams of liberties whose cost were grave
Are freedoms we now lightly give away
Copyright © Martin Kloess | Year Posted 2013
I can write with my hand that I'm sorry,
but it's hard for me to say it with my mouth.
That's why I wrote this poem.
Boy I know I've really made you a clown,
but not only a clown a joke of the fools.
I know what I did was wrong,
that's why I'm asking for forgiveness.
I can't even eat,talk,face and sleep,
because I've made you a joke.
That hurt me too much than it's hurt you.
For me and your mom you are a foxy rose,
a rose that grows in a light of God.
What I did is wrong,I know
that's why I want you to forgive me.
Copyright © Tokollo Kalake | Year Posted 2017
One Night Stand
My head shout it out,
My eyes clouded out,
My thoughts moved to treason,
My hands did not freeze,
I was brought to my knees,
My voice did not follow reason,
I stuck around,
Sitting on a flound,
Before I carried it out,
Parting my soul,
Fulfilling the whole,
Time I'd better get out,
By, Nick Evans
Copyright © Nick Evans | Year Posted 2016
It's when the night gets cold
I miss you the most
With no ones there to cover or care
It's when the night gets cold
My thoughts flood my brain
Your image takes such a strong hold
I have no control
It's when the night gets cold
I ache for you the most
Wanting to be so close
But no one near to see nor hear
It's when the night gets cold
I miss you the most
Copyright © sandy wilson | Year Posted 2010
I tried to follow some Truth and Moral
Now I sit here like I had no option
I thought I had to love every pal
Life has been tough, I thought my friends were gone
How could spirit stand by my side – you know?
Nothing, I mean nothing meant my pathway
What I gave I got back like I sow
Every bit and flesh of me should turn hay
Love, hate, feelings, everything seemed so dead
This my place was like after a havoc
I had no hope to find a soul to wed
Madness is my latest hope and stock
What then is Truth, what is it all about?
I´ve had enough of searching: this I shout!
Copyright © Lis Lovén | Year Posted 2005
If all I had left to live is twenty-four hours
I will plant a green garden with flawless flowers
I will pick for my friends and fans some red roses
I will be ready for that home more glorious than the galaxies
I will never be sorry and sad but be grateful and glad
For a life well spent with my family… mom and dad
I will thank God for making me fervent and faithful to the end
Before I finally fly, I will bid farewell to my foes and friends
I will take account of the lovely and lively life I've lived
I will say a sincere sorry to all those I have grossly grieved
I will pray for the hopeless and helpless men and women
I will ask God to save them from the devil's deadly den
If I had one day left to join the holy angels that hail hallelujah!
I will make my heart and hands ready to sing and hail hosanna!
Copyright © Adeleke Adeite | Year Posted 2010
You finally lost your feelings for me
I turned away, I´d lied to you: you left
You were ´him´to our gang: I was She
My restless notion of you was false theft
Again, over and over, something´s there
A finger stir an acupuncture spot
Losing is nothing to me: that I dare
I turn mediocre and you´re not hot
Analyzed Sex is coldness, I should know
From Gigantic thrill down my this and that!
I was not that cute that I could tip-toe
I looked for a Man under every hat
Take this(!): leave me to null and nudity
There´s void in this hell: I vomit on pity!
I was blinded to the autonomy
Of the actions committed in the time
Moonfall hesitated, and did not see
Malice in the eyes that were naught to be mine.
The crescent curves of a smile's sliver;
Indecision of skin, rancid and smooth;
Plush sentences congeal as I quiver;
Thoughts so careless, teeth dripping wir'y sooth.
My sight could not pierce nightfall-scathingly
Battened down were my mind and eyes, depraved
by sour medicine dreams filling me,
Unwillingly, with satire not staved.
The birr which I painted your portrait with
Disenchanted my world, a cause for death.
Copyright © Jenna-Nichole Conrad | Year Posted 2012
Dedicated to my best friend; I'm sorry Laura. May we never have a fallout again...
My deepest apologies my dearest friend,
I hope we are on the mend.
I never meant the words I said,
And to lose you would render my heart dead.
It was all in pain when anger rose,
And every day my guilt grows.
Sorrow clouds my spirit,
Accusations it whispers, I can hear it.
From shallow dreams and haunting nightmare I wake,
I'm afraid I cannot fix this mistake.
Oh can you forgive me,
Or is our friendship not to be?
My heart lurches for the pain I caused you,
My best friend, to make this right again I'll do what I have to…
The words of a heart felt letter "I love you I didn't do it", fading into ashes.
The flames of the hostile words "I know you did it, admit it slut" devouring and edging the pain.
I stand, broken in shattered bits, my heart washed away by the rain.
Words of love actions of hate, "Drew don't you see that it clashes?"
It is done it is over, turn by turn a wave of relief then despair over me crashes.
Mine, yours, ours, words of love, amore' it is now my bane.
This heart of mine traveling a one way street in reverse, in the wrong lane.
Togetherness taken for granted in its death throes our relationship thrashes.
The wrath within loosed on a dying soul.
Eternity of blackness snuffs out loves last flicker.
This barrage is not you speaking but the words of your mistress Meth.
Venom of anger and distrust conjured by your other love has taken its toll.
Seething eyes burn me, his stinging tongue whips me with one last snicker.
My affection crumpled my heart empty, descending, and falling, fading, death.
Summer Gratias
Copyright © Summer Gratias | Year Posted 2011
A dance of death, a greedy chore
Trapped inside these creature comforts;
A chance of life may become a bore
Outside this pleasantly right hurt.
But, soft and fair, though, of the skin,
In flesh a silent malice lies
Dormant, unnoticed, not used in
Context. Still, touch me as day dies.
And you, a ghost I cannot touch
By reaching out to Heart or mind,
Caught up in this sweetly rush-
Jaded: Nothing else left to find.
Superfluous and flushed, we breath
In gusts, unable to be free.


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SAN DIEGO -- The county will be offering inexpensive rabies shots for dogs and cats, microchipping, dog licenses, and discount coupons to get pets spayed or neutered, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday in San Diego, officials said this week.
Pet owners who live in the unincorporated parts of the county, San Diego, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar and Santee will be able to get the services Sunday at the county animal shelter at 5480 Gaines St.
Dog licenses -- required by law -- can be bought for one, two or three years, and start as low as $14, county officials said. County officials won't charge dog owners late fees if they have failed to get their pets licensed.
Rabies vaccinations will be offered for $6, for dogs 4 months and older, and for cats 3 months and older.
With proof of a license, dog owners can get their pets injected with identifying microchips for $20. Cats and rabbits can also be implanted.
Animal services officials said they would also be offering pet owners discount coupons to have their animals spayed or neutered: $25 coupons to neuter male dogs, cats and rabbits; and $50 coupons to spay female dogs, cats and rabbits.


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NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is challenging her opponents to five debates in this provincial election campaign.
"I am calling on you to join me for leaders' debates on real issues facing families," Horwath said in an open letter Monday to PC Leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne. "I'm proposing a total of five debates with at least one focused exclusively on jobs and the economy."


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Songs for your iPod
Next week, my final new music post for a while. After that, older music running features for a few months: Joy Division, The Flaming Lips, The Radio Dept., The Cure, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, David Gray, Paul Simon, Daniel Johnston, Sebastien Tellier, Fiona Apple, etc...
Monthly movie recap coming soon!
(A new discovery, the album ?Which Side Are You On? (2012) features some of the most original new lyrics I have heard so far this year. I'm surprised I haven't stumbled upon her music before, apparently she's been active for years.)
Unworry - Ani Difranco
Unworry by ThatEricAlper
Splinter - Ani DiFranco
Splinter by ThatEricAlper
Lifeboat - Ani Difranco
Had We Had It - Frankie Rose
(Know Me is the hit-which just gets on my nerves, grrr! you know how it is when you can't get a melody out of your head, and not in a good way? ha ha. You have been warned! I prefer Had We Had It )
Had We Had It by missfrankierose
(I was worried album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats (2012) would be the single I previously shared Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas), and the rest of the tracks forgettable, luckily I was wrong. Enjoying several tunes!)
All The Rowboats – Regina Spektor
All The Rowboats by reginaspektor
Small Town Moon – Regina Spektor
Small Town Moon by reginaspektor
Over the border - Saint Etienne
(I love spoken lyrics)
Take It Out On Me - Chairlift
(Very 80s...)
That's all folks! Listeners, any thoughts on this week's music?
8 comments:
That album cover was used by The Bluetones on their first album I think. That was a good record from the Britpop era...actually I listened to that one recently - brought back some good memories.ReplyDeleteReplies
@Dan: Britpop era is certainly worth considering sharing, don't know The Bluetones. I like some of what Blur & Massive Attack did in 90s, less keen on Oasis.Delete
I already shared my fav Pulp songs: http://moviesandsongs365.blogspot.com/2010/11/songs-for-your-ipod_08.html
Correct, album sleeve has been done before. The peacock uses its feathers to entice females, and Ani Difranco is apparently known as a feminist singer, so you can put two and two together ( :
Loving the Spektor tracks, they are easily my favorite ones out of this batch, I need to get the album now.ReplyDeleteReplies
@Bonjour Tristesse: I'm liking Regina Spektor's new songs a lot more than her old stuff, "How" from the LP I also enjoyed.Delete
- Analía30 May 2012 at 05:16
And the last song is: "After that, older music running features for a few months: Joy Division, The Flaming Lips, The Radio Dept., The Cure, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake...", This sounds like music to my ears!:)I liked Ani. Be well Chris.ReplyDeleteReplies
I knew you'd like the news ( : Ani Difranco is probably among the most underrated albums of 2012. Take care, AnaliaDelete
I'm surprised that I like the Regina Spektor songs. Never fancied giving her a listen, but looks like I was wrong. Looking forward to Johnny Cash and a bit of Sufjan. Is your back any better?ReplyDeleteReplies
@doccortex: I feel the same way, Regina Spektor was never top of my list either, her new album surprised me in a positive way.Delete
Yes, lots of older music on the way, I'm running out of new songs to post/recommend!
I'm taking it day by day, the back injury is still there, just have to exercise every day. Thanks for asking
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By David Lea

Metroland Media Group

In every career there comes a time to move along and for Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) President and CEO John Oliver that time will be April 30, 2014,

Oliver, whose time with HHS dates back to 1990, announced his impending retirement Wednesday.

A committee has been formed to oversee a recruitment process for his replacement.

"It really has been an honour to serve the communities of Halton in these hospital operations for 23 years. It has been a long, long career run for me in the Halton hospital grouping," he said.

"I guess for me there has to be a time to go and I think the organization really is optimally positioned right now for that change. There is an incredibly strong senior team here that has some very effective individuals who are working on the projects and the operations that are quite able to accomplish and maintain both the operations and our big capital projects while a search happens."

Oliver, 57, said the HHS board is also very strong, engaged, collaborative and understanding of the hospitals and their needs.

"While I clearly have my own personal reasons for deciding to retire and move on with my career I really did look at Halton Healthcare and that it is sustainable during this time of transition," he said.

"I think it is a really optimal time. We are still about two years from the new Oakville hospital opening so it does give time for a new CEO to come in and understand the operations and what has to get done."

Oliver had little to say about what he will be doing after April 30. The Oakville resident is married with three children and made $477,520 in 2012 in salary and taxable benefits.

He noted his future would probably include public service work, but said he hasn't given any thought as to what capacity.

Oliver's career with HHS hospitals began in 1990 when he was executive director of Georgetown Hospital.

In 1995 he became president and CEO of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH).

In 1998 he was appointed president and CEO of what is now HHS – the result of the amalgamation of the Milton and Oakville hospitals.

In 2006 Oliver was instrumental in the transfer of the Georgetown Hospital to HHS.

During this time, Oliver also oversaw the application for long-term care beds in Halton Hills and Oakville that resulted in the development of two long-term care centres.

Oliver also oversaw major physical plant expansions and enhancements at OTMH, including the completion of a $50 million facility upgrade in 1995, the completion of a $12 million Emergency/ Ambulatory Care expansion in 2001, and many additional renovations and enhancements to accommodate new programs and service expansions.

"During his tenure at HHS John provided the organization with exceptional strategic leadership that ultimately translated to better healthcare services for each of the communities that we serve," said Judy Wilson, HHS board Chair.

"From long term care beds for the elderly in Oakville to the stabilization and growth of our obstetrical programs at our northern sites and the provision of regional services outside of our immediate catchment area - there are many, many people who have and will continue to benefit from the foresight, vision and drive of John Oliver."

A champion of community healthcare and providing services closer to home Oliver was instrumental in the introduction and expansion of many clinical programs in all three communities including the introduction of MRI services, inpatient rehabilitation program and the HHS dialysis and diabetes programs.

While his HHS career has lasted 23 years Oliver said some of the things he is most proud of have taken place more recently.

"The last three or five years dedicated to capital renewal is probably the peak achievement for me. The new Oakville hospital...(It's been great) seeing that come up out of the ground from what was a very of a hairy vision back about eight to 10 years ago. It is suddenly materializing and coming into fruition and likewise for the Milton project. We are about a year away from starting construction up there," said Oliver.

"Just the chance to watch the renewal of the hospitals at all three of our sites has been a major accomplishment I will remain quite proud of as I go on."

Oliver represented HHS beyond its communities.

In 1999 Oliver was seconded to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

He also served as chair of the board of directors of Shared Services West (SSW) for five years and continues as a member of the SSW board and recently completed a three-year term as a member of the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee.

Oliver was the chair of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario, the Halton-Peel District Health Council and the Reference Group on Hospital and Physician Issues.

In 2011 he was awarded a Fellowship in The Institute of Charted Accountants of Ontario. In 2012 he was presented with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal.

"Through the years I have had the opportunity to work with groups of amazing individuals who define the excellence of HHS. From staff and physicians, through management and executive personnel, their professionalism and commitment to excellence has been inspirational to me," Oliver said.

"This collective spirit of service and quality is highly motivational and continues to carry the organization forward."


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LEEDS, England, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A young Englishman has been sentenced to at least 22 years in prison for killing his 16-month-old daughter by breaking her spine, legal officials said.
James Howson, 25, of Doncaster received a life sentence Friday and must serve a minimum of 22 years, The Yorkshire Post reported. Justice Laura Cox called his crime "a brutal and chilling attack."
"Exactly what happened that caused you to do what you did on that night remains unclear," Cox said. "At some point, probably because she was in pain or distress you placed Amy on your knee and then deliberately pushed her down on some object or on you knee, fracturing her spine."
During the sentencing hearing, the court heard of Howson's history of violence against women. His lawyer, Adrian Waterman, read a report from a teacher when he was expelled from school at the age of 14.
"This boy will commit a murder before too long," the teacher said. "I have never seen a such a disturbed young man."
Howson's girlfriend, Tina Hunt, was given a 12-month suspended sentence for failing to report the abuse of their daughter.