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Book of Hours for Sarum Use and Gallican Psalter with Canticles (Pembroke Hours)
Artist/maker unknown, Netherlandish
Probably made in Bruges, Belgium, Europe
Additions from England, Europe
c. 1465-1470, with additions c. 1550-1565Medium:
Illuminated manuscript on vellumDimensions:
Book: 12 1/16 × 8 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (30.6 × 22.5 × 7 cm)Curatorial Department:
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1945-65-2Credit Line:
The Philip S. Collins Collection, gift of Mrs. Philip S. Collins in memory of her husband, 1945
Probably made in Bruges, Belgium, Europe
Additions from England, Europe
c. 1465-1470, with additions c. 1550-1565Medium:
Illuminated manuscript on vellumDimensions:
Book: 12 1/16 × 8 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (30.6 × 22.5 × 7 cm)Curatorial Department:
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The Philip S. Collins Collection, gift of Mrs. Philip S. Collins in memory of her husband, 1945
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This book is called "The Pembroke Hours" after the first Earl of Pembroke, who commissioned it. Books of Hours contain prayers associated with daily use. This one is unusual in also including the psalms.
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Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia CollectionsThe full-page miniature introducing the Psalter section in this combined Book of Hours-Psalter portrays Esdras (or Ezra) bent on his literary labors. Wearing an exotic headdress of the type frequently used to identify figures of the Old Testament (and possibly also referring to his status as a priest of the Old Law), Esdras is shown writing in an open book placed on his lap. He writes apparently from memory, not consulting any of the finely bound books or scrolls on a table at the back of his chamber. A conflagration of books in the foreground refers to the books of "the law of the Lord that had been burned" and which Esdras is in the act of renewing. The flames and the transparent smoke that arise from the fire add a touch of realism to the scene and also suggest its momentary nature. This manuscript, known as the Pembroke Hours, is extraordinary in all respects. It is one of the largest and most elaborately illustrated books of private devotion produced in the Low Countries during the fifteenth century for export to England. Singular in some of its contents, in its cycles of illustration, and in its sheer complexity, it must have been a commission of uncommon importance. The miniature displayed here introduces the second major text in the manuscript, a fully illustrated Psalter. Although wealthy English patrons of this period showed a certain partiality for combined Books of Hours and Psalters, this is the only known example of a fully illustrated Psalter made either in or for England or the Low Countries during the fifteenth century. The ten full-page miniatures and 174 column miniatures that illustrate the psalms and canticles do not appear to derive from any familiar Psalter model. They illustrate the tituli (short titles), written in red, that preface each of the psalms and canticles, providing a running commentary on the historical and allegorical significance of the psalms. The miniature and titulus accompanying the first psalm exemplify the ways these prefatory elements can inflect understanding. The titulus for Psalm I states, "This Psalm was written by Esdras when he renewed the law of the Lord that had been burned." The heading refers to the purported author of the biblical Book of Esdras, a priest and doctor of the law (also known by his Hebrew name, Ezra) as well as a famous scribe, student, and teacher of the Law of Moses. Jewish tradition credited Esdras with rewriting the law, in part from memory, after enemies had burned the holy books. This constitutes the subject of both the full-page miniature that faces the beginning of the Psalter and the column miniature just above the titulus to Psalm I. The probable inspiration for the link between Psalm I and Esdras is the second verse of the psalm: "But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night." The depiction that prefaces Psalm 97 is equally unusual (Christ's Advent illustrating Psalm 97, fols. 171V-172). The titulus states that the psalm refers to the coming of Christ, and an exceedingly uncommon portrayal of the theme of Christ's Advent1. From God the Father, shown bust-length in a golden aperture in the sky, the soul of Christ, portrayed as a small baby (a homunculus), descends on golden rays toward a landscape peopled at the right with a group of twelve men (presumably representing prophets of the Old Law or the twelve tribes of Israel) and at the left with a group of naked men imprisoned in a dungeon built into a hillock. Set before a cityscape that probably depicts the holy city of Jerusalem, the miniature vividly pictures those who await Christ's coming. Significantly, the series of tituli found in this manuscript differs from those encountered thus far in any other traditions.2 The unusual depiction of Esdras that prefaces Psalm I is the only known example of a large-scale portrayal of Esdras, rather than King David, as a frontispiece to a Psalter, and it is the only known depiction of Esdras to show the burning books of the law, a detail that derives ultimately from the apocryphal book of 4 Esdras.3 The cycle of illustration was likely conceived when the Psalter was commissioned. Considering the originality of the pictorial cycle and the complexity of its subject matter, it seems probable that it would have been planned in consultation with a theological adviser, such as a chaplain. Another of the unusual elements of this manuscript, and one that likely would have required the participation of a schooled author, is the text of its calendar. It does not consist of a simple list of saints' names and feasts but instead is a continuous metrical poem of 365 Latin verses into which saints' names and feasts are occasionally integrated (the names and feasts are written in gold or red, while the rest of the poem is written in black). This is the only known example of a Latin metrical text of this kind in a calendar of the late Middle Ages. Metrical calendar texts do occasionally appear in English manuscripts of the tenth and eleventh centuries,4 and the example in the Pembroke Hours-Psalter may represent a unique late medieval revival of this tradition, albeit in a redaction that is unknown in any of the early examples. The cycle of calendar illustrations relates the manuscript to broader traditions of Flemish illumination. The twenty-four roundels of the Labors of the Months and Sign of the Zodiac in the calendar belong to a pictorial recension that appears in a group of Books of Hours made in Bruges in the second and third quarters of the fifteenth century. François Avril has identified the source of this cycle in the calendar illustrations of the "Saint-Maur Hours," a Parisian manuscript of the early fifteenth century attributed to the Boucicaut Master.5 As the Flemish works replicate only the figures of the Saint-Maur Hours, setting them against different backgrounds, it appears that the Flemish illuminators had access to a set of model drawings of these figures rather than to the manuscript itself. The Flemish manuscripts that depend on this set of models include works made for use in Bruges as well as those made for export to England and other locales. The Pembroke Hours-Psalter belongs to a distinct subgroup among Books of Hours produced in Flanders for export to England during the third quarter of the fifteenth century. The three books in this group known to us are larger in size than most of the Books of Hours produced in the Low Countries for English patrons.6 In addition to having similar border decoration and stylistically related miniatures (painted by different collaborators), all three books share the same type of three-line initials, apparently unique to this group. They consist of pink or blue letter with white tracery on gold fields, enclosing, respectively, blue or red fields decorated with flowers, birds and other animals, or figures in yellow-gold pen work. Even within this group of elaborately illustrated and decorated books, the Pembroke Hours-Psalter stands out for the high quality and great number of its illustrations. The miniatures of the Pembroke Hours-Psalter were produced by at least a half-dozen painters. It is a measure of the importance of this commission that the manuscript includes a series of large and small miniatures in the vivid, painterly style of the Master of Anthony of Burgundy, who is not otherwise known to have contributed miniatures to any Books of Hours produced for export to England. His oeuvre consists primarily of large-scale books of decidedly courtly content and character.7 The miniatures in his style occur exclusively in the portion of the book containing the Psalter and a series of eleven column miniatures in one of its gatherings.8 Most of the remaining miniatures are by illuminators who worked in colorful linear styles related to the work of Willem Vrelant, a leading illuminator in Bruges during the third quarter of the fifteenth century.9 The styles of the two major Vrelantesque painters in the Hours-Psalter can be contrasted in the openings that preface each of the eight Hours of the Virgin (Carrying of the Cross and Nativity from the Hours of the Virgin, fols. 68V-69). The half-page miniatures of the Infancy of Christ on the rectos of the openings are by a painter closely related to Vrelant: his compositions are uncluttered and geometrically structured and are dominated by relatively large, firmly outlined figures. The painter of the full-page miniatures of the Passion on the facing versos has a lighter palette (with abundant use of yellow tones), more complex and dynamic compositions, and more elongated figures.10 Despite its uncommon richness, complexity, and many singular features, the Pembroke Hours-Psalter contains no evidence that points unequivocally to its patron. In the mid-sixteenth century it belonged to Sir William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke of the second creation (c. 1501-570), who added twenty folios of prayers at the beginning of the book and sixteen at the end, including depictions of his coat of arms and emblems (with the Order of the Garter, conferred on him in 1548) and a large miniature showing him at prayer (fol. 2v). The calendar of the manuscript contains a series of neatly written marginal annotations recording the dates of the births or deaths of prominent noble adherents of the House of York and of victories won by the Yorkists in their battles with the Lancastrians during the War of the Roses (the dates range from 1446 to 1476). Inasmuch as the grandfather of the above-mentioned Earl of Pembroke, who was likewise named William Herbert and was Earl of Pembroke of the first creation, was a partisan of Edward IV and the Yorkist party in the War of the Roses (he was captured in battle and executed by the Lancastrians in 1469), the suggestion has been put forward that the book was made for the first Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and passed by descent to his grandson.11 Debra Taylor Cashion, from Leaves of Gold, Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections (2001), pp. 60-64. 1. For examples of other tituli that identify Psalm 97 as a reference to Christ's Advent, see Pierre Salmon, Les "Tituli psalmorum" des manuscrits latins (Rome and Vatican City: Abbaye Saint Jérome, 1959), pp. 128, 144, 170.
2. See Salmon, Les "Tituli psalmorum," and Elizabeth Anne Peterson, "Accidents and Adaptations in Transmission among Fully-Illustrated French Psalters in the Thirteenth Century," Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, vol. 50 (1987), pp. 375-84. We are indebted to Dr. Peterson for generously commenting on the contents of the series of tituli in the Pembroke Hours-Psalter.
3. See 4 Esdras (designated as 2 Esdras in the Apocrypha) 14.21-22: "For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the works that shall begin. But if I have found grace before thee, send the holy ghost into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, which were written in thy law."
4. For the tradition, which was kindly called to our attention by François Avril, see Michael Lapidge, "A Tenth-Century Metrical Calendar from Ramset," Revue Bénédictine, vol. 94 (1984), pp. 326-69, and Patrick McGurk, "The Metrical Calendar of Hampson: A New Edition," Analecta Bollandiana: Revue critique d'hagiographie, vol. 104, nos. 1-2 (1986), pp. 79-125.
5. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS nouv. acq. Lat. 3107. Avril's observation is published in the introduction he wrote to a set of color postcards (on sale at the library in Tours) of the calendar pages of one of the Flemish manuscripts that belong to the recension: "Heures à l'usage de Rome" (Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 218) [Tours, 1989].
6. The other two manuscripts are Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 153, and Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 50.1.1. For the first, see Alain Arnould et al., Splendours of Flanders, exh. cat. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. 128-29, no. 40. For the second, see Paolo Herkenhoff [and Pedro Oswaldo Cruz], Biblioteca National: A história de uma coleção (Rio de Janeiro: Editora Salamandra, 1996), pp. 26-28 (where it is erroneously dated 1378 and assigned to an Italian painter, Spino Spinelli, on the basis of a false colophon on folio 196v).
7. For the Master of Anthony of Burgundy, who is named after a copy of Valerius Maximus in Breslau that was produced for Anthony of Burgundy, the bastard son of Philip the Good, see Smital, Das schwarze Gebetbuch des Herzogs Galeazzo Maria Sforza, pp. 44-81. For the attribution of the same group of works to Philippe de Mazerolles, which is still controversial (hence our preference for the anonymous name), see Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries (Amsterdam: B.M. Israël, 1987) pp. 121-24; and for the problem, see Otto Pächt and Dagmar Thoss, Die iluminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 7, Flämische Schule II (Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1990), pp. 33-34. As is apparent from stylistic variations in the manuscripts ascribed to the Master of Anthony of Burgundy, including the Pembroke Hours-Psalter (see note 8), more than one painter worked in the manner denoted by this name.
8. The miniatures in this style of the Master of Anthony of Burgundy appear to be the work of two or three painters. The artist responsible for the miniature of Esdras commencing the Psalter also contributed the full-page miniatures on folios 142v, 161v, and 171v (all framed with plain gold fillets); they are close in style to miniatures ascribed to the Master of Anthony of Burgundy in two disparate copies of parts of Raoul la Fevre, Receuil des histoires de Troye, in Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier, MSS 9262 and 9263; for which see Frédéric Lyna, Les Principaux Manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 3, ed. Christiane Pantens (Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier, 1989), pp. 128-32, nos. 275-76, pls. 41-42. The full-page miniatures on folios 133v and 151v are by a second hand. This artist's miniatures, which have frames made of gold and painted fillets, contain smaller figures executed in a more precise and linear style, and the leaves with his miniatures also include illustrated marginal roundels. In the latter feature they recall some elements of the one other Book of Hours that has the "Black Prayerbook of Galeazzo Maria Szorza" (Vienna: Österreichisches Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 1856), for which see Smital, Das schwarze Gebetbuch des Herzogs Galeazzo Maria Sforza, and Jenni and Thoss, Das schwarze Gebetbuch. The column miniatures on folios 128, 128v, 129, 130, 130v, 131v, 134v, 135, 135v, and 136 appear to be either by the second of these two hands or by a third extension below the lower edge of the text column that includes figures painted by one of the Vrelantesque miniaturists.
9. See Barnard Bousmanne, "Item a Guillaume Wyelant aussi enlumineur": Willem Vrleant, un aspect de l'enluminure dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux sous le mécénat des dubs de Bourgogne Phlippe le Bon et Charles le Téméraire (Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique; Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1997).
10. In addition to the eight full-page miniatures of the Passion cycle (fols. 27v, 31v, 51v, 55v, 58v, 61v, 64v, 68v), this painter also contributed the full-page miniatures on folios 73v, 83v, 101v, 120v, and 186v. A third Vrelantesque painter, who employs relatively short figures and deep colors, contributed the sixty-two historiated initials that follow Lauds of the Virgin. The remaining Vrelantesque miniatures seem to me to be the work of at least three additional painters: one for the twenty-four roundels of the Occupations of the Months and Signs of the Zodiac in the calendar; another for the full-page miniatures on folios 124v and 181v and the column miniatures on folios 118v-140v, 143 through the end of the original part of the book; and a third for the miniatures on folios 110-117.
11. One of the three-line decorated initials in the manuscript contains the English royal coat of arms (fol. 207). The coat of arms is not large enough nor is it in a sufficiently prominent position to propose that the book was commissioned by a royal patron. It may signify only that the patron of the book wished to be identified as a supporter of the crown. It is worth noting, however, that the only other manuscript thus far known to have been commissioned by the Sir William Herbert (died 1469) who has been proposed as a patron of the Pembroke Hours-Psalter was apparently made for presentation to an English king; see the copy of John Lydgate's Troy Book in London, British Library, MS Royal 18.D.II, included in Kathleen L. Scott, Later Gothic Manuscripts, 1390-1490, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, vol. 6 (London: Harvey Miller, 1996), vol. 2, pp. 282-85, no. 102.


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Do you have a special talent? Can you play the guitar with your teeth a la Jimi Hendrix, or perhaps you can do some mean body popping? My brother used to do a very good Elvis impersonation, but unfortunately we don't have it on film.
Or what about a party trick that you'd like to share with an unwitting world? I know someone who can tie a knot in a cherry stalk with their tongue! The mind boggles.
If you, or a member of your family, have an amazing talent why not share it via the Virgin Media Talent School Youtube and you could be in with a chance of winning tickets to the finale of Britain's Got Talent.
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Cervenak's back
Mike Cervenak rejoins the Zephyrs today after missing the first five weeks of the season while recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his elbow. Cervenak was one of the most consistent Zephyrs hitters in 2011, and collected the 1,500th hit of his 12-year minor league career in his final at-bat of the season in Oklahoma City. He'll be thrust immediately into the starting lineup, and here's the rest of the card as the Z's conclude the series with Tucson:
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Longtime readers of this site know that the evolving GetReligionista team has been in the blogging business for a dozen years, which means that we have seen quite a few trends in social media come and go through the years. Yes, I confess that I once thought Twitter was a joke.
Early in the digital revolution, one of the elements of the new medium that excited people the most was the potential for solid, even insightful material emerging through comments from readers, comments that might even result in constructive dialogue between journalists and readers. Then along came the trolls and may online editors lost faith.
Comments have always been a part of what we do here at GetReligion, even though some of the most important comments come in the form of private emails from journalists who, for various reasons, cannot leave public posts on the site.
The problem, from Day 1, has been that the vast majority of comments on our posts consist of commentary -- often very blunt -- about religious and political issues mentioned in our posts, as opposed to commentary about the pros and cons of how mainstream journalists cover these issues. As folks here have stressed many times: This is not a religion news blog. GetReligion is a blog focusing on the good and bad in news media efforts to cover religion news.
Thus, we send about 75 percent of all of the comments we receive into the digital trash. In journalism lingo, we spike them. Frankly, we wish that more people would take the time to read our commenting policy, which began long ago with a memo from GetReligion co-founder Doug LeBlanc.
This is what we expect from our readers who leave comments here.
* Engage the contents of the post. This is a journalism weblog. Please strive to comment on journalism issues, not your opinions of the doctrinal or political beliefs of other people.
* Provide a valid email address or a link to your blog or website. If you're unwilling to do this, we do not owe you a forum.
* Provide at least your first name. If all you have to offer is a nom de plume, we're not interested. If you post as more than one person from the same IP address, we'll block that address.
* Do not engage in ad hominem arguments. We will delete such comments punctually, and will not respond to complaints (whether public or private) about the deletions.
We reserve the right to identify trollish behavior for what it is.
Now, we used to be able to run more comments than we do now.
Why is that? This blog currently is based at SquareSpace and, to be blunt, that company's software does not allow up to edit comments. We used to be able to spike a lot of nasty or rambling commentary and save the one or two thoughts in a comment that actually focused on journalism issues. We can't do that anymore, so lots of valid material is lost.
What makes a great comment? First of all, it is a commentary about journalism issues. Second, comments can actually addsnew information to the discussion -- perhaps pointing readers to a valid URL containing news or information linked to the topic.
What do really good comments look like? Well, that's what this post is actually about.
The other day, our own Bobby Ross, Jr., wrote a post on that heart-tugger in The New York Times about the bride who was walked down the aisle by the man who, in a transplant, received the heart of her late father. Click here to read the original story, or watch this YouTube for more info.
Bobby, to put this in GetReligion terms, thought he sensed the presence of a religion "ghost" in this story. He wrote:
So why do I think that religious faith might be an unspoken -- and important -- factor in this story? Well, one clue is that the wedding occurs in the same church where the bride's parents were married, according to the Times. That hints at a family history with that church.
Another reason is that organ transplants, in general, seem to require a whole lot of faith -- religious or otherwise. As one doctor told me earlier this year, "I truly see miracles every day."
Finally, in the YouTube video above, the bride talks into terms of spiritual and physical beings.
This led to two comments, in response to Bobby's musings, that I found truly fascinating. The first is from Thomas Szyszkiewicz, a professional in the Catholic media.
There is a lot missing from this coverage. I just looked at the CNN coverage and all kinds of questions are popping in my mind:
(1) On the back wall of that church are two portraits of popes, one looks like John Paul and the other like Benedict, though it's hard to tell. If it is Benedict and not Francis, why is there no Francis portrait there?
(2) The priest is in a vestment called a "fiddleback." It's a style of chasuble more likely used by priests who use the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (colloquially known as the Latin Mass). Why is this priest celebrating an Ordinary Form wedding in a fiddleback?
(3) It seems as if I saw an altar girl there. Though allowed, it's an incongruity with a priest in a fiddleback. What's up with that?
(4) If this parish leans more toward the traditional side of things, that probably means Jenny and her new husband have more traditional leanings. Anyone care to find out if that's the case and how much that will impact their new life? Or are we just concerned about the physical heart?
Yes, that commentary has a conservative Catholic slant. However, he really is raising questions about material that journalists could have noticed and, thus, reported.
That comment led to this very relevant -- truly insider material -- from Maureen Rath. I cleaned up a typo or two:
Thomas ... I'm Jeni's mother in law and the groom Paul's mother. I hope to answer some of your questions. ...
There may have been a picture of Pope Francis that the video shot did not capture.
Fr. Potter celebrated a full Mass with the Mass parts sung in Latin. It may also be that his vestments were a donation to the parish. Lastly it was August in Pittsburgh in an church with no air conditioning and the fiddleback was a more practical selection
The little girl who was an altar server has Down's Syndrome and was known by the bride's family. Jeni is a teacher and welcomes all children. She felt it special to have this girl as one of the servers.
My son and daughter in law are of traditional values. Jeni's family had no idea that this story would spread globally. She remains committed to spreading a loving message of how tragedy can be turned into triumph, in this case through giving life to someone who was dying through the gift of organ donation. It has also brought much need closure to a family who suffered a tragic loss. It is about bringing hope, joy, and love -- which is the core our the Gospel message.
Now that is really interesting info, in my opinion. Thus, I thought I'd share it.
More please. At this point, your GetReligionistas are not giving up on seeking solid, valid comments from readers. We're gonna hang in there.


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Lucy, Truncate and Markus Fix are some of the names on the latest trip down the alphabet from Sven Väth's label, which is set for release in September.
If you've followed Sven Väth's label over the years, then you know the drill: these compilations, which have slowly been working their way through the alphabet, bring together new tracks by artists both close to the label and outside its stable. The tracks then appear on CD and in digital formats, in addition to the deluxe six-LP box you'd imagine Papa Sven keeps in his bag throughout the Ibiza season. (Hear more about Väth and Ibiza in our 200th Exchange podcast from earlier this summer.) As usual, the collection is diverse, with Lucy, Ripperton and Truncate rubbing shoulders with Markus Fix, Aril Brikha & Vince Watson, Ricardo Tobar and Sam Paganini.
01. Konstantin Sibold & Leif Müller - Kolibri
02. Julian Perez - Over The Rain
03. Markus Fix - Geischa
04. Aril Brikha & Vince Watson - VA2
05. Alan Fitzpatrick - For Fear Tonight Is All
06. Cavaan - Wildness
07. Truncate - Workout
08. Sam Paganini - Labyrinth
09. Lucy - Luminous
10. Villanova - Les Gobelins
11. Ripperton - Wet Dreams
12. Ricardo Tobar - Gambetta
Cocoon Recordings will release Compilation N on September 8th, 2014.


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Tropical Extravaganza 2011
Tropical Birds - installation in the Prince of Wales Conservatory
The tropical bird installation represented the variety of birds found in the Amazonian rainforest and was sited in the tropical rainforest zone in the Prince of Wales Conservatory.
I replicated some of the most common species such as Macawas and Parakeets, Ibis and Cock of the Rocks, Birds of Paradise and the totally fanciful Tropical Phoeanix. To recreate the visual splendour of tropical birds, each one was individually crafted using a vast assortment of iridescent, shimmery materials and richly decorated.


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Hey folks,
It's just one week before our annual Holiday Party and as noted in previous posts, we will be having our event on December 9th at the Chicago Lighthouse. We're very excited that the Chicago Club of the Deaf is reuniting with us to co-host the wonderful event.
Meanwhile, I just got a call from Santa. He called me on the new DeafBlind videophone. Way cool! He asked me to find out how many of you will be there so he can make sure there's enough gifts for everyone. Gifts will be given to DeafBlind eople as well as children. So, can you please send me a email at email@example.com and I will pass along the word to Santa about who will be there. Santa said he wants to make sure everyone goes home happy!
For lunch, we will have the same style as last year. Pizza for everyone plus we ask everyone to bring some kind of favorite holiday dessert. We will provide the beverages.
As always, family members and friends are welcome to join us. We also welcome SSPs to join us and be our elves in the room!
Looking forward to seeing all of you next week. Stay warm and safe for the holidays!


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By David J. Cord, September 2013
Finnish brands like Angry Birds and Marimekko join international partners for co-branding efforts.
Niina Kokko is one of those people who can quote Star Wars from memory. She can list filming locations and name who was in Chewbacca's suit. To put it mildly, she is a fan. Her love of Star Wars sometimes leads her in strange directions, like to the game Angry Birds.
"I tried Angry Birds once online, but when the Star Wars game came out I got the app and loved it," she says. "Anything Star Wars draws me in."
If Kokko is any example, Finland's Rovio Entertainment's idea to co-brand their Angry Birds game with Star Wars worked admirably. After racking up 100 million downloads with the original 2012 game the partnership was renewed with a sequel in September 2013.
If Kokko is any example, Finland's Rovio Entertainment's idea to co-brand their Angry Birds game with Star Wars worked admirably. After racking up 100 million downloads with the original 2012 game the partnership was renewed with a sequel in September 2013.
"In this case, the co-branding seems like a perfect match," says assistant professor of marketing Christian Kowalkowski of the Hanken School of Economics. "The app is much appreciated among Angry Birds fans and it also attracts the attention of consumers of all ages who are Star Wars fans."
While the first game followed the three original Star Wars movies, the sequel includes characters from the more recent three. For the first time in history, Rovio even allows players to "join the pork side" and play as one of the villainous pigs instead of the good-guy birds.
This is not the first time Rovio has teamed up with other companies to create Angry Birds merchandise. In fact, they are masters at it.
"Rovio pursues brand extension aggressively," Kowalkowski continues. "You can find anything from Angry Bird's children's clothes and toys to wrapping paper and coffee. Such co-branding initiatives also lead to increased sales of such co-branded goods."
Angry Birds is not the only Finnish brand that has paired up with international partners in co-branding efforts. Linda Christofakis, a hip, stylish, 22 year-old woman, casts a critical eye on another product: Converse shoes decorated by the iconic Finnish fashion house Marimekko for their fall 2013 line.
"I have always thought of Marimekko as a brand for older people but to my surprise the designs for the Converse shoes do not look like that at all," she says. "They are very young and fresh and fit the shoes perfectly."
Some, in fact, might be too young for her. She thinks the shoes designed with the famous Marimekko poppies, Unikko, are too bright for her style.
"I would imagine my younger sister and her friends would wear those," Christofakis muses.
At first glance, the Marimekko and Converse partnership might seem a bit unlikely. The Converse brand is indelibly connected with youth culture, while Marimekko is normally seen as a mature brand. Yet this can also be beneficial, as fans of each brand are introduced to the other.
"It is valuable to find a co-branding partner who will not alienate existing customers, but has a brand so positive that it will both attract new customers and make many of the existing ones more excited," Kowalkowski explains.
Christofakis, with her black clothes and colourful tattoos covering her chest and shoulders, seems to be falling into this "new customer" category for Marimekko. She becomes engaged by a pair of Converse Hi-Tops with the Piekana (buzzard) design, a pattern of staggered, frayed black and white stripes.
"These are very appealing and in style right now," Christofakis says. "I see myself wearing these black and white ones."
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More than 100 years ago—on April 19, 1916—Alberta women got the right to vote. We weren't the first province to grant women the vote; that belongs to Manitoba, just three months earlier. Women in Québec were not able to vote until 1940.
Women's suffrage in Canada was a decades-long struggle for equality and justice to improve the lives of women and children, and Canadians in general. A grassroots movement, it included the Famous Five (or the "Alberta Five" at the time), along with women from across the nation, who determinedly fought for women's rights, including the vote.
The farm movement was key to the success of women's suffrage in the Prairie Provinces, similar to the U.S., where many rural Midwestern communities were the first to enfranchise women. The United Farmers of Alberta officially endorsed women's suffrage as early as 1912. Why? The feeling was that women had heroically helped settle the land alongside men, and therefore should have a voice and rights under the law. Staid establishment ideas about rights and roles had less sway in the West than in places where the politics were more entrenched.
This voting victory did not apply to all women, however. Many minorities—men and women—were excluded from the right to vote until after the Second World War. Indigenous peoples in Alberta were not granted the right to vote in provincial elections (without losing their status rights) until April 12, 1965. Twenty-eight years later, Kim Campbell, became the first—and only—woman to date, to serve as prime minister of Canada.
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Read Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory by Mona Holmlund & Gail Youngberg, Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada by Catherine Cleverdon, and In Times Like These by Nellie McClung. We also have an extensive Local History clippings file on Women's rights, and the Famous Five.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri officials say the state lost about 7,300 non-farm payroll jobs in May, even as the state's unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.3 percent.
The Department of Economic Development reported the figures Tuesday. The decline in non-farm payroll jobs followed several months of increases. The 7.3 percent jobless rate is the lowest for Missouri since December 2008, and compares with the national figure of 8.2 percent in May.
Last week, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Missouri's estimated real gross domestic product grew less than 0.04 percent in 2011 from the previous year. Real gross domestic product is an inflation-adjusted measurement of the value of goods and services produced.


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Grace is the word we use to talk about God's love. Grace is the most important word in the Lutheran vocabulary. Because God's grace is shared in our worship through holy words and sacred ceremonies, we Lutherans sum up the core ministry of the church with the phrase "Word and Sacrament."
When we preach and teach the Word properly, then people learn about God's grace. Realizing how much God loves you and learning to live in that love are the most important lessons a person can learn in life.
God's grace is as real as the water of baptism and the bread and the wine of communion. In sacramental mystery, we join Jesus in his death and resurrection through the waters of baptism. Christ joins us, is really present with us, as we eat his holy meal.
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You work for a biotechnical company that has developed a new ligand, codenamed 'Ligand L'. The ligand binds to silver ion through the following reaction:
Ag+ + ligand L --> Ag_ligandL_Complex K_bind = ???
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Note that the "solution viewer" in the virtual lab has been configured to show only the solids present in a solution vessel. (The concentration viewer has been disabled for this activity.) You will need to use your knowldedge of solubility to determine tthe binding constant. The Ksp for Silver Chloride is: 1.830e-10.
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Dr. Keller; could you consider an article on a particular type of offender manipulation – offenders who use medication / treatments etc. to leverage an issue.
Here are some examples:
We typically provide a calculated calorie diet (based upon ideal weight) for all diabetics and have a food restricted commissary. Items that have little to no caloric / carbohydrate value are allowed.
A diabetic patient will complain, file a grievance and finally 'refuse' treatment (medication, testing) if the first few efforts fail.
NOTE: offenders are fed by trays delivered to their rooms not in a 'chow hall' setting so they cannot 'select' their diet – if we used a 'chow hall' it would be an education issue.
An inmate cannot work – on disability in the community – after exam and health history a medical profile and activity restriction is accomplished. The jail has no work position available that fits the profile. The offender is refusing all medications.
NOTE: Of interest; the diabetic / hypertensive / COPD patient has better glucometer readings, plod pressures and activity level than in community.
My concerns are:
First that the patient-offender will cause themselves (medical) harm
Second the facility will be open to some level of liability
Third that the offender is turning this into a 'contest' (and I'm falling for it).
Finally, they often say (offenders) that they are 'willing' to sign a 'release' that frees the jail of any responsibility for their (offenders) choices [Not worth the paper used to write it]
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Hi, this is Charlotte C. Thank you, Sheila, for inviting me to share in your awesome blog again this month. I used an image from the Silhouette store to create some thank you cards as part of my gift at the new mom-to-be's baby shower I was invited to. The original had some eyelet holes and "thank you" cut out, so first thing I did was delete them so I could stamp on the front, and it made for quicker cutting of the little dress. I sized my cards at 4.25 wide, locked the aspect ratio.
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I used my MISTI so that all the stamping was uniform on each card. An empty A2 size envelope box covered with designer paper worked beautifully to hold a dozen thank you cards with envelopes. Here's the finished products.
I also used my Cameo to cut this cute little dresser card which went with my gifts. A handmade envelope with a tab to insert the flap made it easier to be opened at the shower.
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HITEC, Baltimore, MD - June 26, 2012 - Today at the HITEC 2012 technology conference, Smith Micro Software, Inc. and Allin Interactive announced the integration of Smith Micro's mobile video technology, VIDIO™, into the Allin DigiMix™ interactive platform. After a successful launch of VIDIO as part of Allin's platform in the cruise ship industry in late 2011, Allin is bringing Smith Micro's VIDIO product "shoreside" to serve the needs of the hospitality industry.
As an integral element of Allin's DigiMix platform, Smith Micro's VIDIO solution simplifies the process of delivering mobile video through the use of an integrated platform for dynamic transcoding and adaptive streaming over wireless networks. The result is that Allin DigiHD™ ITV and DigiMobile™ users enjoy a high quality mobile video experience from any video-capable ITV, smartphone, or tablet device.
"The cruise line and hospitality markets are rapidly changing and our customers require guest-facing platforms that offer a high-quality mobile video viewing experience, no matter what device guests are using to access content," said John Troutwine, Senior Vice-President, Business Development at Allin Interactive. "Smith Micro Software achieves our primary video objective, which is to support all IPTV and mobile devices in a single solution, without the need to ingest multiple formats of any particular video. By adding VIDIO to our DigiMix™ platform, we are now able to offer our customers and their guests advanced technology while creating the most efficient back-office environment for staff."
"We are excited to help Allin provide their clients with high quality, on-demand television content while simultaneously streaming mobile video to smartphones and tablets via Wi-Fi," said Jim Mains, Senior Vice President of Global Products and Programs, Smith Micro Software. "Recent consumer survey results demonstrate that mobile access to video entertainment is a natural extension of the interactive experience that guests desire while traveling for business or pleasure, and we are pleased to announce that this experience is now available for the hospitality industry."
VIDIO is the most comprehensive delivery platform for broadcasting both live and on-demand content to the web or any web-enabled device, as well as set-top boxes. Rights-free content can be streamed to more than 15,000 device models with no client software required. For rights-managed content, VIDIO offers integrated Digital Rights Management capabilities. VIDIO is a component of Smith Micro's Mobile Experience platform that helps Mobile Operators, Device Manufacturers and Enterprises simplify and enhance the mobile experience while optimizing network and device resources.
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Allin Corporation is a leading provider of interactive application development, interactive technology platforms and technology consulting services. Allin Interactive, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in deploying turn-key integrated interactive television and interactive mobile applications to the hospitality marketplace through its DigiHD™ and DigiMobile™ platforms using Allin's innovative browser-based DigiManager™ content management solution. Allin leverages its experience and custom development capabilities to deliver the most functionality and flexibility of any ITV solution in the world. The Company maintains offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For additional information about Allin, visit the Company's Internet site on the World Wide Web at Allin.com.
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Smith Micro Software provides solutions that simplify, secure and enhance the mobile experience. Our product and services portfolio spans Connectivity, Policy Management, Network Control, Communications and Hosting solutions. With 30 years of experience developing world-class client and server software applications, Smith Micro helps the leading mobile network operators, device manufacturers and enterprises increase efficiency and develop high-value relationships with their customers. For more information, visit smithmicro.com. (NASDAQ:SMSI)
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Source: Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA
A groundbreaking exhibition of the literary, cinematic and scholarly output of this diverse community, and UCLA's impact on the field of Middle Eastern American Studies, is on display from September 17 through December 21 in the Powell Library Rotunda.
The largest Middle Eastern American community in the United States resides in Los Angeles and Southern California. This diverse and vibrant group cuts across religions (Baha'ism, Christianity, Druze, Islam, Judaism, Mandaeanism, Zoroastrianism), nationalities and ethnicities (including Afghans, Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Copts, Iranians, Israelis, Kurds and Turks).
Middle Eastern Americans have been contributing to American culture for more than a century, yet the community has remained largely invisible. Nevertheless, The Prophet, by Lebanese American writer Kahlil Gibran, stands out as one of the most celebrated works of spiritual literature, and authors such as William Saroyan (My Name is Aram) and recently Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) and Firoozeh Dumas (Funny in Farsi) are among the many Middle Eastern American writers whose work enriches American literature and culture.
The Middle Eastern American community as a whole is highly educated, upwardly mobile and prolific in its literary and artistic output. Moreover, personalities and public figures abound, including politicians and activists, business and community leaders, educators and philanthropists, scientists, artists and entertainers. Comedians and television actors Danny Thomas (Make Room for Daddy), Jamie Farr (MASH) and Tony Shalhoub (Monk) are all of Arab descent. And while this previously low-profile community has received its share of attention in the post-9/11 era, the sober reality for many of its members is complicated by distorted Hollywood and media portrayals of their ancestral homelands.
The field of Middle Eastern American Studies has contributed to various academic disciplines. The distinctive characteristics of these populations have led to new theoretical formulations on issues such as entrepreneurial and professional incorporation, backlash and discrimination, and media representation, all of which are now mainstream topics of research in the social sciences and increasingly so in the humanities.
The literary and scholarly output by and about this diverse community is being showcased for the first time in the US, at UCLA's Powell Library Rotunda. Drawing on the riches housed at the Young Research Library, the exhibition features works of literature and literary criticism, memoirs and autobiographies, cuisine and cookbooks, academic and community studies, journalism and mass media, and pioneering works by UCLA faculty, students and alumni who have advanced and impacted the field of Middle Eastern American Studies: historian Alixa Naff, film and media specialist Hamid Naficy, poet Majid Naficy, authors Laila Halaby and Linda Sawaya, ethnomusicologist Anne Rasmussen, magazine editor Elie Chalala, photographer Ron Kelley, filmmakers Joan Mandell and Nigol Bezjian, educator Shideh Hanassab, sociologists Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Arlene Dallalfar, Claudia Der-Martirosian and the late Georges Sabagh, CNES Assistant Director Jonathan Friedlander, as well as academics Susan Slyomovics, Samy Alim, Ali Behdad, Lev Hakak, A. J. Racy, and Nouri Gana who are among the many specialists in this thriving field.
The Young Research Library's vast Middle East collection, to which Bibliographer David Hirsch is continually adding new materials, features a trove of primary and secondary sources and online resources about the history and the contemporary lives and times of Middle Eastern Americans. Hirsch has received several research grants from the Librarians Association of the University of California and the American Institute for Yemeni Studies to explore the publications and productions of Middle Eastern emigré communities in the US, Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia, of which a large number, including feature films and documentaries, is housed at UCLA's Research, College, and Instructional Media libraries.
The curators have endeavored to showcase the books, journals, magazines, films, photographs and archival documents in a manner that respects both American and Middle Eastern roots and traditions and speaks strongly to the need for further exploration, study and self-reflection.
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We've just viewed our 'sneak peek' Wedding Pictures.
We've looked at them, then looked at them again, and again and again and again... We've laughed, we've sobbed and our faces hurt from smiling.
We LOVE them, and we love you!
I don't have enough words to describe what you've done for us Rachel, I gasped when I saw the first one and I don't think I breathed for the rest of them??
These pictures are the windows to a moment; a memory locked in our hearts and re-lived in the glimpse of an image that you sought out and captured in a way that only you could and I'll be forever grateful.
It's too hard to try and find a way to describe this feeling- but if I never had another photograph taken as long as I lived I would still die a happy lady.
I don't care how dramatic or over-top that reads, I mean it.
From the bottom of my heart, Thank you.
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We could never have imagined having such a wonderful photographer shooting our wedding day. You have demonstrated with such poise and kindness true professionalism and thoughtfulness, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts, for being wonderful throughout the whole wedding planning process and the day itself.
Above all not only are you a true talent but also a beautiful person inside and out, you enhanced our wedding day, both as our guest and as our photographer. We will be honoured to have your dreamy work displayed in our home; photos to treasure, to share and to remind us of the wonderful vows we made together.
Thanks for your continued enthusiasm for us and the whole day. It really wouldn't have been the same without you. We know you will go onto such glorious things in the future, photographing the most prestigious of weddings, as we remember fondly of how you captured ours.
Keep in touch and stay fabulous!
- Mr & Mrs Fillingham
What a lovely surprise to receive our pictures this morning we have been so looking forward to seeing them, they are absolutely perfect. We had the most amazing day and these pictures are more than we had hoped for. It is amazing looking through them just how much we had already forgotten, the day went so quickly but we will always have these to look back on. We could not be more pleased with the end result. The slide show was brilliant and once again we loved the choice of music you had overlaid, you truly have a creative flair. Thank you for all your hard work on the day.
- Stacy & Craig Blacker
Just wanted to say thank you so much for the most beautiful wedding photographs. We both LOVE them so much, you really captured us both and our wedding day so well and it was the most amazing day of our lives. We feel very lucky you were able to photograph our wedding and capture all the special moments from our day that we will treasure forever. Thank you again.
- Rob & Suzie Mortimore
Huge, enormous thanks to you clever little lady. Thank you so much for the photos Rach, we adore them. They really captured what a fun, relaxed and happy day it was. Big love.
- Sarah Crewsdon
We honestly can't thank you enough Rachel. I was so worried that being ill would have meant that you did not manage to get many good photos but they are all just amazing and we have only seen the preview! It's not just the photos, it is the way you worked so easily around everything, putting my mind at ease. There are already photos that we didn't even realise you had taken as you were quietly observing. Thank you truly.
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PHUKET: Popular British International School access road Soi Koh Kaew 33, behind the Isuzu showroom, will be closed from today until November 30. The road was originally closed in late July, after nearly half of its width had fallen into a parallel drainage ditch
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PHUKET: Officials are investigating the death of a Korean honeymooner who died after an introductory diving lesson at Koh Hei on Tuesday. Hyunju Ahn, 36, was in about one meter of water with her new husband Minchul Shin, 33, when she informed instructors that she was having trouble.
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police arrested 13 suspects as they picked up packages containing 41 kilograms of kratom from a bus company office on Tuesday morning.
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Every friday I will muse on stuff that for whatever reason, never became it's own full-fledged post. Here I will collect my random thoughts about gaming and sports and also comment about other stuff out there if I feel so inclined. Starting… now.
Fight Night Round 4 Demo Impressions
Now, I haven't really played a boxing game in a long time. Fight Night 2004 is the last one I played for more than five minutes, so I'm hardly an expert on the genre. That said, I found Fight Night Round 4 to be really enjoyable. They've done a nice job honing the control scheme over the years, and it gives you a really natural feel when you're in the ring. The demo allows you to play three rounds as either Ricky Hatton or Manny Pacquiao which gives you just enough of a taste to want more. Thankfully you can quickly select the "Rematch" option and keep boxing, rather than being kicked out to the menu every time.
The gameplay itself feels silky smooth, and offers a mix of arcade and realism. You're not going to consistently land haymakers on your opponent but if you stun them you can wallop them with a signature punch using B. That adds a certain theatrical element to things, as does the act of recovering from a knock down. I would liken it to shooting free throws in the older NBA Live games with the sliders… only much more difficult. At least on first glance. I struggled to answer the count on more than one occasion, coming oh-so-close only to tweak the stick the wrong way and rubber-leg my way back to the mat.
EA has brought a substantial roster of boxers to the table, snatching greats such as Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and George Foreman out of their prime and rendering pixel-perfect recreations. They also seem to have addressed complaints about a lack of depth with the Legacy Mode, allowing you to create and train up your own fighter. This is a title I'm excited about and will probably pick up after it comes out at the end of June.
Activision Parting Ways With Sony?
To me this sounds crazy, but Activision CEO Bobby Kotick came out and made several comments that indicate the publisher may do just that. He expressed concern about the development costs and time investments with the PS3 as opposed to the 360 and Wii as well as Sony's refusal to do a price-cut and high royalties fees topping $500 million in 2008.
Losing Activision titles including favorites such as the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero series would be a serious blow to the PS3 which already has issues with it's rate of software attachment. They simply can't afford to lose those kind of broad-appeal titles.
My gut tells me this is posturing from Activision due to their displeasure with Sony's strategies. Most likely they have expressed their concerns privately and had them fall on deaf ears. As a result, you get public criticism. I would be extremely surprised if this actually happened.
Think Before You Speak?
Microsoft might want to invest in muzzles. Especially if high-level MS figures are going to keep coming out and talking about a "new console" coming out in 2010. Twice this week word broke that MS was developing a new console for 2010, based around a "natural interface" which was believed to be the Project: Natal device that was revealed at E3 recently.
Both times Microsoft had to come out and state that they were in fact not working on a new console and they believe that the 360 isn't even at the halfway point of it's life cycle. Natal will be "an important part of this platform", but not it's own seperate hardware as was suggested by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this week. This is good news for gamers who were ready to start firebombing the MS front offices. Surely a company this large can figure out that while they have made huge progress in the console wars this generation, their lead is fragile at best.
You get the feeling that people who don't actually grasp the difference between a new bundle and a new console entirely are speaking out of turn here, although Microsoft is expanding internal memory from 256 MB to 510 MB on the newer Arcade units.


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Health Tips for an Internet Addict
Are you an Internet Addict?
Can you answer "yes" to five or more of the following questions?(1)
1· Do you feel preoccupied with the internet? (Think about your online activity or anticipate your next online session.)
2· Do you need increasing amounts of time on the net in order to achieve satisfaction?
3· Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop internet use?
4· Do you feel restless, moody, depressed, or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop internet use?
5· Do you stay online longer than originally intended?
6· Have you jeopardised or risked the loss of a significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the internet?
7· Have you lied to family members, a therapist or others to conceal the extent of your involvement with the internet?
8· Do you use it to escape from problems (eg, feelings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety, depression)?
You can also take this quiz.
Hello. My name's Daisy and I'm an internet addict.
People occasionally tease me about the amount of time I spend on the internet, and the word "addict" has been bandied around, in a light-hearted way.
So I started out writing this hub as a humourous item. I wanted to draw together some ideas to help other "heavy" internet users like myself get a bit more balance in their lives, and give us all a bit of a kick up the bum!
After all, there is a real-world out there; one that we're in danger of missing if we're just reading about it via a small, bright screen.
But part-way through my research, I found that while the idea of internet addiction started out as an elaborate hoax, reflecting the increased time that we're spending sitting, well, right here; it is in fact now recognised by some as a real disorder. As real as any other addiction, and a growing problem in our societies in the midst of this internet era.
Reading through some of the sources, I began to realise that maybe I really was a true internet addict. Maybe you are too...
Take a look at the questions to the right. Does that sound like you?
To be honest, I can answer "yes" to at least five of these questions, and can even add a few more of my own, such as:
Do you sometimes forget to eat meals? Do you find yourself ignoring people who are trying to talk to you? Do you sometimes dream that you're online?!
And yes, the quiz confirms it; I am a bone fide internet addict!
So, am I worried? Not overly, as I see it more as trying to fit my writing hobby around my family; taking particular advantage of the quiet times when my daughter is asleep or at pre-school. Although it does spill over sometimes into the times when she's awake, which can be a problem sometimes.
But I don't really see how this is different to any other "work" activity or study undertaken at home. Indeed, my behaviour was much the same in my student days with regard to my studies, and during my spells of working from home. So does that also mean that I was a study addict, or a work addict? Well maybe.
Or perhaps I'm just in denial.
Addiction or not, when your internet activity is impinging upon your family life or your other activities, and it's starting to affect your sleep and/or your health, then it's time to take action!
Here are some suggestions I've put together, (and I'm planning on putting them into practice myself!)
Some Tips
- Take regular breaks. It's not good for your circulation, your joints or your sanity to stay in the same position for a long time. Set alarms, if necessary, to remind you to do this!
- Remember to eat proper meals. Fast food and ready meals just won't give you the nutrition that you need to be healthy.
- Set some more alarms to prevent you from getting so carried away that you completely miss mealtimes.
- Maybe you're concentrating so hard that you're just not hearing those alarms! If this is the case then you could try this: If you use a laptop, unplug it from the electric point and use the battery power instead. When the battery runs down, don't plug it in again. This is your cue to step away from the computer and do something else instead!
- Get some fresh air! It might be enjoyable to do lots of online activities, but it's also very draining. Going for a nice walk is the perfect antidote to staring at a screen for any length of time.
- Take a break from technology, even for a short time. Re-discover nature, hug a tree perhaps.
- Don't neglect your friends and family. Sometimes when all your attention is on your computer, you may even forget that there are other people living in your house. Talk to them occasionally!
- Set aside some time when the computer must be off! This will give you the chance to spend some quality time with your loved ones. When it's on, you might think that you're "with them", but one word answers don't cut it.
- Find hobbies that take you out of the house and away from the computer! It's healthy for your body to be active as well as your mind, and to expand your mind in other ways.
- Go out and meet people! You might think that you're very sociable with all your online friends, but there's no substitute for human contact.
- Learn to relax. You might think that web activities are relaxing, but they're not. Notice how tired your eyes get, how foggy your head feels, and how tight your muscles are after a while in front of your computer. And are you frowning? Take up a relaxing sport, such as swimming, walking, sailing, yoga or tai chi. You'll feel so much better.
- Set yourself a bed-time. And stick to it! Your body needs a certain amount of sleep to replenish itself.
And some things to think about
If your time online is cutting into the other areas of your life then you should ask yourself whether you really need to spend so much time on the web. Do you get easily distracted and find yourself doing things you didn't set out to do? Try to be stricter with yourself.
There are so many other things you could be doing. Is your time online really that important that you're foregoing all of the alternatives?
Is your online time some kind of avoidance technique? Face any problems that you have in the "real world", and take steps to deal with them. Talk things through with a friend or loved one, rather than bottling up your feelings. It might help to see a counsellor.
If you or those around you believe that your time spent on the net is a real problem, then maybe it's time to seek some specialist help.
1. Source: INTERNET ADDICTION: THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW CLINICAL DISORDER Kimberly S. Young University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Published in CyberPsychology and Behavior, Vol. 1 No. 3., pages 237-244
2. Tai Chi Photo source: Everyday Tai Chi
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Nice info Hub
Good hub!
I'm spending more time online now than I ever used to because all my jobs require me to be online. So I am online alot, but I've found that when I'm away from the computer it doesn't faze me until I hear someone Skype me and I want to run to see who it is. Maybe I do have a problem (LOL).
Excellent hub, Moon Daisy! We all have to take a break now & then, I've been working exclusively with computers at work the past couple of months and I can barely look at a monitor once I get home from work, my eyes feel as if they've gone video blind! One thing that has really helped me has been to take a break every now and then, (at my desk, of course, so I don't get in trouble,) and focus my eyes on something far off in the distance for a few seconds. Getting up and walking around during the day helps, too if you can.
very nice
Good tips, but I must admit after awhile the Internet becomes tedious and I must shut if off and go outside.
Loved your comparisons on addictions and tips if you are! Thumbs up.
What good advice!
Try setting a timer. (but sometimes I don't hear it!)
Great Hub, HubMobster! :)
I agree with Bob, outside stuff just takes away from my online time too, and who has time for that.
very much needed treatment for the current generation and style of communication..
I find having other interests and the desire to be outside reduces the amount of time I spend online;


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For example a wind farm development site has a number of setts present. Two are fairly close to each other and following micro-siting of the turbines and road infrastructure one needs to be excluded to avoid any harm to badgers.
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Music Man Records will release the Berghain resident's next mix CD in November.
The commercial mix will be Dettmann's second after Berghain 02, which Chris Hobson called "near flawless" in his glowing RA review. Since then the Berlin-based DJ's profile has risen steadily as he's continued to pump out uncompromising techno on Ostgut Ton and his own label, MDR, while at the same time racking up more and more international DJ gigs. Conducted will mark his debut on Music Man Records, a classic Belgian label whose catalogue stretches back to 1989 and includes artists like Jeff Mills and Green Velvet. According to Juno Plus, the release comes with extensive liner notes featuring interviews "conducted by Dettmann himself." The tracklist shows him staying true to form, with purist techno from all eras (including two from his friend Shed) and a dash or two of raw house from Analogue Cops and Reel By Real.
01. Sandwell District – Immolare (First)
02. Signal – Wismut
03. Roman Lindau – Sub Suggestion
04. Mono Junk – Channel B
05. Reel By Real – Sundog
06. Bluemoon Productions – Night
07. The Analogue Cops – Why You Love Me
08. Vril – V3
09. Milton Bradley – Don't Phonk
10. Silent Servant – El Mar
11. Morphosis – Too Far
12. Redshape – The Lesson
13. Shed – Hello Bleep!
14. Cheeba Starks presents The Toupe Committee – GoGo Bop (A Trip to the Bodega)
15. O/V/R – Post-Traumatic Son (Ben Klock Wave Mix)
16. FBK – Nanomal
17. Answer Code Request – Escape Myself
18. Shed – 44A (Hard Wax Forever!)
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A lot of you have been asking for more information on the VidZone music video application in the comments section, so I met up with Lou Jackson and Michael Russo from VidZone to answer some of your questions.
VidZone, which will be available free from PlayStation Store on June 11, provides unlimited access to thousands of streaming music videos and the ability to create unlimited playlists, all on your PS3.
Here at E3 they've been showing a promotional video featuring Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal, so I asked whether we would also be able to access interviews and live performances.
"VidZone is partnered with a production company that provides us with exclusive interviews, behind the scenes music video features and live gig footage, and that's going to be in place at launch," replied Jackson. "PS3 owners will be able to watch an interview with Kasabian, as well as an exclusive live performance of Processed Beats, which was recorded in London and has a phenomenal vibe."
"The PlayStation community is one of the most important parts of VidZone's evolution and we'll be listening to them and finding out which artists they'd like to see. Actually, we're trying to choose an act for a live performance this summer and we'd love people to use the comments section of this post to tell us who we should try to get."
I then asked how many videos will be available at launch.
"There are over 10,000 videos," said Jackson "They will be updated every week, and in terms of quantities, those updates will be in the hundreds. Our ultimate dream is to have every music video ever made on the service, as well as classic live performances dating back to the 1950s, in their entirety."
I know a lot of you want to find out which countries will be able to access VidZone and why certain territories will not be able to at launch, so I also asked for an answer on that.
"Initially, we're launching VidZone in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Italy, France, Spain and Germany," said Jackson.
"The reasons we're only launching in those countries for the time being," added Russo, "are largely to do with sourcing local advertising that is relevant and appropriate. We can't wait to roll out in the remaining territories though; we'll bring you more information when we have it."
Having been able to play around with the service here at E3, I'm very impressed. The video quality is superb, the menus are slick and intuitive and it's a piece of cake setting up playlists from the impressive collection of videos available.
To end the interview, Jackson and Russo gave me their dream playlists, and here they are:
Michael Russo:
- Michael Jackson:Thriller
- U2:Where The Streets Have No Name
- Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity
- Lady GaGa: Poker Face
- Mika: Grace Kelly
Lou Jackson:
- Foo Fighters: The Pretender
- Eminem: Stan
- Pendulum: Slam
- Fatboy Slim: Right Here Right Now
- The Prodigy: Warrior's Dance
So tell us guys, which music videos will be in your dream playlist, and which live performers would you like to see this summer?