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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Hey Oscar Wilde!
Well, I finally found the time to contribute a piece to Hey Oscar Wilde, Steven Gettis' collection of literary-figure-drawings. If you've never been to the site, I highly recommend browsing its rich archives (since 1998!), organized by both artist and subject. The basic premise: your favorite artists depict their favorite literary personalities, whether authors or characters. In my case, I decided to go with Mona Monzano, the beautiful xylophonist, from Vonnegut's atomic novel, Cat's Cradle.
I "read" the book a couple years ago and loved every minute of it — all 432 of them. I listen to audiobooks while I work, which helps me to focus the visual part of my brain while (hopefully) developing the other parts. I've been a fan of Vonnegut since reading Slaughterhouse V in high school, but somehow missed this particular novel. I took this commission as an opportunity to listen to the book again, which I enjoyed even more the second time.
Mona was an obvious choice for me, being the sublime beauty that serves as muse and motivation for so many of the book's characters. I'm happy to find any excuse to draw beautiful women, but in Mona's case, beauty overwhelms its host, causing her at one point to attempt to make herself ugly (this is only mentioned in passing — in an index obsessed with her, no less). She is the "reluctant, erotic symbol of San Lorenzo," the small, Caribbean island nation she calls home. Mona is the subject of poetry and painting, mosaic and music — she is even mentioned by name in the Books of Bokonon! Much like the narrator, I had no choice but to pursue her.
6 comments:
Great piece and great story! I've had almost the exact same vonnegut experience, drawn in by Slaughterhouse 5 and have never turned back since, it'd be a close tie between Cats cradle and Breakfast of Champions if I had to pick a favorite. I'd love to see your artistic interpretation of the rest of the cast too, anyways nice work as always.
ReplyDeleteGregory: it was, indeed, a nice treat to have both input and output align. The last time I did that was when I was listening to the Iliad while painting covers for it.
Leia: Thanks!
Gitter: Thanks! I'd like to listen to Breakfast of Champions again. I seem to remember laughing out loud throughout. I thought about painting some of the other characters from Cat's Cradle, but since I don't get to draw the ladies nearly enough, I had to stick with Mona. While researching the book on-line, I found a rumor that it's going to be made into a movie. It has a lot of visual potential, so I hope they do it justice.
Tirso: Thanks for stopping by.
Michael: I'm glad you got that from the piece. I almost went more abstract because she seems to mean something different to everyone. Of course, in the end, I just wanted the yellow and blue for that "Caribbean" color scheme.


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In which I share my ramblings with my traveling companions. Musings about the Church, cooking, mothering, movies, teaching and everything else.
Friday, June 17, 2011
When Nonsense Replaces the Resurrection
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That IS nonsense. Absolute rubbish. The letter of the law over the spirit of the law. And what service has that pastor done the Body of Christ? How has he put Jesus first? How has he been an example of God's love?
Makes me angry, Allison. It really does.
And don't even get me started on the anti-adoption woman praying over her frozen embryos. So, so sad....A. It wouldn't have killed them to go to the pre-Cana. This sounds more like a pretext than a reason. One more example of the "I/we am/are so special that the rules for mere mortals don't apply to me/us" attitude of the Entitled.
B. Before (or after) leaving the parish, did you inform the pastor what a disaster his pre-Cana program was?Allison, thank you for this very thoughtful post. I feel a little upset that it was presented with a particular slant at the Deacon's Bench. I say that as someone who knows Greg personally and considers him a friend; we all see through a different lens at various times, so be it.
@Naturgesetz I see you commenting frequently and recently stopped by your blog. With all due respect to you, I think you are reading far too much into the decision of a couple that you do not even know. If I am to understand Allison's post, I would say that she is addressing something that is essential to good Catholic teaching - the letter of the law and then the spirit of the law. I live in a diocese where I know that the Tribunal and the majority of priests take that mix very seriously.
Allison, what an experience with that Pre-Cana program at the other parish. Very sad.
Thank you for this Allison; prayers for that couple. Prayers for that priest!Allison, very good.
@ Fran — You make a fair point. I'm not privy to the conversations the couple had with the priest, and in general I have no use for bureaucrats whose only mission in life seems to be to go strictly by the rules. So I have no right to judge the couple as persons. All I can do is comment on the facts as presented.
There definitely needs to be some practicality in the pastoral application of diocesan requirements. But accommodation can be a two-way street.
And I certainly agree that marriage preparation is extremely important, and therefore it is extremely important for it to be done well. For example, it may be our last best chance to present the rationale for the Church's teaching on contraception.Without knowing the particulars, just on the face of it, I have to wonder about this couple simply leaving the Church & 'going across the street" to the Lutherans because of this provocation.
1. YES, I agree with the "epichiae" (Letter vs. Spirit) argument.
2. YES, I agree that the whole marriage prep thing would be different for a couple in this situation & it's our obligation to not obscure the path into the Church for others.
3. NO it makes no sense that, if they truly believed in Church teaching all these years, they'd turn their backs on Jesus Truly Present in the Blessed Sacrament because of this legalistic provocation. Just doesn't add up.As we celebrate the Life we want so fully in Christ - we must remember that there is an Enemy that does _not_ want us to enjoy that... and he is lurking around every corner.
What better way to infiltrate than to be right in the house of God?
We were once a part of that incorrect teaching, in large part (it is still our responsibility) because we were not taught how to defend and explain the teaching in a compelling way.
When we heard the Theology of the Body message, we 'the scales fell off, and our eye's were opened'. My wife and I have tried very hard to reverse our sinful leading of other couples - but it amazing how hard it is to bring about this very important discussion when even the Bishops acknowledge we need this formation. Yet we have had a difficult time trying to share this message with those 'in charge'.
In church time....Like children who did not get what they wanted, they took their toys and left. If they had been thinking of others, they would have attended pre-Cana, not for what they could receive from it but for what they, with all their experience of marriage, could bring to the other couples there. Perhaps they would have made lasting friends who would have been of help to them in ways they could not imagine. The Church is a community of believers unified by the sacraments into a bond of supportive, real, lived-out love towards each other and the larger world. This couple needs to realize what they have done, repent, and return to the Church, even it means going to the pre-Cana program and having another marriage ceremony, this one sacramental.
ReplyDeleteHere it is, Trinity Sunday... a day when we might especially appreciate the unity that springs forth out of diversity. Sadly, that does not seem to be the case.
What has happened to the rich, goodness of our Catholic Christian faith here? Are we so quick to condemn one another? If there is a sign of evil, that is it. Am I misreading or misinterpreting something in these comments or are they small minded and mean-spirited?
God have mercy on us, as we continue to dis-member rather than re-member the Body of Christ... When you do this, REMEMBER me. How do we try to restore rather than destroy this sacred Corpus? The Church is not a building, a structure, an authority... Church is ekklesia, the assembly, the people. It is us.
Perhaps that priest, however well intended started the dismembering with this decidedly un-pastoral act. There might have been other ways, but ideology, rules, doctrine all applied without love... you know what St. Paul says about that... without love it is nothing.
And love - that is why love is so essential - to marriage and to community, becaause love is not a feeling or a saccharine emotion, no love is an action, a decision, a commitment.
Even if for whatever reason the couple might not be able to marry in the Church, there are other ways it could be handled.
I hope that I misread these comments, I pray that I am wrong, mea culpa, but I am afraid that I do not misread. My heart breaks for us to be so cruel and so judgmental to one another.Hi Allison,
I didn't realize it was a mixed marriage, like we used to call it in the old days :-)
I can see both sides really. I agree that we need to actively work to eliminate barriers to the Church. I guess our example here could be St Paul & the whole circumcision thing!
On the other hand, I have a sibling & a couple of cousins (who are all grandparents now, BTW) who have blithely left the Church for 2nd or 3rd marriages or simply to move in with their lovers because they 'weren't ready yet' for a commitment. I've just told them, "Ok, then what it boils down to is that you're choosing your lover over the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament." Makes me very popular at family dinners, ya know :-)TR: It is heartbreaking to see this happen - folks leaving the church. I think all families probably have this going on.
I guess the question I ultimately am posing am: what can we Christians do about this? How best to respond> Christ's presence is attractive; if not this faith would not still be around.
In my opinion, the pastors have awesome responsibilities to guide our souls and sometimes they make missteps. We all do. But how can we best respond to Catholics and non-Catholics with questions and concern about our faith?
Finger wagging ain't going to work. People should not be coerced into belief or fidelity. What does work? We don't want to water down the faith and we do want to build up the body of Christ, yes?I have a few questions.
1. In order to accommodate the Catholic woman's desire to be married in the Church did it occur to them to go seek out the advice of a different priest at another parish? They ended up going to a different church anyway, why not try a different Catholic church before simply giving up?
2. Did they attempt to seek a dispensation from the Bishop for a Catholic to be married in a non-Catholic ceremony but have the marriage recognized by the Catholic Church? That IS possible you know but most people never think to ask.
3. Did they attempt to contact the Bishop's office to request that Pre-Cana be waived in their case? That, too, is possible and then the pastor would have been instructed to do so.
Since one of them is Lutheran it sounds an awful lot like they just took the easy way out when they got an unsatisfactory answer from one priest. I believe the priest in this situation is mistaken. However, the fact that they're getting married outside the Church is not the Church's fault. It's their choice.I think you raise excellent points. Not until a couple of years ago would I have had the courage to seek the routes you suggest.
I was not brought up to question the guidance of my pastor. And I am a lot younger than these folks are. I would never have considered taking an issue to a bishop, or to seek out another priest. My hunch is many Catholics are like me too.
Prayers to the couple and the pastor.How firm is the Catholic's faith? It is possible for them to be married in a Lutheran church with permission, and with the witness of a Catholic priest. Perhaps it would have taken longer. OR they could have gone to another parish where the pastor was more "pastoral" and not worried about the letter of the law? What's the rush? I know they are getting older, but...unless one is at death's door or has been given just a few months to live, a while longer to wait should be no big deal.
As for cohabiting couples before marriage, that seems to be the "norm" now. Some dioceses will not allow a cohabiting couple to marry in the Church unless they separate for 6 months or more before the wedding. Often they opt for a civil wedding instead. And whatever happened to Confession, and the priest counseling the couple on the dangers they are courting with serious sin? Of course, who speaks of sin any more, much less mortal sin? I have to say when I was much younger, most priests just gave absolution and did not counsel in Confession when a serious sin was mentioned. Guess times have not changed that much since Vatican II.As a lawyer I expect that the law will be obeyed. However is this pre-cana business a law of the church or is it another of these 'good ideas' which seem to take on a life and rigidity of its own . Seems to me that both parties were christians and given their ages it would be doubtful if such a course would have any real value for them . In any case seems like the priest behaved like a half wit and maybe he is in need of some pastoral 'retraining'! I hope the couple have a long and happy life together despite the poor start caused by this guy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Fr. Sylvester. And every time I have had a question, I have asked a priest. I also like confidoingesu's points that it probably wouldn't have hurt them to attend Pre-Cana, and it could've added to the conversation for the younger folks.
Fran, you wrote: "The Church is not a building, a structure, an authority... Church is ekklesia, the assembly, the people. It is us."
I'd be careful here. It's not just a building or a structure, certainly, but it also does have a specific structure and certain kinds of buildings are far more conducive to Catholic worship than not. Furthermore, while the Church is the assembly and the people, it is the assembly and the people taken together with the authority. The Church that Christ founded is an authority, hence one of the reasons why we have a Magisterium. The Catholic faith doesn't float freely absent of that authority.Hi I came over from SouleMama and wanted to let you know I enjoyed it very much. I'm not catholic but I am a christian and I greatly respect the catholic church. When you talk about the people in your PreCana class cohabitating I am always amazed at how often this is the case. As christians we have become so much like the world that we have a really hard time impacting it. Thanks for the reminder.


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Brinckerhoff, Burt, 1936-
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Brinckerhoff, Burt, 1936-
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- Brinckerhoff, Burton, 1936-
- Brinkerhoff, Burt, 1936-
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- found: Hallmark hall of fame. Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Hallmark hall of fame. Robert E. Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois [MP] 1964-02-05: credits (starring Burt Brinckerhoff)
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- found: IMDb, June 30, 2006 (Burt Brinckerhoff; b. Oct. 25, 1936, Pittsburgh, Pa.; sometimes credited as Burton Brinckerhoff; Burt Brinkerhoff)
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MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- New information about how brain cells are affected in Fragile X syndrome -- the most common cause of inherited mental retardation -- has been uncovered.
In the study, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas examined mice to see how Fragile X syndrome affects communication between cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. The team found that two different chemical signals go awry in Fragile X syndrome. This suggests that drugs that interact with these chemical signals may offer a treatment.
The study is published in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
"I think we've discovered a core mechanism underlying Fragile X syndrome," senior author Dr. Kimberly Huber, an assistant professor of neuroscience, said in a prepared statement.
"The more we know about how signaling mechanisms in the brain lead to normal memory and learning, the better we can understand what goes wrong in conditions such as Fragile X syndrome," Huber said. "Our research is laying the groundwork for such understanding and indicates a new area for research."
Fragile X syndrome occurs mostly in males and affects about one in every 4,000 white males in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Along with mental deficits ranging from mood disorders to severe mental retardation, people with the syndrome often have distinct physical traits, including an elongated face with protruding ears and hyperflexible joints.


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A book haul feature that shares items, such as books and swag, that I received within the week.
May 13, 2012
Book Haul #21
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Yay for City of Lost Souls :) I got it too!
Still need to read Sweet Evil and Slide. You always have awesome swag and the cover to Chameleon is so pretty!
Great Haul Jessirae :)
My HaulI must be the only person who hasn't read any of the mortal instruments books! Really must change that...
ReplyDeleteOhhh I really want Sweet Evil and City of Lost Souls! I also grabbed Chameleon when it was free. I have the first book too to read. Happy reading!
My StackAwww, City of Lost Souls <3 <3 SO CANNOT WAIT ANYMORE :/ Damn my exam. I want this book now. :/ Another 2 days for me. Ah. Enjoy all your amazing books this week ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat haul this week! I should be getting CoLS on Monday, and I've got Sweet Evil and Slide from the library right now and I can't wait to read them! You got some cool swag this week as well!
Here's my Stacking the Shelves!
Happy reading!
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http://www.theliteraturelion.blogspot.comDouble Threat My Bleep looks really interesting! I'm going to have to look that one up. Rippler book 2 looks great! I have the first one but haven't read it yet. Sounds like a good series though so can't wait to get to reading it! City Of Lost Souls! I am a book behind on this epic series and seeing everyone get this book is making me wish I could drop everything and read City Of Fallen Angels! You got Sweet Evil! Oh I can't wait to get a copy of that book. I have heard sooo many amazing things about it. The word sexy has been used a lot when describing it LOL! XD Love the swag you got! Great Haul Jessirae! Hope you enjoy all your books! Happy Reading! :D
ReplyDeleteRepliesI read the first book, Double Threat and it was really good. You should definitely check them out if they interest you! I haven't read Rippler either but I had to get Chameleon. Couldn't help myself. I have a serious problem. HAH. I can't believe you have not read COFA! Get on that Bailey!! LOL. I need someone to discuss with!! I wish I could drop everything and read COLS. But nooo. I got review books first. Book Blogger Problems!! hahaha. I agree about Sweet Evil being sexxxxy. I have heard nothing but great epic things about it. :)
Yay!! I got City of Lost Souls too and my gf just told me she ordered me Sweet Evil!! I seriously can't wait to see your reviews on these!!
If you get a moment check out what I got this week HEREReplies*sigh* The copy of Sweet Evil I got last week was for you and the one I got this week was for me but it looks like someone has already gotten it for you. *sobs* I'll just have to get you a different book and just tell you that way this doesn't happen again! LOL. I'll just trade the other copy of Sweet Evil or something. :)
I haven't read any of these yet, but I'm DYING TO!! I hope you enjoy them!
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Capt. Nathan R. McHone, 29, of Crystal Lake, Ill.MSgt. Travis W. Riddick, 40, of Centerville, Iowa.
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Cpl. Joseph D. Logan, 22, of Willis, Texas.
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This contemporary look at life in Russia's capital opens with hard-drinking night club owner Irina (Natalia Koliakanova) celebrating the engagement of her daughter Masha (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) to Mike (Alexander Baluev), a businessman gangster and ballet patron. Irina's youngest daughter Olga (Tatiana Drubich) sings atonal songs for the affluent customers of her mother's Western-style club, who are unaware of Olga's past hospitalization for mental problems. Irina busies herself with a psychotherapist...more
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I saw this dresser on the way to work one morning and skidded to a stop. A garage sale was being set up and my timing was right. I quickly checked the dresser out - dove tail drawers, Basset, cool hardware. MINE! I called my Honey and asked him to pick it up for me.
A few hours later my Honey calls and asks me if I knew the dresser was made of particle board. Say WHAT? That wasn't all. In short it is the crappiest dresser Basset ever made and no way could I ever paint and sell it.
So I painted it for ME. I used my favorite colors and stylized the Union Jack in the manner of Vivienne Westwood or AllSaints (meaning, yes I know the stripes are incorrect) and what I now have is a uniquely me piece of furniture.
I used acrylic paints over an oops-paint white. Then finished the bottom and sides with glaze. Finally the whole dresser was coated with clear wax.
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Washington's Selective Deficit Disorder
Politicians only impose austerity when it suits them.
Leaders asked their constituents to simultaneously believe there is no money to meet basic needs, but there is plenty of money to subsidize corporate profits.
"Cognitive dissonance" is the clinical term used to describe stress that arises from holding contradictory beliefs. In politics, this term is a misnomer, because while many lawmakers, operatives and activists present oxymoronic views, many of them don't appear to feel any stress about that. When it comes to budgetary matters, such a lack of remorse translates into something even worse than cognitive dissonance—something more akin to pathology. It is what I've previously called Selective Deficit Disorder—and it was hard to miss in the last few weeks.
In Washington, for instance, the disorder was on prominent display in Congress's new farm bill. Citing deficit concerns, House Republicans crafted the bill to include an $8 billion cut to the federal food stamp program. Yet, the same bill increased massive subsidies that disproportionately benefit wealthy farmers and agribusinesses. In all, the conservative American Enterprise Institute reports that under the bill, annual subsidies could increase by up to $15 billion.
In this textbook episode of Selective Deficit Disorder, deficits were cited as a reason to slash a program that serves low-income Americans. However, those same deficits were suddenly ignored when it came to handing over billions to a corporate special interest.
In state capitals, Selective Deficit Disorder is similarly distorting debates over public workers' pensions. As a new analysis from the taxpayer watchdog group Good Jobs First documented this week, 10 states have pled poverty to justify draconian cuts to retiree benefits. But, as the report notes, in those same states "the total annual cost of corporate subsidies, tax breaks and loopholes exceeds the total current annual pension costs." In other words, deficits are being used as a rationale to eviscerate a program that benefits middle-class workers, yet those deficits are somehow no barrier to subsidy programs that primarily benefit the corporate class.
Even the sports world is plagued by Selective Deficit Disorder. For proof of that, consider the politics swirling around last week's Super Bowl in the New York City region.
There, New York's Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo just put forward an austerity budget that many school officials say will result in big cuts to academic programs and teaching staff. This followed his earlier insistence "that government must be more efficient and cut the cost of the bureaucracy." Yet, the same governor spent $5 million of taxpayer resources on Super Bowl promotions and parties. That included a taxpayer-financed party for more than 3,500 members of the media.
On the other side of the Hudson River, the contrast was even more pronounced. In the name of fiscal responsibility, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., has cut the pensions of New Jersey's public employees and reduced education funding. Yet, he had his state cough up almost $18 million to subsidize the big game. That was in addition to the $400 million the New York Times noted New Jersey taxpayers spent to improve the area around the football stadium. It was also on top of the special property tax breaks New Jersey gave the NFL.
Once again, the politicians asked their constituents to simultaneously believe there is no money to meet basic needs, but there is plenty of money to subsidize corporate profits.
Though these three examples of Selective Deficit Disorder differ from one another, the common thread tying them together is cash. Indeed, in each episode, deficits were cited as a reason to stiff a middle-class constituency, but they were never mentioned when appeasing the demands of a wealthy constituency.
That double standard reflects how modern politics is not really a battle between Democrats and Republicans. It is a battle between those with lots of money and those with comparatively less. The persistence of Selective Deficit Disorder proves that the former are winning.
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Oh wonderful human, won't you please give me people food?
Well, ok.....
Dude! Electrocution hazard!
Miss me yet?
My wife would wear this shirt with pride, but I'm pretty sure she wouldn't consider the words to apply to the family pooch.
Wonder what's on the other cheek?
Awright you white people, stop having fun right this minute!! If I can't have any fun, neither can you.
Snow surveyors have now determined that we enjoy the fourth deepest snow pack at the Soda Springs measuring station since 1946.
Monday, March 28, 2011
A very interesting article on a blind man who has taught himself to echolocate so well that he can ride a mountain bike.
Mark Laita did these.
Found them here, but watch out if you go there, as it's about as edgy as it gets (although very entertaining, if you can handle it).
Sunday, March 27, 2011
America's combined energy resources are, according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service, the largest on earth. They eclipse Saudi Arabia (3rd),China (4th) and Canada (6th) combined - and that's without including America's shale oil deposits and, in the future, the potentially astronomic impact of methane hydrates.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Here we see the webcam view of half dome, with a nice healthy snow bank in front, taken on February 24th of this year.
Friday, March 25, 2011
In The Land Of The Northern Lights from Ole Christian Salomonsen on Vimeo.
Wow! This is the best time lapse video I have seen to date on the northern lights. Be sure to watch this fullscreen. Jättekul!
Illinois businessman puts the screws to the state's Democratic governor. Hardball, baby, and reason #29 why Illinois and all it's citizens are boned.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Obama administration: The action in Libya isn't war, it is a kinetic military action!
Over at Ace's, they have come up with a top ten list of euphimisms for war, and have offered them for free to the Obama people for use in any other "action" in the future.
My favorite: Really just a kind of sanctions, but "dark, edgy" sanctions with "attitude" and a "troubled, mysterious past."
Over at Ace's, they have come up with a top ten list of euphimisms for war, and have offered them for free to the Obama people for use in any other "action" in the future.
My favorite: Really just a kind of sanctions, but "dark, edgy" sanctions with "attitude" and a "troubled, mysterious past."
Reason # 39 why Illinios and all it's citizens are boned:
A Chicago are school superintendent makes more money than the Illinios governor.
A Chicago are school superintendent makes more money than the Illinios governor.
Here is something you don't see in California anymore, grizzly bear tracks on the beach. Better be armed and ready in Alaska.
Ouch! Toyota tells US auto plants to be ready for shutdowns if parts from Japan cannot be sent.
Sounds to me like an opportunity for a US manufacturer of parts to step up.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
First, we learned that St. Louis' population had dropped 8% over the last decade. Now we learn that the ultimate progressive/liberal/democratic sewer hole, Detroit, has lost a full 25% of it's population over the last ten years!
Is there anything that can really be done with a city this far gone, except plow it under and start again? What lessons can be learned from this amazing transformation from world industrial capital to dying slum?
Monday, March 21, 2011
NASA's solar dynamics observatory has photographed a very active sunspot emerging from behind the sun on it's left lower quadrant. An extreme surge of ultraviolet radiation was detected by the observatory on March 21st.
This appears to be the second coming of sunspot 1165, which was last seen in early March, and while on the other side of the sun has been growing in activity. If it spews it's energy toward the Earth in the next few days, we may see some interesting effects here on the home planet.
Stay alert, Earthlings! The solar furnace is angry.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Baja California Timelapses from Mike Flores on Vimeo.
I love these time lapse videos. Be sure to full screen this to experience the real deal.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
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An influenza pandemic occurs when a novel and highly contagious strain of the influenza virus emerges, affecting populations around the world. Historically, influenza pandemics have occurred every 11-39 years. It has been more than 30 years since the last pandemic. Many experts consider influenza pandemic to be inevitable, yet no one knows when the next one will occur.
Florida's geographic and demographic characteristics make it particularly vulnerable to importation and spread of infectious diseases, including influenza. Nearly one third of Florida's population resides in urban/suburban areas of 3 southeastern counties, including large populations of immigrants. Florida's two Interstate road systems bring in thousands of tourists each year. The two largest of the 13 international airports are in Orlando and Miami; 38,000,000 visitors used air travel in year 2000.
The Department of Health has estimated that an influenza pandemic could result in Florida of up to 10 million persons infected, with 5 million chronically ill. An estimated 3 million persons may require outpatient care with an additional 71,000 hospitalizations and up to 18,000 deaths. Demands on health care services under these conditions would overwhelm the state's delivery system. Shifts in human and material resources that are normally executed during other natural disasters will not be possible since outbreaks are expected to occur simultaneously throughout much of the U.S.
It is expected that effective preventive and therapeutic measures - including vaccines and antiviral agents - will be in short supply, as may some antibiotics used for treatment of secondary infections. Existing medical facilities may be quickly overwhelmed, requiring the use of non-traditional medical settings. Healthcare workers and other first responders will likely be at even higher risk of exposure and illness than the general population, further impeding the care of victims. In addition, communications systems are likely to be overwhelmed.
An influenza pandemic preparedness plan has been developed to ensure that Florida is prepared to implement an effective response before the next pandemic arrives. Florida has been participating with a number of other states in an initiative to develop state influenza pandemic plans, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with funding from the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The purpose of this plan is to provide a guide for the Florida Department of Health (DOH) and other state and local agencies on detecting and responding to an influenza pandemic. The plan describes disease surveillance, emergency management, vaccine delivery, laboratory and communications activities, as well as how multiple agencies should work together to respond to such an event.


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Saw one like this in Whitby harbour on our trip to England. Loved Whitby, great fish and chips.
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2010 Winter Olympics?
The 2010 Winter Olympics start around here Friday Feb 12. Flowers are growing in my garden , this is the mildest winter in years. The best laid plans!
The actual event venues will be OK, especially the Whistler ski runs, but it's spring in the city.
2010 Olympics Jazzman
This guy was playing at a free lunchtime jazz show at the Robson Square skating rink in downtown Vancouver.
Monday, February 8, 2010
2010 Winter Olympics
The old Vancouver court house, now the Vancouver Art Gallery, with huge video screens on the south entrance ready for the 2010 Winter Olympics starting Feb 12 in Vancouver and Whistler BC
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Dario Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. He also competed in the American Le Mans Series for Andretti Green Racing with his brother Marino and former IndyCar Series teammate Bryan Herta. Franchitti drives the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Fastenal Dodge full time in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
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"It caught me by surprise, because I've never had the back end come around like that there. It's going to make it a hard day (today)."
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"We just cannot continue to have these things happen."
"I had the clutch pedal depressed, but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled. So another mechanical problem took us from a race that I feel we had the car to win. We just cannot continue to have these things happen."
"It's looking difficult now. (Wheldon) and his team keep doing this kind of a job."
"A wheel bearing went in the rear suspension, which I think is the same problem as Tony (Kanaan). It almost put me into the wall and almost put Tony in the wall as well. It's unfortunate and the ArcaEx team deserves better. It's the same problem we had at Nashville."
"I could see him coming. He was coming up quickly and I really don't know what happened. But it all came down to that, as usual, last two feet, didn't it?"
"I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough."
"I lost a good friend here six years ago and this means a lot to all of us who were friends of Greg Moore."
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Here at Beaufort County EMS. All field personnel are required to attend monthly In-service training. Employees who successfully complete all required In-services within their certification period are recertified through South Carolina DHEC without additional cost to the employee. This constant monthly review and training enables our employees to be up to date on new and modern techniques in emergency medical care.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Flagrant "Transphobia" in the Toronto Sun!
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Extended File Manager Bug?
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I set up EFM and edited the config file to suit. The important lines in this case are:
$IMConfig['base_dir'] = getcwd(); $IMConfig['base_url'] = ''; /* File system path to the directory you want to manage the images for multiple user systems, set it dynamically. */ $IMConfig['images_dir'] = '/var/www/html/images/';
Looks fine to me. However when I open the Image Manager I get "Invalid base directory: /var/www/html/images/". On examination of the HTML source of the image manager I find
<script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ if(window.opener) Xinha = window.opener.Xinha; var thumbdir = "thumbnails"; var base_url = "/test_zone/xinha/plugins/ExtendedFileManager//var/www/html/images/"; *rest edited out * </script> ]}} It looks like base_url is base_dir and images_dir welded together! Is this a known issue? I couldn't find anything in the forum archive. Is there a recommended work around?
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Can't believe we went a whole day without a Deep Ellum posting. But, alas, it's a brand-new day, and we've got some brand-new news, more or less: The Deep Ellum Association had separated itself from the Deep Ellum Foundation. For background on the spat between the two entities, read Andrea Grimes' item on it last week, but the result is a brand-new Web site called Save Deep Ellum!, which the DEA launched when it lost control of the "official" Deep Ellum Association Web site. (The DEA also lost its longtime home, thanks to DEF members' getting the locks changed without warning.)
"We have a whole new board, which is a good thing," says DEA president Gianna Madrini. "It's something we haven't had in a while -- some energy to marshal some resources."
The Web site is, in large part, a reaction to much of the discussion taking place on Unfair Park and elsewhere in recent weeks concerning the fate of the neighborhood, which will likely be altered considerably in coming months to make room for outside developers looking to capitalize on the new DART Green Line rail station being built on the site of the old Good-Latimer Expressway tunnel. Folks who live and work in the neighborhood -- as opposed to those who own buildings in Deep Ellum -- want to keep the landlords from selling to developers who would come in and raze the old historic storefronts that have served as clubs, restaurants and retail shops since Deep Ellum's resurrection in the early 1980s.
"The initiative is to rally the citizens of Dallas and let them know Deep Ellum is worth saving," says Madrini, who has been in contact with Preservation Dallas, the Dallas Historical Society and other local historical preservation societies about keeping those storefronts intact. "We need to engage the community. We've got to let them know what's down here. People are here struggling to make a living, and bad news doesn't thelp them, so we're trying to move forward in a positive way. Preserving the history is important, and marketing the neighborhood is important."
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Obviously the title of this column is borrowed by The Doors I.P. "Strange Days." Jim Morrison was one of those few souls who seemed totally at ease with his own strangeness. In fact, he celebrated it and embraced the surrealism within him — and around him. And isn't that what this blog is all about? Finding some kind of rusty beauty and truth in scenes like this:
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Legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died at age 80.
George Steinbrenner who recently turned 80 on July 4th suffered a massive stroke today in Tampa, Florida. Steinbrenner was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Over the past couple of years George "The Boss" Steinbrenner has been experienced a deterioration of his well-being.
While his role as the owner of the New York Yankees professional baseball team was shrouded in controversy, Steinbrenner left behind a legacy that future owners' can only dream of matching.
George carried his New York Yankees to 11 American League pennants and 7 world championships. Controversial or not, Steinbrenner knew what he was doing when it came to Major League Baseball.
For Steinbrenner his career as "The Boss" of the New York Yankees began when he acquired the team from CBS, for $8.8 million in 1973. His legacy as one of the most controversial team owners in Baseball history would carry on until he retired in 2006. At that time George Steinbrenner would move to Tampa, Florida where he would live a low-key life. Sons Hank and Hal Steinbrenner took over their dads' franchise as owners of the New York Yankees.
Over the years George made a lot of enemies, including managers, players and even family members. When all is said and done it was just who the man was, you don't get the title of "The Boss" by being a nurturing kind man.
In a statement on Tuesday, Yogi Berra (a player who George Steinbrenner fired in 1985) said: "George and I had our differences, but who didn't? We became great friends over the last decade and I will miss him very much."
George Steinbrenner will be greatly missed and his legacy as the owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees will never be forgotten.
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Call Me a CAB!Introducing BP's Community Advisory Board
February 2004 Body Positive recently completed a three-month steering committee process designed to help strengthen the organization's Community Advisory Board (CAB). The CAB is made up of clients, community members, volunteers, staff and board members. The CAB's purpose is to advise on the design, implementation, and evaluation of the programs and services offered by BP. The CAB hopes to help ensure that what BP does is responsive to the community at large and specifically to those living with or at-risk for HIV by helping to continually improve programs and services. The CAB is like a human pipeline, it brings information and issues back and forth between the community and BP. It's very important for BP to know what's happening on the street, in the playgrounds and parks, and in people's lives so that the agency can develop programs and services to help people. Part of the CAB's job is also to look at the educational materials that BP develops and to provide feedback on them before they are finished. Many of the CAB members are people living with HIV/AIDS and have a lot of life experience, knowledge, and wisdom that makes their opinion very valuable to BP. "It's tremendously important that our CAB reflect what the HIV/AIDS epidemic looks like in our community," says BP Executive Director Eric Rodriguez. "It only works if there's trust between the CAB, the community and BP, and if we keep communicating. A CAB is designed to facilitate that communication." BP strongly believes that the organization is stronger by having a strong CAB that shares their knowledge and advice, and is no rubber stamp just okaying whatever the organization does. "We are an opinionated group," laughs CAB member Michael Taylor. "I am a volunteer on "The HIVe" socials for HIV-positive gay men and I have run support groups. I love BP and I sit on the CAB so I can 'talk back' to the agency for all the people that I come into contact with at events. That way BP gets the best sense of how things are working and its impact on people's lives." BP's CAB currently has openings for new members. CAB members agree to make every effort to come to monthly meetings at BP. Past, present and future volunteers and clients are encouraged to consider joining the CAB. If you'd like more information on the CAB, or think you'd like to consider joining, please call Executive Director Eric Rodriguez at 212-566-7333. Christopher Murray is a member of the Board of Body Positive and co-chair of the CAB. This article was provided by Body Positive. It is a part of the publication Body Positive.


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