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May 29, 2011
~•~A Magickal Day Afoot...~•~4 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
My spell is called
1 bright pink candle, sprinkle lavender rosemary & red mini rosebuds atop of pink candle, and in chalice filled with water. Burn vanilla incense during ritual.
Also need: mini besom (broom), white sage smudge stick, 3 amethyst stones, athame, picture of a goddess of love intent, the passion or other love intent tarot card.
Center yourself. - as in ground and center.
Then smudge your magickal space,altar,tools.
Set up altar with a pentacle in the center. Set up your tools according to the elements, on top of the pentacle. Goddess atop for the element of spirit. Besom symbolizes air, amethysts symbolic to earth, cauldron symbolic to fire, chalice with water for element of water.
Sprinkle bits of lavender, rosemary, and mini red rosebuds in lit pink candle and water.
Light vanilla incense. Which is in the center of the pentacle.
Take athame in hand call upon a Goddess of love intent ask her to bless
your day and smile upon you.
Make writing your spell part of your ritual. I chose to not write it ahead of time on this spell. Write in your neatest handwriting:
Perfect Love and Perfect Trust
Have this we must
Husband and Wife having fun today
bring this my way if you may
Another version I just thought of though could go something like this
perfect love and perfect trust
recieve from above to the dust
husband and wife
having fun in life.
you have your quatrain written in your tidiest handwriting.
Then take your athame clenching the handle with solid willful intent
holding it above your altar draw a heart in the air, seeing the blue flames
it makes thinking of your husband and the intent of true and loving bond
between yourself and your husband. Draw the heart as many times as you like.
I suggest at least three. Do not break the heart. Draw it solid w/out picking up
the athame. Draw as a solid heart line.
Then take your athame and dip it in the melting wax quickly smear it
on the inside of your paper. Sealing it with your love and intent.
Repeat your spell 9 times.
(A witches ladder would be helpful at this time in the ritual if you have one).
While saying your written spell visualize yourself laughing, loving and having fun with your husband. Doing whatever you consider to be fun with your husband...
Light your words on fire to send your wish up to the Gods & Goddesses.
Thank the Lord and Lady for blessing you and your husband.
Dump your water from your chalice in to your witches garden, a plant,
something earthly.
Ground & Center
Clean your tools
May 28, 2011
Decisions?.. Decisions?...0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
I have decided not to renew my domain www.faerycharm.com next year. And I have also already decided not to renew my webhosting space account. Can't even get into my account anyway. I could write support & they would help me immediately. But I don't even really feel like messing with a website/members area or anything like that anymore anyway. But I do kind of feel badly about the member area content people have paid to join. Although it not be that many. *lol*
So, I opened a free site with www.wordpress.com But now I feel like I don't even feel like messing with uploading stuff and building a membership area. Hmmm... I don't know...
WiccanMoon was taken. :( So, the only other name that came into my head was Brighid.
So at www.forums.delphiforums.com my member name is BrighidLight. Made this siggie
real quick last night.
May 25, 2011
MyWitchlyWishlist0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
I want to start collecting all different colors to have on hand.
Marjoram, peppermint, eucalyptus, grapefruit, geranium, lemon, chamomile,
rosemary, tea tree, lavender, and bergamot.
Statuary - I am planning to buy several small altar statues. 1 feminine, 1 male, 1 mother goddess, some animal statuary I would like to get is an owl, cat, raven, & old oak and green man.
I'd like to find an inexpensive candle putter outter. *lol*
I just ordered my 1st empty clear witch bottles.
I also need a dropper. I can probably pick that up at the store. *lol*
May 21, 2011
My Studies...0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
My studies are going wonderfully. I am on lesson 2 at Sacred Mists. I have chosen to my 2nd deity focus on Arianrhod. My 1st one was Rhiannon. Arianrhod is the weaver of fates. She is goddess of the 'silver wheel' (the moon), fate, reincarnation, doubt, comfort. I think the deity focus at the end of each lesson is my most favorite part of my lessons. I get to choose what God or Goddess I want to focus on. So thats really cool. These 1st two have been Welsh/Celtic. I am not sure who I will do for my next one. I am kind of thinking about a God. I don't know anything about 'The Green Man' or Green Man. Or I think another one is called Old Oak. Or Ancient Oak. Maybe just Oak Tree....
I am now also involved with 5 extended classes at Sacred Mists.
- Empathy
- Aromatherapy
- Lithomany (sp?)
- Sacred Protection
- Magickal Tools
And all the houses are the 4 elements. Earth, Air, Fire, & Water. So far house of air is in the lead.
At the end of the year I think everyone in the winning house gets a special siggie. *smiles*
Everything @ work is going way fabulous. I'm as a happy as can be. I love being on 8 hour shifts.
The day goes by so fast!
Blessed Be ~ Wiccan Moon
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May 18, 2011
Work & Witch School0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
I got changed to 8 hour shifts! Woohoo!!! More fun @ home for me. *giggle* I started on my 8 hr shifts on Tuesday May 17th. The whole day was just spectacular. Today was really awesome too.
My assignment from Sacred Mists has been graded. (lesson1) And I got compliments on it. So, that is totally awesome. I enjoyed the deity focus so much. At the end of each lesson there is Q & A about the lesson. Then I have to select a deity to learn about. And there is a deity Q & A also.
I'm so excited to get home from work every day to learn and study more about wicca every single day. It's so much fun.
In between my online studies, I am also reading books and practicing grounding and centering.
I also recieved my last order yesterday. And I got a couple of moonstones in 1 of my pkgs. So thats totally cool, since moonstone is sacred to Goddess Rhiannon. Thats my Goddess!
For my next deity focus. I might do Danu.
Bright Blessings - WiccanMoon
May 15, 2011
WiccanMoon-Book of Shadows and Light2 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
The beginning of my online witches diary started at: http://faerycharm.com/wiccanmoon
But I was late on paying for my hosting subscription. And now its not visible. So, I decided maybe blog spot is the way to go instead. So, I'll just catch you up to speed.
My Wiccan journey started about a little over a month ago. I've always felt a pull towards it. There have been so many signs along the way, now that my eyes are open and I look back at my life.
I enrolled in Seasons in Avalon. Loved it immediately. I have purchased 6 books on wicca and magick so far. My life changed immediately it seems like. Once I made up my mind that this is the path I am suppose to be on. I've loved my studies and homework for S.I.A. And have now recently been accepted to The College of the Sacred Mists-An Online Wiccan College.
Sacred Mists is a truely phenomenal school! I love it there. So much information and training.
I've met a wonderful artist on facebook too. Her name is Sabrina TheInkWitch. She is an amazing artist. And I've decided to hire her to draw a tatoo for me. Actually add to my triquetra on the back of my neck. I am thinking of a besom, long stemmed rose and raven. Blended in with my triquetra.
I've been purchasing tools for my altar as well. And I got to participate in Beltane. That was wonderful!! I had a wonderful magickal day. I'll never forget it...
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Day of this witch's garden2 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
I just got a brand new camera too. So I'll most likely be doing some digital documenting.
I didn't have the funds to get all the seeds and everything I wanted to. But frost is lasting late here. So, I think I will be okay to still plant more stuff in a couple of weeks. I'll have to check the moon phase and everything in my witches almanac.
I have purchased a starter witches kit. Have a bunch of herbs. Hmmm.. maybe I could just drop some of those into the ground. *giggle* Not so sure it works that way though...
I do have seeds for my hollyhocks though. And some 'something' button. *lol* Can't recall the name of it right off the top of my head at the moment.
My daughter bought me my 1st garden statuary too. It's a 3 mushroom statue. So that is cool too.
Well, I'll let ya all know how it goes :)
May 14, 2011
Dark skies over me at work...0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
Was questioned about it again on Thursday. Very very tired of this. But so much has changed since I was in there last. I didn't loose my cool. I stayed calm, happy. I refused to sign their paper work. Because I am not guilty of the things that they accuse me of.
They question the students to see if we are doing every single thing we are suppose to be doing with our residents. It was so obvious what managment was doing it is about laughable. They went down the entire list of all the basic things you learn in your C.N.A. classes and the 1st few months on the job.
Provide privacy, tell the resident what you are doing before you do it, or as you do it, etc... I do all the things I am suppose to do. I care about everyone. I care about my job, I care about the people I am taking care of, I care about the people I work with, I care about my family...
So, after lunch that day I went back into the office to request that a UA be done. And I was ignored. No one called me in the department I was working in. The next day 1st thing in the morning I made my request known again. Again, I was not contacted.
In the mean while I started breaking out in shingles, and of course in new spots on my body.
Now on my breast right where my bra and clothing touch.
I've been moved to the opposite side of the building. I've been accused of being 'burnt out' in the area I work in. I can't stand that word. 1st of all, its not even true. If I'm so burnt out why do I bring things from home to give to residents? Why do I go to the store for them? Why do I stick up for their rights? Why do I stay after hours when I already work 12 hour shifts, if I'm so burnt out?
Well, so now everyone in the whole building is all ticked off because the schedule was all rearranged. Everyone's position of where they work and who they take care of was messed with.
So, I'm sure all new drama awaits next week. I have a 3 day weekend off. Then I return to work with all new residents and staff etc... on Tuesday. And someone who has never ever worked in the unit I worked in for the last 2 years will be working over there with all men. Mostly sexual predators for the 1st time. They have notified her of this change while on vacation by leaving a message on her answering machine. I know laughable - huh.
Bright Blessings -
May 11, 2011
Witches Pyramid0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
The Wiccan Rede0 Sprinkled Faerie Dust by Julie Jenks
Live an' let live~Fairly take an' fiarly give.
Cast the Circle trice about To keep all evil spirits out.
To bind the spell every time ~ Let the spell be spake in rhyme.
Soft of eye an' light of touch~Speak little, listen much.
Deosil go by the waxing Moon~Sing and dance the Wiccan rune.
Widdershins go when the Moon doth wane,
When the Lady's Moon is new, Kiss they hand to Her times two.
When the Moon rides at Her peak Then your heart's desire seek.
Heed the Northwind's mighty gale~Lock the door and drop the sail.
When the wind blows from the East, Expect the new and set the feast.
When the West wind blowes o'er thee, Departed spirits restless be.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go~ Burn them quick an' burn them slow.
Elder be ye Lady's tree~Burn it not or cursed ye'll be.
When the Wheel begins to turn~Let the Beltane fires burn.
When the Wheel has turned a Yule, Light the Log an' let Pan rule.
Heed ye flower bush an' tree~Bythe Lady Bless`ed Be.
Where the rippling waters go Cast a stone an' truth ye'll know.
When ye have need, Hearken not to others greed.
With the fool no season spend Or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet an' merry part!Bright the cheeks an' warm the heart.
Mind the Threefold Law ye should~Three times bad an' three times good.
When misfortune is enow, Wear the Blue Star on thy brow.
True in love ever be Unless thy lover's false to thee.
Eight words ye Wiccan Rede fulfill~An' it harm none, Do what ye will.
Attributed to Adriana Porter and written prior to her passing in 1946,
by Lady Gwynne Thompson (1928-1986),
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Desmond Jennings insisted he was not growing frustrated with his extended three-season stay at Triple-A Durham.
But he is sure playing like he is making up for lost time.
Finally called up Friday and put atop the Rays lineup, Jennings is off to a sensational start, going 6-for-11 with four extra-base hits, stealing three bases and showing off his blazing speed with a dazzling dash to score from first Saturday.
Manager Joe Maddon, who will read as much into a player's look as his actions, said he could tell from the first moment he saw Jennings on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City that he was prepared to grasp the opportunity.
"When he walked into the clubhouse in K.C. I could see in his face that he was ready," Maddon said Monday. "That's really an abstract comment, but he just looked comfortable. He looked confident. Ready to go. I just saw that. There was no fear, apprehension, anything about him. He demonstrated that in the (first) two games. And I think it's going to continue."
In his first three games, Jennings, 24, has exceeded his production from his 17-game introduction to the majors last September (when he was 4-for-21, hitting .190), impressing with his instincts and his athleticism.
Obviously he has a better idea what to expect, and he's coming off a better season with the Bulls. But he is also more comfortable, with both the opportunity to play every day the Rays are providing and the role — as the leadoff hitter — he is used to filling.
"I've felt good at the plate," Jennings said. "That's what I've been doing pretty much my whole career. And doing that here, that's made me feel better. I just feel like my job is to get on base, however I can."
And he said knowing he will be in the lineup every day allows him to play more relaxed.
Maddon said the key to success for Jennings is working at-bats — taking balls, swinging at strikes and fouling off borderline pitches. He did it well during his breakout 2009 season in the minors — when he hit a combined .318 between Double-A Montgomery and Durham with an .888 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) — and last year not so much (hitting .278 at Durham with a .755 OPS).
"That's what he's supposed to be," Maddon said. "Last year the at-bats weren't as brisk. This year he started getting the ability to work the at-bat back."
Jennings said there wasn't any major change in his approach either season, but he knew what the Rays were looking for and was trying to show them.
"I figured I'd get here when they felt like it was time for me to be here," he said.
Jennings started in left again Monday but is considered a natural centerfielder, which makes him the heir apparent if the Rays trade B.J. Upton by Sunday's deadline for non-waiver deals.
"Absolutely he's got centerfield qualities — the speed, the range," Maddon said. "Probably the arm is not what you would consider above average, but it's definitely average or right around there. So if he had one tool that doesn't necessarily fit all the way it might be his arm strength, but everything else plays at a very high level."
The explosive speed invites comparisons to former Rays All-Star Carl Crawford. "Kind of a similar skill set," Maddon acknowledged.
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What to See in the Triangle 2011-2012 Season
There's so much already going on this season in Triangle theater! I'm so thrilled by what I've seen so far, and I cannot wait to dive into so many more amazing productions. I can't tell you exactly what to see, but I'll let you know what I am definitely going to be seeing this year.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Playmakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill
November 30-December 18, 2011
Playmakers Rep got off to an amazing start this season with In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), which I absolutely loved. I'm delighted to see them take on this modern-day classic. I'm glad that I never had to see a drama class production of this in high school, because I want my first Albee experience to be at the hands of Playmakers Rep. After the world-shattering, mind-blowing experience I had seeing Angels in America at this theater, I'm thoroughly convinced that the Playmakers creative team is comprised of some of the best minds in theater today. I am aching to see their vision for 1963's Tony Award-winning best play.
God of Carnage
Raleigh Ensemble Players, Raleigh
January 2012
Making a bold move to produce a play shortly after a film version has been made, the Raleigh Ensemble Players will be presenting the 2009 Tony and Olivier Award-winning best play, God of Carnage, a story of a lively night of discussion between two sets of parents. I wholeheartedly believe that a live show is always better than a movie, so I'm going to skip the star-studded film and see the real thing right here in Raleigh.
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Raleigh Little Theatre, Co-Produced with the Actors Comedy Lab, Raleigh
January 2-February 5, 2012
Having just seen another Sarah Ruhl play, I'm obsessed. I find her to be one of the most compelling and talented playwrights of our time. Her ability to make humorously intelligent points about humanity is unparalleled. I'm sad to say that although I've been a resident of Raleigh for almost two years now, I've yet to visit the Raleigh Little Theatre. That's certainly going to change this January.
Henry IV and Henry V
Playmakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill
January 28-March 4, 2012
Some of my fondest memories of adolescence involved seeing Shakespeare with my father. Needless to say, I am thrilled to see Playmakers taking on this duo of vibrant histories. I've never seen "the Henries," but I read one in high school (but, like most things from high school, I've forgotten most of it), and I'm excited to see it live. This not-so-secretly die-hard Gilmore Girls fan is also beyond thrilled to see Stars Hollow's own Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) as the iconic Falstaff.
Noises Off
Playmakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill
April 4-22, 2012
This 1983 Tony-nominated play-within-a-play is sure to be simply delightful at the capable hands of Playmakers. I'm buying my tickets early to make sure I get a good seat to Nothing On and Noises Off.
Jude the Obscure
Burning Coal Theatre Company, Raleigh
Part I: April 12-May 5, 2012; Part II: April 19-May 5, 2012
I am in love with Burning Coal's mission statement, which states that they aim to "produce literate, visceral, affecting theatre that is experiences, not simply seen." Those words are a brilliant echo of how I felt when I first read Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, from which this play is adapted. Jude the Obscure was the only book in my undergraduate British Victorian Novel class that I was actually able to finish - I could not put it down. It is, to this day, my favorite book. Hardy's words are the "visceral" and "affecting" type that Burning Coal strives for. According to an undergrad professor of mine, after Hardy published the book, people reacted so strongly that he didn't write another novel for the rest of his life. Don't expect a feel-good story. But please prepare yourself for a "feel-real" story - if such a thing exists, Jude the Obscure is it, and I am counting the days to April when I get to see this text come to life on stage.
Man of La Mancha
Burning Coal Theatre Company, Raleigh
February 2-19, 2012
This classic novel turned award-winning musical is resurfacing in Raleigh at the hands of the Burning Coal Theatre Company. It's been on Broadway five times for a reason - it's a memorable show that you're not going to want to miss.
The Boy Friend
Raleigh Little Theatre, Raleigh
June 8-24, 2012
I'm excited to check out this 1954 musical set in a "School for Young Ladies." This throw-back to a different time is sure to have lively dance numbers and enjoyable songs. This show has an interesting history, including Julie Andrews's American stage debut.
National Tours
John Tartaglia's Imaginocean
The Carolina Theatre, Durham
November 15, 2011
On a trip to NYC in May, my mom and I saw Imaginocean, and we were the only adults in the room who were not accompanying young children. We had such a good time, and so did the children in the audience. A show that is sure to delight the youngest audiences, and which is still a fun theatre experience for those who may only be young at heart, Imaginocean uses visually stunning blacklight puppetry to tell the story of three fish on the adventure of a lifetime. If you have kids, or even if you don't, this is a must-see, one-night-only evening of musical puppetry.
Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
January 24-29, 2012
It's a no-brainer. When the first national tour of the 2010 Tony-Award winning best musical rolls into town, you buy tickets. I am a huge fan of Memphis - the music is the kind that makes your soul soar, the dancing is fantastic, and the story is touching (and real!). Don't miss it.
American Idiot
January 31-February 5, 2012
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
I've already got my tickets to see this groundbreaking rock musical from Green Day. The cast is sure to contain the next generation of musical theater stars, and the music is familiar. If you have friends who are skeptical about musical theater being cool and relevant, take them to see this one.
Les Misérables
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
February 14-19, 2012
I just saw this production in Washington, DC, and I'm going to be seeing it again when it hits Raleigh. This is the 25th anniversary of this iconic Tony-winning musical. The sets have been re-imagined based on the paintings of Victor Hugo, and the orchestrations have been updated to capture the ears and hearts of a new generation. The cast is stellar, and the show is just as fantastic as you remember.
Bring It On
Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
April 17-22, 2012
When I first heard that Bring It On was being adapted into a musical, I was skeptical. But after I heard that Lin-Manuel Miranda was involved, I was immediately on board. The talented Tony-winning composer/lyricist, actor, and all-around awesome dude can do no wrong in my book, and I absolutely cannot wait to see what beats he's mixed up for this musical set in the cutthroat world of competitive cheerleading.
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Carlos Vasquez says education cuts led to run against Lon Burnam, who touts perfect record on gay issues
Openly gay Fort Worth school board member Carlos Vasquez is challenging state Rep. Lon Burnam, a staunch LGBT ally, for the Democratic nomination for House District 90. The area covers most LGBT neighborhoods in Fort Worth.
Burnam has served in the Legislature since 1997. Vasquez was elected to the Fort Worth Independent School District's Board of Trustees in 2008. He represents District 1, which covers the northwest part of the city, and his term ends in 2013.
"The $5.4 billion cut to education was the deciding factor," Vasquez said of his decision to enter the House race, adding that he also feels it's important to have an openly gay member of the Legislature.
Burnam agreed that the Legislature's slashing of education funding is a disaster for public schools in Texas. And he called the governor's position on women's health equally horrible. On LGBT issues, Burnam said he's always worked closely with Equality Texas, the statewide gay rights organization.
Equality Texas Deputy Executive Director Chuck Smith said, "Lon is one of the strongest allies we have in the Texas House of Representatives."
Burnam said he understands the priority of the LGBT community to elect openly gay candidates to the Legislature, but feels there are better seats to target.
"It's in the best interest of the community to elect a 100 percent friend," he said.
Burnam was a founding member of Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats. During the anti-marriage amendment battle in 2005, he said he not only campaigned against the measure but contributed money.
"Where was Carlos during those battles?" he asked.
After the Rainbow Lounge raid, Burnam said he worked closely with Fort Worth city council members Joel Burns and Kathleen Hicks.
"I was working [Mayor Mike] Moncrief, because he didn't get it right away," Burnam said. "By July 4, [Police Chief Jeffrey] Halstead admitted to me he made mistakes. Where was Carlos?"
The Texas Tribune suggested in a recent article that Burnam's biggest opponent could be Domingo Garcia. Garcia is running for the new Congressional District 33 seat, which overlaps much of House District 90. In a district that is 71 percent Hispanic, Vasquez may be able to ride Garcia's coattails among Hispanic voters.
Both Burnam and Vasquez downplayed that idea but agreed Vasquez would receive some votes based on ethnicity.
Burnam said he isn't worried and is polling higher among Hispanics than Vasquez. And Vasquez said he expected votes from the Hispanic community and others who know his work on the school board.
"Most of the community knows me," Vasquez said.
Vasquez accused Burnam of being a partisan Democrat who can't get much done.
"Lon's a good guy, a good Democrat, but he hasn't been effective," Vasquez said.
Burnam said he was the only House member to vote against Tom Craddick for speaker in 2003. During Craddick's term, legislation with Burnam's name on it didn't move out of committee.
"You just have to be creative in how you do your advocacy," Burnam said.
This term, Burnam is co-chair of the House Democratic Campaign Committee. He cited that as an example of how fellow Democrats in the House trust him.
"We're going to pick up a bunch of seats," he said.
Vasquez said he has discussed his candidacy with the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, but the group that backs openly LGBT candidates nationwide has made no endorsement in the race.
Denis Dison, vice president of communications for the Victory Fund, said it's always hard to dislodge an incumbent.
"Most people serious about getting into public office wait for an opportunity," Dison said.
In considering potential endorsements, the Victory Fund looks at whether there's a path to victory, which can involve local party politics, scandals or other opportunities.
He pointed out that of more than 7,000 state legislators across the country, only about 90 are LGBT. Texas is one of 18 states that lack an openly LGBT legislator.
"We don't have the luxury of saying, 'We'll let our allies do the work for us,'" Dison said, noting that the group has backed LGBT candidates against incumbents who are strong allies. "It's about the [gay] candidate, not the incumbent."
Vasquez is one of two gay candidates who are taking on staunch LGBT allies in Texas House races this year, as activist Ray Hill challenges incumbent Rep. Garnet Coleman in Houston.
"If we don't have one of our own fighting for us, no one will bring our issues to the forefront," Vasquez said.
"We need a state representative who will represent all of us. We need a gay legislator."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition April 20, 2012.


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Food Safety for Moms-to-Be: Medical Professionals - Fast Facts
Important information to help you educate women about food safety during pregnancy.
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At-A-Glance | Fast Facts | Foodborne Pathogens | Poster
Note on Fish Advice
On January 18, 2017, FDA and EPA issued final advice regarding fish consumption.
This advice is geared toward helping women who are pregnant or may become pregnant – as well as breastfeeding mothers and parents of young children – make informed choices when it comes to fish that are healthy and safe to eat. (This advice refers to fish and shellfish collectively as "fish.")
For more information, see Eating Fish: What Pregnant Women and Parents Should Know.
The following content will be updated to reflect the final advice on consuming fish. Please check back for updates or sign-up to receive updates by email.
Why food safety is an issue now
Food safety has always been an important health issue. But, there are many factors that make food safety more of an issue now than ever before. For instance, today we're:
- Eating a wider variety of foods from all over the world.
- Eating more foods that have been prepared outside our homes.
- Aware of more than five times the number of foodborne pathogens than we were 50 years ago!
Each year in the U.S., foodborne illness accounts for:1
- 48 million gastrointestinal illnesses
- 128,000 hospitalizations
- 3,000 deaths
For pregnant women and their unborn babies, the risks from foodborne illness are particularly serious.
Pregnant women are in the high-risk group for foodborne illness because...
- Pregnancy makes it hard for the mother's immune system to fight off harmful foodborne bacteria.
- Harmful foodborne bacteria can cross the placenta and infect the baby.
- The fetus doesn't have a developed enough immune system to fight off harmful foodborne bacteria.
Pregnant women are at risk for:
- Serious health problems
- Premature delivery
- Miscarriage
- Death
Certain foodborne risks can be harmful - or even fatal - to pregnant women and their babies.
It's important for pregnant women to watch out for these three foodborne risks:
- Listeria monocytogenes This pathogen can cause listeriosis. It can be found in:
- Refrigerated, ready-to-eat foods (dairy, meat, poultry, and seafood)
- Unpasteurized milk and milk products or foods made with unpasteurized milk
- Soil
- Listeria monocytogenes is one of the most common causes of miscarriage resulting from infection of the fetus.2
- Most Listeria monocytogenes infections occur during the third trimester of pregnancy.3 This is because the function of the mother's immune system is particularly reduced during this time.
- The serious effects of listeriosis in pregnancy are suffered by the fetus or newborns rather than the pregnant woman.4
- Listeria monocytogenes can be found in soft cheeses made with unpasteurized milk.
- Studies show that pregnant Hispanic women may have a higher incidence of listeriosis than pregnant non-Hispanic women. This is most likely because they make and eat homemade soft cheese and other traditional foods made from unpasteurized milk. 5
- Infected fetuses can suffer mental retardation, blindness, seizures, and paralysis.
- Methylmercury: A metal that can be found in certain fish. Mercury falls from the air and can get into surface water. Bacteria in the water transforms mercury into methylmercury. Fish absorb methylmercury as they feed on aquatic organisms. Methylmercury can be harmful to unborn babies if certain fish high in methylmercury are eaten by pregnant women.
- Larger fish that have lived longer have the highest levels of methylmercury because they've had more time to accumulate it. These fish include: swordfish, tilefish, king mackerel, and shark. Pregnant women, women trying to conceive, nursing mothers, and young children should not eat these fish. It's okay to eat other cooked fish/seafood as long as a variety of other kinds are selected during pregnancy or while a woman is trying to become pregnant. She can eat up to 12 ounces (2 average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are lower in methylmercury. Five of the most commonly eaten fish and shellfish that are low in methylmercury are shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish. Another commonly eaten fish, albacore ("white") tuna has more methylmercury than canned light tuna. So, when choosing your two meals of fish and shellfish, you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of albacore tuna per week.
- Methylmercury can build up in the mother's blood stream and pass from her blood into that of her unborn child.
- Some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child's developing nervous system.
- Methylmercury is removed from the body naturally, but it may take over a year for the levels to drop to a safe level. This is why women who are trying to become pregnant should also avoid exposure to methylmercury.
- Toxoplasma gondii: This parasite can cause toxoplasmosis. It can be found in:
- Raw and undercooked meat
- Unwashed fruits and vegetables
- Water, dust, and soil
- Dirty cat-litter boxes and outdoor places where cat feces may be found.
- Toxoplasmosis is one of the least known foodborne illnesses among consumers.
- Infants born to mothers who became infected with gondii for the first time just before or during pregnancy are at risk for severe toxoplasmosis.6 Babies can suffer hearing loss, mental retardation, and blindness.
- Pregnant women can get toxoplasmosis from cats. T. gondii infects essentially all cats that spend any time outdoors. Cats get this parasite by eating small animals or raw meat that's infected. The parasite is then passed on through the cat's feces. It doesn't make the cat sick, so pregnant women may not know if their cats have the parasite.
The good news is...these foodborne risks are easy to prevent!
For more information on how to prevent these risks, see Listeria, Methylmercury, and Toxoplasma.
Good food safety practices benefit everyone!
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Ibid.
- Washington State University, Food Safety During Your Pregnancy Brochure, February 2002.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Media Relations: Facts About Listeriosis, December 25, 1998.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Futura Mama (Expecting Mother): A Model Program to Decrease Illness Associated with Unpasteurized Milk Products in Pregnant Hispanic/Latino Women, June 2, 2002.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases - Toxoplasmosis Fact Sheet.


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- 3/29 Passed House Third Read (32-22-4)
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- 3/20 Passed House Rules
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Executive Summary
Arizona law requires any physician performing an abortion to use all available means and medical skills to promote, preserve, and maintain the life of a baby who is delivered alive. Tragically, recent incidents reported in Arizona have demonstrated that this law is not adequate to protect babies delivered alive following an attempted abortion. SB 1367 strengthens the law by requiring the Department of Health Services to create rules concerning the minimum equipment standards and standards of care necessary to comply with the law. The bill also expands the abortion reporting requirements to include a statement from the physician and all staff in attendance at an abortion certifying that the infant was not delivered alive or detailing the care provided if the infant was delivered alive. Finally, the bill adds a definition of "delivered alive" to clarify that physicians performing an abortion must try to save a baby that is delivered breathing, moving, or with a heartbeat.
In May 2015, news outlets began reporting the story of Chalice Zeitner. Ms. Zeitner fraudulently obtained a second trimester abortion paid for by Arizona taxpayers through the AHCCCS program.[i] In the course of investigating the fraud, the FBI report revealed a chilling detail: the baby, delivered at 22 weeks gestational age, was born alive and breathing, yet received no medical intervention.[ii] The baby was left without care for over an hour before she died.[iii]
On the heels of that tragic story followed an equally troubling report after the release of 911 tapes in which an abortion clinic worker at Family Planning Associates in Phoenix stated that a baby delivered alive after an attempted abortion was breathing.[iv] "We can't provide that care, except for oxygen, and we're trying to keep the fetus stable until someone arrives," the clinic worker said.[v] The baby was pronounced dead by the time it arrived at the hospital.[vi]
Current Arizona law requires that all available means and medical skills be used to promote, preserve, and maintain the life of a fetus or embryo delivered alive as the result of an attempted abortion. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 36-2301. Federal law also protects infants born alive by including them in the definition of "person" for the purposes of federal law. 1 U.S.C. § 8. Yet these laws were inadequate to protect the lives of the babies delivered alive in these two stories that have been publicized in Arizona.
SB 1367 strengthens Arizona law to protect infants born alive from being mercilessly left for dead. First, the bill directs the Department of Health Services to add new rules for abortion clinics that establish minimum equipment standards for caring for infants delivered alive for facilities that perform abortions after twenty weeks gestational age. The rules will also identify the appropriate standard of care to promote, preserve, and maintain the life of an infant delivered alive.
Second, the proposed Arizona bill enhances the reporting requirements by requiring the doctor and all staff present at an abortion to certify under penalty of perjury that the baby was not delivered alive. If the baby is delivered alive, the report must detail the efforts made to promote, preserve, and maintain the infant's life.
Finally, the bill adds a definition of "delivered alive" to close any loopholes that would leave babies delivered alive vulnerable to being left for dead. The definition states that any baby that is breathing, has a heartbeat, is moving its voluntary muscles, or has a pulsing umbilical cord is considered alive and all available means and medical skills must be used to save the child's life.
The bill also clarifies jurisdiction for the attorney general or the county attorney to enforce the law.
Talking Points
- It's no longer an abortion when the baby is delivered alive: it is a birth. Doctors and nurses must be equipped to do everything they can to save that live baby.
- It is inhumane to leave a premature baby without medical care while it takes its last breaths. Abortion clinics must have the proper equipment and follow an appropriate standard of care to try to save the baby's life.
- Roe v. Wade does not guarantee an abortion, and it surely does not allow for the killing of a live baby – even by neglect. Once the baby is born alive, it has every legal right to life-saving measures, just the same as every baby born in this state.
SB 1367 provides desperately needed changes to ensure that any baby delivered alive following an attempted abortion in Arizona is not left for dead. The law already requires life-saving care to promote, preserve, and maintain the life of any baby delivered alive, and SB 1367 requires abortion clinics to have the appropriate equipment on hand to follow the law.
[i] See, e.g., Jon Erickson, Charges: Chalice Zeitner made up cancer story to qualify for tax-funded abortion, ABC15.com, http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/charges-woman-makes-up-cancer-story-to-qualify-for-tax-funded-abortion (May 7, 2015) (last visited Jan. 27, 2017).
[ii] Gary Grado, FBI agent's description raises question about whether aborted baby was born alive, Ariz. Capitol Times (June 5, 2015), http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/06/05/fbi-agents-description-raises-question-about-whether-aborted-baby-was-born-alive/.
[iii] Id.
[iv] 911 tapes; Aborted fetus was breathing, 12NEWS.COM, http://www.12news.com/mb/news/local/valley/911-tapes-aborted-fetus-was breathing/208414143 (last visited Jan. 27, 2017).
[v] Id.
[vi] Id.


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Thirteen community programs would receive at least 84 percent of the funding they requested from Topeka under a measure approved Wednesday by the council's economic development committee.
The committee, made up of council members Michelle De La Isla, Karen Hiller and Nathan Schmidt, decided to fund the top-scoring 13 programs according to how their application for funding aligned with 11 identified metrics.
The Boys and Girls Club, for example, received a 98 on the committee's new scoring process, the highest of all 26 that applied. As such, it would receive 98 percent of its requested funding — or $19,461.
With Wednesday's vote, Breakthrough House would receive $19,780. That might be enough to open the clubhouse, 525 S.W. Topeka Blvd., again on Wednesdays, said executive director Danette Tipton. The organization, which serves people with mental illness in the community, started the Wednesday closure Jan. 15.
In total, the committee approved allocations totalling nearly $277,460 toward 12 counseling and preventive services and one emergency aid program.
That leaves nearly $130,000 of the original $407,000 designated for other social services to allocate during Thursday's third and final scheduled meeting, which will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the third-floor conference room of City Hall, 215 S.E. 7th.
The city received 26 applications for other social services funding, so another 13 agencies have yet to know their score or recommended funding level.
The agencies that weren't funded Wednesday received a score of less than 70 percent on the outlined metrics. The committee could decide to strip funding from those agencies and allocate more dollars to the ones that scored higher, chairwoman Michelle De La Isla said.
The committee on Monday allocated the $225,000 earmarked for six nonprofit agencies that provide services to the city under contract.
The city's governing body will consider approving the committee's final recommendation this summer as part of its process of crafting the city's 2015 budget.
The votes Monday and Wednesday came as part of a new process the city's governing body approved Feb. 11 for vetting applications for grant funding that nonprofit agencies submit to the city. That process requires a city staff review committee to issue a score to each of the applications based on how well they met criteria.
Schmidt said that process should take the subjectivity out of the allocations. The committee on Wednesday considered funding levels based on scores without knowing the agency names. The committee sets the priorities by assigning points to the different grant criteria, he said.
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The scoring sheets for the top 12 preventive service agencies show all but two agencies missed points on the organizational leadership category. Those missed points were split equally between meeting the ethnic diversity and gender employment goals, said Topeka housing manager Corrie Wright.
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"I wish the police could do something," said Ruthann Miller, 48, who lives nearby. "It's getting really stupid."
Neighbors say vehicles fill the convenience store's parking lots and a vacant lot nearby. People spill into adjacent streets and onto the lots around a bail bond business and a pawnshop. They park behind vacant homes, of which there are many.
"It's like a big-a-- block party," said Charles McKinnon, who owns Sunshine State Bail Bonds two doors down. "It's getting worse and worse — somebody got shot."
He's worried an errant bullet will fly into his business.
"Now that this has happened and it's pretty much in my front door, something needs to be done," McKinnon said.
He added that police need to do a better job of crowd control.
Police have been called to the 24-hour Choice Food Store 250 times in the past year, according to police records, mostly for large crowds. They also have responded to reports of brawling and gunshots. The owner of Choice Food could not be reached for comment.
Monday's early-morning shooting is not the first — or the worst.
In 2005, 29-year-old Antonio D. Mackeroy was fatally shot in front of a glass shop at 3451 Fifth Ave. S., a few doors down from Choice Food. Police said several hundred people were hanging out about 2:30 a.m.
Neighbors said police frequently break up the crowds but it often takes complaints about noise before they do anything.
"They sit out there and watch them," said neighbor Lena Constable, 52. "It looks like there should be a carnival. It's outrageous. I don't understand why they can't stop it."
Neighbor William Jackson, 43, doesn't think the crowds are a problem. "To me, it's a lot of social gathering, but it isn't more," said Jackson. "It's just something they do to hang out."
There's not much police can do to keep crowds from forming if no one is breaking the law, said police spokesman Mike Puetz.
"It's a hard thing to prevent from a law enforcement standpoint," he said. "There's not a lot of tools there for us to prevent issues."
Police typically ask the crowd to disperse only if there's a safety issue, Puetz said.
Frequently police plan ahead if they know crowds will form, Puetz said, making their presence known and discouraging crowds from forming.
Several neighbors said police are usually parked when the group forms after the clubs close.
They say that's not enough.
"There needs to be more police presence," said McKinnon.


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Use this as you have been for a general planning thread on GenCon. Lots of talk about events and such below, but let's also turn our mind toward facilities. Specifically space to game after the show floor closes.
Update 7/1:
Closing in on about a month until GenCon. I hope you're all as excited as I am.
In years past we've tried to smash a ton of people into as big a room as we could find. More often than not it meant moving TVs and furniture, pushing beds vertically up against a wall, and carting in folding tables only to squat around them on beverage coolers like animals.
Through sheer force of will (and months of elaborate guilt applied by phone and in person) I've secured us a conference room. 8-10 tables, maybe more. Chairs galore. And all in the hotel where many of us will be staying, Hilton Downtown Indianapolis during GenCon.
SirRockford is pitching in for 1 night, being Friday. The second night, Saturday, is being charged to my credit card tomorrow. Suffice to say, I'd sure love some help with that. So...
Would you like to contribute to a night of our $200/night conference room? Please DM me and I'll connect with you personally to help you make that happen. With luck we can get some extras from the hotel like beverage service and some snacky treats. Or perhaps a ready reserve of cash with which to bribe them when we go over our curfew. Either or.
Update 7/28: We've got the rooms covered, plus like $20 funny money.
I'm in for cost of the room plus food and drink too.
I may be interested myself.. need to ponder this and tag the thread.
I'm in for the cost of the room too.
I am also interested in helping although this will be my first time going to Gencon for 4 days(I have been going for 5 years now on Saturdays) which means I can finally attend one of these meetups! So I am definitely up for helping out also!
Tagging for the future, looking forward to GenCon 2014 after our first trip out last year.
Get logged in at GenCon's website and get educated.
Thanks for the advice. I'm considering attending for the first time and planning resources like that should help a great deal.
My #1 piece of advice: have at least one person pre-reg next week, and then that same person refreshing like a fiend next Thursday to secure a hotel room.
You'll still have another 3-4 months before having to worry about registering for events, but hotels go in the first day they open registration, and are only available to folks with pre-reg'd tickets.
Heyo - heads up that badges went on sale today. VIGs are sold out, but the 4-days hardly ever sell out.
"Well, if the 4-days never sell out, why shouldn't I just wait and buy one later?"
Good question! When you pre-reg for your badge, you get a housing code, which you can use after January 28th at Noon ET to book a hotel room. I made a map to make things easier as to where the hotels are in relation to the ICC, but here's a pro-tip - all the "downtown" hotels that you can walk to GenCon from book up within the first hour. Then the satellite hotels book up. Then you're looking at staying two towns over in a budget hotel, and paying for parking every day, on top of not getting a block-room rate for your hotel.
So even if you plan of stuffing 6 people into a double-occupancy room, at least one of those folks should pre-reg for a badge to get a housing code, and then fight through the stream on Tuesday to get a hotel room.
I'm in for the conference room as well, and looking forward to GenCon very much! We should be getting our own room in the Hilton as well, by the by.
I'll probably be attending with a handful of people from work. Tagging for updates.
I've purchased my four day badge and will be looking to grab a room tomorrow when that opens up. I've never gone before... any advice on picking a room other than personal preference between distance/cost?
The site wouldn't work for the guy who was at a computer to get our hotel today so now we're out of luck. Yay.
The site performance was a complete mess. Delays, false starts, restarts, time outs, and errors. It took nearly 30 minutes to complete a reservation and, by then, I just took what I could get. I would have expected them to be much more prepared for the web traffic than that.
I'm feel really bad for people who couldn't get a room, much less the one they wanted. I hope there is some positive way that GenCon or Indianapolis can handle this. Everything still sold out in record time. Both the wife and I managed to get it right at noon EST after a brief couple minutes waiting in the queue screen. She nabbed our room at the Hilton and I just quit out.
My wife and our roommate did the same thing Jolly Bill did - except we wound up with two rooms at the JW. We've already left messages and emails to get one of the rooms canceled so someone else can get a shot at it.
Most of my local gaming club wound up in the same boat of not being able to get anything.
And then that email today from GenCon about the 200% increase in 4-day badges from this time last year was just crazy.
I'm going to GenCon for the first time since it was in Milwaukee. Even better, the hotel I'm staying at is just a couple blocks further out than the Hilton Downtown Indianapolis. I will plan on dropping in.
My wife and our roommate did the same thing Jolly Bill did - except we wound up with two rooms at the JW. We've already left messages and emails to get one of the rooms canceled so someone else can get a shot at it.
Most of my local gaming club wound up in the same boat of not being able to get anything.
And then that email today from GenCon about the 200% increase in 4-day badges from this time last year was just crazy.
If that doesn't work out, let me know. I have a hotel reservation but I can cancel/change mine with only 24 hours notice and I'm relatively sure I'm paying more than I'd be paying you if you had the room booked.
WOOOOOO!!! Event registration was yesterday so the wife and I jumped in early to get what we wanted again this year. Really weird, the countdown timer for some people to get into the queue started at different times, so I ended up way lower than my wife or another friend who is going. Anyway, so far we have grabbed tickets for:
AEG Swag night
Super Robo Rally (I'm finally going to get to play this year! Friday at 4pm)
D&D 5th edition
Speed Painting (where you get to keep the mini afterward)
Probably going to grab tickets to a BattleCON: Devastation tournament later today. I like doing one tournament at GenCon to ramp up the competitive juices a little. Also planning to do a LARP at some point if time permits, since I've never gotten to do one there.
Otherwise, I'm just super excited about staying at the Hilton and playing a f*ckton of games with other GWJers, especially in the conference room. Also, food out there is better and more easily accessible than the closer to convention stuff. Someone please bring Kemet, I really want to play it!
I don't have a big list, but games I'm excited for so far this year are:
KanBan: Automotive Revolution
DoomTown Reloaded
Pathfinder Card Game: Skull & Shackles
Lost Legacy
-Some unnamed Albino Dragon game that's apparently a deck builder and worker placement game?
I must have missed this thread earlier, but I will definitely be there this year, and I am happy to chip in on the conference room. I was really hoping to have my hands on Xia: Legends of a Drift System by then, but it is looking like it won't be in my hands until September.
That's a shame, it looks like fun!
From the Board game thread...
Are any peeps here going to Gencon or know of any other folks going? I'm in a bit of a quandary. I've gone many times, but haven't been since 2011. This year I'm attending with two peeps who have only been once. Last year we spent the entire weekend playing in events we signed up and paid for and they were looking forward to that this year. However, it appears event registration and availability have changed significantly since I was last there, cus even though registration only opened up 2 days ago pickings are pretty slim, enough that it looks like we're going to have to improvise our time there.
For those who are going, how do you spend your time there? I've done events myself for so many years I've never really gone off the beaten path. Anyone interested in hanging out and playing some games, maybe?
Attendance / Registration has gotten much more competitive over the last few years, but it looks like this year really went into overdrive. A ton more 4-day passes have been sold, and there was a LOT of competition for the same events that always have competition. 5th edition D&D sold out fast, as did demos for a few of the other hot games coming out.
Personally I like having either 1 or 2 planned events each day, and spending the rest of the day either wandering the trade floor, finding a new game I'd like to play out in the free play area, or just playing games with GWJers back at the Hilton. There's going to be significantly more of that last one this year, as we are renting a separate room for gameplaying for one (maybe two?) days.
Really, overplanning events to go to is a problem anyway, just wandering the trade floor, doing demos, and listening to what gets all the buzz over the course of the weekend is a lot of fun for me.
Yup, that's pretty much going to be my approach too. Got a couple of things I'm going to make time for, but keeping most of the event wide open for whatever happens to catch my interest.
Thanks for alerting me to the thread, Jolly. In days gone by friends I used to go with and I used to watch the clock and hop on there the second registration opened to ensure we got exactly what we wanted. Our days usually ended up pretty packed, though we were conscientious enough to leave gaps for eating/chilling out/wandering, etc. When we stopped doing that we realized there was still some decent stuff available so we became much more laissez faire about it. That is definitely not the case this year - there is very little left. We used to be able to scrounge up random things from Fantasy Flight just to try some of their new games but aside of a bunch of empty games of Blood Bound there is literally nothing else left this year.
On the good side, we've got our hotel, the last room at this particular place.
I'll peruse the thread for info on this gaming room you speak of...
..edit: as i realize the thread is all of one page.
edit 2: Any idea how many people are solidly in for this conference room deal?
My group and I got really lucky with events this year and got almost everything that we had in our wish list. On the schedule for me this year is:
Fortune and Glory
Mansions of Madness
Cutthroat Caverns
Legends of Andor
AEG Game night
Shut up and Sit Down Live
Memoir '44 4 player game
With plenty of room to hit up the dealer rooms and get together with people.
I usually use Gencon as a way to try games that my gaming group would rarely, if ever, play and that I wouldn't buy. Really looking forward to this year.
I was in the middle of a half-marathon when event registration opened up, but thankfully my wife took over the duties.
We wound up with 7 people for a True Dungeon run, as well as all the other games that I was looking to get into. I didn't get to do any RPG'ing last year, and this year I've signed up for a game each day with systems that I've been dying to try out.
Also, I registered for the Orc Stomp 5k. Right now, my 5k pace is right around 46 minutes, and I'd like to bring that down towards 40 or less by August, and thought this would be the perfect way to start GenCon off on the right foot.
My wife and I considered the Orc Stomp, but the early start time is a real killer.
Eh, what's a 6am start time between friends? You'll be done by 7:30ish, plenty of time to get a nap in before the start of Thursday.
So excited, I posted twice!
I'll be there again this year, with the wife joining me for her first big con experience. I may have Ravenwood's new Chief Game Instructor Karington along with us as well.
Sadly we were tied up last weekend and missed event registration, so no AEG Game Night or True Dungeon for us. I'll probably be picking a few scheduled sessions here and there to get the Mrs. into, but other than that will just be wandering and winging it. This will probably be the last GenCon where we have the freedom to roam the floor at our discretion, so we're going to make the best of it.
Let me know what you need for the room Charlie, we'd be glad to kick in.
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It's easy to say that David Gray's latest set Mutineers is the kind of follow-up to 1998's smash White Ladder for which longtime fans have been waiting some 16 years. Yet despite common perception, sometimes the easiest observations are also the most accurate, and through each listen of the 11 songs that paint Gray's first album in four years, it's almost impossible not to flash on a lot of the tracks that propelled the English songwriter into a furry of worldwide fame back before Y2K was even a thing.
Lead single "Back in the World" is how "Please Forgive Me" and "Babylon" would sound if they had a kid. "Beautiful Agony" is "This Year's Love" re-imagined with less optimism. Where 2009's Draw the Line felt like a play for relevance in a piano-driven Top 40 world, and its follow-up, 2010's Foundling, failed to find the middle ground between complete sparsity and oversized production, Mutineers is the most comfortable Gray has sounded in years. That new day didn't come at midnight; it came more than 15 years later.
How so? Well, with the intervening time between his most successful release and the one at hand, David Gray felt like an artist unsure of how to grow, how to confront the expectation thrusted upon him in the wake of his unexpected and undeniable commercial success. Sure, he enjoyed some of his best moments throughout those years—single "Fugitive" was as perfect as his brand of folk-pop can get while "Forgetting" is still a haunting listen even to this day, but they came at the expense of his own self-doubt. Each move came across as something he felt he should do as an artist rather than something he felt he wanted to do as an artist.
Or in other words, if you want to abandon all memory of your trip-pop days, write "Jackdaw".
On Mutineers, however, the singer embraces those roots with the help of Lamb's Andy Barlow, whose electronica experience and expertise fits around Gray's flirtation with the approach like a Silver Lining in the twilight. The best result of the collaboration comes in the form of "As the Crow Flies", an inescapably complete song that has all the elements of Great David Gray: A drum machine that morphs into an up-tempo live kit, nearly a minute of introductory melancholy piano, and, of course, a hook that accidentally sticks in your head beyond the first or eighth listen."There's no doubt left in my mind, I feel like I'm singing straight from the heart again and I've got back to the source of my music," he told the Belfast Telegraph earlier this month, and "Crow" is living proof of as much.
But so is "Back in the World" and the set's title track, a glowing piece of composition that works its way backwards from initially exhilarating to steadily groovy. It's a neat little trick to hear the singer pull off, as the song's beginning feels like the upward motion of a roller-coaster, its repetitiously bright melody building consistently as Gray explains how he's "trying to shake the monkey off my back". "Back in the World", meanwhile, sounds like the purest form of pop music liberation. Eased in by an alternating piano, the single eventually erupts into a type of energy that hasn't been seen on a David Gray record since "Please Forgive Me" strutted its way across neo-folk dance floors everywhere. The "I'm naked like a tree / It's the only way to be" refrain that carries the tune over the finish line sets listeners up accurately for what type of journey on which they are about to embark.
In fact, that emancipatory outlook allows for a type of fun that's rarely been seen from the Englishman in previous outings. "Snow in Vegas", while cheerfully morose (remember: This is a David Gray record, after all), showcases a type of unique exuberance that's both refreshing and welcome, despite its somewhat predictable formula. Better yet is the bridge that opens up to the unexpectedly delightful line, "If I had a million dollars / I'd blow it on champagne." For a guy who's spent a lot of his time swimming in serious waters, such a shallow stroke is strangely satisfying. So much so that by the time the charming "Cake and Eat It" comes around, it's impossible to dismiss, despite how nonsensical its premise sounds at first listen.
And in reality, that's the true victory at the heart of Mutineers: Deliverance. This being the singer's tenth album, David Gray presents himself as a complete man with these 11 songs, but more importantly, he also accurately conveys the notion that he's completely at ease. So, yeah. Maybe the type of follow-up to White Ladder we always hoped we would get 16 years ago didn't come until 2014. But as the guy says himself on this latest, near-excellent record, he wants all his cake and he wants to eat it, too. More than two decades into his career, Mutineers suggests that David Gray might finally be full.
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'American Idol' Results: Burnell Taylor and Janelle Arthur Bottom Out
Lazaro Arbos isn't going anywhere just yet. Despite not quite measuring up to his fellow American Idol finalists, the singer managed to not only avoid the dreaded bottom 2 one again, he actually ranked in the top 3 of the Fox reality hit's seven remaining contestants. Instead, it was a visibly emotional Burnell Taylor who had to sing for his life. The 19-year-old didn't earn the unanimous decision he needed for the judges to enact their save, though, and will have to head back to Louisiana.
Idol has spent much of Season 12 toying with the format of its results show. The Top 7 edition saw a return to the ranking experiment producers tested out during Top 10 week, with the added bonus of the judges' top three contestants displayed for all of America on the giant Idol studio screen — much to Nicki Minaj's surprise. Keith Urban, Randy Jackson, and Nicki all chose different variations of Kree Harrison, Angie Miller, and Amber Holcomb for their Top 3 this week — and so did Jimmy Iovine — while Mariah Carey swapped in Candice Glover for Angie.
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America thought differently, though, voting Kree, Angie, and Lazaro (in no particular order) at the top. Candice and Amber followed behind, leaving Janelle Arthur and Burnell at the bottom. He must've known he'd be going home, especially after Nicki started talking about him as if he was already leaving and she'd already decided not to use the save.
Burnell gave it an admirable try anyway, touchingly singing India.Arie's "Ready for Love" to his fellow contestants, including BFF Candice his and newly revealed crush, Amber. Appropriately, he made Mariah cry during his audition, and the legendary singer almost broke down as he sang for his life. He capped off the song by giving the object of his showmantic affections a kiss as the camera cut away. Hey, they won't be reunited until the finale, so he had to make a move before he goes!
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Born of ancient traditions stretching back to the drama of the Old Testament, the Yiddish theater was a vibrant part of the immigrant experience. Kanfer invokes the energy, belief, and pure "chutzpah" it took to establish and run the thriving, influential theaters. He reveals the nightly drama and comedy that played out behind the scenes as well as onstage, and introduces all the players--actors, divas, playwrights, directors, and producers--who made it possible. A richly evocative chronicle of its brief but dazzling existence in America, this is both an elegy for and a tribute to Yiddish theater--lost, but not forgotten.
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