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High Flexion Knee Replacement
By Alampallam Venkatachalam
Total knee replacement surgery is a permanent solution to the aged patient suffering from Osteoarthritis in India. The elderly become pain free and the quality of life improves. However there has been a universal feeling amongst south Indians that the majority of implants available in India do not allow more than 100 degrees of knee bending. There is a high degree of dissatisfaction with standard knee replacements. The patients say that they are unable to squat on the floor or climb stairs easily with the operated leg. Even computer assisted surgery cannot achieve deep knee bend unless the prosthesis is designed to provide this extra bend. They may have difficulty in climbing stairs, using Indian toilet and squatting on the floor. This is a great disadvantage to majority of South Indians who prefer to squat on the floor for prayer, social activities and meals.
So, many people refrain from undergoing a knee replacement surgery and suffer in silence. Now with the advent of a new type of prosthesis, patients in South India undergoing a knee replacement need not be functionally impaired. A new design of prosthesis allows knee bending up to 155 degrees. The patient has to be motivated to regain high knee flexion and participate in early and aggressive physiotherapy. They should not be obese and the pre operative knee bend should be above 90 degrees. This prosthesis is implanted by special instrumentation which is minimally invasive and does not damage the tissues. Hence post operative pain is less and rehabilitation is faster.
High flexion knee prosthesis
Special knee implants are now available which provide more flexion or bending at the knee to suit Indian, and South Asian habits of kneeling for prayer, or sitting cross legged on the ground for meals or social purposes. Muslims in particular need this to offer prayers. Japanese customs also require high knee flexion. Even westerners have begun to appreciate the benefits of high flexion knee prosthesis as they can pursue hobbies like gardening and are also gratified for the ability to do recreational activities. The prosthesis used allows high flexion from 130 degrees to 155 degrees. Rotating platform prosthesis alone does not allow high flexion as claimed by many centers. These centers are monopolizing a particular brand which does not allow high flexion.
Minimally invasive technique
Traditionally knee replacements have been done through incisions in the skin about 14- 20 cm long. Special instrumentation allows the operation to be performed through a modified new surgical approach without dividing the thigh muscles (Quadriceps). By down sizing the incision to 9 cm (3 inches), the amount of postoperative pain is less, hospital stay is shorter (5 days) and return to function is faster.
The author is a knee surgeon in Chennai and has performed the first High flexion knee replacement with the Nex gen prosthesis from Zimmer. Please visit www.kneeindiablogspot.com for videos and photos of patients with unilateral and bilateral High flex knee replacements.
Dr. A.K. Venkatachalam
MD,MS, DNB,FRCS,MCh orth
Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon
Knee & Shoulder Clinic, Chennai
27,1st aveue, Besant nagar,Chennai
Tel 00 91 44 24912905.
Chettinad health city
Ph:+(91)-(44)-47411000 Extn:2101
websites- http://www.kneeindia.com


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Artist Barbara Prey to Serve on National Council on the Arts
Artist Barbara Ernst Prey has been confirmed by the US Senate to serve on the National Council on the Arts, an advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts. The confirmation follows her nomination by President Bush to serve on the council. Continue reading


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Adopting animals is one of the most rewarding things you can do. And sometimes challenging. Raising any animal from a youngster can be challenging, but there's an extra layer of living with a creature whose past may be completely unknown.
If your animal has had an abusive or neglected past, or is traumatised by whatever caused their change in circumstance, you could have some issues to deal with, ranging from separation anxiety to bad toileting habits to aggression towards other animals or humans.
It takes a while to learn to read each other, you and your animal. And quite often there are other humans and animals sharing the household, so everyone has to get used to each other.
What can make it really interesting sometimes is the need for a balance of power.
Certain dogs, and especially certain breeds, are often keen to dominate in their 'pack', which in domesticated canines means everyone in their household, humans, dogs and other creatures alike. Tillie, our big dog, has that in spades – she's possibly a German Shepherd cross Malamute or Mastiff. Whatever she is, she loves to dominate, which makes it hard to have her meet new dogs. And while she was obviously given some sort of training and love at her previous household, she still has some issues.
I'll never forget having a stand-off with her a couple of years ago. We'd had Tillie & Elvis for a few months. This was at least the third time in their ten and eight-year-old lives that they'd been adopted or fostered out, so it's not surprising they'd show some behavioural problems. Tillie had begun to turn on her mate Elvis, whom she had lived with for some six years; attacking him over food, and even jealousy over my husband playing with him at one point. Tillie is a big, strong dog as mentioned previously on this blog – and she's capable of a death stare that would stop even Steve Irwin in his tracks. Elvis is pretty tough, but he's about a third of her size, and was coming off worst in their brawls (and boy, did they brawl).
When she started growling at Elvis in our lounge room one day, he fled behind the couch faster than his namesake leaving the building. I foolishly jumped up from the couch to stand between them, and shouted at Tillie to get outside. Well, she stared at me with laser beam eyes that suddenly looked small, cold and downright dangerous. She stood stiff-legged and unmoving, with her ears cocked forward, all bad signs.
Finally I had the sense to stop yelling at her, and instead walked out of the room and called her after me in a high, pleasant tone, which broke the stand-off. She followed me out and as we went to the back door together, she glanced up at me with a soft, almost conciliatory look on her face. I patted the top of her head, talked to her gently and then left her outside for some time-out (more for me than her, at that point!).
While I was shaken, and had to call our vet to check if I'd done the right thing, it was a break-through where at least she had listened to me after an initial stand-off. We had her checked over and found that her mild arthritis had increased severely following a spell of extremely hot weather. Once treated, she was instantly happier and playful, and better still, she and I had come to an understanding. We did had some smaller incidents after that, but we were learning to read each other.
I learned that yelling and fighting with such a dominating older dog was not going to work. Persuasion and avoiding situations was the key in her case. We also practised things like letting her be the leader of the 'canine pack' (feeding her just before Elvis, letting go the door before him, giving her a pat first) but making sure we humans were leaders of the 'family pack' (eating first, going through doorways first, having the furniture to ourselves).
Not too long after, she accepted me as leader, and we haven't looked back since. Oddly, this has been helped by me doing things that she doesn't necessarily like but accepts, presumably because she knows it's helping her – cleaning her ears before they get infected, feeding her tablets that she'd prefer to spit out on the floor, and giving her the dreaded baths. I make up for it by giving liver treats as both temptation and reward, and doing things she loves, like rubbing her face with an old towel, especially following a walk where it gets itchy from wearing her Halti – this has probably been the strongest bonding process between us! Simple but effective.
(By the way, the 'furniture' rule has mostly gone out the door, but we still set some limits on what they can do…)
Now I hug her big hairy head to me and tease her mildly, but we know each others' boundaries, although she hasn't managed to stop drooling on me! The bond is lovely – perhaps not as strong as having her from a tiny pup to that last stage of adulthood, but it's all the richer for having gone through a little power struggle along the way 🙂
Here's a short video of the two dogs playing in our backyard, in their own power struggle. Elvis is forever striving to win 'top dog' position, but he'll have to wait until Tillie's gone, I think!


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There's something about cats, isn't there? Somehow they seem to rule the roost, get their own way in all things, and the whole household revolves around their wishes and desires. This morning was no exception. We all seem to have our household routines, and I generally make our bed after breakfast, while Robin attends to the dishes. But not today. Muffy was fast asleep on our bed, and I didn't have the heart to disturb her. Bed making can wait a while, I decided, we can't disturb the cat.
Now Muffy is getting into her twilight years, she seems to be quite restless and wide awake during the night. She often jumps on and off the bed and can't settle. And if I get up for a nocturnal walk, she is always wide awake and meowing and needs a cuddle to settle down again. No wonder she is worn out once morning arrives – she needs to catch up on her beauty sleep.


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"Junior high and high school are significant times in a kid's life, and worship can play a big part in helping them understand the Lord's unconditional love and grace. Watching that happen is the most awesome thing I could ever be part of." – Hayden Browning
"I was that crazy, unfocused kid who could never sit down," said Hayden Browning. "I grew up in church and learned about the Lord early in life, but reading the Bible was hard for me because I was so active. The Lord stirred my affections for Him through listening to music. I think that's why I'm passionate about leading worship for students today.
"I grew up playing sports – baseball, soccer, basketball, etc. But when I was in high school, my dad made the decision that I should stop playing basketball and focus on music. I was pretty resentful about it because there wasn't any discussion about the decision. But looking back it was a wise choice on his part. Music was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
"I started leading worship for our student ministry in Ohio when I was in 7th grade. My voice had not changed yet, so I probably sounded like a little girl up there on stage. But until that point there hadn't been anything in my life that I absolutely loved doing. Worship became the thing I wanted to focus on and grow in. God put some incredible guys in my life who invested a lot of time pouring into me, whether it was about music or becoming a godly man.
"Once I made the decision to truly follow Christ, God was so faithful to put guys in my life who were instrumental in shaping my faith. One of those men really influenced my choice of colleges. When I decided to go to a small Christian school in Ohio rather than Ohio State, I knew I would have to pay for my own tuition. That was the first time that I had to trust and rely on God for a big decision. I ended up being in a worship band and playing at camps, churches and retreats throughout my time at school.
"As I continued to play music, it seemed clear that this was what God was calling me to do with my life. After college I got an offer to come on staff at another church in the Dallas area. I never in my life thought I would move to Texas, nor did I anticipate how lonely and difficult that season would be. I had not lived far away from my family before, and I missed them a lot. At my new job, I was asked to lead a church choir and an orchestra, and I didn't really know how to do either. Some of my other friends were touring in a band and filling up arenas, and I was spending my days in an office copying orchestra music.
"I really struggled with why God would call me there. If I was exactly where God wanted me, shouldn't I be happy? Through reading both John 3:30 and Proverbs 3:5-6, I learned that life is not about me. I needed to learn how to lean on the Lord for understanding rather than myself during difficult times. That was so important.
"My girlfriend, Lauren, who I married in 2014, moved to Dallas about that time and started working as a Young Life leader at Berkner High School. I knew I wanted to marry her, but wasn't sure I was in the best place personally to build a healthy marriage. About that time, I got connected with guys from Watermark Student Ministries. They were looking for someone to do music for students. I felt like Watermark was a great place where my gifts could be used and where we could build the community we needed to start off our marriage.
"Lauren and I married in 2014 and joined a Foundation Group with other couples who had just gotten married. I didn't know how to be married, and we wanted to be around other people our age who were figuring out this life stage as well. Over and over again in community, I have been reminded of God's faithfulness to us. Whether it was my dad making me quit the basketball team or moving to a state where I knew nobody, God was at work in really big ways. I know now that God doesn't call me to an easy life. He calls me to be faithful at all times, even when it is hard. It's cool to look back at that time in my life and see all the Lord was really doing.
"God's faithfulness is what gives me a heart for leading students in worship. There are so many things that high school kids could be doing with their time. So seeing them worship with reckless abandon is one of the coolest things ever. There's an energy and excitement in their worship that sometimes is lacking among adults. God has been so faithful to bring the leaders needed to make Watermark's Student Ministry so excellent. Junior high and high school are significant times in a kid's life, and worship can play a big part in helping them understand the Lord's unconditional love and grace. Watching that happen is the most awesome thing I could ever be part of."
If you have a heart for pointing teenagers to Christ and would like to partner with us in ministry, we always have a place for passionate, committed people. Contact Anne Marie Mason (email@example.com) and let us know if you're interested!


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Site Visit Review: The Meadows
The owner, Simon, gave us a personal tour and we are happy to share some of our favorite features with you!
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If you haven't heard about this year's HOTTEST New Year's Eve party in Northern Colorado, where have you been?
We have attendees coming from all over the state! (Windsor, Greeley, Loveland, Fort Collins, Denver, etc...) Our 2012 party (Festivus) made quite an impression.
But we're ready to RING IN the New Year in 2013 and party in style with a Masquerade Ball!
Make your 2014 resolution a first... resolve to celebrate with My Big Day Events in formal attire. You'll thank us on January 1st!
Tickets are 50% sold out as of 12/17/13. Knowing that 75% of New Year's Eve plans are made within the week prior to the event, we are pacing ahead.... which means THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT!
Contact My Big Day today, to purchase your tickets!
Don't Forget To GIVE! (Colorado Gives Day)
Today (12/10/13) is Colorado Gives Day!
On this ONE day, Coloradans pool extra money to donate to their favorite charities. You can give to these charities anytime of the year, of course... but 12/10 serves as a reminder to those who don't commonly give. It is a big, communal outcry, reminding folks of the good work these non-profits do in our community. No donation is too small. Every little bit makes a big difference.
Colorado Gives Day raised 15.4 million dollars in 2012. Let's help top that record, and give to the charities that serve our communities day in and day out!
As an added bonus, when giving on this day, so charities are receiving matches from local businesses, so your donation can go even farther!
CLICK HERE to learn more about Colorado Gives Day!
Sloshbal Facts
Sloshball Facts:
No one quite knows the history of Sloshball. It is played across the country and has a variety of published rules. My Big Day Events first played Sloshball in Denver, CO. It was a thrown together game, an open field, and no set rules. My Big Day did some research and found that Sloshball did exist, but there was no formality behind it. We created our own rules, tournament, etc... and today My Big Day's published rules are those other groups follow when starting their own leagues and teams across the country!
Published rules established by My Big Day Events can be found HERE. These are the most commonly used rules found in America to date.
Festivus Photos Now Posted!
Thank you to all who entered the My Big Day Festivus NYE Kissing Contest!
And a BIG thank you to Franki, our photographer who captured your kisses and fun moments from the night!
Our Kissing contest winners:
Runners-up: Theron & Savanah
Winners: Tyler & Katie
Photos are posted HERE
More fun events to come! Check them out, and be sure to join our mailing list!
A Very Successful New Year!
Happy New Year!
May 2013 bring you much happiness, success and health!
Thank you to all who came to our Festivus New Year's Party.
And to those who missed the ticket cut-off, we hope to see you next year!
Photos are now posted HERE.
Loveland Celebrates 'Happy Festivus'
Thank you to Jessica Maher for the article in the Loveland Reporter Herald on New Year's Eve in Northern Colorado and our little bash called 'Festivus'.
We are proud to announce that the event is SOLD OUT!
To read, CLICK HERE
Creative Holiday Cards
This gal is the cat's pajamas!
CBS news recently did a storty on Suzanne Heintz, a gal from Denver, CO who shares in my passion for silly Christmas cards.
Suzanne, unmarried, poses with a mannequin husband and daughter for all of her holiday cards.
The cards are silly and imitate the greeting cards we all receive every year, filled with family photos.
What photos do you send as a single gal?
Why not a card with a 'fake' family. It makes people laugh, and stops them from asking, "Are you married yet?" This is my kinda girl!
You can watch the CBS story HERE.
Celebrating in Times Square from Home!
Can't make it to Times Square for New Year's Eve this year?
No worries, your wishes can still fall from the sky this New Year's. Just submit your wish, your dream, your first, online.
It will be printed onto a piece of confetti for you, so that no matter where you are on New Year's Eve, your wish will be part of the Times Square celebration.
The link below is to the office Times Square Wishing Wall.
Happy New Year!
The Top 5 New Year's Eve Traditions!
I was doing a bit of research on traditions and superstitions for New Year's Eve and came across this interesting article By Davina Ajani.
I must admit, some of these I've NEVER heard of-- but are good to know for future reference, or at least for conversation making.
Ever wonder why people kiss at midnight on New Years? Or why people scream when the clock strikes twelve? Yes, sometimes it's because they have consumed a little too much champagne, but did you know it's also a tradition which has developed over the years due to superstition. Here are some New Years traditions explained, and the history behind them:
1. The Midnight Kiss: The reason you are supposedly supposed to kiss someone at midnight, is because otherwise it is believed that the rest of the year means you will face a year of coldness and lack of affection.
2. Food: Some believe that if you eat black-eyed peas on New Years Day it will attract good luck and fortune. Some also eat ham hocks, collard greens or even cabbage to bring in "luck". The food to stay away from? Chicken or turkey. It is believed that eating poultry will bring misfortune.
3. New Clothes: It is believed that if you do not wear new clothes on January 1st, you will not be receiving many new garments in the new year. Red clothing is preferred for New Year's Day since red is considered a happy color, and is sure to attract a brighter future for the wearer.
4. Making Noise At Midnight: On New Year's Eve when the clock strikes midnight people blow on horns, cheer, set off fireworks. Why? It is believed that the loud noise scares away evil spirits. So, not only are you ringing in the new year but you will be starting the new year free from evil.
5. Direction of The Wind: The direction of the wind on New Year's morning is said to predict prophesies about the coming year. Wind from the south, expect money and happiness. Wind from the north, foresees a year of foul weather. Wind from the east brings famine and bad luck, while wind from the west brings milk and fish, but the death of someone important. No wind = joy and prosperity throughout the year.
Now you know! Hope to see you on December 31st this year at Festivus!
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|Queen Maxima of The Netherlands visit debt relief Buddy Netherlands (SchuldHulpMaatje Nederland), a national organization that helps people who have got into financial trouble or at risk of exclusion in Leiden, The Netherlands on February 17, 2016.
Queen Maxima visits Debt Relief Buddy in Leiden
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- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 5:06 PM
It is always interesting to see Queen Maxima.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 6:45 PM
I'm not sure, if a winter coat matches with open summery shoes, especially if you don't take it off during engagement.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 9:15 PM
I agree. A little early for those shoes but - geez! - I love them!Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2016 at 12:59 PM
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 10:26 PM
Was ist mit Maximas Schwester (Inés Zorreguieta)? Siehe Twitter Koninklijk Huis!ReplyDelete
Kann mir das einer erklären?Replies
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2016 at 11:42 PM
Inés hat andere Arbeit. RVD meint er sagen sollte:Delete
`Königin Maxima hat keine Rolle bei der Ernennung von Inés Zorreguieta in der argentinischen Rat für Sozialpolitik Koordination gespielt.`
- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2016 at 12:36 AM
Vielen Dank, Anonymous 11:42 PM, für die Rückantwort bzw. Erklärung.Delete
(Ich denke aber, ohne "Beziehung" hätte Inés diesen Posten bzw. diese Arbeit nie bekommen. Entweder über ihren Vater oder weil sie die Schwester von Maxima ist!!!!)
May I know which language is this?Delete
I am from India
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2016 at 1:56 PM
C'est le néerlandais (dutch)Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2016 at 3:42 PM
@ rajashree:Delete
German (Deutsch)!... and Dutch (Nederlands).
Frage an die Niederländer hier: kann ich auch Diets sagen/schreiben, wenn
ich Dutch oder Nederlands meine?
- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2016 at 12:27 PM
Ik begrijp niet goed wat je bedoeld Emma..Delete
yes something interesting about herReplyDelete
always having fun with style, look at that bejeweled cuff on her right wrist, and then in a later picture it is silver on the other side. Sweet! I wonder what those stones are. I love her recent wrap coats.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2016 at 10:25 AM
When others wear a wrap coat it is called a bathrobe but of course maximum Maxi could never be told it is a bathrobe.Delete
Maxima certainly has a love of modern, dramatic statement jewellery. Over at http://princessmonarchy.eklablog.com/ we can see that in other pics of this visit, the silver cuff has been repositioned, so that the stones on the outside of her wrist, not the inside.Delete
My guess is that the cuff is unbalanced. The weight of the stones causes the cuff to rotate, so that the top gravitates to the underside of the wrist. This is not an uncommon problem with jewelled cuffs. I love cuff bangles -- but I would never buy one like this, because I would find the constant need to reposition the cuff "right-side up" very annoying. If the cuff is allowed to remain in the "upside down" position, both the stones and the wearer's clothing risk being damaged. It will be interesting to see if Maxima perseveres with this cuff and wears it on other outings.
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Whole wheat bread stuffed with potatoes
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Author: Mike McClary
Video: Remembering Ernie Harwell
This appeared on ESPN.com.
Video: Ernie Harwell's Hall of Fame Induction Speech — 1981
Video: Al Kaline's Hall of Fame Induction Speech — August 1980
Video: George Kell's Hall of Fame Induction Speech — 1983
All-time Tigers All-Stars
Cruising through Baseball-Reference's All-Star section I was able to find a list of every Tigers player named to the American League squad.
Here are a few of the more interesting (i.e., surprising or forgotten) players on the list:
Brad Ausmus, 1999. He batted .275 that year.
Tony Clark, 2001. A solid year for Tony in '01.
Robert Fick, 2002. Good lord, those were some dark days.
Prince Fielder, 2012, '13. Seems about right.
Edwin Jackson, 2009. Other than his loss to the White Sox in Game 161, I have almost no recollection of Jackson's time in Detroit.
Todd Jones, 2000. I guess.
Ron LeFlore, 1976. I'm surprised to see that LeFlore was named to only one All-Star team.
Matt Nokes, 1987. I'd forgotten Nokes was an All-Star but he certainly earned it with a great first half. He almost made us forget Lance Parrish. Almost.
Don Wert, 1968. This one I don't get, for two reasons: The first is that Wert finished the season batting .200, so I don't know what he was producing in July. The second is I don't have any context for All-Star roster construction back then. I was born within three weeks of the game.
Box scores from the Tigers' last 4-game sweep of the Mariners in Detroit
- Aug. 1, 1980 – Tigers 1 – Mariners 0 | W: Morris L: Bannister
- Aug. 1, 1980 – Tigers 5 – Mariners 2 | W: Petry L: Dressler
- Aug. 2, 1980 – Tigers 9 – Mariners 3 | W: Robbins L: Beattie
- Aug. 3, 1980 – Tigers 4 – Mariners 3 | W: Rozema L: Honeycutt


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This devotion is based on the following scripture …
Exodus 32 (NKJV):
30 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." 31 Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."
This scene is a familiar one. The people of Israel have been brought out of Egypt and to the base of Mount Sinai. Moses has gone up on the mountain to receive what we know as the "10 commandments." But while he is up there, the people get impatient. Now true, he was up there a long time … over a month! They get lost in their selfish desires and impatience and make a golden calf as their god and begin to worship it. They had just been delivered from generations of bondage. They had just also been rescued from Pharaoh's army and miraculously brought safely through the Red Sea. And yet a few weeks of waiting go by and … they reject everything.
Moses comes down and reads them the riot act. Tells them how serious the sin is that they have committed (this is where this scripture picks up the story). Moses' anger towards his people is more than understandable – as is the Lord's. And yet, as Moses returns to the Lord, his mindset (or more his heartset) is one that can explain something deeper to us all about the true impact of holiness in our lives.
Moses stood in God's presence. The scripture says that the Lord spoke to him as "a man speaks to his friend" (Exodus 33:11). The closeness and intimacy he had with God is inspiring. We all long for a relationship with our Creator like that. God favored Moses. Yet in this scene, He is VERY unhappy with the nation that has turned away from Him. There is a contrast here. The people of Israel … not looking so good. Moses … looking pretty good, especially when standing next to them. As awesome a man as I'm sure Moses was, he was human. I find it hard to believe that this thought did not, at least for a moment, enter his mind ("Gee, I look pretty good next to these losers"). Don't look at me so piously … we all have done that!
And yet, when the Lord declares His intention for delivering justice in this situation, Moses' reaction should pause us all. It's not just a "please go easy on them" thing. Nor is it a "spare them for me" sentiment. It goes deeper than that. He tells the Lord that if He is going to blot them out, to blot him out too. And not just from this life. The scripture references being taken "out of Your book" (verse 32) – a clear reference to an eternal consequence. The idea of them being lost for all eternity is so heart breaking to Moses that he is willing to endure eternal distance himself from the Lord too. Moses walked justly before the Lord and was entitled to the benefits of that faithfulness. He had a uniquely close and intimate relationship with his God – and yet, he is willing to be counted amongst a people who have just insulted Him deeply.
Coming from a denomination whose roots began as a holiness movement, I have long embraced the vital necessity of living a life of holiness before the Lord. Scripture is clear.
1 Peter 1 (NKJV)
16 "because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."
I'm not looking to share here about living a holy life or how is it done – I'll leave that for another time. My point here is that the closer we get to God, the more His power will flow into our lives, making it more possible to come anywhere near fulfilling this scripture's command. But what catches my attention here in Moses' example is that my observation over the years is that often those that pursue holy living (a truly needed and worthwhile pursuit) seem to deem it necessary to move further away from sinful people in order to draw closer to a holy God. Many have renounced all contact with the world and its various subcultures as a means of cleansing themselves from anything impure. And yet, here Moses is not only willing to be counted among his people, he is willing to receive a punishment his life does not warrant.
I'm not denying the deeper, and probably more intricate, conversation about getting strong in the Lord and removing harmful influences from our lives. But there is something here about the impact of being intimate with God that so changed Moses' heart. After all, what is being holy if not a close intimate relationship with our Creator (again, we can discuss the outward impact of holiness another time). And while getting close to God should separate us from the attitudes and philosophies of this world, it shouldn't separate us from the people who hold or embrace them. Shouldn't it be us with the overpowering way of thinking?
I'm not saying that we should blindly walk into situations for which we don't possess the strength to endure. We should never intentionally walk into a setting that will weaken our connection with the Savior. Yet it seems to me that the Master's impact on Moses' heart so changed him that it made him want to move towards sinful people, not away from them.
I do believe we need to take a stand for things that are right in this world (and I do firmly believe in an absolute 'right' and 'wrong'). But the deeper lesson for me in this passage is that my desire to serve the Lord, and to draw closer to Him, doesn't require moving away from the people He wants me to impact. Will standing for what is right in the midst of people who think I'm crazy and wrong create conflict? Sure … just ask Moses about conflict and not following the crowd. But you have to admire his heart as he stood before the Lord, witnessing His justified anger towards His people, and saying, "well, then destroy me too." That just speaks to me about an embracing of, and a caring for, the lost that I believe we all can learn from.
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Burger, burger, burger! Take your homemade hamburgers to the next juicy, char broiled level by just tweaking a few things. Mmmmmmmmmm.
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There's a lot of debate over what's better for you: Homemade hamburgers or frozen. No there isn't. There's no debate at all. I just thought it'd be good, as a professional blogger, to open this post with some sort of controversy. Ya know? To grab your attention and make it seem like I'd done some investigative work and research. I didn't.
WAIT! I did kind of! I've spent a lot of nights eating hamburgers over the course of my life. I've made them every which way possible and I can tell you the best way to make them involves two things. A few additional ingredients to the actual ground beef (sacrilegious to most I know) and being as gentle as possible with mixing and forming the meat.
Yes, yes, I know. You're disagreeing. . You're throwing your arms in the air and cursing the day you started reading this post written by this hamburger idiot.
Everyone calm down. Seriously.
So, to make some super-delicious hamburgers you need a little more than just a mess of ground beef. For starters you can grind your own beef with a blade or cross rib roast. I show you how to do it, if you're interested, right here. Although I'm completely insane and even I only rarely grind my own beef.
With a few ingredients you probably already have around the kitchen you can make a great, big, juicy hamburger tonight! You have imported Asian truffle foam rooted by a one-eyed panda bear, right? (canned is fine)
Just kidding. Read on for the recipe!
How to Make Homemade Hamburgers
1. Add one egg (yolk only) to 1 lb of ground beef.
2. Add finely diced onion.
TIP: Do all your mixing gently. You want to work the meat as little as possible.
3. A blast of ketchup.
4. In goes a glob of Dijon mustard.
5. Squirt in a splash of Worcestershire sauce and gently mix.
6. Add in 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs (just enough to help with binding) and a generous dose of salt and pepper.
And yes. I love my little man, Fred and Friends salt and pants shakers too.
7. Gently form into patties. DON'T squash them. Gently form them. Squashing is for bugs, not hamburgers.
Update: For everyone in apoplectic fits over adding 1/4 of a cup of dry bread crumbs and the egg yolks this does not make it meatloaf. It does not. It really is still a hamburger. The tiny amounts of these two things act as a binder so your hamburger doesn't fall apart on the BBQ.
Tune in next week for the next big debate: What's better for you? Frozen or homemade ice cubes.
How to Make Homemade Hamburgers!<br>My Way.
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/4 cup finely very finely diced red onion. (you want it so small that once it cooks it disappears)
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 Tbsp dijon
- 2 shakes Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs just enough to aid in binding
- salt & pepper
- Mix together all ingredients gently. You don't want to mush and mash it.
- Form into patties.
- BBQ or cook in cast iron pan until done to your liking.
- Top with your favourite toppings!
Questions & Answers
- Isn't this really a meatloaf recipe? Um, no. It isn't. But I can see the confusion. Just make them. Trust me on this.
- What are the best hamburger buns? I used to be on a sesame seed bun kick, but now I only use brioche buns. I'm obsessed with them!
- What if I want a homemade fermented, New York style, Jewish deli pickle to go with my burger? No problem. Just click here for my classic fermented dill pickle recipe, based on fermenting God, Sandor Katz's pickles.
- Should you put lettuce on hamburgers? According to the late Anthony Bourdain? No. He has a point. If you don't eat the burger immediately the lettuce gets soft, warm and wilty.
- Can these be frozen? Of course! Just mix the ingredients, shape them into burgers and freeze them individually on wax paper. Once they're frozen you can stack them and store them.
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Khanom, Thailand
Aava Resort Khanom
Luxury Beach Resort Khanom – Aava Resort & Spa sits on beautiful Nadan beach, a 9km stretch of pristine golden sands and clear blue water and offers 28 luxury villas and suites.
Khanom, is now becoming one of the new upcoming tourist destinations in Thailand, offering beautiful untouched beaches, clear blue waters, swaying coconut palms, lush green landscape, limestone mountains and it is also home to the rare pink dolphins. Khao Luang National Park is also within easy access of Khanom and a great option for a day trip.
This luxury beach resort was influenced and designed by one of Scandinavia's top designers along with a Thai architect. Aava offers unique Scandinavian quality and elegance complimented by traditional Thai influence. Aava Resort & Spa also combines traditional Thai friendliness and family values with Scandinavian quality and elegance.
Khanom is within easy access of Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat airport (approx. 60 to 90 minutes) with around 6 flights per day from Bangkok. Koh Samui is also within easy access by boat (90 minutes) and so offers a great twin centre option. Surrounded by quiet beaches, caves, waterfalls and the friendly local people. Khanom is the ideal destination for those seeking a quieter holiday in a destination a little off the beaten track.
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The 28 rooms are split into four categories. Aava Resort has created a fresh unique look that is easily noticeable in the design and decor of these rooms. All the rooms are decorated harmoniously with the natural surroundings.
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The 38m² Poolside Villa are luxurious to the deserving guests as it offers a spacious 11m² terrace with direct access to our large swimming pool. All our Poolside Villas are situated right on the beach front and host to a scenic view of the sea in the Gulf of Thailand. These luxurious Villas come with a king size bed, a sea view bathtub and pool side patio.
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It begins in ashes . . .. it journeys through darkness . . .it ends with celebration
Lent is the period of time between Ash Wednesday and carries on for 40 days, not counting Sundays. Sundays are not counted since they are the weekly celebration of the resurrection.
Ash Wednesday — Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.
In my faith tradition we begin Lent by hiding the allelujah and removing decorations from the sanctuary. We receive the ashes as a sign of our mortality, self-examination and repentance. We remember that it is only by his gracious gift that we are given everlasting life.
At home, my altar is covered with a gray cloth, I place a bowl in the center and each day as I do Vespers I place a paper of self-examination, repentance, or prayer for another into the bowl. I will burn these papers during the Great Vigil (Saturday night waiting for Easter Morning). I also like to use rocks and a smaller tea candle on my altar during this season.
I have seen people who make rough wooden crosses and literally nail their requests to the cross during Lent and then attach flowers to each nail on Easter morning. I like this idea, but prefer my quiet bowl, rocks, and candle.
Reading: At Home in the World (M Guenther), Karneval in Köln (German), The Beautiful Mystery (Gamache)
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Alan Turing was born today, June 23, in 1912. He was an English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
|The London 2012 Olympic Torch stopped off at Turing's statue in Manchester on his 100th birthday.
After the war, Turing worked at the National Physical Laboratory, where he designed the ACE, among the first designs for a stored-program computer. In 1948 Turing joined Max Newman's Computing Machine Laboratory at the Victoria University of Manchester, where he helped develop the Manchester computers and became interested in mathematical biology. He wrote a paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis, and predicted oscillating chemical reactions such as the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, first observed in the 1960s.
In 1941, Turing proposed marriage to Hut 8 colleague Joan Clarke, a fellow mathematician and cryptanalyst, but their engagement was short-lived. After admitting his homosexuality to his fiancée, who was reportedly "unfazed" by the revelation, Turing decided that he could not go through with the marriage.
In January 1952, Turing, then 39, started a relationship with Arnold Murray, a 19-year-old unemployed man. Turing had met Murray just before Christmas outside the Regal Cinema when walking down Manchester's Oxford Road and invited him to lunch. On January 23 Turing's house was broken into by a burglar. Murray told Turing that the burglar was an acquaintance of his, and Turing reported the crime to the police. During the investigation he acknowledged a sexual relationship with Murray. Homosexual acts were criminal offences in the United Kingdom at that time, and both men were charged with gross indecency under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. Initial committal proceedings for the trial were held on February 27 during which Turing's solicitor "reserved his defence," i.e., did not argue or provide evidence against the allegations.
Later, convinced by the advice of his brother and his own solicitor, Turing entered a plea of guilty. The case, Regina v. Turing and Murray, was brought to trial on March 31, 1952. Turing was convicted and given a choice between imprisonment and probation, which would be conditional on his agreement to undergo hormonal treatment designed to reduce libido. He accepted chemical castration treatment, with DES, as an alternative to prison.
On 8 June 1954, Turing's housekeeper found him dead. He had died the previous day. A post-mortem examination established that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning. When his body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was the means by which a fatal dose was consumed. An inquest determined that he had committed suicide.
Philosophy professor Jack Copeland has questioned various aspects of the coroner's historical verdict. He suggests an alternative explanation for the cause of Turing's death, this being the accidental inhalation of cyanide fumes from an apparatus for electroplating gold onto spoons, which uses potassium cyanide to dissolve the gold. Turing had such an apparatus set up in his tiny spare room. Copeland notes that the autopsy findings were more consistent with inhalation than with ingestion of the poison. Turing also habitually ate an apple before bed, and it was not unusual for it to be discarded half-eaten. In addition, Turing had reportedly borne his legal setbacks and hormone treatment (which had been discontinued a year previously) "with good humour" and had shown no sign of despondency prior to his death, even setting down a list of tasks he intended to complete upon return to his office after the holiday weekend.
In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated." Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous pardon in 2013. The Alan Turing law is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts.
In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated." Queen Elizabeth II granted him a posthumous pardon in 2013. The Alan Turing law is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts.
The historical drama film The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, was released in November 2014. It is about Turing breaking the Enigma code with other codebreakers in Bletchley Park.


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CF: G day out at The Web We Want
For this months CF:G competition we gave away tickets to the amazing Web We Want Festival at the Southbank Centre.
The Web We Want is a global movement to defend, claim and change the future of the web - seeking the power of the people to create a web that is for everyone.
The festival was an amazing four days of talks and panels on the wonderful and extraordinary web exploring it's challenges and difficulties.
Three CF:G's spent the weekend exploring the festival and our very own CEO Amali De Alwis joined as a speaker about on "Women and the Web"
A big thanks to The Web We Want for the tickets as you can see below they had an amazing time.
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You can read more about the festival from some of our CF:G's below
The Web We Want - Stephanie Allen
A terrific opportunity, my ticket to the Web We Want festival wasn't just access to an educational affair and an occasion to meet a number of figureheads in the community – it was also really good fun!
I attended a number of talks and panels – where topics ranged from industry challenges such as equal opportunities and safety issues, to exciting new areas of development in AI that fall into the realms of what would have previously been considered sci-fi.
In between these, I dipped into a number of installations and performances being held throughout - and it was fantastic to see the broad range in ages of those participating. While some specifically targeted a younger audience – such as the interactive 3x4 Green Room installation, there was a crowd of adults and children alike watching demonstrations of the incredible MiMu Gloves by Drake Music, while a similar group admired the extraordinary mix of art and technology evident in the Woodpecker tool from ThoseWorks – and I also spent time in the Gaming Lounge where I happily sat among a number of young and old, to revisit the retro games of my youth!.
There was of course much more besides; too many to mention here and too many to do justice to in just 4 days! With such a broad appeal and benefits on so many levels to those attending The Web We Want Festival is initiative I would attend again, strongly recommend and would love to see more from!
My Weekend at the Web We Want Fest 2015 - Shwetal Shah
Code First Girls and South Bank centre gave me the opportunity to attend the Web We Want fest during the weekend by entering a competition organized by CF:G.
The fest was filled with a lot of topics that interest me and the weekend was kicked off by a panel debate chaired by Sir Tim Berners Lee, whose foundation organized the whole event at the South Bank Centre. It was quiet an insightful talk with interesting panellists having backgrounds in marketing, tech law and music. This panel talk was all about the rights of the internet and covered the broader topics of digital rights today.
In conjunction to this I attended the End of Privacy panel chaired by the CEO of the web we want foundation, after which I headed to see the exhibitions on display from old computers to 3D doodle pens and as the talks and screenings continued throughout the weekend on different topics. It was an insightful productive weekend well spent and I look forward to more such events and get involved in CF:G activities more.
The Web We Want - Mia Lewis
I'm very grateful for the opportunity to attend the Web We Want festival at the ever inspiring Southbank Centre. This was a weekend of debates, workshops and activity centred around how the World Wide Web has changed the world.
I really enjoyed the panel 'Neuroplasticity and the Web: How Technology is Changing the Brain'. This was a lively discussion between Artists, Designers and Scientists who despite their diverse backgrounds, agreed early on that that the internet is changing how our brains are wired and so the conversation was based on the question, "is this a good or bad thing?".
I've always been interested in this topic from the perspective of a designer. Rebecca Ross, Communication Design Course Leader at Central Saint Martins suggested that recent trends of uniformity and homogeneity in web design could be having negative effect on brains as we are no longer being provided with diverse stimulus online.
With our society spending an increasing amount of time online, it's worth us all remembering when designing a digital world, that variety is the spice of life!
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Ultimately, this "impressive study of Judenpolitik is not a detailed recounting of the Holocaust, and makes no claim to take account of the perspective of the Jews who died and the neighbors who watched, collaborated, or more rarely rescued. But it supplies the best account we have of the relationship between anti-Semitism and mass murder, and conveys a melancholy plausibility."
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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned, by John A. Farrell is a "clear-sighted, empathetic biography," Wendy Smith writes in the Los Angeles Times. Darrow was "a towering figure in U.S. jurisprudence and politics. He served as defense lawyer for the people most hated and feared by respectable society and was indeed, as his friend Lincoln Steffens wrote in 1932, an 'attorney for the damned.'" Darrow was "no left-wing saint. He was always in need of money and agreed to defend gangsters, bootleggers and crooked politicians for large fees." Yet he was devoted to "imperfect, troubled humanity. 'We are all poor, blind creatures bound hand and foot by the invisible chains of heredity and environment, doing pretty much what we have to do in a barbarous and cruel world,' he declared. 'That's about all there is to any court case.'" Continue reading here.
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the Battle for America by David S. Reynolds is an "informative account of the writing, reception and modern reputation of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin," Andrew Delbanco writes in the New York Times. "Reynolds unstintingly celebrates its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, as a colossal writer who mobilized public opinion against slavery, and proved, against long odds, 'a white woman's capacity to enter into the subjectivity of black people.'" Delbanco finds the author to be a "rewarding researcher," even as he suggests that Reynolds goes too far in his conclusions. Ultimately,
we are left at the end of this book with the unsettling question of how to think about "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as part of our cultural inheritance. The case for it as a literary work of depth and nuance is dubious. Yet it belongs to the very short list of American books (including, say, "The Other America" by Michael Harrington and "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson) that helped create or consolidate a reform movement — in Stowe's case, the most consequential reform movement in our history. Perhaps the fact that readers today have trouble taking seriously its heroes and villains is a tribute to its achievement — since, in some immeasurable way, it helped bring on the war that rendered unimaginable the world that Stowe attempted to imagine.Read the rest here.
Also this week, The Law of Life and Death by Elizabeth Price Foley is reviewed by Eric Posner in The New Republic's The Book; CAMBODIA'S CURSE: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley is reviewed in the New York Times.


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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Book Review - Bead Embroidery, an RSN Essential Stitch Guide by Shelley Cox
There is a large section on bead embroidery stitches, including 15 counted thread stitches as well as 11 bead embroidery stitches. As you would expect from the Royal School of Needlework, the stitches are beautifully diagrammed and illustrated with clear photographs.
There are 12 surface embroidery stitches which will be great for crazy quilt seam treatments and motifs.
Also you will find a large section on edging and fringing stitches!
There is some lovely eye candy within the book of examples of the various techniques - lots to inspire you!
So, I am very happy I bought this one and give it five thumbs up!
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Thrift Store Find to ATCs
The pattern is from the eighties as far as I can tell and the project looked to be the same age - the masking tape binding was so brittle it shattered to the touch. But, I felt compelled to finish the stitching since everything was there.
The picture as a whole didn't appeal to me but the individual cats did. So, once it was finished I decided to cut it apart and made more ATCs to send away. You can likely see my pencil marks Hopefully these kitties will be enjoyed in their new homes now!
I'll keep you posted as I finish these as ATCs.
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Not Stitching...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Sharing Another Postcard Received
handpainted fabric with the blackwork tree. The one I received here is from Nancy - thank you Nancy! It is all beautifully stitched with satin stitch in the background and the trees are very free form and realistic. I can't wait to take it to guild meeting tomorrow and show it off.
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Stitching Done on Christmas Ornament
The kit for this one was another thrift store find - couple bucks - gotta love it. With my new stash busting regime if I buy it I have to do it so here it is. With my love of all things shiny I have to admit I was drawn to it.
There were new stitches to try with this - some I loved, some not so much so.
Now the thing is that there is a lot of threads left as well as lots of canvas... so I think I'll try to make another ornament, a variation on the theme, and then there will likely still be threads and canvas left so it will be ATCs from that! I'll keep you posted.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Postcard Received - thank you!
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Postcard Challenge
This is my postcard I have just sent off for the EAC Virtual Threads postcard challenge and exchange.
Here is the picture provided for inspiration in making the postcard a lovely photo of trees in Alaska taken by Sue Thomas.
I started with linen and painted it with watercolour pencils and paints. I don't paint so I was pretty pleased with myself that it worked as well as it did.
I added a blackwork tree as my focal point of the card, using a free pattern from Mary Corbett's Needle n' Threads blog.
Lesson learned from this: it is very difficult to count threads once you have filled up all the holes with paint! All in all, I am happy with the way it all turned out and will take part in further postcard challenges if I get the chance.
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR: It's Valentine's Day weekend, and that means restaurants across the state will be filled with couples in love. If you still haven't made your plans (you're probably a guy), never fear. WYDTW is here.
We start in Farmington, where Apricots Restaurant is offering the "Please Your Squeeze" dinner deal. You get a three-course, fixed price meal for just $100. The first course includes a choice of lobster bisque, a gourmet salad or a crab martini. Entrees feature Chilean sea bass, filet mignon or baked stuffed lobster. And be sure to save room for dessert, where your choices will be a flourless chocolate cake, raspberry trifle or tiramisu. Click here for reservations.
Moving over to West Hartford, where Fleming's Prime Steakhouse is celebrating the holiday all weekend long. Couples can share a special menu created just for two, complete with a Valentini cocktail and even a $25 gift card toward a future rendezvous. The sharing menu includes items like a porterhouse steak, a filet-lobster combo and a red velvet cake with chocolate-covered strawberries for dessert. Reservations are a must.
After dinner, head over to Torrington. On Friday night, the Nirvana Cafe is featuring a special showing of one of William Shakespeare's greatest love stories. The Blunt Objects Theatre will perform a staged reading of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a comedy about magic, mis-adventure and romance. Tickets are $15, and include free coffee and dessert.
JAZZ HANDS: Start your Valentine's weekend with a little jazz music. The Monterey Jazz Festival is one of the most famous music events this side of Woodstock (ok, maybe not). Now, they're taking their show on the road. "The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour," is an all-star line-up acts that's on a nationwide tour, which is stopping Friday night at the Quick Center at Fairfield University. The jazz dream team includes violinist Regina Carter, pianist Kenny Barron, vocalist Kurt Elling, guitarist Russell Malone, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake.
GONE PHISHIN': Maybe you need a little break from the romance, or perhaps Phish is your idea romance. Either way, this is your weekend. Trey Anastasio is in town. He'll take the stage at the Oakdale in Wallingford Saturday night with his side project, Classic TAB. Over the years, the band has TAB has helped create songs like "Bug," "Heavy Things" and "Backwards Down the Number Line." Saturday night, Anastasio will be backed by a six-piece band, complete with horns. Tickets are $39.50. 7:30pm.
MY FUNNY VALENTINE: Girls always say they look for a guy with a sense of humor. And not humor that starts with "pull my finger," and ends with "take my wife, please." Go for the real thing Saturday night at the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury. "Comic Valentine 2010" is playing at the theatre with stand-up comedy from John Garrett, Kerri Louis, Rich Ramirez and Richie Byrne. And if you think there's not enough romance in the offering, there's even chocolates and champagne included. Tickets are $29. 8pm.
IT FEELS SO GOOD: The Wadsworth in Hartford is celebrating the big V day by bringing together some classic couples. The museum is presenting their exhibit of Reunited Masters, "From Adam and Eve to George and Martha." The collection reunites works painted as pairs, but long since separated in different museums and even different countries. The exhibit runs through May 30th, so you still have some time to see the couples before they're reunion draws to a close.
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Surprisingly, one of the most popular attractions in Zagreb is a museum with a rather dark and brooding concept.
Ćirilometodska ul. 2, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
This museum grew from a traveling exhibition based on the concept of failed relationships and their ruins. However, these stories take many different forms, including divorce, loss of loved ones, terminated jobs, growing up, or simply life-changing decisions. There is an item that has been donated to the museum that signifies this change, accompanied by a story. Some of the stories, of course, are rather sad.. but there are also stories that are uplifting, snarky, embarrassing and even joyous.
Many of the stories were very much along the lines of 'The Bridges of Madison County.'
Unlike 'destructive' self-help instructions for recovery from grief and loss, the Museum offers the chance to overcome an emotional collapse through creation: by contributing to the museum's collection. So yes, if you ever visit Zagreb, bring a relic from a past relationship of some kind, along with a good story, and leave it at the museum as a part of your emotional recovery.
Whatever the motivation for donating personal belongings – be it sheer exhibitionism, therapeutic relief, or simple curiosity – people embraced the idea of exhibiting their emotional legacy as a sort of ritual, a solemn ceremony. Our societies acknowledge marriages, funerals, and even graduation farewells, but deny us any formal recognition of the demise of a relationship, despite its strong emotional effect.
As a testament to how surprisingly wonderful this museum is, it is the only museum I have ever been to in my life where I took time to see every piece of the entire exhibit and took the time to read the entire description for every single item. So yeah.. if you are in Zagreb.. you should go.
A few photos to share this cathartic experience, for those of you that can't make it to Zagreb.
This is probably my favorite piece of the whole exhibit.
"When I moved out, and across the country, I took the toaster. That'll show you. How are you going to toast anything now?"
You can feel all of the petty, pent-up rage in that passive-aggressive note, and you shamefully identify and inwardly applaud.
For a virtual museum experience, you can browse many items from the vast museum collection online. Just go to their website and you will find many stories for you right on their home page.
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Blue Lagoon Diving & Leisure
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The lake has a maximum depth of 11 metres with training platforms, 2 boat wrecks, a howitzer field gun, sabre light tank and a hawker hunter jet plane in addition to the possible sighting of some of our aquatic friends such as sterlets, roach, tench, carp, newts, frogs, toads and the new addition of sturgeon.
Dive Centre Facilities
On-site compressor can offer air up to 300 bar. Our impressive air bank is complemented with an L&W compressor, dedicated Nitrox and Trimix blending panels, and holds over 360,000 litres of air for instant fills. Cylinders of air in 7ltr, 10ltr, 12ltr, or 15ltr sizes can also be hired from us by prior arrangement.
Dive Centres and Instructors are welcome!
Instructors, clubs and dive centre operations are welcome at Blue Lagoon, and platforms have been situated in close proximity to designated entry points for skill practice, however anyone operating in a working capacity must follow the HSE guidelines and regulations.
A canteen offering everything from tea and coffee to sandwiches, salads and bacon rolls. Open daily from 10am to 6pm.
There are dedicated toilets for males and females.
Changing Rooms
There are dedicated changing rooms for males and females.
Seating Areas
Around the dive centre and lagoon are numerous benches and tables. Relax in the open air after a dive, have some lunch and something to drink and socialise with other divers at the lagoon…


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We can't steal Margot Robbie's good looks, but we can certainly recreate her beauty look from the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards. The Focus actress, who debuted long brunette hair at last year's Oscars, reverted to her signature blonde color and showed off her new shorter style. We're so glad she did because the look is making us want to chop our hair off and rock a bold lip.
To achieve Robbie's chic understated hairstyle, celebrity stylist Renato Campora used Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine Sleek Primer Style Prep and Full & Plush Mega Full Thickening Lotion to prep the hair when wet. Campora parted hair to the side and blow dried it about 80% of the way before applying Full & Plush Root Amp Root Lifting Spray Mousse. Afterwards, hair was section off and blown out to sleek perfection with a round brush and finished off with Marvelous Oil Frizz Defy to smooth out the ends and flat ironed.
For makeup, artist Tyron Machhausen attributes wanting to make a statement for the bold, fiery, red-orange lip he chose for Robbie. To get the statement-making look, Machhausen lined lips with Hourglass Panoramic Long Wear Lip Pencil in Raven, followed by Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Raven. The rest of the makeup was toned down: brows were brushed up and slightly defined using Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil, the inner rims of her eyes were lined with 1.5 mm Mechanical Gel Eyeliner, and lashes were fanned out with several coats of Film Noir Mascara.


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Start something BIG at Jungle Jim's!
You're invited to join our team at Jungle Jim's International Market! If you like working and collaborating with people, enjoy helping customers, and want to work in a fast-paced environment, you're going to love working with us.
We're family owned, locally grown, and internationally known. More than just a grocery store, we have dozens of departments and a wide variety of positions available. If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply today!
What Makes Us So Unique?
Jungle Jim's is consistently seen as a leader in the industry both locally, nationally, and even internationally.
- One of the nation's top 25 Independent Retailers.
- One of the top 5 places to buy beer in the world.
- Awarded the city's best Wine Shop, Specialty Food Market, Bottled Beer Selection, Cheese Shop, Craft Beer Store, Cooking Class, Smoke Shop, and Fresh Seafood Store.
- Featured on Travel Channel, History Channel, Good Morning America, USA Today, CNN, NPR, Smithsonian, Epicurious, The Huffington Post, Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, and more!
Jungle Jim's offers these great benefits:
- Competitive pay.
- 401(k) investment plans.
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- Free English learning classes on-site at the Fairfield store.
- Many opportunities for advancement!
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The Frisbys are an alternative folk/country band from South London, fronted by twin sisters Helen and Nicola Frisby. They've been singing together at home from a very early age, improvising and arranging songs they heard around them, with an uncanny ability to create close harmonies while recognising that their individual voices are intrinsically very different from each other. This special gift was apparent on their debut (2013) EP Philosolove, and first came to my attention through the EP's title track appearing on the Fatea Showcase Sessions in 2014.
Last November, this new EP's initial pair of tracks was released as a single; the enchanting, reassuringly supportive Give In To The Dark sports a delicate melody line and sensitive slide guitar accompaniment that ushers in a gleaming string arrangement, whereas in contrast Born And Raised employs a more expansive band sound (adding bass and drums to the core flute and guitar) that recalls Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac.
Of the remaining songs, Lines cradles the gently agonised girls' voices with further harmonies from friends Sam Keer and Marc Robinson and moves to a rock-out electric conclusion; the driving rhythms and soaring violin lines of Lowering The Grace provide a perhaps illogical brand of solace; the tremblingly earthy piano-backed confessional Waves put me a little in mind of Carole King; and closing track The Cause imparts a haunting, eerily pounding setting to its perceptive lyric.
My only reservation with this set is that the vocals could do with a touch more presence, as the words sometimes get lost in the music. But on this evidence, The Frisbys sure have a promising future.
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Data theft prevention: Protecting against malicious access
Data theft prevention tools can help you curb your customers' malicious access problems by assessing the current scenario and enacting policies that restrict access at a granular level.
Solution provider takeaway: Solution providers can help customers embark on data theft prevention projects, cutting down on malicious access, with the help of data theft prevention tools.
Have you ever been in a meeting with a customer discussing subjects you feel comfortable with, like virtualization or backup, when the customer asks you a question out of left field and you have no idea how to answer it? It's awkward to say the least, especially when the subject is one that you feel you should know something about.
Data theft prevention projects, in my experience, almost always grow out of one of those "by the way" questions. Here are some tips for dealing with questions about data theft protection.
First, as always, make sure you understand the question. It can really be about one of two things: data encryption -- protecting data that travels across a WAN link or is shuttled around on a tape -- or preventing users from accessing data on disk in a malicious fashion. While encryption is certainly a worthy topic, here we'll concentrate on the malicious access problem.
There are many motivating factors driving malicious access to data. It could be purely theft, for instance, copying a customer list to a USB drive. It could also be inappropriate modification; a user may want to give himself a pay raise, for example. (Beyond those two scenarios, users might also store inappropriate or copyrighted material on file servers, which could lead to legal troubles for your customers.)
Unlike encryption or other forms of loss prevention, where you have to keep the thief out, the challenge with data theft as described above is that the user more than likely has the credentials to access the data; they have been authenticated and are logged into the system. The culprit who you're trying to help the customer protect against is likely either a disgruntled employee or a careless one who leaves their desktop logged in to network resources. The careless employee doesn't recognize that they're doing anything wrong, and the disgruntled employee oftentimes thinks they're committing a victimless crime.
The solution to this vulnerability isn't as simple as removing or restricting network access across the board; that will only make users less productive and the IT staff less popular. A more viable approach is to use data theft prevention tools to assess the current state of affairs and then recommend a plan of action.
Data theft prevention tools
Companies like CoSoSys SRL, Trend Micro (with its LeakProof) and Cofio (with its AimStor) are in the data theft prevention space. Cofio goes beyond the others by integrating its AimStor line into what I call a data supervision tool, essentially a total data control solution. The goal of all of these solutions is to monitor access to verify data use, allowing appropriate use to continue without interruption and loss of productivity yet preventing and reporting inappropriate use of data.
The architecture of these products includes agents that reside on file servers and in some cases user desktops. The agents collect a detailed metadata map of the servers. From there users can set up detailed policies based on user type and/or data type. For example, everyone in sales and marketing could be allowed to access and update the customer database but restricted from copying that data to an external hard drive or emailing that data to an external email account.
These solutions typically can also build an audit log of what data has been modified and by whom. This would allow for all edits to the payroll spreadsheet, for example, to be emailed to several users for checks-and-balances protection.
Before any policy changes happen, though, it's critical to conduct an assessment of network activity.
Because an assessment of network activity could unearth information that could threaten job security for some staff members, data theft prevention projects have to be approached carefully and have executive sponsorship. In almost every case, the initial assessment finds evidence of inappropriate use or storage. It's critical for you and your customer to outline a reaction plan before the assessment takes place. Unlike assessments that simply find wasted disk space or underallocated servers, a data theft prevention assessment will likely find employees that are either performing actions that are harmful to the company or outright illegal. To make matters worse, oftentimes, companies don't have a written policy on data theft and treatment! It seems logical to everyone involved that users should not be copying the customer database, but there is seldom anything written that specifically says, "Don't do that."
It's also important to determine prior to the assessment whether employees should be notified of the pending assessment. Obviously, their knowledge of the assessment will affect test results, but some companies are uncomfortable with the idea of not disclosing the assessment.
We recommend that customers run the audit without notifying users, to get a sense of how widespread the problem really is. However, we also recommend that no punitive actions be taken against violating employees, except in extreme cases.
To conduct the assessment, you should run the auditing solution in an audit-only mode for 30 to 90 days. At the end of that time period, you should review and summarize the audit for the customer. Look for files being copied to external drives, files being emailed to non-organizational email accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) and modifications to important common-use documents like spreadsheets.
In addition to summarizing the audit, you should make specific recommendations on what policies should be implemented and how. You should also make recommendations on what a formal "data usage" policy will be.
In tough economic times there will be disgruntled employees; most of those employees will do nothing illegal, but a very few may. A data theft prevention solution will prevent that from happening, protecting not only the organization but also the employee (sometimes you have to prevent people from harming themselves). These solutions aren't the classic ROI sale that you look for in tough economic times, but they will prevent the loss of assets, and that may be worth more than any good-ROI system in the long run.
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George Crump is president and founder of Storage Switzerland, an IT analyst firm focused on the storage and virtualization segments. With 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the United States, he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS and SAN. Prior to founding Storage Switzerland, George was chief technology officer at one of the nation's largest storage integrators, where he was in charge of technology testing, integration and product selection. Find Storage Switzerland's disclosure statement here.


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Repeating Error: "Bad Image.... Loaded.dll file contains an error"
For about a week now, I haven't been able to open/run any programs on my Windows 7 laptop. Here is the timeline to the best of my memory:
- 6/11 (about): downloaded driver to fix scroll/touchpad that wasn't scrolling
- 6/20 (about): successfully replaced cpu fan
- "Bad Image - ...Loader.dll file missing" began appearing over and over
- All files/programs/shortcuts don't open. Just get same dll error
- 6/28: noticed "Windows 7 Build 7600, This copy of Windows is not genuine"
- Found 6-8 highly suspicious programs in Uninstall Programs (crossbrowser, cinestudio, speedsearch are the only ones I remember). We're most likely downloaded with touchpad driver. When I noticed the programs, I clicked Uninstall on all, but they were not uninstalled, but only removed from the list in Uninstall Programs.
I would greatly appreciate any help.
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I recently toured a public school that I am considering for my daughter next year. I was impressed by the principal, many of the teachers I observed, and the overall philosophy of education and instruction. However, my impression was derailed by the physical learning environment. Despite being situated against a wooded hillside, the border of a lovely park with hiking trails and such, the interior classrooms were dark and dingy. Lit with sallow, flickering fluorescents, the ceiling appeared to be popcorned over and over again, with many depressing layers, with some dark, concerning spots in places. Natural light was very limited, as the rooms are all edged with a deep overhang, that deprives the classrooms of the sun, though practical for rainy days. In all the rooms I toured, the edges and corners of the space were stuffed chaotically with materials and supplies.
It surprises me that with all the attention to curriculum and philosophy, the basics of a healthy, positive interior space has been denied these children and their teachers. Upgrading the rooms with improved lighting and some basic, built-in cabinetry would alone make an enormous impact on the aesthetics of the rooms, freeing up more floorspace, and improving the instructor's organization, allowing more time and focus to be spent where it matters, on the kids. I strongly believe an improved interior will support the kids' comfort and focus in the classroom.
Next stop: connecting with the principal to volunteer some pro-bono hours to help make this happen! I don't think I could allow my children to attend this school unless there was at least willingness and interest to make a change! The requisite funding could follow, but the administrative support is necessary. If I gain traction and am permitted to specify and oversee improvements, I'll look into establishing metrics to measure and assess the types of changes. Empirically, I feel confident there would be a noticeable change, but it will be interesting to try and get some data!