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Saturday, March 17, 2012
The best laid plans...
• Writes for over a kilometre
The whole idea seems odd to me. Who would want to write for a kilometre? Then again the purpose of a biro is to produce ink when pressed down hard against the page, whereas the purpose of writing is to produce images and ideas that communicate. To tell stories.
Whenever I sit down to write the thoughts that pop into my mind first are based on my most recent experience, as if my mind is dominated by the here and now.
For instance, this morning my thoughts steer back to late last night when I stayed up in order to collect my daughter from a party. We had agreed I would collect her at one am. I designed my evening around this event.
I set my alarm for half past twelve. I tried to sleep from eleven but it was not easy. I cannot sleep on demand any more than I can write on demand. Even so I drifted into sleep and woke at midnight before the alarm woke me. I made myself a cup of tea in a bid to shake off my drowsiness.
My daughter rang half an hour later just as I was about to leave. She had decided I need not collect her after all. She would stay at her older sister's house nearby instead. If I could please collect her in the morning.
I protested. She protested. She knows by now how much I hate these sudden changes in plans. I know by now how much she is prone to making them.
It is in the nature of youth, I observe: The best laid plans are cast aside at the last minute and new plans made with gay abandon. People like me, people who prefer a level of certainty in the day to day running of their lives are left reeling.
I sat in my chair gasping after the first phone call, furious with this latest change of plan, after all, had not I organised my night around it? And now I needed to rearrange my thinking and try to sleep on demand all the while worrying about my daughter and what it was that should cause this latest change of plan.
In ten minutes my daughter had changed back to the original plan and I collected her after all.
Last night as I sat with my irritation, I told myself not to write about this. It is too close to the present and too close to those near and dear to me.
As I waited for the alarm I re-read an article about the way in which the Internet never forgets. I've written about this before. The way that everything that is marked down in cyberspace will be forever recorded for posterity. It's one of the reasons why writers write, Margaret Atwood argues: to stave off death by providing a record of events that can go on forever.
But this article on the way the Internet never forgets - Jefrey Rosen's The web Means the end of forgetting - paints a much more sinister picture, one that suggests other people will hold against you forever what you have written or shown about yourself in pictorial form.
When you are older and looking for that plum job, the powers that be, the folks who decide on whether or not you get the job, will be able to trawl through the Internet archives and drag up all sorts of stuff taken out of context that will invariably reflect badly on the person you once were.
They will conclude from this archival footage that the information gathered informs them of the person you are today and they will not therefore give you the job. Or let you into the country, as in the case of the sixty-six-year old psychotherapist from Canada who could not get into America because there was Internet evidence that thirty years earlier he had experimented with LSD and had written papers for his students to that effect.
An image of me in my ill-begotten youth when I'm half ashamed to say I used to smoke cigarettes.
Never fear, there's this outfit called 'Reputation Defender' who will clean up your image on the Internet if need be and for a fee, recast you in a better light.
All this talk about the dreadful things that can happen to a person via the Internet when another person decides to use the things the first person has written about to bring them to account years later. It gags free speech.
And is it true or are we bloggers living in a fool's world in which it might seem not to matter too much while we record our most intimate thoughts only to then have them held against us in years to come when the thought police get out with their stainless steel knives insisting we wash our mouths out with soap for the things we have said?
Please pardon all the mixed metaphors here. I'm on a roll and fearful of stopping in case I dare never write a word again.
I must keep my slate clean. Leave no tell take signs exist of a life not necessarily as well lived as it might have been.
My biro is nearing the end of its mile.
53 comments:
- Rosaria Williams said...
I can be more relaxed about this topic because I'm old, will never look for another job, don't care that everyone knows what I write.
I'm thinking that a decade from now, when I'm demented, I can review my blog posts and marvel at how cogent I was once.
My grandmother wondered about Xrays, worried about radio waves, and thought that people could see through the walls and into her boudoir.
- 12:43 pm
- erin said...
i have a book of poetry that i love. i read a poem, love it and mark it. it seems to me that almost every poem is marked. how do i now find the ones that moved me in a certain way on a certain day? if everything is marked, nothing is marked. it seems to me that it is much the same with all of these things we are writing on the internet. we are not staying alive forever, we are drowning in our superfluousness. that said, i'll stop when i'm dead:)
and should we ever behave in a certain way because of some unforeseen future examination - oh, we should flush that fear right alongside all the other shit. we should live, fail, learn and expect the same of those we love.
- 1:07 pm
- Andrew said...
Young people need to be very careful about what they say and do on the internet but for someone my age, it doesn't matter so much. Having said that, I much more circumspect about what I write in my blog now compared to when I first stated, especially about family and friends. Funnily my partner and I were just discussing where we ate breakfast in the small northern Japanese town we stayed. Neither of us can remember, so I am now off to my blog to check.
- 1:15 pm
- Lisa said...
I love the way you write Elisabeth, even if it is a mile long, I can go with you. My blog world has become my world and I have real feelings for it and so I guess the more reason I should be careful of what I write.
The internet never forgets, I'll remember that.
- 3:01 pm
- Rob-bear said...
Well, considering there are no longer such things as blank slates, a clean one is about the best one can expect.
And since I am no longer in the job-seeking world, I am not particularly concerned about what the thought police are tracking.
Oh, wait. We are living in the world of 1984! Suddenly I have an urgent need to totally re-invent myself!
- 5:18 pm
- Mary LA said...
Ah yes, Elisabeth, I too had a pair of blue denim dungarees.
I've been reading reviews of Rachel Cusk's Aftermath, the outrage and dislike people feel towards her because she admits to being irrational, bitter, unreasonable when her husband left her. What it is unseemly for a woman to admit.
And then there is Scandinavian author Karl Ove Knausgård who wrote about his alcoholic father, his senile grandmother and his second wife's mental illness, caused a family rift and controversy.
I feel terribly constrained by my blog censorship -- not that I worry so much about the Internet as much as the curiosity of colleagues, the reactions of friends and those in my village. But the record is if anything too partial and sifted, excludes too much to be a useful record of my daily life or preoccupations.
I do myself and my readers a disservice by not writing more fully and letting in more contradictions, conflict and ambiguity. The gritty stuff. When I reread entries, I remember what was not written and that is so often far more interesting. As it is here, the mother and daughter relations, the tensions around uncertainty and last-minute changes, so close to what I feel when I work with younger writers, their vacillating and impatience, my wanting to slow down and have more continuity, stability.
- 6:36 pm
- Alison Sampson said...
Self-censorship - the most effective type. And yet I'm sure we all do it. Myself, I just try to write the truth with love, and hope for the best.
BTW loved the piece on the idiot in the grog shop. Rage is appropriate. It's like the rage I feel every time I ride a tram with a valid ticket, and hear an announcement that offenders will be prosecuted. Makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong when I'm not - it just drives me around the bend!
- 7:26 pm
- The Weaver of Grass said...
This did make me smile Elizabeth. Every mother has gone through this kind of experience. The young just do not think along the same lines, do they? Content yourself with knowing thatone day it will be your daughter who is feeling like you do about her offspring!
- 8:26 pm
- River said...
I'm careful with what I write, mostly to protect the privacy of my family and also not to write defamatory or ugly things about others. I prefer to be nice.
If you could measure the ink length of words, you could work out how many pens needed to write a novel with xxx pages.
- 8:44 pm
- Isabel Doyle said...
Maybe one day, when we are all besmirched by internet finger-prints, all will be Forgiven and Confession and Absolution replaced by some cyber confession blanket of foregiveness. Maybe?
Then a new line will be drawn in the sand to record our sins and shortcomings.
Don't worry Elisabeth,we are who we are. I appreciate for you and your profession these issues are more real - here & now - than for some of us.
Isabel x
- 9:45 pm
- Ms. Moon said...
I don't even go back and read my old blog posts so I can't imagine anyone else doing it either. Which gives me a certain freedom.
- 12:35 am
- Rose said...
The point you make is true it is usually taken out of context and used against you. However, I think if someone should stoop to that level to find you unsuitable for employment at their firm I would be happy not to be selected :D
Reputation Defender well what next! some people just have the knack of spotting a money spinner *chuckles*
- 1:44 am
- Unknown said...
Nah, forget about keeping the slate clean. You're a writer - a very, very, very good one - a clean slate would be the death of you!
- 2:55 am
- Jim Murdoch said...
Is that so different from the real world? There are loads of things I wish I could undo and which I wish people could unremember but that's never going to happen. And the worst of those things we will never forget, not until all the injured parties have died or become insensible. Even then for some there will be written records: registry entries, school yearbooks, books, diaries, letters, newspaper reports and, God forbid, transcripts of trials. I imagine Oscar Wilde will have at least one entry under each category. And there will be others, many others that history has kept an eye on but that's not remembering; the Internet does not remember even if it never forgets. There is a lot of buried treasure waiting to be dug up in this world but there has been far more rubbish buried. The average American family alone chucks out more that a ton of paper every year and I see the Internet as one ginormous virtual landfill. Oh, yes, there are some treasures to be found there but even they get buried quickly and unless you have the right tools and know where to look you'll never find them. It's like then Google tells you there are about 4,730,000 pages containing the word 'ginormous' and then only provides you with 71 pages of links, less than 1000 sites, and, let's face it, how many of us are willing to wade through more than a half dozen pages, if that?
I'm not so keen about Reputation Defender. If I found someone there it would incite me to dig all the deeper were I that kind of person: That's what they say they're being wrongly accused of, now what are they really hiding? I'm a born cynic through and from the very start I have been careful what I have shared online. I know a lot of people never even name their spouses but wherever I've worked people have always known my wife's name because I—apparently—never shut up about her. Thinking back on the last place I worked I could only give you the name of one person's husband and that was because she was his wife was my best friend there are we even met socially a few times. No one else. But when people met Carrie she was treated like an old friend almost, people felt they knew her that well. And, to be honest, that I did that, and continue to reference her online, makes her feel good so I see no reason not to continue but I am still wary as to just how much I might share because there are crazy people out there.
One of the ways I avoid putting my foot in my mouth is by having Carrie edit—not simply proofread—every post and there have been a number of times she's reworded things pointing out to me that I can be too trusting; I never even check her changes anymore—she has the power of veto. She doesn't check comments like these though where I do tend to open up a bit more but having tried to find something I said in an old comment I am well aware how hard they are to search for. But I'm still careful.
The younger folk are getting wiser through, some of them. My daughter, for example, conducts her entire life online under a pseudonym and, like a superhero, her true identity is only known to a trusted few. More fool her if she ever told a prospective employer what that pseudonym was (not that she's ever done anything to be ashamed of) and, wisely, it does not form a part of her e-mail address. Trust should be earned. My son-in-law is a very different case and has a very active (and public) online life but he's the kind of person who is completely open and I'm sure wouldn't want to work for any kind of company who would frown at his online antics. It's who he is.
As for people changing plans at the last minute. I'm with you. Totally. Hate it. But then order is a big thing with me. I'm not a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy. But I'm sure you would have guessed that.
- 3:38 am
- Kirk said...
I guess you have to compare your life to before and after the Internet. Before the 'net, were a lot of doors opening up that has since slammed shut? If so, give up blogging and only use the Internet when absolutely necessary. However, if it's same quantity and same quantity of doors shut now as before, might as well keep blogging.
Kind of a cynical answer, I know, but it's the best I can do.
- 5:47 am
- who said...
The world that exists online, is legally a lot like the West was after wagon trails were established and ever since there's been a steady influx. A lot countries it seems are gearing up for some fairly serious e-wars and preparing for anything although I seriously doubt old and well established alliances will be broken. It's going to be a whole new ballgame as laws and enforcement are kind of hard to establish. If someone could establish specific laws that were enforceable, they'd already be doing it. It really is a whole new peculiar can of worms that's been opened up. So much is possible and so much not. And while governments and industries work so hard and steadfastly, they'd be much wiser to know what can and can't be done. The music industry was the first to learn the hard lesson. Had they known, they could have steered more of the swift rivers of cash flow into their lakes instead of trying to damn up what they couldn't stop. And should a country begin implementing laws like sopa and such, they had better be laws that are feasible. The United States tends to never look back once they set precedence and we have a hard time admitting we are human and make mistakes. I think the US Government is fairly lucky that laws don't stick as easy in the e-world as they do in the world. The Supreme Authorities of any LAW of the electronic are going to have shoes that grow too big too fast, to fill for human feet.
- 12:13 pm
- who said...
And the cool thing about the internet (besides it being on computers now)is that there is more than likely a place for everyone. But for people that tow the line and toe it, there are bound to be both feet across it at times. It's just what happens, as we are not perfect nor are we machines. And that is exactly why they don't tell pilots not to fly into the trees, and instead say don't fly within five thousand feet of the trees. Because most hearts begin to harden in everyday there are near misses, because even your soul can be conditioned and it eventually will stop clutching your heart with every near miss (which isn't a good thing unless flying just over the tree tops is the only way to get from A to B without getting shot down)
That pilot may never be hired by Southwest but a cartel may be actively recruiting like the Boyce scouts are still looking for Jesus.
And then there's the multitude of situations wherein at least two factions exist and interactions happen with it be business, religion, politics or even entertainment and they often need a whole aray of personalities to remain competitive. So say you could for lack of a better term, mop the floor with a preacher, democrat, republican, atheist, scientist or just had a good sense of pinpointing the bullship then he'd probably already found a job and didn't write these messages until he was throughly underground because that's the type of person who can bring anything to a screeching halt and some organizations will cuff him and coincidentally unquestionable evidence of whatever charge they want a conviction of mysteriously shows and he doesn't like guilty convictions of crimes he is innocent of. It's not prison itself that is so bad, it's the people your forced to associate with.
- 4:10 pm
- aguja said...
Ah! Perhaps that is why I use a pencil! BUT I have to laugh at some of today's descriptions - especially such as ' an intelligent washing machine' or other such devise. I have tried conversing with them and find that they are lacking this elusive intelligence with which they are accredited.
And to the 'daughters' ....mmm yes, well, all I can say is the Spanish 'igualmente' which sums it up.
On to the final part, in which I have to say that life is too short to give time and energy to any destructive person or forces unknown ... so I just brush it all aside and think 'so what'.
- 4:17 am
- Elisabeth said...
You're right here, Rosaria. When we are old we can look back on our posts and marvel at the clarity of our thoughts, our words our visions, and in the meantime, we can off our critics by not taking them too seriously,unless perhaps it's warranted.
Thanks, Rosaria.
- 8:20 pm
- Elisabeth said...
As you say, erin, 'if everything is marked, nothing is marked', hence the ease of drowning under the weight of all that information, and the blogosphere carries so much of it.
I imagine, the best we can do is sharpen our memories against their inevitable decline by trying to work with the moment and all its treasures, even as we struggle to remember the past.
Thanks, erin.
- 8:23 pm
- Elisabeth said...
There you have it Andrew: your blog as a wonderful record of travels gone by, even if you need also to be somewhat circumspect in considering exactly what to write.
Thanks, Andrew.
- 8:25 pm
- Elisabeth said...
You must have written more than a mile, too, Fazlisa. Your blog like mine has become such a personal treasure.
Thanks for the kind words.
- 8:26 pm
- Elisabeth said...
You'd have been concerned about the state of your slate in 1984, Rob-Bear?
I expect I would have ,too. It takes till we hit around fifty I reckon to worry less, and even then some residual concern hangs on.
Thanks Rob-Bear.
- 8:29 pm
- Elisabeth said...
Ah, Mary, so much of what you write here esonates for me.
I heard Rachel Cusk speak at a conference two years ago in England. She was beautiful and all fire and so ready to be attacked, as you suggest, for obvious reasons, that she offends people with her brute honesty. Also that she writes about the things so many of us dare not say, and writes it so well.
Writing will always be a dangerous occupation, Mary, if we take ourselves seriously. There's no place for the timid, however timid we may feel.
Thanks, Mary.
- 8:33 pm
- Elisabeth said...
Self censorship is such a powerful deterrent, Alison and much of it borne out of other's censorship I reckon. that which we first imbibe with our mother's milk.
I'm glad you enjoyed my grog shop tirade. It hangs about with me still. Every time I go into Dan Murphy's I look out for the young man, though strangely I've not seen him or his manager since.
Thanks, Alison.
- 8:37 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I suppose it evokes memories of battles with our adolescent children, Pat, as you suggest. The old generational divide is alive and well.
The closer our children come to adulthood the harder it becomes it seems, because we no longer have the authority we held when they were little.
Therefore it seems to me, we must develop different ways of relating in order to stay relevant and connected. But it's not easy. It never really is, when it comes to parenting, regardless of age.
Thanks, Pat.
- 8:41 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I imagine there'd be many pens involved in the writing of a novel, River, what with all the drafting and redrafting as well.
As for staying 'nice' within the blogosphere, I try to do that as well, but I'm not sure I always succeed.
Thanks, River.
- 8:43 pm
- Elisabeth said...
It's true, Isabel, in years to come if there were ever a reckoning taken, we might all be found liable or innocent, or be overlooked altogether.
As you suggest, we can only do our best and hope for the best, but sometimes and maybe as you say, more so for me because of my circumstances, these issues feel potent, and poignant and downright impossible at times.
Thanks, Isabel.
- 8:47 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I read back over my old blog posts from time to time, Ms Moon. I like to see how I've travelled, but like you, I can imagine not going back to them as well. They can be described as certain newspaper accounts are described, as 'disposable literature'. There's room for it all.
Thanks, Ms Moon.
- 8:50 pm
- Elisabeth said...
The dreaded reputation defender, Rose, as you say, what next? We'll all have to wash out ,our proverbial mouths with soap and water, simply to survive.
Thanks, Rose.
- 8:52 pm
- Elisabeth said...
A clean slate for a writer does sound deadly , Kath. Thanks for your encouragement.
- 8:53 pm
- cheshire wife said...
There is no hope for me as I have quite a common name.
I can understand your irritation with the change of plan and sleep issue as I would have felt just the same. I think that your daughter will have more of aproblem with you blogging about it than you will. She was the one that changed her mind.
- 9:01 am
- Unknown said...
Gotta say, if you're determined to use the freedom of free press (be it crappy pictures of your cat on facebook, or political activism), you should probably get used to the fact that the info you put out there can be used against you. We do it all the time to politicians/celebs/public personalities without a second thought.
- 4:10 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I toy with travelling under a pseudonym, Jim, but every time I think this way I disregard the idea, mostly because it has a ring of dishonesty to it. Or of the fake and artificial. Besides what would I do with sixthinline. leave her hanging, a loose thread. So i must wear the consequences of whatever the future holds. Hopefully it won't be any more ghastly than the journey so far.
I'm inclined to agree with you, Jim. There is much about this notion that the internet never forgets that's akin to life in general. And as for the reams of information available out there online, who in their right mind would want to or even be able to trawl through it all.
To my mind there must be a reason why some things rise to the surface and others not. Something essential that we may never understand.
It's not hard to find out about obvious details online, if you want the information, but equally why would we bother?
I often wonder about those blogs in which people write reams about their children as they grow up. How will those same children feel entering adulthood?
Maybe it's like those photos that some people find embarrassing: the naked toddler in the bath. Fine when you're a toddler, but less fine when you're grown up.
Thanks, Jim.
- 8:34 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I think you have a point here, Kirk. I prefer life after the arrival of the Internet.
The Internet has offered me a great deal more than I could enjoy before it arrived.
So I ought to stop complaining about the potential negative side effects, right?
Thanks, Kirk.
- 8:37 pm
- Elisabeth said...
The funny thing about the Internet, Who, is that we associate with all sorts online, and often we don't know who it is we are mixing with, though we probably have a fair idea in most instances.
I like the analogy to the wild west and I agree with you that in time there will be more efforts made to restrict things further and to find ways of imposing greater costs.
Still for the time being, the Internet is fairly democratic as long as you can afford a computer and the service.
Thanks, Dusty Who.
- 8:43 pm
- Elisabeth said...
A pencil is an excellent implement, Aguja. At least you can usually rub out its markings. As for talking about your computer and other machines, I'm like you unconvinced as to their human qualities and intellect. It's what you put into them that counts.
Thanks, Aguja.
- 8:46 pm
- Elisabeth said...
It's hard to hide these days, Cheshire Wife, for any of us. As long as we do the best we can to live reasonably decently I imagine we'll get by. Though that thought might be a tad too optimistic.
Thanks, Cheshire Wife.
- 8:49 pm
- Elisabeth said...
You're right icyhighs, I'd better get used to the possibility that information I make available about myself 'might' be used against me.
It could make it hard to sleep at night, though I try hard not to worry too much, otherwise I'd never keep a blog.
Would you?
Thanks, icyhighs. It's good to see you here.
- 8:52 pm
- Laoch of Chicago said...
In one of his books from the 1970s the writer Trevanian opined that the problem for governments and other oppressors in the future would not be not having enough information but in fact having too much information.
- 5:48 am
- Phoenix said...
It's a difficult minefield to navigate, Elisabeth, that delicate balance between expressing our authentic emotions and lives vs putting our best foot forward. I will admit to being more vulnerable in my blog than I am on Facebook; and to being more political on Facebook than I ever am in my blog, as my Facebook is private and cannot be viewed by total strangers.
At the end of the day, one would hope that prospective employers would have the grace to ask for context regarding damning posts and pictures. There is only so much of ourselves we can sacrifice in the fear that others are judging our every action before life becomes unworthy of living.
- 9:28 am
- Elisabeth said...
Too much information is a real possibility, Laoch. I can feel it already. Such an avalanche of ideas the minute we try to explore anything on google. Soon we will have little room to move.
Thanks, Laoch.
- 8:26 pm
- Elisabeth said...
I'm also intrigued by the difference between Face Book and the blog world, Tracy. As you say, you can be more intimate on your blog, but more adventurous politically on Face Book, where your followers tend to be those you know and love.
I used to have a link between the two, FB and my blog, but I took it away after my daughters suggested to me that my blog was not appropriate fodder for all those I know.
It seems a strange contradiction and yet it makes sense to me. The relative anonymity of blogging allows for greater depths of expression and yet it's still a minefield.
Thanks, Tracy-at Phoenix.
- 8:31 pm
I like the idea of a biro writing a kilometre - even more - I like the idea of the person who put that claim on the pack actually having tested it!
The whole words coming back to bite you, I know exactly what you mean - almost revealed my secret blogging life at work today, but pulled back at the last minute... it's funny how I don't mind people I don't know seeing it, but people I know need to be protected/ or I need protection from them maybe. great post as always.
- 8:43 am
- Elisabeth said...
That's the strange point of it, anon. You're happy to have complete strangers visit but those you know well, you'd rather not know your blog address.
I wonder whether that claim on the biro pack was in fact checked for accuracy. They expect it for non-fiction but do they expect it in the retail world. Probably.
Thanks, Anon.
- 8:45 pm
- Juliet said...
It's a whole new way of thinking, isn't it? I'm glad I'm not 18 and getting carried away on Facebook. When I think of all the silly stuff we used to write on notes - but they have curled up, faded or been discarded. The permanence is a bit scary.
As for those teenage years and changes of plan, I'd feel the same. It's a self-absorbed age, and they don't realise the effects of their actions on others, so need all the feedback they can get. Hope you are having some good nights' sleep now.
- 6:09 pm
- Elisabeth said...
So-called permanence is a bit scary, as you say, Juliet, but I suspect the overload of information will protect most of us from the worst.
I, too, am glad to be past that youthful age of adolescence and early twenties, but when I was that age I can remember dreading my old age, anything past sixty as I recall.
It's funny how the perspective changes as we age.
thanks, Juliet.
- 8:36 pm
- jabblog said...
If we worried about every keystroke we'd never write anything. There are certain key words or phrases by which the 'powers that be' are alerted. Most of us need have no fear.
However, the silliness that is bandied about on social networking sites is a different matter. It really is no business of any future employer to look into the mindless prattlings of youngsters learning to grow up - it would be like looking at school reports for five-year-olds and making a judgment based on them. The truly mischievous with ill intent will surely be found out through more than their Facebook jottings.
- 11:06 pm
- Elisabeth said...
A belated response here, Janice. I agree with you: the idea that the idle prattling of youngsters on their face book pages will bring then undone is ill-conceived.
And yes, if we get too bogged down with all of this angst over social media, we'd never write a word.
Thanks, Janice.
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Albert Smith born 1885- married M E Hartley in 1908
ALBERT SMITH born 1885, dont know where he was born,but finished up in Sheffield. ALBERT married MARY ELIZABETH HARTLEY on 26 dec 1908, in Sheffield. The marrage cert says- WILLIAM as father - deceased -occupation - GRINDER.
It is at this point I am stuck, because not knowing where ALBERT was born l dont know how to track the father- WILLIAM. I dont know where he was born or died, toooo many SMITHS
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I gave the birthing meditation my best shot, but it wasn't working. It wasn't even helping. In fact, it's quite possible it was making things worse.
Luckily, it wasn't long before the anesthesiologist showed up.
1 a.m.
She started explaining epidurals to me. Calmly and slowly.
I listened. Calmly.
Inside I was yelling, "JUST STICK ME IN THE SPINE ALREADY! THIS IS MY FOURTH KID!!!"
She FINALLY finished her lengthy explanation.
"Any questions?"
Me: "When can you start?!"
Her: startled..."As soon as you sit up..."
Me: "How long will it take?"
Her: "not long..."
Me: rolling over sitting up...
FINALLY! Sweet relief. You natural-birthers are NUTS! NUTS I SAY!!!!
But wait...one problem...
Me: "I can still feel my feet!"
Her: "Well, we don't want you totally numb or you wont be able to push..."
Me: getting frantic "I DON'T WANT TO FEEL MY FEET! I DON'T NEED TO FEEL MY FEET! I CAN STILL PUSH WITHOUT FEET! .... FOURTH TIME...!!!!
Her: chuckles disapprovingly and ignores me.
Curse her!!!
Now for the timeline courtesy of Doug's hastily scribbled notations:
2:45 a.m.
Water breaks.
With an extremely loud popping sound and an incredible gush, I might add! I'm extremely grateful to not be in my bed at home.
2:58 a.m.
"First feeling of needing to push."
I don't remember this feeling. Was I awake? Asleep? In pain? Who knows. I have no recollection.
3:00 a.m.
9 100 +1
(I assume that means I was dilated to a 9 and 100% effaced. Not sure about the +1)
3:24 a.m.
Time to start pushing.
What's this?
Dr. Ryan is going to let Doug assist with the delivery! Fabulous! (for Doug)
But who's going to assist ME with the LABOR? And who's going to take pictures?
Me, I guess!
I demand the camera and Doug rushes over to put on scrubs.
While the nurse helps me count through the contractions, I hold up the camera and aim it towards my lady bits snapping furiously.
(Many, MANY of these photo's have since been deleted.)
Yes, that's right. I took pictures of myself giving birth. How many women can say that!?!? (How many want to?)
3:48 a.m.
BIRTH As-yet-unnamed Baby makes his appearance. He, like Max and Sam, has the cord wrapped around his neck -twice- and has aspirated meconium. He doesn't cry at first and then only lets out one little squawk while being suctioned--then he's quiet again. They place him on my chest and I get my first look at him. He's very purple, limp, and swollen. I'm glad when they take him away and get to work on him. While I watch, they place him on a table and lift his arm repeatedly. It falls back limply. He's still not crying. This does not make me happy.
A few minutes later the Pediatrician, Dr. H, comes in to examine him. He's getting oxygen and when Dr. H listens to his lungs he detects labored breathing and crackling. After I'm stitched up (he was 9'2"--I ripped.) Doug, Dr. Ryan and Dr. H take my purple baby to get a chest x-ray where they confirm aspirated meconium in his lungs.
Fortunately, after a blessing and about 48 pricks to the heel to draw blood (inducing excessive crying) his lungs are finally declared "clear".
And my beautiful, chubby-cheeked little boy is delivered to me--perfectly healthy.


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Becky Akers
Lew Rockwell Blog
Match 10, 2013
A former Thief and Sexual Assailant tells us that "A LOT of what [the TSA] do[es] is make-believe" in a hilarious article at the New York Post.
You'll learn little here that the TSA's legion of critics and victims haven't been saying for years; still, it's fun to have one of the agency's own corroborating those warnings from first-hand experience. He confirms that the Sexual Assailants are as predatory as we feared ("There is also a lot of ogling of female passengers by the male screeners. So, ladies, cover up when you get to the airport. These guys are checking you out constantly"), the gross waste of our taxes ("Screeners start at $15 per hour, and there is tons of overtime — mainly because they are filling in for the many screeners who don't bother coming to work. For every 40 hours you work, you receive four hours of vacation and four hours of sick time"), and LaWanda's disrepute and unreliability ("These are the employees who could never keep a job in the private sector. I wouldn't trust them to walk my dog … It's the people who've been there a good number of years who could never find employment elsewhere. When you have a real job, it usually means you have to actually work and think, which a lot of them have a hard time doing.").
His conclusion? "Anyone boarding an aircraft should feel maybe only a teeny tiny bit safer than if there were no TSA at all." I hope our anonymous witness will pardon my editing that to read, "Abolish the TSA."
Thanks to Dennis Beery (check out his novel at Amazon) for sending me this hearty laugh!
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How's those 2B and SS prospects coming along?
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Cons: Hes been thrown out a third of the time trying to steal this year, Hes only at A ball right now.
I dont know anything about 2B, I think Sizemores our best spect at the spot, and he sucks balls....
last i heard, they had daniel fields playing in the outfield.
"Brent Dlugach- Brent has been getting the bulk of the time at SS in Toledo this season, playing 41 of 57 games in the hole."
"...lack of ability to make contact and get on base, add some mediocre defense at SS, and he doesn't look like much of an option. Maybe the Tigers will promote Ciriaco or Iorg and put them at SS or 3B in Toledo, otherwise, they figure to put Worth at SS and Rhymes or Sizemore at 3B with the other playing 2B. We'll know soon where they're going."
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he can come off the bench for all i care. rhymes has better range and i like the speed threat
"Lion tastes good. Lets get more Lions"
Rhymes has a great glove...he has a future as a utility player
I actually am good starting Guillen at 2nd because I know he won't last and that we do have Rhymes to fill in. But I would be more nervous if we were to pin our 2b hopes solely on Rhymes.
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Last year, teacher Kristin Izzo had nine different students speaking nine different languages, plus English, in her second-grade class at Hollin Meadows Elementary. The school is "incredibly international," Izzo explained.
In the same year, the school's PTA decided to celebrate this diversity with the "It's a Small World" project, the main component of which is a "world board" hanging in the school's lobby. Each month, three students from around country and around the world are profiled on the board, information about themselves and their home areas is posted, and the clocks that flank the map are set to the time zones of their homes. Quiz sheets are placed beside the world board, and students who answer all the questions correctly can enter a drawing to win a prize.
"We celebrate and acknowledge this is a diverse school. We want people to be proud of their culture, proud of their heritage, proud of who they are," said Principal Jon Gates. He described seeing parents and children congregating around the map and discussing the place and the people it celebrates. "We wanted it prominently displayed," said Gates, It's one of the first things you see when you come into the school. That makes a statement."
But the diversity at Hollin Meadows is not restricted to the students. Many teachers and staff also come from abroad. "I think it's important that our teachers reflect the diversity of our school population and our community," said Gates. "We are role models." In May, the PTA decided it would highlight three teachers with international backgrounds. Izzo, who lived in Kingston, Jamaica and Budapest, Hungary with her husband, who is in the State Department, Paul Mills, a special education teacher from Ghana, and Sailaja Gunda, a kindergarten instructional assistant from India, all went up on the world board last week.
"BEFORE I got on the flight I felt like I'm leaving my whole body, coming to this different world," said Gunda. "I never thought about leaving my country, I thought, 'It's my motherland,' I love the country. Most of the people there dream of coming to this country, but not me, because we had a good life."
Gunda arrived in America on April 23, 1997, with her husband and two children. Their home had been Tirupathi, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, but her husband accepted a job as a software engineer with Lockheed-Martin. Gunda's first encounters with American culture did not reassure her that they had made the right decision. "Watching television shows, I was so scared. I told my husband 'Let's go back. I don't want to live in this atmosphere.' I thought there was no family structure here."
Gunda worried about how her children would be affected by the strange culture, but she found "if you are strong enough, you can maintain your own values and live your life." But Gunda's husband was struggling at his job. "He got stuck in politics," she explained. "He had such a hard time in his work, I said, 'Let's go back to India.' I feel guilty not to tell him so hard to leave the job and get out of that place … But finally he changed to a nice place where his manager and all his colleagues were nice. I thought we would have a happy life together." This did not happen. Gunda's husband was killed abruptly by a heart-attack last January.
After this tragedy, Gunda says, "I thought of going home. But I got stuck with my children's education. Once they finish I might go back. Children, they have more opportunities here than in India. That I have accepted. If you gain something you have to lose something."
Gunda's daughter,18, is a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School. Her 17 year-old-son is a junior at West Potomac. "They feel nice because in India the schools are so hard. You just have to follow the directions. They might hit you if they don't follow the directions. I used to tell them we might go back at any time so don't get used to this place." But, "right now, they consider this place as their home."
Gunda was a teacher before she left India. She worked as a software developer after moving to America, but eventually decided to go back to teaching. "I thought if I got money maybe I'd be greedy and I'd stay here," she explained. Gunda said she notices many differences between Indian and American education. "Here they give more and more vast information to the children … They show the picture; they bring the picture; and they tell them, 'This is what this is.' [In India,] it's all theoretical … The children they have to go grab it … Here is the better way mostly."
KRISTIN Izzo taught in American international schools during both of her two-year stays in Kingstown and Budapest. "[It was] a real interesting integration of teachers from different countries … everyone approaches education in a different way with a common goal," Izzo said. She said she hopes being taught by "a real-life person that travels and has been lots of places" will inspire her students to do the same. "For kids … who may have never even left Virginia, it kind of opens up a whole new world … I'm a product of public schools and public colleges … you don't have to be the daughter of a
In Hungary, Izzo's husband was assigned to human rights issues, specifically dealing with prejudice against the Roma (gypsies) and anti-Semitism. "It was shocking, shocking how pervasive … this undercurrent of racism still exists," she said. She contrasted this with attitudes in Northern Virginia. "I think what is most important is recognizing tolerance. The United States is so diverse, especially Northern Virginia, [we] seem to live so harmoniously together and it's not like that everywhere."
But she praised other aspects of Hungarian life. "There's so much focus on the child. Every mall has a children's park. Every corner has a public play area … As a parent and a teacher I try and pull that in, try and remember that's where our focus needs to be, on these children."
She said she was most impressed by the landscape of Jamaica. "The impression of Jamaica is [that] it's all just beautiful beaches, but … the most beautiful parts of Jamaica to me are the mountains." Izzo described orchids hanging from the trees and extraordinary birds. "[Jamaican culture] felt so connected to the land. It was just so beautiful. Everywhere you turned it was just one more beautiful moment."
"Travel is as close as an airline ticket," Izzo tells her students. "Its not something intangible … Get a passport. Get on a plane … I just have this itch to keep moving on. The possibilities. You never know what's around the corner and being just open to that. Sometimes it's a little scary, but it's empowering really. I know there's this great adventure around the corner. I think that's the main thing I want to instill in the kids, there's always this adventure around the corner, even as an adult."
A PEACE Corps Volunteer helped teach Paul Mills to sculpt and inspired him to come to America. She was a design teacher stationed at his art school in Ghana from 1987 to 1988. He came to America in October 1990 to work for a bronze-casting company. "I was fascinating by bronze-casting," he said, "the lost wax process."
Mills grew up in Sekondi-Takoradi, the capitol of the western region of Ghana. This area has a colonial legacy that accounts for his surname, which goes back to his grandparents at least. Mills attended a Catholic School and said most of his teachers were Dutch and Italian missionaries.
After arriving in America, Mills decided to become a teacher. He earned a Master's Degree from Trinity College and started teaching in 1993. Many students at Hollin Meadows are already quite familiar with Ghana. "There are more Ghanaians in this school than in any other school I've been," said Mills. He added that every grade level had at least one Ghanaian student, and there were three Ghanaian employees besides himself, two custodians and the cafeteria manager. "People from other cultures have a tendency to be drawn to the area where other folks live … they are like ants following honey. If one Ghanaian is successful on Richmond Highway every one who arrives in the states is referred to that area."
Mills said that one of the challenges he and other Ghanaians faced in his move to America was the food. "Some of the food items, I find them excessive, like meat. I'm from the coast, so's there's excessive fish, whereas there is excessive meat here. Here seafood is a delicacy." For the school's International Day, Mills organized the other Ghanians to bring in traditional foods. He contributed a rice and meat stew, "something like a jambalaya called jollof rice," plantains, beans and with goat meat soup, which he bought in the African market on Richmond Highway.
Mills is married to a black American. "There's a cross-culture in terms of the norms and conventions," he said, citing gender roles and communication. "She managed to learn my culture. I was able to learn her culture. We were able to compromise very easily … The only portion that was difficult was my religion." Mills is a Catholic. His wife is a Methodist. Mills says that when his wife wears her dresses made of traditional wax print fabrics to church, "people don't recognize she is an American."
But the only truly irreconcilable source of conflict was never an issue. Mills's wife has learned to cook Ghanian food. "Most of our food is infused Ghanaian and American," said Mills. For instance, salmon with a Ghanaian stew of tomatoes, onions, and pepper. "She will minus the oil and use water, because Americans don't like fat. But me I don't see a problem … I would eat it with kenkey … I always love it when she says 'you gonna eat your kenkey?' I keep telling her that cornbread and kenkey are the same, but cornbread is baked and kenkey is mashed."
MILLS said that at the school he attended, they were taught exclusively European themes until second grade, when they began to study some of their own culture. "In the school you are meant to learn a lot of western culture. They want to mainstream you." It was at home that Mills learned what it meant to be Ghanaian.
Mills struggled to put Ghanaian belief systems into words. "They celebrate your growth in life," he said. "The phases of life ... that's something I think I learned a lot at home … At the age of six for example you are taught to do very simple work at home … here they call them chores. But over there they make it more ceremonial. You become a tough guy."
"If I don't have my cultural strength, how could I survive the United States?" Mills asked. "I work at Capitol Heights [in Maryland] for seven years. That's a very tough area … those [Ghanaian] home trainings build strength and character."
But, Mills said, despite obvious differences in detail and practice, the values passed on from Ghanaian and American adults to children are essentially the same. "The core values of the school is responsibility, respect, and safety."
He stressed the importance of history as a mediator between all cultures, and said he was concerned that schools were focusing on it less and less. "If we don't do history and everybody studies [computer] programming, then we lose the vital stories … If we know each other's history then we both have respect."


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Cyprus Bailout Lifts Asian Shares
Asian stocks are up after Cyprus agreed on a $13 billion bailout deal on Sunday night. The WSJ's Ken Brown tells to Michael Arnold whether this will finally be the end of the Euro crisis.
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Taking the Whole "Stick in the Mud" Thing Too Far
Yeah, yeah. So I may have gotten my bike slightly stuck in a mud hole on Saturday during the Hammer Run in Jersey.
The trails were dry with a few small spots of water scattered throughout. But, when 500 guys have already been through the soup before you it can get pretty nasty.
This particular mud hole was thick and goopy. I rode in and only made it halfway across before my momentum slowed and I began to sink in. I got off the bike to try to start working it out and my boots got stuck because the slime created immediate suction. Thankfully Kenny and someone else on the trail helped to pry my bike loose and get me going forward again.
I sprayed muddy pinwheels into Kenny's face as a reward for his patient help. His skin looks absolutely fabulous this morning. You're welcome, dear.
Dual sport rides are really a great exercise in problem solving, patience and camaraderie. There are always people willing to give you a hand (and laugh with you when you do something stupid).
Oh, and – apparently my bike liked the mud. See? My tailbag is smiling:


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Taking the plunge into rewarding Navy career
IT'S never too late for a change in career.
It wasn't that long ago that Submariner trainee, Able Seaman Marine Technician Winston Gavriel could be found with a saw, hammer and nails in his hands.
Now you will find him at the depths of the sea patrolling the coastline on board one of Australia's Collins Class submarines.
Collins Class submarines dive to more than 180 metres and travel over 20 knots when submerged and are one of the world's most sophisticated conventional submarines.
Before joining the Navy in 2009, ABMT Gavriel was a carpenter in Queensland.
He joined as a direct entry submariner and completed his 26-week Marine Technician trade at HMAS Cerberus in 2010.
As a marine technician, Winston is responsible for operating, maintaining and repairing the ship's machinery, gas turbines, diesels, ventilation, as well as power generation and distribution, and electrical control systems.
Since then he has been a submariner trainee and has completed his initial Collins Class submarine course and joined HMAS Dechaineux in April 2012.
Submariners are astronauts of the deep, or the Silent Service of the Navy.
The technology and sophistication of today's submarines is akin to the space program. Being a part of this service tests the sailors to their limits, but they are one of a select few who get to wear the 'Dolphins', a badge of distinction.
Winston said he was enjoying the challenges of his new career, despite being based on the far side of the country.
"I am posted to Fleet Base West south of Perth. It's a long way from home in Queensland," he said.
"But at the same time I am excited about qualifying by the end of the year and I am looking forward to deploying with HMAS Dechaineux."
HMAS Dechaineux is the fourth of six Collins Class Submarines.
It was launched in Adelaide in 1998 and is named after Captain Emile Dechaineux, the Commanding Officer of HMAS Australia (II) during the latter stages of the Second World War who died in battle.
Since commissioning, HMAS Dechaineux has successfully conducted a range of activities throughout the region in support of Australian Defence Force exercises, operations and the government's strategic directives.


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Pornchai Mittongtare
This dish combines aroma and flavor in a unique fashion: Bowls of steaming rosemary vapor accompany the luxurious main course. The piney fragrance of fresh rosemary adds another dimension to the taste experience.
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- Makes 4 servings
- 1 cup distilled white vinegar
- 4 1 1/2-pound live Maine lobsters
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 fresh fennel bulb, thinly sliced
- 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 4 fresh tarragon sprigs
- 8 cups fresh rosemary leaves stripped from branches (about ten .66-ounce packages)
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 cups (3 1/4 sticks) butter, room temperature
- 2 pounds assorted fresh wild mushrooms (such as oyster, crimini, chanterelle, and stemmed shiitake), cut into 1-inch pieces
- 4 large fresh thyme sprigs
- 3 garlic cloves, halved
- Bring 8 quarts water and vinegar to boil in 10- to 12-quart pot. Add 2 lobsters headfirst and cook until shells turn bright red and lobsters are just cooked through, about 11 minutes. Using tongs, remove lobsters from water. Repeat with remaining 2 lobsters. Twist claws and tails off lobsters. Crack claws and remove meat. Using kitchen shears or heavy large knife, cut lobster tails lengthwise in half; remove tail meat. Cut meat into large bite-size pieces. Place in medium bowl; cover and refrigerate. Reserve claw and tail shells.
- Using kitchen shears, cut away lobster gills. Rinse shells under cold water. Place in large bowl. Pour cold water over and soak 10 minutes. Drain; rinse well.
- Heat 1/4 cup oil in large pot over medium heat. Add lobster shells, carrots, and next 4 ingredients. Cook until vegetables begin to soften, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Add 4 quarts water and simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain lobster broth into large bowl, pressing on solids. Strain broth again through fine strainer into same pot. Boil over medium-high heat until broth is reduced to 2 cups, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly; chill broth and lobster meat separately.)
- Bring 1 quart water to boil in tea kettle. Place 2 cups rosemary in each of 4 large bowls; place on table.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter with 1/4 cup oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, thyme, and garlic and sauté until mushrooms are tender, about 6 minutes; discard thyme and garlic. Add lobster and 1/2 cup butter to skillet and heat through, about 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring lobster broth to simmer in small saucepan. Pour hot lobster broth into blender; add 1 cup butter. Blend until butter is melted and mixture is frothy, about 30 seconds. Divide lobster mixture among 4 shallow bowls. Pour butter sauce and foam over lobster mixture and serve. Pour 1 cup boiling water into each bowl of rosemary to create vapor.
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Digging in the frozen tundra of Norway's Svalbard archipelago, scientists have uncovered the remains of the most ancient polar bear ever found. DNA analyses reveal that the bear—a mature male—lived about 120,000 years ago, at a time when wooly mammoths were also roaming the land. The work also shows that this bear represents something very rare in the fossil record: an evolutionary snapshot of one species turning into another. "This is the most exciting new development in polar bear research in recent years," says biologist and polar bear expert Ian Stirling of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
The discovery of the fossil is a major breakthrough. Polar bears, which can weigh nearly 700 kilograms, spend most of their lives in the open ocean above the Arctic Circle, hiding atop ice floes and waiting for an unfortunate seal to take a break from swimming. When they die, polar bears are either torn apart by their comrades for food or sink to the sea bottom, where marine animals and microbes quickly dispose of their remains.
Consequently, scientists have lacked sufficient fossil or genetic evidence to determine when and where polar bears emerged, or how they developed their current preference for Arctic ice. Estimates for the date of their origins have ranged from 50,000 to over 1 million years ago. The new research "conclusively resolves a diversity of opinion about how recently polar bears evolved," says Stirling, who was not involved in the research.
The mystery has been solved thanks to a very lucky find. In 2004, Icelandic geologist Ólafur Ingólfsson of the University of Iceland was working on Svalbard. While studying sediment layers in the island's coastal cliffs, he accidentally discovered a lower jawbone belonging to a large predator. Ingólfsson gave the bone to researchers at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum, who, along with colleagues, have studied it for several years. Based on its shape and chemistry, the researchers have determined that the jaw belonged to a bear that ate marine organisms. And its location in the sediment places its age at somewhere between 110,000 and 130,000 years old, which would make about twice as old as the oldest polar bear remains ever found.
But in order to figure out if the fossil truly represented a polar bear, the researchers needed DNA. They got it by drilling into a canine tooth in the jawbone and extracting fragments of mitochondrial DNA, the genetic material passed down directly from mother to child. That DNA identified the species as Ursus maritimus, the modern polar bear, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mapping the complete mitochondrial genome for such an old specimen is "an impressive feat," says geneticist Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen.
When the researchers compared the fossil's DNA with analogous DNA from six other specimens of living brown bears and polar bears, they detected genetic hallmarks of both species. That suggests that the fossil bear was one of the first polar bears to branch off from brown bears.
"It's a truly ancient polar bear," says lead author and geneticist Charlotte Lindqvist of the University at Buffalo in New York state. It must have lived close to the time when the species had split off from the so-called ABC brown bears, which inhabit three islands—Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof—in southeastern Alaska. Those bears are more closely related to polar bears than they are to other brown bears, she says.
The DNA evidence and the location of the find suggest that polar bears were just beginning to spread out across their Arctic habitat between the last two ice ages, when Earth's climate was warmer than it is today. In just 1000 generations or so, U. maritimus morphed from a stocky brown bear to a long-necked bear with thick fatty layers and that signature white coat. Lindqvist says the Svalbard area, north of the Arctic Circle and far from the competitors inhabiting the continental land masses, offered just the right refuge where the bears could persist through the warming period before the last ice age and then begin to adapt to a life amid the frozen sea.


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Grateful Pence finishes third in Final Vote
SAN DIEGO -- Giants right fielder Hunter Pence was sincerely gracious Thursday as he congratulated Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman for winning the National League portion of the 2013 All-Star Game Final Vote sponsored by freecreditscore.com.
Pence also expressed deep gratitude toward Giants fans for their support. Pence finished third in the five-man election, behind Freeman and Los Angeles outfielder Yasiel Puig and ahead of Washington shortstop Ian Desmond and Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
"All five of us are deserving. I'm happy for Freddie," Pence said. "This is his first [All-Star Game], so that makes it more special."
Pence was an All-Star in 2009 and 2011 while with the Astros. He praised Giants fans for showering him with encouragement -- and votes -- despite the club's colossal slump.
"I want them to know their efforts are greatly appreciated," he said. "I wish I could explain to them how much their effort for me means."


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History of the Universal Jeep - A Lesson in Jeep History
From MA to TJ
From humble origins--a handful of prototypes built by three different manufacturers--the Jeep has evolved over the years into one of the most popular and versatile vehicles ever made. They've been used in combat and for desert racing, for rock crawling or daily driving . . . in short, if there's a road or trail anywhere in the world, chances are that sometime, somehow, a Jeep has driven over it.
For this special poster, we're pleased to present a short history of the vehicle that started the 4x4 craze almost 60 years ago, and a line that continues to thrive to this day. Included are photos of some outstanding specimens we've seen around the country, along with information on production numbers and differences between model years. We're not including other Jeep vehicles here, such as the Cherokee, Wagoneer, FC or J-series trucks (they deserve their own poster), just the grandaddy of them all: the short-wheelbase Jeep Universal.


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Did you read Carrie Underwood's "Fill In The Blanks" with ESPN.com about the NHL playoffs? Click here if you missed it.
Carrie loves "winning, winning, and Mike winning".
Mike of course is Mike Fisher of the Nashville Predators. And you know I've been saying that the Predators look scary, that they might be taking Country Bitch to the final. But the Preds lost the first 2 games in their best of 7 against Phoenix. The series heads back to Nashville tomorrow where they hope to play better on home ice only…
Breaking: they just lost 2 of their top 3 scorers, Radulov and Kostitsyn, who've been suspended for Game 3 for violating team rules. It means they f-cked up. Rumour has it they missed curfew, they were out too late, and partying too hard…thus jeopardising their team's chances and, more importantly, of course, Carrie Underwood's opportunity at the Stanley Cup.
I don't think they know.
They must not know.
I mean, Carrie Underwood will have your ass. She will shout down that phone. She will rally those selfish pieces of sh-t. And they will play with the fear of Country Bitch in their loins when they come back for Game 4.
Here she is on Good Morning America today trying out the denim version of Mimi's optical illusion ski pants and failing to replicate the camel toe.
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Having tried the usual over-the-counter medicines, Gill South heads to the herbalist to see if he can rustle up natural tonics to successfully ease her winter ailments.
I've had my fair share of paracetamol and ibuprofen this winter to keep a nasty sore throat at bay but it just keeps on coming back. I've also had the usual chills and aches from time to time and my energy levels haven't been great.
I have been introduced to a very amiable, knowledgeable herbalist based in Waipu, Malcolm Harker, who has 30 years' experience and patients all over the world. I've given him a shortlist of my winter woes - and am hoping he can come up with some good tonics and lotions to sort me out. I love the sound of his Sniffle Juice, which is good for lung decongestion and blood iron. It has blackberry, peppermint and licorice, yum.
I've given him some idea of my diet and Malcolm makes some comments. He is strongly anti-gluten for me, and generally, I think. Gluten he says, is like wallpaper glue - it adheres to the walls of the stomach and intestines, causing various disorders of the immune system, including tiredness, irregularity, aches and headaches. Low energy levels are typical symptoms of nutrient starvation, he says.
The herbalist says the symptoms I've given him indicate low thyroid gland activity. This would explain my intolerance of heat and cold, I guess. Malcolm recommends I find a doctor who will give me a prescription for natural desiccated thyroid extract. At the same time he says to take his Formula 782 Thyronurse syrup which is rich in organic iodine for the thyroid gland.
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I think Malcolm is overestimating my gardening powers when he asks do I have a walnut tree or know where there is one. But if I do come across one, I'm to take a handful of leaves home and dry them for a week or so in a warm place until the stems are snap dry. Then I should crush them into granules and make a hot tea with one teaspoon of the crushed herb to three quarters of a cup of boiled water. Allow to cool and stir in a little honey to sweeten. This tea taken twice a day, morning and evening, will soon regulate the thyroid and I should start feeling warmer in the extremities.
Alternatively Malcolm suggests a a wee pinch of cayenne added to hot water to warm me up and some ginger as well is another great warmer, made in the same way - either with fresh grated ginger or the powder. The cayenne ginger tea will begin the process of warming the body by encouraging better circulation. Cayenne is a specific heart tonic. It it also helps alleviate aches and pains that wander, he says quaintly.
Finally, to soothe and moisten the sore, dry throat, Malcolm suggests I try a glycerine and pineapple juice drink. Around 5 or 10 ml (1 or 2 teaspoons) of glycerine and the same amount of pure pineapple juice will give my throat soothing relief. Yum.
Malcolm also suggests I try a soothing and relaxing evening drink of port. Sipping a 30ml wineglassful will relax my tense throat muscles, he says. I had friends at Otago who did this in their university days - though perhaps slightly more than 30 ml.
The best Malcolm Harker herbal tonic for me, meanwhile, is formula 2000 "Linctus Expectus" which is a throat relaxant and natural antiseptic for the respiratory system, with a pleasant spearmint taste. Sounds like something from out of Asterix, but I'll give it a whirl.
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I am curious about the mercury in my blood. After having some amalgam fillings removed maybe it's not there any more. I'm going to the Centre for Advanced Medicine to find out.


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Can Darden Fix the Menu?
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Darden Restaurants has so successfully reduced investors' appetites that even last Friday's meager results were enough to send the company's shares modestly higher. Happily, more sustenance could be on the way.
First, the morsels that the owner of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and LongHorn Steakhouse doled out last week: It reported that fiscal third-quarter sales rose 4.6%, to $2.26 billion, but that was due to new restaurant openings and last year's acquisition of Yard House, a beer and burger chain. Earnings fell 18%, to $134.5 million, as did earnings per share, which came in at $1.02. Same-store sales at its three biggest and best-known chains dropped 4.6%, dragging down margins and profits.
More important, however, the company is following a new operating recipe designed to reverse the margin contraction and earnings declines that have pulled the shares down 13% from last fall's peak. In addition to cost-cutting, it wants to slow the growth of some of its more mature brands while pushing harder on its newer, faster-growing chains. Some think the company isn't going far enough and that more changes could unlock a roughly 35% gain in the stock over the next year or two.
Darden (ticker: DRI) took pains to tamp down expectations at a February analyst meeting. By last week's report, analysts expected the company to report $1.01 a share, down from the $1.13 a share they'd been anticipating prior to the sessions with the company. Similarly, analysts now project fiscal 2013 earnings of $3.16 a share, down from about $4.10 a year ago.
Encouragingly, investors chose to focus on the fact that the fiscal third-quarter results were a penny better than the lowered forecasts. They also took note when executives alluded to recent comments from industry tracker Malcolm Knapp, who has been upbeat about March results at U.S. restaurants. That would be a welcome break from February, when casual-dining restaurant sales were down 5.4% industrywide, hurt by higher payroll taxes, poor weather, and higher gas prices.
Orlando, Fla.–based Darden gets the largest share of its revenue from Olive Garden, whose 818 restaurants contribute 44% of sales. The chain's falling same-stores sales were a concern when we wrote positively about the company a year and a half ago ("Darden Offers Investors a Tasty Treat," Nov. 14, 2011), and they remain a worry today. Red Lobster, with 705 outlets, kicks in 32% of revenues, and LongHorn's 416 restaurants generate 14% of revenue. The latter have held their market positions.
Darden is working to turn around its largest brands by limiting the extent of menu-price increases and reducing the number of new restaurants. For example, Olive Garden will open 15 new stores in fiscal 2014, down from 36 this year. The company already has kicked off a cost-cutting program that has resulted in about $130 million in annual savings, which will grow to $170 million to $195 million a year.
Simultaneously, Darden wants to promote its smaller, lesser-known but faster-growing brands. In addition to Yard House, they include Bahama Breeze, Eddie V's, Capital Grille, and Seasons 52. With mostly positive same-store sales and room to open new restaurants, the specialty group now has 168 restaurants that represent about 10% of sales.
The Bottom Line
If Darden cuts menu prices and costs, its shares could rise 35% to $66.
"We're...reshaping our portfolio to increase the size and contribution of the specialty-restaurant group, which is something that broadens our guest and occasion base," said CEO Clarence Otis on Friday's call. "We think we're well positioned as an organization, given the strength of our brands, the collective experience and expertise we have, and the operating cash flows we have, to make the changes that are needed."
There's more to do, argues Howard Penney, a managing director and restaurant analyst at Hedgeye Risk Management, who correctly called the stock's decline earlier this year and now believes that the shares are worth $66 apiece, sharply north of today's $49 share price.
Limiting the rise in prices for an average dinner isn't enough. Prices must come down, Penney argues, as well as costs. "Either the current management team makes [big changes], or I think someone will come in and force them to do so or push them out," Penney says.
Aside from posting better earnings, Darden could have other appeals for shareholders. It could be an attractive target for a private-equity investor or activist manager because it throws off strong cash flows—an estimated $950 million this year. Cash flows support a $2 a share dividend, which equates to a 4% yield, among the few payouts in the industry (see table); the company confirmed on Friday that it plans to increase the payout. Darden also owns the land and buildings for 55% of its restaurants, which Penney values at $20 a share. His sum-of-the-parts valuation concludes that the company is worth $66 a share.
Turnarounds are often messy, and they usually take longer than expected to emerge from the kitchen. But properly prepared, a transformation could make Darden shares an appetizing meal.
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Cone Nebula
The Cone Nebula is a famous H II region located in the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. It lies at an approximate distance of 2,700 light years from Earth and is located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. The nebula is part of the larger star forming region around the Christmas Tree Cluster. The … [Read more…]


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Cincinnati Bearcats are making it an Ohio party in the NCAA tournament, giving the Buckeye State four teams in the final 16.
Dion Dixon stole the ball and dunked to put Cincinnati ahead for good with 1:32 left, and the Bearcats edged out Florida State 62-56 Sunday night to reach their first regional semifinal in the NCAA tournament since 2001.
Cincinnati (26-10) will play No. 2 seed Ohio State in Boston on Thursday night in the East, joining Xavier and Ohio in the second weekend.
Sean Kilpatrick scored 18 points, Dixon finished with 15 for Cincinnati. Yancy Gates finished with 10, and JaQuon Parker grabbed 11 rebounds.
Florida State (25-10) snapped a six-game winning streak that took the Seminoles to their first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title. But the 'Noles are heading home short of the regional semifinal they reached a year ago.
Luke Loucks led the Seminoles with 14, Bernard James had 11 and Michael Snaer 11.
This game featured 19 lead changes and 11 ties, and neither team led by more than three in the second half until the Bearcats scored seven straight points. Kilpatrick hit a free throw tying it up at 50, then Dixon stole the ball from Loucks in front of the Cincinnati bench as Florida State tried to bring the ball up against the Bearcats' press. Dixon took off and slammed down the lead.
Cashmere Wright hit a jumper, and Gates added two free throws for 56-50 lead with 35.3 seconds left. The Bearcats sealed it by hitting all eight free throws in the final 35.3 seconds.
The Seminoles led 29-28 at halftime and were up by five in the first half. But a Florida State team that came into the NCAA tournament sixth in Division I holding opponents to 38.1 percent shooting couldn't stop Cincinnati in the second half. The Bearcats hit 11 of 21 (52.4 percent) overall and 12 of 13 at the free throw line. Cincinnati had a big edge at the line (19 of 23) overall compared to Florida State (12 of 15).
Florida State had trouble holding onto the ball, too, with 13 of its 17 turnovers coming on steals by Cincinnati. The Bearcats turned those into 19 points.
Cincinnati said before the game that Florida State would fit right in the Big East with its stingy defense, and this game looked just like a conference battle.
Florida State last led 50-49 on a pair of free throws by Loucks with 2:09 left on Gates' fourth personal of the game. That's when the Bearcats took over.
The first half gave a glimpse of what the final 20 minutes would be.
Snaer hit back-to-back 3s within the first three minutes after the Seminoles' leading scorer was shut out in their opening win over St. Bonaventure. Snaer missed on a couple of air balls, but he still had nine points by halftime.
But Snaer missed a 3 with 12 seconds left, and Ian Miller missed a 3, too. Okaro White also missed beyond the arc -- all three misses coming in the final 37 seconds.
Florida State led 26-25 at halftime largely thanks to a quick six points keyed by senior Deividas Dulkys. The guard from Lithuania hit a 3-pointer, then had a pair of steals. White, who hit a free throw in the mini-spurt, failed to score off Dulkys' first steal. So Dulkys stole the ball from Cincinnati freshman Jermaine Sanders and went down for the dunk and a 23-18 lead with 5:20 left that matched the Seminoles' largest lead of the game.
But Kilpatrick answered with a 3-pointer with the Bearcats hitting four free throws down the stretch to pull Florida State back in.


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February 17, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm$3 – $5
Join the fun! During this hands-on activity, kids are encouraged to make and build their own adobe brick. Examine the daily lives of Mission Native Americans. Students and adults will delight in the historic fun.
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I am planning to get a cruiser bike in Singapore and I have a valid Singapore license. I want to go visit the Malaysian towns and villages on my motorcycle. I want to do it alone. But I heard some part of the country is dangerous for riders because of theft. I have some places in mind like Malacca, Desaru, Kuala Lumpur, Cameron Highlands. My questions are.
Is it possible to travel Malaysia bypassing expressways. How safe it is? (The reason for this is to see the towns,people and the countryside. Last time when I go KL via the expressway in a car, the journey is too fast and I cant see anything other than the palm trees)
Are there any other good places to visit in Malaysia that can be reached in motorbike?


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CareFusion Highlights Positive Results Of Closed-Loop Medication Safety Initiative With Corniche Hospital
– Exhibits Patient Safety Products at Medication Safety Conference 2012
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire — CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical technology company, today announced plans to present the results of a closed-loop medication safety initiative completed with UAE-based Corniche Hospital, in collaboration with Cerner, during the Medication Safety Conference, Nov. 15-17 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The program enables data sharing and centralizes clinical information between the Pyxis MedStation® system and the Pyxis® Anesthesia system from CareFusion, and the Cerner electronic health record (EHR). In addition, Corniche Hospital uses Pyxis CIISafe™ system for management of controlled substances and the Pyxis PARx® system for a closed-loop medication replenishment process.
Dr. Adeline Saliba, acting pharmacy manager and medication safety manager for Corniche Hospital, will be presenting on the hospital's use of these industry-leading technologies to support an integrated positive patient identification (PPID) system designed to improve patient health outcomes and safety (Day One, Session Three: Automation and Informatics).
"Our automation journey has allowed us to streamline our processes and integrate our automated solutions, supported by clinical decision support, to close the loop on medication administration," said Saliba. "For bar-coded medication administration (BCMA), our compliance rate has steadily increased from 91.25 percent when the project was initiated in May 2012, up to 95.7 percent in September 2012 — exceeding our 95 percent target — hence further reinforcing the five rights of medication administration."
The closed-loop approach from Corniche Hospital supported by CareFusion technologies has eliminated unnecessary processes and streamlined workflow efficiencies to ensure checks and balances are in place for diverse steps in medication management. This allows nurses to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time on direct patient care. Corniche Hospital plans to begin deploying the system to all clinical areas throughout the organization by mid-2013.
In addition to highlighting the success of this initiative, CareFusion will be demonstrating its breadth of medication safety and automation expertise. Gail Berglund, executive director of Clinical Practice for CareFusion, will be presenting on the role of "smart pumps" in transforming the safety of medication administration (Day One, Session Three: Automation and Informatics). Berglund will offer insight into how infusion pumps, like the Alaris® system from CareFusion, integrate a suite of specialized hardware and software to offer advanced features and functionality to help ensure the highest levels of safety when administering intravenous medications. At its exhibition area, CareFusion will also be offering demonstrations of bi-directional interoperability capabilities of the Alaris System with the Cerner EHR.
CareFusion also will be exhibiting a variety of solutions designed to maximize patient safety and enhance medication management. Products on-display at the CareFusion booth include:
- Metro® 1760Rx cart with Pyxis® Nurse Link: Mobile access to real-time patient information with secure and accurate point-of-care medication delivery;
- Pyxis® MedStation® 4000 system: Automated medication dispensing and management;
- Pyxis® MedStation® ES system: Enterprise wide automation of the medication dispensing and management process;
- Pyxis® CIISafe™ system: Controlled substance management;
- Rowa Vmax®: Automated storage and dispensing for high-performing hospitals;
- BlisPack®: First robotic system for creating unit doses from blister sheets; and
- Alaris® system: The only infusion system to provide bi-directional interoperability for both large volume and syringe pumps.
Now in its fifth year, the 2012 Medication Safety Conference brings together pharmacists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals from around the world devoted to patient safety and medication safety best practices. For more information about the medication safety solutions from CareFusion being exhibited at the Medication Safety Conference, visit http://www.CareFusion.com.
Corniche Hospital is a 235 bed, Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited specialty hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE dedicated to women's health and maternity issues. About 8,000 new babies a year and 10,000 outpatient visits a month are served. It is owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) and managed for SEHA by Johns Hopkins Medicine International.
About CareFusion
CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) is a global corporation serving the health care industry with products and services that help hospitals measurably improve the safety and quality of care. The company develops market-leading technologies including Alaris® infusion pumps, Pyxis® automated dispensing and patient identification systems, Rowa® automation solutions, AVEA®, AirLife™ and LTV® series ventilation and respiratory products, ChloraPrep® skin prep products, V. Mueller® surgical instruments, and an extensive line of products that support interventional medicine. CareFusion employs more than 15,000 people across its global operations. Since August 2011, Rowa is part of CareFusion. More information may be found at www.carefusion.com.
This document is intended for audiences outside of the U.S.
*Products referred to in this release may not be available in all countries. Contact your local CareFusion office to check availability.
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London (CNN) -- Forests covering an area almost the size of Russia could be restored around the world, according to a global partnership of scientists.
The researchers, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), have drawn up a world map showing 1.5 billion hectares where there are opportunities to replant degraded or cleared forests.
Carole Saint-Laurent, IUCN's senior forest policy advisor, said: "There's no one-size-fits-all blueprint. The restoration would need to be driven by the community needs in each area.
"We know it can be done. There are people all over the world who are doing it already."
Three quarters of the world's forests have been cleared, degraded or fragmented due to human activity, while a third have disappeared altogether, according to IUCN.
However, as forests fulfill needs for food, fuel and timber, restoring them can benefit communities as well as the environment, the organization said.
The map was drawn up by the World Resources Institute, South Dakota University and IUCN, for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration ahead of the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011.
Saint-Laurent said: "This study came out of a partnership with about 30 governments all over the world. We are bringing people who are working on forest restoration together, as well as increasing understanding of the contribution that forest landscape restoration can make in addressing climate change.
Saint-Laurent added: "So far this is all at a global level, but our next step is to apply this to individual countries to give a more detailed picture."
The map was created using information on areas that were once forest and have the potential to be re-grown, according to Saint-Laurent. The researchers excluded areas that are now urban or crop land.
However, they still need to look in more detail to determine exactly where it is feasible to re-grow forest.
"These are 1.5 billion hectares where opportunities could be found," said Saint-Laurent. "More analysis needs to be carried out to find what's really possible within that, because we haven't been able to map land rights, and there might be areas that are not suitable from a social point of view.
"Even if you took out a third, it's still a vast area and a vast opportunity."
Often, this would be done in small patches between farms or villages, or along corridors to protect waterways or fields.
"We are talking about taking landscapes that are not doing anything for anybody and producing something of value," said Saint-Laurent.
"It can help create livelihoods for communities. There's an increasing groundswell of interest at the moment in forest restoration.
"People are starting to see there's a wonderful opportunity that forests can offer more to people than they already do.
"For example, in an area of Tanzania over a 15-year period significant areas of forest have been restored in small patches around villages and farms.
"It means the women do not need to walk as far to get their firewood for fuel, which has significant benefits for families."
"You are accommodating a diversity of land uses in one area."
IUCN said the greatest opportunities for restoring forests were in Africa and Asia, each offering potential for 500 million hectares.
The emphasis on restoring forests would complement work on preventing deforestation in the first place.
"This is not a replacement for protecting native primary forests, but it's an add-on," said Saint-Laurent. "We need to protect forests, but also put something back where they have been degraded.
"Over a 30-year-period we believe this could have as much benefit as avoided deforestation."
The U.N.'s International Year of Forests 2011 will be launched to take over from International Year of Biodiversity 2010 on December 18.