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Hamlet is a teenager... right? After all, he sure acts like one. He's a moody and smart-alecky kid with suicidal tendencies, a penchant for wearing black mourning clothes, and a habit of delivering long, drawn-out speeches on the futility of life. But in Act 5, Scene 1, the gravedigger pretty much tells us he's thirty. Thirty?! Well, not everyone agrees on this point—and Shmoop just can't seem to picture him as an adult. He's just too darn dramatic.
In his first soliloquy, he tells us he wishes his "too, too sullied flesh would melt / Thaw, and resolve itself into dew" and that the world seems "weary, stale, flat," like an "unweeded garden (1.2.133-134; 137; 139). Pretty intense stuff, right? And he's got some pretty intense problems: it turns out his father, Old King Hamlet, died less than two months ago, so Hamlet's feeling the loss. To make matters worse, his mother, Gertrude, has already remarried and is now the wife of Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, who's also helped himself to the Danish crown. (Did we mention that Hamlet's new stepdad also calls him a wimp for being sad about his father's death?)
And then a ghost claiming to be Old King Hamlet's spirit shows up, tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Hamlet's uncle/stepfather, and basically orders Hamlet to take revenge. Great! We can get behind a revenge tragedy—only that's not what happens. Instead, Hamlet pretends to be a madman, runs around delivering lengthy philosophical speeches, verbally abuses his girlfriend, stabs his girlfriend's father in the guts, and terrorizes his mother.
Hmm. Sounds more like an episode of Days of Our Lives than the greatest play in the history of the world. Yet, that's what makes Shakespeare's character (and the entire play) so bizarre —and so brilliant. Hamlet's complex psychological response to life and death, his mother's sexuality, and the implications of avenging his father's murder is like taking a psychological roller coaster ride.
So, you've probably noticed that Hamlet is seriously angry with his mother—especially her sex life. Here's what Hamlet says in his first soliloquy after he tells us he wants his "flesh" to "melt."
That it should come to this:
But two months dead—nay, not so much, not two.
So excellent a king, that was to this
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and Earth,
Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on. And yet, within a month
(Let me not think on 't; frailty, thy name is woman!) (1.2.141-150)
OK, we get that Hamlet's ticked that mom's moved on so quickly —less than two months after his old man died. Fine. But here's the thing: Hamlet says he can hardly stand to "remember" the way his mother couldn't get enough of his father when he was alive —"she would hang on him" with a major sexual "appetite" that she seems to have simply transferred over to her new husband.
So what's the deal? Is he mad that Gertrude is into her new husband, or that Gertrude is into any man at all, including his dead dad? And check out that, by the end of this passage, Hamlet's attitude toward his mom has generously expanded to include all women, who, according to Hamlet, are "frail," or morally weak, because they're so lustful. But this also has major consequences for Hamlet's relationship with his girlfriend—it might even drive her all the way to her death. (You can check out our discussion of "Sex" and "Gender" if you want to know more about Hamlet's attitude toward women and sexuality in general.)
That's interesting and all, but, truth: there's only one big question we're really interested in. Why does Hamlet delay so long in carrying out his revenge? We (and scholar-types) have a few theories.
The political and religious turmoil of the Protestant Reformation were only a few decades in the past when Hamlet was written, and these new Protestants had different views of Christianity than the previous ruling team, the Catholics. From what the ghost says, it sounds like he's coming from Purgatory, a sort of waiting room where souls chilled out before they could get to Heaven.
But Protestants denied the existence of Purgatory. This means the ghost may be a demon from hell, which is why Hamlet wonders if the spirit is a "goblin damned" (1.4.44). So what is Hamlet —Protestant or Catholic?
Protestant. Hamlet's chilling in Denmark, which is definitely Protestant nation, and he goes to the University of Wittenberg (where all the cool kids go), which was Martin Luther's university and also home to the church door he so famously nailed his theses to. This means the ghost could possibly be a devil that has come to tempt him and is, therefore, not telling the truth about Old Hamlet's murder.
There's a famous passage in the Christian Bible, from Romans, xii, 19: "Avenge not yourselves […] vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord."
Translation: It's not man's place to take vengeance on anyone, period. That's God's job. Plus, everyone knows that murder is a sin. Shakespeare's inclusion of Christian morality doesn't necessarily square with the basic tenets of revenge tragedy, which calls for bloody vengeance. (See "Genre" for more on this.)
At work in Hamlet is also the notion of the old, pagan revenge code that says when someone kills your father, you have to get your revenge on. Which, of course, means that person's kid will eventually kill you, and so on and so on ad infinitum until everybody dies and entire families are wiped out. What does that mean? Hamlet is a Christian hero with a pagan duty. Pretty confusing, whether you're 13 or 30.
We're not kidding. Some people say that you can't answer the question of why Hamlet delays seeking revenge because there is no answer. Stop trying to preserve the play's integrity and/or psychological accuracy, because there isn't any to be preserved. Who thought this? Oh, just super famous author Voltaire. And super famous poet T. S. Eliot.
According to this school of thought, Hamlet is only "mysterious" to us because he's a poorly drawn dramatic figure. Shakespeare didn't give him enough of a motive to make any sense of his behavior. But remember from your lesson in Historical Context that there's a Renaissance crisis going on at the time: nothing is supposed to make sense. Around 1600, everyone's confused about religion, geography, and the state of the universe. If a play doesn't make sense… maybe it's not supposed to. Hamlet is full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and uncertainties —just like the rest of the world at the time.
Some people believe Hamlet is, in some ways, a re-telling of Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Doesn't ring a bell? Oedipus was an ancient Greek king who, according to legend, was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Fast-forward to the late 19th or early 20th century, and you've got Sigmund Freud going around talking about the "Oedipus Complex," which basically says every man wants to do what Oedipus did. Sure, Freud came around a few hundred years after Hamlet —but since Oedipus the King was written in the 400s B.C., it's safe to say that it's an old idea.
Bear with us on this for a minute. Let's say Hamlet does suffer from an Oedipus Complex. If this is true, then Claudius has done what Hamlet wants to do: kill King Hamlet (senior), and sleep with Gertrude. Hamlet can't kill Claudius, because secretly, he wants to be Claudius. If you want to add some weight to this theory, check out all those scenes where Hamlet displays a gnawing obsession with his mother's sexuality, down to the tiny details in his imaginings of her and Claudius getting it on. Also, think about it this way: if Claudius is in a way like Hamlet, then killing Claudius would be like killing himself. Revenge would be like suicide, which is why the two get so mixed-up, and why Hamlet has the same feelings about both.
When you put it like that, it sounds pretty convincing, right?
Regardless of what school of thought you subscribe to, there is no question that Hamlet is one of the most complex, compelling, and fascinating characters in literary history. Shakespeare created a hero whose inner thoughts and quandaries dominate the audience's experience of him… and literature hasn't been the same since.

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by Jack Fry, KSU
It's like watching a toddler play with an open staircase nearby. You're in a good mood and things are going reasonably well, but if you turn your head away for an instant, disaster could strike. It's no different than managing water on putting greens during midsummer. Minor flaws in greens construction or management may go unnoticed until now; when temperatures are 85 degrees or lower, bentgrass is able to tolerate it. But, an extended stretch of 100+ degree days highs, along with high night temperatures, can bring out the weaknesses in construction or the superintendent's management program. A rootzone that remains wetter longer can exacerbate problems. Maybe you're dealing with push-up greens that have been topdressed for years with sand; better than nothing, but not as good as a well-constructed, well-drained profile. Maybe your greens were constructed to "almost" – USGA specifications. For example, maybe sand particle size wasn't evaluated by a testing lab, pea gravel doesn't meet specifications, or the rootzone is 8 inches deep on some parts of the green and 15 inches deep in others. Perhaps your topdressing sand particle size distribution, or frequency of application, are different from the previous superintendent. All of these factors can contribute to the rootzone holding too much water, or not enough.
A rootzone that stays wet too long will have limited oxygen, and also be hotter than one that drains well (water helps retain heat); neither situation bodes well for bentgrass roots. Optimum bentgrass root growth occurs at 50 to 65 F. The top two inches of most putting surfaces in full sun during mid-day during July in Kansas will be 90 degrees or higher. Up until now, we have had excessive rainfall, and roots of bentgrass and annual bluegrass on many greens are no deeper than a couple of inches, particularly if the rootzone retains more water than desired. Furthermore, the roots that are there may not be functioning at an optimum level with the ongoing heat. The plant's water-absorbing capability has been severely limited (it's like being really thirsty with a cold glass of ice water in front you, but you're not able to swallow). The "deep and less frequent" strategy for irrigation is not going to be effective when roots are shallow or not effective at taking up water. Instead, match frequency of irrigation to rooting depth, which could mean irrigating at least once a day.
Frequent scouting of greens will help identify areas that are experiencing stress first – the purple/blue color is a good indicator. Lightly watering these areas by hand will help make up for deficiencies in water distribution by the irrigation system and differences in the rate the turf uses water across the surface of the green. Pay particular attention to sloped areas that dry out faster. Hydrophobic localized dry spots will continue to exhibit stress symptoms unless a wetting agent is used in combination with probing the areas to encourage water penetration. The ability to hand water correctly is not something we're born with – train your best people how to effectively scout and to apply the right amount in the right places. Hand-held soil moisture meters are becoming commonplace for determining volumetric water content of greens (Fig. 1). If you don't have one, put it on your wish list. By using the probe, you or your employees will be able to identify areas of the greens that are drying faster and need water, or those that are moist enough that watering should be avoided.
Fig. 1. Soil moisture meter for measuring uniformity of rootzone water content across the putting green.
Syringing, supplying a light mist on the surface of the leaves, can be used to help cool the leaf's surface. However, it's most effective when the humidity is lower and/or if there is air movement to help the water evaporate. Thin out or remove trees, or install fans, before relying on syringing to get creeping bentgrass through periods of heat stress.
Managing water on greens in midsummer is tricky business. Pay attention, put up a gate, do whatever it takes to keep the toddler away from the staircase.


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Copenhagen, Denmark: Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to clone human embryos from eggs that have been matured in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create embryonic stem cell lines from cloned embryos and develop them to provide eggs and sperm for infertile couples, the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 20 June).
Until now, scientists investigating human cloning for therapeutic purposes have been limited to using mature eggs (oocytes) that have reached the metaphase II stage (MII) at which ovulation and fertilisation occurs in humans. However, there are few human MII oocytes available for research because almost all that are retrieved from women seeking fertility treatment are used to treat the patient. Immature oocytes are not used routinely for treatment at present, and so any that are retrieved can be donated for research. These immature oocytes are arrested in the prophase I stage, before meiotic division is complete, when the enlarged nucleus is called the germinal vesicle (GV).
Bjorn Heindryckx, a PhD student at the Infertility Centre at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, and his colleagues, matured GV oocytes in culture in the laboratory for 44 hours, after which time 85% of the GV oocytes had developed into MII oocytes. From each of these, they removed the nuclear apparatus, which contained the chromosomes that held all the genetic information. Using conventional ICSI techniques, they injected into the empty oocytes the nuclei taken from somatic cumulus1 cells (i.e. non-germ cells) of another person – a process known as non-autologous nuclear transfer. After time for nuclear re-programming the oocytes were artificially activated by incubation in a medium containing calcium ionophore, which enabled the injected nucleus to prepare for the first embryonic division.
Mr Heindryckx said: "Eighteen out of the 25 in vitro matured MII oocytes survived this nuclear transfer. Of these, 11 showed the formation of one pronucleus. In normal fertilisation the formation of male and female pronuclei is an important stage just before the maternal and paternal chromosomes start to pair up in preparation for the first cell division. In the case of these oocytes they had undergone a pseudo-fertilisation because the pronuclei were derived from whole foreign nuclei, each one with a complete set of homologous [matching] chromosomes, instead of from sperm and eggs which carry only one set of chromosomes each."
Five oocytes divided to the two-cell stage, and of these, three continued to divide to the six- to ten-cell stage. One embryo continued to develop to the compacted stage, when the individual cells started to flatten and increase their contact with one another.
Mr Heindryckx said: "To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the development of cloned human embryos using in vitro matured oocytes and non-autologous transfer via a conventional method of nuclear transfer.
"Our final goal is to use human therapeutic cloning for infertility treatment by creating artificial eggs and sperm for patients who are infertile because of absence or premature loss of eggs or sperm. We would do this by isolating embryonic stem cell lines from cloned early embryos and driving these embryonic stem cells to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory."
However, Mr Heindryckx warned that there was a long way to go and many problems to overcome before he and his colleagues could reach their goal.
"None of these early embryos developed to the blastocyst stage, and failure to do so could reveal some problems in gene activation, especially in cloned embryos. So, first we have to understand how to get cloned blastocysts of good quality from in vitro matured oocytes. This will be difficult because it is well known that embryonic development is compromised when in vitro matured oocytes are used, and in cloning technology the oocytes undergo intensive micromanipulation, which makes it even harder to develop good quality blastocysts. Once we have achieved this, the next step will be the isolation of the Inner Cell Mass (ICM) from which we can obtain embryonic stem cells.
"The availability of human oocytes is a major obstacle at the moment for research into therapeutic cloning. Therefore, we consider this research is important because it makes best use of more easily available biological material – in this case, immature oocytes."
European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology. June 2005.


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Come out to Arbogast Farms this Saturday, May 27 from 9 AM – 12 PM for Breakfast on the Farm! Learn a little bit about agriculture, where your food comes from and take a tour!
On the menu: Pancakes and sausage, milk and fruit. Yum!
For those planing to attend the event, you are asked to park at Lacey Springs Elementary school and take the shuttle bus to the farm. Tickets are FREE, but REQUIRED. We look forward to meeting you!


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Soft and cuddly software!
This is a project that I did for fun. A group of friends (all designers) are coming to visit later this summer and I want to surprise each of them with their favorite design software icon in pillow form. I was inspired by a similar set of pillows that I saw on the net. I stitched together the icons for Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Flash. They're so soft and cuddly, I wish I could keep them!


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Is it wet enough...
So yeah, Velvet Swing is that dream you had. If you ever meet someone who says they are not 420 friendly, kindly unfriend them. Nothing has made my pussy as happy as this herbal concoction. First of all, my trip to go purchase it was on a field trip sponsored by the company, so I had MAJOR reservations. I hate being sold something (this is why there are no links in this post). I get on the bus and the reps are not reps, they are the company owners. One is like a nuclear scientist, the other a hot studly lesbian that made me want to strip her down, but I am reserving that fantasy for close friends. We get to Buddy's Pot Shop and there are so many great things to buy, but I had to try this pussy juice.
I didn't know what to expect, as I am already naturally wet and pretty multi orgasmic, but when I finally got a few minutes to myself, I am pretty sure I pissed off my neighbors. I owed them one, as they wear shoes in the house and live above me so I had no shame. I am not a "pothead" by the traditional definition, but this makes me a pot crotch. If your partner is one that gets drug tested I can say that they should go down on you first, then massage the angel jizz that is Velvet Swing into your pussy while you get creative for about 15 minutes, but then redline that shit. Go full frontal.,
This product is not available in many states, and while I can not attest to how I had a great sexual experience last night with it, I will say this: the small bottle is TSA friendly. Travel at your own risk. It might be worth it!
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Suramin and Either Docetaxel or Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Platinum-Refractory Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00066768
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 7, 2003
Last Update Posted : June 4, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
|Drug: suramin Drug: docetaxel Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: pharmacological study
|Phase 1
I. Determine the safety of low-dose suramin administered with docetaxel or gemcitabine in patients with stage IIIB or IV platinum-refractory non-small cell lung cancer.
II. Determine, preliminarily, the antitumor activity of these regimens in these patients.
III. Determine whether suramin plasma concentrations in combination with docetaxel or gemcitabine can be predicted by pretreatment dose calculations based on clinical parameters.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, pilot, dose-finding study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive low-dose suramin IV over 30 minutes and docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1.
ARM II: Patients receive low-dose suramin IV over 30 minutes and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8.
In both arms, treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 3 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients with complete or partial response after the initial 3 courses optionally continue the same therapy for 3 additional courses. Patients with disease progression after 6 courses of treatment on the original arm may cross over and receive treatment on the other arm. Patients with progressive disease or stable disease after the initial 3 courses cross over to the other arm and receive treatment on that arm for 3 additional courses. Patients with responsive or stable disease after the sixth course may continue therapy on that arm.
Cohorts of 6-12 patients in each arm receive doses of suramin calculated from a clinical formula validated in prior clinical trials. Adjustments on the suramin dose are performed if the initial dose is off target and less than 50 µM peak concentration. The optimal dose is defined as the dose at which at least 5 of 6 patients achieve optimal plasma concentrations of suramin and no more than 1 of 6 patients experiences dose-limiting toxicity. In the event of dose-limiting toxicity, doses of docetaxel and gemcitabine are adjusted until the optimal dose in combination with suramin is determined.
Patients are followed for at least 30 days.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of Low Dose Suramin as Modulator of Docetaxel and Gemcitabine in Patients With Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
|Study Start Date :
|July 2003
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2008
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive low-dose suramin IV over 30 minutes and docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1.
Drug: suramin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: docetaxel
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Experimental: Arm II
Patients receive low-dose suramin IV over 30 minutes and gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8.
Drug: suramin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
- Safety of suramin, graded according to the revised NCI CTC version 2.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment ]
- Recommended dose of chemotherapy, defined as the dose at which no more than 1/6 patients develop DLT graded according to the revised NCI CTC version 2.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 21 days ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
- Stage IIIB* or IV
- Progressive disease after prior platinum-containing regimen (e.g., cisplatin, carboplatin, or oxaliplatin)
No known brain or leptomeningeal disease, unless all of the following are true:
- Lesions were previously irradiated
- No concurrent corticosteroids
- No clinical symptoms
- Performance status - ECOG 0-2
- At least 12 weeks
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
- AST/ALT no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
- Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- No congestive heart failure requiring therapy
- No unstable angina
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No active serious infectious process
- No grade 2 or greater neuropathy
- No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- No psychiatric disorder that would preclude giving informed consent or interfere with study follow-up
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 28 days since prior cytotoxic chemotherapy and recovered
- No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens
- No prior docetaxel
- No prior gemcitabine
- See Disease Characteristics
- See Disease Characteristics
- Prior radiotherapy allowed
- At least 2 weeks since prior epidermal growth factor receptor therapy
- Prior suramin allowed
- No concurrent anti-HIV medications for HIV-positive patients
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00066768
|United States, Ohio
|Ohio State University Medical Center
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|Principal Investigator:
|Miguel Villalona-Calero
|Ohio State University
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01CA076576 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|August 7, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 4, 2013
|Last Verified:
|June 2013
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Antinematodal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Trypanocidal Agents


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At a Monday gathering in Shakopee, Dayton once again came across as rather irritable. When defending a proposed 35% increase in legislator pay, Dayton emphasized that the average Minnesota family makes $54,000 per year. Therefore, an increase to $42,000 (up from $31,000) for legislators who work so very hard is not all that outlandish. Naturally, the audience wanted to point out to the Governor that legislators are not year round employees like the aforementioned families earning $54,000. Instead of granting that factual point, the thin-skinned Dayton shot back "I've been all over the state and I've never had people behave this rudely. You know, if you want to say something, just raise your hand and get a mic."
In the mind of a "progressive" like Dayton, government is the lifeblood of the community. Without overly involved government, a society can't survive. So when the citizenry challenges his assertions that government is the be all and end all of human existence, he becomes incredibly indignant. Why, how dare these peasants impede the master plan of implementing a dependent society.
The fact a man with that ideology with such an acerbic personality can somehow rise to the level of an executive branch of government is still utterly stupefying.


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Acer macropyllum, the Bigleaf Maple
The bigleaf maple – Acer macrophyllum – is an aptly named tree. The enormous leaves of this northwest native average 6-12 inches and can reach an unprecedented 15 inches, the largest of any of the 125 species of maple worldwide. Like all maples, the seeds are housed in winged samaras and children in the northwest know them as the "helicopter" seeds, delighting in the way the seeds spin to the ground. The bigleaf maple is a ubiquitous West Coast tree, from California to British Columbia, where its nutrient-dense leaves enrich the soil and abundant seed crops provide food for birds and squirrels. Not as frost hardy as its cousins, Acer macrophyllum is otherwise tolerant of some shade and prefers moist soils, thought not flooded. When allowed to grow in the open, the tree can be as wide as it is tall, making it a natural – and often self-sowing – candidate for a shade tree. Its dense, sturdy frame commonly hosts another world of mosses, lichens, and licorice ferns, which together can way four times as much as the foliage does.
The native northwesterners ate maple sprouts, and the sweet sap can also be made into syrup, though it is not done so commercially. The burls common to the bigleaf maple have interesting grain patterns and are sought after by specialty craftsmen. There are two maples on the Heritage Tree list, #252 and #295. Tree #295, in the Lone Fir Cemetery was planted for General Joseph Lane, the first governor of the Oregon territory and the state of Oregon's first senator. Phyllis Reynolds, author of Trees of Greater Portland, recommends viewing these lovely trees in April.


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Published Date : June 15, 2017
ENT devices are used by Otorhinolaryngologists also known as ENT surgeons where ENT stands for ear, nose and throat. ENT surgeons use ENT devices to treat various medical conditions concerning hearing disorders or smell and taste problems, problems that affect a patient's voice, breathing and swallowing disorders, also the head and neck tumours and interface with the brain problems. Everyone from a newborn baby to an elderly person can have such a problem concerning ENT. Generally these surgeons do not need to do a surgery but they are able to perform wide range of operations on the patient.
Market for ENT Devices
The market driving factors for the global market for ENT devices are increase in volume of geriatric population and minimally invasive ENT procedures made possible by technological advancements. The global market for ENT Devices was evaluated atUSD 10.2Billion in 2015 and is expected to reach USD 14 Billionin 2020 rising at a CAGR of 6.5% during the next few years. Aging is a critical factor in hearing loss and will fuel the market growth.
North America dominates the market because of 20% of the population over age of 60 suffering from hearing disorders. Demand of ENT devices will rise in Asia Pacific region also withthe increase in government initiatives to promote ENT devices.
Different types of ENT Devices
• Chiron lamp: It is used as a source of light.
• Katz extractor: It is used for the removal of a foreign substance from nose.
• Seigle's pneumatic speculum: It is used to open the ear canal and improve the visibility by magnification.
• Waugh's long dissecting forceps: For removing Tonsils and swabbing the blood.
• Citelli's punch forceps: For creating holes in the bone.
• Bronchoscope: It is a hollow tube which the surgeon can use to see inside the respiratory tract.
• Aurul Syringe: To remove air wax.
• Boyle Davis mouth gag: Keeps the mouth open and keeps the tongue out of way, generally used in the removal of tonsils, operation of pharynx, etc.
• Negus' ligature slipper: Used to tie sutures.
• Rose's sinus washing canula: Used for cleaning the sinus.
• Electric drill: Used in bone drilling.
• Myringotome: Used to cut the ear drum.
• Tracheostomy tube: Used to bypass the airway.
• Tracheal dilator: Used in tracheostomy.
Various Surgeries performed by ENT Devices
• Tonsillectomy: Removal of tonsils.
• Septoplasty: For removing obstacles from nasal septum.
• Microlaryngoscopy: For the examination of larynx.
• Oesophagoscopy: For the observation of disorders of food pipe, a long tube is inserted into it.
• tympanomastoid surgery: For the removal of cholesteatoma from the ear.
Crystal Market Research published a report on ENT Devices Market by Product - Global Industry Analysis and Forecast to 2025 " released and accessible at http://www.crystalmarketresearch.com/report/ent-devices-market


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Sign in to Capture Web App and click on the menu with three parallel lines, next to the UPLOAD button and then select 'Your Albums' from the drop-down menu. Click on 3 dots appearing on top right of album and choose "Share Album".
To invite people to your Album, open it and tap on "Share" button on the top right of side of your screen. If your friend(s) have Capture on their phone and when you share photos through text message, they will be taken directly to the App and where they can start adding photos or comment on existing photos. As people join your Album, you'll see how many friends have added or commented on the photos. You can also choose between whether your friends can add photos or comment on your Album.
Open desired "Album" and tap on the "Share" icon appearing on the top right-hand side of the screen. Once the album is opened, choose the App through which you want the album to be shared.
Note: If a private album is created in user's account, a verification code will be presented if user wants to share items in that album.


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In general, regardless of language, when saving an input in a textbox what's the variable? I tried $0 and $1.
Example in Prima (Perl):
Prima::Simple->write('/work/prima/mytest', "$0");
$0 is your program and $1 to whatever are the arguements.
rasat --hellyeah --getRdone something
$0 /usr/bin/rasat
$1 --hellyeah
$2 --getRdone
$3 someting
Try storing it at top the top (or as soon as you can) as something different like:
then call on it as $arg_one.
Thanks, I didn't know the details of these variable numbers.
Didn't answer the question but I think its the "wierdness" of Prima. It seems when dealing with reading and writing text files it runs "around the bush". The documentation, examples are of no practical value for a newbie like me.
Example to save a text, all samples open/read the file and then save/write the same file. The new entries will never be saved, only the original content if any. This is why I asked what variable stores the new entries in the textbox or inputbox before saved in the text file.
how is that 'regardless of language'?
I've never heard of Prima, so I can't say how you use it. In swing, there is a JTextArea.getText() method, I know this off the top of my head. There must be something similar for your toolkit.
oh, didn't read your original post right.
It might be something like $* if its similar to bash
how is that 'regardless of language'?
I thought there is a common storage variable like $0 for all languages.
Thanks, I took a look online about the TextArea, there seems to be a class. Hhmm, why could not Prima doc say about it in the samples.
I will also try $*.
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Facebook is the best place for connecting with friends and family on internet. At Facebook we send request and follow other accounts to get in touch with a person. Facebook has lots of greats features which help us to find and communicate with others in a better way. As we already discussed about various amazing facebook tricks. Even if someone has lots of friends and followers on their account they can easily convert Facebook profile into page. These pages having different functionality as compare to personal account. But it is not easy to increase likes until your get popular or viral. But if you are really struggling for likes then my few successive tips to increasing Facebook page Likes may help you a lot.
Today we will explain how to cancel or delete Facebook pending sent requests. Facebook has applied some restriction on all the features to reduce the misuse. If you have a lot of pending friend requests, Facebook might consider blocking your requests for sometime. to avoid such a situation, it is advised to clear pending friend requests. So if you want to cancel or delete Facebook pending sent requests then follow all the process explained below.
How To Cancel Or Delete Facebook Pending Sent Requests. ?
- First of Log in your account.
- Then open your Profile and click on Friends Sections.
- In Friend section there is an option for Find Friends open it.
- Now Scroll down there are Pending Received request. Here, you will see an option to View Sent Request.
- In case you are not able to find then Visit here.
- List all people will appear whom you sent request and just cancel all of them and you have done it.
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Looking Back on a Summer as a Senior Interviewer
I'm having a hard time comprehending that this week marks my last week as a senior interviewer at the W&M Office of Undergraduate Admission. How can senior year be coming up so soon already?! Every day at the admission office has been busy; I have been giving tours, manning the lobby, answering phones, giving interviews and completing evaluations. But don't worry—it hasn't been all work all the time. I come in some mornings and have delicious Cuban espresso tastings with the deans and I can count on some type of cake waiting for me in the kitchen in the afternoons. (My life revolves around the possibility of free food apparently.)
I remember being so nervous when I showed up to the office on my first day of work this summer. I had no idea what to expect. I didn't really know any of the other interviewers or deans beyond their profiles on Facebook or our past emails, and I had no idea what an interview would be like. To top it all off, it was my 21st birthday. What a great way to celebrate, right? It turns out, though, that everyone in the admission office was so welcoming right from the beginning. I was shocked! There was cake and excitement all day! I have to say this turned out to be one of my favorite birthdays. I don't often get 'Happy Birthday' sung to me by over 150 strangers before their tour of campus….
The awesomeness only escalated over the course of the summer. The Dean vs. Interviewer kickball game this July was intense with a lot of trash talk and more baked goods leading up to the game. If you haven't already, check out Dean Livingston's Admit It! blog post about Kickball Week. We did end up letting the Deans win in a close game because we're nice. Don't let them convince you any different.
I joked to my friends and family that after this summer working for the admission office, I would turn Green and Gold with all my W&M love. I realize now that it was not a joke at all. This summer has strengthened my love for the College and reaffirmed for me in every way why W&M was the perfect college choice for me. Telling hundreds and hundreds of people "Why I chose William & Mary" after their tours has a way of doing that to you.
So, to everyone who contributed to making this the perfect summer, thank you. From the 14 interviewers' first week of training all the way to our surprise Thai dinner extravaganza last night, it's been pretty darn cool. I am so glad too that a small amount of interviewing continues in the fall. I'm going to miss all of the crazy antics in the basement phone room, and meeting all of the incredibly smart and talented prospective students every day!
To any prospective students and their families that might be reading this:
This summer I was continually in awe of all of your academic and extracurricular achievements. I kept thinking to myself, "There was no way I was that cool and put together in high school! These guys are going to take the world by storm." I loved hearing about your goals, your quirks, and your passions. Too many times I wrote in my follow-up evaluations: "I WANT SO-AND-SO TO BE MY NEW BEST FRIEND!" The deans are probably sick of it, but it's true! You guys all did wonderfully. (Also, thank you for indulging me and answering "Who would you want your two celebrity parents to be?" I appreciate it.)
And to those on my tours: we braved the humidity (and sometimes cataclysmic rain) together! Thanks for laughing at my jokes, letting me gush about all my past campus activities, and not letting me run into any more trees than necessary.
To everyone: best wishes on your entire college search & applications! It was wonderful to meet and talk to all of you. Thank you for coming to W&M!
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From Theory to Practice: interning with MEDA
Working as an intern at MEDA was an exciting opportunity; I eagerly anticipated applying the theory I had learned in class to a professional organization that provides business solutions to poverty as Gender Programming Coordinator.
At the University of Waterloo, I learned the theory behind social development through courses in psychology, sociology and social work. These are relevant to MEDA's work in gender development and equality because they teach students how to empower and advocate for the rights of those who cannot advocate for themselves. I learned to analyze and reflect on various social issues that people are currently experiencing around the world from an interdisciplinary and innovative perspective, just as MEDA does.
MEDA is solution-focused, working to provide business solutions to poverty through training, entrepreneurship and investment. MEDA provides agency by partnering with people as they seek to change their circumstances through entrepreneurship. As an intern, I had a front-row seat to the effective work of MEDA. I watched as MEDA staff prioritized individuals and communities. I watched as they implemented projects that benefited everyone – including women and youth.
Promoting gender equality through economic development is an important factor when helping individuals and families escape from poverty as it benefits everyone. When women are treated as equals, our world changes. That's why it is important to include gender equality in all aspects – political, economical and social.
A common misconception about gender equality is that it solely benefits women, exclusive of men. But this is not the case! Men are integral actors in the fight for gender inclusivity! International movements like UN Women's He for She are great examples of how men and people from all gender identities are included in the conversation.
Being an intern at MEDA was a great hands-on experience. During my time with MEDA I was able to apply the theory and knowledge that I had learned in the classroom. Practice and hands-on experience are all part of the learning process and MEDA provided a great environment to ask questions, learn and reflect.
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Giving hope.
Aims and Objectives
The objects for which the foundation has been constituted are given in preamble and include the following;
- To setup free dispensary for poor peoples.
- To setup educational institution where the poor children get education on concessional rate.
- To setup Dastkari Centre where the poor girls get training.
- To provide books, uniform and other allied items to the poor student.
- To provide financial assistance to the poor girls on the occasion of their marriage.
- To provide sewing machine to widows to uplift their living standard.
- To arrange training in computer, information technology of the deserving peoples.
- To provide free medical facility to the patient of Hepatitis.
- To provide positive awareness, by spreading constructive education in the youth in all fields of life.
- To hold seminar for the awareness in respect of drugs.


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- Select "transparent" icon in "Status Bar" in Design tab while editing a quick bar
- Toggle reverse quick bar order in order to resort status bar icon (see app's settings).
PS: On-going notification bar may help you re order quick bar when notification area expanded.
Happy customization
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) in London
What is DBT?
Dialectical behaviour therapy is a type of therapy that combines standard cognitive behavioural techniques with concepts derived from Buddhist meditative practice. DBT was developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder and indeed, is the first therapy that has been demonstrated to be effective for treating this disorder.
DBT emphasises the following four skills:
- Core mindfulness
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Emotion modulation
- Distress tolerance.
The aim of DBT is to create a practical way to help those who otherwise may remain resistant to treatment. DBT is a hybrid approach consisting of elements such as cognitive behavioural therapy (with the emphasis on the here and now), dialectical thinking (emphasising the limitations of linear ideas), Zen Buddhism (with the key concept of mindfulness) and metaphorical thinking (with the goal of viewing the situations practically).
What does DBT look like in practice?
DBT accepts and works with the fact that some people, due to environment and/or biology, react abnormally to emotional stimulation. Their levels of arousal rise very quickly and peak at a higher level than the average individual, because due to their past experiences they do not have a method of coping with these intense and often sudden surges of emotion. DBT targets behaviours in a descending hierarchy in the following order:
- Decreasing high-risk suicidal behaviours
- Decreasing responses or behaviours that interfere with therapy
- Decreasing behaviours that interfere with quality of life
- Decreasing and dealing with post traumatic stress responses
- Enhancing respect for self
- Acquisition of the behavioural skills in group therapy (four shown above)
- Additional goals set by patient.
By following this structure, therapy sessions are less likely to be disrupted by patient behaviours and concerns.
What can DBT help with?
DBT is effective in treating patients with borderline personality disorder. It is also effective in treating people who suffer with 'spectrum mood disorders', including self-harm. Recent research also suggests its effective use in treating people with chemical dependencies and sexual abuse survivors.
Dialectical behaviour therapy is one of the types offered by therapists at Harley Therapy in addition to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). It is often recommended for borderline personality disorder, self-harm, addictions and sexual abuse issues.
Further reading
Issues for DBT
- Borderline personality disorder
- Self-harm
- Addictions


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Fan rushes onto field mid-game to hug Derek Jeter
Usually it's the stadiums and opposing teams giving Derek Jeter gifts during his farewell tour, but one Milwaukee fan took it upon himself to deliver a personal one to the Yankees shortstop.
In the sixth inning of Friday's game in Milwaukee, a fan ran down the stadium steps, hopped the railing and sprinted onto the field.
He went straight to Jeter, arms outstretched, reportedly telling him he wanted a hug.
"I said, 'You're going to get in trouble, man,'" Jeter said. "And then he repeated that he wanted a hug, and I said, 'Look out.' That's pretty much what happened."
Their conversation was brief as the man got bulldozed by a horde of charging security personnel.
The trespasser turned out to be harmless, though that tidbit did little to assuage manager Joe Girardi's nerves.
"I was like, 'Derek, move,'" Girardi said. "Derek just kind of stood there. Obviously he didn't feel threatened, but it's not what you want because you never know what people are up to."
Jeter told reporters he never felt scared by the encounter.
"If you saw his face, it wasn't like he was coming out there angry," Jeter said. "So no, it wasn't scary."
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Euro WiiWare launches
Nintendo's answer to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store launches in Europe with six games.
WiiWare, a new downloadable game service for the Wii, is now live in Europe. Launched May 12 in the US, the service also launched in Australia today.
The initial games lineup is slightly different in each region. According to Nintendo, in the next 30 days Europeans will be getting the six Aussie games, plus two extra games. These are Pop and Pirates: The Key of Dreams--although neither are currently available to download. However, PAL regions are getting neither Defend Your Castle nor V.I.P. Casino Blackjack, both of which have been released in the US.
Of the eight games confirmed for Europe, perhaps the most highly publicised is Square Enix's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King. The management sim has players step into the shoes of a king, rebuilding a town by listening to requests from adventurers. The game's high profile is reflected in the price, with the Square Enix spin-off selling for 1,500 Wii points (approx £10.50).
Next up is side-scrolling platform game LostWinds, from the UK's Frontier Developments, for 1,000 points (£7). This game uses the Wii Remote to control the direction of the wind, letting players jump and glide across the terrain. Nintendo puzzle game Dr. Mario & Germ Buster will also be going for 1,000 points (£7) and will feature a new Germ Buster mode and online play. Gamers must destroy all the viruses by slotting capsules into a grid to create lines of matching colours.
Star Soldier R from Hudson Soft is a shooter that challenges players to score the highest they can within a time limit of either two or five minutes. Puzzle platformer Toki Tori from Dutch developer Two Tribes has the game's titular namesake collecting eggs and using power-ups including TeleWarp, InstantRock, and Slug Sucker to strategically get around the gameworld. Star Soldier R will set cadets back 800 points (£5.60), whereas Toki Tori is slightly more at 900 points (£6.30).
Finally, TV Show King, a quiz game developed by Gameloft, boasts more than 3,000 questions across six categories of TV trivia and sells for 1,000 points (£7).
The first of the two games slated for release in the next month is Pirates: The Key of Dreams from Oxygen Interactive. The nautical shoot-'em-up has players sailing across the Caribbean rescuing castaways to add to the ship's crew and investing in saw blades, rockets, and mines to face off against the notorious pirate Blackbeard.
Last but not least, Nintendo fans can also expect to see (at some point) Pop, from Australian developers Nnooo. Pop is all about bursting bubbles--and those wanting high points should chain together bubbles of the same colour and pop them all at once to score big.
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WHEN AT COLUMBIA in 1972 Nadine Gordimer taught at the School of the Arts:
"The natural writer's magic could be honed by a creative writing course, but never created. "Although deadly serious about his desire to write," she (NADINE GORDIMER) commented on student Thomas McGonigle, "he also has a an equally deadly facility." But she was delighted to be proven wrong on him when decades later, she began to notice and enjoy McGonigle's essays in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. [from NO COLD KITCHEN, A Biography of Nadine Gordimer by Ronald Suresh Roberts]
"The natural writer's magic could be honed by a creative writing course, but never created. "Although deadly serious about his desire to write," she (NADINE GORDIMER) commented on student Thomas McGonigle, "he also has a an equally deadly facility." But she was delighted to be proven wrong on him when decades later, she began to notice and enjoy McGonigle's essays in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. [from NO COLD KITCHEN, A Biography of Nadine Gordimer by Ronald Suresh Roberts]
I put the above on my Facebook page and then commented: BUT IT COULD BE SAID LOOK AT THAT STUPID ASSHOLE--- PILES AND PILES OF MANUSCRIPTS THAT WILL JUST HAVE TO BE THROWN OUT WHEN HE CROAKS. DIDN'T HE SEE THE WORLD WAS CHANGING--THE LATIMES IS MOSTLY CLOSED UP AS ARE THE PUBLISHERS AND I BET NOT A SINGLE YOUNG WRITER IN BROOKLYN KNOWS WHO GORDIMER IS AS ISN'T BROOKLYN THE LAST PARADISE OF THE WRITTEN WORD BUT ONLY THE DEAD KNOW BROOKLYN.
And then to really prove my own case I decided to put up what I have been working on as a way to avoid going back to finish EMPTY AMERICAN LETTERS, what might me my last book, a journey about Bulgaria, but to avoid that I have been writing out little voyages of going to Newfoundland and Mexico City with my father in 1973 after my mother died and this lead to what is here:
OVERLOOKED OBITUARY FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES about a dead man in Greenwich Village late 1970s
---rescued editorial doodling---
Lock the cemeteries.
Only happy people in there: another Paddy joke.
Blood stains on the wall-to-wall carpet.
Not going to happen to me.
Don't hand us that line.
Watch out if you take the hook.
Don't write a love note to dead men: lousy correspondents.
Charles Conklin, who everyone called Charlie but who for some or no reason both Lydia and I always called Charles, told me that over there at Donovan & O'Leary Funerals they had the contract for taking care of the corpses, remains if you please, of those who died with identification on them and no one claimed them.
Had to make a delivery to them of cardboard boxes and asked the man what for?
Stick the stiffs in them. And they truck 'em over to 'Jersey to get burnt.
Never keep an ID on you. Then you leave at least a bunch of pictures behind and get a bit of a hole in Potter's Field.
A survival tip. When you sell your blood, Charles said, be sure to take along a brown ink pencil. I grew an army of those brown spots. They need the blood so bad they'd take it out of your balls. Get that pen. It gives you a little extra cash.
Never trade near a blood snake, you get a lousy price. Move down a couple of streets. Keep yourself clean. Remember your mother saying no one is too poor they couldn't buy a bar of soap.
Work, losing work: Charles and I were walking along 14th Street. I had met him after work at The Eagle at 9th and 14th. They didn't know him there but it was a good bar, he said, bought you back after 3 drinks.
He was tired. It's been a ball busting day. The company's going broke. I tried to tell Manny put us on short weeks. Spread the work around. At least we'd all be working. Nah, we'll see, Manny says, we'll see what happens. Nothing's gonna happen. It's closing down. They say it's cheaper to work out of Jersey. I can't go back to that place. Ten years of my life stuck with my third wife. She worked me over.
The first leaves, the second won't, Jimmy Cassidy says, but I never had a third.
I was a cook, a damn good cook mind you, Charles says, out in a good place on US1 and you do like my veal stew. So does Lydia, doesn't she? I'd sing her any song she wanted. Lydia I mean. Not my third wife, she ripped my spine out. There's something about Lydia that makes you want to sing a song to her. She's always so sad. Just if I could take her eyeballs in my hands and just throw into the world. LOOK AT IT. YOU GOT TWO GOOD EYES. SEE THE BEAUTY. DAMN IT. SEE THE BEAUTY.
I've seen my whole world go rotten. Who do I got? There's the dame over in Staten Island. I see her once in a while. But her hands are so rough like rasp files and she makes me bring a dildo along. That's all I got. What can I expect?
Aside: [When I worked at The New York Times they still had the morgue and once or twice a night I would go to it and get these little brown envelopes with clippings in them if an editor wanted to stuff in some sentences to flesh out an article: Lydia was from Bulgaria and I had met her there and I was now living in her studio on Horatio Street along with her nephew and sometimes one or two other people. An Irish American woman lived next door and sang Irish songs. On the floor below Lydia a woman kept a bucket of water near the door so evil spirits could drown in it. And as they say, none of us had any money, really]
We go to P.J. Kelly's. Charles pays back a slouched over hump of smelly clothed flesh. Pay my debts always. You never know. I hate this fucking mick bar. Where can I go? Smells of piss and vomit, right? You took me to that fancy place on Bleecker Street. They looked at me like who the fuck is this old one-eyed freak?
But, Charles why?
Thomas, if only you had seen what I have seen. You're just a kid. Go and try to sell your blood And then you'll know. Feel your eye being pulled out of your head. You have all these friends so many friends .
I can't go to Jersey and drive. I get by here and I don't know what I'll do when the company closes and it's going to close. It all smells like it's dead already and they just haven't buried me yet.You just stop sometime.
Not really.
Kid, don't horseshit me. There's that dame from New Orleans. She walks around like a slob but I love her. If you're pretty--- show it off, why not? I wouldn't mind people looking at me, turning round even, looking at the freak, it doesn't bother me, really, anymore but I know they have a question: asking what does he have under that patch he's wearing? He must be kidding trying to look with it. I don't like their language with it. Kids don't know any of the old songs. They're missing so much these days. It was better then. No, it wasn't. People will always try to con you with that crap.
Can I buy you a beer?
You cheap Irish bastard. All you need is a bone. Even a dog deserves a bone. Everybody needs just a bone. It keeps you going. You have self-respect. With a little money in your pocket then you're a king. You're somebody even if you only have a dollar that came out of your sweat. If it is your own sweat no one, absolutely no one, can push you around. I don't care who they are. I'm a man because I sweat. That's when a bath feels good, good because you deserved it.
Charles: T-cut. Burned. Some blood in a few slides, a file at the medical examiner's office, his stomach in a jar for future reference.
I'm so tired of awe-inspiring words, Charles says. Makes me want to puke Give it a chance, kid. We've all been played, played by the greasy spoon.
Another voice: Charlie was too emotional. Poor man. He wanted to die and went ahead and did. It was good for him. I don't want to think about him. Why didn't I go to the funeral? Charlie was nice but he's dead and what do I care? I wouldn't go to my mother's funeral. What can you do? When you're dead you're dead.
When I lived on Horatio Street: No one believed Charles when he asked for a bone. Drinking genuine depth charges: a glass of beer and you drop the shot glass in. Does wonders for the shakes. Don't have to slobber the rye over the bar. Everybody's eying you, seeing who is going faster. The eyes go first and then then the nerves and then the brain and then then taking a bath once in a while. This in that bar on Hudson Street: sneak in there in the morning before the afternoon guy gets there: he hates my guts.
Hint of nostalgia: This sort of party always begins slowly what with Charles having to provide his own food for his own birthday party in The Village Paddock. You know where it is, across from The Corner Bistro. It became a fish restaurant. Everybody is dead from back then. Or on the way.
He had to round up his own guests.
Background: Plan the music provided by The Village Legend Al Fields, have him up sitting up there at the piano on a platform near the bar, devoted to horses and baseball, you know. No patrons watch football. Babe Ruth on the wall. Jerry Foley with his white hair treasuring his daily NEW YORK TIMES: have to know the Democratic schemes. His sister sits in the bar only in the afternoon: one leg up on a stool next to her own, suffering from President Nixon's disease: making sure Sally doesn't pocket too much. Sally is the day bartender, whose husband is a terminal drunk up in a hospital next to Potter's Field. He has his reasons, Sally says. He had been in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain. Was out of work for years after that. It wasn't his fault: like a lot of the boys from the Village he went off to Spain--- they had a conscience, I think. Sally looks like a pinkish grey walnut
Party:This is now the evening and Sally is on this side of the bar and Ray has taken over: an old fashioned white haired bartender in red jacket, black tie and white shirt. Only bartender who knows what a Bronx is.
Find out for yourself. Do some research.
Like the Trinity if you ask me. A mystery.
Charles lives across the street next to the deli in a ground floor room. He doesn't want to come to his own party unfortified. He's mixing wine and whiskey. He had the veal stew cooking. I have a beer. He's worried none of his 3 wives will show up. Not even his kids. I called one of their mothers up and she yelled at me. Maybe his cousin and his sister from over in Bank Street and maybe the dame from Staten Island. Don't let on what I have told you about her. She's sensitive about some things.
Come on Charles, don't want to be late for your own party.
He's cleaned up the place a little. Cleared off the dreser top. The cigarette burns are visible. He has all the empty cans and bottles in a bag in the corner. His record player is busted. A couple of years ago it fell off the back of a truck if you know what I mean and now it's really busted. I tripped.
Charles has lousy taste in clothes. He tried to give me a three piece pink suit. He shops out of the back of trucks. His brother is in that racket. He's a cheapskate. I know where he gets the stuff so fuck him. He still wants to charge me.
We have to finish painting this place, Charles is telling me. The landlord gave him some gallons of paint and we started to paint the place. But didn't get too far. Went across the street to the bar. He told me you only gotta be careful when painting to cover up the spots people look at: right in front of their noses and in corners high up. People always look there. That's all you gotta cover.
Charles, let's be going. People want to see you. Lydia is going to be there. All your friends.
How I love you bastards. Even when I was drunk in your place and fell down I didn't break anything, did I?
You didn't, Charles. That's when Lydia set up the rule: no walking round in her place, you gotta crawl, less possibility of damaging anything.
Let's be going. I'll carry the pot and you bring the bread.
I wish it was more but what's a bastard like me to do?
Don't worry about it.
It's always been like that.
Like what.
Like you say hate 'em all but love 'em all in spite of their fucking selves.
The Village Legend came up with a large paper table cloth which said HAPPY BIRTHDAY too many times and he even put out some plastic forks and paper napkins and plastic knives.
Distraction: According to Danny Byrd, Al Fields is a house nigger and Danny Byrd being a field nigger knows the difference and nobody can fool a field nigger. Have you ever met a field nigger with no money? We always got money in our pocket and don't let no one tell you different. Danny says happy birthday to Charles. Danny has a gimpy green eye and a blue eye. Charles doesn't like having him here at his party— I get along with colored guys and have always worked with them—sometimes they get the short end and sometimes you get the short end but they get the short end more frequently, you follow me, but Danny's another sort of something or other but Lydia likes Danny and Charles likes Lydia but Al Fields The Village Legend , what can I do, he plays the music and we needs the music.
Charles throws out his arms, we needs the music.
Ray is saying, Charles calm down. We're going to have a nice party for you so you gotta behave.
How I love that bastard, Charles says, even Al Fields, even if he is a nigger and a lousy piano player, The Village Legend. So much for mythology.
Setting: Dark mahogany bar and paneling a large mirror with angular black design behind the bottles row on row of a choir, you could say, a large rectangular front room divided half way by a fence of wood and clouded glass. A juke box at the rear end of the bar, an entrance way with no steps: Jerry doesn't want any law suits and then a long narrow room leading to the toilets and office.
Everybody was fifty years older than Lydia and I but that was okay. You get tired of looking at yourself when you go someplace. The liquor bottles were like a choir and you could see the backs of their heads in the mirror behind the bar… repeating, just what bars are all about, repeating this and that and this and that.
History: But people hang around the front room close to the food. Once upon a time, it was said Kitty, Foley's sister, the one who's dead, served meals in the bar. If you didn't clean your plate you weren't allowed back in again, even for a drink. She took it personal, Her legs gave out and if you can't cook food then there was no reason.
They say, whoever they is, Edward Albee used to live upstairs above the bar and now there are two stories about that other guy, James Baldwin, he was in one night with a man and woman: so story one, a sailor took offense at his sitting with a white women and Baldwin learned the racist nature again of America on the floor of the bar or story two, Baldwin tried to make a sailor and sailor was with his wife, same result: take your pick.
A Detail: Charles had one desperate sad brown eye, even on pay days when there had been a lot of overtime.
Something else: Did I tell you the story about the time the bar got robbed and we all got shoved into the toilet by this guy with a gun? That's another story. An ordinary afternoon in the middle of the week, who would have thought but it was happening all the time, luckily no one got hurt..
The Party: Lydia kissed Charles on the cheek for his birthday. Do it on the cheek where I can see your eyes and I'll buy you a drink and she did and Thomas if you do that I'll kick the shit out of you--- excuse the language--- from here to Hoboken, do you want a drink?
Let me buy you one, Charles.
This cheap Irish bastard's buying me a drink.
The food was on the table. Lydia liked the veal stew. Once Charles fell into a pot of it which he was making late at night, he told us this once, that's the risk you take in his line of work, you step into a shower, slip, crack your head and are dead and you take a risk if you take a drink and you take a risk taking a breath, sometimes.
Charles kissed his sister hello. I love this girl, he is saying, she took me out of the gutter too many times when I was so low I couldn't sell my blood.
His nephew clapped him on the back and his brother shook his hand .
Charles will have a (he made a screwing like gesture with his hand) drink into his hand.
So many people had shown up.
Muscular buddies from work with wives who never left the house.
No children luckily.
Charles didn't like to see kids in bars. Drink makes you into a child so why have children present.
Lydia and I drifted to the back of the bar. Danny Byrd was trying to lay drink on us for some reason. He succeeded. Caroline showed up. Charles was kissing her on the cheek as she would, I was told in the funeral parlor when last in the box without eye patch, he said, she would be doing this saying, here's how to kiss a dead man, you do it well.
A photographer was taking pictures blurred in the bad bar light so Charles was not photographed
Charles's literary remains. It was his party. He was lost in the poor light as was his scribbling about the man who was arrested for driving drunk a wheel chair down Hudson Street.
Charles out on his red and white checkerboard hat and tries to sing Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Stops and starts again Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
Lydia applauded. Charles had to go back to his room across the street. He was embarrassed by crying and singing. I went after him. He was drinking from a small sugared bottle of whiskey.
I'm so scared he says. But they love you, Charles Who can love a one eyed man? That's just self-pity. I don't care what it is because it's what I feel. People never tell you the truth. Come back to your party, Charles. Have some of your food. Is the stew good? It always is Did Lydia like it? Yes, so come back. I don't believe you but people talk, they always talk even about people they don't know.
Charles did come back and he had another small bottle of something in his back pocket
Ray was too cheap to buy him a drink. We sell drinks in this bar even on birthdays.
We were all broke by then waiting for something to happen. There were a lot of people in the bar who Charles didn't know and Al Fields The Village Legend said they came to hear him play and let me play my music he said and he played something from the big fake book he kept on the piano, who knows what it was, just blurred into the sounds of people shouting and having a good time.
Charles fell against the wall of the bar and looked like he would hit the floor but didn't: I don't hit floors, he was saying, and Al The Village Legend was picking him up and got him seated.
My muscles have gone out, he says. My sister, I would like to dance with you. Please. Charles, please. What has happened to you?
I am happy.
That's no excuse.
My birthday only comes once in a decade or something like that.
That's no excuse if I had my way I wouldn't have come but your nephew said you wanted to see me.
Charles, can you buy me a drink, Lydia asks, and he says of course for you I can buy you a drink and I'm not buying him a drink since he doesn't drinks screws and Danny Byrd is saying he is buying drinks even for him because he knows I am married to his wife even if he says he's married to Lydia and no one knows what it all can mean and Mable is telling me she had been a lithographer for years and is now not working and her husband is dead and here you cans see a picture of him in his casket…
The end. I look up and Charles was taken home a half an hour ago
Again. Another day later, it must have been around 10:30 AM I was walking by The Village Paddock and Charles was sitting on a chair in front of the bar., He was sitting on a dirty towel with a lot of blood on it. The phone didn't work so I came over here and Jerry wouldn't let me in--- it started bleeding last night, some time, I woke up and there was all this blood coming out of my asshole, what else can I call it, there was blood all around and Jerry wouldn't let me in when I banged on his door but said he would call the ambulance... it wouldn't stop, the bleeding, I don't know why and Jerry didn't want me dying---or anything in his place because then they close you down--- you gotta know these things--- at least he called an ambulance and gave me this chair and in a few minutes the ambulance came--- I don't remember what we were saying and they took Charles to St. Vincent's and Jerry said you just can't let people like that into your bar if they are bleeding there is too much to explain. Jerry took the chair back into the bar.
Later I called the hospital and had to say I was a brother when they told me to hold the line and another voice came on and she or he, I forget which, said Charles Conklin had died from internal bleeding that couldn't be stopped. But that's unofficial.
AND. So, I guess they burnt him in Jersey as there was no funeral service and no one talked about him.
Charles Conklin.
Of course I know who Nadine Gordimer is and was and is but for how much longer.
By placing these sentences here it is as if I had unwound my small intestine and am here eating it in public since editors, publishers no longer call--- as if they ever did, really--- though one or two were faithful in their fashion… and saw THE CORPSE DREAM OF N. PETKOV and GOING TO PATCHOGUE into the world but for now… the immediate now…
I know these sentences are hard to read as they were meant for the printed page, a place it seems now closed for now to me, alas.


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Professor Richard Barker, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sciences).
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Expenses for ingredients surge
From Times Wire Reports
Procter & Gamble Co. was among the businesses that responded to the surge in oil earlier this year. The world's largest consumer-products company charged more for Cascade dishwashing detergent, Iams pet food and Gillette razors to offset some of the jump in packaging costs.
McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, also has raised prices as ingredient expenses surged.
Inflation is running at its highest rate since 1991, having risen 5.6% over the last 12 months.


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How to Create an Online e-book to Sell
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Episode 73.
We start off telling stories of a Barred Rock hen who can't keep her saddle straight and of Della the Delaware who is becoming very bold.
In the chicken news, vegan groups have historically done a poor job convincing Americans to give up meat. They have developed a new strategy they hope will reduce animal cruelty: ask people to just stop eating chicken.
Our good listener Adele asked for help with gnats and flies annoying her chicken. We talk about some remedies we have heard of and the only two we have found to work: a fan to blow them away and equine spray.
Also, the heat of summer is coming (or already upon us). We share strategies to help your chickens have a happy and productive season. Plenty of water, electrolytes, shade, sprinklers, misters, fans and being selective about the treats you provide will go a log way to helping the flock deal with summer.
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In the case of Winona Ryder, convicted last week of grand theft and vandalism for walking out of a Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, Calif., with $5,560 of swank swag, there are plenty of easy answers. Just look at her screen roles, which range from the disturbed (Beetlejuice and Girl, Interrupted) to the homicidal (Heathers and The Crucible). Or consider her loopy childhood in a Northern California commune with parents who smoked a lot of pot and chose Timothy Leary to be her godfather.
But behavior like this is never simple, and even Ryder may not know why she stole repeatedly, according to prosecutors, and so flagrantly that Saks decided it had to put a stop to it.
One thing is clear: she has plenty of company. Shoplifting in the U.S. costs retailers more than $10 billion a year. The FBI reports that there were nearly a million arrests in 2001. But that statistic does not begin to capture the full extent of the crime. Apprehension rates for shoplifting are low, and store owners turn over only 24% of the perpetrators they catch, according to a 2001 University of Florida survey sponsored by the retail industry. Teens, who constitute about a quarter of shoplifters, often steal on a dare or in groups. Adults are more likely to steal alone and for more complex reasons. For them, shoplifting can become a habit they find increasingly difficult to break.
Nineteenth century psychiatrists coined a term for the irresistible impulse to swipe: they called it kleptomania, from the Greek kleptein, to steal. It was applied after the fact to Jane Austen's aunt, who was tried in 1800 for pocketing fancy white lace. By the 1920s Freudian psychologists, always attuned to underlying sexual drives, were comparing the rush from a successful filch to the pleasure of an orgasm. Experts today are more inclined to compare recreational larceny to thrill-seeking behaviors like bungee jumping or to addictions like drug abuse or compulsive gambling.
Textbook kleptomaniacs will steal an item and immediately throw it away. It is the act, not the object, that satisfies their impulse. "Kleptomaniacs might have started stealing on a dare as kids," says Dr. Jon Grant, a director of the Impulse Control Disorder clinic at the University of Minnesota Medical School, "but it becomes so pleasurable that the addiction takes over their actions."
Women tend to steal for pleasure more than men, but that gender disparity might reflect a reporting bias: women are more likely to be perceived as unbalanced. Kleptomaniacs also tend to suffer from other mental disorders, such as anxiety or depression. As a rule, they steal regularly on a weekly, and sometimes daily, basis. And most important, they are well aware that what they are doing is wrong; they tend to experience intense regret after the deed is done.
Ryder, who pleaded innocent, donned a FREE WINONA T shirt for the cover of W magazine last June. She also spoofed her predicament on Saturday Night Live. In any case, she fits the profile of a kleptomaniac. In 1990 she checked herself in to a psychiatric ward because she was having anxiety attacks. Transcripts released after the trial suggest she is a habitual offender. And she hardly needed the items she took. "If you look at what Ryder was doing to those clothes cutting holes in them to get the tags off do you think she was going to wear them?" says Dr. Marcus Goldman, author of Kleptomania: The Compulsion to Steal What Can Be Done? "They probably would have ended up in a heap in her closet."
Ryder obviously needs help, and there are plenty of therapies that work. "For most shoplifters, getting something for nothing is like giving themselves a reward that they feel they deserve," says Peter Berlin, who runs Shoplifters Alternative, a New York based rehabilitation program. Psychotherapy may help break the habit, as may drugs such as naltrexone, used to treat alcoholics, or antidepressants like Prozac. But the best therapy may be what Ryder got. When 112 repeat shoplifters were asked in a telephone survey what would deter them, their top choice was "prosecution."