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I stepped outside while mom was in the bathroom the next morning, Jarid looking at me like I was making an attempt at the prison wall. In the cool, still dewy grass with my bare feet and the same shorts and T-shirt I slept in, I walked around in aimless circles, really just to feel the wet grass and look at my surroundings.
'Naturalized' was the word that hit me. Across the lane was the first row of trailers and RVs, only partially visible within all the trees that had been left standing. The lot we occupied was nice too, with a large shade tree and thick woods behind, bordered by a drainage ditch. In the not too far distance, I could hear a chainsaw running and two or more men talking from a different direction as the park woke up.
There was a sound a lot like Jarid's motorbike coming down the lane. It turned out to be an ATV being ridden by a big guy with long hair, beard and mustache, and a red headband. He looked surprised when he saw me, but smiled and did something that looked like a waving salute with a bottle of orange juice he was holding.
I smiled and returned a little wave as he went by.
It was nice there, I had to admit. Whether 'nice' was enough to dump my hard earned spot in hockey school down the crapper was another matter, but it seemed I had no choice either way. As for Mom, Jarid and I had come to the conclusion in Junior's truck the night before that she was going through some kind of midlife crisis thing that people talked about. That, or her mind snapped at Dad's wedding. I was a bit worried, yeah, but not like I was the night before, when we were turning off the highway. No, standing there at the time, any worries were more about her mental condition. She was acting totally unusual, standing on things she never would have before and a lot more decisive in a funny way. Like she was on some kind of mission.
But, as I looked around myself and after having met Junior, I had to admit that, next to hockey school, this was the best way I could think of to spend at least some of my Summer. We never were able to pin her down to a timeline, but overall mom had actually done good for someone who never left the couch if she could help it. I wondered if she even brought any of her Oprah magazines.
"Jen, I told you we're having breakfast, would you please get in here?" she called from inside the RV.
"Yuuup.", I agreed, walking over to the drainage ditch to look at the incredibly dense trees and undergrowth, imagining a time when there were no white people on the continent and the whole place was just full of trees, with no roads or-"
"Whatcha lookin at sweetheart?" a slightly rough voice from behind asked.
I turned to see an older guy making his way over the grass towards me. He looked like he was in his late fifties, or maybe early sixties, short legged, barrel chested, but a powerful looking man, nonetheless. He wore khaki shorts, a loud, half buttoned Hawaiian shirt, sandals and Foster Grant style sunglasses with an amber shade. He puffed from a cigarette as he joined me.
"Um,... I was just looking at how thick the woods are and wondering how the Indians ever got around."
He seemed to find that a little amusing and offered, "Well I'll tell you, it's a pain in the ass to clear and it goes back a ways from what we can tell. Lotsa pickery bushes in there, too, but it's all good for security."
"The locals?"
"Yeah. What's your name, sweetheart?"
This made me blush. The old guy had a funny way about him that made it okay for him to call me 'sweetheart', where I might have kicked some other old guy in the nads for it back home.
"I'm Jenifer. We got in last night, I hope its okay."
"Well now, who's 'us'?", he asked, politely.
"Me, my Mom and my Brother. We were kinda stuck for a place, but a man named Junior came along and let us in."
"He did?"
"Yup." Mom's supposed to talk to someone named Elmo this morning."
"Jen, I told you to get in here- Oh. Hello." my surprised mother said in the opened side door of the RV.
"You'd be Mum, I take it?" the man asked.
"Uh,... yes. My name is Trudy." she said, moving further from the door and offering her hand.
He shook it and replied, "Pleased to meet you, Trudy. Name's Ollie. Just got in last night, huh?"
"Yes, I'm afraid we were unprepared for our little vacation."
"Nice rig ya got there. The branches didn't do her any favours, though."
"Thank you. The scratches are alright, these things are meant to be enjoyed, right?"
"That they are." Ollie smiled.
"Would you like a coffee?"
"Sure.", he accepted, his entire face now embracing his smile.
"Please come in. Jenifer, you too, I'm not telling you again."
"Yup.", I answered, following Ollie into the RV. This guy was interesting.
Once Jarid was introduced and we were all sitting at the booth table, Ollie with a coffee, he asked, "So, Jenifer tells me Junior let you in."
"Yes.", Mom confirmed, "I sure hope it's okay with everyone, he did tell me that this is a private park."
"It's okay." he said with finality. "Damned good coffee, thanks."
"Oh, please, think nothing of it."
"Junior's my pup, by the way."
"Oh, really? I bet it's good to spend time with your family in the summer at a nice place like this."
"We love it out here." Ollie agreed, nodding. "Junior and some of the boys even come out in the winter with their skidoos. Gonna get himself killed on that bastard thing one of these days, but the older they get, the less they listen."
I expected Mom to faint at his casual use of the word 'bastard' in front of us, but she barely winced, was more surprised and amused than anything.
"Tell me about it. You should see these ones, it's like I'm not even there when I speak half the time."
"I blame those idiot computers."
"Yes,...", mom said, "But, it was the TV for us, wasn't it?"
He laughed a little, shaking his head and explaining, "I got a whole god dam box of World War Two videos and shit that I watch over there at night."
Moms smile darkened just a little at this as she looked down for a moment.
"I'm right next door on your right, by the way. Feel free to come on over and say hi to Shelly and me sometime, you kids too."
"Thanks, we will. In fact, if it's alright with Elmo, I'd like to stay on here and try out a cheap little hibachi I bought yesterday, maybe later this evening, once I figure out how to pop the sides of the RV out and everything else. You and Shelly are more than welcome to come over, we've got plenty.
"Mighty neighbourly of you, Trudy. And like I said, you're in if you want. I'll tell Elmo."
I was just finishing up the breakfast I'd bolted with Jarid, both of us watching and listening to this conversation, when someone called from outside.
"B'right out!" Ollie called, getting up and taking the mug of coffee with him. Mom, Jarid and I followed him out the door to meet who, I guessed, was Elmo.
Far from the cuddly, orange critter from Sesame Street, this guy was big and tall. Taller than Junior and, while not as finely muscled, stocky and solid nonetheless. Green eyes, short dark hair with a slightly graying beard, I guessed him to be in his early forties, but I was never a great judge of older people's ages. He stepped forward with a huge, beat up work boot that went with his short sleeved jackshirt, ruined blue jeans covered in woodchips and a dirty old cap that said 'Harley Davidson' on it as Ollie introduced us. We all shook his large, calloused paw and then Ollie started taking over.
"Trudy and her kids would like to stay for a little while, so why not give her a week to week billing deal- if that's good with you, Trudy?"
"Um, yes, that sounds ideal." mom agreed, listening to Ollie pave the way for us.
"This way," the older man went on, speaking to Elmo again, "if they decide they wanna stay, Trudy can just pay in advance later on when she wants."
"Okay.", the giant owner agreed readily. "The lot rent is a hundred bucks a week, you good with that?"
"Yes, that's great, way lower than at Victoria Park."
"Another thing that's better here than at Vicky is that we're clean. Nobody litters here, so if you go exploring in the woods, you gotta pack out everything you bring in and there's garbage barrels all over the park here."
"Of course, I Understand, that's only reasonable. Kids?" mom asked us.
We both nodded and said we understood, still in awe of the giant, I think. (Who would say otherwise to a guy like that anyway, right?)
"We got no lifeguards, so the general rule here is that nobody swims alone." Elmo went on. "And if someone can't swim, they gotta be supervised by two people who can, unless they're over twentyfive."
"You all swim?" Ollie asked?"
We all informed him that we did, to which he nodded.
"Okay,", Elmo went on, "we do have our organized events, so people can party without bugging others, but you're okay the rest of the time too, as long as your music isn't too loud and there isn't a lot of hollering, just common sense stuff, right?"
Mom nodded, understanding 'low key' if anyone on the planet did.
"Basically, just as long as you don't mess the place up and try not to get on peoples nerves, you're good. Jarid, Junior tells me you got a bike."
"Yes.", he answered, nodding.
"Here's the rule, Jar': Keep it quiet at night and you're alright, make your noise during the day and you're still okay. And keep the speed down in the park, got it?"
"Yes.", he answered again.
"Good. Whaddya got, anyway?" he asked, looking around the lot.
"Eighty-four XR 250." Jarid answered hesitantly, yet still with pride in his tone. "It's tied to the back of the Winnebago."
"Cool. Dirt bikes are the only rice-rockets we don't look down on here."
"You don't go fuckin' off on that thing without the boys around, dear." Ollie admonished with a severe finger at Jarid. (Mom never even said anything about this language!) "The locals don't like us here. You won't even see Elmo taking his machine out alone, so don't you,... got it?"
"I got it.", he assured, looking like he'd suddenly found himself on a different planet and probably taken by surprise at being called 'dear'.
"I see you got no car.", Ollie said to mom.
"No, and I was actually wondering how I'd resupply. Something else I'm afraid I forgot about."
"Just as well, cause the same safety rules apply in town as in the trails. You three need something, you ask me, Junior or Elmo here and, if we don't have it, we can get it, or take you out to get it with the boys. You go see Junior about gas for your bike, dear."
This was almost amusing, despite the severe tone he used when warning us about the locals. These people were very different from any I ever ran into, before then.
"Don't any of you go wandering off from the boys when you're out and don't associate with the locals, no matter what they sa- What are you smirkin' about, sweetheart?"
I started, my smirk gone as he pointed at me.
"I'm sorry, I just-"
"You just nothin, this is serious shit."
"Junior says they had a run-in with Mathis at the station last night." Elmo told Ollie.
"Listen to him, Jen, you too, Jarid." Mom said sternly.
"You listen too, Trudy." Ollie said, pointing at her now. "No offense, but you three stick out like a sore thumb and they,..." He paused, regarding the three of us in turn from behind his Foster Grants before dropping his finger. "Just don't leave the park without the boys, not even all three of yas at once, until you're ready to go back home."
"There you are!" a female voice said from around a tall hedge of trees. "What in hell are you sounding off about at this hour of- Oh! New people! Hello, my name is Shelly!"
Shelly, the woman Ollie mentioned earlier and who I figured was his wife, was about his age, plump, friendly faced and possessed of a bust line that dwarfed even Moms and mine put together. They were huge, probably with their own gravitational pull, still with some lift and bouncing up and down slightly as the curly haired blonde hurried across the lawn toward us.
"Awww, there goes the neighborhood." Ollie moaned sarcastically.
"Oh, shut up, you old fart!" She said before cheerily introducing herself to all of us while Ollie rolled his eyes and dug out a cell phone.
After the laughing, the enthusiastic woman introduced herself to Mom, who obviously found her smile infectious, then moved on to Jared, pecking his cheek with her lips and actually hitting his chest with her knockers in the process. He looked like he was going to blow a neuron and I was smiling at this when she did the same thing to me.
"Yeah, whatcha doin?" Ollie asked somebody on the other end of his call.
"I'll run in and get the first weeks rent now, just one moment please." Mom asked Elmo before turning for the camper.
"Later. I got some shit to do and I don't want the money on me, plus I gotta get you a key to the gate."
"Well, get up to lot seven, Trudy's stayin' and she needs to get hooked up.", Ollie answered.
"Oh, but I don't have a car.", Mom said. "I probably don't really need a key."
"Then send the boys up, they ain't doin' anything." Ollie said to his phone. "And send Maddie with 'em on their way."
"We got plenty of vehicles and, if you're here for any amount of time, it'll Prob'ly be easier if you got your own key.", Elmo said.
"Okay, sure."
"Talk to ya later, bout three?" Elmo asked."
"Three's great."
"Well fuck, Junior, just send some fuckin' food along, how hard is it? ..... Yeah."
"Oh, please, please don't go to any trouble, Ollie.", Mom asked, her only answer being one of the old guy's hands waving her off as Elmo disappeared around the corner on some other business.
"Oh, it's fine, it's what they do.", Shelly assured her with a laugh and a more flamboyant wave of her own hand. "Is this one of those pop-out models?", she asked, looking at the Winnebago.
"Yeah? One sec- Elmo!", Ollie called. "Junior says we got spare lanterns?"
"Can you grab em when you come back at three?"
"No prob, where's Junior?"
"Be at your place in ten. -Junior,... Yeah I just told him. Good, see ya later on."
"Ollie, do you know anything about pop-outs?" Shelly called.
"No, that what this is?" he asked, putting the phone in his pocket.
"Yes, but Trudy doesn't know how to operate it, shouldn't that be done before it's leveled?"
"Probably. You know anything about it, Jarid?"
"No, sorry."
"Well, go help your mum find the owner's manual and we'll see what the hell."
"Okay.", he said, glad to have something to do, it seemed.
He, Shelly and Mom went in as I approached Ollie.
"Can I help?"
He looked me up and down and said with a smile, "No, you're just a girl!"
"I'm not just a girl, I play hockey." I said with a big smile.
He laughed, saying, "Now that's just wrong, sweetheart. Listen, why don't you go put something on your feet and take a look around? Come back later, if you wanna help, 'bout two hours."
"Okay, Ollie."
"Go tell your mother you're going." he said, taking a drink of coffee, which had to be cold by then. "And remember, don't leave the park without the boys."
"I won't."
I stepped up into the RV where Mom was trying to serve Shelly Coffee and help Jarid find the owner's manual at the same time.
"Mom, Ollie said I could go walk around, I'll be back in a couple of hours."
"Just remember what he said, don't leave the park!"
"I won't!" I yelled on my way out the door with a pair of orange crocs in my hand.
I should explain a few things about myself, here. First, I'm not the same person at home and around the neighborhood as I am at school. School is business, like hockey is business, and I take my studies every bit as seriously as Jarid does and like we've always been told to by both mom and dad, so we wouldn't end up as penniless street people, begging for cigarettes in a homeless shelter. So, when I'm at school, I don't 'hang out', other than with the girls on the team and, even then, only in the locker room. At lunch, I study, or prepare for afternoon classes with Jarid in the library and, if that sounds weird, or boring, that's just what it takes to graduate with honours, like we both did.
At home, once the school uniform is off, things are different. Once my homework is done, or on the weekends when I don't think it's necessary to study for some test or semester exams, I'll go out and you'll think I'm like any one of the girls, by the way I dress and act. Actually, I'm probably a little worse than the average girl because I, as people have said, am the aggressive type. I play Offensive Forward and hey, if you think the talk is bad in the boy's locker room, you should hear the girls. Sometimes, some of that locker room talk has surprised friends at home, not to mention their parents. I'd even once had sex with my ex-boyfriend, less than a year before, while I was pretty sure Jarid was still a virgin.
So, if you're wondering how I could go meandering about a strange campground wearing what I woke up in, all I can say is that it seemed natural for that place. I never even thought of it at first, not until I saw what had to be Junior's lot at the end of the row, judging by the big familiar truck in the short dirt drive amidst several motorcycles and ATVs. Remembering how big and attractive he was, I naturally thought to check my look and that's when I remembered. I would have expected Mom to say something about it, but I guessed it was such a busy morning that she didn't take any more notice than I did.
The thing was, though, those campers who I saw outside their trailers were dressed more or less like I was anyway, with housecoats and even a few nighties, proving that it was natural there which, in my mind, would only make it natural for me to act the same way. When in Rome. That's what they say, right?
A lot of these people would wave, even call out a 'hello' or 'good morning', and, while I was reserved in my replies at first, as the new kid in town, my greetings in return became more casual and sincere. These were very friendly and laid back people.
At one point, I was walking along the track in front of the first row, looking down at the water and wondering if it was okay to just wade in up to my knees alone, when I heard another greeting. I turned, shading my eyes with the edge of my hand on my brow.
"Hi! C'mere, hon!"
It was a black woman in a skimpy, lime green bikini with a white smile that stood out to be seen for miles, waving me over from under the awning of a trailer I'd already passed. My reserve returning in some measure, I walked back along the track and into the lot to see what she wanted with a polite smile on my face, despite those reserves.
"Day-um! a real live Barbie doll!", the tall, curvy woman exclaimed with a smile, looking me up and down. "You one of the ones that came in last night? What's your name, hon?"
"Yes, we came with a man named Junior. I'm Jenifer."
"Bull-shit, you're Barbie now." she laughed. "I'm Robbie."
"Hi, Robbie, how are you?" I asked politely.
"Well, I'd be a lot better if I could have my morning swim, but I don't think my friend was out of bed like she said she was on the phone. You swim?"
Just then, a big black man, Robbies husband, I guessed, came out of the trailer wearing a pair of grey boxer briefs and nothing else. He did a double take at me and, embarrassingly, I did one of my own at the obvious heavy cargo those boxers held. Luckily, if either one of them noticed, they didn't indicate so in any way.
"Jet, this is Barbie."
"Shit, I guess she is!" he said with an appreciative smile, offering his hand. "How are ya, baby?"
Now I'm embarrassed, self conscious and a little paranoid about if they saw where I'd pointedly looked as I felt a flush coming. Not something that happens to me very often.


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by Pamela
I was introduced to Samantha by a friend of mine who had a reading with her a couple of weeks before she told me about her. I was going through a terrible time, not only was I working fulltime in a stressful job, but I was also a care giver to my elderly parents, my mother suffering from pain and lots of other things, and my father who had a stroke, and was also getting dementia at an extremely fast rate.
My Father became ill and passed away in hospital, I was there with him when he died, but at this point my whole life turned upside down, I was wracked with guilt, full of questions and emotions and also wondering how my Mother would cope without my Father as it was going to result in her needing to be placed in a home. My friend suggested Sam, so I contacted her through her website, she was wonderful and warm, and explained a great deal about the process of how she reads, I gave her no information what so ever yet she straight away picked up on the situation, and was telling me things that even I did not know, describing my father and mother in their wedding attire, everything she said was spot on, and she helped me to understand how my Father crossed over, where he was now, and the process of healing that he was going through on the other side.
I have never known anything as profound as the reading that I had with Sam, she was wonderful, and I cannot recommend her enough. I will be going back to her in the future, as finally found somebody caring honest and trustworthy with a truly blessed gift.
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here) all concentrated on a few blocks of South 4th Street from South Street to Catharine Street.
I've had success in the past at B. Wilk Fabrics at 618 4th Street when I was in the market for draperies, but they only do home furnishing fabrics. I wanted to get some classic men's shirtings like maybe some oxford cloth, chambray, or broadcloth. I tried Maxie's Daughter at 724 South 4th Street. Half the store is devoted to apparel fabrics: decent linens, wools and evening fabrics, but no shirtings. Eric, son of the owner, pointed out that "nobody makes their own shirts anymore". I suppose that's true, but I'm gonna make some.
I went in Kinkus Fabrics at 754 South 4th and didn't find what I needed either, but the kind person who waited on me was ever so knowledgeable and knew right where everything was. They had a lot of men's suitings and a tailor working out of the back. So old school- I love it!
On the way back to the car I found some wide 100% cotton ($10/yd) chambray at A & J Fabrics at 757 South 4th Street. It was a clean and organized store compared to most of the others, but not the place to go for bargains necessarily. Most of their cottons were in the $14 range.
Bottom line: if you're looking for something specific, budget for more time and go in every single store on Fabric Row. With patience, you may find it.


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Pope Francis announced his choices for the new cardinals on Sunday. Among them are known liberals including Archbishop Cuprich. The more conservative ones were left in the dust, like the archbishop of Los Angeles,Charles Chaput.
The report states the division between the liberals and "conservatives" within the magisterium:
A year ago, Archbishops Cupich and Chaput faced off over a theologically indefensible op-ed published by the Chicago Archbishop that suggested that abortion was no more important than a number of other social justice issues such as unemployment, immigration, and capital punishment.
In a signed essay in the Chicago Tribune, Archbishop Cupich listed a series of social ills that he said people should find "just as appalling" as the gruesome ripping apart of unborn children and the sale of their organs by Planned Parenthood.
While applauding the strong reaction to the Planned Parenthood videos, Cupich immediately added: "We should be no less appalled by the indifference toward the thousands of people who die daily for lack of decent medical care; who are denied rights by a broken immigration system and by racism; who suffer in hunger, joblessness and want; who pay the price of violence in gun-saturated neighborhoods; or who are executed by the state in the name of justice."
This is nothing short of equalizing evil (aka "sin is sin"). This is contrary to Scripture and frankly, it trivializes heinous sins like that of murdering unborn babies to far less evil things like lack of medical care. To have the audacity to equalize abortion with joblessness is not only UNJUST, it is perverted thinking. One need only go to the book of Deuteronomy or Leviticus or Exodus, to see how God views various sins and how He punishes them accordingly.
On a side note, this demonstrates that there is no unity within the Vatican. Claims of unity by Romanists up and against divisions within Protestantism is fallacious.
On a side note, this demonstrates that there is no unity within the Vatican. Claims of unity by Romanists up and against divisions within Protestantism is fallacious.


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The world of oral care is taking a new shape with the availability of electric toothbrushes, which are more efficient compared to the traditional manual ones. The efficacy of the new toothbrushes is that they do most of the work, unlike manual toothbrushes whereby you do the entire brushing job. Electric toothbrushes come in two types; those that oscillate or rotate and those that vibrate. Those with rotating brush heads oscillate from one tooth to the other, while vibrating ones offer similar brushing experience just like the manual toothbrushes.
Sonic brushes are types of electric toothbrushes, but with advanced vibrating power. They usually produce a buzzing sound, and can vibrate up to even 48,000 motions per minute. More advanced ones are known as ultra sonic, and they don't produce any audible buzz. These can vibrate more than 2 million motions per minute. According to experts, sonic toothbrushes are more efficient because they can reach areas where other brushes cannot. They have power to splash water and toothpaste through speedy vibrations, hence resulting to cleaner experience in the mouth.
Even though electric toothbrushes are experiencing gush in popularity over the years, a few people might be facing challenges when it comes to purchasing process. For those that have not yet bought electric brushes, here are the tips to help you throughout the buying cycle.
Either rechargeable or battery powered toothbrush
Electric toothbrushes come in two categories in terms of power usage; rechargeable and battery powered. The former is connected to electricity mains supply, while the latter use AA batteries as the source of power. Rechargeable models have high initial cost, but users probably can save money in the long run. Battery powered versions are usually cheaper to buy, but you will need to replace batteries often.
Cost based on your budget
Electric toothbrushes come with different prices, from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. The choice may depend on your budget, but you will always get what suits you. Whether you need a rechargeable or battery powered, there are those with replaceable heads. Therefore, more users can share the body if every person has his or her own head. It is one of the ways to reduce cost of buying more bodies, hence saving money with just a single investment.
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Most people see buying electric toothbrushes as a nice investment. However, you also need to choose an ideal head with high quality bristles. Some folks prefer relatively stiffer bristles, while others choose softer ones. If you buy a body to be shared by several users, ensure everyone has his or her suitable head size. For children, they require smaller and soft heads while adults may need bigger heads. Another very important factor to consider is changing your head after every three to six months, since this is highly recommended by dentists for a healthy life style.
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A television program filmed last summer at Fort Frederick Sate Park will air tonight on the National Geographic Channel.
"Caught by the SS: The Wereth Eleven" documents the final days of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion who escaped The 18th Volksgrenadiers after their unit was overrun at the start of the Battle of the Bulge, according to a National Geographic Channel promotion. Their 10-mile trek from their battery position to Wereth, Belgium, led them to take refuge with a Belgian family until a Nazi sympathizer revealed their position to an SS reconnaissance patrol.
The soldiers surrendered, but were taken to a field, where they were tortured and shot on Dec. 17, 1944. The killings were investigated, but never prosecuted.
The program is being aired as part of Black History Month.
Crews filmed a portion of the documentary at Fort Frederick State Park because parts of the area resemble Belgium, Russell Richards, owner and chief executive officer of Historical Entertainment LLC of Cascade, told The Herald-Mail in July.
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Harry and Hopper is the story of Harry's relationship with his dog, Hopper. Harry taught Hopper "how to sit, how to stay, how to catch a ball, how to fetch the lease, how to wrestle." Hopper helps Harry with his homework and Harry helps Hopper run his weekly bath. They are inseparable. Then one day Harry comes home from school and his father tells him that Hopper was killed in an accident. Harry is inconsolable. Then Hopper begins returning, night after night, in less and less solid form, until Harry says goodbye to Hopper for good.
This story is a gentle and powerful one for opening up issues with children about death generally, the loss of a pet in particular, and the mystery of living and dying and what death means. Beautifully and thoughtfully illustrated - for example, when Harry's father tells Harry that Hopper is dead, we just see their backs, a recognition that this a profoundly personal and painful interaction between the two of them - the book is comforting and unsparing at the same time. I'm going to try it with my second grade students later this month.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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TOONSKIN: An Exploration of Blackness in Sequential Art, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, May-JuneDeCenter: Exhibition on the Centenary of the 1913 Armory Show, Abrons Arts, NY Feb-April
African Obama Fabrics and the Story Skirt Project, Baron Gallery, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Feb.
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Newark Scene and Heard, Gallery Affero, Newark, NJ, October-December
Scribus 03 Resident Work, Rogue Studios & Project Space, Manchester, UK, October
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CPT: Time History and Memory, The Gallatin Galleries, New York Univ, NY, NY, February
Multiple, Limited, Unique: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Center for Book Arts, traveling exhibition: Savannah College of Arts and Design, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Museum of Printing History, Lafayette College, Book Club of California, 2011-'13
Bronx Calling: The First AIM Bienniel, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY, June-Sept.
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African Film Festival, Schomburg Center for Black Culture and Research, NY, NY, February
Black Artist as Activist, Corridor Gallery Brooklyn, NY, Jan.-March
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Camera/Chimera, Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ, September
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Reciprocity: Welcome to My Territory, Seung Ae Kim and Shani Peters, cashama space, NY, April
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apexart Outbound Residency: Seoul, South Korea, December 2012-January 2013
Art Funkl Scribus Residency for Writers and Digital Media Artists, Manchester, UK, Sept.-Oct., 2012
Lower East Side Print Shop Keyholders Residency, New York, NY April 2010- April 2011
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Portland State University, Art and Social Practice Wednesday Afternoon Conversation Series, Portland, OR May, 2013
Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft, Visiting Artist: Shani Peters presents Crafting Counter Histories: The Art of Counter Storytelling, Portland OR May 2013
1040 Lounge: Bronx Museum of the Arts Artist Talk Series, Bronx, NY, February 2013
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Bronx Calling: The First AIM Bienniel, Artist Talk Series, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY July, 2011
MoMA Teen Night Artist Talk, NY, NY, November, 2010
2009 Residents Work, Resident Talk Center for Book Arts, NY, NY April, 2010
African Film Festival, Filmmaker Discussion, Schomburg Center, NY, NY February, 2010
Art Papers, You, Me, We, She- Philadelphia Review, July/August 2012
Philadelphia Inquirer, "A wide-ranging celebration of 2d-wave feminism", March 11, 2012
Multiple, Limited, Unique: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Center for Book Arts exh. Cat., The Center for Book Arts, 2011
Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial exh. Cat., 79, The Bronx Museum of Art, 2011
New York Daily News, "New festival highlights Brooklyn's up-and-coming black moviemakers: BAM's Splice of Life", February 3, 2011
BoomBox, "Damon Dash's Gallery Gets 'Kinetic", July 22, 2010
Groundswell, "In Review: Smack Mellon, Social Forum, Re:Group, Add Art, HONK! Benefit", June 23, 2010
Village Voice, "Kinetic at Dash Gallery", June 22, 2010
Jamaica FLUX '10, exh. cat., 178-181, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, 2010
Amsterdam News, "African Film Fest, Schomburg screen controversial 'Hertskovits at the Heart of Blackness'', Feb. 25-March 3, 2010
Amsterdam News, 'Corridor Gallery to highlight the role of Black artists as activists', Jan. 27- Feb. 3, 2010
Camera/Chimera, exh. cat., 13-14, Gallery Aferro, 2009
CONTACTPROJECT.NET, CONTACT (online) Artist-in Residence, June 2012
HerStory is MyStory, documentary short by Angela Bankhead, filmmaker feature, April 2012
MOCADA TV, Feature: The Obama Skirt Project Aisha Cousins, and Shani Peters, December, 2012
Under the Mush online magazine, 'History Rewritten: Shani Peters', December 2010
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A single channel video depicting a battle of words between historical black legends W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey. Relating their 1920's ideological feud to hip-hop, the ongoing "fight" for social justice, and black American disunity in general, this event is presented as a cross between a heavy weight fight and a rap battle.
W.E.B. DuBois was very well educated in American schools and worked to elevate the black Americans position within the U.S. Marcus Garvey was self taught and created a very large international organization of African Diasporan people that worked towards moving black people back to Africa to establish an independent home. They had very different styles but actually many of the same goals. They both lived in the Harlem area of New York, where I live now so I created a narrative in which they have a sort-of "show down" in the neighborhood attended by myself as a little girl, my mother and Grandmother (who also lived in Harlem) as well historical figures and more contemporary hip hop stars who have also had public feuds over differing style and background.


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The pressure continues to build on South African President Jacob Zuma following the ANZ ordering him to step down and a police raid on his businessmen friends.
Heavily armed South African police have raided the luxury home of the Gupta family as part of a probe into allegations the three brothers had corrupt links with President Jacob Zuma, who has been ordered by the ruling ANC to quit as head of state.
Wednesday's raid marks a dramatic escalation in the pressure on Zuma and the political faction around him accused of milking state resources for their own ends.
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i have MRSA and keep getting outbreaks of absesses and and i cant handle these anymore to be honest. Im in alot of pain and im feeling very sick with the one i have now. It seems to be getting worse and i dont have medical insurance. Ive been to countless clinics and ll they do is lance and send me home with antibiotics. I keep getting them and my life is becoming affected by MRSA. I dont wnt a relationship or go out in public and my friends are afraid of getting it and one of then has gotten MRSA by being at my house.
Ive heard that IV in a hospital with heavy antibiotics will work. Is this true and if so can you give names of places i can get it done? I need some kind of answers to this.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection - Can Antibiotics by IV cure MRSA?
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i have MRSA and keep getting outbreaks of absesses and and i cant handle these anymore to be honest. Im in alot of pain and im feeling very sick with the one i have now. It seems to be getting worse and i dont have medical insurance. Ive been to countless clinics and ll they do is lance and send me home with antibiotics. I keep getting them and my life is becoming affected by MRSA. I dont wnt a relationship or go out in public and my friends are afraid of getting it and one of then has gotten MRSA by being at my house.
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i live in the los angeles area so if anyone can tell me a place to be treated please do. looks like i need ER cause my
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Yes it will work, however so will pills if they are the correct meds and they are given long enough. Most doctors don't give the antibiotics for a long enough period of time to get rid of it, they may get rid of the current abscesses, but not the bacteria in your body. I just had a patient that had exactly what you do, and the doc was only ordering the antibiotic for 1 week, and it wasn't one that was strong enough for it, so on the third episode I asked the dr to give her another antibiotic, after a culture of it was done, and leave her on it for 2 weeks. She never had another outbreak.
Thank you for your answer. sorry for the delay. unfortunetly i got the flu on top of the mrsa outbreak and thats the reason for my delay. sence i got sick i wasnt able to go to a doctor but im sure ill get another outbreak and i will go as soon as that happens. i just hope it isnt as bad as this last one. im gonna make sure i get the right med and get it long enough to rid myself of it.
You poor thing. You absolutely should go to the ER and more than likely they will admit you and treat with a course of antibiotics via IV. Also, they may put a port in and send you home on IV antiobiotics so that you don't have to be hospitalized or both may happen. Id imagine a complete work up with multiple tests will initially be done. Start with an ER (bring comfy pjs just in case youre admitted). You will likely be put on a very potent ABX called vancomycin. If you're at home, make sure you take a powerful probiotic so that all your healthy flora is maintained and if you are admitted, do as for a probiotic. Also eat lots of yogurt if you tolerate dairy. How did you get MRSA in first place? Has it never been treated? You can answer via PQ if you'd like. Best of luck but go today!!!
sorry for the delay.got the flu on top of my outbreak of mrsa. i wasnt able to go to the doctors cause i got sick. i will go the next time when i get another abbsess which is bound to happen again,just a matter of time.
in answer to your questions i dont mind telling at all how i got it. im a caregiver and have been living at my job for 7 years and my client got it from the hospital one time when she was sick. not knowing i got it from her. i took her to the docs so many times and they never took a swab until she was hospitalized again to see what it was she had. they said mrsa and i got it from her. must of touched something she did. ive been to clinics and all but they only give me antibiotics for like a week. doesnt do the job.
I was just diagnosed with MRSA and when I went to the ER they not only quarrantined me but skipped most of the check up and considering I have asthma I was having shortness of breath. They checked me, gave me antibiotics orally and had me out of there within 30 minutes, I have never been in ER for less than 2 hours!!! Not only did they rush me out, they did nor help me with the itching, swelling and the painful lesions. Very unprofessional
I feel so aweful for you!! My little grandson was in the hospital not long ago with a MRSA infection and it made him soo sick and he was in soo much pain and he is just a little baby! I can't imagine living the way that you are and I am so sorry that you are going through this.
In answering your question... yes IV antibiotics can and often do get rid of MRSA ! That is what got rid of it for my granson. I know that you are uninsured, but you may need to go to the ER and let them admit you and then see about getting some assistance through social services for the medical bills. I live in Maryland, so I'm not familiar with the way it works in California, but I would imagine that getting rid of this infection and being healthy again and being able to live a normal life is more important that how you are going to pay for it , at least for now. I have been without insurance and I know how scary that can be, but your health is more important than money right now.
I hope you get well soon!!
and keep comeing here if you need advice or just need to talk!! Everyone here is really great and very helpful!!
Take care, and good luck to you!
I know how you feel. I had mrsa infections about 8 years ago and after 4 emergency room visits I finally started cleaning every where I was touching or being touched in my place. But I did find out one thing. The bacteria live for weeks and if you do not sterilize and clean very thoroughly you will keep getting reinfected. Look to the part of your body where you keep getting the infections and that will indicate where the infections are coming from. Could be your mattress your easy chair but be patient. Scratching will pass the infection also. Chlorox with that floral scent should help you get this dangerous infection under control. Now there is no trace at all of the infection anywhere on my body and one of the places it likes to live are the nasal passages. Good Luck.
Hi, I haven't had MRSA but have had ulcers that were open to the bone and resulted innasty bone infections where chunks of bone came out. Both times I had what's called a picc line (a catheter goes through a vein in your arm straight into your heart which is pretty efficient). I live in Canada so don't have the insurance problem but if you have a doc or if you go through the er maybe ask if there's a way to get a line in where it doesn't kill you financially.
In terms of the abscesses themselves, cleaning them 2X day with sterile saline (boil a couple of cups water with a spoonful of salt for a few minutes) or iodine won't clear the infection but will keep the abscess from getting worse and help them dry out a bit.
I've been in the hospital for 22 days now with endo carditis and mersa. they gave me a VERY STRONG antibiotic called vancomycin. IV 4weeks & oral for another 2 weeks. you will always have mrsa but if you try to not get another staff infwction, the mrsa will stay coagulated(sp?)
Hey Dawn: You can do the heavy antibiotics in the hospital but the only thing is that the hospital will have to be willing to admit you if your condition is serious but if your condition is not up to hospital standards of serious then they may put you on "Bactrim" and send you home for recovery. Wherever you are they would want to get your situation solved because MRSA can mess with your organs in the worst way. Sometimes being on antibiotics for along period of time can be a problem too. Your body can gets immune to the meds and does not work. I also know of someone that got MRSA while being in the hospital & they too have had numerous of break outs but they just found out they were continuing to break out in the same spot because of the meds they had given them to cure the MRSA break out!! As soon as they stop taking the meds it cleared up. They two are very careful of who they allow to be around them & they try to avoid a lot of places because of it in fear of being reinfected. Sorry, you aren't feel well. I hope you feel better!!
I contracted MRSA from the local water park six years ago. I was put on all different kinds of antibodies with no good luck. They then put me on the Bactrim drug. That was almost fatal to me. Three days in a coma and they telling my family they didn't know if I would survive or not. Pretty scary. In the last years in have been on the clindamycin drug seven month now with no improvement. I am so ready to rid of these outbreaks and have a normal life again. I guess my next choice is the IV treatment. Anyone have good luck with that?
I was just released from the hospital today after 3 days of IV antibiotic treatment for what is probably MRSA on my thumb. I was on Clindamycin, 900 mg per dose every 4 hours, or so. I was sent home with the same drug in oral form for 10 more days. Your friends are being ridiculous because the reality is that staph is everywhere and it would be impossible to eradicate it from your life. I would highly suggest probiotics for the next year to 18 months.
I think whether it can be cured depends on where it is, and how soon you treat it. Just because you can't see it right now, if you have not treated it and you are sure it was MRSA it is only hiding and gaining strength. MRSA colonizes in our bodies, it doesn't like to let go. It is almost impossible to eradicate which is why it is necessary to hit it with big gun drugs when you can. I have had MRSA for almost three years and it becomes an active infection every other month. It is colonized in my lungs so I can't get rid of it totally. I got it in the hospital, until then I had never heard of it. I think if you have it on your arm, or leg you have a better chance of killing it off. Good luck - take advantage of the strong drugs out there and get to an infectious disease doctor!
I was diagnosed with mrsa in the beginning of February.. I went into the er with a fever of 104, my brain was swelling and doctors thought I may have a stroke or a seizure so they sedated me to run tests. Mind you I have NEVER had any illness and the only time I have been in the hospital was when I had my kids, and I didn't have c sections. While I was asleep for a few days they did a cat scan and noticed an abscess inside me right between the front of my left hip and my groin. I was in ccu for a few weeks..they had to cut me open where the abscess was and I awoke with a tube in my throat and was very confused about where I was. After FINALLY getting the tube out and eating and just being coherent they moved me to icu. I stayed in the hospital a little over two months!! I was in bed so long I had to relearn to walk, it was hard to turn, I couldn't sit up..it was awful. They treated me with vancomycin and clindamycin, both iv.
For at least a month straight I had fevers of 102-104 constantly, as soon as the fever med would wear off my fever was right back. I ended up having to get cut open again because there was still infection and also they found an abscess in the middle of my lower back, also inside me. They put me on a wound vac and after so long I was finally able to go home, but they didn't send me with the wound vac. I had a home health nurse that would come everyday to repack my wounds and change my dressings. About three weeks after I was home walking and trying to get my life back, my wound by my front hip started draining way too much and I was in horrible pain (similar to how I felt when I initially went to the er) I couldn't walk and could barely move my left leg. I went see my surgeon doc and he told me to go pre-admit at the hospital so he could go in and see what was going on. My wound was closing on top, but had a deep tunnel still inside. So again I was put on the wound vac after being put under sedation n them cleaning my wounds real good. I stayed in the hospital for three weeks this time and was again put on the iv vancomycin and clindamycin. They released me with a pic line in my arm, now I do just the vancomycin iv treatments here at my house every 12 hrs. My infections specialist doc said 6 wks so I should have only a couple weeks to go. Oh and I only have the wound vac on my front wound, the one on my back is just covered by a duoderm dressing as it's almost closed. I hope to God this is the last time. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I'm only 27 and didn't even know I was sick until I was crippled with pain, couldn't even walk and the horrible high fevers. Not to mention I have no insurance besides Medicaid.. but it has covered much more than I expected..From being under sedation more than a dozen times I've lost 75% of my hair..it's been a long journey, but I'm walking again, my spirits are up and I'm staying positive, which I believe makes all the difference. Hope my story helped someone somewhere.
You poor thing! This is terrible! I hope and pray you have a fast recovery. I too got MRSA unexpectedly. I went into the hospital for what was to be a four day stay and ended up getting MRSA pneumonia in the hospital. I was there for 6 weeks. Not a smoker even, it ruined my lungs and I have to use oxygen now when I walk around. No one truly understands how bad that bug is.
Rest up and get well. I feel so bad for you. I just got back out of the hospital for a three week treatment of Vancomyacin for it, but it is still showing up as colonized in my lungs. I will never be rid of it.
Thank you very much for the prayers and support! How long ago were you diagnosed if you don't mind me asking?
Oh I just read your previous comment..wow! Three Years?! Blessed your heart! I imagine it's got to be very hard having it in your lungs . I hope and pray this will be the last time I have to deal with this..but only God knows.
I have battled MRSA /Staph with my father for thirteen years now. First of all, once you get it (MRSA), you will always have it to one degree or another, even if not a carrier (positive test). It is an expert at hiding in your system. Staph is absolutely everywhere. Most people with "yeasty" systems, called Candida, either genetically, or through too much sugar/carbs/starch in their diet or meds, is susceptible to it growing. It can be controlled through good basic hygiene, hand washing, etc. His suddenly, literally overnight, reappeared 2 and half wks. ago, after 12 yrs., of peace, in a deep tissue carbuncle with 7 "parts" or boils to it. Had to have surgery 5 days ago to remove the golf ball size carbuncle. It usually shows up as a boil(s), a general term, or pimply looking sore. But can turn deadly very quickly. Due to his stroke 13 yrs ago, and not using that side of his body, allowed it to hide deep in the top of his shoulder blade till now.
He has been in hosp. for 6 days now with Vancomycin IV ( best for heart protection also) and Levaquin. He picked up a Protinease infection in the surgery site, 3 days ago from hosp. now has to go to intermediate hosp for 3 more weeks of IV Antibiotics therapy, because medicare won't pay for it at home w/ nurse. Thousands versus hundreds!!! And we wonder why Soc Sec and Medicare are going broke?! Hand washing is of utmost importance!! with real soap not antibacterials (only good in hosp. setting), or body bars, beauty bars, or body washes or anything with fragrances. They are causing as much harm as the overuse or incorrect use of antibiotics. Probiotics are very, very, necessary to avoid secondary infections, and balance your system back with the good bacteria that gets killed with antibiotics. which in turn promotes the Candida growth. Yogurt helps, but is not strong enough (enough strains) by itself. A good natural one with at least 10 million live bacteria.and eight strains minimum works best. Any health food store will have good ones.$ 10-30 for a months worth We have also had good results with live-fresh garlic or standardized Allicin capsules ( garlics active ingredient) if you are worried about smell. Olive leaf EXTRACT not oil or root, at least 5% standardized, both $10 or so for a month, and Turmeric, yes the spice, in a tea with good raw honey, or straight in a spoon 1/4 tsp couple times a day is great. Good Vitamin C, 1000 mg a day for immune boost is good also. These are all natural antiseptics/ Immune system builders that purify the bad bacteria out of your system without causing additional damages. These all purify your blood and system, and balance your natural bacteria. The honey and Turmeric, and the live (Garlic cloves) are easy to make a paste/poultice from and use directly on the sore/boil also, as long as its not really red or really sore. Then the only choice is to add antibiotics. This has been our experience with it all. There are always exceptions to everything, everybody's body is different!!! but these have worked well for us for years. Even the top medical schools and org.'s are now saying these work, and agree that going back to the basics to combat these epidemics of resistant infections is the future, because the bacteria and viruses that cause these problems have NO resistance to these treatments, like they do to chemical (antibiotics) treatments. I know that this will help most of you understand and treat these nasty problems. Peace Love an Health be with all of you.
My husband has been in the hospital for 2 months with MRSA. It spread throughout his entire body, within every organ. By our fifth ER visit, he was in septic shock. He had chest surgery to drain an infection pocket between his heart and lung. Five blood transfusions. He survived. He's on IV meds and the MRI shows reduced pockets throughout his spine. His kidneys are damaged. However because of his deterorating mental health, this week I believe he's coming home. On a IV home care plan where he will go back and forth to the hospital for treatment and tests. He's lost 40 pounds. I'm so sorry for every one that has or is going through this. I do have questions too...
I know my husband will remain stable on the Antibiotics, but once finished course of treatment (3-6 months from now they suspect) what are his chances for outbreaks being that it was so severe? Signs and symptoms? For his case he had no point of entry. It was all internal. What should we buy, use for anti-bacterial soaps extra? We are a clean family already, however we are a large family. We are an adoptive family of 16 children, many of whom has special needs. I know the future is unknown but what can we do better to prevent further outbreaks? It's been quite the ordeal. It's July 26/2015 and we hope he's coming home this week. But our future seems so stressful with worry. Thank you for your tips, and sharing your stories. I'm following from Vancouver Island, BC Canada.
I have been dealing with the same going on a year I am the only one in the house that has these outbreaks not my husband not my child and I am grateful they don't get any . I done been admitted and been thru 15 surgeries due to this. disease control is out of answers and my doctors and the staff at hospital already know me by my first name. I done tried every antibiotics down to a pic line and going daily to hospital for treatment. I don't know what to do anymore it has effected me physically, mentally, emotionally. The scars the pain and everything else . I've done everything u can name ,very ocd on how clean home is what I touch where I go who I'm around . Just wanna say hang in there everyone I know how u feel and what u go thru.
My husband has been having this for over 10 years & I just found out what the name was about a week ago. He suffers so much with it. Its hard watching him suffer time & time again with recurring boils that get huge & full of pus, causing him excruciating pain, fever & sensitive to the touch. Sometimes there are multiple ones. Black salve seems to work but they keep coming back. Kind of at a loss to know what to do to help him.
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1. Buy Pringles and eat them all, you can share if you like but it's better to eat alone lol
2. Choose the paper you want to use. Then take the base of the can the Pringles came in and draw around it twice. Cut the circles of paper out.
3. Take glue and glue one circle to the top of the lid and one to the base.
4. Punch a hole in the lid towards the edge and tie a ribbon of your choice through it, creating a loop.
5. Embellish the lid and voilà you're done
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Midtier SAN solutions fall into arguably the most competitive and diversified segment of the storage market, suitable for companies that find million-dollar, top-tier solutions too expensive and yet cannot live with the limited performance of sub-US$100,000, entry-level SANs.
But there are factors beyond performance and sticker price that can lead companies to choose midtier SANs. For example, a corporate structure with distributed locations may need multiple, connected midtier SANs costing just as much as a top-tier solution. In that scenario, however, a single monolithic solution simply would not work.
Furthermore, a company can start with a single midtier SAN and add more connections to the same location as the business grows. In both examples, "connected" is the key word, because this breed of SAN offers storage exactly where and when it's needed, while keeping in touch with data replications and remote mirroring.
Operating-system support is another important distinction. If you run on mainframes, think top-tier, but companies that choose a midtier solution need support for Linux, Novell, Netware, major Unix flavors, and Windows, often in the same SAN.
In essence, any ideal SAN should offer good performance and reliability, easy management, and interoperability with a variety of environments. For the midtier, however, interoperability and management become even more important, because a customer is more likely to implement multiple solutions, perhaps from different vendors.
Sun and SAN in Hawaii
With our SAN criteria in mind, I set out to compare strengths and weaknesses of three major midtier SAN solutions from EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., and IBM Corp. at the University of Hawaii Advanced Network Computing Lab. We asked each vendor to provide a preconfigured solution that included at least one storage array, limited to two disk enclosures, two FC (Fibre Channel) switches, and two host computers. Vendors were also invited to provide all the ancillary equipment; in essence, everything needed for a turnkey system.
All three vendors responded by sending equipment well in excess of our minimum requirements, to the point that our lab space became a showcase of the best the companies had to offer.
I designed my tests to assess key SAN criteria: interoperability, management, performance, reliability, and value. Establishing general criteria to assess performance for complex systems such as these is difficult, and performance is subjective, based on customer needs. Nevertheless, I used Iometer scripts to simulate read/write traffic between servers and storage arrays, verifying that the test results were within the performance range published by each vendor.
For management testing I observed the vendors' engineers executing a series of basic management tasks. I also ran these tests independently and, to test reliability features, in combination with load simulation on target hardware, noting the impact of a failure on active applications.
After these tests, I asked the vendor to consolidate the three SANs in a single fabric. The resulting multivendor storage network was also the test bed for a subsequent round of tests of storage management software, the results of which we'll publish in the near future.
All three SANs I reviewed are first-class, hard-to-break, easy-to-manage, powerful storage solutions, and they all performed similarly well in our tests. No company would go too wrong choosing any of these solutions. However, there are some differences.
IBM TotalWorks SIS (Storage Integration Server), the new kid on the block, hit the floor running with an architecture that holds plenty of hope for easier future integration and for preserving hardware investments, while showing robustness, performance, and management tools that have no cause to envy its competitors. In addition, SIS is the least expensive solution in the group, which warranted top ranking in our scoring.
The EMC Clariion CX400 sets a new mark in price per megabyte for midrange SANs: If you need a balance of fast and reliable disk space and plenty of capacity for reference data and online backups, the CX400 has no challengers. In addition, you can count on a large portfolio of management apps to get the most out of your investment.
The HP StorageWorks EVA 3000 should appeal to companies that favor easy, child-proof administration and expect long-term savings on management costs over an immediate, more moderate investment. Despite very good resilience and performance, and the easiest-to-use management tools in the group, the cost of the EVA 3000 was a surprise, priced sensibly higher than its rivals.
IBM TotalStorage SAN Integration Server
Big Blue entered the shoot out with its new TotalStorage SAN Integration Server, which includes a virtualization engine, SVC (SAN Volume Controller), the Master Console for system administration, and the FAStT600 (Fibre Array Storage Technology T600) storage array with two disk enclosures, each mounting 14 36GB FC drives for a total capacity just above one terabyte.
IBM's hardware also included the FAStT200 and the FAStT900 storage arrays, an LTO-2 (Linear Tape-Open)-based backup device, and a collection of various hosts including AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows servers. However, all this hardware didn't generate messy cabling because the IBM rack has probably the best cable-management system in our group.
SIS, which began shipping at the end of July, combines a SAN centered around the FAStT600 with the SVC virtualization engine, which acts as an intermediary between storage arrays and applications servers. More accurately, SVC behaves as a storage retailer, acquiring LUNs (logical unit numbers) in bulk from storage arrays, breaking that space into discrete segments, and assigning virtual disks, based on those segments, to application servers connected to the same fabric.
With SVC, IBM makes block virtualization and storage provisioning independent from basic array management, an architectural difference with other solutions that should simplify adding support for other storage devices. Although SVC can currently handle only FASt and ESS (Enterprise Storage Server) storage arrays, IBM plans to add support for storage devices from other vendors in future releases.
SVC is based on a redundant cluster of two or four Linux nodes, each offering a 2GB, automatically synchronized cache, protected from power failures with two UPS systems. Even in a two-node configuration, the SVC offers a larger cache than its competitors, with obvious performance benefits. In fact, although I measured very good performance on all the arrays in the group, SIS results were consistently a notch better, probably because of the faster drives mounted on the FAStT600 and of the larger cache between hosts and arrays.
To simplify setup and administration, SIS ships with FC switches preconfigured to accommodate currently installed devices and future updates. To add the FAStT900 array, I browsed the documentation for available array ports, and then ran the cables between device and switches without having to reconfigure zones. However, storage administrators that add SIS to a complex network can implement their own zoning, adhering to restrictions dictated by the SVC architecture. For example, hosts and arrays should reside in different zones.
The SIS is managed via the Master Console, a Windows 2000 server with preinstalled software for monitoring and diagnostics. The eponymous management application for SVC has a CLI and a browser-based GUI. Interestingly, access from CLI or GUI to SVC management software is restricted via public and private keys authentication.
I found SVC easy to manage but the GUI has some annoying cosmetic glitches, such as having to refuse filtering for lists of managed objects, or having to refresh the window to see the result of some commands. Nevertheless, the comprehensive set of features of SVC is neatly arranged and, similar to NaviSphere, gives access to provisioning and volume copy tools from the same window.
SVC doesn't offer the rich set of software available for the Clariion, but the two apps that IBM included, FlashCopy to create replicas of a volume for use by other applications and Peer to Peer Remote Copy to maintain synchronized fail-over volumes locally or remotely, offer powerful options that should satisfy most requirements. For example, FlashCopy doesn't disrupt operation on the source volume and can copy consistent images of related volumes (typically, database files spread across multiple volumes) in a single operation.
EMC Clariion CX400
EMC chose for its competing array the Clariion CX400, equipped with two, full 15-drive disk enclosures -- one mounting Seagate 73GB FC drives, the other holding capacious Maxtor 250GB ATA drives -- which gave a total capacity close to 5TB. In addition, the EMC equipment included a CX600, the higher end of the Clariion line, which was used as "partner" array in some snapshot and copy operations. EMC had preinstalled NaviSphere plus other management applications on both the CX400 and the CX600.
With its two self-balancing, mutually-protecting disk controllers and full redundancy across its components, there's much to like about the Clariion CX400. In case of power failure, the data contained in the controller's 2GB cache is preserved by a UPS system and saved to the array's disks. You can stack up to four disk enclosures in its elegant rack for a total of 60 drives and still have room for expansion. In fact, the whole EMC equipment package, including the CX400 and the CX600, fit neatly in the same rack, with some space left over.
Further, the CX400 is the only array in our group that can mount ATA, in addition to FC or drives. The recently added ability to mount large ATA drives gives the CX400 exceptional capacity and flexibility at a moderate cost.
For example, you can dedicate an enclosure to the large 250GB Maxtor drives (that are less expensive than FC), which creates a roomy storage pool for snapshots or volume copies for applications that don't require top-notch performance. Equally important, you can manage that large ATA repository using the same tools -- NaviSphere and its complementary applications that control the array's FC storage --which simplifies management.
NaviSphere is one of the oldest storage-administration tools and has maintained its unique look and feel over the years and through many updates. Moreover, NaviSphere can control multiple Clariion arrays such as the CX400 and the CX600 present on our test bed. In fact, I was able to log in to NaviSphere on one array or the other and manage storage on both, which makes for a very intuitive and flexible administration. Nevertheless, NaviSphere doesn't offer tools to control storage arrays from other vendors.
Although it does not have the most intuitive GUI in our group, NaviSphere is the single launch ramp for any management app that you can purchase for the Clariion line. And you have plenty to choose from, including SnapView, for creating multiple, recurring point-in-time copies; MirrorView, for creating and maintaining up-to-date synchronous mirror images; and SANCopy, for simplifying moving or copying entire volumes across the network.
The tight integration with the NaviSphere GUI is a significant benefit when using those applications. To define a mirror image with MirrorView, I simply selected the source LUN before launching the application wizard, which is invaluable in minimizing trivial error when your SAN gets crowded with volumes. Moreover, each application is well designed to solve practical, daily data management problems.
For example, using MirrorView, I was able to detach an image from its source LUN or to suspend the replication while copying the mirror image elsewhere, both very useful options if you want to freeze your data at a certain stage, say, at book closing. Appropriately, when I suspended mirroring, MirrorView kept track of the changes to the source LUN and immediately resynched the target volume when it became available again. Expect a similar behavior every time MirrorView is unable to communicate with the LUN.
HP StorageWorks EVA 3000
HP entered the fray with its HP StorageWorks EVA 3000 array governing two disk enclosures, both mounting 146GB Seagate FC drives. Also part of HP's equipment, but not included in the evaluation, is its entry-level array: the MSA1000 with 14 Ultra320 146GB drives and the MSL6030 LTO Gen2 tape library. The management software included Command View EVA and Business Copy, both installed on the OpenView Storage Management Appliance.
When it comes to resilience, performance, and easy administration, you couldn't ask for more than the EVA 3000. However, the EVA line also includes larger models, some offering switched connections on the array backplane for improved performance and diagnostics. Moreover, having double controllers for traffic watch; hot-swappable, fully redundant components; and 2GB of cache with UPS backing gives peace of mind for business data stored on this array.
Managing the EVA 3000 requires a separate administrative device, the Storage Management Appliance. In fact, to manage the EVA 3000, I first had to log in to the Storage Management Appliance and from there open the Command View EVA, which is the Web interface to communicate with the controllers of the array.
Having what is essentially a server dedicated to administrative tasks adds some cost to the HP solution but allows administrators control of up to 16 EVA arrays. Moreover, using the proper software, the HP Storage Management Appliance can administer storage arrays from other vendors. Unfortunately, the EMC and IBM arrays in our group are not in the list of solutions supported by the appliance.
The lack of support for the large ATA drive left HP with a sensible, smaller capacity (2.9TB) than the EMC solution. Paradoxically, because capacity range is the basis of HP's software pricing, crossing the 2TB (together with the cost of the management appliance) contributed to making the EVA 3000 the most expensive solution in our group.
By contrast, its Command View EVA is the easiest to use and the most intuitive administration tool in our group. Defining a new LUN couldn't be simpler: I chose the LUN name, the size and the RAID level, and then the Disk Group from where to carve it. Typically, a Disk Group is a pool of disk drives having the same size, and built-in algorithms automatically choose where and how to provision space for a new LUN within the group. As a result, you can achieve more efficient use of the storage available and simplify administration, which should offset the larger initial investment to purchase the EVA 3000.
Business Copy is another example of HP's attention to easing storage management. As the name suggests, Business Copy is an optional tool for the management appliance that simplifies making scripts for activities, such as copying a volume from one host to another, with the additional twist that a host agent can automatically launch an application. Working on the Business Copy wizards from the management console, I easily put together a procedure that created a new LUN for host B, copied there a movie clip from a volume on host A, and launched the movie viewer on the target computer, all without touching either host.
At the end of my two-week experience with these midtier SANs, I have no doubt that each solution will respond to the many challenges of a business environment as well as it did to my tests. Nevertheless, there is a growing demand for more capacity in less space, more flexibility to integration, and less human-intensive management. Those are the requirements that future midtier SANs will have to address. I am confident that they will.


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Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care: An Austrian Rebuttal-Part 3
Gilbert Berdine MD
Part 3 concludes the rebuttal to the argument that health care is special and that markets cannot properly distribute health care. Part 1 was a general discussion of the argument made by Kenneth Arrow. Part 2 focused on the problem of asymmetric information in health care. Part 3 considers the argument that health care is a human right and concludes that it is not. All aspects of health care are composed of scarce resources which cannot be supplied in unlimited quantity upon demand. The belief that health care is a right leads to subsidies which distort the price structure in health care. Rising costs and increasing unaffordability are the inevitable consequences of these subsidies. A health care right becomes an insatiable demand; spending on other aspects of life is crowded out leading to a declining standard of living for those paying for health care. The assumption that health care is a right causes competitive innovation to be replaced by rent seeking behavior particularly the grant of subsidies for very expensive treatments with low benefits.
Keywords: health care economics, health care uncertainty, health care right, health care costs, health care market failure
Article citation: Berdine G. Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care: an Austrian rebuttal-part 3. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2017; 5(19): 25-29
From: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
Submitted: 2/20/2017
Accepted: 4/8/2017
Reviewer: Robert P Murphy PhD
Conflicts of interest: none
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AutoExpress review of top 4×4 SUVs on the market crowns Hyundai Santa Fe as the winner
Technological advancements, especially in terms of engine efficiency, have resulted in a long standing love affair for SUVs and 4x4s. These commanding vehicles have numerous advantages such as an elevated ride height and versatile practicality. Plus, with recent falling fuel prices as well as improved engine efficiency, are fairly cheap to run as well.
Historically, SUVs and 4X4s used to be the rural man's car, but nowadays these cars are seen all around town and deep into our city centres, where the toughest terrain they are likely to encounter are the steep slopes of a multi-storey carpark ramp, or the depths of a pothole at the side of the road. They're not just about towing power.
Getting a vehicle with four-wheel drive will result in better performance where more grip is required. However, in snow you'll still need to get some winter tyres on, though – 4x4s may have more grip on the move, but that doesn't mean they can stop on a dime as well.
And they're not always hugely expensive either. While the Range Rover Sport might start at a mere £61,250, the Dacia Duster can be yours for a sixth of the price, starting from just £9,495.00.
Picking the right 4×4 can be a minefield, so our friends at AutoExpress lined up 10 of their favourite 4X4s and SUVs to rank them all according to a range of factors, such as price, equipment, value for money, reliability and practicality.
Their results, hardly surprising. The Hyundai Santa Fe came out head and shoulders above the others. AutoExpress praised the Santa Fe for its attractive design and high quality interior.
It was described as a practical family car, and the intelligent 4WD system commended for making the car feel more secure in slippery conditions. The Hill descent control was also commented on for helping to keep things in check, while the 4WD lock highlighted for boosting its off-road ability.
AutoExpress Best 4x4s and SUVs
1.Hyundai Santa Fe
2. Range Rover Sport
3. Dacia Duster
4. Land Rover Discovery 4
5. Fiat Panda 4×4
6. Mazda CX-5
7. Range Rover
8. Range Rover Evoque
9. Suzuki SX4 S-Cross
10. Skoda Yeti


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South Australian winemaker John Hughes won the admiration of a nation on Masterchef last week. John lives with cerebral palsy. He has been admired for his courage and his cooking. But it is disappointingly rare to see people with a disability like John on our small screens.
People with a disability are simply not often represented on Australian television. So DiVine took to the red carpet of the 2011 TV Week Logie Awards last week to try to find out why.
All walks of life
I think it's really important to have people with a disability on television, says Kristie Phelan, creative director at Nickelodeon.
We need to reflect all people from all walks of life on Australian television.
Geoff Morrell is about to star in the new mini-series Cloudstreet on Channel 9. Morrell joked that if people with disabilities were on Australian television, they would put him out of a job. But then he became serious and agreed there was a need.
It's an industry that should reflect a wide range of diversity.
More accepted
Former Australian Idol host James Mathison also called for change.
Hopefully with your work and the work of others, there would be more awareness of people with disabilities on television and it would be more accepted, Mathison says.
Mathison says the growing popularity of watching video content online might help bring about change.
That's the beauty of the internet. We don't have to go through the gatekeepers to watch a range of content.
Better stories
Many people DiVine spoke to at the Logies suggested better representation of people with a disability would start with better stories.
It starts with the producers and the writers, says Packed to the Rafters actor Hugh Sheridan.
You need to be able to get the writers to write the scenes for people with disabilities to act. And you need to try and convince the producers to hire them. It's always a hard challenge. But we are getting there slowly.
We can all have a role in getting people with a disability onto television screens. We can demand television producers feature more diverse characters and casts. And we can also create stories which truly reflect the lives of people with a disability. Let's make it happen!


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Ashford University Makes Plans for December Graduation
Graduation Ceremony Planned for December 11
More than 50 Ashford University students will celebrate graduation and receive their diplomas during activities on Saturday, Dec. 11. Coinciding with the end of the traditional fall semester, the 10 a.m. graduation ceremony is for those students who attended classes at Ashford University's Clinton, IA campus as well as for a small number of online students.
During the graduation ceremony, Dr. Wayne Clugston, co-founder of Bridgepoint Education, Inc., will give the commencement address and student awards will be presented. No admission tickets are required for the ceremony.
Held in the Durgin Educational Center, the graduation ceremony will be followed immediately by a reception for the graduates and their friends and families in the St. Francis Gymnasium.
Ashford University will next hold commencement ceremonies during the weekend of April 30 and May 1, 2011.
About Ashford University
Founded in 1918, Ashford University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org). The University offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs online and at its Clinton, Iowa, campus. The University is known for its high quality yet highly affordable online and on-campus programs. For more information, please visit www.ashford.edu or call Shari Rodriguez, associate vice president of Public Relations, at 858.513.9240 x2513.


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This oval coffee table is a great size for a longer sofa and has a convenient little drawer for storing remotes, magazines etc... I painted it in Pure White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, distressed it and finished it with clear wax.
I picked up the fun moss balls at Michael's. I bought several of them to use as decor at our wedding in June. That's right - getting married on June 7th! Lots of planning, but I'm trying to stick to my motto of 'Keep It Simple'!! We're having a very small ceremony and reception with a total of 22 people. It's a DIY event right down to the food (wish us luck!) so we're going to keep it very casual. I'm currently on the hunt for a long white pretty summer dress. Getting excited!
Here's the coffee table with a 'before' pic at the bottom:
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Websense® Security Labs has received reports of a new phishing attack that targets customers of HyoVereinsBank. Users receive a spoofed email message, which claims they have to update their billing information. Users are given an opportunity to update their account via a link. Upon clicking the URL link in the email message, users are directed to a fraudulent website and asked to enter their user code and password. This phishing site is hosted in Israel and was up and running at the time of this alert. Websense® - Security Labs Alert: HypoVereinsBankLinked by shanmuga Thursday, 24th November 2005 1:50AM
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How did you meet your (now) husband? Through my best friends older bother
How long have you been together? 4 ½ years
Do you have a proposal story? Luke took me on a surprise 'birthday' picnic the day before my birthday at my favourite spot, Iluka Rod, Palm Beach- This is where our ceremony was.
The Wedding
What was your wedding date? 7.3.15
Location (Ceremony and Reception)
1. Where? Private Residence- Palm Beach
2. What made you choose there? It's our favourite spot
3. How did you find it? It's one of Luke's clients homes- They very generously let us hold it there
How was the weather on the day? Sunny
What made you decide to get married on this particular date? Just left like a good day--- All uneven numbers
The Wedding Details
Theme (if any – colours, features, etc.)? Neutral colours with bright colorful accents.
Where did you draw your inspiration/ideas from? All over Instagram and pinterest
Were any aspects of your wedding D.I.Y? If so What? Most was DIY. I went with my bridesmaids to the flower markets, bunting, poles, balloons, tassels all done by myself
Bridal Party
1. Bridesmaids – who/relationship? Kate Hills- Johnes & Emily Mckie- both long term friends
2. Groomsmen – who/relationship? Jay Baldwin & Jake Burrows- Brother and long term friend
Wedding Gown (the most important part!)
What made you decide to come into Karen Willis Holmes? I was in the area
Where have you seen our gowns (if at all) before? I saw a lot of them after I had stumbled across the store.
How many gowns did you try? Nearly all- I loved them all… but especially the Willow Gown.
Where did you purchase your gown from (which store or stockist)? Paddington- Hannah Kate made the experience a delight.
What did you especially like about your gown? I like its simplicity. It was comfortable. The lace was devine, everything really. I loved my belt too.
Who is your bridesmaid dress supplier? Forever New
Where did you get the groom and groomsmen's suits? Saba Jackets, Country Road Pants & Shirts.
What accessories did you choose to finish your gown and also for those in your bridal party? Samantha Wills earrings and Kiz & Co Bracelets for myself and the girls.
Where did you get your shoes from? Windsor Smith
Did you wear a veil/headpiece? Where did you get this from? Veil from KAREN WILLIS HOLMES & Belt.
What advice would you give brides organizing their wedding? Be organised, I was so relaxed in the lead up because I knew I had everything sorted.
What advice would you give brides searching for their wedding gown? I only looked in KAREN WILLIS HOLMES, so not sure..Make sure your comfortable.
Anything extra that is special or you would like to share about your big day.
Something Old? Antique Wine Glasses
Something New? Champagne Glasses
Something Borrowed? Cake knife
Something Blue? Napkins
A silver six pence in my shoe from England. All these were displayed on our cake table by mum.
Florist – Haven & Sarah- Avalon
Photographer – James Billing Photography
Music – Baker Boys Band
First Dance – Breathe me- SIA
MC – Jake Tucker- Luke's Cousin
Celebrant – Claire Belfort
Stationery – Heart Invites
Cake – Skyline Bakery
Bombonieres – Succulents- Made by Luke & I
Hair – Mana Hair Avalon
Make up – Suzie White Weddings
Extra features - Photobooth- In An Instant Photography


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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/19/pet.fo ... tml?hpt=T2
Kroger announces select pet food recall
By the CNN Wire
December 19, 2010 5:19 p.m. EST
CNN) -- The Kroger Co. is recalling select pet food packages from stores in 19 states fearing some of these products may contain aflatoxin, a toxic chemical byproduct that could be harmful to animals.
The recall involves certain bags of Pet Pride Cat Food, Pet Pride Kitten Food, Old Yeller Chunk Dog Food, Kroger Value Cat Food and Kroger Value Chunk Food, the company said Saturday.
The Kroger Co. urged customers to immediately consult with their veterinarian if their animals show any signs of sluggishness or lethargy combined with a reluctance to eat. A yellowish tint to the eyes or gums, severe blood or diarrhea are also warning signs, the company said...