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Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 2nd half of the 19th century, Indonesia, Sumatra. Cotton; supplementary-weft weave, 104.1 x 88.9 cm (41 x 35 in.). Gift of Wells Fargo Bank, 1987.37.1
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Second pass at the face. Raced to get this done yesterday because my model came over with her family to take a look at the progress.
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It's so close to Christmas I could cry with happiness. I'm so excited to go home to my parents' and see my family, enjoy dinner with my grandma and give my little cousins a squeeze. But before I start heading for the train home, I caught up with friends for festive drinks and Aperitivo at the Baglioni Hotel.
Aperitivo at the Baglioni Hotel
Me and Judy always try and find somewhere to drink Prosecco and chat, so when we were offered the chance to review the Aperitivo at the Baglioni Hotel thanks to privilege club, You Me & Luxury, we were so excited. Having worked at a spa website for a couple of years when I first moved down to London, I knew all about the Baglioni and how beautiful the hotel is.
It's honestly so relaxing in the Brunello lounge too. I figured since it's a 5* hotel it would be quiet, and I wasn't wrong! The plush chairs are super comfortable and draped curtains make you feel like you're safely sat at home (in your gloriously decorated mansion, naturally.) We were tucked away beside the front window, looking out on a beautiful Christmas tree. I tried to get a nice photo but this was the best I could do!
Aperitivo is traditionally 'winding down' drinks with antipasti in Italy, usually from 6pm. Prosecco after work? I can definitely get on board with that. For the Aperitivo at the Brunello lounge, you choose a drink from their delicious cocktail and wine menu and they give you a complimentary selection of antipasti. It didn't take us long to pick which drink we wanted – the Bellini Baglioni (Prosecco and peach).
The food was delicious too, and so much more filling than I thought it would be! I love a good cheese, so to see big chunks of brie and parmesan on there was a treat. I let Judy nibble at most of the cold meats – prosciutto, ham and salami – and I tucked into the artichoke and salad too. Olives and bread on the side meant that there was more than enough for us to share.
You can book Aperitivo at the Baglioni Hotel from 5.30-7.30pm daily, and it costs £15 per person. That's not a bad price for a delicious cocktail from their menu and a board packed with antipasti treats.
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Hi Everyone,
My apologies for closing this exercise the way I did.
I thought that everyone had finished & wanted to move on to the next exercise.
Apparently I was mistaken.
The person in these photos is Carlos Castaneda.
Here is his bio & his Tensegrity website link.
Carlos Castaneda(December 25 1925 April 27 1998]) was an American author with aPh.D.inanthropology.
Starting withThe Teachings of Don Juanin 1968, Castaneda wrote a series of books that describe his training inshamanism, particularly a group that he called theToltecs. The books, narrated in thefirst person, relate his experiences under the tutelage of aYaqui"Man of Knowledge" namedDonJuan Matus. His 12 books have sold more than 28 million copies in 17 languages. Critics have suggested that they are works of fiction; supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness.
Castaneda withdrew from public view in 1973 to work further on his inner development, living in a large house with three women whom he called "Fellow Travellers of Awareness", and who were ready to cut their ties to family and changed their names. He foundedCleargreen, an organization that promotedtensegrity, purportedly a traditional Toltec regimen of spiritually powerful exercises.
Early life
Castaneda moved to the United States in the early 1950s and became anaturalized citizenin 1957. He was educated atUCLA(B.A. 1962; Ph.D. 1973).Castaneda married Margaret Runyan in Mexico in 1960, according to Runyan's memoirs.Castaneda is listed on the birth certificate of Runyan's son C.J. Castaneda as his father even though his biological father was a different man.
It is unclear whether Carlos and Margaret were divorced in 1960, 1973, or not at all, and his death certificate even stated he had never been married.
Castaneda's first three books The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge;A Separate Reality; andJourney to Ixtlan were written while he was ananthropologystudent at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles(UCLA). He wrote these books as his research log describing his apprenticeship with a traditional "Man of Knowledge" identified asdon Juan Matus, aYaquiIndian from northern Mexico. Castaneda was awarded hisbachelor'sanddoctoral degreesbased on the work described in these books.
In 1974 his fourth book,Tales of Power, was published and chronicled the end of his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Matus. Castaneda continued to be popular with the reading public with subsequent publications.
In his books, Castaneda narrates in first person the events leading to his 1960 introduction to Matus, a half-Yaqui "Man of Knowledge", and his subsequent experiences with him. He also says the sorcerer bequeathed him the position ofnagual, or leader of a party of seers. Matus also used the termnagualto signify that part of perception which is in the realm of the unknown yet still reachable by man, implying that, for his party of seers, Don Juan was a connection in some way to that unknown. Castaneda often referred to this unknown realm as nonordinary reality.
The termnagualhas been used by anthropologists to mean a shaman or sorcerer who claims to be able to change into an animal form, or to metaphorically "shift" into another form through magic rituals,shamanismand experiences with psychoactive drugs (e.g.,peyoteand jimson weed Datura stramonium).
Castaneda was the subject of a cover article in the March 5, 1973 issue ofTimewhich described him as "an enigma wrapped in a mystery". When confronted by correspondent Sandra Burton about discrepancies in his personal history, Castaneda responded:
"To ask me to verify my life by giving you my statistics... is like using science to validate sorcery. It robs the world of its magic and makes milestones out of us all."
The interviewer wrote:
"Castaneda makes the reader experience the pressure of mysterious winds and the shiver of leaves at twilight, the hunter's peculiar alertness to sound and smell, the rock-bottom scrubbiness ofIndianlife, the raw fragrance oftequilaand the vile, fibrous taste ofpeyote, the dust in the car, and the loft of a crow's flight. It is a superbly concrete setting, dense withanimisticmeaning. This is just as well, in view of the utter weirdness of the events that happen in it."
Following that interview, Castaneda retired from public view.
In the 1990s, Castaneda once again began appearing in public to promoteTensegrity, a group of movements that he claimed had been passed down by 25 generations of Toltec shamans. On 16 June 1995, articles of incorporation executed by George Short were filed to createCleargreen Incorporated. The Cleargreen statement of purpose says in part:
"Cleargreen is a corporation that has a twofold purpose. First, it sponsors and organizes seminars and workshops on Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity, and second, it is a publishing house."
Cleargreen published three videos of Tensegrity movements while Castaneda was alive. Castaneda himself did not appear in the videos.
Castaneda died on April 27, 1998 in Los Angeles due to complications fromhepatocellular cancer. There was no public service; Castaneda was cremated and the ashes were sent to Mexico. His death was unknown to the outside world until nearly two months later, on 19 June 1998, when an obituary entitled "A Hushed Death for Mystic Author Carlos Castaneda" by staff writerJ. R. Moehringerappeared in theLos Angeles Times.
Upon his death,The New York Timesreferred to Castaneda's "dubious biography and shaman-like tales" that "few academics regard [as] serious scholarship."
Four months after Castaneda's death, C. J. Castaneda, also known as Adrian Vashon, whose birth certificate shows Carlos Castaneda as his father, challenged Castaneda's will in probate court. Carlos' death certificate states metabolic encephalopathy for 72 hours prior to his death, yet the will was supposedly signed 48 hours before Castaneda's death.[not in citation given]C.J. challenged its authenticity. The challenge was ultimately unsuccessful.
Castaneda's companions
After Castaneda stepped away from public view in 1973, he bought a large house in Los Angeles which he shared with some of his female companions. The women broke off relationships with friends and family when they joined Castaneda's group. They also refused to be photographed and took new names: Regina Thal becameFlorinda Donner-Grau, Maryann Simko becameTaisha Abelarand Kathleen Pohlman became Carol Tiggs. Another disciple, Patricia Partin, was renamed Blue Scout by Castaneda.
Shortly after Castaneda died in April of 1998, his companions Donner-Grau, Abelar and Patricia Partin disappeared.Amalia Marquez(also known as Talia Bey) and Tensegrity instructor Kylie Lundahl had their phones disconnected and also disappeared. Weeks later, Partins red Ford Escort was found abandoned in Death Valley.
Because the women in question had cut all ties with family and friends, it was some time before people noticed they were missing. There has been no official investigation into the disappearances of Donner-Grau, Simko and Lundahl. Luis Marquez, the brother of Talia Bey, went to police in 1999 over his sister's disappearance, but was unable to convince them that it merited investigation.
In 2006, Partin's sun-bleached skeleton was discovered by a pair of hikers in Death Valley's Panamint Dunes area and was identified by DNA testing. The investigating authorities ruled Partin's death as undetermined.
On August 2, 1998, Carol Tiggs spoke at a workshop inOntario, Canada. Since that time, she also has disappeared.
Despite the widespread popularity of his works, some critics questioned the validity of Castaneda's books as early as 1969. In a series of articles,R. Gordon Wasson, who had made psychoactive mushrooms famous, and had originally praised Castaneda's work, questioned the accuracies of Castaneda's botanical claims.
In 1976, author and ScientologistRichard de MillepublishedCastaneda's Journey: The Power and the Allegory, in which he argued, "Logical or chronological errors in the narrative constitute the best evidence that Castaneda's books are works of fiction. If no one has discovered these errors before, the reason must be that no one has listed the events of the first three books in sequence. Once that has been done, the errors are unmistakable."On these showings de Mille asserts,The Teachings of Don JuanandJourney to Ixtlan(his third book) cannot both be factual reports.
For his part, Castaneda in the introduction toA Separate Reality, his second book, addressed the incomprehensible nature of his experiences as only being able to be understood in the context of the alien system of perception from which they arose, suggesting that his books are by their very nature contradictory and incomprehensible (as to time and place especially) to academic and critical inquiry.
In a 1968 radio interviewwith Theodore Roszak, Castaneda, while confirming that his mystical experiences were absolutely true to life, did explain that he took some chronological license in his writing about actual events: "The way the books present it seems to heighten some dramatic sequences, which is, I'm afraid, not true to real life. There are enormous gaps in between in which ordinary things took place, that are not included. I didn't include in the book because they did not pertain to the system I wanted to portray, so I just simply took them away, you see. And that means that the gaps between those very heightened states, you know, whatever, says that I remove things that are continuous crescendos, in kind of sequence leading to a very dramatic solution. But in real life it was a very simple matter because it took years between, months pass in between them, and in the meantime we did all kinds of things. We even went hunting. He (Don Juan) told me how to trap things, set traps, very old, old ways of setting a trap, and how to catch rattlesnakes. He told me how to prepare rattlesnakes, in fact. And so that eases up, you see, the distrust or the fear."
At first, and with the backing of academic qualifications and theUCLAanthropological department, Castaneda's work was critically acclaimed. Notable anthropologists like Edward Spicer (1969) andEdmund Leach(1969)praised Castaneda, alongside more alternative and young anthropologists.
The authenticity of Don Juan was accepted for six years, untilRichard de Milleand Daniel Noel both published their critiques of the Don Juan books in 1976. Later anthropologists specializing in Yaqui Indian culture (William Curry Holden, Jane Holden Kelley and Edward H. Spicer), who originally supported Castaneda's account as true, questioned the accuracies of Castaneda's work.Other criticisms of Castaneda's work include the total lack of Yaqui vocabulary or terms for any of his experiences, and his refusal to defend himself against the accusation that he received his PhD from UCLA through deception.
Others[who?](including Dr. Clement Meighan) point out that the books largely, and for the most part, do not describe Yaqui culture at all with its emphasis on Catholic upbringing and conflict with the Federal State of Mexico, but rather focus on the international movements and life of Don Juan who was described in the books as traveling and having many connections, and abodes, in the Southwestern United States (Arizona), Northern Mexico, and Oaxaca. Don Juan was described in the books as a shaman steeped in a mostly lost Toltec philosophy and decidedly anti-Catholic. Dr. Clement Meighan, one of Castaneda's professors at UCLA, and an acknowledged expert on Indian culture in the U.S., Mexico, and other areas in North America, up to his death, never doubted that Castaneda's work was based upon authentic contact with and observations of Indians. Later, Miguel Ruiz also verified the existence of Indian "Brujos" in Mexico with native teachings much like Don Juan's.
A March 5, 1973Timearticle by Sandra Burton, looking at both sides of the controversy, stated:
...the more worldly claim to importance of Castaneda's books: to wit, that they are anthropology, a specific and truthful account of an aspect of Mexican Indian culture as shown by the speech and actions of one person, a shaman named Juan Matus. That proof hinges on the credibility of Don Juan as a being and Carlos Castaneda as a witness. Yet there is no corroboration beyond Castaneda's writings that Don Juan did what he is said to have done, and very little that he exists at all.
A strong case can be made that the Don Juan books are of a different order of truthfulness from Castaneda's pre-Don Juan past. Where, for example, was the motive for an elaborate scholarly put-on?The Teachingswere submitted to a university press, an unlikely prospect for best-sellerdom. Besides, getting an anthropology degree from U.C.L.A. is not so difficult that a candidate would employ so vast a confabulation just to avoid research. A little fudging perhaps, but not a whole system in the manner of The Teachings, written by an unknown student with, at the outset, no hope of commercial success.
David Silverman sees value in the work even while considering it fictional. InReading Castanedahe describes the apparent deception as a critique of anthropology field work in general a field that relies heavily on personal experience, and necessarily views other cultures through a lens. According to Silverman, not only the descriptions ofpeyotetrips but also the fictional nature of the work are meant to place doubt on other works of anthropology.
Donald Wieve cites Castaneda to explain theinsider/outsider problemas it relates to mystical experiences, while acknowledging the fictional nature of his work.
Two other authors, Taisha Abelar and Florinda Donner-Grau, wrote books in which they claimed to be from Matus' party of Toltecwarriors. Both Abelar and Donner-Grau were endorsed by Castaneda as being legitimate students of Matus, whereas he dismissed all other writers as pretenders. The two women were part of Castaneda's inner circle, which he referred to as "TheBrujas," and both assumed different names as part of their dedication to their new beliefs. They were originally both graduate students in anthropology at UCLA.
Felix Wolf, one of Carlos Castaneda's apprentices and translators, wroteThe Art of Navigation: Travels with Carlos Castaneda and Beyond. In his book Wolf details how his life had been transformed by his association with Castaneda. While touching on all aspects of the teachings, Wolf highlights what he perceives to be the overriding and essential transmission that came through Castaneda's work:The Art of Navigation.
Amy WallacewroteSorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda,an account of her personal experiences with Castaneda and his followers.
InCarlos Castaneda e a Fenda entre os Mundos Vislumbres da Filosofia nahuacah no Sculo XXIBrazilian writer Luis Carlos de Morais analyzes the work of Carlos Castaneda, its cultural implications, and its continuation in other authors.
Sanchez's first book,The Teachings of Don Carlos: Practical Applications of the Works of Carlos Castaneda(1995), provides in-depth techniques and commentary on a path of "self-growth" based on the wisdom of the Toltec descendants. His approach in this book is bringing the proposals of Castaneda down to the earth focusing on those parts of Castaneda's book that can be applied in everyday life and used for personal development. Sanchez has published three further books:Toltecs of the New Millennium(1996), providing an overview of and background on the author's experiences with theWirrarika;The Toltec Path of Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul(2001); andThe Toltec Oracle(2004). Sanchez's recapitulation technique bears some resemblance to Sandra Ingerman's soul retrieval technique, but is probably the most comprehensive approach to the subject that has been published so far. Other shamanic teachers using similar techniques include Michael Harner, PhD founder of "core shamanism", and Ken Page, founder of Heart and Soul Healing. Some have associated Sanchez's work with Toltec authorDon Miguel Ruiz, author ofThe Four Agreements.
Have a phenomenal weekend <3
Here are some more pictures of him in different stages of his life.
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But I gotta keep an out for Selena will no longer be heard at Justin Bieber's concert shows from now on it, has been reported. The singer who supposedly split from girlfriend Selena Gomez last week has now demanded for Nicki Minaj's verse on the track Beauty and a Beat to be shortened as he no longer wants Selena's name mentioned in his song. This comes just days after Bieber had thought Gomez would give the relationship another go, seeing that they have broken up several times in the past and got back together. Clearly, Selena isn't after the money.
In the song, Nicki rhymes: "Justin Bieber, you know I'm a hit 'em with the ether, buns out, wiener, but I gotta keep an eye out for Selena." A source tell The Sun: "It's too late for Justin to remove the lyric from his album. But there's no way he's going to be singing it or have anyone else sing it – including Nicki – at his concerts. He knows it would just rub salt in the wounds for Selena and there would be a huge backlash from his girl fans, so it's easier forgotten."
Bieber who is currently on his North America Believe tour until next month has been linked to several models after performing at this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show earlier this month, alongside Rihanna who was also invited to perform. Justin supposedly flirted with the girls and even took one of them to the cinema to watch a movie, which seemed to have been the moment Selena knew the relationship was over. Good decision!
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Condemned Entertainment is a group of - currently - mainly amateur game and mod developers who hope to create games and mods professionally in the future. Condemned Entertainment was co-founded by Craka_J and Kasper. Craka_J assumes the role as leader of the group. At the moment, Condemned Entertainment's two primary projects are Apocalypse and WarCraft III: World of WarCraft. Both are mods for WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne and are highly anticipated by hundreds of WarCraft III players around the world.
Lots of progress being made from our talented artists! Some images included.
models on the way
As promised, a total of three additional screenshots have been uploaded before the weekend began. But don't worry, there's a good chance there will be...
terrain progress!
Surprised, excited, and motivated from the amount of attention we received today from last night's update, we figured it'd only be fare to provide yet...
Valley of Trials makes progress this weekend. It's not much, but it's enough to show off and consider noticeable progress.
weekend terrain progress
We release five new never-before-seen terrain screenshots of Valley of Trials in Wc3:WoW. The zone is still being worked on and is about 38% to 60% complete...
valley of trials
Wc3:WoW finally nears its release enough to the point where we feel we now have a confident grasp over its definite release date!
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These staples only fit air guns. There are 10,000 to a box, size 71/10mm Stainless steel staples must always be used on boat upholstery
standard staples will rust within a week. We also have a larger size 71/06.
These staples are on special offer while the stock lasts as it is the remainder of our manufacturing stock.
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I finally got my recycled Wily 29er built up yesterday and headed out for the first shakedown ride. Before I get to the ride report, here's a look at the parts spec for all you fellow bike geeks.
Frame: Wily 29er True Temper steel with sliding dropouts. The frame originally had Breezer dropouts but I had Wily cut them off and add the sliders so I could run it as a SS without a tensioner. They did a lovely job with the frame work. Paint is Spectrum powdercoat grey with a blue metallic sparkle in it. Sweet.
Fork: Wily Steel
Wheels: Industry Nine disc laced to DT Swiss TK7.1 with ALUMINUM spokes. Hubs are turned from solid rubies mined in the mountains of western North Carolina and the spokes were drawn from industrial grade diamonds. Looks like it anyway. Industry Nine is a local Asheville company that has just started cranking out these wheels and I have to say they're trick. Straight pull hubs with machined spokes make for an amazingly stiff, true ride. Vastly better than the Bonty racelites i tried on a previous 29er demo ride- no flex at all. The rear hub has the quickest engagement of any hub I have ridden. You can choose the number of pawls, which determines whether you get 3 or 6 degrees before engagement. I went with the 3 and it is instantaneous. You can also have the hubs/spokes made in any colors you want. When I picked up my set I saw a pair of pink hubs laced up with blue spokes. Crazy.
Exi front/Mythos rear. Tubes for now...
Bars: Jones H-Bar It's all been said before but they felt perfectly natural from the start. I really dig the choice of hand positions and forgiving feel. I had gotten into a bad habit of cocking one shoulder during hard grunts up steep stuff and most rides ended in a sore shoulder. Not anymore! My upper body felt great after a pretty big day.
Cranks: the new Shimano LX with Surly stainless ring. These cranks are the bomb. Super stiff, idiot easy to install, sweet looking and only $99 with the BB!
Titec ti post and Ti Berserker saddle- too bad they quit making them because this saddle keeps my taint happy.
Mallet pedals are my pick for SS bikes cause you can just hop on and mash away after the inevitable pushing sessions.
Brakes: Right now I have a Magura Marta front and Deore rear with a Dangerboy lever. I bought a set of Martas from a guy on MTBR and when they showed up, the mounting tabs on the front weren't flat. Looks like he overtightened the mounting bolts and deformed the tabs a little. His response- well, they worked for me. I have tried every possible combo of shims and just can't get them to run without significant drag and squealing. I sanded the fork mounting tab, gently filed the caliper tabs to get em flat- no success yet but I'll keep trying. I needed a longer hose for the rear and its on the way. For now the Deore works great and the Dangerboy levers are a great product. Especially nice with the H Bar
After only one ride I think I am smitten. The bike fits me perfectly- no issues with my 5'8" height. The dropped top tube looks great and gives me plenty of room to move around. Handling in the tight technical singletrack around here was spot on. I find that I have to commit to turns a tiny bit earlier, but once I set that edge it just rails. I was amazed how I gould blast through stuff, even with the rigid fork. Speaking of the fork, it really does a lot to smooth out the ride. Suprisingly so.
The bike outhandles my old 26 SS in just about every category I can think of. I have not decided which wheel is better on long gravel road climbs- I was hurting some, but I haven't been on a SS since I sold my Gunnar 3 months ago. I need to get that suffering mentality back. Traction is definitely better in tough sections.
I really like the modular sliding dropout setup. It is easy to adjust, lightweight, secure, and allows the option of gears if I ever want to go that route.
That's about it. Wily makes sweet frames and forks, the Industry Nine wheels (+/- 1800g) may be the answer to light stiff 29er wheel needs, and the H Bar is simply a great product.
Pisgah 29er gathering anyone?


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How To :: Printing Instagram Photos
posted on: 12.16.2012
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WOW!!! So much grest info!!! THANX!!! I have been wondering how to make it easier to get my instagram photos printed. I use Walgreens always to print my potos so this was very helpful!!!!!! Loveing me some DREW!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Thanks for doing this tutorial. So much easier to have the visual. I can't wait to try this!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Super helpful! I'm about to get my first ever iPhone, and one of the reasons I'm getting one is for the camera. Love making mini-books too, so I look forward to using your methods for printing! Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
Oh, thanks for the video. Yeah, my instagram account has tons of pictures already (tons is an overstatement, I know), and I also wonder how to keep them on my phone since it's eating up the memory. Maybe plotting them on frames hanging them on my walls can be a great decor at home.ReplyDelete
Nice video, and thanks for sharing this! Finally I can print out the pictures from my account and have my little museum in my room with all those memories that I took with Instagram. All I need now are frames.ReplyDelete
Very good post! Thanks a lot. followers on instagramReplyDelete


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Uhhhhh, how shall I put this? An artist named Daniel Edwards has created a bronze sculpture of Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton's babies, which is exactly as strange and ridiculous as it sounds.
The piece is entitled "Special K and Little Grape," in reference to the nickname Kate and Prince William gave their baby-to-be, and I guess the "K" is kind of self explanatory.
And if the statue itself isn't odd enough for you, Edwards' description of his creation definitely ups the ante on the creepy factor.
He says in a statement:
Baby Kimye (Special K) is depicted as a chubby-cheeked-cherub with angelic curls, and 'Ks' shaved in the hair. The royal baby (Little Grape), who resembles Prince William as an infant, sucks its thumb and wears the crown Queen Elizabeth wore as a princess for King George VI's coronation. The slumbering pair floats in harmony, appearing as womb-mates.
OMG. Womb-mates? For real? All I know is that when and if Kate Middleton sees this thing, she's going to be nothing short of appalled. Kim, on the other hand, may be kind of into it, being that she's appeared to be a bit obsessed with the Duchess in the past. She may totally dig the idea of their babies sharing some sort of unspoken bond, you know -- since they now have their own figurine and all.
But maybe Kim will see past the Kate connection entirely since this does involve her baby-to-be. Think about it for a second. Wouldn't you be a little freaked out if someone made a statue to commemorate your baby -- who isn't even born yet?
I mean, it's all well and good when parents bronze their kids' baby shoes and other trinkets -- but to go so far as to create a "work of art" around someone else's baby? That's just plain crazy. I know they're celebrities, which means they're subjected to being in the public eye -- but you'd think people would have the decency to give them a little space, at least when it comes to their children. That's something every mom deserves, regardless of how many people know her name.
(Man. Aren't you glad you aren't a celebrity?)
What do you think of this statue?
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Four in five U.S. adults (80%) strongly or somewhat agree that national and state governments are not doing enough to promote production of biofuels – fuels made from agricultural crops or plant matter – according to a survey released by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(r), also found that 82% of adults say national and state governments should provide financial incentives to biofuels producers to encourage the production and availability of biofuels. More than two out of three adults (69%) would use American-made biofuels even if these fuels cost slightly more than conventional gas.
And more than eight of every 10 (84%) say they would be at least somewhat likely to support federal and state political candidates who favor providing incentives to promote increased production and availability of biofuels throughout the U.S.
The survey asked respondents how strongly they agreed or disagreed with certain statements about biofuels. Half of U.S. adults (50%) strongly agreed and a third (30%) somewhat agreed that "Federal and state governments are not doing enough to promote the production of biofuels." When asked, "Do you think the production and availability of biofuel should be encouraged by national and state governments providing financial incentives to biofuel producers?" four out of five respondents (82%) said, "Yes."
More than half (57%) of U.S. adults were able to correctly define biofuels as fuel made from agricultural crops or plant matter.
The survey also asked adults to rate the importance to them "that biofuel production in America helps to accomplish" the goals of creating jobs in rural areas, making America less dependent on foreign oil, and reducing gas prices. Eight of 10 respondents (81%) rated making America less dependent on foreign oil very important or important. Seven of 10 (73%) rated decreasing gas prices very important or important. And lastly, nearly seven in 10 (68%) rated creating jobs in rural areas very important or important.


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ASRock X79 Extreme11 Intel LGA 2011 ReviewCPU Performance Results »
Test System
|Test System
|Intel 3960X
3.3 GHz, 15 MB Cache
|16 GB DDR3 (4x 4 GB) G.Skill F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH
|Noctua NH-C14
|ASRock X79 Extreme11
Intel X79 Express, BIOS ver 1.20
|Video Card:
|XFX Radeon HD 6950 2 GB
|Corsair ForceGT 60 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD(OS)
Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD
Velocity SuperSpeed USB3.0 External Dock w/ Corsair F60 SSD
|Power Supply:
|Silverstone Strider GOLD 750W
|CoolerMaster CM690
|Windows 7 64-bit SP1, ATI Catalyst 12.3
Initial Setup
Initial setup and testing with the ASRock X79 Extreme11 took place without fault. I noticed that the Turbo profile used was a bit more aggressive than what I've seen with some other products, but it was far more in-line with what I expect out of my 3960X chips. Our G.skill memory booted with 11-11-11-28 timings without an issue, and I completed all testing without much fan-fare. I will mention, however, that my initial testing was with an early BIOS. Our standard routine here is to update to the most recent publically available full release BIOS and when I did, the system underwent a change. The new v1.20 BIOS unleashes the full potential of the ASRock X79 Extreme11 and I strongly recommend that all users update to this BIOS as soon as possible. It's very rare that things change as much performance-wise as they do with this BIOS updates. I have to commend ASRock for optimizing the BIOS performance-wise without, at the same time, sacrificing stability at any point. Again, ASrock truly impressed me, so kudos to you, ASRock!
PWM Power ConsumptionWe measure CPU power consumption since one of our first tasks is to truly verify system stability. We isolate the power coming through the 8-pin ATX connector using an in-line meter that provides voltage and current readings, as well as total wattage passed through it. While this may not prove to isolate the CPU power draw in all instances, it does serve as a good indicator of board efficiency and effective VRM design.
The ASRock X79 Extreme11 did fairly well when it comes to power consumption. Idle was a little bit high, at 8 Watts total drawn by the VRM, while load was reported on my meter as 137 Watts, right in the middle of all of my Intel X79 results. That was, of course, without any extra power-saving features enabled. When I enabled the power-saving feature for the VRM in AXTU, I noticed power draw drop by 12 Watts, leading to 125 Watts drawn at load. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all!


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New Northwestern blog Lake the Posts is counting down the Top 24(?) games in Northwestern football history. Expect the Badgers to figure prominently in this series ... they're already in there twice at #21 (the 1992 game) and #20 (the horrendous 2005 game in which the #14 Badgers gave up 51 points).
Bucky's Faithful does something I planned to do ... he has a four-part series about the Badgers' representatives in the NFL. You can see parts one, two, and three here. Part four begins with a prefatory note about Kammron Taylor, who worked out with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has joined their summer league team, and I'm sure he's glad to have an opportunity to play with his hometown professional franchise.
Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated believes the Wisconsin-Michigan game is the fourth-biggest game of the year, UW Athletics produced the 7th highest revenue total of all athletic departments last year, and Trev Alberts has discovered Barenjager.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Things to read on while you're waiting for the weekend
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I implemented a new part to the player review. There should be more to come.
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There were 90,000 pumpkins, squash and gourds in Dallas Arboretum's Pumpkin Village this year.
Enjoy the walk through one of the best fall displays in America. 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was the theme. Be a kid again, learn the names of the pumpkins, squash and gourds, meet the characters of the favorite story.


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Alopecia is the medical term used to denote hairloss. There are various types of alopecia:
- Alopecia areata – round patchy hair loss.
- Alopecia totalis – Complete loss of hair on the head.
- Alopecia universalis – Loss of hair all over the body including eyelashes and eyebrows.
Causes of Alopecia
- Hereditary.
- Hormonal imbalance like impaired thyroid function.
- Dandruff and other scalp infections or skin diseases like ringworm infection, lichen planus, etc.
- Certain medications, chemotherapy.
- Malnutrition/Nutritional deficiency.
- Stress.
- Using contaminated/polluted water for hair wash.
- Repeated hair styling treatments like straightening, curling, perming, colouring, etc.
- Traction alopecia is a condition where tight/pulling hair style is the reason for hair fall.
According to Ayurveda, the vitiated vata and pitta affects the hair roots and cause hair loss, then the vitiated kapha and rakta obstructs the hair roots, so there is no chance of hair regrowth. If hair roots are partially occluded, by proper treatment there is chance for regrowth of hair
Ayurveda suggests usage of the following formulations to manage Alopecia areata
- Aragwadharishtam and khadirarishta.
- Manibhadra Ghulam to cleanse the body and remove toxins.
- Tila rasayanam, Narasimha lehyam, Amalaki rasayana and Triphala rasayana.
- Application of hasti dantha mashi with juice of Bhringaraja ( Eclipta alba) over the affected area.
- External application of malatyadi keram/ chembaratyadi keram/ Nilibhringadi taila/ Bhringaraja taila/ Bhringamalakadi taila.
- Application of karaveera patra swarasa/ Kantakari swaras (juice extracted from leaves).
Ayurvedic procedures like Siravedha, Nasya, Lepa, Dhara and Abhyanga are also effective.
If there is nutritional deficiency, take proper supplements like Xerfer, Mandoora vatakam, dhatri loha, pravala/ mukta/ kukkutanda twak bhasma, etc., under a physician's guidance.
Daily Hair Care
- Wash your hair weekly thrice with mild herbal shampoo and lukewarm water. Avoid hot water.
- Do circular massage on your scalp with medicated hair oil, half an hour before hair wash. Avoid vigorous rubbing.
- Wash your comb, pillow cover, towel regularly. Avoid sharing these things with others.
- Use blunt and wide toothed comb.
- Brush your hair and scalp gently daily once. Avoid vigorous brushing.
- You can use natural shampoos like shikakai, reetha, aloe vera, methi, etc.
- Avoid repeated hair styling treatments and tight hair styles.
Dietary and Lifestyle Changes
- Avoid curds, pickles, excessive intake of salt, coffee, tea, seafood and deep fried oily foods.
- Include more green leafy vegetables, curry leaves, raisins, dates and figs in your diet.
- According to your caloric requirement include milk and egg appropriately.
- Avoid day sleep and have enough sleep of 7- 8 hours at night.
- Yoga poses like sarvangasana (shoulder stand), forward bending exercises are beneficial. It enhances blood circulation and also manages stress.
You can consult our Ayurvedic physician for further guidance through email: [email protected]


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Friday, 21 February 2014
Internet Trolls are Psychopaths?
The Canadian research, which is comprehensive in its sample and extensive in the testing, has come up with an interesting conclusion. 'Trolls' are generally people who display Machiavellian manipulative traits; they enjoy causing offence and hurt; they enjoy causing fear (one acquaintance had an exchange with a Troll, who then stalked her across the internet, making personal threats. The Police were called and traced him. He turned out to be a 13 year old with the classic psychopath profile) through stalking and threats, and who have sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies. This should concern us, because it is often these behaviours that make the running on a wide range of subjects and topics in todays world.
Just look at how the political debate between left and right ideologies seems to have become bogged down and dominated by epithets, offensive labels and name-calling. Look at the typical behaviours of those leading it. It seems to be particularly prevalent among many 'atheists' who troll religious debates and sites. The same has happened in the 'climate change' debate - it is the Trolls who make all the running and currently have the attention of policy makers and politicians. Why is 'cyber bullying' such a problem? Once again, it is those inclined to 'trolling' who are the lead offenders, and other studies over the years have suggested a strong link between 'bullying' and psychopathic and sadistic behaviours.
Among the classic indicators found by the researchers was 'desire to hurt' among many Trolls. These people actively take 'roles' in online games which give them the best opportunity to 'cause hurt' to other game characters, or 'kill' opponents. Another tendency is to regard animals and people as 'things', objects to be used, manipulated and abused. Again, classic psychopath behaviour. Once someone becomes an 'object' he or she is no longer considered to have any more value than would be given to, say, a stone or a window to be broken with it.
The online Independent carries a good report on the research here. The full report is available (behind a paywall) at Science Central entitled "Trolls just want to have fun". Unfortunately, it does seem that their idea of fun is to cause as much distress and pain as possible to anyone who happens to come into contact through the internet or any other medium.
We should be worried by this, since it does tell us something important about the society we have blundered into creating. Perhaps it is also a call to run a few checks on the trolls - none of the traits they display can be termed 'healthy' for anyone, least of all themselves. The research raises some very interesting questions across a very wide spectrum of behaviours closely related to 'trolling', with big implications for a number of organisations who encourage it as a part of 'civil action' for their causes.
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- Anonymous22 February 2014 at 18:47
Slim Jim says: From what I've seen, trolls are bullies, control freaks and often sanctimonious twats! They don't often appear to have the gift of persuasion, and they certainly like to irritate and annoy. I would class them as ethereal vermin.ReplyDelete
Slim Jim, the research suggests they are at the very least sociopaths, and as so many seem to belong the the climate-change/green/campaigning-on-issues/anti-coal/nuclear/etc, one does have to wonder about the type of person these 'causes' attract.ReplyDelete
As you say, they are largely bullies, but that doesn't make them any less dangerous to their victims or targets. As soon as you raise a counter argument to their accepted 'truth' - they immediately go on the attack. I was reading one such today on a thread on the Archbishop Cranmer Blog ...


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He doesn't look like a hero. He's short, stumpy, has a scrunched-up face and the kind of haircut that should have been left in the last millennium.
He doesn't sound like a star. He's 30 and has never played for his country. His CV is that of a ten-a-penny Brazilian journeyman, elevated above the mundane only by spells in China and Saudi Arabia. They didn't go very well. He has all the global cachet of the salt shaker in your cupboard.
Appearances can be deceiving, though, for this is the best player in Brazil at the moment. Meet Fernando Camilo Farias (Camilo to his friends), full-time cult figure and the creative force behind Botafogo's unlikely ascent to the upper echelons of the Campeonato Brasileiro.
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Home Retail, which has become something of a British takeover target of late, is in advanced talks to sell the Homebase chain to Australia's Wesfarmers for £340m in cash, enabling it to give Argos all the attention.
Wesfarmers is a leading hardware retailer in Australia, and its second biggest supermarket owner in Australia. If the bid, which has thrown a spanner in the works for Sainsbury's, is accepted, then Wesfarmers will look to "reinvigorate" Homebase's assets.
"The UK home improvement and garden market is an attractive and growing market," Wesfarmers said in a statement confirming a conditional offer Homebase, Britain's second largest home improvement and garden retailer, had been made.
It is understood that Sainsbury's approach to buy out the entirety of Home Retail in November came a couple of months after Wesfarmers started talks. The grocer's interests lie predominantly in Argos, which it has already struck a relationship with.
In an analysts' call on Wednesday morning, CEO Mike Coupe justified its bid citing that the combination of Argos and Sainsbury's product lines would create a business that would rival Amazon, John Lewis and Marks and Spencer. He repeatedly declined to comment on Homebase, leading to speculation that the business would be offloaded were a sale to go ahead.
Home Retail Chief Exec John Walden said a sale represents good value for investors as it would come about a year into a three-year improvement strategy for the chain.
"The sale would allow the group to focus on Argos and its transformation plan, with an improved balance sheet and financial position, which I believe represents an even greater opportunity for building long-term shareholder value," he said.


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Death and Progress
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. — Max Planck
In a recent paper, "Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?", Pierre Azoulay (MIT), Christian Fons-Rosen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), and Joshua S. Graff Zivin (UCSD) study "the extent to which eminent scientists shape the vitality of their fields by examining entry rates into the fields of 452 academic life scientists who pass away while at the peak of their scientific abilities." They conclude that "outsiders are reluctant to challenge leadership within a field when the star [scientist] is alive," and that after the star's death, the star's junior collaborators publish less and are cited less, while non-collaborators and researchers who were "not previously active" in the field publish and are cited more.
They add: "these results paint a picture of scientific fields as scholarly guilds to which elite scientists can regulate access, providing them with outsized opportunities to shape the direction of scientific advance in that space."
(The paper was covered at Vox with the headline "Elite Scientists Can Hold Back Science", but the paper does not provide evidence that, all things considered, elite scientists do hold back science.)
To what extent, if any, is this phenomenon present in philosophy? Given that joint-authorship is much less common in philosophy than in the sciences, there would have to be some way other than collaboration to measure the residual influence of a deceased philosopher, but that doesn't seem impossible. Philosophers are welcome to share their impressions, though it would be interesting if some of the more data-minded among us took up the task of figuring this out.


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By the Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
One of the best loved Christmas Carols is the 165-year-old carol: Good King Wenceslas. In 1853, John Mason Neale chose Wenceslas as the subject for a children's song to exemplify generosity. It quickly became a Christmas favorite, even though its words clearly indicate that Wenceslas 'looked out' on St. Stephen's Day, the day after Christmas. So Good King Wenceslas is actually a Boxing Day carol! For a tune, Neale picked up a spring carol, originally sung with the Latin text 'Tempus adest floridum' or 'Spring has unwrapped her flowers'. This original spring tune was first published in 1582 in a collection of Swedish church and school songs.
Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia who was murdered in 929 AD by his wicked younger brother, Boleslav. As the song indicates, he was a good, honest, and strongly principled man. The song expresses his high moral character in describing King Wenceslas braving a fierce storm in order to help feed a poor neighbour. Wenceslas believed that his Christian faith needed to be put into action in practical ways. Wenceslas was brought up with a strong Christian faith by his grandmother St. Ludmila. Wenceslas' own mother Drahomira, however, joined forces with an anti-Christian group that murdered Wenceslas' grandmother, and seized power in Bohemia. Two years later in 922 AD, the evil Drahomira was deposed, and Good King Wenceslas became the ruler. He became Bohemia's most famous martyr and patron saint. His picture appeared on Bohemian coins, and the Crown of Wenceslas became the symbol of Czech independence.
Even as a young child, I remember feeling moved as I sung this unusual carol. Why does Good King Wenceslas have such a deep and lasting impact on its hearers? Perhaps it is because there are so many levels of meaning to this carol. A child may hear one thing, an adult may hear another. I find that I can sing it again and again, and new meaning continues to pour forth from the carol. Recently the phrase 'Fails my heart, I know not how, I can go no longer' really spoke to me. It reminded me that sometimes there are times in our lives when life and its stresses seem to overwhelm us, and we feel that 'we can go no longer.' The response of Good King Wenceslas was most interesting. He said: 'Mark my footsteps, my good page, Tread thou in them boldly: Thou shalt find the winter's rage freeze thy blood less coldly.' Wenceslas reminds us that when we are all alone, life can feel very bleak. It is at such times that solidarity with another human being can help 'our blood freeze less coldly'. Wenceslas affirms that we are not alone, and subtly points to the basic Christmas message that Jesus our Master will never leave us in the cold.
In His Master's Steps
In the last verse are the memorable words: 'In his master's steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted.' The author John Neale, an Anglican priest, shows us here that the essence of true living is learning to walk in our Master's steps. All of us need a Higher Power to help guide us along our journey. Jesus said: "If anyone would come after me (and tread in my steps), he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Our challenge each Christmas is to look beyond the toys and tinsel, to see 'the Master's steps.'
The Rev. Dr. Ed Hird, BSW, MDiv, DMin
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You didn't really think we'd forget about Halloween did you? As anyone who has visited us knows, Halloween is our absolute favorite holiday and this year we're pulling out all the spooky stops. We've been hoarding pixels like corralled zombies and now it's finally time to open the barn doors.
We're kicking off our month-long tribute to all things Halloween with a special set of icons and desktop pictures inspired by everyone's favorite time-traveling alien, Doctor Who. Ged has been crafting his Doctor Who Vol 2 icons for ages and now they've materialized to save humanity & spruce up your hard drives all at the same time. Doctor Who fans will recognize many of the iconic (sorry) items from the long-running BBC series including Matt Smith's sonic screwdriver and the erie Pandorica.
As if that wasn't enough, David Lanham has also jumped on the Doctor Who bandwagon and created a new set of beautifully detailed TARDIS wallpapers for your Mac, iPad and shiny new iPhone 5. If you look lovingly at the TARDIS like the Doctor does, these wonderful scifi wallpapers will keep you smiling for eternity. David's even created two alternate versions for you – Version B and Version C.
Head on over to the freeware page to download both of these fantastically fun freeware offerings and then bookmark the Iconfactory for regular visits in October as we bring you more amazing, free scary stuff in the weeks ahead. Don't forget to visit our spooky new Halloween Pinterest Kate has put together for you chok full of fun holiday info and links. We hope you'll stay tuned for everything emerging from the lab, fun stuff is in store so enjoy the annual creepy factory makeover, and Happy Halloween everyone!


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Maybe the reason gun control is being pushed hard in 2013 is because it has no chance to advance in 2014. Next year Americans will begin to digest the provisions of the national health-care mandate and after a heaping helping of that no gun control could ever pass. Maybe that's the government's intention; hurry up and disarm the people before the national health-care debacle goes into effect.
-- Stuart Mullis
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Meat and heart disease link
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually.
Hazen's study showed that carnitine, an amino acid contained in all meat products, is a major factor in heart failure. Similarly, an Oxford University study of nearly 45,000 adults in last January's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that vegetarians were 32 percent less likely to suffer from heart disease than people who ate meat and fish.
A Harvard University study of 37,698 men and 83,644 women, in last April's Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded that meat consumption raises the risk of total, heart and cancer mortality. We have sacrificed the lives of 10,000 American personnel and trillions of dollars in waging two wars to avenge the deaths of 2,600 Americans in the 9/11 attacks. When will we wage a bloodless, low-cost war on the killer meat-based diet, potentially responsible for as many as 1.3 million American deaths annually?
In the meantime, we have the power to raise our own life expectancy by adopting a meat-free diet. An Internet search provides ample resources.
-- Morris Newman
Alcohol awareness
April marks Alcohol Awareness Month. Sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. The goal is to reduce alcohol abuse and encourage adults who choose to drink, to do so responsibly.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, most adults who drink alcohol, do so in moderation and are at low risk for developing problems related to their drinking. The key is moderation.
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines define moderate drinking as up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. The guidelines define a standard drink as 12 fluid ounces of regular beer, five fluid ounces of wine, and 1.5 fluid ounces of 80 proof distilled spirits. Each of these standard drinks contains the same amount of alcohol.
Take some time to reflect on your own alcohol consumption to ensure it falls within the moderate drinking guidelines. Physicians can also provide guidance on questions related to alcohol and health, and can help you weigh the potential benefits and risks of alcohol consumption based on your family background, medical history and personal drinking decisions. For more information go to www.DrinkinModeration.org.
-- Eleni Tousimis M.D., FACS
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True history?
Since April is being proclaimed "Confederate History and Heritage Month," perhaps few people know the true history of what happened over a 150 years ago. Most history books give the popular notion that the South was invaded to free the slaves. But this is only part of the untruths printed in most history books. The true records of what happened are now beginning to come to the surface. And, as one lover of true history, H.K. Edgerton said, is "setting the record straight."
Mike Scruggs wrote, "The Uncivil War," named so perhaps, because of the uncivilized, total war policy of the Union. And, as the book cover says, "shatters the historical myths" and brings to light the truth. It tells why the Southern states had no other recourse but secession, due to the outrageous tariffs on cotton. Most importantly, it tells of some of the great men like Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and Wade Hampton, who would rather hazard themselves, than turn from the truth, justice and American way.
-- Dwight Poole
Watch out
Recently, my husband had open heart surgery at a Macon hospital. For the most part, we had some very attentive and helpful nurses. It was wonderful how some went over and above the duty they were to perform.
I would like to give some examples of poor service by some, not all, nursing staff. The evening he was moved to a room, he had two chest drainage tubes and the accompanying attached receptacles. He had an oxygen tube attached to the wall. The Foley catheter had been removed earlier.
I had my own health issues to see about so I did not plan to stay the night. Boy, was I sorry the next day when I found out that when he called the nurses station during the night, they did not come as promised. He had to take off his oxygen, hobble to the bathroom with all the attachments. Of course, after that type of traumatic surgery, he had no business getting up alone and dragging all attachments along. But what does someone do in that kind of situation?
How is it that people are able to go through nursing school, get an RN degree, get hired by a reputable hospital and yet not care one whit about patients who are in need? Where is the compassion?
I'm so sorry to see how this behavior is tolerated by hospitals and the very schools these inept nurses come from. If you are a nurse who ignores calls from helpless patients, in my opinion, you should find another line of work.
Just be aware that if your loved one is in an area hospital, you may need to stay and care for them during the night as well as the day.
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Welcome home
Don Bailey, welcome back to Middle Georgia. I trust you and the community will benefit from you and your family's presence. I am delighted after reading of your Middle Georgia ties and past connections.
From a lay persons standpoint, it will be refreshing to anticipate a new spirit and not witness the inbred attitude so common in older, low growth cities. However, the recent outreach to Houston County, is a good sign, and will benefit The Telegraph.
A strong, vibrant and a little less political newspaper will be a valuable tool in promoting economic development for our region. A central, neutral, news organization will contribute to the community.
I was born and raised in Gordon, was county commission chair, and have been mayor for 12 years. I am making personal observations as an "outsider," but one who strongly believes that, as Macon and Bibb goes, so goes Middle Georgia.
Wilkinson County is a small, rural county that is not geographically contiguous to Bibb County. From a selfish standpoint and because of all the relationships we have with Macon and Bibb, we follow your every move with a high level of interest.
We understand the impact of other influences on your industry and the necessity to control costs and influence profits.
If we can assist in promoting an increase in regional cooperation, please contact us. If what I hear is accurate that 40 percent to 50 percent of Macon's and Bibb's sales tax revenues come from "outsiders," then a deeper sense of regionalism may be healthy for all. Welcome to Middle Georgia.
-- Kenneth L. Turner
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14th March!!!
What is so special about March 14th? I tried wiki but couldn't find one day in the history which could stand out. Well, this also tells about the poverty of my history knowledge but still, there is nothing so special about the day. At least I couldn't find anything.
Yet, 14th March is special for me, a very very special day. It became special in 2001 – 14th March 2001 was a super special day.
14th March 2001 was a typical morning, a lazy one. Sun had come up like usual, people were busy responding to nature's calls, busy with newspapers, busy with toothbrushes, busy with showers, busy sleeping, there was a rush in the hostel amongst those who attended classes. It was a typical morning.
Yet, there was something different about the morning.
I had skipped classes to watch the match. And what match I was going to watch – Australian juggernaut was rolling, final frontier was about to be conquered, Australians had stocked their dressing room with Champaign and Michael Slater was busy smelling the virginity of his Cuban cigar. The day was supposed to show the Australians that there was sweetness beyond number 16 and they indeed were the best team of all times – having ruled all the continents.
The day was supposed to be the worst for Indian captain - one of the best ever but he had talked a bit too much before and during the series. The day was supposed to shake some careers too.
Yet, there was something different about the morning. I don't know why but there was a sense of optimism. Maybe it was hope of saving innings defeat – so badly the expectations had fallen, maybe it was some resistance shown by our own team on our own turf – so was the dominance of Australians. But there was something different on that morning.
As day the unfolded, it showed its true colors. The colors carried the joy of brightness for Indians and gloom for Australians.
It was the day when VVS and Dravid batted on and on. They just batted - plane, simple, test cricket batting. No hurriedness, no stupidity, no timidity. They just batted.
VVS pulled, Dravid cut it. VVS drove straight; Dravid drove it through the covers. VVS flicked and so did Dravid. Both of them left lot of deliveries. Both of them kept playing straight. Both of them, just batted.
VVS showed that he was not just another domestic cricket bully. Dravid showed that Warne was just another leg spinner. It was a day when we saw an angry Dravid – a rare sight.
Australians, the best bowling attack, tried everything. By everything, I mean everything. They even tried Matthew Hayden.
But nothing could separate these two, absolutely nothing. I wonder why Fevicol hasn't made an ad based on this day. But these two were inseparable.
Well, it was not a bed of roses all along. There were a few moments of troubles.
Laxman's attempted dive wouldn't have saved his wicket had the fielder hit the stumps. Yes he, Laxman with all his elegance, dived. Such was the day.
Laxman's attempted pull could have fallen straight in the hands of mid-off but there was no one to catch it. It went for four. Such was the day.
Ponting, in the last over before lunch, troubled Dravid with his swing and Dravid survived a few close calls. On any other day, umpire might have ruled it in bowler's favor but not that day. Such was the day.
Laxman's attempted cut went flying through vacant slip region and Tony Greig said on air – "When you take them out from slips and put in covers, they don't get caught". But the stroke play had forced the field placing to be a bit defensive – making mighty Australians go on defense. Such was the day.
As the day was coming to an end, everyone looked tired. Batsmen were not willing to run, bowlers had given way to part-timers and fielders were more interested in looking at the clock. Yet I saw Ponting diving full length to stop a four. It was all in vain but did tell us a lot about commitment – Ponting was a disaster with the bat in the series and wanted to make amends in whichever possible way.
As the day ended, VVS and Dravid walked back to applause and standing ovation. Standing ovation wasn't just restricted to the stadium but had spread across the country. They were invincible that day. Even if Australians had Truman, Larwood, Lillie, Thompson, Alderman, McDermott, Benaud and anyone else in their bowling line up, they would have failed to separate the pair. It was destined to be their day. We Indian cricket fans who had tolerated the gaucherie for ages were bound to witness such a day which started a turnaround in our cricket. It was destiny.
As the day ended, McGrath walked back, baggy green perfectly fitted and head held high. He had tried everything he could but failed. So did his other colleagues. Australia on that day was beaten by two men who had just started their respective journeys towards greatness. Australia had met the impossible on that day. Steve Waugh's comment said it all – "It's okay. Nobody died. Sun will come up tomorrow". Australians had accepted defeat with complete admiration for the opponents.
That day spoilt me. After day that I expected a miracle every time we were in doldrums – forgetting the basics of miracles that if they started happening every time you expect them to, they wouldn't be called miracles but norms.
That day taught me. Miracle is always just around the corner. They don't happen unless you expect them.
Yes, that day confused me. A part of me still lives in that day.
That day changed a lot.The day, ladies and gentleman, will always be a Very Very Special for me – the 14th of March, 2001.


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A popular Grateful Dead tune includes the line, "Make myself a bed by the waterside." But local officials are pleading that when fans of the band's residual incarnation come to Boulder next month, they be very careful where they lay their heads.
The use of hotels, motels, short-term rentals and properly designated campsites is urged, lest the hosting University of Colorado campus and surrounding communities be converted — even briefly — into some modern-day "Brokedown Palace."
One law enforcement official recently told the Daily Camara that CU would possibly be providing space on campus for thousands of campers attending the July 2 and 3 shows at Folsom Field by Dead & Company.
That, actually, was never under consideration. In fact, camping on the Boulder campus is, and will remain, forbidden.
"University policy prohibits camping on the CU-Boulder campus, so we are recommending that concertgoers from out of town make lodging arrangements well in advance of their arrival," CU spokeswoman Deborah Mendez-Wilson said in a statement.
"Options might include, for instance, all-inclusive hotel room/ticket packages offered by the concert promoter, Airbnb-type rentals, or staying with family or friends who live in the Denver-Boulder area."
According to Camera archives, a planned Dead concert at CU in July 1990 was scuttled over concerns that campsites couldn't be found for as many as 2,000 expected Deadheads toting sleeping bags.
Those who want to camp for the first rock shows at Folsom Field since a 2001 visit by the Dave Matthews Band, Mendez-Wilson said, are advised to do so only in designated campsites, and to reserve their spots early.
CU is emailing ticketholders this week with information about the concert venue, parking, campus policies and lists of prohibited items and items that concertgoers are allowed to bring. As a courtesy, the university also will include a web link including information on camping near Boulder.
Meanwhile Boulder officials are emphasizing that camping in city parks is a municipal offense.
"The message the city wants to put out, particularly for people not familiar with our rules and regulations, is that it is illegal to camp in city parks," Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said. "And so we would certainly encourage people to plan accordingly, and tap into our hotel and motel network in our area to find those types of accommodations.
"If they would prefer to be outdoors overnight, then we ask them to use designated camping areas — primarily in the county. In Boulder County and frankly, also Jefferson County, which isn't that far to commute, there are designated camping areas."
There are not many, actually, on Boulder County open space.
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Boulder County Parks & Open Space spokeswoman Vivienne Jannatpour said the only county open space that permits camping is the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont — and that is for RVs, camper vehicles and vans; tents are not permitted there.
Events scheduler Rebecca Harp said the fairgrounds offers about 90 such spots. They cannot be reserved in advance.
"We do get that question a lot (about camping on county open space) and we tend to send people to the forest service," Jannatpour said.
The U.S. Forest Service does have free camping available at some of its designated-dispersed camping locations in the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests in western Boulder County. It has recently expressed concerns about what the Dead & Company weekend will mean for those sites, which are already heavily taxed by homeless and other itinerant visitors.
Of course, not every Dead fan will be arriving in Boulder with a bedroll and a backpack. Far from it.
"A lot of the, quote, Deadheads are people who are darn near my age, and they have made a good living and have money," said Bob Trotter, general manager of Boulder's St. Julien Hotel & Spa — who would not disclose his own age.
Trotter said the hotel's revenue management director, who is in charge of reservations and is a Deadhead himself, "made adjustments to ensure that we had a minimum-length stay in place, as well as to get the premium rate for the St. Julien's hotel rooms for that weekend.
"It was his belief that it was going to sell us out, and he was absolutely right," Trotter said. "Our hotel flew off the shelf in one day, for premium rates for a multi-night stay. There's some Deadheads with some cash out there.
"I'm not trying to make light of the community's concerns, but from the St. Julien's perspective, it's good news."
Trotter would not discuss the rates being charged that weekend.
However, a visit to the hotel's website showed that for Tuesday night, July 5, just after the circus will have left town, there are rooms available — ranging from the "preferred advance purchase" price of $288, up to the less economical "St. Julien Serenity Package," costing $583 per night; that includes a $130-per-person credit to the hotel spa.
Sufficient rooms — beyond city limits
Kate Bleakley, director of sales and marketing at the Millennium Harvest House Boulder, just a stone's throw from Folsom Field, stated in an email that "our corporate marketing team out of N.Y. requires at least a week of time to process and evaluate" a question concerning lodging availability for that weekend.
Steven Wallace is general manager of the Best Western Plus Boulder Inn, and said his facility is booked for the first night of the Dead & Company shows, but still has some availability for the second night.
Wallace is also president of the Boulder Hotel and Motel Association, representing a pool of about 1,950 commercial rooms in the city.
"When you do the math, I don't believe we have enough rooms in town to accommodate everybody. But there's plenty of rooms on (U.S.) 36," Wallace said. "I don't think there will be a problem. I think for everyone who would like a room, there would be a room available."
Short-term rentals such as Airbnbs are seeing heavy demand for the weekend as well, according to Whitney Sinclair, whose family manages several such properties in Boulder.
"I'm sure that is having an effect on things," Sinclair said, referring to the Dead & Company visit. "But the other major factor that week is the national softball tournament that comes to town over that weekend every year."
The 2016 IDT Softball event will once again bring about 80 teams — and their family members, friends and college scouts — to Boulder June 29 through July 3.
"Because of that, some places get booked for that week a year in advance," Sinclair said.
Camera Staff Writer Sarah Kuta contributed to this report.
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i know i'm a few days behind but happy new year friends! i really feel like my life is flying by. what in the world? you know you're getting old when you think things like "where has the time gone?"
we had an absolutely lovely time ringing in the new year with some good friends. we were able to go out to fancy dinner, eat my weight in steak and then spend the evening 'in' just visiting and feeling bad about dick clark.
we were joined by a few more couples later in the evening but here are some of our only shots
[stolen from carly]
2011 was another fantastic year. i feel like i grew as a disciple, as a wife & as a friend but i still have a long way to go in becoming the woman i'd like to be someday. i was reminded after a new year's day spat with my husband that i always need to be seeking Christ - hard. running with all that i've got. not to be lazy & complacent [which is really easy for me to fall into]. i just recently read through hosea with some girls and the overwhelming theme was that God's people, though He had provided for and loved them abundantly had forgotten Him at every turn & God hated that, was heartbroken over that. i don't want my life to be a reflection of that part of israel's history. i want to be the one of the ten lepers who comes back with thanksgiving and praise, recognizing who it is that brings me such great joy and real life.
i thought of making a list of 'resolutions.' i really like goals, working towards something, & checking things off a list but for whatever reason i'm not sure that is going to be best for me this year. my list was long of "do more _____" and "do less _____" and instead i think everyday i will set some goals before me - namely to be a disciple whose treasure is Jesus. that's my goal and daily i will seek ways to make that a reality for my life, mind & heart.
happy 2012 all. i hope it is fantastic & full.