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We have been having potentially morbid conversations about if, and how, we would like to be remembered, starting with the funeral service. This was brought on by my father-in-law sending an updated will. The level of detail he had gone into was quite unsettling, so we started meandering to distract our minds. My father-in-law wants a braai party with all his family and friends and his favourite music instead of a funeral service, and he wants to attend in the form of his ashes on the mantelpiece. If he'd thought about it he would have asked to be the table centrepiece I reckon so that is where I would suggest we put him to make sure he doesn't miss out. I guess he wants to be remembered as the fabulous host he is.
Personally I hope that my children will cherish some memories and that they will feel they have learnt something from me. Beyond that I couldn't care less. If my greatest desire were to leave an imprint in the universe then I'd do it in my lifetime. So I told my husband that if I were to die first – which is highly unlikely, given his diet and the statistics on life expectancy – he was free to mark my passing as he pleased. Or not at all. To which he promptly answered that he was planning to have my ashes blasted into space. I am left wondering what I am most upset at: the fact that he had an answer ready, or the idea of being flung the furthest possible away. I guess he has made his point: it seems I do care what happens to me after I die.
Someone else's shoes
What is it with shoes that they pop up in so many expressions in the English language – particularly someone else's?
You don't want to have to fill someone else's shoes. Well, only those brimming with confidence and ready to dazzle do. Most of us would be daunted by the prospect of being compared to a much admired predecessor. The only thing worse is to have that someone else be your mum or dad. Things get really complicated then, a tangle of emotions: respect, independence, admiration, originality, loyalty, wanting to impress – who exactly?
You don't wish for the shoe to be on the other foot either. You want things to go one way only: yours. That's how it's meant to be. The shoe fits, and you want to wear it.
You don't very often put yourself in someone else's shoes. But what if you did? You would see you through their eyes, seeing the benefits and pitfalls they are seeing, making it a whole lot easier to navigate the landscape that separates you. The different perspective could open whole new worlds. You would get much better results from your interactions with people. Sometimes a slightly different result than you had anticipated, but a good one that has also improved your relationship with that person. Of course there are those who play this as a game to outwit their opponent and win, but even facing those guys you are better off playing informed.
Living forever
Why would anyone want to live forever? Or even live twice as long as everybody else. I simply don't understand. Don't get me wrong, this is not a confession of a depressed person about to slash their wrists in the bath while everyone is out to the movies. Life is a gift and all that, I wouldn't miss it for anything. But
a.) we have a problem with overpopulation on this planet that we have not cracked yet. Unless we spend equal resources on a solution for the question of how we are going to feed and water all those people and provide them with the health, energy and space they crave, any resources diverted to research into eternal life are misguided.
b.) does your life really become more valuable as it lasts longer? Imagine the scenario: Because you are super smart or were selected for an experiment by visiting aliens you have acquired the know-how to keep yourself alive and in good health for twice as long as the average life span of the people around you. Well done you! Better start planning all the great things you will now be able to do that you never thought you would have time for. You can visit those far flung islands and the hidden valley at the foot of that volcano filled with rare species; you can learn five more languages and try a few new sports. You could even buy a bigger house, because you will be working twice as long. Snag 1! Unless you really love your job this was perhaps not the picture you had in mind when you decided to take that drug. Oh well, you'll manage. You take another look at your life, and realize that your partner will be getting older and speeding towards death twice as fast as you. So will your friends. Your children will catch up with you. It dawns on you that you will be spending the second half of your life without all the people you know and love, unless you take some drastic measures. You brew some more of your miracle potion or beep up the aliens, and convince all your loved ones to take the drug too. They will only agree if they can offer it to their loved ones too, but you don't have enough miracle potion or the aliens are just mean. Snag 2! Do you really want to start all over with friends and family once the first lot have all gone?
Life is a sociable undertaking. A feeling of accomplishment is relative to how others do, not to outliving everybody else. I am with the Southbank Centre in London, whose "Festival of the Living" is making a case for more personal rituals around dying: enjoy life, and exit with personality and grace. This is what I intend to do. Must remember to write that will.


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Thoughts and Musing on Recent Tolkien News
While working on a draft or two for what I plan to write for my 'update post' (about me, primarily) there's been quite a few Tolkien announcements in a variety of fields, and medium. Considering this sort of a 'Tolkien re-cap' post, as well some speculation about various things on my end.
The oldest piece of news which I'll address here is the surprise publication of The Fall of Gondolin! This came literally out of the blue. It will follow the same approach in structure and layout that Beren and Luthien did.
Christopher Tolkien has put the book together, and it'll be illustrated throughout by Alan Lee. It will be out in hardback, special edition (slipcased hardback) and ebook formats all on publication day.
My thoughts: at last we get separate books for all three of 'The Three Great Tales!' The others being The Children of Hurin and Beren Luthien.
Will The Fall of Gondolin be the final Middle-earth book, not counting future deluxe editions, anniversary editions, or illustrated editions of what's already out??
AMAZON LORD OF THE RINGS (or "Middle-earth") UPDATE
It's yet to be officially confirmed as everything's still quite early, but it appears that the forthcoming Amazon Middle-earth series (the first season, anyway...) will focus on a younger Aragorn. To brush up on the tale of Aragorn, check out this entry in Robert Foster's The Complete Guide to Middle-earth. Or, his page on Tolkiengateway.net. What I'll be doing to read up about everyone's favourite ranger, is check out Andrea P. Nicholl's book Aragorn. It's available as both paperback and ebook.
I'm quite looking forward to the Amazon series. Granted, it's still far ahead to form any kind of opinion. What I mean to say is, I'm looking forward to when the trailer launches, casting news, what the story for the show will be. Who will do the music? Will Peter Jackson be involved? (I'm not expecting him to be showrunner). Will there be merchandise exclusively available through Prime, or can anyone get the goodies?? So, I look forward to knowing more about this one.
Coming out in time for Hobbit Day 2018 is the special boxed set edition of The Hobbit facsimile by Harper Collins. If you're interested in this, be sure to get it from a source that sells the UK editions of the Tolkien books. As you may have seen my post earlier today, the contents (aside from the book itself) have been unveiled and we've gotten a small glimpse at them. I gotta say, I'm more interested in the extra content than I am the book itself. Not that I don't like The Hobbit or anything, but I'm referring to the package. I could care less about the original edition of the book, and am quite satisfied with Tolkien's 1951 revisions, as it ties into the great mythos of Middle-earth.
The extra goodies on the other hand are what I'm excited about. Now, I don't need another edition of the book known as The Hobbit, however in the box you get a special version of the map (moon-runes!), a CD of Tolkien reading from The Hobbit with extra readings on there (I'm expecting it to be somehow different than the Hobbit content found in the CD set called The Tolkien Audio Collection), a book about The Hobbit (which features extracts from Hammond + Scull's Tolkien Companion & Guide, as well as the expanded edition of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil - which can be found on its own as well in a set called 'The Tolkien Treasury.' It will also feature some extra content about dragons....) Oh, and of course you get a facsimile edition of the first printing of the book.
My thoughts: as much as I love the Harper Collins Tolkien publications, some things in the past few years have rubbed me the wrong way. I'm talking about printers goofs, delayed publication dates, lack of stock near publication time....I get that printing books has its kinks and flaws sometimes, but their QA really needs work. Does type of thing only happen with their Tolkien titles? I mean, it's not like the company is brand new...they've been printing and publishing books for decades now - so why the hiccups with Tolkien related materials? In fact, this Hobbit boxed set is what the facsimile set sometime ago was supposed to be - but a few months before publication, Harper Collins decided to publish just the book instead of this elaborate set which is now just coming out. I remember that the product description has change don some retailers sites, as well their own I believe. Despite the occasional shortcomings here and there, they've done a bang up job in presenting Tolkien's works.
Last, but certainly not least, a few hours ago, The Two Towers soundtrack went up for pre-order on Amazon.com. It'll replicate the original CD+ DVD Audio release, which will feature blue as the colour, as well the vinyls themselves will be blue (making The Return of the King green). Just like with The Fellowship of the Ring, it'll also be re-issued on CD (and most likely digitally, as well: iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Sptify...) with a blu-ray audio disc replacing the DVD-audio disc from the original set. The vinyl will be 5 LPs, and the CD set will be 4 discs (3 CDs, and the blu-ray disc).
If this pattern holds, then expect The Return of the King to come out Oct or Nov. The vinyl will likely be 6 LPs, and the the CD set could still sit at 4 discs. I say this because blu-ray discs can hold a lot more content than DVDs can. Due to the size of the score for The Return of the King, the original CD release had a double-sided DVD-Audio disc. Will the blu-ray disc have enough room for everything, or would it be a double-sided blu-ray audio disc, or two instead of one, making it a 5 disc set?Wwe will have to see.... But anyway!
Once The Return of the King is out on vinyl LP, I'm very curious of a few things:
- will these soundtracks be available on regular black vinyl, and not limited, for much less after?
- will they put out the theatrical / original (not 'complete') soundtracks on vinyl? If yes, and not too pricey, and if not too limited, I may grab those as well. I consider the complete recordings (the edition that's out on vinyl, CD + B-R A etc to be the 'definitive' editions, much how the extended editions are seen as likewise for the films themselves. But the more Middle-earth music I can get the better ;)). It could be individual releases, or a box set with all three soundtracks in it. I'm expecting 2 LPs per film, maybe...?
- will The Hobbit soundtracks be released on vinyl? [even if they aren't, that's OK. I would get them if yes] It would be neat to have all the Middle-earth movie soundtracks on vinyl
- depending on how things go with the Amazon series, I wonder if those soundtracks will also be available on vinyl....
So that basically sums up my thoughts on the Tolkien stuff that's been happening lately. Great time to be a Tolkien fan!
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Lucien Favre: "This 5-0 defeat is difficult to swallow. We were given a lesson. Bayern were much better, a lot faster and they played with pace. We had a great chance on goal early on in the game. It's difficult to say whether the match would have panned out differently with a goal for us. We wanted to create opportunities for runs in deep with Marco up top, but that didn't work unfortunately. We need to concentrate on our upcoming games now. There are still six fixtures remaining. The previous matches were all very tight and very difficult for us. We need to give our best. If we play like we did today, it'll be difficult, that's clear."
Marco Reus: "The way we played today was a disaster. I don't have an explanation for it right now. We didn't exert any pressure. Bayern were much the better team today and you can't do anything but accept that with grace. We need to analyse this match in great detail. Bayern were always going to apply pressure at home. We stood too deep from the outset, meaning the opposition's goal was further away for us, of course. We still had a good chance early on with Mo. We were quite clearly the weaker team today."
Manuel Akanji: "When every corner kick is a chance on goal for your opponents, then you're not going to win here. Too much was missing in the first half, there was too much wrong with our game. Mats Hummels managed to head the ball four times unimpeded. We put too little pressure on the ball and let them play their game. We went into this match to win it. When you play here against Bayern, you have to take your chances, but our performance wasn't good enough for that. The season isn't over yet, but we can't put in any more performances like today's. Then everything really would be over."
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What can you say about a movie whose plot is that the 16th President of the U.S.A. actually had a secret life seeking out and destroying vampires? Well, how about this: If you're looking for a historically accurate film about the abolition of slavery, this isn't it. However, if you fancy seeing some hyper stylised dismemberment of pointy-toothed demons, this is the film for you!
This is probably going to be the first in a line of films adapted from the increasingly popular genre of mashup novels including titles such as Robinson Crusoe (The Eerie Adventures Of The Lycanthrope) and Pride And Predjudice And Zombies.
As it stands this isn't a great film in the slightest, I would hope the novel reads better than the script plays out on-screen. At times, especially at the very beginning of the film, the dialogue seems very rushed, as if to fast forward through the major plot points so there can be a slow motion, physically impossible fight scene. Though as the screenplay is written by Seth Grahame-Smith (the novel's author), it seems doubtful.
Then there are the fight scenes themselves which contain more CG than you can shake a stick at which lessens their effect. One scene that falls flat on its face is a fight during a stampede of horses which sees Lincoln and a vampire going toe to toe in the nidst of the worst looking CG horses ever. They bound from horse to horse while taking swings at each other with fists axes and, in one case, one of the horses itself. At least they weren't filmed in the shaky, jump cut style of other action films, like Transformers though.
Director, Timur Bekmambetov, certainly has a visual style of his own and has directed vampiric action films before (Nightwatch and Daywatch as well as Wanted). The design of the vampires is fairly subtle and is a relief compared to the recent romanticised versions of the undead. the scenery, props and costumes are all pretty good and the actors don't do a bad job with the ham-fisted script, with the notable exception of Dominic Cooper, who occasionally dials it up a notch to remind you you're watching a B-movie.
In fact the lead actor, Benjamin Walker, doesn't do a bad job for someone with so little experience under his belt, however his supporting cast do a lot to help him. Cooper and Rufus Sewell give the cast some heft while turning in larger than life performances as Lincoln's mentor and the leader of the vampires, respectively.
However bad all the ingredients that have gone into this film could have made it, it actually isn't that bad. In fact it's a very enjoyable romp through a fantasy dimension where Abraham Lincoln did, in fact, slay vampires. It could have done with being paced a little more slowly and needed more money so that the effects looked better. It was a lot of fun though, I can't wait to see which mashup novel is next in line for a big-sceen adaptation.


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I have a scar.
It's ugly. It's long. It's on my right leg, and I will always have it. I've tried to hide it so many times... and I still try to.
The truth is, I'm afraid. I'm afraid that people will look at me and just see my scar. That somehow, the rest of who I am will be completely overshadowed by this massive imperfection that was engraved in my leg several years ago.
See, that's where my cancer was. The tumor had grown just under my right knee, so in addition to toxic chemotherapies, I had to have five inches of my leg bone replaced with a cadaver bone that was set in place with a metal plate and seven screws. As if I wasn't already bionic enough, I also got a knee replacement a few years later. Needless to say, I've got a pretty hefty scar to show for it!
Around my nurses and doctors, scars like that were totally "normal". However, as I began to get better and started to wear shorts for the first time in public after my surgery, I was greeted with a much different response. People would look at my face first and smile, no problem. Then, they'd glance down and... *gasp*... Their smile was instantly choked out by the horrified look on their face after seeing my scar.
At the time, this broke my heart. I remember coming home in tears after that happened far too many times in one day. "Why can't they just see ME??", I'd cry. "I'm not my scar!" Somehow, in those momentary glances, I felt judged. I felt looked over, summed up, and thrown into some completely unwanted category that I had no place being in. I was SO scared of what their decoded reactions meant, that I just started hiding my scar altogether. While I wanted to blame my insecurity on them, it was really my own pride that had me so tangled up and convinced that I couldn't show my imperfections.
Why is it that we can be so scared to show people the real us? Why can't we understand that we are ALL scarred, imperfect and broken? What good does it truly do to hide?
I finally started to realize that I was actually robbing others and myself of something when I hid my scar. Every time I would open up enough to share, God brought about some totally unexpected blessing that would empower me and bring inspiration to another. He began to work through my sharing, and would convict me of the times when I didn't, because I was robbing others of HIS glorious story.
The words in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 rang out to me in my weakest moment... "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
Wow. Leave it to God to say something crazy like "my power is made perfect in weakness"! What?? That's nuts... but it's true.
God has come through for me in some of the biggest ways, through my weakness. When I finally put aside my own pride to let His story be told, there is unbelievable beauty that pours from my deepest, most hated scars.
If so, how truly beautiful it is to be imperfect. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
We all have scars. One of mine just happens to be visible. See it for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ss14pKx9to
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Joseph A. Bozarth wrote his will on February 28, 1896. He died April 18, 1897, in Illiopolis, Sangamon County. I got it through IRAD because it less expensive. Also, the interns at IRAD are more experienced at finding the entire … Continue reading
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By Jacob Stockinger
What was the musical relationship between Paris and Moscow, especially after the Russian Revolution?
You can find out, and hear examples, this Saturday night, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Shannon Hall (below) at the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Pianist Lise de la Salle and cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca (below right and left, respectively) will explore the musical relationship between Moscow and Paris through works by Gabriel Fauré (you can hear them play his Elegy in the YouTube video at the bottom), Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It is the subject of their latest recording from Sony Classical.
For the full program plus biographies and videos of the performers and information about obtaining tickets ($25-$42 for the general adult public, $20 for young people, $10 for UW students), go to: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/event/lise-de-la-salle-and-christian-pierre-la-marca/
Lise de la Salle made her debut at age 13 in a performance at the Louvre. According to Le Monde, she "possesses a youthful single-minded spirit and the courage of conviction seldom expected of such a young artist."
Now 29, de la Salle has established a reputation as one of today's most exciting young artists and as a musician of uncommon sensibility and maturity. Her playing inspired a Washington Post critic to write, "For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe … the exhilaration didn't let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard."
She specializes in Russian composers and has played with symphony orchestras in London, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Baltimore, Detroit and Quebec. Says Bryce Morrison of Gramophone magazine,"Lise de la Salle is a talent in a million."
In just a few years, through his international concert appearances, the young cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca already ranks among the masters of the cello. He has performed in concert halls such as the Louvre, the Philharmonie of Berlin, the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and Izumi Hall in Osaka, among others.
La Marca has appeared as a soloist with many leading orchestras and is also highly sought after in chamber music. He plays a unique golden period Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello (1856) and the Vocation Foundation has provided him a rare Jacob Eury cello bow (1825). An exclusive Sony Classical artist, La Marca has already released three albums unanimously praised by international press and international critics.
Before the performance, enjoy a lecture by Kyle Johnson (below) at 6 p.m. Check Today in the Union for room location. Johnson is a pianist who recently received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the UW-Madison.
His performing experience ranges from solo and festival appearances throughout the U.S. and U.K., co-founding the Madison-based contemporary ensemble Sound Out Loud, and as a performance fellow in the Longitude Contemporary Ensemble in Boston, Mass.
His research interests strongly correlate with his interest in 20th-century piano repertoire, of which he produces a podcast series around (Art Music Perspectives). For more information, visit www.kyledjohnson.com.
This performance is presented by the Wisconsin Union Theater's Performing Arts Committee. This project was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. WORT-FM 89.9 is the media sponsor.
By Jacob Stockinger
Last weekend brought a lot of conflicting classical music concerts to Madison.
But one of the best events proved to be the concert on Friday night in the Capitol Theater of the Overture Center by the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
The program featured the supremely gifted but much under-publicized pianist Shai Wosner (below, in a photo by Marco Borggreve). He performed two contrasting keyboard concertos by Joseph Haydn — No. 4 in G Major and the better known No. 11 in D Major.
It was simply a sublime use of a modern instrument to make older music that was originally composed for the harpsichord. Never was the witty music by Haydn overpedaled or overly percussive or distorted for virtuosity's sake. In every way, Wosner served Haydn — not himself.
The concert was also noteworthy because it featured the longtime music director and conductor Andrew Sewell. He led the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (below) to shine in an eclectic program that included the Samuel Barber-like neo-Romantic and neo-Baroque Prelude and Fugue by the 20th-century Italian-American composer Vittorio Giannini and especially the youthful Symphony No. 2 by Franz Schubert.
Plus, Sewell (below) proved a perfect accompanist in the Haydn concertos. Clearly, chemistry exists between Sewell and Wosner, who have also performed together concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the WCO.
It was, in short, a program that was beautifully planned and beautifully played – even down to Wosner playing an encore by Schubert (the late Hungarian Melody, a lovely bittersweet miniature) that set up the second half with the Schubert, whose musical attractions Wosner explains so insightfully in a YouTube video at the bottom.
For his part, Sewell brought out balance and voicing, along with the expressive, but not excessive, lyricism that befits the ever-songful Schubert. As he has proven many times with his readings of Haydn and Mozart symphonies and concertos, Sewell is a master of the Classical style.
Wosner's subtle and suitably quiet playing — he always puts virtuosity at the service of musicality — was also a model of clarity and restraint, perfectly suited to Haydn. But it left me with only one question:
When will we in Madison get to hear Shai Wosner in a solo recital?
(Below, you can hear Shai Wosner perform the second and third movements of the "Appassionata" Sonata by Beethoven at the 92nd Street Y in New York City in a YouTube video.)
Three of Wosner's four acclaimed recordings are solo recitals of difficult works. They feature the music of Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, the contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli and especially Franz Schubert, with whom Wosner obviously feels, and shows, a special affinity. The fourth CD is a violin and piano duo done with the gifted young violinist Jennifer Koh.
I don't know what presenter, besides the Wisconsin Union Theater, would bring Wosner back — and benefit from the WCO audiences that already have heard him. Or maybe the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra could sponsor a solo recital as a sideline. But we could use more solo piano recitals in Madison — especially if they offer playing of the scale of Wosner's.
I don't know how it would happen, but I sure hope it does happen.
Shai Wosner is a great pianist who deserves a wider hearing in a wider repertoire.


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Christmas is just around the corner. 14 days to go and it will be my favorite holiday. Yes, I love Christmas . This is the time that I can get away from work, even for just a few days, and enjoy the bonding moments with family. This is also a time for good foods that usually come as free. Ha ha ha.
And one of the best things I really like about Christmas is gifts, lots of gift. But guys don't get me wrong. It's not just ALL about Christmas gifts . I also love feeling the ambiance of sharing and loving in the air. But anyway, every Christmas, I am the one who usually give gifts to my family. Days before December 25, I am shopping for clothes and some stuffs for my mom, dad, brothers, sister and nieces. It gives me a nice feeling especially when they like what I gave to them, but I wish to receive some gifts once in a while as well.
And so, here I am going to list down my Christmas wishlist. This is for those who are planning to give me gift this holiday.
1. Brand New Cellphone. I still have a nice phone, a Nokia 500. But I won't mind getting a new one this Christmas. I am tech-savvy and I love gadgets so I would love to have new one.
2. Pants. I am kinda getting short with pants. I only have a few pair of pants so an additional would be appreciated.
3. Shoes. I have 2 pairs of shoes at this moment. 1 of these pairs is close to being torn up. So a replace shoe will be very great this Christmas
4. New Keyboard. I spend almost 11 hours in front of my computer writing and browsing stuff. My keyboard is getting old and starting to sound like an old typewriter. So I will really love to have new one.
5. Headset. Just like my keyboard, my headset is old and the earpiece is getting tattered. So getting a new headset would be nice for this holiday.
6. Perfume. I love perfume. That's it!
7. Chocolates. I am sweet-toothed so getting something that will indulge my craving for chocolates will be awesome!


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While I was growing up I wanted to be a scientist, swimming with dolphions with Jaques Cousteau or tramping through jungles with David Attenborough. My heroes were the great men of science and I read and re-read a dusty old tome of my dad's that described the life and works of these giants, like Faraday, Boyle and Mendeleev. I even skethched a mural of portraits taken from the etched plates in the book which I titled, somewhat pretentiously but accurately "Our Fathers".
But where were the women?
Those of you who are my age will no doubt remember those black and white storyboards that were part of Blue Peter, narrated by Valerie Singleton and telling, in a way that made even the most exciting story uninteresting, the stories of great deeds and discoveries.
The only women I remember were Madame Curie, endlessly stirring vats of pitchblend, Florence Nightingale and that bloody lamp, the heroic Grace Darling and the pathetic and doomed Ann Frank.
So I was heartened to hear an edition of In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg which looked at the role of women in science in the Age of Enlightenment which goes some way to answering the question, "Where were the Women?"
While it is true that the Age was not hugely enlightened about the education of women;
"The education of women should always be relative to that of men. To please, to be useful to us, to make us love and esteem them, to educate us when young, to take care of us when grown up, to advise, to console us, to render our lives easy and agreeable… Even if she possessed real abilities, it would only debase her to display them", J.J. Rousseau, 1762;
and that women were excluded from scientific societies, universities and learned professions, the fact that science became a more acceptable way in which a gentleman could earn his living and that some areas of research were conducted in the domestic environment allowed a few women to make their mark.
Since most research was conducted in the home women became involved firstly as assistants to fathers, brothers and husbands, and with intellectual discussions also taking place in stately homes and salons women gained exposure to scientific discourse in their role as hostess.
Take Veuve Cliquot. François Clicquot died in 1805, leaving his widow (veuve in French) in control of a company. Under Madame Clicquot's guidance the firm established their wines in royal courts throughout Europe.
When Lady Mary Montagu was in the Ottoman Empire, she discovered the local practice of inoculation against smallpox and had her son inoculated. On her return home she had her daughter inoculated and went on to promote the practice throughout the UK. Her actions follow the perfect template for scientific practice in the enlightenment; Observe – Test – Scale Up – Publicize.
Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze is most commonly known as Madame Lavoisier, wife of Antoine Lavoisier the famous French chemist but her contribution extended far beyond being simply his laboratory assistant. She was an acommplished translater of scientific papers and not only translated the work of Newton but also tested his theories and converted the complex mathematical equations into simpler formulae and understandable prose. While her contribution to his work was not acknowledged in Lavoisiers papers contemporary accounts do attest to her contribution and she continued to run the salon long after his death in the French Revolution.
The burgeoning field of astronomy afforded the perfect oportunity for women to contribute to scientific enquiry. Telescopes were largely housed in the homes of wealthy gentleman and often women were involved in making the masses of observations and measurements required or confirming the recordings of the men. Indeed it could be suggested that Elizabeth Hevelius, then only sixteen years old married the fifty two year old astronomer Johannes Hevelius maily as it allowed her to pursue her own interest in astronomy! Following his death, she completed and published Prodromus astronomiae, their jointly compiled catalogue of 1,564 stars and their positions, an achievemnt that earned her the title "mother of the moon charts."
Caroline Herschel was another astronomer, sister to Sir William Herschel. Caroline had wanted to be an opera singer but was forced to support her brother as his workload increased and they worked together throughout his career. Her most significant individual contribution to astronomy was as the first woman to identify a comet. In 1835, along with Mary Somerville, she was elected to honorary membership of the Royal Astronomical Society; they were the first honorary women members. Again Caroline's work extended beyond the death of her brother, as she continued to verify and confirm William's findings and producing a catalogue of nebulae to assist her nephew John Herschel in his work. In 1828 the Royal Astronomical Society presented her with their Gold Medal for this work – no woman would be awarded it again until Vera Rubin in 1996!
So women were there providing assistance, yes, but performing acts of innovation and discovery in their own right too! It is not just that "behind every great man there is a great woman".
While the marginalisation of these women and their accomplishments might be understandable in the society of 18th Century Europe it couldn't still be the case now, could it?
Consider this then; we've all heard about Watson and Crick, heroes of mine as I had ambitions to be a genetisist at one stage in my university career but what of the long-overlooked contribution of the crystallographer Rosalind Franklin to the discovery of DNA structure? I was at university before I became aware of her work as it is largely overlooked in school text books.
So we all need to work to laud female innovators and technologists. There are plenty about!
There are more women millionaires under the age of 44 than there are men. If you're reading this, how about putting some of that monen into supporting young innovators?


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We are recently back from a trip to Pender Island. It was a wonderful break to escape the frigid -30C temperatures of Alberta and walk around in spring-like weather on grass, not snow. The warm weather was definitely inspiring and it showed in how many images I shot. At last count I shot over 2200 images in the seven days we were on the island. For the next little while I will be sharing quite a few island images.
Today's images are of the canoes at Magic Lake. The colors of the canoes and natural composition caught my eye. It is interesting how a normal object can be so visually interesting.


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Our approach initially explores the fundamentals of mathematics through navigation and music, and then leans toward select topics in higher math, such as the usefulness of the Laplace transform in solving differential equations. We will eventually tackle the idea of non-linear equations. Finally, to help balance a student's learning process by giving them the chance to grasp unique historical perspectives, we highlight the lives and work of several notable mathematicians, such as Blaise Pascal, Leonhard Euler, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Nathaniel Bowditch.
Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions.
– Benjamin Pierce, Father of American Mathematics
Our goal is to help learners build mathematical intuition. Knowing that remarkable things happen when we go about mathematics by hand, we hope each of you will expand your very own sense of numbers and knack for figuring – grab a pencil and dig-in.


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Will Contests and Probate Litigation in Pennsylvania
With the increase in complexity of today's family structures and the dynamics that can result, the family members of a loved one who has passed away often find themselves in a position in which they question the validity of their loved one's purported estate plan. The family members may doubt that the decedent's disposition actually reflects his or her wishes, and as a result, the family may want to challenge the will's validity. In order to successfully do so, the family members typically must file a will contest action. In such actions, the court is asked to disregard the decedent's will and instead provide a distribution of the decedent's estate which more closely resembles what the decedent actually intended. The family members must allege that there are grounds for setting aside the decedent's will, including the following:
- Undue influence—A will contest on the basis of undue influence involves the issue of whether the decedent, of his or her own free will, made the distribution provided in his or her estate plan, free from coercion by another individual. In Pennsylvania, a person challenging a will on the basis of undue influence must demonstrate the following elements: 1) a confidential relationship between the proponent of the will's validity and the testator; 2) the proponent of the will's validity receives a substantial benefit under the will; and 3) the testator had a weakened intellect.


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Alive Parish 1.0 released
We are pleased to announce the that the day has come for the first official stable release: Alive Parish v1.0. Kindly click the link below to access it. This release has a lot more minor fixes and has been thoroughly tested and evaluated under a simulated parish environment. For a full list of changes, read the RELEASE NOTES. Try it out by clicking the below link:
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Let's talk about how to deliver a eulogy.
A friend or loved one of yours has just passed away. You have been approached and asked to give the eulogy at his or her funeral. Of course you agree to do so; what an honor it would be! While it's no easy task to write and deliver a eulogy, you are determined to do it, and do it well.
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Floofberg (floofinition) – housepet who appears smaller than they are.
In use: "Whenever the puppy slept, he curled himself into a tight ball, and appeared to be about three feet across. That was resolved as the tip of the floofberg, for when he stood and unstretched his long limbs, he was a giant with enormous paws. Everyone agreed, he was going to be huge."
Wednesday's Theme Music
It was a blah night of sleeping. Weird dreams, of course. At a convention. I'd brought my own coffee. Had a huge bag of roasted beans. They kept spilling out of the bag, but also my coat and pants pockets. That was just one of many bizarre elements.
After I rose, I remained groggy. Rainy and chilly outside, but I liked that. Wanted some upbeat music but the stream found nothing. Started drifting through Foreigner, Free, Foghat. Like, why am I going through groups that start with F? Can I buy a clue. Then Canned Heat, the Doors, and The Allman Brothers played a bit.
Wasn't until I was making breakfast when something suitable, something that arrived for this low-energy hump day.
Here's Prince, '84, "Let's Go Crazy". Let's get nuts.


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Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, I'm proud to serve Southern California and the surrounding counties as your local Farmers Insurance® agent. Having spent my life in this community, I am thrilled to be able to do business here and serve others who appreciate how special this place is. I am here to help protect the most important investments in your life. I specialize in customizable home insurance packages to protect your property and legacy. As a small business owner myself, I am also well-equipped to provide commercial insurance for local businesses- whether that is for restaurants, manufacturing plants, retail shops, and more.
At EGI Agency Services, we pride ourselves on developing long-lasting relationships with our clients. We have clients who have been with this office for over 50 years and are loyal thanks to the high level of service they receive. We are here to help you select the coverage that fits your unique lifestyle and review that coverage periodically to ensure it is still sufficient as your life evolves. We not only sell insurance, but we also educate you about it. You should understand exactly what coverage you need and what you have.
My goal is to make insurance as easy as possible for you. We will communicate daily with you, respond within 24 hours to requests we receive, and will even visit your home or business for your convenience. Just ask.
I have many years of insurance industry experience, which has given me the knowledge and expertise to help make you smarter about insurance. I am also a business consultant and mental health advocate. Please stop by my office conveniently located next to Warner Bros. Ranch Studios and within miles of Disney, Nickelodeon, and Universal Studios. I look forward to meeting your family and welcoming you to my agency.
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Missing our Chi Psi College Pick'em now that football season is over? You're in luck because we're bringing it back for hockey season with our Hockey Night in Chi Psi series! Each week Justin Zolot and James Holman will be joined by a surprise guest to give their picks for the week's top hockey face-offs.
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This MTB-Tour below the Sciliar and the Croda del Maglio combines the "Malga Hofer Alpl - Malga Tuff/Tuff Alm" and the "Monte Cavone/Tschafon" tours.
The trail leads off the main road, past San Costantino/St. Konstantin up to the Laghetto di Fiè/Völser Weiher Lake, where a refreshing dip in the cool waters is practically a must. The trail then leads on past the Laghetto Huber/Huber Weiher Lake up to the Malga Tuff/Tuff Alm mountain hut. A short downhill over the Alpine pastures follows before you come to a dirt road, steep in parts, which takes you to the highest point of the tour, the freight cable car to the Rifugio Bolzano/Schlernhaus mountain hut. The first part of this ascent can only be fully cycled by experienced cyclists. A few curves down along the forest road, the trail turns off towards the Malga Hofer Alpl mountain hut. The descent to Umes/Ums is followed by the long but well-shaded ascent to the foot of the Croda del Maglio and on to the Tschafonleger.
The downhill which follows is easy from a technical standpoint and promises to be masses of fun. Head past the Schönblick hotel-restaurant towards Tschötscher and on, in a slight ascent, to the Croce di Schnaggen/ Schnaggenkreuz. After a short ascent, the crowning finale of the tour follows: the old road from Umes/Ums to Fiè allo Sciliar/Völs am Schlern.


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There are differing views in the pay-per-call industry over what makes a call a "quality" call. Is it the length of the call? A sale being made?
Our answer is simple: call quality is defined by you - our customers.
Soleo customers can get very specific about which calls define a quality call. Let's say you own a locksmith business that specializes in urgent calls and is open 24 hours. Maybe you only want to buy the priority calls outside of 9am-5pm hours when someone has, perhaps, been locked out of a car or house.
Imagine the call going something like this:
- A caller attempts to call a locksmith with a disconnected line at 11pm at night
- The caller is told the line is out of service, but they could be transferred to another locksmith service.
- The caller is asked if they need immediate assistance or if they would like to set an appointment for a later date.
- The caller selects immediate help and is forwarded to a dispatcher with the 24-hour locksmith.
So, let's say another locksmith in the same town only wants residential calls between 9am-5pm on weekdays. Let's qualify a different customer for them in a different scenario:
- It's 4:13pm, a caller attempts a locksmith with a disconnected line to change the locks on a new house they purchased.
- The caller is told the line is out of service, but they could be transferred to another locksmith service.
- The caller is asked if they need immediate assistance or if they're looking to set an appointment for a later date.
- The caller selects to make an appointment and is transferred to the second locksmith.
One locksmith has different views of a quality call over another service. Their priorities are different. But we empower both to make the decision on what calls are right for them.
Calls influence $1 trillion in US consumer spending this year through billions of calls on search, social, and display ads alone, according to a report by BIA Kelsey. But it's not enough to have massive volumes of calls if they aren't directed, filtered, and sourced in a way that's meaningful for pay-per-call customers.
A side benefit of qualifying callers is keeping robocalls out and limiting the number of unwanted nuisance calls. Quality is at the center of every piece of technology we're developing here at Soleo. It's the only way our company can push the industry forward.
In our mind, a qualified call equals quality. We want the caller to have an easy, streamlined experience that leads them to a business or service they desire, and the business gets that ready-to-convert sales opportunity.


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We didn't do a lot of formal lessons today because our box from Japan arrived last night and I spend the day trying to empty it and keep the things away. Of course, the boys saw their toys and wanted to play with them. I didn't mind. They are mostly educational toys. So Ethan spent the better part of the day writing hiragana and Nikki did his puzzles and played on the computer (Disney software). I must say, although it seems to have been a very relaxing day, I'm quite glad that the boys still managed to sneak in some fun "lessons" for them to do. 🙂
The boys and I still miss Japan. I really would have been great spending these months with their dad. I know it would have been difficult homeschooling in Japan but I also know that we would manage, as we always do. Ethan really misses Minato Mirai, the place where his dad works. He particularly loves the ferris wheel. He also misses the trains. Nikki loves going to kid places. He likes seeing new things even if he gets tired quite easily. I miss everything about Japan. I love that country and I miss it like crazy.


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One of the many great things about living in Canada is our ability to enjoy an endless stream of fascinating cultures right at our doorstep. Wise Atangana is an Ottawa-based musician who recently moved to Canada with his family. As a new father he became interested in children's music while putting a unique twist on the topic of lullabies. The rythms, melodies, and folklore of his native Cameroon can be felt throughout his bilingual album of children's songs – Mafolo Baby. For all you lovers of adventure, new experiences, and horizons, we present this review by Marlo and her family:
We are a young family of 4 with a love for music and Mafolo Baby has been a great addition to our car rides. We discovered our 3 year old son, Nicolas', love for drums and rhythmic music about a year and a half ago and we jump at any opportunity we can to introduce him to music that will encourage his musical growth. Mafolo Baby's packaging really reflects the fun and lively nature of the music. There are some sound effects in the music that my 3 year old gets a kick out of and we have had a lot of laughs while imitating the sounds.
Luckily, while our 3 year old finds the music fun and easy to sing along to, our 5 month old daughter, Launna, is calmed by the music. An enjoyable car ride to be had by all! Thumbs up! We are also a bilingual family and we really appreciate that Mafolo Baby has both a French and English version. I would recommend switching between both the English and French cd for anyone who wants to expose their children to both languages as the songs are the same on both cd's.
Mafolo Baby is presented by an Ottawa-based musician, the set includes a double CD of African lullabies in English and French and a beautifully illustrated book with the lyrics written out in both languages. They are strengthening long-term bilingualism in Canada. Order by email or use Shop Here digital version available soon.


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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West (Compact Disc)
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This is the way history should be taught! If this was fiction, it would
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Our clients are consistently blown away by Stacee's work. Her calm demeanor behind the lens is reflected in her photos and they love seeing the memories she captures in every photo. Her professionalism pairs with her love for capturing moments of laughter and brightness — making wedding photography her forte. She catches the little things in a moment, like the crinkling of someone's nose when they laugh, or that twinkle of pride in a new mother's eyes. She spends her free time with her nieces and nephews adventuring or traveling. Her perspective of the world gives her an appreciation for photography that lets her see each moment from an angle that others would normally miss. Stacee's breath-taking photographs make her a valued addition to our Figlewicz Photography Team.
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ERs are Dispensing Too Much Pain Medicine
It's time we talked about and understood the pain medicine epidemic that our nation is struggling with. According to research, more Americans are being prescribed powerful narcotic painkillers when they visit the Emergency Room, and that is not a good thing. It is not a good thing because these drugs are overprescribed when simpler, safer, less addictive methods would be just as workable. Patients are now being put on powerful painkillers for symptoms as easily treatable as lower back pain, headaches, and jaw pain.
That has to change, which is why we need to talk about it.
Addiction is a hard topic to stomach, and a harder one to accept when it affects someone close to you. Perhaps equally hard to stomach is the fact that our doctors don't always do what's best for us. That's a round-house hook to the face right there.
But it's true, doctors, who are usually acting on orders from on-high are prescribing powerful, narcotic painkillers at amounts way too high, to too many patients, and for too long of a duration.
The Numbers No One Wants to Look At
Between the years 2001 and 2010, records indicate that U.S. emergency departments across the U.S. showed a no less than forty-nine percent increase in prescriptions for opioid pain relievers. But during that same time, there was only a scant, few-percent increase in the number of patients seeking help for a pain-related occurrence.
What this tells us is that doctors, ER departments, pain clinics, and pharmacies are simply doling out more painkillers. Patients who would never have received a high-strength opioid eighteen years ago for lower-back pain are now being put on drugs that could (and often do) end up being highly addictive and mind-altering.
The Controversy
If we're being honest with ourselves, we don't want to look at this problem. We don't want to consider, for a second, that our doctors might not be acting with our very best interests at heart. We don't want to consider that our medical experts might not be treating us as patients in the very best way that they can.
But that is what is happening, and the ongoing, eighteen-year opioid epidemic is the evidence to show for it.
Prescription pain relievers are necessary, but only in severe cases to treat surgery recovery, major illness or disease recovery, cancer cases, and the terminally ill. Surgeons would not be able to perform certain surgeries without pain medication and high-strength numbing agents. Certain maladies would not heal unless pain medication were introduced to relax the nervous system enough so that those maladies can heal.
But the problem is, pain medication is highly overused to the point where it has become an erroneous "cure all" in modern-day medical practice.
According to Dr. Ryan Stanton, ER doctor in Lexington, Kentucky, and spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians:
"In many cases, naproxen, Tylenol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen are the best choices. The findings are not shocking. This is reflective of the growing use of opiates across the board, not just in emergency medicine. You need an overall treatment plan, not a one-stop Band-Aid."
Better Pain Treatment in High Demand
Dr. Stanton is not the only doctor clamoring for reform in how our medical society approaches pain. Many others feel the same way, and entire coalitions have formed in an attempt to revolutionize 21st-century pain management. For our safety and the betterment of our future, we need to focus on promoting alternative methods of pain relief, methods that do not carry so much risk.
- https://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/03/21/ers-dispensing-more-narcotic-painkillers-study
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/23/587666283/these-10-ers-sharply-reduced-opioid-use-and-still-eased-pain


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I remember a meeting with a professor of Art History in Toronto in 2007 - part of a job interview related situation, I was challenged by him concerning media archaeology, claimed that it was "all metaphorical", this use of "archaeology" in that brand of research.
Indeed, this has perhaps plagued some of the media archaeological research that is more discursive in its nature. And yet, there are various contexts in which the term is used far from metaphorically. On the one hand, the variety of media archaeology often associated with Sophienstrasse 22 address in Berlin has insisted on the technological agency of objects/signals and materiality of the networks in which our methodologies of media research of the past have to function. On the other hand, now in other context "digital archaeologists" are taking up the challenge and focusing for instance on microchips as excavation sites for digging down, unpacking and taking apart. The link contains a fascinating take on 6502 microchip that stems from mid-1970s; it points towards the important realization that to understand the media archaeology of technical media, we need to focus on the components - such as chips - and not just the "end results", the media-objects that we usually recognize as media.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Excavating the microchip
Posted by Jussi Parikka at 13:06
Labels: Berlin, computing, digital archaeology, materiality
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