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Some have asked me about my Seattle trip, so I will blog a bit about it. It's partly for those who are interested, and it is partly for me. There are a few pictures in the second half.
Marines in a Limo
Traveling with my somewhat frail, somewhat confused 89 year old mother is challenging and stressful in a multitude of ways, but we did all right. Well, till our plane was cancelled. Long story short, after much annoyance and discomfort we ended up traveling from Milwaukee to Chicago in a stretch limo.
Thirteen of us were crammed knee to knee and had nowhere to gaze except at each other. We couldn't even look out the windows because they were darkened. I started to get a bit claustrophobic, so I concentrated on the four young guys across from me. They were on their way to the US Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, CA. Ah, poor guys. They looked like high schoolers to me. One was a skinny blonde with a short haircut. He actually thought it was so short that he would escape the buzz cut of boot camp. Another was a quiet farm boy from a town not far from my home. For some reason, he kept talking about not wanting to ever get stationed in Okinawa because he did not speak Japanese. He seemed quite relieved when I said that most people there speak English. Another very polite young man had a notebook and a Bible. The last was an African American from Milwaukee. He was smiling and laughing with his fellow recruits, baseball cap on backwards and jeans drooping. He will probably be the most changed by USMC boot camp.
I thought about what might be ahead for them, and I spent the remainder of the ride praying silently for each one. Part of me just kept longing to be finally on the plane to Seattle, drinking a cola with mom safe and sound beside me.
Our connecting flight was also delayed, so we made it. Whew! It was a long flight and we arrived in Seattle much later than originally scheduled. Brother-in-law and nephew picked us up. Two in the a.m. by our time. We went straight to bed and straight to sleep.
Voices in the Kitchen
The next morning, 5 by my internal clock but 7 by Seattle time, I awoke listening to a conversation between my mother and sister. Sleepily, I listened to the familiar sound of their voices rising and falling. I couldn't understand the words, but I was filled with a bittersweet kind of joy. I could keep my eyes closed, snuggle under the blankets and go right back to the bed I shared with my sister in our little room in our little house in Pacoima, California.
I could, for a few moments, be 7 years old with my life ahead of me, with my family intact, with both my sisters (wearing silk scarves, poodle skirts and four or five crackling crinoline petticoats each) there to greet me as I padded into the kitchen. I did not want to get up. I savored the sweet sound of their voices knowing that when I did go to the kitchen I'd find a very changed mother and sister.
I gathered my courage, said a prayer and rose to made toast and coffee for us. We sat in a square of sunshine, sipping coffee and smiling and trying to converse. It was difficult. At one point my sister (who used to do color analysis) looked at me and said, "Your makeup colors are just perfect. You look beautiful." I'm not sure she knew, for that moment, that it was me. It was a sad morning, but I was aware in an indefinable way, of the love and prayers of those who were thinking of me. A little later my nephew's wife came in. She watches my sister a lot. And it was a blessing to see her interact with my sister. She is wonderful with her. Thank you, dear God.
Mom and sis and I went for a walk. The weather was sunny for the entire time we were in Seattle (small miracle) and it is late spring there. The flowers, green grass and trees, warm sunshine, all combined to lift our spirits. Later my grand niece came over and sis's husband took this picture.
On the loveseat is my sister, my mother and me. Behind is my nephew and his daughter. It was so nice to get reaquainted with them both.
In the Mountains
I am a lover of mountains, so I requested a drive into the Cumberlands for a picnic. Five of us piled into the car the next morning. Three hours of driving to get to our destination, but worth it. At the summit was a ski lodge, snow and a beautiful lake. Down the other side it got warm. And here we are, sis, mom, me (on the rock) and neice in law. B-I-L took the picture. The pines filled the air with their pungent aroma, the river gurgled over large granite rocks and the sun sparkled on the water. I am always happiest in the mountains, and it was wonderful. My sister and I have a long tradition of singing songs, some silly, some slightly risque, some hymns. It's kind of our little thing to do, almost a secret language between us. We have a repertoire of a hundred or so, and each has memories attached. As we cleaned up our picnic debris, I tried a couple, and she sang or she hummed and smiled happily and said "sing it" when she forgot the words, which was often. At times she could still harmonize with me. Probably the last time for us to do that. I pushed that thought away quickly.
A Trip to Fantasy Land
Later we drove past this little red house. It was next to a ramshackle but fixable old tavern and we stopped to stretch our legs and inspect the pear trees that were in blossom. Something suddenly happened to my B-I-L and me--we took a little trip to fantasy land.
We ended up touring the house (bigger than it looks, remodeled and quite nice!) and began a little story of how we would all move there and we'd make the old tavern into a church.
My poor mother didn't know whether to believe us or not as we filled in the details of our future life in the mountains. This went on for a long time. We looked out the front door of the "church" to a spectacular view of snow on the mountain peaks.
Eventually we saw a sticker on a dusty window of the old tavern which indicated that the place had most recently been a martial arts studio. B-I-L decided we could run a martial arts business and I could teach on spiritual warfare and make our focus Ephesians 6. Much silliness--which he needed. I did too.
Out front of the church-to-be. I have a Bible and my sister is saying, "Preach it, Sistah!" in a southern accent.
We returned thanking God for a very good day. As we reached the mountain summit on the return trip, the sun was setting over the lake and it's glassy surface mirrored stunning pinks and purples. I went to bed feeling guilty that I wasn't more sad. My sister cannot find her way around in her own home, and much of the time she doesn't make a lot of sense. Shouldn't I have been sad? I asked God about that as I climbed into bed beside my gently snoring mother. I believe that the day in the mountains was a gift from God.
Back at the Seattle Condo
Then reality hit with a wallop. The next day my sister was even more disoriented. I fought tears most of the morning. We had family devotions in the living room and it did not go well. At one point we found sis'missing shoes and she said, "That was providential!" She looked at me, grinned, and said, "I can't find my shoes, but I still have my vocabulary."
B-I-L and I took a break at Starbucks and had a long and serious talk. Returning to our car we saw a license plate with a frame that read, "Martial Arts! Strength-honor-pride!" "Look!" he hollered with glee. "It must be a sign from God." I expect this may become a standing joke.
Nonetheless, it was an extremely difficult day. I spent a lot of time ducking into the bedroom or out the front door--I did not want to upset anyone by crying. My heart was so heavy, and the grief for the sister and friend, the "little mommy" I no longer can talk with was deep. She spent most of the day trying to understand what was happening, changing clothes, wandering aimlessly looking for...no one knew what.
But at one point my sister looked at me with perfect clarity in her eyes. She smiled and said, "This is a very hard thing I am going through." I agreed sadly, and I hugged her. To my great surprise, she went on clearly, "I wake up every morning and I give the day to the Lord. I could be sad and mope around, but what good would that do? I choose to be grateful, to look for the good and for God's purpose in the day. I choose to love people and be a blessing as long as I can."
It was the only completely lucid paragraph she said the entire week. Another gift from God, I believe.
I was dreading the good-bye at the airport, but it was rushed and thus mercifully short with no time to ponder what the next meeting would probably be like. Thankfully, the trip home was uneventful.
Back Home and Thinking Things Over
I miss the pretty teenager who loved Elvis. I miss the big sister who told me about the "facts of life" and also taught me everything else worth knowing. I miss the person who laughed and joked and smiled, the wonderful cook, the brilliant writer and life-long learner, the intimate friend who always believed the best of me, and who always listened and understood my heart like no one else has, the one who was so different--and yet so very like--me. The quiet introvert who could ham it up and fake almost any accent imaginable. I miss the one whose beautiful blue eyes could flash fire at injustice. I miss the books mailed cross country. I miss her voice on the phone. I miss the one who sang silly songs and danced the "bop" and wrote stories, and taught Sunday school and shared the love of Jesus everywhere.
I love her so much. My heart breaks but I thank God for the good moments and memories and--life. And mostly I thank God for the blessed hope of life eternal. No good-byes, no tears, no Alzheimer's disease.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Marines in a Limo and Other Random Reflections
Posted by Dorcas (aka SingingOwl) at 11:37 AM
5 comments:
- JWD said...
O Singing Owl, thank you for sharing this precious treasure, this painful insight into your time with your sister. I end reading it in tears.
God's presence really seemed to be infused through your time there. Some beautifully gifted moments. Thank you for sharing your experience of them with us.
- Questing Parson said...
And now our prayers for you and her are increased. She may not be able to find her shoes, but, through you, she's found her way into our hearts.
- net said...
- Mary Beth said...
Hugs to you. this is beautiful. you're in my prayers...
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A slow-roasted pork shoulder makes a delicious meal of carnitas for a large group during cold winter months. While this dish requires 11 hours to make, most of that time passes with slow roasting in the oven. The amazing and inviting aroma of pork, cumin, and garlic in your home will greet your guests at the front door.
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Carnitas with a roasted poblano and 🍊orange salsa begins with slowly braising a 🍖pork shoulder rubbed with oregano, cumin, kosher salt and black pepper with poblano 🌶 peppers and garlic cloves in chicken stock and orange juice for 10 hours at 225F. To make the salsa, blend roasted poblano and garlic with fresh orange wedges. Serve with warm soft flour tortillas, the salsa, marinated red onion, sour cream and cilantro for 🌮tacos. Recipe in profile 🔗. . . . #carnitas #mexican #pork #porkshoulder #organo #cumin #poblano #garlic #orange #tacos #salsa #sourcream #cilantro #tortilla #901eats #memphis #memphistn #instafood #placeatthetable #placeatthetabledotnet #foodporn #sharefood #foodies #gastronaut #foodgasm #madeinmemphis #memphiscooks #homemade #homecooked #myrecipe
I prepped most of my ingredients the night before dinner. The next morning, I preheated the oven, seared the pork shoulder and placed it the oven before leaving for work.
I used my prized pink oval-shaped Le Creuset Dutch oven to braise the pork shoulder. Enameled cast iron of any kind is ideal for roasting and braising, but any ceramic dishes with a lid will suffice.
The roasted poblanos and garlic cloves strained from the braising stock and blended with fresh orange wedges make a delicious salsa for tacos. If you like more heat than poblanos offer, add some cayenne pepper to your taste. I served carnitas with warm soft flour tortillas, the salsa, marinated red onion, sour cream and fresh cilantro.
That our guests returned to the carving board for another pinch of pork after dinner and dessert proved a useful measure of success for this recipe. After making and eating this dish, I immediately began thinking of recipe variations I might try. I'd love to hear about the ingredients that work for you when making carnitas.
Carnitas with Poblano and Orange Salsa
- 1/4 cup dried oregano
- 1/4 cup ground cumin
- 2 Tbsp Kosher salt
- 2 Tbsp cracked black pepper
- ~10 lb. pork shoulder
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- Juice of 2 small oranges (Tangelos, Mandarins or Clementines)
- 1.5 cups chicken stock
- 2 Poblano pepper, chopped roughly, seeds reserved
- 1 head of garlic, cloves peeled
- 1 red onion, sliced thinly lengthwise
- 3 Tbsp apple cider or red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Kosher salt
- 2 small oranges, peeled and separated into wedges
- 20 soft flour tortillas
- 8 oz. sour cream
- 20 sprigs of cilantro
- Preheat oven to 225F.
- Combine first four ingredients in a bowl for the rub. Pat dry pork shoulder. Use a sharp knife to cut a quarter-inch deep cross-hatched pattern on the fatty side of the shoulder. Cover the meat in the rub on all sides.
- Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet or other heavy skillet until a drop of water sizzles. Sear pork shoulder for a few minutes on all sides. Remove shoulder and place it in a large, but close fitting Dutch oven or pot with a lid (cross-hatched side up).
- Pour chicken stock and orange juice into Dutch oven. The broth mix should rise to about halfway up the sides of the pork shoulder. Place garlic cloves in the broth along the sides the shoulder. Sprinkle chopped poblanos and seeds over the top of the shoulder.
- Cover shoulder with lid and place in oven for 8-10 hours.
- Before removing shoulder from oven, mix red opinion, vinegar and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Remove Dutch oven from the oven. Brush seeds and peppers off the top of the of the shoulder into stock. Remove shoulder and place on a carving board. Cover tightly with aluminum foil to allow meat to rest for at least 15 minutes before slicing.
- Remove poblano pepper and garlic cloves from stock with a slotted spoon to a small bowl. Remove any bits of bone, meat or fat.
- Place orange wedges and roasted poblanos and garlic cloves in a blender and pulse until mixed to make a salsa and place into a small serving bowl.
- Use two forks to break apart pork shoulder on the carving board. Serve with warm tortillas, red onions, Poblano and orange salsa, sour cream and sprigs of cilantro.


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When they returned to Coco Reef, Anna and her mom began the long process of getting into the intricate Maggie Sotterro dress theyd purchased at Crystal Bride in Illinois. She had been to all of the fittings, Anna says of her mothers support.
She had it down pat, how to do the lacing, thread it through and tighten it. It took nearly a half hour to get in to the dress. It was in those moments Anna could feel it all coming together.
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One of Annas favorite moments was her father walking her down the aisle. It is just something you always picture doing with your dad; it was just a really special moment for us, she says. In fact, it was one of the moments she was most nervous about. My dad just kept up this rambling talk, I was too beyond nervous, says Anna. I dont even remember what he talked about. I just remember that he went on and on. And it just got me down the aisle; it was such a familiar thing. She recalls the moments now highlighted and captured by Dee Storeys brilliant photography.
After the ceremony, Anna and Jason, their immediate family, and their bridal party went to do group pictures on different parts of the Coco Reefs resort. The other guests went to start the cocktail hour, which was held in a semicircular reception area by the pool overlooking the ocean and featured tray passed appetizers, and of course, rum swizzle, ideal for its orange tint. Anna had gotten advice to write down all of the shots with family and friends that she wanted, and thus was able to execute in an efficient and organized matter when it came time to move through group shots, and those with significant people in the couples life. They took photos on the upper beach and lower beach, and made use to the cliffs and grassy scenery.
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2. Unicorn Frappuccino
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10. Superfood Berry Cashew Cream No-Bake Bars
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These No-Bake Galaxy Berry Cheesecake Bars have a stunning color that looks like a galaxy! They're quite simple to make; the only time-consuming thing is soaking the cashews and letting it all solidify in the freezer, but all of this won't cost you any effort. Making recipe though takes about 10-20 minutes total, depending on how fast you work. Minimum effort and maximum reward — gotta love it.
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a few months later when we noticed that she was,
well getting rather fat!
(This was a little mistake as the bull was actually her Dad. ~ but that's OK isn't it?
I mean that's what all good studs do.
I have been told that its OK if its only first generation)
One very sulky teenage girl.......
Definitely a calf coming today!!
Chop's my very first pet sheep
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i love the way even after nearly nine minutes, even in the last 30 seconds "yes anastasia" still has that wonderful twisting "come along now, little darling" coda left up its sleeve
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 5 February 2010 15:29 (ten years ago) link
Yes, I think I've probably said before that what is really notable about Tori's songwriting (up to about Choirgirl - she started to pare back after that) is its generosity, the way in which a profusion of melodic ideas just pour out of the songs like she's got money to burn. Verses that change their melody entirely, startling middle eights, unexpected harmonies and counterpoints, gratuitously fleshed out piano interludes.
Which I like to think are spiritual successors to Stevie's "All I ever wanted!" fade-out vocals on "Sara".
― Tim F, Friday, 5 February 2010 22:05 (ten years ago) link
and i'm sorry but the chorus to god still gives me chills
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 5 February 2010 22:08 (ten years ago) link
As I said on the Little Earthquakes thread, this is Amos' best album, the one on which she delivered hugely on the promise of the début. The arrangements are rich and strange, the production is as crystalline as evoked by the cover imagery, and the songs carry that delicious blend of directness and surrealism. It was downhill from here on. Voted "Yes, Anastasia".
― anagram, Saturday, 6 February 2010 17:35 (ten years ago) link
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:43 (ten years ago) link
still voting "past the mission" tho
As I said on the Little Earthquakes thread, this is Amos' best album, the one on which she delivered hugely on the promise of the début. The arrangements are rich and strange, the production is as crystalline as evoked by the cover imagery, and the songs carry that delicious blend of directness and surrealism. It was downhill from here on. Voted "Yes, Anastasia".
― anagram, Saturday, February 6, 2010 5:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i suspect that if u listen to Boys For Pele a few more times, you'll find that beneath the eclecticism is a crystalline performance as classical and beautiful as this, if not more so.
Past The Mission is stunning, but yes, Pretty Good Year is incomparable.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:57 (ten years ago) link
sry i just think that anyone who says Boys For Pele is the beginning of the end is crrrrazee
― you have to forgive me (surm), Saturday, 6 February 2010 18:59 (ten years ago) link
i don't feel like the sequencing does "past the mission" any favours - i like it fine but for ages skipped it because that jaunty "i! don't! believe you went too-oo far!" intro is such a rude awakening from the reverie of "bells for her"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:03 (ten years ago) link
bells for her is intoxicating and perfect
― you have to forgive me (surm), Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:08 (ten years ago) link
well wouldn't it be a boring old world if we all liked the same thing. Tried it, didn't like its wilful eccentricity and stretched-thin songwriting.
― anagram, Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:54 (ten years ago) link
said this before but as much love as i have for earthquakes/pink, i still consider them the (relatively) conventional warm-ups to the pele/choirgirl/venus trilogy
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 February 2010 19:59 (ten years ago) link
see, that's where those later records fall down for me. I agree w/you that the first two are relatively conventional. the problem is that she can't do unconventional – she just ends up sounding forced and trite.
― anagram, Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:06 (ten years ago) link
i didn't like Boys For Pele at all in the beginning either. i found it hard to follow, too random and over-eccentric. but the open space in the songwriting (a style that actually resembles that of Yes, Anastasia), is a lot less contrived than it might first appear, and its eccentricity soon gives way to a baroque brand of classic simplicity.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:07 (ten years ago) link
shit, had completely forgotten that the UTP era contains some of my favourite b-sides - basically everything on this EP is fucking golden. "honey" is just gorgeous - the way the piano and guitar intertwine with each other, that melody; "daisy dead petals" deceptively slight at first but sort of melts into something really beautiful; and "sister janet", with tori still at the stage where she could actually translate her penchant for mythology into something that sounds genuinely mystical.
only shitty live fan recordings on youtube! ugh. well it seems you can download all the bsides here anyway - http://www.hereinmyhead.com/sounds/bees.html
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:14 (ten years ago) link
also w/r/t to tori breaking with convention -- i would never say that she doesn't do well in unconventional territory, even though i understand that this can be the case at times. the first 2 albums are far less conventional than she makes them sound after repeated listens. that's why people took notice.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:18 (ten years ago) link
^^^yeah exactly; to me, pele=>venus feel less like a conscious departure or switch-up in her style as the, uh, blossoming of an aesthetic that had always been latent - what made it compelling was how it seemed to be triggered both by the confidence of success (at no point in her more experimental albums does she seem tentative - there's a real certainty about what she's going for and a mastery in how she executes it) and the more talked-about necessity of successive personal tragedies.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:21 (ten years ago) link
though i still have no idea where some of her sonic ideas came from, i guess that's a discussion to be saved for when we come to it though
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 6 February 2010 20:22 (ten years ago) link
I don't think there was a sudden left swerve with Boys For Pele actually - it seems to be roughly the size of the shift/expansion that UTP was on LE (and likewise Choirgirl vis a vis BFP). The relationship between Tori's piano playing and her actual songwriting is possibly at her loosest here, at least in part (see in particular the final five tracks), but the album's extremities are veiled somewhat by its manicured sound. I think what BFP did by comparison was make those qualities more explicit - the sound is much starker and the arrangements are mostly sparser, with most songs choosing to push a particular instrument or instrument combo (harpsichord, piano & strings, piano & horn) such that the sound appears to be more wideranging. It's like, if you used to paint with a large palette, and then you restrict yourself to just a couple of colours, then your choice of which colours to use will start to seem much more radical.
And I see Choirgirl as making different decisions again - it doesn't follow some line of logical development implied by BFP at all.
We really need a b-sides poll.
I'd be inclined to say:
Upside Down / Here In My Head / Honey >> Sister Janet / Flying Dutchman / Sugar / Alamo / Cooling >>> the others
― Tim F, Saturday, 6 February 2010 23:12 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, "Cornflake Girl"'s hook is monstrous, even when you are overfed by it.
Under the Pink was the big space in my Tori love for years-- when I was a kid, I was more immediately attracted to the record with "Silent All These Years" and then to the weird long record with "Hey Jupiter," respectively. So I've only properly encountered Under the Pink in the past few years. The first half suffers wildly from this quiet-loud-quiet sequencing which I've heard explained as "the style at the time," which makes sense, because I've always seen Tori as simultaneously in lock-step with pop trends and completely anachronistic, i.e. Choirgirl being one among many late-'90s rock and pop flirtations with "electronics" but also it is so strange and naked compared to that grouping.
The second side of Pink, when it enters its spare piano suite, is real magic. I don't think I'll ever stop retrieving new sweet things out of it.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2010 23:31 (ten years ago) link
Also, it's a tie between "Cornflake Girl" and "Yes, Anastasia," which do such entirely different things, one is like a good friend you invite over occasionally though you bristle at their sizable collection of knives, and you occasionally find one in your back pocket, or in your fridge, splitting the roast, and the other is this, at first, cold and distant thing that, when you squint, suddenly grows and envelopes you and kind of feels like home, though it is a very fragile sort of home.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2010 23:35 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 7 February 2010 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Liking the idea of a Tori b-sides poll, especially the part about having to listen to a bunch of them again to make up my mind. If I had to pick without time to review, though, it's be "Sweet Dreams", with "Take to the Sky", "Upside Down", "Sugar" and "Flying Dutchman" close behind.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 7 February 2010 00:53 (ten years ago) link
always loved this, i guess v close second to choirgirl as my favorite of her albums? or my favorite, sometimes. i'm certain she's said 'honey' was supposed to be on the album and got kicked off at the very last minute, and she regrets that. i would've voted for that one, i think!
anyway, 'pretty good year.'
― kicker conspiracy (b. favre ha ha) (daria-g), Sunday, 7 February 2010 01:42 (ten years ago) link
I will say this for "The Wrong Band" - it's a great example of that sense of generosity I was describing upthread. The way at the end it subsides into the "instead of just leaving..." bit and then rises again to the (totally new) "she says it's time I opened my eyes / don't be afraid to open your eyes / maybe she's right, maybe she's right / maybe she's right, maybe she's right." Which is just this totally triumphant (but about what???) storm-the-barricades climax for a song that seems mostly joking.
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 February 2010 05:09 (ten years ago) link
honey = siren = here in my head > bachelorette > sister janet = purple people (christmas in space) = upside down > alamo > daisy dead petals = mountain >> the rest
("sugar" is terrific but it's the version on TVAB that i prefer)
(excluding covers - of non-SLG covers i guess i'd pick out "do it again", "landslide", "i'm on fire" and "angie")
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 10:26 (ten years ago) link
The first half suffers wildly from this quiet-loud-quiet sequencing which I've heard explained as "the style at the time,"
i didn't know it was a trend at the time! explains a lot.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 10:29 (ten years ago) link
Oh yeah I forgot about "Bachelorette" and esp. "Purple People"! I don't actually have "Siren" at the mo. What is "Mountain"?
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 February 2010 11:29 (ten years ago) link
"mountain" is the song that was only available on the website you could only access with the scarlet's walk cd. i never did bother checking the site out! it's better than half the album, lol.
"siren"! http://www.sendspace.com/file/mxrt8q everyone should d/l it, what an incredible song.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 11:39 (ten years ago) link
Lex did you ever hear her "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 February 2010 11:56 (ten years ago) link
yes! i really like it, even though i have basically no time for the original.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 12:03 (ten years ago) link
Ha i thought so!
My favourite cover though is "A Case Of You" I think - not flashy, but she gets it so intuitively right, right down to the tiniest nuances of phrasing, like the way she sings "you said, 'I am as contant as a northern star', and I said..." ever so slightly slower than the original, such that instead of Joni's suggestion of defensiveness it comes across as some kind of declamation - and then she sings "constantly in the darkness" with this perfect wry chuckle at the back of her throat.
People tend to underestimate and/or forget to draw attention to the subtlety of vocal performance at work.
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 February 2010 12:12 (ten years ago) link
that's one i'm not sure i've ever heard!
yeah, she's a great interpretative artist - cf her conscious springsteen imitation on "i'm on fire" which highlights how the song is a pose, without losing any of its emotion. and i guess we'll cross the strange little girls bridge when we come to it...
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 12:26 (ten years ago) link
Lex, "A Case Of You":
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 February 2010 13:03 (ten years ago) link
thx tim. i love the liberties she takes with original tracks, and how she frames them as perfectly natural - here, when she gasps "my blood - my holy wine - you taste so bitter and so sweet", revelling in the addiction where joni maintains at least a slight air of detachment.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 18:47 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 8 February 2010 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Cornflake Girl 1
"cloud on my tongue" got jobbed but this had the correct winner.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 8 February 2010 00:11 (ten years ago) link
Cornflake Girl 1
This was me.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 8 February 2010 14:46 (ten years ago) link
goddamn am I bummed I missed this. i'm with anagram -- this is her strongest record top-to-bottom. can't understand at all how this could disappoint after Little Earthquakes other than maybe there's nothing as singl-y as "Silent All These Years" and "Crucify"?
I probably would have voted "Yes, Anastasia," and I'm happy to discover that everyone loves "Pretty Good Year" and "God" as much as I do, but "Past The Mission" and "Cloud On My Tongue" definitely got a raw deal here. Dunno tho... I think the only track I couldn't see myself voting for would be "Bells for Her"...
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Sunday, 18 April 2010 04:21 (ten years ago) link
one vote for cornflake girl is pretty lol
― Ross, Monday, 27 August 2018 16:34 (one year ago) link
This album is amazing, can't believe I slept on it so long. She covers a lot of ground but executes it all so well - I don't think there's a weak track here.
"The Waitress" reminds me a lot of 90s Nine Inch Nails and would have come out around the time of Downward Spiral, to the point where I thought maybe he had influenced her or vice versa. I couldn't find anything where she talked about it, but in the process discovered Reznor sang backup vocals on "Past the Mission"! Neat little coincidence
― Vinnie, Monday, 7 October 2019 12:11 (nine months ago) link


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Today I have been on Faris Watch.
This is an immensely important position and one which requires considerable diligence.
The Faris Watcher needs an ability to pluck Baby Boy from his Moses basket at the optimum moment before a slight grumble develops into a full-scale protest. A swift change of nappy is preferable to dragging out the whole process though I am a little bit out
of practice. However cuddling a baby is like riding a bicycle – you never forget how to do it.
Today the Middle of the Darling Daughters and I were
keen to try out yesterday's gift of a towel with rabbit's ears. We showed it to the New Dad who looked at us as if we were quite, quite mad. He didn't get the whole "dress the baby as a rabbit" business but we went ahead anyway.
Faris made a totally adorable bunny. I shall tell him this when he is older, which he will not appreciate one little bit but I've found that grandparents can get away with quite a lot more than most people. I videoed the "top and tail"
because the Middle of the Darling Daughters was desperate to catch, on film, the sweet snuffly, snorty noises Faris makes when being subjected to such indignities in the interests of cleanliness. I did my best though the camera did shake a bit whenever I laughed.
Which I did. Quite a lot.
One of the reasons for being here is to be of assistance to my daughter in these early days of motherhood. Today, for example,
I carried out a task of extreme strategic importance. No, it didn't involve washing (either clothes or crockery) and I did not have to tackle any household appliances such as the vacuum cleaner or tumble dryer. My task was to hang up in the nursery
wardrobe all the beautiful baby clothes which generous friends and family have given the new babe. I took my time over this, ensuring that I sorted out the 0 – 3 months, from the 3 – 6 months and the 6 – 9 months and hung them in date
order. No baby will be better dressed, I assure you. All the Middle of the Darling Daughters needs to remember is which end of the wardrobe to start...
all, Faris Watch involves holding the precious babe and gazing at him in adoration. Several times a day. In fact, whenever I can sneak him from his Moses basket without his mother noticing. Not that she minds because she's doing the same
We're both on Faris Watch. Nothing quite like it...
If you are knitting the tentacles lengthwise how many rows do you have including cast on and cast off. If by chance its 7 do a row of each colour?
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Lovely happy anniversary. Enjoy that meal sounds great ... perhaps a 🥂 or two ?
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Ekweremadu expressed optimism that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will come out victorious.


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Young Adult Perception and Self Esteem
PICO (O) question
|Will social media and body image change the perception and attitude on oneself?
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|Young adults
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Young adults between the age of 18 and 25 spend majority of their times in the social media and other technological aspects. Most of these people are at their adolescent stage and they strive to get independence and make personal decisions, while acquiring personal identities (Yi Lin et al, 2016). They also want to get the attention or get a fit ad gain into their peer groups. They are in the highest capacity of understanding their health and biological developments and actively participate in attending to issues relating to their health and medications. This is the most productive stage in the development of human life as well as the fiscal development of a country. The social media however is depriving these young adults of their societal role of community and individual development as this aspect consumes most of their time and mind. This is attributed to the fact that young adults are the most acquainted group of the population in matters regarding the newest internet communication technologies. This is boosted by the accessibility and the widespread adoption of wireless networks and mobile internet access. This study explores the extent to which social media and other internet tools change the perception of the young people with regard to their bodies and the negative consequences on their self esteem.
The frequency at which the young adults discuss their health issues provides a better suggestion of a better way of discussing and solving the health issues that relate to them. A positive relationship has been found to exist between the individual depression and the time an individual can spent on the internet. This implies that depression could be common problem amid the young adults that mostly spent their time online. Some scholars' research suggest that majority of the secondary school students ultimately require health guidance in addition to mental health support. However, utilizing the social media distance them from their health practitioners and they will end up utilizing the wrong information and mental health directions from the fellow peers they share the platform with.
Some studies suggest that the use of social media among young adults could lower the extent of depression attributed to the increased social support, social capital and the satisfaction of life (Topper et al., 2017). Most however contrast the stipulation and suggest rapid use of the platform is associated with degradation of the human well-being, the real life satisfaction and the support from the social societal settings. These studies define a strong correlation between the social media use and the extent of human depression, showing a direct linear relationship between the social media use the negative human perception on the mental health and body physic together with the mood deregulation. Most research results show increased depression between the college and secondary school students, though majority utilize cross sectional data which does not provide a clear directionality of the argument.
Consequently, individuals could be using the social media following continual rumination and guilt which surrounds this utility (McVey et al., 2016). This drives them due to low self-esteem and negative self-belief. They may the accessible social media since it facilitates interactions in a more controlled setting rather engaging them in a one-on-one interaction. They will find this as a remedy to their fundamental depression and anhedonia.
Other studies have linked social media with a decline in the social well-being, subjective mood and life satisfaction (Mahmoud et al, 2015). The rising consumption of passive utility rather than active communications in the social media settings is caused by the decreasing bonding, over passing the social center and escalating loneliness. This is also contributed by the subjection to more ideal illustration form other young adults who bring an impression that they are leading a more successful life. This generates a feeling of envy and the thought that one is not living a life to the standards that others are living. They feel that their peers are successful and they have been left behind. This generates a sense of inferiority and gradually developing depression, which ends up to time wastage on activities that are meaningless and less productive with regard to personal development. In the recent times, the internet addiction has been recognized by the medical practitioners as a psychiatric condition that requires immediate attention (Weinstein et al., 2015). This has been triggered by the increasing number of young adults who spent most of their time on the internet, especially the social media platforms. The medical experts associate the psychiatric condition as being closely associated with depression (Moreau et al., 2015).
During the long hours interactions with peers in the social media, young adults, especially females, share comments and messages that make them inferior since girls tend to socialize more than boys, drawing themselves into comparisons with others. Many adolescents spent a lot of their time in order to perfect their profiles to evade scrutiny from the peers as they strive to win their acceptance (Perin, 2015). They consequentially produce different persons different from whom they really are, drawing them further from understanding themselves. According to (Kvalem et al., 2014), self esteem comes from consolidating who you are, and the more one tries to spend them to generate a different identity from their own self in order to win the recognition of the peers, the harder your feelings will be with regard to self acceptance and feeling good about oneself.
Young adult females overusing the internet tend to suffer more from the low self-esteem and negative body image. For instance, according to Anderson et al. (2017), 40.1% of teenage girls in Australia between the age of 16 and 18 are not satisfied with their bodies. Most of them react to the images that they find on the social media, especially face book. They look at the images of other young girls and compare themselves with them, thus resulting to the negative feelings that their bodies are not good enough. This deprives them of their health routine, abandoning the regular body exercise as well as increased anxiety. The shame and negative perception on the individual body image to a higher extent affect girls who regularly use the internet and research indicates that most of them are subject to the low self esteem and higher degree of shame (Boulianne, 2015). Researchers have also established that there is a direct relationship between the frequency of social media use and the extent to which young girls feel ashamed of themselves.
Other factors that result in the negative perception on the body image and low self esteem is the type of products that are advertised in the social media platforms. Most of these products, for instance, cosmetics, how to lose weight and dating products, according to (Vaterlaus et al., 2015), are mostly meant to suit older women. However, the advertisements have been widely done without these bounds and this gives young ladies access to them. Upon viewing the products, they start doubting themselves thus resulting to low self esteem.
Young adults who respond positively to social media spent shorter times in the sites, checking their profiles, acknowledging their strengths rather than weaknesses. On the contrary, those responding negatively spend a lot of their time on the platform. This will give them that idea of drawing comparisons with others, subsequently generating the feelings of inferiority to the profiles, likes or pictures they observe (Yonker et al., 2015).
The study should be of concern to the medical practitioners as it may be critical for them to evaluate the use of the social media to identify how the young adults are using it and find ways of solving different negative perceptions with regard to their health and body development. The practitioners as well need to interact with them in the platform, since social media is the most common interaction place, note the challenges and find out an important balance to utilize in order to develop a lasting remedy from these problems. Social media also forms an important arena for health experts to analyze depression while developing important educational messages regarding the condition, which could be important in sensitizing on the maladaptive system and how it relates with depression. It is critical noting the presence of diversified interactions within the social media, for instance, the overall time spent and the prevalence of visiting the social media sites. However, most of the past researches focus on analyzing a specific interaction platform, rather than exploring the overall social media platforms. It is important analyzing the interaction between multiple platforms as this will provide finer results while improving the understanding on various social media interactions. It is also prudent assessing the relationship between these various social media sites and depression.
Anderson, E. L., Steen, E., & Stavropoulos, V. (2017). Internet use and Problematic
Internet Use: A systematic review of longitudinal research trends in adolescence and emergent adulthood. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 22(4), 430-454.
Boulianne, S. (2015). Social media use and participation: A meta-analysis of current
research. Information, Communication & Society, 18(5), 524-538.
Kvalem, I. L., Træen, B., Lewin, B., & Štulhofer, A. (2014). Self-perceived effects of
Internet pornography use, genital appearance satisfaction, and sexual self-esteem among young Scandinavian adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8(4).
Mahmoud, J. S., Staten, R., Lennie, T. A., & Hall, L. A. (2015). The relationships of
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McVey, A. J., Dolan, B. K., Willar, K. S., Pleiss, S., Karst, J. S., Casnar, C. L., … & Van
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text: Perennially, with justification, those who support limited choice in general, liberal education argue that menu systems (and their slightly more structured curricular cousins) lead to incoherence in the first years of the undergraduate curriculum. On the other hand, most institutions are organized into disciplinary departments, and a menu system has been almost universally recognized as the best "market" mechanism to induce or introduce students to majors in various fields. But what happens when, particularly in the humanities, the very fields that are represented by departments are thought to be ineffective in employing their students, technologically backward in their approaches to the world, and, maybe most importantly, demographically cut off from new recruits. What strategies then? That's what a recent Harvard report, and the Academic Council and Deans of America and Phi Beta Kappa in a recent conference, and Arum and Roksa's Academically Adrift all seem to be asking. As it turns out, happily these questions are asked in terms of the fate of liberal arts education. Continue reading Cultural Institutions, Theatre, and Humanistic Liberal Arts Education: Where Do We Go from Here?


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Confirmed: John Krasinski has arms
You might remember John Krasinski from The Office, where he wore workplace-appropriate button-down shirts and blazers. Perhaps you also saw in in a movie or two. Either way, you probably didn't really notice his arms.
Now you will, because they've gotten bigger.
Thank you to @MensHealthMag for putting this dude on the cover. pic.twitter.com/S3lmd5g0Qr
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) December 16, 2015
The actor bulked up to play a Navy SEAL in 3 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, and he's showing off his new bod in Men's Health Magazine this month.
... And for finding my shirt JUST after this picture was taken. Thank you @MensHealthMag pic.twitter.com/sZxsuqUiI7
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) December 16, 2015
Naturally, Twitter is impressed.
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— Us Weekly (@usweekly) December 18, 2015
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Aw Krasinski went and Pratted himself. pic.twitter.com/uSYiH5r77v
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News just broke about an alleged domestic violence incident involving Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy. A close friend of McCoy's girlfriend, Delicia Cordon, posted the following on Instagram this morning.
The beating took place this morning and Ms. Cordon is in the hospital, according to Cordon's friend. The Instagram post, as you can see, is loaded with allegations concerning animal abuse, child abuse, and steroid use.
It wasn't that long ago (2016) when McCoy was sued by off-duty cops in regards to a Philadelphia bar fight.
McCoy has yet to issue a statement.


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8 cups water
2 lobsters
4 medium artichokes, leaves and bases trimmed to make artichoke bottoms
1 cup water
1 tablespoon virgin olive oil
1 1.2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 tablespoon minced fresh chives
salt and pepper to taste
1. Bring the 8 cups of water to s boil in a large stock pot. Add the lobsters, bring the water back to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low, and boil the lobsters gently for 1 minute. Lift the lobsters from the cooking liquid, and set them aside until cool enough to handle. Then remove the meat from the shells and reserve it. Along with the red roe. Cut the meat of each tail in half lengthwise, and discard any remaining intestinal tract.
2. Place the shells back in the stock pot with the cooking liquid, and boil, covered, for 30 minutes. Strain. Set 1 cup of stock aside for the sauce, and freeze the remainder for use in a bisque or for serving with pasta.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
4. Place the artichoke bottoms in a saucepan with the 1 cup of water, the oil, the lemon juice, and the salt. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat, and boil the artichokes gently for about 20 minutes, until they are tender and most of the cooking liquid has evaporated. Let cool. When the artichokes are cool enough to handle, remove and discard the chokes.
5. Just before serving time, reheat the artichoke bottoms for about 1minute in a microwave oven or for 10-15 minutes in a conventional oven. Place the roe in an ovenproof dish, heat it for 5 minutes in the oven to dry it. Chop the roe coarsely with a knife.
6. Reheat the lobster meat for 20-30 second in a microwave oven of for 8-10 minutes in a conventional oven set at 350 degrees F. Bring the cup of reserves stock to a boil and boil it until it is reduced to 1/2 cup. Add the butter, chives, and salt and pepper, and brig to a strong boil.
7. Arrange an artichoke bottom on each of four plates, and place the meat of half a lobster tail in the cavity of each with a piece of claw meat alongside. Spoon some sauce on top, and sprinkle with some of the roe. Serve if desired, with Broccoli with butter - see link, arranging the broccoli around the artichoke bottoms.
Two of Jacques Pepin's favorite flavors are combined here in an elegant entree. The stock from boiling the lobsters can be frozen and used to flavor sauces and soups.


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Our classmate and good friend passed away.
Eric Zucker passed away after a bout with brain cancer.
Eric at Reseda: King Regent, Ephebian, Boys Vice President, Alcuins President, Interact President,
American Legion Award, Cross Country team 3 years, Boys' State, Reseda High School Faculty Scholarship.
After Reseda, Eric went to UCLA, then on to Hofstra University School of Law.
He was a Los Angeles County deputy public defender.
Survivors include his wife Donna, their three children, and Eric's brother Mark. Other schools Eric attended: Newcastle Avenue Elementary Class of 1971, and Sequoia Junior High Class of 1974, both schools in Reseda.
Eric was 48.
Thank you Eric for sharing your strength, wit, humor, kindness, courage, and amazing life.
We will miss you.
Daniel Shudo
Reseda Class of 1977


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Daggers coach Brown wants to take positives away from a 'tough result' at Chorley
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Dagenham & Redbridge first-team coach Jody Brown admitted the injury-hit squad must take the positives out of tough defeat to Chorley.
An Alex Newby strike in the 63rd minute was the difference between the two sides at Victory Park - despite a dominant first-half from the Daggers.
The former Heybridge Swifts boss says they knew they would have to produce something special to bag the three points as they're currently carrying eight injuries.
"It's obviously a tough result to take, we certainly didn't want to come here and lose 1-0," Brown told DaggersTV.
"We knew we'd have to produce something a little bit extra as we're in a tough situation at the moment, as you can see we only had three outfield players on the bench again today.
"None of the lads have returned and Bagasan (Graham) has been added to that list as well, so we knew we had to pull together as staff and a group of players, and work even harder.
"I thought we did that, I thought we forced them into a lot of mistakes, they had very little possession and we created some good opportunities from some high tempo play."
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Brown insisted they were unlucky to not score on a number of occassions let alone once in the clash.
"Mitch Brundle was extremely unlucky as he had one cleared off the line, Quigs had one cleared off the line, and we had another one Chike had a half chance.
"Often they were making last ditch tackles and last ditch clearances to keep us out in that first-half."
He did say they must be pleased with how well they pressed Chorley into mistakes.
"We remember the previous game and we watched footage to prepare, and we felt that maybe we're not at our strongest at the moment when it comes to defending long balls, as we're missing Manny and Crolly.
"We felt they were a team that wanted to play out if you encourage them to, so we encouraged them to play out, and then we pressed from a good shape.
"The number of regains and mistakes we pressed them into was impressive.
"As much as we're disappointed to lose 1-0, we have to take that as a positive, we forced them into so many mistakes and forced them into so many regains that opened up counter attack opportunities."
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The First Top-Secret UrtheCAST Event Makes a Scene in San Francisco!
To a passerby, April 21 resembled any other beautiful day in the San Francisco Bay. Or so it seemed. A smattering of clouds dotted the skies and gulls soared over the tourists' heads. People milled about, leaning against railings, chatting with friends, and watching boats glide out of the harbour.
At 1:00 PM, a rumbling arose. The helicopter that was paused on the horizon flew closer and the pier became noticeably crowded. Within moments the helicopter was overhead. Passersby looked up, shadowing their eyes from the sun, and watched as almost two hundred people removed their sweaters to reveal bright orange UrtheCast T-Shirts. This is when they began, in unison, to strike some unfamiliar poses. It was clear that something very cool was happening.
On Saturday April 21, 2012, UrtheCast — the company providing the world's first HD Earth video platform from space — teamed up with Flash Mobs of America to create a flash event never seen before. It proved to be such a top-secret affair that we were unable to reveal it until days later.
Like most UrtheCast happenings, this inaugural UrtheCAST event featured a heavy social media emphasis. Prior to the flash event, UrtheCASTers received a QR code with all of the event details. This code was distributed in order for attendees to tweet pictures, updates and video. What's more, local major media outlets got involved by covering the event live and onsite at the pier.
UrtheCast is a company accustomed to doing things differently, even when promoting its brand. What's better than a flash event involving almost two hundred UrtheCASTers? Keeping that event under wraps for weeks and having it filmed via helicopter. In fact, filming the UrtheCAST event from the air was key to emphasizing the capabilities of the UrtheCast platform.
When the cameras go live in late 2012, the platform will remain open-source, allowing users to create applications for sale on the UrtheCast website. As the Space Station passes over a particular geographic location, video data and imagery will be collected of that area, thereby providing the opportunity for awareness of current events across the globe. As another layer of interactivity, users will be able to track the Space Station along its orbital path.
The UrtheCast cameras are scheduled for launch to the ISS in late 2012 aboard the Russian Soyuz Mission. The beta version of UrtheCast's interactive platform will be made available this summer, 2012. To become a beta subscriber, please visit urthecast.com.
UrtheCAST San Francisco marks just the beginning of the UrtheCAST flash event series that may bring UrtheCast to a city near you. Stay tuned for more in the next few months!
About UrtheCast
UrtheCast (pronounced "EarthCast") is a company created around a unique vision: to provide the world's first live HD video feed of Earth from space. Working with world- class partners — and in an exclusive relationship with renown Russian Aerospace giant RSC Energia — UrtheCast is building, launching, installing, and operating two cameras on the Russian module of the International Space Station. Video data of Earth collected by the cameras will be downlinked to ground stations around the planet and then displayed in near-realtime on the UrtheCast web platform, or distributed directly to exclusive partners and customers.
UrtheCast will provide this interactive platform and HD Earth video data for internet users, app developers, educators, media outlets, government bodies, humanitarian relief organizations, and environmental monitoring services. The two cameras — one medium and one high-resolution — will be installed by astronauts on the ISS in late 2012. Once mounted, the cameras will stream near-live video and static imagery to Earth and will provide extraordinary opportunities for users to view Earth in near-realtime, for free.


text: Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Troy House for sending in today's report from Westerly, Rhode Island, where the cops were called to a report of a disturbance at a residence. Even cops who thought they had seen everything were surprised at what they found upon arrival at the scene. They knocked upon the door of bozo Jeffrey Martin, who reportedly had been having an argument with his neighbor. Our bozo answered the door shirtless with corn kernels stuck to his chest. Further investigation found that the neighbors had been feuding for a while before our bozo took it to the next level. He was using a gun fabricated out of PVC pipe that uses a light accelerant such as hair spray that can be ignited. Such guns called "potato guns" because that is what is usually fired out of them. Guess he didn't have any spuds around, as our bozo was firing round after round of corn cobs at his neighbor's house. He's been charged with disorderly conduct and firing in a compact area.


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Making Gotham: A Walk with Kamau Ware
Regular price $30.00 Sale price $25.00
On Thursday, June 13th, Kamau Ware will lead a walk commissioned by the American Folk Art Museum and presented by Black Gotham Experience (BGX) in conjunction with its weekly Nerdy Thursdays event. This walk will bring new perspective to the streets of New York and make connections with the recognizable and not-so-familiar locations featured in Made in New York City: The Business of Folk Art. The walk will begin at Black Gotham Experience, 192 Front Street, New York, NY 10038.
This Walk pairs with a Talk Making Gotham, taking place at the American Folk Art Museum on Wednesday June 12th.


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July is a time of new beginnings in medicine with students progressing or graduating, interns advancing to residency, and residents becoming attendings. We are very proud of our graduating IM residents M. Aljuaid, M. Anton, D. Baker, K. Baron, M. Braithwaite, H. Cale, D. Defranscisco, N. Goyal, P. Hale, J. Harry, L. Hunter, S. Ingebretsen, K. Lammert, M. Lamont, B. Larson, S. LeGuyader, M. LeSieur, B. Locke, M. Mulligan, C. Nevala-Plagemann, P. Powers, A. Pregenzer-Wenzler, M. Puckett, B. Richardson, S. Ruckel, K. Spangler, J. Staub, G. Sturgeon, I. Tawhari, S. Thomas, J. Wright, N. Como, J. Mayer, M. Tracy and wish them well in the next stage of their careers. We would also like to thank our outgoing leadership council members, including our 3 medical student co-chairs Linda Villani, Ben Berger, Shreya Sreekantaswamy and our resident/fellow chair Amanda Breviu, Emily Signor, Eric Moore, Jon Harrison for their support of our chapter over the past year.
We had a wonderful Movie Night at the ECP event May 9. We were able to show "Quiet Heroes" which is a documentary that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film festival featuring the work of Dr. Kristen Reis, MACP and PA Maggie Snyder in the early days of the HIV crisis in Utah. The day of the event it was announced that the film won an Emmy award, the 46th annual Daytime Emmy for outstanding special class! The Q&A session time with Dr. Reis and Maggie was also very special. We are grateful for their participation and their careers. If you were unable to attend the screening, the movie is available for rent through iTunes or on Amazon Prime for those with a subscription. Thank you to Dr. Josh Marr who manned the popcorn station and helped coordinate the event.
(Josh Marr, ECP Chair; Maggie Snyder, PA-C; Kristen Ries, MD; Mary Parsons, MD, Chapter Governor)
ACP organized its annual two-day flagship advocacy event at the nation's Capital on May 14-15, 2019, with hundreds of ACP members in attendance, including medical students and trainees, from virtually all the 50 states, including the District of Columbia. The event, part of ACP's overall advocacy platform in both the legislative and regulatory space, enabled members from across the country to bring our issues of concern directly to U.S. lawmakers.
This year our members advocated for specific bills and proposals addressing the following key priorities:
The event provided opportunities for ACP members to use their personal experiences in practice and in their lives to let members of Congress know why ACP's policy priorities are important to internists.
ACP Leadership Day in Washington DC was attended by our Health and Public Policy committee chair, Dr. Caroline Milne, as well as Dr. Marja Anton and Dr. Emily Signor who are involved in the advocacy curriculum as part of the residency program at University of Utah. We were joined by Dr. Matthew Mulligan who was in Washington DC doing an ACP Public Policy internship. We had meetings at the offices of 6 legislators (Senator Mike Lee, Senator Mitt Romney, and representatives Rob Bishop, John Curtis, Ben McAdams and Chris Stewart). A summary of the key policy issues for ACP is included in this newsletter.
(Matt Mulligan, MD; Mary Parsons, MD; Emily Signor, MD; Caroline Milne, MD; Marja Anton, MD)
Our upcoming events include the annual meeting of the Utah Medical Association September13-14, and the fall clinical vignette competition. I hope to see many of you there. As always, it is a pleasure to serve this amazing chapter and please reach out to me with any ideas, questions or concerns.
Mary Parsons, MD, FACP
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Call for Volunteer Preceptors: 2019 Care Fair
July 12-13, 2019
Community Assistance and Resource Event (CARE) Fair is an annual, two-day event organized and directed by the Junior League of Salt Lake City for families needing routine medical, dental, and vision services along with community assistance information.
Sign up here.
September 13-14, 2019 – UMA House of Delegates
Our chapter is looking for physicians to send as Utah Chapter ACP delegates to the 2019 UMA House of Delegates meetings, which will be held on September 13-14, 2019, at Zermatt in Midway, UT.
At this engaging two-day event, you'll have opportunities to network with colleagues, preview emerging issues, hone your leadership skills, and participate in making policy for medicine in Utah and directing the efforts of your professional association for the coming year. Whether you are a first-time delegate or a seasoned veteran, it's an event you won't want to miss! Learn more here .
We have a block of seats reserved for the Utah chapter ACP. If you are interested in participating, please respond to this email by Monday, July 15, 2019. Note that if you are not already a UMA member you will need to sign up for UMA membership in order to be a delegate.
October 10, 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | U of U School of Medicine, Classroom A
Our annual clinical vignette competition will be held on October 10, 2019. This is a great opportunity to present a medical patient case that is an unusual presentation of a common disorder; or an uncommon disorder; or a something you found very interesting.
More details to be announced soon.
March 5-6, 2020| Salt Lake City, UT | Guest House
Mark your calendars for the 2020 Utah Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, Thursday, March 5 through Friday, March 6, 2020. Exact schedule and details will be released soon.
ACP's new "Toolkit on Issues in Delivering Patient-Centered End-of-Life Care and Responding to a Request for Physician-Assisted Suicide, " developed for ACP members, includes resources for both physicians and patients.
Resources for physicians include links to information on advance care planning, team-based care at the end of life, self-care when providing end-of-life care, and responding to a patient request for physician-assisted suicide. The toolkit is exclusive to ACP members and requires a login for access.
ACP's CEO Darilyn V. Moyer sat down with Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, 19th Surgeon General of the United States for an engaging discussion about emotional well-being and its impact on health, productivity, and education. Access the video as well as text of the Convocation address from Immediate Past President Anna Maria Lopez at https://annualmeeting.acponline.org/.
ACP has released a position paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine that examines the professional duties and principles that should guide the response of colleagues and the profession to physician impairment.
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Halloween fun
This autumn at King's Cross 3,000 candle-lit pumpkins will blanket the Canalside Steps, lighting up the Regent's Canal and creating an incredible display.
The 3,000 carved pumpkins, which will be in place from Thursday 30 October to Saturday 1 November, will form a sea of russet vegetables, twinkling lights and grimacing faces designed to both delight and scare.
The pumpkins are being created by Global Generation, House of Illustration and some master carvers, but visitors are also being encourages to bring along their own Halloween masterpiece to be put on display.
At King's Cross we always on the look out to lend a helping hand, so on Saturday 1 October we will be hosting a mass give away of pumpkins, where people are being encouraged to come and collect a free pumpkin, plus a recipe card from our local chefs.
As part of these autumn celebrations, we are holding an intimate feast at the Skip Garden, with seasonal food and drink from its top chefs. We have a pair of tickets to give away! To enter, just tweet @kingscrossN1C and tell us why you love autumn.


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Maryland Tries Again to Enact Law to Hire Equine Medical Director: Thoroughbred Daily News 01/29/18
By: T.D. Thornton For the second consecutive January, a bill has been filed in the Maryland House of Delegates to empower the Maryland Racing Commission (MRC) to hire an equine medical director. If the measure passes, it would bring Maryland in line with Kentucky and New York, the two other states that host Triple Crown


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There There Now, Bus Buddy
by Steve Subrizi
In your last city, you worked at the downtown open-air market hawking
chocolate pasta to hordes of tourists, plus you were volunteering at the
natural history museum. You have never resided in the past, but you made an
excellent guide. You memorized simplified timelines and wore your hair tied
back for practical purposes.
Then you went the way of the buffalo—to that side of the zoo visited only by
the serious. If fed improperly, you may seriously buffalo some tourists
because you hail from New England. Local weather patterns fail to predict
you. On the back of your jacket reads vociferous praise for a prior release.
Your story contains changes; the dissonance sounds painless; you forced
those revisions.
Now you sketch your fellow passengers. You travel with a book full of
strange faces that are mostly sleeping and sometimes you sift through them,
an assortment of pinned insects, and imagine what land they must have chewed
in their invisible teeth.
Now I'm writing you a little note. Stop watching my pen. I'm holding my face
as still as I can hold it. If you can read this then stop watching my pen.
Steve Subrizi is a co-host of the poetry mic at Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has performed his work in such other venues as Mercury Cafe in Denver and The Green Mill in Chicago, and his work has appeared in PANK and The Legendary.