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Integration of a pump and an electrical sensor into a membrane-based PDMS microbioreactor for cell culture and drug testing — Tohoku University
Serge Ostrovidov, Yasuyuki Sakai, Teruo Fujii
To the extent possible, artificial organs should have characteristics that match those of the in vivo system. To this end, microfabrication techniques allow us to create microenvironments that can help maintain cell organization and functionality in in vitro cultures. We present three new microbioreactors, each of which allows cells to be cultured in a perfused microenvironment similar to that found in vivo. Our microbioreactors use new technology that permits integration onto the chip (35 mm×20 mm) of an electrical sensor, in addition to one or more pumping systems and associated perfusion circuitry. The monitoring of Caco-2 cell cultures using electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has allowed us to measure the effects of cell growth, cellular barrier formation and the presence of chemical compounds and/or toxins. Specifically, we have investigated the ability of the electrical sensor to maintain appropriate sensitivity and precision. Our results show that the sensor was very sensitive not only to the presence or the absence of the cells, but also to changes in cell state. Our perfused microbioreactors are highly efficient miniaturized tools that are easy to operate. We anticipate that they will offer promising new opportunities in many types of cell culture research, including drug screening and tissue engineering.
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Agenda for BUSCD 11
#BUSCD Session 11 April 9 2012 2.
Updates --Mullen, Mon April 23, 4:30? --Meetings/conferences --Blog post for next week (Monday)interview the person who has the job you aspire to have: what is it like; skills; challenges; frustrations; day in life; biggestsurprises pro or con; what they expected or not; how they got it; were they prepared; anything they learned in school relevant 3.
Next Week Class: Wed, April 18--panel of recent grads: getting a job, what to expect real world learnings, relevance of BU --TBD --what will you invent work in progress/workshop 4.
Blog Post Due April 16 -- 8:00 am interview the person who has the job you aspire to have: what is it like; skills; challenges; frustrations; day in life; biggest surprises pro or con; what they expected or not; how they got it; were they prepared; anything they learned in school relevant 5.
Penultimate Class: April 23 --Mullen, Wed, April 18 --But, pay attention to email just in case --Presentations from Mullen --Reel --Tour --Studio/Work Time --If not, we’ll wing it here 6.
Assignment: Springpad Brand Narrative 7.
April 30 Final Presentations --what is the problem you are solving? --for whom and why? --what is your core idea, the thing you have build? --why will your audience/community engage? --how will you raise awareness?--what are the tools/platforms you used to create it? --why should it work? --what constitutes success? 8.
You will have made something --the whole thing: the site, experience, etc --the full blown business plan for the experience OR --the marketing campaign for its launch bicyling videos: full blown site and production and plans for keeping it alive bu energy games: full blown campaign to generate excitement and involvement and plans for how to do 9.
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Life as MommyMo: November 2007
I've been putting off this post because it's just too awful to write about... After five years of various health issues, we lost Ellie on Tuesday, Nov. 20th. She was exactly seven and a half years old.
It's hard to put into words how hard it was to let her go. We had to make the same decision with Heidi just 18 months ago, but somehow, knowing that she'd had 16 years made it a bit easier to take. She was also a bit senile when she died and it was painfully obvious that the time had come. Ellie, after having fended off four major bouts of Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia, finally went into renal failure. The vet says the process had been going on for some time, but the end came more quickly than we were prepared for.
I think the saddest part for me was actually watching Rob grieve for the dog that was really his first pet. He had animals growing up, but none for very long, and none that he became very attached to. Ellie bonded to Rob the instant we picked her out of the litter, and he was the one to provide her extensive daily care. I knew that she was too sick for a different outcome when Rob was the one to finally say it was time to call the vet. He loved her too much to see her suffer another day and convinced me to let her go. The last two hours before going to the vet were possibly the longest of both of our lives.
Thankfully, pre-schoolers don't have the attention span to fully "get" something like this. We were totally convinced that Sam was going to be really upset and were trying to figure out what to do. As it turned out, we didn't tell him until after he came home from school on Wednesday afternoon. We sat him down and asked him if he knew what it meant when someone goes to heaven. He had a very brief conversation in which he asked if she was gone forever. When we said that she was and both of us started to cry, he asked, "Can we have pizza for dinner, please?"
A little comic relief didn't hurt!
We had a great Thanksgiving weekend otherwise. We were down at David and Noel's for dinner and spent the rest of the weekend hanging out and getting chores done. We saw "Home Alone" again for the first time in a long time and totally cracked up! Very mature, I know.
The highlight of the weekend was probably our Lowe's find yesterday. They had a $119 pre-lit Christmas tree on sale for $59.99. There was a sign on it that said for "one day only," the tree was just $29. We had a quick conversation and decided that rather than decorate a tiny tabletop tree for Sam's room, that we'd actually put this six and a half footer in his room! We went to KMart across the street and picked up some glittery Martha Stewart shatterproof baubles, some red and silver jingle bells and the requisite tractor ornaments. We still need garland and a tree topper, but we had a blast decorating Sam's very own tree today. He wants to sleep with the tree lit up, but we've convinced him otherwise. I can't wait to sneak in there on Christmas Eve and leave a gift or two for him to discover when he first wakes up on Christmas morning!
I'm sweet and sassy
At least that's what Robin Carlton tells me! This was a seriously fun week for scrapping. I made Lauren Reid's creative team last weekend and nearly FELL OFF my chair when I got an email from Robin Carlton asking me to join her team, too! It's really good that I'm on vacation this week. I have so much to play with!
I also was more than pleasantly surprised to log on to the Digi Dares this week and find my layout posted as last week's random winner. A-shopping I will go...
As I type, my muse, Sam, is standing a few feet away with a GIGANTIC balloon hat on his head. The contraption has a fishing pole thingy on the end of it, and Sam is chasing the fish like a horse trying to get a carrot. It's hilarious. He got it as our friend Milana's birthday party and has been amused for about three hours and counting now. Of all the days for my camera battery to be without a charge!
When we went to leave the party, Sam thought we were going to go without the balloon hat and proceeded to yell, "NOT FAIR, DADDY!" as we tried to urge him out the door. When Rob told him to stop yelling and rethink his attitude, he replied "I'm taking you to the pet store daddy. You're going to be like a sad puppy and no one will help you."
On a more somber note: Occasionally I ask those who are of the praying persuasion to pray for specific things if and when they read this. I feel like it's just been a week of bad news in many respects. Please keep the family of four-year-old Andrew in your thoughts... Andrew's dad works with me at ACS. The whole family is just amazing. Little Andrew was diagnosed with an rare and aggressive cancer a couple of years ago. He passed away this Wednesday and would have turned five next week. I have thought about this little boy constantly since meeting him and his dad about two years ago. I know who I'll be Relaying for this year...
I'm such a happy scrapper today!
I have seriously loved Lauren Reid's designs since discovering digiscrapping just over a year ago. Words cannot describe how excited I was to learn that she'd selected little ole me for her Creative Team. I've spent just a few minutes exploring her CT message board and she has some seriously talented and hilarious girls working for her! It's going to be a blast.
AND... despite having my first upper respiratory germ fest in a while, I'm happy for other reasons today, too. Even the sensation of drowning while running a marathon cannot dampen my giddiness over driving a Prius for a few days. I know I'm a total dork for feeling that way. I've been wanting a Prius for a while, but decided to stick with my trusty Sienna for the time being. Well... the Sienna needed a little bodywork, so the lovely people at Cherry Hill Toyota loaned me a shiny new hybrid. It is seriously fun to drive. I am totally bitten by the bug again and will be sad to have to return the spiffy little car for my gigantic minivan.

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The Tessellated Body – Seahorses embellish a Handbook for Medical Students | LatticeLabyrinths
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Celebrating Anglo-Chinese Relations; 21st October 2015 is Double Ninth Day, Chongyang 重九節 →
Behold the cover of the helpful Handbook for October 2015’s new students at Oxford University Medical School. Both the front and back covers are shown.
This design by Ruth Mitchell employs the seahorse tessellation , Diamond Lattice Labyrinth (4,1).
Should you wish to work up some graphic designs of your own, here are some links to the inexpensive how-to-do-it Lattice Labyrinths workbook
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Vinegar - Punkadyne Labs
20 July 2010 @ 01:36 pm
Can I just rant for a second? This is just one of my pet peeves, and I know I am probably going to sound whiny, but let me state for the record that I HATE VINEGAR.
I know I am the only one in a world who wouldn't drink it straight from the bottle or nurse it from their mother's teat, but vinegar to me tastes so revoltingly sour, that I cannot fathom why people intentionally put it on food products. I can maybe stomach it in small amounts where the taste is diluted by other things (like sushi). Maybe even balsamic vinegar, which seems to be vinegar and corn syrup. But vinegar is the number one reason I do not put ANY salad dressing on salad. Almost ALL are vinegar based, or if they are not, the have a rotting diary product as a base (like ranch). Just the WORD vinegar makes me ill, as I was reminded of this morning when I got trapped in a conversation of people talking about salad dressings. I would have stopped them, but I was actually afraid if I opened my mouth, I would throw up.
So today, I just wanted a meatball sub from Subways. It's cheap, it's there, and I forgot to pack my lunch. The girl behind the counter, like usual, does not speak English. She knows words phonetically, which is a problem in a crowded sub shop. At one point, she just asked what she thought was a phrase that sounded like, "Imma no parhsen?" I said, "No, just salt and pepper and oregano?" "Neegganu?" she asks. "Oregano," I said, pointing to the oregano shaker. She then takes out the bottle of vinegar (which was next to the oregano), and starts splashing it on.
"NO NO!" I said.
She stared at me dumbly, and keeps splashing it on in a different pattern as if I was telling her not to splash it on in an even pattern, but short bursts.
"NO VINEGAR!" I said, recoiling in horror as the smell hits me and my esophagus closes up. My stomach clenches like I accidentally swallowed gasoline.
"... Neegganu?" she asks, confused.
The manager (I think) next to her says something in their language, and she goes, "Hooooh..." and starts brushing off the meatballs. I would rant about her stupid actions, but in all honesty, she probably had NO idea what the hell to do. I have also done dumb things when I think someone is yelling at me.
"No, I cannot have vinegar on a meatball sub. You need to start over."
"Sta... ovah?" she asks, pointing to the banana peppers.
"I give you... two dollars off, kokay?" says the manager.
"I can't have ANY vinegar on my meatball sub. ANY. I am allergic to it," I lied, but it was better than going through a longer explanation.
"Yah yah, two dollar off. New sub. Go!" he said to the girl.
So I got a new sub. No vinegar. But now as I sit here, I am sick to my stomach. I had to force myself to eat the sub, even though it had no vinegar, just because I smelled it earlier. You have to understand, vinegar smells like earwax, vomit, and gasoline to me. Even a durian doesn't make that ill from the smell alone. You know that feeling just after you threw up and your mouth can only taste the stomach bile? Like that. Vinegar tastes like I just threw up, and threw up a poison.
I have to admit, the fact people love it so much, and put it on crab legs, french fries, salads, and the like is akin to living in a world where you are the only one who is not a zombie, and everyone else is eating rotting flesh, bugs, and brains. And they can't understand what's wrong with you.
ravynmaniac on July 20th, 2010 08:17 pm (UTC)
i'm with you on the vinegar, though having to be around people (uh, G) who like it on their fries, i've learned to tolerate its scent, somewhat, in small doses. Like tiny doses. i hate using it as a cleaner, uh, rinse your clean shower stall with scented white vinegar? ORLY? Only tried that once, and liberal applications of peppermint and lavender oils to the vinegar didn't help, LOL.
And yet, it is present in things like BBQ sauce, which i like, so i just try to not think about it too much :-O
feyandstrange on July 20th, 2010 10:41 pm (UTC)
Oh, poor Punkie!
I admit I like malt vinegar, but there are some kinds of foods that make me feel the same way. Fortunately coconut is a lot easier to avoid in food than vinegar is, but then there's coconut-oil-smelling sunscreen. And a lot of fried foods can get me that way too. I desperately avoided working in fast food for years, because I knew if I had to smell a fryer all day I would be unable to eat and barely able to keep food down.
I find that if I sniff something else strong - coffee beans, ginger, something like that - I can clear the "scent memory" of the thing that made me feel sick to my stomach. That trick seems to help a lot when I'm having a bad stomach day. I've even used a pepper packed once in desperation.
I've found some places have soy sauce on their salad bars. Is that too vinegar-ish for you? I usually get the soy sauce of Asian-ish dressing if I get any at all.
lohquesse on July 22nd, 2010 06:44 pm (UTC)
I am one of those people that LIKE vinegar, but I understand an extreme dislike. Mine? Pickles. Everything you have just said, but substitute pickles.
I DO have to say that balsamic is NOT just vinegar and corn syrup...and I have some excellent aged balsamic that is wonderful on strawberries. I'd like to have you try sometime, but I don't want to gross you out :) It does smell like vinegar, but is very thick and syrup like. Ah well - since it is not to be, I'll enjoy my vinegar and remember not to serve it anywhere near you :)

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Republican challenger Mitt Romney has just begun to make appeals to tribes, holding a fundraiser at his Boston headquarters last month. So far, he has raised about $750,000 from tribes, according to a campaign official. The donations highlight a potentially lucrative and, until now, largely untapped source of funds for presidential politics. Unlike corporations and unions, tribes can give directly to candidates. And because of their status as sovereign nations, they can donate more to presidential campaigns than individuals, who cannot give more than $117,000 in federal donations every two years.INTERACTIVE: Battleground states map Tribes, primarily those engaged in the $26-billion Indian gambling industry, already have become major players in state and congressional politics. In California, for example, four tribes spent more than $100 million to pass a ballot measure allowing them to expand casinos in 2008. 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But he said he did not have any client matters before the gaming commission during his time on the transition team, or during the year before and after, following the campaign's rules. And Harper said he recused himself whenever the Cobell case came up during the campaign. "That means that I did not participate, directly or indirectly, in the discussion of Cobell," he wrote in an email. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Harper complied with rules that required transition team members to meet the "highest ethical standards of conduct." Harper's "important role in the Cobell case should not preclude him from playing a part in the political process on behalf of one candidate or another," added Obama campaign spokeswoman Clo Ewing. During the 2008 campaign, Obama met about a dozen times with tribes across the country, including a visit that May to the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, where he was given a Crow name that translates as "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land." Cedric Black Eagle, the tribal chairman whose parents adopted Obama in a traditional ceremony, praised him for his efforts to honor old obligations to Indians. "I think that's really important for us, as almost the forgotten people in this country," he said. At least 47 tribes have donated to Obama's campaign or the Democratic National Committee in the last two years. Among them are some of the top Indian casino operators, including prominent California tribes, such as the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in Banning ($135,800) and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians in Temecula ($126,600). Melvin R. Sheldon Jr., chairman of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington state, which have donated more than $181,000 to the campaign, said he expected "another surge of giving between now and November." The Tulalip Tribes have received more than $10 million in stimulus funds, including $2.7 million for early childhood development services and $2 million to restore a fish passage for Chinook salmon on the lower Snohomish River. The Cherokee Nation received more than $10 million to repair highways and build housing, among other projects. Baker, the tribe's chief, called the Recovery Act "a godsend." "We live and die in D.C.," said Baker, whose iPhone has a picture of him with Obama. "There are so many programs in the past we've had to go hat in hand." There is much at stake for tribes in the coming four years: outstanding trust claims, efforts to expand tribal authority over domestic violence cases and regulation of online gambling. At the Native American caucus in Charlotte, Harper urged a room crowded with tribal representatives to do everything possible to reelect Obama if they wanted the "inclusion of Indian country in every policy consideration." White House counselor Pete Rouse, who referred to Harper as "my old friend Keith," told the leaders that their support had been noticed. "Believe me, you're having an impact," he said. "Certainly the president knows about it, the president's people know about it." Richard A. Monette, former chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota and an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has misgivings about the tribes' increasing role in Washington politics. He says tribal donations are mostly casino money in Indian dress, and he worries that playing big-money politics may end up damaging the tribes. "They used to have a little bit of moral high ground because of the historical situation. They used to know who their friends were in D.C.," said Monette, who formerly worked at the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "Now it's the friends they bought and paid for, and when they stop paying, their friends are going to leave too." Tribal leaders say it's silly to expect Native Americans to play by different rules from those of other interest groups. Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the nonpartisan National Congress of American Indians, said some Indians, as members of sovereign nations, once shunned the idea of voting for president. Now they realize that engaging in national politics — and writing checks to campaigns — is "important for keeping our voice at the table." "Whether we like it or not, it's the way America runs," Pata said, "and it's the system that's out there." matea.gold@latimes.com joseph.tanfani@latimes.com

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WashingTina: Party Bus?
The bus fun continued this morning. An extra crowded rush hour bus boasted a special passenger -- the drunken bus rider. Let me just pause here to say that the bus often boasts a wide variety of characters, each more special than the next. But honestly, the rush hour bus is generally full of the working wounded, commuting to work. So the drunken passenger, while not an oddity on the urban bus, is like a white tiger on a rush hour ride.
Anyway, this morning's drunkard was basically harmless, save for his loudly slurred phone conversation, "Ah shaid I'm gonna be there shoon. I'm jusht riding thish bush. I'm gonna be there shoon." But it reminded me of another harmless (seemingly) drunkard I saw on the Metro one morning. For the uninitiated, it's unlawful to eat or drink on Metro . . . this includes bottled water. A few years back, some kid was actually arrested for eating a Snickers (or something) on an escalator going into the station. But I digress . . . One morning I was riding to my former office in Old Town Alexandria, when I looked up to see the man across the aisle calm as anything sitting and drinking a Yuengling out of a can. No paper bag. No attempt at concealment.
I know what you're picturing -- rumpled clothes, bloodshot and glassy eyes, greasy hair, maybe a hat or pair of sunglasses. Nope. He was wearing freshly ironed khakis, a pink short-sleeved polo shirt, and loafers. His hair was freshly washed and he was rosy-cheeked. And he got off at . . . wait for it . . . The Pentagon. And we wonder why national security is the way it is.
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Did I ever tell you about the time on a after work metro ride (I think going home from HH with you) I sat directly across from a girl (young teenager) wearing a short jean skirt? Well, she didn't have anything on underneath that skirt. It was appalling.
I could give you alot of stories for your blog...It is amazing what you see on public transportation.
WashingTina January 7, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Gross! I love it! I'm telling you, ride the bus/metro enough and you will see IT ALL!
Ladybugs January 7, 2010 at 7:28 PM
I love it that he worked at the Pentagon- he was probably just continuing his drinking from the night before. One way to get over a hangover.
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numerics - Derivative of list of points: DifferentiatorFilter versus DerivativeFilter - Mathematica Stack Exchange
Derivative of list of points: DifferentiatorFilter versus DerivativeFilter
I need to calculate the derivative from a list of experimental points. Mathematica has two functions which seem to do this: DifferentiatorFilter and DerivativeFilter. Which one is better for calculating a derivative? Is there one that implements a finite difference method?
DifferentiatorFilter is commonly used to approximate the derivative of data. Data smoothing with cutoff frequency omega.
DerivativeFilter is a linear filter that computes the derivatives of data based on a spline interpolation model. Regularization with a Gaussian kernel of standard deviation [Sigma] (default value is [Sigma]=0) can be used to reduce susceptibility to noise.
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$\begingroup$ I'd try using ListInterpolation and then Derivative. Maybe it's what DerivativeFilter does? $\endgroup$ – K.J. Dec 1 '17 at 11:04
$\begingroup$ I'd use both, and check each with different values of smoothing. Use the one that shows best what you wish to demonstrate. It's like the old proverb: a man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure. $\endgroup$ – bill s Dec 1 '17 at 15:42
$\begingroup$ If the spacing is regular there are also Fourier-based approaches. But I'd try what others have suggested first in any case. $\endgroup$ – Daniel Lichtblau Dec 2 '17 at 16:01
$\begingroup$ Thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried with my data, and both functions work ok. DerivativeFilter does multiple order derivatives and DifferentiatorFilter only does first derivatives, but otherwise both work. bill-s: DerivativeFilter seems to be the same as Derivative[ListInterpolation[]]. $\endgroup$ – joao3000 Dec 3 '17 at 17:36
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Human Ovulation Moment Caught on Camera Wednesday, 18 June 2008 Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only animal ovulation has been recorded in detail.
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Dr Donnez, from the Catholic University of Louvain, told New Scientist that the pictures would help scientists understand the mechanisms involved in ovulation. He said that some theories had suggested an "explosive" release for the egg, but the ovulation he witnessed took 15 minutes to complete, so the event was progressive.
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Chewing Gum For The Ears: July 2008
Continued: The Year in Review So Far: Folk Music
I got a little excited with the last post and it was longer than I thought. So I'll continue with the last three albums I intended to review.
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (***1/2)
The Mountain Goats is led by John Darnielle; actually, he pretty much IS The Mountain Goats. However, "H eretic Pride" sounds much more like a full-band effort than some of his previous releases. Even classifying this release as folk might be a stretch, but I think it's probably the most appropriate genre.
Your enjoyment of the The Mountain Goats will probably rest on how much of Darnielle's voice you can stomach. It's high, it's nasely, it can be a little much. As much as I enjoy the music, I sometimes can only take a track or two at a time. Having said that, those who are willing to get past or get used to the vocals will be richly rewarded by some very strong storytelling and great melodies.
It's enthralling to hear songs like "Heretic Pride," which tells the story of a martyrdom from the martyrs perspective. As the subject is dragged through the streets and buried alive, his positive outlook and confidence in eternal justice fit the bouncy drum and bass line. Sounds a little morbid, I know, but it's great. Other songs tell stories of lake monsters, lost love, cults; it's a variety show. Not every song is a hit, and listening to the whole thing at one time gets a little grating, but there are some real gems to be found here.
Favorite Tracks: Heretic Pride, Tianchi Lake, San Bernardino
The Weepies - Hideaway (****)
If you're a sucker for male-female harmonies, like I am, you'll probably love The Weepies. Not to say that's all the y have going for them, because it's not. The weepies are good lyricists, and they know their way around a great melody. Also, Deb's voice has a simple, child-like quality to it, which doesn't sound like a compliment, but it is. That's really what keeps them from being one of a dozen other folk duos out there.
I loved The Weepies' previous album, "Say I Am You," and I don't feel like Hideaway is quite up to the standard (which is quite high). It's probably a more even and consistent album, but that's partly what makes it a bit boring. I blame the production, mostly. It's a little too shimmery and shiny, which I found to be an unnecessary touch. The songs sometimes blend and a few tracks don't add much to the whole.
With that gripe out of the way, now I can say how much I really do enjoy listening to "Hideaway." It's not especially inventive or incredibly unique, but that isn't really the point. The point is that you will have a tough time NOT singing along by the second half of every song. And if you let the sweet lyrics and beautiful harmonies sink in, you might just find it difficult to stop listening.
Favorite Tracks: Orbiting, Antarctica, How You Survived The War
Sun Kil Moon - April (****)
Sun Kil Moon is more of a stage name for singer/songwriter Mark Kozelek than a band. I'm unfamiliar with the rest of his catalog, but apparently it's fairly lengthy; he's been around for a while and the critics generally like what he does. On his latest release, "April," Kozelek has created a beautiful album that, despite it's VERY long run time (11 tracks, 73 minutes!), is rarely boring and usually captivating.
You'll have to be in the right mood to listen to "April." It's a low-energy affair for the most part, with songs regularly stretching to seven or eight minutes, some of which are fairly repetitive. Luckily, Kozelek never runs out of things to say and throws in just enough musical twists that each track serves as more than just background music. His voice can take a little getting used to as it meanders around finger-picked guitar lines and soft percussion, but everything comes together for an interesting and intimate sound that demands the listener to pay attention. It's hard to say what exactly makes this album a success, which I think is what makes it worth a listen in the first place.
Favorite Tracks: The Light, Harper Road, Like the River
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The year in review so far: Folk Music
I love folk music and I think it's a shame that many people's understanding of this fantastic genre starts with Jack Johnson and ends with...Jack Johnson. There's so much more out there, but it can be hard to find.
So, in order to educate my readers (it sounds much more official than, "that one guy who accidentally came across this blog"), I am going to give some short review of the folk albums that I've purchased this year. All reviews are out of five stars.
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (*****)
It's hard to describe how amazing this album is, or exactly what it's so absolutely captivating, but it has beco me one of my favorites for the year. It's actually just one man, Justin Vernon(?), who apparently went to his father's cabin in Wisconsin and brought some guitars along for the ride. Who knew that isolation could be such a great muse?
The music is fairly simple, generally using just guitar and vocals. Vernon's double-tracked voice, often in falsetto, is his strongest weapon, breaking every heart within range even when you can't understand what exactly he's talking about. The songs are soft and quiet, but carry an emotional weight. This is what loneliness sounds like, and it's beautiful.
Favorite Tracks: Re: Stacks, Skinny Love, Lump Sum
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (*****)
They hail from Seattle, but you might picture the members Fleet Foxes living in a cabin in the woods, making frien ds with the animals and wearing homemade clothes; yearning for a time when horses were the primary mode of transportation. I'm exaggerating, but it's rare to hear music this removed from popular culture. It sounds both as old as the hills, and like nothing you've heard before. Fleet Foxes have made some serious musical magic on their debut album.
The band, while still very young (the singer/songwriter is 21) have made a remarkably mature set of songs that channel the sounds of the Beach Boys, The Byrds, and CSNY (the list is incomplete, add your own references). Somehow, while Fleet Foxes remind me of so many familiar musical styles, they sound completely unique and just plain wonderful. The songwriting here focuses mostly on nature; painting pictures of tall grasses waiving and suns rising, while the gorgeous harmonies and beautiful music bring it all to life. This is one of the best albums of the year so far.
Favorite Tracks: White Winter Hymnal, Your Protector, He Doesn't Know Why
The Dodos - Visiter (****)
The Dodos are a drum/guitar duo very much the opposite of groups like The White Stripes, and The Black Keys. The make music frequently referred to as "fr eak folk," which I think is a fairly accurate genre title. I purchased "Visiter" (yes, that is spelled correctly) on a bit of a whim after hearing a few songs and hoping for the best; I was not disappointed. What I got was a surprising mix of well-crafted melodies and creative execution.
"Visiter" starts with with the lovely "Walking," lulling you with gently played guitar and banjo, before jumping into a more frantically paced set of tracks with pounding drums, acoustic guitar, and eager, sometimes shouted, vocals. The songs rarely go where you expect, pulling tricks on your ears and making your head spin. The melody holds everything together, so even when things get too over-the-top, you can still enjoy the ride. If you're looking for something a little on the experimental side of the folk genre, The Dodos might just hit the spot.
Favorite Tracks: Walking, Red and Purple, Winter
Whoa, that's a long post already. I'll give some brief reviews of last three albums in a couple days.
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Now that I've gone to all the work of creating a blog, I'm not 100% sure what to do with it. Will anyone want to read it? Will I want to write in it? What WILL I write? These questions, and more, remain a mystery. Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion...
But seriously, I'm going to try to be good about writing in here, but I make no promises. I think this blog will be part music-related (hence the name) and part whatever-I-feel-like-writing-about...related. Those of you who know me (probably anyone who might actually read this) know that music consumes a great deal of my life, maybe too much. I also might stick some work-related topics in here, about online video and marketing, but I'm worried that this will be supremely boring for everyone except me. But hey, this is MY blog, right?
So with that, I'll leave my first entry and a wish for everyone to have a happy fourth of July!
Oh, and I'll leave with you a suggestion for some grrrrrrrrrrreat music...
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (bonus points - check out the album art work, terrible!)
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Amethyst Eyes: E. Kaiser Writes and THAW
Good day all. How appropriate is it to host E. Kaiser Writes and Thaw on a morning where temperatures were a frigid -39 C? I wish I was in Florida LOL...but since I am not, I will post this wonderful interview and trilogy that ties in so well to the Disney, Frozen craze.
First, allow me to introduce E. Kaiser.
A Little About E. Kaiser Writes:
Shall we see what she had to say during our interview? OK, here goes!
Could you tell us a little about your Thaw Series? Combining elements from the Snow Maiden, Schneekind, Snegurochka tales with those of the Snow Queen; Winter's Child introduces a new series: THAW.
Thaw : Winter’s Child
I’d wanted to do a Winter Queen piece for some time, but couldn't find the right angle. When the Snow Queen tale got new popularity with Disney’s film version, (which I enjoyed, it was a fun movie.) But there were so many things that got left out, including a ton of from the Anderson original.
Though the Disney film has a much stronger through-line than the somewhat meandering original, the Snow Queen has a lot more Christian themes in it.
Which were a shame to lose… so we really dived in and majored in that, and then brought that out to sort of be a running theme all throughout this series as it takes off for over a dozen fairytales, both well-known and more obscure.
They’ll all be connected, and the setting is a super fun , quasi-Victorian not-actually-Europe, with portals to fairyland. (We’re even going to bring in Hy-Brasil or Celtic myth, the disappearing island where some say Arthur was raised from babe to youth.)
Anyway, there are just a ton of fun things this sets up, and I think Ilise is really one of my favorite characters ever… she’s both so many things I’ve been afraid of turning into, and at the same time she triumphs to become everything I want to be.
I love her story arc, and the fact that she gets to appear in all four books, with two being sort of “hers alone” for the most part. J
So, before you ask: is this a Frozen retelling? The answer could really be yes and no. Most
people don’t even know what the Snow Queen is, so the only version they’ll recognize is Disney’s. If you loved Frozen, I’ll bet you’ll love Winter’s Child, Winter Queen, and Prince of Demargen.
If you didn’t like any of the underlying themes that may or may not have been in Disney’s version, you’ll love the Thaw: series! These books are highly Christian founded, with the Winter Angel playing a pivotal role, and the themes of accepting our own place where the King of All Kings has put us. The themes of self-responsibility and facing our own mistakes runs strongly through them, and the undeserved gift of grace is very present as well.
Would you take us on a brief tour of the world you’ve created?
Wow! That would take too long! I’ve already waxed eloquent on the other answers, I think! It really is a very detailed world, which I used a lot of research into European countries and cultures to give it depth and richness. I really think the fastest way would be to read the books! I can go on and on, but what the reader feels from the novel is really the litmus test! J
Princess Ilise is a lot like me, her problems are kind of mine, but exaggerated for effect in
fairytale form. When you practice avoidance behaviour, and shut down when faced with a problem, than you’re basically running away inside of yourself. That can’t go on, or you’ll run out of room to run to. A person can actually induce varying levels of insanity in themselves by refusing to step up to the plate and accept responsibility for themselves… but a lot of us don’t want to do that because being responsible hurts. We’d rather tell ourselves there was nothing we could do, and just hide somewhere in our minds.
Whether we react by shutting down and “going cold”, or flinging forward “hotheadedly”, the problem is still the same. By refusing to exercise control over ourselves and our impulses, we give up control over the circumstances, and things we love will be damaged. And once that is done, it can’t be undone.
So, by learning to make wise choices even when they’re uncomfortable, we become masters of ourselves, and from there can influence circumstances for the better. We can make things safer, and make those we love stronger; and that’s a strength every one of us needs.
The message was kind of there all along, but I’m a big one to try to “write it under” so to speak. I hate books that get preachy, so that’s a cardinal sin in writing for me. But as I loosened up and let the story flow it really just kept coming up and then the interplay between past and present, the things we lose and the things we gain… it became very obvious; at least to my eye. I still made sure that the tale came first, and if someone sees the theme that’s great. If not, that’s fine.
I want them to enjoy the ride. If they remember that, then the message can come out whenever it’s time for them. J
So, what’s the message? Face your actions, don’t let emotions act for you and then say “it’s not my fault! I couldn’t help it!” We must rule our hearts and our impulses, not the other way around… acknowledge them, but “do wisely”, or else things will get hurt that we can’t make better. You might want to offer these in the "self-help" section as well ;o)
Basically, it’s one of the underlying tenants of maturity, but often gets ignored in fiction. But in the end, that’s what growing up is for; not only saying “I dropped it” instead of “it fell.” But saying, “Next time, I’ll hang on, and it won’t break. It’ll be safe because I’ll make the decision to put forth the effort to make it so.”
Which sounds like a really dull theme… so I guess it’s good I focused on a fun story, and let the theme take care of itself! J You should consider making a study guide, so that these themes can be reflected upon.
I write scene by scene, and they’re rarely in chronological order. By the time I start working seriously on an idea it has percolated in my brain long enough so I basically know what’s going to happen… but there are just little surprises in how. So I just start writing down what I know, and then about 3/4ths through I call in my brainstorming partner/sister and she helps straighten out any tangles that may be looming. She is a genius with timelines, and figuring out exactly where things need to be for everything to fit.
Then, armed with the final blueprint, I can go back to work and nail in those scenes I’d been avoiding because they were too inflexible. But this time around I know exactly what needs to happen, so I write them once and they’re correct.
Working this way avoids burnout, since I don’t have to go through rewrites to fix crucial points…
I love it! That's the beauty in meeting so many authors, each one has their own system, and it offers a great conglomeration of ideas and tips that can help others out of a writing bind.
The time span in this set of three novels that begin the Thaw: series is about two years. As for writing time-span; for the first time ever I was actually able to write them within a twelve month period… I sort of wrote all three of these simultaneously, so that they really flow together a lot.
I don’t catalogue anything; which is way it’s really important for me to do the research that I need at the time that I need it. This also has the side effect of not allowing for wallowing in research as a procrastination excuse, because I have to go write that scene immediately after I figure out the thing I was researching. It works pretty well, but I do hate the forgetting part that happens if something interrupts between the two… cause I have no idea how I even found it, some times! But it always works out, I just figure out a different path to similar information. Interesting. I tend to open a file for each of my books and collect my research (down to character details) so I can make sure there are no errors down the line in the novel or any subsequent ones.
My first two finished works were completely original coming-of-age set in a “light fantasy” world that had very little to do with anything fantastical. It was particularly trope-less, and begun as a present for my sister who hates clichés and has studied over my shoulder enough to spot them a mile away.
I initially intended only one book, but when I released it people asked for a sequel. I was out of ideas, so in the course of discussing the situation with my sister she came up with some good ones, and then we sort of snow balled from there. That was the first major project that we “worked together” on, and now there are a planned 3 more in the series.
(But they’re on hold for the moment as Thaw: gets written!)
For the Thaw: series it’s all about retelling fairytales with a twist, making the MCs proactive and always having something that can be done about any situation they are in. And then they do it.
I love fairytales, but the “oh, we’re helpless!” thread that runs through them always grated on me. Also the “Somebody told me not to do this, so of course I’m doing it first chance I get!” trope that is inevitable… that just doesn’t make sense.
So taking the familiar “stock elements” and then finding a way to get a different “lighting angle” for lack of a better word… it’s been a lot of fun. We’re making them fresh because although we use the core elements, we string them on a whole new necklace, which has been a lot of fun for us, and we hope will be equally fun for readers. It does sound like a lot of fun...and you might consider sharing your sister's contact info in case other authors need sound advice or someone to bounce ideas off of!
No. I tried really hard to quit writing as a teen because “there was no way I was going to be published.” There were a lot of reasons: I had no connections, my style was literary-ish, my faith was non-negotiable, and my subjects could be best described as “wholesome but edgy.”
Yeah, try thinking of one publisher that loves that kind of stuff…! J
It was very discouraging, and I went through a lot of depression that writing was actually my best therapy for… but at the same time I felt like I was throwing time down a black hole from which nothing would ever come of it.
With the advent of indie publishing, I actually have a chance to have books in print and kindle… I’ve made fans and online connections that have really meant the world to me.
As a result I am much more confidant in my possibilities of a future as an author, and it’s because of the shift in the publishing world. The Lord makes a way; I guess! J That he does.
Marketing is my biggest weak spot, and I’ve often tearfully considered submitting to publishers/agents hoping they’d do that part for me!
The ones I queried early on said “thanks but it’s not the right fit”, and the ones later were interested, but by then I’d learned enough about pay scales and contracts and I just couldn’t go there with my brand. It’s a slim enough ledge, there’s not room to split it in half! J
People will either like it or they won’t! If they do, great! I may make a little money! That’d be terrific. If they don’t, why should I split nothing?
I am able to do my own cover design, and have go-to people to help with editing/etc. It is very important to build a team that supports the vision, and I’m getting to the point where I feel we kind of have that.
And I super appreciate everyone in it! This is where groups like CIR can come in handy, sharing experiences, expertise, horror stories and contacts when it comes to marketing and such.
Live. If you can live and not write, do that. If you can’t, than do that! The odds of making a living at this is so low, you’d do better turning some other interest into your livelihood… but if you have ink in your veins, than just sit down and write it out periodically. Save your drafts, and don’t worry over it. Que sera, sera!
Just live. That’s the most important thing… the book we write with our days is the one we’ll have to answer for in the end.
I’m working on the 4th in the Thaw: series, Reindeer King, which will really wrap up several characters arcs fairly permanently. Then we get to go back in time about twenty years and delve into a whole new set of characters and tales, and I can’t wait! It’s going to be a blast! J
I want to thank you for stopping by, and to our readers interested in getting in touch with E. Kaiser Writes, you can find her contact links below.
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Dave Anderson June 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Interesting as I remember the first day fishing with you in 2000, I believe it was June 29th or 30th. Although not the best time for salmon, the ADFG had just opened the lower Kenai to harvest of Kings as the escapement had reached an acceptable level of 11,500 salmon by June 28th. That a far cry from what it appears today. Here's the link to that report!
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/FishingReports/index.cfm?ADFG=R2.archive&Area_key=5&updateID=1063&Year=2000
Melanie June 22, 2012 at 8:31 PM
Although I haven't been in the Kenai River world for a few years, I know enough to know that guide boat 003 and it's world infamous singing guide will survive. You didn't include all the time you can spend with MP in your list of great things!!


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So I started to think about teachers as the CAUSE OF ALL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE U.S. today ( At least this is the image that is being projected today). I considered my salary and whether I was ripping off the taxpayers in California… who pay about $9,000 per student a year for each student’s education.
(Source: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/c8/c8s1o11.htm). I decided to examine this question through several lenses.
Lens One
Using high-end figures for my analysis, my salary and benefits would equal $100,000. For clarity and simplicity I have used rounded numbers for this discussion. To begin with I teach 200 students a day for 180 days. When I divide $100,000 by these numbers I come to a daily cost of $2.78 per student per day. Now since I have reached the top of my district’s pay scale, most of the teachers at my site earn less than I do. But let’s err on the high side and say that on average teachers at my school cost the tax payer $2.50 per class for each student’s teacher. Students at my school have 7 classes a day so the teachers’ salaries (including all benefits) would cost the taxpayer $17.50 a day or$ 87.50 a week or $350.00 a month. I am paid 10 equal payments throughout the year which means $3,500.00 is the cost of a child’s teacher at my site for an entire year.
Question …where is the other $5,500 spent?
Is a child’s education in my class worth a parent passing up a Starbucks…or a Big Mac…or a trip on the Metro? Is the cost of a day of education for a child worth a pair of movie tickets…or two margaritas…or having someone clean half your house?
Sidebar: Considered another way… the amount of money my district receives for 11 of my 200 students would cover the cost of my salary and benefits for a year.
Now let’s return to my data. You could say I cost each parent of each student in my class $2.78 a day. I spend 45 minutes instructing that child. This does not include the time spent planning and researching and grading any assignment your student is given. It does not include the hour and a half minimum I spend every day after school working with students who need extra help or a place to work or to access the technology or supplies they need in order to complete their homework. Also be aware that I have the same educational experience as a lawyer. I have a BA, a credential, a CLAD certificate, and a MS. That is 8 years of college level work. I have 36 years of experience. I belong to professional organizations, read current literature, and attend conferences to improve my practice.
Question…Which doctor, lawyer, accountant, or therapist would you expect to provide 45 minutes of services at a cost of $2.78?
Next I considered my salary through another lens. How much does each student cost the tax payer for the hours I work?
Once again I will use the $100,000 figure for my salary and benefits and the 200 figure for my number of students. (My actual student number is 197 by the way). If I add up the actual hours I work the average would be 10 hours a day. For the purposes of this discussion I will not include my weekend hours.
Next I did the math.
100,000/10=10,000 salary divided by months
10,000 /4= 2,500 cost per week
2,500/5=500 cost per day
500/10=50 cost per hour
50/200=.25 This is the cost to the taxpayer per student per hour for me to prepare, instruct, and evaluate a child’s learning.
Question… How many minutes at a parking meter is that or how many minutes on a dryer at a Laundromat?
By the way if I completed this process using my 7 hour contracted day the cost comes to .33 cents per student per hour.
I am a bargain for the taxpayers and for the children that I teach. As we work as a nation to improve economic conditions let’s not nickel and dime the education of our children. That would be “penny wise and pound foolish” (Burton).
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Let’s compare apples to apples. This is what I think whenever I hear one of those dire comparisons between the public schools in the United States and India…or China…or Japan…or Finland. Without exception the US stats pale in comparison. But are we comparing the same populations? Several years ago I had the opportunity to visit a high school in Shanghai. It was impressive. I observed diligent students in well run classrooms; computer use by all students; high college entrance rates. Definitely this was a high performing public school. Or was it something else? As I passed other schools in Beijing where students hung out of third story windows cleaning the outer panes, I wondered would these young people soon be in high schools. The group I was with did not visit these schools, but I learned through conversations and observation that they would not. I learned that the school I observed in Shanghai was more akin to a prep school in the US than it was to any American public high school. Not only were young people winnowed out of schools into the workforce as early as middle school age, entrance into elite public high schools like the one I saw in Shanghai required a substantial payment. Yes there are scholarships available to needy students, but the majority of poorer students will enter the workforce or attend inferior high schools that limit college opportunity. In more ways than one they were being hung out to dry. How many of these students were included in the PISA and TIMSS results? How many of these students took the test.?
American schools educate the entire population into high school. There is no active institutional winnowing into career paths. American schools educate the entire barrel of apples. We do not hand pick a few golden ones. And yet the beauty of educating everyone through high school is also our greatest challenge. Meeting the needs of a diverse population; ridding our system of the passive filters that limit opportunities for some while enhancing opportunities for others; developing competent and passionate educators with high expectations for all; achievement gaps; digital gaps…the challenges are many and in these economic times they might seem insurmountable , but it must be achieved if this democracy is to remain vibrant. I am proud that we educate all of our students. I am proud that anyone at any point in their life can reenter our educational system. I embrace our “all apples” approach and as an educator I am determined to address the challenges educating everyone poses because the alternative of education for a select few is the true danger to us as individuals and as a society.
Jay Mathews of the Washington Post has a recent article that addresses a similar idea. It is an interesting read.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2011/02/myth_of_declining_us_schools.html
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Pass on Passion
Families are often microcosms of the general population. Any family gathering I attend shares the same spectrum of political and religious views that any poll seeks to quantify. My family also has an unusually high number of educators in it ranging from classroom teachers …to professors…to consultants. So when someone who is not an educator brings up the topic of “what’s wrong with our schools” the “discussions” are always interesting and often heated by the passion of belief. Too often though the results are confirmation of everyone’s personal beliefs and a deepening of the divide that threatens to shatter our schools and our nation. Such was the climate of a recent family gathering.
Now I am a strong advocate of following one’s passions. Such passion is the energy that fuels my 36 years in the classroom. However when that passion stops fueling positive results and is instead used to build filters so we process only those ideas that fit our own paradigm passion becomes an accelerator for destruction rather than the a fuel for growth.
The fundamentalist who shuts out or hates the person who calls God by a different name is one example. Whether that person is the Egyptian Muslim being interviewed by Christiane Amanpour or a fundamentalist Christian protesting a burial, the message is the same. I unconditionally can not hear you because your ideas do not meet my passion filter. When this happens respect vanishes and without respect no growth can occur. Stalemate or destruction are the only options available.
The same is true lately of discussions about education. So too will be the results. The casualties will be our children. As a person who believes in the power of positive passion I have been recently contemplating and reevaluating my own personal perspectives. I have considered steps I can take to ensure that I at least do not add more accelerator to the bonfire of public discussion on the state of our schools. I know that I can only change certain things, but that even a pebble can have a widening effect.
Here are some of my thoughts as of now…what are yours?
There are poor and excellent schools in all systems from public to private to charter to home schools.
There is room for improvement in all systems of education.
There are effective and ineffective educators in all these systems.
The beauty of educating everyone through high school is also our greatest challenge.
Unions vs school districts …we need to lessen the vs.
If we as educators want to be considered professionals, what are our responsibilities?
Data is needed, but is only a piece of the puzzle.
We must stop using data bites to fuel the debate on education…whether that is a case of inappropriate instruction or an improper use of a test.
Listen as Socrates would and question to learn, not to defend.
Be open to acknowledging a viewpoint that differs from yours. There may be more than one road to excellence.
If it doesn’t benefit the students it doesn’t belong in education.
Get used to change…it is an affirmation of life.
I am not quite sure where my ruminations will end up, but I know that I do not want to have my passion for learning transformed into a fuel that will in the end destroy that about which I am passionate.
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