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I was trying to avoid this story, but damn it, after it showed up on Yahoo! Shine and Good Morning America, and my very own FB page… sigh.
I’ll share my thoughts, but you probably won’t like them.
From Yahoo! Shine:
In the photo, seen [above],.’” [source]
From Maria’s own FB page:?
A couple of the comments from said post?
My “excuse”? I don’t need an excuse to be who I am. Anyone who asks me what my excuse is, needs an excuse for assuming they have a right to judge me over their ideals. You want your body to be in what you consider a perfect shape? Fine by me. But what you consider a perfect shape is not the standard on perfect shapes. People come in all shapes and sizes, and so do tastes. So rather than telling you “my excuse” for not looking the way you think I should look, I’ll instead ask you what your excuse is for being so self-centered that you think your standard of what is beautiful should be applied to everyone else. And then I’ll tell you to take a hike. [source]
Everyone has different goals. It is important to be healthy and fit and feel good within yourself. It is not all about being “hot” This lady has put a great deal of effort in to looking good and that is great. We don’t all need to aspire to being svelte enough to walk around in this sort of outfit and may have other things that we out more effort in to like art or becoming more educated… she has done well to remain focused enough to achieve this for herself and I think that she has probably come across in the wrong way by asking what your excuse is… I don’t think it is meant to mean what is your excuse for not looking like her, but what are your excuses for not achieving your goals, whatever they may be. Good luck to everyone on whatever challenge life is presenting to them at the moment. I say good on her and there are lot’s of other areas of life to not make excuses for not being the best at…. so just be sure to acknowledge successes on any level for any positive goal or dream. [source]
Maria, I don’t even know why you bother justifying yourself with people who obviously just envy you. Congrats! I wish I had your bod. [source]
This is all so, so very irritating to me.
Here’s the photo again:
She’s a beautiful woman, and her boys look absolutely angelic. The picture is irritating because, damn it, the implication that someone doesn’t look like her because they have an excuse is, is….. is weird. If the goal is “to inspire people,” I can think of a thousand other catch phrases common in fitspirational messages that would’ve done more to reach the people who desire to look like Maria.
“Be amazed and inspired by what a little hard work can accomplish!”
“Who do YOU work out for?”
“NEVER give up!”
“Repeat after me: I can do this!”
…and those four are quotes that I pulled off my own Instagram account.
This touches back, more so, on my issue with the claim of “excuses” and what they truly are. In my experience from actually actively working with people – as opposed to simply barking at them – an excuse is always a barrier, either real or imaginary..
Let’s not play stupid, here: in order to understand the statement “what’s your excuse,” you have to presume that we all understand the full sentence: “I look great; what’s your excuse?” That is, without a doubt, the definition of fat-shaming. If you don’t look like her, you must have an excuse and, if you do have an excuse, then you’re just lazy for not working on it. You can’t win.
What if I turned that around on Maria and asked, “what’s your excuse for being so thin?”
Oh, but that’s body shaming too, right?
I’m going to be frank, here –. As fabulous as she looks, it would’ve been just as easy to say “Look what I’ve done with my three boys!” or “If I can achieve my goal, so can you!” Why snark on someone else, when you can celebrate yourself? Why still perpetuate the need to compare yourself to others in such an unhealthy fashion? This is not to say that she is still bulimic, but I don’t think that a fat-phobic society who is more focused on calling her “The Hot Mom” and praising her thinness would be interested in calling her out… especially in an era where people still joke about how they “once tried to be anorexic, but gave up by lunchtime.” Maybe she’s not at the point in her recovery where she can stop the comparisons, regardless of whether or not she comes out on top.
Maria’s excuse – pun intended – for her choice of language on her photo was that this was “borrowed, popular phrase that’s been used in various “fitspiration” campaigns.”
Yeah, about that…
The lovely thing about fitspiration – or, as we know it, fitspo – is that anyone can create it. Many different people, with many different journeys and experiences, can create it and share it and, as a result, find other like-minded people. The troubling thing about fitspo, however, is that anyone can create it. I’ve seen fitspo that could’ve easily doubled as pro-anorexia porn. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with – or wanting to be skinny. You choose your own destiny, and I can only hope you choose wisely.
None of that changes the fact that this:
is nothing like this:
or, dare I say it, this:
Did you even see the container of whey protein in the girl’s right hand? I for damn sure didn’t. That photo was about selling her thigh gap, certainly not her muscle.
Listen. Fitspo – and, by unfortunate extension, thinspo – isn’t always created by someone with the healthiest of intentions, the healthiest of goals, or even the healthiest of methods of achieving those goals. That’s how you get recovering bulimics who think body comparisons are a healthy way of “inspiring” others appearing on Good Morning America to “encourage” others. By all means, raise hell about it. But, instead of taking it personally and letting it make you feel some kind of way about you, remember that you have no idea how the person in the photo got the look they have (no share, but her facebook page talks about how she “has stretch marks” but the photo above has none, so photoshop and stellar lighting must also be at play). You have no idea how long or how hard the road is or what their struggle fully consisted of. Call the foolishness out, but don’t let it affect you or your journey personally.
And, for goodness sakes, the next time a silly “fitspo” photo asks you “what’s your excuse?” Say, to yourself, “none of your damn business.”
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When I saw her on the Today Show this morning, I thought, “I wonder if Erika will touch this today?” lol
Yeah, she could have used a truly inspiring phrase instead of the shaming one (and that one IS shaming). What makes me cringe though? The porn pose with 3 little babies. Uh uh. That’s where she lost me.
Porn?? No way do I see that in the above photo.
I mean, I get it – the spread legs, the teeny amount of fabric.
But… a woman can be wide-legged in a small amount of fabric without it hinting towards or being about sex, so… I’own know.
Yeah, I mean, I see “HOT” (with a capital everything), but I don’t see anything even slightly porno or inappropriate.
I came across this a few days ago. First reaction? “Wow!” When I read an interview with Maria, I was even more impressed. She’s a business owner. Does not have a nanny. AND, founded a charity to help kids (especially those from economically struggling families) stay fit and healthy. “WOW!” again. I never thought for a minute this message was in any way derogatory. I found it — and Maria — absolutely inspiring. Maria stated she’d cribbed the tagline, and it was a response to women saying “I work, I have kids, I have no time to exercise.” She’s an example that, yes, we can find — or make — the time. Hell, I know I’m never going to look like her, but I can strive to be the fittest me I can be”
Whoops, the comment above was meant to be a general reply to Erika, not to the “porn” comment.
I think people need to get over it. We have gotten to a point in this crazy society where every word, every pic, every gesture is microanalyzed to the 12th degree. When I look at her picture, my first thought was, “what is my excuse?” Not because I’m comparing myself to her but because I have slacked off on my own journey. I don’t think she was intended to shame anyone. I think if someone feels shamed by that pic or the caption, that is a personal issue. I understand the point that you are making about her possibly attempting to make herself feel better by flaunting her “superiority” but I think it’s hard to make that assumption about someone you don’t personally know. People need to learn to follow their own dreams and goals. If something like this motivates you great, if it doesn’t then just move on.
“I understand the point that you are making about her possibly attempting to make herself feel better by flaunting her “superiority” but I think it’s hard to make that assumption about someone you don’t personally know.”
I think that it’s less about assumptions than it is about the intention of the photo. If I work that hard to achieve my goal, I’m not about to make MY accomplishment about YOU in any way, ESPECIALLY to compare the two in a way that puts me on top.
Maybe my ego is too large for that… I don’t know. LOL
U hit the nail on that head with that response. I completely agree, never thought of the ad as “what’s your excise for being fat”. I think people are reading way too much into the ad. Personally I find Maria inspiring, good on her!!
Well said Brandi. I was clearly one of the few who was inspired to work a little harder to overcome my current excuse. I am traveling for work, and instead of just making sure my hotel had a treadmill, I packed my workout DVDs and bands. Anyone who took this photo, or the caption, as her judging others has a lot of nerve seeing that they had no problem judging her without knowing her or her motives.
I agree… to a point.
While I agree that there are better, much more effective messages to put on a picture like this, my first impression of this was not to remark on how thin she looked, but her muscle definition and how much work she had to put in.
I have seen this message before myself, but not on fitspo. I see it on pictures of people with a missing limb, a deadly disease, or some other major obstacle that have gone on to achieve their dreams. They are meant for us to compare to our own excuses and decide for ourselves. In this case, I have never met anyone who is as fit as she with three tiny kids. I have met plenty who have one child and completely let everything go… If they decide their excuse is big enough after these types of examples, then they feel justified in staying the way they are.
I am overweight myself, and I have some reasons for the way I am. But, I know that if someone with larger obstacles can overcome them, so can I.
If people decide that the message is to show off her thinness (and really, this hardly compares to the protein ad) and how beautiful she is, and not all the hard work she had to have done, then I think that is something to reflect on personally. We cannot all be thin, but we can definitely strive to be healthy.
It may be because I like challenges, but this was only inspiration to be the best me regardless of what may happen. Isn’t that what inspiration is all about? They show stories of people overcoming their challenges so that other people can be inspired to overcome their own. Saying “What is your excuse?” may be a bit crude, but it is only what we are asking ourselves when we see inspirational messages and challenge ourselves to work harder.
Hear, hear, Bethany. I completely agree with you. I thought about similar inspirational images with people with disabilities (physical or mental), and found it to be a bit of an insult to be OK with what they represent–even praising them–but not OK with this. It’s almost as if people must pity you in order for you to be an inspiration. To me, the poster seemed to comment on how everyone has an excuse for anything and everything that might be difficult to accomplish; what matters is if you really are motivated and want to accomplish that task then that excuse becomes a non-factor.
“found it to be a bit of an insult to be OK with what they represent–even praising them–but not OK with this.”
I sincerely, sincerely, cannot say that the two are even remotely similar to me. Not in the slightest.
I get you. I was seeing it more along the line of the “pity” aspect. Literally, if you can SEE a disability (e.g. missing limbs, etc.) an accomplishment becomes more commendable? Why–because you pity them more? Obviously, it’s an accomplishment, and I would venture to say that it’s an accomplishment not because of physical barriers but because of mental barriers that must be worked through in order to succeed. And honestly, anyone can have had severe mental barriers (depression, mental disorders e.g. anorexia, etc.), which are the hardest to overcome. Minimizing a person’s struggles to just their physical handicap is insulting. It’s the mental struggle that’s the toughest to overcome. And even a non-handicapped person can have mental struggles.
I don’t know, I didn’t take offense to the pic when I first saw it. I put in the same bracket as pics of older men and women who look super fit or to those with a physical handicap (no legs, arms, etc), which have the same tag “What’s your excuse”. When I look at those photos I didn’t feel “some type of way” and this photo didn’t make ME feel badly about myself either.
However, when hear more background information about her, the more it leaves a bit of bad taste in my mouth. But like said, if we’re just solely talking about the picture, I don’t have a problem with it. For some, the pic might just be the motivation they need.
I wish you were on Good Morning America! I love what you wrote and inspired by it!
I’m a new mom who is almost constantly making excuses for not working out. Most commonly used ones being I have twins and I have a job. I saw this and I thought, she has more kids than I do, two businesses and she doesn’t have a nanny (I do) and she finds time to work out so there is no reason why I can’t find the time too.
And I think that’s all she was saying.
I don’t know how people get to “what’s your excuse for not looking like me?” or that she’s fat-shaming or mommy-shaming or what. To me what she is trying to say is so clear, but I think that’s because I’m open to receiving her message and the people who are taking offence to the picture and its caption are not.
As long as I live I will never understand why people get in such an uproar about things like this. You don’t like her body, don’t look at it. Don’t like what she has to say, don’t pay it any mind. I personally am going to use her photo as inspiration for what a post-baby body can look like.
I hear ya Max..I don’t think she was trying to “shame” anyone..It’s not like these folks on tv who have a kid on Monday and in a bikini on Friday. To me she seemed like a real person with kids, family etc. I hear so many folks who say they can’t afford a gym, too dangerous to walk in my neighborhood, all valid. But if you can read this then you can go online and find stuff you can do in your home, I’ve heard of folks using jugs of milk, cans of corn, its all a matter of how bad you want something. I know I won’t be a size 7 again and I’m good with a healthy size 12.
What you said about being open to receiving the message really resonated with me. I first encountered this picture several months ago, relatively early in my fitness journey, and my first reaction was to feel some type of way. When it popped up again on my Pinterest home page last week, I added it to my Fitspiration board. What changed between then and now? I didn’t see the picture anymore, but the journey.
I don’t want to be her size, or even have her muscle definition (I mean, I want SOME of it, just not all of it). I should note that my Fitspiration board has women of all shapes and sizes on it, too. What everything on my board has in common is that it challenges me. There are pictures on there of women that probably wear a larger dress size than me, but have way better muscle tone. I see in every picture, including this one, a message that says “You are better than whatever excuse you have brewing in your head.” Of course, I can only speak to how *I* see it.
I liken the brusqueness of its message to a T-shirt I have seen a couple of times on races I have participated in that says “Ask your doctor about getting off your ass and moving” or something like that. For some people that T-shirt might be offensive, for others it might be motivation. I think it principally boils down to your mindset at the time you are receiving it.
I’m sorry, but I think this photo is awesome. We are a society full of excuses. My genetics make me fat. I don’t have time. Fruits and vegetables are nasty. Etc. Etc. Etc.
When I looked at this photo and read this woman’s story, I said to myself, “Damn, what is my excuse?”. Even though I am in the middle of my fitness journey and have already committed myself to getting healthy, this photo made me commit myself even harder to my goals.
I know I may not look like she does, but this inspired me because it made me want to go farther into my journey so I can look like my best.
This photo isn’t fat-shaming to me (I’m over 300 lbs BTW). It is a nice and polite way of giving me and everyone else a swift kick in the butt. Losing weight is hard for everyone! Staying fit is hard for everyone. But just because something is hard doesn’t mean that you don’t stick to it.
I applaud this woman and I wish her well on her journey. For everyone else who don’t like it, well, build a bridge and get over it. #KanyeShrug
“For everyone else who don’t like it, well, build a bridge and get over it. #KanyeShrug”
I… see.
roflmao @ Erika whoo lawdy
I mean! I’m used to being disagreed with – even though I thought I covered all sides of it, maybe not – but I’ve always hated awkward callousness. “Just get over it.” Yo, do you know how many people are told to “just get over” legitimate issues? That just… there has to be a better way to do it. LOL
Very well put Afftene!
Thanks Joy! 🙂
I’m someone who gets up at 4:30am to work out, 6 days a week and I haaaate the “excuse” verbiage.
I sell fitness products and I would never tell anyone they’re making excuses when they’re struggling, and it makes me cringe when my colleagues do the same. That tactic might work on high school football players, but for everyday people who are tired, busy, broke, depressed, whatever, this is just unkind.
This lady missed a big opportunity to be supportive and encouraging to other women, but if she’d done that, she probably wouldn’t have made international news, and she probably knows that.
Speaking of teenage boys, how will her sons feel about this photo in 10 years’ time?
“she probably wouldn’t have made international news,”
I was reluctant to say this in the post, but I think it must be said that bad news (and, by extension, snark and shade) will travel the world twice over before good news is shared with a classroom-worth of people. Any content provider – myself included – knows that first hand.
I’m thinking starting a charity that helps underprivileged kids be healthy is pretty supportive. Yes, she did.
“starting a charity that helps underprivileged kids be healthy is pretty supportive.”
Support the kids, snark on the adults. YOLO.
I really don’t see anything snarky about it. I see inspiration. A lot of women feel like they can’t/ don’t have time for health. She’s a living example that we can. She stated in her Yahoo interview that the quote (not hers originally; pulled from some other fitspo) was a direct response to women who were saying they didn’t think they could have time to do this for themselves. I see a lot of positive encouragement on her fb page as well.
“I see a lot of positive encouragement on her fb page as well.”
…which says nothing of the fact that this particular piece of “fitspo” is still mad misguided, irrespective of whether or not you find it “inspirational.”
You see “misguided,” I see “inspiring,” someone else somehow sees “porn.” So I maybe what it really comes down to is how each of us filters this internally.
“maybe what it really comes down to is how each of us filters this internally.”
Alright.
Oh, but that protein powder ad! I’m thinking that’s being marketed strictly to the coveted 18-24 year old male market.
Nope.
And that ^ is something I don’t think I’ll ever “get.” Not to be mean to those gaps that are built that way but it’s not a look that I would want to have. However, I certainly would NOT mind having an ass like that. (Which is what I thought they were marketing to the boys)
I didn’t take offense to the photo–putting it in the category with the other “What’s your excuse?” photos: the elderly fit person, the person missing a limb, etc etc.
I would’ve taken offense to her non apology but I understand where her haughty tone was coming from. She got a lot of comments implying that in order for her to look the way she does, then she’s being a terrible mother. As a mother, I definitely can see where seeing that comment and other hurtful comments aimed at her can make her write what she wrote. I guilt myself a lot over the time I take to workout and achieve my own goals and that’s without people taking a look of a picture of me and making assumptions about my lifestyle. I think her initial motivation for posting the photo was to inspire mothers because we can be particularly self-sacrificing. I do think she could’ve handled the rebuttal to all of the bashing she received online a lot better. That “I’m sorry you’re the problem” type of language did nothing to help her issue. It’s reminiscent of Rick Ross’s non apology with the date rape lyrics. He said “I’m sorry you don’t know how to interpret my lyrics.” Acknowledge that you hit a nerve and pissed people off, even if that wasn’t your intent.
As for fitspo, thinspo; I take it with a grain of salt but I can see how it can be really unhealthy for those with eating disorders because those disorders are all about perception. Those photos can skews one’s perception of healthy. The fitspo quote I hate the most is “Nothing tastes as good as being fit/thin feels.” I’m always like hmm…have you not had lasagna, apple pie, collard greens, etc etc.
THIS comment might make me reconsider my position. I’m literally standing on a street corner in SoHo frantically typing just to let you know how much I appreciate reading this. Gonna come back to it later. But YES.
LOL! Looking forward to it!
I so appreciated your response to this. I knew that there had to be a way to respond that wasn’t “hatin'”, but pointing out that there was some judgement going on that isn’t positive or helpful. Of course she has the right to feel proud about herself (and I would’ve loved to help celebrate her triumph), she has the right to free speech, but as many people find out in free speech controversies, you have to live with the consequences of your choice of words. Her choice of words hurt me, and did not uplift me. I felt judged. Maybe others didn’t feel judged, but I’m not them, and just because you didn’t feel judged doesn’t wipe out how someone else has interpreted it. So thanks again.
I don’t think this is really all that fair. I live on a military post and there are lots of excuses. I think this picture was for those who are actually making excuses because not every fitness meme applies to everyone. This was taken as a personal attack for no reason. Just like the phrase “real women have curves”. It’s meant to be inspiring to women who have more but it’s mean and degrading to those who just don’t have curves for whatever reason. I don’t think it’s fair to take something that may not even apply to you and turn it into something negative. If you read her story she actually struggled to get where she is now. It isn’t fair for her not to be able to say that there are “no excuses” for not meeting your goals, whatever they may be. Too many people took this personally but that is the state of everything these days. Making it personal I guess.
“Just like the phrase “real women have curves”. It’s meant to be inspiring to women who have more but it’s mean and degrading to those who just don’t have curves for whatever reason.”
I think this entire sentence could easily be applied to the photo above. What’s meant to be inspiring can oftentimes come off as degrading for those who don’t compare “for whatever reason.”
In other words, I think this one sentence runs counter to your entire comment.
Exactly. Not everything is forever was the point. Just because someone took offense to this doesn’t mean they should. This isn’t meant to speak to everyone, just like my comment about curves. People take offense to what they want to. The way they use women who are heavier working out in memes for fitness inspiration can be interpreted as the same thing. Plus this image is kind of taken out of context considering her back story which I think matters.
*for everyone, not “forever” (I’m a grammar nazi)
I…okay.
I’m curious, but what do you think about the pictures that have people with missing limbs or something similar that have the same tagline?
I’m not sure what to think of those myself in light of this.
My response to this is an entire blog post, because it’s SO long.
The short of it, though? I think they’re inappropriate.
Sounds good! I’ll be interested in reading that if it pops up c:
I’ve read some articles on why calling the para-olympics “inspirational” etc is doing the disabled community a disservice, but I feel like I need more info on the subject before forming an opinion on it.
It’ll be cool to hear your take!
Got you covered. Already working on it. <3
I saw her on the Today show this morning, too. She annoyed me instantly. She even tried to convey how “real” she was by mentioning that her dress cost $7, as if that mattered… Our thoughts on this subject mirrored each other.
I was so surprised at how divided people were on this picture/caption. I was “inspired” and “motivated” and shocked beyond belief that people I thought I knew well, were “offended”. Not liking how the message was delivered, doesn’t make it less true, or what some of us needed to hear. I am not where I want to be, but closer everyday… and there are some days that seeing that type of message is what I need to remind my self to “Stop whining, and keep winning!”
Then again, I remember complaints that I changed into my workout clothes before leaving work to make others feel bad for not working out, or to show off my body and not because the gym locker room is crowded at 5:30pm. Clearly I too was “shaming” and not inspiring…
Ladies, I promise you… Men do not get this worked up by these types of things.
“Men do not get this worked up by these types of things.”
With all due respect, men are not the ultimate arbitors of what a woman or a person, period, should get worked up over.
Lol, I love this comment and will be using it in the future (because unfortunately someone will MAKE me have to use it). It’s the perfect counterpoint to all sexist bullshit, ever. Damn, you’re clever!
My point Erica is that very few men have taken this as the personal attack that many women have. We tend to take another woman’s win as our loss more so than men do. I am always looking for women’s workout tanks with “motivational” phrases like “What’s your excuse?”. My husband pointed to the uproar from this story as 1 of the reasons I can find these types of shirts for him everywhere and for me they are a rare find or internet order. One of my favorites “You can have results or excuses, not both!” It gets rave reviews from the gym faithful, not so much if I wear it to the grocery store.
“very few men have taken this as the personal attack that many women have.”
…but men don’t experience societal pressures the way women do. Men are forgiven for chub and flub; women are [most often] not. Of COURSE men wouldn’t take this as a personal attack.
Until men and women live in environments where they experience equal amounts of pressure on specific topics, it makes no sense to presume that men should be the arbiters of what deserves anger from women. That’s all I’m saying..
Excerpted from “Hot Moms,” Excuses, and the Trouble with Fitsporation | A Black Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss
This is so true.
You know, I saw that pic on instagram the other day with a line of other pictures all with the same “what’s your excuse” caption and I loved it! I loved the babies, I have two of my own and I know the challenge it is to workout with babies literally hanging on your legs!
That being said, at no point did I feel like that pic was taken to shame me for my excuses or make me feel like she was better than me. But then I make it a point not to be so sensitive that I’m offended by things that don’t have anything to do with me. (and I’m a pretty sensitive girl, lol) So this angle really saddened me. I get your point and you make perfect sense but in a sad world where you have to make your own happiness I choose to only focus on the good of this picture because anything else is really of no positive benefit to me.
Plus, now that I’ve read her story, she needs as much support as any one of us overweight ladies here (or anyone else for that matter). If she did it to say, “look I’m better than you” well that’s really her issue, not mine. I saw a pic of a fit woman with 3 babies getting it done, it made me feel like I could be there one day and strengthened my resolve to stick with my course. And I moved on. jmho.
Well said… And I completely agree with you.
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Excerpted from “Hot Moms,” Excuses, and the Trouble with Fitsporation | A Black Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss
To me, that quote is the issue. The problem with the photo is that there is an assumption in this country (and it’s not only with weight) that if you’re fat, poor, jobless, you brought that on yourself. If you’re fat you should get up off the sofa and put down the Ho Ho’s. I admit, I used to feel that way, until I grew up.
In reality, people have different issues. What about a person who works three part time jobs to pay off student loans, doesn’t have time to work out and eats what’s quick and cheap? What about someone with a chronic illness? What about a person taking care of someone with a chronic illness?
Also we live in a country where it’s easier to find processed food than healthy food.
Now I’m not offended by that photo, but I can see why some might be.
Thank you!
When I was at my peak fitness, I understood that other people have real, challenging obstacles, and that people at peak fitness do not all have the same body type. The varying bodies of Olympians are an example. My excuse these days? Pain. I got hit by a vehicle while cycling to work, and things have not been the same since breaking a leg at the knee joint. Walking hurts. Swimming hurts. Cycling hurts the next day. Any ideas besides buying pain medication in bulk?
I think she looks great and I did find it inspirational. I don’t get why so many people took it so personally. To me, she is more real than someone like Jilian Micheals who has never had kids. No one is telling people you have to look like her. I think people are mad that she is attractive and fit and confident about it, instead of being self-effacing like some people expect women to be.
I actually find the quotes from your Instagram inspirational while I find her quote to be judgmental. I think “What’s your excuse?” sounds judgmental and accusatory in pretty much every context I can think of. If there was any doubt about her motivation for putting this picture up, the fauxpology definitely makes it clear that she’s coming from a judgmental, arrogant, and idiotic place. I also find it troubling that she suffered from an ED in the past. If I was just looking at the image without that quote, my knee jerk reaction would be to applaud her for being in such great shape for having three babies under the age of 4. But your post is definitely making me rethink that reaction to automatically heap praise on someone without knowing the full story. Because as you said, she has previously suffered from an ED and who knows if she got this body in a healthful way? Especially considering the lack of perspective and compassion this lady has consistently been showing to people who reacted negatively to her “message”. My take away from this is not to automatically praise anyone who looks like this again, because you really never are sure of how they ended up that way.
My first thought seeing this was “Lol, straight women”.
The phrase just made it worse – figure using your children as points for making an argument and presuming you are what women should look up to and aspire to be, putting yourself out there as some sort of example of what a ~proper woman~ is all the while implying others should feel bad and their life is wrong if they aren’t or don’t want to be like that.
“My first thought seeing this was “Lol, straight women”.”
Couldn’t imagine why, considering the “need to be attractive,” the “desire to attract” and the “importance” of thinness transcends sexual preference.
Actually, there have been studies done on the way body image issues and sexuality interact with straight women and gay men having it worst and us queer women having body related messages fly over our heads. Because in our society the, as you put it, “need to be attractive,” the “desire to attract” and the “importance” go hand in hand with “a man”. Either explicitly stated in “need to be attractive to (get/keep) a man”, “desire to attract a man”, “the importance of being attractive for a boyfriend/husband/random men we used to make this statistic of what men like on a woman” that circulates in women targeting media or implied in more sexuality neutral but still “straight women as the target audience” sport magazines/websites etc.
As such, it is easy for us to recognize when a poster (in this case Maria) is a straight woman targeting other straight women without even reading what she says, which makes it very difficult to give a damn about the message, whatever message it may be. Flaunting children as some sort of achievement just seals the “lol, straight women” deal.
Duly noted. Do you have sources for this?
I’ll cite the British Psychological Society Psychology of Women’s Section and their study results, even though it’s a straight organization.
“The study, carried out by Caroline Huxley at the University of the West of England explored whether heterosexual women, lesbian women and bisexual women felt differently about the pressures on them to have an ideal body, and whether any relationships existed between how much pressure they felt, their level of body satisfaction and eating behaviour.
A sample of 472 women, 119 of whom were lesbian, 89 bisexual and 264 heterosexual, completed a number of questionnaires and the results were analysed. Preliminary findings suggest that the heterosexual women were significantly more aware of pressures on their appearance than the bisexual or lesbian women. The lesbian women in this study felt significantly less pressure on their body image than heterosexual or bisexual women, and they also internalised social ideals of attractiveness significantly less than heterosexual or bisexual women. ”
The Advocate in particular has been reporting on this over time with same conclusions and with the online lgbtq communities confirming the results with their own experiences.
I have to add. Not to forget the discrimination we face in health care that results in us avoiding doctors and check ups.
THIS is helpful! ESPECIALLY”
Wow, you are awesome. Unf.
I take back what I said. So, is your assertion that the male gaze and appealing to it (or acting in a way to benefit from it), is the root cause?
Erika your response was spot on. My two cents: if her caption read “You can do this” or “C’mon ladies we got this” or something that says “hey I’m there with you, with the kids, with the job, with school, with whatever and eating more fruits/veggies and moving your body is a loving act” more women would have been receptive of her message.
She could have used her platform to inspire and encourage, but she chose a different route.
Shaming may work for some and for a little while. But shame only produces more shame. Shame’s power is defeating while inspiration is empowering.
Listen, women are bombarded with images of perfection all day, every day and everywhere. We’re constantly told (or shamed into believing) that life is better if we had bigger butts but have a thigh gap, bigger but perky breasts or have a clean house, work full time, and have mind blowing, hours long sessions of sex every day and have the time for DIY projects that are Pinterest worthy.
But, there is no such thing as perfection. Shame doesn’t want you to know that – shame wants you to believe perfection is attainable. It isn’t.
The most that we can be is the best that we individually can be and that’s inspiring.
the reality is some people make excuses… i know this because i have and i do… will i ever look like her.. who knows, but everyone’s body is different. for example: my thigh and calves are big.. even toned they are big.. no matter how much i lose/muscle gained i will never have legs as thin as others that are toned… i finally had to accept that and its ok. i think some people are too sensitive especially when they know they are making excuses…
“the reality is some people make excuses… i know this because i have and i do… will i ever look like her.. who knows, but”
I just…okay.
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How can we explain what’s been happening with the White Sox this season? Even though we currently have the third-best record in baseball with the AL Wild Card lead and are coming off a spectacular extra-inning win against the Yankees, there’s an ominous feeling on the South Side of Chicago these days that the Sox are going to fall down hard. There are the obvious changes from last season, from the weaknesses of the starting rotation in general to our recurring Mark Buerhle problem, where our ace from up until a couple months ago appears to have now caught Steve Blass Disease. At the same time, the departure of clubhouse leaders Aaron Rowand and Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez might have put a dent into team chemistry.
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The average diehard Sox fan, including myself, found all of this particularly disjarring at the time. In fact, we prided ourselves on not being the bandwagon celebrity draw that the Cubs have always been, so it was incredulous to see an aging rock star with no previous association with the City of Chicago, much less the White Sox team, somehow become vaulted to the position of a top Sox fan within the span of a couple of months. Now, however, I recognize that Sox having Steve Perry in the late-summer and fall of 2005 was the equivalent of the Astros grabbing Randy Johnson at the trade deadline in 1998 – the last piece that pushed a team on the cusp of greatness over the top and into the postseason.
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Well these are my choices for potential “has been celebs” who can do no more harm by hanging around White Sox games than the actual players themselves…
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It was much quieter when I drove the short distance to my home in Fayetteville, NC. There was the normal hum of activity -- the low, distinct rubbery buzz of a bike tire against the new asphalt, faint bursts of children laughing, and the occasional crack of the bat from a game of streetball. Even the fall breeze sounded soft and quiet to me as it whipped through neat piles of leaves, faintly reminding me of the blowing sands on the desolate roads between south Iraq and Baghdad.
I could sense immediately that my experiences overseas would fill that silence with the haunts of war unless I found a way to get engaged, and get engaged quickly.
As the President announced the end to the war in Iraq, I wondered how many more veterans and military families will be coming home to face a similar scene. For many, their neighborhoods and communities will also be filled with a joyful, yet uneasy, silence – and plenty of space for the echoes of war.
Our communities must be ready to welcome our veterans and military families home with more than just open arms. The welcome must come with an opportunity. Just as important, those who have come home from war must reach back to help others assume a new mission as community leaders and national service champions.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the national network of organizations it supports are making those connections happen and looking for leaders like the ones coming home right now. Here are just a few examples of how CNCS is connecting our service members and their families to national and community service:
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- More than 500 Senior Corps projects and 8,000 volunteers serve at more than 700 Veterans Affairs facilities every year, assisting elderly and disabled veterans, helping military retirees acclimate to life after service, and transporting those in need of medical treatment.
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At Evening-Time-- Light
THE closing scene of this beautiful
and eventful life history has an interest not altogether pathetic. Müller seems
like an elevated mountain, on whose summit the evening sun shines in lingering
splendour, and whose golden peak rises far above the ordinary level and belongs
to heaven more than earth, in the clear, cloudless calm of God.
From May, 1892, when the last mission tour closed, he devoted himself mainly to the work of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution, and to preaching at Bethesda and elsewhere as God seemed to appoint. His health was marvellous, especially considering how, when yet a young man, frequent and serious illnesses and general debility had apparently disqualified him from all military duty, and to many prophesied early death or hopeless succumbing to disease. He had been in tropic heat and arctic cold, in gales and typhoons at sea, and on journeys by rail, sometimes as continuously long as a sea-voyage. He had borne the pest of fleas, mosquitoes, and even rats. He had endured changes of climate, diet, habits of life, and the strain of almost daily services, and come out of all unscathed. This man, whose health was never robust, had gone through labours that would try the mettle of an iron constitution; this man, who had many times been laid aside by illness and sometimes for months and who in 1837 had feared that a persistent head trouble might unhinge his mind, could say, in his ninety-second year:
"I have been able, every day and all the day, to work, and that with ease, as seventy years since."
When the writer was holding meetings in Bristol in 1896, on an anniversary very sacred to himself, he asked his beloved father Müller to speak at the closing meeting of the series, in the Y. M. C. A. Hall; and he did so, delivering a powerful address of forty-five minutes, on Prayer in connection with Missions, and giving his own life-story in part, with a vigour of voice and manner that seemed a denial of his advanced age.*
*Appendix K.
The marvellous preservation of such a man at such an age reminds one of Caleb, who at eighty-five could boast in God that he was as strong even for war as in the day that he was sent into the land as one of the spies; and Mr. Müller himself attributed this preservation to three causes:
first, the exercising of himself to have always a conscience void of offence both toward God and toward men ;
secondly to the love he felt for the Scriptures, and the constant recuperative power they exercised upon his whole being;
and third, to that happiness he felt in God and His work, which relieved him of all anxiety and needless wear and tear in his labours.
The great fundamental truth that this heroic man stamped on his generation was that the Living God is the same to day and forever as yesterday and in all ages past, and that, with equal confidence with the most trustful souls of any age, we may believe His word, and to every promise add, like Abraham, our "Amen"-- IT SHALL BE SO!*
*Gen. xv.6. (Hebrew.)
When, a few days after his death, Mr. E. H. Glenny, who is known to many as the beloved and self-sacrificing friend of the North African Mission, passed through Barcelona, he found written in an album over his signature the words:
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and to-day and for ever."
And, like the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, quoting from the 102d Psalm, we may say of Jehovah, while all else changes and perishes:
"THOU REMAINEST";
"THOU ART THE SAME."
Toward the close of life Mr. Müller,
acting under medical advice, abated somewhat of his active labours, preaching
commonly but once a Sunday. It was my privilege to hear him on the morning of
the Lord's day, March 22, 1896. He spoke on the 77th Psalm; of course he found
here his favourite theme-- prayer; and, taking that as a fair specimen of his
average preaching, he was certainly a remarkable expositor of Scripture even
at ninety-one years of age. Later on the outline of this discourse will be found.
On Sunday morning, March 6, 1898, he spoke at Alma Road Chapel, and on the Monday evening following was at the prayer service at Bethesda, on both occasions in his usual health. On Wednesday evening following, he took his wonted place at the Orphan House prayer meeting and gave out the hymns:
"The countless multitude on high."
and
"We'll sing of the Shepherd that died."
When he bade his beloved son-in-law
"good-night," there was outward sign of declining strength. He seemed
to the last the vigorous old man, and retired to rest as usual. It had been
felt that one so advanced in years should have some night-attendant, especially
as indications of heart-weakness had been noticed of late, and he had yielded
to the pressure of love and consented to such an arrangement after that night.
But the consent came too late. He was never more to need human attendance or
attention. On Thursday morning, March 10th, at about seven o'clock, the usual
cup of tea was taken to his room. To the knock at the door there was no response
save an ominous silence. The attendant opened the door, only to find that the
venerable patriarch lay dead, on the floor beside the bed. He had probably risen
to take some nourishment-- a glass of milk and a biscuit being always put within
reach-- and, while eating the biscuit, he had felt faint, and fallen, clutching
at the table-cloth as he fell, for it was dragged off, with certain things that
had lain on the table. His medical adviser, who was promptly summoned, gave
as his opinion that he had died of heart-failure some hour or two before he
had been found by his attendant.
Such a departure, even at such an age, produced a world-wide sensation. That man's moral and spiritual forces reached and touched the earth's ends. Not in Bristol, or in Britain alone, but across the mighty waters toward the sunrise and sunset was felt the responsive pulse-beat of a deep sympathy. Hearts bled all over the globe when it was announced, by telegraph wire and ocean cable, that George Müller was dead. It was said of a great Englishman that his influence could be measured only by "parallels of latitude"; of George Müller we may add, and by meridians of longitude. He belonged to the whole church and the whole world, in a unique sense; and the whole race of man sustained a loss when he died.
The funeral, which took place on the Monday following, was a popular tribute of affection, such as is seldom seen. Tens of thousands of people reverently stood along the route of the simple procession; men left their workshops and offices, women left their elegant homes or humble kitchens, all seeking to pay a last token of respect. Bristol had never before witnessed any such scene.
A brief service was held at Orphan House No. 3, where over a thousand children met, who had for a second time lost a "father"; in front of the reading-desk in the great dining-room, a coffin of elm, studiously plain, and by request without floral offerings, contained all that was mortal of George Müller, and on a brass plate was a simple inscription, giving the date of his death, and his age.
Mr. James Wright gave the address, reminding those who were gathered that, to all of us, even those who have lived nearest God, death comes while the Lord tarries; that it is blessed to die in the Lord; and that for believers in Christ there is a glorious resurrection waiting. The tears that ran down those young cheeks were more eloquent than any words, as a token of affection for the dead.
The procession silently formed. Among those who followed the bier were four who had been occupants of that first orphan home in Wilson Street. The children's grief melted the hearts of spectators, and eyes unused to weeping were moistened that day. The various carriages bore the medical attendants, the relatives and connections of Mr. Müller, the elders and deacons of the churches with which he was associated, and his staff of helpers in the work on Ashley Down. Then followed forty or fifty other vehicles with deputations from various religious bodies, etc.
At Bethesda, every foot of space was crowded, and hundreds sought in vain for admission. The hymn was sung which Mr. Müller had given out at that last prayer meeting the night before his departure. Dr. Maclean of Bath offered prayer, mingled with praise for such a long life of service and witness, of prayer and faith, and Mr. Wright spoke from Hebrews xiii.7,8.
"Remember them
which have the rule over you,
Who have spoken unto you the word of God:
Whose faith follow,
Considering the end of their conversation:
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and to-day and forever."
He spoke of those spiritual rulers and guides whom God sets over his people; and of the privilege of imitating their faith, calling attention to the two characteristics of his beloved father-in-law's faith:
first, that it was based on that immovable Rock of ages, God's written word;
and secondly, that it translated the precepts and promises of that word into daily life.
Mr. Wright made very emphatic Mr. Müller's acceptance of the whole Scriptures, as divinely inspired. He had been wont to say to young believers,
"Put your finger on the passage on which your faith rests,"
and had himself read the Bible from
end to end nearly two hundred times. He fed on the Word and therefore was strong.
He found the centre of that Word in the living Person it enshrines, and his
one ground of confidence was His atoning work. Always in his own eyes weak,
wretched, and vile, unworthy of the smallest blessing, he rested solely on the
merit and mediation of His great High Priest.
George Müller cultivated faith. He used to say to his helpers in prayer and service,
"Never let enter your minds a shadow of doubt as to the love of the Father's heart or the power of the Father's arm."
And he projected his whole life forward,
and looked at it in the light of the Judgment Day.
Mr. Wright's address made prominent one or two other most important lessons, as, for example, that the Spirit bids us imitate, not the idiosyncrasies or philanthropy of others, but their faith. And he took occasion to remind his hearers that philanthropy was not the foremost aim or leading feature of Mr. Müller's life, but above all else to magnify and glorify God, as "still the living God who, now as well as thousands of years ago, hears the prayers of His children and helps those who trust Him." He touchingly referred to the humility that led Mr. Müller to do the mightiest thing for God without self-consciousness, and showed that God can take up and use those who are willing to be only instruments.
Mr. Wright further remarked:
"I have been asked again and again lately as to whether the orphan work would go on. It is going on. Since the commencement of the year we have received between forty and fifty fresh orphans, and this week expect to receive more. The other four objects of the institution, according to the ability God gives us, are still being carried on. We believe that whatever God would do with regard to the future will be worthy of Him. We do not know much more, and do not want to. He knows what He will do. I cannot think, however, that the God who has so blessed the work for so long will leave our prayers as to the future unanswered."
Mr. Benjamin Perry then spoke briefly, characterizing Mr. Müller as the greatest personality Bristol had known as a citizen. He referred to his power as an expounder of Scripture, and to the fact that he brought to others for their comfort and support what had first been food to his own soul. He gave some personal reminiscences, referring, for instance, to his ability at an extreme old age still to work without hindrance either mental or physical, free from rheumatism, ache, or pain, and seldom suffering from exhaustion. He briefly described him as one who, in response to the infinite love of God, which called him from a life of sin to a life of salvation and service, wholly loved God above everybody and everything, so that his highest pleasure was to please and serve Him. As an illustration of his humility, he gave an incident. When of late a friend had said,
"When God calls you home, it will be like a ship going into harbour, full sail"--
"Oh no!" said Mr. Müller, "it is poor George Müller who needs daily to pray, 'Hold Thou me up in my goings, that my footsteps slip not.'"
The close of such lives as those
of Asa and Solomon were to Mr. Müller a perpetual warning, leading him to pray
that he might never thus depart from the Lord in his old age.
After prayer by Mr. J. L. Stanley, Col. Molesworth gave out the hymn,
"Tis sweet to think of those at rest."
And after another prayer by Mr. Stanley Arnot, the body was borne to its resting-place in Arno's Vale Cemetery, and buried beside the bodies of Mr. Müller's first and second wives, some eighty carriages joining in the procession to the grave. Everything from first to last was as simple and unostentatious as he himself would have wished. At the graveside Col. Molesworth prayed, and Mr. George F. Bergin read from 1 Cor. xv. and spoke a few words upon the tenth verse, which so magnifies the grace of God both in what we are and what we). --WStS Scripture annotation.]
Mr. E. K. Groves, nephew of Mr. Müller, announced as the closing hymn the second given out by him at that last prayer meeting at the orphanage.
"We'll sing of the Shepherd that died."
Mr. E. T. Davies then offered prayer,
and the body was left to its undisturbed repose, until the Lord shall come.
Other memorial services were held at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, and very naturally at Bethesda Chapel, which brought to a fitting close this series of loving tributes to the departed. On the Lord's day preceding the burial, in nearly all the city pulpits, more or less extended reference has been made to the life, the character, and the career of the beloved saint who had for so many years lived his irreproachable life in Bristol. Also the daily and weekly press teemed with obituary notices, and tributes to his piety, worth, and work.
It was touchingly remarked at his funeral that he first confessed to feeling weak and weary in his work that last night of his earthly sojourn; and it seemed specially tender of the Lord not to allow that sense of exhaustion to come upon him until just as He was about to send His chariot to bear him to His presence. Mr. Müller's last sermon at Bethesda Chapel, after a ministry of sixty-six years, had been from 2 Cor. v.1:
"For we know
that,
if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,
we have a building of God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens."
It was as though he had some foretokens of his being about shortly to put off this his tabernacle. Evidently he was not taken by surprise. He had foreseen that his days were fast completing their number. Seven months before his departure, he had remarked to his medical attendant, in connection with the irregularity of his pulse:
"It means death."
Many of the dear orphans-- as when
the first Mrs. Müller died-- wrote, asking that they might contribute toward
the erection of a monument to the memory of their beloved benefactor. Already
one dear young servant had gathered, for the purpose, over twenty pounds. In
conformity with the known wishes of his father-in-law that only the simplest
headstone be placed over his remains, Mr. Wright thought necessary to check
the inflow of such gifts, the sum in hand being quite sufficient.
Further urgent appeals were made both from British and American friends, for the erection of some statue or other large visible monument or memorial, and in these appeals the local newspapers united. At length private letters led Mr. Wright to communicate with the public press, as the best way at once to silence these appeals and express the ground of rejecting such proposals. He wrote as follows:
"You ask me, as one long and closely associated with the late Mr. George Müller, to say what I think would be most in accordance with his own wishes as a fitting memorial of himself. Will not the best way of replying to this question be to let him speak for himself?
"Ist. When he erected Orphan House No. 1, and the question came what is the building to be called, he deliberately avoided associating his own name with it, and named it 'The New Orphan House, Ashley Down.' N.B.-- To the end of his life he disliked hearing or reading the words 'Müller's Orphanage.' In keeping with this, for years, in every Annual Report, when referring to the Orphanage he reiterated the statement, 'The New Orphan Houses on Ashley Down, Bristol, are not my Orphan Houses,... they are God's Orphan Houses.' (See, for example, the Report for 1897, p. 69.)
"2d. For years, in fact until he was nearly eighty years old, he steadily refused to allow any portrait of himself to be published; and only most reluctantly (for reasons which he gives with characteristic minuteness in the preface to 'Preaching Tours') did he at length give way on this point.
"3d. In the last published Report, at page 66, he states:
'The primary object I had in view in carrying on this work,' viz., 'that it might be seen that now, in the nineteenth century, God is still the Living God, and that now, as well as thousands of years ago, He listens to the prayers of His children and helps those who trust in Him.'
"From these words and ways of acting, is it not evident, that the only 'memorial' that George Müller cared about was that which consists in the effect of his example, Godward, upon his fellow men? Every soul converted to God (instrumentally) through his words or example constitutes a permanent memorial to him as the father in Christ of such an one. Every believer strengthened in faith (instrumentally) through his words or example constitutes a similar memorial to his spiritual teacher.
"He knew that God had, already, in the riches of His grace, given him many such memorials; and he departed this life, as I well know, cherishing the most lively hope that he should greet above thousands more to whom it had pleased God to make him a channel of rich spiritual blessing.
"He used often to say to me, when he opened a letter in which the writer poured out a tale of sore pecuniary need, and besought his help to an extent twice or three or ten times exceeding the sum total of his (Mr. Müller's) earthly possessions at the moment,
'Ah! these dear people entirely miss the lesson I am trying to teach them, for they come to me, instead of going to God.'
"And if he could come back to us for an hour, and listen to all account of what his sincerely admiring, but mistaken, friends are proposing to do to perpetuate his memory, I can hear him, with a sigh, exclaiming,
'Ah! these dear friends are entirely missing the lesson that I tried for seventy years to teach them,' viz., 'That a man can receive nothing except it be given him from above,'
"and that, therefore, it is the Blessed Giver, and not the poor receiver, that is to be glorified.
"Yours faithfully,
"JAMES WRIGHT." |
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“We understand what matters most to patients at RMC is the quality and safety of the care they receive. That is why we have made it a top priority to improve positive patient outcomes through evidence-based care processes,” said Louis Bass, CEO of RMC. “We are extremely proud to be named a Top Performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our entire hospital staff.”
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Holidaymakers in the South West are choosing UK holidays and all-inclusive breaks overseas in a bid to ensure they get value for money at a time of poor exchange rates, according to one of the region’s longest established holiday providers.
Bakers Dolphin, established in 1889, says sales online and at its shops in Bristol and Weston-super-Mare show that a greater proportion of people are likely to be holidaying in the UK this year.
Those going abroad are taking the risk out of holiday spending by choosing all-inclusive and set cost deals where they are not exposed to poor rates of exchange against the pound.
Amanda Harrington, Sales and Marketing Director, said: “Your pound is not buying so much abroad this year, either against the Euro or the dollar and for many people that is impacting on their holiday choices.
“We are seeing an upturn in interest in people from the South West holidaying in Scotland, where there are some beautiful areas to visit and places such as Pembrokeshire on the Welsh coast. Our website shows people are searching for last minute deals and bargains and booking later than in previous years in the hope of getting a good deal.
“Special interest holidays where people visit heritage sites, railways and historic castles and cities are also high on people’s agendas as they look for something different to do in the UK.”
For those determined to go abroad the advantages of package deals and all-inclusive breaks are proving to be attractive.
Said Amanda Harrington: “Travel companies like ourselves buy rooms and meals well in advance and that is proving a great advantage for holidaymakers this year. The packages are better value than ever and with meals and drinks included often mean you can make your holiday spending go a long way.
“Cruises are proving more popular than ever for this reason as they work out at extremely good value when you consider the food, the number of places you visit and the entertainment is all paid for before you get on board. Our shop in The Arcade, Broadmead, has been particularly busy with cruise passengers – many going for the first time and many of them younger than the traditional cruise customer.
“We concentrate mostly on coach holidays but we have a number where there are flights out to start your break and these are also being snapped up. With the Euro now worth 85p when a few years ago it was close to 60p people are really noticing the difference when they have to buy things abroad.”
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When different variety. They do say after all that variety is the spice of life. This year I was given seeds for chillies called ‘Paper Lanterns’, a very hot type of chilli, which I’m sure will ‘give an extra kick’ to the sauce I intend to make once they have ripened. Next year, and yes I have already bought the seeds, I am going to grow chillies called ‘Twilight’. Not too hot, but with a variety of different colours. Very excited!
My very first paper lantern chilli.
You may be wondering as I blab on, why on earth I chose this as my topic for Wednesday Wonders. Well we all know chillies can be mild to very, very hot but why do they leave that burning sensation in your mouth once you’ve taken a bite? What was the reason for chillies to evolve like this? I can’t think of any other fruiting vegetable in the garden that leaves such a memorable aftershock.
Cayenne pepper chillies ripening on the plant.
DID YOU KNOW? Chillies are from the same family as tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and potatoes.
The chemical found in chillies is called capsaicin and when it comes into contact with our nervous system, it creates that tingling sensation. I always thought the spiciest part of a chilli was its seeds, however, recently I read, the hottest part are the fibres that hold the seeds to the inside of the chilli.
Close up of chilli seeds on the fibres.
The reason why chillies leave a hot after taste is all to do with evolution and to aid in the dispersal of seeds out in the wild. When a human eats a chilli’s seeds, they are destroyed and the plant is unable to continue it’s family line. The heat from the peppery pods is therefore meant to repel mammals from eating them and also from destroying their seeds. Birds, on the other hand, are more tolerant and have been noted to be immune to the capsaicin in chillies. When a bird eats a chilli, the seeds are not destroyed in its digestive system and yes you guessed it, when the bird has to go to the toilet, the seeds leave the bird’s body fully intact and are able to grow into plants and continue for another generation. Despite their intense heat, these clever chillies really are ‘cool’. |
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European Approaches to the Gender Pay Gap
The policies of other nations can offer some insight into how to address pay inequality. Iceland, for example, has consistently been at the top of the world rankings for workplace gender equality in the World Economic Forum survey..
Policies not directly linked to salary can help as well. German children have a legal right to a place in kindergarten from the age of three years, which has allowed one-third of mothers who could not otherwise afford nursery school or kindergarten to join the workforce.. Steps such as the collection and reporting of aggregate salary data, or some form of early education or subsidized childcare, are positive steps toward eventually achieving the goal of wage equality.
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Multinational tax crackdown in budget shows cuts to ATO cost millions, says Labor
By Heath Aston
The Turnbull government's $4 billion raid on tax-dodging multinationals appears to amount to little more than the natural dividend of hiring extra staff to the depleted ranks of the Australian Tax Office, according to tax transparency campaigners and Labor.
Treasurer Scott Morrison announced in the budget that 390 new staff would be part of a 1300-strong "tax avoidance taskforce" looking at tax compliance by multinational companies operating in Australia.
The price tag for the staffing boost is listed in the budget papers as $680 million over four years.
In 2014, Neil Olesen, second commissioner at the ATO, told the House of Representatives' standing committee on tax and revenue that each $1 invested in employing tax officers returns up to $6 in extra revenue to the public coffers.
Labor MP Andrew Leigh.Credit:Elesa Kurtz
On that basis, the new staff announced as part of the tax avoidance taskforce would be expected to generate $4 billion over the four-year period - or almost exactly what the government has pencilled in as the revenue boost from multinationals.
Shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh said the revenue boost applied to the hirings was evidence that the 4700 redundancies at the ATO since the Coalition came to office was evidence that cuts to the department had cost revenue.
"Promising to restore some of the Tax Office's funding in this budget is an admission of failure, not a new crackdown on multinationals. It's too little and too late," he said.
Mark Zirnsak of the Tax Justice Network said the renewed focus on multinationals was welcome.
Treasurer Scott Morrison announced a beefed-up tax team to target multinational tax avoidance in the 2016 budget.Credit:Andrew Meares
"This will be a boost to the multinational area but we are well aware there's a lot of tax being lost in other areas. The tax avoidance taskforce does not make up for the fact they have cut much more staff from other parts of the ATO," he said.
Since the change of government, the ATO has had to trim its workforce from more just over 22,000 to about 18,500.
Mr Morrison said the avoidance taskforce will be given extra powers to investigate and penalise multinationals that divert profits offshore.
A new diverted profits tax modelled on Britain's "Google tax" is expected to raise $100 million a year from the 2018 financial year.
Mr Morrison said Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan will provide regular progress reports to government and that information will be released to the public for the first time at the end of the year.
Mr Zirnsak said the government appeared aware that frustration at corporate tax evasion was widespread in the community.
"This was designed to partly neutralise the issue ahead of the election but I think people are going to stick with this for quite some time," he said. |
One of the things I really enjoy is my volunteer work with Alberta Angel Dresses.
Alberta Angel Dresses provides tiny gowns for premature and term babies ( angels as we like to call them) who never leave the hospital with their family. These little dresses are made from donated wedding gowns from around the province. This program provides comfort for families by providing a beautiful gown for final photos and for burial services.
I started Alberta Angel Dresses almost 3 years ago with my good friends Tara and Heather. My own personal reasons for doing it were pretty selfish really, I was a doula for over 10 years and I really have a soft spot for babies. I was blessed and never had to deal with the loss of a child or grandchild, but I know people who have. I also have a love of sewing and bridal wear. A long time ago, I used to work with a bridal designer in Calgary. I loved the fabrics, the lace, the designs, the gowns…. oh the finished gowns! What I really hated was the stress of working with the very expensive lace and fabric along with trying to make something perfect for a brides special day.
I knew that sewing bridal wear was never something I wanted to do for a living, I just found it stressful. BUT this new project allowed me to work with gowns, beautiful fabrics and lace. And no Bridezillas.
Now, as I head up this project, I meet so many gracious women who are so happy to be handing over their beloved gowns for such a meaningful program, some have very personal reasons for wanting to do so. Or occasionally, some women are handing over gowns, that had bad memories and were otherwise going to be burned; they would rather have them used for good.
My love of babies, my love of gowns, my love of sewing and my desire to help a grieving parent by doing something very small and nice for them felt like just the right volunteer project for me. I get to be creative and create beautiful things, for such a good cause.
But I do not do it all alone. Alberta Angel Dresses is lucky to have Heather< who is an amazing, organized admin for us. We also have numerous dedicated volunteers who use their time and talent to sew for us. We are happy to be in so many Alberta Hospitals and have so much support for our project that started as an idea between 3 friends on Facebook messenger.
Each gown usually takes at least 20 hours to deconstruct and transform into our little Angel Dresses. But for those of us who do this, it is truly a passion and while sometimes a sad process it really is a passion and a labour of love.
So.. that is a little bit about my volunteer project that melts my heart. Some people coach hockey, some people teach adults to read. I sew Angel Dresses. I feel it is really important to have something that you love and share with others for no other reason than it makes ‘ your heart happy’, as my granddaughter Lilli likes to say!
What about you? Do you have a volunteer project that you love, and that is never a chore? Please share it in the comments.
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I absolutely love this!! I have never had to go through the loss of a child, but I have many friends who have and this is such a meaningful gift for families. Thank you for doing what you do.
I have never lost a child either. I have been blessed. My heart breaks for those who have. So if in a small way I can do something nice for them, it makes me feel like a better human.
This is so beautiful and dear to my heart! These ladies are amazing, they are sharing such love and commitment at such a heart wrenching time. I relocated from the East Coast 3 years ago to Fort McMurray, Feeling lonely (missing my dear family) and needing to connect with my new city as I was always a volunteer, I came across Alberta Angel Gowns on Facebook looking for seamstresses, I nervously applied, and was honoured when they graciously accepted me! It is with deep heartfelt gratitude, that I can design and create these little gowns, to maybe just ease a little of the pain these families are enduring! My family and friends have had loses as well. I am thankful for the ladies who bless us with their beautiful gowns! I am proud to say I am a seamstress with Alberta Angel Gowns!
Blessings to all Holly Misener
Holly we are so happy to have you! Your work is beautiful, and like all of us, you put some of your heart in each little gown that you sew. We are so lucky to have a way to share our time and talents.
That is so lovely. I bet you really bring some beauty into what is a horrible time for a family.
My two boys spent time in the NICU. We were fornuate they both came home and are healthy. If it had been the other way, this would have been a great gesture.
I am so happy to hear that both your boys are healthy now and everything turned out good!
I have recently moved from Alberta to BC Are there chapters here? And how does one get in touch?
Hi Shiela This is the only group that I know of in BC.
Im in Edmonton Alberta and I have 2 wedding gowns that i would like to donate. Where do i donate the gows??
Hi Carrie, we still have a lot of gowns to work through, so we can not take any at this time.
My dear friend and photographer at my site 1010ParkPlace.com is a regional co-ordinator for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. These photographer volunteers are on call to photograph a baby and their family that has already passed or they know won’t make it. How would the families get these dresses in time to bury their babies? I’d like to tell my friend about this so NILMDTS can share it with these families. Thanks, Brenda
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I wanted to share some beautiful images with you. This is one of my most favorite books ever. It's been out for quite awhile but as I thumb through the pages, I can't believe how much I love the images I see. I scanned several pages just to give you an idea of what's inside ~
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Hello Dear Dawn, Thats looks like a wonderful book. Thanks for sharing. Congrats. on your news sweet news. I will go over and give that shop a visit.
It's so heart breaking about Nita's husband, John. That family has been through so much already, and now this. I pray God give them strength to bear this burden.
Blesings,Shelley
I have that book too and I love the eye candy! So inspiring. Thanks for the sweet words. I'm thrilled you're on my team!
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This is a beautiful book, one that I also have! Very nice of you to scan and show some of the lovely pictures in it!
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Thank you for dropping in today! I have to say I love the look of this book - I will definitely try to find it. It looks fabulous!
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Thank you for sharing the book. I'm heading over to Amazon to see if I can find it.
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I love that book. I was thrilled when I found it at Half-Price (love that store). And yes, it is chock full of beautiful things and that stand to the test of time.
Thanks for the reminder to go back and look at it again.
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Our Tale of Ticket Woes
What's a Neil Young fan supposed to do?
So we go to the venue Box Office this morning and get there thinking we're a little late, but realize we're first in line?!. Cool. We can see inside but it's dark. Hmm. Not good.
As the time approaches 10AM, we realize it doesn't look like tickets will go onsale at the venue itself. Not that our motivation was to avoid Ticketmaster fees (although that's incentive enough), we thought we'd give it a try given the fiasco of on-line ticket sales we've experienced.
Desperately trying to go online with our mobile was hopeless. Ever tried typing CAPTCHA decoding on a handheld mobile? Good luck.
By the time we got our laptop connected to TM it was 10:15. But then we saw tickets weren't onsale yet? Huh? Maybe a delay? Sold Out already???
After about 15 minutes of re-freshes, it dawned on us that maybe we were wrong about the sale today, Friday @ 10? So we checked and there it is (above). WTF???
You know, all a Neil fan wants is good concert seats with minimal hassle.
Screw the posters & memorabilia. Screw the bootlegs. F* the autographed photos.
Just give us fans a fair shot at decent seats. We refuse to pay more than face value for concert tickets on principal. It is a rule amongst fans that tickets are sold at face. No profits between fans is the operating assumption.
So we wasted half our morning for NOTHING.
You know, we're big fans of Pearl Jam, as well. We're in the PJ fan club 10 Club. Recently, we picked up seats for their tour. If you're a member, they send a mail with instructions. Login with member ID and buy a pair. Had a pair in less than 5 minutes. Very easy. Very fair. Hassle free. Zero stress.
PJ fan seats are allocated by member seniority. We've been members for 10 years or so, so we get pretty decent seats down in front. In the pit.
You go to venue, show ID and pickup the tix. No fan ticket re-sales permitted.
It works.
What's going on now with the horrid, horrid TicketMaster/Live Nation Corporations oligopoly merger will only make matters worse.
The corrupt, rotted system is blatantly rigged against the ordinary people fans and tilted in favor of the wealthy elite.
That's a fact.
f* it all. |
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A 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V8. Rear-wheel drive. At least 450bhp. Big angry face.
All these are excellent things. Which is why we have very, very high hopes for the Lexus RC-F, Japan's supercoupe riposte to BMW's M4 and the Audi RS5.
How will it compare to its rivals? "We believe this car will be the most fun to drive," a Lexus boss told TG. Here's hoping him speak truth.
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Commentary No. 85, Mar. 15, 2002
"Israel/Palestine: Can There Be Peace?"
It's getting harder and harder to believe that there is an end in sight for the warfare. It was always a difficult political situation with no easy solutions. It wasn't, however, inevitable that we came to where we have come today. What we have is a situation in which two modern nationalist movements have laid claim to the same land. It is not however merely that they have both claimed a limited stretch of contested land. They have both claimed the entire land area in question.
In such a situation, everyone has seen from the beginning that there were only three possible definitive solutions: (1) the establishment of a binational state; (2) either the one or the other side won 100% of the land (and probably expelled or killed the others); (3) there would be a partition to which both sides would agree.
Binational states are hard enough to keep together (Canada, Belgium, Cyprus), but they seem virtually impossible to found when they don't already exist historically (and the two that were founded ab initio - Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia - no longer exist). The now forgotten Jewish intellectual, Judah Magnes, who was the first Chancellor of the Hebrew University, struggled to create a binational state in the pre-1948 period, but he never had a large audience for his views. Some Palestinian intellectuals have proposed similar ideas recently. But they too don't have much audience for such views. Given everything that has occurred, it doesn't seem a politically viable option.
Then there is the idea of mutual destruction. This idea has a much larger audience than the idea of a binational state. I would guess (there are no opinion polls) that perhaps 30% of Israeli Jews and 30% of Palestinian Arabs are in fact in favor of this option, even if some of them would deny it. So this is a serious option, and there are people seriously pursuing it. Of course, those on each side who favor this option think they would be the victorious ones, and would give you long geopolitical analyses (not to speak of the expected divine intervention) to show you why they would win. And who knows? Perhaps one of them is right. Then the world could chalk up another holocaust - of Arabs or of Jews - and move on to other matters (unless of course one or the other managed to start a nuclear war).
That leaves the rest of us (Israelis, Palestinians, and third parties) who do not believe a binational state is credible and who refuse to regard sanguinely Armageddon. This might be called the camp of some kind of peace. The problem is what kind of peace? It is not so simple, anywhere in any situation, to be for peace. For there are two kinds of peace agreements. There are those which cut the pie 50-50 more or less. And there are those which cut the pie 80-20 more or less. Speak to me not of justice. Peace and justice are not only not the same thing but quite often incompatible. So, if you are for peace, you often have to put it ahead of justice, or at least ahead of full justice.
The trouble with peace camps is that very few in them are really in favor of a 50-50 solution. The majority usually are looking for solutions that are 80-20 in favor of one side or the other. This was certainly true in the negotiations before and after Oslo in the case of Israel/Palestine. The only difference between Sharon and Barak is that Sharon has increased the percentage from 80-20 to 95-5. That is more or less the difference between Arafat and Hamas. Getting a deal that is closer to 50-50 is a long way off. And in the meantime, the war is escalating, and may be now beyond the control of the camp of peace.
What is a 50-50 solution? I shall not answer the question, because every reader will quibble with me about details. We have had many starting points for a 50-50 solution in the past. Today, people are focusing on the elusive proposals of Prince Abdullah. I guess they're as good a starting-point as any. But no one seems to be starting. And in a year, Abdullah's proposals may be history, like the Mitchell proposals. In any case, what is important if one is to get to a 50-50 arrangment is not just a plan, but a certain spirit, a certain degree of mutual exhaustion, and a certain degree of outside pressure.
At the moment, the spirit isn't there, the exhaustion is just beginning to be felt, and the outside pressure is simply absent. The United States is Israel's ally, as its leaders never tire of stating publicly, and this is more true than ever today. Its pressure is in favor of a pro-Israel 80-20 solution. The Europeans are more equitable, which is why the Israelis don't want them to play a role. But the Europeans are also still unwilling to buck the United States publicly on this issue. This is part of the larger question of European-U.S. relations. And Abdullah surely cannot do it alone, if indeed he is in favor of a 50-50 solution.
So what will happen? This is why one has every justification to be pessimistic, even if that is a terrible thing to be. After the Israelis reoccupy permanently the West Bank and Gaza, and someone launches biological and/or chemical weapons, and the Mosque of Omar and the Wailing Wall are blown up, we shall be able to see a posteriori which side has committed suicide. It will be the subject of many a doctoral dissertation and journalistic account. There may even be novels, great novels.
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I still remember the very first time I got paid. At fourteen, I was working in an aged care facility –safe to say, I learned plenty of lessons along the way – and the feeling of opening up that littleyellow envelope was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. This is it, I thought, I’m totally on my way to success. And while the process has long since transformed from envelope to email (and my career path has taken a somewhat different turn), that same excitement is still there.
It turns out I’m not alone. Research commissioned by the team at Xero has found that rushes of (aptly named) ‘payphoria’ sweep over Aussies throughout the country every time they get paid. Those feelings – the happiness, the joy, not to mention the relief – are something we can all relate to. Just as we’ve known the inevitable stress and panic that hit when the countdown to payday is on.
Which is why it comes as no surprise that mapping out Australia’s payday trends has shown that people tend to have a huge emotional and psychological response to their earnings.
The spending, the saving and the struggling
For many, payday means a free pass to treat themselves or others, have a night out with friends or family, make an extravagant purchase, book a trip or event, or go all out and buy a new outfit– with 80 percent of people recognising that they work hard, and deserve to enjoy their money now in return. And while Australians largely consider themselves a nation of savers, over one in two know that they should save more… but that would mean giving up on luxuries (and don’t we know it).
Amongst all the celebration, however, the payday pinch is a very real concern. In an effort to conserve cash in the lead up, the study uncovered that many cut back on much-loved rituals such as coffee and eating out, with 34 percent even delaying paying household bills. While one in three workers have less than $100 in their bank account ahead of payday. And a significant portion of people are relying on short term fixes to support themselves, such as Afterpay, payday loans, credit cards or overdrafts.
Making payroll smoother, smarter and fairer
When it comes to payday, it’s only natural that the starting point should be for employees to be paid on time and accurately. And when this isn’t the case, the ramifications are felt business-wide. Shining a light on the financial strain felt by employees, it was revealed that 22 percent of all respondents had been paid late. As a result, 68 percent reported feeling stressed, while slightly more than two in five felt less engaged and productive at work, and one in three considered leaving their job.
There are a number of reasons why employees might be experiencing anomalies with their pay, but the majority of employers try to do the right thing when paying staff. The ATO’s Single Touch Payroll (STP) legislation ensures that all businesses in Australia are reporting their payroll digitally, improving efficiencies and reducing errors. This new way of working will help business owners to streamline their operations and act as a catalyst for greater accuracy, security and timeliness when paying employees.
All of which makes for increased trust and happier employees. After all, happiness isn’t only essential for the wellbeing of employees, but for business performance too with satisfied staff more likely to be engaged, and therefore contribute positively to their organisation’s financial success.
In the end, however, it’s not just about the hard-earned cash. For me, that first paycheck was a symbol of my growing independence, and offered concrete proof that I was contributing to something bigger than myself. From enhancing our self-confidence, to heightening our emotions and ultimately dictating how we live our lives – it’s safe to say that payroll is much more than just a financial task.
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How long has it been since a Louisville high school player really got college basketball coaches excited? When was the last time U of L had any talent to pick from in its own back yard? Seems like forever.
The long dry spell may finally be over. Quentin Snider, a 6-foot-1 guard at Ballard High School and a member of the 2014 recruiting class, committed to Louisville Thursday, according to Jody Demling of the Courier-Journal:
“Any other school and we might have waited,” his father, Scott, said. “But Louisville is where he always wanted to go, so there was no other offer he needed to wait for. It’s a top-10 program and it’s right here.”
Louisville first and foremost.
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The family of Steve Kragthorpe has had a stretch of terrible luck since he left Tulsa in 2007 to become head football coach at Louisville. Sad to learn that he has contracted Parkinson’s Disease, a year after his wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Kragthorpe is giving up his post as offensive coordinator at LSU to become the quarterbacks coach, a somewhat less stressful position. As we’ve seen with Muhammad Ali, the disease leads to shaking and tremors and difficulty with walking, movement and coordination. There’s no known cure.
Kragthorpe always seemed to be a likable individual, despite his shortcomings as a head coach. They’ve had plenty of opportunities, but few former players have disparaged him. What’s done is done, time for the trashing is past. We wish him well.
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A couple of more thoughts about the “UK Legends” playing the Dominican Republic national team at the KFC Yum! Center.
If the UK basketball coach were anyone besides John Calipari, the game could be perceived as a good will gesture. As we all know, however, Calipari has no good will for Rick Pitino or the University of Louisville.
A more appropriate opponent at the Yum! Center would have been a team consisting of former U of L players. That might have earned Calipari some respect and less suspicion about his motivation.
As for Denny Crum, he’s obviously not concerned about associating the rivalry with an exhibition game. It gets him a little notoriety and back on the basketball court, things he has obviously missed. |
Certain Honda models between 2001 and 2016 are affected by the Takata airbag recall.
About 50 million Takata airbags have been recalled for a dangerous risk of explosion when they deploy. Although 19 automakers are involved in the recall, Honda, Takata’s biggest customer, accounts for 20 million of the recalled airbags, and more than four million of those have not yet been replaced.
Honda has been issuing recalls for vehicles with Takata airbags since 2008, but the pace rapidly increased in 2014 as the extent of the deaths and injuries associated with the airbags became publicly known. All of the affected airbags use a propellant containing the volatile chemical ammonium nitrate, which is housed in a metal canister inside the steering wheel or dash. In a crash that requires an airbag deployment the propellant is ignited to create gas that rapidly inflates the airbag cushion. When exposed to moisture and heat for prolonged periods, ammonium nitrate can ignite expelling too much gas to quickly, overpressurizing the metal canister and causing it to break apart spewing metal shrapnel into the occupant compartment. At least 23 people have died worldwide, and hundreds more have been injured, often in only mild crashes.
Which Honda Models Are on the Recall List?
Many 2001 to 2016 Honda models are included recalls related to Takata airbag defects and a subset of these recalled vehicles has proven to be even more dangerous because of manufacturing problems that only worsened the problem. Those vehicles include 2001-2003 Honda and Acura vehicles driver side airbags which were made with ammonium nitrate propellant that left exposed to moisture in the factory. These driver airbag inflators are referred to as the “Alpha” design because they were the first inflators originally recalled and the manufacturing defect was readily identifiable as the primary cause. In testing on recovered inflators, NHTSA discovered that the Alpha inflators exploded in 50 percent of the simulated crashes prompting Honda and NHTSA to note the added urgency for replacement in models with this design. These models include the following:
- 2001-2002 Honda Accord
- 2001-2002 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2002-2003 Acura 3.2TL
- 2003 Acura 3.2CL
Other vehicles affected include:
- 2003-2012 Honda Accord
- 2003-2011 Honda Civic
- 2003-2011 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2001-2011 Honda Civic NGV
- 2010-2015 Honda Crosstour
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What If There Is a Recall on My Honda?
If your Honda is on the list of recalled vehicles, you can get your airbag replaced at any authorized Honda or Acura dealership service center for free. You may also qualify for a free rental car to use while your car is in the shop, or until the dealership has the parts in stock to complete your replacement.
In addition, you may be eligible to file a claim to recover up to $250 in out-of-pocket costs resulting from this recall, thanks to a settlement agreement in a class action case against the automaker. This could include compensation for:
- The cost of a rental car
- Lost wages because of the replacement
- Childcare during the replacement
- Other expenses directly related to the recall
The millions of vehicles left unrepaired highlight failures of the recall system which include manufacturers’ long delays in initiating the recalls, their use of outdated ownership and address information, and the lack of or delayed replacement part availability. To determine whether your vehicle has an unrepaired recall visit and enter your Vehicle Information Number (VIN).
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Barndollar Lectureship Series
September 9–11, 2013
This annual program at Baptist Bible Seminary provides an opportunity for well-known theologians and ministry professionals to interact with
students concerning important theological matters. The lecturers expand students' horizons and stimulate them to dig deeper into the particular theme area.
COST: Free. No registration required.
2013 Speaker
Dr. Andrew Snelling, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D.
Director of Research Answers in Genesis
Petersburg, KY
Dr. Snelling completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Geology at the University of New South Wales in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1982. Dr. Snelling.
Schedule
Pastors and other community members are encouraged to attend. Sessions begin each morning at 10 a.m. in the Phelps Student Center.
Why Noah's Flood and the Earth's Age Matter (Sept. 9)
Rock Layers, Fossils, and the Flood (Sept. 10)
The Flood¹s Big Picture Mechanism and the Evidences for It (Sept. 11)
About the W.W. Barndollar Lecture Series
The series was established in 1993 in memory of W. Walker Barndollar. It honors his years of service to BBC&S as a professor committed to the pursuit of academic excellence. The desire was that Seminary faculty would choose a speaker with academic credibility who could model the finest in English Bible exposition to seminarians.
For additional information, please contact the BBS Registrar at [email protected] or call 570.585.9396.... |
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In queries relating to the Ropecon Association, you can contact the association’s information coordinator, Heidi Westerlund.
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Backcountry Splitboarding in Oregon and Beyond!
I left the southern Willamette Valley just before 5 in the morning, seeking September turns at Mt Hood. After a quick drive up Interstate 5, I pulled into the Alpine campground at 7:30 to meet Todd, who’d spent the night there. We headed up to the Timberline parking lot and it was quite cold. Looking to make the most of our day, we bought a summer lift ticket, loaded the Magic Mile chairlift and rode up to the Palmer Snowfield. For the first couple of hours in the morning, we spun laps on the snowfield, and the snow was in great shape. Around noon, we headed down to the parking lot for a quick break and some lunch before heading back up to do some climbing. From the top of the Palmer, we chose to ascend via the White River snowfield. Here’s a shot of Todd skinning below the White River Glacier headwall….
Climbing below the White River headwall
The White River snowfield was pretty cupped on the ascent, so we headed out towards the Zigzag Glacier and Illumination Rock in search of some smoother snow. Dropping down onto the Zigzag Glacier, we were pleased to find much better snow conditions. After a short break, I climbed out to Illumination Saddle, where the wind was really howling.
Illumination Saddle
The view down to the Reid Glacier was beautiful with the cloud deck a few thousand feet below, and it appeared to still be in decent condition for riding. Since Todd had my camera, I snapped the below photo with my cell phone…..
Reid Glacier, September 2010
We strapped into our gear around 11:30 and headed down, as it appeared the clouds might be moving back in and could possibly obscure our vision on the way down. The first turns were a bit bumpy, but it was pretty nice for September! Here’s a couple of shots from around 9000 feet….
Todd skiing below Crater Rock
September turns on the Zigzag
The snow below about 8800 feet was smooth corn and in really nice shape for September. We continued to make turns down the snowfield, with Illumination Rock in the background…
Boarding below Illumination Saddle
Todd skiing in front of Illumination Rock
Once down to the bottom of the snowfield, we cracked open a Green Lakes Ale from Deschutes Brewery and admired our turns down the last pitch (ours are to the left in the picture)…
Turns on the Little Zig Zag
After downing the suds, it was a quick 10 minute hike back to the east and we were standing at the bottom of the Palmer Chair. So, we hopped on the lift and spun another lap before the hill closed. The run down the Mile Canyon was pretty nice, and left us within a few hundred feet of the cars. Overall, I’d have to say this was probably my most enjoyable September up on Hood! Here’s a parting shot of Todd skiing on the Zig Zag…
Sweet September Corn! |
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I was one busy music editor this weekend. Along with my usual stint at the Core for the Battle of the Bands on Saturday, I had promised one local singer/guitar player I would come listen to him at Opa and I had promised myself that I would go hear Pretty Girls Make Graves at the Venue. So I started there.
Since Boise Weekly and the Venue share a building, it wasn't much of a trek to get to the Venue from work. However, I had (and still have) plenty of work to do, so I got to the show a little late. I missed ValenXthine--although I did get a chance to hear them rock the house during Round Two of the Battle of the Bands--but I was in time to hear Speed of Shark. And I have to say that this band is really quite good. Their songs are melodic and danceable but have a hard edge. Most of the songs I heard were sung by their female vocalist/guitar player, who sings in a clear, lovely voice. Obviously influenced by Sonic Youth, Speed of Shark has a refreshing, unique sound that combines a number of styles. I like the fact that they put as much effort into their lyrics as they do the rest of their music and I really enjoyed hearing and seeing them perform. They were a great opening choice for Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Pretty Girls is another group that puts engergy and emotion into singing and what the song means and even when the lyrics are a little strange (they have a song about castles. PGMG fans know the song I'm referring to). In a world where singing has given way to guttural, monotonous screaming, Andrea Zollo's voice is such a breath of fresh, passionate air. I'm glad I caught this show and I hope they come back through town again soon.
After Pretty Girls, I headed across town to Opa to catch Ryan Peck. When I walked through the door, he was in mid-song and I was immediately entranced. Peck's singing and playing are quite beautiful. He uses a variety of pedals and employs guitar looping skills (a form of musical expression I am doing my homework on) to add rich layers to each song. As a singer/songwriter, he's amazing and if this is something he wants to pursue, I will not be surprised someday in the future to hear a radio DJ say, "Ryan Peck's newest release has just gone platinum." What really got me though, was his homage to a stupendous band. As a diehard Radiohead fan, I don't have a lot of patience for covers of their songs. However, Peck's version of "Karma Police" had me singing right along and I just know that if Thom Yorke had been at Opa Friday night hanging out with me (I wish), enjoying delicious cocktails and free appetizers, he would have joined right in. |
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Dubuque Regional Humane Society - A Century of Service Continues
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In 2001 the Dubuque Regional Humane Society celebrated 100 years of reaching out to residents of the tri-state community (Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin) appealing to their sense of compassion, while serving as an advocate for the humane treatment of animals.
When it first began in 1901, the Dubuque Benevolent and Humane Society worked to protect the rights of animals, primarily horses, as well as children. In this era, government agencies that protected child welfare did not exist and horses were forced to do the work of today's tractors, trucks and cars. There had been laws against cruelty and abuse on the books for decades, but they were not enforced. Most people felt that how a person dealt with their children and animals was their own personal business, no matter how brutal. Not unlike today, too often people just did not want to get involved.
In 1877, things began to change nationally with the formation of the American Humane Association. Slowly, the movement gathered momentum. "Dubuque needs a society of this kind very badly for the protection of the dumb brutes and the punishment of the human brutes!" an article read in the Dubuque Daily Herald on February 24, 1882.
And so, in February 1901, after years of planning, a group of volunteers drew up bylaws and formed a local humane society. On April 11, 1901, the first official meeting of the Dubuque Benevolent and Humane Society was held at the Second National Bank in downtown Dubuque. Membership numbered about 50. An office was set up in what is now known as the Fischer Building. Money was raised through annual dues of $1 - $10, with a lifetime membership costing $25.
From its earliest days, public education was a key element of the society's work. Pamphlets and calendars were handed out reminding farmers and teamsters of their responsibilities to their animals. Copies of Black Beauty, the classic novel dealing with animal abuse, were even distributed.
The city provided the fledgling society with some clout by designating a member of the police force to act as the humane officer, enforcing anti-cruelty laws. Several years later, the society joined with the local board of education to pay for a combined truant and humane officer. Finally, in 1904, a humane officer was hired as the first full-time employee of the society. The Dubuque Enterprise referred to the society's influence in a 1904 article, stating "Everyone in Dubuque has heard of it: and nearly everyone has some idea of what it means, even the little 5-year-old boy who called to a teamster, 'You'd better stop whippin' your horse or you'll be 'rested by the Human 'ciety!'"
The humane officer became the alternative to the city dogcatcher, an employee of the city health department who patrolled the streets looking for strays to toss into the pound. The "pound" was a dark, basement coal room at City Hall where animals were most often shot or beaten to death. Calls to the humane officer increased, leading to the establishment of a small animal shelter, one of the first of its kind in a city the size of Dubuque. Property at 2228 Jackson Street was rented and as it developed, the safe-house for lost and stray animals would come to include a home for the caretaker, an outside run for the dogs, an adoption program and kennels for temporary pet lodging.
This arrangement lasted until the mid-1930s, when long time humane officer Charles Arendt retired and the society moved to seven acres of land outside the city limits in Center Grove Township. For a while, the shelter was operated out of a chicken coop. To further cut costs, volunteers collected scraps from local restaurants and colleges to feed the animals. At the time, the new location was a place where the society had room to grow. It allowed for a pet cemetery to be added to the traditional services established at Jackson Street. By the 1950s, after several years of continued improvements, the society had developed the shelter into what was considered at the time to be a state-of-the-art humane facility.
But activity lagged in the latter part of the 1960s, and over the course of the next 20 years, the board of directors went through two reorganizations. The first took place in 1969, but lost momentum after several years. The second, in 1988, revolutionized the shelter into the facility we have today.
Volunteers Barb Ellsworth, John Pernanoud, Dale Repass and Dr. James Stark organized the recruitment of a wide variety of community members to form a new and more active board of directors. "It became apparent that the Dubuque Regional Humane Society needed to make a change," said Dr. Stark, who has provided free veterinarian services to the shelter since the 1970s. "We weren't keeping up with what humane organizations were doing around the country."
Over the years, the Little Shelter Farm property, as it had come to be known, had severely deteriorated and needed immediate attention. Board members found themselves working at Center Grove on weekends. "We spent Saturdays painting and fixing things," said board member Tim Butler. "We invested a fair amount of sweat equity in those first days."
The board determined that a coordinator was needed to oversee the shelter and its expansion. Jane McCall was then hired as the first executive director. Jane immediately began developing ideas and long-range plans for the shelter.
Soon, the board realized these plans could never be accomplished at the current facility. Efforts to relocate the shelter began and in October 1992, the shelter moved to its present day location on North Crescent Ridge Rd. A new facility was built 2 ½ times larger than the old one to accommodate anticipated growth.
Within two years of moving to the new location, the number of animals cared for doubled. Fortunately, the number of adoptions doubled during that time as well. In 1996, a small remodeling project was completed to help ease some of the shelter's growing pains. But the numbers increased faster than anticipated, so less than 10 years after it first opened, the shelter underwent a major upgrade and doubled its number of kennels. It also created a new training center. But it may not be enough. By the end of 2000, the number of animals adopted and cared for tripled from 1992.
Today, due to outstanding public relations efforts, "Humane Jane" and the Dubuque Regional Humane Society have reached household word status in the tri-state area. A dedicated staff of 13 individuals operate the shelter, open to the public 7 days a week, and provide a myriad of services (see sidebar). Through regular community outreach programs, including regular spots on local radio and TV, the adoption program is running at record levels while fundraisers like "Strut Your Mutt" and "Dinner With The Stars" have created positive awareness to the society's mission. The annual pet food drive and donations made by individuals and pet food manufacturers have nearly eliminated all pet food costs.
Thanks to the vision of the Board of Directors, today's society is more regional and national in its scope than at any time in its history. It has contracts with numerous area cities and counties to provide humane services. In 1997, the shelter was chosen as one of the top six humane operations in the country. Jane has been a keynote speaker at national humane meetings and is one of an elite group of trained FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Act) coordinators who are sent around the country to conduct animal rescue efforts in disaster situations.
As the Dubuque Regional Humane Society heads towards its next 100 years, the shelter is expanding its operations to include even more activities. Plans are already in the works for the development of a comprehensive off-site adoption program in Platteville, Galena, Guttenberg and Davenport. A Behavior Program has been started as well. Down the road, a Dog Park will hopefully be developed in conjunction with the City Recreation Department.
Today, the Dubuque Regional Humane Society is a multi-service shelter constantly searching for new and innovative ways to expand on its mission of the prevention of cruelty and abuse of companion animals. Though the times changed, the human-animal bond will always remain, and as long as there are animals in need, the Dubuque Regional Humane Society will be there.
Did you know
The Dubuque Regional Humane Society currently offers the following programs and services to the tri-state area:
- Pet Adoption Services
- Lost and Found Animal Services
- Large and Small Animal Cruelty Investigations
- Head Start Dog-in-Training Program
- Pet Therapy Program (taking animals to 10-12 nursing homes each month)
- Humane Education Programs (over 3,000 students each year)
- Kids and Critters Camp (targets 4th through 6th graders each summer)
- Volunteer Program
- Dubuque Community Y Domestic Violence Program
- Maria House
- Memorandum of Understanding with the American Red Cross
- Hospice Program
- Senior Citizens Adoption Program
- Food Pantry Program
- Dog Boarding
- Pet Cremation and Cemetery
- School Business Partner Program with Bryant School
- Community Service Program
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- Dog Obedience Training
- Animal Behavior Hotline
- Wish List Services
- School to Work Programs
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Hempstead High School
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
- Sponsored radio, television, website and newspaper programs
- Leave A Legacy
- National Disaster Services with the American Humane Association
- National Disaster Services with Code 3 Associates
- Humane Society of the United States Companion Animal Advisory Counsel
- Galle/Schiltz Emergency Animal Fund
- 4-H Pet Program supporter |
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Exercise & Thermal Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, US
Progressive dry to humid hyperthermia alters exercise cerebral blood flow
- Published on July 31, 2019
Introduction
Exercising in hot conditions may increase the risk for exertional heat-related illness due to reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF); however, the acute effect of exercise-induced changes on CBF during compensable and uncompensable heat stress remain unclear. We tested the hypothesis that exercising in hot dry and humid conditions would have different CBF responses.
Methods
Nine healthy active males completed a 30 min baseline rest then 60 min of low intensity self-paced exercise (12 rating of perceived exertion) in a 1) control compensable neutral dry (CN; 23.7 ± 0.7 °C; 10.7 ± 0.8%Rh) and 2) compensable hot dry (CH; 42.3 ± 0.3 °C; 10.7 ± 1.8%Rh) that progressively increased to an uncompensable hot humid (UCH; 42.3 ± 0.3 °C; 55.2 ± 7.7%Rh) environment in random order separated by at least 4 days.
Results
We observed that during CN environments from rest through 60 min of exercise, middle cerebral velocity (MCAvmean) and conductance (MCAvmean CVC) remained unchanged. In contrast, during CH, MCAvmean, MCAvmean CVC, and cardiac output (Q) increased and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) decreased. However, under UCH, MCAvmean, MCAvmean CVC, and Q was reduced. No difference in mean arterial pressure or ventilation was observed during any condition. Only during UCH, end-tidal PO2 increased and PCO2 decreased. The redistribution of blood to the skin for thermoregulation (heart rate, skin blood flow and sweat rate) remained higher during exercise in UCH environments.
Conclusions
Collectively, exercise cerebral blood flow is altered by an integrative physiological manner that differs in CN, CH, and UCH environments. The control of CBF may be secondary to thermoregulatory control which may provide an explanation for the cause of exertional heat illness.
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- Kyleigh N. Allie 1,2
- Paolo M. Salvador 1,2
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Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Do you expect your spouse or significant other of cheating? If so, it is probably driving you crazy. Do not allow this suspicion to get the best of you. Instead, get out there and find out if he/she is really cheating on you. Contrary to belief, there are many ways to catch a cheating partner, without even being detected.
However, you will need to keep your cool and do not let on that you suspect cheating in your relationship. Technology can undoubtedly help. Below, you will discover several tips to help get you started.
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It is very difficult to cheat without spending some cash, because most cheaters like wining and dining their lover. With this said, one of the most common telltale signs of cheating is increased spending. Some cheaters will try to keep their deceptive behavior a secret, by withdrawing cash out of their bank account. In this case, you will have more difficulty determining where the money is actually being spent.
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In fact, there are a variety of applications online that you can download that will let you track your spouse’s contact list and see just how many times he or she is receiving calls from a certain number.
If your partner is getting 10 calls a day from a number that he or she has labeled as work, you can probably guarantee that there is something going on there. If you really want to catch a cheater, you’ll want to use one of these applications. They’ll help you track your spouse’s activities and determine whether or not they’re up to anything fishy.
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If you really want to get to the bottom of the problem, you should think about bugging your spouse’s car. Place a GPS tracking on their vehicle. This will allow you to know exactly where the individual is at any given time. Then, you can conveniently drive by their location and see who they’re with.
If you find out that your partner is spending a lot of time at an old girlfriend’s place, you can pretty much guarantee that they’re cheating on you. Follow this up with cell phone applications and you’ll get the answers you need. Also, remember that some cell phone apps also allow for GPS tracking.
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Private investigators are individuals that know how to get answers. These individuals have dedicated themselves to investigating others. When you’re worried that your partner might be cheating, they can be your best friend. Hiring a private investigator will not be cheap, but it’ll prove to be well worth it in the long run.
A good PI will be able to get you the answers that you need, while ensuring that you do not get caught. They’ll be discreet and they’ll make sure that your name is never mentioned. On top of that, they’ll most likely be able to provide you with photo and video evidence.
Hiring a PI is ultimately a good way to determine whether or not your partner is cheating on you.
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Do you live with your partner? If so, you’ll want to consider bugging your house. Installing cameras and recorders in your home is a wonderful way to determine whether or not your partner is cheating on you. Just remember that this method will only work, if your partner actually brings their new woman or man home with them.
You can also try bugging your partner’s car. Either way, make sure that the cameras and recorders are hidden very well. Otherwise, you’ll wind up getting caught and ruining a potentially good thing. |
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Intel has today unveiled Curie, a low-powered module no bigger than a button, as part of its vision to lead in the wearables field. Company CEO Brian Krzanich announced the module, which will be built on a tiny new chip called the Quark SE, during his keynote at CES in Las Vegas -- a year on from announcing the Intel Edison platform.
The module incorporates the low-power 32-bit Quark microcontroller, 384kB of flash memory, motion sensors, Bluetooth LE and battery-charging capabilities in order to power the very smallest of devices. Intel is hoping Curie will prove the flexible solution designers need to create wearables such as rings, pendants, bracelets, bags, fitness trackers and even buttons. It has been created with always-on applications in mind, so will be suitable for devices that relay notifications or constantly track a wearer's activity. ahead of today's keynote.
Intel is keen to help developers bring products to market as quickly as possible and so will be providing a real-time, open-source software solution called Viper designed to provide people with the tools they will need to take advantage of the platform. "For this wearables market to take off, it's not just going to happen, we have really help push it, we have to make it easy," said Bell.
Intel believes that predictions there will be 50 billion wearable devices by 2020 will not happen without platforms like Curie. "That's not going to happen unless its approachable for people to build those devices," says Bell.
Last year Intel ran the Make it Wearable competition, challenging inventors to create wearable devices based on the Intel Edison platform. Bell says that the competition, set to run again in 2015, will take advantage of the new Curie module and Quark SE chip. "I'm certainly planning that this will be available to the people this year to use in their products, because it really is perfect for wearables. What they did this year with Edison was phenomenal, but this year it will be even better because it's that much smaller and more power efficient."
Speaking of power efficiency, Curie will be able to run with a battery the size of a coin, but ultimately battery size and life is still the thing Bell believes is really holding wearables back. "The chip isn't the issue at this point," he says. "We need to find out how to break through with batteries, but I think some of that stuff's coming." |
How to Use an Ooze
Last week I asked Twitter what kind of Dungeons & Dragons monsters I should write about. I’ve been running Out of the Abyss most of this year, so I listed a few Underdark monsters I’ve used a lot. The clear winner was oozes.
One of the big limitations of oozes is that almost all of them are slower than most player characters. Most player characters can run away from an ooze. In order for an ooze to be a problem, you’ve often got to put your player characters in a tight spot where they can’t run, such as a tight dungeon. Since most oozes can squeeze trough small cracks you could have oozes coming out of the walls to attack and then disappearing back into tiny cracks where the player characters can’t attack them. You’re kind of treating them less like a ‘monster’ and more like a dungeon hazard – something the player characters have to get past in order to get to the business end of the dungeon. Hopefully it’s going to take off a chunk of their hit points, and maybe it will even ruin some of their armor or weapons, so they’re more vulnerable when they face the boss.
When you think about it, there are actually a lot of ways villains could make use of oozes. Oozes could be used in traps. There could be a trap that drops your players into a pit full of oozes. Or a trap that drops oozes on their heads. There could be a potion bottle that actually has a tiny ooze in it.
While we’re talking about bottles of ooze, maybe your villain could be an alchemist who throws vials with oozes in them at your player characters?
If you’re running an adventure that involves a murder investigation, maybe the villain has used an ooze to clean up the evidence like a slimy Roomba?
If the villain manages to capture a prisoner and is trying to get information out of them, maybe their interrogation involves an ooze? The torture could be dipping their hand in a container of corrosive ooze. Or it could be allowing an ooze to eat away at them until they provide answers.
If the player characters are searching a dungeon for an ancient artefact, you could have them find that it’s already been found by another adventurer – maybe a rival. If they take the time to search for clues, they discover a gelatinous cube that devoured the adventurer and the artefact. If the player characters want the artefact, they’ll need to get it out of the ooze.
Oozes aren’t normally sentient, but if your adventure features an intelligent ooze you’ll need to think about how to characterise your ooze non-player character. I’d suggest portraying an ooze as lethargic but ravenous.
If the ooze has consumed a lot of people, I’d have it talking with many different voices. I might even describe the faces of the ooze’s victims appearing briefly in its shifting form. |
Whether you’re new to gardening or have years of experience, there is something very satisfying about growing your own fruit and vegetables as well as beautiful plants and flowers. There are many benefits to allotment gardening:
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- Helps to keep you fit, healthy
- Spend time out in the open air
- Make friends and socialise with like-minded people
- Increasing evidence that gardening can help improve mental health and wellbeing
- Great education for children, learn about nature and the seasons
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the original “The Next Iron Chef” three years ago know, I personally anointed Michael winner because he is a friend and a fellow Clevelander; I also helped him write his book, and we remain friends, so take the following as you will.
The Food Network has created a second channel—and I’m finding this very interesting. The Cooking Channel (NYTimes story here) is devoted more to how-to cooking than to travel and entertainment, and also is attempting to capture a younger audience with shows like “Food Jammers,” a truly bizarre concept that has absolutely zero appeal as far as I’m concerned, I being a 47-year-old jaded writer, old enough to be the uber-food-geek hosts’ dad. But the one show I saw, in which they stuff and roast a turkey, freeze it, slice it in cross sections, build a dehydrator for it, all in an effort to have a thanksgiving dinner while camping, would surely have appealed to my sixth grader son. A guy named David Rocco, who lives in Italy, creates a dump-and-stir show, “La Dulce Vita,” that actually has a narrative line and characters. It creaks a little under the weight of creating that narrative, but I admire it for trying to take the how-to cooking show in a new direction.
And Symon has his own dump-and-stir, “Cook Like an Iron Chef.” In each episode, he works with a single ingredient, as he would on Iron Chef, and he has two assistants helping him prep and who trot up at the end of each dish, tongues a wagging, to taste and ohh and ahh. I have no idea who these characters are, but I’d much rather see Powder, the Lola chef de cuisine (one of Cleveland’s best cooks in fact—can you say crispy bone marrow?) and other chefs we’ve seen on “Iron Chef America,” than these two blameless young cooks, but the show is finding its legs.
What is cool about “Cook Like An Iron Chef,” besides the very good production quality, the dark, industrial set (as opposed to a studio made into an improbable home kitchen), is the fact that Michael is very much himself on the show and his food and what makes it distinctive really comes through (making a vinaigrette for seared scallops, for instance). Yes, he’s a little more hopped up and cheery than he is in person, as he’s no doubt directed to be when he’s filming for TV, but the food and the info is not dumbed down in any way that I could see, or in any way compromised.
Except for the fact that brass at Time Warner made me pay extra to subscribe to The Cooking Channel (perhaps as some sort of fuck-you to the Food Network after battles earlier this year over carriage fees), I’ve liked what I’ve seen and hope, given that it is experimental by nature, that the channel and the man in charge of programming there, Bruce Seidel, will take advantage of this and actually take some chances. Hey Bruce, how about an opinion show, something that took a moral stance on cooking, the importance of teaching every single child at least the basics of feeding oneself decent food, and the importance of, not necessarily of how to roast a chicken, but rather the importance of knowing where that chicken comes from in our increasingly complex and confusing food world? A show on the moral imperative of cooking, and how cooking keeps us not only healthy, but human.
I’m oddly encouraged—and honestly didn’t expect to be—by this new channel and will be tuning in for more.
Carol Blymire
The best part of The Cooking Channel, for me, is the fact that they’re airing the original Galloping Gourmet series. And the very first Julia Child series. But mostly, Galloping Gourmet. Man, I loved that show when I was little. Love it even more now.
Christine Norris
Same here, add to that the “Two Fat Ladies” reruns. I was disappointed to see some of the retreads from the food network. That Italian guy is way too boring, and though Chuck is cute, I’m not too impressed with his recipes and cooking style. Too bad they didn’t import some of the BBC cooking shows, or other imports like Big Chef taking on Little Chef. That one has all the excitement, back-stabbing, cooking finesse, and corporate insider doings, it had me from the beginning. It’s on the Green Channel, of all places, and it is compelling. I was really looking forward to some challenging stuff on the Cooking Channel, but maybe later on.
Rhonda
Christine,
I too loved the Two Fat ladies and I find it completely ironic that Clarissa, who introduced us to the “Bubble and Squeak” with two pounds of lard, is alive and her co-star, Jennifer died of a massive heart attack.
I also agree that Heston Blumenthal’s Big Chef, Little Chef series was OUTSTANDING!!!!!
I hope that series eventually gets aired in the U.S. It sure was educational for me.
Al W
I’m a 53 year old man who loved watching “The Galloping Gourmet”. As a child, I learned the difference between a sip, slurp and gulp of wine. Important things to know growing up. His later healthier shows, while sincere and educational, were no where’s near as fun.
ruhlman
yes, carol, thanks for pointing that out. very good move on their part! hook old farts like you and me.
Chris
Besides cook like an iron chef, the other show on there I like to watch is Chucks day off. That La Dulce Vita show is just unwatchable. I hope they will add some new talent though and not just run re runs of the old shows like they have been doing. And not a plug for DIRECTV, but its free on there.
Mike Vrobel
Darn it, darn it, darn it.
I don’t want to pay extra for the channel. (I have Time Warner too.) But I keep watching the snippets from Cook Like an Iron Chef on the web, and I’m weakening…
Phil
I think the channel is going through growing pains, but it’s definitely headed in the right direction. Just as MTV did with MTV2, a spin-off reservoir for stand-and-stir shows was inevitable. The minute MTV became more about personalities than actual music, the writing was on the wall. I have to wonder if Food Network felt the same way.
Sucks that you have to pay extra for it, however. I’m not sure I would.
Frank
I find it funny that you Americans get a new network that is showing a whole bunch of tired Canadian retreads years after we were first subjected to them. It’s a reversal – for years in Canada we have had to settle for seeing Food Network shows up here a year or two after you first got them.
ruhlman
they’re not all tired canadians, are they?
Natalie Sztern
Chuck certainly isn’t…his resto in Montreal is a favorite and the term ‘what a nice guy’ isn’t even close to what a truly nice guy he is. (yes we have the same tattoo artist and yes I have two but am not at liberty to say where) :))
Didier
Nice guy or inexperienced chef/unstable cokehead with good television connections?
Syd
Looks like they are carrying Laura Calder’s show, which alone is probably worth the subscription fee (maybe, not sure what they’re charging). If they decide to add Martin Picard’s show (recall him salting a side of moose with a shotgun) you’ll have the best of Canadian talent…
Ed
I think Frank is referring to the fact that “Food Jammers” was a fixture on Food Network Canada for a few seasons not long ago, though it hasn’t been on for a couple of years (and I don’t think that new episodes have been make in about that long), and it looks like the episodes listed on the Cooking Channel site are all reruns…
David Rocco has also been on up here for years.
Maybe it’s just that the Canadian spinoff of Food Network has maintained more of a focus on cooking shows, and the mother network figured this was a good way to make use of its right to air them.
Jill
I really really want to like The Cooking Channel, but they’ve been repeating the same 10 episodes of the shows they’ve chosen to air. I really like Canada’s Roger Mooking but they seem to have only two week’s worth of his show, Everyday Exotic, and have been showing them in rotation for the last few months.
I do appreciate their programming for the most part, but after the first month of being on the air I seemed to burn through everything they had to offer and now I find myself almost giving up on them.
Geez, d’ya think they’ll dig up “Crazy for Food” with John Mariani on USA Network in the mid 80s?
ruhlman
now THAT i would like to see!
Check your email.
Michael
What I miss from the new Cooking Channel is the presance of any ‘chefs’ aside from Symon. There are more than enough blindingling white smiles to go around. Everyone looks like they are in a fashion show, and act so enormously fake. I’ve watched bio’s of both Giada and Taylor for existance, and they were both noteworthy chefs at one point in time, but decided to take a path that lead them behind a camera. Good for them, I think that is great. The question is does every yahoo stiring a pot behind bright lights and camera deserve such respect?
Chris
The reason Robert Irvine has done better in the ratings for Dinner: Impossible is simple, Symon is just too good at the challenges they give him. He handles everything with such deft and a smile on his face that it takes away from the drama of the show. Contrast that with Chef Irvine, who often struggles with time, budget, and his help.
tuabaxl
The channel has a very fresh feel while still having great production quality. I am really digging some new faces – in particular, I love Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam show. Something that wouldn’t get a chance on Food Network but belongs on television!
kate
Agreed, it’d be awesome if the cooking channel shed some light on modern, industrial “farms”, the unnatural processing of foods, and where our food is coming from. Can’t watch La Dolce Vita guy…way too cheesy
Gale Reeves
I enjoy the Cooking Channel. (I’ve become a fan of Rachel Allen Bake, just to name one of the shows.) It offers an extended/international perspective to the Food Network programming.
Mike trozzo
Well said all around. Thx
Ben
I like “Cook Like an Iron Chef.” Michael Symon seems down-to-Earth with a presentation that is right in my wheelhouse: not the gee-whiz, hammy, mugging type that is so abundant on Food Network. And the food he cooks looks great. I like the set, as well. I also appreciate the fact that The Cooking Channel shows “Molto Mario.”
I’d also like to point out that the two most interesting food shows on TV aren’t on Food Network or The Cooking Channel: “Top Chef” is on Bravo and “No Reservations” is on The Travel Channel.
Dot
I’ve got to say I was pleasantly surprised at all the new shows. My favorite is Luke’s Vietnam and Unique Eats. I found “Chinese Food Made Easy” by Ching-He Huang at Barnes and Noble for $9.99 since the cookbook was created in 2007 on Clearance!
barbara
I think they have a group of shows with chefs from other cultures that adds a great dimension to what you can find on food tv, vietnamesse, indian, carribean etc… its a great addition for a home chef like me
elizabeth
Michael Symon was far too good for Dinner Impossible and I really like him on How to Cook Like an Iron Chef. Maybe he’s a little more amped up than he is in person, but unlike many of the hosts on the FN who are told to “add personality” and giggle and say silly phrases, his presence still feels very genuine and artless. He tells you what he’s doing without needless babbling, he looks like he’s having fun while doing it and his recipes are interesting–and that’s all I need from a good cooking show.
ruhlman
in fact this is true. the producer had to keep making things harder for him because symon could do in 4 hours what it took irvine 6 to do.
KristineB
And he didn’t have to pad his resume.
Dine O Mite
I think it sucks that I have to pay extra for it, but all it really takes is one smash hit to send this channel into respectability. (I don’t think they have that show yet.) I’m not even sure what the demographic of the Cooking Channel IS. Who are they programming for? That might be there biggest limitation.
ruhlman
agreed, shouldn’t have to pay for it.
JoP in Omaha
I really like Symon’s Cook Like an Iron Chef. I love to watch him cook and talk about food. I love to hear him laugh. I’m pretty much just in love with MS. I’m glad we’ll see more of him on FN.
Kelly
I agree about the two sous chefs. The show is getting better and I will continue to watch because I am a big MS fan, but I would love to see him cook with fellow chefs. He is best when he is truly interacting with others.
Wilma de Soto
• Time Warner should not charge extra for this channel. Comcast just added it to the line-up. Unfair.
• By the clip you’ve shown us Michael Symon sounds like he’s been spending a lot of time in the ‘hood and/or in South Philly!
TWC NC Customer
I think that it’s only up there in Ohio that TWC is charging extra for the Cooking Channel. Here in the Carolinas it’s part of TWC’s regular digital lineup.
Janet in Maine
I am enjoying the new channel very much. I agree about the repeats already. I wouldn’t expect repeats so soon after the start up. Apparently I watch A LOT of tv. I like watching cooking shows for the information, not for the personalities.
My only complaint though with the network is that the music in the background (actually too much in the foreground) on a few of the shows is too loud and irritating when I am actually trying to listen to the host and learn.
Brian
You’re never going to see that opinion show that you want. Op-ed, as a journalistic form, is inherently tied to the time and place that it’s talking about. The entire focus and strategy of FN (and, by extension, the Cooking Channel) is to create reusable media, so they can take anything they make, and dig it out of the archives to reuse it whenever, at no cost.
Natalie Sztern
This has to be a first..(and Daily Candy knows what I mean)
Those shows you mention: Food Jammers and La Dulce Vita are Canadian based shows that emanate out of Toronto. You are right on point with the Food Jammers and David is not a trained cook but a lover of food and the show highlights his living in Italy only in the second year of filming. BTW each of these shows are years old because that is how we do it here: make a show and air it for five years. I know, I was one who filmed a Reality show which still airs and I don’t even look like that any more.
So the odd thing about my post is that The Food Channel as of my writing this is not even a channel that for now, we will not be getting in Canada.
Natalie Sztern
oops and I forgot there is another show airing in your side of the woods called French Food At Home who is hosted, in my opinion, by the most
boring ‘no-personality’ woman on the Canadian Food Network so when I heard The Food Channel bought her show I thought ‘wow she must have one hell of a good agent”.
Michael Symon doesn’t even come close to the level of these shows and I bet the first year in they get cancelled. Just saying…(but then I always am…)
Randall
I don’t think it’s her agent they were impressed by.
Rhonda
Wow, Natalie, that is a bit harsh on Chef Symon, no? Or, did I misunderstand your comment (it has been known to happen :)? Your comment read that Chef Symon wasn’t as good as the other folks. Did I mis-read?
As a fellow Canadian, I can vouch that we make shows on the cheap and air them over and over and over ad nauseam.
Some are great, like the “At The Table With” series.
We do, as Canadians, make good shows, just not enough of them.
I really like Laura Calder. In fact, hers is one of the few shows I do watch. She does have technique and speaking as a woman in her mid forties, enviable photogenic ta-ta’s.
Yes, the show glazes over 4 or 5 steps needed between you and the success of your dish but it is a 22 minute entertainment program. Not a CIA Boot Camp.
She has not committed any crime that the others have not.
Plus, I think she has “chops”.
Best,
Rhonda
Stephanie Hancock
I’m happy to see cooking shows that teach you how to cook again. I learned my love of cooking not just at my mother’s knee, but also from watching great shows on PBS. I grew up with The Frugal Gourmet, Justin WIlson and some woman who baked a lot who’s name is lost to me now. That show also did segments on how the food was produced. I learned the difference between flours and sugars during those segments. These shows made me want to stretch beyond the way my mother cooked (not that it wasn’t good – but there was just more out there).
Bradley
You all should hopefully get Uverse sometime soon, they don’t charge extra for this, there’s only a few tv levels and it’s far cheaper than TW or CCast. Not an employee or anything, but a very impressed consumer. But I agree with Foodjammers, I first thought it might be interesting, but why reinvent the wheel instead of make something better? Why don’t they try to use their ingenuity on improving what we already use? They should have a Ratio show!!!
Susan
Well, for those who are experienced cooks and foodies, the new and more advanced cooking shows are going to be of interest. Those
who are new to food prep or have only recently begun to get some interest in it, the Food Network, with it’s hyped up personalities and contrived enthusiasm, provide some of the motivation that gets many interested in getting in the kitchen. Anything is better than choosing the pre-prepared, too stupid to cook, stuff that Michael and many others take issue with. At least there is something for everyone, at any stage of their interest and skill level, to help them prepare healthier meals…and isn’t that the point?
Christie
I, like Jill, love Roger Mooking. He’s a fantastic teacher. Michael Symon’s “Cook like an Iron Chef” is coming around. I am not getting the two assistants. I liked Molto Mario’s format with friends. Off topic, but I wonder how Bourdain likes Rachael Ray’s $40 A Day added to the Travel Channel’s lineup – lol.
Lisa
I’m also enjoying Chef Symon’s new show. I love his philosophy to teach viewers techniques rather than recipes. Also love the set for the show.
And a second kudos for DirectTV having the Cooking Channel
Earl Schiffke
What’s the deal with Symon’s nasally intoned voice ? Does he suffer from Northern Great Lakes Vowel Displacement Syndrome ?
Jeanne
Thank you for your transparency in reminding us of your personal and professional connections to the subject of your writing! I really appreciate it when writers do that. Thanks!
Jamie Barger
I think the best thing about the Cooking Channel (there’s free preview this month for DISH Network customers) is the re-running of the original “French Chef” series. That, along with Symon’s show, might get me to pay up for the next tier of service…
EDCinci
We have Time Warner in Cinci. Cooking Channel is no additional charge if you have an expanded tier (the one with Bloomberg, CNBC Worldwide). But any additional Time Warner charge is irritating given their self-back slapping ads about controlling costs/charges. EES
averagebetty
Like others have commented, Roger Mooking is certainly one to watch. I got to talk with him briefly at Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food & Wine. He’s so personable and approachable. And he loves eating soup on a hot day. My kinda guy…
Mantonat
I’ve been watching a fair amount of the new channel, but unfortunately have not caught Symon’s new shows. I’ll have to set the DVR. A couple of random observations:
– Canadian accents come off horribly on TV, especially those Food Jammer guys. (Disclaimer: my entire family is Canadian).
– I wish Roger Mooking’s show was called Cooking with Mooking, but I guess that doesn’t quite rhyme. I love his built-in spice rack with the glass-block drawers and plan to build one in my own kitchen. Need them to be airtight though.
– Too many re-runs of stuff from their other channel. If you have to put that much filler in, maybe you should reconsider have two separate channels. Why not just show a little editorial ballsiness and cut some of the tired old crap to make room for the new shows.
– My favorite recent food show, by far, is actually on another network: Future Food, featuring Homaru Cantu and the staff of Moto in Chicago. These guys are truly passionate, entertaining, and telegenic. The shows were very well paced with great guest features and tie-ins to the Chicago community. I hope they do more; only a handful of episodes right now.
Jeff from Cleveland Hts
I enjoy Michael Symon’s show but I HATE when he says you can find the recipes at some web address. So crass. They need a narrator or title card or anyone OTHER than Symon saying the web address. /rant
john v phipps
Michael, I am a Cleveland expat that has lived in Seattle since the 70’s, and in the upper left hand corner of the map we get the Cooking Channel in our Basic cable package.
You can come over to my house and watch it any time you want. The key is in the fake rock at the bottom of the porch steps.
SWoody
At our favorite gastropub here in Rehoboth Beach, the Pickled Pig (), two of the widescreen tvs are always tuned to the Cooking Channel, particularly the super-large screen above the open kitchen’s window. Chef Stigz used to have them tuned to Food TV, but prefers the Cooking Channel’s emphasis on cooking, rather than cooking competitions. (ESPN and news are on the other screens).
I suppose Cooking Channel is still finding it’s legs. Symon has found a good home. Good show.
Jeff White
It seems as if the Cooking Channel is just Food Network Canada. David Rocco’s show, and the silly Food Jammers have been staples of the Food Network up here for years. Also looks like French Food at Home and a few other Canuck shows as well. Classic Julia and such would be great though. I already get that on my WGBH feed though. PBS is where it seems to be at now.
Rhonda
I don’t know what to think about this.
The dump and stir shows will teach you no more about technique in cooking food than watching “Breaking Bad” will teach you about how to cook meth.
Yes, I am curious. A cook is a cook and have you seen what Chefs get paid?
Tony, what are your thoughts on this (because you must have READ about it somewhere)?
I am happy for Michael Symon. I will support him in anything he does. Partly because he is a great Chef, partly because I completely stole his soup recipe and charged WAY more money for it than he does (Ruhlman gave it to me).
In any event, I WANT TO SEE POWDER and a demonstration on how to remove marrow from the bone (he did post on this but I need more).
Rhonda
I have been wanting to say this for some time:
Ruhlman is the new Julia Child.
Let’s face it. The technique is there, the teaching is there, the experience is there. The critics are there (not only food bloggers but Chef/Teachers like Pardus & DelGrosso)
And Ruhlman may possibly have the same hairstylist as Julia Child. That can’t hurt.
HankShaw
Dude, I don’t care what else is on the Cooking Channel, so long as they keep airing the Two Fat Ladies (Saturday nights. Yeah, I know. I am a food nerd.) Love me them fat ladies!
JW
Anyone know where you can find old episodes of “Off the Menu” previously airing on the defunct Turner South? That was a terrific show featuring Frank Stitt from Highlands Bar and Grill, Tori McPhail from Commander’s Palace, Bob Wagoneer from the Charleston Grill, and Wally Joe ? from Memphis. They show was terrific as they would create daily specials after a foraging adventure. Recall one hilarious episode where a sous chef from Commander’s was sent to capture some crawfish with some bayou locals…miss that show. The cooking part was very similar to “Great Chefs”. They could bring that one back as well
If you Google “Riddler” and “Robin Williams”, you’ll get over 31,000 hits, ranging from “Robin Williams Wants to be the Riddler” to “Robin Williams Denies He Wants to be the Riddler” to “Robin Williams Would Kill for the Riddler Part in the Next Batman Movie.”
He just better hope Michael Symon doesn’t want the role, because nobody is better suited to it, not even the artist formerly known as Mork.
Bill
Since you brought up Food Network/Cooking Channel, is it true, as Bourdain says, that you’ve been banned from Food Network (in part caused by him)? Can you say why?
ruhlman
They were pissed about the golden clog awards tony initiated, but they’ve since invited me back to judge a few iron chef americas. suffice it to say though, it’s unlikely I’ll be hosting any dump-and-stirs of my own. (which is probably a good thing for all concerned.)
LisaCD
Is Food Network even showing Good Eats? That was the last (along w/ Ina Garten) show that I even bothered to flip by to watch.
I really hate the trend in 2nd channel to show the retreads. How long before the Weather Channel starts a second to show just the forecast? ugh..
Cathie McGinnis
I want to know where to get the t-shirt Michael Symon wears that says Eat More Meat! Anyone? |
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1. Robotic operation In Assistance With AI
With an estimated price of $40 billion into health care, robots may assess information from pre-op medical documents to direct a physician's instrument during operation, which may cause a 21% decrease in an individual's hospital stay. The robot-assisted operation is known as"minimally invasive" therefore patients will not have to cure big incisions. Via artificial intelligence, robots may use information from previous operations to notify new surgical practices. The favorable results are really promising. 1 study that included 379 orthopedic patients discovered that AI-assisted robotic process led to five instances fewer complications in comparison with surgeons working independently. A robot has been used on a watch operation for the very first time along with the most innovative surgical practice, that the Da Vinci enables physicians to execute complicated procedures with increased control than traditional approaches. Heart surgeons have been helped Heartlander, a tiny robot, which enters a tiny incision around the chest to do mapping and treatment over the top layer of the heart.
2. Digital Nursing Assistants
From socializing with patients for directing individuals to the best maintenance surroundings, virtual nursing advocates can save yourself the medical sector $20 billion yearly. As virtual physicians are offered 24/7, they could answer queries, monitor patients and supply rapid responses. Most programs of digital nursing assistants now allow for more frequent communication between patients and care providers involving office visits to stop hospital readmission or unnecessary hospital visits. Care Angel's digital nurse assistant may also offer health evaluations through voice along with AI.
3. Assist Clinical Diagnosis & Judgement
Ironically, with AI to diagnose patients will be unquestionably in its infancy, however, there've been some fascinating usage cases. A Stanford University study analyzed an AI algorithm to find skin cancers from alcoholics, and it conducted in the degree of the people. An AI software company analyzed its deep-learning application by using a pc programmer while individual dispatchers took crisis calls. The algorithm examined what an individual says, the tone of voice and background sound and discovered cardiac arrests using a 93% success rate compared to 73 percent for people. Baidu Research recently declared the consequences of early evaluations of its profound learning algorithm imply it may outperform people when differentiating breast cancer metastasis. Prime minister Theresa May declared an AI revolution might assist the National Health Service (NHS), the UK's health care system, forecast those in an early phase of cancer to finally prevent tens of thousands of cancer-related deaths from 2033. The calculations will analyze health records, customs and hereditary information gleaned from healthcare charities, the NHS and also AI.
4. Image analysis
At present, Image analysis is quite time-consuming for individual suppliers, however, an MIT-led study group established a machine-learning algorithm which could examine 3D scans around 1,000 times faster than what's possible now. This close real-time evaluation might provide vital input for surgeons that are functioning. It's also estimated that AI can help improve the next generation of radiology programs which don't rely on tissue samples. Furthermore, AI picture analysis could encourage remote regions which don't have easy access to health care providers and make telemedicine more successful as patients may use their camera phones to send pics of wounds, bruises or cuts to ascertain what maintenance is essential.
5. Workflow and Management Jobs
Another manner AI can affect health care will be to automate administrative activities. It's anticipated that this may bring about $18 billion in savings to the healthcare sector as machines might help physicians, nurses and other suppliers save time on jobs. Technology like voice-to-text transcriptions might help purchase tests, prescribe drugs and compose graph notes. 1 case of using AI to encourage admin jobs is really a partnership between the Cleveland Clinic and IBM which utilizes IBM's Watson to mine huge information and assist doctors to offer a personalized and much more efficient therapy encounter. 1 manner Watson supports doctors is having the capability to analyze tens of thousands of health care papers employing natural language processing to notify treatment strategies.
In the intricate world of health care, AI tools may encourage human suppliers to provide quicker support, diagnose problems and analyze information to identify trends or hereditary information that could induce somebody to a certain disease. When saving moments may mean saving lives, AI and machine learning could be transformative not just for health but for each and every individual. |
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WOW PP this is really a labor of love which is as you know, is no labor. The bags are very pretty but the spirit behind them is beautiful. The red signifies the precious Blood and love, the music notes and butterflies give a sign of hope. God bless your art and outreach. Thank you so much for joining our 219th challenge at Word Art Wednesday this next fortnight. Your creation is inspiring, beautiful and very much appreciated. Blessings, Carole
What a wonderful ministry! Thank you so much for using our sketch for such a great cause! Your bags are beautiful, the gold foiling adds just the right amount of sparkle! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Wow so thoughtful of you - great work as always tfs!!!
You are an inspiration in so many ways!!! Love what you did for your creativity and especially your thoughtfulness :)
I concur with Patti. I could not have said it better!
Your church ministry is awesome! Just like these cards, so beautiful, that you made to enclose in the bags. Bless you and your ministry!
Your bags are wonderful, but even greater is the gift! What a blessing for all the recipients!!
Thanks for playing along this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!
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Beautiful gift bags and so thoughtful too. Thanks for joining us at LOC challenges this week.
These are so nice! Bless you!
Wow these look fab, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, xxx
Princess, great job as usual. Now I will be on the hunt for some of those red dollies and will certainly use that sketch too. Thanks for inspiration!
Thank you so much for joining in our 'things with wings' challenge at Left of Centre creative challenges.
What a fantastic idea that is very well executed. The bags all look wonderful and such a labour of love.
I hope you will join us for future challenges each week.
❤️ & hugs
Lisa xxxx LOC DT Member
God bless you for your caring and your cards are lovely. Thank you for joining us at TTPH challenge.
Lisa ( DT )
What a great idea! So beautifully done too!
Hugs
Dawn xx
Wow, what a labour of love and how lovely to be giving back in this way, thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week Claire DT. |
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- Europe's biggest clubs returned to action this weekend after a two-week-long international break.
- Real Madrid's first defeat of the season, Inter Milan's seven goal thriller against Sassuolo, and a wonder goal from Radja Nainggolan were amongst the highlights.
- Catch up with everything that happened in the past week across Europe's top five leagues below.
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Serie A
Italy's top flight provided the most exciting action from around Europe this weekend.
The highlight of the weekend came in the unlikely form of Cagliari midfielder Radja Nainggolan, who produced the goal of the season so far with a stunning, swerved volley from outside the area.
—MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) October 20, 2019
Game of the weekend went to Sassuolo and Inter Milan, who saw out a 3-4 thriller at the Mapei Stadium. Antonio Conte's newly formed strike duo of Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku scored two-a-piece to cancel out goals from Dominico Berardi, Filip Duricic, and Jeremie Boga.
Cristiano Ronaldo was on the scoresheet for Juventus as the league leaders beat Bologna 2-1 at home, whilst AC Milan remains in the bottom half of the table following a 2-2 draw with Lecce.
Premier League
Liverpool kept up its unbeaten record in the league this season as it saw out a drab 1-1 draw with Manchester United. Marcus Rashford had given United the lead early on, before Liverpool was denied a Sadio Mane equalizer thanks to a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) call for handball. Thankfully for Jurgen Klopp's side, substitute Adam Lallana saved the day with just five minutes to go.
Elsewhere, Chelsea continued its impressive start to the season with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Newcastle United — Frank Lampard's side managed 15 shots on goal before it finally found the net through Marcos Alonso.
Manchester City kept up the pressure on Liverpool with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, while Tottenham Hotspur's dreadful form continued with a 1-1 draw with Watford.
It could have been worse for Spurs had it not been for a controversial goal from Dele Alli, who appeared to handle the ball before slotting it home.
—Goal (@goal) October 21, 2019
La Liga
FC Barcelona was the weekend's big winner in Spain as it beat Eibar 3-0 to jump into first place in the league. Attacking trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Antoine Griezmann were all on the score sheet, which will have been a huge relief for fans amid rumours of unrest in the dressing room.
Real Madrid had been unbeaten prior to the weekend, but came crumbling down at the hands of RCD Mallorca on Saturday. Lago Junior scored the only goal as the newly promoted side beat Eden Hazard-less Madrid 1-0.
Atletico Madrid saw out a tense 1-1 draw with Valencia, Sevilla beat Levante 1-0, and high flying Granada maintained its surprise third place position with a 1-0 win over Osasuna on Friday night.
Ligue 1
Unsurprisingly, Paris Saint Germain is running away with the Ligue 1 title again for the seventh time in eight seasons. Thomas Tuchel's side scored four for the third time already this season, beating OGC Nice 4-1 away from home.
The pick of the goals came in the form of Angel Di Maria's deft lob — his second of two on the day and 10th this season.
—Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 18, 2019
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Like Monaco, Olympique Lyonnais has also endured a difficult start to the campaign. After sacking Sylvinho, the club appointed Rudi Garcia as its new manager last week, but the Spaniard will have to wait for his first win after Lyon — who is now above the drop zone on only goal difference — drew 0-0 with Dijon.
Bundesliga
Jadon Sancho stole the headlines in Germany — but not for the right reasons. The English teenager was dropped and fined by Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre after returning late from international duty, according to Sky Sports. Fortunately for Favre (not so much for Sancho, however), the youngster's absence didn't prove costly as Dortmund secured a vital 1-0 over league leaders Borussia Monchengladbach courtesy of a second half Marco Reus goal.
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Liquidity Is At the Heart Of Asia’s Latest Trading Evolution
By Michael Corcoran, CEO, ITG Asia Pacific
The pendulum has finally swung to a model where buy-side trading is a valued function in its own right, so brokers must adapt to serve their clients effectively.
In Asia Pacific (APAC), institutional trading costs are typically higher than in other regions and have a material impact on fund returns. Fund managers with good Asia trading performance are saving an average of 50 basis points versus those with poor trading performance—enough to move a fund from negative to positive return over the past three years.1 As returns have compressed, managers have needed to look increasingly at reducing the costs of how they put their investment decisions into action.
Additionally, best execution requirements are now being driven onto managers not just by regulators, but by investors globally requiring high standards and demonstrable proof of efficient trading processes. Backed by the sweeping changes spreading across borders from Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II’s requirement to unbundle research from trading, the slow drip of asset managers overhauling their APAC trading desk processes has become a constant stream.
This new model makes the sole objective of a buy-side trading desk the delivery of efficient execution to maximise the investment return, rather than a payment mechanism for other activities. At more APAC firms than ever before, buy-side trading is now considered an activity in its own right, with a discrete existence as a cost and value centre. Particularly now that the shackles of directing trades for research obligations are being unlocked, the pressure on buy-side trading performance is stepping up to new levels.
A new service model
ITG’s execution-only brokerage model has always placed excellence in trading performance as its top priority, but we too must evolve as our clients’ requirements change. We have seen a particular shift in the value placed on liquidity sourcing, and a more pragmatic approach to the broker coverage model to help service those liquidity needs.
Buy-side desks increasingly expect a high-touch sales trading style of service from their electronic coverage, suggesting the term “low-touch” should be wiped from the trading dictionary. Our independence and execution-only focus have allowed us to quickly respond. In Asia Pacific, we offer a coverage model that maximises liquidity opportunities for clients through a consistent, unified service across all execution channels.
Operating a centralized coverage that extends to single stocks, program and electronic trading ensures a steady and reliable experience for clients across all three execution channels. They can choose whether they want a single touch point or product-specific support, and they can decide who within their ITG coverage team can see what piece of their trade flow and at any point in time. This drives liquidity sourcing opportunities across trading channels, as client coverage staff collaborate in the client’s interest. Importantly, we are also investing heavily in technology tools that identify real-time liquidity opportunities, enabling our traders to work across trading channels as an extension of the buy-side desk.
Harnessing technology
We have also seen rapid regional adoption of technology that focuses on liquidity sourcing. POSIT Alert, ITG’s anonymous institutional block-crossing platform, has already set and subsequently beaten its own daily records for value traded in APAC in January and February 2017, demonstrating the ongoing increase of liquidity being transacted through the platform. Now operating in 11 APAC markets, and 37 markets globally, we continue to invest in POSIT Alert to improve the user experience and add new and different liquidity.
The key to success is the scale and reach this technology can bring to the traders’ desktop. Asset managers trading Asian equities from all corners of the globe—including Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia—can be presented with relevant liquidity opportunities without having to devote time to looking for needles in haystacks. Because the technology is smart enough to recognise when two or more buy-sides have potential to trade with each other, block opportunities can be discreetly offered within the buy-side community without showing their hand to the street.
Furthermore, we are devoting investment and resources to algo development and customisation across APAC and globally. Clients will benefit from algo refinement that improves their trade performance, which in APAC includes new tools for list-based trading, specialist consultation on performance-driven strategy selection models and data-driven changes to strategies that optimise passive fills and spread capture.
As asset managers in APAC focus increasingly on measuring and proving trading performance, and finding liquidity, ITG will continue to evolve the service we provide and the products we offer to deliver value for our clients.
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My latest post for Harvard Business tackles the lessons other companies can learn from the latest social media disaster, this time brought to you by Qantas Airways:
[A]irlines are far from the only businesses to face a newly redrawn balance-of-power between company and customer, or between employer and employee. And it’s these larger shifts that should make every industry take note of the Qantas gaffe…The only way to prevent your company from pulling a Qantas is to…[s]top treating social media as marketing, and recognize it for what it is: an invitation to transform the entire way your company works, and possibly even the business you’re in.
The post focuses on the specific lessons that can be drawn from the Qantas misfire, but there’s a meta-lesson here, too. It’s a widely recognized truth that we must learn from failure: many people argue that failure is actually the most valuable, and perhaps the most fundamental, learning process. That’s why entrepreneurs, and tech entrepreneurs in particular, champion the virtues of failing fast: the faster you fail, the faster you can learn from your failure, iterate, and improve.
But here’s the truth about Internet-era failure: you can’t fail fast enough. Both technology offerings and customer demands evolve so quickly that if your learning by failure is limited to your own missteps, you will miss several cycles of learning and evolution by the time you get your next iteration out the door. You have to find a way to identify, track and learn from other people’s and other organizations’ failures, simply to get enough data about what does or doesn’t work today.
That’s why all the exegeses of social media #fails amount to more than just schadenfreude. Yes, it can be kind of amusing to watch other companies’ social media failures, particularly when they go so far over the line that they play as comedy. But it’s also a vital form of learning: a way to get better at social media faster than you can fail, learn and iterate on your own.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking you can do all your learning by failure from the comfort of the cheap seats, however. I see all too many organizations hang back from social media precisely because they’re terrified of failing; terrified of doing something that will provoke criticism or simply the embarrassment of an invitation to engagement that falls flat. The same companies that are too scared to make a move will likely try to convince themselves that learning from the failure of others is a great way to avoid making mistakes of their own.
But you won’t be ready to really absorb the lessons of other people’s social media missteps until you’ve gone wrong yourself. It’s the pain of going awry online — and the knowledge of the complicated organizational, technical and social dynamics that make the occasional misstep inevitable — that allow you to have some insight into the possible sources or consequences of another organization’s misfire. You can learn from the failure of others, to be sure — but you’ll learn the most if you are risking, embracing and learning from failure yourself.
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Un/fortunately, among this was nascent work to do spiritual and mental healing. It was taking apart things that I'd carried around and discarding the nonfunctional or toxic pieces. It involved work like "soul retrieval" (god how I hate that word). It took me a few years to get back to it, and to have the breakthroughs that I wish I'd had then (or, better yet, in my teens). Among the realizations was that I have the full permission of myself to be myself and not to temper who I am for others - which is a big deal considering that like most people who were born with their generative organs on the inside I was raised to meet a certain set of criteria, among which was a certain amount of "be seen and not heard." and "you are communal property." And Saturnus was right - in the end, I am a very different me.
I always look back on related experiences when I write a post, because I like to establish the same pattern for the reader that I have experienced. I like to show you all why I came to the conclusion I came to, and what the weight of it means. This is in no way an attempt to sway anyone to my belief system, but rather... food for thought about your own and after all something meaty and decent to spend your time reading.
In my teens I was a master of ignoring people.
I lived in a hostile home environment at the time and had developed an almost supernatural ability to be cognizant of my surroundings but have zero reaction to them unless I had to. It was a defense mechanism to shield myself against an unending onslaught from within and without, and the constant brace for metaphorical blows is something I carry to this day.
So, there I am at the ripe age of something-teen standing in the "new age" section of my local bookstore. I am looking at The Necronomicon Spellbook when someone behind me makes a discourteous sound and tries to get my attention. In this store the New Age/Witchy section and Christian section are for some reason piled on top of one-another. My fortunes did not smile that day. At the sound my senses explode in that way anxious people will understand. I became hyper-aware. My heart rate had already gone from resting to Insane (tachycardia plagued me in my teens), and was so loud in my ears I thought everyone must have been able to hear it.
You are engrossed in your reading material, and do not notice the person making sounds at you and slowly, surely, invading your personal space. You have every right to be here. Oh god they're getting closer. I'm not doing anything wrong please just leave me alone. Go away. I just want to read my book. I don't want to fight. I am so tired please don't make me fight. I don't want to because no matter what I say I'll be wrong. Please. I come here so I don't have to deal with this. Please don't berate me. I just want to be left alone. Can't you people just leave me alone? Please just go away-
"You're going to hell." she says. The world collapses around my ears into a cold, steely, shaking, nightmare. She says it like she's reading it off of a guest list. She says it like it's a vow. She says it like it's a solicitation. She says it like she's asking me to throw a punch. I stare fixedly ahead at the little book.
"Didn't you hear me? You're gonna go to hell." No negotiation then. There is no offer of help. I'm stepping off a cliff and I deserve it. She's not pointing out my mistake, she's celebrating it. She's spitting off the edge to see which hits first. This is an inevitability. I've earned this. I deserve this. This is my reminder that I don't belong. I don't get to be a person.
She gets closer. Closer. She's now only a couple of feet away. I can smell her perfume and shampoo. "You had better listen when I speak to you." She bristles, she's angry. I ignore her. I hear every single word, I see every single gesture and bit of body language. She is screaming retribution for this perceived slight of my existence. I do not react. I slowly turn the page, my hands are shaking. I am not reading. I am pretending. I am playing the part of a deaf mute. I am playing the part of a sentient statue. I am a ghost. I am not here. Not in this place, with this woman, saying these things..
It is not the first time, It won't be the last time.
It's years later. I'm in a different store with a similar topic-location problem. I'm hunched over trying to balance my green tea with a blue, mammoth format, book on paganism. You know the one. It's precariously near Halloween, and I'm doing something that day or night because I'm in a festive seasonal getup with a tiny pair of horns glued to my forehead. The world's cheapest costume. I feel someone hovering a few feet behind me and to my left.
While time and age have worn a few of the corners off of my habit of locking up like a wild rabbit in the face of conflict, it's still there. I go hyper-aware, I whale-eye, I ignore. But I can feel the intent. The internal monologue is smaller. The tone is anger rather than sheer panic, though my heart is hammering in my chest: Oh fuck me. Not this shit again. I have every fucking right to be in this store. Seriously? Goddamn. This fuckin' asshole is gonna bother me and I just want to be left the fuck alone to get on with my fucking day and drink my fucking tea. Can I not be bothered? Can one fucking day go by-
"You're going to hell." She says. A different She in theory, but in practice I tend to feel they're all the same She. It's all the same tone, the same intent, the same meaning. It is the same prideful malice burning my ears. It is hate and spite and nastiness for it's own sake. It is self-congratulatory assholeism.
"You are interfering with my shopping experience, leaving a negative impression of this place and this company and therefore costing this store money. You can either leave or I can get management." I respond. It is a rote, bottomed-out, routine. It is a script I wrote in my head every day since that first harassment, re-wrote, fine tuned. Rehearsed and tried out. It is without flaw. I don't even turn around to deliver it.
"Didn't you hear me? You're gonna go to hell." No impact. This is how it's going to go. I am Bill Murray, this is groundhog day. No matter what I do we are destined to play out this absurd fucking tango until one of us drops or I run headlong into the wall, knock myself unconscious, and start the fucking loop over again.
"I heard you just fine. I am not interested in discussing your personal theology. See yourself somewhere else." I turn the page, I have not turned to look at her. I am shaking, but I'm exhausted with the game of being small. I am exhausted by getting tinier to make others feel larger and unthreatened. I puff up. I threat posture. I wave my arms at the bear to make it think I'm menacing. I dump a milkshake over my head to look nutty.
"I'm going to get the manager!" She says. I am elated. The manager knows me. Every customer nearby has seen me standing here for the last half hour quietly reading. When the manager arrives I state that I was minding my own business when this woman started cursing at me ("hell" is a curse word, after all). A nearby patron backs me up. The woman is asked to leave. Another takes her place, this one focused on why I had to ruin someone's day like that. I repeat my first response. I smile to myself as they walk away. I hear my Grandmother's words in my heart, but I don't say them.
But, It's Never Quite So Easy.
I am in my Mid-to-Late 20's. I am standing hunched over a book in the "New Age" section, looking up a reference from some mass market paperback or other on the occult and I hear the sound that has chilled my spine for the billionth time in my life. The sound of someone preparing to get righteously Christian on my heathen ass while I'm minding my own fucking business. I prepare myself. I am a stone in the ocean, the waves may beat upon my back but I will break them. I am entitled to the space I occupy and entitled to go unmolested within it. Blah blah blah. Brace for the blows.
"You're going to hell." Why is it never a plea? Why is it always a victorious cry? Why is it always pride layered with self-hatred used to mask their inadequacies as a person? Why must they make others small to feel larger when each of us is made in the image of God and of the dust of dead stars? I ignore. I ignore it not because I am afraid (except I am afraid - my blood has run cold, my heart rate has skyrocketed as it always does and everything has that air of surreality), but because I don't fucking care anymore. I just don't care. This is so old, this is so tired. This is so stupid. This is a thing I could have done once or twice, but dozens of times? Really? No thank you.
"Didn't you hear me?" She asks. This is gonna go the way it always does. She's not going to be satisfied until she's messed up my day. She is doing to me what she would do to a Barista who forgot the extra foam on her Late. I am tired of this shit. I am just done. We ain't gonna dance this dance, 'cause you ain't a fuckin' daisy.
I put my book down. I turn around. "I hear you trying to speak God's words, but it is the Satan's voice you speak them in. It is the Satan himself who spreads enmity between brother and sister. I won't hear those words. You think you are holy but he has you. He has you so deep you cannot see God's light from the hole you're in. I rebuke you Satan. I rebuke you in God's name. I won't hear you anymore." It erupts from me. It is righteous, and angry, and as tired as I am. It is filled with bitter disappointment and yet also with love. It is not me speaking, it is my Grandmother's voice and my Grandmother's words.
The woman looks positively wounded. Her expression goes from prideful triumph to Hollywood-Headshot confusion. Something in her eyes changes. Something in her body shifts. "I... I'm sorry." She says, and it is finally her voice I hear. She turns around, and leaves. I am as shocked as she is.
From then on every time it happened... those were the words. My Grandmother's words. Spoken from the same place within me as she had in that moment where she cut through and spoke to defend me. Righteous anger, but also love. I don't tolerate bullies. I won't hear those words. I won't hear them anymore.
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I know it’s just two games, but if you spend any time pouring over Pac-10 and NCAA statistics you’ve got to be concerned about what might happen when No. 24 Oregon State ventures onto the blue turf to play No. 3 Boise State.
When you put these two teams side-by-side stat-wise, it’s ugly.
You wonder if Lee Corso will put on the Boise State Bronco mascot’s head at the START of ESPN's College GameDay show instead of waiting until the end for dramatic effect.
And yeah, I agree with those who say the defense actually looked better vs. Louisville on Saturday.
More aggressive.
Flying around.
I thought OLB Keith Pankey was engaged – really engaged – for the first time this season.
I thought the defensive front was more robust. It was fun to see middle linebacker Tony Wilson attack like he did before his knee injury.
The secondary got with it as the game wore on and figured out the "back shoulder fade'' although CB Brandon Hardin continues to struggle with pass coverage.
Cold hard truth is the stats after two games make the Oregon State defense look like easy pickings for Kellen Moore and Co.
And it doesn’t look much better on the offensive side as the Beavers ride the ups and downs of a new quarterback.
The tale of the tape:
Scoring: BSU ranks No. 15 nationally at 42 points per game
Oregon State ranks 65th nationally at 28 points per game
Total offense: BSU is No. 7 nationally at 515.50 yards per game
Oregon State is 107th at 287 yards per game
Rush defense: BSU is No. 2 nationally, allowing 53.5 yds/game and 1.49 per carry
Oregon State is No. 110 nationally at 221.5 and somewhere in the Valley Center Mark Banker is screaming
Pass defense: BSU No. 40 nationally at 171 yards allowed/game
Oregon State is No. 79 at 231.50
Total defense: BSU is No. 3 nationally at 224.50 allowed per game
Oregon State is No. 105 at 453 yards allowed/game and Banker is still screaming
Scoring defense: BSU No. 34 nationally, allowing 18 points/game
Oregon State is 88th, allowing 29 points/game
Sacks: BSU is No. 12 nationally with 7 sacks in two games
Oregon State – one of the worst teams in NCAA football a year ago in this category – ranks 98th with two sacks. Total.
Pac-10 stats: OSU 8th in passing, 8th in pass defense, 9th in passing efficiency, NINTH in rushing (125.0), DEAD LAST in rush defense ((221.50), 8th in scoring defense, ninth in total defense, and DEAD LAST in total offense.
It’s all on paper.
It’s only two games, and Oregon State did play then-No. 6 TCU in its opener and a decent Louisville team in Game 2.
But we asked coach Riley about this Sunday night on the teleconference call.
Mentioned that it was kind of shocking to see a Banker defense muddling around near the bottom of NCAA stats in so many key categories.
“You always want to get better,’’ said Riley.
“We’re not going to panic on that right now. We’ve played pretty good competition, for sure. I’m not overly concerned with any of that at this stage. Obviously, if it were to remain like that, it would be a factor and something we would have to address. We would have to change some things. We do have to get better. But it’s a little too early to say that’s going to be the identity of our team this year.’’
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I don’t know why, but lately I’ve felt the urge to re-read Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I have three books I’m reading right now, and many others in the queue, but I’m haunted by Empire Falls. I enjoyed the book the first time around, but I wouldn’t have ranked it as one of my all-time favorites, and yet now I’m compelled to read it again. Something new must wait for me within the pages.
I don’t claim to be widely or well-read in the classics, classics-to-be, or even recent best sellers. To be honest, I can’t always tell you how books find their way onto my to-be-read list. Perhaps the booklist fairy adds them according to my previous reads … sort of like Netflix recommending movies to me. Some automatic entries are books by favorite authors … a new Anne Tyler due out the end of this year, YAY! And I do jot down names of books that friends suggest, or I see while reading blogs, or hear mentioned in writers’ groups, but many of these I never finish. Reading tastes are personal. The book has to resonate with me.
I’m not in school, I don’t review books, nor do I have time to waste, so I only read what appeals to me … what speaks to me.
And sometimes a character’s voice echoes back years later, prompting me to restart the dialogue. Among the voices that speak to me most loudly, but in no particular order, are:
- Celie’s in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
- Scout’s in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
- Maggie’s in Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons
- Mason’s in Anne Tyler’s The Accidental Tourist
- Ivy’s in Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies
- Eleanor’s in Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
- Sayward’s in Conrad Richter’s trilogy, The Trees, The Fields , The Town
- Julie’s in Robert Morgan’s Gap Creek
- Ninah’s in Sheri Reynold’s Rapture of Canaan (and probably Kenny’s in her newest The Sweet In-Between)
NOW … won’t you please share with me your list of books that haunt you? Maybe you’ll help me discover a new favorite.
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Oh, and Richard Russo has a new novel coming out too this summer–in August!
I was waiting for a new post…but you’re still getting hits on this one, so it makes sense that you’ll leave it up for a while…plus…you’re probably hard at work writing…
I have an off topic question…is the artwork in your beautiful banner yours?
Karen:)
Sorry to disappoint, Karen, it was critique group week and I was hosting, which meant I absolutely had to do some housework. Now, I’m trying to think of something to write for my next blog post.
No, my banner is not my artwork. I’m primarily a portrait artist … and I do see a woman’s head in that banner. But I have a bare bathroom wall just begging for something splashed with color, so who knows?
the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is the most recent awesomely haunting book I’ve read. I know I’ll keep posting as I think of them. Oh, and The Lost Choice by Andy Andrews. the Green Mile by Stephen King.
To Kill a Mockingbird will always stand out as haunting since I read it as a child and the mood has stayed with me.
There have been books so good that I would have a period of depression afterwards that I finished.
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve not yet read Poisonwood Bible, though I do now own a copy, so it’s in the stack to be read. Don’t know Lost Choice, but until the last few years, I kept up with King.
Do you mean you were depressed because you didn’t want the book to end? I’ve read books where I deliberately rationed out the last couple chapters for that reason. |
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