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Highlights from some of PROOF Centre’s core biomarker programs in organ failure and disease:

The Biomarkers in Transplantation (BiT) program is focused on replacing tissue biopsies with blood tests that diagnose and predict organ failure and rejection. Improving diagnosis and enabling prediction of rejection risk will allow the best treatments to be chosen and applied before damage is done. This approach will improve quality of life and health outcomes for patients, help physicians personalize treatments optimally, and decrease direct and indirect costs to our healthcare system and society.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients can experience a range of possible disease outcomes; however, physicians currently have a limited ability to predict individual patient outcomes and treat patients accordingly. The PROOF Centre is discovering and developing panels of blood biomarkers to help clinicians to distinguish patients with rapidly progressive disease from patients with stable or slowly progressive disease. These tests will allow physicians to implement patient- and time-appropriate treatment plans for individual CKD patients.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive, epidemic lung disease that leads to poor quality of life and productivity. Patients are routinely under-diagnosed because of poor diagnostics. The goal of this program is to identify blood-based COPD biomarkers that allow a physician to determine who will undergo frequent exacerbation episodes, thus allowing more effective management and reducing hospital visits and costs. Click here to read more about the COPD program.

Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a progressive disease arising when the heart is unable to fill with (diastolic failure) and/or pump (systolic failure) blood sufficiently. Current diagnostic tools, beyond ultrasound, are unable to differentiate systolic and diastolic heart failure, but different management strategies are required for each. The PROOF Centre is working to develop blood biomarker tests to distinguish diastolic from systolic heart failure, to guide clinicians in selecting the most appropriate therapy for individual patients regardless of their remoteness geographically.

Acute Heart Failure (AHF) is a life-threatening condition characterized by inadequate cardiac output and blood pressure instability. AHF patients may develop CHF, or progress to require ventricular assist devices /cardiac transplantation, or death. Our objective is to discover blood biomarkers of acute heart failure to better manage patients facing the possibility of a ventricular assist device.

“Recovered” Organ Failure is achieved in many heart transplant recipients. Identifying when a therapy for organ failure is working allows physicians to tailor treatment decisions to each individual patient, thereby saving costs and potentially reducing side effects and complications over time. This program is using BiT data to develop biomarkers of cured heart failure in the transplant patient setting, and then bringing them to bear on patients with heart failure to monitor therapy for improvement.

New Biomarker Technology is needed for improved biomarker monitoring. The PROOF Centre is working with the UVic Genome BC Proteomics Center in developing and validating a multiplexed protein assay to improve specificity and enable targeted approaches for quantitation with increased sensitivity and decreased cost.


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1. GFC

２００８年的全球性金融危机影响之大，很快就促成新词的出现及普及，GFC为其中之一。该词来自英文的Global Financial Crisis三词的首字母，意即全球金融危机，目前是专指２００８年的环球金融危机。

2. toxic debt

3. freeconomics

4. machinima

5. mockbuster

6. bromance

译为“男漫”，或“兄弟情”。指两个男性之间非性爱的亲密关系，是ｂｒｏｔｈｅｒ(兄弟）和romance（浪漫）两词的合成，bro + mance。

7. bff

译为“永世挚友”。来自英文的Best Friend Forever三词的首字母。

8. internet roaming

9. lifestreaming

10. QR code

11. sexting

12. textaholic

13. global commons

14. guerilla gardener

15. guerrilla dining

16. nomophobia

17. baby brain

译为“幼儿脑子”。指怀孕后的一种副作用，表现为健忘、精神不集中等，并常被认为变得迟钝，大脑退化。也叫“孕妇脑子”，ｐｒｅｇｇｉｅ ｂｒａｉｎ。两种说法都带有幽默色彩。

18. celeblog

19. lolcat

20. lawfare

译为“国际法战”。指一国利用国际法，以道德为依据攻击或指责另一国，主要指超级军事强国，谴责其违反国际法。该词由international law + warfare掐头合成。

21. celebutard

22. fur child

23. generation Z

译为“世纪后”。按国内模式翻译，指２０００年后出生的一代。特点有喜欢电脑科技、上网、手机交流、同时做多项事情，影响父母消费决定，成长于双职工家庭。也被称为“新沉默的一代”（New Silent Generation）。

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"Obeezy in the Heezy" May 11, 2009

Part of Obama's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner ...

"Michael Steele is in the House tonight, or as he would say, in the Heezy ... What's up? ..."

Would anyone like to try their hand at translating this sentence?

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Viral Video May 11, 2009

... not necessarily a term that became popular in the past year or so, but in recent years nonetheless.

网络流行视频? 网络病毒性视频?

BTW, It's just a term I suddenly thought of that seems to fit under this column ... not really looking for suggestions on how to translate it; that's why I'm not posting it in the KudoZ section.

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New English words Jun 10, 2009

Paul J.J. Payack, president and chief word analyst for the Global Language Monitor, says, however, that the million-word estimation isn't as important as the idea behind his project, which is to show that English has become a complex, global language.

"It's a people's language," he said.

Other languages, like French, Payack said, put big walls around their vocabularies. English brings others in.

"English has the tradition of swallowing new words whole," he said. "Other languages translate."

The Internet, global commerce and global travel have accelerated the trend by putting English in contact with many other linguistic groups. This has made English more rich and more complex -- hence all of the new terms, he said.

Still, Payack says he doesn't include all new words in his count. Words must make sense in at least 60 percent of the world to be official, he said. And they must make sense to different communities of people. A new technology term that's only understood in Silicon Valley wouldn't count as a mainstream word, he said.

His computer models check a total of 5,000 dictionaries, scholarly publications and news articles, as well as billions of Web sites, to see how frequently words are used, he said. A word must make 25,000 appearances to be deemed legitimate.

Payack said news events have also fueled the rapid expansion of English, which he said has more words than any other language. Mandarin Chinese comes in second with about 450,000 words, he said.

English terms like "Obamamania," "defriend," "wardrobe malfunction," "zombie banks," "shovel ready" and "recessionista" all have grown out of recent news cycles about the presidential election, economic crash, online networking or a sports event, he said. Other languages might not have developed new terms to deal with such phenomena, he said.

New English words
Web 2.0: the second generation of the Internet

n00b: a new or inexperienced user, usually with technology

Jai Ho: an exclamation of victory, from Hindi

slumdog: an unkind term for a person who lives in a slum

cloud computing: services delivered via the Internet

carbon neutral: an activity that doesn't produce heat-trapping carbon emissions

I think the majority of new English words and expressions have latin roots. I saw another one yesterday based on the controversy of Coldplay's hit song "Viva la Vida" being allegedly lifted from Joe Satriani - "coldplagiarism".

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The rise of China was the No. 1 story of the first decade of the 21st century Nov 15, 2010

Top words of the decade are global warming, 9/11 and Obama

At this time last year, you might not have known what a spillcam or a vuvuzela was. But you probably do now.

The two phrases are among the Top Words of 2010, according to the Global Language Monitor, which analyzes trends in word usage with an emphasis on global English.

"Our top words this year come from an environmental disaster, the World Cup, political malapropisms, new senses to ancient words, a booming economic colossus and a heroic rescue that captivated the world for days on end," said Paul JJ Payack, president of The Global Language Monitor. "This is fitting for a relentlessly growing global language that is being taken up by thousands of new speakers each and every day."

"Spillcam" rose to prominence after an underwater camera captured images of oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico after a well ruptured. Vuvuzelas gained fame -- or infamy -- after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, during which fans blared the loud, brightly colored horns.

Other top words include "refudiate," a conflation of "refute" and "repudiate" used by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin; "guido" and "guidette," terms heard on the TV show Jersey Shore; and "snowmagedon," a hybrid of "snow" and "Armageddon" that was used to describe record snowfalls in the United States' east coast and northern Europe last winter, according to the Monitor.

"Hu" -- as in President Hu Jintao of China -- was the top name of 2010.

The "rise of China was the No. 1 story of the first decade of the 21st century," the Global Language Monitor said.

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Overused Expressions Dec 31, 2010

(CNN) -- "Viral" leads this year's list of "banished words" from a Michigan university seeking an antidote to over-used expressions.

The word -- often used to describe popular one-hit wonders on YouTube -- garnered numerous nominations for the annual list, released by Lake Superior State University on Friday.

"This linguistic disease of a term must be quarantined," wrote Kuahmel Allah of Los Angeles wrote in nominating "viral" on the university's website.

The university says it receives more than 1,000 submissions each year on its website for the playful list, which a public relations official created in 1976 to draw more attention to the school.

"Viral" wasn't the only digital-age term in the cross-hairs of linguistic sticklers this year. "Fail" and "BFF" made the 2011 list, which also included a proposal to ban using Facebook and Google as verbs.

Political expressions that popped up during intense mid-term elections also took a hit. The list Past nominations for the "List of Word's Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness" have included "sexting," "staycation" and "carbon footprint."

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Expanded services for job-seekers include resume writing, interview preparation and more.

Right Executive Search LLC (RES), a leading recruiting partner to many top employers in the tri-state area, has added staff and expanded services to offer private career coaching to individual job-seekers. This expansion enables RES’ executive search professionals to counsel and assist individuals with their job searches and career goals in all disciplines, whether or not they are qualified for specific open positions being handled by RES.

The boutique executive search firm is best known for its relationships in the accounting, consulting and financial services fields, but provides candidate search and recruitment services for corporate clients across a wide variety of industries. Members of the RES team all come from corporate backgrounds, with years of hands-on experience as hiring managers. As job-market insiders, they are well-equipped to help candidates market themselves successfully to agency recruiters and hiring companies.

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Ms. Sheftic will co-head the Career Coaching Team with Melanie Donus, a partner in the firm. Ms. Sheftic will advise job-seekers on networking, organizing their job searches, preparing for interviews, and utilizing Linkedin, job boards and social media. Ms. Donus will focus on resume assistance. She is a former client services executive for Deutsche Bank, who has crafted and enhanced countless resumes for candidates successfully placed by RES.

The team also includes: Marianne Grady, currently a human resources director for a $2-billion private equity firm, who shares her expertise in all facets of talent acquisition, candidate screening, and interviewing; and Heidi Sehrt Gerhard, a certified career coach with vast experience in executive search and corporate recruitment. Both Ms. Grady and Ms. Gerhard will offer job-hunters their insiders' perspectives on what hiring managers are seeking and work with them to polish their personal presentations to prospective employers.

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Movember's PR strategy takes it beyond a month of moustache growing

The Movember Foundation, which encourages men to grow moustaches for charity during November, is branching out to highlight a wider variety of men's health issues throughout the year.

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Movember is making moves beyond the moustache

Since its inception in 2003, the charity has helped fund more than 1,200 projects globally, tackling prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention in particular.

This year, the charity has asked several UK agencies to promote Movember via activities that go beyond the traditional 'challenge' of growing a moustache.

"We are now putting a lot more emphasis on the cause we seek to address - that men are dying too young - which has required bringing the focus away from simply announcing the moustache in November, to a year-round awareness and education piece," said Helena Jennison, marketing and communications director for the Movember Foundation.

Movember's UK PR agency The Romans created the "MovemBET" campaign - a real-life betting shop, which highlights how men gamble with their health by not knowing their odds.

"In creating MovemBET, we created a hard-hitting and disruptive opportunity for men to talk openly about their health and the health of those closest to them," said The Romans co-founder and creative director Joe Sinclair.

Meanwhile, integrated agency Alfred launched a series of influencer-led events at the start of the month, with the aim of raising more widespread awareness of male health issues.

Dan Neale, who co-founded Alfred, told PRWeek the Movember charity is working hard to get more people involved - particularly women, who have "welcomed" their chance to participate.

"The work we have done shows how men's health can impact the women in their lives, so women are keen to show their support and get involved."

Elsewhere, creative agency Matta, which worked alongside the charity last year, is working with celebrity ambassadors, including cyclist Mark Cavendish (pictured below), comedian and actor Ben Miller and female singer-songwriter Foxes, to focus on overall male mortality rates, prostate cancer and male suicide.

Unlike The Romans and Alfred, Matta did launch a moustache-based campaign - Seriously Good Moustaches - that graffitied the top lips of each of the famous faces working with the charity.

Matt Hunt, strategy and brand director at MATTA, said: "The campaign places statistics for each health issue as hand-written statements on the top lips of Olympians Mark Foster and Mark Cavendish, and England Rugby Union captain Dylan Hartley, as well as other celebrities such as Gok Wan, Ben Miller and Jack Savoretti."

The campaign has also been picked up in Australia, where cricketers Mitchell Starc and Ellyse Perry, and model Megan Gale, were used.

Speaking about the impact of this year's activities, Jennison said: "We have introduced more ways to fundraise, inspiring people to not only grow a moustache, but also take on a Move challenge and Host an event. Our community is motivated to be part of our movement to solve the crisis in men's health."

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The real story behind H.P. Lovecraft ...

With the release of H.P. Lovecraft Live at the Fillmore coming out on audiophile vinyl this fall (Sundazed Records), I thought it would be a good time to answer some of the questions I've been asked over the years, and correct some misconceptions concerning the group. The following is the true story of H.P. Lovecraft.

The Beginning...H.P. Lovecraft (named after the author...more later) began in 1966. I had been on the road playing folk and blues venues for a number of years, had just gotten married, was newly settled in Chicago, and  pursuing a career as a singer and musician. Wanting to stay in town and looking for work, I auditioned for a locally known Chicago singer who was putting together a instrumental/vocal trio to play hotels and supper clubs. David Michaels (Miotke) and I met at the audition, were hired, and started rehearsing for what would become "The Will Mercier Trio". We really enjoyed working together and became good friends. He was attending Northwestern University studying music composition and theory, had perfect pitch, a vast classical background, and a four octave vocal range! I loved singing with him. David wasn't familiar with the music I was doing, or much in the way of Folk, Blues, R&B, Soul, Rock, or contemporary music at all. But that was part of why it was so cool. He was original, he was pure, a blank canvas with enormous talent! If he heard a tune once he could play it! In addition to all this, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of old standards, show tunes, light jazz, and baseball! As much as we enjoyed working together, there was considerable tension with Will. He was older, kind of rigid, had tons of rules, and was a lot more serious than David and I. We stuck it out for a couple of years because the money was good, but the handwriting was on the wall.
Though I was playing with the trio,I hadn't stopped recording as a solo artist. I had begun writing songs a few years before, and was working with a management/production team to develop material for a solo LP. I had signed with a Chicago label (Dunwich), and had just released my first single. The record was starting to get airplay, and I was asked to record more sides. Bill Traut, one of the producers, suggested doing some covers, so we chose a few. Among them was "Any way that you want me" by Chip Taylor. After listening to the completed track, it was clear that something was missing, and that David singing harmony was it... a no brainer. By this time David and I had gotten very tight vocally and were operating on a different level than either of us had previously experienced. It's hard to describe, but I think we both recognized that something was happening. His vocal harmony part was the perfect thing, everybody loved it... the first H.P.Lovecraft record was in the can.

The Name...I've read a few tales concerning how the name was arrived at. Here's what happened. George Badonsky (my manager, later the band's as well) had a Yorkie terrier named Yuggoth. I thought it was a wild name and asked where it came from. George introduced me to the author H.P.Lovecraft and loaned me his copy of "At the mountains of madness". Oh Boy! Then to top it off, Bill Traut (George's partner) was a friend of August Derluth who happened to be the executor of the Lovecraft estate. Unbelievable! Talk about timing. That's how we came up with, and got permission to use the name H.P. Lovecraft. Bill also had a complete set of Lovecraft's books. I read everything!

The Band...Well, we had a name, we had a record, we were negotiating a multi record deal with Phillips Records, but we lacked one thing...A Band!
I had never played an electric guitar. David had never played an electronic Keyboard, but we loved to sing, I was writing, and we were working on songs. I borrowed an electric guitar, and David dipped into savings and bought a dual keyboard Vox Continental organ and an amp for each of us. After losing our home to a fire the year before, my wife and I had moved to a small apartment in the Chicago suburbs. This became our home and music studio. David and I set up in the living room and began jamming. We worked on songs from my folk repertoire, songs from other writers, and began exploring musical ideas that later would become H.P.Lovecraft songs. The first of these was "At The Mountains Of Madness" I had just read the book, which inspired the lyric, and David and I created a very Lovecraftian musical theme...our first real Lovecraft tune! Meanwhile we were searching for musicians. This proved challenging because most of my musical friends were acoustic musicians, and David's were from the classical world. With help from management we began auditioning players.
Tony Cavallari was one of the first people we encountered. He was young, a little edgy, played the blues, and had a free spirit. I liked him right away. The problem was, he lived in Indiana, 50 miles away, and didn't have a car! Tony soon became a regular on our couch, staying at our place for days at a time. David and I were still working with the Mercier Trio, Jamming with Tony during the day, and gigging at night. We were coming together musically, but  my home life was suffering. Things had to change. I convinced our management to rent us a rehearsal space in Chicago. They found a place on an upper floor of an office building right downtown in the heart of the city. Because the building was in use during the day, we could only rehearse there at night from 10pm on. This was fine when it was just Tony, David, and myself, but as soon as we added bass, drums, and a Sound System for vocals, things got a little dicey. Police visits became regular events. The first one came as quite a surprise. On this particular evening we had just smoked... and though we had opened the windows (we were on the eighth floor), I'm sure the room reeked of cannabis. Suddenly the door opened and two uniformed police entered.The police were very courteous and professional. They told us there had been a noise complaint (it was 2am) and could we please close the windows. Then they left... Hallelujah!
Shortly after we moved into the city we met Michael Tegza. He was 16. A sharp dresser with an outgoing personality, and an off the wall drummer! He was solid right from the start. Our first bass player (there were 3) was Tom Skidmore. Tom was a nice, well rounded all american guy who really wanted to be in a band. He loaned Tony his Gibson ES-330 guitar which Tony immediately fell in love with. This got Tom a few extra weeks with the group. Tony used this guitar for the feedback effects on the recording of "The White Ship" and claimed that its pickups were responsible for the other worldly sound he achieved.
David and I left our trio gig and began focusing on Lovecraft exclusively. By this time we had a strong set of performance material and I had just written "The White Ship". The song came to me in one sitting on a bench in the hall outside our rehearsal space. It was written on an acoustic 12 string guitar in about fifteen minutes. When we got back to the rehearsal and began playing it, everything just fell together, it came to life. Tony's Guitar, Michael's drumming and especially David's Organ, harmony vocal, and Harpsichord solo created the unique ambience of the piece. H.P. Lovecraft had arrived... We had a sound! We were starting to play some local gigs, and needed a stronger bass player who could keep up with Michael and possibly sing with David and me. Jerry McGeorge was suggested. Jerry played rhythm guitar with "The Shadows of Knight", a Chicago group with whom we shared management. He was leaving the group, and we invited him to join Lovecraft as our new bass player. Things jelled quickly with Jerry, and we went into the studio to record the first LP.

The First Album...The first record "H.P. Lovecraft" was recorded at Universal Recording in Chicago in a little over a week. The band was well rehearsed, and we were ready. Recording was very different in those days. Sessions were booked in three hour blocks of time, and you were expected to do a song from start to finish in that period. Unlike most of the bands in the midwest then, we weren't imitating other artists, we were original, recording original material, with an original and experimental sound! Because of this, and our desire to actually use the studio as an instrument, we required a certain amount of experimentation time.This drove our producers, and to a lesser extent our engineer crazy! They'd never seen anything like it. We booked our sessions six hours at a time instead of the usual three, sometimes more! We were spending precious time (Money) exploring what we could do in this new environment, and loving it! Jerry and I were the only band members with studio experience but the other guys soon jumped right in. Everything was  going well until it came time to record "That's How Much I Love You Baby (More or Less)". This song evolved from a chord progression that I had been toying with for years. One day Tony uttered the phrase (speaking of a girlfriend) "That's how much I love you baby more or less", and I latched on to it like a dog on a bone. The rest of the lyric came pouring out, and we had a tune. It was new, jazzy, swingin', and in 3/4 time. Whoops! Michael and Jerry (our rhythm section) were rockers, and try as they might, just couldn't grab the jazzy swinging feel of the song. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to record it, we ( the producers and myself) decided to bring in some musicians who were more familiar with Jazz to play the bass and drums. This pivotal moment represents the first ripples of discontent and fractioning within the group. After that it was never the same. We went ahead  and recorded the piece with the studio musicians, and it was everything we'd hoped for, but because of the bad feelings created, decided to use a lesser take with Michael and Jerry playing drums and bass on the recording. I still really like the song. I've been asked about the ships bell on "The White Ship" and the cowbell on "Wayfaring Stranger" many times over the years. Here's the story. The first album was a four track recording. This means that as you go along, things must be permanently combined to make room for new sounds. Once this is done there's no going back, it's forever! Both bells were added to our recording by Bill Traut using this process. His intentions were good, but in my opinion they're both too loud. While on this subject, I'd also like to say that the horns on the album were a later addition as well... Also done by Bill Traut, and arranged by jazz pianist Eddie Higgins. They added these things without our knowledge. I was upset by this at the time, but have since come to realize how important and meaningful these additions were to the sound and success of the record. One more thing to know about the LP is that "At The Mountains Of Madness" was written for, recorded, and intended to be on the first record. (It was later released on H.P. Lovecraft II) It was omitted in favor of "The Time Machine"to my everlasting embarrassment. I wrote "The Time Machine" as a send up of a popular novelty tune of the day "Winchester Cathedral". It was a joke, a total goof, complete with megaphone vocal and a big yteh-thir! It was never intended for the public, but there it is.
The Road...Almost as soon as our first LP was released, it was clear that we were a bit out of sync with what was happening musically in the mid west. Local radio just didn't know what to do with us. Though we were gaining popularity and people were requesting our record, our best known tune "The White Ship" was six and a half minutes long! In those days if you wanted a song played on the radio it had to be three and a half minutes or less. We needed to branch out. As fate would have it, Bill Graham heard our record and arranged for us to come west, play the Fillmore Auditorium, and do a west coast tour. As soon as we arrived in San Francisco we knew we were in the right place. Our record (the whole LP) was in constant rotation on local radio, people stopped us on the street, and were lined up outside the venues we played. We had no idea! The shows were fantastic! Unlike the mid west, the people in California cared about the sound, they cared about the lights, they cared about the music!! We were in Heaven. Some of us were getting seemed like almost everybody was getting high! It was the 60's and we were feelin' it! After that first California trip things really changed. We were on the road constantly, coast to coast and back again for eleven months! We traveled in two leased vans, driving around the clock, seven people plus our gear. Needless to say, this took a toll. We played some great gigs, and heard and jammed with  some amazing musicians, but the group was falling apart. The label was demanding a record, we'd been on the road constantly for eleven months, and I hadn't been writing. The other elephant in the room was that I wanted to move to California! We still lived in Chicago, our management was there, plus George and Bill were dissolving their partnership, and we had to choose one or the other to manage us. Great timing! David and I were also drifting apart. On top of that, one band member was whispering in Davids ear to jump ship and start his own band, not realizing that what people were interested in was how we sang together. We were a team, that's where the energy was, and why we were successful. David was a huge talent, and could have easily had a solo career, but he didn't write songs, and outside the band, had no real relationship to, or interest in contemporary music. Never the less, it was a distraction. During this very chaotic time we also fired Tony Cavallari who seemed to have lost interest in the band and really wasn't playing well. This was a mistake and I take responsibility for it. We replaced him temporally with Chicago blues guitarist Joe Kelly, but after the first gig it was clear that Tony was our guy, and that letting him go was a  bad decision. I apologized, and Tony returned to the fold. Somehow I managed to convince the band that our future was in California. A lot was up in the air, and it felt like a good time to relocate.
After the move, we settled in to begin work on the new record. The energy within the group wasn't good. In hindsight, I think there was some resentment and repressed stuff with a couple of the guys, which was affecting the group vibe, and more importantly, the music. Enter Jeffrey Boyan (our third and last bass player). Except for early on, I never felt that Jerry was comfortable or happy with the band. When he joined, his playing really helped us come together, and he was great onstage. So what was the problem? At this point in the band's history, we needed to up our game. To find another strong singer (which Jerry wasn't), and a good bass player. Preferably someone that could also write. I had known Jeffrey since the folk days. We had jammed together many times.  He was a great singer with a good ear for harmony, wrote good tunes, had good stage presence, and played guitar and bass, just what was needed. On a personal level I should also say that I never felt supported or liked by Jerry, and when I heard that Jeffrey was interested in joining the group, I was very enthusiastic, as were the rest of the guys. We had a record to make, and Jeffrey was like a breath of fresh air.

The Second Album...We were under the gun. The label was threatening. Our manager had booked studio time in L.A., we had a new bass player, and very little in the way of material. I had started work on a few song ideas before leaving home, and was excited to hear what Jeffrey was bringing in. I had high hopes. I wasn't disappointed.  We were  recording at a studio in L.A. owned by the Beach Boys (ID Sound). The engineer (Chris Huston) proved to be exactly the right person to record the group. He saved the day! Chris was a total wild man, often with a beautiful woman on his lap while he recorded. He was also a genius. Chris had been experimenting with backward tape, multiple delays, and numerous other studio effects years before they were in common use. He was way ahead of the curve, and brought his knowledge to bear on Lovecraft II. "Electrollentando", "Mobius Trip", and "It's About Time" are examples of what I'm talking about. Those tunes couldn't have existed without Chris's magic. Jeffrey brought in "Blue Jack of Diamonds", and sang the Billy Ed Wheeler classic "High Flyin' Bird". He was a perfect fit. Since the first record we'd been looking without success for a song that featured David.  David was also starting to write songs, and wanted them to be considered for the record. This created some tension because Jeffrey had just joined the group and we'd already recorded one of his original tunes, and featured him on another. Plus, I'd brought in two songs from my friend Terry Callier "It's About Time", and "Spin,Spin,Spin". David wasn't happy. We finally found "Keeper of the Keys" by Shipley and Brewer, and recorded that as David's solo piece. The label must have liked it, because they released it as the single! Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys liked the group. One night he came by the studio with a friend. We were in the midst of something, so nobody was paying much attention. Later when we were listening to what we'd recorded that evening, I noticed Dennis and his friend sitting in the back of the room. A few weeks later, I saw a photo of Dennis' friend in the newspaper. It was Charles Manson!
We were about to leave on a short tour, but the record wasn't finished, and the natives at the label were getting restless. We decided to take the tapes with us and work on them in Chicago and New York. We played a couple of mid west concerts, then had a week off in Chicago before heading to New York. We were in Chicago working on the record when I ran into my old friend Ken Nordine in the studio lounge. Timing truly is everything! He agreed to come in and riff on tape, which he did brilliantly! Ken is a true genius, a legend with a golden voice. This was cutting edge stuff at the time. A Jazz poet with a rock band? Almost unheard of in 1967. New York was great. We had two fantastic nights at Fillmore East. It was the best the band ever sounded. Jeffrey's vocal blend with David and me was strong, he and Michael were killing it on bass and drums, and David and I were on fire!  We were feeling good. We were mixing the record at The Record Plant, and were excited to be working in a state of the art studio with Chris Huston and Eddie Kramer doing the mix. As we neared the end of mixing though, I repeatedly felt that I was listening to a work in progress, not a finished recording. I still feel that way today. H.P. Lovecraft II has some incredible and innovative moments, but if the label hadn't been pushing so hard for product, it would have been a very different, and more exciting record.  All I can say is, I wish we'd had more time.

The Last Gasp...We were living in California, more or less out of touch with our management in Chicago, and not getting along. Bill Graham was expressing interest in managing the group, but we were still under contract. I had been loyal to George Badonsky (our original manager), but was beginning to see that things weren't working and couldn't continue much longer with the current set up. We were gaining in popularity, playing larger venues, and our business was more and more centered on the west coast. With all the touring, and the addition of Jeffrey, we had become a very good live band, but off stage was another matter. The younger guys were partying hard most of the time, and David wasn't in a good place. I think he felt unappreciated because we hadn't recorded one of his devotional songs. This weighed on him, as well as the fact that everybody else in the group got high. David was living in the band house with the younger guys, and I'm sure was feeling a bit like a fish out of water. At this point I was spending more time with my friends than with the guys in the band. They had a large house with a pool that soon became party central. I was living quietly in Mill Valley with my wife, spending time with friends, writing, smoking weed, and tripping in the woods. I should have been paying more attention. We were in the middle of booking a summer tour that included a concert in Hawaii with Jimi Hendrix, and an appearance at The Woodstock Festival, when I got the call. It was Bill (Wlillem) Kenect our crew chief in a panic. Apparently David had been dosed with something (to this day, I don't know with what), had experienced a complete meltdown, and demanded to be driven immediately to the airport where he boarded a plane and returned to Chicago. Once there, he moved in with his parents and refused all contact with anyone connected with the band for over a year! David eventually returned to Northwestern University where he obtained a masters degree in music. This is the first time the real story of H.P. Lovecraft has been told. There have been a number of accounts in print about the demise of the group, but this is the first time the actual unvarnished and unspun truth has been revealed. I'm now 72 years old and have read a fair amount over the years concerning our history. I've been amazed (that there's still interest, thank you) and amused, and yes, sometimes hurt by things people have said. Some true, some not. In past interviews I've avoided certain subjects out of respect for peoples privacy, and not wanting to rock the boat by challenging some of their stories, but I'm now at a place in life where I want the full story without the spin to be known. This is it.

Aftermath...I was devastated! I knew there were problems, but had no idea things had gotten so bad. I knew it was over when David refused all our attempts to make contact with him. Replace him and move on? Ridiculous! Nobody could replace David! Eventually I took a job as a booking agent. I was burned out from the road and all that had happened, and needed a rest from being a band leader.
We had been back in Chicago almost a year when I got a call from Bill Graham. He had a plan. He invited me to come to San Francisco for the weekend. As it turned out, Bill was starting a management company and wanted Lovercraft to be his first client! Woah! He advised me to get a lawyer and start looking for musicians, and that he'd advance any necessary monies to get things started! I told him the same thing I'd been saying all along...simply that H.P.Lovecraft was David and Me! Bill agreed with this assment, and not only that, he called David and David took the call! I wasn't present for the conversation, but the next thing I knew, David was back and we were putting a band together! I approached Bill Traut (our former manager) who was also a music business attorney, to handle contracts and negotiations, and we went looking for a record deal. A short time later Bill and I flew to L.A. and I  signed a whopper of a deal with Warner Reprise. The contract allowed enough money to hire just about any musician was to be a "super group" built around me and David! We had total label support, Bill Graham as a manager, and access to the best musicians money could buy! What  could be better? I was in charge of putting the band together while David continued working on his masters degree. We started with Michael Tegza (our original drummer), and built the band from there. It sounds perfect right? Not quite. Flash forward to departure day. We're on our way to California and our new digs, (a beautiful spanish mansion with pool on 160 forested acres, complete with a large wood paneled room with a fireplace to rehearse the band). I'd come a couple of days ahead to insure that everything was in place. Time to go to work. Everyone arrived right on time. Everyone but David! I mentioned earlier that I'd signed the record deal. This is relevant because as band leader, I was contractually responsible to deliver the agreed upon personnel...David! We tried everything to change his mind, including a substantial cash bonus, but nothing could persuade him. Years later he released a CD of devotional music (In Dust I Sing) dedicated to his Guru Meher Babba. He never performed with a contemporary rock group again.
I attempted to salvage what was left of the group, but without David it wasn't the same. Other people were brought in, there was a lot of money on the table, and the infighting began. Ego and power became the thing, People were buying new cars, packin' their noses, and livin' the life. Somewhere along the way the music got lost, and I left the group. They made a record for Reprise "Lovecraft in the Valley of the Moon" that bore no resemblance to the music of the original band, and that was that. The label lost interest, the record didn't sell, and the band broke up. That's the story.
Almost fifty years have passed since H.P.Lovecraft took the stage. The band only existed for three years, but what a time it was!

Addendum...A few attempts were made to capitalize on the name and success of H.P. Lovecraft. The name was used, a couple of records were released, but other than that, nothing was was just business.

Ethan Kenning

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Amy Godiva said...

Great story! Sad that the third album could have been their breakthrough if they could have stuck together.


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5 Editor’s Secrets to Help You Write Like a Pro

This post, from Sonia Simone, originally appeared on her Remarkable Communication site on 9/10/07.

I do a lot of copyediting, both of books and advertising collateral. I’ll let you in on a secret that still surprises me, although I’ve seen it hundreds of times now. If you looked at the raw work of most professional writers, you’d be pretty underwhelmed.

Professional writers get work because they hit their deadlines, they stay on message, and they don’t throw too many tantrums. Some pros have a great writing voice or a superb style, but as often as not, that gets in the way. When you know that the best word is “prescient,” it’s hard to swallow when an account manager tells you the client won’t know what it means.

Professional writers rely on editors to fix their clunks. Like good gardeners, sensitive editors don’t hack away—we prune and gently shape. When we’ve done a great job, the page looks just like it did before, only better. It’s the page the writer intended to write.

Editing, like writing, takes time to learn. But here are five fixes I make with nearly every project. Learn to make them yourself and you’ll take your writing to a more professional, marketable, and persuasive level.

1. Sentences can only do one thing at a time.

Have you ever heard a four-year-old run out of breath before she can finish her thought? I edit a lot of sentences that work the same way. You need a noun, you need a verb, you might need an object. Give some serious thought to stopping right there.

Sentences are building blocks, not bungee cords; they’re not meant to be stretched to the limit. I’m not saying you necessarily want a Hemingway-esque series of clipped short sentences, but most writers benefit from dividing their longest sentences into shorter, more muscular ones.

2. Paragraphs can only do one thing at a time.

A paragraph supports a single idea. Construct complex arguments by combining simple ideas that follow logically. Every time you address a new idea, add a line break. Short paragraphs are the most readable; few should be more than three or four sentences long. This is more important if you’re writing for the Web.

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Peek-a-boo! A striped lining on the removable hood gives this solid anorak jacket an unexpected dose of fun, whether it's rain or shine. From Dennis Basso.

  • Removable hood, shirt collar, zip closure, solid shell, striped lining and inside of hood, self drawstring at waist
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Best friends forever. Customize your one-of-a-kind jewelry creation with this oxidized sterling silver Scottish terrier bead. From Prerogatives(R) Jewelry.

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Life is strung together by moments that define us. With each unique bead you add to your Prerogatives jewelry, you celebrate a time of laughter or learning. You celebrate those challenges that gave you a voice or the moments that took your breath away. This special collection represents not only your distinctive style, but the stories behind it. Truly, these are your Prerogatives.

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Prerogatives Sterling Scottish TerrierDog Bead is rated 4.6 out of 5 by 9.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from It's a Cairn! a Westie! a Scottie! Super Terrier!! This little dog charm is the closest I've seen to a true representation of a Cairn terrier. Of all my charms, this one is my favorite. LOVE!
Date published: 2013-05-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Westie Charm Sadly, I just lost my Westie this month after 14 years of loving company. I never saw this bead before, I had been looking for one, and I am so glad I found it. Definitely looks like a Westie, thanks QVC, its on my wrist forever.
Date published: 2011-11-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Westie! We dog lovers could argue all day, but I thought Westie the minute I saw this little face! Finely detailed right down to it's little tail, it's one of my favorite beads. Not my first Prerogatives purchase and won't be my last. Love the line, Love the price, Love the included S&H!
Date published: 2011-08-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Best one I've see It is a terrier for sure, and it is the spitting image of a Cairn (it can be anything we terrier people want it to be). I've seen others out there, and they just don't come close to appearance and quality. I have three of them on my bracelet to represent my first three Cairns. Thanks QVC - yet again!
Date published: 2011-07-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by from ADORABLE!! I had to get this charm because of my Westies. It looks more like a Westie than Scottish Terrier and it is adorable and perfect!
Date published: 2011-01-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Simply adorable in person! I got this little doggie for my Originality bracelet I got for xmas. Although it's a Scottie, I thought it was close enough in design to represent my dear little Westie, and I was right. It fits perfectly, and the scale is just right. It looks a little large and distorted in the picture, but is so cute and detailed all around in person! If you're a dog lover, get this charm!
Date published: 2010-12-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Yes, it is a Scottie I have had 11 scotties and I think it looks like a scottie. It is obviously an interpretation because I am not sure how else they could depict one. Of course he is short and squatty because the charm is small. I think he is darling and so will my mom who owns a scottie, too. Until Pandora makes a scottie, this one will fit the bill.
Date published: 2010-11-13
Rated 1 out of 5 by from Not even close I recently ordered several of these beads in memory of all my Scotties, both present and past. Two thirds of the beads I ordered did not look anything like the other third, or anything like the photo on the website, either. They are going back, and I am thinking of sending my entire bracelet and all the other beads back, too. Very disappointing!
Date published: 2010-08-26
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Dialectical Spiritualism: John Locke, Part 3

BY: SUN STAFF - 4.3 2017

Conversations wtih HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, excerpted from  Dialectical Spiritualism: A Vedic View of Western Philosophy.

John Locke (1632 - 1704)

Syamasundara dasa: Locke states that God must be a thinking being because matter, which is senseless, could never produce sense experience, perception, and thoughts.

Srila Prabhupada: Certainly. By definition, God has full knowledge of everything. Krsna says:

vedaham samatitani
vartamanani carjuna
bhavisyani ca bhutani
mark tu veda na kascana

"0 Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows." (Bg. 7.26) Krsna also told Arjuna that millions of years ago He instructed the sun god in the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita. Krsna also points out that Arjuna took birth with Him, but that Arjuna had forgotten. Krsna knows everything. That is the meaning of omniscience.

Syamasundara dasa: Locke also says that since there are no innate ideas, moral, religious, and political values must be regarded as products of experience.

Srila Prabhupada: We should understand what is the best experience. For instance, we consider Manu to be the authority on political and social affairs. Manur iksvakave bravit (Bg. 4.1). Manu instructed his son Iksvaku. If this depends on experience, we should accept perfect, unadulterated experience.

Syamasundara dasa: He states that values must obey the will of God as expressed in natural law, the laws upon which men agree, such as social contracts, and the established traditions, customs, and opinions of mankind. He states that our laws must be obeyed in such a way that we will exist in harmony.

Srila Prabhupada: And what is that harmony? Perfect harmony is in knowing that we are part and parcel of God. In this body, there are different parts, and each part has a particular function. When each part performs its function, the body is harmonious. The hand is meant for touching, lifting, and grasping, but if the hand says, "I shall walk," there is disharmony. Being part and parcel of God, we have a particular function. If we fulfill that function, there is harmony. If we do not, there is disharmony. The law of nature means working in harmony with the desire of God.

mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram
hetunanena kaunteya
jag ad viparivartate

"This material nature is working under My direction, 0 son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." (Bg. 9.10) Under Krsna's superintendence, everything is functioning in harmony. Events do not happen blindly. In any organization, there is a supreme authority under whose orders everything moves in harmony. Harmony means that there must be some supreme superintendent. It is generally said that obedience is the first law of discipline. There cannot be harmony without obedience.

Syamasundara dasa: Locke would say that we have to obey the laws of nature.

Srila Prabhupada: Everyone is obeying the laws of nature. Yasyajnaya bhramati. Brahma-samhita (5.52) states that the sun is moving in its orbit fixed by the law of Govinda. The ocean has certain limitations fixed by the Supreme. All nature is functioning according to the law of God.

Syamasundara dasa: Locke believes that we must also obey the laws upon which we agree, that is, the social contract.

Srila Prabhupada: This is the law: we must surrender to Krsna. When we agree to the laws of the Supreme, that is religion.

Syamasundara dasa: Men agree socially not to steal one another's property, or to kill one another. Shouldn't we obey these laws of man?

Srila Prabhupada: Men's laws are imitations of God's laws. God's law states: isavasyam idarh sarvam. "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord." (Isopanisad 1) Every living entity is the son of God, and he has the right to live at the cost of God. Everyone is eating food supplied by God. The animals are eating their food. The cow is eating grass, but why should we kill the cow? This is against God's law. We have rice, grains, fruits, vegetables, and so on. These are for us. Tigers do not come to eat our fruits or grains, so why should we kill tigers? A tiger is not encroaching upon our rights.

Hayagriva dasa: Locke argues on behalf of private property given to man by God. He believes that a man may have stewardship over a certain amount of property. Is this in compliance with the Isopanisadic version?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Tena tyaktena bhunjitha. "One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota." (Isopanisad 1) Everything belongs to God. A father may have many sons and be the ultimate proprietor of his house, yet he gives different rooms to his sons. The obedient son is satisfied with what his father has alloted him. The disobedient son simply wants to disturb his other brothers, and so he claims their rooms. This creates chaos and confusion in the world. The United Nations has been formed to unify nations, but they have not succeeded. People continue to encroach on one another's property, and therefore there is no peace. If we accept God as the supreme proprietor, and are satisfied with the allotment He has given us, there will be no trouble. Unfortunately, we are not satisfied.


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Curtain Call

When ζach asked me what I wanted to do on my birthday, three things came to mind, but I only told him two: go geocaching together, and have a cake with leftovers that could go to the office the next day (instead of sitting on the counter calling my name for the next week). I didn’t say “take a […]

Meena’s Mom

Once upon a time, in the years BC (before children), the idea self-identifying as “someone’s Mom” was not just foreign, but distasteful. To identify oneself as nothing but the appendage of another, to be nothing but “Meena’s mom”, represented an abdication of self. I couldn’t understand why other women would do such a thing.


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Top 3 Signs You’re A Bad Mother

Top three signs you’re a Bad Mother – kindergarten is about to begin and…

Number 3

You skipped School Bus Safety Day. With a kid who has never been on a bus with mom, much less by herself.

Number 2

You don’t know when or where the school bus stops. Actually, you’re not even sure if your baby (did I mention she’s never been on a bus before?) even has a seat ON the bus.

Number 1

You’re me.

In other news, you’ll be happy to hear that the brown corduroy chairs have been safely restored to their home in the family room. Apparently I take better care of my furniture than I do of my kids.

I can’t sleep.

  1. Teachers, bus drivers, school staff know that these children are 3 and 4 when they start out. They don’t just let the children fend for themselves; they guide them and they have lists, and they take care of them. She will be fine. 🙂

  2. I had never even heard of these School Bus Safety things until recently. You put them on, the teacher gets them off, there’s not too much that go wrong there. “Make sure you sit down” pretty much covers it IMO. They will be FINE, don’t worry about it!

    1. Yeah, I’m not so much stressed about the safety aspect. But persuading her to get on the bus might be an issue :).

  3. Ha! I have a whole year to wait before I embark on my own (my child’s own?) school bus debacles. Good fun.

    Hope your girl has has a great first day!

    1. Fortunately(?) today was just meet the teacher. Friday is a ‘regular’ day (and bus day) with half the class, Tuesday we go prime-time. I’m not sure that ‘fortunately’ is the right word, because honestly, she is ready to go! She did the cutest little twirly dance, like she could barely contain her excitement, as we walked into the classroom.

      BUT the bus. Of course, she has suddenly started being even more worried about the bus. So naturally, I’m feeling even *better* about missing Bus Safety Day.

      But exciting, nonetheless. Be ready to cry 🙂

    1. Thanks Alison :). I’ve attempted to redeem myself by baking a “school bus cake” (post to follow – it’s either going to be incredibly cool or a complete disaster). Of course, what I *should* have been spending that time on is checking her list so I’d have realized we’re still missing a lunch bag.

      Sigh. At least I finally called this morning so I know what time to catch the bus tomorrow!

    2. Commented on your blog, but just in case you don’t follow comments that far back:

      Ok, so first of all, THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THIS LINK! I feel better. I knew it was going to be good from the moment I saw those scissors.

      Except – well – doesn’t this establish that she’s going to REMEMBER my inadequacies, even back as far as JK? Thank god I decided to make that bus cake 😛

      1. I’m glad you liked the post. I don’t always check old posts for comments, so thanks for pointing it out. It kind of scares me sometimes the things Rachel remembers from when she was really young. She’s like an elephant. I look forward to seeing/reading about the school bus cake! My kids have gone to school with their lunches in plastic grocery bags before now. Martha Stewart I am not. 🙂

        1. Yanno, I think a shopping bag is going to have to do, at least for tomorrow. I do have some small ones. Thanks for pointing that out – aside from not wanting to rush around after work, I’d much rather take her shopping and let her pick something anyhow.

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Derek Weisberg

Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present Derek Weisberg‘s “Porcelain Promises.”

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I have long been a fan of Derek Weisberg‘s work and have had the pleasure of seeing it in person. There is a raw truthfulness present throughout his sculptures that I have always admired. I recently asked him to give me some insight into his latest show “Porcelain Promises.”

Just before moving to NY, I began using porcelain. Porcelain is just a kind of clay, but it is very fine, finicky, delicate, sensitive, and terrible to build sculpture with, because there is no real structural integrity to the clay. But I took it on (in part) as a challenge, to see if I could make my sculptures with the most difficult of ceramic materials. Also porcelain is just a beautiful material on its own. One can achieve incredible detail and sharpness while sculpting with porcelain, because of the very fine compact particles. When fired to the proper temperature it becomes very vitrified, with a low sheen, and is basically just very sexy!

I really loved using porcelain so I continued using it and exploring its possibilities when I got to NY. Because of its lack of structural integrity and its sensitivity, porcelain is prone to cracking. Which I also love as the cracks became metaphors or symbols of scars. The beautiful white of the porcelain became a wonderful ground to draw and paint on, and so I began doing that, giving the figures these “tattoos”.

Porcelain can also be colored with pigment and I began playing with coloring the clay and making images and imagery with the actual colored clay, almost like lamenated wood. I was and am enjoying all the possibilities in process, and outcomes that porcelain is providing.

“Porcelain Promises” refers to several ideas. For me porcelain conjures many ideas and references:  a very sweet and delicate material, like when used in porcelain dolls, or a very high end, fine material, as in fine chinaware, a strong tradition as in delftware, or Mying dynasty objects, and it has incredible strength and integrity when fired properly. And ultimately, porcelain (and all the ideas mentioned that the material can stand for) is fragile and can be broken.

Derek is an accomplished sculptor with a vast portfolio of works. I encourage you to visit his website to see many more pieces, and read a great selection of interviews and reviews of his work. There is also an interesting studio visit at the impressive Greenwich House Pottery’s studio spaces by Kim Ronemus, where she stopped by Derek’s studio space and took some great photos of him working and the inspiration he’s placed around himself.

Below are a few more images from his studio space taken by Derek….

…and a few more by the amazing photographer Shaun Roberts. (Follow Shaun on tumblr to catch a glimpse of his many artist studio visits and his unique view of the world.)

Derek also shared this photo… “For those of you wondering how one fires something so large.”

He was recently a participating artist at Pow Wow Hawaii 2012. This is a a gathering of 30 internationally renowned artists who over the course of a week create a vast array of works in full view of the public, allowing engagement and interaction between the artists and their audience. This event was well covered by Ken Harman for Hi-FructoseArrested Motion. Below is an in-progress photo of Derek’s sculpture with Jeff Hamada and Kamea Hadar, and Will Barras.

In other news, Derek will be in an upcoming group show in May called “Head Trip”, at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis.  He will be showing many of his Grieving jars at that time. I asked Derek to give some insight into the meaning of these jars:

The Grieving Jars take initial inspiration from ancient Egyptian canopic jars. The ancient Egyptians in their death and burial rituals, would remove important organs and place them inside these canopic jars, each guarded by one of their gods. I really like the idea of ritual and death. In many ways ritual gives you a framework for dealing with death. Ritual can give you a kind of foundation, or a kind of support system, or a kind of schedule to help at a time when one can be completely lost and disoriented and grieving the loss of a loved one.

So my Grieving Jars have human heads depicting different states of grieving, instead of Egyptian gods. They can be functional and are intended to act as ritual objects. Being actual vessels, they also act as metaphor for philosophical ideas of body and spirit, and the connectedness or disjunction of these two.

You can follow Derek Weisberg’s work on Facebook and watch him work in this time lapse video from when he lived in California

Lastly, I give you this poignant self-portrait of Derek. Look at that studio… now look at him. The reasons I admire this guy are vast.

Thank you for your time Derek, and congratulations on your success!


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New Music: The-Dream – ‘Tron’

The-Dream goes back to the future on “Tron,” the latest release off his upcoming album IV Play, due May 7. The Radio Killa chops and screws his vocals while flexing over the heavy-hitting beat.

“Let you ni**as get hot for a minute, but I’ll be hot for a century,” he boasts.

The album is expected to feature some big collaborations. “Thanks to my Lil Big Sister for blessing me with a Vocal and the Big Homie We over ready god is good! #IVPlay. #Stayhumblestaylow!” tweeted Dream.

He has also teamed up with Mick Boogie for a retrospective mix called Parental Advisory featuring some of his biggest hits.

Listen to both below.

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The Gifted

New Music: Wale f/ 2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa – ‘Rotation’

Wale lights up with 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa on “Rotation,” the Travi$ Scott-produced smokers’ anthem off Wale’s album The Gifted (June 25).

“Five blunts in rotation,” raps Wale on the hook, while Wiz shares his preference for joints.

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We are aware that there is some confusion in practice about when owners should be asked to sign consent forms in relation to the use of unlicensed medicines under the Cascade, to alert clients to the legal position and about any likely side-effects.

The requirement is part of the supporting guidance for the Codes of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Nurses  and is included in the Practice Standards Scheme.

As many medicines used for ‘small furries’, exotics and pet birds are unlicensed, it is sufficient that owners are made aware of this at the outset of their relationship with the practice, and sign an appropriate consent form to cover future off-licence medicine use, regardless of the product or the condition for which it is being used.

With other animals, where it is more exceptional that an off-licence medicine be used, then a signed consent form is required each time a medicine is used, unless that medicine is for continuous use for the animal’s life or over a prolonged period of time, in which case a single form can be used. Where the same off-licence medicine is used in two or more separate incidents, even if for the same condition, but separated by time, then a new form ought to be signed.

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annotations 300x243 Reading second hand books: annotations and underlines

Because apparently I dont have enough to read, Ive taken to borrowing books from my fiances parents home. Many of these are old high school texts, and as such theyre full of highlights, annotations and doodles. These little scribbles and notes are fascinating to me as a reader: they give an insight into the mind of the reader who came before me, and I think add to my reading experience as well.

The most recent such book I read was How Many Miles to Babylon by Jennifer Johnston, and I found myself pausing at each addition in the margin or underlined word to ponder why something in particular had been marked as important or had been queried by the reader.

Some were simple word definitions or translations of foreign phrases or unfamiliar idiomsinteresting in that it made me wonder whether the author had missed the target audience here, or whether these idioms and phrases were meant'to remain opaque to the target audience.

Others were underlined sections and highlights of meaningful dialogue and moments. But each time I read one of these, I found myself realising how very different my own reading of the book was from the reader before me. Why was this line highlighted, I wondered, and not the one three lines later, a line that to me seemed to make a much more important point. Was the reader before me missing something? Was I missing something? Or were we just reading the same book in two very different ways?

Perhaps what was most interesting about the whole experience was that my fiance (or perhaps his sisterIm not sure who studied the book) was not the first to own the book. So the underlines and annotations were the result of at least two separate readings, and I cant help but wonder whether the first set of highlights influenced the second, which in turn influenced mine. A cumulative reading experience, if you will.

I have to say that it tempted me to underline some entirely irrelevant passages to see how the reader after me might fare

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well you also ahve to remember iGi is a infantry onyl server so modes would be a bit ahrder to do, anyway i like the AAS and normal conquest, nothing wron with them, granted the otehr modes are also fun but you cant have evrything.

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glory hounds runs single objective alot, i was playing sobj on gulf of oman and mashtuur night about an hour ago there
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I love the extraction and single objective modes and would put them on our server in a heartbeat.

Hopefully it might change in 0.4 but the sad and true fact at the moment is that a high percentage of the players have absolutely no idea what they are doing on these modes. But if played properly they are amazing and great fun.

I think we tried extraction on our of our excellent teamwork nights on our server and it was top fun.
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Im sorry i dont recognise your name and if I do initiate a kick vote its because either that person is TK'ing and I dont mean accidental I mean purposely, and you can tell when they do it over and over again, also medics who dont even bother to revive a dead team mate who has been faceplanted next to them. As for taking part in a vote of TK'ing I only do that if I actually witness the person doing something wrong, I dont just vote yes for the sake of it.

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Prayer to My Guru Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj

I followed you by rivers of phlegm and blood

followed you by rivers of gas and strong digestive juices and I found you

in my heart.

What I call my heart is you.

Now I want to hear you sing and play the flute the Virgin played

when she danced before our Lord in pious circles as the moon does in her orbit.

Once more I want to see you consulting with widows about their hemorrhoids

and with men my age asking for money.

I am more than 60 now

more than the smoke of memory gone in fire

more than what is left when bones are splintered ash.

When not even the echo of my voice is left

there you are.

With my hands I am listening for your voice spread over me like a flag of sky

open and let go of, carried in wind and snapping like a prayer shawl!

The mind without end or beginning

the heart alone with itself, the heart alone

I listen for that.

Whatever prayer is, this is a prayer:

the whistling a redbird makes shot through the wing with a pellet gun

the call of a buzzard falling from the forehead of an oak tree in Stephen’s Creek, Texas

shot from an amazing distance with a 22 rifle when I was twelve.

The arc of it falling beautiful in memory as the breast of a woman

or the flared nostrils of a muley cow in labor.

The arc of falling is my prayer and the memory of hitting the ground still trying

to breathe.

My own red face in the mirror is my prayer when I am feeling old

and bitter and used.

There is no burden greater than breath turned against itself

but if you are who I say you are, you hear these words before I do.

They say you are God but you are not God.

God is just another man who does not listen when we go down on our knees

crying in public.

You are more than God and I am laid bare to you!

The coarse hair over my heart

you know it well.

When I call your name you see the gaps between the crooked teeth I want to hide

behind my hands.

I have the tongue of a crow slit by a peanut farmer’s son and taught to speak

the words of men.

If I couldn’t lie there would be nothing left to say.

I am poor poor poor poor. I am poor!

I can’t earn your love

only stalk you as a crow will stalk a slice of wonder bread that falls

from your high window to this ground.

I tell you my heart is a decorated doorway

that the ribs over my heart are sanded smooth and lacquered with mantras

chanted in the remains of a East Texas accent.

But the face I show you only you can see

who see through walls and time before emptiness becomes a man.

Once I heard you telling someone on the street

“Abandon every face, see only sky.

If you must kneel, kneel completely through the earth.

You are free! You are not a prostitute and God is not your pimp!”

I kneel and I feel myself carried underground to the unconceived beginnings of a river.

I am the decorated doorway

the one you pass through walking with an arm of moon around your waist.

I will kneel before you like a man

or I will wear a long white skirt that drags the ground with a red hem.

I will dance for you with honeysuckle in my hair!

Shree Maa said to me

“Who am I? I am nothing, zero! If you want to see God, look in your mirror.”

I can’t say who I am

but I go round you like a red tailed hawk around a wild magnolia tree

in which a red winged blackbird sits.

Sometimes when the moon rises, our blood follows the limping heart and flows

in a spiral through the body

like the mob that followed Jesus through the winding streets of Jerusalem

when the cross was on his back, the sun setting on his head

followed by thunder, followed by rain!

Sometimes we may feel a wing has been torn from our spine.

Shree Maa told me that with one good wing we can fly in circles around our Lord

that a circle is as good as straight line when all we want is to be with you.

Before I came to rest in the one whose breast is white and fragrant as magnolia

I ate the flesh and drank the blood of memory.

My heart was a bible with verses marked by sticks of chewing gum.

Now in early morning I kneel by streams of breath

with the moon as my witness

and admit to you

I know nothing nothing nothing.

Copyright 2000 Charlie Hopkins
Photo courtesy Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Trust

Charlie Hopkins is poetry editor of this website.

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This page was published on September 6, 2000 and last revised on April 2, 2014.