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August 23, 2011   |   10:00am Pacific Time
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If your organization’s business continuity program was audited, would you survive the scrutiny? Understanding the communication requirements of the new ISO 22301 standard will help you assess how prepared you really are.

As a new international standard, ISO 22301 will provide guidance for organizations on how to define, improve, and maintain their business continuity program. Businesses of any size or shape can benefit from learning how to fortify their plans to meet this new standard.

Join crisis communications expert Dr. Robert Chandler as he reviews the communication requirements in this draft international document, where it came from and what you should do about it now.

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•  The standards on which ISO 22301 is based
•  What this means for your current business continuity communications plan
•  How to improve your plan to withstand audit and review


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Gathering of Eagles Foundation

Honored as an Eagle in:

Eagle Biography

William E. Brown Jr

Earl Brown began military flying at the dawn of the jet age. Born in the Bronx, New York, he grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He first dreamed of being a pilot after reading about the "Tuskegee Airmen" in two major black weekly newspapers he delivered after school. His uncle arranged an airplane ride for him at a nearby airport, but Brown soon realized he couldn't afford flying lessons and opted for pre-medical studies at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated in 1949, and after the Korean War started, Brown entered the U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadet Program in late 1950. First he learned to fly the North American T-6 Texan and then the North American F-51 Mustang.

He completed pilot training at Craig AFB, Alabama, in December 1951 as a distinguished graduate and received his wings and commission. Next, Brown went to Williams AFB, Arizona, for jet transition in the Lockheed T-33 "T-Bird" and F-80 Shooting Star. During this tour, Brown met Major Woodrow " Woody" Crockett, a Tuskegee Airman who became his role model, mentor, and lifelong friend. Brown went on to Nellis AFB, Nevada, where he learned the art of combat flying in the F-80 and the North American F-86 Sabre. With only eight weeks of training and 103 jet hours under his belt, Brown departed for Kimpo AB, Korea, in April 1952. During his one year tour in the 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, he was wingman for three of the Air Force's leading aces: "Boots" Blesse, Jim Jabara, and "Pete" Fernandez. In 125 combat missions, Brown was involved in many dogfights and was credited with damaging one enemy fighter.

After Korea, Brown reported to the 2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, where he flew the Republic F-84 Thunderjet, North American F-86 Sabre, and the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger. After a tour in Spain flying F-102s with the 431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Brown transitioned to the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II at George AFB, California. In August 1965, his squadron deployed to Ubon AB, Thailand, where Brown flew 50 combat missions over North Vietnam and Laos. He then attended Armed Forces Staff College. After graduation, he commanded the 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Bitburg AB, Germany. In 1969, he returned to Thailand and flew another 50 missions in the F-4 from Udorn AB. During his 100th and final combat mission, Brown's luck seemed to have run out. His aircraft was hit by flak and lost an engine. He soon had to eject. Brown went on to command two flying wings, a numbered air force, and ultimately, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe. He retired from the Air Force in 1985 as a lieutenant general after 34 years of service

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In September 1952, Brown was wingman for Frederick "Boots" Blesse, a double ace with 10 victories. Brown witnessed three of those. On one mission, he recalled; "[Blesse] hit one MiG in the engine. The MiG slowed so rapidly that I slid up beside him with my throttle in idle and the speed brakes out.I glanced over at the MiG pilot.he turned and looked at me. Then he turned back, pressed his head against the back of the seat and ejected. I guess he thought, "If that guy can shoot me and fly formation at the same time, I'd better get out of here!"

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ChantelChantel Bonneau, CFP is a 2010 graduate from the University of California – Los Angeles. Upon graduation from UCLA, she launched her career as a College Unit Director and Financial Representative (FR) with Northwestern Mutual – Los Angeles. She is the company’s top College Unit Director, and a top financial rep for Northwestern Mutual’s Western region.

What initially drew you to this profession?

Financial planning is a unique hybrid of everything I was looking for in a career – the opportunity to work with people to achieve their goals while satisfying my interest in analytics and offering a strong financial upside.

What areas of financial planning/advising/coaching do you focus on, and why?

Every situation is unique so my main focus is on tailoring strategies that meet a client’s specific needs. That said, what is most exciting to me is working with clients who have a broad vision that includes a wide range of present and future priorities.  There is no greater sense of accomplishment than working hand in glove with a client towards making their dreams a reality.

Why do you think there are so few women in this profession and what needs to happen for this to change?

Financial planning, like a number of other careers, has traditionally been male-dominated. While I’m sure everyone has their own ideas on why this is, I’d rather focus on how the field is evolving. I am very involved in college recruiting for NM and know personally that once women are made aware of all the benefits and opportunities that being a financial advisor can offer, the interest and excitement is overwhelming.  I am confident that if, we as an industry, continue to educate women on the flexibility, growth potential and other advantages of this career, the numbers will shift pretty dramatically, especially considering that by 2020, more than half of the workforce is expected to be women.

In your experience, what prevents women from seeking financial planning advice?

The reasons vary but some of the more common ones we’ve come across include not having the experience of hearing financial issues discussed in the home during their formative years; letting their partners take the lead on financial decision-making; and sometimes simply the lack of time. For a woman juggling a number of priorities, making time to meet with an advisor can be easy to push off.

How can financial planning lead to greater well-being overall?

I view financial planning as the cornerstone for peace of mind. It’s like having a navigation system towards your goals. The plan sets you towards your desired destination and can adjust to unexpected bumps and turns along the way to keep you on course. Also, having a financial strategy in place lets you focus on all the other important things that financial flexibility makes possible.

Do you have any favorite finance apps?

I really like Larky and Earmark because combine saving and budgeting with shopping! I contribute to, which is an online site that focuses specifically on the intersection of finances and lifestyle for 18-24 year olds.  In addition to really good information on topics that matter to Millennials, also has a bunch of easy to use tools for debt, budgeting, etc.

How to you create balance between your profession and life outside of work?

I schedule…everything! I can get so much more done when I know what my priorities are. If something does not get on my schedule it will not get done, so when I need to be at a   doctor’s appointment or a Friend’s birthday dinner, it goes on the calendar. Working out is a must for me, so just like anything else I calendar it in so that I know I can get it done. After all, I am a planner by trade!

What’s your favorite frugal treat?

A few of my friends and I decided that for birthdays and holidays, we would go to dinner in lieu of gifts. That way we get to spend time together and enjoy a meal. It saves shopping time and the pressure to do it all. It has become a fun tradition and nobody misses the gifts!

Chantel also blogs for TheMintGrad, which is an online financial resource launched by Northwestern Mutual designed to empower millennials on their journey to financial and professional independence. You can find TheMintGrad on Twitter at @nm_mintgrad


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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Popping Babies out of the Oven

My great-grandmother, Friederika Christina Utz, came to the US with her family in 1881, shortly after she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, a daughter Emelia. I don’t know if that was the reason the family chose to emigrate, but they settled in New York where they had many other family members who had made the same trek from Abstatt to the US. Her family eventually settled on a farm in Hempstead, New York, out on Long Island. Their city cousins from Brooklyn and Queens would visit on Sundays, a circumstance that greatly irked Friederika’s younger sister, Pauline, who resented living on a smelly farm and envied the fine clothes of her cousins.


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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Edgar Hunt - The Best of Friends

signed and dated l.r.: E Hunt 1918

oil on canvas
22 by 30 in.

Wright Barker - No Walk Today

signed and dated l.r.: Wright Barker 1898

oil on canvas
28 by 36 in.

Walter Hunt - Summertime

signed and dated l.r.: W HUNT. 1909

oil on canvas
20 by 30 in.

Blandford Fletcher - The Truants

oil on board
15 by 12 1/4 in.

including works currently for sale

Alfred Augustus Glendening - On the Thames

signed and dated l.l.: A. A. Glendening. 1903

oil on canvas
24 by 42 in.

Henry Brittan Willis - The Ploughman's Team

signed l.l.: H Brittan Willis; further signed and inscribed with the artist's address on an old label attached to the reverse of the frame

oil on canvas
38 by 60 in.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Emily Mary Osborn

[Nameless and Friendless]

William Bouguereau - "L’Amour et Psyché",

NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Sotheby’s will bring to the market a superb work by iconic French Academic painter William Bouguereau. L’Amour et Psyché, dated 1899, is estimated at $1.8/2.2 million and will be featured in the 23 April sale of 19th Century European Art. Sold from a Distinguished Private Collection, the painting has been off the market for almost half a century. Its last known public exhibition was at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900.

Throughout his career, Bouguereau repeatedly interpreted the subject of Love – drawing inspiration from key figures in Greek mythology such as Cupid, Venus, and Psyché. While many of Bouguereau’s compositions featuring this subject depict an adult maiden surrounded by cherubic putti; a child Cupid taunting a more mature Venus; or both Cupid and Psyché as children, L’Amour et Psyché shows the mythological lovers Cupid and Psyché as young adults, one of only three known versions of this subject. Complementing the rarity of the subject matter is its size; the two characters are almost larger than life, a powerful visual effect made even more dramatic by their apparent suspension mid-air. The large scale draws attention to Bouguereau’s superior technical skill; both figures are strikingly life-like, their skin and musculature carefully modeled to suggest living bodies.

The tale of Cupid and Psyché greatly appealed to turn-of-the-century audiences for its obvious themes of love, beauty, jealousy and perseverance and the ultimate conclusion that love conquers all. Psyché, a young mortal woman of exceptional beauty, drives the powerful goddess of Love, Venus, into a jealous rage, who in turn commands her son Cupid to use his famous golden arrow to make her fall eternally in love with a monster. Cupid is too overcome with her beauty, and accidentally scratches himself with his arrow, falling deeply in love with the human girl. After a complex series of trials and tests created by Venus to destroy Psyché, the young mortal woman prevails and she and Cupid are united in a marriage blessed by Jupiter and Psyché is transformed into a goddess.

In L’Amour et Psyché Bouguereau depicts the “ravishing” of Psyché, or the taking of her by Cupid to his celestial lair. Representing the transportive power of Love, Cupid literally moves Psyché through the air, away from Earthly hardships, and toward a divine haven for their love. Cupid’s role as Psyché’s protector is reinforced by his lean physical strength and broad, outstretched wings. Psyché is often represented by butterfly wings, as her name in Greek literally means “soul” or “butterfly.” She has come to represent the human spirit’s ability to emerge from darkness.

Edgar Hunt - Feeding Time

signed and dated l.r.: E Hunt 1926

oil on canvas
11 by 15 in.

Walter Hunt - Gathering Strays

signed and dated (l.l.) : W. HUNT. 1911
oil on canvas
7 x 10 1/4"

John Emms - Ready for the Morning Ride

signed and dated l.l.: J. EMMS 78

oil on canvas
12 by 16 in.

George Cole - The Last Load

signed and dated l.r.: George Cole/ 1865

oil on canvas
20 by 30 in.

Benjamin Williams Leader - Bettws-Y-Coed, North Wales

signed and dated l.l.: B. W. LEADER. 1897

oil on panel
12 1/2 by 17 in.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Christiana Herringham and the Edwardian Art Scene book

by Mary Lago
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd (1996)

Thomas Sidney Cooper

[Cattle, Sheep and Goats in a Canterbury Meadow]
signed and dated l.r.: T Sidney Cooper ARA/ 1857

oil on canvas
27 1/2 by 48 1/2 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,500 GBP

[Evening, Fordwich Meadows, near Canterbury]
signed and dated l.r.: T. S. Cooper/ 1843

oil on canvas
48 by 72 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 48,500 GBP

Richard Ansdell - Hawking

signed with initials and dated l.r.: 18 RA 63; further signed and inscribed with the artist's address on an old label attached to the stretcher

oil on canvas
55 1/4 by 34 1/4 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,500 GBP

Sidney Richard Percy - River Landscapes

each signed l.r.: S R Percy.

both oil on canvas, circular
each diameter 39 cm., 15 1/2 in.

Edward Hughes - Christmas Greetings

signed l.r.: Edward Hughes

oil on canvas
63 1/2 by 49 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 24,500 GBP

Thomas Brooks - The Stepping Stones

signed l.r.: T Brooks

oil on canvas
33 by 25 in.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Rediscovered Van Gogh exhibited

A painting of a windmill recently identified as a Van Gogh has gone on display at a Dutch museum.

Experts at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum concluded Le Blute-fin Mill was painted by the Dutch artist in 1886.

Delaroche's Execution of Lady Jane Grey: Royals to the slaughter

Why was this painting of Lady Jane Grey's beheading such a hit in 1830s France? Jonathan Jones on Delaroche's hidden agenda

Alfred James Munning - The Start, Newmarket

[Sir Alfred James Munnings P.R.A., R.W.S. (British, 1878-1959), "The Start, Newmarket" , signed 'A.J.Munnings' (lower right). Oil on canvas, (46 x 61.5 cm.) 18 1/8 x 24 1/4 inches. Painted mid-1930s. Estimate: £500,000-700,000. Photo: Courtesy Bonhams]

Race to the Starting Line for Bonhams 20th Century British Art Sale this March

Edmund Blair Leighton - Lay thy sweet hand in mine and trust in me

signed and dated l.r.: E. BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1891

oil on canvas
60 by 41 in.

John Callcott Horsley - The Unwilling Salute, "Discipline Oblige"

signed l.r.: J .C. Horsley 1878; inscribed and signed on an old label attached to the stretcher; The Unwilling Salute/ "Discipline Oblige"/ J. C. Horsley - RA

oil on canvas
28 1/4 by 36 in.

William Powell Frith - Study for the Last Sunday of Charles II

inscribed and signed on an old label attached to the reverse of the frame: Last Sunday of Charles II/ W P Frith RA

oil on canvas
11 by 19 in.

Henry Nelson O'Neil - Head of an Eastern Beauty

signed and dated l.r.: H. ONeil. 1857

oil on canvas, oval
10 1/2 by 9 in.

William Holman Hunt - Portrait of William Pink

bears an inscription on an old label attached to the reverse: Portrait of Willm Pink Painted by W. Holman Hunt about 1842/ his cousin

oil on canvas laid on panel
23 1/2 by 19 in.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Edwardian London

Trooping The Colour, London in Colour 1906

Frederick William Elwell - The First Born

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

John Anster Fitzgerald - Fairyland

signed with initials and dated l.r.: JAF 87

oil on canvas
12 by 10 in.

John William Godward - An Amateur

signed and dated l.c.: J W GODWARD. 1915.

oil on canvas
24 by 30 in.

Edward John Poynter - The Corner of the Villa

signed with initials and dated in the mosaic: CCC E.J.P. LXXXIX

oil on canvas
24 1/2 by 24 1/2 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 264,500 GBP

Edwin Long - A Votary of Isis

signed with monogram and dated 1883 l.l.

oil on canvas
26 by 20 in.

Edward John Poynter - Fishing, The Nymph of the Stream

signed with monogram and indistinctly dated 1906 on the side of the boulder at the left and further signed with monogram and dated 1914 l.l. on the side of the boulder at the right

oil on canvas
32 1/4 by 22 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 96,500 GBP

John William Godward - The Day Dream

signed and dated l.l.: J. W. GODWARD 1920

oil on canvas
20 by 39.5 in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 322,900 GBP

Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Proclaiming Claudius Emperor

signed and dated l.r.: L. Alma-Tadema 67

oil on panel
18 ½ by 24 in.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Seamstresses of 1900 London

George Dunlop Leslie - The Daughters of Eve

signed and dated c.l.: G. D. Leslie/ 1883

oil on canvas
73 by 39 in.

James Jacques Joseph Tissot - La Soeur Ainee

signed with monogram l.r.

oil on panel
17 1/2 by 8 in.

John Atkinson Grimshaw

[Salthouse Docks, Liverpool]
signed l.l.: Atkinson Grimshaw

oil on canvas
12 by 18in.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 228,500 GBP

[Night Scene in Roundhay Park]
inscribed, signed and numbered on the backboard: Night Scene in/ Roundhay Park./ Atkinson Grimshaw/ Knostrop Hall/ Leeds/ 3872+

oil on card
11 1/2 by 17 in.

Charles Spencelayh - To Winter Lodgings

signed l.r.: C. SPENCELAYH

oil on canvas
20 by 30 in.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Georgian London web site

For those who want to go a century further back

"voted 'History Website of 2009' by the online readers of History Today Magazine, and also won the 2009 Cliopatria Award for 'Best Individual Blog' and 'Best New Blog'"

For those who want to move forward in time for a great American Edwardian blog:

James Hayllar - The First Born at the Cottage

Oil on canvas, signed ,exhibited at RA in 1881
20ins x 30ins

Charles Spencelayh - Filling the Lamp

signed C. SPENCELAYH l.r.
oil on canvas
16 x 14.5"

including works currently for sale

Briton Riviere - War Time

signed and dated l.r.: Briton Riviére/ 1874; inscribed with the title on an old label attached to the reverse

oil on canvas
43 1/2 by 49 1/2 in.

John Atkinson Grimshaw - A Wet Road by Moonlight, Wharfdale

signed, inscribed and dated l.l. Atkinson Grimshaw No 8/ 1872+; inscribed, signed and dated on the backboard: A Wet Road by Moonlight/ Atkinson Grimshaw No 8/ 1872+

oil on cardboard
20 ½ by 16 ½ in.

Sidney Richard Percy -

signed and dated l.r.: S R Percy. 65

oil on canvas
24 by 30 in.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

The Birth of Cheap Communication (and Junk Mail) (article)

In Victorian London, though service wasn’t 24/7, it was close to 12/6. Home delivery routes would go by every house 12 times a day — yes, 12. In 1889, for example, the first delivery began about 7:30 a.m. and the last one at about 7:30 p.m. In major cities like Birmingham by the end of the century, home routes were run six times a day.

“In London, people complained if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours,” said Catherine J. Golden, a professor of English at Skidmore College and author of “Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing” (2009).

And, not unlike us, most Victorian letter writers seemed more concerned about getting a rapid response than a long one. “Return of post” was an often-used phrase, requesting an immediate response, in time for the next scheduled delivery that day.

Dame Laura Knight - two paintings

[Girls Picking Flowers by the Sea]
signed l.l.: Laura Knight.

watercolour and gouache
21 1/2 by 24 in.

30,000—40,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,000 GBP

[The Ballerina, Lydia Lopokova]
signed l.l.: Laura Knight

oil on canvas
14 by 16 in.

estimate : 30,000—40,000 GBP

Lydia Lopokova was born in St Petersburg in 1892 and trained at the Imperial Ballet School. In 1910 Lydia left her homeland and joined the Diaghilev ballet, only staying with the company briefly and leaving for the United States after the summer tour concluded. She remained in America for six years before rejoining Diaghilev in 1916. She danced with the Ballets Russes and with her former partner Vaslav Nijinsky in New York and London. It was not until 1918 that she became well-known in London following the success of Good Humoured Ladies and an energetic performance with Leonide Massine in the Can-Can of La Boutique Fantasque. Lydia's first marriage to Diaghilev's business manager Randolfo Barrochi broke down in 1919 and for a short time the pretty little dancer disappeared. She was persuaded to rejoin the Diaghilev in 1921 when she danced as the Lilac Fairy and Princess Aurora in a production of The Sleeping Princess. In the 1920s she became a friend of Stravinsky, and of Picasso who drew her portrait on several occasions. It was also at this time that she became familiar with members of the Bloomsbury set and was introduced to her future husband John Maynard Keynes whom she married in 1925.

Knight met the beautiful and diminutive ballerina Lydia Lopokova around 1919, when Diaghilev's Ballets Russes returned to London and Knight was allowed to work backstage in the dressing rooms and wings of the theatre. Lydia noticed Laura sketching her one day and to Knight's discomfort asked that she might take a look at the sketch. The artist and her model agreed that the sketch was not very good and Knight was invited to visit Lydia's dressing room to study her at closer quarters. 'I wanted to watch, see things, get ideas, become familiar with all that happened. I knew it was going to take ages before I knew my subject, which was vast and held great possibilities... Soon Lopokova's quick understanding realised what was wanted. Her room should be my studio, she would never stay in any position on my account, she would go on with her make-up and dressing, standing in front of the long glass and go through positions and steps. We were both workers. There was to be no conversation; it was to be as if I did not exist. The privilege she gave me was most valuable... I sat in a corner, silent like a shadow, studying and making notes of everything that happened, from taking off the day-dress to the final fantasy.' (Laura Knight, Oil Paint and Grease Paint, 1936, p. 226) The freedom that Lydia gave to Knight to observe her in her dressing-room created several intimate paintings of life back-stage; 'In the glow of the electric bulbs her pale skin and hair were warm, turned to gold. The White tarlatan of her "Sylphides" dress filled the room, herself in it a sprite... Sweet scent of powder and grease-paint filled the air. Everything was glorious to paint; the contrast between the black-clothed dresser and the artificial brilliance, the character of the make-up table, its candle to heat the eyelash black, the white enamelled furniture and the white drugget on the floor' (ibid Knight, pp. 226-227). Knight had a particular affection and fascination with the red armchair which appears in the present painting, which she described as 'a thing of joy. Its seat bore the impress of the hundreds who had sat on it exalting in their success, they had passed on - the chair remained, extending its comforting arms to the next occupant of No. 1 Dressing-room. I was sentimental about that chair and imagined it saying, "Stars come and stars go, but I'm in the star dressing-room longer than any of them." (ibid Knight, p. 227)


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Weiss: Trump Budget Proposal Makes Draconian Cuts to Aging Programs

Monday, March 20, 2017

Since his inauguration, GOP President Trump/s controversial and surprising Cabinet picks, some who have even called for the elimination of federal agencies that they were appointed to oversee, has sent a chilling message to the nation. That is business as usual is over inside the Washington Beltway, especially as to how federal dollars will be spent.  The release of Trump’s first budget proposal, for fiscal year 2018, reveals draconian cuts throughout the federal government, this causing alarm among aging advocacy groups.

Trump Slashes Funding for Aging Programs and Services

James Firman, President and CEO, of the Washington, D.C.-based National Council on Aging (NCOA), notes Trump’s 62 page $.15 trillion budget proposal to remake the nation’s federal agencies and the programs they provide eliminates the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which provides job training and placement for adults 55 and over who have limited incomes and are trying to make ends meet. “Last year under SCSEP, 70,000 older adults received on-the-job training while providing nearly 36 million hours of staff support to 30,000 organizations, he says, noting that the value of this work exceeded $800 million, or nearly twice the program’s appropriations.

Trump’s budget proposal also zeros out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides assistance to low-income households to meet the costs of electricity, heating, and cooling, says Firman, noting that about a third of the nearly 7 million households receiving LIHEAP benefits include an older adult aged 60 or older.

Finally, Trump’s budget proposal eliminates the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which funds volunteer programs that serve distressed communities and vulnerable population, says Firman, noting that three Senior Corps programs (the Foster Grandparent Program, Senior Companion Program, and Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), will lose funding. “Together, these programs provide the nation with approximately 96 million hours of service, with a value of $2.1 billion,” he says.

“While the President’s budget blueprint does not cut Social Security Administration (SSA) funding (unlike the drastic reductions in non-defense discretionary spending), the 0.2% increase for SSA does little to solve serious customer service deficiencies for Social Security beneficiaries,”  says Max Richtman, President and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM).  “Seven years ago, the SSA’s budget was cut by 10% (after adjusting for inflation), just as waves of Baby Boomers were beginning to retire and place a strain on the agency’s resources,” he says.

Richtman noted that while the numbers of Social Security beneficiaries were increasing, SSA was forced to implement a hiring freeze in 2016 and was not able pay its workers overtime. As a result, hold times on the SSA toll-free customer service number are now an average 15 minutes, more than 60 SSA field offices around the country have been shuttered, and the average wait time for a disability hearing has climbed up to 590 days.

Richtman points out that one million people are awaiting their scheduled disability hearing.  “The disability case backlog and customer service will only get worse under the flat operating budget proposed by the President.  To make up for previous cuts and restore vital services, the National Committee supports a 7% increase in the SSA’s operating budget,” he says.

NCPSSM’s Richtman warns that Trump’s “skinny budget” may keep millions of vulnerable seniors from participating in the Meals on Wheels program.  As Meals on Wheels America has pointed out, Trump’s budget blueprint eliminates the U.S. Department of Human Development’s (HUD) Community Services Block Grant and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), on which some local Meals on Wheels programs rely on to deliver nutritious meals, safety checks, and friendly visits to seniors who need these services. (The President’s budget blueprint does not mention the Older Americans Act, which provides 35 percent of Meals on Wheels funding nationally.)

Richtman calls on President Trump to ride along with a Meals on Wheels delivery van and see for himself how seniors thrive on the meals they receive and the much-needed human interaction that comes with the food. “Maybe then he would move to protect – rather than cut – this vital program for our nation’s seniors,” he says.

Budget Proposal Puts Food Delivery Program on Budgetary Chopping Block

Trump’s elimination of HUD’s CDBG program in his proposed budget proposal will drastically impact many Meals on Wheels programs across the nation, but, fortunately Meals on Wheels of RI (MOWRI) will not be hit as hard, says Heather Amaral, executive director of Meals on Wheels of RI.  But, Rhode Island’s only non-profit home-delivered meal program, will be indirectly impacted by Trumps CDBG cuts, she worries, noting that other programs that support her work receive these HUD funds, specifically, community centers that house our Capital City Café sites or local drop-off sites for the Home Delivered program. The Senior Community Service Employment Program that provides staff for several of our Café sites is also slated for elimination in President Trump’s “Skinny Budget.”

Amaral also is concerned about Trump cutting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ budget by 18 percent. “Our Older Americans Act Title III funding flows through this department.  It is safe to assume that this significant cut will result in a reduction of our funding—funding that has remained at stagnant for over 10 years,” she says.

“It is impossible to predict any service cuts until a final federal budget is approved and any cuts to MOWRI are known.  Any funding reductions will have a negative impact on her nonprofit agency’s ability to keep up with the increased demand of Rhode Island’s growing senior population,” says Amaral.

“Our programs directly address issues that are critical to Rhode Island’s vulnerable homebound seniors,” she says, noting that last year, MOWRI delivered 345,262 meals to over 2,560 homebound residents.

Last Thursday, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney defended the Trump budget proposal cuts to the widely popular Meals on Wheels program.  He told reporters that the program “sounds great” but is “not showing any results.”

Amaral counters by saying that research is providing the tremendous benefits of participating in the meals and wheels program -- for seniors, homebound, family members, municipalities and the Rhode Island

The Brown University “More than a Meal” Report (published 2015), a randomized, controlled study of Meals on Wheels Programs across the country, reported that those who received daily-delivered meals experienced the greatest improvements in health and quality of life indicators,” says Amaral.  The most vulnerable of our recipients, those who live alone, were more likely to report decreases in worry about being able to remain in home and improvements in feelings of isolation and loneliness, she noted.

Meanwhile, a U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) Study, published in September 2105, found that those receiving daily-delivered meals are more likely to report improvements in mental and physical health, reductions in feelings of isolation and anxiety about being able to remain at home, and lower rates of hospitalization and falls, adds Amaral.

“In that same report, AoA statistics show that a home delivered meal program can deliver a year's worth of meals to a senior for the same cost as one day in the hospital, or one week in a nursing home, notes Amaral.

Speaking at the Hubert Humphrey Building dedication in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 1977, former U.S. Vice President (1965-69) Hubert Humphrey stated “the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”  A quick read of the Trump’s budget proposal revealing huge cuts for domestic programs, it’s clear to many that his Administration has failed it’s test.

If you want to learn more about MOWRI, sign up for meals, volunteer or donate, please visit www.rimeals.org or call 401-351-6700.

Herb Weiss, LRI’12 is a Pawtucket writer covering aging, health care and medical issues. To purchase Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly, a collection of 79 of his weekly commentaries, go to herbweiss.com.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Thinning continues...

We finally sold one of the horses. I love horses but with hay prices being what they are we made the decision to thin things down. A family came Saturday and bought Sioux. I think they will be happy with her. She is a great horse and needs someone to spend time with her. They plan on using her for 4-H so she should be getting lots of love.
Penny is left here alone and we have noticed a big difference in her attitude. She was sweet with Sioux here and now she is a doll. I will hate to see her go. I really do love her. She is so gentle with the children; it is difficult to find a trustworthy horse and she really fits the bill.

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Vine & Dine

Corralitos Wine Company

dining corralitosRio Del Rhone 2010
At a recent event put on by the Corralitos Wine Company in one of their vineyards next to the Deer Park Shopping Center, I tasted a superb 2010 Rio Del Rhone Rouge ($28) a Rhone-style red wine blend with grapes from Tehama County, and packing some mighty flavor. Beautifully balanced and with lots of dense fruit, this is an easy drinking wine that will pair with many different kinds of food.

The Corralitos Wine Company started as a collaborative effort by a small group of dedicated winemakers, and their passion for making excellent wine is revealed in each hand-crafted bottle. I suggest you stop by the Corralitos Wine Company’s tasting room and try their other wines as well, especially the 2008 Pinot Noir Dijon which won a gold medal in a recent Pinot Noir Shootout. Corralitos Wine Company, 9687 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 709-1500. The tasting room is open from noon to 5 p.m.  Saturday and Sunday, and it’s very easy to get to (on the frontage road between Rio Del Mar and Freedom boulevards).

Foxy’s Toffee—Authentic Santa Cruz Almond Toffee
At a recent Art & Wine Festival in Walnut Creek, I was delighted to come across Foxy’s Toffee, a locally made treat made by Kathryn Brubaker. This nutty, crunchy creamy toffee, which comes in dark and milk chocolate, is seriously delicious, and it’s made with the best ingredients—including Guittard chocolate. Brubaker also does deliveries and special orders. Visit or call 325-6139 for online purchasing or for more information.

Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine
Zameen now carries more local wines such as Storrs, Alfaro, Bargetto and Morgan, and also offers five draft beers, including a Lagunitas IPA from Petaluma, as well as bottled beer. So the next time you get your delicious falafel fix, you know what to order.  Owner Ed Watson now operates a food truck as well, so you can find his gyros, salads, wraps and more in various places—as well being available for private hire. Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine, 7528 Soquel Drive, Aptos (in the Aptos Center), 688-4465.

Blind Pinot Noir Tasting at Vinocruz
I was invited to be one of the judges for a blind Pinot Noir tasting in May organized by Rob LaRiviere, of Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Tasters, and Steve Principe and Jennifer Walker, the owners of Vinocruz where the event was held. All of the Pinots were high-end local wines, but the scores varied greatly. The winning wine, which garnered the most points from both professional judges and enthusiastic wine tasters, was Hallcrest Vineyards’ 2011 Pinot. Second place was Domaine Eden’s 2010, third was Testarossa’s 2010 and fourth was Armitage 2010. All these lovely wines are available at Vinocruz in Santa Cruz.
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Surveys as a way to make money online from home

Doing surveys online at home is something most have heard of. It can be done daily and under no circumstances should you ever invest your own money. Good earnings as a extra source of income in your free time.

By nature of surveys who you are as a person really determines if the surveys to earn money is right for you.
Can not stress that enough. The sites and surveys what to know info about you. Your current location, gender, age and income are just some of general things that will determine if you qualify to take a particular survey. No one can tell you one site is really better for you in this field, some may offer a higher pay rate for some surveys, but then less people get to do them.

How to be earning money by doing surveys from home comes down to three things.
  1. Diversity in the start and sticking with the sites where you regularly experience good earnings.
  2. Consistency in how often you do them. A regular amount of time, a certain number of surveys, goal amount of earnings. Have something to keep the "end" in sight.
  3. Persistence. Trying to do every survey on every site will become overwhelming and a few days in a row will burn you out really quick. But attempting just a few on a site and then giving up entirely gets you nothing. Have the drive to find to find a good flow of earnings for yourself and then stick with it.

This is a Survey review site and community. Been around helping anyone make money from home for many years. Personally recommend trying out three of the top 10 survey sites they recommend to start. It's been in my go to place to check survey websites.

Recommended GPT sites that offer surveys:(both for USA,UK,Canada only)
QuickRewards - Get paid to site, featuring 5-15 surveys a day.
Swagbucks - Search and win site, 1-7 surveys a day.

Earning more with Swagbucks, a deeper review

In the introduction review of swagbucks you were introduced to the easiest daily ways to earn SB's. The rest of the common ways to earn are covered here. The site is interactive with the community, having ways to earn extra SB's by interacting on the SB Blog, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube pages. Along with the odd way to earn by doing different tasks with a sponsor like playing a sponsored game or checking out a mobile app. So make sure to visit the SB site and blog on occasion to take advantage of those type of free offers to earn.

Additional ways to earn extra Swagbucks:
  • Cash Back Shopping- There is 100's of name brand shops. Get 2sb's for every $1 spent by visiting site through their link. Also has info on coupon deals you can take advantage of here.
  • Trade in- Old phones and video game stuff to be recycled or refurbished.SB amount varies based on product. But easy to check what you will get with product info before committing to anything.
  • Special Offers- General get paid to sign up type of stuff here. Subscribe by Email and trial period offers are here. Some free, some require money investment. Easy sorting, and all the info is easy to find on each offer.
  • Fridays- Mega SB day every friday, use the Search engine for chances at winning 20+SB's for performing a search.
  • Toolbar- You can install the Toolbar in addition or instead of the plugin for the search box. It offers everything you would expect from a website toolbar, one click access to most of the site. Plus it also has an additional message inbox seperate from the site where you occasionaly find a SB code.
  • Widget- Place the widget on your blog or website, acts like a referral banner and a way for you to check to see if there is any codes available at the moment.
To see if there is a code you simply check the widget or their social pages. Right hand side of my blog you can see the widget. One of the five options inside the widget is "swag codes" click button, then check button, then read if there is a code and where to find it right inside the widget. Otherwise it says no code available.

The Codes are usually a sort of treasure hunt. Usually resulting in you checking their twitter, FB or Youtube page. Find a certain word or phrase and enter it on the Swagbucks homepage(copy/paste codes as they are case sensitive). Each code is only good for a certain amount of time, usually 2-3 hours.

Spending your Swagbucks is very easy, visit the swag store or the swag stakes. The swag store usually has 1500-2000 different items available for redemption from digital items like music downloads and wallpapers to big ticket items like TV's and video gaming consoles. With lots of stuff in between including nice sections of movie/music posters, jewlery and gift card options.

The Swag stakes area has limited entry and limited time prizes to be given. Usually it's an assortment of things found in the normal swag store being offered to everyone as a chance to get it at a fraction of the price. Occasionally though they offer some really awesome items like autographed sports memorabilia. For those of you who want a chance at more swagbucks and don't mind taking a chance there is SB swag stakes where you could win 10K SBs, for 50sb per entry into drawing.

All the free gifts you get are usually received in less then 14 days. Most the virtual items are instant or less then 24hrs. Gifts cards are codes that will be given to you on the Swagbucks site.

If you want to sign up for SwagBucks, please use click here.

Earning money by making games. Also a Great free game site.

Playing free online games is something almost all of us do. Some of us make money money playing skill games or a single game like Dungeons and Treasure. For a flash game maker trying to get money from your game making efforts, this is the site for you. Instant player feedback, well supported site and plenty of ways to test out new games and earn money.

This free game site Kongregate pays the amateur game makers. Every week the top rated new upload that week get's $250, the top game each month get's $1,500. There is other methods of earning on the site as a game maker as well. Here is link about complete earnings info for game makers.

As a game player on the site, you give game ratings and comments directly to the game developer to help create a better game for your enjoyment. There is occasional rewards/sweepstakes offered by the site to the players. It varies, but I've seen gift cards, video games and clothing given away.

The site is a member of the Gamestop network, has over 34,000 games in all genre's including MMO's. There is active forums, chat and moderators making a nice game site to enjoy spending time or starting your game making career.

Microworkers payment proof and review

Microworkers  is a micro job site. Sometimes called micro tasks. Just like it sounds micro jobs are very simple tasks you get paid to complete online. They are often able to be done in just a matter of clicks. It's small jobs for small amounts of money. It add's up to a nice bit of extra spending money. Here is Microworkers payment proof.

The tasks are given by individual people and some online websites and businesses. You can also spend the funds you earn to create tasks of your own for other people to complete.You are given $1 bonus upon sign-up that can only be spent on creating a campaign.

With each task being unique the requirements to complete each task, amount paid, and expected time to complete are available before accepting a task to complete. Some tasks are only available to people in certain locations across the world. But the tasks will never require spending money of your own, the site has strict guidelines about the type's of tasks you can ask people to complete. The site does a very job making sure that you aren't sent to anything trying to scam you.

Getting paid to do really simple things you already do is the easy way to make money. Pressing the "like" button on Facebook. Earn money posting on twitter. Write a short article. Sign up to a new one and get paid to post on forums. You can even get paid to write things on your own blog. Obviously some of these tasks are more suited to you then others. Just make sure to check in daily as there is a limited number of people that can complete each task.(minimum 30)

Payments are made through Paypal, Alertpay or MoneyBookers With $9 minimum payout and each task completed being worth 30cents to a dollar. You can easily get paid with-in 30 days of sign-up. There is a small delay in payment. Once you reach minimum payout and request it, the site sends a letter in the mail (snail mail) with a personal "pin" number for your account. You must enter the pin one time before your money will be sent. They say it taks 4-24days to get the letter depending on location. I got mine 12days after requesting. The money was in my paypal account shortly there after.

Join Micro Job site Microworkers

Fact: Anyone in the world can join and use microworkers. There are plenty of tasks avilable to everyone. However there are more jobs avilable for people from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Get paid to write site Triond payment proof

Get paid to write or review anything you want. Promote almost anything with your own referral links. Quick article approval time. Connect with your Google Adsense for more earnings and low minimum payout of 50 cents by Paypal. Make for a great site to write on in your spare time. Here is my Triond payment proof that was requested after earning the low minimum of just 51 cents.

I've written a few things on there, my most popular being Making Money by Posting on Forums which have allowed me to get payment proof. I'm not a expert writer so getting any money for writing makes me happy.

The site allows you to see how many visits your articles get each day, along with the top sites your traffic came from. Connect your Twitter and Facebook accounts for easy updating about new articles you write.

Join the paid to write site Triond by clicking here.

Free game continues to pay me to play

The free online game Dungeons and Treasure continues to pay me 14mths later.My total withdraws with no investment is almost $50 now, all in my Paypal. The day I found the free game I was very happy to add such a unique online game to my bookmarks, but never did I think it would turn into such a fun thing where I get paid to play and for my referrals each and every month. Seeing my Gold grow each day in the game just knowing at the end of the month it was going to be converted into real dollars. September 2010 Dungeons and Treasures paid me for playing for the 4th time, picture is paypal payment proof.

Time constraints, and a good supply of referrals have kept me from playing a whole lot.While a lot of my referrals quit playing for their own reasons, I still have many active referrals who have cashed out now as well. It's fun to look at my referral list there, 500 or so people now long with 10-30% being active most months. Thanks to any of you reading this.

Dungeons and Treasure Guide.

If you'd like to sign up for Dungeons and Treasures click here.

Leave a comment here or message me with your user name on D&aT and I'll send you some free items in the players market.

Interest in other ways to earn money with gaming?
Amateur game designers upload games and earn, players compete in contests for gaming merchandise.
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Musing on food and cooking ...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

So I am just getting this blog going. It will take a while to get there! but just a little tease to get you started.... here is my recipe for some of the best cookies ever ...

This recipe is a happy accident. One Thanksgiving, I was housesitting for a friend and was baking cookies. Sadly, I had left my vanilla at home, and my friend had none in the house. I did have some Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, however, and so substituted it. Fabulous!

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 shots Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 packet chocolate chips of your choice

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

Cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Add in egg and Godiva.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients. Combine well. Fold in chocolate chips.

Drop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the cookies are nicely browned around the edges. Bake for a little longer for crisper cookies.

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jenn said...

I am pretty sure I could eat at least 10 Godiva truffles in one day.

Chris bought me a box for Christmas (due to constant pleading, not any sort of romantic gesture) and for a week straight I ate one for breakfast everyday.

So these cookies would probably be bad news for me.


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This is now my technical-only blog, my non-technical blog is here.

27 July 2006

A Private Message to A Blogger

This is how to send a private message to a blogger whose Email address is not published in his/her profile. This may be useful in case you want to exchange Email addresses, however you do not want them to be shown to spammers, etc.
Most of the bloggers has the "Comment Notification Address" feature set in their blogs, it is an Email address, where you receive the contents of the new comments you receive on your own blog. So, you can now send a comment, and then delete it just after you send it. In such case it will obviously not be show, however it will be sent to the blog owner's Email.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

The long answer

'Where are you from?' is at once an assumption and an accusation. The assumption that you are not from here and the accusation that you are from somewhere else. When you've grown up in a country different to the one you or your parents were born in, you will be asked this question over and over as your accent, dress, word choice, assimilation and right to belong are put on trial. The trial will take place in seemingly innocuous conversations with everybody you will ever meet, in between half-smiling faces and tilted heads leaning on fists leaning on elbows on the table.

Like most people the world over I have trouble answering this question. Perhaps due to the traumatic experience of having to answer this in primary school and constantly getting the answer 'wrong'. You're not Australian, You're Asian! the playground logic went. As I got older this question was asked in round about ways Where are you from originally? What's your background? This is a fair question in itself. It's rudimentary conversation. I ask this all the time, I get asked this all the time. Yet it doesn't erase the heaviness it takes to respond.

Answering this question and having it asked in many ways throughout my life I have learned a lot about people, society and myself. I learned that from a young age I came to associate being Australian with being white because that definition came from the indelible conversation I had in primary school and the way people would ask again, after I would tell them I was Australian, No, I mean where are you from? I learned later that it also meant what suburb you lived in, which was another way to judge somebody altogether. Mostly I learned to answer or avoid answering what it was I realised people were really asking me. Questions about race, class, inclusion, identity, the right to belong.

I've learned that some people take pride in telling you where you are from. At a house party in Spain a group of moroccan guys confidently informed me I was indeed from the Philippines and not from Australia because I was born there, as if the location of my birth directly excluded the twenty years I'd spent in a different country. They reinforced the life I'd spent feeling I had to prove my Australianess and in subtle ways deny or circumvent the reality of my filipino heritage. I was infuriated and a little drunk and so less than articulately and in spanish tried to explain what I am explaining here.

Which is that of course, you've heard it all before, definitions are important, the way we ask and answer and frame questions is important. These little everyday things that happen over and over again are imprescindible because they provide insight into what society values or assumes about those that make it up. This conversation is not so much about the question Where Are You From as it is about what that question is really asking, why we ask it and what the answer is.

People say where you're from is whatever you identify with. This doesn't make things easier necessarily. As an immigrant you are without roots in the country you're in. You grow up feeling your way through the culture you are in, trying to connect to it, be part of it. It feels almost as if you are a limb, amputated from a seamlessly connected body and placed rather hastily onto a new one. You imagine what it would be like had you not been torn from the original but cannot keep but growing into the one you are part of now. The phantom of the old comes back every now and then to remind you that you are not completely from here.

At the same time your adopted body excludes you, however unconsciously. You are conveniently forgotten in the image it paints of itself, often overlooked in a casual way only to later be held up as some token of difference and plurality. Where do you belong, if anywhere? At once the question about where you come from is less and less about the actual state of your birth and more and more about how you define yourself as a being.

On paper I was born in the Philippines and raised in Australia. I live in Sydney's west. Yes, The West. That's the answer I give, the short answer. The long answer is that I feel every day a little more drawn to know the country of my birth - its tongue, its tastes, its chatter - to create a connection that I do not feel deeply, that was severed the moment I left and has not had enough time to grow into anything other than an awkward nod to my ethnicity. On the other hand there is the irrefutable will I have to put down roots in Australia, the country of my first cubby house, my scarred knees, my accent that always leaves out the Rs. I know this is the place I want to continue to write on forms as my Country of Residence. I will also always feel for Spain and Bolivia and look longingly on their progress as I would a sibling in whose life I am merely a spectator.

The long answer is that I feel at home in many places, the two countries who have defined me all my life continue to play a role in shaping who I am despite a few years living outside of both of them. Being cut off from one and replanted in the other endows in me the wondrous luck of being able to be a tourist and a local at the same time; to look into an identical face speak a foreign language and at the same time take pride in introducing other travellers to aussie slang. To be many parts of a whole that cannot be fractioned nicely, that will always have something left over from somewhere else.

Monday, August 4, 2014

My sisters

With respect to my brothers, I've read that having a sister makes you a better person. 'Better' how? Well it's supposed to make you kinder, more human. I have two sisters so by logic I should be extra super duper nice. When I tell stories about Australia, about home, about my life I often find myself starting with their names, their weird habits, their funny stories, their evolutions from fellow confused children to somewhat grown up but no less confused people.

We fought like banshees when we were younger, my sister Bas and I. She was always trying to "ruin my life" by wearing the same outfit as me and I was always making her cry because I wouldn't let her wear the same outfit as me. My face was a clenched fist that would explode 'MUUUUM!' I'd scream stretched out so the single vowel took on five different tones of injustice - 'BAS. IS. ALWAYS. COPYING. ME!' Is there anything more comical than the seeming injustice imposed upon children and the passion with which they seek to right those wrongs? Bas would say I was always. excluding. her. and my dad would say don'texcludeyoursister! and I would say yes dad as if putting the word don't in front of her complaint changed everything.

Things were different with my youngest sister. She has always been the baby and my memories, our memories, of her are set apart from the bickering and bitter I'M.NEVER.TALKING.TO.YOU.AGAIN! fights (that would come later, during the teenage years). With Gel it was almost like playing house. I was just shy of five when she was born and I remember being at the hospital to visit this pink fleshed martian sister of mine. Too fragile to play with, to innocent to fight with, too young yet to be our equal. We had to learn how to be softer and quieter and kinder around her.

All four of us 'older kids' have grown up, growing her up but I have never and will probably never stop calling her my baby sister. People ask me how old she is when I say that and I am forced to remember sheepishly that she is almost twenty. I know for certain when I am eighty and she seventy-five I will still speak fondly of her to the other old bats at the nursing home referring to her in a tone reserved for puppies and infants as my baby sister.

There is a fierce adoration, competition and loyalty bred between me and my sisters. I imagine there is some similar invisible spider's web connecting my twin brothers. Living away from them the web stretches but never breaks. After fourteen months my baby sister and I are in the same country and in a few short days we'll be excluding everybody else by talking in a language only we understand, it will be her and I on the same side of the skype screen. And we'll skype Bas (Hi Bas!) who I'll be seeing in only a few short months. August is here already and I can count the months I have left on one hand. Months and weeks more of this life before the two best things in the world - home and family.


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Monday, 30 July 2012

Why don’t neuroscientists want to be read (except by neuroscientists)?

Neuroskeptic asked why Social Scientists don’t want to be read. Fair do’s – it was a pretty flabby abstract that could have been written by a UK science journalist who was trained in Eng Lit and media studies and hadn’t seen science since they were asked to practice some Piagetian conservation tasks in kindergarten (perhaps that might be more common than you think!).

After quoting the abstract Neuroskeptic exclaimed: “Phew. Now I think it's fair to say that this is a typical example of what might be called the "social sciences style" of writing.” Perhaps the issue here is how we differentiate between a badly written abstract and an inaccessible abstract. Psychology is a broad discipline. It claims to span the “softer” areas of the social sciences, through social and developmental cognition to experimental psychology, and then on to neuroscience and the various fields of biology and genetics.

But what about neuroscience abstracts? I’m about to begin a revision of my Psychopathology textbook and had made a decision to include more clinical neuroscience (in an accessible way, of course). But do neuroscientists write their abstracts in a way that gets across even the most basic contribution to knowledge of their studies? Only to some privileged audience.

I had a look at the most recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, and chose an abstract at random. Here it is:

ΔFosB, a Fosb gene product, is induced in nucleus accumbens (NAc) and caudate–putamen (CPu) by repeated exposure to drugs of abuse such as cocaine. This induction contributes to aberrant patterns of gene expression and behavioral abnormalities seen with repeated drug exposure. Here, we assessed whether a remote history of cocaine exposure in rats might alter inducibility of the Fosb gene elicited by subsequent drug exposure. We show that prior chronic cocaine administration, followed by extended withdrawal, increases inducibility of Fosb in NAc, as evidenced by greater acute induction of ΔFosB mRNA and faster accumulation of ΔFosB protein after repeated cocaine reexposure. No such primed Fosb induction was observed in CPu; in fact, subsequent acute induction of ΔFosB mRNA was suppressed in CPu. These abnormal patterns of Fosb expression are associated with chromatin modifications at the Fosb gene promoter. Prior chronic cocaine administration induces a long-lasting increase in RNA polymerase II (Pol II) binding at the Fosb promoter in NAc only, suggesting that Pol II “stalling” primes Fosb for induction in this region upon reexposure to cocaine. A cocaine challenge then triggers the release of Pol II from the gene promoter, allowing for more rapid Fosb transcription. A cocaine challenge also decreases repressive histone modifications at the Fosb promoter in NAc, but increases such repressive marks and decreases activating marks in CPu. These results provide new insight into the chromatin dynamics at the Fosb promoter and reveal a novel mechanism for primed Fosb induction in NAc upon reexposure to cocaine.

Luckily, Neuroskeptic was able to translate and rewrite the Social Science abstract, but I have no idea what this study might have made to the understanding of cocaine addiction in particular and substance abuse in general.

A study like this may quite reasonably have been written in the jargonized style understood by all those familiar with neuroscience as it is written in the Journal of Neuroscience – but it is not accessible beyond that audience. The same might be true of the Social Science abstract quoted by Neuroskeptic – it could be argued that much of the language was couched in social science jargon with terms like “thematic analysis” and “hegemonic masculinities” to name but two. I would have liked to have written an unjargonized summary of the neuroscience abstract I’ve quoted (just like Neuroskeptic did with the Social Science abstract). Neuroskeptic was able to do that but with the neuroscience abstract I’m completely stumped!

If there’s a moral here, it’s maybe about neuroscientists belittling social science because of its lack of preciseness, but conversely is neuroscience perpetuating its scientific elitism through the impenetrability of its jargon. How on earth am I able to decide if a neuroscience abstract is a bad abstract (and don’t say go and learn some neuroscience, because if you’re a neuroscientist I might say go and learn some social psychology)?!

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Thursday, 12 July 2012

Extinctions Restaurant Menu

This is a purely hypothetical menu - of course!
But inspired by being served a "Rare Bison Steak" in Marcel's Restaurant in Washington DC some years ago!


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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Chancey Book Series

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Book One: NEXT STOP, CHANCEY (Amazon)

6531021 Looking in your teenage daughters’ purse is never a good idea. After all, it ended up with Carolina Jessup opening a Bed & Breakfast for railroad fanatics in a tiny Georgia Mountain town. Carolina knows all about, and hates, small towns. How did she end up leaving her wonderful Atlanta suburbs behind while making her husband’s dreams come true? The town bully (who wears a lavender skirt and white gloves), an endless parade of teenagers through her house, and everybody's talk about a ghost have Carolina looking for an escape, or at least a way to move back home. Instead, she''s front and center for all of Chancey's small town gossip. Unlike back home in the suburbs with privacy fences and automatic garage doors, everybody in Chancey thinks your business is their business and they all love the newest Chancey business. The B&B hosts a Senate candidate, a tea for the County Fair Beauty contestants, and railroad nuts who sit out by the tracks and record the sound of a train going by. Yet, nobody believes Carolina prefers the ‘burbs. Oh, yeah, and if you just ignore a ghost, will it go away?

278361Inviting your ex-spouse for the holidays might not be a good idea. Especially when folks don’t know you were married before. Carolina quit her job and for the first time ever, she’s doing the holidays as a stay-at-home mom. And doesn’t all that extra time mean everything will be perfect? Then the RV showed up. The RV with her parents, their dogs, and their obsession with Gone with the Wind. Then the college kids showed up. Their whirlwind left an empty refrigerator, loads of laundry, and a girl. A girl no one seems to know much about. Then the other grandparents showed up. Hillbilly Hank on his book tour of Southern retirement homes brings his entourage, along with a special kind of marital discord. While the town of Chancey watches the happenings up on the hill at the B&B, they are also trying to figure out the town’s bank account. Laney is the town’s treasurer, but she’s not answering questions. Missus has ordered 500 fake cardinals for her Christmas Ball. Peter is settling back into his home town and watching the B&B for his own personal reasons. All the secrets aren’t in boxes tied with ribbons and bows. Family Ties come undone with Family Lies

Book Three: DERAILED IN CHANCEY (Amazon)

.facebook_1459334319058.jpgCarolina's in-law's marriage didn't survive the holidays visiting in her and Jackson's new home in Chancey, Georgia. Now both families have left, but she's not sure how much longer she'll still be in the small town. She knew moving teenagers from the Atlanta suburbs to a small Georgia mountain town last year was a horrible idea. She knew opening a B&B for railfans was an even worse plan. What she didn't know, was that her marriage might not survive what was beginning to feel like an honest to goodness train wreck. Oncoming headlights aren't only aimed at her family, the town of Chancey is being set up for a collision that could change everything. And as that unfolds, Carolina's husband Jackson is smack dab in the middle of it all, his hand on the throttle, going full steam ahead. Drama unfolds on the high school stage, but it can't match the drama happening right in Chancey when everything is suddenly on the line. Yet even in the midst of change and heartache, a small town must keep it's sense of humor, and you can count on Chancey to be able to laugh at itself!

MeetTheAuthor 5566105 "A new voice in Southern Fiction" is how a recent reviewer labels Kay Dew Shostak's debut novel, "Next Stop, Chancey". After being raised in a small-town in Tennessee, Kay lived around the country in a variety of settings. Taking a look at the familiar and loved from new perspectives led Kay to see, and then write about, the absurd, the beautiful, and the funny in her South. After publishing several stories in compilation books and spending a few years in journalism, Kay wandered into writing fiction and found it hard to leave. She currently is working on the fourth book in the Chancey series and living in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her husband.

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Tag: comics

Japanese Manga and Anime influence on American culture vs. American comic influence on Japanese culture

When walking into a library in America, one can look through the comics section and find American comics as well as a very wide range of manga. Manga and anime have had a great influence on American culture and the media that we produce. American comics have also had a influence on Japanese comics and culture. I argue that Japanese… Read more →

Visual Language of Manga

Ever since we talked about paneling in class and we worked on our own webcomics, I’ve been really interested in how panels and speech bubbles can change a reader’s experience. I even wrote a post about the topic earlier on the blog when all of the groups were actually creating the webcomics for class. Mostly it was just information to… Read more →

The helpful hand of comics

Reading is important. Not only does it expand your knowledge and your vocabulary but it also improves memory, develops strong analytical skills, and improves brain connectivity and function. It is necessary to create a strong mind in our young. Unfortunately most kids don’t latch on to books willingly and that’s where comic books have a good part to play. Not… Read more →

Mary Sues and Gary Stus

If you are reading this article, you should already know about the term that is used to describe a lot of characters from various media in a bad way. The term originated in fan fiction, but it is now being used to describe every character that fits the strangely large criteria. “Mary Sue” can be used to describe characters that… Read more →

The Duck Comic

During our Wed. class we were separated into groups and assigned to recreate a page from the Donald Duck vacation comic. The actual frames in the comic look like they would be easy to do. One has Donald and a Deer butting heads while another has a Bear running away from a fallen camera. The mechanics of the scenes appear… Read more →

Political Cartoons: Are they Comics?

Election season is rolling around, which means the country is seeing an abundance of political cartoons. These cartoons come in many forms, including small, one-panel caricatures, or multi-panel pieces. Either way, these cartoons are all forms of political satire, meant to make fun of politicians, or raise awareness of social issues. Political cartoons may have the appearance of comics, but… Read more →

Why are People Buying more Comics?

While the sales of graphic novels and comics have been hitting a new high, it’s the print copies that have had a major upshot! “The comics and graphic novel market hit another new high for the century in 2014, and a new high since the mid-90s, according to a new joint estimate by Comichron’s John Jackson Miller and ICv2’s Milton… Read more →

A new appreciation for the graphic novel

As our comics are wrapping up this week and we are presenting them on Friday, I feel it necessary to reflect on the process and my newly acquired appreciation of writers and artists that construct the graphic novel. At the first thought of constructing the comic I thought it would be just an overall fun experience. Although it has been… Read more →


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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Christ is born!

"And may we not be afraid of the difficulties that we inevitably encounter, and may none of us be broken by the trials that befall our lot, for God is with us! God is with us, and from our life fear disappears. God is with us, and we find peace of soul and joy. God is with us, and with steadfast hope in him we shall accomplish our earthly journey."

"On this light-bearing night of the Nativity and the following holy days let us praise and exalt our Saviour and Lord who, in his great love for humanity, deigned to come into the world. Like the biblical Magi, let us offer to the divine Infant Christ our gifts: instead of gold – our sincere love; instead of frankincense – our ardent prayer; instead of myrrh – a kind and caring disposition towards our neighbours and those afar."

- from the Christmas message of His Holiness Kiril, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus

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Types of tags

Pelagic tag (A series) – Species over 60cm. Great for Tuna, Mackerel, Dolphinfish and Wahoo, Snapper and Groupers and over 70cm for Kingfish. (Nylon Dart head with bright green Polyolefin tubing.)

Billfish tag (B series) – Marlin, Sailfish, Swordfish and Spearfish only.
(Nylon Dart head with flexible strong double monofilament. Bright green polyolefin tubing.)

Steel Head Shark tag (S series) – Sharks only.  Also Available

How to tag game fish using the billfish and shark tags

Always remember – Successful tagging is a team effort

Billfish and shark tags are designed to lock into muscle tissue on the dorsal area of the fish, well above the lateral line. It is important to insert the tag to the correct depth of ~2.5 inches for the billfish tag and about ~1.9 inches for the shark tag. Shallow or incorrectly placed tags may result in premature tag loss.

Once the angler brings the fish within range, the fish should be traced and led alongside the boat so that it presents a broad tagging target. It is usually best to keep the boat moving slowly forwards to enable better control of the fish.

  • As soon as the angler brings the fish within range, the fish should be traced and led alongside the boat so that it presents a broad tagging target and allowing the fish to calm down. It is usually best to keep the boat moving slowly forwards to enable better control of the fish.
  • Once the fish is in position to be tagged, the person handling the tag pole should take position behind the person tracing the fish to allow for a clear tag shot.
  • An attempt to apply the tag should only be made if the fish is calm or subdued. The tag should be placed towards the middle of the fish, well above the lateral line towards the dorsal fin (See recommended areas above).For billfish and most sportfish, the fish should be tagged with a firm, well-aimed stroke – simply place the tag against the fish’s flank and push. Do not stab. Sharks will require a firm jab in order to penetrate their tough skin.
  • Once the tag has been deployed, remove the hook if possible (a de-hooker can facilitate this) or cut the trace close to the fish’s mouth.
  • **IMPORTANT** Always make an effort to revive a fish that appear to be exhausted or is struggling to remain upright in the water.A common approach for billfish is to hold the fish firmly by its submerged bill whilst the boat moves forwards at 2 to 3 knots. This ensures a good flow of water over the fish’s gills. Try to continue this practice and release the fish once it shows strong signs of life.  Improved skin color is also a good indicator that the fish is getting stronger. This may take several minutes or more. Please use care and caution, especially in rough weather to prevent serious injury to yourself or your fishing partners.

How to tag game fish using the pelagic tag

When tagging with the smaller pelagic tag, the majority of fish should be removed from the water before tagging. This improves accuracy of tagging. This technique will also simplify hook removal and allow more accurate recording of the length and weight. For larger fish a short hand tagger can be used for tagging boat side. Try to prevent the fish damaging itself on hard, hot, or dry surfaces. A wet foam mat or similar is ideal for on-boat tagging.

We recommend Pelagic tags to be inserted by a smaller hand tagger or short pole, as they are designed to lock behind the bony structures of the dorsal fin or second dorsal fin in order to remain in position. Carefully insert the tag into the fish’s back, close to the base of the fin and angled in so that it passes through the bony structures that radiate off the fin. Try to insert the tag at an angle of at least 45° to reduce water friction and then twist the tag pole before removing it. In effect, you should be trying to hook the barb of the tag around one of these spines, which then locks the tag in place.

As with all tagging, try to immediately fill out the tag registration card as correctly and completed as possible, and return to Gray FishTag Research  as soon as possible for most relevant data.

Estimating the size of the fish

This may be done by estimating the weight of the fish or by measuring the fish when it is in, or alongside the boat. If the fish is up to 3 Ft. in length it may be carefully brought on board and measured using a standard measuring tape. However, large fish should remain in the water. If you estimate the size of the fish, especially the weight, get a consensus from the entire crew immediately after release, and record immediately.

For measuring length of fish in the water, it is best to rig up a simple tape measure. It helps if it is flexible, and at least 10 Ft. long. A great method is to attach a tennis ball (or similar) to the zero end and when a fish is alongside, or being held at the back of the boat, float the tennis ball to the tail fork and get a measurement to the fish’s snout, or to the tip of the lower jaw for billfish. For billfish, it is important that the recorded measurement should state where the fish was measured from and to (i.e. lower jaw to tail fork length or total length – tip of bill to end of tail. – See more on measuring here.

Giving both the length and the weight for every tag and release will allow the recording of the most complete information and result in the best comparison should the fish be recaptured or the data used in a scientific analysis.

What to do if you catch a tagged fish

Whenever you catch a fish, get in a habit to examine the dorsal area of both sides of the fish to see if an existing tag is present. The tags may only be just showing or may be obscured by marine growth if they have been in the water for a long time.

If you catch a billfish, shark, tuna or other sport fish that is already tagged, we recommend to carefully record the tag number and other information shown on the tag.  Tags that look old may indicate that the fish have been at large for a long time and these long-term recaptures are particularly valuable for any research.  If you don’t have a new tag, you may release the fish again with the same tag.  Please ensure that you record the tag number, species, date, location and GPS co-ordinates, estimated size (or actual size if landed) and condition of fish on release.

If you decide to keep the fish,  still record the capture details and try to notify the corresponding organization listed on the tag.

You may also carefully cut off the old tag and re-tag the fish with a new tag.

One other point regarding reporting recaptures of tagged fish should be kept in mind. In these days of nearly 100% release of game fish, previously tagged fish are quite often caught and re-released without being able to retrieve the earlier tag. If you do hook and release a fish which has a tag in place, and you are not able to retrieve the tag, you should still record the details (even though the tag number is unknown) and report the release to Gray FishTag Research as a genuine recapture. In this way, better statistics on actual recapture rates of game fish will be able to be maintained.

Additional fishing and tagging tips

  • non-offset-circlehookUse non-offset circle hooks whenever possible when using live or dead baits. These hooks minimise deep hooking, foul hooking and bleeding and promote the survival of tagged fish.
  • Elect one crew member as the person in charge of the tagging equipment, to ensure that:
    • the number of the tag in position on the tag pole matches that on the tag card
    • details of the tagging are promptly recorded on the card
    • the card is kept for entry or mailed to Gray FishTag Research as soon as possible.
  • Keep your tag cards dry and in an orderly bundle and easy to access. This will help to ensure that tags do not become loose and fall out of their corresponding tag card.
  • Load your tagging pole with a tag before you hook a fish. Make sure it is readily available and whenever you wish to tag a fish, ensure that the tag is attached properly.
  • Make sure the billfish tag head fits neatly onto the applicator without being too tight as the tag may break before releasing into the fish. The shark tag head must protrude past the end of the applicator, this is vital as it is the tip of the tag head that penetrates the sharks tough skin. If the applicator is too long, then it can be filed down. Pelagic applicators may sometimes have rough edges inside the tube at either end. Try pulling a tag in and out to make sure the edges do not catch the tag, if they do, a small round file will take the rough edges off. If you do not do this then the applicator may cut the tag off as it goes into the fish.
  • Tags should be secured on tag poles with a rubber band, one wrap of the band is sufficient as too many may stop the tag releasing.
  • Do not attempt to tag very active fish, especially if the fish is jumping at the side of the boat. Poor tag placement can injure fish or result in the tag being shed. It is better to release the fish without tagging, if accurate tag placement is not possible

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

First Article Published for SOMERSET!!!

I am SO EXCITED to have my first article published in SOMERSET studios!!!  How did this happen you ask?  Well, I sent in some Christmas tags and then was contacted by the editor of Somerset...she asked me if I would like to write a "how to" on my tags.  I about fell on the floor.  I was hoping to get some sort of response from readers but nothing yet.(Darn it) I am sharing this on my blog and facebook. :D

and here are the pics!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

New Halloween Work...

My daughters had an old china doll that was missing the head and arms (I had used them for something else!)  So I thought...hmmmm, what could I make with this torso and legs.  I wanted to make something CrEePy for Halloween.

  I sculpted the head out of polymer clay...I think it turned out pretty cool, and...a little CrEePy!

Monday, September 20, 2010

I am going to attempt a tutorial on hand carved stamps...YAY!

You will start with the carving material called "SOFT-KUT" you can get it at Dick Blick and it is pretty cheap.  And of course you need a carving tool. this is a "linoleum cutter".  These cutters come with different size blades.  Try out the different sizes and use the one that you are most comfortable with.
Here I am drawing a line down the material with a permanent marker and then cutting this piece off with scissors.
Here is the piece I cut, now to come up with a simple design.....
I used this template to trace some boxes.  At this point you could either carve "out" the boxes or carve "out" the smaller spaces.  I will carve out the smaller spaces.
I LOVE how it feels when you carve!
When you are finished carving, or think you are apply some paint on your stamp to see how it looks.  Sometimes you might want to adjust your carving a bit...but I like the imperfections, they add interest.
Press down your stamp on the paper of your choice and lift up.......
now for the EXCITING part....TA DAH!!!!
This, of course, is only the beginning...
Isn't this just so COOL?
Once this dries you can add paint over the top....have fun with it.
Add more stamps on top to give the paper more depth and interest

Lots of pretty paper

Here is the finished product

Your papers can be used in many ways.....

Thursday, September 9, 2010

These were all published!!!

New Halloween Work...

I worked on this little guy, he is a baby mummy, I am not quite done, but almost.  I received the latest Somerset Studios and found out I have a whole page with several pieces of my work...I will post the pictures.  I was thrilled!  I am still laid off, but have put in 3 different letters of interest.  (fingers crossed)  But, it has been nice having the house to myself for a few hours every day!

Monday, August 23, 2010

It has been so long since my last post. I am really bad about keeping up with my blog. I have been working on a lot of things. I was even asked to write a "How To" in a Holiday Somerset Studios. That was extremely exciting for me. Heard that my job was cut at the school district I work for so now I am in limbo. Yesterday I decided to try and make a doll head. I got this cool old doll from an estate sale and wanted to use the head as a mold. I made the mold out of fimo pressing it onto 1/2 of the dolls head. Did the same for the other half. I baked the 2 halves in little glass ramekins so they would keep their shape. Once cooled I brushed them with cornstarch and pressed softened fimo into each half and carefully pulled each half out and reshaped a little and then baked. When these were cool I sanded and carved the edges to make them fit together the best I could. I put heavy gel medium on both edges and then a rubberband around the whole head and let dry. It didn't seem stable enough so I wrapped this edging material made out of? Not really sure it looks like you might use it to make baskets out of. Then I put on mre gel medium and let dry again. After the piece had dried I painted on 2 coats of gesso. When gesso was dry I used paint and pastel to age it. ALOT of work for 1 measly doll head, but I am pleased how it turned out!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Hand carved stamps......

Well I seemed to have raised alot
of interest in my hand carved stamps.
I will post a how to this weekend. I
use 'soft kut" as the stamp base, it is
very soft and easy to it
is CHEAP. I buy it at Dick Blick on-
line. I took a class from Anne Bagby
and she makes her own papers and
then uses them in her art. Her work
is incredible. Google her if you get
a chance. I will post more later.....

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I don't even like clowns but I got the heads at a garage sale and had to make something with them...I used bits a pieces of this and that. Salt container, fimo, paper, ribbon, plastic hands, cardboard tube.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Introspective Woman

This was made by gluing an old map onto a piece of cardboard.(I use anything to paint on...packing cardboard, cereal boxes...old wood scraps) and painting/drawing with watercolor crayon and pencil.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

I am having a PIF giveaway....all you have to do is view my blog, make a comment and info where I can get ahold of you. If you win you will then pay it forward to someone else. Have fun and be sure to look at my older posts for more pictures of my work!