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I’ve been absent.

I’ve thought so many times about blogging, but this is the first time I’ve even logged into WordPress in months.

I’ve done a lot of knitting over the last few months. The most recent things I’ve completed are in the widget to the side, but I’m going to share some others.

Elephant bib

First up is a crocheted elephant bib, which I made for Cousin P for her baby shower on Jan. 14. She actually had her baby yesterday (hooray!) and all reports say that their little girl is happy and healthy, and mom and dad are settling in. I saw a picture, and it is a darn cute baby. Cousin P has the nursery all decorated in owls, and I’m kinda in love. The baby may get a handknit owl or two. We’ll see.

One of my other cousins, Cousin D, is expecting twins within the next month or so. (Cousin D is a cousin to me and Cousin P; they were born about two months apart. How strange that they are having babies so close together!) Cousin D also has a little boy who just turned 5, and he is a handful. I’m looking to make Evelyn Evelyn and Elephant Elephant for the twins (a boy and a girl), and then a little something for the 5-year-old. I don’t want him to feel left out, and with twin babies coming, I think he’s going to get a shock.

Summer flies

Summer flies in winter

Next up is this funky green shawl. It was knit in a worsted weight, and I thought it would be way quicker than it was. Turns out knitting a picot bind-off for a bajillion stitches takes awhile.

I think I’m going to send this to a friend’s mom. She is very nice and has made me feel welcome to the various family functions I’ve attended. She’s always admired my handknits, so I thought she might like one of her own. She even gave me some of her first handspun, which I think is pretty awesome. She’s a pro at spinning now, and has come up with some really lovely yarns. I think she spins on her wheel 2 hours a day, or something ridiculous like that.

Earth and Sky

Earth and Sky

Lastly, Earth and Sky. I joined the Westknits KAL for this one; it was released as a mystery shawl through last August. It took me a little longer to get it done, because I procrastinate sometimes. (I mean, look at how often I update the blog. Seriously.) I’m really happy with the color combinations – they’re all yarns I’ve had in my stash. The variegated one has been in my stash since my very first go at knitting; I think it’s the first yarn that came from an actual yarn store instead of a big box craft store.

I ended up giving it to my future sister-in-law for Christmas, and I think she enjoyed it. It’s very soft and squishy. I may need to make another.

Ok, we’ll call that good for now. Look, ma! I blogged!

It is June.

Remember that time I promised photos of stash? Yeah, that’s not going to happen for a while. I didn’t get to it in April, and I head to the northlands for Dorian next Thursday. My next chance at a good yarn stash organization is looking like August. August! (Or maybe I should do it in small chunks …)

Speaking of yarny things, I made a swan. This one’s crocheted. I made it for the May Charms class for the House Cup on Ravelry – the challenge was to “craft something that represents a link between two people or locations”. I chose the swan to represent my great-grandmother Valerie. She always had a lot of swan figurines around the house, and even a few of those swan-shaped planters out on the patio.

Gustava the Swan

I recently decided to make an ancestral altar, having heard a few folks talk about them on a couple of different podcasts. I thought something handmade would be a nice addition to it. So far I’ve got the swan and a watch that belonged to my grandfather, who died last August. It’s not a very big start – I don’t even have any photos yet. Well, ok I have a few on my computer, but I’d like to print them out and put them in a nice frame or something.

Right now I’m really getting into Dorian/summer camp/escape from work mode. I’ve been thinking about door decorations, and decided there may be an “incognito” theme. And by incognito, I mean mustaches. Bandwagon? Yup. I’ll totally get on the mustache bandwagon. (Who am I kidding? I already am. I bought this shirt on Woot a few weeks ago. Handlebar mustache! I love puns.)

I probably won’t get another post out before camp – although if I really want to ignore work on my birthday next Monday maybe I’ll post then. Either way, hopefully I can get myself together and have another one this month.

you know what I mean.

I was listening to the latest episode of Cast On the yesterday (ok, so I’m a little behind. It was put out more than a month ago), and Brenda mentioned her annual airing of the stash. I like that. For a couple of years I did the “Flash Your Stash”, an April 1 tradition in the knitting community. (Ok, I’m not sure if it’s still a tradition as I haven’t participated for a while, but it was popular a couple of years ago.) Essentially, you take pictures of your whole stash, and then you share them. In 2006, knit and tonic had an excellent photo of herself luxuriating with favorite stash in a bathtub. Fantastic.

I haven’t flashed my stash for a few years, and I think it’s time to do so. I have very few photographs of the yarn that’s stashed on Ravelry, and I really have no excuse for that other than laziness. I don’t think I have all of my stash catalogued, either – some of the newer yarns I’ve gotten (like from last weekend’s Heartland Fiberpalooza) aren’t in my Ravelry stash, and neither are some random selections for one reason or another. So I think I might shoot for that in April: air and flash the stash, and update my Ravelry catalogue. It’s a good opportunity to organize my yarn, at the very least. Since I have it squirreled away in various places in the house (the closet, a trunk, the entertainment center, an old-school suitcase … ), this would probably be a very good idea.

To get nice photos, I may try to make a lightbox with items from around the house. I might use this tutorial, or perhaps this one. I don’t have the fancy camera flashes the author of the first tutorial has, so I’ll have to adapt that, but I think I can do it. I’ll just have to keep the cats out of the box – a harder task than you might think.

Burgy, Queen of Yarn

Burgy likes to nest in pretty much any container she fancies. I’ve seen her in the yarn bucket, a laundry basket and a small letter-size basket. She’s a nut.

I will probably have to upgrade my Flickr account to pro status again, if I’ll be uploading a bunch of photos. I’m thinking a close-up of the fiber and then a whole-skein shot, so two per each stashed item … this will take a while.

… or how I lost my religion.

But first, a brief note. Yes, I know it’s been a very long time since I posted. I lost my blogging mojo – last year was a year of many things, both joys and trials. I would like to hop back on the blogging bandwagon now, and hopefully it will stick. I make no guarantees.

Now, back to the irony story at hand. I want to tell you about the time I lost my Christian beliefs.

Here’s the ironic part: the decline and fall of my Christianity started the day I was baptized. As I reflect on my religiosity, or lack thereof in recent years, I’ve pretty much pinpointed that event as the key point in the shift of my spiritual beliefs. I’ve debated blogging about this, but frankly I need to get it out of my head.

I’m not sure what it was about that day, but something changed. In my family’s church (Disciples of Christ), baptism is through immersion. There’s a funky little baptismal tank in the sanctuary; it has a big window that’s covered by curtains most of the time. Baptism pretty much goes like this: put on clothes that can get wet, go in the dunk tank with the pastor, the pastor asks you if you believe in Jesus and you say yes, then the pastor leans you back (or was it forward?) to get you completely immersed, family takes pictures, then you get out and change back into your normal clothes. My problem came at the immersion part; I suppose I just didn’t trust the pastor enough or something, but I now refer to my baptism as “the time I almost drowned”. It was a very strange thing, and it seemed pretty insignificant at the time; mostly I felt dumb for choking on water.

Time went by. I attended church camp for five summers at the local affiliated conference center. I made some pretty great friends there, and we had fun and fellowshipped together and got emotional and all that. But then one year – either my second or third year in high school camp – I found out that one of my friends was Wiccan, or at least he knew things about Wicca. (I know, strange place to be finding pagan folk, but it was high school after all. Everyone is weird in high school in some way.) I had just been fiddling around with some popsicle sticks during free time, and had doodled some random elemental things on each one. (I don’t quite remember which elements I chose, but I want to say it was similar to traditional Chinese elements. I remember having metal in there, at any rate.) My friend made some sort of comment about them, and then said to keep it a secret.

Later that summer, after we’d been home for a few weeks, I got a letter from the friend detailing Wicca a little more. At the end, he instructed me to burn the letter – lest it “fall into the wrong hands” or something, I suppose. Needless to say, I got curious. I started doing what any other teen in the late 90s would do: looking information up on the internet. I found correspondence charts, explanations of the elements, cool poetry … myriad items began to pile up. I started to print out some of my favorite things and collect it in a broken binder, which I must have hidden in my room somewhere. I remember one time my mom saw the notebook; looking at the picture of the pentagram with the elements labeled, she asked me where god was, and I mumbled something about spirit being like god. She didn’t ask anything else, and I found a better hiding place. I never really committed myself to Wicca, or even to some generic pagan path, but it was always at the back of my mind, waiting and brewing its own thoughts.

Let’s fast-forward. Attending a Lutheran college didn’t change my leanings at all; I stayed pretty much non-religious in college. (You should read the fourth paragraph on my About page for a little anecdote about that, which is also a lesson in thinking before you open your mouth.) Now, however, is where more irony comes into play: I’m a church choir director. At the same church where I “almost drowned”. Actually, I choose all of the music now, effective since January. And this is the third year I’ve been singing with their praise band. (That was a struggle. I really didn’t want to do it, but frankly, they need my help. Not to be mean or pompous or anything, just truthful.)

Life is strange, and also oddly circuitous. I have so much control and input over a significant part of each service – and I don’t even practice the religion. Not inwardly, anyway. Outwardly I put on the mask of Christianity and play along, while inwardly I’m reflecting on things religious, though decidedly non-Christian. Sometimes I get incredibly frustrated, because I feel as though I’m in stasis – even though I’m trying, even struggling at some points to shift my position, my beliefs. Over the last year or so, I’ve begun putting form to those pagan thoughts that started brewing so long ago, and I think I’m starting to find my spiritual home.

I suppose I’ll leave it at that for now. Next post I’ll have more knitting content, even though I’ve felt a bit drained of that over the last couple of months. It’s good to be back, and I hope to post a bit more.

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Spring has sprung

… and it’s about time.

White violets

Look at the pretty purple veining.

Wild violets might be my favorite flower of spring, because they come fairly early on in the season. I have both purple and white violets at my house. I love the white ones the most, because when I was growing up we only ever had the purple ones in our yard, and to see a white one was really special. I have a lot of the white ones now.

The magnolias are almost done blooming for the year; they were in their prime last week. Now petals litter the ground, and a few final blossoms cling to the branches.

Magnolia petals

Petals blanket the ground at my friend's house down the street.

My own yard has a somewhat different carpet. I have the bane of many folks’ existence: dandelions and what I’ve always known as ‘Creeping Charlie’ (it’s also called ground ivy). I don’t mind them so much, though. The complementary colors of the lavender flowers in the ivy and the bright yellow are kind of nice to look at. Sometimes I almost forget they’re weeds. The violets that were the main floral focus have been over taken by this dastardly duo, though I can still spot a few (mostly white) violets here and there.

My yard, meanwhile, is full of weeds.

One of my other favorite spring things is the lilac. My mom’s a big lilac fan; last year for Mother’s Day she and I went to the lilac arboretum and wandered around, sniffing and admiring the myriad varieties there.

Lilacs are blooming.

This year it seems like the lilacs are blooming a bit early. Of course, we had a really cracked out winter. I’m pretty sure the verylargeshrubbery that spans my front porch (um, it’s actually a huge forsythia), bloomed already this year, and very early at that. Now there are only a few flowers along the bottom of the shrub. Usually it looks something like this. I wonder if the lilacs will hold on through Mother’s Day. I usually take a few sprigs to my mom throughout the spring when they’re blooming …

Adventures in driving

I joined a couple of friends on a road trip to Minnesota this past weekend. We took the looong way there, too. Generally if I want to go to the Twin Cities, I’ll just drive north for about 5 hours. This time, though, I drove east to the Quad Cities area. Then we drove north up the eastern side of Iowa, dropped off a dog with her, er, “grandparents”, and trekked back west to the interstate — the very same one I’d usually take directly north. I think the trip took about 7 hours from the Quad Cities to the Twin Cities. Lots of car knitting time for me.

We got a chance to get rush tickets for La bohéme at the Minnesota Opera (the Ordway — so pretty!) on Friday, and we really enjoyed the show. One of the performers was a classmate of ours in undergrad, and it was really fantastic to see him perform in a professional show. (We decided that he was third male, which is a pretty sizable part. He got his own aria and everything.)

Mario hats

Bandbabe and Aramad were happy to model the hats.

Generally we just spent the rest of the weekend hanging out, drinking champagne, and catching up. I also got to give the above hats (Chain Chomp and Goomba) to their intended recipients, and I think they really liked them. Bandbabe and Aramad were more than happy to model them for me before I gave them away. I’m really happy with how the knitting turned out on them both.

Meanwhile I’m knitting hard on Glimfeather, and I really hope I can manage to finish it by the end of the month. That’s not very far from now, and I’m officially halfway through the rows. I’ve got a new 47-inch circular needle, which is really excellent. The stitches were getting really crowded on the other, which was 32 inches or something like that. I should probably take another photo now that I can actually give an idea of the size, since the stitches can be all spread out at the moment.

That’s all for now; I’ve got knitting to do.

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The last two weeks have been a clustersuck of getting the dissertation finished, having to review, edit and rewrite the better half of 100 pages here and there, hoping the stack of paper will be turned into a couple of decent hardbacks by the deadline. The working title is ‘Secure IPv6 Communications across Multiple Untrusted Networks‘ (comes with state of the art interactive CD-ROM). Considering the huge deal I made over this last year, it should have been much better.

When I first started thinking about the project a while back, the idea was a group of proxy servers with different IP addresses that would change every 24 hours or so, and a software client that would select the first available one. The central problem was how to communicate those proxy addresses to the clients without those addresses becoming known to whoever’s blocking them. The Global Internet Freedom Consortium creates technologies like that.
Things took another direction after coming across that SecuraBit interview with Sam Bowne on IPv6, then The Second Internet (Lawrence Hughes). All the pieces were there for secure communications system even better than what I originally thought up, and so IPv6 became the focus of the project. Somehow those huge address blocks and IPsec tunneling between hosts can be leveraged to defeat both censorship and surveillance. Probably forever.

About half way through, it was becoming apparent the solution is theoretically very simple, and the main component of my system would be a software client – installed on the Internet-enabled devices, it would handle everything from encryption, IPsec, address management and a couple of other things. It also turned out the system could be used for point-to-point (or P2P) communications and multicasting, so the plan shifted somewhat from defeating censorship in the existing client-server Internet. Actually creating a working product is another matter, as I’m not that technically gifted yet. Certainly not gifted enough to develop the GUI in C++.

Essentially what we have is a design and some components for a client application that could be adapted for a range of things – military communications between PDA-equipped units, P2P social networking (the application database supports this), media broadcasting over IPsec to hidden groups, and even government personnel deployed in other countries could host reports on their own devices without adversaries even being aware of it. Sounds like pretty impressive stuff, but it won’t become relevant for another 8-10 years because the routers and everything in between must be IPv6-ready for this to work.

In the end the dissertation amounted to a colossal amount of research on Internet surveillance and traffic filtering (many thanks to the UWN Thesis blog), a fairly detailed methodology for developing and testing the countermeasures, instructions for setting up a fully IPv6-capable carrier routing system, and some of the main components for the software client.


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Emerging Leaders in Zanzibar

After arriving in Tanzania and completing orientation, each group of volunteers was told about the various projects going on in their particular community location (Arusha, Morogoro or Zanzibar).  I was lucky enough to get to go to Zanzibar for my placement, an island renowned for its beautiful beaches and lively culture. In our location, YCI had proposed seven projects that the three of us in my team would be working on, and we each decided to be lead on two of them. The two projects that I was most excited to work on was the Emerging Leaders Workshop and the SEDO environmental project. For this post, I would like to give everyone back home a little insight into my Emerging Leaders Workshop and what the participants in it think of it so far.

I was very nervous in the beginning, as this is the first program with a focus on leadership and employability that the YCI team has run in Zanzibar. YCI’s programs in Zanzibar are run in collaboration with ZANGOC, a partner NGO, and its forty member organizations. ZANGOC selected 20 promising youth participants from their member organization to attend the Emerging Leaders program.

The first phase I was responsible for was creating a lesson plan for seven weeks, three days a week. This task seemed daunting at first, but after researching literature on the topic of leadership and looking back on the goals YCI had set for the program, I had a much better idea about what activities would be successful in the curriculum. An important aspect of leadership is confidence; so much of the work we do has elements that help to build confidence and life skills, with the idea to transform the participants into leaders!

In the first week we started off with resumes but there was a certain reluctance from the class, people were nervous to speak in English and unsure of what I would expect them to do; however, over our first five classes people have really bonded and started to interact very well in the class. On Friday we had our first presentations to the group, to build some more confidence at public speaking, and it was amazing to see the transformation that had happened in such a short period. Many are able to speak quite fluently in English which I think they had been to nervous to show all week, and were now chatting up in front of the class with quite a bit of skill. I may not be leading the class for long at the rate they are improving!

When preparing for this post, I really wanted to take a look at the impact our programs have on the individuals we are teaching, so I have included a few photos of the presentations and of our camaraderie, also I asked the class to write a few words on how they felt about the class so far, and much of it was very touching, and made me feel like it is very much worthwhile what I am doing here.

One of the comments I received was from Omari Kallage, whom I was surprised to learn that even at a young age had already started his own barbering business and aspires to be a professional soccer player. His comment was one of my favourites,

“[sic] I like the student of this class because we live like we have the same parents. I like all of my teachers because the care about us like we are younger sisters and brothers. I signed up for this class because I know one day I will be a leader like my father, a captain on my team, and a chairman in my place. That is why I am here.”

I cannot wait to see what happens over the next four weeks and to be able to help these 20 young emerging leaders make an impact of their own.

-Adriana Koolman, Youth Ambassador, Tanzania 2011

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How long is a novel?

Ha, I have just worked out something rather fabulous!

I was sitting here revelling in my 21,000 word smugness when I suddenly thought ‘hold on a cotton pickin’ minute, isn’t a novel around 80,000 words?’

I’m no mathematical genius but doesn’t that mean that in the past 6 weeks I have written the equivalent of a quarter of a novel?! (Maybe even half a novel as I wrote way over the word count and spent hours cutting it down).

Hmm, I must investigate…

OK, I have just typed ‘how long is a novel’ into Google and good old Wikipedia came to the rescue. Here’s what it had to say:

“While the length of a novel is to a large extent up to its writer, lengths may also vary by sub-genre; many young adult novels start at a length of about 16,000 words, and a typical mystery novel might be in the 60,000 to 80,000 word range while a thriller could be over 100,000 words.”

So now you know. Write around 60-100,000 words and you are entering novel territory.

I am rather chuffed with this revelation. Let’s gloss over the fact that it wasn’t a work of fiction and there were no actual characters or plot involved. The fact remains that if I can write 21,000+ words in 6 weeks it might be within the realms of possibility for me to write a real-life novel one day. And that rather fabulous fact makes me very, very happy.

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  1. I have around 32,305 words to go and what with my serious condition of editoritus, that is probably a conservative estimate. Well done, keep going (you are allowed smug but only for today)

    P.S: Is the bird an illustration from the same artist who used to do Roald Dahl? – Think the name is Quentin Blake?

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Irma & Maria – Red Cross Relief Efforts Ongoing

The American Red Cross has launched a wide-ranging relief efforts to help people devastated by three historic, back-to-back hurricanes – Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The Red Cross is also supporting the Mexican Red Cross in its response to recent earthquakes. The Red Cross is working day and night to meet emergency and recovery needs for those impacted. Click here to read Red Cross’s September 27, 2017 news release where they provide detail of their efforts for Irma & Maria victims.

Be The Change Day – Convention 2017

Exhilarating, Exhausting, Transformation, Blessed, Amazing. These are just a few of the words that spring to mind when reflecting on Be The Change day at the Dallas Can Academy and the Wee Can Academy.

Partnering with the amazing Amy Searle Chandler and My Story Matters, the Be The Change Foundation organized a team of over 205 volunteers to complete two separate projects at the Dallas Can Academy and the Wee Can Academy. Volunteers started arriving at 11:00 a.m. and immediately started transforming the landscape of the campus grounds. Weeds were pulled, mulch was spread, flowers and trees were planted, and hopscotch games were painted. This was a transformation for not only the students, but the entire community to enjoy the beautification that took place on campus.

While all that was happening outside, additional volunteers took on the task of creating “My Story Matters” story books for the 135 children who attend the Dallas Can Academy or the Wee Can Academy. They were able to reflect, recount, record and reframe their story. Each child will receive their very own custom HeritageMakers story book with their own recollections and photos.

Actress, author and health advocate Marilu Henner, former NBA stars Mike Glenn and Theo Ratliff (and his daughter) joined the 205 Youngevity volunteers making a difference in the lives of the students and staff at the Dallas Can Academy and the Wee Can Academy.


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It works like a charm every time.  Dried shrimp are like a crack cocaine for Zack and Mack.  Let me explain.  The boys are finicky eaters.  They always have been since day one.  No common turtle food will pass through their two beaks.  The first week we actually fed them baby food with a tiny syringe; slowly squeezing the pudding-like consistency protein into their little gullets.

We then found out that canned meal worms sent them to heaven.  So meal worms it was.  Canned, then live.  I used to break the poor little meal worms in two so the boys could eat them.  For several years they ate meal worms interspersed with occasional cooked chicken.

But from time to time, they would revolt and refuse to eat…So, it was time for the secret weapon…Dried Shrimp!  Works every time.  Kinda like marsh mellows for dogs.  They can’t get enough.

So tonight, we had to resort to the dried shrimp.  They went off the fish so, its now time to go back to the super-duper meal worms.

I know, I know, we spoil the boys.  But quite frankly they loathe anything “green.”  We tried it all and they just turn up their noses. Se tried offering an alternative diet for several days in a row, but no…the little meal tyrants would rather starve then let turtle food pass their lips…  After three or four days, I usually give in and give them what they crave….petulant little guys, Zack and Mack.

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pain b&b

So. The experiment of last week.

When I took a lesson with Tina in May, I was starting to think about joint maintenance and preventative health.  Or maybe treatment.  Or …. whatever was appropriate.  I asked her thoughts, told her that I wasn’t looking for trouble/to spend money, but, you know, maybe the time had come to inject something?

Tina suggested, very practically (and, I should note, as a DVM), that I could try giving Murray what she calls a “B&B cocktail” for three days to see if it improved anything.  The B&B cocktail being 1g of bute and 250 mg of banamine twice a day.  If there was pain or inflammation somewhere in Murray’s body, the NSAIDs would mask them during that time.  If Murray was better on drugs, then we would know that he likely needs to be injected somewhere.  If he wasn’t… I’m not really sure what the logical conclusion to that would be.

So I put my horse on a pile of NSAIDs and a little bit of ulcer prevention on Tuesday of last week. And boy, did it ever tell us anything.

oh look, those hocks actually bend…

During last week’s lesson, Tina commented immediately that Murray looked great, that he was moving his hocks and his back really well.  This is a comment we don’t usually get until we’ve worked through all the residual stiffness, about halfway through a lesson.  Every exercise we did in the lesson was easier for Murray than it usually is — and it’s not like we’d been practicing a bunch either.  I jumped on him for the first time in a week for that lesson, and he was fantastic. Collecting the canter was so shockingly easy for him when I asked.  The difference was very, very clear.

My Friday  jump lesson was also “on drugs”, though we were coming down from them at the time.  Murray’s last dose of NSAIDs had been that morning right before the lesson, and he’d gone 24 hours between doses, so he probably wasn’t feeling as good as he had during the previous few days.  That, too, might have contributed to his nappiness.

just asking for a little more trot here

actually going for the extension here

I’ve actually already had the vet out to do Murray’s hocks (since this all took place last week) — I piggybacked on someone else’s PPE appointment.  It will be very interesting to see how it turns out, and whether this actually makes him more comfortable.

cantering on drugs last week

cantering off drugs

I’m more than happy to include hock injections as part of Murray’s routine maintenance.  He’s proven to me that he’s worth investing in (lol, only took four years), and obviously from a welfare and ethics standpoint I want him to be comfortable in the work we are doing.  I fully acknowledge that we ask horses to do some pretty unnatural things, though, and that some low level of discomfort is likely to be present in doing this.

camelot, june 2017

during the experiment, last week
not a totally fair comparison as it’s not quite the same moment of the stride, but you get the idea

But I also don’t have the funds to endlessly pursue what might make him feel better if the hock injections don’t help.  It seems like there are a lot of ways I can spend, validly or wastefully, money on this “problem” — and part of it depends on how big I decide the problem itself is.  There are plenty of horses who are comfortable competing at much higher levels than we with similar (or even more) maintenance needed.  Honestly, I’m hoping that this does the trick enough for me to be able to put thoughts of further evaluation and injection out of my mind.  At least until I develop that app and become a grillionaire.

may 2015

january 2017

during the experiment, july 2017

The key will be to keep evaluating Murray’s comfort and happiness in work.  Formerly, Murray’s objections to work always seemed to be to the concept of work in general, which I have always taken as a work ethic problem.  He’s always had a kinda shitty work ethic (but maybe he’s also always kinda needed some more joint support?).  So the next few months will be very telling for us.

reconsidering pentosan

Since Twin, I’ve been thinking about what I might be able to do for Murray to make him more comfortable and extend our competition career.  A part of what inspired me to start thinking about it more seriously was his super-stardom at Twin, but I also have a lot more income than I ever have in the past. This makes entertaining the idea of spending/potentially wasting money on my horse’s well-being possible — I literally* did not have the money to pour money into joint maintenance before.

* The actual literally, not the millennial “literally” that really means “figuratively” or “maybe”

I first heard about Pentosan on Amanda’s blog (like, where I hear about most things apparently), and after following the trail of evidence she left, I wasn’t terribly convinced.  Use of the drug was based mostly on anecdotal reports of improved movement and comfort after IM/IV injections among Australian horse owners, and there wasn’t a ton of peer-reviewed evidence to back up using Pentosan IM/IV for joint maintenance.

murray is a skeptical walrus

Pentosan, if you’re unfamiliar, is a semi-synthetic polysulfyated xylan (don’t know what that really means? me neither!).  It is used for several purposes, including treatment and prevention of osteoarthritis.  The most interesting thing, to me, about pentosan is that it is used during open-joint surgery to help heal the joints after they are put back together.  Literally, surgeons squirt the stuff all over the open joint to help avoid cartilage break down and improve synovial fluid viscosity.  edit: Austen pointed out to me this important clarification: joint lavage (which is done both surgically or arthroscopically) works by helping to wash away debris that accumulates in the joint and may cause pain (at least in humans).  Therefore, the pentosan may not be having as much of an effect as might be reported — the lavage process itself is extremely helpful in this case.

I’m won’t rule out a treatment or medication as ineffective simply because it doesn’t have veterinarian or peer-reviewed evidence.  I know that it takes time to conduct studies and gather data, and that what is currently being studied may not be what is in vogue with horse owners at the time.  Joint pain and comfort is terribly hard to quantitatively evaluate, especially when you want to look at more than just the articulation of a specific joint (how far that joint can flex/bend), and supplements/drugs for joint pain in companion and production animals aren’t necessarily at the top of the research ladder.  Particularly in equines, the amount of scientific inquiry into the efficacy of drugs or supplements is quite sparse.

All that said, I’m not going to rush out and spend a lot of money on a product that is anecdotally reported by horse owners to make their horses “feel better”.  The placebo effect*, even among animal caregivers and owners, is a real thing.  (Also in 2014 my horse was five, not actually mine, and it wasn’t the time to think seriously about maintenance.)

* Have just realised this could make an incredible horse name!!

placebo effect is sooooo good at canter poles

When I started thinking about and exploring joint maintenance for Murray this year, pentosan popped up both on the interwebs and at the suggestion of a friend.  I took some time to look into the drug more seriously, and found that in the last three years, enough evidence about the efficacy of pentosan in prevention and treatment of OA has accumulated to convince me it’s worth a try.  If you’re interested in my research, just hit me up and I can share the details with you.  But here are some of my more general findings.  (Links here may be behind a paywall.)

First of all, pentosan appears to be safe to use in  horses both intra-articularly (i.e. joint injections), as well as IV and IM.  That’s great, because it means that you don’t have to pony up for expensive IA injections just to get the drug, an if you can’t do IV, you can safely go IM.

There is also good evidence that IM pentosan actually makes its way into both the plasma (blood) and intra-articular spaces (joints).  And in dogs, pentosan has been used to successfully treat chronic osteoarthritis.  If you want to dive a bit deeper into the cell-biology literature (exposing oneself to some serious jargon at the same time), there’s at least one proposed method for pentosan to treat osteoarthritis by acting as a chondroprotective agent (cartilage protective agent).

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Pentosan was demonstrated to modify the healing of experimentally-induced OA in donkeys and horses.  In these studies, donkeys and horses with experimentally induced OA were given IV pentosan (treatment) or saline (control).  At the beginning of the treatment period, all animals were lame, and their levels of lameness, synovial fluid, cartilage damage, and the levels of certain elements (Mg, Ca) were tracked over time (among other factors associated with joint health).  All of the above mentioned factors improved significantly in treatment animals, i.e. synovial fluid was decreased compared to controls, cartilage damage was less.  Most importantly to me, lameness score in treatment animals decreased to baseline (which I believe was 0) after pentosan treatment, whereas in control animals lameness score decreased, but never achieved baseline levels.

Certainly, this is a pretty extreme way to check the utility of pentosan.  And it doesn’t necessarily speak to the maintenance side of the drug, or how pentosan interacts with joints that might have mild-moderate OA. Notably, a similar study using pentosan and hyaluronic acid was inconclusive and demonstrated no improvement with treatment.  So there is still plenty of room for skepticism.  However, if the proposed relationship between increased synovial fluid and cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis is correct (an extremely reasonable and supported assumption), and pentosan really does decrease synovial fluid and help decrease cartilage damage, then it seems reasonable that pentosan may help prevent or mitigate osteoarthritis (by mitigating cartilage damage and preventing the forces that result in increased synovial fluid).

There are still lots of “ifs” here.  But I’ll definitely be talking to my vet about pentosan in the coming weeks.

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Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley are out as ACM Awards hosts, but who's in? It's going to be a few weeks before the Academy makes an announcement, which means plenty of time for speculating.

Could it be Reba McEntire again? What's Vince Gill up to? Florida Georgia Line have television awards show hosting experience. Could having a television show on NBC prevent Blake Shelton from returning to this CBS party?

Yep, we have lots of questions and even more ideas. The idea of asking Tim McGraw and his wife Faith Hill to co-host is really appealing. Someone on Twitter suggested McEntire with relative newcomer Dustin Lynch, who is in love with the famous redhead (and we have proof). If nothing else it'd be fun to watch him squirm!

We've included eight potential 2018 ACM Awards hosting options for consideration. Maybe the show should go with one of the television network's stars? Could Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory) do the job? The new MacGyver is kind of hot. Tom Selleck is probably a little old, isn't he?

Officially this poll has no bearing on who the ACMs will choose, but unofficially? Hey, they'd be foolish not to consider the real country fan opinion!

The 2018 ACM Awards air on April 15, live from Las Vegas. Bryan and Bentley had hosted the two previous ACMs with the "Most People Are Good" singer hosting several before that with Shelton.

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If you think the Ryan Reynolds' steamy scenes in Deadpool were too hot to handle, his and Conan O'Brien's take on The Notebook will leave you breathless.

Last night, Morena Baccarin stopped by Conan to catch up with the ginger-haired host only to find that they both have shared the same man romantically. After discussing the absurdity of the year-long sex fest her character and co-star Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool had in the film, O'Brien himself revealed that he too had kissed the lips that had kissed hers.

In a scene inspired by Jonathan Sparks, Reynolds and Conan locked up in an emotional kiss that even Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling couldn't hope to replicate.

Leslie Jones and Dr. Phil got a little chummy on The Tonight Show, with Jimmy Fallon prompting the SNL star to challenge Dr. Phil to catch her in a lie. Jones' story about being chased through a drive-thru at McDonald's certainly had all the hallmarks of a great fib, but perhaps because there was a bit of truth to it.

Despite taunting Dr. Phil about Danielle Bregoli, the TV psychologist didn't take the bait, but at least we know how any encounter between Jones' and the teen would end if she indeed did cash her ousside.

Ah yes, the FaceApp. You can't look anywhere on social media without seeing at least half a dozen people posting their pictures as de-aged, elderly or gender-swapped versions of themselves. James Corden took the dive himself last night, showing off his versions of doctored images.

He also took the time to show off guests Ludacris, Elizabeth Moss and Eugenio Derbez as they would appear. The results were somehow even better than expected.

America Ferrera is as charming as ever despite currently being stuck on a show just a tiny bit below her talents. Still, that didn't stop her from engaging in a bit of improv with Stephen Colbert making fun of the superstore workers that chatter over the store intercom system with inane requests.

Look, we've all had that moment where we've been caught with our fly down or a shirt unbuttoned in the wrong spot. Most of the time, we can escape without many people noticing. Unfortunately for stars like James Spader, you might inadvertently take your picture with dozens of fans before realizing they were getting more than they bargained for in the photo.

At least we've never had to admit such a thing in front of a national audience with Seth Meyers laughing at us.

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Savanna Theory Versus Aquatic Ape Theory of Human Evolution

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Savanna Theory Versus Aquatic Ape Theory of Human Evolution

The evolution of man is constantly in question. While we are reasonably sure that modern humans and primates are both related to the same common ancestor, there is constant debate over what initially caused the two species to split into early hominids and apes. According to some, our longest and most popular theory on the division of man and ape is profoundly wrong. However, those same individuals usually offer an equally controversial theory as a substitute, one that is almost impossible to scientifically test or prove. Both the Savanna Theory and the Aquatic Ape Theory offer solutions to how and why humans evolved into bipedal toolmakers. But with enough questioning, each loses its accountability to rhetorical science.

It was commonly believed that early hominids left the jungle to live on the open plains of Africa. Called the Savannah Theory, it was strongly promoted by Professor Raymond Dart, after he gained recognition for discovering the Taung skull in 1925. The Taung skull was the first admitted link between man and ape, and Prof. Dart based his theory on the modern location of the discovered fossils. However, a report in 2000 by Marc Verhaegen claims that a savanna evolution is extremely improbable. Based on biological and physiological data, he tries to disprove the savanna theory and suggests that our evolution would more likely occur in a humid and wet setting than the dry heat of the grasslands.

Humans have almost nothing in common with any surviving mammals of the savanna. Most mammals of hot, dry climates do not rely heavily on water for survival. They have a high tolerance to heat, and their body temperatures can fluctuate more than 6oC between day and night. They can bear a dehydration of 20%, whereas 10% or more would be fatal to humans. What little they do drink or consume naturally through food, is conserved because they do not sweat. Hair and fur keeps the sun off their direct skin, while humans would have to sweat 10-15 liters of water to physically cool down. (Verhaegen)

Even structurally, humans and African land mammals don’t have much in common.

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They will have very high, large, external ears for sensing noise over long distances. A slender build allows them to reach speeds of 30mph, and their feet are designed to put weight on thin hooves or toes. Humans naturally store abundant fat tissues under our skin, and our wide, flat soles are more likely to be cut or hurt on protruding rocks. By using a mixture of fossilized dental records and a modern estimation of prehistoric environments, Verhaegen offers a more hydro-centric theory for man’s evolution.

Verhaegen’s theory is not new. In 1960, a marine biologist by the name of Sir Alister Hardy published an article called “Was Man More Aquatic in the Past?” He offered the basic idea that modern man evolved from his relationship with water bodes, but had very little evidence to support the claim. Many years later, in 1972, then-TV scriptwriter Elaine Morgan grabbed onto the theory and began to be it’s chief promoter. She published several books on the subject, as recent as 1997, and titled it the Aquatic Ape Theory. Since it gained public recognition, the Aquatic Ape Theory (AAT) has been under severe criticism from the scientific community for various reasons, most notably the improper techniques many use when ‘proving’ it. Still, the AAT is interesting to discuss as a solution to the unlikelihood of purely terrestrial evolution.

Those who endorse the AAT are quick to point out the similarities between humans and many types of aquatic life. Many sea mammals are generally hairless, similar to humans. However, on a cellular level, the skin of a seal or dolphin is very different than that of modern human. And most sea mammals are extremely large, retaining heat longer naturally. Having hair would cause them to overheat. (Moore) In addition, we are one of the few mammals that have control of our voluntary breathing. While this can be debated, it is supported by the placement of our nostrils. While many apes have horizontally aligned nostrils, the nose on a human faces downwards. Thus, when we dip our head below water, air pockets are trapped in our nasal passages and prevent water from flowing upwards. Being able to dive underwater would be invaluable for a weak, gathering-based life form.

This evolutionary trait supports the AAT belief that early hominids ate a large portion of aquatic vegetation and wildlife. Verhaegen uses dental studies to suggest that while some australopithecines, the earliest genera of hominids, preferred soft fruits and vegetables, there are examples of hominids, like Australopithecus robustus, who seem to have eaten much harder food items as well. If apes and chimps are still known to eat various shoots and stalks (and even humans eat cereals), it is not too far-fetched to imagine an early hominid surviving the dry season on wetland plants. In addition, the iodine and omega-3 fatty acids used in brain development and growth are plentiful in fish and shellfish. (Westrup) Verhaegen even offers a theory of how the use of tools would evolve from using rocks to break open the hard shells of mollusks.

Because humans are the only mammals to walk upright full-time, there must be extinguishing circumstances for them to solely develop bipedalism. Unfortunately, there are some discrepancies in how the AAT explains this development. The foundation of bipedalism in AAT is centered on water’s buoyancy in supporting the body. As the early hominids constantly hunt and search for food in the water, their muscles would slowly develop for them to stand erect. This would keep their heads above water, allow them quicker travel, and still free their hands for carrying things (such as across the savanna, except in wetlands). Still, whether it was lakes, rivers, oceans, or a combination of any of the above, most experts of AAT agree that early hominids only spent a few hours per day in the water. Any more than that, and there would be considerable risk to predators. For while they may seem safer from land-based hunters (such as lions), there are still many other predators (such as crocodiles) that lurk in the waters. In addition, most large bodies of water would probably attract land predators for drinking, anyway. (Moore)

During my research, I found the notions of AAT just as impossible as the Savanna Theory. While AAT is an interesting concept, there are just as many uncertainties in its structure as in the Savanna Theory. If AAT supporters point out fossilized shells and sea life found alongside hominid remains, then their detractors will snidely reply that most fossilized digs are pre-biased for easiest access and abundance. I was happy to see Marc Verhaegen offer a compromise, that we gradually evolved from, “frugi- and herbivores in gallery or tropical or mangrove forests to ‘short’-legged bipedal waders in forest clearings or mangrove swamps, to omnivores and partial shellfish feeders along seacoasts and rivers, and finally to long-legged bipedalists on land.” The question of human evolution cannot be definitively answered with our current knowledge. Essentially, we are just waiting for more evidence to constantly surface. Until then, it is important to remember there is no prize for guessing the “right” answer, and that only by keeping our minds open to new ideas will we come closer to an understanding of ourselves.

Moore, Jim. “Aquatic Ape Theory: Sink or Swim?” Homepage and various links. <>

Verhaegen, Marc and Pierre-Francois Puech. “Hominid lifestyle and diet reconsidered: paleo-environmental and comparative data.” Human Evolution. pp 151-162; 2000. Found at: <>

Westrup, Hugh. “All Wet?” Current Science. Vol 88, Issue 6. p8; Nov 8, 2002.

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Country singer Lynn Anderson was absent from last week's (Nov. 22) star-studded George Jones tribute show, but for reasons that were out of her control. She was involved in a scary car accident while on her way to the event. Anderson's SUV blew a tire, which is always terrifying and dangerous.

The singer, 66, posted details of her ordeal on Facebook, along with her regrets about missing an event that she was so looking forward to.

Anderson, known for her hit '(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden,' also shared that a Good Samaritan came to her aid and helped her. Sadly, she didn't even get his name so that she could give him a proper "Thank You," which is another reason she shared the details via social media.

The singer also revealed the recent installation of a pacemaker, making the Good Samaritan's quick efforts to help her even more critical.

We're just glad that Anderson is okay, even if she didn't get to participate in the tribute to The Possum.

Her full post, detailing the accident, is below.

I regret that I was unable to make the George Jones Tribute Concert last Friday. I was so looking forward to singing with my girls and singing the praises of the great "Possum." Unfortunately, my trusty old SUV blew a front right tire on the way to meet my agent and head for Bridgestone Arena. It left the road, and I ended up in the gravel, giving me a pretty good cut on my head.

A good Samaritan saw me leave the road and immediately called an ambulance. Next thing I knew, I was headed to a local hospital and after two days I was released and I’m on the road to recovery. I would like to extend a personal thank you to the gentleman that came to my aid Friday evening. However, I did not even get his name as things were happening so quickly. If you are that person, would you please contact PLA or connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. I would like to thank you in person. I recently had just undergone surgery to install a pacemaker and was a new user of blood thinners. Because of his actions, I will be able to make a swift recovery. I definitely have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season and look forward to the premiere my new Gospel project and hitting the road in 2014. Thank you for my family, fans and friends for sticking with me and being so supportive.


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Underrated: Lofa Tatupu, USC
Just like Patterson, Tatupu was an indispensable figure in the Trojans' recent success, particularly last season, when he led the team in tackles (104), intercepted three passes and forced three fumbles. He makes plays, often game-changing ones, all over the field. Scouts, however, are likely fixated on his height (just under 6 feet) and lack of natural athleticism. He is, after all, a classic overachiever who began his college career in obscurity at I-AA Maine. But there's no denying Tatupu's impeachable instincts and playmaking abilities, not to mention NFL genes (his father, Mosi, played for 14 seasons). Linebacker would seem to be the one position where all those things would be particularly beneficial.

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Diane is a lifelong learner who enjoys teaching and encouraging anyone with a heart to learn. The best part about teaching Bowenwork is empowering folks to help themselves and others. Bowen can be done almost anywhere and at any time, providing an opportunity to breathe, relax, trust, and heal. Honoring the body’s natural design for healing by teaching simple Bowen moves facilitate the healing process, allowing students to do first aid care or ongoing self-care that improves quality of life for all ages. Diane says, “Teaching the intro Bowenwork class is fun!”

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    Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (2011) Established Type Chairman Vice-Chancellor Students Undergraduates Postgraduates Location Former names Website
    State-owned University
    Professor Jide Osuntokun
    Professor Patrick Oladipo Aina
    Ado Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria
    Obafemi Awolowo University (1982), Ondo State University (1985), University of Ado-Ekiti (1999)
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    Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti (EKSU) was established as Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti on 30 March 1982 by the administration of late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first civilian governor of Ondo State. The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. It is located about 12 minutes drive from the center of the city of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State in Western Nigeria.

    Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, as it is known today, was at inception in 1982 a pride to itself as a University sought after and as of today, the only university in Nigeria that has within a quarter of a century had its name changed four times. The name was changed to Ondo State University in 1985, University of Ado-Ekiti in November 1999, and to its present name Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti in September 2011.

    Brief history Creation

    On 14 January 1981, Chief Adekunle Ajasin led by the civilian government of the Ondo State, announced its intent to establish a Multi-Campus University in the state and a 16 member planning committee was set up. The outcome of the exercise led to the founding of the University in March 1982, when the State Government created a University named Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti and appointed Prof. I.O. Oladapo as the First Vice-Chancellor of the University with the composition of the first council headed by Chief B.A. Ajayi on 28 March 1982.

    The University started off in a modest way from an old catering rest house in Akure and moved to a temporary site in Ado-Ekiti where lectures started soon after with 136 students spread in the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social Sciences. During the 1983/84 session, new courses were established to strengthen the existing faculties; these included Geology, Biology, Chemistry, French, Yoruba Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Political Science and Psychology. A fourth Faculty, the Faculty of Education, was established in 1983/84 session increasing the student population to 724 . In the 1985/86 session, the Faculty of Engineering (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical) and a Department of Banking and Finance were established. The Faculty of Law was established during the 1991/92 session and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was established in 2001, bringing the Faculties to 8 in total and a student population of 10,000. The student population is now in excess of 25,000 spread across the various academic programmes.

    Today the University is running degree programmes in 66 fields of academic specialisation across the existing faculties and academic programmes, from the School of Postgraduate Studies, Directorate of Continuing Education, Directorate of Part Time Programme, Directorate of Sandwich Education Degree Programme, Affiliate Colleges, Institute of Education, Institute of Science Laboratory Technology, Directorate of Pre-Degree Programmes, General Studies Unit, Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Centre for Research and Development, among others. The Faculties have increased from 8 in 2001 to 10 in 2010 with the creation of the College of Medicine which houses the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences and Faculty of Clinical Sciences while making use of the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital Complex, Ado-Ekiti.

    Change of Name

    In 1984, the ownership of the University came under the military administration of Ondo State since the governance of the country came under the military junta. In 1985, the Government as proprietor of the University cancelled the multi-campus and non-residential policy of the University and also changed the name of the University from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti to Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti. (The change of the University’s name did not affect the site/location of the campus at Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Reference can be made in records of the National Universities Commission (Nigeria), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and other public records of these facts).

    Impact of political change on the University ownership/name

    In 1996, the Federal Military Government of Nigeria created 6 additional new States to the existing 30 States of the Nigerian Federation. Ekiti State of Nigeria was one of the 6 new States and it was carved out of the Ondo State which was created earlier in 1976 out of defunct Western State of Nigeria. Due to the State creation, economic assets, institutions and establishments previously owned by the Ondo State were shared with the newly created Ekiti State. Hence, the ownership and proprietorship of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti came under the joint administration of the Governments of Ekiti State and the Ondo State respectively.

    In 1998, due to a collapse of agreements on asset sharing and running of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti between the Governments of Ondo and Ekiti States, the Government of Ondo State created a new University named Ondo State University at Akungba Akoko, in Ondo State (The Ondo State University, Akungba Akoko was later renamed Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko while the Ondo State Government also created Ondo State University of Science and Technology at Okitipupa in 2003).

    In view of the policy decisions taken by the Ondo State Government, the Government of Ekiti State took over the ownership, full administrative control and funding of the Ondo State University at Ado-Ekiti and enacted a law to rename the University as University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. The Ekiti State Government also took steps to ensure that all records and properties of the University remain intact. By law, the Ekiti State Government transferred all assets, liabilities and records of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti to University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and the National Universities Commission (Nigeria) was informed of the change and it was approved accordingly.

    Political Developments in Ekiti State (2007–2011) and its impact

    In the year 2007, a new civilian Government was installed in Ekiti State. The Government established two new state owned Universities, in addition to the existing University of Ado-Ekiti. The names of the two Universities were The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and The University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti. These two Universities, along with the existing University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, were funded from the public treasury; this took a great toll on the public purse and led to the polarisation of the educational system.

    In the year 2010, there was a change of Government in Ekiti State and the new Government convened a Statewide Education Summit in 2011 to consider the best ways to sustain tertiary education and to fund public institutions owned by the Government of Ekiti State. Part of the decisions taken at the Summit were to merge the three state-owned universities as a single public institution. The Ekiti State Government by law merged The University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and the University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti as a new university and renamed it as: EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Subsequently, the National Universities Commission, Abuja (Nigeria), licensed the University consolidating all the assets and records of the three universities as one institution.

    In the last 30 years, philanthropists have made significant contributions to the physical development of the University such as Dr. Lawrence Omolayo who donated the administrative block consisting of 271 offices, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), constructed and fully furnished a 350 seater Law Auditorium, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Mustapha built a 400 seater Lecture Theatre while Ado-Ekiti Community built the administrative block for the Faculty of Law. The Kole Ajayi led Alumni Association built an Alumni Centre for the University in 2002 while the Jadesola Babatola led Alumni Association constructed the Faculty of Law Moot and Trial Court in 2009. The Education Trust Fund (ETF) now TETFUND constructed a 1,200–seater and a 750–seater lecture theatre, a new Library Complex, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences office complex, new Faculties of Social Sciences, Arts and Education offices. The TETFUND has also commenced the construction of a twin auditorium at the University. Shell Petroleum recently established an Information Communication Technology Centre (ICT) in the University apart from the donations of NUC virtual library and Access Education who also donated computers and server to the University.

    A large number of the programmes of the University now enjoy full accreditation while some enjoy interim accreditation. The University has joined the ICT age as almost all its academic activities are linked to one on-line facility or the other. The University is undergoing an Institutional Accreditation exercise as a selected institution in South West Nigeria. The Council of the University also recently set-up an endowment fund for indigent but brilliant students with an initial contribution of N1million pointing out that the problem of indigency has become real in the University because of the poor economic situation and the rising cost of University education.

    The University has a limited number of residential and sports facilities for staff and students within and outside the main Campus.

    The following are some of the principal members of the University administration:

    Visitor Dr. Kayode Fayemi Executive Governor, Ekiti State of Nigeria Chancellor Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua

    People Position Office Holder
    Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council

    Prof. Jide Osuntokun

    Prof. P.O. Aina

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

    Prof. J.O. Aribisala

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development)

    Prof. (Mrs.) E.Y. Aderibigbe

    Registrar Dr. Omowumi Omojola Awosusi PhD, MNIM Bursar Mr. A.T. Taiwo FCA, Ag. University Librarian Mr. A.A. Osunrinde

    Office of the Vice-Chancellor: Vice-Chancellor: Professor Patrick Oladipo Aina PhD (Ohio State)

    Faculties and Colleges Units Halls of Residence

    The University is partially residential with Halls of residence for both male & female students. Private hostels are run off-campus adjacent to the University and in the University town by prospective owners. There is also provision for accommodation of limited number of students, the halls are listed below:

    Libraries Over 150,000 volumes in journals and books apart from virtual library. Over 1,000 serial titles;
    Specialist collection: Government documents.
    Fees (2010–2012)

    Students: $15000 p.a.

    Income N1.75 B p.a
    Staff population 1,538 (555 teaching, 1,500 non-teaching)
    Students population 25,000 (49% male, 51% female)

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Day 257) Nail art Valentino Fall background

Today I've been looking at some Fall fashion.
I ended up at Valentino Haute Couture Fall 2013 collection.
And the following image had my special interest:

Besides it's a very beautiful collection, this image had my interest for the background.
Dark wall with golden accents (like sunflowers, fireworks or mirrors).
I thought this would be a great background to translate into a nail art and I did:
Step 1) After the basecoat I applied two coats of Muir Muir on the Wall-OPI San Fransisco mini
Step 2) With a striper brush I made the bronze and golden designs
Step 3) In the centre of the designs I applied golden studs (round, different shapes)
To complete the look I also applied some golden beads

  1. how you did it? would post the step by step? need to do this nail ...

    1. What is it you want a step-by-step of...I thought the pictures and explaining underneath (in steps) would be clear but if you have any specific qestions on this design...please let me know. I'm very willing to help!!

      Love Margriet

  2. Wow, that is really interesting look! :D The gold and dark purple emits such mysterious vibes! ♥


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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Swatches, review & nail art Catrice limited edition Check & Tweed

Today I bring you Catrice limited edition Check & Tweed.

From left to right:
- C01 London Calling
- C02 England's Rose
- C03 Mind The Red!
- C04 Brit Chick
- C05 Hyde In The Park

Catrice: "Style Check. These colours with ultimate coverage are the ideal companions in the autumn season and an absolute must for stylish nails. Modern hunting green and grey-blue meet upon classic rusty red, camel and soft rosé - all with a pearly finish. The extra-broad reservoir brush captures just the right amount of polish needed for one nail and offers perfect results without streaks."

Pictures are all taken outside without flash.
It showed the colors most truly but there are some irritating reflections/shadows in the pictures...try to not see them please  ;-P

C01 London Calling

London Calling is a grey-blue that could work great for jeans mani's.

C02 England's Rose

England's Rose would be the soft rosé color. For me it's a soft salmon color or a pinkish nude.

C03 Mind The Red!

Mind The Red! is a brown/red. I'm not sure if Catrice is describing this polish as being the rusty red or the camel color,
For me this color looks like the color of red brick.

C04 Brit Chick

Brit Chick is a dark brown with red and a bit of purple undertones.
It reminds me of grapes.

C05 Hyde In The Park

Hyde In The Park is a forest dark green.

Let's start with the worst and most frustrating part of this collection: the brush.
It's indeed extra-broad but the shape of the brush doesn't make apllication easy.
This is not new for Catrice. The brushes have been like this for a while now but I still can't get used to it.
Let's say that the coverage totally makes up for the poor brush.
These were all one coaters!
Or two thin coats as you please.
Nothing really special.
The colors are prefect for fall!
My personal favorites are C01 London Calling and C05 Hyde In The Park.
Catrice is talking about a pearly finish.
For me it's more a silver/metal shimmer.
Pearly is sweet. Metal is more rough and this is more rough IMAO.
The shimmer however is very subtle and with some lacquers more noticeable than with others.
Finish is not textured but not 100% smooth and glossy either.
All swatches are without topcoat but I do recommend the use of it as it makes the colors more vivid and shows the shimmer better.
Beautiful fall colors but for me it doesn't have the "WOW-factor".

Nail art

I had a beautiful tweed pattern in mind fo my nail art.
But after several attempts, I was done with it.
I ended up with something simular but not totally as I had imagined.
It's all free hand and with the use of the lacquers from this collection.

  1. C03, C04, C05 are my favourite :)
    I love your nail art, it is very good :) Have a nice day Margriet <3

  2. I liked first 2 most. Ya i agree not pearly finish. But i m amazed at your msni its so perfect as if stamped . Love it

    1. Thank you very much! I wasn't too sure about the nail art. Glad you like it. Means a lot!

  3. my favor is Hyde in the park ! beautiful shade ! love your nail art for today !
    have a nice day!

    1. Hyde in the park is blue for you this time???
      Hahaha, thanks sweetie ♥

  4. I agree. It looks to be a basic collection. The Blue is my favorite.Imagine that! It did make a gorgeous Fall plaid. Those lines are so thin and straight!

  5. Great nail art :D
    The first one will be my favourite, I don't feel the urge to buy them - fortunately!

    1. Thanks!
      If the intention was fall colors...they've done their job but it's just not special enough in my opinion


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D-Day for President Zuma as ANC leaders meet to decide on his future

Image result for zumaLeaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa Correspondent Andrew Harding.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was causing “disunity and discord”.

Supporters of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa chant slogans outside party headquarter in Johannesburg, on February 5, 2018

Mr Zuma, 75, faces a number of corruption charges after nine years in power.

“We know you want closure”, Mr Ramaphosa told a crowd marking 100 years since the birth of the country’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.

An NEC meeting was called off last week following direct talks between Mr Zuma and Mr Ramaphosa, who is the deputy president as well as the new leader of the party.

Mr Zuma has resisted increasing pressure to quit since December, when Mr Ramaphosa replaced him as leader of the ANC (African National Congress).

Correspondents say that if the NEC agrees to recall Mr Zuma, it would be very difficult for him to resist. Read more

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