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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Lula Washington Likes To Go Dancing!

By Darlene Donloe

Anyone familiar with the world of dance knows the name Lula Washington.

The reasons why are too numerous to mention. Suffice it to say that since she hit the dance world more than 30 years ago, forming the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Theatre, later to be called the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, she has made an indelible mark.

On Sat., Aug. 10, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre will take part in “An Evening of Dance: Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Lula Washington Dance Theatre.”

(Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson are the artistic directors of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.)

Part of the Ford Theatre’s inaugural Zev Yaroslavsky Signature Series, it will be an evening of dance featuring a mix of repertory and new works.  This two-concert program benefitting the Ford Theatre Foundation pairs world-renowned performers with a local artistic troupe, celebrating Los Angeles as a destination for world-class artists, who find here both collaboration with, and inspiration from, celebrated local artists.

The Lula Washington Dance Theatre is a Los Angeles-based repertoire 10-member dance ensemble that performs innovative and provocative choreography by Lula Washington. The company tours internationally.

The Company has danced in over 150 cities in the United States, as well as abroad in Germany, Spain, Kosovo, Mexico, Canada, China, and Russia.

Washington has steadfastly focused on using dance to explore social and humanitarian issues, including aspects of African-American history and culture.

The company, founded in 1980 by Washington and her husband, Erwin Washington, has risen to become one of the most respected African-American contemporary dance companies in the country.  Known for powerful, high-energy dancing, unique choreography and exceptional educational residencies the dance company’s repertoire unveils honesty, integrity, and creativity.  The company is composed of 10 young athletic dancers, many of whom were groomed in Lula Washington’s inner city dance studio.

I caught up with Lula Washington (LW) recently to talk about the upcoming performance, as well as her dance career.

DD: How does your dance company and Complexions complement each other?

LW: I think we complement each other because we are two sides of a coin. We are both established artists. My company is 33 years old. We have major accomplishments. We both believe in the value of the arts to change the world and our communities. I do that with my school, education outreach and giving back to the community. I don’t know how he (Dwight Richardsom) does it, but he has spoken about it.  I focus on telling the stories of African Americans through dance, spoken word and music, all kinds of music, bringing forth voices that aren’t always heard. I explore things and issues, which is different. My company is entertaining. I blend all the dance styles. I blend ballet. It’s recognized as the ultimate dance technique. All of my dances don’t have the pointed foot. Both companies shine brightly.

DD:  When two dance companies come together is it about learning from each other? If so, what have you learned from Complexions and what do you think they could learn from you?

LW: Well, Ok, I think everybody that comes to Los Angeles looking to get in the dance world can learn a lot from the Lula Washington Dance Theater. I know that to be a fact. There are many up and coming African Americans choreographers that have danced with my dance company, gone through our dance company and sought our assistance through asking questions about how we do it. Our dance company has been a jewel in our community that sometimes gets overlooked.  Sometimes people don’t value what’s here at home. If you’re on TV everyday, people run behind you. If you’re not, they don’t. We give history, culture and just giving back. Our dance company gets called more than any other company when there is a civic or cultural event. I’m glad for that. We are known for our quality.  Several people, including Debbie Allen, have come and studied our place and our floors. We have a state of the art studio, which is what I wanted. I’m still working on improving the outside, but once you walk through the door….  There is opportunity for everyone here.

DD: Do the two companies dance together or are there two separate programs?

LW: It’s two separate programs within a program, with the exception of something Dwight has created. He has incorporated some of my people into it.  It’s done to Stevie Wonder’s music.  We use James Brown, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Chuck Berry as part of a piece called, ‘Ode To The 60s.”

DD: Have you worked with Complexions before?

LW: We haven’t worked like this before, but we were on the same bill in New York.

DD: Your thoughts on Complexions Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson?

LW: I think they are two wonderful young men with a bright future. They are going far. They have their own creative ideas and beliefs.

DD: How has your dance company changed or progressed since its inception?

LW: We started with no money and pulling costumes out of our closets. Now we pay our dancers. We have stability and are able to offer our dancers work. We have created partnerships with schools. We have come quite far. We have our own permanent center that is paid for. $1.3 million is paid off. We have five studios. We have a state of the art facility. We still have financial needs, though.

DD: Why is dance important?

LW: It gives people a voice, people who are too shy to speak or afraid to speak. They can express themselves through movement. Art is powerful.  It has the power to heal and change lives.

DD: Back in the day you were initially turned down for admission in UCLA’s dance department because you were 22.  What is your feeling about age and dance in terms of beginning a career?

LW: Where there is a will, there is a way. Once I discovered dance was what I wanted to do, I wasn’t going to let a professor tell me I couldn’t do it. Dance was what I wanted to do. In the dance world that’s still what they tell you – you’re too old. With modern dance you can dance forever.

DD: You seem to have a real sense of community. Where does that come from?

LW: The fact that once I studied dance, I became a follower of C. Bernard Jackson, who was at the Inner City Cultural Center. He was a wise man. He was doing things for the African American community. He was bringing all kinds of people under one roof -  some through dance, acting and directing. We would go and have meetings with him and he would talk about the importance of everyone being able to be creative.  It was community that helped us through the Northridge earthquake. Community helped us get recovery money. Art is valuable in our society.

DD: You’ve accomplished quite a bit, what are you most proud of?

LW: I’m proud that my dream of giving back is coming true. We have established our company as a major force. I have the love and support of my husband, Irwin Washington and have had it for many years. My daughter wants to spearhead our school. She is being groomed to handle all of this. I’m also proud and humbled that there are people who are angels of support standing at the sidelines waiting to help.

DD: What is left that you want to do?
LW: We have land. We are trying to develop low- income artist housing. We are trying to get funding for it.  They have this in New York. Because our project isn’t financially big enough, those who have the money aren’t giving it to us. It’s really silly.

DD: Why not make it bigger?

LW: We don’t want it so big that we can’t maintain it in the event a funding source pulls out.

DD: Anything about the show I should know?

LW: Yeah, I might be making a cameo performance on the stage with a friend. We danced together at UCLA. It’s going to be a great evening.

DD: Who is the friend?

LW: Can’t tell you. But, just know it will be great.

An Evening of Dance – Complexions Contemporary Ballet & Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Ford Theatres, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd., East Hollywood, CA; Sat., Aug. 10, 8 p.m.; Tickets are $45 to $85; For information: or (323) 461-3673.

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Thursday, February 03, 2005

I Think I Should be Breathing Into a Paper Bag

I feel like I'm having a little heart attack right now. My babies are babies no more.

I called the elementary school to verify that Max was on the list for fall kindergarten, and he was. I talked to the nurse about his health (great), forms, and school hours. I'm going to try for the morning class so I can get him on the School Bus. ACK! I'm going to put my baby on a school bus. Did they ever put seat belts in those things?

Tessa has been wearing panties! Her "Kee-Cats" are her favorites, and she has to show EVERYONE. She's doing really well, I'm so proud of her. Less diapers, but so much more toilet paper. We're working on that part.

I know I'm totally jinxing myself by saying this, but Max stayed in his bed last night. All night. I made a huge deal out of it this morning, all Hail the Big Boy! I haven't pushed too awful hard to get him out of our bed, I don't mind sleeping like a big pile of puppies if it makes the kids feel secure.

Tessa let me swaddle her (with a huge blanket) and rock her last night. She was playing 'baby', which is really odd. Lately, we've been playing Barbies, and makeup! She loves her makeup (chapstick & makeup brushes) and thinks its the best thing in the world when I give her a dab of lotion for her legs or use my nail buffer on those itty bitty fingernails. My little princess.

Where did my babies go?

At 11:47 AM, Blogger Sara Mouth said...

YAY for Max and for you on the sleeping in his own bed!

Maybe you guys should have another one. ;-)

At 11:41 PM, Blogger Melany aka Supermom said...

I know just how you feel! When Jason started preschool this week, I wanted to cry. My baby is now in school!!! Makes me want to have another baby now

At 9:07 AM, Blogger Queen Of Pink said...

I know how you feel. I have to enroll my oldest in MIDDLE SCHOOL for God's sake. It's about to cripple me thinking that I am actually the parent of a child in MIDDLE SCHOOL. Sigh.

Oh, and this is Julie (Mary's mom) from the Aug 02 PG. Love your blog! I'll be visiting frequently!

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Dog Meat

People have been asking what it’s like to face a possible death situation. Well, when you know it’s coming, you have to deal with it. We all die sometimes. What is terrifying is to be in one suddenly, without expecting it.

A story:

Some years ago my partner Jerry and I were invited to a small private party in McLean VA (we were visiting DC at the time), and ran into the host in a gay bar. He made jewelry for a living (very bizarre stuff) and called himself “Mad Dog” (which proved providential). The party was for the next evening. We took a very expensive cab ride there.

His house could have been used as a substitute for the Bates home in “Psycho” It was an old wooden clapboard, two stories high, isolated on a little rise, spooky to loot at. Our host met us as the door, naked except for an apron (he’d been cooking for the party---I hasten add this party was not sexual in nature, Mad Dog was just strange). He then introduced us to his rather large Doberman Pinschers: one was a gigantic bitch and the other her somewhat smaller son (still of intimidating size). I am an animal lover, but with strange pets I’ve learned to let them come to me. Not Jerry, who was immediately petting them and bonding. The dogs did cozy up to me after awhile, and I showed them I knew how to pet a dog so he doesn’t want it to stop.

Other guests arrived, and the party then moved to the basement, which was finished and large and, as it happened, a great place for a party. The stout basement door was carefully closed to keep the dogs upstairs.

The party went on for hours, and eventually I was worn out. I asked Mad Dog if there was some place I could lie down, and he said, with enthusiasm, “Oh, there’s a waterbed in the Master Bedroom! You’ll love it!” In the days when I was married, my wife and I had had a waterbed, so it sounded good to me. We made our way to the first floor, and then climbed steps to the second. The door to the bedroom was half open, and when he stepped into the room, Mad Dog saw that both dogs were on the bed, and as he yelled at them, they jumped off and tried to look innocent of any rule violation.

With gratitude, I climbed on to the bed, feeling it bounce under me, and Mad Dog said the party would be over soon and he’d send Jerry to me. He left, and I was alone with the dogs.

He hadn’t been gone two minutes when I realized the dogs had taken up positions, one of each side of the bed, both were making very strange low guttural noises while staring at me with intense concentration.

It terrified me. If those dogs attacked, no one two stories below would hear me no matter whether I yelled or screamed or just died noisily.

For a few scary moments I just listened to their keening, numb with terror, and then I started thinking. The dogs knew who I was and that their master was my friend. They couldn’t be in the habit of attacking visitors, or he wouldn’t have casually left them with me. What could be going on in their canine brains?

Then the obvious answer hit me. I smiled, patted the bed, and said, “OK, come on up.” With great relief (on all our parts) they leaped in the bed and snuggled up to me, happy as puppies.

But I am here to tell you that you cannot sleep with two large dogs on a waterbed. The male started licking himself, which set the bed whirling. Then the female decided to change position with equal results. The slightest movement banished any thought of rest or sleep.

So I climbed from the bed, bid the dogs good night, went to the basement, collected Jerry and got a cab home.

Mad Dog sent me a handsome bracelet, for which I returned my thanks. But I can still get goose bumps when I think of the moment when I thought I was about to become dog meat.
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Xmas day. Had to miss usual Xmas eve dinner with friends, since one of them had a major infection, which, of course, I cannot risk contracting. Went instead to see “The Road” I had read the book; it was depressing. Now I’ve seen the movie; even more depressing. However, it is not dull, and the picture makes you think about big topics: life worth living at all costs? Having just had the heart transplant, it is a question that resonates with me. I wasn’t afraid of the operation itself (which, while it takes 4-5 hours is not particularly medically complicated—my cardiologist told me that in medical school they were told you could train monkeys to perform it since it is big pipes attached to big pipes), but I am afraid of rejection issues and being tortured to death in a hospital over the next six months. So far my health is splendid and I show zero signs of rejection, so all is good.

Tonight I go to an Xmas feast at my sister’s home. She and her husband are both major foodies, and we will all overeat the wonderful food. But that is expected at Xmas.

You all have a happy holiday season.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Xmas Eve and the New Heart

My cariologist said that some transplant patiences are afraid of their new heart, and such a bad mindset can lead to rejection issues. Not me. I have a mantra: "This is Douglas Whaley's heart; it's my heart now."

And it's been behaving very well. I feel like a kid again---much more energy. Have been working out with stretching exercises and 30 minutes on the exercycle in the basement. Most of my life I have had a rigorus exercise program, including weights and bodybuilding, and I'd like to get back to that by summer of 2010.

I was scheduled to go over to Ann and Tom's house tonight for their ritual Xmas Eve fondue dinner, but Tom is ill, and, of course, since I have very little immune system, I have to stay away. Tomorrow I will go to Art and Lorri's house for the major Xmas dinner they always prepare, and Tom will stay home (so we're taking turns). These are all part of my chosen family group, and we have been together for decades. Wonderful people who love me.

My own son, Clayton, and his wife Maria will fly in from Seattle on the 30th. Clayton will be feted to a major dinner that night in honor of his 37th birthday, which actually occurred the day before. My ex-wife Charleyne will drive in from Indianapolis (we are still good friends; she has been to visit me 4 times since summer), along with her second ex-husband, Roy Gabriel (also a good friend of mine) and his daughter Terry. Roy (everyone calls him "Gabe") and Terry are African Americans, and Clayton grew up in that family in Indy and with me and my partner (I am gay) in Columbus. It was, to say the least, an interesting childhood, but Clayton emerged from it fine. He works in Seattle helping do computer work on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner (he is in charge of the wiring on the wings), and he speaks, reads, and writes Japanese fluently (which is what got him the job since the wings are being made in Japan). I am throwing a New Year's Eve party in their honor and it looks like around 30 people will attend.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Heart Transplant

A little background:

I am a retired law professor from Ohio State University, living in a suburb of Columbus. Age 66. I had a heart transplant the Monday before Thanksgiving.

The whole experience has been like science fiction. It is one thing intellectually to think you are getting a heart transplant sometime in 2010, and quite another to have a morning phone call (I was working at the computer) on Nov. 23: "Mr. Whaley, we have a heart for you." It was the most startling sentence I have ever heard in my life. Of course, the old heart started beating very fast, but by midnight I had a new one. The surgeon who put it in came by days later and told me that when he first saw it, he thought "that is a beautiful heart." A nurse who watched the operation said that the heart they took was so enlarged that it was three times bigger than the heart they put in. I was home and happy eight days later.

So, from being on the verge of dying, I am filled with life again. I have no major health problems suddenly (except healing the wound and watching for signs of rejection). Amazing!

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The Butler Device

I had a child in class this past year who was obviously misplaced--he belonged at least in College Prep, maybe even Honors, but here he was, in the PCP class.

It takes more than a mite of courage to say anything original in a freshman class. Oh, it does take a bit of chutzpah to tell the teacher to "fuck off," and the dramatic "this class sucks and why do we have to take science" blow-ups require Dale Carnegie tactics (who suggested speakers pick a topic that make them angry, but adolescents already know how to draw from their amygdala). Still, toying with an idea, especially an original idea, in front of one's peers, peers who have already been labeled stupid and worse, requires brass gonads.

And Andy had brass gonads.

So here's the device. And if you credit it, credit Andy's uncle from Cal State, a fictitious character whose existence protects Andy's cool factor. (If you want Andy's real name, write me, and I'll ask him if it's OK to credit him.)

Take a plastic bottle, and drill a small hole in the bottom. Blow up a balloon within the bottle (the hole allows you to do this--if you don't believe me, try blowing up the balloon without the hole), then tie off the balloon. Drill another hole into the bottle cap, large enough to fit a tire valve snugly into it.

Now you can play--using a bicycle pump, and covering up the tiny hole in the bottom with a finger, you can make the balloon shrink. Open the tiny hole, the balloon inflates.

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Sunday, 3 November 2013

Welcome to Dream Module Games!

So welcome!

I'm Raonak, the developer for the Pokémon fangame, Super Pokemon Eevee Edition. A few weeks ago, I decided to relaunch the website, not as a website for Eevee Edition, but as a website for games that I'm developing under the umbrella "Dream Module Games"

 In addition to developing Eevee Edition, I am also developing an action RPG called "Nax of the Universe". The game is in early stages of development, but is already looks to be promising. It is also the first new IP that I'm working on, rather than being a fangame, which is hugely exciting.

I am developing both Nax and SPEE concurrently, switching between them as I see fit, usually, when I burn out on one, I switch to the other.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Anything Goes Monday: Snow Leopard and Denim

Hi there!

Whenever I wear a denim jacket, I always feel like I went back to the 80s. You know teased hair, rolled up pants and lots of attitude. I bet most of you weren´t even born in that era. ;) I spent my first teenage years in that decade and yes, I´m that old. hahaha! Denim jackets are becoming a classic piece so you should have one in your closet.

Instead of the usual jacket and jeans combo, I styled mine with a circle leopard printed skirt for a soft/ girly look because it´s not everyday that I wear a skirt. FYI, I am and will always be a jeans and top kind of gal. ;)

top, bag- Zara, skirt- Stradivarius, necklace- Blanco, denim jacket(old)- Kamiseta( Philippine brand)
Today´s Monday, I´m linking up with Peacoats and Plaid´s The Collective Blog Hop, Not Dead Yet Style´s Visible Monday Link Up, My Greatest Hits´ My Style Monday and My Thrifty Chic´s Anything and Everything Blog Hop.

Patti said...

Wow, love the circle skirt,a nd what a gorgeous necklace. Thanks for sharing the whole fabulous look with Visible Monday!

LiaM said...

nice outfit sweetie!!

Reva Ford said...

You and I have very similar stories! great look-great to find you!
a new follower :)

Mrs C said...

Aaahhh, denim jacket is a classic, evergreen piece! I believe even our grandchildren will be wearing denim jacket. A must have in every wardrobe! Yours looks great!

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amazing skirt :)

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Kat said...

such a beautiful look! i loveeeee your skirt! so cute :)

janettaylor said...

You are lovely on these picks!

Amy - Louise said...

I love your look :) Lovely necklace and I like the splash of colour the bag gives!

Encarna said...

good afternoon!
I like the leopard pattern, it is super versatile.

Kisses dear

Jan Graham-McMillen said...

What a skillful little outfit. It's modern and includes a pile of trends, but it doesn't read "trend chaser" at all. Very charming and flattering.

Taylor Hart said...

Gah! That necklace! Love your bloggy, just found it on the style link up. I would love if you would stop by my little corner of the internet and tell me what you think. Following!!


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Glamour meets grunge in DSQUARED2'S AW17 collection, presenting a characteristically big and bold line-up of accessories that the Caten-twin designers refer to as 'Glunge'. These black snow boots fit the brief. Crafted in Italy from leather and fox fur, these snow boots feature a lace-up style with a round toe, a flat rubber sole, a rear logo stamp and a padded ankle. Please note that this item cannot be shipped outside the E.U. Size: 40. Gender: Female. Material: Cotton/Fox Fur/Leather/rubber.

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After all the filling in forms and downloading and getting stuff from Fileplanet, and all that jazz, I am not greatly impressed with the Dungeons and Dragons Online Beta. The major problem is the interface - it's huge, it's awkward, and it takes up an unreasonable percentage of the screen. The secondary problem is the sheer weight of graphics; the installation defaulted to the "high" setting, and it took a full 30 seconds to pan 90°. Setting it to "medium" leaves things still rather slow, and this is on a decently high-spec machine.

Character creation was actually pretty good - while it was slightly adjusted from the tabletop version, it was still perfectly comprehensible, and the appearance stage was very customisable, although you're choosing from palettes, not using sliders. I think that really, unless you take the defaults, there's almost no chance of creating a character that looks all that much like someone else's.

The initial area is very simple; run through a few here's-how-you-play quests, and on to the main city, Stormreach, or at least tha part of it you're allowed in before you complete some more initial quests. There's the slight jarring problem of characters using game terms in speech, and there are the "DM Voiceovers", which annoyed me so much that I turned them off after the second rendition. These things are a new concept for this game, supposed to echo the tabletop experience. Words appear across your screen, reading something like "You hear skittering sounds from beyond the door," while at the same time, a voice pronounces the same words in deep, meaningful tones. The text has some value - though I'd much rather hear the skittering - but the voice is more annoying than I can express in polite terms.

Combat was true to the D&D rules - you can see the dice rolls in a little display - but very awkward. Some clicks start you attacking, some only select your target, and it's not at all clear which is which, such that I was occasionally attacking NPCs and quest-givers by accident. It's advertised as "twitch-based", which means you have to react in real time - again, not something I'm a fan of.

I haven't got much further, but there wasn't honestly a huge amount to draw me back in - I left the game after less than two hours without much in the way of regrets, whereas my initial encounter with World of Warcraft had me glued to the machine for more than five hours, and I only stopped then because I had to get some sleep in. I'll give it another go, because there are more areas I want to try, but the 90% instanced nature of the game - no exploration, no scenery, except in the city itself - lack of trade skills, and awkward interface are putting me off quite a bit.

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  • Our conduct on the streams, lakes, and oceans where we have outings or go to independently is exemplified by an old Boy Scout motto, "Leave it better than when you found it." This includes strong encouragement for Catch and Release fishing, using barbless hooks.
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  • Our donations - almost one-third of the donations and dues we collect are contributed to these and other conservation causes.
  • Our volunteer work directly supports conservation and in programs like Trout in the Classroom helps teach young students the value of conservation and the importance of salmonids to our environment and society.
  • Strong vocal and written support by the DVFF and its members  advocating state and federal laws and programs that will protect our fisheries.
  • Our participation in conservation events through which club members can give back to the great sport we all enjoy. This includes projects to restore and enhance the fisheries in the rivers, streams, and lakes in our area.


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Friday, April 19, 2013

PoMo2013 - Poem 18

Artist Trust/Edge Reading

Seattle is a place to blossom as we turn the pages of our lives,
an ideal place to grow into crone-hood.
                                       - Faye Reitman

Eighteen cross-genre writers
reading five minutes each
take turns lavishing
personal idiosyncrasies
and tone
on a packed house
of language lovers.

I ask the woman sitting next to me,
tears streaming down her face.
why she's crying
and she says:

They're so good,
They've worked hard
and I'm proud of them.

I squeeze her hand
and the two of us hug
as if we knew
each other
long before

My friend Faye
up from California

I heard Seattle
was a reading town
But I didn't know
it was a place to blossom
in the basement of a book store
or on someone else's unseen page.
I think I'll move here.

And she did.
         -Esther Altshul Helfgott

Patrick Dixon said...

i know that program, and one of the readers. Awesome. thanks! said...

I love this poem and will cherish it along with my memories of this amazing reading. What a treat this was to be a listener at this event. Esther, you were and are a wonderful discovery for this poet in training. I hope to hear more of your readings in the near future.

Esther Altshul Helfgott said...

Patrick and Pamela,
I treasure your comments and your presence in Seattle's poetry community. Thank you for being here, Esther

Wordchaser said...

What a beautiful, tender poem.

Esther Altshul Helfgott said...

Thank you, Wordchaser!


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The blog equivalent of a chain letter?

Matt Yglesias is inviting whoever is looking for another way to put off getting to work to open up their computer’s music player, hit “random shuffle,” and list the first ten songs that come up. What the heck:

David Bowie, “Somebody up there likes me”
Ana Pupedan, “Fantovski dan”
Equipe 84, “Ho in mento te”
Hayseed Dixie, “You shook me all night long”
Oružjem Protivu Otmičara, “Kasnim”
Cibo Matto, “About a girl”
Bran Van 3000, “Montreal”
Zabranjeno Pušenje, “Pišonja i Žuga”
Kirsty MacColl and Billy Bragg, “Darling, let’s have another baby”
Almamegretta and Massive Attack, “Karmacoma”

The idea may be that this is supposed to show something about the person involved. I shudder at the thought.

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

As leaves begin to fall so do CSA member numbers. I don't really understand this phenomenon. In September and half of October we still get plenty of summer produce. The weather gets cool and people tend to cook more. So, what is the reason that when fall arrives, membership falls with the leaves?

I assume people get busier since kids are in school. Parents have to go to sports events, after-school activities and help kids with homework. But, really, it makes so much sense to me to continue a CSA membership at this time of year because eating home cooked food brings a sense of peace to a family. Sitting down for a meal during this hectic time of year is calming. Cooking is almost meditative.

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Predicting survival after avalanches

More than 150 people die each year after being buried in an avalanche, and mortality is greater than 50% for this condition. Unfortunately, a large amount of resources are used on patients who ultimately expire, so determining which ones are likely to survive can safe costs and allow better utilization of resources such as extracorporeal life support (ECLS) warming and air evacuation.

Of the 3 common causes of cardiac arrest after avalanche, only hypothermia is likely to have good outcomes. Trauma and hypoxia have poor outcomes. Most algorithms have providers stop resuscitation for severe trauma, and airways packed with snow. However, ascertaining hypoxia vs hypothermia is less obvious. Prior attempts used potassium >10 mmol/L or >12 as a surrogate marker for cellular death from hypoxia, but no other markers are used.

So these authors took 20 years of data from the North French Alps, which ended up being only 48 patients with cardiac arrest.  18 of them had ROSC pre-hospital, and only of those 2 were eligible for ECLS. 19 of the 30 without ROSC were also eligible for ECLS. In total, only 8 survived, 5 from the pre-hospital ROSC group, and 3 from the non-ROSC. Of the 8 survivors, only 3 had favorable neurologic outcomes.

All of these were patients with rescue collapse, that is loss of vital signs after extrication or transfer. 3 other patients with rescue collapse died however. Other indicators for survival in their analysis are the presence of a rescue pocket, K <4.3 (nobody survived above 4.2, but some nonsurvivors had levels below this), and coagulation disturbances. Interestingly, their data showed no overlap of prothrombin time between survivors and non-survivors, but they sadly did not give the values, only as ratios. Other values such as PaO2, PaCO2, lactate, and bicarb are not predictive.

Unfortunately, for such a long time period of collections, there were very few survivors. The retrospective nature also limits analysis. It does look like we need to reduce the cutoff for resuscitation from values of K from 10-12 mmol/L to a lower number (7?). Also, identification of coagulation abnormalities may help. Perhaps POC thromboelastograms may be a way to identify those that do not merit resuscitation.

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Batman Vs Superman

Ah, this movie was so much hyped.

God Vs Human / Day Vs Night

This movie was released in the same year in which the “Captain America: Civil War” was released. So, the fans of both movies were so pumped and there were wars between the fans of both sides going all over the Internet as to which one’s better. If one would read the comments of fans of both sides on any social network, it would feel like a tag team championship is going on between DCEU and MCEU. All these superhero movies are based on comics and most of the fans have read at least some comics (I can be wrong here). I haven’t ever read a comic. So, this review (sort of) is from a superhero movies fan that has no idea of how those superhero characters were portrayed in comics. (Spare me if you don’t like my review)

I personally love Batman (I love characters associated with night). The trailer had impressed me a lot when it came out and I really wanted to see it. The basic premise of the movie was the fight between Superman and Batman. Superman, being the alien superhero is totally immortal *cough Kryptonite cough* while Batman, being the rich human superhero. The portrayal of Batman in this movie is completely different from Christopher Nolan’s one. This Batman just kills straightaway. The fight between Batman and the people that had captured superman’s mom (Martha KENT) was just pure bliss. He just thrashed them all around and didn’t even care how they land on floor after getting punched. Brutality was on full show here.

And my God, did I love the fight between these two. There were two face-offs between them and I was floored in both. I was in awe of the mechanical suit of Batman (I will always be). Although, Batman was on the verge of killing superman using the kryptonite spear but didn’t. (Martha becomes the savior)

The story on the whole was average. I loved every scene which had Batman as Ben Affleck really made his screen presence show while all the Superman scenes were like “Ok, so I have to pass this”. In the mix was thrown, Wonder woman (Gal Gadot’s fans, any?). Also, there were references to other superheroes too because DC is just spreading its universe now. So, all three of them fight against a villain. No, more like super alien villain. At the very last, they are able to kill it but superman dies (He can’t) but it’s shown at the end of the movie that he’s still sort of alive.

In the whole movie, there were just two scenes that made me laugh. One, when both Batman and Superman are standing on either side of Wonder Woman and Batman asks Superman whether she’s with him or not (It was really funny). Second, the scene where Lex Luthor is giving a speech (sort of) and fumbles it up. I really wasn’t thinking the movie to have such a dark theme. Ok, all previous Batman movies had dark theme but still then, they were truly enjoyable. I don’t know what was wrong with this movie (Direction or Story) but most people say, it’s direction. If that’s the case, then Zack Snyder should pull up his socks. (Justice League, hush)

Overall, it was a good watch but it wasn’t very much enjoyable. There were many (literally) scenes which were so much boring. Ah, what to say now.

(Now you can start bashing me)

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

When scientific theory constrains

It's good from time to time to reflect on how we know what we think we know.  And to remember that, as it has been in any time in history, much of what we now think is true will sooner or later be found to be false or, often, only inaccurately or partially correct.  Some of this is because values change -- not so long ago homosexuality was considered to be an illness, e.g.  Some is because of new discoveries -- when archaea were first discovered they were thought to be exotic microbes that inhabited extreme environments but now they're known to live in all environments, even in and on us. And of course these are just two of countless examples.

But what we think we know can be influenced by our assumptions about what we think is true, too. It's all too easy to look at data and interpret it in a way that makes sense to us, even if there are multiple possible interpretations.  This can be a particular problem in social science, when we've got a favorite theory and the data can be seen to confirm it; this is perhaps easiest to notice if you yourself aren't wedded to any of the theories.  But it's also true in biology. It is understandable that we want to assert that we now know something, and are rewarded for insight and discoveries, rather than more humbly hesitating to make claims.

Charitable giving
The other day I was listening to the BBC Radio 4 program Analysis on the charitable impulse.  Why do people give to charity?  It turns out that a lot of psychological research has been done on this, to the point that charities are now able to manipulate us into giving.  If you call your favorite NPR station to donate during a fund drive, e.g., if you're told that the caller just before you gave a lot of money, you're more likely to make a larger donation than if you're told the previous caller pledged a small amount.

A 1931 advertisement for the British charity, Barnardo's Homes; Wikipedia

Or, if an advertisement pictures one child, and tells us the story of that one child, we're more likely to donate than if we're told about 30,000 needy children.  This works even if we're told the story of two children, one after the other.  But, according to one of the researchers, if we're shown two children at once, and told that if we give, the money will randomly go to just one of the children, we're less likely to give.  This researcher interpreted this to mean that two is too many.

But there seem to me to be other possible interpretations given that the experiment changes more than one variable.  Perhaps it's that we don't like the idea that someone else will choose who gets our money.  Or that we feel uncomfortable knowing that we've helped only one child when two are needy.  But surely something other than that two is too many, given that in 2004 so many people around the world donated so much money to organizations helping tsunami victims that many had to start turning down donations.  These were anonymous victims, in great numbers.  Though, as the program noted, people weren't nearly as generous to the great number of victims of the earthquake in Nepal in 2015, with no obvious explanation.

The researcher did seem to be wedded to his one vs too many interpretation, despite the contradictory data.  In fact, I would suggest that the methods, given what were presented, don't allow him to legitimately draw any conclusion.  Yet he readily did.

Thinness microbes?
The Food Programme on BBC Radio 4 is on to the microbiome in a big way.  Two recent episodes (here and here) explore the connection between gut microbes, food, and health and the program promises to update us as new understanding develops.  As we all know by now, the microbiome, the bug intimates that accompany us through life, in and on our body, may affect our health, our weight, our behavior, and perhaps much more.  Or not.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus on Tryptic Soy Agar.  Wikipedia

Obesity, asthma, atopy, periodontal health, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, autism, and many many more conditions have been linked with, or are suggested to be linked with, in one way or another, our microbiome.  Perhaps we're hosting the wrong microbes, or not a diverse enough set of microbes, or we wipe the good ones out with antibiotics along with the bad, or with alcohol, and what we eat may have a lot to do with this.

One of the researchers interviewed for the program was experimenting with a set of identical twins in Scotland.  He varied their diets having them eat, for example, lots of junk food and alcohol, or a very fibrous diet, and documented changes in their gut microbiomes which apparently can change pretty quickly with changes in diet.  The most diverse microbiome was associated with the high fiber diet. Researchers seem to feel that diversity is good.

Along with a lot of enthusiasm and hype, though, mostly what we've got in microbiome research so far is correlations.  Thin people tend to have a different set of microbes than obese people, and people with a given neurological disease might statistically share a specific subset of microbes.  But this tells us nothing about cause and effect -- which came first, the microbiome or the condition?  And because the microbiome can change quickly and often, how long and how consistently would an organism have to reside in our gut before it causes a disease?

There was some discussion of probiotics in the second program, the assumption being that controlling our microbiome affects our health.  Perhaps we'll soon have probiotic yogurt or kefir or even a pill that keeps us thin, or prevents Alzheimer's disease.  Indeed, this was the logical conclusion from all the preceding discussion.

But one of the researchers, inadvertently I think, suggested that perhaps this reductionist conclusion was unwarranted.  He cautioned that thinking about probiotic pills rather than lifestyle might be counterproductive.  But except for factors with large effects such as smoking, the effect of "lifestyle" on health is rarely obvious.  We know that poverty, for example, is associated with ill health, but it's not so easy to tease out how and why.  And, if the microbiome really does directly influence our health, as so many are promising, the only interesting relevant thing about lifestyle would be how it changes our microbiomic makeup.  Otherwise, we're talking about complexity, multiple factors with small effects -- genes, environmental factors, diet, and so on, and all bets about probiotics and "the thinness microbiome" are off.  But, the caution was, to my mind, an important warning about the problem of assuming we know what we think we know; in this case, that the microbiome is the ultimate cause of disease.

The problem of theory
These are just two examples of the problem of assumption-driven science. They are fairly trivial, but if you are primed to notice, you'll see it all around you. Social science research is essentially the interpretation of observational data from within a theoretical framework. Psychologists might interpret observations from the perspective of behavioral, or cognitive, or biological psychology, e.g., and anthropologists, at least historically, from, say, a functionalist or materialist or biological or post-modernist perspective. Even physicists interpret data based on whether they are string theorists or particle physicists.

And biologists' theoretical framework? I would suggest that two big assumptions that biologists make are reductionism and let's call it biological uniformitarianism. We believe we can reduce causation to a single factor, and we assume that we can extrapolate our findings from the mouse or zebrafish we're working on to other mice, fish and species, or from one or some people to all people. That is, we assume invariance rather than that what we can expect is variation. There is plenty of evidence to show that by now we should know better.

True, most biologists would probably say that evolutionary theory is their theoretical framework, and many would add that traits are here because they're adaptive, because of natural selection. Evolution does connect people to each other and people to other species, it has done so by working on differences, not replicated identity, and there is no rule for the nature or number of those differences or for extrapolating from one species or individual to another. We know nothing to contradict evolutionary theory, but that every trait is adaptive is an assumption, and a pervasive one.

Theory and assumption can guide us, but they can also improperly constrain how we think about our data, which is why it's good to remind ourselves from time to time to think about how we know what we think we know. As scientists we should always be challenging and testing our assumptions and theories, not depending on them to tell us that we're right.

John Weber said...

I like that the research for charities was manipulation via research. I like the challenge to keep an open mind. I like that much of what we assimilate is in motions, is dynamic.
I enjoyed it, thanks.

Anne Buchanan said...

Thank you, John.

Hollis said...

Constraints of theory are pervasive--they box us in, we can't consider alternatives. Recent local example: Theory is that rare plants are rare because they have have narrow environmental requirements, e.g. desert yellow head is extremely rare because it's extremely habitat specific. Because of theory, no new populations were found until an accidental discovery outside of "potential habitat." Or my favorite gripe: Mendel's peas behaved in a mendelian fashion, therefore mendelian variation is the basis for evolution. I think our adaptive penchant for stories, explanation, prediction drives us in this direction.

thanks for the interesting post, always good to be reminded of this!

Anne Buchanan said...

Thanks Hollis! Great examples. I am now going to look up the story of desert yellow head...

Hollis said...

Working on a yellow head post right now! no wonder it came to mind. Should be up within the hour.

Ken Weiss said...

I agree with Anne. Your comments are right on the mark! In fact, Mendel's peas didn't really behave in a mendelian fashion, in the sense that some of the differences (tall/short) are not really dichotomous but are more quantitative than that (as subsequent studies of his 'brand' of peas have shown), but mainly that many or most traits even in peas are not 'mendelian'. Mendel knew that and chose his traits very selectively. He wanted to improve agriculture, and he didn't think Darwin's ideas were very useful. It also turned out that some dichotomous traits in other plant species didn't segregate in Mendelian fashion, and Mendel himself wondered if he had been wrong. Darwin knew of traits (even in peas) that 'segregated' (to use our current term), but since the traits didn't change over generations they didn't seem relevant to gradual evolution. It took decades to realize what the situation was, but as you say many people still think that the world is Mendelian in a simple way, not making the distinction between genetic inheritance and traits.

Your last point is also right, which is that we gravitate towards simple, 'tidy' stories, and the nature of science and scientists and their jobs provides incentives to seek them. Science does progress, but not always following the paths that textbooks say we follow.

Anne Buchanan said...

Great! I'll be there! (Here's the link.)

Hollis said...

Thanks, Anne and Ken!


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Majority Of Windows Users Has Yet To Upgrade

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Every user of Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 has probably seen it: Microsoft's not so subtle reminder to upgrade to Windows 10, the latest version of the world's most popular operating system for desktop PCs.

While Microsoft's decision to offer Windows 10 as a free upgrade to millions of users was received positively in the beginning, a lot of that goodwill has been destroyed by the frequency at which users are reminded to make the switch.

Many users have taken to Twitter to vent their frustration with Microsoft's slightly annoying popup notifications and the internet is full of instructions for how to get rid of them. Now it appears as if the "problem" will soon solve itself. Microsoft has confirmed that the "Get Windows 10" app will automatically disappear from PCs after July 29th.

So far, Microsoft's ambitious upgrade campaign has delivered mixed results. According to StatCounter data charted below, Windows 10 adoption has surpassed Windows 8/8.1 earlier this year but is still far behind Windows 7. It remains doubtful if many users of Windows 7 will make the switch between now and the end of July, but if they don't, it won't be for a lack of reminders.

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Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp said on Tuesday it had successfully extracted gas from deposits of methane hydrate, a hyper-abundant mix of frozen water and methane sometimes called "fire ice". Other countries, including the US and Canada, are also conducting research on methane hydrate, which experts say is at least twice as plentiful as all known reserves of natural gas.
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With virtually no conventional fossil fuels of its own and a nuclear industry crippled by the Fukushima disaster,Japan has been keen to develop new sources of energy, however speculative they may appear. It is estimated that the methane trapped in the Nankai Trough could replace up to 11 years of liquefied natural gas imports.
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STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has today announced the world’s first 500Mbaud High-Symbol-Rate (HSR) satellite demodulator chip. The STiD135 enables significantly more efficient bandwidth usage and increased throughput in satellite Internet provisioning when deployed with transponders aimed at using the higher frequency bands to send data via Ka-band communication satellites.

Compliant with DVB-S2, DVB-S2X and DVB-S2 Annex-M1, this chip has been designed as part of the French Space Agency (CNES) THD-SAT 2 program, fostering the development of cost-efficient, fast broadband Internet access via High Throughput Satellite (HTS) at a performance equivalent to fiber-optic, ADSL, and 4G networks, taking advantage of the universal accessibility of satellite signals.

“The Digital Divide has been clearly identified as an important-to-address societal problem by National and Regional studies such as the European Union’s ‘Digital Agenda’3,” said Eric Benoit, Head of Product Line, Headed Platforms, Consumer Product Division, STMicroelectronics. “A fruit of our collaboration with CNES, the new satellite demodulator chip can deliver useful data throughput of up to 600 megabits per second in the Ka band. This represents a valuable step change to what has been available, while simultaneously optimizing the bandwidth efficiency that can be achieved in the lower-frequency Ku band. Together, this will help pave the way towards our common goal of ‘broadband for all’.”

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Siwa Oasis is located in western desert of Egypt, in the interior of the country, near the border to Libya, at an depression of 18 meters below sea level.

The oasis is 82 km long and has a width varying between 2 and 20 km.
Siwa is the most mysterious of all Egypt's oases, It is also the most fascinating. Its history has not only been shaped by all major civilizations, but also by the contrast of the surrounding desert with the lush soil of the oasis setting.

The Siwian people have their own culture and customs and, as well as speaking Arabic, they speak own Berber (Amazigh) language.

Women still wear traditional costumes and silver jewellery and Siwa remains one of the best places to buy traditional local handicrafts.

The modern town of Siwa is set among thick palm groves, walled gardens and olive orchards, with numerous freshwater springs and salt lakes.
Siwa also clusters beneath the impressive remains of the ancient fortress town of Shali, it is situated at the centre of the oasis.

The economical base of the oasis is agriculture of which dates and olives are the principal produce. The agriculture is fed by natural springs as well as a couple of artificial ones.
In the recent decades, Siwa has suffered more and more from increasing salification of the soil.

In Siwa, there are 3 larger salt lakes, Birket Maraqi, Birket Siwa, and Birket Zaytun.

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Temple of Amon is constructed.

331 BCE: Siwa is visited by Alexander the Great, who comes to visit the famous Oracle of Temple of Amon, seeking confirmation that he is the son of the god Zeus, as well as upholding the image of him also being the son of the god Amon.

1203: The town of Shali is founded.
After 2,000 years of relative isolation, the first European visitor comes to Siwa.

19th century: Siwa becomes part of modern Egypt.
1986. A road between Marsa Matruh at the coast and Siwa is opened.

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