text:
31 August 2016

Hiroshima 2016 Focus on Japanese Animation: Day 3

Hiroshima 2016 Focus on Japanese Animation: Day 3
Saturday, August 20
8月20 日（土）

Japanese Animation Special 10: Japanese Animation Today

The Japan Animation Today segment of the 16th Hiroshima International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2016 features contemporary established young animators as well as up-and-coming animators such as students.  Q-rais is the nom de plume of a Tokyo-based illustrator and animator.   Jérôme Boulbés is a French 3D CG animator based in Kyoto (see: Kobutori).  Musashino graduate Hiroyuki Mizumoto is a mixed media experimental animator whose works mix live action with a variety of experimental techniques.  Shunsaku Hayashi studied at Goldsmiths, University of London on a research fellowship from the Japan Cultural Ministry.  Atsushi Makino first studied animation at UMPRUM in Prague and then went on to hone his skills at Geidai (learn more) where he graduated in 2011.  His innovative work can be found on Vimeo.

Akie Ishii studied animation at Kyoto Seika University.    Tomoki Misato is a Musashino graduate and is currently a student in Geidai’s graduate animation program.  Director / screenwriter Makoto Nakamura made waves in 2010 when he revived the popular Soviet animation character Cheburashka for a series of stop motion films.  The character first appeared in a 1966 children’s storybook by Eduard Uspensky, followed by a series of stop motion animations by Roman Kachanov of Soyuzmultfilm (1969-1983).  The armatures for Cheburashka were designed and built by Korean armature specialist Wuchan Kim of Thinking Hand.  Haruna Asahi is a young animator from Okinawa who studied at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts in Naha.  Yoshihisa Nakanishi is a Musashino grad who makes amazing stop motion animations using complex paper cutouts.

1.  The Lost Breakfast (2015), Q-rais
2.  Ghost Tracks (2015), Jérôme Boulbés
3.  A Memory, Record and Present (2015), Hiroyuki Mizumoto
4.  Remember (2015), Shunsaku Hayashi
5.  The Synesthesia Ghost (2015), Atsushi Makino
6.  Daijōbu (2015), Akie Ishii
7.  Look at Me Only (2016), Tomoki Misato
8.  Cheburashka Goes to the Zoo (2015), Makoto Nakamura
9.  The Adventure of Flip, Haruna Asahi
10.  gymnasiumany (2015), Yoshihisa Nakanishi
11.  geometricube (2014), Yoshihisa Nakanishi

1. 失われた朝食 キューライス
2. ゴーストトラックス ブルべス ジェローム
3. きおく きろく いま 水本 博之
4. Remember 林 俊作
5. 共感覚おばけ 牧野
6. だいじょうぶ。 石井 章詠
7. あたしだけをみて 見里 朝希
8. チェブラーシカ 動物園へ行く 中村
9. フリップの冒険 朝日 はるな
10. gymnasiumany 中西 義久
11. geometricube 中西 義久

Japanese Animation Special 11:
Shin’ichi Suzuki, Keiichi Tanaami, Tatsuo Shimamura, Seiichi Hayashi, Nobuhiro Aihara

The animators in this screening belong to what I call the Sōgetsu Generation.  Those are animators who began making a name for themselves as indie animators at the Sōgetsu Art Center Animation Festivals of the 1960s and 1970s.  Shin’ichi Suzuki began his career in animation working at Otogi Pro for Ryūichi Yokoyama.  He then went on to co-found Studio Zero in 1963.  Learn more about him in my reviews of Dot (点 /Ten, 1971) and The Gourd Bottle (ひょうたん/Hyōtan, 1976).  Suzuki is director of the Suginami Animation Museum.  Keiichi Tanaami is a renowned pop artist who has been making experimental films and animations since the early 1970s.  His films use symbolism and sensual movement to create meaning.  Tatsuo Shimamura is the founder and president of Shirogumi.  His film Four Seasons of Japan (1985) won a prize at the first Hiroshima festival in 1985.

Seiichi Hayashi is an avant-garde mangaka most famous for his 1970 manga Red Colored Elegy (赤色エレジー, 1970-71) which was serialized in Garo magazine and he also made it into an animated short in 1970.  Hayashi designed this year’s festival poster.

The late Nobuhiro Aihara was one of Japan’s top experimental animators.  In addition to his independent work, he often worked as an inbetweener and animator for major anime studios such as Oh! Pro.  Read his obituary here, and a review of Karma (カルマ, 1977).

1. Dot (Ten, 1971), Shin’ichi Suzuki
2. The Gourd Bottle (Hyōtan, 1976), Shin’ichi Suzuki
3. The Laughing Spider (2016) Keiichi Tanaami
4. Four Seasons of Japan (1985) Tatsuo Shimamura
5. Apocalypse of Megalopolis (2009) Tatsuo Shimamura
6. Shadow (1968) Seiichi Hayashi
7. Demon Love Song (1971), Seiichi Hayashi
8. Red Colored Elegy (1970), Seiichi Hayashi
9. Yamakagashi (1971), Nobuhiro Aihara
10. Karma (1977), Nobuhiro Aihara
11. Twilight (1985), Nobuhiro Aihara
12. Wind (2000), Nobuhiro Aihara
13. Memory of Red (2004), Nobuhiro Aihara

鈴木 伸一、田名網 敬一、島村 達雄、林 静一、相原 信洋

1. 点 鈴木 伸一
2. ひょうたん 鈴木 伸一
3. 笑う蜘蛛 田名網 敬一
4. 花鳥風月 島村 達雄
5. メガロポリスの黙示録 島村 達雄
6. かげ 静一
7. 鬼恋歌 静一
8. 赤色エレジー 静一
9. 山かがし 相原 信洋
10. カルマ 相原 信洋
11. 逢魔が時 相原 信洋
12. ウィンド 相原 信洋
13. メモリー・オブ・レッド 相原 信洋

Japanese Animation Special 12:
Katsuo Takahashi, Toshio Kinoshita, Takashi Itō

Katsuo Takahashi was a stop motion animator famous in Japan for his 1977 film The Wild Rose (野ばら1977).  Not widely known outside of Japan, his daughter Kariko Takahashi carries on his legacy.  Toshio Kinoshita started out as a mangaka in the 1950s for children’s magazines and also worked as a journalist before trying his hand at animation.  He produced the opening sequence of Astro Boy and in 1965 founded Kino Pro, where he continues to act as president.

Takashi Itō is a rather strange addition to this screening – his work would have been more at home in Japanese Animation Special 11 with Aihara and Tanaami, or Japanese Animation Special 16：Contemporary Directors Collection ①.  He is one of Japan’s top experimental filmmakers, with Oberhausen 2014 doing a complete retrospective of his works.  Learn more about him on the Image Forum website.  Read my review of his Image Forum DVD at Midnight Eye.
1.  Kaguya Hime: The Princess of the Moon (1972), Katsuo Takahashi
2.  The Wild Rose (1977), Katsuo Takahashi
3.  The Cock Who Turned Red (1993), Toshio Kinoshita
4.  Spacy (1981), Takashi Itō

髙橋 克雄、木下 敏治、伊藤 高志

1. かぐやひめ　髙橋 克雄
2. 野ばら　髙橋 克雄
3. まっ赤になったにわとり 木下 敏治
4. SPACY 伊藤 高志

Japanese Animation Special 13:
Toshifumi Kawahara, Tadanari Okamoto, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, IKIF, Kōji Yamamura, Keita Kurosaka

Toshifumi Kawahara is an award-winning CG animation pioneer with an MA in Art and Design from UCLA.  He is currently president of Polygon Pictures.  The late Tadahito Okamoto is one of Japan’s great puppet animation masters.  He is famous for using different materials and techniques in each of his films.  The Magic Ballad (おこんじょうるり, 1982) is considered one of his greatest films.  Yoichirō Kawaguchi is a pioneering computer graphics artist and professor at the University of Tokyo.  He is an expert on “the GROWTH model, a self-organizing method to give form to one's rich imagination or to develop one's formative algorithm of a complex life form. As the art or a time progression, a program generates a form and this form is allowed to grow systematically according to a set formula” (source).  IKIF (Ishida Kifune Image Factor) are a husband and wife animation team (Sonoko Ishida  and Tokumitsu Kifune) who have been working together since 1979.  They began making films in 8mm, then in 16mm and by the 1980s were experimenting with CG animation.  Kifune teaches at Tokyo Zokei while Ishida teaches at Tokyo Polytechnic.

Kōji Yamamura is one of Japan’s most internationally acclaimed independent animators, having won the top awards at festivals around the world from Annecy to Ottawa.  His film Mt. Head (頭山, 2002) was nominated for an Oscar and this year he became a member of the Academy.  Franz Kafkaʼs A Country Doctor (カフカ 田舎医者, 2007) is one of his most profound films to date.  Yamamura is a professor at Geidai (Tokyo University of the Arts).  Keita Kurosaka is an experimental artist whose hand drawn animated works demonstrate a wide range of influences from classical art to the modern grotesque.  The two films in this selection are music videos for the Japanese metal band Dir En Grey.  Kurosaka is a professor at Musashino.

1.  In Search of Muscular Axis (1990), Toshifumi Kawahara
2.  Bolero (1992), Toshifumi Kawahara
3. Michael the Dinosaur (1993), Toshifumi Kawahara
4. The Magic Ballad (1982), Tadanari Okamoto
5. Growth: Tendril / Yoichirō Kawaguchi
6. Growth Land-Growth: Mysterious Galaxy / Yoichirō Kawaguchi
7. animandara2 (1986), IKIF
8. Troreminica (2011), IKIF
9. Mt. Head (Atama Yama, 2002), Kōji Yamamura
10. Franz Kafkaʼs A Country Doctor (2007), Kōji Yamamura
11. Atama (1994), Keita Kurosaka
12. Agitated Screams of Maggots (2007), Keita Kurosaka
13. Rinkaku (2012), Keita Kurosaka

河原 敏文、岡本 忠成、河口 洋一郎、IKIF、山村 浩二、黒坂 圭太

1. 筋肉座標軸を求めて 河原 敏文
2. ボレロ 河原 敏文
3. 恐竜マイケル 河原 敏文
4. おこんじょうるり 岡本 忠成
5. グロース：テンドリル 河口 洋一郎
6. グロース・ランド―グロース：ミステリアス・ギャラクシー―
7. 阿耳曼荼羅（二） IKIF
8. Troreminica IKIF
9. 頭山 山村 浩二
10. カフカ 田舎医者 山村 浩二
11. ATAMA 黒坂 圭太
12. Agitated Screams of Maggots 黒坂 圭太
13. 輪郭 黒坂 圭太

Japanese Animation Special 14：TV Programs

This selection highlights episodes from early ground-breaking television animation.

1. Moleʼs Adventure (1958), Hiroshi Washizumi
2. Astro Boy (1963), Osamu Tezuka
3. Kimba the White Lion (1965), Eiichi Yamamoto
4. The Star of the Giants, Ep.83 "A Homer" (1968), Tadao Nagahama

日本アニメーション大特集１４：TV 番組

1. もぐらのアバンチュール  わしずみ ひろし
2. 鉄腕アトム  手塚 治虫
3. ジャングル大帝  山本 暎一
4. 巨人の星 第83 話『傷だらけのホームイン』 長浜 忠夫

**Note: films for which no image are available are represented by Lappy, the Hiroshima Animation Festival Mascot.

Hiroshima 2016 Focus on Japanese Animation: Day 2

Hiroshima 2016 Focus on Japanese Animation: Day 2
Friday, August 19
8月19 日（金）

On Day 2 of the 16th International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2016. the Focus on Japanese Animation continued to explore early anime history.  On Day 1, early works by anime pioneer Mitsuyo Seo were shown including examples of the Private Norakuro series from the 1930s, Duck Brigade, and one of his best works, Ari-chan (Learn more here).  Seo is best known for directing the wartime propaganda films Momotarō's Sea Eagle (Momotarō no Umiwashi, 1943) – some sources give 1942 for this film – and Momotarō's Divine Sea Warriors (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei, 1945).  Momotarō, a popular Japanese folk hero, was such a successful propaganda tool that films using him and other popular folk tales were actually censored by the American Occupation in the immediate post-war years.  It is interesting to study these films alongside their American, Canadian, British, and German counterparts, to see how this relatively new medium of animation was used to fabricate notions of nationalism and to support the war effort.  Read review of Momotarō's Sea Eagle (1943) to learn more.  I also recommend the Dutch documentary Ducktators (Guus von Wavern & Wolter Braamhorst, 1998) about animated propaganda done in Hollywood during World War II.

Japanese Animation Special 6： History Mitsuyo Seo

1.  Momotarō's Sea Eagle (Momotarō no Umiwashi, 1943), Mitsuyo Seo
2.  Momotarō's Divine Sea Warriors (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei, 1945), Mitsuyo Seo

日本アニメーション大特集６：歴史 瀬尾 光世

1. 桃太郎の海鷲　瀬尾 光世
2. 桃太郎 海の神兵　瀬尾 光世

Japanese Animation Special 7：History

This section of films recognises early Japanese innovators in animation.  The first four films are examples of early puppet animation for educational purposes.  Before Tadahito Mochinaga and his studio MOM Pro were hired by Rankin/Bass in the 1960s to make what have since become American stop motion TV classics (learn more), Mochinaga had already been making animation in Japan and in China.  This selection features two of his early puppet animations The Melon Princess and the Amanojaku (1956) and Little Black Sambo (1956) (Read review).  Mochinaga did not make his works alone.  He had help from many talented animators including Hiroshima 2016 Jury Selection Committee member Fumiko Magari and Yoshitsugu Tanaka, among others.

The publisher Gakken, also got into the animation for education scene in the 1950s.  This selection features works by their two top animator/director/producers: Kazuhiko Watanabe and Matsue Jinbo.  In celebration of their 70th anniversary, Gakken has been posting their back catalogue of innovative puppet animation on YouTube.  Read the reviews of   The Dove and the Ant (1959) and The Musicians in the Woods (1960), to learn more.

The final film in this screening is Fukusuke (ふくすけ, 1957) by legendary manga-ka and Otogi Pro founder Ryūichi Yokoyama.  Unlike the other films it does not use puppet animation, but it does use stop motion using cutouts for some of the effects.

1.  The Melon Princess and the Amanojaku (1956), Tadahito Mochinaga / Yoshitsugu Tanaka
2.  Little Black Sambo (1956), Tadahito Mochinaga
3.  The Dove and the Ant (1959), Kazuhiko Watanabe
4.  The Musicians in the Woods (1960), Matsue Jinbo
5.  Fukusuke (1957), Ryūichi Yokoyama

1. 瓜子 姫とあまのじゃく　持 只仁、田中 善次
2. ちびくろさんぼ・さんぼのとらたいじ　持 只仁
3. ありとはと　渡 和彦
4. もりのおんがくたい　神 まつえ
5. ふくすけ　横山 隆一

Japanese Animation Special 8: Yōji Kuri, Osamu Tezuka, Kihachirō Kawamoto

This selection features innovators in animation who came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s.  Yōji Kuri is an iconoclastic artist who founded the Animation Group of Three (アニメーション三人の会/ Animation Sannin no Kai) with his fellow artists Ryohei Yanagihara and Hiroshi Manabe.  Learn more about them here.  Kuri has been a regular at the Hiroshima festival since its inception.  Read reviews of his films Love (愛, 1963) and Two Grilled Fish (二匹のサンマ, 1967).

Osamu Tezuka is most famous as a manga-ka and for his ground-breaking anime series like Astro Boy, but he also tried his hand at what he called jikken animation (experimental animation).  Although not experimental in technique, they were certainly innovative in terms of narrative and style and brought Tezuka much acclaim.  Tezuka was at the first Hiroshima festival in 1985.  Learn more about it here and here.

Kihachirō Kawamoto was, along with his friend Tadanari Okamoto (who features later in the programme), one of Japan’s great puppet animation masters.  He was at the first Hiroshima animation festival in 1985 and was a regular guest there until his passing in 2010.  Read his obituary and a review of Dōjōji Temple (道成寺, 1976) to learn more.

1.  Love (1963), Yōji Kuri
2.  Au fou! (1967) Yōji Kuri
3.  Two Grilled Fish (1967), Yōji Kuri
4.  Tragedy on the G String (1969), Yōji Kuri
5.  Mermaid (1964), Osamu Tezuka
6. Memory (1964), Osamu Tezuka
7.  Jumping (1984), Osamu Tezuka
8.  Broken Down Film (1985), Osamu Tezuka
9.  Breaking of Branches is Forbidden (1968), Kihachirō Kawamoto
10.  Dōjōji Temple (1976), Kihachirō Kawamoto

1. 愛　久里 洋二
2. 殺人狂時代　久里 洋二
3. 二匹のサンマ　久里 洋二
4. G 線上の悲劇　久里 洋二
5. 人 魚　手塚 治虫
6. めもりい　手 治虫
7. ジャンピング　手塚 治虫
8. おんぼろフィルム　手塚 治虫
9. 花折り　川本 喜八郎
10. 道成寺　川本 喜八郎

Japanese Animation Special 9: Feature Animation

The final event of Day 2 of the Japanese Animation Special was Ryo Saitani’s feature film Cesium and a Tokyo Girl (2015) which uses a mixture of live action and animation to follow central protagonist Mimi and the seven gods in search of Mimi’s grandmother’s myna bird Hakushi.  The film was made in partnership with the Laputa Art Animation School.  Saitani is a long time animation fan and critic, who became known for his work for the magazine COMIC BOX (コミックボックス).  He made a documentary about early animation innovators in Japan called Here We Go with Yoji Kuri! (2008).

Cesium and a Tokyo Girl (2015) by Ryo Saitani
『セシウムと少女』 才谷

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

WARC-Type: response

text:
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Yes, these guys were All-Stars....

Over the years, the NHL All-Star game has included a few somewhat questionable "All-Stars". Whether it was the league's unofficial policy to have every team represented or an injury to more deserving star player, a few guys have been included in the mid-season classic that you probably have forgotten about.
Pictured above we have Bob Woytowich who played for the West Division team in 1970. That season, he had a respectable 33 points as a defensman for the Pens. Pittsburgh also had Dean Prentice representing them. Woywotich was however one of only five d-men on the West squad that year, a fairly weak field I suppose. Doug Roberts was a bit more of a stretch on the 1971 squad. He was the only rep from the California Golden Seals, ending up with 17 points and a -56 plus minus rating. A better choice would have been rookie teammate Ron Stackhouse or goalie Gary 'Suitcase' Smith could easily have replaced the Blues Ernie Wakely for the West team.
Bob Manno was a 1982 Maple Leaf All-Star alongside sniper Rick Vaive. Manno probably actually deserved to be there as he would tally 50 points and an amazing +5 for another atrocioius Leaf squad.
Speaking of Leafs, Mirko Frycer was their sole representative in 1985 breaking Vaive's three year run of All-Star games which probably should have been four. Tracy Pratt was the second Canuck All-Star in 1975 along with the aforementioned Gary Smith. The Canucks, who actually had a good squad that year finishing first in the Smythe Division would have been better represented by any number of players including Andre Boudrias, Don Lever, Dennis Ververgaert or Bob Dailey.
Dave Langevin himself will probably tell you that he felt out of place on the 1983 Wales Conference squad alongside, Ray Bourque, Denis Potvin, Rod Langway and Mark Howe. If the Isles really did need to have that fourth All-Star in the game, Tomas Jonsson (who never made an AS team) would have been a better choice.
Other names that don't quite fit the All-Star mold; Randy Manery, Atlanta 1973, Doug Jarrett, Chicago 1975, Nick Libbett, Detroit 1977, Norm Barnes, Flyers 1980, Hector Marini, New Jersey 1982 and Doug Smail, Winnipeg 1990.
Perhaps the biggest ever All-Star act of coach's bias is Lee Fogolin making the 1986 squad along with EIGHT other Oilers. Fogolin was a solid, if unspectaclar defenseman, but he was in no way shape or form an All-Star at the NHL level.
Brad Marsh made the 1993 Wales squad more as a token pick from a brutal expansion Senators team. I'm not so sure the Sens deserved to have two players picked though, as Peter Sidorkiewicz was actually the winning goalie of the game. Marsh did however notch the all important 15th goal in the Wales 16-6 victory.

Fredrik Vilborg said...

I'll tell you another undeserving all-star! Mike Komisarek in 2009!

Sal said...

Regarding Brad Marsh in 1993--I believe he was a "President's Pick", later known as a "Commissioner's Pick".

Basically, whoever was in charge of the league at the time (Ziegler, Bettman) would pick a guy that was at the end of his career. One graybeard would be selected from each conference.

They first did that in 1991 to make sure Guy Lafleur was included in the All-Star Game.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-166-65-126.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-26
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for June 2017
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Sign in to My HQ
My Personal Page

Welcome to the Donation Page of
Jeff Scott

My Team Page

Thank you for your involvement!

Enter Donation Amount Here:
*Currency shown: US Dollar

My Fundraising Goal:
Money Raised to Date:
If you are unable to donate online, please print out a donation form.
Join me in my efforts to support The New Jersey AIDS Walk!

Thank you for supporting The New Jersey AIDS Walk. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.
Help Files

Special Thanks to:
Bergen Regional Medical Center Logo


text:
• NMA Opens MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2012, World’s Biggest Mining Exhibition, in Las Vegas

NMA Opens MINExpo INTERNATIONAL® 2012, World’s Biggest Mining Exhibition, in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nev. -The world’s biggest mining equipment, products and services exhibition – four years in the making – officially got underway this morning at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

MINExpo INTERNATIONAL ® 2012, a sprawling 860,000-foot showcase of the latest mining equipment and technology from around the world, began a three-day run with mining industry and Nevada state officials welcoming more than 1860 exhibitors and an anticipated 50,000-plus attendees from 36 countries, including the U.S.

Greg Boyce, chairman and CEO of Peabody Energy and chairman of the National Mining Association (NMA), the Washington, D.C. national trade group sponsoring the quadrennial show, joined Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian K. Krolicki; Joy Global President and CEO Mike Sutherlin, chairman of MINExpo® 2012; and Hal Quinn, president and CEO of NMA, at this morning’s ribbon cutting ceremony.

Lt. Gov. Krolicki welcomed “the thousands who will view this magnificent exhibition,” and noted “Nevada is proud to lead the nation in gold production and ranks among the world’s leaders in the use of state-of-the-art mining technology.” He added, “Mining has also led all industry sectors in hiring new employees in our state during the first half of the year.”

“The growth in international attendance, from 16 countries in 2008 to 36 represented today, mirrors the global presence of the mining industry,” said Sutherlin. “With record expected attendance and exhibition space, by every measure, this show is historic,” he added.

Concluding the opening ceremony, Peabody’s Boyce said, “This is the largest single assembly of mining equipment in history and the sheer scale of this showcase is a testament to the state-of-the-art technologies being used right across the industry. The world’s energy and industrial supply chain begins with mining, and the equipment and products on display at MINExpo show why mining is safer, more productive and more efficient than ever before.”

This morning at 10:00 a.m., the Opening Session will feature top mining executives discussing the global outlook for mining equipment and coal and minerals production.

At an awards luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 21 U.S. mining operations will be recognized as winners of the annual Sentinels of Safety for outstanding safety operation in 2011, and three companies will be recognized for achievements in mine safety and health technology innovations. At the luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 26, eight U.S. mineral and coal mines will be awarded the annual Environmental and Reclamation Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Interior for exemplary sustainable mining practices in 2011.

For more information about MINExpo 2012, visit our website at www.minexpo.com

Related Content


text:
Friday, 28 May 2010

I was reading about Charles Dickens yesterday and apparently his last words were:
"For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art."
I think it has changed my life.
Hat: French Connection.
Vests: Uniqlo.
Shorts: H and M (customised)
Boots: Prada.
Bracelet: Gucci / Topman.

Today is insanely lovely outside. Look at the sun just shining in my place!!

No comments:


text:
Friday, September 18, 2009

Happy BD and a WTF?

First off, I want to wish 'Daddys Little Girl' a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Geez....seems like only yesterday she was born. Uh...not that she'll read this because she is blissfully unaware that 'Dad' has this blog thing ;)

Note to J-Fab.....the years FLY by so enjoy every moment when they're little...cuz when they get older they somehow develop a 'mouth' ;).........BUT, they do grow out of that stage..thankfully :)'s my 'WTF?" This girl I know (who happens to be quite 'hot'....go figure ;) calls me Tuesday afternoon and asks if I have tickets for the Cardinals day game the next day. I say that I do and I'm going. She asks if she can go too and I tell her I do have an extra ticket and she'd be welcome (duh....) She's all excited and shit and tells me she can't wait. A couple of hours later she calls back and asks if I can pick her on my way to the game. Well....she does have really, really big boobs so 'of course' I say yes. We leave it as she's gonna call me the next morning and we'd set the time then. I'm meeting two other people at the game and since its a 1:15 start, I had already told them we'd meet about 12:30. Plenty of time to hit a bar or two on the way to the ballpark.

Wednesday morning rolls around and its now 10:30 and I haven't heard from her so I call.....right to fuckin I text her, saying we'd need to leave by noon. I head up to 'SV' for lunch because no way can I drink on an empty stomach. Well...I CAN but the aftermath can get pretty funny.......or ugly...depending on your outlook.

At 11:40 I get a text from her.."sorry.....just woke up (not surprised) you in a few minutes". I text my buddies tellin them it would probably be 12:45 before I got there. I finish lunch and its now Noon.....and call, no text. I give her 10 more minutes...still nuthin...'fuck this' off I go. It only takes me about 20 minutes to get downtown so I'm there at planned. I called my buddy along the way, tellin him I had an extra ticket if he knew anyone (he works in a big office downtown), to give it to them.

We all meet up, stop for a couple of beers, and walk to the stadium. It's now 1:10...."Ringggggggg.....Ringggggggg".....

Me: Hello?

Her: Okay....I'm ready!

Me: You know what time it is?

Her: A little after 1:00.

Me: Didn't I tell you we needed to leave by Noon?

Her: Are you THERE?....You're at the GAME?

Me: Did you fucking think and I was going sit around and wait...not knowing if you were going or not? said you call 'in a few minutes'...and that was 1 1/2 hours ago.

Her: (Silence).........uh, then I guess you're not going to come and pick me up?

Me: Nope...not at all.

Her: Well, I thought we were going and cancelled other plans.

Me: Listen...I'm not going argue about this. I upheld my end, you overslept...not my fault, you said you'd call me back in a few didn', I had people waiting for me. If you can't understand the concept of responsibility, again, not my fucking

She called back but I hit 'ignore'....fuck that shit.'d a thought we were sleeping together or sumthin (her showin me her boobs like a hundred times don't count)

I'm not asking if you think I was right or wrong...I know I was fucking right. Frankly, I'm too old to babysit or hand hold....if you're not mature enough or don't have a sense of responsibility...then I don't have any time to waste on your sorry ass. Besides.....she has a twin sister... ;)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Please.....Don't light the oven, my head is in it.

Lets get a couple of things handled first:

My dear Elle...I am very sorry about your nephews friend. Its hard enough to get through life at that age without having to deal with something as tragic as that. Being forced to question your mortality at such a time in your life simply isn't right...or fair. My prayers and wishes go out to everyone who has been touched by this.

And....I truly feel terrible I forgot your birthday but I hope you had a great spite of me forgetting ;)

To everyone else, you have my apology and believe me, I am suitably contrite.

Okay, on to the business at hand....Things have been, how can I put this eloquently.....oh, I know.....fucked.

As many of you know, my Dad has been going through all that chemo shit and until the past couple of weeks, hasn't been effected much by its side-effects. That was until the itching started. Its pretty much a constant a thing, itching from one part of his body to another. So, now on top of the fatigue from the chemo, he can't sleep more than a couple of hours, then the itching wakes him up, plus the blood cancer caused his arthritis to go into 'overdrive' and its hard for him to walk. I feel so bad for him, looking at him, knowing he's tiring rapidly of all of this, but never a complaint.

My Mother on the other hand, makes me want to scream "WTF is your problem, NOW?" She's been in semi-poor health for several years now and all during that time, Dad waited on her hand and foot.....even more that I thought he needed to but fuck, I'm not gonna tell my Dad what he should or shouldn't be doing.

Mother is and has been, 100% convinced that she has some sort of illness, not a simple one mind you, but one that is basically a death sentence. I have had her to every one of her fucking doctors and they have all told her basically the same thing (after running tests and tests and tests)....the reason she's tired and run down and losing weight is because she doesn't fucking eat! Her muscles ache because shes having to burn them as fuel because shes using up more calories than shes taking in....and the lack of any exercise just makes the problem worse. Actually, her Lung doctor told her point blank "If you don't start eating, you will die...and that won't be far off'

Did this have any fucking effect..oh yeah....for maybe 7-10 days. She won't take her 'psyc meds'
because of one lame fucking excuse or another, even her Dr. told her besides making her feel 'less anxious' it would increase her appetite...nope, those weren't good enough reasons, evidently. In short, she won't help herself but will moan and complain about how she feels. All this during a time that my Dad could really use the help.

Today, I bring Dad home after he got a transfusion. He's in a real good mood and we talk all way the back. We walk in the house, there's Mother, sitting on the couch with 'that look'. Theres also some lady (Joyce) there, a friend, whom I had never met. I ask Mother whats wrong? She's weak (duh?), and her lower back hurts when she bends over. She went to the Dr. last week so I ask her if he had called with the test results? No, but I'm probably going to have to be put in the hospital, she tells me. Okay, I am in no fucking mood for this, so I tell her 'Call him then, call me at work and let me know...I gotta go'. She then tells me 'Joyce' can take her to the hospital if she has to go.

Let me tell y'all something, No one, I mean no one (well, maybe my sister if she would deem it at all fucking necessary to come back for a week) would take either of my parents to the hospital except me, and my Mother knows that very fucking well...but I wasn't playing that fuckin game, so I said "That would be nice of her". Fuck that shit...I was (and am) pissed by the whole motherfuckin thing.

'Joyce' then decides its her unalienable right to stick her fucking nose in my fucking business......."Efen...I think your Mother should call the doctor now and you should wait to see what he says".

"Really, Joyce..thats what you think I should do?....You think the Dr. is going to drop everything and take her call or do you think I should just sit here for 5-6 hours waiting for him to call back?"

She gave me that "I have never seen such an uncompassionate son in my whole life' look...thats fine, I gave her my 'Shut the fuck up and mind your own fuckin business with your 1980's hairdo' look.

Dad sat there and as I left, he gave me his 'I don't blame you' look. Dad was always a cool guy ;)

The more I thought about it later, I decided Mother is correct, she does need to go in the hospital...and if they don't find anything wrong, then she should head over to the 'psyc ward' for a month or two. Besides that getting her hopefully better, Dad and I need a break.

Yeah, I know...I sound like a real prince of a guy. Ya know what, right now I don't give one flying fuck.


text:
Aug 112013

 The Cleveland case, part 2

By Beth Connors-Manke

Editor’s note: in part one of her essay, Beth began examining the ways Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who recently pleaded guilty to imprisoning and raping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, represents structures of thought that are shocking yet familiar in our culture. Here, she looks more closely at the ways privatization threatens individuals and the public sphere.

Unless something very unexpected happens, we’ll probably see relatively little of any of them again. The picture will fade; whatever pattern was momentarily illuminated for us will fall back into disparate pieces; we won’t be able to see how any of this works.

Ariel Castro, by agreeing to a plea deal of life in prison without parole, seems to be avoiding both the death penalty and the probing glare that would come with a trial. Whether it is his intention or not, he may also be granting Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight the privacy they have asked for—the privacy that they recently affirmed via video is necessary for their recovery. The women’s strong desire to be shielded from public interest was asserted again when family members of Berry and DeJesus presented victim’s statements in court.

Sylvia Colon, DeJesus’s cousin, said, “Today is the last day we want to think or talk about this. These events will not hold a place in our hearts.”

Beth Serrano, Berry’s sister, explained Berry’s wish to shield her daughter: “She [Berry] does not want to talk about these things, she has not talked about them even to me. She does not want others to talk about these things. The main reason she does not want anyone to talk about the things or be forced to talk about these things is because she has a young daughter. She would love to be the person who decides to tell her daughter, when to tell her daughter, how to tell her daughter, certain things.” Serrano’s statement goes on to say that Berry does not want other people to talk or write about what happened.

For the time being, what happened in that house at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland will remain veiled, cordoned off from public view. What Castro was once keeping from the world, the young women are now asking to be the gatekeepers of.

Privacy v. privatization

In that transfer of power, in that handing over of the keys to the women’s lives, there has been a subtle, but important, shift: the shift from privatization to privacy.

In a broad way, privacy is a protection of self and the intimate aspects of one’s life. It creates a necessary boundary that, ideally, preserves an individual’s mental, emotional, and physical safety and well-being. Maybe that protection is from a family member, lover, neighbor, or co-worker. Maybe it’s from an institution or, as we should be very concerned about right now, from the government. Privacy is an incredibly important concept that should be defended legally and socially, but as we know, it can often be used to hide abuses (“What he does to his wife in his own home is his own business…”).

On the other hand, privatization is an action, movement, or system in which private ownership and control is privileged over notions of collective good, collective participation, and collective care for a shared world. We’re most familiar with this structure when it happens to utilities, natural resources, and institutions like prisons. When it goes one step further and human beings become the commodity that is privatized—that is, owned and controlled for the sake of profit—we have human trafficking. We have a situation in which, in the words of political philosopher Kimberly Curtis, “human beings are made superfluous.”

This is a difficult condition for Americans to recognize in our own midst. We believe strongly in our holy grail of individual rights and individual value, and we’ve used that belief to shoulder our way through some very dark moments of humanity. Our own system of chattel slavery was certainly one of those moments, as was the confrontation with Nazi Germany during World War II. The “political evil” that arose in Germany at that time was organized, Curtis says, around stripping the human particularity from a set of scapegoats in order to elevate another group to political, economic, and social power. So, what is, in reality, a dynamic interchange between multifaceted individuals in a community becomes abstract and oversimplified categories used to deny others their specificity, freedom, and humanity. Those others are just “Jews” or “Tutsis” or “Croats.”

Or, closer to home, they are just “blacks” or “Mexicans” or “Bitches and Ho’s.”

But wait, you may say, how did we get from the genocides in Germany, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia to a crappy Geto Boys song?

Answer: a structure of thought. This structure of thought: the idea that individuals can be reduced to one simplified aspect of their humanity—religion, cultural heritage, skin color, or sex—and then that aspect can be used as a justification for controlling them, rather than giving them full political and social freedom in the public sphere.

And for some people, controlling slides over into the notion that one human being can own another. For those people—and there are more of these people than one would think, as statistics of domestic violence and human trafficking show—a strong personal desire or economic motive feels like enough justification to kidnap women (and children) off the street to use them or sell them as property. This is the process of privatizing people, a major component of which is denying an individual’s right to circulate freely and safely in public.

Lorain Avenue

Trying to stay above water, Cleveland has done better than some other Rust Belt cities in trying to reinvent itself. Tourism advocates promote Lorain Avenue as an eight mile “eclectic mix of specialty shops, ethnic markets and eateries… spectacular architecture, historic and sacred landmarks… Lorain Avenue is a destination for the urban explorer.”

The street was also the hunting ground for Castro, as it was the major street near which the three women where kidnapped. And while urban renewal can make for good tourism, not to mention save some cities from inner decay, women who live in those areas and regularly traverse the streets also know something else. Urban-dwelling women—whose lives can be much different from the “urban explorer’s”—know that city streets are sometimes about trying to defend one’s privacy and limit strangers’ (or sometimes familiars’) access to their bodies.

Too often, streets are paradoxically a public space where women have to set privacy boundaries to protect themselves psychically and physically. Sometimes a solicitation from a stranger driving by makes for an entertaining story (especially when you’re nine months pregnant and the John can only say “Oh, ok” when he sees the baby bump). In reality, though, it’s harassment—it’s having to defend oneself repeatedly in a tussle over perceptions about the sexual availability of women in public.

None of this is to say that suburban streets are without predators, or that men do not also have to protect themselves on the street. But my point here is this: it is a common structure of thought that women who travel city streets are there as sexual beings viewed as part of an economic exchange. I’m not just saying that they are seen as prostitutes or potential prostitutes (some women do, of course, sell sex of their own volition); I’m saying that plenty of people think that buying women—whether that be renting them for 20 minutes or owning them for years—is a viable economic transaction.

And when that attitude gains currency in a place that is supposed to be a public non-commercial space, i.e. neighborhood streets and parks, we’ve started to rob women of free movement and their right to privacy, both of which they are guaranteed as individuals and citizens.

We’ve also begun to step even further down the road of privatization. If public streets and parks and plazas aren’t safe for women (and if they aren’t safe for women, they surely aren’t safe for children, and probably aren’t safe for men, either), then they have become places where private interest overrules collective good. Sure, sex may seem to be the motivator in cases like Castro’s or in sex trafficking, but it’s mostly a cloak under which privatization as a structure of thought functions. In that structure, the basic assumption is that human beings are commodities to be owned, used, traded. Period.

This is a political and cultural problem—not a psychological problem isolated to Ariel Castro, not simply a law enforcement deficit, not only a problem of urban poverty. And the problem gets worse when we retreat from public spaces and despair of maintaining a collective good; when we retreat into our homes with the shades closed, or into gated communities; when we slowly but surely drain public institutions of their ability to insure a stable and safe body politic whose job is, among other things, to recognize each individual’s particularity and right to move freely in the world.

That’s what I saw in the aperture that was the Cleveland case.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

 Leave a Reply

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
      <q cite=""> <s>


text:
Author Sherri Mills

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I wish I Didn't Have To Do It

A man I interviewed the other day was telling me about his beautiful yard. He said the yard is his responsibility.

He bragged about; his flower beds, fountains and pruned bushes etc.

I asked him "How does it make you feel when you are through with your yard?" I added, "Do you feel; proud, resentful, tired, exhausted?"

He answered, "I feel exhausted, and yes I feel proud no matter how tired I am."

Then I asked him,"How does it make you feel when you help your wife with the dishes?"

I gave him the same examples; proud, angry, resentful, exhilarated, or tired.

He thought for a long time then he said, "I wish I didn't have to do it."

I said, "What if you made doing the dishes and shining up the kitchen your forever responsibility?" I finished as I watched his face go white. "It would be your baby, yours to be proud of. Then what would you think?"

He pondered that for quite a while, then he said, "It is a possibility."

I told him, "It would take a while, but how would it feel if you ended up doing it even better than she does?"

He took that one in.

He said, "Yes, that would be a possibility."

These big strong men need to have jobs that are theirs alone, to do as they see fit, What is amazing about this is if left on their own they eventually do a job they can be really proud of. If they don't do it to your expectations you either have to take it back as yours or live with the reality.

There is no third option.

No comments:

Post a Comment


text:
Non-Surgical Pain Relief Center Pleasanton California

Non-Surgical Pain Relief Center Weight Loss Program

Doctor Supervised Weight Loss Programs

“Who Else is Ready to Lose Their Weight?”

Read the Story of How Julieanne Lost 25 Pounds and Has Kept it Off for Over 10 Years!

Weight Loss Program Pleasanton

“For many years I really struggled with my weight and my health. After my last child was born, I not only had excess weight to lose, I was just feeling sick! I ached everywhere! I suffered with head-aches. I had no energy. My poor husband thought I was losing my mind because nobody could be sick all of the time...but I was! Not to mention, losing weight was always in the back of my mind too!

Can you relate with my story? Have you struggled to lose your weight? Have you ever been so tired by 5:00 p.m. that all you wanted to do was sit on the couch with a bag of chips and watch TV? Have you ever gone to your closet to find something to wear, but everything was too tight? Have you ever start-ed a “diet” with all the enthusiasm you could mus-ter, only to cave into the temptation of your favorite treat within a day or two? Do you ever feel alone in your weight loss struggles? “Well I finally realized that I needed help! After years of trying on my own, I finally realized this...If I could have lost weight on my own by now, I would have!

So realizing I needed help, I went to many doctors for answers to my problems. All kinds of tests were run, all kinds of ideas were thrown at me. “There were those who just wanted to give me pills, shots or operate to ‘fix’ me, but deep inside, I knew that would only be a temporary fix, and that it wouldn’t last.

I know they were trying to get rid of my ‘symptoms’ but I wanted to resolve the underlying problem! “I had ALARMS going off in my body...I was OVERWEIGHT, I didn’t feel well...something was wrong… “It finally hit me, if an alarm went off in my house, I wouldn’t just turn off the alarm, I’d find out why the alarm was going off. “I didn’t just want to stop the alarm, I wanted to solve the prob-lem. I wanted a real solution. I was sick and tired of being overweight and sick and tired of being sick and tired. “I wanted answers and I was going to search and search until I found the answers I need-ed. “It’s amazing what happens when you earnestly start to look for answers...when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I finally met a special doctor and I realized I had found the answers!

I know you are probably hoping that this doctor told me there was a ‘magic pill’ I could take to lose my weight and feel better and that I’m going to tell you about that ‘magic pill.’ “But there was no magic pill, but rather a systematic process that helped me transform from overweight, sick and healthy, happy and energetic!

I made several discoveries I’d like to share:
Being accountable to someone for weight loss will be a major factor in your success!
A FAT body is a toxic body! Your symptoms are telling you something...don’t ignore them!
There are certain nutrients you need for your body to be healthy and in order to lose your weight!
You have FAT BURNING HORMONES that should be helping you lose weight!
STRESS and your thoughts have a huge impact on your weight loss efforts and that there are break-through solutions for that!!

One reason why I LOVE to share this message is that this SYSTEM works and has long-lasting re-sults! It’s one thing to go on a diet, it’s another thing to really transform from overweight and sick to fit and energetic...and then to keep it off for over 10 years….well that’s unheard of! But with the right tools working for you within the right system, this is possible! “If you can relate with what I’ve said, I’d urge you to take action and find the answers just like I did. lost my weight and gained my health...and you can too!”

“I will never have to put up with the failing health, pain, and other symptoms again. And, neither do you!”

Weight Loss Program Pleasanton

Within 5 days, my diabetic symptoms disappeared completely, as my blood sugar levels stabilized!

Within 7 days, my aches and pains from tendonitis were completely gone!

After 30 days, my blood pressure improved!

I stopped snoring at night!

Within 30 days, the age spots disappeared from my hands.

Within 45 days, I lost 40 lbs.

I feel 25 years younger.

I have maintained everything I’ve mentioned above for eleven months now.

Make your weight loss dreams true!

Weight Loss Program Pleasanton

Contact Us Today to Schedule an Appointment

*Due to federal law, some restrictions apply to offer. Medicare rules apply.

12 Week Weight Loss Program Pleasanton 5 Week Candida Weight Loss Program Pleasanton 12 Week Candida Weight Loss Program Pleasanton 20 Day Rejuvenation Weight Loss Pleasanton Gluten Free Weight Loss Program Pleasanton Maintain Weight Loss Program Pleasanton

  • Non-Surgical Pain Relief Center
  • 1811 Santa Rita Rd. Suite #118
    Pleasanton, CA 94566
  • Phone: 925-484-3472

  • Contact Us

Non-Surgical Pain Relief Center

  • Hours:
  • Monday thru Friday
    8:30 AM – 6:00 PM

©2017 Non-Surgical Pain Relief Center. All rights reserved. | Legal Notes | Privacy Policy


text:
Business ProfitOptimiser

What if you knew the outcome of every business decision
in advance and be able to generate greater profits?

Imagine if you could:

  • Stress -test and model the financial impact of proposed decisions before committing time, money and human resources.
  • Find cash hidden within your business and see what steps are necessary to extract it.
  • Minimise the risk in decision-making and optimise desired business results.
  • Immediately identify your business’ critical success factors in finance, operations, sales and human resources; then use that information to improve cash flow and increase profits.
  • Increase the predictability of the financial consequences of alternate business plans.
  • Determine “what will happen if…” specific decisions are made or outside market influences are encountered.
  • Enhance the likelihood of obtaining financing with sound numbers in a format preferred by banks and other lenders.
  • Set goals and see immediately and exactly what is required to achieve them.

Using Northern Beaches Accountants “Profit Optimiser” you don’t have to imagine any longer. You can achieve all this and more, now.  Please see the attachment for information about our new business tools.

And we guarantee you’ll be better off financially by doing so

No Risk Guarantee

If, at the end of a “Profit Optimiser” consultation, we can’t show you where you can realistically make money, save money and/or find hidden cash in your business to the value of at least 5 times your investment then I personally guarantee you will not be charged.

Paul Bailey

Click here to view the top ten ways this software can improve your business


text:
North Idaho Dog Fun Training

Dog Training Class

Welcome to class!

Pup-A-Tunities is a foundational training and socialization class designed specifically for dogs in north Idaho. Class is limited to 6 puppies at a time and only offered a few times a year. Classes are held at North Idaho Animal Hospital and positive methods are always used first. Please contact Molly Hewitt the instructor for more information at

Here are some of the participants:


text:
Visas, Customs & Biosecurity

About this image

Queen Mary II Bay of Islands

© Northland Inc

Having the appropriate passport and visa before leaving home is the key to a trouble free entry into New Zealand.

Passport and visa

Many people will qualify for visa-free entry, but some will need to apply for a visa before they come to New Zealand. Younger visitors might want to consider applying for a working holiday visa. If you are travelling to New Zealand via an Australian airport, you may also need an Australian visa – consult your travel agent or airline if you are unsure. For everything you need to know about entering New Zealand, please visit Immigration New Zealand.

When you arrive in New Zealand, you’ll need to be carrying a passport that is valid for at least three months beyond your intended departure date. A visa may also be required, depending on your country of origin.

Do you need a visa or permit?

You do not need a visa or permit to visit New Zealand if you are:

If you come from Visa-waiver countries, you don't need a visa to enter New Zealand, but still required to provide:

Passengers transitting in New Zealand

Transit visas will be needed for all people travelling via New Zealand, unless they are specifically exempted by immigration policy.

How do you apply for a New Zealand Visa?

If your country is not on the visa waiver list, or you wish to stay longer than three months (or six months if you’re British), you will need to apply for a Visitor's Visa. You can download application forms from the Immigration New Zealand website, or contact your nearest New Zealand Embassy.

What if you’re coming to study or work?

The New Zealand Immigration website also has information on work, business, and student visas. If you want to study in New Zealand, check out the websites of English New Zealand and Education New Zealand Trust.

If you are travelling with a group of visitors and acting as a tour guide or a tour leader in a co-ordination role, you require a work visa. All Tour Guides must obtain work visas, prior to their arrival in New Zealand.

On Arrival (by air)

You will need to complete a Passenger Arrival Card before passing through Customs Passport Control. A passenger arrival card will be given to you during your flight; if not, cards are available in the arrival area.

After you’ve cleared passport control, you should collect your baggage and proceed through customs and biosecurity checks. Your baggage may be sniffed by a detector dog and/or X-rayed, and it may be searched to identify any risk goods you might be carrying.

Customs declarations/allowances

If you are 17 years or older, your duty free allowance is:

Customs prohibited and restricted goods

You should not bring the following items into New Zealand:

Biosecurity risk goods

New Zealand is free of many insect pests, plant diseases and animal infections that are common elsewhere in the world. We put a lot of effort into minimising the risk of these being introduced.

When you fly to New Zealand from overseas, it is important to follow New Zealand law. That means you must declare or dispose of risk goods at our international borders.

You might have goods with you that could be carrying pests and diseases. These pests and diseases could cause millions of dollars in damage to New Zealand’s environment and economy. Substantial fines may be incurred if you do not declare correctly.

Biosecurity risk goods that must be declared include:

Learn more about New Zealand's biosecurity policies restricted goods on the Biosecurity website.

Live animals may not enter New Zealand without meeting specific conditions, which are designed to prevent the introdution of insect pests and diseases. See the Biosecurity website for more details.

Departure fee

A departure fee of NZ$25 is collected from all adult international passengers upon departure from Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown airports. This can be paid by cash or credit card. There is no longer a departure fee charge from Auckland as of 1 July 2008. Some regional airports also have a small fee payable on domestic flights.

Source: Tourism New Zealand

On Arrival (by sea)

All seagoing craft arriving in New Zealand must arrive at or depart from a Customs place (Customs port).

Northland has two ports; The first point of entry is Opua, Bay of Islands and the other is Whangarei. Visit NZ Customs Service for more information.

Plan & Book Online:


text:
Full Site View
Quick Links
  My Bulletin
  Contact The Bulletin

Sen. Brewer: Arming senators, staff would improve security

Significant business growth in agriculture

More opinion

Ag News

U.S. Ag Secretary visits Sandhills ranchers

UNL Extension tractor safety classes offered across Nebraska

More Ag News

NorthPlatte Weather

Email Article | Print Article
News - Local News
North Platte man arrested for fourth time in three monthsTell North Platte what you think
Photo by Lincoln County Detention Center
Daniel W. Founds

For the fourth time this year, Daniel Founds of North Platte has made his way back into the Lincoln County jail.

Founds, 30, was charged Wednesday with stealing a pickup, carrying a concealed weapon, driving under the influence and other charges. He is held on bonds totaling $50,000.

Founds was arrested Jan. 2 for the first time this year after he drove a stolen SUV into the South Platte River and set it on fire. He has been in and out of jail since.

He was recently arrested on March 1 after he allegedly forced open the door of the house of an acquaintance in the 1100 block of Linda Court. He was found with a knife that was classified as a concealed weapon and served 14 days in jail.

He’d been out for just four days when he allegedly stole the pickup right out from under the attention of the owner.

Police spokesman John Deal said police were called at 11:30 p.m. Monday, March 20 to a home in the 400 block of S. Walnut to check out the stolen vehicle report.

The pickup owner told police they were putting items in their 2002 Dodge Ram pickup, getting ready to leave in it. They had put the keys in the ignition and went inside, apparently for more items.

From inside the home, they heard the pickup engine start and it drove away.

Officers were unable to find the vehicle at the time. However, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, a friend of the victim saw the pickup near Fourth and Willow and alerted police.

Deal said an officer caught up with the pickup near 10th and Vine and called for help. Several officers arrived and ordered Founds to get out, but he would not comply. Eventually, officers got the driver's door open and removed him.

Deal said in the process, a fixed-blade knife with a four-inch blade fell from a sheath concealed under the man's clothing. The man was taken into custody and positively identified as Founds.

Deal said Founds displayed several indicators of intoxication, including an open alcohol container in the pickup, but he refused to take a breath test.

Founds is charged with several offenses, including felony theft, driving under the influence (third offense), driving under suspension and refusal to submit to an alcohol test. He is also charged with carrying a concealed weapon, which is a felony because of a prior conviction.

Founds has spent a month and a half in jail so far during 2017.

Like this story to send to your facebook

The North Platte Bulletin - Published 3/23/2017
Copyright © 2017 northplattebulletin.com - All rights reserved.
Flatrock Publishing, Inc. - 1300 E 4th St., Suite F - North Platte, NE 69101
Show me Talk Back during this visit


text:
Saturday, June 28, 2008

Henry Allingham - 112 years old - A veteran of WW1

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you NW Nationalists for posting a positive piece about our nation, showing that despite our national flaws we still have the remnants of people who were truly heroic.

As the last of the old heroes fade away who do we have to replace them?

Several generations of feral children who don't know right form wrong and believe that they can do whatever they want to whoever they want, without fear of punishment or conscience.

A generation of parents who don't know any different.

We desperately need a new leader and a new and invigouredt nationalist party that can take this country by storm. Something worth voting for and somethimg worth workimng hard for.

Grenfell Tower fire: Undocumented migrants could still be missing Campaigners call for immigration status amnesty amid c...


text:
Samaris – Lífsins ólgudub

Icelandic natives Samaris recently announced their plans to release Silkidrangar Sessions, a long-form and live oriented reworking of their previous LP, released in 2014 on Little Indian. Their song is unfortunately only available for streaming on Line of Best Fit, who did nothing to praise or examine the song’s content. It certainly deserves it: “Lífsins ólgudub” is artistic and beautiful to listen to. It’s worth the extra click. Listen to this.

Samaris is a curious synthesis. Comprised of a clarinet player, vocalist, and producer, the Icelandic band has deservedly gotten some good press and critical success.Jófríður Ákadóttir has a vocal timbre not dissimilar to compatriot Björk, velvety tongue slithering around alien syllables. The track is filled with enchanting electronic buzzes and synths, fashioned into a sort of mythical downtempo. As with their previous releases, one of the most successful aspects of their music is their ability to use sonic space. Instead of filling every moment with sound, Samaris’ resident producer Þórður Kári Steinþórsson harnesses silence and empty space to make the compositions seem more lofty and distant, content to let a vocal line or instrument reverberate into darkness. Samaris’ music is evocative of an ethereal and dark place, shrouded in mysticism and drenched in ghostly silence.

You can find Samaris’ music on Spotify and iTunes.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


text:
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

A Filipina maid / nanny was handcuffed to a chair for 36 hours and threatened with a knife by her employers, who were trying to get her to confess to stealing. Earlier, the wife had offered the maid £200 to sleep with her husband, so that she could divorce him and claim a share of the family business. The maid managed to free herself and escaped, running down the street in her nightclothes. A neighbour spotted her and called the police.

No comments:

Post a Comment


text:
Monday, 6 June 2011

It Is Required You Do Awake Your Faith. Then All Stand Still.

One way of describing reality is that everything is God; every feeling, happening, thought, object...everything. It is all love, it is all this, it is all itself. It can have any and every appearance and quality, including hating humanity or loathing the world or, indeed, loving humanity and accepting the world. Or something that seems in between.

There is no awakening moment, only perhaps a memory of such a labeled, interpreted experience: the memory, as everything, is happening now. There are also plenty of unfolding stories that are about a gentle awakening and seeing...or not seeing, or trying to see. It doesn't matter. "You" can't get it "wrong". Whatever seems to be happening is exactly what must happen, and what should happen. It can be suffering, but it doesn't have to be. It doesn't matter at all whether the story is one of suffering or not. There is no one way, or correct way, only every way, which is one way, since everything that seems to be is one seamless whole. If loving others arises, love them. If not, try to love them anyway, because love is probably akin to recognising that others are not other at all...we are all the same thing.

Being a single mom or dad or part of a family or a hermit in a self-sustainable mountain retreat is simply what seems to be. Whatever the story of life is, that is the best possible story.
The identity that seems to be in some situation is truly not in it; what we are is what that identity arises in, and is free from it; the identity, environment and manifest reality is simply awareness expressed. The more it is relished, the less it is likely to be about suffering. The more it is accepted, the less likely it is to be uncomfortable. Bliss is more likely when the inherent miraculousness of reality itself is recognised. However, the outcome of the story doesn't matter because truly, there is no story; there is only this perfect, timeless, endless moment, consciousness, awareness, whatever you care to label it. It's all here now. The story of bliss and the story of suffering are equally valid, equally important, equally "right".

You ARE your true nature. This is your true nature. It's nothing different from this. The realisation that such is the case is the "ah ha" that people sometimes go on about. There may be disappointment that such a spontaneous realisation hasn't happened yet, or that buckling down and really getting serious and following the prescribed schedule of meditation and self-enquiry is the right thing to do...there's nothing wrong with feeling and thinking those things. The idea that nothing is as it seems, and the small shocks or big shocks around that...perfect. Wanting a romantic relationship...great. Wondering if a relationship would create more attachment...fantastic. Staying on your own, feeling noble...just fine. Trusting life, or doubting life, or focusing on thoughts, or believing that focusing on thoughts are creating certain realities...perfect. Achieving out-of-body awareness after much meditation and practice...wonderful. Questioning it all...fabulous. What you're looking for is what you are doing right now, whatever that is, even if it's a resistant thought.

YOU CAN'T GET IT WRONG. You're doing it. You've been doing it all along. You can't not do it. Your thoughts can't keep you from what you are. This is it, this is it, this is IT!

The beginning and the end of the story: in this case, the Woody Allen film Manhattan. Our family is going to New York for the summer and the film we thought the kids might like to see in preparation is Woody's cinematic love poem. The opening is clever, visually compelling and enticing; the end, a very sweet and deceptively simple exposé of both human vulnerability and the wisdom of unjaded youth. I'm really looking forward to seeing the whole film again with the kids! Enjoy.

Rhea said...

.. and so it is. Amen.

Muman said...

Great post ;-)

Anonymous said...

You crazy girl.
You crazy picture.
Enjoy NYC, capital of earth, best pizza.

Burma said...

Hi Suzanne--Coming to the States? I would like to buy your book and find it's not sold yet here in the States. Am wondering if you could mail a copy from NY and I could send cash to your NY address?

Also--this post says it all---so sweeping in scope---covering all possibilities--like air.

sean said...

I like the way you write about whatver it is you're writing about! Around here, it's more like something mysterious happened fairly recently in some dark backstreet (and I can't tell when, presumably because it happened, or didn't happen out of time), that, on the one hand sees me or 'me' as we must say now, sort of almost disappearing into some sort of er..grace quite regularly, and on the other hand feeling you know what, this(this job, that friend, my guitar playing ability etc) isn't really that bad. I still smoke though.

No One In Particular said...

Hi Rhea, thanks for the refreshingly brief and pointed commentary!

No One In Particular said...

Hi Muman, thanks.

No One In Particular said...

Hey Anonymous, looking forward to that Pizza!

No One In Particular said...

Hey Burma, it's out on Amazon absolutely everywhere pretty much. Even in the non-English speaking bits. Kindle as well now too.

No One In Particular said...

Hey Sean, strumming, smoking, quitting's all there is Dude.

ian said...

Hello I like your photo it looks like your body is going TA DA.
Your art is a bit spooky.
Did the children enjoy the movie?
What you express is starting to sink in.

No One In Particular said...

Hi has already sunk. And thanks for the sweet comments.


text:
Not Quite The Farmers Daughter

Not Quite The Farmers Daughter

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Fake It Until You Make It Taco Dip

So have you ever been in that quandary of taking something to work for a potluck?  Not to mention, forgetting until you have to leave for work in the next 20 minutes???  Well that happened to me today!
Many of associate potluck lunches with work or school. However, according to Wikipedia, the potluck has been around for quite some time.

The word pot-luck appears in 16th century England, in the work of Thomas Nashe, and was there used to mean "food provided for an unexpected or uninvited guest, the luck of the pot". The sense "communal meal, where guests bring their own food", appears to have originated in the late 19th century or early 20th century US, particularly in the Western United States, either by influence from potlatch or possibly by extension of traditional sense of "luck of the pot".

To the Irish, a potluck was a meal with no particular menu. Everyone participating brought a dish for all to share. The term comes from a time when groups of Irish women would gather together and cook dinner. They only had one pot so they cooked the meal together with whatever ingredients they happened to have that day.

So today was my day to scour the pantry and the refrigerator and come up with something appetizing in 20 minutes or less!  And I did it!!!  You can never fail with anything that has Mexican flavor and it happens to be one of my favorite flavors.  A little bit of this and a little bit of that and you can come up with a quick and tasty dip that everyone will enjoy.

Fake Until You Make It Taco Dip

16oz can refried beans
15oz can Hormel Turkey Chili, No Beans
11oz can Del Monte Summer Corn drained
14oz can diced tomatoes drained
1/2 of a 15oz jar of Tostito's Queso Cheese Dip
1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips or left over taco shells
1/2 cup shredded taco cheese
1/2 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup chopped green onion

Layer in a deep pie plate.  Start in order from the top down, mix the diced tomatoes and queso together as one layer then continue down the list. Refrigerate until ready to serve.  You can serve this with crackers, cut up flour tortillas or tortilla/corn chips.  Fast and easy!  Tastes awesome!!!

A Sweet and Simple Life said...

Hi!! Found you through Gooseberry Patch :) Your recipe looks delicious! Can't wait to try it out!! :)

Not Quite The Farmer's Daughter said...

Thank you! I hope you love it! It was gone in less than 20mins at our last office party :) ~Kelli

Not Quite The Farmer's Daughter said...

Thank you to everyone who voted in Gooseberry Patch's Shortcut Recipe Round-Up! You made my day!


text:
Skip to main navigation.

Customer Service

We place the needs of our consumers first in determining the business activities, policies and procedures of Northwest Rural Public Power District.  We strive to keep the consumers informed and educated in the activities of the district.  We pledge to remain open to opportunities for new services and load growth, which will benefit the membership.

Amiable Services (some for a fee) have included the following:

  • Repair yard lights
  • Locate underground / cable
  • Cut down wires, trees, etc.
  • Material sales (poles, wire, etc.)
  • Provide insert
  • Outages-quick response
  • Liberal disconnect and reconnect procedures
  • Energy audits
  • Usage checks
  • Stray voltage problems
  • Conference room availability
  • Help with community projects (xmas lighting, rodeo grounds, baseball fields, etc.)
  • Safety demonstrations to any who ask
  • Black calendar books
  • Wall Calendars
  • REA pens
  • Fire and ambulance volunteers
  • Radio communications and the service to all (weather, emerg, etc.)
  • Rebate Program (heat & irrigation)
  • Off-peak rates
  • Scholarship program
  • Youth Camp sponsor / Washington DC Youth Tour
  • 4-H purchase of livestock at fair time
  • Provide beef and napkins for 4-H Banquets in District
  • Make Copies
  • Send fax messages ($2.50 to send) / receive fax messages at no charge
  • Toll free number
  • Accept collect phone calls from consumers
  • Give away wire reels for picnic tables, etc.
  • Payments can be accepted with a credit card over the phone and in the office as well as on-line through SmartHub and the Pay Now option with a credit card or check.
  • Budget Billing
  • Payment through ACH -Automated Clearing House
  • SmartHub for customer usage patterns, make payment, account management and outage reporting
Powered by Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Logo
Call 811 before you dig Cooperative Action Network logo


text:
15Zine v3.1.0 – HD Magazine, Newspaper

15Zine v3.1.0 – HD Magazine, Newspaper

Download 15Zine v3.1.0 | Themeforest Responsive HD Magazine, Newspaper WordPress Theme

15Zine v3.1.0 is a cutting edge Responsive WordPress magazine theme created for 2016 and beyond. This Theme is a ridiculously versatile WordPress Newspaper theme out of the box with an integrated review system with unlimited criterias/pros/cons making it a powerful review theme – For the homepage, you can use 15zine’s exclusive and powerful homepage drag and drop builder to create modern and layouts. You Can also Download Previous Version OF this theme 15Zine v2.2.3 – HD Magazine / Newspaper WordPress Theme.


text:
Getting home

There must have been one rockin' party here the night before because it seems they were partying til the cows came home.  I have never seen this many cows leaving anyone's house before!  There might be only a few in this shot, but about 20-30 cows walked out of this driveway and then down the street.  It was a good way to leave the island, so typical.
Now, with the time change this weekend for Europe, someone had the bright idea to allow everyone an extra hour of sleep and set the plane time back 1 hour from the usual, meaning we got there a whole hour early because when I called, well, the person on the phone had no idea of this change and told me to show up at the usual time.  Well, this just meant Ryan and I could go out to breakfast.
Yep, that is a giant cup of canned pineapple, but it only cost $1 and so I couldn't resist even though it was canned.
This is so hard to tell, but this was the first time I ever saw a rainbow from this angle, looking down.  We were actually above the rainbow.  This was just after we took off from the island, so you are looking at the middle of the Atlantic Ocean right now.
I love that they feed you on this flight.  Snacks to start.
I was super excited that they had sprite zero.
Early on I asked the flight attendant if there was a veggie meal, and she said no, but if I ate fish I could have her meal because she already ate.  So I say a BIG thank you to her because I got to enjoy a meal.  Since there is a lot here, I did save some for later.  The flight isn't that long, but it is long enough.
Here is my fish entree.  It was actually pretty good.
Bean and chick pea salad.
Mmmm, the final snack of the flight.  I must confess, this is my favorite part of the flight.
I see land!  It's the USA!
So, that brings me to being home now.  This is where the fun begins and I get all kinds of goodies.  First up were these old books that my mom salvaged from my grandparents.  I have wanted these books from the time I was very young.  These are the Harvard Classics collection, printed in 1909.  I used to read these with my grandpa when I was little.  The first Shakespeare play i ever read was an edition from the late 1800's/early 1900's.  I need to go search for those right now.  My copy of Cyrano is from 1909 too I think, or maybe 1919.  I love these books.
Then my sister brought me goodies to share with her.  The boxes were half price at Whole Foods the other day.
Oh yes, she bought me my true passion in life...Crazy Richard's PB.  I am officially stocked up.
Dinner Sunday night was with my sister and some friends, old and new.  We went to Golden West Cafe in Hampden (Baltimore, MD).  Lots of vegetarian and vegan items on the menu.
The sign is so hard to read with the lights behind it, but it is still very cute.
Um, why were we sitting under the moose?  I guess if it rained inside, we might have stayed dry!
I ordered the breakfast polenta topped with tofu chorizo: yellow cornmeal mixed with parmesan and egg, then lightly fried until crispy. served with two fried eggs, tortilla, salsa fresca and chile sauce.  Oh the tofu chorizo was spicy.  Our friend Sam ordered this too, but with veggie sausage.
My sister ordered the Vietnamese Warm Shrimp Salad: Sauteed with sweet onions and garlic over crisp romaine, fresh mint, cucumber, cool rice noodles, silvered carrots, crushed peanuts and nuoc cham sauce on the side.
Marty ordered, oh well, I tried to remember that one.  I know my sister will probably leave a comment on this post and let me know a) I am dumb*** and b) she will tell us what Marty ordered.  Well, at least I know he ordered the sweet potato fries!
Mer and Matt had eaten somewhat recently and decided beverages were a better option.
Ok, so that was my first night home, and then on my first full day home, which was Monday, I hit up the good stores.  My sister and I went to Target and then to Trader Joe's where I was able to get these awesome items.
Monday night was the first Passover Seder, which is why I came home to visit, but I think I will wait and get those pictures up in a separate post.

QUESTIONS:  Do you like to fly?  Where was the last place you flew to?  Do you have any really old books?

Extreme Comfort Food, From Scratch

Hello everyone!  I am happy to say Ryan and I fit in a from scratch meal this week before I headed home to the States.  Yes, that's right, I am in the US right now.  But before I could go, we had to make a delicious meal from scratch because the previous weekend was just too hectic, and I am out of town for 2 weeks, so we just had to squeeze this one in.

Comfort food can be many things to different people, but for me, my ultimate comfort food, well other than chocolate, is macaroni and cheese.  I could eat this every day, all day, and still want more.  Since I love this dish and it is such a classic, we decided to do this from scratch.

Here are the recipes:
We started with the egg pasta dough so we could make the macaroni noodles.
Ryan did the pasta extruding, but after a few he realized that there might be a better way than the directions, which stated to let a 6-8 inch strand extrude and then use a knife to cut them.  Well, there may have been a reason for this direction, but we did it our own way instead.  After about every inch, Ryan would chop it as it was coming out and the noodles just piled up.  The machine did over heat, so we may have been asking too much, or it could be because our house is original wired for 220 and it is converted to 110 for us Americans to use!
Look how cute they are
You can't have mac and cheese without the cheese, and lots of it.  Since we had a lot of pasta, we wound up doubling the cheese sauce recipe.
The Betty Crocker recipe, which I used in my undergrad cooking class, and I think I got an A on this assignment, calls for the usual and the unusual, like worchestershire sauce and ground mustard.
In goes the flour to thicken it up.
Then the milk and cheese.  Well, some of he milk.  I made a slight oopsie and only did the amount called for in the recipe because I forgot we planned to double it, so I went back after the fact and added in some more milk.  Not the end of the world.
Oh so cheesey!
Look at my dog in the back, staring and hoping she will get some.  These noodles came out perfectly.
Boilin' time!
Could we have cut it any closer?  I thought this was going to make the biggest mess, but I managed to keep it all in there.
The next step was to get this in the oven for about 20 minutes of baking.
Since just mac and cheese may have been too rich and lacking in some nutrients, we steamed up some broccoli for the side.
Oh wow, look at that...

This wine is supposed to be award winning.  It turns out it is a sparkling wine.  It was actually very good and went well with the mac and cheese.
Dinner is served!
Seriously, it doesn't get much better than this.
This may have been the best mac and cheese I have ever had.
I am glad there was a lot leftover because I was able to leave Ryan with some dinners for the week while I am gone.  Actually I put a few containers of it in the freezer, so I hope to have some more when I get back to the island.

I am so exhausted from the flight home and then I went out to see my stepsister before she heads back to school in the morning, followed by dinner with some friends and my sister...I am just ready for bed now, so goodnight everyone.

QUESTION:  What is your comfort food?

Giveaway Winner and Garbanzos

Sometimes I just don't know where my ideas come from, but I got this one while I was falling asleep the other night.  Last night Ryan's work had a dinner party and there was a Mardi Gras theme.  It was also the judging on the moustache contest for Moustache March (don't ask).  Anyway, for these dinners it is always potluck and we almost forgot about bringing something.  So, I decided to create a vegetarian entree that I could bring so that I at least had 1 option to choose from.

So, this is somewhat Indian inspired, but not entirely and Indian dish.  Here are my ingredients:
First I cooked the almonds in 1 Tbsp butter.
I made some basmati rice and as you can see, I made a huge mess.  if you read my post yesterday you might remember I had to keep it short to avoid burning something down...well, I came close!
Then I added the chick peas and tomato sauce to the pan and covered it.  I cooked it probably about 10-15 minutes until it thickened up a little.  Oh, and I also added some chili powder for some heat.
Since it was potluck style, I used a disposable container.  Filled the bottom with rice.
Then I topped it with my chick pea creation.  The almonds added a nice touch of crunchy to this dish.  It was actually really good.  As far as I can tell, only a few people tried it, which doesn't surprise me.  Most people go for the meat and do not seem too adventurous.  I think sometimes meatless scares people away.
As you can see, many people brought desserts.
Then there was a parade before dinner.  The floats came by and tossed candy at the kids.
They tossed out Mardi Gras beads too.  I got a ton of these.
There was a lot of cornbread and I was happy to see this beautiful fruit tray.
I thought these were so cute.
Super Bock is a local beer here.  Well, it is Portuguese so this is what is most often served on tap.
Here is my plate.  I had to load up on kiwis and strawberries.
Happy Belated Mardi Gras!
Now for the moment you have all been waiting for...the Krema PB giveaway winners (using for selection):

Sophia from Burp and Slurp

Congrats to both of you.  Please email me (melinda_seff at yahoo dot com) your addresses so that the PB can get sent out ASAP for you to enjoy.

QUESTION:  Have you ever brought something to a party that was just a little too out of everyone's comfort zone?


text:
What to eat to increase your blood platelets

Thrombocytopenia is the medical term for a low blood platelet count. Platelets (thrombocytes) are colorless blood cells that play an important role in blood clotting. Platelets stop blood loss by clumping and forming plugs in blood vessel holes.

Natural ways to increase blood platelets is to get adequate sleep and rest. Also, increase the consumption of beet roots, apples, potato skins and bitter gourd. Consume at least one serving of green leafy vegetables in a day on a regular basis. Once your blood count starts going up, complex foods can be added to your diet.  Junk food and processed foods should be eliminated from the diet .

Omega 3 fatty acids are also  good for battling low platelet counts. This includes cod liver oil, flax seed oil, tuna, wild salmon,  free range eggs, and chia seeds.

  •  Consume many healthy natural foods such as: organic foods, fruits and vegetables. This helps to stimulate your internal mechanism, which increases your platelet count. Add many green leafy vegetables to your daily diet; They tend to increase the hemoglobin level of blood, tackling the underlying cause of low levels of platelets. Vegetables like broccoli, dark leafy greens, kale and spinach help raise the platelet count and stimulate the body’s internal mechanism.
  •  Wash all raw foods thoroughly to remove any parasites or viruses that could result in lowering your platelet counts. Toxic chemicals in many pesticides and chemicals used to process food may inhibit the growth of new platelets according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. To avoid these toxins, the Platelet Disorder Support Association recommends eating organic foods that are grown with natural fertilizer and not sprayed with pesticides.
  •  Strengthen your immune system using cod liver oil or flax seed oils. These oils will also reduce inflammation,and  improve your circulation.

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center suggests eating protein-rich and high calorie meals to increase your platelet count. For an increased effect, choose foods with high levels of protein and high vitamin K levels such as  fish and eggs. Vegetarians may prefer high protein, fortified cereals instead.

Kale is one of the best foods to eat in order to increase blood platelets. The World's Healthiest Foods states that the vitamin K found in kale helps boost blood platelet levels and helps them not to stick to each other so that they are more effective in clotting blood when necessary.  Foods rich in vitamin K include leafy greens like lettuce and parsley, olive, soybean and canola oils as well as , kale, Swiss chard, broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower. However, the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania cautions against eating raw vegetables when you have a low platelet count, as they may cause damage to your intestinal lining. To ease the digestion of these vegetables, steam them until soft, or mix them into baked dishes for a similar effect. Or  another great way is to drink them in a smoothie or juiced. Eat a wide variety of organic vegetables, from as close to the source as you can find and as fresh as possible, advises the PDSA. Include plenty of leafy and other dark green vegetables, as they contain calcium and vitamin K, which are important for blood clotting.

Decrease your consumption of onions and tomatoes, blueberries, grapes, garlic, ginger and onions which can interfere with blood clotting.

You can help support proper platelet development by consuming foods rich in vitamin A, such as fish oil, carrots, kale, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, as well as vitamin A-fortified  cereals.Vitamin A plays a role in regulating the proteins produced in your cells and this regulation of protein production.

Folic acid-rich foods can also help support platelet functioning.  Consuming foods rich in vitamin B9, such as cooked spinach and asparagus, fortified cereal, lentils and lima beans, can prevent a folic acid deficiency and support proper platelet function. Consuming whole grain sources is vital if you would like to increase platelet counts, whole grains include whole grain cereals, breads, pastas, oats, rye, spelt and brown rice ,  garbanzo beans, black beans, lentils and cannellini beans.  Hummus is  great option. The vitamin C in your diet increase your production of blood platelets, influencing the effectiveness of your immune system.  One source high in vitamin C is  the camu berry.

Wheat grass is high in chlorophyll and has been called the "blood" of the plant with a molecular structure almost identical to the hemoglobin molecule of human blood. about 70 percent of wheatgrass consists of chlorophyll, which is similar in composition to human blood and has a variety of effects on it.Wheat grass is considered non-toxic and can be readily grown and made at home as a nutritious juice or powder supplement.

A common home remedy is to drink the bitter extract from a papaya leaf.

Dietary Restrictions Platelet Disorders Support Association also warns against eating foods with the additive quinine as this can also lower your platelet count. Avoid refined sugars, saturated fats, processed foods and grains and aerated (carbonated) beverages. These foods cause the platelets to decrease. Stay away from dairy products, alcohol and food additives.

Supplements to take

Vitamin C, D  and K

As always check with your doctor

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/229282-food-to-eat-for-low-platelets/#ixzz2PhuJxpNi

The World's Healthiest Foods


text:
Friday, November 21, 2008

SCCM Management Point Install Failure

Having issues installing the SCCM Management Point? Here is something you can try:
  1. Check the mpMSI.log file for any error states, typically it will return an MSI error code like 1603 if there is an issue. Based on the error state, you will know what to do.
  2. Ensure that your pre-requesites are done: IIS Installed w/ WebDAV, and BITS Installed
  3. Make sure that WebDAV and BITS are both set to Allow in IIS

One way to get more information on the Management Point install is to run the MP.MSI manually. While the installation will fail, the error code may give you more info that wasn't collected in the Log files. Once done, deinstall and reinstall the management point via ConfigMgr and you should be good to go.

No comments:


text:
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Eve's Tea Party

Well, what a lovely afternoon we had yesterday. It was lovely to see several of you in Yateley, and over £400 was raised in an hour and a half. I'll let you know the full total when I hear what it is.

Thanks everyone for making it such a good time.

Watch out for another post soon too.

No comments:


text:
Boughey Distribution is a leading consolidator of ambient grocery products with significant warehousing and distribution assets.

The business consolidates full loads from its customers, the food producers and importers, and ships across the UK daily to all the major supermarkets, cash and carry and food service customers.

  • Storage at an average of 97,000 pallets (2015: 92,000)
  • Total loads in line with prior year
  • Operating profit increased by 8% to £2.7 million (2015: £2.5 million)
  • Excellent customer service levels maintained at 99.7%

Boughey fleet refresh

During the year, Boughey Distribution has commenced the refresh of its fleet with 53 Mercedes tractor units now ordered.

The Business has a leading position in consolidation ambient grocery products in the North West."

This has been a strong year in Food despite supermarkets’ continued fight for market share. The business has focused on advance preparation of loads to ensure departures are on or ahead of time. This has had the benefit of making the business attractive for subcontractors who can arrive and leave in good time and critically has enabled the division to improve both the number of, and the margins achieved from, backload activity. Wardle has remained full throughout the year and overflow storage facilities have been managed effectively. Additional long-term contracts have been signed with customers during the year to maintain the utilisation of the site going forward. Service levels have been maintained at 99.7%.

Revenue increased 1.1% to £37.6 million (2015: £37.2 million). Storage overall was at an average of 97,000 pallets (2015: 92,000 pallets), with the full year benefit of customers won in the prior year and some organic customer growth. Total loads were in line with prior year. Headline operating profit increased by 8.0% to £2.7 million (2015: £2.5 million), as a consequence of improving operational efficiencies, improved backload margins and additional activity in the repacking operation.

The new Palletline operation, which started in March 2015, is working to plan and is being utilised by existing Boughey customers and others within Cheshire postcodes.

Demand for our customers’ products continues to be stable and the outlook for most product categories handled by the business is resilient. The business operates in a competitive supply chain and needs to continually demonstrate the value and service that it provides to food manufacturers and importers. The business has a leading position in consolidating ambient grocery products in the North West, with high service levels, industry leading systems and a strong operating performance being the key components of its customer proposition.


text:
 New York City Department of Social Work Host Discussion on "The New Jim Crow"

New York City Department of Social Work Host Discussion on "The New Jim Crow"

Posted by percelene.mclain on Monday February 17, 2014

On January 30, 2014, The New York City Department of Social Work premiered the Catalyst for Compassion Book Club with a discussion on Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.

Approximately thirty people, including students, alumni, social workers, and faculty, attended the meeting to discuss the issues Michelle Alexander described in her book: massive incarceration of African American and Hispanic American youths,  who are relegated to a permanent second class status when they are released, stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement, such as the right to vote, the right to serve on juries, the right to be free of legal discrimination and employment, and access to education and public benefits.

It started with several presenters’ reflections on the book: “It was too shocking to process by myself.”  “I didn’t like the book because it was true.” “It was a hard-read and painful.” “It is my favorite book since reading it in my class.”

The guest speaker, Rev. Ruben Austria, the founding Executive Director of Community Connections, shared his personal experience of working with youths and his involvement with finding alternatives to incarceration, and emphasized the church’s role in helping youths and changing the criminal justice system.

After the presentations, the participants were assigned into break-out groups, where they were presented with questions of reflection and later had the opportunity to share feedback with the audience.  The participants responded to the first book club meeting positively, and they felt that the discussions were informative and thought-provoking.

The presenters included:

Delia Kim  (MSW, Founder and Director of Young Governors, a youth empowerment program based out of New Life Community Development Corporation David Fritz (LMSW, Forensic Social Worker, Legal Aid Society of New York City);

Marcia Hererra (MSW, Youth Social Worker for the Community Health Action of Staten Island);

Joseph Ray (BSW, Nyack College alumnus; Facilitator, Fortune Society)

The Catalyst for Compassion Book Club was formed to provide a forum where students, alumni, educators, and community practitioners gather to promote a just and caring society with compassion by integrating their Christian faith and social work practice. The book club’s purpose is to facilitate critical thinking and discussion of crucial and current issues through reading and discussing relevant books.

For more information on the book club and upcoming meetings: Like us on Facebook:

For more information on the book: http://newjimcrow.com/

<<PREV    HOME    NEXT>>