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Writing about things I know nothing about. Like life.
The Magic Has Gone
It had to be the worst moment of Dad's life.
That morning in May 2008, when he called to tell me Mom had died.
I don't know why, but I never stopped to imagine what that moment must've been like for him, after he was told.
I picture him in the kitchen, sipping coffee and looking out past the lanai—another Florida day of humidity and haze only just beginning.
The home hospice nurse—heck, I don't even know her name—how did she deliver the news to Dad that morning? After she spoke with him, when he walked down the narrow hallway from the kitchen to the sewing room, which then served as Mom's final bedroom, what was running through his mind?
And that moment he gazed upon her, so still—his wife, the love of his life—my mother, gone. How do you take something like that in?
There I was, 1,655 miles away, in St. Paul, gazing up at a brilliant blue May sky.
"Did you bring me back any of the magic?"
—Scratched in the new journal, National 43-571, in blue-black fountain pen at the top of page 7, on Oct. 5, 1981.
It was a Monday, and I was living at the farm in Minnetrista. Baby brother was off at college in northern Minnesota. Things were probably very quiet that day. Perhaps Dad had left for his office at the University downtown; Mom, off working as a school nurse in Waconia, Minn.
"I was just looking through Lisa Tepley's letters to me," the entry continues, "feeling very sad. I realized something and I want to be very firm about it: Things have changed…"
The "magic" quote was lifted from one of her letters, after I'd returned from Camp Shamineau—my last year ever at camp. I was lurching back to the past, when things seemed simpler and the future less hazy:
"How so? I feel too ill to answer but … the magic has gone. Everyone has grown up and become world-weary & culture shocked & sexually insecure. It's all very scary and very ugly. [The] last time I saw Lisa Tepley she looked tired, like she wanted to lay down and die. Neither of us could feel excitement about anything. We talked achingly. She seemed wrinkled by emotional scrapes, rubbed red to the raw by day-to-day drudgery—into the evening lies, passionless activities, whatever succeeds at eating away at a young, bright & beautiful girl."
Lisa and I were in our early 20s—me, turning 22 in November. I wanted to write a collection of short stories about a small town called Dumond. I was also writing letters to two young British women I'd discovered late that summer through a pen-pal service out of Brooklyn, called "Harmony."
You see, when you're young and you've yet to find a mentor—anyone who has already gone through what you're going through—it's easy to believe that inspiration comes before creation. It's a common question: "Where do you get your ideas?"
Twenty days after that despairing entry, I wrote:
"…earlier today I had some thoughts on Dumond that I wanted to write down but I got home and didn't think any more about it—I remember that it was a sort of 'epic' feeling I get every now and then, about some work I'm at."
Ah, that epic feeling.
Touched by the magical muse. Inspiration over perspiration.
It's ironic how the rest of the entry plays out:
"…But it was also more than a full heart and warm feet. I watched the families come out of the church. The sky was gray and snow was lightly coming down. I was complaining to myself: carrying on a sort of fantasy debate between myself and ferocious young Christians. I thought: 'I don't want some prefabricated peak experience thrust upon me at the sound of [an] organ prelude. Life will come to me nevertheless…'"
Back in the fold of the Family Project, I was aching to define myself. That day, Oct. 25, 1981, was a Sunday. I'd been at church with the folks. There I spied my high school girlfriend Kim's younger sister Tracy:
"I saw Tracy in church and she is looking very pretty. I sat in the car and felt sad. Prettiness is a sad thing. I tried to think of snow lightly falling and prettiness shyly saying hello as very sad things. I felt that down Dumond's shaggy streets, prettiness and sadness sit in the backseat of a new Lincoln Continental and sift some happiness from the sight of new-fallen snow and the scent of perfume and after shave … I had to write this down."
Sad, scary things. And there I was, 21 years old, calling out those sad and scary things like Saint George, lance in hand, waiting at the mouth of the dragon's cave.
Only, waiting because I wrongly believed that inspiration always trumps creation, when it's actually the other way around.
The magic has gone, young man, because you left it.
It's still around, just waiting for you to begin work.
~ by completelyinthedark on November 7, 2014.
Posted in 2008, Florida, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: Camp Shamineau, death of a parent, diaries, Dumond, grief, Harmony, hospice, journals, Kim, Lincoln Continental, Lisa Tepley, pen pals, Saint George, St. Paul, Tracy, University of Minnesota, Waconia
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True and touching words. This post gets five stars out of five from West Coast Review.
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Here's one from last autumn that underwent some minor modifications. New post next Friday, Oct. 23!
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The Punchliner Comedy Club was by far our favorite entertainment of the cruise. We just loved the comedian Chris Wiles and he had me in tears during two different shows. The other comedian Eddie Clark was very good as well but there was just something about Mr. Wiles that hit our funny bones a little more.
Our Utah gals, Ashley and Kacie, joined us the last night for the two adult comedy shows and a girl in front of us was nice enough to take a picture of all four of us. This will definitely have to be made into a scrapbook page!
After the cruise Karen and I discussed our cruising experiences we have had in the last few years and made a few decisions. We have decided we like the bigger ships better than the smaller ones. We weren't disappointed with Carnival at all but just think bigger ships have more to offer. We feel like there has not been any service that can compare to the service we had on Holland America. We did like our room with Royal Caribbean the best, but then again we had a balcony then. We decided The Punchliner Comedy club was our favorite entertainment of the cruises we have been on. Who we cruise with next is a mystery to us right now because we don't necessarily have a favorite line at this time but we do know we would like to cruise again. We prefer the Eastern Caribbean so far over other locations, this much we do know. We figure we have a whole year to decide what to do next so we aren't sweating it right now. We might actually start looking into an All-Inclusive vacation for next year. Eventually we want to go on an Alaskan cruise but that will likely be a few more years before we do that. I think all we know for sure at this point is that we do want to continue to do a vacation together at least once a year for the remainder of our lives...guess that is one thing that makes us BFF's!
So glad you had a great time! Can I come with you guys to Alaska?? Thanks for the funny posts, I'm sure glad you got to be a contestant at the game show night! Fun!
We have cruised with Holland America and it was for sure the best service we've ever had. They do a great job of the Alaska cruise when you are ready to do that.
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To examine factors affecting Chinese adolescents' purchase intention for local brands, this study focuses on the effects of perceived social status value, materialistic values, and product usage situations. Based on a sample of 587 Chinese adolescent respondents, perceived social status value associated with local brands (as relative to foreign brands) significantly influences purchase intention for local brands. Moreover, influence of perceived social status value of local brands on local brand purchase intention is greater for materialistic adolescents. This difference across materialistic and non-materialistic youth is prominent in a usage situation involving high peer pressure. The findings provide understanding of the drivers of purchase intention, and thus serve as a guideline for Chinese firms and foreign marketers seeking to enter the growing Chinese market, as well as consumer educators in China. This study contributes to the limited empirical research into the factors shaping country of origin effects. The findings suggest the need to consider the moderating role of materialistic values on purchase intention for local brands.
Dr. Bing Shi is an associate professor in Psychology at Sun Yat-sen University. Her primary research interest is to explore peer social influence on consumer behavior and cognition. Hitherto, Dr. Shi has conducted research on the role of peer social networks in modifying and shaping young individuals' antisocial and consumer behavior. Some of her papers have been published in journals such as Developmental Psychology, Social Development, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Journal of Consumer Marketing and Acta Psychologica Sinica (Chinese).


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The Clitoris and Pleasure: What You Should Know
By Grace Wampold, 18, Staff Writer Originally Published: November 6, 2017 Revised: November 7, 2019
Have you ever wondered where the clitoris is? Or if the G-spot really exists? What is the deal with female anatomy and pleasure? Answers to these questions are not always straightforward. Hopefully some of the facts I am about to dish out can help you understand female anatomy and pleasing yourself or your partner.
Anatomy Is Not Identity
While this story is about clitorises, G-spots and pleasure, there are people who identify as female who have penises—just as there are some people who have vulvas and vaginas who may not identify as female. Having a vagina, vulva, clitoris or uterus does not make you any more of a woman, nor are they necessary parts in finding someone to have a fulfilling relationship with. What's important is educating yourself about your body, regardless of your gender identity.
If you identify as a girl, it's easy to feel like your sole role in sex is to please others instead of feeling pleasure. But, if you are familiar with your own anatomy and what feels good to you, then you are in a better position to communicate with your partner about what you like as well as boundaries and safer sex. Read on to learn more about clitorises, G-spots and pleasure.
When a fetus is starting to develop, the tissue that becomes the clitoris and penis is identical. Later in fetal development, these organs begin to differentiate themselves into the clitoris and penis. The clitoris is an organ whose sole purpose is sexual pleasure.
It's empowering to understand your anatomy because you alone have ownership of your mind and body.
The clitoris can be difficult to find if you're not familiar with the anatomy of the vulva—or the external genitals, including the labia and vaginal opening. The external portion of the clitoris is called the glans. It's at the top of the vulva, just above the urethra. The glans of the clitoris looks like a smooth ball of pink flesh and is hidden by a hood of skin when a person is not aroused. As a hotspot of sensitivity, many people find that they need the clitoris to be stimulated in order to have an orgasm. Many people with vulvas don't need any penetration to feel pleasure.
What a lot of people don't know is that the part of the clitoris that you see (the glans) is nowhere near the whole picture. The clitoris actually extends inside the body and branches into a wishbone shape. It wasn't until 1998 that Helen O'Connell published her groundbreaking research that explored the internal portion of the clitoris.
Since the clitoris contains concentrated areas of nerves, it is an area that can provide intense sexual pleasure. (The clitoris has at least twice as many nerve endings as a penis, which is pretty impressive considering how little attention it often gets.) Still, it's important to remember that our whole body is covered in nerve endings. It may be any combination of our senses that leads to the types of feelings we want for ourselves or our partners. Plus, all bodies are different. Since no clitoris is the same as another, what feels good to someone is dependent on the individual. Essentially, different strokes for different folks.
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The G-spot is named after Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg, who discussed it in his research and also developed the first modern intrauterine device or IUD. Scientists have been wracking their brains over the G-spot for decades, and debates about it continue today. Some believe that the G-spot is a point two to three inches up the internal front wall of the vagina that causes pleasure when stimulated. Some researchers believe that the G-spot is a portion of the clitoris' tissue that extends into the vagina, while some speculate that the G-spot is really just a cluster of nerves known as Skene's glands. Since some women exhibit no sensitivity in this area while others experience a lot, debates about the existence of the G-spot are kind of like debates about whether or not that dress on the internet a few years ago was white and gold or black and blue.
I like to think that when it comes to sexuality, maybe it's best that there is no concrete answer as to what the G-spot is because it reminds me that there are no concrete answers to what we find pleasurable or preferable when it comes to sex. What feels good to us is completely individualized because our bodies are each one of a kind. The best way to navigate sex is not by looking for some mystical spot, but by acting safely and in tune with ourselves, just as we navigate through most of our lives.
Be Your Own Expert
Whether or not you've had sex, everyone is unique. There is no such thing as someone who is your "pleasure expert"—even the most experienced individual has not seen it all. You are the expert on yourself and what you like. The only way to figure out pleasure is to communicate and experiment with yourself and your partner. Knowing about yourself and understanding your anatomy is important. It's empowering to understand your anatomy because you alone have ownership of your mind and body. Knowing your body can also make it easier to talk with your partner about what you do or don't like. You get to determine what feels right.
You also get to define what sex looks like. Sex is so much more than a means to an end. It's more than reproduction and having an orgasm. Sex, in many ways, is about exploring without the fear of judgment or shame in the presence of another person. Clitorises and vaginas are amazing, but they aren't that complex. It is people that are complex, and there is a lot of beauty in that.
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There are three different roles to play in a TRAVELERS Game. Each Triangle has a Muse-Spot (Red) a Home-Base (Green) and a TRAVELERS-Spot (Yellow). Upon the Call "Move" The Muses move clockwise on the Muse Circle into the next Triangle. The Travelers move counterclockwise to the Traveler-Spot (Yellow) in the next Triangle. The Home-Base player stays in place throughout the whole song and helps the other players find their spots.
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Q: Neo4j cypher - filter out child nodes Imagine the following graph:

The goal is to query for all connecting nodes between two entities ("Main" and "Other" in this case), but filter out mutual descendants. In other words, I would like the result set to only contain a and b, but not c, because C is a descendant of B, which is already included in the result set.

A: I reproduced your scenario using this sample data set:

This query should work:
// match common child nodes between 'main' and 'other'
MATCH (:Node {name : "Main"})-[:child]->(child:Node)<-[:child]-(:Node {name : "Other"})
// match the children of child when exists
OPTIONAL MATCH (child)-[:child]->(n:Node)
// store children and childrenOfChild in separeted arrays
WITH collect(child) as children, collect(n) as childrenOfChild
// filter ...
WITH filter(child in children WHERE NOT child IN childrenOfChild) as directChildren
UNWIND directChildren as directChild
// return only direct child
RETURN directChild

The output:
╒═════════════╕
│"directChild"│
╞═════════════╡
│{"name":"b"} │
├─────────────┤
│{"name":"a"} │
└─────────────┘

A: If I correctly understand the condition of the problem, then you need to find such child nodes, to which exactly one way to get from the original nodes:
MATCH p = (Main:Node {id: 'main'})
          -[:child*]->(T:Node)<-[:child*]-
          (Other:Node {id: 'other'})
WITH T,
     collect(p) as pw WHERE size(pw) = 1
RETURN T

A: This query collects all the direct descendants of the 2 entities, and then filters out the ones that have a direct descendant as a parent:
MATCH (:Node {name : "Main"})-[:child]->(child:Node)<-[:child]-(:Node {name : "Other"})
WITH COLLECT(child) AS children
UNWIND children AS c
MATCH (c)<-[:child]-(parent:Node)
WITH c, children, COLLECT(parent) AS parents
WHERE NONE(p IN parents WHERE p IN children)
RETURN c;


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Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Human Sentinels for Disease Outbreaks
Body HorrorsBy Rebecca KrestonMar 24, 2012 5:47 AM
The bodies of dead crows were found littered through back yards, overgrown meadows, and public parks. We like to attach meanings to events, to craft symbols out of the mysterious and unknown. Birds, in particular, are favorite auguries of ours. These mass crow die-offs were an ugly, sinister sign - what could this mean, mass deaths of creatures customarily seen as living omens of death and the plague?
Unusual as it is, dead animals dropping from the sky isn't uncommon. But the crows were different. In the summer of 1999, the massive die-off of Corvus brachyrhynchos heralded the entry of West Nile Virus (WNV) into the northeastern United States and its ensuing epidemic. Shortly after reports of clusters of dead crows crept into local health departments, news of a curious encephalitis sending many people to the emergency rooms in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut started popping up.
A flock of dead crows found in the state of Jharkhand, India in December of 2011. Crows can be susceptible to many avian viruses that threaten humans; in this case, these crows tested positive for H5N1 infection. Click for image source.
It is presumed that WNV had arrived from Israel, incubating in mosquito eggs hidden in rubber tires destined for transport to the United States. Local birds were soon infected by these foreign mosquitoes, then local mosquito populations acquired the virus by feeding on infected birds and soon the infection was introduced to Americans enjoying their summer outdoors. Now Americans had a novel type of sentinel, joining the sun, the sizzling barbecue and humid nights: when WNV sends people to emergency rooms around the country, we have unequivocal proof that summer has arrived.
Certain species of animals are sentinels for particular viral diseases; clusters of their deaths are red flags for emerging outbreaks and bioterrorism events that may soon spread to humans. The use of animals for this purpose can go beyond the canary in the coal mine, serving as bright flashes of information in uncertain times. Strangely acting horses can alert veterinarians to eastern equine encephalitis and Hendra virus, two very nasty viruses that are fatal to both humans and horses. Gorilla families hemorrhaging to death in Uganda can portend the emergence of Ebola in a nearby village. When pigs in Malaysia and Bangladesh are found coughing, slumped in mud, Nipah virus might soon make its leap into humans.
Depending on their profession, humans can be sentinels for outbreaks too. Many people ought to consider themselves lucky to work at a desk, rather than working face-to-face everyday with dozens of strangers or animals. When clusters of emergency room physicians and nurses, EMTs, or veterinarians multiply fall ill from odd illnesses, the CDC sits up and pays attention.
The local Red Cross team in Kikwit, Zaire, during the Ebola VHF outbreak in 1995. This team ventured into homes in the area to bring patients with suspected Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever to the Kikwit hospital, as well as to remove corpses. Source: Unknown.
In Zaire in 1995, entire teams of medical professionals, from hospital technicians to nurses to physicians, succumbed to the newly emerging Ebola virus; over 70% of the initial cases were nosocomial, hospital-borne infections among medical personnel (1). Since 1994, a series of sporadic outbreaks of the respiratory Hendra virus among horses have infected horse trainers and veterinarians in Australia, killing at least three people (2). The H1N1 pandemic in the spring of 2009 infected over 25% of medical professionals working in both the adult and pediatric emergency departments, significantly eclipsing the infection rates of other hospital departments (3). Most recently, the measles epidemic in New Zealand last fall spread to ambulance workers; a quarantine was implemented in one company to prevent spread to future patients and medical staff (4). An amplification of an infectious disease among medical professionals working on the front-lines of medical care is, unluckily, just another occupational hazard.
What other occupations might find themselves unintentionally waving this epidemiological flag? Flight attendants busily crossing the globe on international flights, handing out meager rations of peanuts to travelers. Bartenders and waitresses hurrying away in busy restaurants in major urban cities. Bushmeat hunters searching for wild game and loggers working in old-growth jungle and rain-forests, exposing themselves to fleeing animals and mosquitoes harboring unknown viruses. Hustling prostitutes. Teachers in elementary schools fending off the sticky hands of their students.
Hundreds of pigs culled during the Nipah epidemic in Malaysia in 1999. Image: BBC News Online. Click for image source.
This concept of human sentinels is crucial in light of the changing landscape of of diseases today - SARS, Nipah virus and Hendra virus are all diseases that have emerged as significant public health threats only in the past few decades. Zoonotic of origin, these guys love to flip back and forth between humans and wild and domestic animals in their natural transmission cycle. In a sense, outbreaks in certain occupations that traverse the line between the domesticated world and the wild can serve as a "yardstick" for measuring the health and stability of their surrounding ecosystem, an indicator of environmental disruption that encourages transmission of zoonotic diseases (5).
That wild and domestic animals may announce the onset of a zoonotic outbreak in humans is the very reason that public health agencies long for close working relationships between veterinarians and local health agencies. Shaping an effective disease surveillance program requires looking two-ways, at diseases and deaths in both humans and animals. Thankfully, we have a few existing groups that can pinpoint the origins of emerging diseases - the ProMed emails alerts of unusual disease incidences and outbreaks, the One Health initiative looks at human, animal and environmental health, along with the emerging viral research by the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative. Instead of looking to the skies for signs, we can take an interdisciplinary approach to disease surveillance by looking around us. Check out the resources below for some of the organizations doing just that.
Automated Epidemiologic Geotemporal Integrated Surveillance System or AEGIS is a syndromic surveillance system for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. It performs automated, real-time surveillance for bioterrorism and naturally occurring outbreaks.
The Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, brainchild of virologist extraordinaire Nathan Wolfe, is developing a global early warning system to prevent novel pandemics. By monitoring emerging viruses in humans and animals, the Initiative can molecularly track the development of novel zoonotic viruses. Super neat stuff.
ProMed Mail sends email alerts on the latest infectious diseases and epidemics around the world.
The Global Avian Network for Surveillance or GAINS surveillance system has an electronic database of over 100,000 birds that monitors avian health worldwide, specifically the transmission of flu viruses among wild birds.
The Canary Database is an online database for biomedical research examining animals as sentinels of zoonotic, environmental, and toxic effects that are applicable to human health. It is pretty thorough and a great reference site. I've certainly had my fun tooling around on it.
Additionally, read this rather upsetting article from the Journal of Infectious Diseases describing the Ebola outbreak in Zaire and the difficulties in diagnosing the disease as, one by one, medical personnel died from the hemorrhagic fever.
(1) Waterman T (1999) Ebola Zaire Outbreaks. Tara's Ebola Site [Accessed March 23, 2012] (2) WHO (July 2009) Hendra Virus Fact sheet N°329 WHO Media Centre [online] Available here. [Accessed Mar 20, 2012.] (3) One News/NZN. (28/9/2011) Measles spreads to ambulance staff. ONE News/ NZN [online] Available here. [Accessed Mar 20, 2012.] (4) Santos CD, Bristow RB, Vorenkamp JV. (2010) Which health care workers were most affected during the spring 2009 H1N1 pandemic? Disaster Med Public Health Prep.4(1):47-54 (5) Cook A, Jardine A and Weinstein P. (2004) Using Human Disease Outbreaks as a Guide to Multilevel Ecosystem Interventions. Environ Health Perspect. 112(11): 1143-46
Cook, A., Jardine, A., & Weinstein, P. (2004). Using Human Disease Outbreaks as a Guide to Multilevel Ecosystem Interventions Environmental Health Perspectives, 112 (11), 1143-1146 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7122
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Music History & Features
This Week's Music History Highlights...
This Week In Music History...
June 30th : 2014, Ed Sheeran's second album X became the fastest-selling UK album of the year so far after selling 182,000 copies in its first week, 14,000 more than Coldplay managed with Ghost Stories which was released in May.
July 1st : 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV's 'The Steve Allen Show' and performed 'Hound Dog', to a live Hound Dog. US TV critic John Crosby panned Elvis' performance, calling him an 'unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer.'
July 2nd : 1966, F went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Strangers In The Night', taken from the film 'A Man Could Get Killed'.
July 3rd : 1971, American singer, songwriter and poet, Jim Morrison of The Doors was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, France, the cause of death was given as a heart attack. On the 25th anniversary of his death an estimated 15,000 fans gathered at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris to pay their respects.
July 4th : 1976, The Clash made their live debut supporting the Sex Pistols at the Black Swan, Sheffield, England.
July 5th : 1969, The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London's Hyde Park for an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died 2 days earlier. Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'Adonais' and released 3,500 butterflies; it was guitarist's Mick Taylor's debut.
July 6th : 1971, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died. He many hits including the 1964 US No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK No.1 'What A Wonderful World'.
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If you need to catch up on the first part of this series, check out Know Me: Part 1 and Know Me: Part 2.
So let's consider Mrs. McGillicutty. She's sitting at table #14 sipping her water as all her grandchildren (whom she sees once a year) hit the dance floor.
Problem: Her grandchildren (who don't even know all the moves to the Macarena) are missing out on an untapped treasure trove of wisdom.
I would consider this a problem.
You know how in 99.48% of my posts I encourage people to seek older wise counsel? Well, summer weddings are a prime spot to start getting around.
Usually when I talk about seeking wise counsel, I am envisioning pastors, parents, mentoresque people. But at weddings, you can find straight-up geriatrics. Those people generally ooze life wisdom and good stories.
At my friend Luke's wedding, he asked his grandmother to simply get up on stage and speak any wise thoughts she had on marriage. She shared how she had eight small children when she lost her first husband.
She shared her heart and life philosophies. I think she must have been in her late 80s, and she embodied wisdom. Later I found her at the edge of the dance floor and just asked to hold her hand for a moment. I felt like I was near something sacred.
At my friend Andy's wedding last year, one elderly man I talked to was a World War II veteran. I have an odd intrigue* with that war, and as I started to ask him questions, he told me he had written a book. He was the history channel in 3-D! He told me fascinating stories of his ship being hit with a missile and the pain of losing friends.
Asking people questions will always give us a deeper insight to the human soul. But sometimes, it's not as much about what we "get" from others, but what we give by listening. I get so sad when I think of all the elderly people who sit alone all day. They are full of stories that need to be told. Sometimes by listening we are simply giving someone the gift of being heard.
At the heart of this series is my conviction that we need to recognize humanity's hunger to be known. A fortunate byproduct is that we then know.
We know a widow's grasp on loss and life.
We know what honor looks like as we hear a history lesson firsthand.
We know the person we are dating. And why.
We begin to know ourselves.
For me, asking questions, listening, and responding with genuine interest and intrigue has been hugely eye-opening. It's enhanced my understanding of human nature, given answers, deepened friendships, and truly increased my love for people.
How do you engage people in conversation?
What questions do you remember being asked recently?
*I now say "odd intrigue" because "World War II is my favorite war!" never seems to come out right.
The other day my parents invited my sister and I over to eat lunch with their bible study group, which has a few elderly people in it. After eating, I lost track of my sister. But then I realized that the older people were in the dining room and I knew that's where she would be. Sure enough, I found her listening to a full-blooded Native American man telling her stories of his ancestry. It was riveting.
The bible tells us that "pure and undefiled religion is this: to visit orphans and widows in their need and to keep oneself unspotted from the world." I don't think that's arbitrary. I think God knows that we have something to learn from the older generations (and the younger ones).
* I know what you mean about WWII. If you're ever in New Orleans call me and we'll go to the D-Day museum. I could spend days wandering through there listening to the recorded stories of old men.
Bekah – Booking my flight to New Orleans as we speak! (-; Seriously though, I love what you say about God knowing we have something to learn from the older generation. In Titus the old are also told to teach the younger. Sometimes I think our autonomous generation has made older people feel like they don't have any value to bring or things to share with us. We could stand to do a better job of letting them know we want to hear their thoughts! Your sister sounds fantastic.
I will forever remember you and my priest sneaking out of my rehearsal dinner so you could check out the WWII museum in his basement. Hilarious.
Val – But who can resist a WWII museum? Forgot to mention we had the Father of the Bride captive too!
Nim – Well said and so true! I hope we can all remember to do this, even if it is outside of our comfort zone.
Woah nelly – 13?!! You must have heard some very interesting stories. So glad you took the time to chat with her. I would love to know what she said.


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NBC Orders Will & Grace Revival
Marisa Roffman January 18, 2017 12:41 pm
Fans of the upcoming Will & Grace revival will be able to watch even more episodes than expected
Will & Grace will return for a 10-episode revival, NBC announced Wednesday during the Television Critics Association press tour.
Stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally will all be back, as will series creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. "Dave and I are absolutely thrilled about the opportunity to write what Will, Grace, Jack and Karen are thinking about in 2017," Mutchnick said in a statement. James Burrows, who was the show's original director, will also return.
"We're thrilled that one of the smartest, funniest, and most defining comedies in NBC history is coming back," said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt in a statement. "This groundbreaking series for everything from gay rights to social and political commentary—all disguised as a high-speed train of witty pop culture—is coming back where it belongs."
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Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment, added: "We started talking with Mutchnick and Kohan about producing new episodes right after they shot the secret reunion show back in September, and the fact that all four of the original stars were excited about getting back into production is a testament to the joyful experience they had doing nearly 200 episodes for eight seasons. Few things cut through the clutter these days, especially in comedy, and 'Will and Grace' is one of the best."
The stars reunited prior to the revival to film a viral short timed to the election. "The four of us don't see each other much, but we instantly gel whenever we are," McCormack previously told us. "The four of us had a dinner [the night before] we sang and hosted a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Hollywood. Just to sit around together and realize how easily this comes back is pretty great."
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The series ended with McCormack's character Will in a good place—married with a child. The finale flashed forward to him reuniting with Grace (Messing), as well, after the duo were estranged for years, and the actor admitted he occasionally thought about where his character would be now. "We finished the show with Will having a husband and having a child. Even though that really only happened in the last two episodes of the show, that's what I think about," McCormack said. "I think about would he and his husband still be together? How old would the child be? Because my kid is fourteen, but Will's would've been eleven right now. I do think of those parallels sometimes."
- Additional reporting by Kellie Freeze
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Jerusalem Post World News
Argentina: Hizbullah behind '94 bombing
Group's suicide bomber, who killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, identified.
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Jewish civic leaders welcomed what they called a breakthrough by prosecutors in identifying the suicide bomber who destroyed the Jewish community center here in 1994 as a 21-year-old Lebanese terrorist from the Islamic group Hizbullah. Late Wednesday, prosecutors confirmed that the suicide bomber had been identified as Ibrahim Hussein Berro, a Lebanese citizen, whom they suspect of driving the explosives-packed van that destroyed the Jewish center, killiing 85 people and wounding more than 200. Investigators made the identification after talking to relatives of Hussein Berro in Detroit, Michigan. Luis Grynwald, the current president of the AMIA Jewish center, which was flattened 11 years ago and later rebuilt on its downtown Buenos Aires, hailed the development as a major advance in the case. Sergio Burstein, a member of a group of relatives of victims of the bombing, told the newspaper La Nacion in its online edition that the breakthrough is "critically important" in providing authorities with new leads in the case, Prosecutor Alberto Nisman said Hussein Berro "belonged to Hezbollah" and drove the van rigged with explosives that leveled the seven-story Argentine Israel Mutual Aid Association on July 18, 1994. The building was a symbol of Argentina's more than 200,000-strong Jewish community. Argentine investigators had faced domestic and international pressure to make headway in the case. But some critics said that Nisman was breaking little new ground in identifying Hussein Berro, who was named as the suspected bomber, in a resolution passed by the US House of Representatives in July 2004, urging a solution to the case. The House resolution said that Hussein Bero reportedly had been in contact with the Iranian Embassy in Buenos Aires. Local news reports said questions about Hussein Berro had been raised as early as 2003, prompted by Israeli intelligence reports. Iran had no immediate comment on the latest developments. The Jewish center bombing was the second of two major attacks targeting Jews in Argentina during the 1990s. A March 1992 blast destroyed the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 people in a case that had also been blamed on Hezbollah. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for both bombings. Leaders of Argentina's Jewish community have accused Iran of organizing the AMIA attack. Tehran repeatedly has denied that. Nisman said Wednesday that suspicions of Iranian involvement in the attack were among several lines of investigation, telling a news conference that he would follow all leads in the ongoing probe. Investigators believe the attacker entered Argentina in the tri-border region at the joint borders of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, a center of drug smuggling and alleged terrorist fund-raising, Nisman said. For years, the Jewish community has pressured Argentine law enforcement to make progress in finding those responsible for bombing the community center. Still, some here saw little new in Wednesday's announcement. "It doesn't seem to me that there's anything here that's new and relevant," leading Argentine political analyst, Rosendo Fraga, told The Associated Press. An official statement said prosecutors and Argentine intelligence officers had worked with the FBI and anti-terrorism authorities in Detroit, where two brothers of Hussein Berro now live. Nisman said Argentine investigators went to the US city in mid-September and were able to obtain valuable testimony from the brothers with the help of US law enforcement agents. Additionally, Nisman said Hizbullah announced on its radio in Lebanon on Sept. 8, 1994, that Hussein Berro had died in combat with the Israeli army in Southern Lebanon. He alleged the announcement was an attempt to cover up the suspect's death in the suicide bombing. The prosecutor also said the young man had left his home for Hezbollah camps in Southern Lebanon for training prior to the attack. Some speculated that the bombing was inspired by Argentina's support for the U.S.-led coalition that expelled Iraq from Kuwait during the Gulf War in the early 1990s. Others said that Argentina's Jewish community, one of the largest in Latin America, represented an obvious target for Israel's opponents. Although Jewish community leaders and others have suspected the involvement of Middle East terrorists, no mastermind has been identified and the victims and their families have become increasingly bitter. In 2004, about a dozen former police officers and an accused trafficker in stolen vehicles were acquitted of charges that they had formed a "local connection" in the bombing. Jewish activists continued to press for the identification of the "masterminds."
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Genealogists Ruin the Best Stories
From H. Franklin Andrews, The Hamlin family: a genealogy of Capt. Giles Hamlin of Middletown, Connecticut, 1654-1900 (Exira, Iowa: H.F. Andrews, 1900), p. 108:
[Col. Return Jonathan Meigs entry]
It is traditional that his peculiar name occurred in this manner: During his father's courtship, his proposal of marriage was declined, and he retired from the contest; later the lady relented and invited him to "Return, Jonathan." They were married and on the birth of the son a name was required; the father said, that the dearest words he ever heard were "Return Jonathan," and conferred them as the name of the son. The story is spoiled when we remember that the name of his father was not Jonathan.
I have an ancestor named Matthew Return BOSWELL, or at least that's what one document suggests his name was. It's a peculiar name.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:06:00 AM
"Matthew"? That is peculiar.


The applications for participating in the Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Traineeship program for the 2016-2017 term may be submitted to the Office of International Relations (OIR), Boğaziçi University during May 6, 2016 – May 27th, 17:00 hrs.
1. For candidates from the Faculty of Education planning to spend time as teacher trainees at an educational institution in the first year after their graduation (the "Comenius Program" of Erasmus), maximum 10 months of funding, with a maximum of 5 months of funding per student.
2. For all undergraduate students except those cited above, maximum 40 months of funding, with a maximum of 3 months of funding per student.
3. For all graduate students, maximum 10 months of funding, with a maximum of 3 months of funding per student.
The participants must spend at least 2 months at the host organization/institution and should complete their activities no later than June 30, 2017.
The funding allocation is currently not finalized by the National Agency (NA) and as such no funding is guaranteed. We expect the funding issue to be resolved towards the end of June at the latest. The grants to be provided per month per country are published in the Erasmus handbook prepared by the NA. Those students who satisfy the minimum conditions and wish to attend the program without requesting any funding are welcome to do so.
Please do consult the Erasmus+ Traineeship Guide for BU Students for more information.


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Ду́глас Ра́шкофф () (род. 18 февраля 1961, Нью-Йорк, США) — американский медиавед, писатель, колумнист и публицист. Получил известность благодаря своей связи с ранней культурой киберпанка и защите политики открытого кода в решении проблем общества.

Рашкофф чаще всего рассматривается как медиавед и известен как создатель и популяризатор таких понятий и терминов, как медиавирус, цифровое поколение и . Он является автором более десяти книг, посвящённых медиа, технологиям и культуре. Рашкофф первым начал вести колонку, посвящённую киберкультуре The New York Times, а также постоянные колонки в The Guardian, , Discover, Daily Beast, , One+.

Рашкофф в настоящее время является профессором медиаведения и цифровой экономики в  . Ранее он преподавал в Новой школе и в  Нью-Йоркского университета.

Биография
Родился 18 февраля 1961 в Нью-Йорке в семье Шейлы и Марвина Рашкоффов. Мать была социальным работником в психиатрии, а отец — администратором больницы.

В 1983 году окончил Принстонский университет со степенью бакалавра гуманитарных наук magna cum laude.

В 1986 году окончил Калифорнийский институт искусств со степенью .

Был исследователем в Американском институте киноискусства.

В 1990-е годы Рашкофф проявил себя как активист киберпанковского движения, налаживая дружеские связи и сотрудничества с такими людьми, как Тимоти Лири, , , Роберт Антон Уилсон, , Теренс Кемп Маккенна, Дженезис Пи-Орридж, , Грант Моррисон, ,  и другие писатели, художники и философы, заинтересованные в междисциплинарном изучении технологии, общества и культуры.

В 2012 году в Утрехтском университете защитил диссертацию по теме «Монополия денег: медиасреда корпоративизма и выход из положения для участника» () и получил степень PhD по новым медиа и цифровой культуре.

Научные труды
 Monopoly moneys: the media environment of corporatism and the player's way out (докторская диссертация)
 2013. Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now ISBN 978-1591844761
 2010. Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age Paperback ISBN ISBN 978-1-935928-15-7 Ebook ISBN 978-1-935928-16-4
 2009. Life, Inc.: How the World Became A Corporation and How To Take It Back ISBN 978-1-4000-6689-6
 2009. Foreword: The Opportunity for Renaissance, pp. 273—281, in Be The Media, David Mathison, editor
 2005. Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out ISBN 978-0-06-075869-1
 2003. Open Source Democracy A Demos Essay
 2003. Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism ISBN 978-1-4000-5139-7
 1999. Coercion: Why We Listen to What «They» Say ISBN 978-1-57322-829-9
 1996. Playing the Future: What We Can Learn From Digital Kids ISBN 978-1-57322-764-3 (Published in the UK in 1997 as «Children of Chaos: Surviving the End of the World as We Know it» ISBN 0-00-654879-2)
 1995. Media Virus: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture ISBN 978-0-345-39774-4
 1994.  ISBN 978-1-903083-24-6

Художественные произведения
 2002. Exit Strategy (aka Bull) ISBN 978-1-887128-90-2
 1997. Ecstasy Club ISBN 978-1-57322-702-5

Графические романы
 2012. A.D.D. — Adolescent Demo Division ISBN 978-1-78116-019-0
 2005-2008. Testament ISBN 978-1-4012-1063-2
 2004. Club Zero-G ISBN 978-0-9729529-3-4

Документальные фильмы
 2014. «Generation Like». PBS Frontline.
 2009 — 2010. Digital Nation, Life on the Virtual Frontier. Web site and documentary, PBS Frontline.
 2009. Life Inc. The Movie
 2004. The Persuaders. (исследование психологических методов, лежащих в основе маркетинговых и рекламных тенденциях, а также выявление способов их влияния, как люди видят себя и свои желания, и обусловливание будущих последствий этих убедительных работ)
 2001. Merchants of Cool (исследование влияния маркетинговых технологий и идеологий, лежащих в основе популярной культуры, на подростков)

Радиопередачи
 The Media Squat

Примечания

Литература

Выпускники Средней школы Скарсдейла
Выпускники Принстонского университета
Выпускники Калифорнийского института искусств
Преподаватели Нью-Йоркского университета
Преподаватели Куинс-колледжа (Городской университет Нью-Йорка)
Публицисты США
Футурологи


ADVA Q407 results of EUR 53.8M met the lowered guidance relayed in December and the company provided Q108 revenue guidance that was roughly flat. The prepared remarks offered little new information but the Q&A was particularly interesting and shed light on the investor concerns that have driven the stock to exceptionally low valuations.
Q108 guidance of EUR 51M – 55M was below expectations, primarily because the poor results of Q407 were thought to be temporary. CEO Brian Protiva indicated that Q208 is expected to be better but refrained from offering any 2008 revenue guidance beyond that citing market uncertainty. The company has failed to meet provided guidance in the last three consecutive quarters and needs to restore trust with the investment community.
A quick snapshot of 2007 quarterly revenue highlights the trend that has driven the company to a market capitalization of EUR 70M today from EUR 360M a year ago (note the company has no significant net cash/debt balance).
Some trends underlying these numbers are worth highlighting.
If the acquired Movaz (Metro WDM) business is removed from the above results, the original ADVA core business has grown 5% from Q107 to Q108 (using provided guidance).
The company has reduced revenue through distribution partners from 50% to 24% of revenue. Nokia-Siemens (NSM) and Alcatel-Lucent were the primary channels.
In short, the revenue decline at ADVA is attributable to less shipments of Movaz equipment through ALU, and less reseller business through Nokia Siemens (NSM).
The Movaz revenue, originally sold through Lucent, took a hit following the merger merger with ALU. Given ALU has a competitive product it isn't expected that this product will see incremental wins through the ALU channel though some incremental or end-of-life revenue is possible.
The Loss of revenue through Nokia is more puzzling and investors continue to view this with suspicion. CEO Protiva indicated ADVA is still the exclusive partner of NSM for Metro WDM though they do compete with internal Nokia solutions. Investors on previous calls raised concerns that NSM's acquisition of Atrica (Israeli Carrier Ethernet Switch) would be a competitive threat. We do not believe Atrica is a material threat.
I think the NFN relationship is just as good today as it was three months and 12 months ago. There is overlap between our product opportunity. We've got to drive our own business going forward, and they are committed to the customers that they've won with ADVA technology, and often we are strategic for them in certain accounts.
So there's a — it's not black and white, but the business has deteriorated with NFN. Yes, we haven't won many new accounts lately. You could say, well, that may be indicative that they're not really pushing us, but again, when strategic, they will push us.
The other possibility is spending weakness in Europe where most NSM customers reside. There was significant discussion on this – with CEO Protiva indicating that regulatory issues are hampering the rollout of upgraded broadband services in Europe – something that resonates with our negative view of EU telco regulation trends.
The company re-iterated its plans to spend more on SG&A in an effort to accelerate towards a direct sales model. R&D expenses will be reduced as the company assumes one-time charges to shut down Swedish R&D operations (Nothing more expensive than cutting headcount in Europe).
The company indicated 45% gross margins were a long term target though we would expect to see a greater rise from current levels. Revenue obtained through channel sales has significantly lower gross margins than direct sales as the distribution premium is reflected in a lower ASP. Moving to direct sales should result in higher ASP's and revenues, albeit with higher associated SG&A. What appears to be taking place customers are being moved to a direct model and given the extra savings that a move away from the channel yields. A follow up question has been posed to the company on this issue.
While the company did not indicate any offers have been received, they did indicate that significant strategic interest existed in the company and that they were pursuing their fiduciary duty. One shareholder highlighted that World Wide Packets was sold for several times the current value of ADVA – a price that CEO Protiva believed reflected the value of their supply relationship with AT&T, a major Ciena customer. Ciena continues to be primary competitor of ADVA in the US market but ADVA indicates they do not see them often. Huawei was named as the primary threat in previous calls.
We feel one the major risks to ADVA continues to be Nokia-Siemens acquiring a major WDM vendor. A potential sale of Tellabs to NSM is something we would view negatively as it would place a decent WDM product (Tellabs 7100) in the European market and close the door on future progress in America. The second risk is Ciena making inroads in Europe, particularly at BT, where the strong PBT capabilities of the World Wide Packets product make them a compelling choice.
Protiva points out that while Ciena is larger in terms of revenue, the majority of this revenue is derived from businesses that are adjacent to ADVA. However given the importance ADVA places on the direct sales model they should take heed of the benefit that Ciena's larger critical mass brings.


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Caecilia Metella was daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and Clodia. She was an infamous woman in Rome during the late Republic and a celebrity of sorts.

Biography

Early life
She was the daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, while her mother Clodia was a notorious adulterer and possibly the inspiration for the figure of Lesbia in poetry. Caecilia seems to have taken after her mother.

Marriage and scandals
In 53 BC, Metella Celer was married to Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, a conservative politician, allied to her father's family. Like her mother, Metella did not content herself with a simple married life. Briefly after the wedding she started an affair with Publius Cornelius Dolabella, a man of the opposite political spectrum. Spinther divorced her in 45 BC in the midst of a huge scandal. Cicero bitterly discusses the affair in his letters, because at the time, his daughter Tullia was Dolabella's wife.

Metella went back to her family in absolute disgrace. She was still in her twenties and very beautiful. Her cousins did not hesitate in using her for political conspiracies. Metella seduced several of Julius Caesar's intimate friends, in order to get the family name cleared after the defeat of the Optimates in the battles of Pharsalus and Munda. Amongst her non-political lovers is the poet Ticida, who wrote about Metella, giving her the name of "Perilla". Her last known lover was one Aesopo, a wealthy member of the equites, who supported the Caecilii Metelli for a few years. Her date of death is unknown.

See also
List of Roman women
Women in ancient Rome
Caecilii Metelli family tree

Notes

References

Caecilii Metelli
1st-century BC Roman women
1st-century BC Romans


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