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Truncus Arteriosus Imaging
Truncus arteriosus is a congenital heart disease characterized by a single great artery that leaves the base of the heart, giving rise to the coronary, pulmonary, and systemic arteries. Chest radiography usually is the initial investigation performed in the neonatal period. Cardiomegaly is frequently present at birth. Chest radiographic findings usually reveal the increase in pulmonary arterial blood flow manifesting as increased pulmonary vascular markings. The combination of a right-sided aortic arch, cardiomegaly, and increased pulmonary vascularity strongly suggests truncus arteriosus; however, further diagnostic investigations are always needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Echocardiography is the modality of choice for diagnosing truncus arteriosus. The other investigations noted in this section are complementary. Echocardiography has markedly changed the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of congenital heart disease. Echocardiographic findings, usually diagnostic, demonstrate the origin and configuration of the pulmonary arteries, the ventricular septal defect, the truncus arteriosus, and the aortic arch, as well as the status of the truncal valve. Complete echocardiographic examination can be performed to establish goal-directed treatment, to almost eliminate the need for confirmatory cardiac catheterization, and to provide a cost-effective, feasible tool for close follow-up observation of patients after surgery.
Computed tomography (CT) scanning is another imaging modality that can be used to evaluate infants with complex congenital heart disease.
Standard CT scans are useful for evaluating suggested anomalies of the aortic arch, a double aortic arch, and retroesophageal vascular structures indicating an anomalous origin of the subclavian artery. Electron-beam CT (EBCT) scanning accurately defines systemic and pulmonary venous connections, demonstrating other anomalies associated with truncus arteriosus, including abnormalities of the pulmonary artery.
Contrast-enhanced EBCT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the noninvasive procedures of choice for the diagnosis and exclusion of anomalies of the origin and course of the coronary arteries. Standard CT, EBCT, and MRI are useful, noninvasive techniques for visualizing the cardiovascular anatomy in patients with congenital heart disease. EBCT and MRI can also enable assessment of cardiovascular function. MRI appears to be the most suitable of these techniques for assessing congenital heart disease.
By comparing angiographic and 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiograms, MRI enables accurate anatomic diagnosis of complex congenital heart diseases. In some instances, MRI can replace the need for invasive cardiac catheterization or reduce the number of catheterizations required in the care of patients with complex congenital heart disease.
MRI of complex congenital heart diseases is necessary for preoperative assessment in adults and in infants, and the results influence surgical planning by providing information about the anatomic topography of the vascular malformation and its relation to the bronchial system. MRI is reliable in classifying truncus arteriosus by showing the anatomy of the pulmonary artery. The size of the pulmonary artery and its branches can be measured in the transverse, coronal, and sagittal planes.
Cardiac catheterization is usually performed to confirm anatomic details and to obtain physiologic data regarding pulmonary vasculature and to accurately calculate pulmonary vascular resistance.
Cardiac catheterization is important in helping make decisions regarding the time and type of surgery (palliative vs corrective)
The role of nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of truncus arteriosus is not well established. However, all of the other modalities, including cardiac angiography, are the standard of care for diagnosing this complex congenital cardiac disease with all of its associated anomalies.
Although imaging modalities have improved tremendously, some limitations remain. One fairly common pitfall with imaging techniques is the suggestion of the presence of a partially formed aorticopulmonary septum and, therefore, the presence of a main pulmonary segment. At surgery, however, the branch pulmonary artery orifices may be found adjacent to one another in the left posterolateral aspect of the common arterial trunk. The surgeon may be unable to excise a main pulmonary artery segment from the common arterial trunk, even when the segment was depicted on images, because it may have no actual length.
The images below demonstrate the radiographic characteristics of truncus arteriosus.
Plain frontal chest radiograph in an infant with truncus arteriosus type I demonstrates moderate cardiomegaly with increased pulmonary arterial circulation (plethoric lung). A large, right-sided aortic arch is noted. Image courtesy of Daniel J Diana, MD, Director of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Connecticut.
Coronal T1-weighted MRI of the chest in a patient with truncus arteriosus demonstrates a large aorta and a small main pulmonary artery.
Sagittal T1-weighted MRI of the chest in a patient with truncus arteriosus demonstrates a large aorta and a small main pulmonary artery with evidence of collaterals to the lungs from the descending aorta (arrows). Note the large ventricular septal defect.
In truncus arteriosus, 4 anatomic types are recognized on the basis of the anatomic origin of the pulmonary arteries, according to Collette and Edwards.
Types I-III are demonstrated in the image below.
Collette and Edwards classification of truncus arteriosus. In the common type (type I), a short pulmonary trunk arises from the truncus arteriosus, giving rise to both pulmonary arteries. In type II, each pulmonary artery arises separately from but close to the other from the posterior aspect of the truncus. In type III, each pulmonary artery arises from the lateral aspect of the truncus.
In type I, a common form, a short pulmonary trunk arises from the truncus arteriosus, giving rise to both pulmonary arteries.
In type II, each pulmonary artery arises separate from, but close to, the other, from the posterior aspect of the truncus.
In type III, each pulmonary artery arises from the lateral aspect of the truncus.
Type IV, pseudotruncus (seen in the image below), is currently considered to represent a form of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect, that is, a severe form of tetralogy of Fallot, rather than truncus arteriosus.
Plain frontal chest radiograph of a pseudotruncus. The aorta is left sided and appears large with a small and concave main pulmonary artery. The left and right pulmonary arteries are deficient. Evidence of bronchial circulation is noted.
In 1965, Van Praagh introduced a new classification with 4 subtypes, which are demonstrated in the images below.
Type 1 is similar to the type I described by Collette and Edwards.
Van Praagh classification of truncus arteriosus type A1, which is similar to Collette and Edwards type I. The Van Praagh classification specifies the presence (subtype A) or absence (subtype B) of a ventricular septal defect.
Lateral angiocardiogram in an infant with truncus arteriosus Van Praagh type A1. Image courtesy of Felece Heller, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
Type 2 is made up mostly of types II and III in the Collette and Edwards classification, in which the proximity of the origin of the pulmonary arteries is not specified.
Van Praagh classification of truncus arteriosus type A2, which is similar to the Collette and Edwards types II and III.
In type 3, 1 pulmonary artery branch does not arise from the common pulmonary trunk, instead originating from the ductus arteriosus or directly from the aorta.
Van Praagh classification of truncus arteriosus type A3 in which 1 pulmonary artery branch originates from the ductus arteriosus or directly from the aorta and does not arise from the common trunk.
In type 4, the aortic arch is hypoplastic or interrupted, and a large patent ductus arteriosus is present.
Van Praagh classification of truncus arteriosus type A4. The aortic arch is hypoplastic or interrupted, and a large, patent ductus arteriosus is present.
The Van Praagh classification specifies the presence (subtype A) or absence (subtype B) of ventricular septal defect. Each case is accordingly assigned a nomenclature that includes a letter and a number.
Although both classifications have found wide application in clinical cardiology and cardiac surgery, each has limitations. Collette and Edwards type IV is probably a misnomer, because it describes a separate entity with different therapeutic and prognostic implications. In addition, cardiothoracic surgeons often refer to a type 1½, which is similar to type I but with a shallow aorticopulmonary segment. This fairly common entity is not included in either classification.
The term hemitruncus has fallen out of use, but it refers to a rare anomaly in which 1 pulmonary artery branch, usually the right, arises from the ascending aorta just above the aortic sinuses, while the main pulmonary artery and the other pulmonary artery branch arise in their normal positions.
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Atlantic Health System Sends Paramedics to Aid Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts
September 14, 2018, Morristown, NJ – Atlantic Ambulance, a division of Atlantic Health System, sent a team of three paramedics in an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance to South Carolina to aid in the relief efforts being organized by FEMA in preparation for Hurricane Florence.
The team, consisting of Richard Hathaway, Matthew Chiang and Dan Vitale, left late Thursday afternoon and drove overnight to a rendezvous point in South Carolina, where they will assist in relief for a minimum of three days, up to two weeks.
The Atlantic Ambulance team was sent in response to a request for aid by American Medical Response, FEMA's primary emergency medical service response provider. When the team arrives at their assigned area, they will be working under the guidance of FEMA, State and local EMS agencies.
Atlantic Ambulance immediately responded to the request from AMR, and the team quickly assembled on Thursday. Hathaway, a native of Morristown now living in Randolph, who received his certification as a paramedic only in July, said he was eager for the unique experience.
"I thought it would be a great way to start my paramedic career," Hathaway said. "Being a paramedic is an opportunity to help people, and it's not often that you get an opportunity to help such a widespread group of people who truly need it. It's a little nerve-wracking, but I'm going with a great group of paramedics and I'm really excited."
Chiang recalled the aid from paramedics in other states who came to New Jersey's aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and wanted to repay the favor.
"I remember how big of a help and how inspirational they were to the community and to the service, and we're just hoping we can provide the same kind of service and help to the community down there," Chiang, a Bridgewater resident, said.
"Atlantic Ambulance paramedics and EMTs are a special group who have an intense drive to provide emergency care to whomever needs it. When they get to do so beyond the communities we usually serve, it's a special privilege, and we are fortunate to be able to send some of our personnel and assets to assist those in the path of Hurricane Florence," said David Ferguson, director of Atlantic Mobile Health, which includes Atlantic Ambulance.
Ferguson noted that the team's voyage south will not affect Atlantic Ambulance's day-to-day operations and ability to provide timely medical response to communities in New Jersey. Atlantic Ambulance includes a fleet of more than 100 ambulances and paramedic vehicles, as well as 133 paramedics and 430 EMTs.
"When disasters of this magnitude occur, we appreciate the support of all the EMS agencies who come together to work tirelessly on behalf of the affected communities," said Ted Van Horne, AMR President and CEO.
AMR has a national agreement with FEMA to provide ground ambulance, air ambulance, paratransit services and non-ambulance EMS personnel to supplement the Federal and Military response to a disaster, an act of terrorism or any other public health emergency.
Atlantic Health System, headquartered in Morristown, N.J., is an integrated health care delivery system powered by a workforce of more than 16,500 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities. The system serves a population of 5 million, with more than 400 sites of care, including six hospitals: Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Newton Medical Center, Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center and Goryeb Children's Hospital.
Atlantic Health System provides care for the full continuum of health care needs including 11 urgent care centers, Atlantic Rehabilitation and Atlantic Home Care and Hospice. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
In addition to the employed workforce, Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network represents more than 2,500 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ. Atlantic Health System leads the Healthcare Transformation Consortium, a partnership of 6 regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability and is a founding member of both the PIER Consortium – Partners in Innovation, Education, and Research – a streamlined clinical trial system that will expand access to groundbreaking research across 6 health systems in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and AllSpire Health Partners, a consortium of 5 leading health care organizations dedicated to serving patients, families and communities in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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Alice et la Dame du lac (titre original : , littéralement : « Le Secret de la Baie du miroir ») est le quarante-neuvième roman de la série américaine Alice (Nancy Drew en VO), écrit par Caroline Quine, nom de plume collectif de plusieurs auteurs. L'auteur de ce roman est Harriet Adams.

Aux États-Unis, le roman a été publié pour la première fois en 1972 par Grosset & Dunlap. En France, il est paru pour la première fois en 1975 chez Hachette Jeunesse dans la collection « Bibliothèque verte ». Il n'a plus été réédité en France depuis 2001.

Résumé détaillé
Remarque : le résumé est basé sur les éditions cartonnées non abrégées parues de 1975 à 1993 en langue française.

Cécile Roy, la tante d'Alice, a loué un chalet à la Baie du miroir, sur le lac Otsego, dans l'État de New York. Elle invite sa nièce et les deux fidèles amies de celle-ci, Bess et Marion, à venir la rejoindre pour élucider un mystère : certains matins, on aperçoit dans la brume une femme qui semble glisser sur l'eau.

Lorsque Alice la voit pour la première fois, la femme tombe à l'eau et semble se noyer. La jeune fille se jette dans le lac pour sauver la mystérieuse inconnue. Reconnaissante, celle-ci explique qu'elle recherche dans le lac un objet caché depuis des siècles par son aïeule, une aristocrate russe.

Mais un étrange sorcier vert interdit l'accès au lac...

Personnages

Personnages récurrents
 Alice Roy, dix-huit ans, détective amateur blonde, fille de l'avoué James Roy, orpheline de mère.
 James Roy, avocat de renom, père d'Alice Roy, veuf.
 Bess Taylor, jeune fille blonde et rondelette, une des meilleures amies d'Alice.
 Marion Webb, jeune fille brune et sportive, cousine germaine de Bess Taylor et une des meilleures amies d'Alice.
 Ned Nickerson, jeune homme brun et athlétique, ami et chevalier servant d'Alice, étudiant à l'université d'Emerson.
 Daniel Evans, ami et chevalier servant de Bess, camarade d'université de Ned.
 Bob Eddleton, ami et chevalier servant de Marion, camarade d'université de Ned.
 Sarah, la fidèle gouvernante des Roy, qui a élevé Alice à la mort de sa mère.

Personnages spécifiques à ce roman
 Cécile Roy, tante célibataire d'Alice, sœur de James Roy.
  France Armitage, institutrice à la retraite, la dame du lac.
 Maud Jayson, bonne décédée.
 John Bradley, dit « Yo », un jeune home débardeur.
 Tina Jones, 20 ans, monitrice d'une colonie de vacances.
 Mathieu Bronson, professeur de chimie, oncle de Bob Eddleton.
 Michael Welch Brink, malfaiteur.
 Sam Hornsby, malfaiteur.
 Doria Sample-Hornsby, femme de Sam Hornsby, escroc.

Éditions françaises
 1975 : Hachette, collection Bibliothèque verte, cartonné (français, version originale). Illustré par Philippe Daure.
 1983 : Hachette, collection Bibliothèque verte, cartonné (français, version originale). Nouvelle couverture de Philippe Daure, illustrations intérieures de l'édition de 1975. Texte français d'Anne Joba. 20 chapitres. 184 pages.
 1993 : Hachette, collection Bibliothèque verte , souple (français, version originale). Nouvelle couverture de Philippe Daure.
 2000 : Hachette, collection Bibliothèque verte, souple (français, version originale). Illustré par Philippe Daure.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Liens externes

 Sur le site officiel de la Bibliothèque rose et verte
  Alice, Nancy et les sœurs Parker par Caroline Quine
 Site sur les œuvres de Caroline Quine
  Alice Roy - Nancy Drew
  Mystery.Net.com
   Nancy Drew

Dame du lac
Roman américain paru en 1972
Roman se déroulant dans l'État de New York

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Australia
SYDNEY / MELBOURNE / ADELAIDE / BRISBANE: The Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee (AGCC) has announced the following schedule of events organised to commemorate the 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Australia.
A - NATIONAL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENING (SYDNEY) - 24 April
The National Armenian Genocide Commemoration Evening in Sydney, featuring as keynote speaker the Vice President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Dr. Melanie O'Brien. The event will take place on Wednesday 24th April 2019 at The Concourse in Chatswood from 7:00pm (for 7:30pm start).
B) MELBOURNE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENING - 24 April
The Melbourne Armenian Genocide Commemoration Evening, featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Donna Lee Frieze. The event will take place on Wednesday 24 April 2019, at Springvale Town Hall, Springvale, from 7:00pm (for 7:30pm start).
For further events in Melbourne, including a MELBOURNE MARCH FOR JUSTICE ON 27 APRIL, CLICK HERE.
C - ADELAIDE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION - 24 April
The annual wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Adelaide will take place on Wednesday 24 April 2019 at the Migration Museum - 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide at 5:30pm.
D - BRISBANE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION - 24 April
The Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Brisbane will take place on Wednesday 24 April 2019 at 28 Dibley Street, Woolloongabba.
E - CHURCH SERVICES IN HONOUR OF HOLY MARTYRS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
24th April 2019: Holy Mass and Wreath Laying at Beauchamp Park, Willoughby
Click here for Armenian Apostolic Church of Holy Trinity (Wentworthville) April schedule.
F - WESTERN SYDNEY ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENING - 26 April
The Western Sydney Armenian Genocide Commemoration Evening, which will take place on Friday 26 April at the Redgum Centre - 8-14 Lane Street, Wentworthville, starting at 7:00pm.
G - MELBOURNE MARCH FOR JUSTICE - 27 April
The Melbourne Armenian Genocide March for Justice will take place on Saturday 27 April 2019 at 1pm from the VIC State Library. Buses departing Hye Getron in Springvale at 12pm.
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H - RYDE CITY COUNCIL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION - 27 April
When: Saturday 27th April 2018 at 2.30pm
Where: Memorial Park – Meadow Crescent, Meadowbank
I) SYDNEY #MARCHFORJUSTICE - 28 April
The Sydney #MARCHFORJUSTICE will take place on Sunday, April 28th 2019. It will begin at the Hyde Park Fountain in Sydney at 2pm, and end with a special program at First Fleet Park in Circular Quay.
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Fostering diversity in Canada and in Canadian workplaces is forging ahead. Over the last few years our country has experienced a number of changes forwarding diversity; including the federal government's gender-balanced cabinet, a new appointment process for boards, agencies, tribunals, officers of Parliament and Crown corporations, the launch of movethedial; a movement dedicated to increasing the participation and advancement of women in technology, CVCA's own diversity task force; formed with the objective to seek ways to improve diversity in Canadian venture capital and private equity, and diversity requirements for the recently announced Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI).
While there are various ways Canada has pushed forward in gender-specific diversity initiatives over the last few years, 2017 also saw leadership in LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusion with the launch of Venture Out; Canada's conference for LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech and entrepreneurship. The first-of-its-kind event in Canada took place in Toronto in March 2017 and was attended by over 400 people with over 30 companies participating.
Like gender diversity, there are serious advantages for including LGBTQ+ people in Canadian workplaces. LGBTQ+-supportive companies see positive outcomes for employees and LGBTQ+ innovation helps companies solve problems and tap into new markets.
In a 2016 study by StartOut, 37 per cent of LGBTQ+ startup founders in the United States did not come out to their investors, and LGBTQ+-founded companies raised 11 per cent less capital than a sample of their non-LGBTQ+ peers. While the study was conducted in the United States, the study concludes that the LGBTQ+ community is underrepresented in the innovation ecosystem.
The idea for Venture Out came from its three co-founders, Jeanette Stock, Associate, Highline Beta; Albert Lam, Product Manager, Telus Digital and President, Start Proud; and Stefan Palios, Customer Success Manager, ScribbleLive and contributor for Betakit.
Venture Out aims to highlight companies or teams that are actively working to make the workplace more LGBTQ+ inclusive, to share best practices and learn from each other and to highlight amazing LGBTQ+ leaders in tech and the work they are doing, to create more mentors, role models, and leaders in the LGBTQ+ tech community.
Attention for Venture Out was unanticipated in 2017, selling twice as many tickets than expected, says Stock.
Stock says that the lack of formal structures in workplaces drove a lot of the interest for the conference outside of their target.
Stock says that while early stage companies may aspire to create LGBTQ+ inclusive environments, some new companies may not have a formal policy to encourage and protect LGBTQ+ people.
While Venture Out is helping to drive the tech community to be more inclusive in Canada, it's also opening the door to some unique deal flow opportunities. Lam, who co-founded Venture Out, is helping to bring Gaingles to Canada. Gaingles is a US-headquartered investment vehicle and network that's investing in startups with LGBTQ+ founders and executives.
Gaingles, now in it's third year, is invested in about 35 companies at around US $10 million.
Paul Grossinger, Managing Partner, Gaingles, says Canada is part of the overall strategy for the organization.
The 2018 edition of Venture Out is taking place on March 15 and March 16 at MaRS in Toronto. Those interested in participating, sponsoring and attending can visit the Venture Out website.
Venture Out is an umbrella organization of Start Proud (formerly known as Out on Bay Street) which strives to empower members of the LGBTQ+ community to be Canada's leaders of tomorrow; where all institutions embrace inclusiveness within the workplace and diversity within the workforce.


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Спиритуализам је религиозни покрет заснован на уверењу да духови мртвих постоје и да имају могућност и склоности да комуницирају са живима.  Загробни живот, или "свет духа", спиритуалисти доживљавају, не као статично место, већ као оно у коме се духови настављају развијати. Та два веровања - да је контакт са духовима могућ и да су духови напреднији од људи - воде спиритуалисте до трећег уверења: да су духови способни да пруже корисна знања о моралним и етичким питањима, као и о природи Бога. Неки ће спиритуалисти говорити о концепту који називају "водичима духа" - специфичним духовима, често контактираним, на које се ослањају ради духовног вођства.   Спиритизам, грана спиритуализма коју је развио Алан Кардек и данас се практикује углавном у континенталној Европи и Латинској Америци, посебно у Бразилу, посебно наглашава реинкарнацију.

Спиритуализам се развио и достигао врхунац у чланству од 1840-их до 1920-их, посебно у земљама са енглеским говорним подручјем.   До 1897. године, говорило се да је за спиритулизам било више од осам милиона следбеника у Сједињеним Државама и Европи , углавном из средњих и виших слојева.

Спиритуализам је цветао пола века без канонских текстова или формалне организације, достижући кохезију периодичним часописима, турнејама предавача, састанцима у кампу и мисионарским активностима остварених медијума. Многи истакнути спиритуалисти биле су жене и попут већине спиритуалиста подржавале су узроке попут укидања ропства и женског бирачког права.  Крајем 1880-их веродостојност неформалног покрета је ослабила због оптужби за превару која је почињена од стране медијума, а формалне спиритуалистичке организације почеле су се појављивати.  Спируализам се тренутно практикује првенствено кроз различите деноминацијске спиритуалистичке цркве у Сједињеним Државама, Канади и Великој Британији.

Веровања
Спиритуализам и његов систем веровања постали су заштићене карактеристике према закону у Великој Британији 2009. године од стране Алана Пауер-а при УКЕАТ-у (Апелациони суд), у Лондону, Енглеској.

Спиритуалисти верују у могућност комуникације са духовима мртвих које они сматрају "одбаченим људима". Они верују да су духовни медијуми надарени за такву комуникацију, али да свако може постати медијум путем учења и праксе. Они верују да су духови способни за раст и савршенство, да напредују кроз више сфере и да загробни живот није статично стање, већ оно у коме се духови развијају. Два веровања - да је контакт са духовима могућ и да духови могу да живе на вишем нивоу - воде до трећег уверења, да духови могу да дају знање о моралним и етичким питањима, као и о Богу и загробном животу. Многи верници зато говоре о "водичима духа" - специфичним духовима, са којима често контактирају и на које се ослањају ради овоземаљског и духовног вођства.

Према спиритуалистима, свако може примати духовне поруке, али формалне сесије комуникације одржавају медијуми, који тврде да примају информације о загробном животу.

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Декларација принципа
Као неформални покрет, спиритуализам нема дефинисан скуп правила, али су разне спиритуалистичке организације унутар САД усвојиле варијације о некој или читавој "Декларацији принципа", развијеној између 1899. и 1944. године и ревидираној недавно 2004.  Октобра 1899. Национално удружење спиритуалиста (НСА) на конвенцији у Чикагу у држави Илиноис усвојило је шест чланака "Декларација принципа".   Додатна два принципа НСА је додала у октобру 1909. године на конвенцији у Рочестеру у Њујорку.  Коначно, у октобру 1944. године, на конвенцији у Ст. Луису у Мисурију усвојено је девето начело Националног спиритуалног удружења цркава.

У Великој Британији главна организација која заступа спиритуализам је Национална унија спиритуалиста (СНУ), чија се учења базира на Седам принципа.

Порекло
Спируализам се први пут појавио 1840-их у "Спаљеном округу" у јужном делу Њујорка, где су се ранији религиозни покрети, попут милеризма и мормонизма, појавили током Другог великог буђења, иако се милеризам и мормонизам нису повезали са спиритуализмом.

Ова регија државе Њујорк била је средина у којој су многи мислили да је могућа директна комуникација с Богом или анђелима и да се Бог неће понашати оштро - на пример, да Бог не би осудио некрштену децу до вечности у паклу.

Сведенборг и Месмер
У овом окружењу, списи Емануела Сведенборга (1688–1772) и учење Франц Месмер (1734–1815) пружају пример онима који желе директно лично знање о загробном животу. Сведенборг, који је тврдио да комуницира са духовима док је будан, описао је структуру светог духа. Две карактеристике његовог погледа посебно су одјекнуле код раних спиритуалиста: прво, да нема ни једног Пакла ни једног Неба, већ низ виших и нижих небеса и пакла; друго, да су духови посредници између Бога и људи, тако да их божанско понекад користи као средство комуникације.  Иако је Сведенборга упозоравао друге да не траже контакт са духом, чини се да су његова дела инспирисала жељу других да то ураде.

Сведенборга је некада био веома цењени изумитељ и научник, постигавши неколико инжењерских иновација и проучавајући физиологију и анатомију. Тада је "1741. године такође почео да има низ интензивних мистичних искустава, снова и визија тврдећи да га је Бог позвао да реформише хришћанство и уведе нову цркву".

Месмер није допринео религиозним уверењима, али је донела технику, касније познату као хипнотизам, за коју се тврдило да може да индукује транс и изазове субјекте да пријављују контакт са натприродним бићима. Било је много професионалних излагања својствених демонстрацијама месмеризма, а практиканти који су држали предавања у Северној Америци средином 19. века желели су да забаве своју публику, као и да демонстрирају методе за лични контакт с божанским.

Можда је најпознатији од оних који су комбиновали Сведенборг и Месмер у посебној северноамеричкој синтези био Ендру Џексон Дејвис, који је свој систем назвао "хармоничном филозофијом". Дејвис је био месмерист, исцелитељ вере и видовњак из  Њујорка. На њега су такође снажно утицале социјалистичке теорије форијеризма.  Његова књига из 1847. године, Принципи природе, њена божанска откривења и глас човечанству,  коју је диктирао пријатељу док је био у трансу, на крају су постали најближа ствар канонског дела у духовном покрету чији је екстремни индивидуализам искључио развој јединственог кохерентног погледа на свет.

Реформски покрети
Спиритуалисти су често постављали 31. марта 1848. године као почетак свог покрета. Тог датума Кејт и Маргарет Фок из Њујорка известиле су да су ступиле у контакт са духом за који се касније тврдило да је дух убијеног трговца чије је тело пронађено у кући, мада нема података да је таква особа икада пронађена. Дух је комуницирао кроз бучне звукове, које су могли чути гледаоци. Докази о чулима допадли су се Американцима практички настројених мисли, а сестре Фок постале су сензација. Као први славни медијуми, сестре су брзо постале познате по својим јавним наступима у Њујорку.  Међутим, сестре Фок су 1888. године признале да је тај "контакт" са духом био превара, иако су недуго затим повукли то признање.

Ејми и Исак Пост, квекери из Рочестер-а, Њујорк, одавно су били упознати са породицом Фок и одвели су две девојке у њихов дом у касно пролеће 1848. Одмах убеђени у истинитост комуникација сестара, постали су ране присталице и увели су младе медијуме у свој круг радикалних пријатеља Квекера.

Према томе, многи рани учесници спиритуалиста били су радикални кваркери и други који су били укључени у реформски покрет средином деветнаестог века. Ови реформатори су били неугодни са угледнијим црквама, јер су те цркве учиниле мало у борби против ропства, а још мање на унапређивању права жена.

Такве везе с реформским покретима, често радикално социјалистичким, већ су биле припремљене у четрдесетим годинама прошлог века, као што показује пример Ендру Џексон Дејвис. Након 1848, многи социјалисти су постали горљиви спиритуалисти или окултисти. Социјалистичке идеје, нарочито у фуријеристичком погледу, имале су пресудан утицај на Кардека и остале Спиритисте.

Најпопуларнија предавачица у трансу пре Америчког грађанског рата била је Кора Л. В. Скот (1840–1923). Млада и лепа, њен изглед на позорници је очарао мушкарце. Њену публику погодио је контраст између њене физичке лепоте и елоквенције којом је говорила о духовним стварима, и пронашла је у том контрасту подршку за идеје да духови говоре кроз њу. Кора се удавала четири пута и сваки пут је усвојила презиме свога супруга. Током периода највеће активности била је позната као Кора Хач.

Друга позната жена спиритуалист била је Аша В. Спраг, рођена 17. новембра 1827. у, Вермонту. Када је имала 20 година разболела се од реуматске грознице и посредству духова приписала је свој евентуални опоравак. Изузетно популарна предавачица из транса, путовала је Сједињеним Државама све до своје смрти 1861. Спраг је била аболициониста и заговорник женских права.

Још један истакнути спиритуалиста у Грађанском рату био је Паскал Беверли Рандолф (1825—1875), човек мешовите расе, који је такође играо улогу у аболиционистчком покрету.  Ипак, многи реформатори су се држали даље од духовног покрета; међу скептицима био је и познат и Фредерик Даглас.

Још један покрет социјалне реформе са значајним спиритуалистичким учешћем био је напор да се побољшају услови Индијанаца. Као што Кетрин Трој примећује у студији о индијсанским духовима у сеансама:Несумњиво, на неком су нивоу духовни стручњаци препознали индијанске призоре који су се појављивали на сеансама као симбол греха и накнадне кривице Сједињених Држава у односима с Индијанцима. Спиритуалисте је буквално прогањало присуство Индијанаца. Али за многе та кривица није уверљива: радије, да би се супротставили прогоњењу и исправили је, они су галванизовани у дело. Стога је политички активизам Спиритуалиста у име Индијанаца био резултат спајања кривице и страха од божанског просуђивања с новим осећајем сврхе и одговорности.

Верници и скептици
У годинама које су уследиле након сензације која је поздравила сестре Фок, демонстрације медијума (на пример, сеансе и аутоматско писање) показале су се као профитабилан подухват и убрзо су постале популарни облици забаве и духовне катарзе. Сестре Фок су успевале зарадити за живот на овај начин, а остале би следиле њихов траг.   Спиритуализам је постајао све важнији део спиритизма, а видљиви, звучни и опипљиви докази духова ескалирали су док су се медијуми такмичили за плаћање публике. Као што су независне истражне комисије више пута успостављале, пре свега извештај Сејбертове комисије из 1887. године,  превара је била широко распрострањена, а неки од тих случајева били су процесуирани на судовима.

Упркос бројних превара, привлачност спиритуализма била је снажна. Истакнути у редовима њених присталица били су они који жале због смрти вољене особе. Многе породице током времена Америчког грађанског рата виделе су како њихови мушкарци одлазе и више се не враћају, а слике ратишта, произведене кроз нови медиј фотографије, показале су да њихови најмилији нису умрли не само у огромном броју, већ и на ужасне начине такође. Један добро познат случај је Мари Тод Линколн која је, жалећи због губитка сина, организовала сеансе у Белој кући на којима је присуствовао њен супруг, председник Абрахам Линколн.  Налет духовности током овог времена, а касније и током Првог светског рата, био је директан одговор на масовне жртве на бојном пољу.

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At NIR Roof Care, we always stress the importance of safety in the work place. Being in the roofing industry puts us in harms way every day and creates a higher probability of accidents occurring. However, while we stress to our customers to leave it to the professionals, there are times at home that you may have to clean those gutter, make your way up into the attic or even paint that fading exterior. So, while you may have a tendency to leave it to the pros when at the office, we here at NIR Roof Care want to make sure you are just as safe as we are when your at home. For many folks, buying a ladder for a project seems almost so basic you don't even need to think about it. Whatever looks tall enough to get you up there should do the trick, right?
Wrong. Whether you're talking stepladder or extension ladder, buying one and using it safely requires a little know-how. Some anticipation of the future projects you might undertake helps in getting the best ladder and the best value. When I'm choosing a ladder, I consider how often I'll use it, what I'll use it for, and my two most important criteria: how high I'm going and what the ground or surface that I'm climbing from is like.
Properly cared for and used, ladders last a long time. Buying the right one for current" and perhaps future" projects is energy well spent; you'll hedge your bets against wasting money and taking needless chances with your own safety.
Alternatively, if you have no plans to get on the roof, a 24′ ladder will typically get you to the eaves of a two-story house for painting, window repair, and other items along the sidewall. However, it's not unheard of for folks to misuse ladders when unintended situations arise. "Nah, I'll never need to go on the roof," you think" until a hurricane deposits a tree branch there, or blows off shingles so it's raining in your bedroom. Next thing you know, you're bouncing up your (undersized) ladder because it's an emergency. If there's a scintilla of a chance you'll go topside, my advice is to buy up. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Here are a few of my favorite tips for using extension ladders. This isn't a complete safety checklist, nor does it cover every situation. For complete information on the situations and ladders you have, check the manufacturer's safety information.
It seems a little counterintuitive, but I find it easiest to carry an extension ladder vertically. I tilt it up from the ground, putting the ladder on its feet. Next, I reach down with one hand to grab the rung below my hip, and up with the other hand to grab the rung above my head, then lift to carry the ladder. Because I'm holding the ladder vertically, when I reach my destination, all I have to do is put the feet down and lean it against the building.
Before I go anywhere, however, I map out my route and plan accordingly. While bumping tree branches is frustrating, bumping the electric supply line to the house is terrifying, if not deadly" even if your ladder is fiberglass.
There's a simple science to positioning the ladder against a building at the proper angle for optimum safety. If you can stand with your toes at the ladder feet and reach straight out with your hands to touch the rungs with your fingertips, you've got the right angle. If not, adjust until you can.
On uneven terrain, you need to block up one of the ladder's feet so it's plumb. The wider and more stable the item (think a 2 instead of a brick), the safer you'll be. Alternatively, there are several ladder-leveling accessories on the market. Remember that whether the ground is level or not, the ladder rungs need to be level for maximum safety.
In wet, muddy terrain, kick the ladder's feet parallel with the rails and drive them into the mud before angling the ladder against the building. (Sometimes you'll need to lean the ladder on the building, lift it a little, and roll the feet with your hand.) Some feet have spikes or cleats to help them dig in.
When you're on a ladder, follow the belt-buckle rule: Always keep your buckle between the rails. No matter how temping it is to stretch a few more inches to paint that siding, keeping your buckle between the rails helps keep you balanced and in control.
Stepladders are front-line home improvement tools and one of the most misused. A 4′ or 6′ stepladder will get you to the ceiling of an average home for anything from repairing lights to installing crown molding to hanging pictures.
They work well as a team, too. For example, a 6′ stepladder is too tall and its leg-spread too wide to fit within a door frame to set casing, while a four-footer isn't tall enough to reach a 10′ ceiling to hang a ceiling fan. I've found that having both helps me all over the house.
When buying a stepladder, then, the rule of thumb to keep in mind is that your feet will stay about 2′ below the ladder's nominal height. For example, a 6′ stepladder gets your feet about 4′ above the ground. Add your own height to that number for a real picture of where the ladder will get you.
The danger people usually run into with stepladders is that, despite written warnings, they insist on using the "THIS IS NOT A STEP" rung. Climbing there to reach porch gutters or trim a branch often results in meeting the ground at a high rate of speed.
A basic stepladder or extension ladder will usually get you where you need to go. However, because they have fixed legs and/or heights, they have their limits, which has paved the way for articulating ladders and other versatile accessories.
For example, the Select Step stepladder (from Little Giant, who pretty much invented articulating ladders) features independently telescoping front and rear legs, which let you work efficiently in all kinds of situations. Personally, I use it all over the place leaning the ladder snug against the wall to install a porch light, trimming a tree branch on uneven terrain, or cleaning the second-story gutters above my porch roof, adjusting the legs in each situation so the ladder stands close to how it would in normal use.
For a different take on the extension ladder, Extend and Climb has a series of compact, telescoping ladders good for any number of jobs. They get you where you're going, then retract into a compact, easy-to-carry, easy-to-store package.
Reaching the top means using the right ladder the right way. Just about everything you need to know about your ladder is printed on it. Read every label, it will help you set up your ladder and use it properly every time, keeping you safe.While most major manufacturers now make an articulating ladder, sometimes what the doctor ordered is a ladder accessory. Base Mate's Professional Ladder Stabilizer attaches to your existing extension ladder, enabling you to adjust it easily and safely to accommodate uneven terrain. Rubber bumpers and stand-offs like Werner's QuickClick let you prop an extension ladder more gently or away from the home so you can span a window or keep from crushing gutters.


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Who's behind Door #2? In Winnipeg, that's apparently new starting QB Max Hall…
Andrew Bucholtz
August 12, 2013, 7:47 p.m.
The Blue Bombers are going through a Hall problem, and it's one that pertains to Winnipeg native Monty as well as quarterback Max. Monty Hall's TV stint as co-creator and long-time host of the game show Let's Make A Deal led to a mathematical probability problem being named for him, and that problem has some applicability to the Bombers. Their decision Tuesday to shift their starting quarterback from Justin Goltz (who'd only recently taken that slot himself) to Max Hall is an intriguing one, and it represents trading a somewhat-known commodity for what's behind a mysterious door. Unlike in the actual show, though, CFL fans already have a sense of what's behind the door—and it's more likely to be a goat than a car.
This is where the Monty Hall Problem comes in. It revolves around a contestant being asked to choose from three doors, two of which contain goats and one of which contains a car. In the original formulation of this, the host then picks a door the contestant didn't select and opens it to reveal a goat, then asks if the contestant would like to switch to the other unselected door or stick with their original choice. From a pure mathematical standpoint, it's (somewhat surprisingly to many) better to switch, as the odds of hitting the car are now 2 out of 3 with a switch (as the only way to be wrong is if the car was behind the first door chosen) but remain 1 in 3 with the original (as that door was chosen before one alternative was eliminated). The Bombers' quarterbacking situation is similar, in that there are three potential choices (Hall, Goltz and Buck Pierce) and that we have information on the probabilities of each being a success (a car) or a failure (a goat). However, unlike in the mathematical problem, the most logical answer here may be not to switch.
At this point, Pierce is a well-known commodity, and one closer to the goat than the car. His career averages of a 64.3 per cent completion mark and 73 touchdowns against 61 interceptions are far from spectacular, and in the 2012 and 2013 seasons, he's completed just 60.3 per cent of his passes for 1,796 yards and five touchdowns with eight interceptions. Those aren't the numbers you want from a starting quarterback in the CFL, and Pierce's age (31) and injury history make it seem unlikely he's the QB of the future for the Bombers. He's the goat that's already been revealed here. Goltz is the initially selected door: he may not be the answer either, and he did struggle in Week Six against B.C., completing just 13 of 28 passes (46.4 per cent) for 112 yards with an interception. However, he has several factors on his side. He's just 25 (he turns 26 later this month), so he could have lots of good seasons ahead of him, and he's been around the Bombers for several seasons learning the Canadian game. He's also shown significant flashes of potential, and carries more likelihood of being a car than either of Winnipeg's other options. There isn't a compelling reason to switch away from him just yet, making this more like an alternative formulation of the math problem where you're only offered a switch if you choose the car initially, meaning that there's certainly a goat behind the switching door. That's especially true when you consider that the third alternative is Hall.
That isn't necessarily saying that Hall is always and will always be a goat. His tenures with the Brigham Young University Cougars and the NFL's Arizona Cardinals had some high points, and the Bombers' offseason signing of him was an intriguing one. He also showed at least enough in camp to beat out fellow CFL rookie Chase Clement. However, Hall has high goat potential. Beyond the frequent struggles he had with the Cardinals (a 50 per cent completion rate and one touchdown against six interceptions), he hadn't played professional football since 2010 before the Bombers signed him, and was working as a coach at BYU. While that coach to QB transition has worked out memorably in some cases, it's far less common these days, and it gets even harder when you consider that Hall is trying to learn an entirely new game.
The jump to the CFL is more difficult for quarterbacks than players at any other position, and it hasn't always worked out (or likely won't work out) for many big NCAA and NFL names, as noted in pieces on Johnny Manziel, Tim Tebow, Colt Brennan, Cleo Lemon, Chris Leak and others. It takes time to adjust to the 12-a-side game (which requires rewriting a quarterback's understandings of route trees and coverage schemes), the three downs, the bigger field and more. That's what makes going to Hall at this point seem like a move likely to reveal a goat. Goltz is unproven, as he hasn't seen much game action yet, but he's at least been apprenticing with the Bombers since 2010 and learning the CFL game. Hall's a complete newbie, and throwing newbie CFL quarterbacks into the fire doesn't usually turn out all that great, as the Bombers found out a few years ago. There's a reason that most of the young quarterbacks finding success lately have been with their teams for several years; it takes time to learn this game and to learn a particular team's offence. Hall has neither, which raises his goat probability to high levels.
Of course, we don't know who in Winnipeg is actually making the call to examine what's behind door #2. New acting CEO and former Bomber Wade Miller seems to be playing at least some role in football decisions after the departures of GM Joe Mack and CEO Garth Buchko, a curious choice for someone in a supposedly business-focused role (and someone with significant business experience, but no football management experience), while assistant GM Kyle Walters is involved to some degree. Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton certainly has some involvement with deciding who's under centre, and it seems likely new offensive consultant Marcel Bellefeuille will be weighing in as well.
You'd think head coach Tim Burke would also play a role here, but Burke told media Tuesday he wasn't involved (he also ascribed the decision to Crowton and the offensive staff alone, which seems somewhat unlikely.) It's been suggested that Burke's doing this to clear a path for firing Crowton once the Hall experiment flops and replacing him with Bellefeuille, and that's certainly conceivable: while it would be much more beneficial to the team to simply make that move if you're determined to do it without throwing away a game and damaging your various quarterbacks' confidence in the process, we can't expect much in Winnipeg to be done simply or logically these days. Regardless of who's actually making this decision and what their logic is, though, it's one that would seem to defy probability. The Bombers are taking a prize in Goltz that's quite possibly a winner, and trading it sight-unseen for an inexperienced CFL quarterback who probability would suggest is likely to be a goat in at least his first start. From this corner, that's a bad deal to make.
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Houses of the Holy: Yours, Mine, and Milne's.
Miniature Miniature Golf
First we were rained out, then we had too many parties to go to, and then it was one thing after another…it was Christmas Eve when we finally packed up the champagne and the plastic beach glasses to go to our special spot on the north shore of Long Island, by the water's edge of the Long Island Sound, to celebrate the Winter Solstice. It was cold and windy. We weren't even sure there would be much of a sun set, it being so cloudy.
But we waited anyway. . .
. . . and at 4:33 PM the Earth and the Sun managed to put on a show of light that felt almost holy, and made us happy to be alive on this marvelous and mysterious planet. Isn't that what every great sun set does? (That's the skyline of Manhattan in the way back.)
And then the neighbor's cat, Dennis, came through the hole in the fence and he didn't see his shadow, so that means we have 12 more weeks of keeping Dennis warm when he does his mind-meld from the backyard to let us know that he wants to take a Winter's nap in our house.
Remember back, on November 2, when we set the clocks back to Winter Time and I wrote a check list called Preparation and Dread: Winter is Coming?
Item 8:
Volunteer for a social project. This year, I am starting a new fund-raising event for the library and I hope to raise big bucks but first, I have to change the by-laws so we can have an open bar in the reference section (for just one night! Not for all time!). You can throw all the kids' events you want, but it's the grown-ups who have spending money and they won't come to your dinky library gala if there is no booze.
I still haven't been able to get the library to lighten up on its tea-total ways, but I have started work on my Winter Sanity Project.
I am organizing the fund raising for a miniature golfing event at our local library, the William Cullen Bryant Library in Roslyn, NY.
We will be setting up an 18-hole miniature golf course INSIDE the library, and bringing in kids and teenagers and adults to play while the library is open, on Saturday April 6, 9 AM – 5 PM.
We have a very generous Title Sponsor in Fidelity Investments — they came through for us like champs. Fidelity is the best. They have been awesome.
And now I am asking businesses in our community for money…you can imagine the endless fun that is. One by one, I am getting Hole Sponsors for the 18 holes but it's not easy. I am beginning to wonder why the library has not made itself more beloved in the community, because I have seen this mini-golf thing go over huge in other similarly-size towns and in Roslyn it's mano-a-mano. Without going into details (and I have a lot of details) for now, towns half our size put us to shame when it comes to fund raising for the library. This is a topic I will be happy to bitch about discuss at a later date, but let's get to happier business for today.
For the month before our mini-golf event, that is, all of March 2019, I will be doing PR to get everyone all fired up to come and play at the Bryant Library. One thing I am doing is making more Book Art, because there's got to be something in it for me since I don't play golf and I don't have kids.
I'm going to make a miniature Miniature Golf course, with our favorite childrens' book characters as the golfers.
Naturally, I started with this guy:
I made his tree out of plain white bond paper, and then I covered it with strips of text from a paperback copy of The House At Pooh Corner from 1928, by A. A. Milne with original illustrations by E. H. Shephard.
I used the Pooh Bear from Disney because he's in color, but don't fear; I also have Shephard's wonderful original characters on site, too.
I also used this Disney illustration as a reference:
I really wanted to make one of these holes. I can't think of what to call them — don't they have a name?
Luckily, I had made my Pooh tree with different sized tubes of paper (which I rolled myself) so, as most of the tree is hollow, it was easy to stab a hole into the fat tree limb:
I used my trusty scalpel to dig out a nice-sized hole:
This is hard to photograph: I stuffed a cup-shaped disk of dark print into the hole. . .
. . . and then I flattened the edges of the disk around the hole. So, yes, there is actually an interior to this hole:
I glued graduated layers of text into several O-rings and, while the whole thing was still damp with loads of Elmer's glue, I shaped it to fit the limb, and set aside to dry:
It mounted onto the tree limb like it was custom-made, which of course it was.
You can see that I have put various characters from The House At Pooh Corner up into the tree — there's Eeyore, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and Rabbit (above). I put the original Pooh in here on four or five leaves, in homage to the great E. H. Shephard drawings that we all love.
Tigger is on the tree limb on the right.
I will add a golf club to Pooh — I see him carrying it over his shoulder as he gets directions from Gopher to the first tee.
I found several books in the used book store that had green bindings, so I'm using them as "greens" for the miniature miniature golf game that will be played. I also found books that have green end papers:
I have the next "green" lined up. These end papers will give me a nice space to make Farmer MacGregor's garden for Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, and maybe have room left over for some Wind in the Willows.
I'm also working on a castle with a dragon from a YA fantasy series, and a formal garden with topiary for the Cat in the Hat.
The miniature miniature golf corse will go on display on March 1, in the same case where the castles are (see: Dec. 7, Somebody in Leicestershire Likes Me).
People are going to be sick of seeing my book art.
One last panic note: My feral indoor cat, Candy, mama to Lickety and Taffy (this is Candy and Taffy, below):
. . . has been very quiet lately. She's been sleeping a lot, and today she stopped coming 'round to the buffet for breakfast and lunch. So somehow, I got to get close to her to inspect the situation, and now I know why she's feeling poorly and I am FREAKED OUT.
She has an in-grown claw that, as far as I can see, has curled around and is piercing her pad, and it is inflamed. I did that running around thing you do when you know your sweet kitty (who can't stand me, BTW) is hurt, flapping my hands, my heart pounding, trying not to faint, trying to remember the phone number to the vet, then resorting to looking it up in my phone book with shaking hands…
In the 11 years that we have known each other, Candy has never let me touch her. But she's feeling so bad today that I know I can grab her and stuff her into a carrier, my one and only chance to get her to the vet. She has an appointment for 9 AM tomorrow morning (Friday) and I'm sure she will have to be sedated to get her to submit for a nail clipping so I can't feed her after 8 PM tonight, no problem since she has stopped eating.
I am feeling terrible. And scared. I will have ONE SHOT at getting this cat in a career and THAT's IT for the rest of my life.
Fuck it. I'm going to make myself a V&T to calm down***, and I'm publishing this on Thursday afternoon, at 2:40 PM, so I hope you Dear Readers who report a ten hour time lag will get this to pop up on your screen in time for me to let you all know how our Friday morning at the vet went.
Dear Readers, please send Candy some vibes to make her relax and accept help from me.
I will post a follow up tomorrow.
See you here in about 20 hours from now.
*** I didn't have that V&T. I took a few drops of CBD oil, and it worked a charm. Later that night, I had a few too many V&Ts, but only after 5 o'clock, and then I fell asleep on the couch in the den during the last minutes of Jeopardy!, like civilized people do.
UPDATE: It's 1:08 PM Friday afternoon and Candy is home from the vet's. She was sedated so the vet could pull out a very in-grown claw — it was the worst that the vat had ever seen. She saved the claw for me, but I don't want to showy because I don't want you all to think I'm a bad kitty mom. Candy also had an ear infection, and she got a huge dose on antibiotics for that.
I was terrified absit handling Candy this morning. I looked up videos on YouTube about handling a wild cat and I got excellent its, which I used to great effect. I got Candy in the carrier with only one stab wound from her, but I have to tell you that my hands were shaking for half an hour afterwards. I knew that if I didn't get her in the career this morning that she would NEVER let me near her for a second try.
But all's well. I had a second cup of tea to calm down, and now Candy is home and sleeping off the last of the Happy Gas.
Thank you for your good vibes for our girl.
Have a splendid New Year, Dear Ones.
Light The Light.
ChrisHanuKwanSolstice
To One and All,
Happy ChrisHanuKwanSolstice 2018!
In a few hours from now Top Cat and I will be guzzling champagne in our special Solstice spot on the shore of Long Island Sound as we toast the Return of the Light in a 60-degree wind and rainstorm. It'll be just like every cliche in a romantic comedy, us getting soaked while making some grand gesture to the universe.
A few days ago I heard some caterwauling coming from the front stoop. It was Steve, defending his Stevedom from an intruder:
I've never seen this tabby before.
So, yes, there's a new guy on the block.
He's very handsome, and both sleek and a bit tubby so I know he has a regular dinner bowl set out for him somewhere, and his ear is clipped so, whew, he's already been TNR'd, and he's tame enough that he let me sit on the front step with him and explain that this is Steve's turf and we don't really need another cat, and I eventually persuaded him to go look for some excitement elsewhere.
He came back the next day,around late-lunch time, to inspect Steve's buffet again, and again I had to mildly shoo him away and he, again, took his time deciding that OK, maybe he actually did have better things to do than irritate Steve.
And then the weather system that spawned tornados in Washington state hooked up with a massive storm from Florida and it's been raining heavily here on the north shore of Long Island, so I haven't seen Freddie for two days.
Right. I had to name the new guy Freddie because I am still getting my Queen freak on. And as if I could not crush on Freddie Mercury, Queen's inimitable front man, any more than I already do, I recently learned how much he loved cats. At one time, he had ten of them. You can google all kinds of stories about Freddie and his cats, and while they all agree that Delilah was his favorite (he even wrote a song about her), the consensus was that Delilah was either a tabby or a tortoiseshell.
This is a photo of Goliath, Freddie Mercury's black cat, and Delilah:
You would think, at any kind of newspaper or magazine or website, that there would be at least ONE proofreader or fact-checker who would know the difference between a tabby, a tortoiseshell, and a freaking calico cat.
But we all have shocking gaps in our knowledge of the world, right? This week, for example, it was revealed to me that Mars, the planet that humanity will have to colonize when we are finished trashing our own dear Earth, is behind us. That is, it is further away from the sun — 141.6 million miles (on a good day) compared to our 92.96 million miles.
Since approx. 1962, I have pictured Mars as being in front of us on all those scale models of the solar system that I have glanced at since second grade. For some reason, learning that Mars is behind us has upset my whole conception of interplanetary travel. We're going to shoot people further out and away from the only life-giving star that we can count on in the entire universe??
It bothers me.
But then I go watch Queen's set at Live Aid in London on July 13, 1985 and I don't care any more that humankind wants to go ruin another perfectly fine planet, especially at the 7:39 mark when Freddie lunges into Hammer To Fall. I watch that video and I wonder, at myself in 1985, How did I not know he was gay?
We all have shocking gaps in our knowledge of the world, right?
But let's not dwell on our stupidity. Let's celebrate our abundant opportunities for enlightenment, in big and little ways, that life on this precious planet gives us every day.
That's the spirit of all my ChrisHanuKwanSolstice wishes, Past and Present.
To all you Wonder Ones, my beloved Dear Readers, and all your favorite people and critters (even those taking their sled rides in Heaven) —
A most enlightening and very Happy New Year.
Under The Influence of Freddie Mercury.
All My Cats
So I was, like, all "WTF?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" last week when I discovered that WordPress changed itself into a new platform that I could not figure out for the life of me, but then today I found out that I could re-install the old circuits and pretend that the future had not already happened, just like I was a Republican or something, and now I'm all like OMG What a relief! I don't have to learn anything new after all!!
This old format that I am still using will be good until 2021, at which time I will have to learn the new platform but a lot can happen between now and 2021, which looks devastating for the Earth in general but awesome for those of us who want to see Trump behind bars, In jail, Convicted, Disgraced. And take Donny Jr. with him. And Melanoma. And Stinkvanka. All of 'em. But not Eric. Being Eric is punishment enough.
Top Cat and I went to see the Queen biopic last weekend. I've been a bit obsessed with it ever since.
Note to Megan McCain, who interviewed the cast on The View and kept calling the film a "bi-op-ic", as if the first two syllables were borrowed from "biopsy". It's a bio-pic, a portmanteau of the words "biography" and "moving picture". How can she be 34 and on TV and not know that??
Anyhoo, back to Bohemian Rhapsody, I get why the film got a lot of criticism for it's shallow handling of Freedie Mercury's interesting private life. The life-long bond that he shared with the love of his life, Mary Austin, in spite of his rather robust homosexuality was handled with Made-For-TV-quality cliches, but then, that got the film a PG13 rating which allowed my friend's 14-year-old grandson into the theater and he loved it. Yay. Rock and roll in not dead yet if 14-year-olds can still be persuaded to listen to it!
I liked seeing the '70s again. My eyes have been missing the world of my youth. I miss when people used to dress to thrill by wrapping themselves up in yards and yards of lace and velvet and creative and colorful cross-dressing, and not by just letting their bazingas hang out.
Freddie Mercury, 1974
Rapper Nicki Minaj attends the Haider Ackermann show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on March 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White/Getty Images)
Jesus. Her mother must be so proud. (After all, in addition to her daughter going around Paris with her bazingas hanging out, her son was recently convicted of child molestation.)
I also liked watching the group, Queen, and Freddie in particular, work themselves into being QUEEN. How an artist finds his or her way in the world is always fascinating and, yeah, it's not like this biopic is an exhaustive study on the emergence of genius, but it still shows enough of the process to hold my interest.
The actors did not sing in the movie. They lip-synched to the original Queen material, and it's fantastic. They even re-created, step by step, Queen's 20-minute set on July 13, 1985 in Wembley Stadium, for Live Aid.
Oh, man. I miss the '80s.
All in all, it's a very entertaining movie that covers most of the band's history up until six years before Freddie Mercury's death, in 1991, from AIDS. Making those years, 1970 – 1985, the timeline of the movie, and not going into the final years of Freddie's life, is something else that critics don't like about the film. But, to quote The Independent newspaper from Oct. 24 this year:
On the film's approach to Mercury himself, [Rami] Malek reflected: "I think if you don't celebrate his life, and his struggles, and how complicated he was, and how transformative he was – and wallow instead in the sadness of what he endured and his ultimate death – then that could be a disservice to the profound, vibrant, radiant nature of such an indelible human being."
Freddie Mercury. We will never see the likes of him again.
The truly amazing thing is how the producers found actors who are dead ringers for the members of the band.
Actor Rami Malek:
Freddie Mercury of Queen, back in the day:
Actor Ben Hardy:
Drummer Roger Taylor, of Queen, back in the day:
Actor Joseph Mazzello:
Bassist John Deacon, of Queen, back in the day:
Actor Gwilym Lee:
Guitarist Brian May, of Queen, back in the day:
And here's Brian May this year:
It's sobering to see a rock star at age 71.
Brian May is actually, for real, a Ph.D. in astrophysics, so in this one instance I will not begrudge him his 1970s hair. It suits him. I think it makes May look a lot like Isaac Newton:
I also like Brian May, aging rock star, because he chose an age-appropriate second wife, the actress Anita Dobson, who is only three years younger than he.
I read in the Daily Mail that Mick Jagger's latest girl friend, and inevitably his next baby mama (he has EIGHT kids with five women…Ew) , is 53 years younger than he. Jagger is 76. So, yep, that makes her 22. Ew. Ew. Ewwwwwwwwwww.
Well, that took a weird turn, so let's banish those hideous mental images of the Living Cadaver Jagger with some kitty news!
I was sitting in the den one night last week reading a great book — Orange is the New Black — that I got at the used book store that I co-manage for the benefit of our local library, and I was feeling crowded into one little corner of the couch, so I got up and took this picture:
And for all of Taffy's fans, here's his latest roll in his favorite dirt patch on a frigid December day:
And then, now that he's covered in a fine dusting of Long Island's best filth, Taffy saunters into the house and warms up:
Here are all the other cats in a feature that I call Competitive Napping.
Bibs:
Cindy:
Lickety, as usual, doesn't quite understand the gist of things:
And lastly, there's Dennis, from next door:
I know you need to see our feral cat, Steve, so here's a recent photo of him in his heated acrylic cabin under the shrub by the front stoop:
So all is well in our little Catdom.
Except that I can't stop humming Somebody to Love.
I can't get Freddie Mercury's voice out of my head, and if you click onto this video, you won't either.
Next Friday, our favorite holiday happens so you know what that means. We break out the annual ChrisHanuKwanSolstice festival!
Have a great weekend, everyone. Stay the Queens you are.
P.S. I am publishing this at 9:00am Friday Dec. 14. Let me know how long it takes for this to actually show up on your reading device…lately there has been a horrendous lag of nine hours between the time I hit the Publish button and the time you can read it. Must be the Grinch.
Somebody in Leicestershire Likes Me.
It's weird to see my castles out in public:
They've been my personal property for months, and now they are hanging out at the Bryant Library on the north shore of Long Island for all the world (or the tens of library patrons) to see:
People who know where to find me (hint: in the used book store on Fridays from noon – 3pm, and on Saturdays from 1 – 4pm) have asked me about certain aspects of their construction and I honestly can't remember a lot of the details of making these things.
I also have to think hard to remember the order in which I made them. That's my first castle on the left, and my second castle on the right:
There was a time when I wanted to give each castle a name and a back-story, but I like this austere display better. This floor-to-ceiling case is very modern and uncluttered, and it leaves each viewer free to make their own interpretations.
Speaking of interpretations, when I was in Las Vegas in October, I crossed paths with an interesting cake display in the pastry shop at the Aria casino:
Now I know the size and shape of my next castles.
Five feet tall, with tiers.
And I have to make two, of course. One with colors, and one in monochrome (because I can't decide which I like better).
What is up with all the hoopla about Bush 41? I do not remember him being such a beloved figure during his presidency, which gave us the first bullshit Gulf War and then he left Saddam Hussein in power so he could kill a million Iraqi and Kurdish civilians, and he continued Ronnie Reagan's apathy towards the AIDS epidemic, and then he gave us Bush 43 and don't get me started on that.
Let's remember that Bush 41 was a mean, lying, race-baiting (Willie Horton) Republican who puked into the lap of the Japanese Prime minister at a state dinner (January 8, 1992). I don't care that when he became decrepit he was a nice old fart who wore zippy socks. He's still a creep in my book.
This just in: LinkedIn, the website where everybody is a CEO of something, and they brag their "dynamic" leadership and how they went to Harvard because they took a three-hour seminar at the Kennedy School; yeah, that LinkedIn…anyway, I got an email from LikedIn this morning telling me that my resume/profile was searched three times yesterday.
Naturally, I had to click. Were the people at the MacArthur Fellowship looking for me so they could finally give me my big fat Genius Award?? I mean, have you SEEN my castles???
Well, no, it wasn't a $625,000 payday for me.
It was the Leicestershire (England) Police. They searched my LinkedIn profile three times yesterday.
So I googled Leicestershire News and did not find out that there has been a multitude of unsolved outbreaks of genius in the East Midlands and the authorities are looking for a really hot 62-year-old American with a knack for making paper castles.
If this isn't proof that mirrors don't work in the UK or else that lady would never go out in public with hair like that, then, maybe she's a vampire.
I'm sorry that today's post lacks the usual amount of cute kitty porn photos of my cats being hilarious napping. It's a good thing that I had pre-loaded photos of my castles a few days ago because Lo, when I sat down to type today I discovered that the WordPress elves have fucked with the editing interface and all the pedals and levers and cog wheels that I use behind the scenes to bring you this MacArthur Genius-quality blog have disappeared, and in their place there is a baffling new array of counter-intuitive buttons that I have no idea how to work.
You know how our favorite thing in the world is to learn new technology, especially when it means that we have to first un-learn the old new technology that we learned, like, last week?
Yeah. That's where I am today. I'm so fed up with this pace of learning and un-learning that I could puke in a Japanese Prime Minister's lap.
Have a great weekend, everyone. I will figure this shit out and see you back here next Friday with cute kitty porn cat pix and uplifting tales from my molehill life.


WTF? He Won! Quick, How Do I Get Out Of Here?
No doubt you're halfway to packing your bag and booking tickets to Canada. It doesn't look like you'll be alone. Many have said they'll get out of here with a Trump victory. And why not Canada? It's a beautiful country.
At the same time, there is a lot more world than just Canada. Have you considered seeing more of it? After all, plenty of research shows that travel is good for you and this might well be the perfect opportunity. After all, the inconceivable happened. Donald Trump won. The world as we know it as irrevocably changed.
So why not use this as an excuse to make a change in your life? Heck, at least you leaving has a chance to work out for the best. What's more, it's a lot easier than you may think. I've given up the steady life for a life on the road on three separate occasions and never found it all that hard.
The biggest problem with heading off into the wide open world? That's the fear, plain and simple.
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Posted on November 9, 2016 May 10, 2017 Author Jelte ten HoltCategories ArticlesTags How To, Politics, TravelingLeave a comment on WTF? He Won! Quick, How Do I Get Out Of Here?


Scientists announced plans to commercially produce a tiny, cheap satellite that could collect readings from electricity and gas meters.
The Cube Sat, with sides measuring just 10cm and weighing the same asalarge bag of sugar, could also collect data from remote locations such as wind farms.
The1kgdevice, which can be constructed with off-the-shelf electronic components, has traditionally been a cheap way for universities to research outer space.
University of Strathclyde scientists have teamed up with Glasgow space company Clyde Space to develop an advanced version of the tiny satellites.


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CNN Poll Finds Majority Of Americans Think Voter ID Laws Make Elections 'More Fair.'
A new CNN poll finds that the majority of Americans feel Voter ID laws make elections "more fair." The findings are at odds with mainstream media and Democratic Party-peddled narratives that the laws are "racist." The poll, conducted by SSRS on behalf of CNN, asked Americans in April if "requiring voters to provide photo identification before they cast a ballot" would "make elections more fair." 64 percent of people polled agreed with the statement. Just 17 percent felt that requiring photo identification would "make elections less fair."
UK Announces Voter ID Law to Avoid U.S.-Style Election Fraud.
In an effort to prevent and deter voter fraud on the scale of the last U.S. presidential election, a photo ID will now be required to vote in UK general elections, a proposal to be included in the Queen's Speech to Parliament on Tuesday. "Britons will have to show photo ID to vote in future general elections, ministers are poised to confirm this week," states the Guardian. This action is meant "as a means of tackling fraud," while critics – who often benefit from voter fraud – are bigotedly claiming it "could deter poorer and ethnic minority voters from taking
RIGGED: 51% Say Cheating Affected 2020 Election, 62% Says Voter ID Is "Not Discriminatory."
Sixty-two percent of US Likely Voters believe that voter ID laws are not discriminatory, and 60 percent say that it is more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote, according to the results of a new Rasmussen Reports survey. The telephone and online survey results, collected April 11-12, 2021, show only 29 percent of Likely Voters believe that photo ID requirements at polls are discriminatory against some voters, compared to 62 percent who say the requirements are not. Furthermore, 51 percent think it "likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election,"


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Exhibition to shine a light on family violence.
A passionate group of Horowhenua locals are developing an art exhibition to shine a light on family violence and the court response system to family violence.
The art exhibition titled "No Shame No Silence" will launch on November 2, and will be free for the community to view at the award winning Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom in Foxton.
Exhibition Coordinator, Sarah-Jayne Shine says "Most of us are touched by family violence in our lives, through our own experiences, family, friends, colleagues. The No Shame No Silence Exhibitions aims to generate conversations on family violence and the broken family court systemic response to survivors".
The Exhibition will showcase art created by over 20 artists from all over New Zealand. Artists volunteered to be a part of the exhibition and for many, sharing their artwork is a form of therapy.
Linda Munn, a Bay of Plenty Artist is exhibiting a painting in the exhibition.
Linda commented "As a survivor of domestic violence, I am of the point of view that enough is enough. It is time to make people aware of what is needed to stop the unnecessary deaths of women and children whether this is through social change, law change and changes of attitudes."
According to the latest statistics Levin has the second highest rate of domestic violence reported in New Zealand on a per capita basis.
Brendan Duffy Exhibition Spokesperson has seen for many years the impact Family Violence has on our community,
"We want the exhibition to help people to understand that what is happening in family violence and with our young people in the family court system is real, it's not just something you see on the news affecting other people, it is happening in our community to our children, and it isn't OK". Mr Duffy says.
The exhibition will be free for all to view. There will be a chance to purchase artwork from the exhibition with percentage of donations going to Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, Backbone Collective (a national organisation advocating for women and children in the family court), and local. Women's Refuge organisations.
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We started off the day with Christina and Torin's Secret Garden wedding with their first look. Here come the waterworks! Both Christina and Torin teared up seeing each other for the first time on their wedding day. Which was one of the many beautiful moments we were able to capture that day.
We were so excited to be apart of their Secret Garden wedding! The Secret Garden Event Center in Phoenix, Arizona showcases stunning scenery with a 25 year old giant Mesquite Tree directly above their Pinnacle Gazebo as well as a 20 foot grand staircase. All eyes were on Christina as she descended from the top of the grand stair case to walk down the aisle, what an epic entrance!
After cocktail hour, it's time to celebrate at the reception! Christina and Torin made their grand entrance with every guest on their feet cheering for them. They then joined the newly weds on the dance floor for a little pre-dinner dancing!
One of our favorite parts of the reception was the speeches given by Torin's brother and father and Christina's maid of honor and mother. They shared touching stories and even some jokes that made Christina and Torin's newly wed glow shine even brighter.
We are so honored to have been apart of this beautiful couple's wedding day. Congrats Christina and Torin!!


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"My life is so much better now than it was before! I'm back in the swing and living my life!"
"There has been no downside at all. Mom was right. It changed my life!"
"It's such a relief not to be uncomfortable and to be able to move around and do anything I want to do. I feel wonderful!"
"I'm living normally now … It's a huge relief to be free of the medicines and the side effects."