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Sunday, 10 February 2013
Mardi Gras 2013 Spirit Poster
The familiar signs of Mardi Gras are popping up all around New Orleans. Your King Cakes, your domino masks, your pounds upon pounds of plastic beads. But there is a new addition to the Mardi Gras dcor this year in the form of the beautiful, creepy "Spirit Portrait" Mardi Gras poster by Amzie Adams.
Amzie is a Faubourg-Marigny resident and internationally famous artist. This creator of music, photographs, films and paintings has made his home in New Orleans for nearly fifty years. Since 1982, Amzie has created a new painting or poster specifically for Carnival each and every year. His posters have depicted masked revelers, spirit dancers, and various musicians from all walks of life including street performers, Doctor John, Little Freddie King and even KISS.
Amzie's work, which he says falls into the realm of "post-impressionisitic spacialism" is sometimes surreal, sometimes lifelike, and always intriguing. His work radiates a spirit of New Orleans so many visitors come to the Crescent City to experience. It incorporates the French and Spanish architecture of the city in addition to the various religious cultures of New Orleans, especially the Haitian influx of the 1800s, which brought the city its' distinct Creole Cottage and Voodoo. Amzie paints images that are at the crossroads of bohemia and historic New Orleans culture, and always with a hint of the psychedelic. His latest poster "Spirit Portrait" is no different.
The poster image began as a photograph of a woman that Amzie was to use as the basis for a painting; but when he began his work something interesting happened. A kaleidoscope of symbols surfaced in the woman's picture. Within the image one can find Vincent Van Gogh, a Peace Dove, a white rabbit, a purple clown blowing fire, a Unicorn with a gas mask, and a slew of other symbols for the keen eyed observer to find.
So Amzie's task became not to capture her bodily image but rather to paint what he saw as her spirit and aura. The painting itself is a blend of life and death, the main image being reminiscent of the Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skull. The skull has flowers sprouting from the crown, symbolizing the rebirth and resurrection that has been part of Amzie's work in the years since Hurricane Katrina.
While the poster does resemble a Mardi Gras mask, a Mardi Gras mask is supposed to hide your identity, while the Spirit Portrait reveals it.
Anthony Faia was born in New Orleans and grew up in Kansas City, Mo and The Woodlands, Tx. He studied film and literature at Louisiana State University and received an MFA in screen writing from the University of Texas. His short fiction "Down at the Crossroads" won the LSU John Ed Bradley Award, and his script "The Curse of William Legg" was featured in the University of Texas Hollywood Showcase. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546823/bio
Source: http://articles.submityourarticle.com/mardi-gras-2013-spirit-poster-316074
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Iowa governor pardons pig before bacon festival
Bonnie, a Berkshire breed pig about 2 1/2 months old, waits for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to pardon her outside the governor's mansion Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. The pardon is a first for the governor and a celebration of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival that begins this weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. (AP Photo/Barbara Rodriguez)
Bonnie, a Berkshire breed pig about 2 1/2 months old, waits for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to pardon her outside the governor's mansion Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. The pardon is a first for the governor and a celebration of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival that begins this weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. (AP Photo/Barbara Rodriguez)
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, pardons a Berkshire pig named Bonnie, held by her owner Randy Hilleman, at the governor?s mansion on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. The pardon is a first for the governor and a celebration of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival that begins this weekend at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. (AP Photo/Barbara Rodriguez)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa's popular bacon festival is about to begin.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pardoned the 30-pound, 2 ?-month-old Berkshire pig named Bonnie on Friday morning.
The pardon took place outside the governor's mansion in Des Moines in a ceremony ahead of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival held Saturday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
More than 8,000 people are expected to eat more than 10,000 pounds of bacon at the festival. Tickets for this year's event sold out in just over three minutes.
Branstad says he's pardoned turkeys before, but never a pig. Bonnie was selected at random from a State Center farm affiliated with Eden Farms. An Eden Farms spokesman says Bonnie will become a farm pet.
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Boston Top 5 winter storms ever: Blizzard of 2013 could top the list
A 2003 winter storm dumped a record 27.5 inches of snow in Boston. No. 5 on the list is a 2005 storm that dropped 22.5 inches. The Blizzard of 2013 looks likely to top that, at least.?
Pedestrians walk through the Public Garden as snow begins to accumulate in Boston Friday.
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EnlargeThe meteorological dilettantes among us will periodically prod snowbanks with yardsticks as the Blizzard of 2013 deposits its snow on eastern Massachusetts and beyond this weekend. But when it comes to storm records for Boston, all eyes will be on Logan Airport's snow gauge ? the ultimate arbiter.
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The Blizzard of 2013, which the Weather Channel as dubbed a somewhat unintimidating winter storm Nemo, is expected to dump at least 24 inches of snow on Boston. Anything over 22.8 inches will guarantee the storm makes the list of the five snowiest storms since 1892, according to records kept at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Taunton, Mass., which covers southern New England.
For Many Bostonians, the frame of reference for winter storms for now remains the Blizzard of 1978, which struck 35 years ago this week. It dumped 27.1 inches of snow on a city already coping with the leftovers from a storm three weeks earlier. That earlier storm brought 21 inches of snow.
The '78 storm remains the snowiest on record for Providence, R.I., although it ranks No. 10 for Worcester, Mass.. In Hartford, Conn., the '78 storm is tied for eighth place with a storm that hit in December 1947 and dumped 16.9 inches of snow on the city.
For Boston, the record for snow in a single storm belongs to the Blizzard of 2003, which struck on Presidents Day that year. The storm affected a long swath of the East Coast from Washington, D.C., through Boston. It brought record snow to Baltimore as well, which groaned under 28.2 inches of snow.
That storm's genesis bears a striking resemblance to the blizzard heading into the Northeast today. A storm system that formed over the southern Rockies on Feb. 14, 2003, headed east. As it approached, it triggered the formation of a coastal storm off the Carolinas.
That storm began to move up the coast, following a typical path for nor'easters. Meanwhile, a large pool of cold air linked to a high pressure system over eastern Canada provided the chill needed to make sure the usual line between rain and snow fell much farther south than it typically does. With the coastal storm drawing plenty of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean, the stage was set for the deep snows that blanketed the region in the storm's aftermath.
Five snowiest storms on record for Boston (since 1892)
- Feb. 17-18, 2003 - 27.5 inches (Presidents Day storm)
- Feb. 6-7, 1978 - 27.1 inches
- Feb. 24-27, 1969 - 26.3 inches
- March 31-April 1, 1997 - 25.4 inches (April Fools' storm)
- Jan. 22-23, 2005 - 22.5 inches
Source: National Weather Service
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Saturday, 9 February 2013
Speaking Up: Overcoming Asperger Syndrome | The Written Blit
Many people think autism is the end of the world. Growing up, I felt the same way too.
It is not. I was wrong. They are wrong. My life has taught me that autism is just another challenge. It is a hindrance that can be overcome with unwavering determination. Defeating autism makes you stronger than the average person! If you or someone you know has autism, please read and share my story!
Twenty years ago, I was diagnosed with autism?more specifically, Asperger Syndrome. Both are spectrum disorders frequently measured by delayed cognitive development, social awkwardness, and intense, narrow interests. Their symptoms?and the labels themselves?isolated me from my average neurotypical, secular peers for most of my childhood. It was almost as bad as being Jewish in secular society?
?which I also was. I was often bullied for my big nose (which was not actually big, just a Jewish stereotype), for my heritage, and for my religion. I was even asked at one point if I killed Jesus. I felt scrawny, weak, and helpless?
?which I also was. I had low growth hormone levels. Not only was my cognitive growth delayed; my physiological growth was stunted, too. I could have injected myself with growth hormone as if I were livestock (or A-Rod), but even at 13, I said no because I chose to grow naturally. Even when I reached an average height, I routinely beat myself up for not being taller. At least I didn?t have braces?
Actually, I did. For TEN YEARS. From the beginning of second grade to the end of high school, I wore dental braces (mostly unnecessarily). Talk about a social life?
?which didn?t really exist. For the most part, I was the kid that was rejected and neglected by peers. When I approached them, they either completely ignored me or outright bullied me. My acquaintances, for the most part, used me as a resource. I didn?t have a true friend until I was 16. In the end, he was false.
However, I did eventually have friends. Many of them didn?t understand me and capitalized on my extremely low self-confidence instead. I remember quite vividly my friends doing nothing at my 18th birthday party when the valedictorian and his friend?the valedictorian of another school??pantsed? me as I lit the candles on the cake. I will never forget how my ?comrades? did nothing when their friends called me ?awkward?, ?Gonzo?, and ?short? to my face in public. Just like Israel, I was regularly cut down for standing up for myself. Even through college, many of ?my closest friends? treated me like a resource. I often felt that I had to be physically present to be remembered. For more about how it felt to be me, you can read this poem:
The Untouchable
Yet, somehow, I survived. It wasn?t easy. I endured such severe depression from those feelings of loneliness and worthlessness that during my sophomore year of college, I turned myself in to the nearest psych ward. I spent three days there until my suicidal emotions disappeared. Even after my release, I was still overcome with sorrow and overwhelming social disappointment. Every night for the next two years, I would cry until I went numb. In the painless haze, I slowly drifted into sleep. I had internalized the rejection of my peers.
?We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.?
?Martin Luther King, Jr.
In their silence, I found the music that changed me. Through rock and roll I learned how to cope with my emotions. Thanks to bands like Aerosmith (?Dream On?) and the Who (?Behind Blue Eyes?, ?Eminence Front?, ?Another Tricky Day?), I found profundity, empathy, compassion, wisdom, and strength in the wasteland that had become my life. In the process, I learned that I had the power to change my circumstances. I began to stand up for myself. I also became funnier.
Through shows like ?Saturday Night Live?, ?The Daily Show?, and ?The Colbert Report?, I learned wit, satire, and comedy, and developed the sense of humor that held me taut in times of crisis. From Tae-kwon-do and anime, I learned discipline, self-control, and integrity?the very core of my philosophy. Through introspective writing, I began to understand myself and my circumstances with greater clarity. By studying Judaism and subsequently travelling to Israel in December 2012, I found the courage to fully conquer the demons of my depression. For the first time, I unflinchingly believed in myself.
As for romance, it has never existed for me. To this day, I have never been kissed. Yes, I am still a virgin. Though some of the situation is beyond my control, for the most part I have chosen this path. I don?t need any of Paul McCartney?s ?Silly Love Songs?. I don?t need yours, either. I don?t want to play your perverted game of hookup cat-and-mouse. Because I know how it feels to be used (and that two wrongs don?t make a right), I have bluntly turned down girls who wanted physicality without emotional attachment. I will continue to do so, too, because I find intrinsic qualities like genuine empathy and integrity sexy. Because those things?like virginity itself?are so rare in my Millennial generation, I have found pride in my solitude.
Looking back, I realize that I would be nothing without my differences. Without my Asperger Syndrome, without my autism, without my Judaism, without my suffering, I would be just another face in the crowd. Because of those things (and in spite of society?s stigmas) I found depth and meaning in my life. Because of my challenges I can relate to the suffering of others and suffer with them. My deceptively insurmountable struggles motivate me to protect others from feeling as helpless as I once did.
Because of my experiences, I firmly believe that individuals have the power to change their circumstances for the better if they work ethically toward their goals. I will use my story to make that belief a reality. Please help me show the world its potential!
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Source: http://thewrittenblit.com/2013/02/08/speaking-up-overcoming-asperger-syndrome/
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Watson's medical expertise offered commercially
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) ? Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.
The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical residency and is being offered commercially to doctors and health insurance companies, IBM said Friday.
IBM Corp., the health insurer WellPoint Inc. and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center announced two Watson-based applications ? one to help diagnose and treat lung cancer and one to help manage health insurance decisions and claims.
Both applications take advantage of the speed, huge database and language skill the computer demonstrated in defeating the best human "Jeopardy!" players on television two years ago.
Armonk-based IBM said Watson has improved its performance by 240 percent since the "Jeopardy!" win.
In both applications, doctors or insurance company workers will access Watson through a tablet or computer. Watson will quickly compare a patient's medical records to what it has learned and make several recommendations in decreasing order of confidence.
In the cancer program, the computer will be considering what treatment is most likely to succeed. In the insurance program, it will consider what treatment should be authorized for payment.
Watson (actually named for IBM founder and not the Sherlock Holmes' friend, Dr. Watson) has been trained in medicine through pilot programs at Indianapolis-based WellPoint and at Sloan-Kettering in New York.
Manoj Saxena, an IBM general manager, said the supercomputer has ingested 1,500 lung cancer cases from Sloan-Kettering records, plus 2 million pages of text from journals, textbooks and treatment guidelines.
It also learned "like a medical student," by being corrected when it was questioned by doctors and came up with wrong answers, Saxena said in an interview.
"Watson is not making the decisions" on treatment or authorization, Saxena said. "It is essentially reducing the effort for doctors and nurses by going through thousands of pages of information for each case."
The lung cancer program is being adopted by two medical groups, the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and WestMed in New York's Westchester County. Saxena said it should be running at both groups by next month.
WellPoint itself is already using the insurance application in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. It will be selling both applications ? at prices still to be negotiated ? and will compensate IBM under a contract between the two companies, an IBM spokeswoman said.
WellPoint said using Watson should not increase insurance premiums because of savings from waste and errors
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