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Hot Dog of the Week: Nu-Way Weiners in Macon, Georgia
A unique hot dog feature each week from hot dog connoisseur and cartoonist Hawk Krall!
Nu_Way's original Macon location was our first stop on a long, long day of southern hot dog eating. But it was so good—definitely the best of the day—that we broke several rules of the Serious Eats Food Marathon Manifesto, eating all of our food and even ordering more. And this was with at least 6 or 7 other hot dog joints to hit over the next 10 hours.
The first good sign about this place was the awesome, gritty southern hot dog lunch counter ambience. Comfortable booths, short order cooks barking out orders, amazing old-school hot dog graphic design, and a no-nonsense waitress who simply replied "NO BREAKFISS" when we tried to order egg sandwich. There's a full menu here that goes way further than hot dogs, but breakfast ends ridiculously early, something like 9:30 a.m. (they open at 6 a.m.).
The weiners here are of the pork and beef bright neon red variety (supposedly "private-label") grilled to almost char-dog levels, dropped into a soft pillowy steamed white bun, creating that awesome textural contrast (that I love) that really sets them apart from other dogs in the south, along with their fantastic toppings chili and slaw, which are serious business down here. They'll make or break a hot dog joint.
Nu-Way's slaw is really bright with lots of green pepper and much less mayonnaisey than most of what we had in the region. It almost reminded me of Philadelphia pepper hash which is probably why I liked it so much. Their chili is fantastic, also incredibly different than anything I've had in the Virginias and Carolinas, with as much Greek spicing as something you would find in the northeast. Which makes sense since Nu-Way was founded by Greek-American James Mallis in 1916, the same year Nathan's opened in Coney Island.
After devouring the first few dogs we also tried a Cheese Dog. I like how they put the cheese under the dog so it melts into the bun, chili, and mustard. The bright red dogs aren't really any different from their pinkish-gray cousins. Rumor is at one point the red dye was for covering up old meat; I assume it was always more marketing gimmick than anything else, and it makes for a great presentation.
We also tried a cheeseburger ($2.14) "all the way" (chili, onions, mustard) which was a decent flat patty with a good char from the hard-working grill made delicious with that awesome greek chili.
Nu-Way has had a long standing rivalry with Varsity, the airport sized hot dog megaplex a little over and hour north in Atlanta that we also visited on the same day. Varsity's food is pretty similar, and their onion rings and pimento grilled cheese sandwich were phenomenal, but in terms of hot dogs, Nu-Way wins hands down.
Nu-Way Weiner Stand
428 Cotton Avenue, Macon, GA 31201 (map)
Hawk Krall is a Philadelphia-based illustrator who has a serious thing for hot dogs. Dig his dog drawings? Many of the illustrations he has created for Hot Dog of the Week are available for sale: hawkkrall.net/prints/.
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In March of this year NVIDIA announced the 7900 series update to their very successful 7800 lineup. By adopting the new 90nm manufacturing process they retained the same architecture of the class leading 7800?s but were able to reduce power requirements, significantly increase clock speeds, and lower the heat output of the cards. In our review of the 7900 GTX we noted that while it had great performance, it wasn?t the king of the hill. By accounts of many enthusiasts the ATI X1900XTX is the leader in single card solutions.
Now, with the launch of the 7950GX2 NVIDIA takes the next step in video card evolution, the multi-GPU ?single? card. While technically it is two boards screwed together, it is a single card solution in that it only requires a single PCI-E slot. By leveraging the power of SLI on a single card this promises to be the absolute fastest single card solution today. The benefits of this are packaging, price, and performance. There are also other benefits which we will get to shortly.
The 7950GX2 also ushers in Quad SLI but with some reservations. Legit Reviews has been closely following the progress of Quad SLI and the 7950GX2 but unfortunately we aren?t going to be looking at Quad SLI today as they are keeping it exclusive to high-end system builders at this time. Here is the official response from NVIDIA about Quad SLI in the mainstream.
?Quad SLI is an extremely high-end solution and as such requires an extremely high-end PC. The high-end system builders have the expertise to put together these types of PCs, which is why we work with them first. This is the first step in bringing Quad SLI technology to the world. We will be announcing plans to bring Quad SLI technology to consumers through other channels in the near future.?
The 7950GX2 features what NVIDIA calls the 7950 GPU, which is the same G71 as found on the 7900GT and 7900GTX. It also sports 1024MB of memory, 512MB dedicated to each core. The NVIDIA 7950 GX2 has a total of 48 pixel pipes (24 per GPU) and 16 vertex shaders (8 per GPU).
The GPU core speed for the reference models comes in at 500MHz with memory clocked at 600MHz. The core speed is slightly faster than that of the 7900GT but the memory is clocked slower. The core and memory speeds are well below the 7900GTX?s 650MHz/800MHz.
So, as far as clock speeds go the 7950GX2 fits neatly between the 7900 GT and 7900 GTX which is pretty decent stuff. But when you have a pair of them you can quickly see that you have a pumped up 7900GT SLI with 512MB of ram per card. As we saw in our 7900GT review a pair of these two cards is no slouch. With the larger 512MB frame buffer we?ll see more folks with large screen LCD?s interested in purchasing these.
What truly is the beauty of the GX2 however hasn?t been mentioned yet, and that is that it will work with nearly any motherboard that has a 16x PCI-E slot. With this card you are no longer restricted to buying an NF4 SLI motherboard to get the performance of NVIDIA SLI. You also don?t need an SLI bridge for this card as NVIDIA has already taken care of that for us. Currently NVIDIA is validating motherboards and have compiled a list of those compatible and the BIOS version it was tested with. Although our DFI NF4 SLI-DR was not on the list, performance was the same as that of an Asus A8R32-MVP. Yes, that is an ATI Xpress 3200 motherboard and yes it?s already on the list.
To see what motherboards have been tested for compatibility check out NVIDIA's GX2 Page. Please note the list is not inclusive of all compatible motherboards, but rather reflects motherboards that have been tested by NVIDIA and will be updated as new motherboards are tested.
So we?ve had a look at what the 7950GX2 is, let?s check out what XFX brings to the table with their ?XXX? editon.
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The Vuelta a Espana (or Tour of Spain) may be slightly lopsided this year. This year's Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, who is also the holder of the current UCI #1 world ranking, will not be participating in this year's Vuelta. Contador's contract with current team Astana ends right in the middle of the 3 week race, and Contador has already announced his move from Astana to Saxo Bank-Sungard for the next season.
Also absent from this year's Veulta is Team Radio Shack. Bruyneel's team was denied a wildcard spot in the race – apparently for not being a "good enough team" to compete.
The absence of many GC contenders from this race may end up being the perfect setup for Frank and Andy Schleck before they leave Saxo Bank for their new Luxembourg team.
However, that does not mean that a Saxo win is a sure thing, either. VeloNews is reporting that Carlos Sastre will still ride the Veulta for Cervelo this year – despite him also switching teams for next season.
The Veulta a Espana – together with the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia – make up the "3 grand tours" or major stage races of every cycling season. Alberto Contador has stated numerous times that it is his goal to win all three in a single year.


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This wasn't a cake which I baked in Singapore, but rather one that was bought by my cousin. Thank you dear cousin for the lovely cake. And yes, I happened to be born years ago in a not too distant past on silent night cos
Here is wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Zalig Kerstmis ! 圣诞快乐 !


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This weekend, Lady Gaga made a surprise stop in Chicago at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. It's not exactly her usual kind of venue — this year's headliners included Feist, dark female singer Grimes, and Vampire Weekend.
Even Pitchfork's founder and CEO, Ryan Schreiber, was taken by surprise when Mother Monster turned up. He took to Twitter and Instagram to share his sighting.
WTF Lady Gaga is at Blue Stage for Kendrick! instagr.am/p/NHiFmAq4ly/
— Ryan Schreiber (@ryanpitchfork) July 15, 2012
Gaga turned up on Sunday to show support for her friend and labelmate, Kendrick Lamar. Speculation was rampant across Twitter about whether the pop star would be taking the stage, but the closest she got was standing on the stage to watch while Lamar performed.
Yup, Lady Gaga IS watching Kendrick Lamar side stage at Pitchfork Fest. Just twirled around while he did "The Recipe." – @jasonlipshutz #p4k
— Billboard(@billboard) July 15, 2012
Lamar told The Source, "That's a real good friend… a real good friend."
The two have no plans to collaborate at present, at least not that they're revealing. Lamar further said, "God willing…for now I just like the friendship thing."
Lamar's debut album, m.A.A.d city will drop on October 2. Check out his single, "The Recipe," featuring Dr. Dre, to get a taste of what Gaga's such a big fan of.
-Courtney E. Smith, CBS Local
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text: After a long night of being too close to call, Ohio has finally been declared a Romney win. Mittens also clinched his adopted home state of Massachusetts, as well as Vermont, Virginia, and Idaho. But it wasn't the total momentum-building success he was hoping for. Rick Santorum took Tennessee, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. And even Gingrich managed to win his home state of Georgia. Good Lord, this is one divided party. They're going to have to keep battling it out, but the rest of us might want to invest in a high-quality pair of earplugs (and eye-plugs, if they make such a thing), because there is going to be a steady stream of screeching bullshit coming our way for the foreseeable future.


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A long overdue monument to the town's World War I veterans was dedicated yesterday morning, a fitting day since Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day and was created to mark the 1918 end of the Great War.
More than 100 family members of the deceased veterans who are memorialized on the monument, along with military veterans, VIPs, Scouts and residents of Clinton, Sterling and Lancaster came to the ceremony in Hamilton Square Park, named for Perley R. Hamilton, an Army ambulance driver who was one of Clinton's first World War I casualties.
His name, along with nearly 700 others, including 19 who died in the war, is engraved on the 6-foot by 9-foot structure. One of his descendants, Carol Ann Hamilton, a retired Clinton High School guidance counselor, raised the American flag as the ceremony began.
It has not been a smooth ride for the James R. Kirby American Legion Post 50 members who came up with the idea to erect a World War 1 memorial.
A battle of sorts — much like the one that took place nearly 100 years ago, just after the Great War, about where to situate a monument — has been raging for nearly two years.
An initial plan by the Legion to put it in front of Town Hall was shot down by selectmen, who thought it was too large for the spot and would require removing a tree. A second site on the Walnut Street side of Town Hall, near similar memorials to veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, was approved and later tuned down, also because of space concerns and the removal of a different tree.
Next came a roller-coaster ride of site possibilities in Central Park and the school athletic field, before the Parks and Recreation Commission stepped up and allowed the use of Hamilton Square Park, which is more commonly known as Depot Square.
Kirby Post Commander Lisa A. McPhee described the final site as fitting, since World War I soldiers left town on trains from that park.
"It took a long time getting here, but it's here," she said. "This is where they started from and this is where they will end up — together."
James R. Kirby, for whom the Clinton Legion chapter is named, was the town's first World War I casualty. A doctor with a medical practice on Chestnut Street, he signed up at age 42, and died in 1918 of influenza, an enemy that proved as deadly as military foes.
One of the more popular speakers yesterday was Legion Finance and Service Officer John T. Mahan. Mr. Mahan reminisced about marching by the park many times during Legion parades.
"It's so sad to look at that monument and see so many names, including my father, who was gassed in France and died at age 57," he said
It was also a bittersweet morning for U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, attending one of his last official events representing the town. While he has been Clinton's congressman for years, and often takes part in town activities, the recent redistricting means he will no longer represent the town. U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, will take over.
"This is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life," Mr. McGovern said as he surveyed the large crowd in the morning sunlight. "This community never forgets. I may be redistricted, but my heart will always be here in Clinton."
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray was also on hand, quoting Harry Truman and requesting a moment of silence for recently deceased former U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Early, a Navy veteran.
"This shows that Clinton has not forgotten," Mr. Murray said of the monument.
State Rep. Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton, a major in the Army Reserves who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said he was amazed to see how many friends and families of the soldiers memorialized on the monument came back to town for the day.
"These doughboys, they went overseas expecting adventure, and they thought they were going to be home by Christmas," he said, noting the long time it took for any communication from home to reach Europe.
Mr. Naughton spoke of the returning soldiers who "came back and built this country, and quietly built their lives."
He said: "Let us use their sacrifice to continue to remember in the future."


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Posted on Brothers-Brick.com, Simon has built a complete Boba Fett costume entirely from LEGO (except the jump suit and cape, of course). The outfit includes a helmet, jet pack, chest plate and blaster. See the full photo set.
"It's pretty stable thanks to hot glue and Velcro. It's light for the most part. All elements, even the strap added to the gun, are ... LEGO. It's not heavy compared to my Vader but the most problematic thing about it is the jumpsuit, it�'¢â'¬â"¢s too short for me and makes me hunch over."
The costume was mentioned on Gizmodo and well-received on Digg.com.


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On Saturday, Zach Bell became the first ever Canadian to win a World Cup title on the track. Bell won the men's Omnium title despite not attending the final round in Manchester, England. He won two silver medals and a bronze medal in the four event series, to win the title by one point over Shane Archbold of New Zealand. We spoke with Zach today from his home in Vancouver.
Canadian Cyclist: You didn't attend the final event; did you still think you had a chance to win the title?
Zach Bell: I knew the possibility was in the cards. Ed [Clancy - Great Britain] was the only one who could really catch me. I was a bit surprised when he didn't start at home [Manchester], but I knew that they [Great Britain] were going to want to focus on the Team Pursuit, and I guess he had to make a choice.
CC: You are the first Canadian ever to win a Track World Cup title; how does that feel?
ZB: It's pretty exciting. I have a little joke with Tara [Whitten], because she always rides [the women's Omnium] a day after me, that now I've actually beaten her at something! I think what it [the World Cup title] speaks to is the depth of the [Canadian] program that is being built now, that's a huge accomplishment. At the Worlds, if you can get it right on the day, then an individual can win, but the World Cup involves a program all year, so this speaks to our program.
CC: When we spoke earlier in the year, I asked if it was a tough decision to possibly give up the chance of winning the World Cup by skipping the final event. It work out okay, but it was really tight; did you start to second-guess your decision at any point?
ZB: No, the priority has been the Worlds, for sure. Richard [Wooles, national coach] has been really good at keeping me focussed. The Worlds has usually been a hard one for me, and it's the one that we really want to try and get right this year.
CC: You didn't go to Europe with your SpiderTech team mates because of preparations for the Worlds. What have you been doing?
ZB: My training has been going pretty well, I've just finished some road work, training with some old team mates and other pros down in Santa Barbara [California]. I'll start easing into the track stuff here in Burnaby first, and then down to Los Angeles in March for final prep.
CC: Where are your strengths in the Omnium? It always seems to me that you do well in the Flying Lap, but not as well in the mass start events.
ZB: The only mass event I really struggle with is the Elimination, but adjustments have been made and that is getting better. I've always been good at the Flying Lap, and I think that I can build a foundation for the podium in the timed events. I can usually manage to be consistently top-five in the timed events, and then in the mass races finish as close as possible to my rivals, to not give too much away.
I don't know that I really have any weaknesses, but I'm trying to improve my starts for the Kilo and the Pursuit.
CC: Your team [SpiderTech p/b C10] just had their first European race last weekend, and they are off to a pretty good start.
ZB: Yeah, Ryan [Anderson] did really well. He sometimes seems like he is going to come off three kilometres into the race, but 100 kilometres later he's the guy who is still in there.
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Music's biggest stars will assemble at the Staples Center in dowtown Los Angeles Sunday for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Here are the biggest categories on the night:
Album of the Year
"El Camino," The Black Keys
"Some Nights," Fun.
"Babel," Mumford & Sons
"Channel Orange," Frank Ocean
"Blunderbuss," Jack White
U.S. & World
Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Record of the Year
"Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young," Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know," Gotye feat. Kimbra
"Thinkin Bout You," Frank Ocean
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
"The A Team," Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
"Adorn," Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
"Call Me Maybe," Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
"We Are Young," Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. feat.
Janelle Monáe)
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Stronger," Kelly Clarkson
"Ceremonials," Florence & The Machine
"Some Nights," Fun.
"Overexposed," Maroon 5
"The Truth About Love," Pink
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Set Fire To The Rain (Live)," Adele
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson
"Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen
"Wide Awake," Katy Perry
"Where Have You Been," Rihanna
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Shake It Out," Florence & The Machine
"We Are Young," Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know," Gotye feat. Kimbra
"Sexy And I Know It," LMFAO
"Payphone," Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa
Best Dance/Electronica Album
"Wonderland," Steve Aoki
"Don't Think," The Chemical Brothers
"Album Title Goes Here," Deadmau5
"Fire & Ice," Kaskade
"Bangarang," Skrillex
Best Rock Performance
"Hold On," Alabama Shakes
"Lonely Boy," The Black Keys
"Charlie Brown," Coldplay
"I Will Wait," Mumford & Sons
"We Take Care Of Our Own," Bruce Springsteen
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
"I'm Alive," Anthrax
"Love Bites (So Do I)," Halestorm
"Blood Brothers," Iron Maiden
"Ghost Walking," Lamb Of God
"No Reflection," Marilyn Manson
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)," Megadeth
Best Rock Album
"El Camino," The Black Keys
"Mylo Xyloto," Coldplay
"The 2nd Law," Muse
"Wrecking Ball," Bruce Springsteen
"Blunderbuss," Jack White
Best Alternative Music Album
"The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do," Fiona Apple
"Biophilia," Björk
"Making Mirrors," Gotye
"Hurry Up, We're Dreaming," M83
"Bad As Me," Tom Waits
Best R&B Performance
"Thank You," Estelle
"Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)," Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
"I Want You," Luke James
"Adorn," Miguel
"Climax," Usher
Best Urban Contemporary Album
"Fortune," Chris Brown
"Kaleidoscope Dream," Miguel
"Channel Orange," Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album
"Black Radio," Robert Glasper Experiment
"Back To Love," Anthony Hamilton
"Write Me Back," R. Kelly
"Beautiful Surprise," Tamia
"Open Invitation," Tyrese
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"Wild Ones," Flo Rida feat. Sia
"No Church In The Wild," Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean and The-Dream
"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)," John Legend feat. Ludacris
"Cherry Wine," Nas feat. Amy Winehouse
"Talk That Talk," Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance
"HYFR (Hell Ya F*****g Right)," Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s In Paris," Jay-Z & Kanye West
"Daughters," Nas
"Mercy," Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"I Do," Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & André 3000
Best Rap Album
"Take Care," Drake
"Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1," Lupe Fiasco
"Life Is Good," Nas
"Undun," The Roots
"God Forgives, I Don't," Rick Ross
"Based On A T.R.U. Story," 2 Chainz
Best Country Solo Performance
"Home," Dierks Bentley
"Springsteen," Eric Church
"Cost Of Livin,'" Ronnie Dunn
"Wanted," Hunter Hayes
"Over," Blake Shelton
"Blown Away," Carrie Underwood
Country Album
"Uncaged," Zac Brown Band
"Hunter Hayes," Hunter Hayes
"Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran," Jamey Johnson
"Four The Record," Miranda Lambert
"The Time Jumpers," The Time Jumpers
Best Americana Album
"The Carpenter," The Avett Brothers
"From The Ground Up," John Fullbright
"The Lumineers," The Lumineers
"Babel," Mumford & Sons
"Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt
Best Blues Album
"33 1/3," Shemekia Copeland
"Locked Down," Dr. John
"Let It Burn," Ruthie Foster
"And Still I Rise," Heritage Blues Orchestra
"Bring It On Home," Joan Osborne
Best Spoken Word Album
"American Grown (Michelle Obama)," Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers (Various Artists)
"Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy," Bill Clinton
"Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power," Rachel Maddow
"Seriously … I'm Kidding," Ellen DeGeneres
"Society's Child: My Autobiography," Janis Ian
Best Comedy Album
"Blow Your Pants Off," Jimmy Fallon
"Cho Dependent (Live In Concert)," Margaret Cho
"In God We Rust," Lewis Black
"Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class," Kathy Griffin
"Mr. Universe," Jim Gaffigan
"Rize Of The Fenix," Tenacious D
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be air Sunday Feb. 10 on CBS. For a full list of nominees go to Grammy.com


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Happy Teachers Change the World
A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
Thich Nhat Hanh
Katherine Weare
Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Happy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative guide to the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels, from preschool through higher education, the teachings, guidance, practices, and techniques are grounded in the everyday world of schools, colleges, and universities.
Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators, counselors, and other personnel, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes inspirational guidance by Thich Nhat Hanh and evidence-based educational guidance by Katherine Weare. There are easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques, guidelines, and instructions perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students across the school and out into the community.
The instructions in Happy Teachers Change the World are offered as basic practices taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by guidance from educators using these practices in their classrooms, with ample in-class interpretations, activities, tips, and instructions. Woven throughout are stories from members of the Plum Village community around the world who are applying these teachings in their own lives and educational contexts.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Born in Hue, Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, poet, scholar, and human rights activist. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is author of more than one hundred books, and is one of the best known Buddhist teachers in the world today. Previous best-selling books include Being Peace and Buddha Mind Buddha Body. He lives at Plum Village, his meditation center in France, and travels worldwide, leading retreats on the art of mindful living.
Katherine Weare
Katherine Weare is Professor at the University of Southampton and the University of Exeter. She is internationally known for her writing, speaking, research, and development work on mindfulness and compassion for children and young people and those who care for them. Since 2000 she has advised the English government's Department for Children, Schools, and Families on policy in the area of social and emotional learning. She is an honorary member of the Society of Public Health Medicine, and a board member of the international network INTERCAMHS (International Alliance for Child and Mental Health in Schools). She also serves on the editorial boards of several mental health journals. She is author of Developing the Emotionally Literate School and Promoting Mental, Emotional and Social Health: A Whole School Approach.


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While we've covered many worthy mobile games in the past such as Equiblirum, Max Payne and more that offer superb graphics and story, I recently came across a game that has gone a step ahead and offers real Nintendo Wii-esque motion controller gaming experience with a smartphone — Frisbee Rush.
Frisbee Rush is basically a mobile-desktop game that uses your phone as a Frisbee controller and your desktop/TV screen as a window to a city. The city is being raided by aliens and your job is to throw Frisbees at them by either swinging your phone (like a real Wii controller) or manually throwing Frisbees by swiping them from the mobile screen towards the monitor.
It takes some time in learning the art of Frisbee throwing since we Android gamers are not used of motion gaming. But the game becomes insanely addictive once you've mastered it, especially in a co-operative multi-player mode where you can play with upto two of your friend(s), helping each other in salvaging the city.
Frisbee Rush features 12 different levels and trust me, the game difficulty increases exponentially with each level; I'm still trying to complete the third level even after spending almost an hour with it… Or maybe I'm a terrible gamer.
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Human Genome Project, international scientific effort to map all of the genes on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes and, to sequence the 3.1 billion DNA base pairs that make up the chromosomes (see nucleic acid). Begun in 1990 with the goal of enabling scientists to understand the basis of genetic diseases and to gain insight into human evolution, the project was largely completed in 2000 when 85% of the human genome was decoded, and ended in 2003 with 99% decoded; detailed analyses of all the pairs were published by 2006. In the process, scientists identified genes for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease, and an inherited form of breast cancer. In addition, the project decoded the genome of the bacterium E. coli, a fruit fly, and a nematode worm (see phylum Nematoda), in order to study genetic similarities among species, and a mouse genome was also decoded.
The Human Genome Project involved laboratories in the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, and Japan. It was financed in the United States by the National Institutes of Health and by the Department of Energy and in Great Britain by the Wellcome Trust of London. A comparable project using new DNA-sequencing machines was begun as a private industry venture in the United States in 1998, with a stated goal of completing the mapping of the genome in three years.
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See studies by J. Sulston and G. Ferry (2002) and J. Shreeve (2004).


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Friday, July 29, 2005
I read the newspaper the Minister of car, bus and road, say that if this ERP night time charge can make the CTE less jam, then the Gahmen maybe no need to build a new north south expressway.
KNNBCCB!!!! Of course lah! Better we driver pay the ERP than you Gahmen spend money build the new expressway, right? Of course you like! Who dowan?
Wait, let me calculate. Is it better if I build the north south expressway spend a few billion dollar, but the jam at CTE improve? Or Is it better if I keep using the ERP on the CTE maybe change to even ALL DAY cheebye ERP, not only can make the jam less (maybe only) but can earn the stupid fucker Singapore driver money?
Never ask yourself, maybe the fucking CTE the road design is wrong? Maybe got too many fucking entry and exit, that's why so fucking jam?
Nooooo! Gahmen never wrong one. Our design is the most best! Only you fucker Singapore driver like to drive on CTE dunno for fuck, make until our CTE so jam! So more ERP for you!
I keep thinking the new ERP charge I also moody, so Wednesday night I went to Zouk. Normally I don't like to go there, because the drinks more expensive and the music cannot sing along one. I can only hear the Um-zi um-zi um-zi. Maybe this kind of music must take some kind of special drugs then can like.
Lawrence said come lah, got many chio bu can beoh, many of them young young one. Sometimes they wear very little, and the skirts damn short, and then dancing that time they chao geng he said.
Fuck lah, like that also shiok. I got nothing to do, and nobody want to go kbox with me, so i said ok.
I remember when they started the Mambo at the Zouk my army friends always like to go. Last time got even more people, want to stand also no space. I remember that time how many fight I get into around there. Now I think back, don't know fight for fuck. Must be because KNN young and drunk and fucked up. Now where got time to fight, got so many girl to know and introduce to my horse. Hahahahaha!!!! Man who kena hoot by pipe can only sleep on hospital bed and not on girl bed.
When I reach there I see got a lot of short skirt young girls and ah beng NS guys and they play old music! I think is Abba, Wa lao eh. Somemore the people dancing look like the National Day dance-together kind of dancing. And got people sing the songs at the same time as dancing, every word also got one dance. Even ah beng will say is obiang. But here the ah beng all like this kind of music and dancing, make a lot of noise and whistle the girls. I remember I saw this kind of dancing before, inside a community centre, got those auntie and the chee ko uncle all wear cowboy hat dance together.
I don't drink much, because I thought later want to drink with Raymond. Somemore I scared I drink already I also go and dance this dance. But Lawrence the fucker drink until vomit. Cannot drink want to hero. Stupid fucker.
I saw one chio bu, she look like never wear bra (nowadays is the fashion, I like), she was talking to her friend say she just come from next door the Velvet, say got some homo photo show and got free Heineken beer. Fuck, got this kind of show I didn't know, free beer and maybe got photo of lesbian to see also not bad what. The guys fuck guys photo I not so interested. Nabei this Lawrence never tell me, should have gone Velvet not Mambo.
Wah, so brave, these homo. Go club and hold the homo photo show. Must be this thing I heard, the gay and the lesbian very angry the Gahmen don't let them hold big party in Sentosa on National Day, so must go Phuket. Then i heard those who no money to go Phuket they will make the August to be the Proud to be Gay and Lesbian month, got art show got photo show and got some party. They even got some name for it, something to do with they angry at the Gahmen, I think it is Sibei Toolan Month or something like that.
I think maybe the Gahmen too fast to chase the gay go Phuket to party liao, because they blame them for the Aids. Last time every year they have one big gay party in Sentosa on National Day, now look like the whole month of National Day also become the gay month too. From one party become one month! Hahahaha!!!!
I think people want to fuck each other backside or eat each other cheebye let them fuck and eat lor. Just make sure they got rubber to use, wait their lan cheow drop off, like a few of my friends who go Geylang fuck the pros never wear then kena dunno what cheebye disease. People want to fuck girl fuck guy fuck dog how do you stop them? Just give them the rubber, like the Army give for overseas exercise. Even army also know you cannot stop people from fucking.
See lah, now they go Phuket and fuck, and we celebrate the country 40 years birthday and the emperor's son first national day, together celebrate with the gay month.
The whole August become National Gay Parade. Hahahahaha!!!
99 comments:
- Yasz said...
u r my ah beng hero...
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:37:00 PM
- sÞ¡ηηєє said...
*lmao* Way to go Rockson! U rock! Zouk on wednesday are hopeless... dun visit there.. waste of money.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:38:00 PM
wah...your blog vely interesting leh...i like to read! Your colorful words - so many i forgot already becos too long boh use liao (kena scold by my mother lah) - now i read in your blog...very powderful to send the right message across! Keep it up and please write more often lah!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:41:00 PM
i saw u at zouk leh. ur peekture in one of the gh3y pics. lawrence was holding it lol..own3d
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:43:00 PM
- esdee said...
You went Mambo too? Where got um-zi um-zi sound only?! Your ears too full of ear-shit lah! Hahah. I was there too leh ... never see any big horse. You bluff is it? Anyway yes ... Velvet got more interesting stuff to see .. Phuture and Mambo is left all the kids only.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:48:00 PM
ah why u never announce u going zouk? wah lan i was there la, u must announce mah, then we all can find u and chiong with u.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 6:51:00 PM
- Matthew said...
you rock my world la bro.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 7:01:00 PM
si dancing meh? si lancing lah..
- Friday, July 29, 2005 7:41:00 PM
- blueapple said...
LMAO~ U're damn funny.. "um-zi um-zi um-zi" sound.. LOL~
- Friday, July 29, 2005 7:58:00 PM
tiu niah seng!!! can u post everyday boh??? i'm addicted to your blog! if i don read ur cheebye words, my lanjiao will go soft again! ur blog is like viagra!!!! hahaha!!!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 8:11:00 PM
Whoa, bro u fucking funny siahhh.
Post more fucking post leh. Kepp ur horse happy mah.
U r my Singapore Educated Ah Beng.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 8:23:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I like ur posts. They are so hilarious.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 8:34:00 PM
You are my hero. Lurve your entries! Write more often! Looking forward to more! =D
- Friday, July 29, 2005 8:42:00 PM
- shuddupfirst said...
then you call me we go kbox lor mwhauierhiuaehriuhaeriheruiherui
- Friday, July 29, 2005 8:53:00 PM
the sg media or newspapers nvr mention u or blinky but i think u two engkai be mentioned one ... thats the problem with sg media lah not the problem with the sg ppl ... they suppose to reflect living in sg but they choose to reflect or give attention to who they like ... this not a problem meh?? ... how can ppl not be angry? ... sg so many years independent already still never change ... how ppl can u not angry u say?
- Friday, July 29, 2005 9:03:00 PM
This is call gahmen fuck itself! Want to gey gey act clean and holy, now kena big time national gay month celebration. Now all go par-lie-ment all stare at each other and lan lan! Especially dat Ho Ping Kee & Wong Cunt Sing both in charge of mata and stupid license laws shit can go and fark each other backside! Hahahaha!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 9:05:00 PM
rockson! wo ai nii...
- Friday, July 29, 2005 9:24:00 PM
When are u going to zouk again? Show me your big horse.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:17:00 PM
- Mr Lee said...
KNN... august become gay month... see peh tulan. Now more gay parties more ass fucking more aids disease.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:18:00 PM
steady pun bi bi
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:43:00 PM
kaninabeichaocheebye this blog rocks la rockson. ST scared alreadi la. After they mistakenly nv censor your chee bye URL on the ST digital, they dun dare to put anything alreadi. lol.
Put all your post the URL got chee bye la. den ur immune to ST or ChlNewLater.
They cannot censor the URL, if not nobody can find. and cheebye is not a vulgarity in the england dictionary.
So in the end they cannot do anything. cannot mention your blog, if not more people come to see your blog. lol. IMMUNITY SIAL!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:45:00 PM
- Aurora said...
steady pun bi bi
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:47:00 PM
- Aurora said...
Rockson, YOU ARE THE BEST!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:48:00 PM
Eventually, we have to pay unit 9pm... 10pm..and full day pay & pay liao.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:48:00 PM
Rockson Takumi Tan!!
Wo men yong yuan zhi chi ni!!!!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:53:00 PM
Great entry as usual. Thank you so much, Rockson! I'd like to buy you a drink, if that's possible.
Cannot belive the gahmen can still be so ignorant to think only gay sex can cause AIDS. This misleading information will make the chee hong people think they will not get the disease by fucking cheebyes.
You are right, let people fuck whoever they want, so long as the consent is mutual.
Now the gays go to Phuket to celebrate, Singapore lose business, gay tourists will go there too.
Maybe the gahmen build too many tunnels their heads are stuck in them.
Rock on Rockson! You are simply the best!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 10:55:00 PM
my first time commenting on ur blog. u r so damn right on zouk mambo. its so hopeless on weds.
- Friday, July 29, 2005 11:09:00 PM
Lockson LLLLLock!
- Friday, July 29, 2005 11:17:00 PM
- ekh said...
CHamPIoN!!!! u know wat mr rockson.. wat makes your blog special is how you make simple things in life so interesting...so rock on mr rockson!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:09:00 AM
- deefenz said...
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- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:22:00 AM
- deefenz said...
Acherly this time I aglee with gahmen about CTE ERP charges ! Ang Mo Kioers cannot ai pee ai qi ai tua liap nee and expect all Sinkapoor peepers to pay for North South highway mah ! You oredi enjoy good location and high property price but still want your flens in ulu cheebye jurong to help pay for new expressway so you drive shiok shiok no jam meh ? Kanina, rich farkers living in central area should pay until their kar chngs peet or else take the lan jiao bus or mrt lah !!!!!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:24:00 AM
hey blog hop n hop to ur here..very interesting ley ur horse stories..kip it up..
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:37:00 AM
- xialanxue said...
" i saw u at zouk leh. ur peekture in one of the gh3y pics. lawrence was holding it lol..own3d
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:40:00 AM
You're fucking brilliant. Excellent stuff, man.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:41:00 AM
I agree with you. there r too many exits on CTE. Think in Ang Mo Kio alone, there are about 4 exits. nah bei, such a small town need so many exits for fuck. it is not difficult for drivers to have an exit to a town then navigate their own way to other parts of the town.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:54:00 AM
u noe why? AMK is emperor son's territory ok! LTA also lan lan must build more exits or else struck down by lightning!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:04:00 AM
- Da Froggie said...
Rockson Takumi Tan...You rock man!!!No horse run! Bo Beh Chao manz!!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:27:00 AM
- Chandler said...
Aey xiao eh, you are correct lor. Chao CTE forever jam one, even I don't stay in the north I also know. Why? Because I work there. NNB even at odd hours like 10.00am on a weekday morning when I finish my night shift the stupid CB CTE is also jammed. Buay tahan ah.
Anyways your blog lives up to its name - IT ROCKS MAN!
So much so that I have linked mine to yours, if you don't mind. Do check my blog out when you can spare the time. Got chio bu to beoh one ok? :)
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:34:00 AM
- /77!cH3//3 said...
i like the way u spell your words.. wonder how u pass your spelling.. lolx
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:35:00 AM
Doesn't Lawrence read your blog? You keep needling him in your entries. Aren't you worried of offending your friend?
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:06:00 AM
Hey I enjoy reading ur blog. It really rox. Keep updating :)
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:30:00 AM
rock on man~
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:21:00 AM
Who knows... after introduced night ERP already... If still jam, then build another expressway, then charge ERP. (profit earn profit) -.-"
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 6:50:00 AM
Gahmen is like dat one la.... I see newspaper those people in ang mo country neber work also got marney take. Singapore gahmen so rich but so kiam siap.
Never give still nebermind la. I still got ka got qiu can work earn my own marney. But most dulan part is they never give still wanna ka us somemore.
Kao... somemore wanna vote for opposition also not possible. You see the opposition people all lao ah pek all dunno when going to kong ka kiao one. Vote them win liao I think too happy heart attack die.
Rockson you come form party la. I sure vote you.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:54:00 AM
- JackFrost said...
It is about fucking time to buy a bicycle!! Maybe they will have road tax for bicycle next time!! Coz cycling on the fucking pavement is against the law then you LANLAN must ride on the fucking road, so fucking dangerous, then they will charge you road tax for riding your bicycle on the road!!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 8:48:00 AM
- Aaron Tan said...
fucker...ur there? i was there too!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:04:00 AM
You are a low class ah beng that should stay at home and not to zouk to ruin the place there.
What a waste of space you are there.
It is places like there that will have celebrity like me and not people like you.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:41:00 AM
- godzilala* said...
Witty and aptly written, albeit a little vulgar.
That's your trademark, I suppose. Your blog is entertaining and yet intelligent.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:59:00 AM
xiaxue, u r not a celebrity, u r a cheap chao cheebye and i like u for that. ur blog is fun to read, that's all, no depth - i alwyas laugh when i read ur blog - that is laughing at u, not with u.
ur blog cannot be compared to Rockson's - he is simply the BESTEST!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:27:00 AM
the emperor's son first national day I like this part.......:-)
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:01:00 AM
Xiaxue, mai ani xialan leh, i sure hoot u if i see u at Zouk!! Bengs buay sai cheong Zouk meh? Nabeh bui cheebye!!
Rockson, u r the best!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:15:00 AM
- the pacimist said...
i think you should post more often. People really enjoy your posts. =)
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:32:00 AM
in all honesty...
youre the low class lian no one wants to see in zouk....
Youre whiny, cam-whorish(if u hot nvm), borderline stupid, dense...
And release some air from your big head pls...
Rockson is a way way better read...
i got your back rockson!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:36:00 PM
People say they are Xiaxue and you all straightaway believe, ah?
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:14:00 PM
I will not be surprised if it is even xx. She speaks with an acid tongue going around offending others.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:18:00 PM
xiaxue you sucks!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:18:00 PM
who the fuck is this xiaxue?! machiam call herself celebrity? WAHAHAHAHA! Lagi more thick skin than shameless PAP honest-mistake ministers. Maybe she is just another bitch from the PAP woman wing...
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:37:00 PM
Ahaha, you're the best. :)
Post more! <3
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:53:00 PM
it all boils down to dollars and cents here, but with a heart. that's capitalism singapore style for you.
resistance is futile, JUST GO MAKE MORE MONEY!!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:31:00 PM
- mimosa said...
it's lomo... not homo....
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:43:00 PM
xiaxue, you come and read rockson's blog, good for you. rockson is going to be the #1 blogger in Singapore liao. Rockson's blog is purely entertaining and true-ful. No pictures to attract readers, purely text. he blogs his heart out. Unlike yours and blinkymummy's so artifical one. blinky's one is abit difficult to understand, her ang mo and chinese too good.
I think Rockson is a high class beng; and you are a low class lian. So keep quiet and stay at home. Do not come out of the house, and let people puke when we see you. You, celebrity? Go look yourself at the mirror if you have one.
Aiyo, spend so much time writing about you. Waste my finger strength. I will stop bashing you for now. If you dare to come here and post rubbish, we will hoot you until your parents cannot recognise you. Sigh
what a whore.
Hi Rockson :-) My dear
People are requesting you to blog more frequent leh, can? Your blog is like the drama espiode leh. The kind that you have to wait for one week to see one or two espiodes. Wait till hair also white liao. beri difficult to endure. I am so sad when i visit your blog and find that there are no new blog.
You need not write beri long blog lor. Shorter one but more frequent can? I can take care of your horse if you need some time off to blog.
About ERP, it is like this one lah. the gahmen does not know how to build road; then they just collect toll to reduce traffic loh. Until one day, all the road are ERP-ed. Collect toll is ok lah, but then gahmen has to think of a way to return to money to us mah. like tax break; reduce road tax; reduce parking; etc. They just have to be creative like the way that they are creative in installing ERP. Sometimes, I just do not know where are their brains. either in the backside; or in the backside and shit it out and flush into the toilet hole.
take care, horse and rockson.
fuck you, xiaxue. hoot you if I see you. err... maybe not, dirty my hands. I will let my dog bites your cb.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:40:00 PM
Damned the ERP lah~ Put gantry on Expressway and make drivers re-route and exit by other roads.. than later stage they got reason to put all other road exiting CBD with ERP gantry also liao lor~~ win liao lor~~!!!
Maybe one fineday some scholars or ang moh will suggest to them to put TLP (Traffic Light Pricing!!) and end up we got to pay when we cross every traffic lights~~ ! basket!!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:45:00 PM
- Mr.doodpar said...
xia xue acc.. kena hacked alreadi...
but again.. Rockson, u r teh BEZ!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:46:00 PM
Imagine, transportation planning meeting.
Minister: Can Mr scholar X, Y, Z write a proposal to fix the conjestion problem at AMK.
Mr X.:EEEEE
Mr Y: RRRRR
Mr Z: PPPPPPPPPP
Minister: approved. Well done, guys, Gahmen has not wasted any $ on you.
KNNBCCB, like this also can?
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:56:00 PM
the emperor's son first national day ... I like this part too :) Somehow I kept thinking of an army of stormtroopers marching past the rostrum where Darth Vader is standing, with an old hooded figure in the background ...
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:16:00 PM
To : All
Please post something more in relation to Rock's topic than personal attacks, scrolling down and reading all irrelevant stuff make me sick. Don't spoil the show, man
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 8:46:00 PM
you all sibei talk big leh
see me in zouk want to beat me? come lah! I scared you all ah you dare lift a finger on my precious hair you be prepared to sit in jail liao
all those who like to talk cock and bull shit this is what i have to say to u all
got guts really come and beat me up if u get the chance to bask in my celebrity radiance la
if not just hide behind your stupid nicks and diam diam ok
all you gutless men
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:07:00 PM
I agree with Xiaxue. Dun talk big , post your pics, dun just cryfather crymother!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:12:00 PM
To those kns who attack XiaXue.
hokkien says Cui kong lan par song!
she is right, you're simply bossless so how can you be song!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:18:00 PM
I can only interprete that for those kns who had posted those unkind words to MsXX you are not borne by any one of the female species. You must be a SOB! - posted by a male 54yrs
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:35:00 PM
- lowkohkoh said...
Wa lau, very the good blog ...I like to read liao. Your Marina Bay story belly the good. Make me laugh one. But if gahmen use Locky consultant pay cheap cheap ..then u come out with name like 'LEENA BAY' how? Chiak lat. hahahaha!
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:39:00 PM
Hi Xiaxue,
Dun get annoyed with the "I like your horse" I reckon "it" is a Cau Ah Kua - abc
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:51:00 PM
Hello rockson dear,
Thanks for sexporting us Gay and Lesbian network. I will ask all gays to thank you. Perhaps i can ask them to play with your horse as well..
Papa Gay
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:55:00 PM
Please lah, don't feed the Xiaxue pretender troll. One look at his writing will tell you that gutless fucker is trying to pretend to be her and fanning the flames of XX hate here, and spoiling the fun for everyone else who wants to enjoy Rockson.
I am on XX fan but I want to discuss Rockson, not help her hater hijack every blog he can find.
Ignore the Xiaxue comments here, whether it is her or not (it is not) and the loser will go away and find some other blog to troll bait.
Don't feed the troll, people.
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:09:00 PM
Kan ni na bei pua chee bye .. Kan your lao bu dai ..
Aye ... I dun care real xiaxue or fake xiaxue la horz... in one way or another is xia suay to even talk about her la .. KAn ni na . .see her face also my cock DE-rect .... Aye is not bo ji lehz.. go my blog .. my fucking face big big there for you to see arz -.o No need to even see u in zouk .. i see you on the street already make sure u xia suay ... ai ya.. anyway don't talk about such a scum of society liaoz.. wasting my time haha
Rockson.. trust me .. you are the #1 blogger in sg ... Even SPG neh neh Also not as aye sai as your blog haha... fucking funny la... And horz.. stop talking about your horse big lehz.. POST IT ON YOUR BLOG La hahahaha.. but in all honesty. Your blog speaks the truth and is what a unhappy or disgruntle singaporean would love to tell the GAHMEN but don't have the guts to say it. SO i respect you... but betta becareful ar bo the ISA ( Internal security ) from the GAHMEN come catch you for revealing too much of their secrets or catch you for trying to instigate others to stage a revolution against the GAHMEN hhahahaha. .then you HONG GAN .. but no worries.. we will write petiton to free you one de hahaha
- Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:24:00 PM
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:29:00 AM
In Europe and USA, there are pride parade leh. Can see nei nei one leh. Usually, they all station at a place after the parade where they drink, sing, kiss and "touch each other".
I've been to one in San Francisco, man, it was really grand. There are hundred of motorcycles and beautiful lesbians.
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:11:00 AM
you r creative man!! I LIKE THE WAY U COMPOSE YOUR WRITEOUT!!!
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:51:00 AM
- Oreo said...
Come on lah, no "new" news, rockson no material to write...
But again, Singapore have grown up and can tell what is right and what is not right (NKF case)..So it is about time, we should voice out our discomfort to the gahment as part of the feedback so that things can get better....
As long as we say things that is logical and not some nonsenses non-existance things, i think our current gahment will listen and make the right changes for the good of Singapore.
Gay / Les are sensitive issue, maybe not to this current generation, but definately to the older generation. So the gahment been "sensitive" and been "protective" (aid spreading issue), are not wrong.
If gay / les go out of singapore to do it, well, there is nothing wrong, but i believe the gahment also don't want to earn this kind of "tourism" money. (I have nothing against gay / les)
But you know lah, now the younger singaporean like all bookworm like that, the school bag more heavy than my gym weight...every 2-3 weeks got test, got exam, where got time to be creative thinking...so all gong gong tai tai one....so if gahment allow gay/les party, these gong gong tai tai kids think it cool, go get played backside without rubber, later all cry wolf (See an article on on-line scam with man fucking young boy thru luring them in irc).
So gahment is not wrong lah, some things they do see much bigger picture than us the commoners.
But the ERP gantry one, that one, they really deserve to get fuck big time. This must be some bloody flesh direct entry scholors in the minstry come out this kind of fucking idea. I am really surprise our minstry of road buy in to such craps. Point A to Point B, if you need to take this route home, no matter how you de-route your journey will still have to go toward "THAT DIRECTION" right? If you need to go North, you can't travel south right? Ya lah the fucking earth is round, still...
SO i hope we can voice our concerns to the gahment to get better ideas....NO WAY will gantry solve jamming issue.....if u wan to stop jam, increase COE, increase petrol, like that more effective lah. But gahment will get fuck by alot of people big time also....
On XX, move on lah... mai lei si kang.
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 4:46:00 AM
Everybody wants to drive but how can? Singapore so small, sure got traffic jam what....so the gahmen tries to discourage with ERP, COE, ETC ETC
Take public transport lah. Sure not so stylo but have to be practical what.
Rockson - you rock!
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 5:41:00 AM
very blood-thirsty government - ERP everywhere. don't want to spend money building another NS highway. so backward compared to more progressive cities. just hate these vampires who sit in cushy castles sucking blood from all of us day in night out! the nkf inquisition is a rehearsal for the real one when people start asking hard questions and demanding transparency about he-who-must-not-be-named.
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:03:00 AM
Hi Lockson,
When do you know your friend is a gay?
...when his penis smell like shit.
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:31:00 PM
Govt, encourage 2 take a Public transport 2 reduce car excessive, but unfortunately, it will not work when the fare hike and conviniency is so much troublesome.
Most public buses had been reduced to short journey, in such cases passengers had to take bus, mrt and buses again. For ERP payers actually the bus consumers had been kutuk first, fares already increased, taxi then ERP.
to and fro six time, six time kutuk
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:18:00 PM
Let us ban that 2 cheebyes, xiaxue & blinky. One always talked about high class people, scholar, act philosophical (at her age!) and the other act cute & witty.
Going forward, I believe ultimately these 2 sick "emotional complex syndrome" creatures need to be pai roti "GANG FUCKED" by angmohs & blacks to reach their ultimate high. Agree?
Who knows what happened to the last gang-laid cheebye who shamed all of us by nameing her nationality?
- Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:40:00 PM
- Xiaxue said...
Erm, that one is a imposter. Duh, I thought it was obvious. Nice blog, Rockson. =)
- Monday, August 01, 2005 5:51:00 AM
When ERP started, I joke to friends that in a few years time, ERP gantry will be erected outside every house doors and gates. Its comming true now. It is not a gahmen soulution to 'terrific' jams, rather a draculla 'suck blood' derivatives like the NKF twist. Wots new. Enjoy it, sons of Singapore. Happy National Gay people!
- Monday, August 01, 2005 8:18:00 AM
- バーニ。シン said...
Yar... This ERP thingie..
Actually also good lah, at least now guys (or gals) got excuse not to go back home early lor...
Mom (or wife): "Ooi! How come come home so late? Soup also turn cold liao!"
Son (or Hubby): "Aiyah, think I don wan come home early meh? Got ERP mah... give a dollar for gahmen for what?? So I no choice have to go happy hours everyday and can only come home after 8pm lor.. I got no choice wan leh!"
Hahahaha.. So I think the people who benefit from this ERP thingie would be those clubs & pubs!!!
- Monday, August 01, 2005 9:47:00 AM
- darkscarlette said...
Rockson u rock my world! Muack! when it comes to these heartland issues - no one else puts it quite as eloquently as u do! ;)
- Monday, August 01, 2005 10:17:00 AM
nei bei that imposter XX,
- Monday, August 01, 2005 12:26:00 PM
sigh...singapore is sillypore..hahaha
- Monday, August 01, 2005 6:18:00 PM
Yo ROCKSON!i made some comments juz now but my notebk DC!therefore i shall cut it short now!anyways,we all love u and u r indeedo singaporeans Voice!:)
- Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:22:00 PM
you laymine me of my goodest flen kutu.
not 'um-zi' lar, is oonst oonst oonst.
fie dolla lub you loooong time~
- Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:58:00 PM
Omg fuck cheebye you ar you think u are GOD meh say so many "so called nice word" from ur small mouth. u think u who .u not sactifed in this world meh. Go die lah.i tell u one true fuking thing.. GO FUCK UR MOTHER CHEEBYE AND CHOP UR FATHER LAN JIAO AND FIRED WITH FISH ON IT THEN .....
- Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:24:00 AM
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- Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:27:00 PM
- 4 TR4P PR1NC3SS said...
Wah lau!! Update already leh...
We want lockson!
We want lockson!
We want lockson!
- Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:17:00 PM
full of shit.
- Friday, September 02, 2005 11:07:00 PM
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Biological flying machine? Terrifying monster of the deep? Nope - this is just a scanning electron microscopy image of a Lamnacarus ornatus, or common mite.
Industrial microscopy company FEI sells a variety of imaging rigs, including the one that produced this image. To show what their SEM machines can do, FEI created an incredible image gallery of shots taken with their equipment. Here is just a tiny subset of what you can see if you visit their site.
Click to embiggen! See more at the FEI image site, which is organized both by subject matter and by type of imaging device.
A worm found in hydrothermal vents - its mouth can turn inside-out.
Here is the same worm with its mouth tucked back inside. Very Alien-esque.
Gah! What is that? Oh, only hibiscus pollen.
Here are the mouthparts of a caterpillar, showing the sensory organs.
FEI says this is an "image of sperm tails tangled up in a seminiferous tubule." The sperm mature inside this tubule before thrusting into the world.
This is a coccolithophorid, or tiny marine organism. Yes, it looks completely amazing.


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The science is alarmingly inconclusive, but the punishment for mothers is severe.
November 23, 2012 |
Employees at US hospitals are testing more and more newborns for cannabis exposure. And, with alarming frequency, they are getting the wrong results. So say a pair of recent studies documenting the unreliability of infant drug testing.
In the most recent trial, published in the September edition of the Journal of Clinical Chemistry , investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine evaluated the rate of unconfirmed "positive" immunoassay test results in infant and non-infant urine samples over a 52-week period. Shockingly, authors found that positive tests for carboxy THC, a byproduct of THC screened for in immunoassay urine tests, were 59 times less likely to be confirmed in infant urine specimens as compared to non-infant urine samples. Overall, 47 percent of the infant positive immunoassay urine samples evaluated did not test for the presence of carboxy THC when confirmatory assay measures were later performed.
Immunoassay testing – the standard technology used in workplace drug testing – relies on the use of antibodies (proteins that will react to a particular substance or a group of very similar substances) to document whether a specific reaction occurs. Therefore, a positive result on an immunoassay test presumes that a certain quantity of a particular substance may be present in the sample, but it does not actually identify the presence of the substance itself. A more specific chemical test, known as chromatography, must be performed in order to confirm any preliminary analytical test results. Samples that test positive on the presumptive immunoassay test, but then later test negative on the confirmatory test are known as false positives.
False positive test results for cannabis' carboxy THC metabolite are relatively uncommon in adult specimens. Among newborns' specimens, however, false positive results for alleged cannabis exposure are disturbingly prevalent.
In April, researchers at the University of North Carolina reported in the journal Clinical Biochemistry that various chemicals present in various baby wash products, such as Johnson's Head-to-Toe Baby Wash and CVS Baby Wash, frequently cross-react with the immunoassay test to cause false positive results for carboxy THC.
"[The] addition of Head-to-Toe Baby Wash to drug-free urine produced a dose dependent measureable response in the THC immunoassay," the investigators concluded . "Addition of other commercially available baby soaps gave similar results, and subsequent testing identified specific chemical surfactants that reacted with the THC immunoassay. … Given these consequences, it is important for laboratories and providers to be aware of this potential source for false positive screening results and to consider confirmation before initiating interventions."
Following the publication of the UNC study, researchers at the University of Utah screened for the presence of baby soap contaminants in infant urine. Surprisingly, they didn't find any . Rather, they concluded that the disproportionately high rate of false positive test results discovered among their samples were the result of a cross-reaction with some other yet-to-be determined constituent. They cautioned: "Until the compounds contributing to positive urine screen results in infants are identified, we encourage the use of alternative specimens for the detection and investigation of neonatal exposure to cannabinoids. Screen-positive cannabinoid results from infant samples should not be reported without confirmation or appropriate consultation, because they cannot currently be interpreted."
Yet despite these warnings, in many instances, hospitals fail to confirm the results of presumptive drug tests prior to reporting them to state authorities. (Because confirmatory testing is more expensive the immunoassay testing, many hospitals neglect to send such presumptive positive urine samples to outside labs for follow-up analysis.) Ironically, such confirmatory tests are required for all hospital employees who test positive for illicit substances. But presently, no such guidelines stipulate that similar precautions be taken for newborns or pregnant mothers. Explains Lynn Paltrow, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women : "NAPW has had calls from numerous parents who were subjected to intrusive, threatening, and counterproductive child welfare interventions based on false or innocent positive test results for marijuana. We have learned that pregnant patients receive fewer guarantees of accuracy than do job applicants at that same hospital."
Regardless of whether or not the drug screen results are confirmed, the sanctions for those subjects who test positive are often swift and severe. Typically, any report of alleged infant exposure to cannabis will trigger a host of serious consequences ranging from the involvement of social services to accusations of child endangerment or neglect. In some instances, mothers whose infants test positive for carboxy THC will lose temporary child custody rights and be mandated to attend a drug treatment program. In other instances they may be civilly prosecuted. At least 18 states address the issue of pregnant women's drug use in their civil child neglect laws; in 12 states prenatal exposure to any illegal drug is defined by statute as civil child abuse. (One state, South Carolina, authorizes the criminal prosecution of mothers who are alleged to have consumed cannabis, or any other illicit substance, during pregnancy and carry their baby to term.)
Of further concern is the reality that the hospital staff's decision to drug test infants or pregnant mothers appears to be largely a subjective one. There are no national standards delineating specific criteria for the drug testing of pregnant women, new mothers, or their infants. In fact, the only federal government panel ever convened to advise on the practice urged against its adoption. As a result, race and class largely influence who is tested and who isn't. A study published in the Journal of Women's Health reported that "black women and their newborns were 1.5 times more likely to be tested for illicit drugs as non-black women," after controlling for obstetrical conditions and socio-demographic factors, such as single marital status or a lack of health insurance. A separate study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported similar rates of illicit drug consumption during pregnancy among both black and white women, but found that "black women were reported [to health authorities] at approximately 10 times the rate for white women."
How many mothers have been accused of child neglect or abuse because of false positive drug test results? Nobody knows for sure. But no doubt some mothers have been penalized solely as a result of the test's inherent fallibility – and many more are likely to face similar sanctions in the future. That's because the practice of drug testing infants for cannabis exposure remains a relatively popular even though there exists limited, if any, evidence to justify it.
"No child-health expert would characterize recreational drug use during pregnancy as a good idea," writes Time.com columnist Maia Szalavitz. "But it's not at all clear that the benefits, if any, of newborn marijuana screening – particularly given how selectively the tests are administered – justify the potential harm it can cause to families."
Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform agrees, telling Time.com that the emotional damage caused by removing an infant child from their mothers, as well as the risk of abuse inherent to foster care, far outweigh any risks to the child that may be caused by maternal marijuana use during pregnancy.
In fact, the potential health effects of maternal marijuana use on infant birth weight and early development have been subject to scientific scrutiny for several decades. One of the earliest and most often cited studies on the topic comes from Dr. Melanie Dreher and colleagues, who assessed neonatal outcomes in Jamaica, where it is customary for many women to ingest cannabis, often in tea, during pregnancy to combat symptoms of morning sickness. Writing in the journal Pediatrics in 1994, Dreher and colleagues reported no significant physical or psychological differences in newborns of heavy marijuana-using mothers at three days old, and found that exposed children performed better on a variety of physiological and autonomic tests than non-exposed children at 30 days. (This latter trend was suggested to have been a result of the socio-economic status of the mothers rather than a result of pre-natal pot exposure.)
Separate population studies have reported similar results. A 2002 survey of 12,060 British women reported, "[C]annabis use during pregnancy was unrelated to risk of perinatal death or need for special care." Researchers added that "frequent or regular use" of cannabis throughout pregnancy may be associated with "small but statistically detectable decrements in birthweight." However, the association between cannabis use and birthweight failed to be statistically significant after investigators adjusted for confounding factors such as the mothers' age, pre-pregnancy weight, and the self-reported use of tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, and other illicit drugs."


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There is no definite point in time or a list of symptoms that define
grief. The term unresolved grief (sometimes called
prolonged or chronic grief) is grief that lasts longer than usual for a
person's social circle or cultural background. It may also be used to describe
grief that does not go away or interferes with the person's ability to take
care of daily responsibilities.
Complicated grief is a period of intense grief and
anxiety that lasts 6 months or more. Complicated grief responds well to counseling. A grief
counselor can help you work through your grief and learn to accept your loss.
Unresolved grief tends to be more common in people who:
How people express unresolved grief varies. People may:
In addition to the list above, teens may show unresolved grief by
using illegal drugs, taking part in illegal activities (such as stealing), or
having unprotected sex. They may also become more accident-prone, avoid their
friends, and have difficulty completing school work.
Young children may show unresolved grief by developing behavior
problems or expressing fears about being alone, especially at night.
People with unresolved grief who do not seek treatment are more
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Lighting more than Advent candles
Quiet evenings in Advent lead one family to peace.
The celebration of Advent took on a whole new level of seriousness and meaning for me a few years after I became a father, as my kids reached the age where they could understand what was going on around them. The observation of these days, the colder weather, and the early darkness encouraged a slowing down in my family's life, and conspired to create tender, quiet evenings.
When my kids were still little, just around the time they had started to walk and talk, we began our Advent tradition. Each evening we'd send the kids off to their bedrooms, then silently stroll through the house, turning off each and every light, eliminating anything that could steal away their attention.
We'd light candles of various sizes, colors, and brightness throughout our living room, placed at different heights on tables, shelves and the mantle. (With each successive week of Advent, we'd light more candles until the room became literally bathed in candlelight by Christmas Eve.) I'd then go to my kids' bedrooms, carrying only a single candle. I'd knock—making sure they had also turned off the lights in their room—and enter, the candlelight flickering before me.
I'd ask the kids what time of year it was, and if they'd like to come with me tonight, to watch and wait for Jesus. They'd walk quietly, all smiles, blankets and stuffed animals in tow, to our living room, lit now by candlelight. Together we'd light the appropriate candles on our Advent wreath, employing a little booklet for prayers and reflection. (As the kids grew older, we'd rotate in new booklets with age-appropriate reflections.)
Following the Advent wreath, we'd read a Christmas-themed book together, snuggling into one another on our couch. We'd end with a trip over to where the Advent calendar [1] was displayed, removing this day's little cardboard book from the calendar and reading aloud one small segment of the Christmas story—by Christmas Eve, we had read the entire story together.
We'd sing a verse from Silent Night, Away in a Manger, O Come All Ye Faithful, or another favorite Christmas carol. The evening would end with the blowing out of all of the candles (perhaps my children's favorite part of the whole evening!), saving one to provide just enough light to lead the kids back to their rooms, kiss them good night, and tuck them in.
What I have always cherished about this nightly ritual was how it cultivated a sense of quiet, a sense of peace in our household, and drew us all together by the low-tech simplicity of it all. It made our home a warm and loving place. By the time we would finish, and the kids would be tucked away in their beds, the silence throughout our home would have become the best kind of silence inside of me as well—a serenity I so rarely experience, and a kindness, a tenderness toward all of life. I hope it has done the same for my children.
Guest Blogger Johnny Zokovitch is the program director for Pax Christi USA [2].
Read more blogs about Advent and Christmas traditions at uscatholic.org/advent [3]. Submit a guest blog to email@example.com [4]. We may put this together into a holiday theme Meditation Room for the magazine next year. Any reflections selected for publication will win $50!
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"A government for ourselves"
Excerpt from Arthur Ingraham Boreman's speech accepting the presidency of the Virginia Convention in Wheeling on June 12, 1861. Virgil A. Lewis, ed., How West Virginia Was Made: Proceedings of the First Convention of the People of Northwestern Virginia at Wheeling May 13, 14, and 15, 1861, and the Journal of the Second Convention of the People of Northwestern Virginia at Wheeling, Which Assembled, June 11th, 1861 . . . (Charleston, W.Va.: News-Mail Company, Public Printer, 1909), 81–83.
Arthur Ingraham Boreman, of Parkersburg, in Wood County along the Ohio River, spoke of the bold action that was required when he accepted the presidency of the convention in Wheeling on June 12, 1861. "If you gentlemen, will go with me," he said, "we will take definite, determined and unqualified action as to the course we will pursue. We will take such action as will result in Western Virginia, if not the whole of Virginia, remaining in the Union of our fathers." If only the western part of Virginia could be restored to the Union, then the men of the West, he predicted, would have to create "a government for ourselves."


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Our PCD Experience !!
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Officially Welcomed to the 'Fest
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Mein Auto: 2013 Melbourne Red 335i
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Our PCD Experience !!
My wife and rcecently completed our PCD Experience in early October. It was Fantastic to say the least!
We had been planning on doing the PCD for over a year. We originally wanted a June Delivery in Spartanburg but we had to cancel our 2012 335i order, and switch to an October Delivery of a 2013 335i. We had turned our leased 2009 335i into the Dealer BMW of San Diego in late March . We ended up having only one car in our family for about 7 months. This required some logistics, but in the end it worked out well. 6 Months of no car payments, gas or car insurance
Our CA was awesome. Pat Springer from BMW of San Diego handled all the details from his end, and kept us informed every step of the way. Our PCD time finally arrived for us on October 7th when we boarded Southwest from San Diego to Spartanburg/Greenville Airport. One change over in Houston. We arrived Sunday night after 7 PM in South Carolina , and we were taken to the Greenvill Marriott in a 2013 650 Silver Grand Coupe with Coral Red Interior. Beautiful Car !.
The Greenville Marriott
Very nice Rooms and the service was excellent. We had two breakfast there as well as two dinners. We came in a day early as our PCD was for Tuesday October 9th. Our meals were all top notch. Jonathan suggested we check out downtown Greenville , and we did that on Monday. Very quaint and picturesque downtown Main Street. Lots of cool Shops and places to Dine and obtain a CAB ( Cold Adult Beverage
) We had dinner that night compliments of BMW at the Greenville Marriott. Very good , and excellent Service. There were at least 5-6 other couples also having a wonderful dinner compliments of BMW too that night.
The PCD Experience
We were picked up the next morning along with many other felloiw PCDers , and taken to Spartanburg. What a thrill ! Everyone on the mini-bus could not wait to arrive at our destination.
We first met in a room with all the Driving Instructors ,Donny did the main presentation. We then went out to the First Section with our Instructor Adam. He is from Greenville , and is a tremendous driver , very skilled in the Driving Sport of Drifting.
The Slalom
We were all put in BMW's as close to our Model as possible. My wife and I were in new 335i which we loved . The Slalom was so much fun. We had many laps as fast as we could safely drive the track. Adam would encourage us on the walkie talkies in each BMW. ZOOM ZOOM.
Skid Pad.
The Skid Pad was a kick in the pants. We have never spun out in cars, so that was a unique experience. When Adam says Floor it, and you start spinning, that was like an E ticket Ride at Disneyland ,for you people of a certain age will know what I am talking about. My wife did great too. Amazing how the BMW handles in a Skid.
ABS Braking.
The BMW performs flawlessly in the ABS Testing. That was a lot fun, Just Slamming on the Brakes as hard as you can , and then steering at the same time. We both performed that task well.
Hot Lap
We took a Hot Lap with Donny. Oh My !!!!!! Wish we could have had a few more of those . Thanks Donny !!!!!! That was a Thrill !!!!
Factory Tour
This was one of the major Highlights of the PCD Experience. We spent over an hour watching the making of a BMW X3. Simply amazing watching from start to finish. The assmblers on the various stations, as well as the Robotics was soooo Coooooooool
We had never driven an X5 , and we came away quite impressed. My wife grew up driving Jeeps, so she gave me some pointers. It was a blast, to put it Mildly.
We finished up with a wonderful lunch in the Cafeteria. Food was excellent, you could get anything you wanted . We had fun just discussing the AM activities, and knowing that soon we would be getting our new 2013 335i.
The Delivery.
We were able to meet Jonathan, however, he was not able to do our Delivery. Jonathan, it was great to meet you. Thank you for all your help leading up to , and during our PCD Day ! You give so much of your time , and it reflects a tremendous service you give to BMW owners all over the Country. Our Delivery person was Sam. He did an Awesome Job ! This is our Third 3 Series in 6 years, and after his presentation , we really felt we know our new 3 Series. Our new 335i was in a special Showroom just for Us. It was so shiny it glowed. The Melbourne Red Paint glistened , and the contrasing Black Leather Interior suited our Bimmer well. Sam Explained everything we needed to know. We were not rushed, and took as much time as needed. It went by like a Blurr. Thanks Sam, great Job.
The Museum
We toured the Museum and Gift Shop , and bought some shirts and other BWM goodies. Great time.
Homeward Bound.
We live on the West Coast, so we left around 3:30 PM for our First City which was Atlanta that Night. Atlanta is around 2 and half hours from Greenville. We spent the next 10 days on the Road. My wife and I had never Driven Cross Country, so check another item off the Bucket List. Originally, we were going to switch drivers each day. Guess what ? I ended up driving the whole 3,200 miles back to San Diego. We drove through 11 states. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and of course ending up back in San Diego, California. We extended our stay in a few cities. New Orleans, Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico and Scotsdale Arizona. It was an experience of a Lifetime. Thank you everyone at the PCD , especially the staff at the Marriott, Jonathan, Sam, Adam and Donny at the PCD. You all made our trip so memorable. It was a fantastic time. If possible, and you can schdule the time. As Nike Says. "Just Do It" !
June 9,2012 New Order. 2013 335i Sedan, Melbourne Red Metallic Sport Line, Brushed Aluminum, Leather Dakota Black/Red Highlight, 19" Wheels, Premium Package, Dynamic Handling Package, Technology Package, Sport Transmission with Paddles, Htd Front Seats & Harmon Kardon
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