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My 27 year has come to an end. Now it's time to bust out my 27 to do while 27 list and see how I measured up. Here is a list of what I accomplished… or sort of accomplished.
I continued to work and build up this little blog of mine
One goal was to move to a home with a basement, which we did for about 9 months then we moved to a house without one. Oh well – I have to pick my battles.
Pay off some bills, which we have paid a few off and we still have a few more to go.
Teach Tiny a few new tricks was one goal. I am proud to say she now knows how to stay. Not a huge improvement, but she's not as terrified as she used to be around others and that's a huge accomplishment in my book.
Become an avid amateur photographer. I still have a lot of work to do, but I've held a few photoshoots for friends and family. It makes me happy to develop my skill and even more happy that people will be my models.
I am proud to say we hosted quite a few dinners with our friends. Nothing beats beautiful weather, ice-cold beer, playing washers in our backyard and someone grilling some good food.
I've also gotten a lot better in controlling my road rage. I have my moments, but am finally getting calmer on the road. I had a pretty bad habit of getting annoyed with people driving slow or trying to pass me in the right lane. I knew I needed to slow it down when I tried to race a sheriff on the highway who was just trying to get around me. Yeah, that happened.
I have been cooking so many different recipes and creating my own this past year. It's been amazing the new ingredients I've been using and the meals I've been whipping up.
With all the cooking we've been doing, J and I haven't felt the need to eat out as much. It saves money and we can spend more time together without a lot of people around.
I've slowly but surely created a blogging routine that works for me. I have a calendar planned and I work hard at sticking to it. Of course I'm willing to change things up when I have something fun or exciting to talk about.
I still have a lot of work to do when it comes to keeping my bedroom clean, but the parts of the house guests see has been kept a lot neater.
J and I took our honeymoon last month. AHHH it was ah-mazing! I mean so beautiful! We laid on a beach, drank pretty drinks and just spent time together.
12 out of 27 isn't the best odds. I mean it's not even 50%. A few months after turning 27 I took a hard look at my goals and realized that some weren't even important or a priority. I am not upset about changing my goals, like…
I ended up closing my MereLynneConcepts Etsy shop (well putting it in vacation mode). I just didn't find the work worthwhile to stress with. Now I am working on a new project and am super excited about it.
We didn't take a drive down to the local drive-in for a date night, but there is one close to us in our new town. We may go at some point.
I failed at starting a small garden, but I like to think it's because I didn't even attempt… not because I was scared of my black thumb or anything.
Learn to successful do a fishtail braid… Well that was a failure because now my hair is too layered and too short.
And… there were some that I revised and added to my 28 while 28.
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Youth gets two-year in jail for abetting wife's suicide
A local court has sentenced a 20-year-old youth to two-year imprisonment for driving his wife to commit suicide
In his verdict delivered yesterday, the Additional Sessions Judge U M Nandeshwar junked defence of the accused Nilesh Tulsiram Bhad that he was a juvenile and also declined to grant benefit under the Probation of Offenders Act.
Under the Act, the court has power to release certain offenders after admonition. The court also imposed fine of Rs 5000 on Bhad. According to prosecution, the victim Sunita (19) got married to Bhad on May 15, 2011 in tribal-dominated Vikramgad taluka.
Additional Public Prosecutor Buleshwar Hinge said the victim had called up her father on the night of January 25, 2012 saying she was unable to bear torture by her husband. Though her father reached the spot and asked Bhad to not resort to cruelty to his daughter, Sunita was found hanging in her husband's house the next day.
A case under section 498(A) (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 306 (abetment of suicide), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC was registered against Bhad on complaint of the girl's father.
Taking a serious view, the court observed that the girl was subjected to cruelty prior to her death which is proved by the prosecution. The court examined 11 witnesses in the case.
"The accused presented school leaving certificate and also his birth certificate to get the benefit under the Probation of Offenders Act but the court summarily rejected his contention on the ground that the offence is a serious one and it does not fall under the purview of the Act," Assistant Public Prosecutor Buleshwar Hinge said.
Defence lawyer A V Badve argued the victim committed suicide as she was undergoing depression, but it failed to impress the court.

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STRATFORD -- Bunnell's Ronnie Rossomando wanted the chance to pitch an eighth inning Monday against Weston, but his ever-rising pitch count didn't allow it. Instead, the ace starter gave way to the Bulldogs' shut-down reliever, Matt Alcantara.
From one talented pitcher to another, the move didn't disappoint.
Alcantara tossed his third scoreless inning in the top of the 10th, then drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom half to help Bunnell edge Weston 2-1 in a showdown between SWC contenders.
Both teams are 15-4 heading into the last day of the regular season. Bunnell can lock up the conference's top seed with a win at Oxford on Tuesday.
"He came in and shut them down. That's what we expect out of Matt," Bulldogs coach Scott Szturma said.
Rossomando carried a two-hit shutout into the seventh and was one out from a win, but Weston rallied. After brothers Asher Lee-Tyson and Ethan Lee-Tyson reached base, Weston's Nick Mitchell singled to tie it.
Rossomando, who has a team-high five wins, thought he had escaped the jam unscathed on a 2-2 pitch to Mitchell.
"I felt good, but I was getting squeezed a little bit," he said following his 120-pitch outing.
Mitchell was just as good on the mound for Weston, scattering eight hits over eight innings. The only damage done against the 6-foot-6 sophomore was a fourth-inning sacrifice fly by Justin Lasko.
"He pitched good enough to win the game," Trojans coach Frank Fedeli said of Mitchell, who struck out four and walked two intentionally on 109 pitches. "You've got two aces going; those are the kind of games you're going to get."
Bunnell left two on in the ninth against reliever Asher Lee-Tyson, but it came through against Michael Jaffee in the 10th. After a wild pitch with two on and none out pushed runners to second and third base, Rossomando was intentionally walked. Alcantara followed with a four-pitch walk.
"It was a great baseball game," Szturma said. "It's a shame somebody had to lose. Hopefully, we'll see them in the (SWC) finals again."
Weston will close the regular season on Tuesday by hosting Pomperaug (13-6) in a rematch of last year's conference final, a 7-0 Trojans win.
"We're anywhere from a one seed down to a five seed," Fedeli said. "We want to get a home game, but it is what it is. It's playoff baseball."
The Trojans will turn to Asher Lee-Tyson to pitch against Pomperaug.
The senior recorded three hits and three stolen bases on Monday, in addition to tossing a scoreless inning.
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Records: Weston 15-4; Bunnell 15-4. Batteries: W -- Nick Mitchell, Asher Lee-Tyson (9), Michael Jaffee (10, L) and Ethan Lee-Tyson. B -- Ronnie Rossomando, Matt Alcantara (8, W) and Brian Valeriano.
Highlights: W -- Asher Lee-Tyson went 3-for-4 with three stolen bases and a run scored; Mitchell went 1-for-5 with an RBI single. B -- Alcantara drew a game-winning, bases-loaded walk; Cameron Belliveau went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, a run scored and two walks.


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For the final song of the hour-long television special The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are sitting in a gallery, surrounded by a bizarre assortment of circus characters and some of the biggest names in rock circa 1968: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Marianne Faithfull. "Let's drink to the hard-working people," Richards croons in the Stones' then-brand-new song "Salt of the Earth," as the cast, clad in puffy outfits and silly hats, sways from side to side in mock earnestness. Then Jagger sneers, purses his prodigious lips and spits out the lines, "When I look into this faceless crowd . . . do we look too strange?"
Faceless, no. Strange, yes. Multicolored, eternally young and absolutely gorgeous. 1968 was a banner year for British rock, and Jagger and Co. were celebrating it with an all-star holiday blowout they filmed in December of that year. The Stones had just recorded their folk-rock masterpiece, Beggar's Banquet. The Beatles were riding high on their own groundbreaking LP of the previous year, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. And the Who had recently begun work on their ambitious rock opera Tommy. Alas, the Stones' festive celebration would not see the light of day. Until now.
100 Greatest Artists of All Time: The Rolling Stones
After nearly 30 years in obscurity, The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus will be available next month on VHS, surround-sound laserdisc and as a CD soundtrack. The show, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who did clips for the Stones and the Who, directed the Beatles' film Let It Be and has since done videos for Elton John and Whitney Houston, recalls why his landmark film missed its original audience. "The Stones were not happy with their performance; they thought the Who were stronger," Lindsay-Hogg says. "Everybody was in their 20s. The blood was running hot. There was a real competitiveness, but it was amicable."
In retrospect, it's hard to believe the Stones were not satisfied with their set, which includes savage, raunchy versions of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Sympathy for the Devil," and stirring performances of "No Expectations," "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Parachute Woman." Sure, the Who's thrashing, bone-crushing exhibition of their mini-opera "A Quick One While He's Away," seen very early in the show, was a hard act to follow. And the howling, gritty rock of "Yer Blues" (performed by the Dirty Mac, a supergroup consisting of Lennon and Clapton on guitars, Keith Richards on bass and the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Mitch Mitchell on drums) far outshines the Beatles' original version.
Sprinkled among the performances — which also include a wispy pop song by Faithfull, avant-garde scream therapy by Ono (with a proud, beaming Lennon looking on in delight), smoking blues by Taj Mahal and a folky prog-rock moment by Jethro Tull — are some timeless visual flashes: a puffy-eyed Brian Jones whistling through his teeth during the Who's set; a cigar-chomping Richards introducing performers; a sweaty Keith Moon beating his drums like there was no tomorrow; Jagger prancing and dancing in all his cruelly seductive, narcissistic glory; and several delightfully haphazard circus acts. That three of the principal artists — Jones, Moon and Lennon — are gone lends the film an even deeper poignancy.
"It was an extraordinary time in rock & roll," says Lindsay-Hogg. "And this show reflects the passion in the music and the camaraderie among the players. There's even a kind of sweetness to it — and that's a word you'd never have used to describe these people at the time."
This is a story from the October 31, 1996 issue of Rolling Stone.


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I just received an email from a friend asking if I retweeted this. I didn't.
Adding further mystery to the issue, this came through on my friend's Plaxo stream and when I looked at my message traffic I didn't see it.
At any rate, I went in to reset my password and whatdayaknow, an error.


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How to make a good homemade plastic bender - DIY
A plastic bender, also known as an angle bender, is a focused heater that will allow you to make tight bends in all thermal plastics, including acrylic, ABS, PVC, etc. These benders are really simple to build. Anyone can build one at home with minimal tools. You can purchase a commercial unit, but they are usually very expensive, starting at $120 for a 12 inch and $210 for a 24 inch on the very low end.You can also purchase a strip heater for around $60, I considered these to be overpriced and do not work well. My goal is to give you everything you need to know to build a good bender for less than $40.
You can purchase everything you need from your local hardware store or may be found for free. Here are the basic materials:
- Heating Element
- Board
- Tinfoil or metal roll
- Extension cord
- Metal channels
The first thing you need to do is determine how long you want your plastic bender to be. I decided to build mine 25 inches so I can comfortably bend a 2 foot sheet.
Getting you Supplies
Heating Element
Finding an heating element is really easy. I selected a calrod (a electric stoves heating element) it was for a 6 inch burner with 3 loops. These elements can be found at a local hardware store, thrift store, internet, or you could make some calls to appliance stores and find a used one for free. I found mine off ebay for about $10. You can also use a oven element if you making a 36+ inch size bender. In certain sizes you can also buy them straight, but generally a lot cost more. Some other ideas are stainless steel wiring that can be purchases from a fish and tack store, toaster heat wire, hair dryer or electric clothes dryer heat coils. If you are using a single strand, you might want to make multiply pass (without the wires touching) to increase your resistance so you are not pulling too much current.
You need to know a few things while selecting your heat element: resistance, current and voltage you are going to be supplying to the element to determine the power (heat) your element is going to have. The rule of thumb here is between 100-200 watts per foot of your plastic bender.
How to calculate it?
We need to do some simple math, known as Ohms law. In the US we use 120 VAC and I wanted my 25 inch heater to run about 300 watts. So I used ohms law where I(amps) = E (volts) / R (ohms) and calculated power, where power (watts) = Current (amps) x Volts. You must remember as something gets hotter its resistance will increase, for a heat element figure about 10%. My heating element is about 34 Ohms cold, just about right to plug straight into the wall and get my 300 watts.
You do not have to get it perfect, anything close will do. Also you can use a variac or a phase fired controlled to decrease temperature and current (effectively you are dropping the voltage feeding into it.) I don't recommend buying a variac ($99) unless you have a need for one for something else. A phased fired controller is basically a cheap PWM for AC that only operates on the line frequency. You can build one with limited electrical knowledge for around $10. You can also buy one, Harbor Freight sells a variable rotor speed controller (5 AMP max) for around $24 that will work great for this plastic bender.
Metal Channels
You need two metal channels at least the length of your desired bender. I used a ¾ inch square aluminum tubing purchased from my local hardware store. You can dig around and probably find something for free if do not want to spend any money, water pipe steel or copper would work fine, but harder to attach.
The board will be used for your base, wood is the general choice. Any scrap piece large enough will do.
Any old cord will be fine, if you have a broken device or dig thru the trash you can probably find one free. I just purchased $1 extension cord from Harbor Freight.
Getting started building
First, cut your board into the shape of you base. I cut mine 7 inch by 37. I took some really light gauge aluminum (you can make tinfoil work) 25 inches by 7 inch and mounted it in the center of the base. The purpose of the aluminum is to to protect the wood from heat. Cut your channels to your desired length and mount them. Since my channels are square I screwed them in from the bottom. If you use a normal heating element it is electrically insulated already (so you don't electrocute yourself while cooking) if you are using something not insulated (toaster, SS wire, hair dryer) you will need to insulate between the element and all metal, a sheet or two of fiberglass cloths will do fine.
If you are like me and used a heating element for a stove, you need to break it off and unbend it. It wasn't hard to get off, just a pair of pliers did the job, if that doesn't work try a Dremel. Straighten it out is a little bit of a challenge; I recommend two pairs for large pliers or vise grips and some clamps.
Place your heating element in the channel and make sure that you are not going to short anything out. Cut the top off your cord and wire it to each end of your element, make sure that the wires are not shorting themselves out across anything metal on your bender. I might recommend isolating your heat shields.
How to use
Plug it in and give it a minute to heat up. Mark your plastic where you want the center of the bend to be and align that mark in the center of the heat channel. Depending on the power and thickness of the plastic you are trying bend depends how long you need to wait; you want the plastic to bend easily so you do not stress the plastic. For 1/8 acrylic on mine it usually takes around 1 minute. For larger pieces you might have to flip them over and heat both sides. When it will easily bend, remove it and bend it. Be careful not burn yourself. A bending guide is a good idea, a square or protector or anything else that will help give you the perfect angle. Hold briefly and allow to cool and re-harden.
If you don't want to build your own, you can use a plastic strip heater instead. They are less costly than buy a normal plastic bender.


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The Building Blocks for Private Cloud: Automation, Virtualization, and Cloud Service Management
EMA research shows very clearly that virtualization and automation are building blocks that help deliver the high-value outcomes of cloud computing, like rapid service delivery, hardware independence, and improvements in resource efficiency. However, virtualization and automation cannot provide the full benefits of a private cloud.
Cloud service management, and in particular a Service Catalog, is a critical building block in the EMA private cloud maturity model. The Service Catalog provides the "front office" for private cloud, including the important customer-facing aspects such as on-demand self-service, standards for resource pool allocation, user-driven service levels, and pay-per-use billing. It becomes the means for service providers and IT shops to implement e-commerce within a private cloud, much like Amazon has leveraged its online consumer retail expertise in selling public cloud services to enterprises.
In this paper you will learn how many software vendors have focused on providing the "back office" technology for cloud computing and private cloud infrastructure. As a leading provider of Service Catalog products that help IT run as a business, newScale, now part of Cisco, is one of the few providers that have emerged with solutions for the "front office" of the private cloud. newScale has brought to market a well thought-out solution for enabling the IT storefront for the private cloud, including a self-service portal, a menu of service options, lifecycle tracking for services requested, and financial management for billing. Read on to learn more about the building blocks of a successful private cloud.


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Step outside the comfort zone – managers help banish workforce inertia
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Business schools often promote themselves as the place to groom business leaders. Well, I think they are doing an equally good job in nourishing great managers.
Human resources management is one of the essential subjects of all MBA programmes. When the strategic management of an organisation's workforce can create and deliver business values, the people responsible for managing and leading this workforce hence play a very important role in ensuring value is being created from every level of the organisation.
You can easily name a few characteristics of a good manager which are commonly cited in most MBA literature. Examples include:
- Project and time management skills – also an eye for detail and to manage projects or assignments in an efficient manner
- Leadership and communication skills – the ability to communicate with both subordinates and boss
- Conflict resolution skills – to ease off tension between conflicting parties and to promote teamwork in harmony
- Industry experience and technical skills – to know the laws and common practices in his/her industry
- Personal charisma – the image of a good manager in the eyes of his/her subordinates
But above all, I personally believe a good manager should always step outside his/her comfort zone. Military forces from around the world host live ammunition drill on a regular basis. In the same way, fire drills are conducted regularly at our office building. The purpose of such exercises allows participants to get accustomed to emergency procedures under a simulated environment. Similarly, my managers review our company's business practices and revamp our audit procedures in order to comply with the latest industry practices and regulations, and to carry out such procedures in a more efficient and effective manner. We critically examine each step and evaluate whether it is essential or redundant, and whether we can re-engineer it to save costs and deliver extra value. This regular exercise removes the inertia that tends to build up with time. The inertia is like grease in the turbine. You really need to remove it and add new lubricants. My managers have done a great job in the upkeep of this open minded mentality and corporate culture that are always ready for new changes.
I have recently assisted in conducting a Quality Review Assessment exercise for a higher education institute in Hong Kong. Internal and external members form the Quality Review Team responsible for validating the annual assessment reports and ascertain whether improvement actions as stated in the assessment reports have been undertaken. The team also performs a full day's interview with different members of the institution and makes recommendations based on the findings of the interview. One can see how important it is to invite an external member to be bold enough to challenge an organisation's existing practices.
The world we live in is not a greenhouse or an ivory tower. We can easily fall behind competition if the workforce is not prepared for that. I believe the responsibility rests on truly great managers. Where did I learn all this? From my fellow MBA classmates.
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Archives for March 2015
Best Seller
I'm not even gonna bother tweeting this. And I know Amazon sales statistics are really weird. But, anyway, best seller for the past few days at least. Might never happen again. So, there it is.
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The last of seven random excerpts from my Eating Việt Nam book, which was published this week.
This passage refers to the place on Phùng Hưng street in Hà Nội where I first tried Bún chả in 1997. It's also where I took my wife for our first ever lunch together. I went back here in October 2013. The stall had long gone. However, Bún chả is still available in the vicinity. The white ring of paint I mention is, apparently, to stop insects burrowing inside the tree and killing it. Unfortunately, in present day Hà Nội, these old trees are under threat. Many of them are being cut down. It's beyond sad to see them getting cut down like this. Below are two photos from this street and a photo of Bún chả taken in the south of the country. The old stall I used to go to regularly was located here on Google streetview. Thanks to Ben Stocking, former AP bureau chief in Hà Nội for the link to the story about the trees in Hanoi today.
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The sixth of seven short, random excerpts from my book published this week.
After almost a decade of eating on the streets of Việt Nam, Ba Sau's Bún mắm in Sài Gòn's District 10 was in many ways the end of the road. I never found a better soup. I wrote a whole chapter about her and her noodle broth. I won't spoil it by prattling on ad infinitum on this blog. Here are some photos of her and her stall. It's here on the map In later years, she branched out into Bún riêu and Bánh canh cua.
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Another random excerpt from my book which went on sale yesterday. Given the title – Eating Việt Nam – I imagine the very last thing readers will expect to find between the covers is a real life, full-time monster hunter, but they'd be wrong. There is one. And I'm glad he's there,
I told a couple of folk who received my book long before it was published that "it was a book with food in it, but it's not really about food". In this part of the book, it's about a BBC video diary made by a guy called Steve Feltham. He gave up his job in 1991 to become a monster hunter on Loch Ness. He filmed his first year of hunting. Nearly 25 years later, he's still on Loch Ness, still hunting. I met him for my book. And I helped him get his original BBC documentary online for all to see. It's still good.
In 2008, Steve wrote about his life changing choice for The Guardian,
To say that I am a patient man would be an understatement. Seventeen years sat watching and waiting on the shores of Loch Ness for one decent sighting of the monster has to be considered dedication in anybody's eyes. To me, however, it is more a dream come true: this subject has fascinated me since a family holiday in 1970, when I was seven. It was then that we visited the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, a team of volunteers who each summer set up a makeshift camp on the lochside near Urquhart Castle, from where they mounted round-the-clock surveillance in the hope of filming Nessie. What really caught my imagination was the platform they had built, on which they had mounted a cine camera and tripod; the lens alone must have been a metre long. Grown men looking for monsters? Fantastic.
Noticing my interest, and knowing that it would be a long drive back home to Dorset, my father bought me the bureau's information pack, a folder that I still have, filled with copies of sighting reports and reprints of iconic photographs. I was hooked. Over the next decade my interest grew, fuelled by classroom debates and several more family holidays to the Scottish Highlands.
I would return to the loch many times, first as a child and then, when I was an adult, on two-week "expeditions", armed with a very basic camera and my grandfather's second world war binoculars, fully expecting to be able to solve the mystery before I had to return to work. Little did I realise that it could take a lifetime.
I might have been content to visit the loch periodically, get my fix of monster hunting, then return to work, had I remained in the creative occupations that I pursued for the first eight years of my working life, first as a potter, then as a bookbinder and finally as a graphic artist. However, by 1987, when I was 24, I had a house and a steady girlfriend, and when it was suggested that I join my father setting up a company installing burglar alarms, I jumped at the chance to make some serious money.
Pretty soon, I realised I was in the wrong job, but the thing that got to me most while working in people's homes was the number of retired folk who would say, "Oh, I wish I'd gone and lived in America when I was your age", or climbed Mount Everest, or whatever. What would I regret not having done when I reached 70?
It was obvious: I knew where I was at my happiest, and what I was most interested in. So I quit the relationship, and put the house on the market.
To make absolutely sure that what I was planning was right for me and not just a pipe dream, I loaded up the works van and, in the summer of 1990, went on a three-week hunt to the loch. I had the time of my life. The day the cheque from the sale of my house went into the bank, I told my parents I would be leaving the, by now, lucrative family business. "Oh, and by the way, I'm going to search for the Loch Ness monster instead."
"Told you," my mother said to my father.
I needed something to live in. Within days my brother had located the perfect thing, a 20-year-old former mobile library, wood-lined and with a potbelly stove. In this, I would be able to move around the loch between vantage points, and follow up any new sightings.
On June 19 1991, I arrived at the loch and became a full-time monster hunter. I had never been happier.
To fund myself, I hit on the idea of making little Nessie models out of modelling clay, sitting the monsters on rocks gathered from the shore. I was sure that tourists would buy them, but in the first year I found it hard to sell any. The problem was that nobody knew what I was doing, or why.
Fortunately, while planning this quest, I had phoned the BBC for advice about which video format I should use if I wanted my results to be broadcast-quality. I was put through to the team making the Video Diaries series. Spotting the potential for a good story, they kitted me out with enough equipment and batteries to film the whole of my first year in my new life.
As soon as this programme, Desperately Seeking Nessie, was aired in August 1992, I knew that everything would be OK. People started turning up wanting to buy a model from the guy who had given up his comfortable life to follow a dream. I still get visitors who remember it.
I never set a time limit, but I suppose I thought that within the first three years I would surely see and film something. I now know that was a wee bit optimistic. The loch is more than 23 miles long and, realistically, one man can only be looking at about a mile of it at any time. I have tried other methods of hunting over the years; using a boat with some fairly decent echo sounders on board I have had contacts with objects in mid-loch that appear to be much larger than the resident fish. But an echo sounder will never reveal what it has found, but just give a rough idea of how big it is. I have also got a good friend who owns a microlight, but it is not much use when you are looking for a very dark object in very dark water.
So nowadays I watch and wait mostly from the shoreline. I would love to have my own boat, but to generate enough money to buy one, I would first have to film Nessie.
For most of the first decade my van remained mobile, which gave me the chance to move between three or four lochside villages. However, I increasingly found myself drawn to the village of Dores, on the south shore, from where I had the best view of Loch Ness that anyone could wish for.
About 10 years ago the van failed its last MOT, and so I decided it was time to become static. The Dores Inn car park was perfect, backing on to the beach as it does and, thanks to the owners' kindness, I had permission to spread out a bit, build some decking out of old pallets, and incorporate a large piece of driftwood to display my models on. Utopia.
Now I have my perfect lochside base, as well as my own postcode and council tax bills. There is no running water or electricity, but the pub has an outside tap, and car batteries charged by a solar panel enable me to run my lights, radio and laptop. My shower consists of two buckets of loch water and a saucepan heated on the stove. The loch deposits driftwood for my stove right outside my door, (much needed, as I've seen temperatures reach minus 17C) and a great big concrete patio table on my "decking" makes sitting out on a summer's day my favourite pastime. I breakfast at this table, put my models out for sale, and wait to see what adventures will turn up.
Tourists arrive to ask me questions, friends come to sit and chat, then maybe there is a Mediterranean-style buffet, an evening campfire, a starry night sky, and, best of all, sometimes the northern lights. Then, when everyone has gone and I have the loch to myself again, I stand at the shoreline and feel the energy that pours off the place, before retiring to watch the night sky through the skylight above my bed. That, to me, is a perfect day.
The Highland weather does not always permit such joys, in which case I find that I can keep myself admirably busy inside my van. I make a few models, possibly do a watercolour painting that I can later sell, read, listen to the radio, maybe even watch the occasional osprey feeding right outside my door. As soon as I feel boredom coming on, I change tack, and anyway I have long since realised that in this life the unpredictable is never far away, be it the Chinese State Circus dropping by for a photo shoot or Billy Connolly inviting me to be a guide for half a dozen of his A-list chums for a day.
Film crews and journalists from all over the world turn up on a regular basis, and I answer all their questions, but they are invariably focused on one subject: is there a monster, or isn't there? Which is perfectly understandable, but it frustrates me that I never have the chance to get an equally important point across: that if you have a dream, no matter how harebrained others think it is, then it is worth trying to make it come true. I'm living proof that it might just work.
Have I ever regretted my decision? Never, not for one second. link
Photograph taken in Hà Nội by me.
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Another random excerpt from my book which goes on sale today. It's the number one seller in the highly contested 'Hot New Releases – Vietnamese cooking, food & wine section' on Amazon.
These kind of pavement tea stalls are some of the best places to hang out in Hà Nội. I say stalls, but really it's more of a case of the stall holder moving a bunch of stuff from their living into a vacant spot on the pavement. You can find them everywhere. Tea, coffee and soft drinks during the daytime. Perhaps a shot of homemade crow whisky from an old Hennessy or Chivas bottle after dark. I used to come here a fair bit. It's also where I first met Mark from the Sticky Rice blog. Here are some photos from Mr's Ninh's. And here it is on streetview.
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Above is the third of seven random excerpts from my book which goes on sale tomorrow. And some context below,
This section refers to Mr. Thìn of Phở Thìn at 13 Lò Đúc street in Hà Nội. That's him smoking in the picture above. He is something of a soup selling legend. I've eaten at his place many, many times. I got to know him a little bit too. He even drew the portrait of me that appears on the book jacket, in place of one of those soft focussed author photos. Phở Thìn is the first stop I make whenever I visit Hà Nội. I'm not the world's biggest Phở fan. And I prefer the Phở in the south. But, paradoxically, if I had to choose my favourite Phở and my favourite place to eat it, Mr. Thìn's shack would be it. Below are some photos of Phở Thìn and the Phở sold there.
And it's a sketch of the Phở Thìn kitchen that appears at the beginning of the book.
Here is Phở Thìn on the map. Below is his Phở. Firstly, a scan of a photo taken in 1999.
Same-Same. In 2005.
And, lastly. Same-Same. In 2013.
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Above is the second of seven, random, micro-excerpts that I will publish from my book. Below is some context.
Bún đậu is one of my favourite street food dishes. After the American War, it was known as "food for the poor". For that reason, in the late nineties and early naughts, this dirt cheap dish might even have been looked down upon. Not anymore. One famous Vietnamese fashion model has opened up a Bún đậu shed down south. In 2015, you could almost say that Bún đậu is one small part of a nostalgia wave in Việt Nam. A wave that sees the fashionable Việt youth of Hà Nội riding around on old Eastern European motorbikes. Bikes that only farmers, the poor and oddball expats ever rode in the mid to late 90's. How times change, huh.
Mrs. Nhung cooking up lunch.
Bún đậu lunch for two.
During the research for this book, I visited some tofu makers in the suburbs of the capital. I didn't include any of the following in the book.
This is one half of the husband and wife team who make tofu on Đường Xuân Đỉnh market to the north of central Hà Nội, Việt Nam. They've produced tofu here for 14 years. First, the soy beans are soaked and washed, then ground, filtered and boiled. Yeast is added. The mixture is covered for five minutes.
It is stirred as it begins to set. And then it's transferred into a series of long wooden troughs lined with muslin cloth.
And spread using a spatula.
The muslin is wrapped around the surface of the raw mixture and a slab of wood is pegged on top so that the tofu sets into a tight rectangluar shape.
After another five minutes. the tofu is fully set. It's taken out of the wooden contraption, placed onto a table and cut into ready to buy portions. This couple sell 30kg of tofu per day. They also sell bags of fresh soy milk. The by-product from making the tofu is used to feed pigs.
Every day, hundreds of kilos of tofu end up as Bún đậu on plates like this one on Ngõ Hội Vũ in the capital. To my mind Bún đậu is one of Việt Nam's simplest and very best street dishes.
Originally blogged in September, 2014.
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Above, is the first of seven, random, micro-excerpts from my Eating Việt Nam book which is published next week. Some thoughts on this dish, this place, this cook and this bit of my book below.
Cô Ba runs a restaurant on Highway 22. It's about 30 miles north west of downtown Sài Gòn. Like many other restaurants in this province, she serves Bánh tráng phơi sương. If pushed, I would say that this is my favourite Vietnamese dish. It's just thin slices of boiled pork, some small pickled leeks and a mountain of fresh herbs. Choose what you want. Wrap it all up in a Bánh tráng rice paper. Dip it in fish sauce and eat. Repeat, until full. Up to twelve different fresh herbs, leaves and greens can appear on your table with a serving of Bánh tráng phơi sương. It's the herbs that give this dish the flavour. As Cô Ba says in my book,
"Vietnamese food is nothing without the herbs."
And Bánh tráng phơi sương is host to more herbs than any other Vietnamese dish.
That's Cô Ba. Behind herb mountain.
That there above is Bánh tráng phơi sương. For some reason, I only have photographs of eleven of the herbs. Here they are.
Cóc non – sour, used in canh chua.
Diếp Cá – fish mint. It smells of fish.
Hẹ – Chinese chives filled with an oniony, garlicky, leeky flavour.
Quế vị – sweet and tasty, good for backache apparently, sour taste.
Rau cần – Chinese celery.
Rau chùa – sorrel, sour and tart, biggest, glossiest leaf of the lot.
Rau nhái – has a yellow flower. According to the Internet, Rau nhái translates as Wild cosmos. Which I like. A lot.
Rau om – rice paddy herb, with a lemony citrus tang.
Rau sống – general term for green leaves found along the riverbed. Cô Ba cuts the young leaves from the whole bushes that are delivered to her daily.
Tía tô – perilla. Strong aromatic flavor.
Tràm ổi – Guava leaves.
Plush dining area.
The kitchen at the back of the restaurant.
The washing station at the back of the kitchen.
The TV is on. The altar is flashing. And all is right with the world.
A welcoming entrance.
Very unusual to see a portrait of a restaurant owner on a street sign.
Or on a business card.
Dining table satellite imagery of Bánh tráng phơi sương. This is an absolute must eat for anyone visiting Việt Nam.
publication day
My book goes on sale in one week in the United States and Canada. Some people have said some very nice things about it.
It's got sketches. I drew them.
It's got around 350 pages, 31 chapters, liner notes and a colophon.
It's got a foreword from Anthony Bourdain.
It's got an ISBN number.
If you take the jacket cover off, it's got a lovely embossed spine and a hard blue cover with Ecco etched into the bottom right hand corner.
Authors tend to be such crushing bores about their books. On and on they go… look at this great review, that great review, this blogger said this, this critic said that, blah, blah, blah… So, as tradition dictates, over the coming days I'll open the book at random and blog something about what I find there. To begin with, here are the opening lines of Chapter 1.
You can buy the book at your local bookstore, online from the independent book seller Powells and in all the other usual places. Meanwhile, I am busy working on my second book.


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Georgia's Todd Gurley looked like he might make a case to be nation's top running back early in the season before a sprained ankle suffered against LSU derailed him for several weeks. Gurley returned and nearly rushed for 1,000 yards despite never playing at 100 percent after the injury -- showing off skills that could make him an All-American if he stays healthy in 2014.
No. 14: Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia
2013 summary: Gurley strained a quad in the opener against Clemson and still rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns. He ran 30 times for 132 yards and another score the following week against South Carolina. And he was well on the way to a huge game against LSU when he sprained his ankle in the second quarter of a 73-yard game. We didn't see him again for a month, when he returned with a 187-yard, two-touchdown performance against Florida. Gurley was clearly not himself, but still had more than 100 yards of total offense in five of the six games after returning to the lineup. He finished as the team's leading rusher (989 yards, 10 TDs) and was fourth on the team in receiving (441 yards, 6 TDs).
Most recent ranking: Ranked No. 3 in the 2013 preseason countdown
Making the case for Gurley: Want to know how valuable Gurley was to Georgia's offense? Look at what the Bulldogs did while he was out of the lineup. A near loss at Tennessee, followed by back-to-back losses against Missouri and Vanderbilt, with Georgia posting a paltry 221 yards of total offense in a dismal showing at Vandy. The scary thing for SEC defenses is that the sophomore added receiving skills to his repertoire down the stretch, posting outings of 97, 90, 87 and 77 receiving yards in the six games after his return from injury. If Keith Marshall (season-ending knee injury against Tennessee) and Gurley return to full health in the fall, Georgia should have one of the nation's scariest backfields.
No. 15: Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina, Jr.
No. 16: Odell Beckham, Jr., WR, LSU, Jr.
No. 17: Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri, Jr.
No. 18: T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama, So.
No. 19: Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU, Jr.
No. 20: Cody Prewitt, S, Ole Miss, Jr.
No. 21: Nick Marshall, QB, Auburn, Jr.
No. 22: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama, Jr.
No. 23: Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State, Sr.
No. 24: Kenny Ladler, S, Vanderbilt, Sr.
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However, if you haven't already, it's high time you added it to your menu!
Watercress is one of the oldest known vegetables. Persians, ancient Greeks, Romans praised its medicinal vertues (recognising up to 40 different uses for it) and often used it as a fortifier to keep their troops healthy.
Why is Watercress a Superfood
They didn't know the science bit at the time but here's why watercress is such a superfood:
- 100g of watercress will give you twice the vitamin C contained in one orange
- watercress contains more calcium than milk
- it also contains high levels of magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, beta-carotene, vitamins A, B1, B6, K and E, anti-oxydants
- it is high in fibers and contains no fat
Health Benefits of Watercress
Some of watercress health benefits are:
- diuretics
- breaks up kidney or bladder stones
- helps with weight loss
- purifies the blood and relieves phlegm
- stimulates thyroid
- promotes healthy hair and skin
- helps digestion (through enzymes contained in its chlorophyll when eaten fresh and uncooked)
- anti-cancer (it would reduce the DNA damage to white blood cell considered to be an important trigger in the development of cancer)
- natural antibiotics
- prevents heart problems
- lowers cholesterol
- normalizes blood pressure
Convinced yet? If not, I should add that it is cheap, is in season all year round (although at its best from April to October) and has a most interesting and satisfying peppery taste.
The British are so proud of their watercress growing methods (in fresh spring water) that they've been lodging a request with the EU for protected status. They claim that, unlike cress grown in soil, watercress benefits from rich mineral flowing water which adds to their taste. Result from the EU should come later this year…
Watercress originated from Europe and central Asia but has been exported all over the world. It's now eaten in many different ways: in salads with oil and vinegar (like the Romans used to), in soups, in sauces, in stir-fries,in sandwiches,…
Being French, I can't resist giving you the Soupe de Cresson recipe, enjoy!
But, before, as always, word of caution, don't go crazy on the watercress alone, use it as part of a balanced diet 🙂
Soupe de Cresson Recipe
Preparation: 20 mn
Cooking time: 40 to 45 mn
Ingredients (for 4):
- 300 g watercress
- 3 medium size potatoes
- 1 shallot
- 1 twig of thyme
- 1 spoon of butter
- 1 stock cube
- 1 litre of water
- Wash the watercress.
- Peel the potatoes and cut them in cubes.
- In a large saucepan, heat the butter, add the watercress, the potatoes, the chopped shallot and the thyme.
- Add water and the stock cube (the water should cover the vegetables by 3cm).
- Stop the heat once the potatoes can be mashed easily.
- Remove some of the water. Mix the soup and add the water little by little to the right consistency.


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Rules for a perfect life...Rule One: Do not ditch the man everyone says is perfect for you because he eats the last yellow jelly-baby in the bag. Rule Two: Do not move to a shack in the country to 'find yourself' and inadvertently become an object of ridicule for the locals. Rule Three: Do not fall for a man who has two children who hate you, a saintly dead wife you can never live up to and a mother who thinks you are the hired help.
Maggie wants the perfect life - but if she keeps breaking the rules can she ever have it?
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"Relaxing,well written but quite predictable"
This is a really good book if you just want to turn your brain off and relax. The first two chapters started off a bit depressing but then it good much better. Its a story about a woman who has the most cynical view I've ever come across. Regrettably the listener is much smarter than the main heroine and sees what is coming a mile off.
I was doubting to score this a four or three stars but the nice Irish tones from Caroline Lennon made it a real relaxing book to listen to.
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Writing About Grief Summer Weekend Intensive
Writing About Grief
A weekend long intensive Creative Writing Workshop facilitated by award winning writer, Jacob Scheier.
This is an intensive workshop course on creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay) and poetry engaging personal experiences of loss and grief. Through reading, discussion of literary devices and writing exercises, participants will work towards making their experiences of grief and loss speak to others in an evocative way. Subject matter is not limited to the death of a loved one, but can include, for example, a divorce/break up or losing a part of a person through injury or illness.
"Jacob creates a class atmosphere that is safe, supportive, and truly creative, and this has given all of us the freedom to write very moving and powerful pieces around the subjects of grief and loss."
– Dianne Moore, Learner, former student.
About Jacob:
Jacob Scheier is an award winning poet and journalist. He was the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award and had a poem recently nominated for National Magazine Award. His poems, essays and articles have been published across North America. His second full length collection, Letter from Brooklyn, was published with ECW Press (2013). He is also the author of the non-fiction ebook My Never Ending Acid Trip, published by The Toronto Star(2013) and a regular contributor to Toronto's NOW Magazine. He has been a volunteer peer-facilitator with Bereaved Families of Ontario since 2008 and has been facilitating workshops on writing about grief since 2011. To learn more about Jacob go to jacobscheier.org
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The Workshop will take place over 2 days. Saturday, July 25 from 11 am-5 pm: personal narrative and Sunday July 26 11 am-5 pm: poetry. Participants may attend both days or just one day of their choosing.
Full weekend: $150
One Day: $100
There is a $25 discount offered for anyone who has taken a workshop with me in the past.
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Register by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. To hold your spot, I ask that you send the course fee by e-transfer to email@example.com or cheque to Jacob Scheier to: 287 Winona Drive, Toronto M6C 3S8 (e-transfer preferred). Space is limited.
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Ever wonder, when exactly can I wear white again? The answer – always when you are talking about white denim!
White shoes or white linen – a little different, save those items for the summer or the old rule "after Memorial day/before Labor day". White denim is always great! Now, that being said, you may not want to sport an entire body of white in the messy weather months, but white goes with every color and texture. Black and white are a standard all year – every season. A neutral palette of white with creams or tans is so now and so classy. White with a bright color or bright print is very popular. Don't you love red, white and blue? The nautical look is always classy in New England!
I love dressing up white! Whether I'm decorating it with layers of jewels or pulling it together with a coordinating jacket, it makes me feel fashion savvy. Clothes and accessories are emotional, right?! Afraid to wear white because of stains?…are you a mommy with sweet, yet ready to stain little fingers reaching up to you?! I never leave without my Tide to Go pen. It's amazing! (I was so excited to score a free one at our Getting Gorgeous event in April!) My little ones are past this stage, yet somehow I manage to find stains and I love this little Tide stick. Afraid to wear it because hips/legs could appear even larger that they are?? Draw the eye up! Pull it together with a pattern on top that looks fabulous with the white, yet draws all the attention up- like this black and white top or a fun flirty floral!
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Events being held Monday, Jan. 20, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
24th annual MLK holiday breakfast: Hosted by the General Mills Foundation and the United Negro College Fund, the breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center will celebrate Dr. King's legacy of service with the theme "Re-imagine the Future." This year's keynote speaker is Donna Brazile, a veteran political strategist, adjunct professor and author. Three churches in St. Paul and one in Mahtomedi also will be serving breakfast and will stream a live broadcast of the event.
The event will run from 7 to 9 a.m. Tickets are sold out for the Convention Center breakfast, but the event will be broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television (tpt2) at 8 a.m. and can be streamed online at tpt.org. For more information, go to MLKbreakfast.com.
Governor's Council on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: Governor Mark Dayton will provide opening remarks at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul about Dr. King's life and legacy. He will be joined by keynote speaker Rep. Keith Ellison. The theme of this year's celebration is "Lifting Every Voice, Dreaming as We Strive." There also will be Performances by diverse groups from around the state and a presentation of colors by the Minnesota National Guard.
The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and includes lunch. It can be viewed via webcast at new.livestream.com/accounts/5053468/events/2694451.
Second Harvest Heartland's "Bring Your Child to Serve Day": In an effort to generate awareness around the issue of hunger with youth, children and their parents are volunteering on MLK Day. More than 400 volunteers will work in two-hour shifts sorting and packing food for the nearly 600,000 individuals in need of hunger relief in the local community.
The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Second Harvest Heartland West, located at 6325 Sandburg Road in Golden Valley. Register at 2harvest.org.
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and "Feeding the Dream" Food Drive: Hosted by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, the event will include a keynote presentation by former Twin Cities television news anchor Robyne Robinson, live entertainment and a tribute to Dr. King. The MPRB also will present its "Living the Dream" award to Larry Fitzgerald Jr., wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, for his dedication and commitment to the community. The celebration runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center at 4055 Nicollet Ave. S. in Minneapolis.
Community members are encouraged to drop off non-perishable food items at the center. Proceeds will be donated to the Sabathani Community Food Shelf.
In addition to the awards event, activities, performances and refreshments will be held at Powderhorn Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The events are free. Visit minneapolisparks.org for more information.
26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation: Local artists and educators T. Mychael Rambo and Brian Grandison will be singing at the Hoversten Chapel in the Foss Center at Augsburg College to honor Dr. King. The event is part of the college's annual speaker series and starts at 1 p.m.
MLK Jr. Holiday Diversity Networking Career Fair: Network and socialize with representatives from companies such as 3M, HealthPartners and Xcel Energy at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free.
Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Concert: Bill Banfield and Jazz Urbane, Yolanda Williams, Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell and high school students from the FAIR School will be performing at Ted Mann Concert Hall on the University of Minnesota campus. It runs from 4 to 6 p.m. and is free.
Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reflective Service: The Calvary Baptist Church will be holding a service filled with music, dance, spoken word and a keynote address by Reverend Dr. Jin S. Kim of the Church of All Nations to commemorate Dr. King. Attendees are encouraged to bring "soulful desserts" to share afterward. The service runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The church is located at 2608 Blaisdell Ave. S. in Minneapolis.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Greg Biffle still can't figure out what to do on the final lap of a restrictor plate race.
He was running in second place on the final lap of the Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at the Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 16. He also took the white flag in second place during last Thursday's 150-mile Budweiser Duels qualifying race and again in Sunday's Daytona 500.
He left the speedway without a single win.
In fact, he finished sixth in the 500 after getting shuffled back on a final-lap charge.
"The figured the 48 (race winner Jimmie Johnson) and the 88 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) would side draft each other and I'd have a chance to pass them both," Biffle said.
"That's what I was thinking would happen. That was my plan. I had it figured out, but my plan didn't quite come together."
Biffle also was running second to Matt Kenseth a year ago at Talladega, Ala., on the final lap, only to get passed by three other cars.
Star power
The stars of music, TV and the NFL helped get Sunday's Daytona 500 started.
The A-list included former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who was the honorary starter for the race and waved the green flag.
"I'm going to be a little nervous," Lewis said during a pre-race news conference. "They told me they have one rule — don't drop the flag."
Lewis, who was on the winning Super Bowl team in his final NFL game three weeks ago, has become friends with Brad Keselowski.
Pit stops
By leading two laps Sunday, Danica Patrick became the 13th person to lead at least one lap at the two biggest races in America — the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500. Others notable drivers to do it included: Tony Stewart, A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Johnny Rutherford, Juan Pablo Montoya, John Andretti, Bobby Allison, Bobby Unser, Jim Hurtubise, Robby Gordon and Tim Richmond … The best quote of the day came when Mark Martin met rapper 50 Cent before the race. "I told him if I won, he'd have to change his name to 55 Cent" in honor of Martin's car number.


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Hello sweeties,
What a rainy shitty day I had today ! The weather is simply disgusting this time of the year and it's so damn cold outside...HATE IT !
Anyway, I have an outfit post for today, not to worry ! I'm wearing my beautiful shirt from Chicwish 💁in this look that I rocked like a couple of days ago or so... It's a casual look and since I was a bit cold, I didn't resist to make a movie. However, I do like the bow detail of the shirt so I didn't want to cover it with a jacket or something.
What I wore:
- Guess jeans
- Mango shoes
- Guerlain bag
Hope you like the look, guys! I await you tomorrow for a new outfit post tomorrow :)


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Employment gaps between men and women are widening nationally, and Delaware County is no exception.
The official definition used by the U.S. Census reads, "If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty."
In Delaware County there are 8,885 people living below the poverty line, with 1,818,886 of all of Ohio's residents fall below the poverty line. Delaware holds approximately one-half of a percent of the underprivileged rate in Ohio. According to the 2014 Ohio Poverty Report, "…poverty rates are higher for families with children, families without a full-time, year-round worker, and single-parent households- especially those with a female head."
Ohio Wesleyan women's and gender studies instructor Rita Trimble, said she defines underprivileged people as those who are economically disadvantaged. Trimble said she believes it "falls disproportionally on certain groups of women."
"People who don't totally fit the white, middle-class, feminine norm are at risk to be more economically disadvantaged," she said.
According to the census data for 2011, 13.6 percent of males are under the poverty line, while 16.3 percent of females are impoverished.
In another census report from 2012, the poverty rates are displayed by age and gender. For ages 65 and over, 11 percent of women are suspected to be living in poverty, while 6.6 percent of men are believed to be living under the poverty line. From ages 18 to 64, 15.4 percent of women are underprivileged, compared to 11.9 percent of men. Ages under 18 show that 22.3 percent of women and 21.3 percent of men are living below the poverty line.
Trimble said that "a big factor" of why more women than men are consider underprivileged is the fact that "unpaid labor that goes on is done by women."
"We have an idea of how people should be able to pull their own weight and one difficulty for a single mother is that that unpaid labor doesn't get recognized as labor," she said. "So it's hard to be recognized as pulling your own weight."
Various organizations throughout Delaware County provide multiple services to those who fall below the poverty line, with some focusing strictly on women.
OWU senior Tasha Cruz volunteers at Family Promise, a nonprofit organization in Delaware committed to helping those below the poverty line.
"We provide them with housing and food basically for a minimum duration of four weeks with a possible extension up to three months," Cruz said.
Cruz said she believes a reason more women are underprivileged could be because they stay with their children.
Assistant professor of English Constance Richards defines an underprivileged person as "someone who doesn't have access to basic needs: education, job, adequate food, safe home."
Richards said women living in poverty often have children, which makes escaping hardship much more difficult. She also said it can be easier for men to be absent in the parent role than it is for mothers.
"Because we don't have a subsidized child care system in this country, women are always going to have an extra job," Richards said. "If we had subsidized child care — so safe, affordable child care — moms could put kids in child care then they might be better able to compete in the marketplace."
Pay Inequalities
Trimble said there is a blaming stigma that occurs when a person is disadvantaged. Many people living below the poverty line work multiple jobs, but more often than not these workers earn minimum wage, making it difficult to achieve economic security. For women responsible for children, a minimum wage job makes earning a decent living especially difficult. Despite their work at one or several jobs, people below the poverty line are frequently generalized as lazy.
Trimble said there is a sense of shame that the unprivileged face, as they can conform to society's view of their situation.
According to the Insecure and Unequal Poverty and Income Among Women and Families Report for 2010 and 2011 by the National Women's Law Center, "Poverty rates for all groups of women were higher than for their male counterparts."
"The gender wage gap persisted, undermining women's ability to support themselves and their families," the report said.
It continued to show the discrepancies between men and women. Women on average make 77 cents to every man's dollar, which for the year 2011 there was "an annual difference of $11,084 in median earnings." African-American and Hispanic women earned 64 and 55 cents to every white man's dollar, respectively.
Although there continues to be poverty, the report stated that poverty has stabilized between 2010 and 2011 after it had been increasing in the prior years.
In another report by The National Women's Law Center, the center focuses on inequality of pay in Ohio.According to census data, women in Ohio earned $35,284 full-time to men's $45,859 earnings in 2010. Additionally, 15.2 percent of Ohio women were in poverty to Ohio men's 11.6 percent.
Local Organizations
Located in the middle of the Delaware community are three organizations that aimed to help those in need: Family Promise, he Andrews House and the Women's City Club.
Family Promise volunteer Cruz said Family Promise works to take in and provide for low-income families. There is an on-staff social worker to help the families find work and housing for when they leave the organization.
Andrews House, located at the corner of North Franklin and West Winter Street, is a community center with offices that provide assistance to the underprivileged and works on programs to better lives.
The center includes offices for legal, financial, child care, health and food services. There is a full kitchen for the bi-monthly community dinners. Director Mel Corroto said about 40 to 90 people show up for each dinner.
Andrews House also works with other food programs like the Mobile Food Market with Mid-Ohio Foodbank and the Summer Lunch Program for children under 18 when they are not in school.
Every Wednesday the Andrews House offers free Medical services with its Grace Medical Clinic, and once a month the Delaware Bar Association offers free legal advice through a clinic.
Corroto said she does not necessarily see more women than men come in for the services offered at the Andrews House. However, the Andrews House is beginning to work with the program Support Through Empowerment and Partnerships (STEP), and she said she has seen more women through this program than men. Corroto said that last year the STEP class had eight students, seven of whom were women. Corroto said this year's class is all women.
The Women's City Club of Delaware focuses its attention specifically on women. Greta Bemiller, the club's vice president, said the club offers housing for underprivileged women with a small rooming fee. All of the house's nine rooms are currently occupied, and more women are on a waiting list to move into the club.
Bemiller said she believes there are more women in need than men because of "the glass ceiling" that prevents women from achieving the same successes of working men. She said it's common for women to have less access to education, which can result in fewer job opportunities.
The Women City's Club works as a transition place for the women to get them back on their feet. The club is able to stay afloat with government grants and fundraising events. The 37 members of the club are all volunteers.
Both Corroto and Bemiller said they have had Ohio Wesleyan students come and volunteer. Cruz said she hopes students can become aware of what is going on around Ohio Wesleyan.
"It would be so easy for a student to step outside off campus a little bit," Cruz said. "They would be able to see that these are people."


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SOT honors NTP and NIEHS researchers
By Shannon Whirledge
The 53rd annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) provided an opportunity for NIEHS and NTP scientists to showcase their research to a global audience (see story). As in years past, at the annual conference March 23-27 in Phoenix, SOT specialty sections honored the outstanding work of trainees and researchers, through awards for outstanding achievement within each specialty.
Excellent training
Several awardees credited their achievements to their exceptional training at NIEHS and NTP. "NIEHS and NTP have been a huge part of my training," said Rachel Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Katie Pelch, Ph.D., agreed. "Training here at NIEHS has been great, because I've been able to interact with, and collaborate with, so many different people studying many diverse topics," she said. "The research for which I won the award is definitely different than what I had previously studied, but it has been a good opportunity for me."
Expert mentorship
In addition to institutional support, mentors also received warm thanks. Salik Hussain, D.V.M., Ph.D., said his mentor, Stavros Garantziotis, M.D., has been tremendously supportive, allowing him to ask novel research questions. "Stavros has always encouraged me to develop autonomy and scientific rigor," he said. "He also provided me with multiple opportunities to lead projects and train post-baccalaureate students, to polish my skills as an independent investigator."
Goldsmith also acknowledged the guidance of her mentor. "Jonathan Freedman, Ph.D., provided the ideal combination of support and independence, making it possible for me to be successful in my postdoc," she said.
Opportunities for collaboration
Collaborative opportunities further enhance the experience of trainees and researchers at NIEHS and NTP. "Here at the NIEHS, my mentor, Barry McIntyre [Ph.D.] has encouraged me to build upon my background in nanotoxicology by working with Nigel Walker [Ph.D.] on NTP projects involving nanomaterials," said Brian Sayers, Ph.D. "Recognizing the need to broaden my expertise, both have ensured that I have the opportunity to work on other projects."
Kembra Howdeshell, Ph.D., a health scientist with NTP, was selected out of a pool of 60 as the recipient of an abstract award. Her publication represented data obtained through collaboration between EPA and NIEHS to evaluate the developmental effects of in utero exposure of different phthalate mixtures on the male reproductive tract. Cynthia Rider, Ph.D., also of NTP, was a coauthor on the paper and worked on mathematical modelling of chemical mixtures for the study.
(Shannon Whirledge, Ph.D., is an Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) fellow in the NIEHS Laboratory of Signal Transduction.)


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As if patients, providers and healthcare organizations didn't have enough to worry about with MRSA, C.Diff. and other hospital-acquired infections. Now, another nosocomial infectious agent has made an appearance in U.S. hospitals: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). CRKP is a type of gram-negative bacteria that has developed antibiotic resistance to a class of antibiotics known as carbapenems, and can cause infections in healthcare settings such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis.

CRKP is considered a major infection threat to patient safety. While the numbers of infected patients aren't as large as the numbers of patients who acquire the better known superbugs like MRSA, C.Diff, VRE and others, by early 2011 CRKP had already been identified in hospitals in 36 states. (See a map of states reporting cases of CRKP.)

CRKP and other infections like it (NDM-1, OXA, VIM, all broadly known as the CREs) is resistant to antibiotics, and patients who acquire it are at risk of death, usually within 30 days. Death rates from this newer superbug have been reported to be between 30 percent and 44 percent.

So far, CRKP infections seem confined to healthcare facilities -- both acute-care hospitals and long-term care facilities. The elderly and others who are immunocompromised are at greater risk for contracting it. Since it is not considered a reportable infection by the CDC, the numbers of patients and deaths are very likely under-reported.

Treatment for CRKP Infections

CRKP can't easily be killed even by the specialized drugs developed to kill other known nosocomial infections MRSA, C.Diff or VRE.

One drug, actually an older antibiotic called colistin, has been used with limited success on patients who have acquired CRKP. The problem is that the drug has toxic side effects destructive to the kidneys. The elderly and other patients who are immunocompromised may be particularly harmed by these effects.

Another drug called tigecycline, was developed in 2005, but is limited in its effectiveness because it doesn't work well in all tissues.

Prevention of CRKP Infection

The best way to prevent transfer of CRKP is by following the standard prevention recommendation for any infection: hand washing and sanitizing. Patients and caregivers should follow the best protocol for preventing spread of any infection in a hospital: insist that anyone who touches an infected patient wash his or her hands thoroughly. Patients should not let a healthcare provider provide reassurances about their hand-washing habits: Instead, they should ask to witness the provider wash his or her hands.

There are other important steps to take to prevent hospital-acquired infections that include items to pack, and activities to undertake when arriving at the hospital. Because infections are so rampant in hospitals, and because too few hospitals take the necessary steps to prevent them, patients must take responsibility for preventing infections themselves. Wise patients learn the steps to take to prevent hospital acquired infections.

Have you or a loved one been infected with CRKP, MRSA, C.Diff, VRE or any other nosocomial infection? We invite you to share your story with others.

Learn about additional infections hospital patients must be be concerned about:

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Clostridium difficile (C.Diff)

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)

Necrotizing fasciitis, the flesh-eating bacterial disease

Also - Central Line Infections - these are not superbugs, rather they are one mode of entry for these infectious agents.

Sepsis and Septicemia of the blood

Some advice about preventing hospital infections, too.

Sources:

The Centers for Disease Control.

CDC's Public Health Update on CRE.


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A versatile over the shoulder cotton sling bag that makes a great handbag or computer bag. There is a light padding around the bag. The inside is a thick black cotton. The shoulder strap has metal buckles and adjusts out to 29 inches. There is one pocket on the flap and one under the flap.


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Need an easy, functional, and fun method of applying glue to your projects or class work? Well look no further! Rilakkuma has just come out with the Rilakkuma Factory Glue Stick. Each one comes complete with Rilakkuma labels and cute graphics! Very easy to use, just press the tip of the glue stick against the desired surface and you're ready to go! You don't have to worry about a sticky mess with these glue sticks because they are solid unlike most.
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Google+ is appealing to enterprise today with the launch of restricted communities. In addition to restricted posts and a number of other business features, this tool ensures that only people within a company can join the group and interact with the updates in it.
Whether it's designs of your beta product or notes from your team, anything posted within the restricted community will remain private. You can decide whether your community will be open to everyone at your company or joinable by invite only.
While admins can set restricted communities as the default for your organization, you can also create communities open to people outside of your domain. This opens doors for valuable collaboration as it enables clients, agencies, and business partners to join the discussion.
Once created, you'll be able to share files from Google Drive as well as videos, events, and photos. Admins can easily change settings, manage memberships, and invite other team members. More information about starting and managing a restricted community can be found in the Help Center.
Many companies use tools like Yammer for internal communications, but Google is hoping that you'll give it a chance. With this extra layer of security, business owners can feel confident that an employee won't accidentally leak important or confidential information on the social network.
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Lancome Blush Subtil 03 Rose Boise – Rs 1950, available at Lancome CountersI always had a special corner in my heart for blushes. Nothing fascinates me more than a beautiful blush. During my recent visit to Lancome I decided to try out their blushes. Unfortunately there are only 4 shades to choose from but Rose Boise instantly caught my attention. Its the kind of shade I am most comfortable in wearing.
What Lancome Says
This luxuriously silky powder blush glides on with its own brush to color and contour for a flawless application every time. Color stays true for hours; versatile finish never looks dry or dull, thanks to moisture-balancing ingredients that keep skin feeling completely comfortable. Oil-free and oil-absorbing. Ideal for all skin types.
Color – Lancome Blush Subtil 03 Rose Boise is a beautiful berry pink shade with fine golden shimmer. Due to fine shimmer it works as a highlighter too, it gives subtle glow to cheeks.
Packaging – It comes in black case with a mirror in the lid and a blush brush. The brush is made of soft bristles and is of good quality. The packaging looks chic and classy, though touching the case leaves finger prints all over it.Texture of the blush is silky and doesn't feel chalky at all. It blends into the skin smoothly.
Pigmentation– The blush is superbly pigmented. Two sweeps and my cheeks get beautiful satiny glow !Staying power is good. It stays on for good 7 hours on bare skin and 9+ hours over foundation. That's how it looks on me
Overall Thoughts
A beautiful shade for medium skintones. It looks absolutely stunning and imparts subtle glow. The blush is superbly pigmented and with a silky smooth texture. Unfortunately you get only 4 shades to choose from this range. The micro shimmer don't look OTT. Classy black packaging with mirror and decent brush makes it travel friendly too. Only downside is the price.
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One of the places that Fried mentions where people go to actually get work done is the library. This has been sticking in the back of my brain for a few weeks now about how we value "The Library" (a physical place), and the hodge-podge concepts that are attempting to move "The Library" into a more progressive place that resembles a Starbucks or Barnes & Noble store instead of the traditional quiet space.
Should the physical space of a library be a "third place" of social gathering, discussion and idea sharing… or would we benefit more if the physical space of a library reverted back to the traditional area where everyone expects it to be a quiet place to go and get work done without interruptions? As a librarian, or as a patron of a work place library, which would you prefer? I'll be covering this topic at the February Ark Conference in New York and would love to get some suggestions to share.


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Hi all,
Yay, it's weekend. Thank you so much to all who bought, liked and shared Divine Justice yesterday (and if you haven't seen it yet, do go grab your copy lol!). Today, though I'm thrilled to have the fab Carolyn LaRoche visiting to chat about her release, All She Never Wanted.
So, let's start with you telling us a bit about yourself.
Thank you so much for allowing me to visit your blog today. I am very excited to be out and about promoting my new book. It's been a long time in the making—lugging my laptop to my boys' baseball practices and squeezing edits in between writing lesson plans for my science students—but it's been worth every word in the book.
They're always a labour of love, aren't they? Was there a specific moment where you first knew that you wanted to be a writer?
I have always loved to write stories but as far as becoming a "writer", I'd have to say it was about seven or eight years ago. I'd just finished the first draft to my romantic suspense Witness Protection and sent it to a friend to read. Upon finishing, her response was "you better do something with this one." I took her advice and eventually signed it with a small press. Now, two series and this book later, here I am!
Do you have a particular writing routine, or any special rituals?
The closest thing I have to a writing routine is procrastinating as long as possible before sitting down at my computer. As soon as I decide to work, I suddenly have laundry I just have to fold or floors that must be mopped right then. I don't know why- I love writing. I guess maybe I can't really concentrate unless everything else is done.
Lol, I better not show you the state of my laundry pile then 😉 Tell us about the genre you write in, and what drew you to it.
I love happy endings. It may take gunshots, kidnappings and car chases to get to them but there's always that happy ending just waiting for my characters.
Are there any particular authors or books that have really inspired you?
I absolutely love reading indie author books. There is so much talent out there just waiting to be discovered.
So true and great to support other authors on their way up. What five things could you never do without?
Aside from my husband and boys. I'd say I couldn't live without wifi. I love the world wide web! I also need to have chocolate in my life at all times. Flannel pajamas and leggings are a must and the beach. The ocean is my happy place.
Tell us a bit about your new release.
Evie and Landon come from two completely different worlds, each dealing with their own tragedies. Evie's dreams had been violently destroyed and Landon's playboy lifestyle had come to an abrupt and horrific end. Circumstances have thrown them together and despite mutual dislike, they are forced to coexist and eventually find a common ground. Falling in love was not something they wanted or expected.
Aww, I do have a soft spot for hate to love stories. Where did your inspiration for it come from?
I spend a lot of time at the beach and it seemed like the perfect place to fall in love. Especially at the holidays.
What did you find most enjoyable about writing it?
The story is set in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. This is one of my very favorite places in the world. Having Evie find her second chance at life and love on the beautiful islands of the Outer Banks made the experience of writing the book that much better.
Sounds like a lovely place! What was the hardest part about writing it?
Having no more story left to tell. I fell in love with Evie and Landon and ending their story made me sad.
Aww, I always struggle with the goodbye bit as well – probably why my characters keep popping up in other people's stories lol! Speaking of, who's your favourite character in it? (I know, I know, favouritism!)
I love Evie because no matter how much life tosses at her, she still manages to be her snarky self. She cries when she's alone but she doesn't let tragedy win. In the end her strength pulls her through and she ends up stronger and better for it.
Why should we run out and buy it right now?
If you want to laugh and cry and experience all the feels, you need to meet Evie and Landon. It's a great holiday romance that will leave you searching for a beach and some mistletoe.
Hehe, I must admit I'm more used to holiday snow than a beach but this sounds like it could win me round 🙂 Check out the book details here:
One moment changed everything…
Evie Ward had everything she'd ever dreamed of. An action-packed job where no two shifts were ever the same, the best friend a girl could ever want, and a fairy tale wedding just days away. Her life was absolutely perfect. Until one bullet—one horrible choice—left her with a broken heart and shattered dreams. Fleeing the city she loved and a lifetime of memories, Evie took a job in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the hopes that the ocean air and fresh beaches could somehow restore her soul. Falling in love again wasn't part of the plan.
Landon Reed was on top of the world. The money, the women, the status—he had it all until one bad decision nearly cost him his life. His father gave him three months to get his act together or be cut off from the family fortune and business. No house, no job and no money. His will and his patience are tested further when his father hires a nurse to whip him into shape. She may be little but she's mean and it looks like Landon has finally met his match.
With her shattered heart and his broken spirit, the road to recovery will be long. Can they help each other heal or will their fractured pasts be too much to overcome?
And you can get your hands on a copy here:
Don't forget to follow Carolyn on social media here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCarolynLaRoche
Blog: http://carolynlarocheauthor.blogspot.com/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7734909.Carolyn_LaRoche
Twitter: @CarolynLaRoche
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2017 Posted Roads
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28, 2017 As of today, April 11, the Road Posting has been lifted. Please note, Worthley Hill Road will remain posted until further notice.
Per RSA 231:191, the Town of Goffstown must employ load/weight restrictions during the spring thaw period. The Towns load limit policy (see below) will become effective February 28, 2017 for posted roads. This is done to prevent roadway damage and to protect the large infrastructure investment the Town has made.
Waivers will be issued by DPW on an emergency basis only as conditions allow. Contact Cathy Willmott at 497-3617 x200 to apply.
Load Limit Policy (Adopted 2011)