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Located just three miles from the hustle and bustle of town, The Homestead Bed & Breakfast at Rehoboth Beach sits on two acres of beautifully landscaped property. We are a pet friendly and adults only inn. Choose from four beautifully decorated guest rooms in the main house all with private bathrooms or our spacious 800 square foot private cottage featuring a large fenced-in backyard. Guests enjoy a full breakfast in our dining room including the hot entree of the day, homemade breads, fresh fruit, yogurt, gourmet coffee and additional continental fare. All of our rooms and the Cottage have a refrigerator, HD TV's, DVD player, hair dryer, and personal climate control settings. Additional amenities include a wrap-around screened in porch, free WI-FI, an expansive DVD selection, books to borrow from our library, a large selection of games, ice maker, bottled water, beach chairs and umbrellas, beach towels, free parking, and an outdoor shower for use after a day at the beach.
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5 on September 25, 2014
Lovely immaculate rooms. Incredible breakfasts. The warmest most accommodating innkeepers we have ever met. Loved our weekend.
4.8 on August 27, 2014
This B&B was perfect to travel with your dog! The beds were comfortable, room was spacious, and the breakfast was delicious! I really enjoyed my stay and cannot wait to go back.
5 on August 12, 2014
Everything was awesome. The atmosphere was relaxed. The owners were the best. I had prearranged a surprise and it was perfect. They gave recommendations for the evening in advance. The breakfast in the morning was delicious. It really was an evening to remember. Thank you Dave & Joe for helping me to make this birthday celebration a great success!!!
5 on August 10, 2014
My husband and I spent 2 nights at the homestead. Room was clean, comfortable and had everything one would want or need on vacation. The complimentary breakfast that was served was OUTSTANDING!! The owners, Joe and David were caring, helpful and had knowledge of the area from things to do and where to eat. I would definitely recommend the Homestead to friends and family traveling to the beach.
5 on August 05, 2014
Since we never stayed at a B&B we were'nt sure what to expect.However, we had a great stay. We highly reccomened.
5 on August 02, 2014
We loved this B & B and hope to return soon. Joe and David made us feel right at home and attended to many details to enhance our stay. It was thoughtful of them to have beach towels, chairs and umbrellas for our use. The grounds, including a vegetable garden, were well maintained and relaxing. The breakfasts were superb, and our room was charming and very clean. Even the dogs are pampered here.
5 on July 28, 2014
We stayed at the Homestead for our 1st wedding anniversary, and had an incredible time! Joe and David are everything you could wish for in accommodating hosts. The facility is immaculate, their attention to detail with providing beach umbrellas, beach chairs, beach towels and even dog towels and dog bowls so more than I was expecting. The beautiful way they blended the beach and dog decor was exactly how I would style my dream home. Their screened in porch was the perfect way to unwind with a glass of wine. Their breakfast spread was right out of a magazine. They had everything you could think of, and the creative culinary twist on french toast was superb. They even offered suggestions on where to eat, both causal lunch spots, and nice dinner venues to celebrate. They even had a map and showed us exactly how to get everywhere we were looking to visit.
5 on July 26, 2014
Stayed for two nights. I can't say anything bad about our stay. Felt very welcome. Joe and Dave are fantastic host. A++++ all the way. And our pooch loved the dog walk and was right at home.
5 on July 24, 2014
This is the second time we've stayed at The Homestead and couldn't have been happier. From the suggestions for great dinner spots, to the amazing breakfast, to the comfy room, to the beach supplies they let you borrow, Dave and Joe are amazing hosts. I highly recommend this B&B for anyone wanting to have a great stay in Rehoboth!
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Homestead B&B is a gem! Our stay there was absolutely wonderful! We stayed in the cottage, a private and peaceful retreat. Our Schnauzer enjoyed the private fenced in yard and we enjoyed the comfy seating areas provided. Joe and David, the Innkeepers, are fantastic! They see to your every need and are so welcoming! Make you feel right at home as soon as you step out of your car. The breakfasts are to die for! Prepared perfectly, delicious, and the presentation is exquisite. All in all, this is a wonderful place to stay in Rehoboth. I can't praise it enough!!! Deb
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When Al Donn moved to the Hunter's Green subdivision, there weren't any home improvement stores. No Muvico theater and no restaurants. Just a gas station on Dona Michelle Drive, really.
Donn, president of the Heather Downs Neighborhood Association in Hunter's Green, said he didn't mind it that way because he moved to New Tampa partially for the nature.
So Monday's grand opening of New Tampa Nature Park, a 122-acre expanse of greenery, was easily welcomed.
"Things have grown dramatically here," Donn said of New Tampa. "It's really great the City of Tampa, the residents, had the forethought to protect natural areas like this ... for our future residents."
Just east of Interstate 75 and south of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, New Tampa Nature Park connects to Hillsborough County's Flatwoods Park trail system. It includes an elevated boardwalk "nature walk," a shorter elevated "marsh walk," a rock and rope playground climber, and a zip line play element. There are also picnic areas.
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The seeds for the city-run New Tampa Nature Park were planted in the 1980s.
"Ken Good, the man behind the creation of Tampa Palms, first conceived of a nature park for the citizens on this very site," said Bill Edwards, president of the Tampa Palms Owners Association. "He created a foundation in 1986 for this purpose but they were denied funding to bring it to fruition."
Edwards said the property languished for years until through the foresight of residents and the City of Tampa, it eventually became something for citizens to enjoy. Land for the project was acquired through assistance with the Florida Communities Trust Preservation 2000 program and the Hillsborough County Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program.
The park connects residents with miles of existing trails where they can walk, hike and bike. Folks can expect to see — if observant and quiet — lots of wildlife including deer, wild hogs, alligators, osprey and wild turkey.
"People need to understand we are a diverse community, that our natural environment is diverse," Mayor Bob Buckhorn said.
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Mick Jagger hosts SNL, Kristen Wiig Gets an Emotional Sendoff (Video)LOL, Pop Culture — By Dave on 2012/05/20 12:35 PM
Saturday Night Live season finale ended with an emotional goodbye to Kristen Wiig. For her last show she got to dance with each cast member while Arcade Fire played a mashup of the Stones' 'She's a Rainbow' and 'Ruby Tuesday.'
Last night's SNL was hosted by Mick Jagger who did a pretty good job. Best part IMO – his Steven Tyler impression. Other highlights of the show include The Lawrence Welk skit and Lazy Sunday 2 Digital Short. So, in case you missed it, here are the video clips:
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Unfortunately, former Moby Grape guitarist Jerry Miller dropped out of what's being billed as the "California '66 Review." But with Electric Prunes lead singer James Lowe and bassist Mark Tulin on hand, as well as guitarist Johnny Echols, joining members of Baby Lemonade (who also serve as Brian Wilson's backing band) to reconstitute a sadly Arthur Lee-less Love, there should still be plenty of frug-worthiness to be found here. With the Vagrants.
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Why did humans invent sports and why do so many people love watching and playing competitive sports games?
I'm not asking why certain individuals are attracted to sports. Obviously people find it exciting, thrilling, entertaining etc. My question is why do people find it to be so exhilarating?? Why is it exciting? Why is it entertaining? Why do athletes enjoy sports so much? Is it simply the sublimation of our evolutionary drives in a way that is accepted by society? What are the psychological, historical, scientific, etc. reasons for us creating and participating in competitive sports?
Also, how do you think we can use the popularity of sports to make the world a better place?
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Nov 26 2012: I just finished watching the Toronto Argos win the Grey Cup. .... I have never played football, I have never had or have any desire to play football yet, I found this moment entertaining and I am excited for the home team. For me now, it is the camaraderie and the celebration, which is a positive one. .... as for my thoughts on the evolution of sports.... it's a big puzzle that makes the picture. You need the team, the prize, and the adoring fans. The reward is a massive hangover due to the consumption of a lot of beer during this celebration. All these puzzle pieces make for a wondrful picture. Sorry, my friends are waiting, gotta go. lol
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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookie Recipe Is Pure Christmas Magic
by Julie Ryan Evans on December 22, 2012 at 8:06 AM
If you're like me, you've saved most of your holiday baking for this weekend. I'm planning to just hunker down, turn the Christmas carols up, and getting my baking on. At the top of my list of cookies to make are these incredible mini chocolate thumbprint cookies.
From Pinch of Yum, she calls them "fudgy bliss," and she's absolutely right. These are out of sight. They're great for any time of year, but with some festive holiday sprinkles, they are perfect now. I'm thinking Santa would really like a plate of these come Monday night.
Mini Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
2 sticks + 2 tablespoons of butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 heaping cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Holiday sprinkles
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 heaping cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Holiday sprinkles
Preheat the oven to 350. Cream the butter and the sugar until smooth. Add the 1/3 cup cocoa powder and mix until incorporated.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Add to the butter mixture and mix until just combined.
Roll into small balls and make an indent with your thumb in the center of the ball. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until dry looking and lightly cracked on the surface but still very soft. I left mine a little bit underdone so they were softer and fudgier, almost like a brownie.
When they come out of the oven, press the centers down again to make a more defined well for the frosting. Allow to cool.
Whisk the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, hot water, and vanilla. Spoon the frosting into the centers of the cookies and add sprinkles. Allow frosting to set before storing in tins.
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7.4 Impact Wrestling
The Big News: Chris Sabin regained the X Division Championship by defeated Austin Aries in an excellent main event. Sabin will challenge Bully Ray for the TNA World Championship on July 18th. Magnus was introduced as the newest member of the Main Event Mafia.
Austin Aries came out as the X Division Champion following his ruse in disguise as Suicide last week. He said he was going to cash in the X Division champion to face Bully Ray on July 18th, and called out Hulk Hogan so he could make it official. Hogan accused Aries of gimmick infringement over what he did to T.J. Perkins. I'm sure the irony of that statement wouldn't be lost on Superstar Billy Graham if he was watching. In response, Hogan ordered an X Division title match tonight where Aries would face Chris Sabin and Manik, who is the former Suicide. The reminded me of one of the worst team nicknames in sports history, the old Montreal Manic of the North American Soccer League from the early 80s. As Dan Patrick once said "What was a losing streak called, a 'Manic Depression?'" Depression also describes the response Manik got. Sabin called Aries "the greatest scam who ever lived." Sabin can work, but he just doesn't have top level interview skills.
Christopher Daniels and Kazarian were in the same locker room Kazarian said he was ready to face A.J. Styles tonight, regardless of whether it was the clean cut Styles or the Justin Beiber-hairy Styles.
Going into tonight's Bound for Glory Series matches, the standings are: 1. Magnus 24 points; 2 Samoa Joe 18 points; 3. Jeff Hardy, Aries, Mr. Anderson and Daniels with 7 points. 7. Styles 2 points. 8. Bobby Roode, Joseph Park, Kazarian, Hernandez and Jay Bradley 0 points.
A.J. Styles (12 points) defeated Kazarian (0 points) by submission in a Bound for Glory Series match in 4:00. Daniels and Kazarian came out as Siegfried and Roy and were quite hilarious, of course. Styles got a good reaction after the win, but again the crowd is either indifferent or uncertain about his new image. Standard good match between the two. Styles hit his springboard forearm. Later, Styles attempted his new submission hold, the calf killer, but Kazarian rolled that attempt into a cradle for a two count. Styles followed with another calf killer, which got the tapout. **1/2
Chavo Guerrero Jr. gave Hernandez a pep talk again backstage, and said he was going to be in his corner tonight.
Mickie James was in the ring with a ladder. James explained that to climb your way to the Knockouts Division, you have to scratch, claw and fight your way to the top. James bragged about her new country music album, how she was a new spokesperson for commercials, and her name was on the marquee. She claimed she beat Velvet Sky with her eyes closed last week, but Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell were getting more buzz for their ladder match next week. James encouraged Kim and Terrell to break a leg next week, in fact, she encouraged them to break every bone in their body next week. James said regardless of how good their match would be next week, they would never achieve nearly as much as she has. The fans are starting to catch on to James' heel character as she got some heat here.
Danny Davis, Tom Pritchard and Al Snow talked about the Gut Check evaluation. It's impossible to watch this segment the day after four Gut Check contestants got fired, not to mention the entire development system gutted, and take it seriously. Pritchard wasn't very high on Ryan Howe. Snow sounded frustrated that Pritchard wasn't giving any of the people they brought in high marks. They didn't even mention Adam Ohriner very much. Ohriner was cut on the spot by Pritchard, which the crowd wasn't happy about.
Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Sting walked to the building, vowing to add another member to the Main Event Mafia tonight. To add fire to the rumors regarding Sting, Angle appears to be the lead talker for the Mafia.
2. Hernandez (7 points) defeated Jay Bradley (0 points) in a Bound for Glory Series match in 3:11. Bradley's new gimmick is he wins ugly, meaning he does standard heel tactics to win. Or at least try. Hernandez nearly dropped Bradley on his head doing the over the shoulder backbreaker. Bradley attempted the Boomstick when Guerrero tried to trip him at ringside, which Hernandez "didn't see." Hernandez then got the pin with the pounce period. So Guerrero is either doing the lie, cheat and steal gimmick or going all-out heel. *1/4
Bully Ray talked with Garrett Bischoff and Wes Brisco in the back. Brisco asked him about Brooke Hogan, which Ray said was a personal situation and no more. Ray wanted to talk about the X Division match tonight. Brisco actually brought up Brooke getting engaged, but again Ray wouldn't talk. Doc asked Ray who would he rather see win the X Division title match tonight, and Anderson spoke up saying he didn't think Ray cared because he could kick any one of their asses. Ray said what if no one won the match tonight? Everyone laughed, teasing that Aces and Eights would interfere in the finish.
3. James Storm and Gunner defeated Bro Mans in 3:04. Jessie Godderz and Robbie E. make for an entertaining undercard tag team. They jumped Gunner before the match until Gunner hit a fallaway slam on Robbie. The culmination was Gunner going for a sunset flip on Godderz, but Robbie tried to hold Jessie up. Storm gave Robbie a Last Call, and Gunner gave Godderz a Uranage into a backbreaker. Gunner got the pin on Godderz following a double team move where Gunner delivers a powerslam while Storm hits a Diamond Cutter. **
Angle and Sting came out to announce the latest member of the Main Event Mafia. It was at this point that comedian Louie Anderson was shown at ringside. Sting introduced Joe as the most recent addition. Joe did a good babyface promo saying the Mafia runs this town, and he vowed to eliminate Aces and Eights. Angle said he chose Joe to join the Mafia because of the battles he had in the past. Then Joe suggested the fourth member, which Angle said sounded like a great idea to him. Angle unveiled Magnus as the fourth member. Magnus put over each of his Mafia members, saying Sting was one of the greatest of all time, Angle brought it every night, and Joe was the man who put him on the map in 2011. Of all the rising young talent in the company, Magnus certainly comes across as something solid on the mic. And he has a very good presence. It's amazing a few years ago he was in the World Elite heel group, and instead of him being the main spokesperson for a bunch of would-be headliners, it was Eric Young. Sting challenged Aces and Eights to a fight on their next live show in July 18th, and vowed there would be a winner in tonight's X Division match.
4. Jeff Hardy (9 points) defeated Joseph Park (-10 points) by DQ in 7:38. Park now has his own rally towel with the name of the "Park, Park & Park" law firm printed on it. It was a weird match because they both worked as faces, Hardy is the top babyface in the company not currently eligible for social security and no one wanted to boo Park. Yet Park got a surprising amount of offense. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate early before Park started a comeback that consisted mainly of running splashes in the corner. Park even hit his closing argument finisher for a near fall. Hardy countered with a Whisper in the Wind, and Park got up with a bloody lip. Crowd popped when Park noticed the blood, knowing that would lead to the Abyss spots. Sure enough, referee Brian Stiffler got the Black Hole Slam, and referee Brian Hebner ran in to disqualify Park, which means he loses ten points. Hardy looked at Park like he had lost his mind. **1/4
Howe came out with his guitar for the Gut Check, but wasn't playing. And he was still better than Maroon 5. To use a rock metaphor, Howe was Nickelback playing in front of a death metal crowd. In Layman's terms, he was booed out of the place. Snow voted no. Howe did a good kick out promo. Danny Davis acknowledged the negative reception for Howe, but said he didn't let that stop him on his promo. So he voted yes. Pritchard made the cryptic remark "if this was any other competition show on any other night, you might get the chance to move on to the next round." Seems like this might be the death of Gut Check. Oh, and Pritchard voted no. Crowd popped. Taz wondered if Howe could play Taps on the guitar.
Doc pulled Ray aside and said he heard the Mafia's challenge for a fight on July 18th, and said he would be ready to fight. Anderson heard this and accused Doc of trying to campaign for A&8s Vice President. Anderson said next week would be a vote to determine who the next VP would be. Ray quieted both of them and ordered everyone to the ring to make sure no one wins the main event.
Kim and Terrell did promos for their ladder match next week. Kim did such a great UFC-style promo, I was more eager for this match than anything TNA has put together in a long time. Kim is easily the best North American female performer in the business right now. Terrell, for all of her improvement in the ring, spouted one cliche after another.
5. Chris Sabin pinned Austin Aries in a three-way match that also included Manik to regain the TNA X Division title in 16:18. Aces and Eights came out before the match. Pretty sick spot on the ramp where Aries gave Sabin a front suplex. This led to Aces and Eights going to the ring, where Manic got tripped by Doc. When Manik tried to give Doc a pescado, Doc caught him and power bombed him on the floor. Manik did a stretcher job. I just hope he's not headed to the same place Joey Ryan, Sam Shaw and Crimson are now in. The Mafia came out at this point. Meanwhile, Aries drilled Sabin with a Death Valley Driver on the apron, which was another big spot. Aries hit several neckbreakers for another near fall. Sabin came back with chops like he was Satoshi Kojima, followed by an enzuigiri and a drop kick. Sabin tried a running kick in the corner, but missed. It was his bad knee, so Aries focused on that, ringing it against the ropes. Aries reversed a vertical suplex and hit the brainbuster, but Sabin kicked out. Crowd started with the awesome chants. Aries hit the Last Chancery, but Sabin got the ropes. Aries went for the 450 but missed. Sabin hit the All Hail Sabin, but Aries kicked out of his finisher. Aries caught a running dropkick in the corner, then put Sabin on the top rope. But Sabin punched Aries, then put Aries on his shoulders for the All Hail Sabin from the top rope for the pin. Easily the in-ring highlight of the show, and among the best matches from TNA this year. Amazing what you can do when you have two good X Division wrestlers in the ring instead of overbooking it with constant three ways. ****1/4
SUMMARY: If you just watched this show, you would think things are going OK for TNA. They seem ready to elevate Magnus, the fans still see Joe as a star, and this show had as good a main event as any show this year. The out of the ring woes told in this week's Observer is another matter altogether. But this was another good stand-alone show.
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The Poussin Project
The year in the life of conservation
Welcome to the online conservation treatment diary for Nicolas Poussin's Crossing of the Red Sea. Over the course of this year-long treatment we will be presenting a series of informal updates designed to keep the public informed about the restoration of one of the NGV's most prized paintings.
The Crossing of the Red Sea (1632-1634)
oil on canvas
155.6 x 215.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1948
Fourteen months in 70 seconds
Witness the transformation of Poussin's Crossing of the Red Sea in this slideshow chronicling the various stages of conservation treatment: the removal of old varnish and restorations, the application of a new varnish, and the gradual process of inpainting the lost and worn passages of paint. If you look closely you will notice the changes first in the lower half of the painting, then up through the mountains and landscape, and finally throughout the sky.
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The Off Season Plan
I won't lie, I'm a man with nearly no sense of style. I wear jeans about 360 days of the year, a pair of white or black sneakers, and usually a plain color shirt and hoodie. Mariner games, I dress a little differently, but I think that will be a story for another day. Today I think I came up with a new idea for the off season. Every Friday until the Friday that the Seattle Mariners hold their home opener, I will collect one baseball cap for every team in professional baseball. I plan on purchasing them in no particular order, probably just as I can find a goodish deal on each one. Below is a quick overview of the team's caps.
I will obtain each hat and write up a blog post for each hat featuring various details/personal stories/etc about each one and it will all culminate in the purchasing of the Seattle Mariner's home team hat for their home opener in 2012 at the Safeco Field Seattle Mariner's team store. It'll be a little on the expensive side, but that's why I'm hoping to get some through sales, gifts, etc. It's not every day that a collection can give you a sense of style, conversation starter, and a warm head. :P


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Mustering with Technology
Electronics have revolutionized how the cruise industry tracks passengers
Cruise lines follow regulations known as Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) that require a safety briefing immediately before or after sailing. That briefing includes instructions detailing passenger actions during an emergency. Within 24 hours of embarkation, passengers must be present for a muster drill, during which time they are shown how to put on lifejackets and board lifeboats. Many cruise lines conduct this drill prior to sailing.
As they arrive at their assigned muster station, each passenger will again swipe his or her card through a handheld unit maintained by a crewmember. The system provides a record of those completing the presentation. Anyone not attending will be contacted by a crewmember to attend another drill. Prior to the advent of ship management systems, keeping track of who did and who did not attend the presentations could be a logistical nightmare.
The ship management system can create batches of individual passenger, crew and visitor ID cards complete with barcodes and magnetic tracking data. These cards can be used for all shipboard operations such access control to passenger cabins and restricted areas. Only authorized crewmembers would have access to operational areas such as the bridge, engine room or medical inventory storeroom. The cards can also track onboard purchases.
This technology can be applied to any industry where tracking of employees and visitors in an emergency evacuation is essential — such as in large office building environments.
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Here are several other areas where an electronic ship management system can provide added safety and security for passengers and crew.
• Mustering: The value of the system really shines in the event of an emergency. With passengers frequently heading to the closest — not their assigned — muster station, the crew needs to know quickly who has not reported at any location. As mobile readers at each station read the IDs, the system continually updates the list. If passengers have not reported in a reasonable amount of time, crewmembers can be dispatched to check cabins and other common areas. The system will show the last time and location a passenger's ID card was used.
The system also has an offline mode that stores information if the network is not available during an emergency. Data is automatically synchronized once the network is back online. It can also apply medical codes to passengers for real-time triage tracking.
• Immigration: The system can provide rapid verification of passenger immigration clearance. Clearance is added to the ID card, thus eliminating the need for crewmembers to process the passengers other than having them swipe their cards as they leave the ship. An audible alarm will sound at the gangway if a passenger has not cleared immigration. The system provides a complete and accurate audit trail of each passenger's status, which meets all International Maritime Organization and U.S. Coast Guard, ICE and Customs and Border Protection requirements.
• Age Verification: When an ID card is swiped through a system kiosk or mobile PDA, the passenger's basic information and high-resolution photo are displayed. This enables the system to provide instant age verification for any venue such as lounges where alcohol is served, helping to reduce the cruise line's legal liability.
• Excursion/Event Tracking: Another challenge for cruise personnel is making sure that all passengers disembarking for a day excursion are back on board that evening. The system helps track passengers throughout the day as they board water taxis or even land-based buses. When they return to the ship, a swipe of a card shows the passengers that have returned. A failure to check in at any point notifies the crew to begin searching for the missing person(s).
Anthony Zagami is the founder and chief executive officer of the West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Security Identifications Systems Corp. (SISCO), maker of the A-PASS ship management system.
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Kreasi Perca Untuk Bayi dan Anak by Retno Andriani Hayano Handmade
Ragam Kreasi Dari Kulit Sintetis by Indah Apsari Mochie2 Felt
No One to Someone by Nina Moran, founder of GoGirl! Magazine
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Yesterday was my 24th birthday. Damn, time goes really fast right? Where has it gone? LOL, feels like yesterday when I was still about 5 or so and I became a kindergarten student with my Daddy always by my side and now I am in my last year in university.
If you think that I was waiting for my birthday to come, you aren't wrong but you aren't right either. I was waiting for it but then I think that nothing special was gonna happen anyway, sooo and I was kinda sad as well, felt many mixed feelings.
Was hoping for a surprise or something. Like when I open the door of my room then people will come out and scream and sing 'Happy Birthday to You' with a big cake and candles all around it then they will ask me to blow the candles and make a wish *sigh* but I knew it was never gonna happen and it didn't eventually.
Shouldn't be complaining actually because I had many greetings and birthday wishes yesterday as well as one from Google, Foursquare and a hospital that I used to check my health, LOL, unexpected.
If you asked me how was my birthday yesterday, I would answer it was okay and nothing so special happened. Just woke up with my Dad and Mum saying happy birthday and then I went to look for something for my Auntie in Cyprus but eventually we didn't find it and me ended up buying a blouse as a present from my Dad and then in the afternoon my Boyfriend picked me up from my home and we went to watch Breaking Down part II, he paid off course, LOL.
It was upsetting at first, because he had to go to Jakarta for an interview so I thought I wasn't gonna spend the day with him, but eventually he came so I feel grateful for that, even though I know he was tired but he still came and said happy birthday to me and took me to the cinema.
When we arrived at Braga, his motorcycle's tire got flat, so unfortunately we had to come outside and repair it and it was pretty far and I had to walk to go and join him who was looking for a tire reparation place, fiuh.
Suddenly Rain came and it was raining hard thus we had to wait for almost two hours in the tire reparation place, that was tiring and I was kinda disappointed and wanted to go home instead but he persisted to watch that movie, so we went to BIP after the rain a bit subsided, Thank God.
So, finally after the rain and after all the wet clothes on the motorbike we arrived and finally watched that movie, my mood got better after we sat on the cinema's chair, LOL.
It was an ordinary day actually and kinda disappointing. Okay fine I am an adult so there's no need for a celebration at least. Somehow I don't know I feel disappointed. I wanted a surprise as I mentioned above, I wanted a cake, after so long I never eat cakes anymore in my birthday. Okay I can eat cakes anytime I want doesn't have to be on my birthday and it's not a must as well, but I don't know I just wanted it.
A surprise as well coz I like surprises and I like making surprises for my friends but somehow I don't know people don't bother to make me a surprise, not even my boyfriend, yeah even though I know he's not that kind of person, but can't he do it at least once in a year, only on my birthday or maybe our anniversary? *sigh* maybe next time I should expect less, thus I will be happier if things don't turn out the ways I want them to.
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Just want everything to be better this year and also want to graduate very very soon, wish me luck!
Many things that happened to me in these recent days and I would like to share it to you readers, but was to lazy to even open my Tumblr, LOL, so here go some of the stories that happened to me from previous days ago …
29th August 2012
A package arrived for me! And it was from Youthdew, I ordered a pompom necklace from a craft blog on the internet Youthdew Vintage, it sells vintage stuff starting from bags, wallets and pompom necklaces and bracelets, I loved them from the very first time I read that blog, so one day I ordered my first pompom necklace from them and the one that arrived today was my second necklace, I totally love it! It came with beautiful paper box, I love the colour of the necklace and also the shape, basically I love pompoms and something handmade and something made with colourful knitting yarns and this necklace has it all :D
1st September 2012
Me and my classmates went to a friend's house in Batu Jajar, Cimahi. it was our 4th touring together as classmates and also was the most tiring one! But it was alotta fun! I almost forgot all of my problems when we were playing and touring together, okay would love to share everything about this trip but it's gonna take very long thus, I will make it short here and would like to make another note about the trip later, but basically we traveled from Bandung (actually from our campus) together in the morning, it was supposedly 7 am but then we had everybody coming 3 hours later *sigh* it was a long day and a very tiring journey, Bandung-Batu Jajar took about 2 hours long, then we shopped at the local market to buy food for our lunch, kangkung, tahu, tempe, fruits to make rujak, spices, kerupuk and not to forget our favourite of all, yes, please welcome JENGKOL! LOL after that we arrived at Windi's house and started splitting the work to cook, some had to peel and cut the veggies and everything, some had to fry some stuff and some had to wash up and some (mostly the guys) were doing nothing but talking -____-" after all finished we all ate together in havoc and no use of manner at all, LOL and planned what to do after we finished eating and after some discussions we went to Waduk Saguling and sailed! It was really fun! it took us 3 hours to finish the whole trip, going around the lake, stopped by at the dam to take pray (and for some of us to take pics) and then continued our trip to go back home :) it was so far the most awesome yet tiring trip, I had fun and forgot my problems, joked and gathered around with my friends really helped me to cheer up. In between the trip we took pictures! On the boat, at the dam, beside the lake, at Windi's house and everywhere! FUN! But sadly maybe this would the last trip for us, because most of us will graduate this year and find a job thus we will split up :(
Our fave dessert after lunch is … watermelon!
Beautiful ladies
In front of Windi's house, me, Widya, Raisa and Idris
At the dam. You can see our happy faces there :D
6th September 2012
I had some quality time with my friend Nurry and Widya, I came to my flat so Nurry could come over and get a help from me to translate her CV, she wanted to apply for a job at a bank and eventually she got it! Congrats to her, she is amazing. And then the most awated moment finally came, I got my ordered neckalce from my favourite handmade and indie jewelry line Kimilatta. My blue baby dream catcher finally arrived! I love dream catcher neckalces especially one made by Kimilatta, the are really alluring and sweet and of course limited edition so, you won't see many people wearing the same kind jewelry like you do :D even though the price is quite high but it worth it coz it's really beautiful and neatly handmade :) gonna post some pics of the lovely necklace later :3
One other the most awaited moment, my Junior High School Friend Nisa, who now owns an online cake shop came to my flat and gave free Rainbow Jar Cakes that she made! OMG! *drooling* at first I wanted to buy them, coz I like the rainbow jar cakes that she made. The first time I tried rainbow cake was the one she made, so I instantly fell in love with it at the first time! Yummy! But then because we know each other and because of Idul Fitri, she gave the cakes free for me. Two Rainbow Jar Cakes, one with vanilla icing and one with cream cheese topping. Ooooh, writting this makes me want it again! Gonna post some pics about the jar cakes that my friend gave me later :3
And today I once again painted on canvas, even though it isn't that good and hasn't finished yet, but I like it. Painting has always been my desire and passion :D also gonna post some pics later, have some probs with the cable thingy.
8th September 2012
This was the highlight of the week and the happiest moment of all. My boyfriend came back from his holiday in Bali for a week and he picked me up from my home, he gave me some gifts from Bali, a pair of Bali beach flip flops with flowers on them, love them! Then we went to my flat, we were gonna watch a harp concert but we cancelled it for some reasons even though I would really love to watch it, but never mind, I ended up having some quality time together, what did we do? Well, usual thing that you do with your boyfriend, LOL, that was the sweetest moment, finally I could spend a whole day with him.
After a day full of chitchat, cuddles and kisses *blushing* we went to go dinner, at first I wanted to eat mie ayam for dinner but when we finally reached the place, the mie ayam parlor was already closed so we went to eat at Iga Bakar Si Jangkung instead, because we already parked in front of the parlor :p that was yummy and that was the yummiest dinner I've ever eaten and of course I can say it is romantic coz I spent it with someone so special :3
To finish all of that we went to Ciwalk for a photo shoot, after almost ten months together we finally took pics together as a couple! We went to M Studio and did a photo box! At least now I have photos that I can look at before I go to sleep :3 will post the pic later.
We ended up the night with him dropping me at my house and a thank you text because he had spared his time with me that day :D
9th September 2012
I went to my cousin's wedding in Purwakarta. As part of our Sundanese culture, the man has to be transmitted by his family to escort his wife to be at the bride's house, so we did and we took all of the presents for her. It was a simple wedding but still it was very holy. After we arrived and did some ceremonial stuff, we were allowed to eat and I tried everything! After that we took some pics and went home even though it was still 3 in the afternoon, LOL, not to long but still very tiring. Best wishes for you big coz, wish you to have a shakinah, mawadah, warrahmah family, have good kids and will stay as husband and wife forever. Aaamiiin.
11 September 2012
Again. I ordered a bag from my most fave craft blog, it is called Hayanohandmade, it was a simple bag made with cotton and with a pic of a raccoon in front of it. It is very cute, I was so happy finally it arrived! Now I have a new bag! And the owner even gave me a small flower brooch as a bonus, aaah really love it! Thanks Mba Enno from Hayanohandmade :)
Aaand, my boyfriend visited me at my flat after his work and we talked and had some time together, even though I didn't want to go home, finally as usual he dropped me home :(
12th September 2012
I went to Raisa's flat in the morning and we talked had breakfast and everything and then we went to Tamim with Marda, he wanted to buy some fabrics to make a pair of pants and I ended up buying this cute fabrics with cherry prints on top of it, really love it! And Raisa went to our usual tailor to cut her pants and then went to ABC to fix her watch, after that we went to King's to search for a pair of shoes, but didn't buy anything, Raisa couldn't decide what she really wanted, and I saw a really cute dress in one of the shop. Gonna buy it when I have enough money. Now I am thinking to sell those cute fabrics that I saw in Tamim online. Yes I've gotta! yeah!
Sooo that's it. Got some burdens on my mind actually but don't want to share them here (yet) better share some good memories eh people? :D stay updated please with my ordinary life.


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How Mommy Love Relates to Adult Love
Love is a complicated thing.
Dr. Wendy Walsh: It is parts visual appeal, pheromone compatibility, intellectual decision, and environmental conditions. Those factors notwithstanding, I believe love is even more about our internal attachment style. Much has been written in the mass media about "Attachment Theory" in parenting manuals. Psychologists have been quick to warn parents about the dangers of child/parent separation and its relation to major personality disorders, but less has been written in terms of adult romantic attachment. So, I'm going to attempt it here.
Attachment Theory is a school of thought that holds that everyone has a certain kind of internal attachment organization based on a genetic predisposition and the kind of parenting we received as infants and toddlers. In a nutshell, the theory is this: If a child's basic emotional and physical needs are met by a consistent, primary attachment figure, that child has a darned good chance of growing up to love themselves, to trust people, to trust love, and to seek out partners who actually help him or her recreate that familiar feeling of mother love. Attachment theorists refer to these lucky lovers as having an ability to "securely attach." A lovely picture, isn't it? Unfortunately, people who fall into this attachment category only make up about 20 percent of our American population. The rest of us fall into one of three other clumsy categories, or along a scale where the dance of love is a continual trouncing of each other's feet.
Before I detail the separate attachment categories and scale, let's jump back to a little history to learn how this whole business was discovered. The father of attachment theory was this English physician and psychoanalyst named John Bowlby (1907-1990). He was the fourth of six children in an upper-class household, and his father was a royal surgeon. As was fitting for the time, he saw his mother for an hour a day at teatime, and was shipped off to boarding school at age seven. He was later quoted as saying, "I wouldn't send a dog to boarding school at age seven."
His awareness of his own separation anxiety and maternal deprivation led him to become acutely observant of the emotional injuries that were occurring to wartime children in Great Britain -- namely, the mass evacuation of children from London to protect them from air raids, the rescuing of Jewish children by the Kindertransport, and the creation of group nurseries designed to free up mothers for wartime labor. He worked with delinquent and maladapted children, and was eventually commissioned by the World Health Organization to do a study on the mental health of postwar homeless children. His groundbreaking work, Maternal Care and Mental Health, was published in 1951 -- and for the first time, the psychological community began to see that real life events, rather than Freudian fantasies, were causing real-life emotional trauma to children that affected their personalities. So that's what happened to all the nutcases I (they) date!
Bowlby believed that mother/infant attachment had an evolutionary base, and that it was designed to keep babies in arms and away from predators. But during this protective phase, a side effect was a secure emotional attachment to another human that could be later transferred to a romantic lover, and used for the sophisticated social structures of human society. According to Bowlby, "The infant and young child should experience a warm, intimate, and continuous relationship with his mother (or permanent mother substitute) in which both find satisfaction and enjoyment." He also said that if that cozy mommy/baby relationship didn't happen, one was doomed as a lover. Well, he didn't say that exactly. What he said was that an attachment injury can have significant and irreversible mental health consequences. That sure sounds like a downer of a love life to me.
Bowlby's 1951 WHO publication accomplished one other major thing. It made hospitals sit up and rethink their visiting policies that used to be designed to keep germs outside, even if they rode on the backs of love. Believe it or not, before 1951, most hospitals would not allow visits by parents of babies and small children -- some of them institutionalized for months! I shudder to think of it. But as Bowlby treated children who had had long hospitalizations, he noticed that parents complained that it was a different child who came home -- a more unruly, angry little monster. Duh.
Now, I'm leaving Bowlby's genius here for a minute to lay a little Dr. Walsh theory on you. So, what else happened in the 1950s that might have affected our homegrown attachment style? Oh yeah, the baby boom! Babies may not have been shipped off to nurseries and boarding schools in America, but there were a whole lot of babies coming down the pipes and surely not enough maternal arms to go around. No wonder the current fascination with "Jon and Kate Plus 8." It's an exaggeration of a wound many, many people have experienced. We love to watch train wrecks, especially when we've already survived one ourselves.
So the war wasn't the only thing causing attachment injuries. The baby boom did too. And it was followed by feminism. I mean, what woman in her right mind would want to stay home with all those children, anyway? And feminism brought its own mixed bag of attachment disorganization. Can you believe I once saw a headline on a 1970 issue of Ms. Magazine that read, "Yes, You Can Leave That Baby!" Then feminism got into bed with capitalism and gave birth to consumerism, and today no woman GETS to stay home with her baby! Ai-yai-yai! What is going on here?!!! Deep breath, Wendy.
Back to attachment theory. Thanks to Bowlby, and many, many other bright thinkers in the area of developmental psychology, the theory has grown into a worldwide research phenomenon and become accepted by psychologists and psychiatrists. Many of these psychologists and psychiatrists specialize in a kind of therapy based on the theory. It is the only psychoanalytic theory that is quantitative. Researchers can count and rate the injuries and connect the dots to adult outcomes. Parent/Infant attachment is now directly related to adult attachment style.
|Dr. Wendy Walsh holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and her area of interest is Attachment Theory, a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for understanding interpersonal relationships between human beings. As a psychological assistant registered with the California Board of Psychology, Dr. Walsh has treated individuals, couples and families for a variety of mental health concerns including personality disorders, anger management, eating and substance disorders, and depression. Connect with Dr. Walsh on Facebook.
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[New Delhi, 16 July, 2008]
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Gas supply to Trombay starts through Dahej-Uran Pipeline
New Delhi, July 16, 2008:- GAIL today commenced gas supply to Trombay region through the Dahej-Uran pipeline. Dr. U D Choubey, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL inaugurated the commencement of natural gas supply to BPCL, Trombay through the 40 km. long, 24" diameter Hazimalangwadi-Trombay pipeline at Mumbai. GAIL has signed heads of Agreement with BPCL for supply of 0.9 MMSCMD of RLNG.
This is one of the several branch lines to be commissioned by GAIL to provide connectivity from its Dahej-Uran (DUPL) and Dabhol-Panvel pipelines (DPPL). Already branch lines to Deepak Fertiliser and Patalganga and MSEB Uran have been commissioned. The commissioning of the spur line from Hazimalangwadi to Trombay and BPCL is yet another landmark by GAIL.
GAIL, through DUPL and DPPL pipelines, will transport gas from different supply sources such as Panna-Mukta and Tapti fields, Dahej RLNG, Shell RLNG, RIL and from Dabhol LNG terminal presently under construction.
GAIL is in the process of connecting a number of other consumers in the Trombay region, namely, RCF Trombay by August 2008 end and Tata Power and HPCL by February 2009. Pipeline laying work for Tata Power and HPCL is in advanced stage of award. GAIL will also be shortly connecting other consumers in and around the Mumbai region namely NRC, Herdillia, VVF, Owens Corning, Bombay Dyeing, Hanil Era, Uttam Steel, Bhushan Steel, Supreme Petro, IIL, NITCO, etc.
The Dahej-Uran pipeline has linked the two important gas markets of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The pipeline will also enable supply of natural gas to various cities and towns and industries in areas falling enroute to the pipeline such as Vapi, Valsad, Navsari in Gujarat and Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Patalganga, Thapoli and Mahad in Maharashtra.
The DUPL project has branch lines to connect Deepak Fertilizers in Taloja industrial area in Navi Mumbai, MSEB Uran and RCF Trombay. GAIL had commissioned 18" pipeline to DFPCL (for supplying 1.1 MMSCMD) in November 2007, 24" pipeline to MSEB Uran (for supplying 2.5 MMSCMD) in March 2008 against all odds.
Dahej-Uran Pipeline (DUPL) project was approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 1830 crore and Dabhol Panvel Pipeline (DPPL) project was approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 1326 crore. The total cost of 30" diameter, 581 Km Dahej- Panvel- Dabhol Pipeline is Rs. 3156 crore. The 581 km long 30 inch diameter trunkline traversing from Dahej to Panvel for DUPL and from Panvel to Dabhol for DPPL project was commissioned on 11th July, 2007 for supplying gas to Dabhol Power plant of Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL).


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The Tina-Brittany Relationship, commonly known as Brittina or Tittany, is the friendship between McKinley High alumni Tina Cohen-Chang and Brittany Pierce.
The two girls often sing or dance backup together and are commonly paired together during songs. They also have both dated fellow Glee Club member, Artie Abrams, and their dance partner is often Mike Chang. Some evidence states that Brittany might have also dated Mike in the beginning of the first season, but it has never been confirmed. They have been seen chatting and hugging on different occassions, so it is implied that they are close friends.
Tina and Brittany are Kurt's back-up dancers for his Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) dance. Moments later, both of them help him to hide the fact that he was dancing - and his sexuality - from his father when he appears out of nowhere in the room. (Preggers)
After they have finished performing Halo/Walking on Sunshine, they leave the choir room squealing and holding hands. (Vitamin D)
When Artie, Kurt, Mercedes, and Tina didn't make it on the "glist," they attempt to do something to get a bad reputation. Brittany joins them and she and Tina are back-up dancers for Artie's solo in U Can't Touch This. (Bad Reputation)
Both girls are at the 'Girls meeting' with Rachel and Quinn because they both have boyfriends who are on the football team so they can protect Kurt. (Never Been Kissed)
The girls get into a small argument about Brittany dating Artie, leaving Tina confused. (Furt)
Tina thinks that Brittany and Mike are having an affair because of all the time they spend together rehearsing for their dance number at Sectionals. Just before entering on the stage, both get into an argument along with the rest of New Directions; when Artie says he doesn't want to perform with Brittany, Tina says she won't, either. At the end of the episode, they seem to have resolved their arguments and be friends again. (Special Education)
Brittany looks sympathetic, and a little concerned for Tina, when she breaks down in tears during My Funny Valentine. Later on during the song, Brittany nudges Mike, encouraging him to go up and comfort Tina when she drops down onto her knees and begins sobbing hysterically. (Silly Love Songs)
They are Lauren's back-up dancers for I Know What Boys Like. Tina with all the other glee girls praise Brittany for her fashion choices and copies her style, wearing a carousel horse sweater. (Comeback)
Rachel's performance of Get It Right is backed-up by Tina and Brittany. In Hell to the No, Lauren, Tina, Santana, and Brittany sing and dance along to the song. (Original Song)
It is revealed that Tina, Mike, and Artie bribed Brittany into joining The Brainiacs. Brittany looks sympathetic towards Tina when she is crying after her performance of I Follow Rivers, due to her being heckled off stage by the Heckling Club. When Mike returns after his performance, Brittany is seen with her hand on Tina's shoulder, suggesting that she had maybe been comforting Tina when Mike had been performing. (A Night of Neglect)
Brittany and Tina are cooking partners in Cooking/Home economics class. Brittany and Tina perform back up to Blaine who is singing I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You. Brittany starts dancing with Mike, Tina's prom date. (Prom Queen)While talking with Santana, Brittany tells her that she is probably going to be a bridesmaid at Tina and Mike's wedding, implying that they are close friends. Brittany also states she will be waiting anxiously to see if their babies are Asian. (New York)
They are seen holding hands and walking up to one of the pianos with Kurt. (The Purple Piano Project)
Mercedes performs Spotlight, backed up by Brittany and Tina. Before which, Brittany and Tina were having a conversation. (Asian F)
Brittany and Tina, along with Mercedes, Sugar, and Santana were all involved on the abusive joke made towards Shannon Beiste and her black eye. Sue, Roz, and Shannon inform the girls that their assignment is to perform a song that was about female empowerment. Together, they were involved in Cell Block Tango, which was received negatively by them. Later, when Shannon was honest to the group about the abuse she went through, they performed Shake It Out as an apology. The girls, along with Mercedes, helped Kurt back up sing during Not the Boy Next Door, just in case Carmen Tibideaux wasn't happy with his first song, The Music of the Night. (Choke)
They both perform as back-up dancers for Burt Hummel, who is dancing to Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), as a graduation gift for Kurt, recreating the moment in Preggers, when Burt caught the three dancing to the song in the basement. (Goodbye)
Tina and Brittany both want to be the new Rachel, so they both sing Call Me Maybe along with Blaine and Wade in front of Artie to choose the new Rachel. Throughout the performance, they make faces at each other. (The New Rachel)
Brittany has a breakdown while Mr. Schue tries to cheer her up by having "Britney Spears Week," which Brittany and Tina are both happy to do. Later Tina, along with Sam and Joe, perform 3, as part of the assignment. As the performance ends, Brittany tries to shave her head while everyone in the room disagrees and Tina shouts "Brittany, no!" (Britney 2.0)
Brittany - with a Santa hat and sack - is walking down the halls and gives really extravagant and expensive gifts to her friends in the glee club. She then reaches Tina and gives her a little stocking with a key inside to a 2013 Toyota Camry. When Tina asks what is going on, Brittany explains that she believes in the Mayan apocalypse and therefore that the world will end on December 21, and decided to cash in all her savings so that she and all her friends would be able to celebrate the last days on earth to the fullest. Later, Sam (who also believes the world is going to end) tells her that they need to fully cleanse themselves, and need to be honest with all their friends. So they gather several of the glee club members, including Tina, so they can purify themselves in the Mayan Apocalypse Club. Brittany tells Tina that her dream of acting is a pipe-dream and pursuing it as a career is irresponsible and shocking. Naturally, Tina looks shocked, and offended, and walks out with all the others. (Glee, Actually)Brittany and Tina perform Diva with Unique, Blaine, Kitty, and Marley. They compete against each other for the First Annual William McKinley High School Diva Award. Tina tells Santana that Brittany and Sam are dating, causing Santana to return to Lima and confront Brittany. Later in the episode, Brittany dances back up for Tina in her rendition of Hung Up, and is seen enjoying the performance along with the rest of the student body. Brittany seems genuinely happy for Tina when she is declared the winner of the Diva Award, and exclaims, "She never wins anything!" (Diva)
Tina and Brittany talk about MIT when Marley walks up and they chat about Tina's clothes before "Evan" shows up, when he/Sam leaves Tina questions if she is even on the Cheerios anymore. (Sweet Dreams)
When Brittany returns from her MIT visit, she walks into the Choir Room demanding heaps of things, including the setlist for Regionals, asking for all solos. She also asks Tina to make a replica of Jennifer Lawrence's dress, to which Tina says "No" but Brittany says yes. Brittany then says "Tina, you're just... Tina," when she goes offending various people in the room. Before New Directions' Regionals performance, Brittany does a show circle, where she mentions Tina, calling Tina her sister, and they end both crying along with the rest of New Directions. They perform together in Regionals, getting solos in the performance, I Love It. (All or Nothing)
- Danced Together
- Related Songs
- My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson (Sectionals)
- Express Yourself by Madonna (The Power of Madonna)
- Sang Together (In a Group Number)
Solos with
|Rachel, Santana, and Will
|Time Warp
|The Rocky Horror Glee Show
|Artie, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Quinn, and Santana (album)
|Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer
|Never Been Kissed
|Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana
|Marry You
|Artie, Finn, Mike, Quinn, Rachel, and Sam
|The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
|A Very Glee Christmas
|Artie, Kurt (album), Quinn (episode), and Sam
|Light up the World
|New York
|Artie, Finn, Rachel, and Santana
- Back Up Vocals
|Sung by
|U Can't Touch This
|Bad Reputation
|I Know What Boys Like
|Hell to the No
|Original Song
|Get It Right
|I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
|Prom Queen
- Danced Together
- Le Jazz Hot (backup to Kurt) (joined alongside Mike and The Cheerios) (Duets)
- I Know What Boys Like (backup to Lauren) (Comeback)
- Related Songs
- One by U2 (Grilled Cheesus)
- P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) by Michael Jackson (Silly Love Songs)
- Sang Together (In a Group Number)
Solos with
|Do They Know It's Christmas?
|Extraordinary Merry Christmas
|Artie, Blaine, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Rachel, and Santana
|Cell Block Tango
|Mercedes, Santana, and Sugar
- Back Up Vocals
|Sung by
|Asian F
|Here's to Us
|On My Way
|Not the Boy Next Door
|Love You Like a Love Song
- Danced Together
- Not the Boy Next Door (backup to Kurt) (Choke)
- Love You Like a Love Song (backup to Santana) (Prom-asaurus)
- Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (backup to Burt) (Goodbye)
- Related Songs
- We Are Young by fun. (Hold on to Sixteen)
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston (Dance with Somebody)
- Sang Together (In a Group Number)
Solos with
|Call Me Maybe
|The New Rachel
|Blaine and Unique
|Don't Dream It's Over
|Swan Song
|Blaine, Finn, Marley, and Sam
|This Is the New Year
|Artie, Blaine, Jake, Marley, Ryder, Sam, and Unique
|Blaine and Unique
|Guilty Pleasures
|Kitty, Marley, and Unique
|I Love It
|All or Nothing
|Kitty and Unique
- Back Up Vocals
|Sung by
|Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee
|Locked Out of Heaven
|Sadie Hawkins
|Marley and Unique
|Anything Could Happen
|I Do
- Danced Together
- Anything Could Happen (backup/main to Marley) (I Do)
- Related Songs
- 3 by Britney Spears (Britney 2.0)
- Gangnam Style by Psy (Thanksgiving)
- Tell Him by The Exciters (Sadie Hawkins)
- Hung Up by Madonna (Diva)
- They usually back-up together for other glee club members. Examples include Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) for Kurt and later for Burt; I Know What Boys Like for Lauren; Get It Right for Rachel; I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You for Blaine; Spotlight for Mercedes; and Love You Like A Love Song for Santana.
- They were both back up dancers for Kurt during Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Le Jazz Hot, and Not the Boy Next Door, also sung by Kurt. They also danced back-up for Burt when he performed "Single Ladies" to Kurt as a present. They have danced backup for Kurt the most, with three dances.
- Brittany and Tina did back up together at prom two years in a row: first with Blaine in I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You and second with Santana in Love You Like a Love Song.
- It is presumed that they fell out as friends in Special Education as Tina thought that Mike was cheating on her with Brittany. She even went so far as to replicate Brittany's Cheerios uniform, with her own gothic spin.
- In New York, Brittany says that she expects to be a bridesmaid at Tina and Mike's wedding, and also that she will be there to see if their baby is Asian like them.
- Tina was one of only nine guests shown on Brittany's web-show Fondue For Two, the others being Mercedes, Marley, Kitty, Lord Tubbington, Sue, Will, Santana and Rachel.
- They both dated Artie.
- Sam has said to both of them that he finds them hot.
- They have been on the Cheerios and they both have quit the team. though Tina does question why she is even on the Cheerios. (Sweet Dreams)
- They both kissed Sam.
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Whole organization easing assimilation
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Daisuke Matsuzaka's mind worked furiously. The camera clicks sounded like a thousand typewriters, his every twitch broadcast around the world, in at least two languages. There he was, in front of millions of people, momentarily stumped.
He was looking for the right word, and despite the interpreter sitting next to him, it wasn't coming. As his eyes searched the crowd, they locked with a familiar face: a fellow Japanese man, there covering the event.
The Red Sox are extremely excited about Matsuzaka-mania.
Matsuzaka mouthed the word he was considering, the reporter nodded discreetly in affirmation and the news conference continued. His bearings secure, the new Red Sox pitching sensation answered the question, another cultural bridge crossed.
Off to the side, Red Sox official Dr. Charles Steinberg watched this unfold. As team president Larry Lucchino's right-hand man, he's been involved in many of their efforts to make sure Matsuzaka and fellow new Bostonian Hideki Okajima feel as comfortable as possible. They want him to be at home, even when there isn't a familiar face in the crowd.
"Did you see the body language differences when he was answering the questions that were directly asked in Japanese?" Steinberg said afterward. "All of this is based on empathy. I don't know if it's a cultural transition or a cultural unification. Let him learn that which he can learn. Let us learn that which we can learn."
Not long before, he'd met Matsuzaka downstairs. They talked about pitching without words, just miming grips and flight paths.
"I said yokoso for welcome," Steinberg said. "Daisuke turned and smiled. I know yokoso and konichiwa. Today is day one for me. I'm at two words."
This education began more than two decades ago, when Lucchino was with the Orioles. They'd just won the World Series and went off on a tour of Japan. Walking the streets, he saw a strange new world.
Between that trip and his lifelong friendship with Daniel Okimoto -- a former Princeton classmate and, at Stanford, one of the preeminent Japanese scholars in the world -- Lucchino always has understood that the gap between American and Japanese cultures can't be spanned by high-speed Internet and McDonald's franchises. There are deeply entrenched differences in the most important of core issues: how we see ourselves fitting into the body politic.
In Japan, the "I" exists to serve the "we." In America, home of Wyatt Earp and Michael Irvin, it's the opposite. Successful baseball managers are often revered for their ability to massage all the gigantic egos in a clubhouse, which is a worthless skill in Japan. For ballplayers coming here, who are taught from birth to be homogeneous, living in a me-centric clubhouse is the toughest adjustment.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- As if his large contract and larger expectations aren't enough, new Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has an additional burden on his shoulders, one with which most Americans are not familiar.
Not only is he expected to win baseball games, but he's also being asked to help reverse a major cultural crisis afflicting a segment of Japan's youth. There is a class of de facto hermits, called hikikomori. They spend most of their days shut away in their rooms, playing video games, shunning the goal-oriented society of their parents.
They were created by both Japan's rapid economic boom and by its collapse. With successful parents, children, for the first time in Japanese history, could afford not to rush to the marketplace. And, with the economy's recession, the competition for a shrinking number of jobs is intense. Some kids are choosing simply not to try.
"Many social commentators have argued," said Tulane professor and Harvard research fellow Daniel Aldrich, "that this generation lacks the strong interest in lifetime employment in a single company, a strong drive for career advancement, and some kind of investment in the community as a whole. These are big changes from the past."
This trend has been chronicled in a book by Michael Zielenziger titled "Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation," and it's a topic of worry for the nation.
"The most extreme example of the alienation or malaise is young people who stay in their rooms, curtains drawn to block out the sun, and never go outdoors at all," says Peter Grilli, president of the Japan Society of Boston. "Daisuke clearly offers a very different model of what life can be."
Which is the exact question a member of the Japanese media asked the pitcher at a Fort Myers press conference to open spring training. He wanted to know what Matsuzaka thought about helping bring these young men and women back into the light. Can succeeding in a new culture help restore traditions of the culture he left behind?
"There are some friends of mine who may fall into that category of the lost generation," he said. "At least one of my friends told me that by watching me pitch, it made him feel that he should start working. As long as my play and how I pitch will inspire some others, I would like to keep sending that message to my generation."
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For many Japanese ballplayers, this difference makes them worry about their children. Matsuzaka, for instance, has a 1-year-old daughter. If she starts school in the United States, by the time they move back to Japan, she will have missed out on the assimilation indoctrination. Japanese children educated outside the country are often shunned when they return home.
"There are schools in Japan whose only job is to retrain children of Japanese who have been living in America," Aldrich says. "When they get back, those kids of baseball players don't fit in very well. Coming back to Japan after being in America is hard. A lot of my friends don't want to go back. There is a phrase in Japanese: The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
Then there are the other transitions, some obvious, others obscure. Language is a major stumbling block, of course. If you speak Spanish, you can at least navigate. If you are used to Japanese kanji, you can't even read the signs. Something as simple as having friends pronounce your name correctly isn't a given. After meeting his new teammates for the first time, Okajima winced a bit at the butchering.
"They were trying," he said through an interpreter, looking for the bright side.
Finding a place to eat is challenging. Just as Americans go to Japan and are perplexed by squid for breakfast, Japanese players are expected to perform at the highest level fueled by unfamiliar cuisine.
"Japanese are really addicted to their own food," said author Robert Whiting, the English-speaking world's expert on Japanese baseball. "They get back so late that some of these restaurants are already closed and all that's left are the room service in the hotels, and they wind up eating cheeseburgers."
They aren't used to American work habits. It still bugs Ichiro when the Mariners make a mental error. He'll gripe that if they practiced more, they wouldn't make silly mistakes. They aren't used to fan negativity, which ran Kazuo Matsui out of New York. They can't understand throwing a jockstrap at a clubhouse attendant; in Japan, even the janitors are considered as important to team success as the clean-up hitter.
For Japanese soldiers, businessmen and ballplayers, there is a very formulized relationship between the mentor and the mentored. The elder is called a sempai and the student is called the kohai. When a Japanese player comes here, he goes from sempai to kohai, and it can be confusing.
"Yes, I played in Japan for eight years," Matsuzaka said, "but it's my rookie year here in the United States, so I would stay humble."
They are, almost to a man, petrified of the crime in the United States. Japan might be the safest country on the planet. If you leave your wallet in a taxi, the driver literally will chase you down until he gives it to you. When they come here, many Japanese players are convinced they will be robbed immediately.
"They don't understand the American fixation with guns," Whiting said.
Any of these factors alone wouldn't be a big deal. Together, they can paralyze a young man. For many of the Japanese players who come to America, baseball success depends on their ability to handle the off-the-field challenges. For some, like Ichiro, who married a woman who spoke perfect English shortly before moving, the transition is a smooth one.
For others, it's too hard.
So when the chase for Matsuzaka began, Lucchino and the Red Sox knew they weren't just signing an outstanding pitcher. They were bringing a stranger to a strange land, and that came with certain responsibilities.
"It's just common sense," general manager Theo Epstein said, "and from a humanist standpoint, it's the right thing to do."
It was the Red Sox.
"We've got something really major in the works here," a team official told him. "We've got to find out more."
The education hit another gear.
"It's a combination of big things and little things," Lucchino said. "We hope we are touching the right bases."
Red Sox business cards were reprinted with Japanese on the back, since team owner John Henry knew from doing business in the country the importance of that custom. Exchanging gifts is a social must, so Matsuzaka's daughter got Red Sox gear for her first birthday. Steinberg and the team's video crew made a tape introducing the family to town, going through some of the history. The mayor filmed a welcome. A local Japanese chef filmed one too, in Japanese.
The team is figuring out how to have meals catered to the clubhouse, putting sashimi alongside meatball grinders. The Red Sox have hired a Japanese language staffer to help ease the transition. Grilli has identified a local Japanese school, so the Matsuzakas don't have to worry about their daughter's falling behind.
"It meets Saturday mornings," he said, "and is designed specifically to help Japanese kids keep up with the curriculum and language, so that when they return to Japan they can step right back into Japanese schools."
The team helped the pitcher find a house in a gated community near Lucchino and Henry, to ease any fears he has about safety. The fans have chipped in, one man waving a Japanese flag when Matsuzaka's car pulls up to the spring training facility. Even parking lot attendants have been spotted with Japanese phrasebooks.
Pitching coach John Farrell spent the offseason with a Japanese tutor, learning enough to have a meeting at the mound. He downloaded conversation lessons on his iPod and listened to CDs in his car. After he got the basic sentence structure down, he started in on baseball terms.
Like, say, arm.
"It's ude," he says, laughing.
While Okajima and Matsuzaka are taking English lessons in training camp, Farrell will continue with his Japanese training. What he doesn't learn, he'll carry on a cheat sheet.
"I'm gonna look like Tom Brady with the pop-up wristbands," he said. "I'm sure that I will have some card in my back pocket. When someone thinks I'm looking at a lineup card, it will be a translation card."
The players have gotten into the act, checking out Matsuzaka's beer commercial on YouTube.com, already planning on teaching their new teammates all the pranks. Wonder how you say "hot foot" in Japanese?
"You gotta get used to their bowing," Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis cracked. "I've learned how to bow."
Mostly, they're hoping that, once on the field, their love for the game will bind them more than their cultural differences divide them.
"Baseball is a common language," reliever Jonathan Papelbon said. "We all speak the same language, and it's baseball."
Good thing, too.
"Man," he drawled, "I couldn't speak Japanese if my life depended on it."
Now that Matsuzaka has arrived in Fort Myers -- on time and carrying his own bag, two habits big leaguers will soon break him of -- the Red Sox only hope the plan they have in place works.
"They like the freedom," Whiting said. "Training in Japan is more militaristic. Like [Hideo] Nomo said, in Japan they treat you like a child, and in the States they treat you like an adult."
Satoru Komiyama, who played for the Mets but has since returned to the Japanese League, said in an e-mail through a translator that he didn't make it because he was too intent on having fun, something he now regrets.
Some, like Komiyama, go home. Others love it. Take Nomo, who inspired a then-junior high student named Daisuke Matsuzaka to dream of the major leagues.
"He adjusted to the culture and embraced the American chicken wing like no one I've ever seen," former teammate and current Tigers pitcher Todd Jones wrote in a funny e-mail. "He was also a big fan of house red wine. His house red wine line was to be used at any restaurant he was in. Morton's. Ruth's Chris. Or Denny's and Waffle House. No matter what he wants house red wine."
Matsuzaka seems to be adjusting well. He's smiling, which indicates comfort. He's meeting his new teammates and sits next to Okajima in the clubhouse. His English gets better every day.
"I don't have any particular dislikes," he said. "So far, so good."
Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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