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... is anyone home?
I'm here. Just hadn't been feeling that great and ended up in the big white house again for a few days last week after some trouble breathing. After an oxymoronic "minor" invasive procedure ("It's done hundreds of times a day." "Well, not to me it's not!"), I'm home and feeling better than I have in months. I can live with nothing but D5W to eat, but they really need to work on that letting the patient sleep thing.
Some good news was that I'd lost 9 pounds in the month since my last episode. Yeah, it may be fluid loss, but it's still a loss. I've been 99% diligent about what I eat, eating only fresh foods prepared by me and splurging with one meal out on paydays. Not entirely easy when you cook for one, but it has to become a way of life if I want to be around to see those grandkids grow up!
AND! I have a hunky new workout partner and personal trainer. He's the antithesis of my preferred tall, dark & handsome, but a cutie nonetheless. Please meet Oscar:
Sorry for the dark pic, but with the flash on you see nothing but green eyes; he blends into everything! Oscar's a terrier mutt/mix sweetie and comes to me from my daughter-in-law's sister who was here visiting. I was thinking about finding a rescue pup anyhow, so this works out perfectly for me. He'll be 5 years old next month and is so very mellow and a snuggler. He's used to being out in a fenced yard whenever he wants, so it's a bit of an adjustment for him since I have an upper level condo, but he's doing great. We're working on getting him on the P&P schedule that works best for ... ummm... both of us!? Double treats for him when he makes deposits near a dog dropping container instead of after our walk is done and nearer my door.
Hopefully back to some quilting this week... it seems like it's been forever.
Take care,
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Let's Kick-off November
Okay, so October was a near total loss in the quilting department and I'm determined to make November better.
No sewing being done. Sadly, no October Schnibbles. Yesterday I summoned the energy to work on cleaning out some UFOs. Joanne wants to practice with new pantos, so these are on their way to her for quilting. I can't wait to see what magic she works on them!
From 2003 -Stars & Moons- This has a really cute backing of a little boy riding a spaceship.
From 2005 - The non-pattern I've only known as "Rainy Day Satisfaction."
From 2007 - another Disappearing 9-Patch. These make such cute kid quilts for donation.
From around 2005 (and my matchy-matchy, scared of scrappy days), I think.
Barbara's Antique pattern by Debbie Caffrey.
Thanks for all the cards, emails and general good vibes regarding my health. You all are the best, and your good thoughts mean the world to me. There are definitely issues but we are going to watch-and-wait for now while trying some non-surgical, non-medicinal interventions first. I'm crying over NO CAFFEINE, though!
Make the most of today!
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Even though Avatar is not the most unique story ever told, I think there are some really surprising elements to it.
Though I think that both Jake and Neytiri are generic characters (not annoyingly so but not worthy to be included in my Hot People in Science Fiction lists), I think that there were still some spectacular moments of gender bending that make Avatar a little more interesting than just a panorama of beautiful imagery (which I believe is an integral part of story telling; actually, I think the story which the images tell is what saves this film from being merely shrugworthy). I thought it was really interesting when the father told Neytiri to protect The People, since in earthling perspectives, the role of protector is usually masculine, something that is passed down from father to son. I also think it's interesting in the scope of Na'vi culture as well - after all, if I understand it correctly, Neytiri was supposed to inherit her mother's role as the spiritual leader, not the role of her father.
Another moment that I appreciate for its gender bending is here:
So often (not so much now, I suppose, especially in science fiction, but I think it's still a popular perception) you see images of women as weak - frail, swooning into the arms of a masculine presence (James Cooper, I'm glaring at you). The conception is that men protect women, the fairer vessel. But here, the roles are reversed. It's Jake who is weak, Neytiri who is supporting him, protecting him.
I find it to be a beautiful image, possibly my favorite element of the movie. Not only because of it's gender bending -- it's just...tender, accepting -- I see you -- I grok you, acknowledging an individual, a person, something that exemplifies the very best of us.

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Skip to comments.Syrian opposition army imposes Islamic tax on Christians in Homs (Islamic apartheid)
Posted on 04/10/2012 4:19:15 PM PDT by Milagros
Al-Haqiqah ; Al-Faruq Battalion, which is affiliated with the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA), is imposing Jizyah (an extra tax imposed on non-Muslims living under Muslim rule) on Christians in Homs Governorate
(Excerpt) Read more at turkishcentralnews.com ...
The report cites citizens from those Christian villages saying that armed men from the said battalion force citizens to pay the Islamic taxes and threaten to kidnap or kill them or members of their families if they refuse to comply. One citizen is cited saying that "the countryside of the city of Tal Kalakh is now under the mercy of the armed Al-Faruq Battalion members, who are freely roaming the region as if they were the state's security and administrative agency." He says some of those who refused to pay Jizyah had their sons kidnapped or killed. The report, citing this unidentified man, says: "He estimated the number of people who were kidnapped in the region because they refused or were unable to pay Jizyah at more than 20. He said that while there is absolutely no news about some of them, others are certainly kept in detention centres the armed men created in Ammar al-Husn village, which turned into an operation headquarters for the armed men and their authority in the region."...
The report also cites "very reliable local sources" saying that Dayr B'albah district in Homs and the nearby town of Tir M'allah "are now full of Pakistani fighters." The report adds: "This is the first time fundamentalist Pakistani fighters are reported in any of the Arab or Islamic countries that witnessed an influx of foreign Jihadists. The sources explained the presence of these fighters in Syria by saying that almost all of them came from Turkey and Europe, particularly the UK, which has a large Pakistani community numbering millions. This community was and still is the biggest reservoir for fundamentalist fighters outside the Islamic world." The report adds: "The sources said local and Arab armed men, in addition to the residents of the two towns, complain of the difficulty to communicate with these Pakistani mujahidin, as none of them knows Arabic. The two towns are among the most conservative and fanatic regions in Syria. They were an important source for the Muslim Brotherhood and the Combatant Vanguard during the crisis of the eighties."
aObama-backed Syrian Rebels "Ethnic Cleansing" Christians Written by Alex Newman Monday, 02 April 2012 10:57 Armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria supported by the Obama administration and Western governments seeking to oust "President" Bashir al-Assad are engaged in "ethnic cleansing" of Christians, according to news reports and human rights organizations. And as the conflict escalates, the persecution of the once-protected Christian minority is growing as well.
The Syrian Orthodox Church, which represents over half of Syrian Christians, issued a statement saying revolutionary fighters had expelled some 50,000 Christians from the embattled city of Homs. That figure is estimated to account for about 90 percent of the Christian community there. Hundreds more including women and children were slaughtered, according to charitable organizations operating in the area.
The Orthodox Church referred to the persecution as the "ongoing ethnic cleansing of Christians" by Muslim militants linked to al Qaeda. According to its report, the so-called "Brigade Faruq" is largely to blame, with Islamic extremists going door to door and forcing followers of Christ to leave without even collecting their belongings. Their property is then stolen by rebels as "war-booty from the Christians."
Christians in Homs were reportedly told that if they did not leave immediately, they would be shot. Then, pictures of their bodies would be sent to the pro-Syrian-regime-change Al Jazeera a media broadcaster controlled by the dictatorship ruling Qatar with a message claiming that forces loyal to Assad had murdered them.
"Christians are being forced to flee the city to the safety of government-controlled areas," noted a spokesman for the Christian relief agency Barnabas Fund, which reported that over 200 Christians had been murdered by insurgents. "Muslim rebel fighters and their families are taking over their homes."
Other reports noted that Christians were being kidnapped by rebels for use as human shields. "Some Christians who tried to escape a week ago were stopped from leaving by the rebels and were instead forced to go to a mosque to act as shields," a Syrian priest from Hamidiya was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph. "They thought that, because Christians support Assad, the government would not attack them."
MEMRI: Syrian Opposition Member Osama Al-Mallouhi Recounts Antisemitic Blood Libel and Says: Do They Want Syrian Blood for Their Matzos of Zion? Mar 26, 2012
Assad is an Alawi ~ and rather than debate whether or not they are a Syncretic religion with Jewish, Moslem and Christian elements, or just a really screwed up Islam I'd advise anyone who wants to know more to look it up and study the matter.
The opposition are 7th century madmen though ~ there is no doubt of that.
Here is one for a laugh....
Call the UN!
.... and they will probably impose a Obama tax on America with Obama's approval.
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Various Artists – Jazz Responds, Vol. II: An All-Star Compilation to Benefit Victims of Human Trafficking
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By the death of Harun in 809, Nicephorus was left free to deal with the Bulgarian king, Krum, who was harassing his northern frontiers.
This pro-British spirit, however, did not dominate the whole Wisconsin region, and while De Langlade was harassing the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontier, Godefrey de Linctot, a trader of Prairie du Chien, acting as agent for George Rogers Clark, detached several western tribes from the British adherence, and personally led a band of French settlers to his aid.
Observe that an increase of the frequency of movement, or even of the average daily movement, is not necessarily objectionable, since changes are less harassing when they take place by small increments than when they are brought about by a few big variations.
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Conquered Greece in the 15th century, many of the Greeks fled into the mountainous districts of Macedonia and northern Greece, and maintained a harassing warfare with the conquerors of their country.
A month of harassing skirmishes ensued, during which the Egyptian troops showed their mettle at Mograka, where 200 of them held the fort against a superior number of dervishes, and in combats at Ambigol, Kosha and Firket.
He never took orders, but acted continually as the representative of the chapter under harassing conditions, administrative and political; he was besides commissary of the diocese of Ermeland; his medical skill, always at the service of the poor, was frequently in demand by the rich; and he laid a scheme for the reform of the currency before the Diet of Graudenz in 1522.
Nevertheless the mountain tribes who inhabited the higher parts of the Caucasus were still independent, and their subjugation cost Russia a sustained effort of thirty years, during the course of which her military commanders were more than once brought almost to the point of despair by the tenacity, the devotion and the adroitness and daring which the mountaineers displayed in a harassing guerilla warfare.
After some delay, King John took the field in force against the enemy, who were still harassing the northwest of his territory.
Whatever. I'm not harassing you; I'm just curious.
The latter were very busy and were supported by the Roman Catholic Church, which did little for the Prussian Poles and nothing for the Austrian Poles, but was active in harassing the schismatical government of Russia.


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Crowsnest Pass to Fernie. 78.8Km and 2101M of climbing.
We're in the starting paddock for the last time. We get a photo of the two of us – it's a beautiful morning and it's definitely going to get hot for the last day. The prospect of starting out over 2 or 3 of the 200M near verticals is not something that really has us motivated. If the truth is known we're both dog tired and yesterday's euphoria is a thing of the past. We would have loved for some kind of processional ride into Fernie. Still, we know we're going to make it so are not overly dejected. Both our arses are proper uncomfortable. Yesterday was the day when I went to the "Stuff the Dr recommended dose" mode in relation to the taking of Tylenol. No doubt my liver will repay me in a few years time with some kind of spectacular seizure.
I was going to say we take off from the start line but we don't – really we just roll forwards without much of a sense of urgency. Just outside the town limit we start on a recently oiled fire road. It's ok but is densely packed. There's a bit of joviality but it's tempered by the fact that today is still long and hard. We're heartened by the sight of Chris and Alli riding in kilts.
The 2 or 3 200M verticals piss us off. We're on the bike and off the bike then on it then off it. We do get to catch the names of the 15 toes team. One of the riders has a prosthetic leg from the knee down. I love the black humor in the team name. I'm looking forward to getting completely shedded tonight with these guys – they're just a set of guys who we have the ultimate respect for.
After doing the verticals the field is well spread out. We catch the Pink girls just as we hit a short tarmac section so we get a little pace line going. Paceline is probably a bit generous of a description. In fact there probably wasn't any aerodynamic advantage at all for the pink girls come to think of it, I think they were just humoring us!!
I'm thinking its going to be an easy run to the 2nd rest stop but it's the hardest of the entire race. Gina is really hurting. She's picked up my sickness and I can tell she is struggling to stay positive. I'm riding as hard as I can – Gina's like I was earlier – just nothing left. On the other hand I'm not able to get my heart rate up, no matter how much I try to. And we're back into darn verticals – just super short but still enough to have to get off and push. We break out onto a fire road and it just seems to go on and on and on. My Garmin is off, I have no idea how far to the next checkpoint, and we're crawling, really crawling. And then we start to climb. And climb some more. We're all suffering at the back; nobody seems to know where the next checkpoint is. Luckily the head medic – the cowboy guy – comes by in the truck – it gives me a lift, I don't know why – maybe just the words, whatever they were that he yelled out of the window.
I figure we must be getting close to the checkpoint as I see the tree line start to thin out. We do come across it but it's not really a sense of elation. Just kind of dumb recognition – sort of glazed over as if we're a bit concussed. As usual they do an awesome job but man, it is hot, and the promise of 15K all downhill just isn't received with the rapture it should be. We're pretty much done and the last hill that I heard them describing last night fills me with dread.
Still we push off and it is fun. We're doing our traditional haul down the fire roads and pass a few folk. We get some nice tandem friendly single track but I can actually hear Gina let out little moans of pain. Her Achilles is starting to seize and to say monkey butt is just a huge understatement. When we compare ass bruises hers are actually fully formed and then burst blisters. How she kept riding is truly beyond me – I'd have quit or at least had some kind of massive childish temper tantrum. Still, it's pretty unpleasant when you know that if you slow down your partner is going to have to bear pain for longer and if you speed up the pain is going to be more intense.
So we're not in the best of moods when we come to the final climb. It should be easy but it's roasting. In my heart I know this is the last uphill but I tell Gina we have one more to go after this. I just don't want to disappoint if I'm wrong. We're so dog tired that if I am wrong I don't know what the reaction will be. We're walking like we just crossed a desert or something.
Eventually though, I get utterly pissed off knowing we should be riding it. I say "Fxxx it". We get on and ride regardless of the sweat literally dripping off of us, regardless of a couple guys sat in the shade and regardless of Stu – who on the top of the hill is still just walking. It's completely flat so I can't fathom why he's not riding. His bike looks fine but I wonder if he's suffering from heat exhaustion. I think I ask him if he's ok but I honestly can't remember.
There's a curve then all of a sudden we drop into a forest – we actually hop off for a second because the contrast is so dark. I'm so happy to be in the shade. My gut tells me this is the famous Fernie single track and sure enough we start maneuvering around really tightly packed trees. Every time we change pace or direction I can hear my wife grunt with pain. It's a dilemma as to just getting off and walking to the finish line or to keep putting her through this pain.
I decide we just go for it. Normally there would be input from the back as to when it's too much or too risky and whether the FXXXing timing chain is going to ground or not. But it's silent other than the grunts of pain. So we ride everything. And I mean everything. We miss trees by inches. I'm like a bit semi making wide right and left turns. I brush Gina's bar against a tree – she's ominously quiet. We head down a super steep section where 2 other guys are walking their bikes down – they look at us in amazement. At one point we have to get onto a log bridge and I know the back wheel is not possibly going to make it so I ride up the bank on the uphill side of the ridge and pray that when our momentum fails us, and the front wheel falls back onto the bridge, that the back will have had time to get in line. It does and I don't even think Gina is aware of how risky that one was. I call out with glee when I actually pop the front wheel over a particularly challenging log but it's like I have a zombie in back. I'm really really concerned at this point.
We swing around with these super marginal calls and actually catch up to the pink girls. I know generally we're going down but don't know where the finish is. Gina stops us and says she doesn't know if she can make any kind of last hill with her Achilles hurting her like it is. She says her right hand is numb. I ponder what to do and as we roll off I do see a field below us. I yell it out to Gina who doesn't get the meaning. We roll a bit more then suddenly hit a 1K to go sign. Gina questions me on 1KM to what, we break out of the forest and pass one of the support crew – 1KM to the finish. We're both in tears. Mine of concern, Gina's of pain and then we drop onto tarmac turn a corner and we're in main street Fernie coasting across the finish line.
I reach back to hold Gina's hand and the tears really come then. We get pictures with the TransRockies logo in back and we both look emotional and just worn out. There's a good shot of the tandem frame – it says Witness on it.
Witnessing what we'd just done is what this diary is about. It was the hardest but probably most fulfilling seven days we could possibly have had together. The fellow competitors were hugely inspirational and we've both got a deep sense of respect for every single one of them – they're welcome in our home any time.
But the person this account is for, more than anybody is my wife, Gina. Firstly in just being willing to give it a go, she amazed me. And as a result of sharing 7 days of the most incredible highs and lows our relationship is stronger, more focused on the things that matter and more respectful of each other. I love you Gina. Thank you.
Will we be back? You'll have to check the Team Names for that….


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International Trade Commission is recommending revised tariffs The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued new recommendations concerning applying trade tariffs on imported silicon-based solar cells and panels. One of the recommendations involved imposing a licensing fee on some solar energy equipment. This particular concept was first developed by the Solar Energy Industries Association. The new recommended tariffs coming from the International Trade Commission are somewhat more modest than the tariffs the organization had considered previously. New tariffs could help domestic companies become more competitive The commission is recommending that a…Read More
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Global solar energy capacity to surpass nuclear capacity by end of year
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Solar energy industry employs more than Apple, Google, and Facebook combined
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Boston Review, November/December 2009, God, the Army, and PTSD
'In a 2004 study of approximately 1,400 Vietnam veterans, almost 90 percent Christian, researchers at Yale found that nearly one-third said the war had shaken their faith in God and that their religion no longer provided comfort for them.'
The article linked above says the same trend is now evident in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. . their 'faith' is shaken and their 'religion' provides no comfort.
That's right, THEIR religion CANNOT provide comfort. For THEIR religion is NOT Christianity. These soldiers could NOT have been Christians and participated in these Satanic wars. THEIR religion was CHRISTO-AMERICANISM, which is nothing but a Satanic brew of idolatrous Nationalism flavored with a drop or two of Rick Warren Christianity (read the article for the laughable details).
IN HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY (pre-Constantine) Christians REFUSED to join the military, and those in the military who converted were told NOT TO KILL, to PRAY FOR FORGVINESS FOR PAST ACTS OF VIOLENCE, and to SEEK RELEASE FROM THE MILITARY.
One soldier is quoted in the article:
I couldn't stand to hear that phrase any longer—'God was watching over me.' He wasn't watching over the good men I knew in Iraq. Faith was the center of my life yet it failed to explain why I came home and those soldiers did not. The phrase was a Christian nicety, a cliché that when put to the test didn't fit reality.
Sorry, the reality is this soldier was NEVER a Christian. This fellow wanted God to put a shield around him and the other 'good' men killing in a Satanic war? This fellow talks about his Christianity not fitting when put to the test. HE TOOK THE WRONG GOD DAMNED TEST.
Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
The test is not 'can Christianity fit war?,' but 'can war fit Christianity?'
Anybody not cursed by Satanic stupidity should be able to read the Sermon on the Mount and understand that Christianity has no place for war. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
WHAT THE GOD DAMNED HELL? DON'T COME WHINING HOME AFTER VOLUNTEERING TO GO KILL FOR THE FLAG BECAUSE JESUS DIDN'T SPRINKLE MAGIC DUST OVER YOU AND ERASE ALL CONSEQUENCE OF THE ATROCITIES YOU CONTRIBUTED TO. These soldiers used some perverted form of the gospel, some Satanic Christo-Americanism to justify their war, and now they pout when their pervert religion fails them.
Well, God may still deliver the true gospel to some of them, and then they will understand the reality: everything they believed in was wrong, they served Satan, they sinned, and only the Blood of the Lamb can cleanse them.
Dark Star Risible: Gary Lachman's Goofy Exploration of the Trumpian Occult - Originally posted on Aryan Skynet: https://twitter.com/icareviews/status/1002977063203233792 In the midst of the spew of generically Trump-trashing pseudo-...
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To the editor:
Thank you for your editorial against guns on college campuses last week. Americans are 25 times more likely to die from gun violence than citizens of other developed nations. Professors are resigning because they don't want to teach in this environment. Our economy lags behind those of our border states. Campus carry seems like another disincentive to our economic recovery, as well as a deadly choice.
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Stupidity vs. Asininity
The dictionary defines STUPID |ˈst(y)oōpid| as a term that implies a sluggish, slow-witted, lack of intelligence or common sense person. Perhaps I should apply the term ASININE |ˈasəˌnīn|. A harsher word, implying asslike or foolish behavior rather than slow-wittedness. I was seeing a supplier since the whole morning, trying to loosen up some works before … More Stupidity vs. Asininity


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In theory Maltby Town Council has a website at http://www.maltbyonline.co.uk/ but it no longer works.
UPDATE JUNE 2009 – the Town Council have a new website at http://www.rotherhamparishcouncils.gov.uk/Home/Maltby/maltbyHome.aspx
The Council website used to host a forum, but it was taken offline for some reason. An unofficial forum has sprung up to replace it here. Sadly you don't seem to be allowed to register an account at the moment.
If you would like to see minutes of the meetings of Maltby Town Council click here.
The councillors for Maltby ward of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are:
Amy Rushforth (Labour) who you can email on firstname.lastname@example.com although in my experience she won't reply.
Ben Slade (Independent) who you can email on email@example.com although in my experience he won't reply.
Will Blair (BNP) who you can email on email@example.com although in my experience he won't reply.
I've lived in Maltby through two local elections, and not had leaflets from Ms Rushforth or Mr Blair. In Ms Rushforth's case she is at least a member of mainstream party, so I have a reasonable idea of what her politics are. In Mr Slade's case I have not the faintest idea what he stands for, and emails to try and establish his views have come to naught. Mr Blair has at least had leaflets delivered for him (by children) – hateful as those leaflets were.


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DFF–Research Project Grants 1 | Humanities
In order to strengthen the quality of Danish research, IRFD offers funding for research projects within a framework of up to DKK 1,800,000, excluding overhead. What characterises a DFF–Research Project 1 is a clear and well defined problem statement, where the research activities must be at a high, international level.
Applicant requirements
The applicant must be able to document independent research experience typically corresponding to 3 years of research or more after having obtained a PhD (or similar qualifications).The applicant's previous results will be assessed in relation to his/her career, and in relation to the scientific challenges of the project applied for. If the applicant is not an associate professor or has been awarded a positive associate professor assessment and the project involves the education of researchers, it must be stated in the application how the relevant supervision will be provided, and how the scientific connection with the project will be ensured.
The application
The fund awards DFF–Research Project 1 grants for a maximum duration of 3 years, with a budget of up to DKK 1,800,000, excluding overhead. To facilitate external review of applications, the project description, CV and list of publications must be written in English.
Project description
The length of your project description must not exceed 5 A4 pages, and it must be drawn up using the IRFD–Project Description template, in accordance with the guidelines.
The contents of any sub-projects, including PhD and postdoctoral projects, must be described in the project description.
Funding for PhD and postdoctoral scholarships may be included in the application, if they have a clear function within, and form an integral part of the research project. Postdoctoral candidates must have obtained their PhD or achieved equivalent qualifications (e.g. a positive assistant professorship evaluation ("adjunktbedømmelse") within the last four years at the time of the application deadline. Periods of leave of absence will be deducted from the PhD age.
Funding for the education of PhD candidates is granted under the provision that the candidate is enrolled in a PhD programme.
You must account for the intended recruitment process, if you apply for support for unnamed postdocs.
To read about the requirements for your budget, and for a description of what you may apply for, see Appendix C.
Application form and appendices
The application form contains a number of fields to be filled in before you submit your application. For example your application must contain a popularised science description (in Danish) of your project. Therefore you are advised to register your application in e-grant in due time before the application deadline and to make yourself familiar with the content of the application form.
You must submit your application via e-grant and enclose the following appendices in PDF format:
- Project description, using the IRFD–Project Description template and references/bibliography. The project description must be maximum 5 A4 pages (including figures and tables) excluding references/bibliography.
- Applicant's CV
- List of publications for applicant
- If the entire project, or significant parts of it, has a host institution (actual place where the research activities will be carried out) which differs from the institution administering the grant, a written statement from the host institution must be included. The statement must confirm that the activities can take place at the host institution and include a brief description of the collaboration and the main activities planned
- The employing institution's confirmation of the budget and acknowledgement that it will host the project, using the template "IRFD–budget confirmation " (see Appendix C). The budget must be completed using the fund's mandatory budget template in Excel format. The budget must be uploaded to e-grant as an independent file (not merged with the application form). Any confirmed economic contribution(s) from other sources, must be included in the budget.
If relevant, you may also enclose the following additional appendices:
- CVs and lists of publications for other scientific participants central to the project
- If PhD scholarships are applied for with named candidates in mind, the following appendices must be enclosed: academic transcript/diploma, CV and, if relevant, a list of publications for the candidates
- If postdoctoral scholarships are applied for with named candidates in mind, the following appendices must be enclosed: CV, list of publications and PhD diploma. Alternatively, the following documentation must be provided:
- a) acceptance of the thesis for defence,
- b) a positive assistant professorship evaluation ("adjunktbedømmelse"),
- c) qualifications equivalent to PhD level qualifications achieved in another way, or
- d) a declaration from the supervisor stating the expected date of submission of the thesis within 6 months after the application deadline (PhD students).
If you apply to IRFD | Humanities, you must also enclose the candidate's PhD evaluation. If the candidate does not receive a PhD evaluation, a brief summary of the thesis (1-2 A4 pages) must be enclosed.
- If the project involves collaboration with foreign partners, private enterprises or other beneficiaries of the research results, statements from such parties confirming the collaboration may be enclosed (maximum one page each). Documentation for the purchase of equipment in excess of DKK 500,000, excluding overhead, e.g. in the form of a quote
- Documentation for applicant's and any named participants' salary levels
- Documentation for expenses in connection with sub-contracts
- De minimis declarations
Other appendices than those listed above will not be considered.
Your project must start between 1 June, 2018 and 1 January, 2019.
The fund's assessment and assessment criteria
In all cases, IRFD will consider the extent to which the project you apply for will benefit Danish research. When assessing applications IRFD includes the criteria mentioned below, with quality of the project and applicant's qualifications being the most central assessment criteria.
IRFD places emphasis on fulfilment of the specific criteria to the widest possible extent. However, as the individual research councils make a specific overall assessment of each application, different criteria can be met to a greater or lesser extent. Thus, not all criteria will be relevant to all applications. Due to the level of competition between the applications, fulfilling all criteria does not automatically mean that a grant will be awarded.
IRFD will apply the following assessment criteria in relation to the instruments in this call:
Fulfilment of the instrument's objective:
- Is the objective of the instrument sufficiently met?
Scientific quality:
- Does the project description demonstrate the project's potential for scientific progress, innovation and originality (theoreticallly, methodologically and empirically)?
- Does the project represent innovative research rather than just being an expansion of current research?
- Does the project description make it probable that the project contributes to the internationalisation of Danish research?
- Does the project description contain:
- a clear and well-defined problem statement and objective?
- a description of the state of the art and/or the scientific challenges within the project's research area, as well as of the project's potential contributions in this regard?
- consistent and appropriate hypotheses?
- a description of the theoretical and/or methodological basis, including an argumentation that the proposed activities are relevant in relation to this theoretical/methodological basis?
- If relevant to the project: Does the project description provide argumentation for the connection between the project's hypothesis, theory and method?
- If relevant to the project: Is there an adequate description of the project's empirical material or data foundation, including any pilot projects and/or any preliminary data?
- If relevant: Is there an adequate level of synergy between the individual elements of the project?
- For applications to IRFD | Technology and Production Sciences, the following special criterion also applies: Does the project set out to solve a concrete problem, or does it have a clear application-oriented perspective?
Applicants' qualifications:
- As applicant, have you documented:
- the scientific qualifications necessary for carrying out the project?
- a level of scientific production within the field that is necessary for carrying out the project?
- sufficient research management qualifications for carrying out the project?
- Have the other key participants in the project documented the necessary scientific qualifications for carrying out the project?
- Does the project involve the participation of relevant researchers from Denmark and abroad, and if relevant, is there an adequate level of collaboration with business partners?
- Is there a strategy for the organisation and management of the project, including an account of the distribution of work between the involved researchers?
- Are any PhD and postdoc scholarships well integrated, and do they fulfil a clear function in the project?
- Have sufficient resources been allocated to the project, including scientific resources, staffing and access to the necessary facilities and equipment?
- Is there a realistic work schedule and timetable, which considers e.g. the recruitment of any unnamed participants and the dissemination of the project's findings?
- Does the project description account for project milestones and success criteria, and are they realistic?
- Are the project's expenses proportionate to the anticipated scientific results?
- Are the proposed activities proportionate to the proposed budget? In this connection, is there a proper coherence between what is to be financed by the grant, when the funds will be used and the tasks and persons to be financed by the grant?
- If relevant, are any ethical aspects adequately examined?
Publication and dissemination of results:
Does the application provide an adequate account of the overall considerations with regard to the publication/dissemination/patenting of research results?
If relevant: Does the application account for the probability of and plans for obtaining patents in connection with the proposed project?
- Will the activities benefit Danish research?
- Does the project/activity include research education to a relevant extent?
- Does the project/activity contribute to improving the mobility of researchers, nationally/internationally and – if relevant – between research institutions and the business community?
A few specific assessment criteria only apply to specific councils/instruments. Please consult the respective sections in the call.


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Today's picture was taken a few weeks ago when I was in Orlando, FL...we were sightseeing around the Disneyworld resort area and had taken the Disney bus to the Magic Kingdom so that we could take the boat to the Grand Floridian resort (one of my top choices for lodging if I was going as a romantic couple to Disneyworld) to just walk around.
As we were getting on the little boat, I looked over and saw this row of palm trees that just really screamed "FLORIDA" to me....so I snapped the below photo....we have tons of palm trees here in Southern California too....but Florida's palms are very distinctly "Florida" and just have a much more tropical feel to them. Have I mentioned yet that I LOOOOVE Florida??? :)


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I've been quiet over the last 6 weeks. I needed some time to mentally recharge and get my brain going again.
Week 1- hanging out with friends and spending time walking with my friend who was trying to evict her twins.
week 2- 4th of july, and cuddling said friend's newborn twins.
weeks 3 and 4- vacation in another state. it was nice to go 'home' but sucked. everyone was paired off except me. everyone wanted to know when we were going to have kids(most people only know about the ectopic last year and none of our other struggles).
week 5- moping and struggling to cope post vacation.
week 6- starting to find my groove again and get a life once more.
I've lost 6 lbs in 6 weeks. it's not a lot, but hey, a lb is a lb. at this rate, I'll hit goal #1 at Christmas, lol. We're 6 weeks or so out from our big cross country move, and I'm nervous but ready for it to happen.
Today I got a sweet facebook message from my friend…let's call her DingDong(she reads here and will appreciate the irony behind the name). DingDong was letting me know that she's pregnant..and not just barely pregnant, but almost half baked. She'd found out right as I was starting to cycle this spring, and had held off telling me because of how things went. We've talked for years about being pregnant together….and so far have been 4 times, but I've just never made it far enough to celebrate it with her.
I am thrilled for DingDong and her family. THRILLED. I'm a little sad, and a little jealous, but the first emotion that came to my mind was pure joy for her. I love this girl to death- she's been through a lot with me and has been one of my biggest supporters, and I know she'd give just about anything for it to be me pregnant right now and her TTC. My second thought…what to nickname this baby food wise. Long story, but her firstborn is forever going to be nachobaby. Her other two kiddos have their own food nicknames as well. And this little PRINCESS(yes, she FINALLY gets her girl after 3 boys) needs a fun little name of her own.
I just hope next year, I get to be pregnant with Princess's future best friend, and Nachobaby's future wife. But even if it takes years, I know DingDong will be there for me, and she'll be screaming and over the moon when I finally get to hold my own little one.
I'm in a good place mentally right now. It's not solid, but I finally feel like I've waded to the surface of all the shit that has happened in the last year. There's some perspective, some anger, some peace. I wish I was happier, but I think it's going to take time. And sadly, I've got time to give it.


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I have worked around some of the best programmers in the world.
If I could impart ANY lesson on future programmers that I have learned from my various mentors over the years – it would be this:
Don't believe anyone who tells you something can't be done in the way you want to do it.
Here's an example:
Take the most simplistic program I can write in C:
So below, I wrote with Notepad++ a program called simple. and from the command line, I compiled it to make an executable that's small but could be smaller with a few optimizations, and from that – the text "Hello My friends" is placed on the command line..
Now there's a few things to note about this example.
First, it doesn't fit your typical model for a C application main() loop, does it?
For those of you who aren't aware, we're taught in schools that all C style applications require this entry point:
But that's actually NOT the case. I've experimented with several different entry point types, and the only caveat limitations I've found has been you just have to have a main.
But legacy console apps are boring, right?
So as I convert the application to make it Windows worthy, one look at the internet would suggest to me to believe the following code would be the absolute barebones code necessary to create a windows based application.
Now that's a LOT of code, and I haven't even put the message "Hello Friends" there yet. And if you try to compile it, you'll get errors unless you specify the correct library.
Not exactly easy to work with, eh?
Here's where it gets interesting (to me at least).
At its core, Windows has a message pump that acts in much the same way a postman might. When a message is triggered by the operating system, say for instance when you press the 'Enter' key on the keyboard, the operating system then places that message into the message pump as a "WM_KEYDOWN" message, which is then is delivered to all Windows based applications.
It's this section of code, here which registers to listen to the message pump:
Knowing this helps reduce the application to the REAL barebone skeleton of code necessary to run a Windows based application
Here' that code:
That's it. Note the difference?
And to make it easier for the command line build, i added a pragma statement to inline let the compiler know what libraries to include:
Ok. Sure. This code may do absolutely nothing and doesn't even display a window.
But it's a building block of something more.
Now Windows, at a core level, treats every process's primary thread of execution as a thread of execution and nothing more. So while I'm guaranteed to receive all messages for my window and process when I'm activated, I may also be receiving messages for other processes which, while interesting, can also degrade the performance of my application down dramatically because more time spent processing others messages that I'm invariably not going to use is less time on my own.
Herein lies chief reason #1 that modern Windows based video games cause such negative system performance.
The primary thread is a message pump and also creates the main window.
Making it a little bit more difficult for Windows to do basic things like context switching (which means switching between processes).
So let's say I do something a little different than most code that's written. And that is immediately, and I do mean immediately, return to Windows after the initial call is made to my app, I strip out the message pump within a message pump, and I change the code in subtle ways:
So now. Instead of a message pump. I create a thread.
The primary process has a single, simple call which now waits for that thread execution to return. Optimized to remove looping. In a synchronous blocked state until the primary thread has returned. And like magic. I now have a Windows friendly application which lets Windows be the primary message pump, and from there, I shift all my processing to my primary thread MyCreateWindow which – guess what it does?
So this time, rather than listening to ALL messages. I listen for messages destined for the window I just created. In much the same way the WaitForSingleObject works, the GetMessage will synchronously block and ONLY activate when a message for my window is received. If ANY other message is sent. I don't care. In fact, it never is received by me. So my application now consumes zero CPU until it's actually doing something.
And until then.
It's just patiently listening and waiting.
Like a Ninja Assassin.
And the WndProc is your standard Windows Proc, this one really only listening for the WM_QUIT message which is received by the actual window when I press on the close button on the upper right hand corner of the window that's created.
Once that message is received, GetMessage receives it, bDone is toggled which then triggers the break from the primary loop, and the thread exits, which WaitForSingleObject receives at the root level and will quit waiting, thus ending the execution of the primary thread.
Just a different way to do the primary loop.
What's neat is I can also create multiple threads that should one exit, the entire application is shut down. AS a developer, I just work on synchronization issues and doin what I enjoy – besides womanizing and trying to teach my mind to bend space and time – which is anything but dissecting windows core mechanics.
With this said.
To the VM providers out there. You know. Java. Python. And to those doing development in 4GLs that are removed.
You may think it doesn't behoove you to know what's going on at the core level of your chosen language, and while I'd generally speaking agree with you, there may be points where your work inexplicably causes the entire system to slow down in performance.
Take Firefox for example. My favorite browser.
All it takes is one misbehaving plugin or web page, and the browser crashes in it's entirety and everyone else is screwed.
Why does this happen? This can be traced back to the message pump and primary window creation in the primary thread. Since all browser windows are threads and effectively children threads of this process and someone crashes within that primary window, all other windows in a cascaded way crash.
In any case.
Graphics programming on Windows is currently limited to two primary engines – OpenGL and DirectX.
DirectX, in much the same way I listed above, is based on a single Window strategy and locks the developer into a large and proprietary and ever changing framework that's expensive in both hardware demands and costs.
OpenGL, while it's lightweight, in much the same way that DirectX does – forces the developer to think in a particular way when developing.
I've been playing with OpenGL a LOT over the last few years, but I'm finding myself just not happy with the way OpenGL works. Finding working examples for it are few and far between. When they are provided, it's more a lesson in how the developer who produced it thinks. And when I go to ask questions on any forums, I understand why IT people in general are given such a bad rap, as I am seeing highly combative and condescending people who'd rather ask why I'm wanting to do something the way I am doing it and defeat that approach rather than attempt to help me out.
Weird how the industry and online communities have gotten like this. It wasn't this way 10 years ago.
When I first began developing in GWBasic I could write directly to the video device through pokes in Basic.
Not long after that, I could write directly to the video device by creating a pointer and pointing it at memory address 0xA000 and then start writing bytes.
Here's what it looks like to write to a display the size of my computer screen (1366×768 resolution) in C:
So I look online for assistance and guidance.
And everyone. And I do mean everyone. Is directed to use OpenGL or DirectX.
OpenGL and DirectX create surfaces I can write to in a similar fashion. But I'm actually wanting more control of my three dimensional objects than OpenGL provides.
Specifically, Both OpenGL and DirectX offers primitives like rectangles, polygons, lines, and more. But there's limitations and ways these primitives function that isn't like the real world, and chief among my goals with my programming is to create realistic visuals that mirror my real world.
And one problem I have is 'the fill'.
Let's say I create an object that's solid in the real world – a plastic ball.
Now I can model that in DirectX or OpenGL, but that model is still drawn with two dimensional shapes, and the moment you open up that ball, it's hollow.
Lighting with OpenGL is limited to a finite handful of light sources "For optimization purposes".
Where my real world has – in this room alone – at a glance at least 30 different light sources, no including outside light sources which probably bumps that up to 80 light sources altogether which absolutely effect things on a real time basis.
And physics. Having a ball and separately having the physics just never has made real sense to me.
So what I am wanting is something that no other provider has – and something I'm interested in developing myself.
It's a physics engine which models light as part of a physics based process, which just so happens to have one output method directed to a video card.
But not everyone's going to see video, are they?
I still want this same exact model interactable without extra code for those tactile feedback devices.
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there, right?
So the first step in this process seems obvious, right? Find ways to write direct to the video card.
OpenGL does it.
So does DirectX.
In any case. I'm interested in avoiding the standardized libraries for accessing these locations in memory, and accessing them directly myself and creating my own graphical libraries where I can model objects in more realistic ways than is currently possible with current software where light and physics are separated as two different things.
In part I'm hoping that talking (typing this) out loud will help me figure out a design approach that's more practical.
My very real goal with this is high resolution real world quality real time rendered imagery on low end – inexpensive hardware.
I know I'm going to have to know the physics and math like the back of my hand to accomplish this. And since DirectX and OpenGL do much of this for me, I'm absolutely limited with optimization techniques as long as I'm constrained to using their methods for drawing.
In any case, here's a list of what I have tried to draw directly to the screen:
Keeping in mind that there's a memory mapped region which I am told is sent from the computer to the device 60 cycles per second…..
- I tried the old tried and true writing to the 0xA000 location in both a C console session and a windows administrator prioritized app. The C console session failed immediately with a hard exception (windows threw it with the attempt to access invalid memory address). The Windows based version did nothing. So I am questioning the memory location validity.
- Remembering a comment from an old guy I used to work with "It's all data input/output", and another time remembering opening named Pipes with a file open, I tried opening up a file pointer to the named video card and monitor in the file open leveraging the "\\Device" and a few other device names that it could have been assigned with. Failed, every time with fopen, and open's not working at all in C. the fopen statenent itself fails.
So with an invalid memory address – I'd suspected the memory mapping may work differently. So I looked for documentation on the memory mapping, looked for utilities to show me where things might be mapped, but have been turning up gooseeggs with it all.
The evidence is simple: OpenGL and DirectX both do it. So I know it can be done.
But OpenGL is dependent on windows device context's for the mapping, which is where I am going to have to dig into a little more to understand how that gets communicated to the physical device itself.
Relatively new territory for me to navigate in.
At least in Windows.


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and Native Plant Sales
There's a new event on Carnival Saturday - next Saturday 20th September - which will interest lovers of Native Plants.
Helen Howard, of 62 Helendale Drive, Helidon Spa is opening her garden for the day. She has a lovely garden featuring rare plants, but especially Grevilleas. I expect it will be a mass of beautiful flowers.
Helen is also hosting a native plant sale on the day, with a number of stallholders selling their native plant wares. This is an event not to be missed!
Helidon is twenty miles east of Toowoomba, an the highway from Brisbane. Helen's home is in
Helendale Drive, which is west of Helidon proper, between it and the Helidon Spa. The street leads directly off northern side of the highway, and its name can be clearly seen from there.
Contact : Helen Howard Tel:46977418 Mob: 0447 199 462
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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Lynn Flanagan was dangerous to her opponents and an inspiration to her teammates. During her four years as a Lion, Lynn worked her way to the record books. She set the record for most points in a career (1,436). Most field goals in a career (549), the most free throws (337), and the best field goal percentage (.752). She also set a mark as the Lion who has seen the most action on the court, as she appeared in 114 games. In 1991, her senior year, she led her team in points scored (469). After earning her Bachelor's degree in 1991, Lynn began a career with the Lions as an Assistant Coach for the Women's Basketball Team.
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July 18th 2016
A frosty morning awaited us on Saturday, but it turned out to be a beautiful, sunny Winter's day.
The REIV has reported a clearance rate of 79 per cent this weekend with 516 auction reported, 408 of those selling.
Fletchers network of eastern suburbs offices achieved a success rate of 86 per cent over the weekend.
The first floor apartment at 101/220 Burke Road in Glen Iris is immediately impressive with its striking street presence. Sun drenched and secure, the apartment features an inviting living and dining area that opens to a full width balcony, stylish stone kitchen and large bathroom. The low maintenance home is conveniently located close to transport, schools and shopping. The sought after address sold at auction for fantastic result.
The well maintained two bedroom unit at 1/6 Barkly Street in Ringwood is superbly located and ready to live in now. An open lounge and separate kitchen is well appointed, two generous bedrooms and an outdoor paved area has plenty of room for a BBQ, table and chairs. The perfect opportunity for first home buyers, investors and downsizers. On auction day there were three bidders, helping the home reach a final sale price of $510,000.
The ground floor apartment at 1/64 Edgar Street North in Glen Iris combines spacious living, a private garden and abundant storage. With scope for further enhancement, the two bedroom apartment includes open plan living and dining, private north facing garden and an undercover patio. The super spacious apartment was sold at auction for $545,000 with the help of seven competitive bidders.
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Trader Vic's Tahitian Rum Punch
Squeeze the fruit and slice the bananas and put everything except the rum in a very large crock. Everything, rinds and all, put it all in there. Let this stand overnight. On the next day, add your rum. Strain off and discard the fruit pulp and rinds and pour your punch into a large bowl (or small barrel) with plenty of ice. Add a ladle and some glassware and you are done.
This is from Trader Vic's 1946 Book of Food & Drink. And, yes, that is TEN bottles of white wine and SIX bottles of rum, well seven bottles of rum total. The rums were originally called as Boca Chica or Brugal for the white rum and Red Heart or Myers' for the Jamaican. I think Loki used Cruzan and Meyer's because they were both readily available.
On a side note, here in Florida you would think that we would have access to just about every rum known to man seeing as most of it has to cross our path from the Islands to you. Sadly, our liquor stores have a generally sad collection of rums. Unless, of course, you want something from Barcardi, then they have many cases of the stuff on the shelf.
Back to the punch....
This makes the most scary looking vat of stuff you have ever seen. Click on the photo and take a look at the other shots, you'll see what I mean. However, when this gets poured off into the serving bowl, the crowd goes wild. The total volume of this when done is just about five gallons, and I was pouring gallon three into the bowl after only about two hours of party.
The most common question I heard was "Wow! This is good!" Then they would scrunch up their face and try to figure out what 'that' taste was.... that odd bit of something you weren't expecting from a rum punch. (psst.... its the wine!) Then, they would very quickly go back for more.
To make a long story short (too late...) this is an excellent punch and is worth the effort. It makes a large quantity and can be made the day before your party freeing you up to other party planning duties. It doesn't have too many ingredients making it easy to mix up and eliminates the "what's that" when explaining to your guests what is in their cup. Everything a good punch should be.
And, if you take the time to fish out the bananas, they are preserved quite nicely and make a fabulous desert if you drizzle a bit of dark rum over them.


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Boy knows how much i always love breakfast! and i really do a lot!
So he brought me to "The Flying Pan", Hong Kong's first 24-hour breakfast diner, for breakfast at lunch hour time~ Yeaaahhhhh~~
Wow.. must be thinking… what should i eat, what should i eat, should i eat this better, or that better, i wanna try this, i wanna try that too… oh dear 😛
and we got our breakfast-lunch!
Salmon egg benedict with grilled potatos & baked beans, Steak egg benedict with salad & grids
it's actually quite yummy, and have a wide range of menu choices. But we still prefer Jaspas for Egg Benedict!
This is The Flying Pan's menu for reference.
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Yesterday I met up with two friends to catch up and spend the day in Copenhagen.
Along Nyhavn was a small market that sold both odd as well as lovely things for Christmas.
I haven't been in Copenhagen for years, so I was quite excited to look around.
During lunch time we went for a walk along the shopping street Strøget.
All the windows were beautifully decorated for Christmas and this one made me drool.
But the highlight of the day was when we went to see the Titanic exhibition.
It was amazing to get an insight about the history and construction of the beautiful ship.
The third class passengers were amazed by the standard, especially since they received clean sheets.
I was completely amazed by the 1st class corridor replica and felt as I was actually on Titanic.
After a stroll on the deck, a lady could go back into her room for a rest...
...while changing into a more appropriate attire for the evening.
With the motion picture soundtrack in the background, it got much more real with all the artefacts
and personal stories that were simply heartbreaking and touching.
With a touched heart and a little bit wiser we headed out to the beautifully decorated Tivoli.
At this time of the year this amusement park looks like a Christmas village taken out of a Tim Burton film and there is the largest market I've seen in my life. Cosy doesn't even begin to describe the feeling I felt, however I can happily say that this day was simply amazing and very beautiful...it certainly increased my Christmas spirit for days to come.


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Note: Part of an occasional series on local AYCE restaurants near campus.
In the 2007 film "Mongol," Genghis Khan, enjoying a barbecue with the wife and kids before annihilating a city in China, talks about wanting to spread his language across the world, starting with the word for meat.
In the more civilized 21st century, he probably could do a good job in doing so with opening a chain of restaurants similar to Big Wok Mongolian BBQ in Manhattan Beach.
A bit of a drive from El Camino College — travel west down Artesia Boulevard and turn right on Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach, Big Wok will be on your passenger side as you descend the first hill.
While you won't learn the Mongolian word for meat, you'll have plenty of it — frozen chicken, beef, pork, turkey, lamb, tofu and more spread on a buffet line among a mass of noodles and vegetables, which are then seared on a hot stone and served in minutes.
Upon returning to your seat there should be a drink waiting for you along with complimentary rice and toasted sesame seed buns. It's best to probably make a trip to the restroom to wash your hands just in case from using the tongs to pick up raw frozen meat. This also allows for a chance to let the food and bread cool.
A dispenser for hand sanitizer is located near the buffet as well in case the restrooms are occupied or you don't want to make the trek across the building.
About that bread: it's fresh and goes well with the meal, but it can have searing hot pockets of air trapped in and the exterior can be crisp and sharp enough to cut your gums. Be careful.
So we've discussed the journey. How does the arrival fare when this food goes into your mouth?
The meats are lean, noodles are just right in texture and the produce is fresh.
There's a variety of sauces at the end of the buffet line that can add more spice. The curry sauce is particularly enjoyable; it's hot enough to make one cough, salty enough to forget about the table salt, adds a nice punch to the meats and veggies and pairs well with pineapple chunks and crisp water chestnuts.
As for price, it's not cheap (dinner and a drink reaches close to $20 a person), so if you're watching the wallet it's advisable to try to make the lunch sessions. There's a no leftover policy here for dining in, but food can be taken out and weighed if you're on the go.
This place is not a quiet one. Aside from the scrapes and clanks from the cooking area, it's generally busy inside and two large screen TVs usually have a sporting event on them with the volume up considerably.
There's a few issues with Big Wok — you might be queasy about handling raw meat on a buffet line, the overeating risk and the dangerous sesame bread — but at its price and taste, it's worth it.
Big Wok Mongolian BBQ is located at 250 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Manhattan Beach and is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 to 9:30 p.m. weekdays, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays and 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays. Phone: (310) 798-1155. Website: http://www.bigwok-mongolian-barbq.com/.


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Sponsored by the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, the Office of the Provost; the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences, and the Department of Romance Studies.
Free and open to the public. This event takes place in the Gothic Reading Room of the Rubenstein Library on West Campus.
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So some of you might be curious how the attempt to eat local went. The goal was to eat as much from the house, freezer and garden as possible in January and reduce the grocery bill. I've just tallied up the receipts and the sad truth is- we still spent $400 at the grocery store which seems to be our general average through out the year. Oh well. We did eat a lot of food out of our freezer and our garden and our pantry. The biggest expense- coffee! We have a pound and a half a week habit and since we only buy sustainable, eco and people friendly coffee, which runs about $12 a pound, it really adds up.
Next biggest expense was cheese and milk- almost $70 for the month. This is a major protein source, and lots of milk goes into all the coffee that we drink too. The milk is local from a dairy just up the road and so is some of the cheese. We save a lot by baking our own multi-grain, nutty, crusty, chewy bread, which is the perfect platform for much of the cheese that gets consumed around here.
We spent about $100 on fruits and veggies, mainly apples and citrus- including a half case of the sweetest, juiciest honeybell tangelos direct from Florida that I have ever tasted. (Tip for those in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area, second Sunday of the month- 11:00-1:00 in the Fitch Lumber parking lot- truckload of citrus by the case, cash and check only- totally worth checking out).
The only veggies I bought were onions, garlic, celery, carrots, cauliflower, one giant beet and lettuce. We continued to eat veggies from the garden right through January, all the stuff I harvested on January 1st is consumed acccept for a few turnips that might become soup today and I am still picking a few greens, kale, swiss chard and spinach and harvesting brussel sprouts too.
I'm going to re-dedicate myself to this goal of eating more from home because there is still a lot of food in the pantry and the freezer that needs eating up. Mr. D can work on all those frozen homemade soups while I'm down in Mexico and when I get back we'll be planting lots of veggies, so in about 6-8 weeks we should be able to begin harvesting our own home grown lettuces and greens again. I can't wait.


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Body-wise, things are heading back to normal post-pregnancy and birth. I mean, I'm still carrying some extra weight and a joey pouch on my front, but that's probably got a direct correlation with the fact I'm still eating like its my job. True too that my boobs will never be the same (when they're empty I think they land somewhere south of their prebaby position). There's a scar from the episiotomy, but it's not big. Otherwise, I think my body has resumed the status quo (unfit, slightly pudgy, but generally operational and mine, all mine.)
I lost my marbles for a period postpartum. I don't think I had post natal depression - we were on the look out for that given other events in my life last year - but I was certainly fucked up by the postpartum hormone cocktail for a while. Not all bad, the rush of love and elation that is magnified by hormones still lingers with me. However, there was some Craziness, with a solid dose of Barely Holding Shit Together for a bit there. By way of example, breakfast related rage was notable (WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE OUT OF YOGHURT), as was my inability to deal with my MiL (who was nothing but helpful, I should say, but I was so on edge that I thought everything could be a criticism and I had this perverse 'I'll do it myself' thing going on).
W is now eating three solid meals a day and I'm feeding him five times. He sleeps from 6ish to 6ish (he'd like to get up earlier in the morning, the fink, but ain't no one got time for wake up calls that begin with a five.) He naps three times a day, around 40 minutes a time (utterly inadequate, says his mother who treasures naps of longer than an hour like water in a desert). He has been rolling front to back for quite a while but has shown basically no interest in rolling back to front. I mean, he has us minions at his beck and call for toy retrieval and entertainment, so why bother? I think sitting up unaided is reasonably close, though it's made harder by his large head (91st percentile for noggin, huuuuuuge). He weighs as much as a small dump truck (approx. 8kgs) and is a very tall baby (69cm in early December). We have packed away the bassinet and the capsule (sob, passage of time, where's mah tiny baybee gone etc).
He's freaking adorable. Highly recommend having a baby, if you think you'd be into it.


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Is 'Here' Really Gone?
I'll let you in on a little secret: this is my favorite song, and the video isn't too bad. It features some college aged people living their lives out loud while everyone else is moving so fast through the world they've becoming blurs. Time flows rapidly. It's kind of like a metaphor for so many of us leaving school and starting the next chapter of our lives. Scary thought though it may be we're adults now.
I'm looking fall semester in the face knowing this time this has to be my final semester. However, this time I actually feel prepared to exit to reality and into a career I enjoy. Do I regret choosing a major I didn't end up loving? No. I still learned valuable skills there, but I've taken them and reconfigured them to suit a whole new path.
I'm just astounded some people took notice. It's not the end of the road like I thought last time. It just marks the beginning of a new era. It also helps to know that most of the people in my life are taking the journey with me. So really 'here' isn't gone or going after all. 'X' doesn't mark the spot. It's the friends and family who've got your back that make it all worthwhile and with today's technology you can always keep them close.
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In honour of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Sphinx and three Pyramids of Giza were bathed in blue light on Saturday 24 October, along with a variety of other famous landmarks around the world.
The worldwide celebration kicked off in New Zealand and Australia, where the Auckland Museum and the Sydney Opera House were the first monuments to be lit up in blue. Over 300 monuments in 60 countries, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, the Hermitage Museum in Russia, the Peace Palace in The Netherlands and the Kahramana Statue in Iraq followed suit.
The United Nations Headquarters in New York City was also lit in blue on Friday night, when the annual UN Day concert featuring a Korean orchestra was held in the General Assembly Hall.
UN Day has been celebrated every year on October 24 since the organisation's charter came into force in 1948. The UN was established three years after the end of World War II to replace the ineffective League of Nations and to serve as a promoter of world peace and human rights.
In a message published on the UN website, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said the organisation "remains a beacon for all humanity" and that the "timeless values of the UN charter must remain our guide".
The famed slender 135 metre tall Cairo Tower was also lit up in UN blue in celebration of Egypt securing a two-year non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Watani International
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Friday, July 01, 2005
~ what's bloggin' on Justice O'Connor and the future of the supreme court ~
Not as surprising a move as it seems, at least to the White House, which was circulating a list of possible female candidates last week. I think you can surmise who might be hot based on these biographical summaries. And then...the nomination process...
balkanization points to the bitter fight ahead, more contentious because of O'Connor's pivotal role on the Court. The problems inherent in a Gonzales nomination and Supreme Court statistics you don't need to know are all at SouthernAppeal.
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