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- Wi-Fi Internet access
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I can't believe I never took the time to blog about San Francisco. I can't believe it was almost 3 months ago. The fantastic doctors I work for rewarded us with this trip in appreciation of hard work. Now this trip wasn't all playtime, we attended the ADA. One fun packed week surrounded by thousands of dental professionals. I'll spare you all of the knowledge I accumulated and just stick to the fun
We departed on Wednesday, October 17th. Dr. Sindelar loaded us up and drove through the pouring down rain to Lambert. We listened to the ball game while en route and were completely psyched to be on our way to San Fran to whip the Giants ass. We checked our bags and settled into the bar to grab a drink while waiting to board our flight and BOOM Nelly. Yup...Nelly and his posse were heading out to Bora Bora or something. Jealous. Anyway.....as fate would have it my assigned seat was smack next to Carrie. Now Carrie and I are BF's and also a wee bit of trouble when together. Yes! The poor guy sitting next to us soon fell asleep. How could he not be amused by us? We were in possession of "Tom on a stick". (Dr. Ewing was absent from the trip). We propped Tom on a stick next to the guy and snapped a few pictures, watched Step Brothers and napped a bit. That was a loooong 4 hours. In the pitch dark suddenly the bay became visible and reality hit that after a year of planning we were finally in California. We got separated getting off the plane but thankfully Jeff was waiting for us holding a sign that said "hot chicks". That caused a great deal of laughter. After what seemed an eternity the bus driver/hotel guy finally picked us up. Nothing like flying down an unfamiliar freeway at 70mph with a guy who doesn't speak clear English. Oh but he was capable of texting while driving. Oy. Point...we arrived at the Westin in one piece. It was close to midnight before we were checked in but we were wide awake. Several of us drug ourselves across the street to a pub for a beverage. I stuck around for a bit but took my tired self back to the hotel around 2....roommate less. Carrie (yes, my roomie) stayed a bit longer. I unpacked all of my things and put them away neatly. My roommate? She lived out of her suitcase for the next 6 days.
It's obvious the two of us have our similarities and differences....this is only a bit of a reason why I love her. AND cleaned up after her : )
Lets move on....this could be a long blog kids.
Thursday was day 1 of seminars. I learned so much I can't even remember it. Fast forward to Thursday night. We went to Top of the Mark. Me, Jen, Katie, Megan took a little longer to get ready so we missed the rest of the groups departure. Tried to flag down a taxi with no luck. So what else were we to do but hop in a limo. Meh...$50 for less than a mile. Whatever. Top of the Mark was ok. Carrie loved it. It was all 40's music and dancing. Not so much my style but it was interesting. Not really, but I was there. Anywho. We stepped outside and got our very first view of the city. Wow! The street was lined with those fun houses and big hills in every direction. Now that's what I thought San Francisco would look like. Next stop....the Tonga Room. Pretty fun. Carrie asked a guy in a kilt if he was wearing underwear and really pissed him off. So funny. Everyone was tired so they headed back but Carrie, Justine and I decided to find, yes find, our way back on foot. Maybe this was a slightly stupid move, but we sure had fun. I think we stopped every 9 feet to tell a story. I'm pretty sure the mile walk took a good 90 minutes. Made it back and it was bedtime
Friday was full of more classes. Carrie and I oddly had the same 3-1/2 hour break between morning and afternoon sessions. Adventure time. We hit a little pizza joint upon suggestion of a friend and it was yummo. We were off to explore. Two BF's in a strange city. After wandering around we found ourselves in the Bart Station. No clue where we were or where we wanted to go. We decided we
wanted to find the bay. We met a local cameraman named Richard and he pointed us in the right direction. We wandered through the Financial District, an outdoor market and all the way to the bay. This is where Carrie should take over. Now I have a fear of birds so much to my surprise and
shock/fear/panic I was under the attack of seagulls. SOB they're everywhere and those bastards were
headed right at me. It was a little embarrassing. Carrie tried to con me over by her, I panicked. Those
suckers were like flying turkeys. I screamed, I think I cried, people were looking at me. Thank God I made it out of there in one piece. They had me pegged. Bastards. Somehow we made it back in time for the afternoon session. After class we headed to the hotel restaurant and watched the Card whop some Giants ass. That was the first time we got dirty looks from the San Franners. We were not welcomed with open arms. Kiss it. There was a fire pit in the courtyard. That's when we had our first run in with the crazy local lawyer. I'm pretty sure he was trashed. He was giving us life advice. Wow....thanks. We were planning on going to Haight and Ashbury but he told me that if I went there at that time of night we'd get attacked and end up buying crack or something. Instead we walked up the street and bought nail polish and fake eyelashes (Carrie's idea and never used them).
Saturday wrapped up the ADA. Now we were in total party mode. By this time Dr. Sindelars wife, Janna, had arrived so we were super excited to hit the town. We had a fabulous dinner at. After that we headed over to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. I was sooooo excited to get there because my long lost friends from high school were meeting us. I hadn't seen Veronica and Heather Trout for years. We had a great time catching up. Well catching up as well as you can on a dance floor with a live band. We parted ways and headed to the next adventure. I'm not going to name the gang who went, well except for Jen. She's key in this story. I can't remember the specific name of the neighborhood we were in (I want to say meat packing but that's just not right). We went to a bar named Does Your Mother Know". This was a fantastic gay bar. In my younger years I visited many gay bars with friends so nothing I saw was very shocking. Nothing was shocking, but maybe a little scary. Jen and I stuck together like glue on our way to the bathroom. I think a few ladies wanted to take us home. What's that saying "if you can't beat em, join em"? Jen and I were officially lesbians for the next hour. In attempt to not be separated we shared a bathroom stall. Oy. No more comments on this evening. It was fun. Enough said.
Sunday....funday. We started off the morning with Bloody Marys and a private tour to Muir Woods and Sonoma Vally. Muir Woods was unbelievable. End in point...big ass trees. Next stop was Sonoma. Pretty fun. Toured two wineries. The first one we went to we were on information overload. This guy felt the need to tell us every little detail AND walk a shit ton of places. Oy. The second one was way more relaxed but myself personally, I was done with the wine. We got back to the hotel, changed clothes and headed off to China Town and grabbed a bite to eat.
Tuesday....our last day in San Francisco. We ventured out early to catch a boat to Alcatraz. I was super excited to see it. I love the paranormal and thought we'd go looking for spirits. We were in a guided tour. The group got split up and Carrie and I ended up in the back of the line with the "stroller" group. Screw that. We wandered off and did the self guided tour. Turns out this was a smart move. It was so cool. I have some of the pics up on FB. Carrie tried to force me into Cell Block D. Now this cell block is famous for paranormal activity. While we didn't see anything while we were there our photos proved different. I have a picture of Carrie in a cell and very plainly you can make out a face next to her. Freaky. We departed the island, strolled down the Warf (another seagull attack), a homeless man jumped out at Pam and scared her half to death and had lunch at Scoama's. after lunch everyone went in separate directions....well except Carrie and I. We seemed to always be in the same direction. Strange. Now this has to be the highlight of our trip. Carrie waited and waited and waited to go to Haight and Ashbury. Now Haight Ashbury was home of the hippie movement/summer of love. There's all different sights to see in this neighborhood. So on the cable car we went and Haight and Ashbury is where we landed. Definitely some sights to see. Carrie was headed straight toward "Loved to Death". This is an oddity that is also host to a reality show. As fate would have it we walked directly into a filming. We stood in the corner, didn't say a word and the director acknowledged us and let us stay. We literally stood 10 feet away from a guy who swallowed floss, took a knife and sliced his stomach open and pulled the floss out. It happened, it was real, we saw it with our own eyes. No pictures allowed, but I'm sneaky. Again they're on FB. We stood so still and quiet that after about 45 minutes for the first time I turned around and to my horror I had been leaning up against an embalming table. If I could have screamed I would have. And then I realized I was surrounded by glass cases with Barbie dolls in them. Normal right? Not....because the Barbies heads were removed and replaced with bird heads. Ugh! And that concluded our adventure of Haight and Ashbury. Back to the cable car we went. While waiting we were stuck outside some bar that was blaring the ball game. We were losing...and badly. Do you know what it's like to be in the playoffs in a city you're not loved in and watching Yadi get up to bat and have to bite your tongue so you don't yell "Yadi! Yadi! Yadi,"? It's sad. It's so, so sad. Eventually the cable car came, we jumped on at at the suggestion of an old friend we headed over to 18th and Mission. We found ourselves in the Casanova Lounge. And as suspected the ballgame was blaring. We were getting our asses handed to us. The busboy approached us, as it was apparently obvious we were from St. Louis, and ushered us over to the corner. I can't remember his name, but he was super sweet. There was a small crowd from the Midwest in the anterior of the lounge. That was where Red October came to an end. I swear to you....I turned to Carrie and asked if the game was over. She laughed and said it ended like 5 minutes earlier. Like 4 cars honked their horns and the city went back into normal activity. Nobody there was worthy of the "Go crazy folks, Go crazy!". Whatever.... We stumbled to the pizza place next door, ordered a mean slice of cheese and sunk into a booth. Not 10 minutes later in rolled the Doc, Janna and Jen. They'd just returned from the game. Jeff said he was almost glad that we didn't win due to the harassment during the game. Anyway we all finished our pizza and piled into a cab and headed back to the hotel. I'm still not sure why the 3 of them traveled all the way across town to where we were, but I suspect the doc just wanted to make sure we got back safely. (yup....he's just that nice of a guy).
*Most valuable lesson of the trip.....Carrie and I could travel the world together.
Tuesday we bid farewell to San Fran. It had been fun, but it was time to go home. The 4 hour plane ride home seemed to go by quickly. We landed at Lambert well after dark. As I made my way through the airport I suddenly heard what I'd missed for days. The sweetest little voice yelled out "momma!" and Ava ran for me full speed ahead. My family was waiting....apparently I was missed : )


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The U.S. government agreed yesterday to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Oregon lawyer who was arrested and jailed for two weeks in 2004 after the FBI bungled a fingerprint match and mistakenly linked him to a terrorist attack in Spain.
Under the terms of the settlement filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Portland, the government also issued an unusual apology to Brandon Mayfield for the "suffering" caused by his wrongful arrest and imprisonment. It acknowledged that the ordeal was "deeply upsetting" to Mayfield and his family.
Mayfield will be able to continue pursuing his legal challenge to the constitutionality of the USA Patriot Act anti-terrorism law, which was used to obtain his personal records while he was under investigation.
The payment is a clear embarrassment for the FBI, which arrested Mayfield as a material witness in May 2004. FBI examiners had erroneously linked him to a partial fingerprint on a bag of detonators found after terrorists bombed commuter trains in Madrid in March, killing 191 people. The bureau compounded its error by stridently resisting the conclusions of the Spanish National Police, which notified the FBI three weeks before Mayfield was arrested that the fingerprint did not belong to him.
Now wait a minute. All people arrested as terrorists are guilty, right? They have to be. That's why we can torture them to get them to confess to being terrorists. I mean, if not every person detained for terrorism is really a terrorist, then we might accidentally torture an innocent person...and worse, an innocent person might confess to get them to stop hurting him.
So Mayfield must have been guilty, because he was arrested.
But if the FBI paid him this settlement, then the FBI made a mistake. But the anti-terrorist agents of the FBI can't make a mistake because if they make mistakes...then..innocent people......might...


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For someone who always touted my emotional openness and honesty, I sure did keep a lot of secrets. I told a lot of lies. My honesty was superficial, but I didn't even believe it. The deception was so elaborate and pervasive that I actually succeeded in hoodwinking myself. It's not that I was reserved–quite the contrary. There was something simultaneously thrilling and comforting about revealing things about myself. I've made my entire life story known. People know me for being notoriously self-disclosing. So, being such an open person, how could I be so dishonest?
"It's okay!"
"Not a problem!"
"That doesn't bother me anymore."
"I'm fine!"
"It's cool, no worries!"
"No hard feelings."
"I've moved on from that."
"I'm a new person now."
"Do I seem upset? I'm not. Honest to God, I'm not."
That's how. When it came to preserving my rapport with others, I knew no bounds. Being upset about something meant that the people I loved would be upset, too. If they were upset, there would be conflict. If there was conflict, they would leave me. There was a fundamental brokenness to my "trusting" nature. Sure, I could trust anyone with the fact that I'd been in a mental hospital–that was easy–but I couldn't even trust that the people close to me wouldn't up and leave at the slightest bit of discomfort. So I pretended everything was always fine. If somebody ever hurt or offended me, I shrugged it off. No big deal. I built a personality of "forgiveness." Actually, forgiveness wouldn't be the word, because I didn't recognize that anyone other than me was capable of wrongdoing. Everyone else was essentially perfect, and if I was ever hurt, it was my fault for getting offended. I'd just misinterpreted things. And then, as always, with the happiest and most convincing face I had, I said:
"It's fine. Really."
Meanwhile, deep inside, it wasn't fine. Even the lies I told myself couldn't mitigate the hurt. Alone, I talked myself into anger–Why didn't I just say what I felt? Why do I put up with this? They were so wrong, and next time I'll give them a piece of my mind!–and out of it–I can't be angry like this. They meant well, and I just misread the situation. It really is fine now. I tricked myself into believing I'd moved on, but the next time something happened, everything came back. There was always a pot of sadness and resentment boiling. I only put a lid over the pot and tried to conceal the steam.
This unwillingness to allow myself to hurt ruined my relationships and the way I related with others. Most importantly (and I say this because I've finally gained enough respect for myself to stop denying that I'm a person), it ruined me.
Recently, I've been building my sense of self from the ground up. There has been immeasurable growth in my life, and I am now committing to honesty. I deserve to feel happy and to speak up for myself. Being firm doesn't equate to being mean. Sometimes I'm right and other people are wrong.
Sometimes it's not fine.
It still bothers me.
There are hard feelings.
It's not cool.
I haven't moved on from that yet.
I'm just as hurt as I was before.
I am, honest to God, very upset.
Sometimes I'm not okay. And that–that is okay.
I mean it this time.


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Carson and I were laying on the floor trying to take pictures of ourselves. He was cracking up. Then Joshy wanted in on the action. Below are the fruits of our labor. Good times. And yes, that is Josh's hand on his face in the second pic; he apparently has contortionist skills I was unaware of.
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According to Jenkins:
There is an easy solution to Britain in Europe. Let the rest of Britain stay but let London leave.
… Its future is global. Its two great industries, finance and leisure, are peculiar to itself. They depend on self-government, on regulatory discipline and on the value of the pound. Financial services are worldwide in application. They are clearly threatened by what Lord Lawson called "jealous European banking officials", by regulations designed to underpin German bankers and clip London's wings.
The new city state would have a physical boundary, roughly that of the M25. Digital mapping would police the circumference, though open borders are no great problem. They exist like those between Gulf states, between Ireland and Ulster, Monaco and France. London already has its own government under its elected "monarch", Boris Johnson.
The rest of Britain may have reasons for wanting to "stay in Europe". It is time for London to "get out", of both the EU and the UK.Goodness knows what Jenkins thinks digital mapping is. Aaronovitch saw the problem as being one of culture, typified in PMQs the day before:
… of the six Conservative MPs who stood to ask questions, no less than five were talking about when to have a referendum on Europe. They might as well have been in Caracas.
… Where they sit for in Essex, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire or Wiltshire, the EU may indeed be more important than it is to me in London. On questions such as immigration, perhaps my metropolitan attitude seems as peculiar to them as their parochialism does to me.
… Londoners differ from some of their compatriots in attitudes towards the outside world. The pollsters Ipsos/Mori sent me figures for the regional variations on immigration and the EU. Aggregated for January-December 2012, polling showed an average of 21 per cent of Britons naming race relations/ immigration/immigrants as "one of the most important issues facing the country". The highest figures were the South East with 28 per cent, then the East Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire/Humberside all on 25 per cent. In London it was 13 per cent. This was less dramatically true for Europe/EU. In the South East 10 per cent had it as a vital issue, compared with 5 per cent in London and 6 per cent nationally.
It is clear that London and the South East are in some ways two different countries and that is why Boris has to be Janus-faced. To become Tory leader he must somehow finesse the fact that he knows a lot of rural/ suburban Tory-Ukippery just doesn't make sense in the big, competitive, changing world. Like Boris, I do not want to inhabit this parish of 1950s retro enthusiasts.
… So we may need to secede from the hinterland. And the same is true of our other great cities and university towns which, together, could make an outward-looking, open-minded polity.So not so much an island state as an archipelago one. Well pundits have to write about something – in 2011 Aaronovitch thought the UK should become part of the USA. And it might have been inhibiting if the position Mrs Thatcher found herself in in 1982 had been remembered:
On the morning of Wednesday 22 September I and my party took off from Tokyo, where I had been visiting, for Peking. Fifteen years remained of the lease to Britain of the New Territories which constitute over 90 per cent of the land of the Colony of Hong Kong. The island of Hong Kong itself is British sovereign territory, but, like the rest of the Colony, dependent on the mainland for water and other supplies. The People's Republic of China refused to recognize the Treaty of Nanking, signed in 1842, by which the island of Hong Kong had been acquired by Britain. Consequently, although my negotiating stance was founded on Britain's sovereign claim to at least part of the territory of Hong Kong, I knew that I could not ultimately rely on this as a means of ensuring the future prosperity and security of the Colony. (The Downing Street Years, page 259)
The bulk of British government would have to relocate out of the present capital. Because no one would agree on where, departments would be fragmented around the provinces, to the benefit of all. Parliament could relocate, perhaps to Salford or to an Orwellian "Elizabethville" in south Yorkshire. Essex and Sussex would concentrate development around Stansted and Gatwick, relieving pressure on Heathrow.All quite barking because London, unlike Singapore (above, left), is land-locked and geography dictates that it cannot become an island city-state. But perhaps there is an even deeper flaw in Jenkins' concept that London's
… two great industries, finance and leisure, are peculiar to itself. … Financial services are worldwide in application.He should have read an article in the Financial Times (£) on 7 May, Cornwall beach buoys London's financial status. It explained that a beach near Bude in north Cornwall in SW England:
… is one of the main landing points for thousands of miles of submarine cables that carry trading data from New York. Britain's westerly location means data can reach traders in London several milliseconds quicker than competitors in Frankfurt and Paris – a key advantage in the era of high-frequency trading.
… "The UK is an underwater cable hub for all the financial institutions in Europe," says Jack Steven, asset manager at the Crown Estate. "The alternative is to go through somewhere like Portugal, which is closer to the US but which historically hasn't developed capacity in the same way."
According to the Crown Estate, about 95 per cent of the UK's communication, such as email, internet and telephone calls, is transmitted through submarine cables. They are cheaper and more reliable than satellites, which are expensive to get into orbit and vulnerable to collisions with space debris. The shorter the cables, the quicker data can be transferred. It takes about 65 milliseconds to trade between London and New York. From east London it takes a further five milliseconds to Frankfurt.
Anyone interested can learn more about the global undersea cable network (above) on the Guardian Data Blog.
Boris Johnson, to be fair, has not expressed any opinions, as far as I know, in favour of London's independence, even though Aaronovitch seems to think he is a closet isolationist. A shame when London could so easily be renamed Bojoburg in his honour as its first head of state. I don't think either Aaronovitch or Jenkins think for one minute that their proposals will ever happen but, as part of London's media elite, they are expressing their exasperation with the rest of us. But most people don't live on six-figure salaries, probably getting away with a day's work a week writing a thousand words or so about whatever they chose, and having expenses-paid lunches in top restaurants with interesting people talking off the record.


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So, if you don't know already, I'll go ahead and admit it: I'm a terrible housekeeper. There is currently clutter all over the kitchen counters and a pile of clean, not-yet-folded laundry on the couch. And that is where my story begins...
It was Saturday night, the night before Mother's Day. I was singing the kiddos their bedtime songs, and Wes said that he was going to go to the store to pick up a couple of items we would need for Sunday. I finished getting the kids to bed and came out to the kitchen, where I checked my email and wasted a few minutes doing NOTHING important. After about 45 minutes, I started to wonder what was taking Wes so long at the store. I tried to call his cell phone, and it was off. I thought that was strange, because he had told me to call him with any extra shopping-list additions, so I looked outside. His truck was IN THE DRIVEWAY! I searched the yard, I searched the house, I looked EVERYWHERE, and he was nowhere to be found. I called out to Lillie, who was still awake, to ask if she had seen him and she said no. I went back outside to look again and was just starting to panic when Wes ... came OUT of the house!
When I finally got it all straight, I found out that this is what had happened: Wes had come out to the living room when I was singing, and he hid under the clean clothes (note to self: FOLD!!), where he was planning to jump out and surprise me when I came down the hall. The snag in his plan was that he was so warm and comfy that he fell asleep! He was on the couch, under the clothes the whole time! He only woke up when he heard me asking Lillie if she had seen him.
Luckily, my Mother's day got better after that! :)
Monday, May 12, 2008
3 comments:
- N. Cooper said...
LOL! I thought you were going to say he surprised you by cleaning the whole house. Failed prank instead -- didn't see that coming!
- nat, avoiding work
- May 14, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- Camilla said...
Funny-- glad I have a fellow companion who slacks on cleaning duty. At least the clean clothes were not in the dryer. . . . that's where we keep ours.
- May 15, 2008 at 6:04 PM
- Marci said...
I can't tell you how many times I fell asleep in a pile of warm laundry when I was a kid. I can't say that I blame him.
- June 29, 2008 at 6:26 PM
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Horton assumes that if we object to feminine traits in the wrong place, then we must somehow be bothered with then in the right place too. "Are we really ready to identify shallow sentimentalism with 'feminization' of the church? Do godly women want this any more than men?" I quite agree. Of course they don't. Godly women don't want girly preachers any more than the men do. Godly women don't like femmy worship any more than the men do. Godly women don't want the worship of the evangelical and Reformed church to get any gayer. I mean to say . . .
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Bangalore leads the way with school sports startups
Bengaluru's impact on India's sporting scene in badminton, tennis, cricket and hockey is now being followed by pioneering firms pushing for focussed sports education in city schools.
Bengaluru's impact on India's sporting scene in badminton, tennis, cricket and hockey is now being followed by pioneering firms pushing for focussed sports education in city schools.
There are different types of washing machines, which differ on power and water consumption, capacity and maintenance costs. Here's how to choose what you need.
Is platelet availability for Dengue patients, a problem in Bangalore? When should transfusion be done really?
Several million people travelled out of Bengaluru during October, with trains to North India running jammed. Touts made hay. One activist is demanding long term action.
The Bengaluru edition of a global event on sustainability, turned up some wacky ideas and a few practical ones!
Kruthika Lakshman has been playing Basketball since 2003, the recent Ekalavya award, is quite the morale booster for her. Here she shares her experiences and talks about what can be improved to produce better quality players.
It is a massive 147-page complaint with an annexure running into 3,368 pages. T J Abraham's case currently at the Lokayukta Court names the who's who of Bangalore's politicos.
Do you update your status message on social networking sites with every single detail of the day? Do you download apps that can access your profile? Watch out..
In a telling story of parents facing lack of transparency in school matters, this institution hiked its fees, lost a High Court verdict, changed it's name and affilitation and hiked fees again.
With youngsters moving away for jobs, safety of those left behind becomes a concern. Though technology and law enforcement can play a role here, community participation becomes a key factor.


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We theoretically investigate a novel scheme to detect target molecule induced, or suppressed, aggregation of nanoparticles. High-Q optical resonators are used to both optically trap gold nanoparticle clusters and to detect their presence via a shift in the resonance wavelength. The well depth of the optical trap is chosen to be relatively low compared to the thermal energy of the nanoparticles, so that trapping of single nanoparticles is marginal and results in a comparatively small wavelength shift. Aggregation of functionalized gold nanoparticles is mediated or suppressed via binding to a target molecule. The well depth for the resulting nanoparticle clusters scales much more favorably relative to Brownian motion, resulting in large nanoparticle concentration enhancements in the evanescent field region of the resonator. We predict a target molecule sensitivity in the tens of fM range. In order to predict the resonator response, a complete theory of time resolved nanoparticle cluster trapping dynamics is derived. In particular, the formalism of Kramers' escape time is adapted to 2D (silicon wire) and 3D (ring resonator) optical traps.
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Fall is here.... can you resist the smell of chill and earth in the air, the beautiful deep green, rusty orange and vivid reds of the leaves? The sun is shining and it is a beautiful day here in Michigan. This morning, I went to a local half marathon, "The Brooksie Way" not to run but to cheer on my dear friend Jesse. I brought her two little guys, Jackson and Max and we parked, grabbed the wagon and made our way to the finish line. The energy was electric.... so many runners all shapes and sizes pushing their bodies to the limit for an unbelievable 13.1 miles. If you have never run a race before, it is a fine balance of pleasure and pain but what an accomplishment! The three of us cheered, watched, hooted and hollered the runners on, they had come so far and deserved our respect and support. We watched and finally around the corner comes Jesse, smiling, a spring in her step and looking like she was on her first mile.... Jesse is one of those gifted athletes that actually makes running look easy. Jackson, Max and I screamed and cheered her on... only a quarter of a mile to go! She finished the run in only 2 hours and 4 minutes. Amazing to me. Which is a round about way of telling you about my lucious fall dinner in the oven. A morning in the cold with the sun shining and so much positive energy and thoughts..... inspired me to cook up a whopper of a fresh and healthy dinner. So here is my recipe and I dedicate it to all 1100 men, women and teenagers who ran their hearts out this morning!
Se Dégonfler Avec les Herbes de Provence et du Citron
A la Marzolla
3 - 3.5 lbs Amish chicken, rinsed
1 onion, maybe some garlic too
1 lemon
a bunch of rosemary
about 1/4 c of extra virgin olive oil
salt, fresh ground pepper
Herbs de Provence
I squeezed the lemon juice into the olive oil and mixed in salt, fresh ground pepper, herbs, chopped rosemary and a touch of chopped garlic. I stuffed the rinsed chicken with sprigs of rosemary, the quartered onion and the halves of lemon. I then poured the lemon/oil mixture on top the the chicken and placed it into the pre-heated oven at 350 degrees. It baked for approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Your time will vary depending on the weight of the chicken. i probably could have taken the chicken out about 5 minutes earlier for a moister bird. For the side, I baked butternut squash, and whipped up a lovely Michigan fresh village salad with chopped ricotta cheese and a variety of olives. Overall, my first fall meal was a musch appreciate success. Tip from the amatuer cook: always use fresh and local ingredients. Support your local community of farmers and small businesses. It is hard to go wrong with the freshest of ingredients.
Till next time xoxo Marnie


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As one my of my dear friends says on some occasions my eyes are burning. What an awful night or rather I should say string of many nights. Ethan finally likes his big boy bed and can actually fall asleep in it except for the fact that he gets up like 15 to 20 times a night. I do not know why this is happening but I am telling you it makes life a lot harder as he is a very busy boy during the day with little or no nap and then comes the night when you think you could relax and sure enough this all starts. Both Steve and I are just exhausted with all this. I can't believe that all kids are like this because if they were I know most people would have the first and just stop there. lol I thought since he got me up at 5 am I should just stay up actually put some make up on and get ready for my shopping trip. I am feeling horrible to have to leave Steve with the kids all day but I also need the chance to get some stuff without them on my behind all the time. I hope that they are at least one ounce good for him. He will be crown an angel one day, rather I should say we both since we are in this together.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Real Life Trumps the Keyboard
Hey gang...
Oh dear god, I just read the update I posted last night and I'm so ashamed... It's an incoherent mess with no editing, and syntax errors out the ying-yang. My apologies for handing in such sloppy work.
But the truth is, that quick post took me FOUR hours to write. See, the thing is, I started typing around 4:30 in the afternoon, but then the phone started ringing. It was the family.
Yesterday morning, I got a call from Amy, my younger sister. Her and her fiance Scottie have decided to get married this year, and were trying to figure out a way that they could have the ceremony where I could attend. I've got six days of vacation that I have to use by the first of May, and then after that, any time I take off is completely unpaid--and I'm taking a week off in the fall to go on a cruise, and another week off in December to go back to Nashville for Christmas. More time off would be financially daunting.
Anyhow, Amy and I have been having some secret discussions over the past few days, and her and Scott finally decided to just come to Vegas and get married during March Madness!!! Oh hell yeah! You have no idea how cool of an idea that is!
I'm pretty excited for that all by itself, but it also means that a good chunk of the Hurricane clan will be in attendance for the festivities. And you thought the T2V gang was a bunch of drunken buffoons. Wait'll they get a load of my family. This will be one March Madness for the history books.
So anyhow, I was sworn to secrecy for a couple of days while Amy and Scottie deliberated and weighed all their options, but then it became official and the phone started ringing off the hook. They're now booked, Mamasan is booked, Cyndi is booking today. Reverend Dave will know within a week, subject to his main squeeze's work situation. My niece Diana is booked. Don't know about Sherry or any other of my nieces. Haven't heard back from Nancy, either.
But the intensity level of the party has been officially cranked up to eleven, and all those distractions yesterday served to keep me from paying attention to what I was writing. By the time the phone calls wound down for the evening, I was tired of looking at that post, so I said the hell with it and just published it 'as is' with no editing and such...
And now, I don't feel like going back and fixing it, so there it is.
After all that, I logged onto the T2V chat and talked to Angy for awhile, and then once she went to bed, I stayed up to watch Sticky play poker. I *should* have been sleeping, because at ten minutes after ten, my phone started ringing. Instead of coming into work at 1:00 am, they needed me ASAP, so I jumped up, got dressed, and ran out the door five minutes later. I made it to the casino in record time and managed to make the 10:30 push.
There were four games going at the time, and I didn't get a break until 12:30. I did another rotation after that, and then got locked down at 2:30. The last game didn't break up until after 6:30 this morning, and by then, I was one tuckered out little trooper. Once I got the table closed and the last bank counted, it was 7:00 o'clock, giving me even more overtime for the week (remember the 12 hours I did on Saturday?). I stuck around for a bit to chat with a couple of the old guys that came ambling in and had a couple of cups of coffee and Kahlua, too.
Eventually, the old guys limpfest started up with the morning dealer, so I sat in the game and played a little 4-8 Holdem for about an hour. I won one decent pot and split another, so after an hour of blinds, I was up four bucks. I couldn't handle it anymore--I was so tired that I couldn't stop yawning--so I tipped the dealer two bucks, gave the other two bucks to the floorman, and cashed out exactly even.
But while I was sitting up in the garage waiting for my truck to warm up, I counted the evening's take and realized that I did very well again, just shy of three Benjamins again. Damn. I wish every week were as good as this one has been. And it came just in time, too--things were looking kinda lean two weeks ago.
I don't know if I'll ever get used to the constant ups and downs. It takes a certain brand of patience to deal with the constant uncertainty, but I've been lucky so far.
Anyhow, when I finally got home this morning, there was another huge box on the porch from the UPS man, and he had delivered about ten pounds of meat and cheese. And a big bottle of sweet-hot mustard, too! Oh hell yeah. And word around the campfire is that there is another box arriving tomorrow. My hat's off to Dougie for finding this bargain sale and taking advantage of it, because by the end of the week, I'm gonna have so many Hickory Farms groceries on hand that I won't be able to close the door on my mini-fridge.
Hell, I'd like have a Super Bowl party and use it all then, but I just know that as soon as I make plans, I'll get scheduled to work...
Now, however, I must get some sleep. I've been up for over 24 hours straight, and I have to go in to work again tonight. My guess is that I'll probably get called in early again, too. If I ever get some free time, I'll work on the stories I've got in the hopper--four good poker stories for your reading enjoyment. But it'll probably take about ten hours of writing time to knock 'em out, so don't expect them within the next day or two.
Y'all be cool. I'm going to bed.
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Guess who's coming to dinner? Wednesday evening, Allie Edelstein, 15, was relaxing on her lakeview swing when she noticed a large alligator crawl out of the water and onto her family's sandy Lake Dora shore. Wisely, Edelstein high-tailed it into the safety of her Mount Dora home.
The following day, an electrician on a service call at the home spotted the 9 ½-foot gator in the same location. At one point, he noticed an eagle landed on the reptile and later vultures appeared, which make the outlook grim for the gator.
The homeowner, Laura Varich, eventually threw boards at it to send it back into the water or confirm its death. Drawing no response, she confirmed the latter. Varich is now the recipient of an unwanted Florida Mother's Day gift -- an oversized, decomposing reptile.
Varich will not be upset if someone would like to adopt the beast as their own. Happy Mother's Day!
For more news and events in Mount Dora, Tavares & Eustis, click here. Find out what's happening locally with just a tap on your phone by downloading the area's free mobile app. Monthly issues of Mount Dora Buzz are available here.
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To incorporate all of the materials I included in the October sampler was not hard at all. I loved creating the pieces for this months windows. I love my job!
First I visited our local creative reuse center, SCRAP, and picked out 20 of the largest frames they had on hand. The gal at the counter gave me a deal on them! For $75.00, each frame came out to be $3.75! I have never seen a deal like that before! They were all different colors and different sizes, so to unify them, I sanded them down, and spray painted them with a high gloss white paint.
Tip: To keep your pointer finger from hurting, invest in a spray paint can handle. It kept my fingers feeling great, because I could use my entire hand to spray, rather than one finger!
Next I visited our local Joann's, to find black lace by the bolt. Luckily, they were having a sale! 50% off all lace! Again, we got a steal on the fabric, about 19 yards for only $113.
After all the newly white frames had dried, I took the lace fabric and attached pieces to the back of the frames with a simple glue gun. I took a small plastic squeegee to push the lace into the crevis of the frame edge after I squeezed the glue on. I neatly trimmed the lace to create a clean-cut line.
We added another layer of texture with black satin ribbon. I searched online for 2″ satin ribbon and found a website that sold bulk ribbon. We got one 50 yard roll of double-faced black satin ribbon in 2.5″ for only $20! That is definitely a steal and works great with my $100 per window budget! We hung the white frames with this black ribbon, and it looks great!
Beneath each mannequin, I wanted a stage to display all the super cute heels that go in the window displays. So I created an enlarged damask form, added a simple yet elegant border, and cut out quarter circles that mimicked the border. Wallah! A striking, strongly contrasted graphic that works perfectly for the theme of the display! And at $20 each, that adds a great element to windows, but doesn't break the budget.
All of this came to a grand total of just under $100 per store! I set up a mock display in our workshop to preview what the displays would look like without the mannequins:
And here is what the real displays came out looking like:
October windows were so fun to do!


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Nurturing the nurturer
A channeled live-online course
*Date & Time to be determined
Are you in a healing/helping profession? Do you give a lot with plenty of idealism, skill, intuition and love… and once you've given a lot … you give some more? Does what you do, your unique service to the world totally make a difference in peoples lives?
Do you sometimes when the going gets tough in your own life think: "I wish there was someone I could go to who does exactly what I do."
Are you supportive, nurturing, loving, endlessly patient with others but not always with yourself?
Does everyone want to be your best friend and do people often ask you something along the lines of: "How come you are so wonderful? Do you ever have problems?"
Do you look radiant, bright and shining to others even when your own world just has been rocked and when your own life has been shaken?
Do you sometimes ring a friend to ask for help and before you know it the conversation turns around and is all about them and their challenges again?
Are you known as "the strong one" in your circles?
Is it hard to cry sometimes, even when you're really sad?
Are you in a giving profession and a single parent?
Are you a caregiver for somebody who is unwell?
Are you taking care of everything and have done so for a very long time?
If you have answered "yes" to some of the above questions, chances are you are a nurturer and chances are you give more than you receive.
(And chances are that that takes its toll on you and that you are very aware of that and had you known how to move beyond this one way street of energy flow you would have moved on from it a long time ago…)
This channeled live online course offers the opportunity to receive, to have time for you, to be seen and heard and to be supported in allowing your life to shift into a place of balance: into a healthy balance of giving and receiving.
In a playful and relaxed way you will receive support and nurturing with channeled meditations and messages and with down to Earth, easy and practical suggestions on how to move forward in life in a way that supports you, that's sustainable and fun…
If you are interested in this online-course please click here
or if the above link doesn't work please email me:
and I will send you some more information about this course.
If the above description reminds you of someone you know, of a friend, your partner or a relative please feel free to forward the information about this upcoming course to them.
There are many nurturers out there who so deserve support:
* with melting away anything that still might be in the way on the subtle energetic levels even after years of determined inner work and
* in consciously and unconsciously giving themselves permission to fully receive, to be well and to live a good life.
I am very much looking forward to facilitating this course.
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Water really is gaming's final frontier. We've mastered land exploration, aerial exploration and even intergalactic exploration, but when it comes to the wet stuff here on Earth, games just seem to grind to a halt. Just mention the word water near a gamer and instantly memories of being stuck in Ocarina of Time's Water Temple will come flooding back, along with the countless other games that have tried, and failed, to replicate being underwater. It is therefore surprising that Dark Energy Digital decided to develop a game that uses water as its key feature and titular hook, given that so many developers have struggled to make it work. Can they break the final frontier and boldly go where no game has gone before? Surprisingly the answer is yes, but only to a point.
What You Need To Know
Hydrophobia Prophecy is the latest improvement on the original Hydrophobia released last year on XBLA. The latest iteration expands upon the story as well as introducing new levels and improving the levels from the original game. The game itself is a mix of third-person shooter with an action/adventure game, with an emphasis on utilising water to your advantage thanks to the impressive HydroEngine.
Improving a Concept
Before we delve into the nuts and bolts of the game, it is worth exploring the development cycle behind Hydrophobia Prophecy which has led us to the game we have before us today. The game was initially released in 2010 for Xbox Live Arcade, where it received moderate reviews, but with some harsh criticisms of some portions of the game. In an almost unheard of move, Dark Energy Digital took the feedback from critics and fans alike and tweaked the game, releasing Hydrophobia Pure later in the year to much more favourable reviews. The latest iteration in this line of improvements is Hydrophobia Prophecy, which features almost 70% new levels, with existing levels tweaked to perfect their balance amongst other tweaks across the game. What this means is that Prophecy is the definitive version of Hydrophobia, which remarkably, is still being routinely tweaked by the development team as I write this review.
Hydrophobia Prophecy then is a refinement of a concept, and it really does show. On the face of it, Hydrophobia is a somewhat generic third-person action game, mixed in with a cover based shooter, but what is really special about this game, and what makes it so unique, is its emphasis on water and manipulating it for your needs. The game puts you in the shoes of Kate Wilson, a Systems Engineer aboard a city-sized ocean cruiser. Noticing a series of malfunctions, Kate descends to the engineering decks of the ship to perform repairs when the ship is attacked by a terrorist organisation called the Malthusians. The game sets you the simple mandate of escaping the ship before it sinks, or you drown, but along the way you discover clues as to why the Malthusians have attacked the ship in the first place and naturally, Kate decides to stop them.
Beyond the somewhat generic feel of the plot to get Kate into a situation where water can flood the corridors (it all feels very Titanic), the game plays absolutely brilliantly. The key hook of the game is the ability to have water interact realistically with the environment, and thanks to the nature of the sinking ship, there is plenty of it to play around with. Armed only with a stun gun (or severely limited on ammo later in the game), the easiest and most efficient way to tackle Malthusian soldiers is to use the water to your advantage. Levels are often designed around this, and using the cover mechanics you can strategically move your enemies close to a pane of glass behind which a full room of water lays. Simply shoot out the glass and watch as they get smashed by a wall of water. It's an intelligent and refreshing way of tackling combat and results in some very clever puzzle situations.
The HydroEngine is pushed to its limits throughout the game, with the water effects really being a sight to behold. The aesthetic look of the water and the way light interacts with it especially, be it through flames or electrical lighting, really is far beyond anything that is currently produced, looking almost photo-realistic. The astounding water effects does create a trade-off with the rest of the graphics, which aren't quite as superb as the water itself – they're very good, but not as good as what the HydroEngine is putting out.
Beyond the aesthetically pleasing look of the water, its reactions to solid matter are extremely impressive, as is the way it flows naturally to create an equilibrium. Floating debris such as barrels or flaming wreckage bob around realistically, and enemies, and Kate herself, stagger under encroaching waves of H2O. Eventually though there comes a point where the room fills up with so much water that you can no longer walk, and that is where the game stands tall, but also stumbles a little.
Underwater Combat Introduces New Challenges
Either through the excessive breaking of glass or by a room just being full of water, you will often be forced into a situation where you have to swim to survive, which presents a whole new set of challenges. Combat and strategy now moves into a fully explorable 3D environment, making decision making even more difficult. Throw in there an air meter which drops quicker than you might expect and the situation becomes very tense. Thankfully, underwater combat is reasonably simple. You can ascend and descend easily, and can use floating crates as makeshift cover when under heavy fire, allowing you to outflank enemies. Electrical weapons are naturally useful here, providing perhaps the most satisfying kills when timed to perfection.
What lets the underwater gameplay down though is that there's no sense that you really are underwater, only that everything is a bit darker and you can move up and down. Despite being in water, Kate stills moves easily and only feels a force against her when currents dictate it. The sensation of being underwater isn't lost because of this, but it is curious how someone who is allegedly afraid of water can swim so easily and without trouble. Which brings us neatly onto the other issue – Kate, as the game's title suggests, is afraid of water. This is never made entirely clear throughout the game, and despite her initial reservations she will fearlessly dive into the water, with no questions asked for the remainder of the game.
Plot Could Do With More Screen-Time
Kate's interactions with the crew, particularly her radio guide Scoot, are also kept to a minimum, and this really is an area that needs improving. A little more backstory or maybe some chatter between them would have added a lot to the game as it moved forward, especially if they had focussed more on Kate's hydrophobia. Keeping dialogue to a minimum does keep the game flowing, but it comes at a cost of confusion to players trying to keep up with the story; and that's unfortunate as it does potentially have a lot of depth to it. Thankfully, the audio is well voiced and humorous which will instantly endear the characters to you, with Kate being particularly well voiced throughout. Elsewhere, the ship makes the standard creaking noises you would expect, and to keep with the lonely theme, the game is devoid of any major backing music, adding a nice air of mystery to the setting.
MAVI and Hydro Kinetic Powers
To challenge the player further, a scanning tool known as the MAVI is introduced early on. This acts as a scanner much like in Metroid Prime, and can also be used to hack cameras and terminals. The hacking ability leads to some clever puzzles where you can open doors remotely, but all too often you need to use the MAVI to find a cipher written on the wall in ink only it can see. It's a laborious process to complete after the first 3 or 4 times of doing it, and with no real explanation given it seems like an artificial extension of the game.
The final big gameplay hook are the Hydro Kinetic powers that are bestowed upon Kate somewhat randomly towards the end of the game. These allow Kate to manipulate water with her hand (think The Force), creating towers of water and hurling them at enemies. In principle this is a great idea, and it works really well, but on a keyboard, which lacks any sort of analogue control, you are left with either a big tower, or no tower at all. The powers are also criminally under-used, only really being needed in the final boss battle, which on its own is a shockingly abrupt end to the game which doesn't really fit in. It's a shame that the powers aren't used more, with their only other use being in the brief high score Challenge Room post-game, as they are great fun while you get a chance to use them and have the potential to create unique puzzles, much like Portal did with the Portal gun.
Hydrophobia Prophecy is a game that shatters all expectations of how games can be developed. Not only does it show that developers can listen to fans and improve upon things, it also shows that water as a medium for gameplay can be conquered. The game does have some problems in puzzle design and a repetitive use of the MAVI scanner, but overall it takes the water theme and makes it its own. From the clever use of water to tackle enemies to the criminally under-used Hydro Kinetic powers, Hydrophobia Prophecy is bursting with ideas, and I can't wait to see where Dark Energy Digital take these ideas next.
Review copy of the game purchased on Steam
Game completed ~5 hours


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Eddie Redmayne admits he made beautiful music with Taylor Swift — but it was strictly professional.
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them actor stopped by Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Wednesday to discuss his new film, but a fan called in with a more personal question.
"Can you put the rumors to rest: did you ever go out on a date with Taylor Swift?" the fan asked.
"I absolutely can put the rumors to rest," the 34-year-old Oscar winner replied. "I never went out on a date with Taylor Swift."
However, Redmayne, who is now married to Hannah Bagshawe and is a father to their daughter Iris, did reveal that he met the 26-year-old pop star when she auditioned for the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
"She was amazing in the audition. We got to sing together which was a big moment for me but no, we never went out," he said.
According to Time, Swift tried out for the role of Eponine, a poor girl who has unrequited love for Redmayne's character, Marius. Although Lea Michele, Evan Rachel Wood and Scarlett Johansson also auditioned, the part went to Samantha Barks.
"She was extraordinary," Redmayne said of Swift's audition.
Cohen also took the opportunity to ask Redmayne what he thought of Anne Hathaway getting "flak" for her role as Fantine in the musical movie.
"I honestly don't know, because I think she's formidable," he answered. "I think she was kind of extraordinary in that film. It was an amazing thing because we were doing it live and it was the first time any of us had done it. One person would go and sing live for the first time and come and sort of report back, about how it had gone. She basically educated the rest of us on how to do it."


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Veteran Actor Pete Edochie had been missing in action from Nollywood in recent years. Of the many movies he's featured in, he's well remembered as Okonkwo in the "Things Fall Apart" series by Chinua Achebe, which used to be aired on the Nigerian Television Network.
Although Chief Edochie had taken a break off acting, he makes a comeback. He was spotted on set of a 'Godfather'-themed movie with actress Adaora Ukoh who uploaded the above photo to her Instagram page a few days ago with the caption:
"On set with Pete Edochie…. As the Godfather… Feels Good working with him again after The FOUR SISTERS set"Good to have him back.
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2-Day Leshan & Mt Emei Trip
- Price : US$699.00
The 2-day trip offers you the opportunity to explore both Leshan Giant Buddha and Mt. Emei that are the renowned sites in Sichuan Province. The unusual experience is to spend one night in the monk dormitory at the Baoguo Monastery.


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Firstly, thank you to all the Sisters who joined in the last card swap, which was arranged by Jo and Vanessa. This time myself and Jo (fairymadjo) are arranging the swap.
We have decided to do a themed swap this time and the theme is "Things With Wings", so this could be anything from angels/fairies to butterflies/dragonflies or anything at all with wings.
If you would like to join in the swap, please can you leave a comment on this post and Jo or I will email everyone with their swap partners in about a week - 10 days time.
Saturday, 17 May 2008
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"From Japan to Armenia, International Night allowed all students of the Master of Science in Foreign Service to discover other cultures and to get a taste of them. Seeing everyone interact with all the performances in such a genuine way really shows that we're all not so different after all." Aptly put by MSFS student Joelle El Sawalhi, International Night on March 18 was a huge success. A night designed to give MSFS students a break from their academic and professional studies, this event strives to share and showcase the incredibly diverse backgrounds and talents of the current students. MSFSers performed all sorts of acts, including traditional dance, singing, and even comedy bits. We asked a few performers to share their experience at this year's International Night.
Atul Menon, MSFS '17, has been a Georgetown student in many different contexts. Formerly a student at Georgetown's branch campus in Doha and born in India, Qatar, Menon chose to demonstrate his blended interest in Western music with his training and love of Hindi music. After graduation, Menon plans to work at international organizations with his Global Business and Finance background.
Ayaka Nojiri, MSFS '18, came to MSFS from Japan with the desire to study international relations in a practical manner. She performed both traditional martial arts and also new "otaku" pop culture at International Night. "I wanted the audience to feel Japanese culture as comprehensively as possible. I appreciated MSFSers' warm support for our performance and their standing ovation," said Nojiri.
A Lebanon native, Joelle El Sawalhi, MSFS '18, is studying at Georgetown with the goal to work in either Lebanese or Arab diplomacy, focusing on disarmament and arms control. At International Night, she performed a belly dance, which is representative of the broader Arab culture. "I chose this dance because it has a sense of unity hidden within it, one that is missing in our fractured Arab world."
In addition to these and various other performances, students and guests also had the opportunity to taste cuisines from all over the world. From Swedish meatballs to Chinese scallion pancakes, the night featured a wide array of dishes to try, which added another dimension of culture experience to the event. A long standing tradition at MSFS, International Night exposes students to the cultures, talents and community that make the study of international affairs so rich and rewarding.


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It all started from 2014 when many Google employees told in an informal way that mobile search queries will soon overtake desktop queries. The year 2015 came with the confirmation when Google officially announced for the
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This is actually on Funny or Die not YouTube, because it's been banned on YouTube because the video belongs to the music company. This is to "Separate Ways" by Journey. There are a few others out there, but be warned, while they're fairly tame, there are a few words you may not want your kids to learn.
I'm really excited for Thursday because I have a great recipe to share with you!
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Huh.....What the hell is PDXGwailo trying to get at
Oh, wait. Is that....A Burger.....on GRILLED CHEESE???!!?
I'll let him tell the rest:
Who can pass up a restaurant that only features grilled cheese sammiches? Not I. Especially when one choice is the Cheesus Burger, a 1/3 pound burger with two grilled cheese sammiches in lieu of buns? Now that's a mouthful! Also sampled, the "Gabby", four different cheeses on white, and a cup of creamy tomato soup………as the menu says, "What else would you dip your sandwich in?"What else indeed? The Grilled Cheese Grill is located in a trailer and a school bus (where you can sit, eat, and play boardgames), at 1027 NE Alberta Street. Small aside to those bringing tots. No bathroom on site. Or within walking distance. This is Portland "cart food" taken the to the next level! Bonus pickle spear!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Grilled Cheese Grill
Labels: Cheeseburger, grilled cheese, PDX Gwailo, Portland
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Went there today with the wife and niece. They split the Jalapeno popper sandwich (which was pretty awesome) and I took on the Cheesus.
It sounds like a pretty big sandwich, and it is, but it's not as filling as you would think...
Either that, or I can handle a big-ass burger and not be full.
It was seriously a damn fine burger. Nice and juicy. The grilled onions in one of the sandwiches made it even more awesome.
- September 13, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- King Boo said...
That's known as a Fatty Melt: http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/10/the-hamburger-fatty-melt-a-burger-with-two-grilled-cheese-sandwiches-as-its-bun.html
- September 14, 2009 at 9:26 AM


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Release Date: March 2, 2010
Pages: 323
Source: Bookshelf
Date Read: April 10, 2011
Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.
By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.
As a series of blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy all Prodigium, especially her.
What can I say about this book that hasn't been said. This book has been sitting in my bookshelf after I bought a bargain copy from borders. Finally, after reading yet another positive review I picked it up. Rachel Hawkins you have a new fan in me! The book was soooo funny. It almost read like a satire of all things paranormal, yet still had the serious aspects and mystery to it.Rachel's writing is banter like, sarcastic, and filled with pop culture reference/jokes.
Although the book is very funny, there are some strong themes to it. Is evil is inherent or chosen? Does doing one bad things makes you a bad person? All these things are ideal that Sophie struggles with as she doesn't know who to trust is the new school full of paranormal Prodigium.There are so many secrets and more is revealed as you get close to the end.
Sophie goes into that school a carefree and naive girl and in the end she becomes a girl that struggles with the amount of power she possesses."With great power comes great responsibility." I by the end of the book I think Sophie understands that.
Really liked this book, it was so different from other paranormal books and includes every paranormal species.Can't wait to read what comes next!
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I contacted a coupe attorneys who don't think it's any big deal, a person from La Leche League said "it happens to everyone", and I've contacted First Right (thanks to the commenters who mentioned that one). I'll be contacting media and will try to figure out the best way to organize a nurse-in. I would have done more today were it not for a horrible headache. My midwife's attendant called the IRS and has some information. We'll go over that this weekend.
We get a mixed message. Breastfeeding is best, but "you can't do that here." I've spoken with a few moms today who are uncomfortable feeding in public because they're afraid of this happening, so use formula when they're out. No mom should ever be made to feel ashamed or like she's doing something wrong for feeding a baby!
Also the second protest for the midwife ban is tomorrow, 11-1 on the corner or Rose and Gonzales in Oxnard, in front of St. John's Hosptal, rain or shine. If anyone reading this is local, PLEASE be there! There's all this talk about "a woman's right to choose", but so little attention to women having so few rights with regards to how to give birth. Worse than banning midwifery, there wasn't even a buffer period. There are woman who are due any day now who have found out they must scramble to either find a doctor at the hospital or find a midwife at another hospital or birth center. This is stress a woman doesn't need. Tomorrow one of those expectant mothers will be at the protest. Rumor has is that larger new stations out of LA will be there.
I need to go find something warm for Charlotte to wear. It's supposed to rain, and her clothes are still mostly packed. I may just dress her in what she wore last week, only with the turtleneck and thick cotton tights.


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By Carlos "The Boxing Man" Ortenblad
Today would have been, if he were still alive, the 110th Birthday of Primo Carnera, who was World Heavyweight Champion from Thursday, June 29, 1933 until Thursday, June 14, 1934. Carnera died at the age of 60. Rest in peace, Champ!
It's the 85-year anniversary of when Young Perez became Tunisia´s first boxer to become World Champion. He KO´d Frankie Genaro in the second round and won the title of National Boxing Association World Flyweight Champion. The NBA was the World Boxing Association´s predecessor, the WBA.
Today is also the 65-year anniversary of the duel between Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis. It was youth and strength against age and experience. Marciano knocked his idol, Louis, out in round eight. Marciano cried after the fight. Louis was World Heavyweight Champion from Tuesday, June 22, 1937 until Tuesday, March 1, 1949, when he first retired. Marciano was World Heavyweight Champion from Tuesday, September 23, 1952 until Friday, April 27, 1956, when he permanently retired.
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I have never laughed SO hard! Tonight Andy's dad got out his Wii Fit to show us a few of the games on it and I think I got more of a workout laughing.
The picture above is while he was doing the ski jump. This was the 'down the hill' pose. Once he was ready to jump the legs went straight and his arms went up in the air.
Now below I have posted a video of him doing the hula hoop on Wii Fit. This is where the true laughter comes in. I must ask that before you watch this video that you do the following:
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Eat Well!!
I swear my DNA is at least 2/3 Italian, but if you look at me and my family, you'll quickly learn that this is not the case. However, for most of my life, I've been in love with cooking and eating Italian food. This infatuation runs deep enough that 6 years ago, a friend (who is half Italian) and I went to Italy and immersed ourselves in the food, the culture, the language (which I'm terrible at), and the wine...oh the wine! It was a truly remarkable experience - I cried when I first saw the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower is awe-inspring, and the Roman Forum is almost haunting. It was amazing to stand amongst the remains of structures built that long ago and to see Caesar's funeral pyre.
Anyway, I digress...back to the food!! In Italy, the pasta is fresh, the pizza is simple, with toppings that rest happily on a cracker-thin crispy crust, and the flavors are amazing! Italian restaurants here in the states don't even come close! So, when I cook Italian food at home, I do my best to bring the true spirit of Italy into my kitchen. I try to cook with the best ingredients and keep it simple...basically, I let the food do the talking. Here are a few of my favorite, easy-to-make Italian recipes:
Basic Marinara
(makes 9 pints)
3 T olive oil
1/2 large onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
10 oz tomato paste
10 lbs Roma tomatoes, peeled & roughly chopped
fresh herbs (Italian parsley, basil, oregano)
Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and saute until soft and translucent.
Stir in tomato paste and tomatoes. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Continue cooking over low heat for at least 8 hours. Add herbs at the end, just before serving.
This sauce is great for canning and freezes well.
Olive Oil Dough (from ABin5)
2 3/4 c lukewarm water
2 packets, or 1 1/2 T granulated yeast
1 1/2 T Kosher salt
1 T sugar
1/4 c extra virgin olive oil
6 1/2 c unbleached all-purpose flour
Mix the yeast, salt, sugar, and olive oil with the water in a 5-quart bowl. Using a mixer with a dough hook, add in the flour until completely incorporated.
Transfer the dough to a lidded, but not air-tight container. Let the dough rest at room temperature until it doubles in size (about 2 hours). Store in the refrigerator or use immediately.
Preheat the oven to 425, with an empty broiler tray on the floor of the oven.
Grease a cookie sheet with a bit of olive oil and set aside.
Dust the surface of the olive oil dough with flour and cut off a 1 lb piece. Dust the piece with more flour and quickly shape it into a ball. Flatten it to 1/2- to 3/4-inch-thick round, using minimal flour. Place the round on the prepared cookie sheet.
Top the dough with fresh herbs, sauteed vegetables, or whatever your heart desires. Finish with a light drizzle of olive oil.
Allow the focaccia to rest and rise for 20 minutes.
Place the cookie sheet on the center rack in the oven and pour 1 cup of hot tap water into the broiler tray. Quickly close the oven door.
Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the crust is a golden brown.
Cut into wedges and serve.
Pizza crust
Preheat the oven to 550, with a pizza stone one the center rack of the oven.
Dust the surface of the olive oil dough with flour and cut off a 1 lb piece. Dust the piece with more flour and quickly shape it into a ball. Flatten it to 1/8-inch-thick round, using a rolling pin if necessary and using flour to keep the dough from sticking.
Transfer the dough to a corn-meal covered pizza peel.
Top the dough with the toppings of your choice.
Turn on your kitchen exhaust fan now (the cornmeal from the pizza peel will smoke at this temperature.)
Slide the pizza directly onto the pizza stone. Check for doneness in 8-10 minutes, and turn the pizza if it is cooking unevenly. It may need up to 5 more minutes in the oven.
Allow to cool slightly before cutting and serving.
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The Giving TreeWell, the fairy tale "The giving tree" is fantastic !!!
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I like it very much because it gives messages about a relationship.. The tree did all the boy's favours because it really loved him !!!! <3
When it was an old stump and it couldn't help him any more the boy sat under the tree and relaxed ..!!!


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During the century preceding the American Revolution, bitter conflicts raged in New Jersey over control of the land tenure system. This book examines how the struggle between yeoman farmers and landed gentry shaped public life in the colony. At once a cultural, political, and social history, it carefully delineates the beliefs of rioters and upholders of order, both of whom wanted control over the land.
Brendan McConville describes how changes in provincial society affecting politics and government, religious life, economic conditions, gender relations, and ethnic composition led farmers to resort to violence as a means of settling property disputes. He examines the disagreements in light of competing conceptions of property held by separate landowning classes, differences in the legal and political traditions of British and Dutch colonists, and local conditions unique to New Jersey. He also considers the ways in which the lack of a shared perception of deference to authority among Puritan, Dutch, and multi-ethnic communities helped foster insurrection.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
For wonderful and unique crochet items, you must visit Sosorosey!
Let's fine out a little more about Jennie, the shop owner:
"Grandma Copeland taught me the fine art of crochet when I was 10, and I have been "hooked" ever since. Doing the math, it appears that I have been at it for over 75% of my life! Zoiks!
Crocheting with different materials and textures of string and yarn, and matching or combining them with strips of unique fabrics really gets my creative juices flowing!
I have always had a love affair with vintage linens, and now I have an opportunity to reinvent some of my very imperfect old treasures while maintaining their original beauty. Please note that no intact vintage linens are ever harmed in the making of my bowls, bags, and eclectica!
Attention to detail (including an OCD-like perfectionism in every stitch!) is my specialty."
I think it's neat to see what items are the shop owners favorites. Here are some of Jennie's:
Obviously Jennie has great taste and great skill at her craft! I found a few favorites too! The Infant Nest looks awesome! The upcycled snuggle nest™ is super soft, sturdy, and versatile; it stretches to fit larger babies, and *scrunches* for the smaller peanuts. It can be used inside out for a different look, and the ends can easily be smoothed in for a more rounded look. This is a terrific photography prop!
Her Star Ornaments are classics! I love the ones in the cottage colors! The robin's egg blue, pink and ecru give a sweet punch of color! Stars measure 2.5" point to point, with an additional length of cotton added for hanging.
The Sheet scarf is so unique! This was the first time for me to see these! The scarf is made from a cotton jersey knit bed sheet! This is wonderful upcycling! The blue color is so pretty too!
Jennie has so many things to see! Visit http://sosorosey.etsy.com and her vintage shop http://sosovintage.etsy.com.
Check out her blog also at http://sosorosey.blogspot.com!
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Outside In
by Maria V. Snyder
Pub Date: 3/1/11
Rating: 5 / 5 Stars
Thank you Netgalley and Harlequin Teen for the ARC!
Netgalley blurb:
Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion—between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own again—while still touching base with Riley, of course. He's the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there's outside and then there is Outside.
And something from Outside wants In.
My Synopsis:
With the Force of Sheep's success at overthrowing the Trava family dictatorship over the Uppers and Scrubs of the Inside, Trella begins to realize that there are many hurdles and feats that still need to be accomplished in order to have a happy, organized and functioning population of Inside individuals. In place of the Trava dictatorship, a council of 19 members, consisting of 9 Uppers that were major players in the first and now this revolt, 9 Scrub representatives, one for each labor of trade, and then Jacy. Trella refused to be part of the committee but has accepted the role as a consultant for the council.
Trella is aggravated with her time "being wasted" in council meetings, since they don't take into account her advice, and the council meetings also ebb away the time she wants to be spending doing two of her favorite things: being with Riley and exploring the area of the Inside she discovered that has room and supplies to create 5 more levels.
Shortly after the success of the rebellion, the setting up of the council and commencing the construction of levels 5 and more, strange things begin to occur – attacks on Logan and Trella, disappearing computer files, bombs, and oh the Controllers are taking back control of all the systems. Trella is required once again to step-up and help determine who the perpetrators are, figure out who she can and cannot trust, and guide Insiders, Uppers and Scrubs alike, to defeat the newest threat that has arrived to the Inside, from the Outside.
**Warning: some spoilers**
Love, love, loved it! MVS has done it again with Outside In and Trella's story. From the very beginning, I was hooked – hook, line and sinker. I literally inhaled this book in one day. I enjoying discovering more about Riley, Logan and his sister, and Lamont. I also liked the introduction to some of the new characters – I'll just say some of them you grow to like, only to hate, but accept them again, and then there are some interesting characters that you just want to cut off their oxygen and put a punishment collar on them and perhaps castrate them (but some kind of already are, in a way, haha). The flow of the story from start to finish was good. There were literally no chapters or parts of the book where I felt I could pause at to take breaks – each chapter ending seduces you / intrigues you / puts you on the edge of your seat, so that it's difficult to part from the book without finishing it.
I really enjoyed reading more about Trella's character and her behavior – especially how she has to mature, step-up to responsibilities and learn to think / look at the "big picture". Trella also must face and deal with the reality of her relationship to Dr. Lamont, her birth mother and attempt to be on better terms with Dr. Lamont.
While the introduction of the Outsiders, their arrival, covert tactics and their physical description was a bit hooky in the sense that "OMG teh aliens are coming! And they don't come in peace!", I think MVS created a background story for the Outsiders that sounds plausible and is also quite interesting to read about. And to be honest, they make a great plot for the book as Trella and co.'s enemies and threat to the Inside and all who inhabit it. Congrats and thank you again Ms. Snyder for another wonderful novel and I hope there is a third Trella book possibly being considered or in the works.


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Lantana in a campground near the beach. It appears to be growing wild.
Just a few yards back from the beach, the vegetation is dense.
Water lilies just a block back from the beach.
Beach campground bloom
Renting motor-scooters or golf carts is a favorite activity by beachgoers - There seems to be an abundance available.
All the beaches that we have visited seem to be infested with big ugly multi-story motels.
More beaches and beach campgrounds tomorrow.
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Today we are thankful for Family Dinner Night and Pizza Port.
We love time with our family and are so thankful for cousins and aunts who visit and inspire the whole gang to gather together.
We LOVE Pizza Port. We love pizza. We love beer. It is the perfect place for both.
It is also the perfect place to hang out and catch up. We meet there every month with Melissa's former coworkers. (It's been almost two years since our office closed and we still love to spend time together!)
I thank you could safely call Pizza Port (any of their locations) our place!


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Every day for the past 30 days we have received a note in the mail.
He is faithful, and will watch over your moves, your quitting, your unpacking and packing, the exams, your papers/projects, your cards, your timing belts, oil changes, your dialation, breathing and birthday, your nursing, your nursery, your waking and sleeping, your crying, your hugging, your diapers and doctor's appointments. There is great upon grace, kindness upon kindness! Ephesians 3:17 : "May he dwell in your hearts through faith...may you comprehend the breadth, lenth, height and depth and know the love of Christ".


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Carbon footprints trifling, but energy demand is immense
PDT Gurgaon , India -- It is Friday night in the center of new Indian ambition. The air is thick with the construction dust of new glass-fronted high-rise buildings. The traffic moves so slowly that commuters can gape all they want at the Burberry advertisement that lights up the facade of a shopping mall. In the din of car horns and cranes, Sucharita Rastogi, 27, a business school graduate, waits wearily for her office van to pull up and take her home; it will be at least a 90-minute crawl. "Mind-wise," she says, "we are exhausted, sitting, waiting."
A beacon of India's red-hot economy, this new suburb on the edge of the capital, New Delhi, is also a symbol of India's fast-growing hunger for energy. By the government's own estimates, energy consumption in this country of 1.1 billion is expected to quadruple over the next 25 years, inevitably expanding India's emissions of greenhouse gases. More>>>