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Sherlock Season 3 teaser is here!
How did Sherlock survive Season 2's fall? Elementary, my dear Watson.
The men of Sherlock may be famous movie stars now, but they still make room for the show that made them international success stories. That's why, in the not-so-distant future, Sherlock will finally return for a third season. And now, after an incredibly torturous long break, we've got our first look at their return.
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Behold: Sherlock's Season 3 teaser:
When Season 2 ended, we watched as Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) fell to his "death" from atop a building. Watson (Martin Freeman) was devastated: That was his best friend. His death was faked, though. And now we see his return. But how did his friends and family get on in his absence? And, perhaps most importantly, how will they (especially Watson) handle his reappearance? Season 3's premiere, "The Empty Hearse," will show exactly that.
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We can't wait! It's been a year and a half since the Season 2 finale, and most likely, it will be closer to two years by the time Season 3 begins to air on PBS (it's scheduled to air in 2014).
We've seen plenty of Cumberbatch and Freeman since Season 2 of Sherlock. Freeman most recently played a young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We also saw Cumberbatch play the villainous Kahn in the newest Star Trek movie. (Can we talk about how great he was as the villain?) That's not enough, though. Cumberbatch fans (who call themselves "Cumberb****es") want to see him as Sherlock again. Freeman and Cumberbatch really do shine brightest when working together, after all.
Hey, Cumberb****es! Have you seen Benedict's Star Trek shower scene? >>
The only downside is that, just like the first two seasons, the third season will only include three new 90-minute episodes. Still, those 4-1/2 hours will be glorious. Glorious, we say!


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The public can voice its opinion on recommendations to change the endangered species listing status for five protected wildlife species in the state.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has recommended removing bald eagles and peregrine falcons from the state's endangered species list. It also is recommending downlisting American white pelicans, from endangered to threatened status.
Agency wildlife managers also have recommend elevating the status of marbled murrelets and lynx to endangered from threatened status.
The department periodically reviews the status of protected species in the state. Staffers are tentatively scheduled to discuss the recommendations with the state Fish and Wildlife Commission at its November meeting.
45 The number of species of fish and wildlife listed for protection by the state as endangered, threatened or sensitive species.
Here is a brief look at each species:
Bald eagle: They can be found across state, but most of the population is west of the Cascades. The population dwindled following exposure to the pesticide DDT and, to a lesser extent, because of habitat loss. That led to the imperiled status of bald eagles, which were listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1978. Bald eagles have made an extraordinary recovery nationally and within Washington, according to wildlife biologists. Here in the state, there were 1,334 eagle nesting sites in 2015, compared to 100 in 2005. If the species is delisted in Washington, bald eagles would continue to be protected under the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Act.
Peregrine falcon: This bird can be found throughout North America, including both sides of the Cascade Mountains. The species was listed as endangered in Washington in 1980 when only five nesting pairs were found statewide. A falcon reintroduction programs and a ban of DDT, which had caused the decline of falcon populations nationally, have helped the species recover. The department estimates there are 148 peregrine falcon nesting sites in the state in 2016, up from 70 in 2002. The peregrine falcon would continue to receive protection under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, regardless of its state listing classification.
American white pelican: A large nesting bird, white pelicans eat fish, amphibians and crayfish. The population and range declined in the 19th and early 20th centuries due primarily to habitat loss. The only white pelican breeding colony in Washington was established in 1994 on the Columbia River, north of Walla Walla, according to biologists. While pelican numbers have increased — more than 3,000 birds counted in 2015 — the pelican population is still vulnerable. Pelicans are sensitive to disturbances by humans or predators. Other factors include the loss of breeding and foraging habitats due to severe weather and changes in water levels. White pelicans will continue to be protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, no matter what the state does.
Lynx: This is the rarest of the three native cats, including bobcats and mountain lions, in Washington. Western Okanogan County is the only area in the state with a resident lynx population, estimated at 54 animals. Threats to this population include the loss and fragmentation of habitat due to wildfire, and the unpredictable effects of climate change, according to the department. There's no indication that Washington's lynx population has improved since it was listed for protection.
Marbled murrelet: This small, elusive seabird inhabits the southern Salish Sea and the outer Washington coast. These birds fly considerable distances inland to establish nesting locations, unusual behavior for seabirds. Marbled murrelets face threats from oil spills and net fisheries in marine areas and the loss of nesting habitat inland due to logging. There has been a substantial decline in old growth forest habitat since the species was listed by the state as in 1993. Murrelet population numbers in the state dropped 44 percent from 2001 to 2015. Wildlife biologists believe the marbled murrelet could become extirpated in Washington within the next several decades if solutions aren't found to address the threats.
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Online: The public can comment on the listing recommendations and draft reviews at wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/endangered/status_review.
Written comments: Can be submitted by Oct. 10, via email to firstname.lastname@example.com or by mail to Hannah Anderson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, WA 98501-1091.

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Today had a slightly rough start. I woke up at 3:30am for the second morning in a row. My first thought as I looked at the alarm clock was "Darn it! Auntie D must be up again." She is a few states away but seems to have the same affect on me as if one of my children woke up in the middle of the night with an illness. When I spoke to her tonight she confirmed that yes, she was awake at 3:30 am with Bear (he has a severe cough).
I laid in bed thinking I would eventually get an hour or so more if I really tried hard to clear my mind. Sadly I only rested my eyes a bit while resisting the persistent nudges of the cats to feed them right now. I was bent on trying to sleep some before the alarm went off. I even hit the snooze button which gives me 9 minutes. Why are digital alarm clocks set for 9 minute snooze when a little Big Ben wind up will give you 10 minutes. Of course a Big Ben wind up must be wound up and I would forget that part occasionally.
Ok so off we go,. I shower while Snow White gets herself ready. I make her waffles to eat on the way to daycare and let my hair dry via the open drivers side window. This means Snow White has extra sugar for her morning and I have extra curly hair for my day. I prefer my hair straight and Snow White unsweetened.
Work goes well for the morning then it happens. During my lunch hour I get a call from home. This warrants my going home. I was home less than a minute. I feel like I had been kicked in the gut and the wind knocked out of me. I wanted to scream. I wanted to cry. I wanted to curl up in a ball in a quiet corner. Instead I blindly went back to work.
I tried to wrap my brain around what had just happened. I knew I could not handle it. I just could not. I had to try to push it out of my mind. Concentrate on work would do it...right? No. All I could think about was how much I wanted to go down on my knees, put my face in my hands and just cry.
No! I WILL NOT cry! I REFUSE to cry! Crying for me is the same as giving up. Saying nothing more can be done. I will not let this bad news take me down like that. There has to be something that can be done. I will NOT cry.
I busy myself with a project and make some headway from this morning. I want to bounce off my ideas with my boss before I send out an international email. He has out of country guests so I am put off until later. I am dead in the water with my work until I hear back from him.
As I make my way back to my office I find my face wet with tears. I am embarrassed thinking someone might happen along before I reach my desk. Thankfully, I reach my desk without having to see or speak to anyone. I feel like the life has been sucked out of me. I never knew before what that felt like...I had only read about that feeling. It was as though a bolder the size of a house was placed in my arms and I must keep it held above my head.
At the same time if a tiny breeze had come my way I knew my life would just evaporate. My body would lay limp and lifeless as my soul went on to be judged before angels or devils. At that moment I did not care which so long as this burden would be lifted. I was not contemplating suicide, I was only feeling as if my life were just about to be snuffed out like a candle dwindling down on the very last bit of wax left.
I thought of taking the rest of the day off in some pursuit of correcting the "problem" but what could be done? I could not even make my mind take hold of what had just happened in a brief moment during my lunch hour.
Just last night life was so full and although money was feeling a bit tight we had so much going for us all.
I felt a little guilty thinking of staying for the rest of the work day but nothing could be done if I left work. I couldn't even speak to my boss let alone ask him for a half day off for personal reasons. I could not move forward in my work until I heard back from him and he did promise to call me when he could.
I went to the ladies room. Splashed cold water on my face and ran the cold water over my wrists. Cold water running over my wrists always seems to give me a boost in energy. I glanced up at the mirror to see my eyes were blood shot from my constant reluctance to give into crying. I was angry to see how much I wanted to cry. I whispered to myself "This is not over yet. You cannot give up. Think of a plan. You always come up with a plan to accomplish things. You have never given up." I huge sigh comes out of no where and I realize it came from me.
I will figure out something. I will. Right now is not the time to be making those plans. I need to finish up with my work day and let this go for now. There is absolutely nothing I can do about it right now. Nothing. Let it go until the day ends. Yes, this day will end and tomorrow will begin as it always does.
I manage to muddle my way through the rest of the afternoon. My boss does call and he sees I was brilliant in my work plan. Now we need to wait for the other country to do their part.
I leave work, pick up Snow White at the daycare center where she is happily playing with 3 other little girls. On our way to the car she tells me what a great day she had and I softly say "I am so happy you had a wonderful day. That makes up for my not so great day." On the way home she sings to me a few songs she learned at school, daycare and one from a video game with ...la la lah the "F" word...la la lah. She actually said "F word" not the real word. I told her even saying "F word" is not acceptable and she agrees without hesitation.
We reach the house and enter in through the sunroom. Snow White starts SCREAMING!!! I am trying to unlock the door and the dead bolt as quickly as I can! Her screaming makes me loose track of the key I had and I inserted Grandma's house key in the dead bolt. While trying to fit the right key in the deadbolt I look at her feeling like I would just faint dead away and say "what?!! what?!!" She says "Big bug! Big! Giant Cricket!" I see it and it is NOT a cricket!
If you do not know already...I am terrified of bugs. Not all bugs but most bugs. The bug that was not a cricket is a Praying Mantis! An 8 inch, giant bug that can hold on to you, bite and can also fly!! I will hear nothing about them not biting. My mother was bitten on her hand and not only did her hand swell up like a parade balloon but so did her arm!
Before this my body was willing to just give out all together but I could not let that happen before my child was in the house! Away from that Giant Bug!
Yes, the silly giant bug staid still as we hurried into the house. It is quite likely giggling at us. After I had slammed the kitchen door shut I peered out the window in the door at it. I made Snow White look at it too as I told her "See how his hands are praying. That means he is asleep. He is so much smaller than we are and more afraid of us if we try to catch him."
Snow White lays her back pack down as I lean my whole body against the refrigerator. When I realize I am holding myself up by holding on to the handle I give out a whispered sigh. Snow White is looking at me and I realize I was going to start dinner. I pull out the baggie of chicken legs I cooked over the weekend, place them on a plate with frozen corn and microwave them for 2 minutes. More than the chicken needs but just enough for the corn. I hand her the plate which she heads into the dinning room with as I follow behind her with a fresh broccoli and a glass of milk. While she has her dinner I sit by engulfed in my fog of the fiasco that has just hit me today.
I have no appetite due to my fog so I make my way to the family room and call my sister. We go back and forth and I get loud as she comes at me with her plans help me. Eventually, she says "I know you might just want to blow off some steam. You might not be looking for a way to fix this and here I am trying to make you come up with a fix it way." It is true that sometimes people just want to vent but I truly appreciate her thoughts on how to fix things instead of stewing. I was just to over come, too consumed with the unexpected abundance of it all.
I told her "I am so lucky that I have you. Really and truly." She laughed as she has said this very thing to me so many times before. All of a sudden it really sunk in how wonderful it felt to say that out loud. I am truly lucky to have my sister to talk things over with. She is smart, rational, can come up with many ways to fix this or that and she is funny on top of everything else.
Everything seemed lighter. The boulder I felt I was carrying over my head was suddenly a pebble I could carry in my hand. The fog had also lifted. I even laughed while I told her about the "big cricket." I also told her to make sure Bear was ok though the night because his "Auntie" (Me) needed those three hours of sleep between 3:30 am and 6:30 am.
As all days good and bad come to an end I am really looking forward to tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Boulder Now ...Pebble Later
Posted by MommasWorld at 8:40 PM
Labels: Life lessons, Mom, praying mantis, single, sisters
2 comments:
- Butrfly4404 said...
Great attitude, hon.
Hope everything works out okay.
(We once had a "giant grasshopper" in our house. GIANT. Everyone swore it was only a grasshopper. I think they lie.)
- MommasWorld said...
Today is much better. I still do not have resolve but at least I do not feel like it is going to kill me. :-)
Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it :-)
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Twas the night before the SEC Championship game, When all through the Swamp not a creature was stirring not even Glenn and Mitchell. The coon-asses were passed out by the chimney with care, In hopes that Urban Meyer was really retired.
The gators were nestled all snug in their lairs, while visions of Jefferson interceptions danced in their heads. Les Miles in his footsie pajamas and Muschamp with his stare, were hoping for no problems with players in the ATL.
When out of the Swamp there arose such a clatter, Les Sprang from his bed to see what was the matter. Away from the window he flew in a flash, tore open his pj's back door to let out a fart.
The moon on the breast of the lazy summer swamp gave the odor of a landfill under thy nose. When what to Miles eyes should appear but a gigantic Gator with eight tiny Erin Andrews carrying its blow.
With a Prison tattoo applied to his neck, he knew it must a gator led by Urban Meyer. Then with swift motion sprang Mike the Tiger, and he whistled and shouted to prevent the gators attack.
"Now Saban! Now Chizik! Now Petrino and Nutt! Oh Spurrier! Oh Richt! on, on Mullen and Dooley! To the Loser column they went. And to you will be next! Now dash away! Dash Away! We conquered them all!
As Katrina victims in the wild hurricane fly, Mike kicked the gator he made him fly. and into the swamp with some curse and some fight, with swamp rats they fight all through the night.
And then in a twinkling, We heard in the swamp, the gnashing and growling from head to tail, and the clothes were all tarnished with blood and sweat. A bundle of championship rings were flung to the side, and they looked like wrestlers all oily and wet.
Mike's eyes twinkled! his muscles now sore! his cheeks were bruised, and his clothes all tore. The gator jaws were open and wide, with his bleeding chest he looked tie dyed.
Mike swung with his fist and handled his work, and knocked out the gators teeth with one mighty blow. He pulled out a knife, and took the Gators life.
Mike wiped his brow, and gave out a whew, because he knew the battle was through. Miles heard him exclaim, as he was devoering the gator's heart, "Happy SEC Chamionship to all, and to all goodnight."
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Ban and destroy all genetically modified organisms worldwide
GMO's are too big a risk for a small world to take.
GMO's are too big a risk for a small world to take.
Facebook is a household name for millions of people around the world who use it to make friends, share pictures, and
Killing these wild animals for a so-called "sport" does not help and give benefits anyone
We ask to stop the terrible practice of eating dog meat and tortures to which the dogs are subjected in China.


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More dead rats, Ali causes Hanna to self-medicate on booze, Aria almost gets squashed under a mattress, Spencer and Ezra bond, and Hanna drunkenly spills too much info to the wrong person.
Pam Fields, Emily's mom, is at school for a parent-teacher conference. Pam sees Ali, Aria, Hanna and Spencer walking down the hall. She decides to invite Ali over for dinner, spur of the moment. She invites Emily's other friends, as well. Emily is reluctant and mentions that Ali was over at the house the other day. Pam says she didn't get the chance to talk to Ali. She wants Ali to know that she is an adult who is there for her.
In the bathroom, Emily tells her friends about her mom's dinner party plans. The girls aren't enthusiastic about the dinner. Emily admits that her mom is mainly interested in Ali coming over. Ali is suspicious. She knows Emily's mom is a planner and doesn't do things spur of the moment. Annoyed, Hanna tells Ali that Emily's mom isn't Mona's secret ninja. They don't have to be suspicious of everyone. Ali thinks it saves time to suspect everyone.
Aria can't make the dinner because she'll be busy at Radley, trying to find out more about Bethany Young's drawing. Aria asks if Spencer is still planning to help Ezra move all his research. Spencer says she'll try to make the dinner party. Emily can't think of a way to convince her mom to put off the dinner. Ali says they should just get it over with. Hanna, irritated with Ali making decisions for all of them, says that Ali's wish is their command. Ali demands to know what that's supposed to mean. Hanna storms off and Spencer and Aria follow. Ali and Emily are left alone.
Ali asks Emily to walk her home after school. "A" attacking her at home was really intense. Ali is concerned that teachers will notice the bruises around her neck. Emily tries to calm Ali down, reassuring her that the concealer covers most of it. Ali is wearing a scarf to cover up the marks, too.
Sydney comes out of a bathroom stall. Apparently, she's heard everything. She introduces herself to Ali and compliments her scarf, touching it.
In the hallway, Sydney tells Emily about the dead rat in Paige's locker. The swim team heard Paige screaming after practice. Paige was shaking all over. She has a thing about rodents. So far, no one has 'fessed up about the rat. There will be a team meeting, but Sydney doesn't think it was a swimmer. She starts to say everyone loves Paige, but changes her wording to 'everyone likes Paige'. Sydney doesn't think Paige came to school.
Mona approaches them and Emily asks what she knows about the dead rat. Mona says it is such a creepy thing to do to someone as sweet as Paige. A dead rat has 'boy' written all over it, but she doesn't know which boy. Emily notices Mona is holding Noel Kahn's notes. Mona says Noel lent her the notes as a favor.
Caleb is reading "Swamp Thing". He's at school to take the exit exams. He plans to wing the test, but Hanna says the exit exam is like all of high school in one test. Caleb makes Hanna laugh with a joke.
Out of habit, Hanna grabs some of his fries. She quickly puts them down, saying she should have asked. Caleb asks what's wrong. She only eats three at a time when something is bothering her. Is it about Alison?
Hanna tells him about the dinner party they all have to be at, in case Emily's mom grills Ali. Caleb wants to know why Ai needs so much "immoral" support. If Hanna wants to make a break from Ali, she should just do it. Hanna's worried things will get messy. She's been through her parents' divorce. It isn't just about cutting Ali off. Hanna doesn't want to end up in a weird custody battle over her friends. Caleb says she always has him if she loses her friends.
At Radley, Aria has a run in with Eddie Lamb. He thinks she looks familiar and asks if she's volunteered before, but Aria tells him that they never met.
Caleb and Ali are both in the exam room. Caleb's taking the exam to get out and Ali's taking it to get in. Ali says it's the same thing, pass/fail and win/lose. Caleb implies that he doesn't believe Ali's kidnapping story. When Ali says she got out, Caleb reminds her that it was because of the help from her friends. When Ali says everyone needs someone to depend on, Caleb points out that Ali seems to need a lot of support. Ali says she doesn't know what he means. Caleb doesn't know her at all. Caleb just knows her from what she leaves behind, like a tornado.
The patients at Radley are having an art class. Aria spreads prints out and the patients come to look. Aria has slipped Bethany Young's drawing among the prints, hoping a patient might recognize it. Big Rhonda sees the drawing and calls Aria a thief. She accuses Aria of stealing her drawing. The Radley staff dismiss Rhonda's accusations. The Radley staff member tells Aria that the police upset Rhonda earlier, questioning her because Bethany Young was her former roommate.
Melissa comes out of the barn with a trash bag. Melissa got back last night. Their dad has been living at her apartment. Melissa came back to talk some sense into their mom. She asks if someone has been in the barn lately. Spencer says no one has been there ever since mom fired her sober buddy, Dean. Melissa says he must have left food out.
Spencer realizes that their dad wants to sell the house. Melissa thinks it may be for the best, but Spencer can't believe they want to get rid of their home. Melissa says they can talk after she throws out the trash. Spencer grabs the trash bag, despite Melissa's protests. Spencer insists that she wants to do something. She asks what is in the trash bag and opens it, but quickly drops it after looking inside. She is horrified to find a dead rat in a rat trap. Annoyed, Melissa says it is because there was food left out in the barn. Melissa grabs the dead rat and throws it in the garbage.
Caleb comes by Hanna's house with beer. Hanna is furious at him. Ali left her a pissed off message. What was Caleb trying to do? Catch Ali in a lie? Caleb doesn't get why Hanna cares. Hanna wants to dump Ali, anyway. Hanna tells Caleb that she doesn't need him to do it for her.
Caleb drinks one of the beers. He's celebrating his freedom. He walked out of the exit exam, realizing that a test doesn't mean a damn thing in real life. He thinks Hanna is pissed at him because he can make decisions and she can't. Hanna kicks Caleb out of the house. Caleb leaves one beer behind.
Spencer arrives at Ezra's apartment. She is shocked by the amount of spy stuff and research he has. Ezra is worried about Aria being at Radley by herself. He wishes he could have talked to Eddie himself. Spencer doesn't think Eddie will talk to Ezra, since he's big on self-preservation. She says Aria will be fine. Concerned, Ezra asks Spencer where she parked. She tells him she parked around the corner.
Spencer suddenly asks Ezra if she can borrow one of his spy cameras. There is someone she wants to keep an eye on. After a moment of hesitation, Ezra agrees.
Mona watches as Toby's house is being rebuilt. Emily sees Mona and tells her that she's out of her neighborhood. Mona says she likes to walk around. She says things change so quickly. One day you are someone's girlfriend, the next day you aren't. One day there's a house, then the next day … poof. Emily still thinks either Mona or someone on her goon squad put the dead rat in Paige's locker. Mona denies making such an amateur move. She tells Emily to give her love to Ali.
Spencer thanks Ezra for showing up on the roof in New York and saving them all. Ezra says it is turning into his greatest hit. Spencer says that what he did for them was impressive.
Ezra admits that writing a book about Alison DiLaurentis's murder wasn't what he really wanted to write. He'd always wanted to write about his family, about how he and his brother dealt with their parents' divorce. How his parents changed into who they really are. He was going to figure out his family's problems on paper, but he couldn't do it. So he tried to write about a mystery he could solve, only he didn't solve it and probably made things worse.
Spencer knows the feeling. The cameras she needs are to spy on her sister, Melissa. Melissa is connected to all of this, but she has to figure out how. Ezra suggests that they both put down the puzzles and walk away. Spencer tells him to call her when he figures out how to do that.
Aria is cleaning at Radley when Big Rhonda comes up behind her and touches her hair. Rhonda wants the drawing Aria ripped out of her book. Rhonda says Bethany gave her the drawings. She says that thieves get their hands cut off. Aria takes the drawing out of her bag and gives it to Rhonda. She asks why Bethany gave Rhonda all the drawings. Rhonda becomes agitated, thinking Aria is accusing her of stealing the drawings from Bethany. She calls Aria a thief again.
Eddie Lamb overhears Rhonda and asks what Aria stole from her. Rhonda doesn't give him an answer. After Eddie and Rhonda leave, Aria texts Emily that she will be late to dinner. Radley just got interesting.
Emily shows up at Hanna's house, annoyed that Hanna is trying to bail out of dinner because of cramps. Spencer has already bailed and Aria is stuck at Radley. It can't be only her and Ali at dinner.
Emily notices the empty beer bottle and asks when Hanna's mom started drinking beer. Hanna says her mom washes her hair with it. Hanna confesses that she's hit her Ali limit for one day. Every minute with Ali sucks all the energy out of her. Hanna says she's got a bad headache, so she can't come to the dinner. Emily says Ali is really nervous about dinner. Hanna thinks Ali should practice getting her story straight. Emily insists that Hanna be at dinner. Hanna asks what is going on between Emily and Ali. Emily says Ali has been really needy. Hanna finally agrees to come over.
While Rhonda is in the shower, Aria sneaks into her room to get Bethany's sketch book. Rhonda returns to the room sooner than Aria expected, so she has to hide under the bed. While Aria is under the bed, Rhonda lays on the mattress. The mattress sinks down and almost squashes Aria.
Emily stands on the porch uncomfortably while her mom and Ali laugh. Hanna arrives and apologizes for being late. Emily gives her mom a hand in the kitchen, leaving Hanna and Ali alone.
Ali asks if Hanna talked to Caleb yet. Hanna assures Ali that Caleb isn't going to make any trouble. Ali thinks a boy like Caleb will make trouble without trying. Hanna trusts Caleb, but Ali makes it clear that she doesn't. She tells Hanna that now would be a really bad time to make a mistake.
Hanna insists Caleb isn't a mistake. He is the most unmistaked thing in her life. Ali says it is hard to keep a clear head when you are kissing someone. Annoyed, Hanna asks what Ali wants and to keep it simple, since Hanna isn't very smart.
Ali tells Hanna to cool it. Make sure she is doing the right thing for everyone. Hanna asks if Ali is telling her not to see Caleb. Pushed to the limit, Hanna grabs some booze to have with dinner.
Aria is leaving Radley when she is followed into the parking lot by Eddie Lamb. Eddie says most volunteers don't stay this late. He asks what Aria is looking for. Aria leaves and Eddie calls Ezra.
At dinner, Emily's mom tells the girls about the deal she got on the replacement windows for the house. Since it was the second time, the store gave her a bad luck discount. Ali says she could use that. Emily says they all could. Hanna thinks people make their own luck. Emily's mom says sometimes things happen that aren't anyone's fault. Hanna agrees up to a point, like when a meteor falls and hits your car. However, the walking around is usually someone else's fault, right Ali?
Emily tries to diffuse the tension by explaining away what Hanna meant, but Hanna says that "Hanna knows what Hanna meant". Ali says Hanna may be right about setting yourself up for bad things.
Ali puts it on heavy, using her excellent lying skills. Ali says that while being kidnapped, in the dark she would think about what she did to deserve this. Emily's mom says Ali can't blame herself. Ali says she knows that in the light of day, but in the dark there is no one to blame but yourself. Ali says she was so ashamed by what happened. Hanna, annoyed with Ali's dramatic lying, rolls her eyes. Ali says the shame was why she asked her friends not to tell anyone when she came back. Ali knows that must have been hard for her friends. Emily and Hanna both look uncomfortable during Ali's performance.
Emily's mom says that Ali has some special friends. Ali knows that and grabs Emily's hand. Hanna sarcastically says that Ali is the special one. There is no one in the entire world like Ali.
Hanna coughs after another sip of booze. Ali offers to help Emily's mom clear the dishes. When Emily and Hanna are alone, Emily grabs Hanna's glass and takes a sip. Emily is pissed that Hanna is drinking. Hanna, making a reference to Ali's lies, says she needed something to wash down all that baloney they had at dinner.
Aria and Spencer flip through Bethany Young's sketch book. Spencer says Aria can't go back to Radley, but Aria thinks she has to. Maybe Rhonda knows who Bethany's friends were and if anyone visited her. They are now one step closer to exposing "A".
Aria and Spencer realize the drawing Eddie left Ezra was the last one in the book, so it was the last thing Bethany drew before leaving Radley. Spencer flips to earlier drawings and is struck by how normal they are, like the kind in an art class. They flip past a drawing of a horse.
Aria asks how things went with Ezra. She's concerned that Spencer may have said something about her. Spencer asks why she would slip Aria into the conversation. Aria and Ezra have done enough slipping on their own.
They see a sketch of a woman falling from a building. Spencer immediately thinks it might be Toby's mom. Is Bethany Young the fragile patient that was on the roof the night Toby's mom died? There is also a sketch of Ms. DiLaurentis with horns and a sketch of Ms. DiLaurentis with the word 'Liar' written all over her. Spencer knows Ms. DiLaurentis was on the board at Radley and was part of the coverup. So after leaving Radley Bethany went looking for Ms. DiLaurentis. Someone, maybe "A", was waiting for her with a shovel.
Spencer wants to show Toby the sketches. Aria tells her to take a picture. She has to get the sketch book back under the mattress because Big Rhonda really doesn't like people touching her stuff.
Emily kicks Hanna out, but makes sure Hanna doesn't try to drive home. Emily says Hanna isn't helping, so she'll lie and say Hanna's mom called. Even though Hanna's drunk, she is seeing things pretty clearly. Before leaving, Hanna tells Emily that her mom isn't buying Ali's story about blaming herself. She was watching Emily's mom, and she wasn't buying any of Ali's sob story.
Hanna stops by The Brew to grab some coffee. Sydney introduces herself as Emily's friend from the swim team. Hanna says she just had dinner at Emily's house and she's heading home. Sydney can smell the alcohol on Hanna's breath and suggests that Hanna stay at the Brew a little. Sydney offers to wait it out with her and split a Panini. Hanna decides that it might be a good idea to sober up a bit and stays with Sydney.
Melissa is unsuccessful at coaxing her mom to eat. Spencer says that their mom knows whose side Melissa is on. Melissa denies being on a side, despite letting their dad stay at her apartment. What was she suppose to do, send their dad to a hotel just because Spencer is mad at him? Spencer isn't mad at their dad. She is just trying to figure out who he is, who Melissa is and what her mom and her are up against. Melissa points out that Spencer is on their mom's side.
Melissa says fighting isn't helping. Things are bad enough between their parents. Parents aren't supposed to stop loving each other. Spencer doesn't think this is about love. If it were, there wouldn't be bodies buried in backyards up and down the street. This is about lies and whispered conversations that stop when someone comes in the room. This is about what really happened to Ali and what happened to the poor girl that ended up in the ground.
Melissa looks like she's about to confess something, but she stops herself and says that Spencer is right. Melissa says that it is still about love. Sometimes people do things they can't explain and do things they regret, but it still about love.
Hanna decides that melted cheese really is the best booze blocker. Sydney gets her a napkin and seems to intentionally show a newspaper article about the Cavanaugh house explosion. Sydney asks if Hanna knew the people living there. Hanna says their friend Toby used to live there with his stepsister Jenna.
Sydney says Jenna's name keeps popping up. People seem to have a lot of beef with Jenna. Sydney thinks someone thought Jenna's house would make a good barbeque pit and Hanna replies that she'd love to rake Jenna over the coals. Hanna then quickly says that's not true. The whole time they were fighting someone else's battle. Sydney wonders if Hanna wants to make up with Jenna and stop the fighting. Hanna, still drunk, says that was always a possibility with Shana. Hanna quickly catches herself and changes the name from Shana to Jenna. However, Hanna slips up again and says that after New York it was too late.
Emily asks her mom why it was so important for her to have Ali over. Emily's mom wanted to see Emily and Ali together. Her mom realizes that maybe Emily thought of Ali as more than a friend before Ali disappeared. Emily admits that she did. Her mom knows a lot has changed while Ali was gone and asks how Emily how she feels now. Emily says she's still working on it.
Turns out Hanna isn't as dumb as people think she is. Despite being drunk, her belief that Emily's mom didn't buy Ali's story is correct. Emily's mom tells Emily that she still have friends on the police force. She heard that Ali's kidnapping story has some problems with it. Her mom knows that she can't tell Emily's heart how it should work, but she wants Emily to remember that saving Ali once doesn't mean she has to keep saving her.
Sydney gets the coffees and offers to take Hanna home. Hanna tells Sydney she'll walk home after seeing Caleb come in.
Caleb sees Hanna and asks if she blew off the dinner. Hanna tells him that she got kicked out. Caleb realizes that he probably shouldn't have given her advice about her friends. Hanna can handle Alison however she wants to. Hanna doesn't want to talk about Ali.
Hanna knows she's been having a hard time making decisions lately, but so has Caleb. He's been on the fence about her every since he came back. Caleb says that they already talked about this. Travis is a great guy. Hanna says Travis isn't in the picture if Caleb is back in town.
Hanna asks what Caleb wants, but he doesn't know. The time he spent away from Rosewood made him question things. He's not the same person he was before. He's learned things about his family and the world. He looks around the room and doesn't see the same things he used to. Hanna asks if he sees her. Caleb says yes. Hanna thinks they should start there. She kisses him.
Spencer watches the footage from the camera Ezra set up. She sees someone walking in the yard. When she stops the footage and zooms in, she sees that it is Ali.
Emily leaves Paige a message. She feels responsible, since she believes Mona was behind the dead rat and Emily pushed Paige into the middle of all this. Emily asks Paige to call her if she needs anything, then asks her to call even if she doesn't need anything. Emily almost says she loves Paige, but changes it to 'I'd love to hear from you'. After hanging up, Emily gets a S.O.S text from Spencer.
Aria also gets a call from Spencer. Aria tells Spencer that she's walking out the door, but she hasn't talked to Hanna yet. When Aria opens her door, Ezra is standing there. He wants to know if Aria saw Eddie Lamb before leaving Radley. Ezra says Eddie called to set up a meeting with him, but he never showed.
Spencer shows Aria and Emily the video of Ali in her backyard. Ali is wearing different clothes than what she wore to Emily's house. Spencer asks if Ali was acting weird at dinner. Emily says it is hard to tell. Ali left early, but that might have been Hanna's fault. Emily tells the girls that Hanna was drinking at dinner, in front of her mom. Emily thinks Hanna won't show up, since she knows how mad Emily is. Spencer says Hanna has to come because they need to figure out what Ali's up to. Spencer, Aria and Emily all get text messages.
Hanna arrives. She's late because she ran into Caleb and they had a few things to talk about. The girls ask if Hanna got a text from "A". Hanna checks her phone, but she doesn't know what text they are talking about. Spencer hands over her phone and Hanna reads the "A" message aloud. "New York, New York, it's a hell of a town. Ali's keeping secrets. Maybe that's because of Hanna's big mouth". Spencer asks Hanna to fill them in on what the message means.
"A" uses steam to open a sealed envelope. Inside is an invitation to Ella (Aria's mom) and Zach's engagement party. "A" takes a photo of the invitation, and then seals the envelope again. We see that the invitation is addressed to Pam Fields (Emily's mom).


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Only moments after recovering from labor, I snapped my first picture of my son. I wanted to capture the sweet swollen face of the little guy who'd been kicking me for the past several months.
Since then it's been a non-stop array of my clicking iPhone and flashing SLR.
Whether it was his first bath, first smile or first solid meal, I've had a camera in his face. Until recently, I didn't see anything wrong with my constant shutter action. After all, I wasn't alone. We all take pictures of our kids. We text them to our friends, post them on our Facebook wall, and place them in positions of prestige high on our mantels. I justified my pic-sanity because I knew the memories would be preserved.
However, that all changed a few weeks ago during an outing to the Kansas City Aquarium.
With my trusty camera in hand, we entered the aquamarine world of fish, sharks and stingrays. More than anything, I was excited to capture Alden's amazed face as he watched foreign creatures swim inches in front of him.
When Alden looked interested in his finned friends, I'd snap a pic. When he was more captivated by a crack in the floor, I'd reposition him in front of a large fish tank and snap another. I clicked, clicked, clicked my way through the entire exhibition.
When I was done, I realized that these "memories" I'd saved were never actually made. They were phony and forced. As my family's resident photographer, it was my fault. In my frenzy to take the perfect photo, I'd forgotten to actually interact with my son.
I skipped over savoring the experience and went straight to the keepsake. And that can't happen.


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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren

Due to various events, Yuuta and Rikka are living together. This secret co-habitation is so exciting for the two lovebirds! Or so it should be...

Is having a chuuni girlfriend too high of a hurdle for Yuuta, who never even went out with a normal girl?! Yuuta worries about how to advance his relationship with Rikka. And then everyone else, Nibutani, Kumin, and Dekomori, have powered up by advancing a grade. Furthermore, the cause of his chuunibyou outburst in middle school, the girl who calls herself Sophia Ring Saturn the 7th, Satone Shichimiya appears...

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You may are wondering why I changed the thread of my blog posts so cold-turkey. Indeed, on Sunday I yet informed you about the newest marketing strategies in Japan. Now, I want to talk about my opinion about special "anti-plagiarism-software". It´s just because of interest! While my research I discovered a hot discussion about new ways to detect this illegal way of academic writing, which seems to be daily routine at German universities. Well, I couldn´t understand this overambitious intention of them just because there are other problems in the university business which are more important to sort out. So, I´m going to write about this current issue which should be also on behalf of my fellow students (don´t forget, in a few weeks we have to write an essay in "Work, Business and Society"!)
What we learned from the Guttenberg affair
The whole discussion about plagiarism started when politicians made headlines in 2011. You may remember some interviews with the former German minister of defense, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, who was blamed for plagiarism. Even though he denied this criticism and asserts his innocence at the beginning, Guttenberg was convicted and lost his political office. By the way, some people made fun of this affair, especially in the internet. For example, products like this special "Guttenberg keyboard" were hot commodities at "ebay":
Guttenberg only was caught out because some academic authors who discovered some stolen passages of their own dissertation by chance. That is the reason why IT specialists wanted to develop new software which should detect attempts of rip-off. With the help of "PlagAware", "Turnitin" and Co they want to make sure that more "Guttenberg-descendants" are found out easier, especially at German academies.
Until now, PlagAware is the most beneficial program to detect plagiarism, even though it was not created to be used in universities. However, PlagAware produces the best documentation of rip-offs and can work out the discoveries in an extra presentation.
But the software has to be improved in future because it only detects 61% of all plagiarism cases. Another disadvantage is that you have to upload all files separately. Therefore, the Germany academy HTW Berlin gave this software a 3.3 grade (C).
This software is more common in the US. But because the developers improved problems like the identification of umlauts, Turnitin works even better with German texts. Therefore, a German version of this software is offered as well which can be used at universities here easily. However, Turnitin was graded as 4.0 (D) by the HTW Berlin because there are operation and translation problems. The program also finds rid-offs from websites which are already out of service.
Graded by HTW Berlin, Ephorus is the third best anti-plagiarism-program with a grade of 4.8 (E). It is produced by Dutch IT specialists and characterized by its user friendliness. Unfortunately, the software is not able to identify plagiarisms which contain umlauts and therefore unusable in Germany. Another problem is that Ephorus still contains lots of navigation levels which can be very confusing at the beginning.
Conclusion of the tests
"I would not recommend even one of these programs" stated Deborah Weber-Wulff, professor at HTW Berlin. She and other professors as well as students tested some plagiarism software for eight years and the results were still non-satisfying. Therefore, a critical reading is still necessary because you cannot trust the software at all.
Why I am opposed to "anti-plagiarism-software"
As a student, I also have a critical opinion about those plagiarism finders. That is not because I love to use the "Guttenberg hot key" (Strg+C ; Strg+V) and try to cheat whenever it is possible. To my mind, there are still other more important problems within the university itself I have experienced in my academy.
These problems mainly consist in the malfunctioning organization of the daily routine in the university. I experienced lots of situation where room changes or cancelled classes are announced too late, where professors don´t keep appointments as well as where the communication between students, professors and coordinators doesn´t work. Wouldn´t it be more efficient to get rid of these problems first? To my mind, they are more important than acquiring new programs (which definitely involve additional trouble).
Otherwise, I would be not opposed to Turnitin & Co, if the problems with the IT and within the university are already solved. It is a great way to stem plagiarism which is still a current issue in nowadays digital-age. But I think that the universities should not be feeling forced by the political pressure to introduce faulty plagiarism detectors just because there were hot discussions about it one year ago.


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Genius is eternal patience.- -- Michelangelo
I think I have reached genius status if this is true! LOL On this night, our 45th night living in hotel, I am in wonder of the patience I possess. Truly, this is a most exasperating time of my life, but we are surviving. This translates into 90 nights on my husband's priority points. He has definitely reached platinum status. Bryn and Blake have decided they really like living in hotel. Bryn thinks she is Eloise at The Plaza, and Blake thinks he is Zack at the Tipton. They now have that "boss of the hotel" air about them. (Smile) The past few days have been very busy and I haven't had the opportunity to post every day. I saw this quote today and knew I had to post it. I confess, I am not genius because 45 days really isn't eternal - - - it just kinda sorta seems like it.
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Am I A Genius?
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- Ronda HurstJune 23, 2007 at 12:18 PM
LOL!! I think you have reached genius status! My hat's off to you.ReplyDelete
Ronda - I couldn't resist posting this quote when I saw it. LOL Thanks for dropping by.ReplyDelete
- Karen MesterJuly 2, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Wow. Although I didn't care for Michelangelo's sculpture of David, I do like his saying about patience. I'm sure there is a grain of truth to that. Doesn't the Scripture say, "With patience, possess ye your souls"?? It takes a genius to have patience. Sometimes I think I am just graduating to the junior high of patience. Hope you will be rewarded soon with being able to move back into your house. There's no place like home.ReplyDelete
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We are looking for an Architect, Construction Engineer, Civil Engineer or Mechanical Engineer with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience and at least 1 year of BIM project experience to join Modelical and help us with BIM Modelling and Automation Tasks.
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03 May 2017, 12:41 | Nichole Osborne
Hope for preemies as artificial womb helps tiny lambs grow
Dr Alan Flake, director of the Center for Fetal Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, US, said: "Our system could prevent the severe morbidity (illness) suffered by extremely premature infants by potentially offering a medical technology that does not now exist".
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are creating an artificial womb to help extremely premature babies.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is aiming for a gentler solution, to give the tiniest preemies a few more weeks cocooned in a womb-like environment - treating them more like fetuses than newborns in hopes of giving them a better chance of healthy survival.
Today, extremely premature babies that weigh as little as a pound are hooked to ventilators and other machines inside their incubators.
Human testing is still several years away, but the recent incubation of the lambs is a good sign of the device's possible success on human infants.
The eight fetal lambs who were tested in the device showed normal development.
"The most important period for developmental events is still entirely dependent on mother nature", Flake said.
Just like any new research, the experiment has been met with both praise and criticism.
Researchers tested the extra-uterine support device and monitored its effects on foetal lambs, in which prenatal lung development is very similar to that occurring in humans.
Advances in technology have allowed many babies delivered after only 22 to 23 weeks to survive. Despite the advanced health care facilities available in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a large number of these infants suffer from a number of health problems, wherein the parents have to decide between opting for extreme health care measures to keep these infants alive and a less painful care. They had also grown wool and could wiggle, open their eyes, and swallow.
The researchers are now working with the FDA on preliminary studies to clear the way for the first clinical trial of the device in human babies. A 1996 New York Times Magazine story declared "the artificial womb exists" and described a Tokyo lab in which baby goats floated in a heated, fake amniotic suspension.
A lamb encases in an artificial womb, with drawing explaining the science.
In the future, this device could potentially help extremely premature babies continue to develop after they're born.
The researchers stressed there is no possibility of using the system to replace a mother's womb at earlier stages of development.
Microsoft meets expectations with $23.6B in revenue, Azure revenue up 93%
The Street had expected the segment to bring in $6.60 billion in revenue , according to a StreetAccount consensus estimate. Microsoft announced that LinkedIn sales hit $975 million in the first full quarter since the acquisition.
Twitter Inc Posts Decisive Earnings Beat, Shares Skyrocket
We believe, however, that executing on our plan and growing audience should result in positive revenue growth over the long term. Shares of Twitter Inc soared in premarket trade today after the microblogging service reported better-than-expected user growth.
BOJ keeps monetary policy unchanged, says 2020 Games to help
Many economists also see inflation picking up later this year, thanks to rising oil prices and a weaker Japanese yen. The BOJ maintained its projection that inflation will reach 2 percent around fiscal 2018.
Paypal Holdings Inc (PYPL) Price Target Raised to $52.00
The current share price indicates that stock is -1.33% away from its one year high and is moving 30.62% ahead of its 52-week low. Lone Pine Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Paypal Holdings during the fourth quarter valued at about $493,348,000.
Blackberry confirms launch dates for its gorgeous KeyOne Android phone
Originally slated to launch by the end of this month, the Android-powered KEYone, will now arrive in the USA starting on May 31. TCL said its first smartphone for BlackBerry would focus on three key features: security, productivity and reliability.
Priyanka Chopra steals the scenes in new Baywatch Trailer
There are a lot of scripts I liked but once I know what my schedule is, only then I'll figure out when I'll do a film. The 34-year-old actress sighed saying, "I will know what is happening with Quantico season three in May".
Mobile reports Q1 2017 results, adds another 1.1 million customers
T-Mobile reported 1.1 million net adds overall, with 1.3 million branded net adds partly offset by 158,000 wholesale losses. When compared to the past year , wireless services fell by 11.4 percent and fell by 7 percent compared to last month.
Several hundred from MI to attend People's Climate March in DC
Another progressive march is planned for Washington, D.C. and other cities and this one is expected to be politicized, too. Follow along via the Evrybit story below, and keep an eye on Truthdig's Facebook page for live footage from the field.
High-flying stocks catch breath, Sensex, Nifty off record
The broader NSE Nifty rose as much as 0.4 per cent to a record high of 9,343.15 points, its second consecutive all-time milestone. The currency was last changing hands at 64.11 rupees to one USA dollar, stronger than Tuesday's close of 64.28 rupees.
Dallas paramedic shot, suspect found dead with 2nd body
However, police have now said that when paramedics arrived, they found a man on the ground outside the home who'd been shot. UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: Dallas Police will hold a press conference at 3:45 to provide updated information.
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Professor Lawrence Stone, a social historian whose broad view of the past helped transform historical studies, died on June 16 at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 79.
The cause was Parkinson's disease, said his wife, Jeanne.
Mr. Stone, who taught at Princeton University for 27 years, wrote on a wide range of topics, including the social and economic position of the English aristocracy, the nature of the English Revolution of 1640-1660, the history of education, medieval sculpture and family life, including marital relations and the rise of divorce over the last five centuries.
Born in Epsom, Surrey, in England, on Dec. 4, 1919, Lawrence Stone studied at the Charterhouse School, the Sorbonne and Christ Church, Oxford.
After two years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he joined the Princeton University faculty in 1963. He retired in 1990.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Stone is survived by two children, Elizabeth Cecilia Stone Zimansky of Stony Brook, N.Y., and Robert Lawrence Fawtier Stone of Manhattan.


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Look, I like pop punk. I make no bones about hiding my allegiances. I like what I like and this list is a fair representation of the albums that really stuck with me in 2011 or just struck the right chord. I still buy albums the old fashioned way and remain excited about upcoming releases, artwork and physically owning a tangible item. Call me a dinosaur, but I'll be here until I'm extinct.
I'd love to see your lists or favorite albums of 2011 in the comments.
10. Neighborhoods – Blink 182
Was Neighborhoods earth-shattering? Not by any stretch. But it's good to have them back. Key Track: "Hearts All Gone"
9. Lioness – Amy Winehouse
This record just came out a few weeks ago and it's much better than the train wreck everyone anticipated. It's actually quite sad. Winehouse had her demons, but she could fucking sing. Always was a fan of her retro-soul sound and really hoped she'd pull through. So instead of celebrating another great album that's really just leftover scraps, we're eulogizing what could have been. Key Track: Original take of "Tears Dry on Their Own"
8. Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
This is a really great album. (iTunes' album of the year btw). I love everything about this band and the way they exist. I've said it before, but Foo Fighters have officially eclipsed Nirvana as the better rock band. A lot was made about the analog recording process in Grohl's garage with Butch Vig and all parties delivered. I appreciate Wasting Light for what it is, but it fell out of the car stereo rotation pretty quick. Key Track: "Rope"
7. Our Color Green / Coloring Book – Glassjaw
"Green" was released on the first day of 2011 (1/1/11) and "Book" was given away for free at the end of every show on the band's Spring tour. Glassjaw is the new model. Build an insanely loyal fan base, play killer shows that will sell out in minutes, and release music on your own terms. These tracks take care of unfinished business with songs that have been around for a while in some bootleg incarnations and present the ground work for the enigmatic future of the band. Key Tracks: "You Think You're (John Fucking Lennon)" & "Black Nurse"
6. Man Overboard – Man Overboard
Heard about these dudes then saw them open for New Found Glory on the Pop Punk's Not Dead tour, then dove into their self-titled release that was produced by NFG's Steve Klein. They don't reinvent the wheel but it's honest and heart felt pop-punk. Very addictive. Key Track: "Punishment"
5. Elsie – The Horrible Crowes
If I were more talented and chose to devote endless hours to the craft of songwriting, this is probably what my record would sound like. Best played on vinyl at night with a slight buzz. Brian Fallon is the new Jesse Lacy. Key Track: "Ladykiller"
4. Smile – The Beach Boys
The white whale of the Brian Wilson catalog finally saw the light of day in its original intended form this year. (Wilson released a version of the record with his solo band in 2004). Smile was ahead of its time and widely panned when Wilson submitted it to Capital in 1969. The creative rejection ultimately sent him into a historic depression. Thanks to producers and the Capital vault, there's now almost too much Smile material to digest. The box set has five discs and is (almost too) exhaustive, perfect for any music geek. Key Track: "Surf's Up (Solo)"
3. Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing – The Wonder Years
This is a slow burn. The music is pretty standard pop-punk, but over time the lyrics take hold and become something bigger. Suburbia is the most accurate depiction of the mundane boredom and confusing frustration of being a rudderless twenty-something living in a shitty town you can't escape. Also saw these guys on the PPND Tour and they are the future of the genre. They need one more solid record and a headlining tour, but the scene is ready for them. Key Tracks : "Coffee Eyes" / "Summers in PA" / "Came Out Swinging"
2. Under Soil and Dirt – The Story So Far
My favorite full-length debut of the year. Great musical energy and immediacy with no BS lyrics. Reminds me of when I first heard Senses Fail's debut EP–completely jealous and envious of younger kids who achieved something I never could. Key Tracks: "High Regard" / "Roam" / "Four Years"
1. Radiosurgery – New Found Glory
My favorite band and the album that I've enjoyed the most this year. It ain't rocket science. Simple chord progressions, killer hooks, and slick execution. 2011 has sort of felt like a victory lap for NFG. The PPND tour was a massive celebration of the band and the genre for which they've carried the torch for the last decade. Without NFG, there is no Wonder Years or Set Your Goals or Man Overboard. While people usually cite Blink-182 as the most influential band in pop-punk, I'll argue that New Found Glory is not only a better band, but a vastly more important group for the scene. Key Tracks: "I'm Not The One" / "Anthem for the Unwanted" / "Summer Fling, Don't Mean a Thing"


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In the 10 years since she has passed the pain has not gone away, its subsided greatly, but its still there. I think of her every single day. Most days I am sad that she was never at my wedding, at least in body. She never got to meet my husband who she would have loved. They would have disagreed on almost everything and Trevor would have made it his mission to convert her to his ways ;-) but I know they would have been great friends. Mostly, I'm sad that she will never meet my children. She will never hear their sweet voices call her Aunt Cari and that breaks my heart. I only hope I can tell them great stories about their Aunt, about what an amazing person she was and all the fun memories I have of her.
Like the time she took me out driving before I had my permit. (Hmm, I'm not sure my parents know this story.) She took me out in her Honda Accord to a dirt road to try and "teach" me how to drive a stick shift. I remember laughing more then learning and its one of my favorite memories of her.
I remember being able to spend the night in her dorm room when I was just 14. I thought staying in that dorm room was one of the coolest things I could ever do.
I remember countless times being drug out of her room, usually by my feet, while desperately trying to grab on to something with my hands to keep me in her room. I never won and we were usually reprimanded by one of our parents yelling form upstairs for us to BE QUIET. Those nights when our parents had gone to bed were spent doing each other's hair, watching girl movies and talking about cute guys like Kirk Cameron or any of the New Kids on the Block. They were great nights and they have left me with great memories.
I remember her trying to convince my parents to let her take me to a New Kids on the Block concert in Minneapolis. They of course said no but they did order it for us on Pay-Per-View. It was almost as good as being there. (That's Donnie Whalberg in the picture...we were die-hard fans)
In the 10 years since she has passed I have been able to help out 2 friends caught in the same sad place in life. I had lots of people reach out a lending hand when she passed and being able to do that in return has been great therapy. To be able to tell people that it does get better, that the pain does lessen and that life does go on is so beneficial to me. One of the hardest things to deal with as time goes on is remembering what life was like with her around. Sometimes I get scared that I won't remember her voice or what its like to have her in the same room. Maybe that's why I needed to write this, to bring back more of those memories.
So today I remember you Cari and I thank GOD for the time we had together on this Earth. I pray that you have found peace in heaven and that someday we will meet again. I also pray that I may keep our memories close to my heart and never ever forget them. May God Bless you Always. I love you so much and I miss you every single day.


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Here it is-May! The month of May flowers, right? Some days it feels like heartaches and tears, not sunshine and blossoms. But, there is always a but, isn't there? We have the power to change within us. It is focusing on the blessings and handing our sorrows to God. Allowing Him to help us work through the sorrowful days.
May can be a month that proves to be tough for some of us. It is my birth month, and it is Mother's Day. There is every reason to celebrate the gift of Motherhood, it is a blessing denied many women. We were chosen to become mothers for a reason. It doesn't matter if it was for a day, a month, or a year-God chose us because He knew we would be the best Mother our child could have for his or her time on this earth. What a privilege! To know there are millions and millions of women and God chose me to be Shanny's mom-WOW!
He entrusted His special child to me to birth, and raise and love for her time here on earth. When I look at her life this way, it helps me cope. How do you find comfort?
This is the month I think of Our Mother Mary. Her love for Jesus overwhelms me when I think of how she was chosen to be His mom, knowing all along, she would only have Him for a short while and He would go on to a much greater life. I wonder if she knew what He would endure and in turn what she would endure as His mother, looked on as He suffered so. We know her pain as a mother, don't we? Know one can take on the pain of their child like a mother. I believe it is because we gave birth to our children. Their father suffers dearly, as well, but their is a special bond between mother and child. I believe adoptive parents form this bond, as well. For the adoptive parent, it isn't the actual act of giving birth-it is the bonding between the mother and the child. Wherever that bond exists, the love exists as well.
May is also a month of re-growth and blossoming natural gifts that come from the earth. Mother Nature treats us to a display of color and beauty this time of year that is hard to beat! Between the flowers and the buds on the trees, and the birds of the air-Mother Nature has it all covered. Sometimes, I find new colors I haven't seen in years past and I am thrilled year after year with the newness each new flower and bloom that springs forth.
Planting brings me peace. Getting deep in the dirt and feeling the richness of the soil soothes me. Shannon always planted in the garden this time of year and again in the Fall. The Dodson house always looks beautiful with its colorful and lush yard. It reminds me of Shanny! She came alive in her garden and I think the garden came alive for her!
So, if you are feeling sad-look up and see the face of God in the blue sky. See Him smiling and know His love. Take a deep breath and feel the sunshine and the warmth. Take in the scents of His flower filled world and know the wondrous things we find here, are only minute compared to what awaits us in Heaven. Enjoy this world for what it is, and live for what is to come-eternal life where you spend Mother's Day with all your children once again.
And never stop praying-because we know the power of prayer and faith as a mother grieves and waits in joyful hope. Blessings!


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Great to see Educational Foundations based in SL, thanks for sharing Sheriwood.
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Neglected blog, part II
I realize that I don't write much on this blog anymore. I should, though, because it's a way to let my thoughts out, whether people agree with them or not. As of late, I've kept a lot of things to myself; being emotional has gotten me absolutely nowhere. I've just tried to be myself, that's all.
School is still school. I have 3 months left until I'm done with this pharmacy technology program, not including the externship. At this point, I don't even know how long I'll still have a temporary job because funding is so limited. It's a waiting game, and as much as I don't like waiting, I don't much of a choice.
Even now, I don't have a lot to write about because I've kept a lot of things to myself. I don't even have the motivation to write about my trip to Egypt, even though I said I would. I don't even have the motivation to paint my models, which is pathetic. That army should have been done a long time ago, but as my priorities are mostly school and the relationship, I've put a lot of my hobbies aside. I haven't played with my miniatures in months, as I gave up my Sundays for studying in order to stay out all day on Saturday. Now I'm wondering if the trade was worth it. Even at home, I don't accomplish much until later in the day because I sleep in past an unreasonable time.
I guess I could talk about school…
I'm the last one in my incoming class to take the national exam. I've mentioned that I would take it in April, when the testing facility has a new method of taking the test whenever I want to. It's a $130 test, but it's worth it. I'll be a certified pharmacy technician with an associate's degree (while doing only half the work). I say this because I already have a bachelor's degree and don't have to take the general education classes required for the associate's degree. And while I go through the pharmacy tech program, I'm also taking the pre-requisite classes to apply to pharmacy school. If I get in on my first try (which I highly doubt will happen), I'll probably be one of the oldest students, if not the oldest. I'll already be 30 or so years by the time I apply to the program, and by the time I graduate, mid-30s, and working maybe 30 years before retirement. Of course, this is all going according to if I am accepted to the school the first time around. If not, everything will be put off for an entire year. I don't want that, so I have to work super hard to get the best grades. I've been slacking off in chemistry, not studying until the last possible moment. I know it's a horrible habit, and I need to fix that. As much as spend time reading the textbook, I have to do the recommended problems also to understand the material. And at this point, I've only done problems for the first exam and not the second exam. And I just took the second exam, which I felt wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
In the end, I can only work harder. Pharmacy school doesn't like lazy people and I need the best grades possible.
Until next time…hopefully I'll write more often…


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Thanks, Mom, for the big bag of walnuts. They help make our granola even more delicious.
hello, I do like seeing and reading your observations on life. Brings back plenty of memories. slightly random, but did you get my FB message a few weeks ago? Did either of you have any thoughts? Would be keen to catch up when I am in BD anyway. Cheers, Emily


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Love them or hate them, we all have received them: e-mail forwards and shares
That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer
By JARED DIAMOND
The other morning, I escaped unscathed from a dangerous situation. No, an armed robber didn't break into my house, nor did I find myself face to face with a mountain lion during my bird walk. What I survived was my daily shower.
You see, falls are a common cause of death in older people like me. (I'm 75.) Among my wife's and my circle of close friends over the age of 70, one became crippled for life, one broke a shoulder and one broke a leg in falls on the sidewalk. One fell down the stairs, and another may not survive a recent fall.
"Really!" you may object. "What's my risk of falling in the shower? One in a thousand?" My answer: Perhaps, but that's not nearly good enough.
Life expectancy for a healthy American man of my age is about 90. (That's not to be confused with American male life expectancy at birth, only about 78.) If I'm to achieve my statistical quota of 15 more years of life, that means about 15 times 365, or 5,475, more showers. But if I were so careless that my risk of slipping in the shower each time were as high as 1 in 1,000, I'd die or become crippled about five times before reaching my life expectancy. I have to reduce my risk of shower accidents to much, much less than 1 in 5,475.
This calculation illustrates the biggest single lesson that I've learned from 50 years of field work on the island of New Guinea: the importance of being attentive to hazards that carry a low risk each time but are encountered frequently.
I first became aware of the New Guineans' attitude toward risk on a trip into a forest when I proposed pitching our tents under a tall and beautiful tree. To my surprise, my New Guinea friends absolutely refused. They explained that the tree was dead and might fall on us.
Yes, I had to agree, it was indeed dead. But I objected that it was so solid that it would be standing for many years. The New Guineans were unswayed, opting instead to sleep in the open without a tent.
I thought that their fears were greatly exaggerated, verging on paranoia. In the following years, though, I came to realize that every night that I camped in a New Guinea forest, I heard a tree falling. And when I did a frequency/risk calculation, I understood their point of view.
Consider: If you're a New Guinean living in the forest, and if you adopt the bad habit of sleeping under dead trees whose odds of falling on you that particular night are only 1 in 1,000, you'll be dead within a few years. In fact, my wife was nearly killed by a falling tree last year, and I've survived numerous nearly fatal situations in New Guinea.
I now think of New Guineans' hypervigilant attitude toward repeated low risks as "constructive paranoia": a seeming paranoia that actually makes good sense. Now that I've adopted that attitude, it exasperates many of my American and European friends. But three of them who practice constructive paranoia themselves — a pilot of small planes, a river-raft guide and a London bobby who patrols the streets unarmed — learned the attitude, as I did, by witnessing the deaths of careless people.
Traditional New Guineans have to think clearly about dangers because they have no doctors, police officers or 911 dispatchers to bail them out. In contrast, Americans' thinking about dangers is confused. We obsess about the wrong things, and we fail to watch for real dangers.
Studies have compared Americans' perceived ranking of dangers with the rankings of real dangers, measured either by actual accident figures or by estimated numbers of averted accidents. It turns out that we exaggerate the risks of events that are beyond our control, that cause many deaths at once or that kill in spectacular ways — crazy gunmen, terrorists, plane crashes, nuclear radiation, genetically modified crops. At the same time, we underestimate the risks of events that we can control ("That would never happen to me — I'm careful") and of events that kill just one person in a mundane way.
Having learned both from those studies and from my New Guinea friends, I've become as constructively paranoid about showers, stepladders, staircases and wet or uneven sidewalks as my New Guinea friends are about dead trees. As I drive, I remain alert to my own possible mistakes (especially at night), and to what incautious other drivers might do.
My hypervigilance doesn't paralyze me or limit my life: I don't skip my daily shower, I keep driving, and I keep going back to New Guinea. I enjoy all those dangerous things. But I try to think constantly like a New Guinean, and to keep the risks of accidents far below 1 in 1,000 each time.
Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the author of the new book "The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?"


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Ah, to think it was 92 and sunny just two days ago — a perfect time to check out the new 606 Trail that just opened (think The High Line but in Chicago). And now we're back to high 60s and rain. Chicago, our love / hate relationship continues. But first, LOVE.
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The other day my wife and I were driving past one of the many parks in our community. I commented about the unleashed dog and its owner, the sole occupants on the grass. Then I said to her, "Do you think the dog thinks it is in charge and that the man is its pet?" There is was, loping around the ball field, and the owner dutifully walked after it with an unhooked leash in his hand. From all appearances, the dog was the leader and the man was the follower.
This made me think about my relationship with God. Do I make the similar assumption that I am the leader and He is simply following my lead? Do I assume that because I am unfettered I am free to do anything and go anywhere my heart desires? Do I assume that I can disregard the master's commands if they are inconsistent with my own desires? Do I live a carefree life, gamboling in the grass, expecting that He will always be right behind me? Do I think that I am the one in charge in our relationship? Do I mistake the ability to occasionally choose my path with the capacity to consistently walk rightly with the Lord?
You [the Lord] asked, 'Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. Job 42:3 (NIV)
Like Job, we all, at some point in our lives, come to the place of acknowledging that we are not the masters of our own destinies; God is. We all, at some point in our lives, come to the realization that we speak about things we do not understand or have knowledge about. We formulate plans without the privilege of prayer, we make selections without the strength of the Spirit and we begin walking without the wisdom of the Word. When we forget who is the master and who is not, we obscure the plans God has for us. We are so busy nosing around in the soil that we neglect the blessings of being with the Lord.
I am reminded that I cannot think up or imagine the fullness of what God has in store for those who faithfully follow Him. I am like that dog in the park, who is toying with an expired squirrel while a steak dinner is being prepared for me at home. I am like that dog in the park, thinking that I am free as I wander into oncoming traffic, oblivious to the dangers present just beyond the sidewalk. I am like that dog in the park, fully reliant upon the kindness, provision and direction of the master, whether I know it or not. I am like that dog in the park – only as free as the Master allows for my own safety and satisfaction.
I praise God that He lets me run 'off the leash' regularly, always watching, always ready to restrain me if I get into trouble. I praise God that He is my Master – perfectly protecting, pampering and providing for me, whether I know it or not.