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module evaluation of major project
for my major project I wanted to do something that would be visual, usable, and informative and above all fun, my original idea for the final project was to design and make a table football game i.e. like Subbuteo and develop it for the iPhone as an application.
After already mocking the preliminary sketches of the application itself as researching Subbuteo on the iPhone and the research is all still nothing so I thought great, I'll go ahead and continue producing the work, until somebody on the course had found a game called tabletop football and it was exactly like Subbuteo, and we were told at the start of the final project if you're idea already existed then you could carry on and produce the project as long as you make it better, this was hard to do as we application for the iPhone tabletop football world was made by development company and was way beyond my skill capabilities.
So I went away and came up with a new idea I just recently bought the Beatles rock band on Xbox 360 and really fell in love with the visual aspect of the game, and for it would be a good idea to make something based around the Beatles, after researching online for websites the only website for the Beatles was the main website, due to copyright law the only other websites were a fan made and particularly good, the main website was not exactly what I thought it was going to be, it was a very visual, there was no way he could listen to the music, and thanks so much information it was hard finding your way around, so I started making a basic website HTML using CSS and some PHP PHP was can be used for audio and the images on the site I was can have a section where you could listen to music while browsing through many photographs of the Beatles, to be fair I hadn't really put much effort into this and when it came to presenting our work the tutors were not happy with the amount of effort I put in, and proposed that I re-evaluate my proposed final project, so on that night I sketched down on paper a rough idea of the new site that would produce, this new site would be highly visual using photo shop as that is what I'm good at, and put together in Flash CS4 for this I would have to learn action script three, granted I could have used action script 2, which we learnt in the first and second year, but the brief did state that the student needed to push themselves and try new things.
Originally the website was going to be set in Apple Studios recording room looking down on the Beatles and objects inside the room could be clickable which would reveal hidden information or play little animations, there was to be a audio section where you can listen to the music that was situated at the top of the stairs behind a door, a games section which again you have click a door to get to, but as I started developing this in Flash it didn't really stand out to me as being very Beatle-esque, so I reset the project and set it in 1968 which was the release of yellow submarine the animation which Disney produced and the Beatles star in, and using the high visual content from that film I could make a better website.
The main screen I would have had the Beatles standing in a high Street which was necessarily in Liverpool or anywhere for that matter, it was a fictional street which would have inside it iconic locations, memorable images and characters which any Beatles fan would recognise, in a fictional high Street I placed Apple Studios which is the famous building when the Beatles recorded and also did the gig on the roof, Abbey Road with the zebra crossing, which itself is a very iconic image related with the Beatles anybody who thinks that the Beatles often thinks of Abbey Road, you would have the Beatles themselves in the high Street, I didn't want make the high Street to cluttered because I do my draw attention away from the characters themselves, the way I designed the street was to be as if you were there yourself standing on the other side of the street looking across at the Beatles, as I have never done anything like this in Flash before it was ever going to pay off or I was going to feel really badly.
1. problem-solving and methods of working
the first problem I encountered was finding the right code for action script 3 to apply to the stage the ability to have a first person perspective view I found a tutorial which loosely helped with the situation, I learnt about X and Y axis, the X axis was left to right and the Y axis was up and down, to begin with I applied both these axis to the main stage area in Flash and after playing around with the code it didn't seem right having the ability to lock up and down, it looks nice but wasn't practical because the images shift, and I couldn't find any reason why they were doing that, so I kept the stage moving on the X axis, and applied different variables in speed to each image giving the illusion of perspective, and to my astonishment it paid off quite well.
For pepper land which words a section on the site I used the same code for the high Street but had to play around with it as there were more images in pepper land i.e. hills, trees, clouds, and characters etc and again in the changing variables in speed so that it looked real, from a perspective view .
Audio in the site was a problem as the code that I knew for action script 2 was now obsolete in action script three so a lot of searching on the Internet was involved to find the answer, in a way it worked, I found a way to stop audio from playing when he came out of sections of the site, but in doing so also stops audio from playing when you return to the main area. This was one problem that really never got fixed, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't seem to find the code to fix it, but the audio still works in the other sections of the site.
2. How a product works
the product works using Flash CS4, using action script 3 and was made so that it gave the impression you were actually in the site, so when you mouse moves the screen moves as if the mouse was your eyes, to do this I use this code and applied it to the main screen.
stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moveStage);
var mousePrevX=0;
var mouseCurX=0;
var mousePrevY= 0
var mouseCurY = 0
var currentApple:Number=0;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moveStage);
rightPost_mc.mouseChildren = false
rightPost_mc.mouseEnabled = false
leftPost_mc.mouseChildren = false
leftPost_mc.mouseEnabled = false
function moveStage(e:MouseEvent):void {
appleStudios_mc.x += ((mouseCurX - mousePrevX)/2.5)*-1;
abbeyRoad_mc.x += ((mouseCurX - mousePrevX)/5)*-1;
//postBox_mc.x += ((mouseCurX - mousePrevX)/3)*-1;
leftPost_mc.x += ((mouseCurX - mousePrevX)/.5)*-1;
rightPost_mc.x += ((mouseCurX - mousePrevX)/.5)*-1;
mousePrevX = mouseCurX;
mousePrevY = mouseCurY;
this code allowed me to give the illusion of perspective and was not pleasant to work with.
3.testing and feedback
the general impression I got from people once they had been on the website, was that they were very impressed with the visual aspect which is great because that's what I set out to do something that catches the eye something that impresses people and something people enjoy looking at, the majority of people tested my site, once questioned they never really said anything about lack of this or that and genuinely quite like the experience they got from visiting, even though they never really said anything about lack of content or games which was originally what I set out to do, games etc, I still felt it could have been a lot better had it had games in the website, but due to time left to work on the project to get it finished within the deadline I had to scrap the game element side of the site as the main site had taken me longer than expected and had I started on the games I wouldn't have been finished for the handing date.
I do propose to add more things to it in the future, also to have more informational content by the time we have a degree show, because that was another thing that I didn't have time to apply to the site before handing in the project.
4.evaluation and appraisal
4.1 self appraisal
I think for the best part of my project it went quite well it was only as the handing in date drew nearer it became apparent to me I wasn't going to be able to achieve all that I had hoped to achieve, even though there is that I am very pleased with what I managed to produce, what I have learned during my time on this project, learning new skills, facing new problems and overcoming which I believe will help greatly in future years, the only regret I have is not having my later idea first hand having the full allotted time given to me at the start of the project, had I had this idea first I believe that the finished article would have been a lot better.
4.2 improvements
the improvements I would like to make given more time, within the audio section of my site I would have liked one section where you play music rather than four separate buttons for four separate songs, I would have liked to play, pause, stop, forward and rewind also volume bar would have been good.
Another improvement I would have made is to have the games in pepper land section, just that little something to give it that extra kick, maybe also a guestbook where users could leave comments about this site on their favour aspects on their worst.
4.3 future scope
the future of the project is hard to say really, I would like to see it fully complete how I intended it to look, with everything working, it would've been nice to get recognition from the actual Beatles website, maybe even give them the idea of doing something similar, or even just endorsement from them and think to the Beatles main site, but that is wishful thinking.
I do plan to come back to this project even though it's finished and handed in, I plan on coming back and making the improvements as and when my skills with Flash allow me to do so, over the course of the project, I can safely say that I have become somewhat of a Beatles fan, before the project had obviously heard of the Beatles and knew they were never really asked myself as a fan of theirs, but thanks to this project I found myself listening to endless number of Beatles tracks and have even bought a poster to go on my wall at home, I believe this newfound love of the Beatles will spur me on to come back to this project at some point and complete all the improvements which are stated in my evaluation.
Beatles Website
This website is being created, as part fulfillment of a BA HONS Degree at the hull school of art and design.
Friday, 21 May 2010
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Adding little things
just adding things to the site now to give it more muscle, because so fare for the ammount of work gone into it theres not much really for a user to do, this is due to time issues, so im adding first off , moving blue meanies in pepperland section, bouncig ball in the main screen i want the ability to click on each beatle and have info come up about that selected beatle, i am adding butterflys in pepperland too and also going to try and figure out how to have the blue glove as your mouse pointer in pepperland , i have found may tutorials on the subject but many of them go 10 feet over my head. but ill do my best.
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Sunday, 2 May 2010
Beatles are back in the studio
after making a band image of the beatles in adobe illustrator, i imported it into flash and played with the bone tool to have the heads and hands and instruments move intime with the music of the recording studio.
the effect works really well, and the slight movements from the guitar hilts and head bobbles from ringo really make this page stand out.
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Thursday, 29 April 2010
cars now have sound!!!
managed to sort out the car sound problem, before the cars would pass by the screen with no sound , but now i have them hit a mark and the sound plays , took me a while but i figured it out, i created two sounds in adobe soundbooth , on of a normal car passing by and other with the radio on playing a beatles song. which works really well. there not on a random timer but the uneven times that the cars reapear give the impression of random.
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Troubles with audio
having troubles with the audio at the moment, the sound from stage 1 seems to play over the other sounds in stage 2 and 3, so i added a stopall code to it and that seemed to have worked till i realised it wouldnt play at all, if the user came out of stage 2 or 3 the sound on the stage 1 would stop all together.
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Monday, 26 April 2010
Audio in the studio.
Added audio today not quite what i wanted but its taken me the best part of the day to get it to work, ive added four buttons with four songs, the idea being the beatles are in the studio and have either just finished recording or about to start and you can check the songs they just made.the page gives you the feeling of being the sound man. along with the pictures of the beatles and other iconic images it really makes you feel nostalgic.
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Sunday, 25 April 2010
Audio section
The audio section of the site was originally to be the original main section until I had to late idea to change it think I was very wise in my decision as adding audio is not as easy as it seems, at this point I have noticed that the size of my file is getting extraordinarily large so in order to cut down on file size I have some audio files playing from an external file, for this I had to search tutorials on how to do it because it never done it before I always embedded my music into the website.
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I saw this young lady blowing bubbles straight from her hand at a Renaissance Faire in Houston. The ambience of the faire was magical as it transported you back into time. Folks were decked out in their finest costumes and everything was decorated for Christmas. The colors, smells, sounds and sights were inspirational for me.
|"Fairy Bubbles" ©Leada Wood 2016
This is a color study of the Fairy in watercolor. Still trying to capture the light and magical feel of the scene.
I thought I would show you a little of what goes on while I am planning a figure painting. When you do small studies you don't have much time invested but it gives you an idea of where the painting could go. I really like the fourth color study the best and already have another one drawn on watercolor paper. It's difficult to capture the light and feeling of a place but that is one part of the challenge of painting that I love.
"Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine"


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German Architect Pleads No Contest in Firefighter's Death
A year-long investigation concluded a "negligently installed" fireplace caused the fire and ceiling collapse that killed a 36-year LAFD veteran
An architect-homeowner was sentenced to one year in prison -- 168 days of which have already been served -- and three years of probation after pleading no contest in the case of a firefighter killed in a 2011 fire at a Hollywood Hills home.
Thirty-six year Los Angeles Fire Department veteran Glenn Allen, 61, died after a ceiling collapse inside the custom-built Viewsite Drive home during the February 2011 fire.
A nearly year-long investigation by Los Angeles City Fire Department's arson investigation team, the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division and other agencies led to an involuntary manslaughter charge against Gerhard Becker, 49, whose house was to be featured in the show "Germany's Next Top Model." The investigation concluded the fire was started by a "negligently installed" fireplace inside the home that was designed for outdoor use.
Becker, who designed and oversaw the home's construction, faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison. The criminal case against him has been in the pre-trial stages, and the results of Friday's plea hearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom could allow Becker to avoid a trial.
In a post on the LAFD web site, a department spokesman said, "Belief that the court is leaning toward a more lenient sentence has brought frustration to many members of the Fire Service, and stirred strong sentiment in the community - especially among those who Glenn Allen proudly served."
Eleven other firefighters were injured in the collapse, some pinned by part of the ceiling. Investigators determined that the attic of the home filled with water, saturating the ceiling, after fire burned a plastic sprinkler system.
An LAFD captain testified at a court hearing in Becker's case that he heard "a loud bang" and felt the weight of the ceiling on him. The bang was followed by an "eerie silence" in the house.
Colleagues used chainsaws as they attempted to pull Allen from the debris. He was transported to a hospital, where he died days later.
Becker, a German national, and another person in the house escaped without injury. Becker was arrested a year later at Los Angeles International Airport after a flight from Spain.
Becker will be deported to Germany when he finishes his prison sentence.Source: - http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Firefighter-Death-LAFD-Glenn-Allen-Architect-Manslaughter-Gerhard-Becker-238588171.html


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So this week we went over to Angies one night and as we are walking up her crazy steep hill that kills me every time, we see her husband Conroy just chucking rocks up in the air as his family is watching him. So I'm sitting there just thinking, "Conroy has officially lost it!" Ha but as we got closer we see that he is throwing these rocks at these possums that are climbing around on the electrical wires between the poles! Ha we obviously wanted in! So we went and killed some possums! It was kinda scary but we got the job done! Ha it was sweet though!
Also we were able to get Yuandia to church again and she brought her sister and she is pretty cool as well! We are really excited about their potential! We are still working though! She has some things to overcome.
We were able to teach Eve's friend Bernadette and we had an amazing lesson with her. It was crazy! We got talking with her about her family and we found out that her and her husband have been married for 24 years! It was crazy and to be honest it caught me off guard! People here really struggle with getting married! Let alone staying married! So we were able to share a little with her about forever families and she really liked it. We are working to meet with the whole fam so that we can teach them all about it. The doctrine of forever families is such a great teaching and it just makes sense and answers so many questions. I know that through temple marriage we can be with family for time and all eternity. That has brought so much peace to me to know that. I love my family and I know that no matter what happens, as long as we are faithful we will always be together! I love you all! I hope you have a great week!
With Love,
Elder Smith


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Quote of the week! And two bonus possibilities: fill in the blank and continue with the next line. This happens to be one of my favorite quotes from this movie. So, here is the quote again, complete with the blank for you to fill:
"I'm sick of her superior smirk. I'm sick of her. I'm sick of ____. I'm sick of this show!"


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First things first - there are tons of photos in this cookbook, which I really like. My knowledge of Italian desserts doesn't go much outside of tiramisu, cannoli, and some pastries, so seeing the photos of the desserts was great.
Another thing I appreciated about this cookbook is that it has lots of recipes for dessert components - for example, how to make a ganache, or custard, or a choux pastry - which you can build from to create very elegant-looking desserts. Each recipe is thorough and easy to understand.
The first recipe I tried out was for a Vanilla Cream. In my version I added chopped strawberries, but any fruit or other topping would also go great with this creamy dessert. The use of fresh vanilla beans really made this cream so rich and wonderfully vanilla-y without any of that artificial "vanilla" flavor that some desserts can have. This would make a wonderful make-ahead dessert for a dinner party, especially since a little goes a long way to feel like you've had a decadent dessert.
And now, time for a giveaway! The PR firm has generously offered another copy for me to give away to one reader, woo!
Here are the rules:
- Enter to win a copy of the Grace's Sweet Life cookbook by commenting on this post with your favorite dessert to order in an Italian/Italian-American restaurant.
- Giveaway will run from 10:00AM September 10th - 5:00PM September 14th (Eastern Standard Time).
- Winner will be chosen via random.org and notified via e-mail (so please make sure there is a valid e-mail address somewhere in your entry). The winner will be announced on my blog the following week (pending winner verification).
- One entry per person, please.
- This giveaway is open to residents of the US with a valid shipping address (no PO boxes please). The PR firm will mail the cookbook directly to you.
Good luck everyone, and I'm looking forward to hearing about your favorite Italian desserts!


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When a window cannot be found - look for a door.
I won't bog you down with a review of my 2012, but I will give you some of the things I learned in hope that you are able to apply them to your life, training and racing endeavors.
1) Refine - distill your goals down to a few. I've always tried to do too much in order to meet coaches goals. Now I've picked out my goals and on the surface, they don't sound too competitive. That's fine. They are simple and they are all mine. What makes this easier on me is that the work to meet those goals is now clear. Do these things and I should be right there. Don't meet the work requirements of my goals - and just show up and enjoy the day. Simple. No pressure.
2) Be willing to change (quickly) - alter your strategy(ies) to meet your goals in the real world that we live in. Every day will be a challenge. That's ok. What can you control? What decisions can you make that make your strategy work? Workout insanely early? Brutally late? What can you change to make these things happen? Decide now - not later. Decide and move on with decisive action.
3) Have the guts to finish what you started - commit to complete the work required to meet your goals. One of the things I challenge people with all the time, "Don't like the situation? What are YOU willing to do to make it better? There are no victims here."
4) Does it have meaning to ME? Who gives a carp if someone else wants to do something. Does it mean anything to ME?
I posted on Facebook that I'm not racing a local (and hotly contested) 1/2 marathon or any 70.3/half ironman distance race in 2013. Why? Mainly because it doesn't mean anything toward my goals for 2013 which tie into my long term goals for 2014 and 2015. I'm doing the events that I want to do this year with no bucket lists or "must do" pressure.
First, I planned my life.
Second, I planned my goals.
Third, I planned to do some events that I think I have enough time to train for properly.
We lost my dad in 2012. While I miss dad, the thing that I remember most is that he would be very upset if I didn't move on mentally. He will always be in my heart and mind. Dad is part of me. One of the conversations that we had wasn't about achieving or doing this or that. It was about finding what I wanted to do and pursuing it in an all out effort. I think I'm there.
2012 was very tough. A lot of positives occured this year as well, so let's not minimize them in the sadness we experienced as a family. I choose to look at the positives (even if I don't understand why I was given this life experience) and look to the future. I will not forget where I came from as I honor the past and stride forward.
Lookin' back at the moments, black and white.
I wouldn't change a thing that changed my life. - Kenny Chesney
2013... let's go!


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Such an open theme as winter lead to soooo many ideas that I was a bit overwhelmed! LOL! I really did enjoy this one. I also came back to this project on a few occasions adding just a tad bit more here and there...
The card base is from Storybook, two marque's welded together. The other marque is a stamped image that I hand cut. The reindeer was a dollar stamp for my local craft store (they have the best dollar stamps I have ever seen!) that was square but I punched it out in a circle. Snowflakes were sent to me during a swap years ago (I do not have any snowflake punches but really really want some!!!) It is a simple card but I do enjoy how it turned out and that its not your typical winter card.
Cuttlebug Highlight~ Script folder for the background, inked in a few colors.
And here is a detail picture...I used ribbon, twine and Red Brick distress stickles for the snowflakes...and I guess that's about it!
Thanks for looking!!!!


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Seriously though, it has been SO COLD! So cold in fact that we've had multiple two-hour delays lately. And so that's the first thing in my Five for Friday! I'm not just linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching, I'm also linking up with Literacy Spark for her Trending Topics linky.
1. This week's topic is Snow Days!
It never ceases to amaze me how different every school district seems to be with things like this. In my district we make up all snow days. Teachers don't really love them because it just means that we'll be in school one more day in June. We are much more likely to have a two-hour delay. Those can be kind of annoying too, though they are a bit better. Basically, on those days we start school at 10:30. This means that I don't get my planning period, the kids don't get their special, and we aren't allowed to have recess either.
We've missed out on our specials five times now due to 2-hour delays, and twice for snow days! It's getting old! And it looks like we might have another one next Wednesday...
Which leads me to my #2:
2. PDE MPL Conference
So all those letters up there stand for the Pennsylvania Department of Education Membership Participation and Learning Conference that I'll be attending next Wednesday and Thursday. It's being held in Hershey, PA which means I'll be driving to it in a snowstorm. And more than likely all of my colleagues will be sitting at home on a snow day! Aargh.
I'm responsible for creating our presentation on how I've used co-teaching to expand the inclusive practices at our school. Check out some of my past posts for more info on how I have a highly inclusive class, and how I make use of all kinds of special educators throughout the day to keep my students with autism and specific learning disabilities present in my class instead of being pulled out a lot.
I guess it's kind of cool that I'm getting put up in the Hershey Lodge for a night. Here's hoping the seminars I attend send me away with some useful strategies!
3. The One and Only Ivan
The book I've been reading with my class right now is pretty much awesome. It was a Newberry Award winner for good reason! This work of fiction is based on a real life gorilla named Ivan. He lived in a mall for nearly 30 years before he was finally sent to live in the Atlanta Zoo. This book has a lot of great things about it. A lot of examples of figurative language, some great vocabulary, unique text structure, and of course an excellent plot! I loved the book so much that I gave it my novel unit treatment. I read the book several times while making the unit, and loved it every time. I've gone through the book and pulled out a bunch of good stuff, and I created a bunch of activities to do with my kids.
Check out the pictures of my lapbook.
|Here the kids are making predictions
to begin our work with the lapbook.
|The included picture vocab sheets
makes learning new words fun and
helps the definition stick in the
kids' minds!
The 85 page novel study unit has JUST been added to my store today for a pretty reasonable price of $7, especially considering all the work I've done for you! I'm going to leave it marked down to $6 for the whole weekend though, so go grab it up and save a buck!
4. I got a shout out!
I was excited to see that I was mentioned on On the Trail of Learning's blog. She tried out Tunes Tuesday with her kids and it was a success. Check out her blog post and consider following this budding blogger!
I recently did Tunes Tuesday with my kids. We used Katy Perry's song, Roar. It's too bad the video is just barely not safe for school. For this one we just listened to the song and then did the activity. If you're into Tunes Tuesday, grab the lyric sheet for Roar for free by clicking the image to the left! Check out my other Tunes Tuesday posts for more lyric sheets.
5. Biography Writing
My kids have been working on our Biography Writing Project, and I think it is coming along really well. My intern has done a great job of leading them systematically through the process of reading, taking notes, using a graphic organizer, drafting, peer editing, and finally publishing! I'm excited that the main biography essays are written because now we get to move on to some of the more "fun" activities. The kids have been doing a great job with it!
I've brought home a ton of work for this weekend...I suppose I should get on it! Thanks for reading!


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the new blog:
I'll be posting from there from now on, as we've moved far, far away from Philly :)
Philadelphia Freedom
The story of a girl from Oxnard, who ended up in Philly - land of cheesesteaks, Rocky and the Iggles.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
- started work yesterday. At the Stanford. Very nice. I'm excited!
- I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get around this durn campus!
- Two of the women I work with went to Cal. Makes me think of my Ma. And Cod!
- I got my ID cards. I think I look like Reese Witherspoon. Let me have my delusions, OK?
- We tried to find her house in Ojai when I was visiting my parents. It was largely a wild goose chase, but we got to see some fancy houses and neighborhoods for a bit.
- We are living in an RV in one of the more depressing RV parks I've ever seen. I want to get out now. But we can't find housing yet. The cats are ready to kill each other and us. It's actually not too bad, it's just cramped. And I'd like to have some more space.
- We bought a bunch of DVDs at the bargain bin in Best Buy. Including all three Austin Powers movies, and a set of 8 Spaghetti Westerns. It gives us a little something to do every night!
- Hopefully we will find a place to live today. Or tomorrow. Soon :)
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Heading into the mountains
Saw mountains, real mountains, today for the first time on our trip
Went four days without a shower
That shower today was amazing
Headed to Yellowstone tomorrow
Wyoming, oddly enough, is my favorite state so far
We had the most amazing thunderstorm last night that ended with a full rainbow, doubled on one side
I took about a million pictures
I miss washing dishes
If I never own a dishwasher, I will be OK
Driving across South Dakota reminded me of Little House on the Prairie series
I love those books, and I'm not afraid to say so
I miss my cat
I can sleep outside in a tent
I can sleep quite well actually
But I do wake up to some strange noises
Elk last night, perhaps?
I no longer have bags under my eyes
I bought booty shorts and I wear them with hiking boots. I think that's OK
I hope I can have a garden
I am working on not complaining about anything
I appreciate my toes for carrying me so far
We have put 6000 miles on the car since we got it
Went four days without a shower
That shower today was amazing
Headed to Yellowstone tomorrow
Wyoming, oddly enough, is my favorite state so far
We had the most amazing thunderstorm last night that ended with a full rainbow, doubled on one side
I took about a million pictures
I miss washing dishes
If I never own a dishwasher, I will be OK
Driving across South Dakota reminded me of Little House on the Prairie series
I love those books, and I'm not afraid to say so
I miss my cat
I can sleep outside in a tent
I can sleep quite well actually
But I do wake up to some strange noises
Elk last night, perhaps?
I no longer have bags under my eyes
I bought booty shorts and I wear them with hiking boots. I think that's OK
I hope I can have a garden
I am working on not complaining about anything
I appreciate my toes for carrying me so far
We have put 6000 miles on the car since we got it
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
- splurged on a hotel last night. Kalamazoo, MI.
- After 3 weeks on the road, we will finally escape Eastern Daylight Time. Movin' West!
- Chicago today
- Wisconsin next
- Being on the road is odd. It's nice, but it's strange to not have an anchor, a home. It's odd not to know where we will end up, and when we will get there.
- Most days are spent driving several hours, stopping at some grocery store to pick up food (and beer, usually). Walking aisles, trying not to buy perishables, trying to figure out what will cook fastest, or what will only use one burner on our little camp stove
- We have setting up camp down to a science. It takes us about 10 mins flat to set up the tent, and get all the sleeping accoutrements out.
- I made Alex drive totally out of our way to hit up Detroit to hit up the Henry Ford Museum. I've heard about this museum since I was a little kid. It was awesome to be there, but it would have been better if my Dad had been there. He would have loved it (although he has been there before). They had "Model T rides" for $5. I thought, I can have one whenever I want! Ha!
- It's hard to do any maintenance on the road. As such, my leg hair is outta control and my toenail polish is in need of a refresher. I also bit off all my nails. I feel a bit of a mess. Thankfully, my husband still likes me.
- We got rained in in Geneva, OH. That damn Lake Erie strikes again! We got rained on in Ashtabula when we went there for a wedding in May. Then this time, we saw a storm coming in, but thought it would be a couple hours before it hit. Wrong. No way to pack up our things wet, it was pouring so hard. And it was cold. Seriously, don't mess with those storms from those Great Lakes. They don't f around, that's for sure.
- Watching the tail end of the Tour de France. Last summer, we watched every or almost every stage. This year we missed it all. I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics, tho. And to hopefully getting some more running/biking in as we move west.
- We drove through MI last night listening to a broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. It was awesome.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Wednesday Update
2.5 weeks into trip
5 states: PA, MD, NY, CT, MA
2 provinces: Quebec, Ontario
St Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls
Numerous bug bites, including several on the bottom of my feet
One Civil War Reenactment
3 houses of family, one friends house visited
Lots of XM radio
Lots of road kill
5 campgrounds
Countless memories
5 states: PA, MD, NY, CT, MA
2 provinces: Quebec, Ontario
St Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara Falls
Numerous bug bites, including several on the bottom of my feet
One Civil War Reenactment
3 houses of family, one friends house visited
Lots of XM radio
Lots of road kill
5 campgrounds
Countless memories
Posted by Christine at 18.7.12 1 comment:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
|Sunset on Lake Erie!
|Toes in the lake
|Weddin' guests
|the bride
|Congrats Dr. Brown!
|Number one!
|Very old tree
|Watching the bike race
|race car
|Dad in jail
|eastern state
|guard tower
Update a little late
- Wow, you guys! A lot has happened in the last week and a half!
- We took our first road trip in the car. We went to Ashtabula, OH, which is right on Lake Erie. The drive took about 8 hours, and the drive home was the worst, too long and wayyyy boring. But we made it! We got to see a sunset over Lake Erie and I even put my toes in! We also got to see a crazy ass thunderstorm coming in over the Lake (before/during the wedding, nonetheless). It was really cool.
- The wedding was a non-traditional as they come, with the bride wearing a red dress, and the groom in a three piece suit. They had a bluegrass band and about a million desserts. A good time was had by all.
- We camped out in a family friend's backyard in our tent we bought for our honeymoon. I'm still not entirely used to sleeping outside, but hopefully I will get used to it as we head across the country. These people were super nice and really cool. It was great to get to know them; people can be so cool, you know?
- We got to know the bride and groom's families, and the place where they got married was having an art show that featured the groom's relatives. It was just super neat.
- While we were in OH, our families started arriving in Philly for Alex's defense. It was weird not to be here when they got here. When we got home, we were exhausted, having stayed up until 2am, then getting on the road at 6am. We begged off seeing our parents, taking a short nap and a much needed shower. We finally made it down to see the family and it turns out that we had even more family here than we knew about! Alex's Aunt Catherine, and his Uncle Rob and Aunt Eileen came to surprise him for his defense, which was super sweet (and a lot of fun!).
- Tuesday was Defense Day, so I rounded up all the relatives and we took the bus to school to meet up with Alex. Of course, as we are heading into Alex's building, the fire alarm is going off. LOL. We detoured to the cafeteria for a quick lunch before the defense. Alex looked so handsome, and so composed. I was just so proud of him and his talk. His advisor gave him a pretty funny intro that made everyone laugh. His defense went well, as about 30 minutes after his talk, he was back in his party room, beer in hand, celebrating. His mom had bought these hysterical decorations that made the room look like a mad scientists' dungeon, which was perfect. We had a great party and a really nice dinner. It was time to say goodbye to most of the family.
- On Wednesday, I had to work. I gave lab meeting (my last one! Yay!) and stuck around to talk to my boss and get people's opinions, etc. It turned out well, but I still have SO much work to do before I leave. I'm not sure I will get it all done.
- After work, we met up and headed to dance lessons. Yes, I took both our parents to dance lessons. It was pretty fun - we learned how to hustle, and we could show our parents some moves. Plus, I think it was just fun to do something different. And it was a laugh to boot. We ate dinner at Triumph, which is really my favorite place in Old City to eat.
- Thursday was a lazy day for my folks, but my Dad and I hit up Franklin Institute to check out the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. As everything at the FI, it was really well done and super interesting. We even watched a planetarium video on the telescope, which was cool. And do you know what today is? Today is the transit of Venus across the sun. It won't occur again until 2117, so be sure to check it out (NASA has some cams you can watch it on - don't look at the sun directly with your eyes!).
- Friday, we just hung out and we said goodbye to Moo. She went on an adventure, flying with my in-laws to CO, where she will stay until we pick her up on our drive across the country. I was so sad to see Moo go. It was hard to pill her and put her in her carrying case, but she did splendidly well. I think she was paralyzed with fear, but at least she didn't meow across the country. She's now staying with Uncle Taylor, and apparently has a chinchilla to check out while she's there. Hopefully she'll get comfortable and come out of her shell soon.
- Saturday was "meet the relatives" day. We went out to Concordville to see Joe and Leslie and have some lunch with them. We had a really nice lunch and had a good time catching up. Alex then got on his bike and headed home on the bicycle, while my folks and I checked out the Bradywine Battlefield, which was pretty interesting.
- Sunday was the Philadelphia Bike race, and a lovely day to boot. We dragged my folks down to the street to see the bikers go by and to ring some cowbells to cheer them on. We were looking for a couple of Alex's friends that turned pro recently, and we were hopeful to see some Olympic competitors. It was a lovely day to be outside, and a great day to watch some biking. Dad and I then went to the Simeone Museum, which is a collection of old race cars that I think my Dad really enjoyed.
- On Monday, my folks' flight left at 8pm, so I spent the day with my Dad at Eastern State Penitentiary. It was a super creepy day, with random showers, then bright sun. If you ever come to Philly, you should absolutely go see ESP. It is so cool, creepy, and well done. I loved it. We had a really interesting time, and then we sat around until it was time to go to the airport. We drove my folks to the airport, probably our last trip there. It was great to have everyone here to celebrate, but it's also nice to have our little house back to ourselves. Now, it's time to buckle down and get to work. If not actual work, it will be packing. Here goes nothing!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
First iBook Book Review: Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter by Josh Gates
My Dad had a friend selling an iPad and he decided to buy it for me. I've had it for about 2 weeks now and I love it for some things. One thing I was really curious about was reading books. We are going on an extended vacation this summer and we have limited space. Could I download some books and have things to read while camping and exploring? Would it hurt my eyes? Can it be similar to reading a book? All of these things were big questions for me, so I downloaded my first book. I'm a bit of a geek at heart, and I've fallen in love with this TV show called Destination Truth. It's on the Netflix streaming. Basically, these people (including the author of the book, Josh Gates), go all over the world in search of "monsters". They interview eyewitnesses, look for evidence of the monsters, and conduct a nighttime investigation, where they always seem to be chasing some real animal (usually, what I suspect to be tigers, or other rare predators). In the end, they give their thoughts on the existence of the monster - usually they chalk it up to folklore, but sometimes, the find a big old Yeti footprint in the jungle, which is also pretty cool. What I find most entertaining about the show is the host, Josh. He's funny, and sarcastic, and always over the top interesting. I also love watching the travel. They really get into areas, interact with locals, travel deep into the interior of countries. So this book is based on his TV show, and includes some behind-the-scenes scenarios. How the show started, how they film it, some shows of particular interest, and his opinions on the existence of these monsters. The books is an easy read, written about adventure travel, so I thought it was pretty interesting. His sarcasm and sense of humor come through the book quickly, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if you need to be a fan of the show to read the book, but it would probably help.
All together, I was really pleased with this book. I'm not sure I could really get into a difficult book on the iPad. I haven't yet figured out a way to "curl up with it", as you would with a book. Also, the screen switches on you, depending on how you hold it, so that can sometimes be annoying. I am sure I can change that - it's all a learning curve. But I did not find that my eyes got tired, so that's a bonus. I think the only thing that was weird to me was that I didn't feel like I was reading a book. I felt like I was reading a website, so I don't know how much that affects the relaxation you might get from reading a real book. But the good news is, there are lots of stupid books out there to read!
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It is very important to speak the national language of the country you live in, it is good for yourself, and for everyone else. This allows people to integrate in the culture of the society. This project is at the same time a form of self-criticism, being an immigrant living in the Netherlands, not able to speak Dutch. I think that foreigners are the ones that mostly visit an embassy or a consulate, to be able to travel to another country, for obtaining a visa, or to collect information about other countries. In African countries, such as Benin (where I come from), some embassies are giving language courses, for example the German Embassy and the American Embassy in Cotonou, Benin. I remember that I studied myself at the American Embassy, learning the English language, when I had the intention to study art in the Netherlands. At that time there was no Dutch Embassy in Benin. This language course helped me a very much during my studies in Amsterdam, and I had this chance as the art school was international and everyone needed to speak English. This project has the intention to encourage all embassies to develop this language section, as we are all travelers. Description of the project Embassy consist of a series of painted tables, as a form of painting, with the emblems of the specific embassy and the emblem of the hosting country, which is Switzerland. It will be the Department of Language. One finds on the table the alphabet in the language of the country (for example Turkey, China, India) and also the alphabet of Switserland, which is practically international. Also one finds drawings of objects accompanied by their names, as spoken in the language of the country. Finally one also finds funny short stories that come from my collection, that I have built up together with some of my artist friends, as well as some stories based on reality. For this proposal, I have chosen the Dutch language as an example for presenting one of the tables. This is easy for me as I live in the Netherlands. Therefore the embassy represented here will be the Dutch Embassy. There will be audio cassettes accompanying every embassy table, as one needs to have sound to learn a language. My own voice will be on the tape, as it will be me learning each time, as this connects also with my life as a traveler. There will be a workshop connected with the project at the end of July, in case the project is accepted, based on the idea to learn the Swiss language, as one cannot talk about the embassy and forget the hosting country, as there would not be a Swiss embassy in Switzerland of course. The workshop will be called The Swiss Language in Seven Days. My proposal is to invite three other artists to participate in developing this workshop. They need to find visual and audio solutions to show and facilitate learning the language. This workshop needs to be coordinated by a language professor. The artists are invited to make visual proposals by form of painting, graffiti, drawings, or sound, to make the learning of the language more easy. I take this workshop also as an opportunity to research the languages that can be found in the Hardau area, where the project will take place. The Embassy project will also be presented via an internet website, which will include the research. My intention is to continue developing this project afterwards. It will become a website where people can learn different languages, and will include the visual proposals of the invited artists as well. There might be possibilities eventually for the city of Zurich to find interested sponsors to support traveling, accommodation, the transport of the works and the accommodation of the three invited artists for the workshop, for example a Zurich hotel that might accommodate the participants, a Swiss airline company that might sponsor the necessary tickets, and possibly some of the embassies in Switzerland who might support the project in various ways. Bericht der Jury mehr→ PDF→ Seitenanfang↑ Kommentar→ , Bilder:  Index→   schliessen→ weiter→ schliessen→ stadtkunst.ch ist eine Plattform des Forschungsprojekts Kunst Öffentlichkeit Zürich. Das Projekt widmet sich der Kunst in den öffentlichen Sphären der Stadt Zürich. 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So I went to Lyon today. I had a 16 hour day and am just a little bit tired after getting less than 4 hours' sleep last night. All the muscles in my arms and back are killing me (pain continuing from overuse). I'd like to say I had a good time in Lyon but I had an awful time! Why? Because the weather was horrible. When I think about it, I think I've only ever seen Lyon ONCE when it was sunny and warm and that was the very first time I went when I first arrived in late Sept/early Oct.
I had no idea the usually warm and sunny weather of these past few days/weeks would turn SO COLD. Luckily I thought to bring my trenchcoat and umbrella or else I really would have frozen. The worst was that I was wearing sandals and it was raining so my toes were wet and frozen all day long.
The train ride back was horrible. 2 hours. It was so nice that it was strangely empty and quiet and I could sleep BUT then I could not because I was totally frozen. I tried to curl my legs underneath me and shove my hands in my pockets, etc. It felt like it was air-conditioned inside the train. I hated it. It was horrible. How I longed for those nice warm trains during winter... I even went into the first class carriage just to check that it wasn't heated (it wasn't but it seemed a bit warmer only because the compartment is smaller on this TER train). When I finally arrived back (late) in Geneva I was actually shivering and my teeth were chattering. It's about 9 degrees now.
Well the good thing is I did achieve what I set out to achieve in Lyon today and the day (weather wise) actually started off OK. It was overcast but not that cold and not raining. And I did some shopping and bought some new clothes, a pair of shoes and stocked up on some random stuff from the pharmacy (the range and brands and prices are better than in Geneva). That's basically why my back was killing me carrying that around all day and trying to juggle my heavy handbag and umbrella as well.
I feel totally 'ripped off' that I was 'given' this horrible weather. Made me so sad. I didn't get a chance to go to Sève to get those macarons as walking around outside was awful with my umbrella being blown inside out, but I did walk around a bit in the city and over a bridge before I hightailed it to the Part Dieu indoor shopping mall!
I had so much time to spare which has never happened before as it's always a mad rush to get everything done before I need to catch my train back. It was good that I could take my time browsing everything slowly. The annoying thing about this shopping centre is that you have to pay to use the toilets! (0.50 euros) and there are so few for such a large shopping mall so it took me a while just to find it and use it and get back to the shops again.
I know, I'm sorry this is such a boring post... I kind of wish I could just blog all day long but since I now work full time I have no energy or motivation to a big long post (with lots of photos and links) even though I know they are far more interesting to read :(


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A well captured moment, before the eagle rises into the air. This imperial eagle is sick - he has rickets. He is healed by Eagle Centers doctors at Jászberény, Hungary. When I was in their cage they (he and an other eagle) where very kind and friendly. I got really close to them.
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Francesco Roccasalva
is the country I love". The message to the Italians with which Berlusconi announced his entry into politics started this way. […] Italy
"A primary school essay" commented "
La Stampa". "The banality in power". "The coccodè guy gets down to the pitch" wrote Eugenio Scalfari on the leading article of " La Repubblica". […]
Berlusconi has not only had to face the irony of the press, the chilly atmosphere of Confindustria and the Strong Powers, the opposite campaigns of Rai (to which the enthusiastic ones of Rete4 e Italia1 opposed, but they had less audience)
He had immediately to face the Prosecutors.
Until 20th July 1993 the Milan Prosecutor thought not to implicate Silvio Berlusconi in tis investigations. That day, during a lunch with Antonio Di Pietro, I asked him why Berlusconi and Finivest (the holding of Berlusconi) – among many entrepreneurs and many companies under investigations – saved themselves. "Berlusconi" reply to me the magistrate "finances the parties giving them TV spot". And this is not a crime.
I knew later from Gianni Letta, that to draw at this conclusion, the Milan Prosecutor examined the documents concerning the issue.
I have already said to Di Pietro that I have never – correctly – denied the circumstance, when I have reported it on my books.
Even because of that Berlusconi considered himself the consignee of a message sent from Francesco Saverio Borrelli on "Corriere della sera" of 20th December 1993: "Those who want to propose as a candidate, look inside at themselves. Who is not honest, it is better if he goes back. Who is honest goes on without any worries." […]
When, in autumn of 2004, I reminded Di Pietro that in the summer of 1993 he explained me the reasons why Tangentopoli did not affect Berlusconi, the former magistrate moved forward the subject and he said to me: " When on January 1994 Berlusconi announced his entry onto the pitch, I do not remember whether at the Milan Prosecutor there were 23 or 31 proceedings to companies or people of his entourage.
Therefore it is allowed to wonder whether the judicial authority set on Berlusconi because he went into politics or if Berlusconi went into politics because the judicial authority set on him.
I verified at the legal offices that support Berlusconi and they told me that, on January 1994, Silvio Berlusconi, did not have any action against. […]
Berlusconi, after his entry into politics, was the consignee, from the Milan Prosecutor, of 17 investigations on 1994 and of other 23 on 1995. Forty investigations in less than two years.
Drawn from "Storia d' Italia da Mussolini a Berlusconi", Bruno Vespa


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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Carbon Fiber Vans Customs by Hush Fabrications
You wouldn't even know these are actually custom made Vans. Hush, a sneaker customizer of few words from Shrewsbury, MA, added carbon fiber accents to this pair of red Half Cabs he completed earlier this year. Basically, his deal is to take a stock pair of kicks and hand-stitch them so well that they appear better than the real thing. I don't know much about Hush, but he's done a couple of interesting partnerships including a collab with RIVAL NYC. Hush doesn't appear to have an up to date blog or site, but he has sent photos out of his latest work to a couple of sneaker blogs. I'm keeping up with this guy. For now, though, you'll have to google him & see where HUSH FABRICATIONS pops up.
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My truck is has been in the shop since last Monday after the initial shop I took it to performed unauthorized work! That's another story but brings me to this entry. Without transportation during the day I finally was able to get out with my wife's Jeep on Saturday but only for a short time since she had errands to attend to. The first stop was over to the Boulevard and I could see from there waves crashing over the Breakwater. A ride along Bass Rocks with a quick stop at Brace Cove allowed me about 20 minutes at the Dog Bar Breakwater. There in that short time I was able to take 108 shots! Here are some of those shots.
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For all the fans - Here is the link to our nanoseconds of fame, as Molly so eloquently put it. I found it by searching for the contestant who auditioned right after our big scene. We're almost the first thing on the clip, so you can't miss it. I'm on the left with the long beige shirt. Charity is the one with all the glee, and my mom is behind her. Ryan, Charity's husband, is the guy.
And just to prove that I'm moving past the American Idol thing on this blog, very soon anyway, get this. This is the actual fortune I pulled out of a fortune cookie yesterday:
It's a good time for serenity - a good book and a good friend.
Fortune cookies love me.


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Do the keypads need to be turned on?
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Whether or not keypads have to be turned on before one can cast their first vote, pends on the type of keypad. Most keypads do not need to be turned on, as they automatically switch on by the time of any pressed button (as like during the first voting).
Keypads as like the Reply plus need to be turned on either when handed over at distribution or laid out on the chair/table or they can be turned on by pressing the power button by the participants themselves when ever they are asked to do so (e.g. by the speaker or moderator).
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This is the Windows 98 driver for the Bytestor USB memory stick/drive. However, because the usb memory stick drives (but not sonys ones) are so similar, there is a very good chance it will work for other usb memory sticks as well.
this is the standard driver off the bytestor site, minus the manual and autorun.
Windows 2000/XP/linux 2.4 (and above)don't need drivers, just be sure to use the unplug usb device feature.


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I am excited for the opportunity for my clients, and I am looking forward to helping Ziegler grow in the greater Milwaukee area.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 10, 2014
Ziegler, an investment bank and full service brokerage firm, is pleased to announce that David Wickert has joined the firm as a financial advisor in its Waukesha, Wisconsin branch. In his role as financial advisor, Wickert will focus on getting to know each client and providing advice tailored to help them achieve their goals.
"I believe Ziegler is an excellent fit for my business," said Wickert. "I am excited for the opportunity for my clients, and I am looking forward to helping Ziegler grow in the greater Milwaukee area."
"David possesses a tremendous amount of desire, enthusiasm and professionalism — all qualities that contribute to a successful financial advisor," explained branch manager, Steve Luterbach. "Our office is in growth mode right now, and I look forward to adding more developing advisors as well as experienced professionals to our team over the next year."
Wickert previously served as an associate financial advisor at Augustine Financial and will be teaming up with seasoned Ziegler financial advisor and vice president, Mark Severson, CFP®. Chris Zelesnick, Senior Managing Director and Head of Ziegler Wealth Management stated, "Our Waukesha office has a very experienced team of financial advisors. It makes sense to surround early talent individuals such as Wickert, with a group of advisors who are willing to help him grow his practice and ultimately our presence."
As with Ziegler's mission of "invested in community," Wickert is extremely active in the community. He serves as a member of the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts' Young Professionals Committee as well as the Young Professional Development Council at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
Ziegler's Waukesha, Wisconsin investment office is located just north off I-94 and County Highway F at W233 N2080 Ridgeview Parkway.
For more information about careers at Ziegler, please visit us at http://www.Ziegler.com/JoinUs.
About Ziegler:
The Ziegler Companies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ZGCO) together with its affiliates (Ziegler) is a specialty investment bank with unique expertise in complex credit structures and advisory services. Nationally, Ziegler is ranked as one of the leading investment banking firms in its specialty sectors of healthcare, senior living, religion and education finance, as well as corporate finance and FHA/HUD. Headquartered in Chicago, IL with regional and branch offices throughout the U.S., Ziegler creates tailored financial solutions including bond financing, advisory, private placement, seed capital, M&A, risk and asset management. Ziegler serves institutional and individual investors through its wealth management and capital markets distribution channels.
Certain comments in this news release represent forward-looking statements made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This client's experience may not be representative of the experience of other clients, nor is it indicative of future performance or success. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, in particular, the overall financial health of the securities industry, the strength of the healthcare sector of the U.S. economy and the municipal securities marketplace, the ability of the Company to underwrite and distribute securities, the market value of mutual fund portfolios and separate account portfolios advised by the Company, the volume of sales by its retail brokers, the outcome of pending litigation, and the ability to attract and retain qualified employees.
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Welcome to your budget or your life! In this blog I am going to be posting about how to make and maintain a budget, and also helpful guides and tips on:
*saving for a deposit for a mortgage/car/anything
*pitfalls in finance
*how to build up your credit score
*information on different types of bank accounts
*paid surveys
and much more to come over the life of this blog!
First of all here is a link to a standard budget in ODF format (sorry I dont have excel, but you can convert easily or use open office which is free like I do if your excel wont open it)
In this template on the far left hand side you have some examples of expenses you could have. Change any of these to anything that suits your own personal circumstances. Enter the totals into the second column. I work my budget monthly, but you can do it weekly to the same effect, and when you save your spreadsheet file always save the week or the month as the file name. E
The third column is for your incomes, enter as many as you wish here (for example if you have two or more jobs, or sell on ebay/gumtree etc)
The fourth column is for your isa total, If you dont have one (yet) obviously leave it blank, but I will cover ISAs more in the upcoming blogs.
The fifth column is for Savings Jar 1, this could be where you save a certain denomination of coin (such as pound coins or dollars if you are american)
The sixth column is for savings Jar 2, this could be where you save just any denomination of coin or notes.
The seventh column is for your wallet or purse, the money you carry on your person
the eight column is for the emergency fund, this is REALLY important. I would say try to get about £200 or $300 dollars saved here for emergencys, AND ONLY USE IT IN EMERGENCYS. I will speak about this more in the future as its pretty important.
Once you have entered values in all these columns the totals and totals left over (or negative) will display in the lower cells. This tells you how you are actually doing financially and theres no guesswork or "rounding up" involved. I HATE ROUNDING UP. This is for the fact that people seem to think that to budget you should round up values. I think being honest with yourself financially is the very best way to start.
Ok, so you have your totals and you are seeing (perhaps for the first time) exactly where your money is going and how much you REALLY have. Now you try to get a better deal on every bill you possibly can.
Energy and broadband
line rental
Make cut backs, BE HONEST, and be brutal if you have to, this is your financial future we are talking about here and noone can do the legwork for you unfortunetly. Here are my 10 golden tips:
1- Cut back on buying branded goods (heinz, walkers etc) and try the supermarket or budget version, buying the aldi version usually cuts back about 60% of spending, and the stuff they sell is actually great quality
2- Walk places where you can rather than taking the car or public transport you will get fitter and walking makes you feel good by releasing endorphins in your brain.
3- Turn off lights when you leave a room, there should only be one lightbulb on in your house when its dark, and thats for the room that you are in.
4- Dont buy DVDs, take out a free trial for lovefilm and then cancel it before the 30 day limit is up
5- Watch films online, there are actually a lot of films on youtube now, such as rocky 2
6- Dont let food you buy go to waste or out of date, make meal plans and use all the food before it goes out of date, make a soup, all you need to make soup is a stock cube and any selection of diced vegetables and meats. You can freeze it too and eat it later.
7- If you have a job can you do overtime? Its a good way to make money and get in your managers good books!
8- Can you sell anything that you dont ever use? Many people on ebay or gumtree will pay good money for that playstation you have had sitting for years
9- If you have a television subscription cancel it, freeview is really good now! Its like sky without all the crap shows
10- If you make videos on youtube, see if you are eligable to monetize your videos, its a great way to make money!
More next time on Your budget or your life, I will be blogging weekly every saturday.
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this piece from BoingBoing
"Lagos by the 1970s was a huge metropolitan city. Due to the oil boom, there was money to be made with music and nightlife and big international record labels like EMI, Decca and Philips had set up their recording studios that for a big part got equipped with vintage hardware handed down from their European franchises... EMI's house producer Emmanuel Odenusi had worked with Fela for many years, defining the sound of Afrobeat. Kayode Salami who produced another couple of tracks on this album also was responsible for the incredible sound of the famous debut LP by Psych-Rock group Ofege. Lagos, a uniquely vibrant, gritty, energetic and sometimes quite dangerous tropical metropolis has always been much more than just a city. A state of mind where third world poverty met the oil boom, where African traditions clashed with Western decadence. Make no mistake, this stuff will have you dance in a feverish rush in no time.
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The endless debate about women's teams having male coaches is being played out with the U.S. Olympic team.
Canada has had at a woman behind the bench at the past three Olympiads (Melody Davidson in Turin, Danièle Sauvageau in Salt Lake City and Shannon Miller in Nagano in 1998). Team USA had a man, Ben Smith, behind the bench all three times. However, there's a chance that will change in Vancouver: Two front-runners, Harvard's Katey Stone (pictured) and Ohio State's Jackie Barto, are female.
The other, though, is Mark Johnson, who was on the 1980 Miracle on Ice team, which still has some cachet in U.S. hockey circles. Johnson would be a sentimental choice to coach, especially since he's the son of the late "Badger" Bob Johnson, whose impact on U.S. hockey is right alongside that of Herb Brooks. Mark Johnson coaches the women's team at the University of Wisconsin, where he once played for his father before going on to be a star in the Olympics playing for his daddy's rival, Brooks. It is an obvious storyline. The director of the national women's team is female, so would she try to balance the ticket in order to avoid a backlash?
Stone coached Team USA to the gold medal at the Four Nations Cup in November. Barto guided the Yanks to victory at the worlds last spring in Harbin, China. Johnson, for his part, guided the U.S. to the gold at the women's world under-18 in Germany earlier this month.
It is odd how Hockey Canada, since women's hockey became an Olympic sport, has typically had a female coach (Peter Smith, skipper of the defending CIS champion McGill Martlets, had the top job for a while but has been assistant lately). Over the same span, USA Hockey has always gone with a man.
This has come in an era where, as Time reported a year and a half ago, the percentage of women's college teams in the U.S. with a female head coach is at an all-time low, which is fraught with potential problems. It cannot be reduced to a glib interpretaton, but it's like once women's sports proved viable and started getting support from corporations and universities, suddenly male coaches were interested.
The athletes themselves would no doubt say they want a coach who gives them the best chance of winning. That might be the most practical view. On an academic level, it is a concern if a disproportionately low number of women in coaching are getting a shot at being a head coach.
There is also some mild sexism in citing Mark Johnson's status as a legacy (Pat Borzi's word). Female athletes and coaches, especially in women's hockey, which is still in its nascence, aren't always able to play up a family tie, or trade off the family name. Johnson has the coaching chops, having guided Wisconsin to the NCAA championship in 2006 and '07 (Kanata native Jasmine Giles was on the second title team). It would not be wrong if he gets the nod, but please keep in mind he doesn't have the same encumberances as at least two women who are eminently qualified.
Olympic hockey decision could have ripple effects for U's Frost (Pat Borzi, MinnPost.com)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The right whoever for the job
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Polar Bear
What does a Polar Bear do on Summer vacation? I think he would go to Antarctica for vacation. Until we got our air conditioner repaired yesterday I was starting to day dream about traveling there myself! This is another tightly packed summer camp bento, but I wanted it to be a little cuter since it was for the last day of camp.
In the bento: Rice, sesame carrots, grapes, cherry tomato halves, steamed broccoli, soy sauce tofu and peach slices.
The Happy Bear's features were punched from nori. His snout (or should that be muzzle) is an oval of provolone cheese with nori on top. He also has tiny circles of gari for cheeks.
Posted by Natakiya at 12:17 PM
Labels: bear, bento, broccoli, camp, carrot, charaben, gari, grapes, kyaraben, lunch, peach, pickled ginger, rice, sesame carrots, tofu, vegetarian
2 comments:
- Dawn @ Cuter Than Gluten said...
Oh my daughter would love those "jewel" picks. Where did you get them?
- June 19, 2012 at 2:56:00 PM PDT
- Jelly said...
Hey lady, things alright? I sadly won't be at DragonCon this year (where I met you last year), but I hope that you get to go, and have lots of fun.
- August 1, 2012 at 1:31:00 PM PDT
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Muslim tsunami survivors fear amputation will bar them from paradise, reports Sebastien Berger in Banda Aceh
Many Acehnese, considered the most devout Muslims in Indonesia, believe that a person must be physically complete at death to be able to enter paradise.
Major Simon Hawkins, an Australian artillery major, speaks fluent Indonesian and has taken it upon himself to persuade reluctant gangrene victims to agree to amputations.
He also has to contend with a pre-tsunami perception that amputees are generally beggars.
On a much lighter note, how long before we see these on ebay?
Russia is to sell thousands of Second World War tanks, machineguns and cannons in an attempt to raise funds and remind the world of its pivotal role in defeating Hitler.
The Kremlin hopes that they will be bought by museums and enthusiasts as interest in vintage weaponry peaks during the 60th anniversary of the end of the war, a landmark that will be celebrated with great fanfare in Russia.


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First let me thank I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Tristi Pinkston for hosting this hop!
OMG! I actually am gonna do this!!! Okay, I gotta calm down. So I have decided to hold my first giveaway. Here are the rules:
Become a GFC Follower of this blog and leave a comment with your GFC name and email address and which book you would prefer if you win. That is all. No extra entries. Just that. I've found that when I've entered other contests on other hops I always appreciated when the entries where simple. That and since this is my first time, I need to make it as simple for me as possible too. So simply click the button to follow this blog and leave the comment with your info before November 11th at midnight and you'll be entered to win!
Then you can click on the list at the bottom of this post to go to the next blog on the list and get on with entering other contests.
Now for the good part what you can win! I have two prizes up for grabs, that means TWO winner's!!
The amazing author Maureen O. Betita has been kind enough to offer an e-copy of her book The Kraken's Mirror for giveaway! It is the first book in The Kraken's Caribbean Series.
Treated by our youth-oriented society as invisible and sexless, Emily Pawes is ready to move on with life. She attends a pirate festival, hoping to recapture the make-believe magic she knew as a young woman. Lucky to win an interesting bit of booty at a brick-a-brac stand, she finds herself transported by the Kraken's mirror through a magical portal to a land of Hollywood piratitude, where swashbuckling heroes own iPods. With little choice, Emily embraces the madness. Playing pirate has to be safer than falling into the arms of handsome Captain Silvestri, right?
When they meet, sparks fly, passion flares. He needs her to be free, but more than that, he needs her to be whole. Setting sail and uncertain of who actually controls the wheel, they seek ways to defeat his curse of good luck and discover the Kraken's mirror has plans for them. Will Emily stay in this pirate haven to fight alongside him or will he lose her because of his curse?
Book two, The Chameleon Goggles, just came out. So enter for a chance to win The Kraken's Mirror and dive into this awesome new series!
Want to find out more about The Kraken's Mirror? Check out an excerpt from the book or my review here at Vvb32Reads. Also feel free to get to know her better, check out her interview.
You could also win What Not to Fear from the Artifice series by another amazing author Robert C. Roman.
Summery from Amazon:
Michaela Miles is Philly's best detective. Sometimes her methods are medieval, but that's not surprising. Michaela has been fighting evil for nearly four hundred years.
George Matthew Franklin, Matt to his friends, is on the cutting edge of forensic science. He has been paired up with the city's best detective to prove what the new techniques can do. There's only one problem: he won't find much evidence if he can't take his eyes off his new partner.
Michaela and Matt make enemies, because Bad Guys don't like detectives or investigators. Demons and Fae, Vampires and Thugs, none of them can get away with misbehaving when these two are on the case. When they all join forces to take vengeance, everyone involved will learn that there are always worse things to fear.
Want to find out more about What Not to Fear? Check out the review here at Hampton Reviews or go read the excerpt here!
Get to know Robert at his interview here! Also don't forget to check out Robert's blog, he is holding a contest for some sweet swag from his appearance at Authors After Dark! There's still prizes left so hurry!
Thanks for stopping by! Winner will be announced after the 11th. (hopefully the 12th.) I will be using Random.org to pick the winner!
Also don't forget to check back throughout the month as I will be Spotlighting both these authors!
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It's a grand ol day for the birthday girl as I adventure around
and enjoy New York celebrating... ME!
Just wanted to quickly share with you the most beautiful dress I have ever tried on...it is certainly the perfect birthday dress if I've ever seen one! Farah Khan does amazing work and this dress twirls and sparkles and makes me feel like an old Hollywood starlet...now if only I had an event to wear it to!
Have you felt like a princess lately?


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Does the HCG Diet Work?
Do HCG Drops work? Is it worth going through the HCG Diet or is it a waste of time and effort? Although, I was stating in my last post that I want to give it a go, time has past and I have done exactly...zero!
However, I will have a few weeks off work next month and am planning to finally do it then. Here is a video for me - and for you guys - to stay motivated -
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You guys randomly start talking one day on the phone.
He compliments you & tells you that you sound pretty & cute.
He asks you about your past relationship & you ask him about his.
You then share & tell him more stories about your past & he tells you about his.
He starts flirting with you & you start flirting back.
Then he asks you for you to meet and you planned it right away.
He tells you he has fever but he would still come to meet you.
He had fever he was sick but still he stood waiting for an hour just for you.
He said he knew you've committed so you'll come.
Soon talking to him becomes a part of your daily routine & you wait for him everyday to text you.
Whenever you receive something from him, you start smiling & your day instantly becomes better.
He talks to you daily asking how your day went.
You talk to him all night & he always asks if you are tired & if you want to go to bed.
The night conversations you have with him are always the best & the deepest.
You sleep when he sleeps & he sleeps when you sleep.
Now he wants to meet up & hangout with you.
When you meet up with him, you feel even more chemistry with him & you feel butterflies in your stomach every time you talk to him.
Now you tell your friends how much of an amazing guy he is & you are interested in him.
Soon he confesses that he is interested in you & you tell him we are just friends.
You like his reaction whenever you make him realize that we are just friends.
It gives you a clinge of how much he wants you.
You feel like you're the happiest girl alive & the feeling is so strong between you guys.
You spend whole days and nights thinking of him and imagining what he would have been doing now.
He always tells you before hanging up the phone "Just take care of yourself".
He tells you to have some rest whenever you tell him about your regular kidney pain.
And you tell him to please just stop smoking.
He says he tried and will try again.
He tells you again and again that many girls are after him.
Then hours and hours are spent listening to the stories of other girls.
You realize that he is doing that on purpose.
You get irritated but just would never show.
You thought about doing the same to him but just couldn't.
There could not have been any other guy that you could even imagine … Except HIM.
He criticizes the nudity promoted in the films.
He says he denies to be a part of the crowd.
You consider him different and had no doubts.
You get annoyed when friends tease you by his name.
Still you smile just because it's His name.
You never tell him how you actually feel.
You realize "Denial is another form of acceptance"
Just because you fear that you'll loose him some day.
You start ignoring him just to escape from what you feel.
He is amused, disappointed; but just vain enough to ask.
The ignorance is breaking you from inside.
He stops putting effort into talking to you.
You think he is angry because of what you did.
He stops telling you to take care of yourself.
And responding positively when you tell him not to smoke.
You cry at nights, you've never felt that way.
You used to laugh at the love birds in school and see now you deserved to be laughed upon.
Your friend is sick and tired and one day what she did.
Without even telling you, she called Him and told him all.
Your phone rang that night and you did not have the courage to talk.
It rings and rings again. Yet again and again.
He would never give up.
You picked up and had no words.
He asked "Why did you do that?"
As you said "You told me we are just friends"
"No, you told me this way… I LOVE YOU"
You would reply "Me too"
He said .."What you too?? I wanna hear you saying it all"
"I'VE LOVED YOU SO MUCH AND STILL I DO", you had a difficult time saying that.
The night passed in thinking and you consider it one of the best nights of your life.
You talk happily for hours and you wonder how time passes when he's around.
He tells your friend he's afraid your family wont like him.
You just smile …. Yeah he looks cute you think.
He asked you one day "If you loved me then why you never seemed jealous when I discussed other girls?"
You would just smile and tell him you knew he had been criticizing them all long.
If he was interested then he wouldn't have discussed them as a joke with you.
He laughs and says "You are smart".
He suddenly stops texting you first.
When you guys talk now it's only because you hit him up first.
He would start argumenting quite often.
It became more often these days.
Things changed & you don't understand what unexpectedly happened.
He doesn't show that he still wants to be with you.
He would call once in a week and just talk about sex.
You try to change the topic but he is still clinged to the same.
You are afraid of the lust in his voice.
He never seemed that needy.
You are afraid that he can do anything to get what he wants.
He shows no interest in you or your relationship.
Every time he talks its just about sex and nothing else.
You become extremely clingy & you don't know what to do.
You can't help wondering what went wrong.
You ask him if anything is wrong & he tells you that everything is fine.
Then you start thinking he's mad at you for something you did,
but he assures you that you need to relax & everything's okay. He tells you that he's just been busy
. So you wait for a while & nothing is changing.
He's still "busy" all the time & he doesn't even try to talk to you.
Now every time you talk to him except sex it becomes an argument.
& you get scared that you are being annoying for hitting him up first, so you stop talking to him.
Months pass, & you don't talk to him at all.
You never know what happened from his point of view.
Because of him, every night you're hurt & upset.
You don't know what went wrong in the relationship between you two.
You miss the old person he used to be & you don't even know what he has changed into.
He tells you not to post on his Facebook as his family would make an issue out of it.
You feel strange but its just that you trust him blindly.
One day you see that he has a new girl in his life.
He's calling her cute names & everything he used to tell you.
He calls her baby & tells her that he thinks she's beautiful.
He smiles and laughs while she kisses him.
He has no problem when she writes on his Facebook.
He seems completely fine without you now & he has someone else to talk & text to every day & night.
You refuse to believe that he played you, but it's true.
You just say nothing and walk away silently.
Because "Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing is the same"
You're still hurt & everything you do reminds you of him.
You can't stop thinking about him & you cry every night when your thinking about him.
You watch the sky and tell GOD that
"I have been a sinner .. Forgive me for all that I thought and all that I do"
You've changed it all.
You don't consider any guy different now.
You don't let other people govern yourself and your life.
You don't let other people know hoe you feel.
You live your own life.
You do whatever your mind says is good for you.
"Because whatever is meant to be will happen anyways"


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Base cards > relic cards
It's true. I now consider base cards as more valuable, more desired than relic cards. It's quite possible that I've felt that way for some time. But now that I have announced my decision to no longer seek out relic cards, I am now realizing that I don't care about them at all.
It's to the point where I instinctively look at them as inferior. I wouldn't say I put them on the same plain as an unnumbered checklist. But they're falling in that direction.
So, what do I do when someone sends me relic cards out of the goodness of their heart?
Well, of course, I spit on them, scream curse words so the neighbors can hear, and vow vengeance to the grave.
I'm kidding.
Julie from Funner Here sent a very complimentary note and a pair of relic cards to me recently.
I have the Sheffield bat relic already (I used to have two of them -- which makes me think I should have kept it, so I'd have three now and be well on my way to reconstructing Gary Sheffield's bat). So I'll be using that card to obtain something of my liking.
But, of course, I'm going to keep the Edwin Jackson relic here. I DO still have relics in my collection. I know I said I planned to trade or sell a bunch of them -- and I have started to do that -- but a few I do consider meaningful for various reasons, ranging from the look of the card, to the person on the card, to the circumstances of the trade.
So, Edwin stays with me, even though he's inferior in comparison to the other cards that Julie sent:
Like parallel cards. Parallels are where it's at -- yes, I need to be a sucker for something. It's not relics anymore. But parallels I still do.
This is the much preferable blue version of the sickly purple Spectrum cards from 2009.
This reminds me of when I was a kid (yeah, I know, what DOESN'T remind you of when you were a kid, night owl?). When we were sick, there were two kinds of medicine we were forced to swallow. It started out as a blue-colored syrup. We liked the taste of it. We called it "bluey" in homage to the very rare phenomenon of a pleasant-tasting medicine. Then the medicine was changed to a purple color and it tasted AWFUL. It was supposed to be grape, I suppose, but I abhor grape-flavored stuff and I dreaded taking that medicine from that point forward. I longed for "bluey" again.
That's how I view 2009 Spectrum. The blue parallels are the wonderful, but all-to-briefly seen "bluey." The purple base set is the pervasive, awful stuff that was forced on us.
You don't get this kind of analysis at Beckett, you know.
More parallels. Still where it's at.
These are the cards that touched off the exchange with Funner Here. Julie keeps telling me I don't have to send any cards back. But I'm ignoring her. I'm calling it an exchange. There's a stack of cards with your name on it, Julie, and some day I'm going to do something crazy and send it. I play by my own rules.
One last parallel. And even though it's Ryan Theriot, parallels are still where it's at.
I cannot believe this guy has been on two straight World Series-winning teams. What is wrong with baseball?
So, that's your little trip into a bizarro world where relics don't matter and base cards rule.
It's healthy to test out the wild side once in awhile.
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- AnonymousNovember 21, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Correction - you would be well on your way to putting together a bat not from any specific game, event or season.ReplyDelete
Thanks for reminding me of the time Ryan Theriot was a Doyer.ReplyDelete
I still like relic cards. I won't go above and beyond to obtain one, unless it's particularly nice. But if you give me the choice between any run of the mill relic or a junk wax base card that will complete a team set, then yeah, give me the base card!ReplyDelete
If you aren't attached to the extra Sheffield, could you put it in my stack? I am passively trying to build that particular relic set.ReplyDelete
I'm losing interest in relics, as well. I have always been about refractors, but I am pretty sure everyone has. I love colored parallels, but sometimes they get ridiculous, like Bowman Orange, which only look good on two teams (maybe three.)ReplyDelete
I wrote off relic cards 4 years ago and deciced to only collect base cards. Somewhere along the way I started collecting parallels too.ReplyDelete
Our collections have to look a lot alike only with different teams. (That and my lack of 75 minis)
darn, you would've been so close to completing his bat!What? Only 10-20...MILLION slivers that size came from an actual bat! smhReplyDelete
"Bluey". Reminds me of this Lewis Black observation:ReplyDelete
Starts about :59 - payoff at 1:33.
agreed - relics don't do much for me. I hate being a sucker for parallels. Those damn Topps cards w/ 3 packs and 3 "Bonus" parallels get me every time.ReplyDelete
I don't care about relics for the sake of the fabric or wood bit embedded in the card, but I still appreciate them if the card is designed well or commemorates something specific.ReplyDelete
Somebody sent me an R.A. Dickey all-star relic from this year's Topps Update set this week. I was happy to get it because it pictures Dickey in the All-Star workout jersey and it will help me remember his amazing season down the road. I could care less that there's a piece of blue fabric in it.


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- Weigh-in: 25lbs to loose
- Exercise/Physical Activity completed: Monday, Wednesday: 60 minute water exercise class, Wednesday: mowed the yard. Tuesday: swam 4 laps in the Olympic sized pool @ the YMCA. Thursday (today): organize basement, exercise video on Netflix.
- Average Sleep per night: about 7 hours, very interrupted by a sunburn and itchy feet (what's up with that!?)
- Splurge/Guilty Pleasure: a few raisins on Tuesday, store bought orange juice before exercising in the mornings (it is quick and easy!)
- Success story: resisting the tempting meals I'm having to make for my family. I haven't given in and eaten one yet :)
- Recipe(s): More of a tip this week. I haven't had time (or money) to buy fresh produce - but I can still have wonderful juices to drink! Because a few weeks ago, I DID have a bunch of produce and juice - so I FROZE it in ice cube trays, then dumped them into gallon baggies. Now I can mix and match my juice cubes into juices for the day. It isn't ideal but it saved me from wasting all that money/produce!
- Photo: After fighting with my husband over our cups, I finally came up with a solution. I had this old rack in a closet, unused. We'd never found a way/place for it. Now, it holds our cups with their lids and straws! Easy access, no more lost pieces! Love it :)
|My wonderful rack of cups. They rotate which means there's enough room. I wish it was about 6 inches wider.
|You can see my whole station, including the juicer, food processor, ice cream maker, griddle, and mixer.


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JUPITER, FL, April 16, 2014 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded $2.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the therapeutic potential of safer and more effective alternatives to the current crop of anti-diabetic drugs, which have been limited in their use due to side effects including bone loss and congestive heart failure.
Douglas Kojetin, a TSRI associate professor, is the principal investigator for the new five-year study.
The study will take a cue from the two mainstays of type 2 diabetes treatment—pioglitazone (Actos) and rosiglitazone (Avandia). Both drugs raise the body's sensitivity to insulin, increasing the amount of glucose or sugar absorbed by the cells.
Studies have shown, however, that while these and other recently developed drugs are designed to bind to a specific site on the PPAR gamma (PPARG) nuclear receptor, they can also bind to an alternative site.
"This unexpected finding opens a lot of potential opportunities," Kojetin said. "We're looking to design a molecule that blocks both sites and can be used to probe what this alternative binding does on a molecular level—with the hope that this information will help us come up with a better drug model."
The number of the new National Institutes of Health grant is 1R01DK101871.
About The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is one of the world's largest independent, not-for-profit organizations focusing on research in the biomedical sciences. TSRI is internationally recognized for its contributions to science and health, including its role in laying the foundation for new treatments for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, and other diseases. An institution that evolved from the Scripps Metabolic Clinic founded by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps in 1924, the institute now employs more than 2,500 people on its campuses in La Jolla, CA, and Jupiter, FL, where its renowned scientists—including two Nobel laureates and 20 members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering or Medicine—work toward their next discoveries. The institute's graduate program, which awards PhD degrees in biology and chemistry, ranks among the top ten of its kind in the nation. In October 2016, TSRI announced a strategic affiliation with the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr), representing a renewed commitment to the discovery and development of new medicines to address unmet medical needs. For more information, see www.scripps.edu.
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