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Course last offered: Fall 2002Page last updated: October 29, 2008
Sohini Sengupta, Ph.D., M.P.H.UNC Department of Social MedicineRoom 381, Wing D Medical School, CB#7164Email: email@example.com
Course Director: Sohini Sengupta, Ph.D., M.P.H.UNC Department of Social Medicine - http://www.med.unc.edu/Room 381, Wing D Medical School, CB#7164Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office hours: By appointment; special help sessions may be scheduled, as needed.
The purpose of this course is to facilitate medical students' interests in shaping health care delivery and health policy through research-based health activism. Areas of interests can include access to health care for vulnerable populations, human rights violations, food and drug safety, tobacco control, illicit drug use, immigrant health, environmental exposures, mental health, violence, or medical illnesses, such as AIDS or cancer, to name a few. We encourage you to develop projects that reflect your own interests and abilities.
The course is designed to provide practical skills in collecting and analyzing data, and being able to present them in a form understandable to policymakers in order to potentially impact health policy or health care delivery in this country and abroad. The main focus of the Fall semester will be to develop a 5-page written proposal that may serve as the basis for a future research project. The Spring 2003 semester elective is optional, but strongly recommended for students who wish to carry out their proposed research projects. UNC-CH faculty will be mentors to students during the course and in the subsequent Spring semester elective for those students who wish to carry out their proposed research projects.
Participation in the Fall semester course will:
If students decide to carry out their research projects, participation in the Spring 2003 semester will focus on assisting students to conduct their research projects. This will include periodic meetings with students to discuss their works in progress.
Each class session will be interactive. The first hour of class will be devoted to a presentation made by a physician or other health professional who has been involved in health activism. You will be able to ask questions and comment about their work or issues they raise.
The second hour of class will focus on helping you to develop your research proposals. Sohini Sengupta (or other faculty member) will discuss different aspects of research methods from week to week, and you will be able to ask questions about your turned in assignments or about future assignments. Weekly assignments will be given back to you the following week with comments/suggestions for revision, but will not be graded.
If you attend class regularly, prepare for each class, turn in weekly assignments including the final proposal, and participate in class discussions, you will automatically get a P. A grade of H will be given to students whose research proposals are clear and well-written, and demonstrate feasibility of the research activities proposed.
Introduction: What is Research-Based Health Activism?Presenter: Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H.Public Citizen Health Research Group
Dr. Lurie is a visiting speaker and widely known as an activist on a number of health-related issues. Please do your best to read both articles in preparation for his presentation.
NOTE: We will spend the last 15 minutes or so of class going over any questions about the syllabus and faculty mentor list (at end of syllabus).
How Research Can Be Used to Shape Public PolicyPresenter: Pam Silberman, J.D., Dr. P.H.UNC SPH, Department of Health Policy and Administration
Writing Research Questions/HypothesesPresenter: Sohini Sengupta
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in a 1-page statement of your research interest and discussion with faculty mentor (from faculty mentor list).
The Role of a Medical Student as a Health ActivistPresenter: Bill WoodUNC 4th year medical student
Below are links to a number of health related research-based activism organizations, often to a particular page within the site. Please peruse at least five of these, looking at more of each site than these linked pages alone. Please answer the questions in the first paragraph below, and please pick one or two more of the below links for which you could provide an answer in class to the question noted.
Types of Study Designs
Presenter: Sohini SenguptaReadings:
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in research questions and/or hypotheses.
Optional assignment, if you have time (from Bill Wood):
Bring to class a printed copy of a letter or email you have sent to either an elected official of your choice, or a letter to the editor you have sent to a major NC newspaper (not The Daily Tar Heel). The letter/email should be on a health-related topic of your choice, and cite a fact you have researched on the web or elsewhere, which you believe needs some action in response.
Long-Term Care Advocacy for Frail EldersPresenter: Laura Hanson, M.D.UNC Division of General Medicine
Systematic ReviewsPresenter: Russell Harris, M.D.UNC Co-Director, Program on Prevention in Education and PracticeReadings:
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in 1-page description of your study design.
Understanding the Policy Process: How to Influence Health PolicyPresenter: Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.UNC Department of Social MedicineReadings:
Measurement and Questionnaire DesignPresenter: Sohini Sengupta
ASSIGNMENT DUE: No assignment
Community Consultation in Research SettingsPresenter: Ronald P. Strauss, D.M.D., Ph.D.UNC, Departments of Dental Ecology (Chair) and Social MedicineReadings:
Basic StatisticsPresenter: Sohini Sengupta
Readings: No readings
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in variable definitions and how they will be operationalized. If proposing to do a survey, additionally turn in 1-page questionnaire. If proposing to do a systematic review, additionally turn in abstract sheet.
Mental Health Consequences of Human Rights ViolationsPresenter: Jeffrey Sonis, M.D., M.P.H.UNC Department of Social Medicine
Content Analysis (Type of Qualitative Research)Presenter: Sohini Sengupta
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in plan of data analysis.
Tobacco Control and Media AdvocacyPresenter: Adam Goldstein, M.D.UNC Department of Family MedicineReadings: NEED READINGS
How to Write a Research ProposalPresenter: Sohini SenguptaReadings:
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in plan of data analysis if proposing to do qualitative research.
Advocacy in the Face of Travesty: Mental Health Services in North CarolinaPresenter: Sue Estroff, Ph.D.UNC Department of Social MedicineReadings:
Several short articles from the Journal of Common Sense, 6(3), Winter 2000/2001:
Proposal Peer Review I: 2nd hour of class
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in draft of research proposal and applicable appendixes (2 copies).
Gaps in the Health Care Safety Net for the Medically Needy and UninsuredPresenter: Wes Wallace, M.D.UNC Department of Emergency MedicineReadings:
Last Proposal Peer Review and How to Prepare for Final Presentations: 2nd hour of class
Proposal Presentations: 1st hour of class
What's Next? Conducting Your ResearchPresenter: Sidney Wolfe, M.D.Public Citizen Health Research Group
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Turn in final proposals.
As part of your first assignment, you are asked to contact and choose one faculty member from the list below who you will work with while you are developing your research proposal. Your choice should depend on whether your research interests are compatible with theirs, and what you agree on in terms of how they will mentor you. For example, a faculty member can mentor you with a database he/she has for you to analyze. Another faculty member may mentor you with helping to shape your research idea. THE FACULTY MENTORS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL.
For August 27th, working in pairs (ideally), write a one-page statement that 1) identifies your faculty mentor and why you chose that person, 2) describes your research interest, and 3) discusses how your faculty mentor will help you with your research idea.
Adam Goldstein, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family MedicineTel: 966-4090Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Primary interests are in media advocacy and tobacco control. He also teaches a course to 4th year medical students entitled, Medical Activism and Advocacy.
Laura Hanson, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Department of MedicineTel: 966-5945Email: email@example.com
Primary interests are in geriatrics, medical ethics, end-of-life care, and palliative care. Research on end-of-life care and palliative care includes establishing a palliative care program to determine whether better symptom care management can reduce pain for individuals at the end-of-life.
Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Social MedicineTel: 843-8269Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Primary interests are in health care politics and policy. This includes Medicare, issues in American health care reform, international health care delivery, and the role of medical insurance programs in the modern welfare state. Research on Medicare resulted in a book chronicling the political development of Medicare from 1965 to the present, exploring how Medicare operated within a political consensus about program philosophy during its first three decades and how that consensus is now unraveling.
Pam Silberman, J.D., Dr. P.H., Associate Director of Policy Analysis, Sheps Center For Health Services ResearchTel: 966-2670Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Primary interests are in managed care, vulnerable populations, and the uninsured. A focal point in her research looks at access to care for vulnerable populations, including low-income families and individuals living in rural areas in the U.S.
Jeffrey Sonis, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Social MedicineTel: 843-8264Email: email@example.com
Primary research interests are on the psychosocial consequences of extreme trauma, particularly for individuals affected by human rights violations. One research project examines the psychological effects of torture and related trauma among Bosnian refugees seen in primary care settings in Detroit.
Ronald P. Strauss, D.M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Dental Ecology, School of DentistryTel: 966-2788Email: email@example.com
Primary research interests have been on the social impacts of chronic health problems, especially dental conditions, craniofacial anomalies and HIV/AIDS. One project examined how communities perceive biomedical research and how HIV vaccine testing might be ethically undertaken with the involvement of African American communities.
Wes Wallace, M.D., FACEP, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency MedicineTel: 919-966-6440Email: email@example.com
Primary interests are in medicine and social justice, providing medical information to political decision makers, and wilderness medicine. He is a former national President of Physicians for Social Responsibility and advocates to improve access to health care for underserved populations and for the understanding of linkages between environmental and health issues.
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Spring weather is finally here! We've arrived at that sweet spot in the season where I can throw open the windows and let the fresh air flow through, and it's not so hot that a little baking will heat up the whole apartment. My oven is seeing fewer pots for braising, and more muffin tins and sheet trays these days. I've been on a citrus kick recently and I'm fueled by an economy-sized bag of limes from Costco that I've nearly finished in about a week.
I've also been doing a bit of spring cleaning in the cupboards and stumbled across some lavender sugar I made last fall as I pulled up roots in preparation for our move out East.
In some of my earliest posts on Beth's Bites, I spent a lot of time finding uses for the explosion of herbs coming out of my garden. At one point, I had so much lavender, the best I could do was hang them to dry and store them in glass containers for future use. Right before the move, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and combined some of the lavender with some extra sugar I had laying around. I stirred them together, bottled it up, and packed it away. When we moved to our new place in Vermont, it got shoved in the back of the cupboard and wasn't removed again until earlier this week. It was beautifully fragrant, but I couldn't think of a good use for it. Until I did.
Citrus Lavender Creme Brulee
I've played around with lavender creme brulee before, but it always seemed a bit one-dimensional. It was light and floral, which was OK, but I wanted a bit more depth. As it turns out, a little zest was exactly what this dessert needed. When you take a bite, citrus dances on your tongue while the aroma of lavender floats through your sinuses. The initial crunch of caramelized sugar gives way to a creamy custard that melts in your mouth. It's a dessert to engage all of the senses.
You can make your own lavender sugar by combining about a cup of sugar and 2 tbsp of food-grade lavender buds and let that sit for at least a week. The longer the better. If you want to enjoy this a little sooner, you can steep 1 tsp of buds with the lime zest as you're heating the cream.
6 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups cream
zest from 1 lime
1/2 cup lavender sugar + extra for caramelizing at the end
Pre-heat the oven to 300.
In a medium saucepot, bring the cream and zest to a simmer over medium heat.
While that is heating, whip the egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl until the sugar has dissolved and the yolk is pale and thick
Once the cream comes to a simmer, remove it from the heat, and strain into a bowl. Slowly pour and whisk the hot cream in to the egg and sugar mix to temper the custard. At this point, dip a spoon into the custard. If it's thick enough to coat the back, you're ready to move on to the next step. If it's still a bit thin, return the custard to the same saucepot you used to warm the cream and heat on low, whisking constantly, until it's thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and hold a line when you draw your finger across it.
Pour the custard into the ramekins of your choice. Size doesn't really matter as long as you fill them to approximately the same depth.
Place the filled ramekins in a deep roasting pan and place on a rack in the middle of the oven. Fill the pan with hot water until it reaches about halfway up the side of the shallowest ramekins. Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes, or until the custard sets. Just give the roasting pan a jiggle to check. If the custard sloshes around, let them go longer. If they jiggle like firm Jell-O, they're ready!
Remove the pan from the oven, then using tongs, place the ramekins on the countertop to cool. Once cool to the touch, about 30 minutes, place them in the fridge for at least 2 hours to firm and completely cool before serving.
To brulee, sprinkle a heaping tablespoon of lavender sugar on top of the cooled custards and tip the ramekin in all directions to coat.
You can use a kitchen torch or a broiler to brown the top, just keep in mind that if you are using the broiler, you want to be careful not to heat up the custard too much. Place the ramekins as close to the heat source as possible, and don't leave it in for more than 45 seconds!
I hope you all enjoy this as much as we did! See you next week.
Love, Beth

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I just realized that if I don't post today, it would be the first time I didn't write at least once in a month since I started this blog back in 2007. Talk about lazy blogging!
First, a Mexico update: I have been languorously writing about my trip as the mood and memories strike. The ultimate result will be a series of detailed posts with pictures, but I'm going to stop making promises about when that's coming.
Second, why haven't I been blogging in general? You might think it's because life doesn't seem quite as exciting now that I live in the U.S., but my weeks continue to be filled with varied and interesting activities even and maybe especially when I'm stateside. For instance, in the month of February I have:
- Gone to a Heroes and Villians costume party:
- Hosted a very successful clothing swap and brunch:
- Participated in (and cooked for) multiple board game nights (Settlers of Catan, how we love thee)
- Been speed dating (Yes, again! I can't get enough of awkward social situations)
- Cheered for a friend's Roller Derby Team
- Survived cross country skiing:
- Taken the Underground Tour for the third time (third time was enough)
- Cooked countless delicious things - I love winter food and getting a bi-weekly produce box keeps me on my culinary feet.
- Delighted in numerous brunches, lunches, and dinners with friends and family.
So, why haven't I written in unecessary detail about any of these events? I blame it on not having the internet at my apartment. But how can you LIVE without the internet, you ask? Easily. I also don't have a TV - it's the dark ages at my house and that's the way I like it. But I realize my laziness isn't fair to the 5 of you who regularly check in on me, nor to future generations who will pour over my every word (ahem), nor to future me who will wonder what I did with my youth and be grateful for this convenient record, so I will try to do a better job of writing in the future for all of our sakes.


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After a busy day of writing emails, copying and pasting into spreadsheets and tweaking objects in this and that presentation; I was finishing up the last of it… tapping away on my laptop at the kitchen table when my right hand suddenly slipped and the mouse went "Saturday Night Fever" on me across the tabletop only to knock a glass of water off the side.
As the glass fell in slow motion, my left hand – still resting on the keyboard, jumped into action and out of pure reflex hit CTRL Z. To paint the picture for those of you who do not use keyboard shortcuts, I tried to stop a real life glass of water from breaking on my kitchen floor by using a computer's "Undo" command. And… smash.
This immediately provided my Mrs. with a new entry for her long catalogue of 'silly things Louis has done', the source material for her best jokes at my expense. It was one morning as I melodramatically writhed in pain following a stubbed little toe that she suggested satirically "Why don't you just hit CTRL Z?" Funny…I'm told. But it got me thinking about it again and you know what? I need CTRL Z in my life.
This is the stuff science fiction is made of! Oh to imagine what it would be like to live in a virtual world where you can pick the rules, read the dark warnings of William Gibson's Burning Chrome or enjoy the pop asceticism of The Matrix. However, as we spend even more time online, our lives routinely uploaded there, perhaps the future is closer than we think.
What commands would you want in your virtual world? I am just a Backup and Disaster Recovery guy so please forgive my lack of imagination for this bucket list of Louis' Must Have Commands For His Virtual World:
1. Save a Recovery Point from when I was 21 so I can go back and have hair again any time I want.
2. Replicate myself on holiday. After deduplicating and compressing myself so that I could travel on even a modest connection, I would encrypt myself and then, either real time or scheduled, replicate myself to a datacenter in Barbados. NICE!
3. Use Virtual Standby to create a lookalike of me. Not feeling like work today? I would spin up a Virtual Machine copy of myself fully equipped with all the relevant data; applications and send the poor chap into work instead.
4. Archive my fashion mistakes to the cloud. This is pretty much all the way from 1995 till present day with only a few exceptions like weddings and one or two fancy dress parties. I would take Granular Restore with that just in-case I am ever feeling nostalgic and want to have a laugh at one or two badly dressed memories without having to remember the whole lot.
5. Make everything much easier to do than it currently is. I'm thinking of absolutely everything here; but specific examples include: baking a decent macaron, DARPA's math challenge and Morris dancing.
6. Deduplicate plastic bags. If only we could delete all the unnecessary plastic bags in the World! Well this is my virtual world and we just did it! Of course we'll keep one plastic bag to put in a museum somewhere…
7. SSD my brain. Daft Punk have already had this upgrade.
8.Intuitively know exactly what to do and when to do it. In my virtual world I'm not asking to be smarter, I'm just asking that everything else is simpler.
9. Truncate my logs before I go to bed.
There is probably a far more controversial version of this list available to anyone who uses Adobe Photoshop extensively; but all of the above mentioned Backup and Disaster Recovery capabilities are available at this very moment with Arcserve UDP in both software and appliance options. And for those of us left wanting CTRL Z right now and in the real world, Virtual Reality exists via our smartphones and we still have the power to untag bad photos of ourselves on the likes of Twitter and other social media platforms. Things are looking up – we're getting there!


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I've had my fill of my dock neighbor's territorial habits when it comes to our shared finger (starboard side) on our dock. He has told me before that it's his finger and he's free to put anything on it that he wants.
When he 1st moved in, he had a 28 cruiser in a 60 slip, so he built himself a 15 deck for more elbow room. Well he seized an opportunity and bought a 68 houseboat soon thereafter. Instead of removing the 15 deck, he just leaves his aft-end sticking 23 beyond the end of his slip. This, of course, makes it difficult for me to return to my own slip when there's anything other than ideal conditions around the dock.
Since hes very good at building decks, lots of other folks have asked him to install a deck on their slip as well. This is fine, except he likes to store his lumber scraps on our shared finger, which creates a tripping hazard for anyone walking down that finger. I pushed the lumber to his side of the finger and left myself a "walkway' to get to the end of the finger, which ticked him off. I dont understand why he thinks its OK to block my side of the finger and not just his because his boat is a dock queen, which never leaves the slip. For over a year, I tolerated a large tool storage locker that was positioned on my side of the finger and was pushed up to the edge almost against my boat. This made it difficult for people pulling my bow line and walking down the starboard finger when coming in or going out. Eventually he moved it after his wife (the more sensible one of the 2) finally saw the trouble it was causing us.
Lastly, you can probably guess from the dock queen comment, that he doesnt pump out. They lived aboard the boat for 2 years and finally moved back to a house. Since they moved, Ive noticed a dramatic difference in the clarity of the water around my boat. It makes me quiver whenever I have to reach into my Marine Airs, generators, or toilets strainers when working on them because I know whats in there.
My stupid marinas management wont do anything. Ive tried searching for Coast Guard dock regulations and such, but am coming up empty handed. Ive been told that the CG has rules that nothing can be on the fingers that restrict passage. Also, I believe theres rules about how far a boat can stick out beyond the end of their slip, due to safety when docking, but cant find anything official.
Can you guys help me find any of this info? Perhaps an anonymous phone call to the local CG office .?


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It's Chamorro month again, or mes Chamorro ta'lo. That means that the landscape of Guam changes in some small and large ways, to bring out more of the island's "Chamorro side." It's the only month of the year that you might see more Guam flags than American flags. It's the only month that you can actually hear a large group of young people, actively debating and creating in the Chamorro language. Its also the month during which communication between grand kids, great-grand kids and their respective elders is usually at an all time high due to class assignments about Guam history. Lastly, it's also the third most important time period for t-shirt vendors on Guam, after election season and the month of July (Liberation Day).
It can be both an exciting and depressing month. Exciting because of all the public sector, private sector and even personal energy that is suddenly put into representing or sharing kosas Chamoru siha. Depressing because one has to wonder where does all this Chamorroness go for the rest of the year? Where is it warehoused for the rest of the months? And how can be "liberate" it?
For me, as a scholar and a sort of long-time Chamorro activist, there are other reasons that I sometimes feel not depressed, but sad during Chamorro month. Much of the emphasis of Chamorro month is not Chamorro things in a broad, diverse sense, but tends to focus on arts and culture in a narrow sense. These two words "art" and "culture" could encompass nearly everything, but when transformed into actuality tend to be reduced to the performing of dances or the sale/display of artistic materials, ranging from anything from paintings to shell necklaces to woven products.
Part of the reason for this emphasis is that these are the aspects of Chamorro culture are the most ideal for a tourist and a capitalist economy and a culture which also advertises itself through harmless generosity, warmth and a desire to Welcome All Visitors Enthusiastically (WAVE)! The emergence of Chamorro dance in recent years is part triumph as many of its proponents have very real and deep de-colonial commitments and ideas. But it is also part loss, because the broad support it receives comes from the mentality of com-modifying Chamorro culture or reducing it to simple showy pieces that please audiences. Something quick, harmless and that can be consumed by a Japanese tourist, a visiting dignitary or stationed military. The artifacts and other products which people make, whether they be t-shirts, necklaces or artwork aren't bad by any means, but they are the pieces of culture which are frankly the easiest, and potentially the least meaningful. They may be made by people who also are very committed to the perpetuation of Chamorro culture and have the most radical decolonizing intentions in mind as they create, but those intentions don't stay attached or infused to the art or craft once it leaves the table. They don't necessarily affect the reasons why Chamorros put so much energy into the purchasing of those products, or the showcasing them as what is Chamorro. So I'm not saying taking issue with anyone in particular, but speaking to the larger issues of how we Chamorros see ourselves and our relationship to our culture.
I attend literally hundreds of art and cultural fairs or activities each year on Guam, both in order to sell my own artwork, but also to help promote the traditional blacksmith tools of my grandfather, Tun Jack Lujan. We see thousands of Chamorros wandering from table to table, booth to booth, hunting for gifts, hunting for beautiful art, hunting for cheap shit, sometimes looking for potential pieces of their Chamorro identity. My grandfather, who can be a very negative and jaded bihu, often laments the fact that most Chamorros are only Chamorro when they have to buy gifts for people.
It's the only time that being a Chamorro seems to mean anything to them. It's the only time that they seem to take an interest in the culture and the people that they were born into. Furthermore these sorts of activities seem to be the only way that most Chamorros care to even represent or consciously consider what a Chamorro in the world today would mean or be. I don't share grandpa's mala'et na pessimism, but he does touch on an important point to consider.
Our identities as Chamorros, and all peoples' identities are supposed to be reciprocal, meaning that we draw from things, we take from a history, a set of cultural beliefs, ideas or icons, and we use them to give our lives meaning, to represent who we are to others. Some people see this world as being limited or small, only encompassing those things which can be consider "authentically" Chamorro, dictated primarily by time and contact with other cultures, but others see it more (accurately) as an always growing force, enveloping all that Chamorros consider to be theirs.
But this is only half of the cultural equation. For at the same time that we make use of this Chamorro culture, we are also supposed to commit ourselves to the protection or the maintenance of that amorphous Chamorro universe. We don't simply draw from it, but we remain loyal to it, we keep it alive, we help nurture it, help expand it. Our culture is never a neutral thing, but always something that each and every one of us have a role in either perpetuating and keeping alive and growing or killing and leaving to crumble to the dust they will spread around the floor of the eventually built Guam Museum.
The wisdom of my grandfather's snark is that he recognizes that the relationship between Chamorros and their culture has, in so many ways stopped being a reciprocal one. It has stopped being something which everyone feels they play important roles in perpetuating and has been absorbed into a crass capitalist mentality. The culture is not something that I help perpetuate, it is instead something that I purchase, usually in the form of small colorful shells or sometimes bad ass t-shirts. I engage with my culture as something which is objectified, not living, not breathing, and certainly not breathing life into me or the world around me (except perhaps as color on walls or car bumpers). Culture from this perspective is found in definable objects, those with monetary values, those which come with no strings attached, and don't seem to signify that I have any further commitment to this culture except that I put this necklace on, or that I wrap this up and send it to my cousin in Texas.
Is it any wonder then that the Chamorro language is so marginal nowadays? When you lose that reciprocal commitment, you lose that everyday feeling of responsibility to your culture or to your language, then why would anyone take the time to teach younger generations to speak Chamorro. Especially since if you do absolutely nothing they will learn English anyways! If the culture is not something that I can simply purchase and be done with, then forget it. Its too much work, too much effort, takes too much of my time.
There is an argument, and it's a very good one, that these cultural products can help build consciousness, that they can give our people the means of feeling pride in who we are, where we've come from, or that they can help use represent ourselves, build up our identities, make them stronger. This is true, but, and now I've finally come to the point of this post, for me this is pointless, without what I feel Chamorro month should be about, and that is history.
For me, Chamorro month, if it is to mean anything must be about history. And when I say this, I don't mean history as in: make students memorize important dates in Guam history, or have the Pacific Daily News run even more articles on This Month in Guam History by Tony Palomo. I don't mean history as towering stack of papers with the names of dead people on them, the dates when important things happened, and multiple choice and essay questions, which sits in the corner of the room waiting to be handed out to the classroom that is Guam today. When I say history I mean, history in the true form that it takes in our lives. Imagine that infinite stack of papers, as a massive typhoon swirling all about us. Names, dates, events, ideas come and go, flash by, and everything and nothing is always capable of appearing absent and present in that cyclonic mass.
The task of the historian in the worst sense is to make that typhoon look like it's a straight line, which you can simply write words alongside to explain everything. In reality however, history is something that is constantly swirling all around us, always giving us the appearance that we are moving, that things are changing, and yet at the same time making us feel that everything is still the same, that nothing has really changed. Most importantly from this metaphor is the idea that history is not some distant concept, but something which is always pressing up against us, something which is constantly pushing and determing what we do.
Robert Underwood, when he became president of the University of Guam, said that he was committed to the University providing "education" to its students in the most compelling form, that it be something which "enables people to deal with life from a position of strength." This is what Chamorro month should be about. Not the simple sharing of Chamorroness as objects to be bought or as dances to be consumed with eager eyes. It should be a month in which Chamorros and Guam are helped inch closer to that position of strength and history is the key to achieving that power. History as I am thinking of it here involves the recounting and knowing of the past, but is not about the past. History as I am invoking it here is all about the present and the future. History as the force through which we know and feel who we have been, but also know and feel who we are today and what we can be in the future.
Instilling this month with Chamorro history means teaching the past in a way that productively relates to the present. That way it can provide us answers to all the questions we might have, but more importantly provides us answers to the questions we might not think to ask, or worse yet, think that we can't ask.
Our island is in such difficult times right now, primarily because of our collective refusal to pay close attention to our island's history over the past 100 years. We have yet to learn the lessons of rapid development with little planning. We have yet to learn the lessons of the negative impacts of increasing Guam's military presence. We have yet to learn the lessons of American colonialism, that its not the surface of our relationship that matters, but the foundation. If we are fundamentally not equal or the same, then all the flags, quarters and stamps are nothing but tokens. Finally, we have yet to learn the lessons of our own strength, our own survival, our own power. We pack our year and our lives with constant testaments and reminders to the authority and power of the United States. We eagerly recite our lessons on how backwards Guam is, how corrupt it is, how dependent and helpless it is, and how it constantly needs the United States to save it, to liberate it, most importantly from itself.
The end result is that rather than teaching ourselves the truth of our history and our present, we instead fill our minds and our souls with simple colonial fictions. Simplistic, ridiculous thoughts that keep us in a position of powerlessness and helplessness. The American return in 1944 was a liberation. The military downsizing in the 1990's happened because we hurt the military's feelings and scared them away. More military means more security. The military does not damage people's health or the environment. The military as an institution, cares about Guam and is our partner. Guam is too small, Guam can't survive on its own.
I call these sorts of ideas "colonial commonsense." These are ideas that bind us without our even knowing it. We treat them as commonsense and in return they shape and restrict us in particular ways. They distort our view of everything, in particular Guam's relationship to the United States. They are the ideas upon which Chamorros and others on Guam today build their identities of dependency and helplessness, which therefore see Guam as a corrupt backwards place, which is always in need of some American presence to come and liberate it from itself. This common sense cripples us, twists our perceptions of ourselves, make us feel that we can't really do anything without Uncle Sam holding our hand or telling us what to do. We end up twisting ourselves in so many ways, forcing ourselves into literal pretzels of dependency. Its no wonder than that whenever the United States recognizes us, even if its just to tell us that we are its weapon of war, we celebrate it!
Chamorro month should be about countering these ideas and helping release us from this colonial commonsense, which cripples us in so many ways without us even contemplating it. It should be about taking our history and transforming it into something which in Underwood's definition, educates us, helps us see past the commonsense ways that we everyday build America up, and degrade Guam. The Chamorro side of Guam, is not just shells and latte, it is the spirit of a people, it is the dreams of a people. It is the successes, failures and struggles of a people. It should be a month dedicate to educating our island and ourselves about the Chamorro people in the hopes of helping them into a position of strength. A position from which they can make well-reasoned choices about where they and this island will go into the future.
Chamorro month should be about the remembering of previous dreams and the building of new ones. And if it were to become this, then all of those shell necklaces, dances and t-shirts might truly mean something more, might be the objects that we would hope they be.
Living artifacts or art that do not just signify, price, color or the packaging of culture into something that can be bought on the shelf at the store, but instead living breathing pieces of an epic and always evolving guinifen Chamoru, or Chamorro dream.


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BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech wide receiver Ike Whitaker won't travel with the team this weekend for a game at No. 22 Clemson, according to a release from the athletic department.
Whitaker, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound sophomore from Germantown, Md., who underwent in-patient treatment last December and January for alcohol abuse, will meet Monday with coach Frank Beamer to discuss his future with the team.


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For the month of April I'm blogging alphabetically about quick, easy, and practical ways to relieve stress. To see the other posts in this series, click here.
I might be the queen of catastrophic thinking. I really hate to admit that. It's one of my least favorite traits. Luckily, it's not actually a trait at all. It's just faulty thinking. With some work, I can change this about myself.
My extreme catastrophic thinking basically means I go from small problem to life-altering-negative-consequences in about 2.5 seconds. It's not rational, it's not providing a good example to my kiddos, and it's certainly not good for my stress levels and emotional well-being.
To get started on breaking this habit, I'm going to start asking myself a simple question. "Is it really that bad?" When things seem to be spiraling out of control, I'm going to ask myself, "Is it really that bad?" When I seem to have made a fatal parenting error, I'm going to ask myself, "Is it really that bad?" When I realize we did the entire science project wrong or left a key ingredient out of the cake, or made a wrong turn, I'm going to ask, "Is it really that bad? Or does it just seem really bad in this moment to me?"
My most recent A to Z epiphany is that a little change in perspective can make a huge difference. I'm going to start really working on checking my perspective to make sure it's realistic and rational. If it's true that perception is reality, changing my perception can change my reality.
Remember those "W.W.J.D?" bracelets that were really big among church kids back in the 90s? I feel like I need to make myself one that says I.I.R.T.B? I guess it's not quite as catchy, but it would remind me to check my thinking when I'm starting to freak out. Maybe I'll just tie a string around my finger. One way or another, I'm going to find a way to remember to ask myself, "It is really that bad?"


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Meal Plan for 3/28-4/2
Monday: Ham & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Tuesday: Garlic-Lemon Double Stuffed Chicken & Quinoa(new)
***This was amazing***
Wednesday: Pasta Carbonara
Thursday: Broccoli Chicken Rice Casserole
Friday: Ham & Cheese Hot Pockets
Saturday: Homemade Pizza (Haven't decided on Toppings) & Salad
Sunday: Pot Roast, Potatoes & Carrots
Dave Getting Spoiled By My Family For His Birthday
Beautiful Dyed Eggs!
Delicious Easter Food!
Mara & Me
Playground Fun!
Grandpa Hanging Out
Fun By the Pool


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Ancient Meeting Place
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Refreshing & Energising Breaks.
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A conference at Bunya Mountains is memorable – the peace and beauty is therapeutic and pleasantly conducive to reflective thought and harmony.


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The explanation is very simple. The Pens had all the momentum in the world in the first period and had several golden chances to build a big lead on Halak and the Habs. They were only able to get out of the first with a 2-1 lead (it could easily have been 4-1). The Habs got a few bounces in the third, most notably on the game winner, which deflected off of Letang's skate, and pulled out the win.
It was a classic playoff game, and one that you hate watch your team lose.
Who scored?
Talbot (2), Kunitz (3)
Talbot (2), Kunitz (3)
Any surprises?
The Pens were unable to withstand the charge that came in the third period. After allowing just 9 shots in the first two period combined, the Habs threw 16 at Fleury in the third. Not good enough.
Where do we go from here?
It's a best of three, with two of the games being in Pittsburgh. I like the Pens' chances.
It's a best of three, with two of the games being in Pittsburgh. I like the Pens' chances.
- Seriously, Montreal fans, you're embarrassing yourselves. It's really ironic that a Montreal reporter would publish a story calling Sid a "whiner" when the arena is full of thousands and thousands of them.
- Since we're being cheerful, Versus was poor tonight too. No replays of key moments, including Geno's breakaway late in the third.
- I still like what the Pens are doing, and I still think their chances are good. Cut down on the mental mistakes (helloooo Flower) and they'll be okay.


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Hey hey! It is about that time! Getting ready to sail on the Magic.
Suitcases are out and half packed!
Made a trip to Galveston just for fun. The weather was great. Got a little sunshine Vitamin D.
So about the diet and ketones. I am still loving Low Carb/High Fat. I do not measure my blood ketones every day, just a couple of times a week. I fluctuate between 0.6 and 1.5 on the meter.
I had gained a few pounds over the last several weeks, but have now dropped those pounds. It is very true that the closer you get to your goal the easier it is to maintain it. Easier, but still a slippery slope if not dealt with promptly.
So I am still looking at the elusive "last 10", HOWEVER I have prepped all of my meals for the next two weeks and have added the walk of torture - the treadmill. AND just as I feared, one day I was distracted and stepped wrong and yes ... did the quick step dance, allbeit not quite as graceful as this couple. But I was able to recover before I received a treadmill rash. hahahaha
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AND came up with this:
However it took me 3 different tries with other recipes. Thanks to my friend JoAnn Paxson for sending me this link! It was so quick and easy. I used a combination of olive oil and mct oil. The flavor is amazing and it does not contain all of the bad stuff that regular shelf mayo has in it, especially soy!
Life is very good and I can hardly wait to see all of my dear low carb friends!


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What is important about Bill's thorough analysis is that it demonstrates just how far from mainstream Islam that Qutb's ideas and interpretations are - to the extent that even an outsider to the faith can see them (not to impugn Bill - he has deep and personal knowledge of Islam, though he is not muslim himself). I agree completely with him when he says:
I've never been convinced that it is Islam in and of itself with which we are at war, but rather with a bunch of lunatics who believe that Islam justifies flying a few airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Beyond that, I tend to think the main problem of the Middle East is tyranny.
Islam shares the concept of the equality of souls before God. It has not found expression in anything like our Declaration, it is not the organizing principle of any predominantly Muslim society, but the concept is there, and is something which perhaps can be built upon.
Following the vein of my previous post, where I discuss how far off base OBL is from Islam, this post is an attempt to catalouge all of the Ideofact entries on Qutb. Thus we can demonstrate that not only is OBL's ideology flawed, but also the lineage of his ideology as well. Taken together, this could be considered the beginnings of a systematic refutation of the OBL version of Islam. I am regrettably not qualified to "deconstruct" Qutb with Qur'anic references but I know this to be possible, and Bill does an admirable job even without turning to the ultimate authority.
Ideofact Qutb Series
2:1, 2:2, 2:3
3:1, 3:2, 3:3
7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6
8:1, 8:2
(Bill hasnt yet finished the series, so I will update this post as he adds new entries.)
So, then, what is the alternative to Qutb? The answer is Ali ibn Talib AS, the chosen sucessor to the Prophet (and the defining figure of Shi'a theology). I will review Ali's AS work, "Peak of Eloquence" (Nahjul Balagha), in the next post in this series.
[1] As far as I can determine, the title of Sayyid was bestowed upon Qutb by himself.
[2] For the masochistic, you can buy this book from Amazon. Not recommended unless you have the patience of a sage (like Bill).


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If you are an online student, you should know about various tools and techniques you can use to save time. And if you're not an online student, these tips can still be very helpful!
- Bookmark websites. When you locate a good resource, bookmark it in an efficient way. Use social bookmarking tools such as delicious, diigo, or the bookmarking tool of your choice. Install the browser buttons for your bookmarking tool and use the keyboard shortcut for bookmarking (Control +D or Apple Command +D). Make sure you assign appropriate and memorable tags to each of your bookmarks. That way, you will be able to quickly and easily locate bookmarked websites.
- Optimize your browser. Every browser includes powerful features to streamline your experience. Firefox is my browser of choice, mainly for the excellent add-ons they offer. Here's the page that describes the many ways you can customize your Firefox experience: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/customize
- Uber-organize your notetaking. Use a free application, Evernote, to take notes, record, take pictures and organize in one place. Evernote is so powerful it will search for words in pictures you have taken. For instance if you take a picture of a drawing with notes, Evernote will be able to search for the words in that picture. You can share notebooks with others and even make them public.
- Collaborate online. Use Google Docs to easily write and share work with others. This free service allows you to upload any type of file and will convert compatible files. Sharing and editing has never been easier. Word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations can all be editing in real time by groups of people. You can also chat in a side-windows as you are editing, if people are working on it at the same time. Want to publish? One click and it's there for the world to read.
- Sync, share, and access files from any computer. If you are still saying, "Oh, I don't have that file, it's on another computer," then pay close attention to this bullet point. Dropbox allows you to save any file to your local dropbox folder, syncing it across any other computer you have installed dropbox on. You can also share files and folders with others, too. So, don't be emailing that super-large file–share a dropbox folder instead. (Caveat: You should still save important files on at least 2 other storage media.)
- Sync your Google Calendar. Set up the syncing feature in Google Calendar and enter it once on whatever device you are using. I have my iPhone synced with my Google Calendar. If I enter an appointment on my iPhone, then it shows up on my computer Google Calendar, and vice-versa. It's a huge time-saver.
- Use RSS, not email. Anyone who knows me, knows I am trying to get away from the email monster. We all get way too much email. One way to get around this is to subscribe to important website updates using RSS instead of email subscriptions. If you don't know what RSS is, then start using Google Reader. You will catch on really fast.
- Communicate online. There are now so many ways you can communicate online, get things done and questions answered. Take advantage of these tools. Gmail chat is an excellent tool. I am getting to love Skype more and more, especially after using their screen sharing feature.
- Use speech-to-text software. I use Dragon Dictate (for Mac) to write responses to student assignments, write forum posts, and any other type of quick writing that I can compose in my head. You will think of ingenious ways to use this tool once you see how well it works. Great strides have been made with this type of software, so try it out. Dragon Dictate also offers a free app for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Tell me how you like it and how you use it. (I bought mine through amazon.com–better pricing.)
- Use Google Voice as your phone. Don't give out your personal number to your instructor or classmates. Set up a free Google Voice account and link it to your mobile phone and any number of phones you use. This excellent and powerful tool enables you to do a lot more–such as call screening. Can come in handy if you want to screen unimportant calls! Watch these videos for more information about Google Voice.
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I just want to say thank you to the people that took the time to comment on my blog, and to my friends that approached me with concern. I'm usually pretty much a rock when it comes to stress, but with the drama around my IEA team, and then my husband's blow up right here 2 days before my birthday ... I just erupted. I contemplated deleting the below blog post, but you know what ... I don't think I will.
I know I'm not perfect. Actually TALKED (instead of yelled) at the husband today, and his "issue" is the fact that he didn't HEAR me because he was preoccupied when I mentioned the event earlier in the day, and me spending a whole $42 for a tank of gas when we're only a month away from a *huge* vacation. I knew he probably wouldn't have been a big fan of me driving that far *just* to do "something for nothing", and when he didn't protest, I jumped the gun and e-mailed the lady that I was available. He claims today that he doesn't remember the conversation at ALL. Whatever. I'm not going down there, so the issue is put to bed for now. ANYWAY!
My jump school on Friday was AWESOME:) My friend Nicole took a sick day, and came waltzing up the barn driveway just as I was finishing up shortening Tiki's mane. I hadn't ridden yet, so I took my sweet time while she got the Sparky pony, and then we went up to ride together. Since I'd planned to jump, I was riding in the Beval bit. Made sure he was in front of my leg, did a couple of circles to soften him up, then trotted into the tall crossrail I'd set. As per usual, I got popped up. I can NOT TROT JUMPS, lol. Thank goodness I'd tied my stirrups. I really hadn't jumped a whole bunch lately, especially not at home.
I had a simple exercise set up; a tall crossrail dead center, and more towards the bottom of the ring. 2 inside singles almost even with the crossrail. One was 2', the other was 2'6. Had a 3' vertical on the left hand long side more towards the top of the ring, and a low outside line of a little cavaletti stack jump, 4 strides to the cabinet.
Trotted the tall crossrail until I quit getting left behind. Finally did the "course". Trot x, left hand loop to the 2'6 vert, trot x, right hand loop to 2' vert, canter the 3' vert, then canter the line in a 5. Tiki man likes to build in his courses, which is why I have made the move to the Beval bit. It has just a slight gag action to it, which is PLENTY to get him back to me with just a simple half halt. My first time to the 3', I had my usual butterflies. I sure hope I can get my weenie self up to Novice level. I see the 3', and I just am always like, "yikes! it looks so big!" I'm worse when I haven't DONE it in awhile. And I haven't jumped 3' since the horse trial, at LEAST. Didn't ride that much in November, gave him December off, then January and now February have been bringing him back up to his normal work load, and getting back into the IEA shows.
The silly muffin soothed all my fears though, and jumped the 3' vert BEAUTIFULLY. Soft, rocked back, gave it enough room, but not TOO much. Then totally ran through the line in a lovely 4 1/2 strides, lol. Did the course again, and definitely appreciated the Beval bit when I had to bring him back to a trot right off that super short turn from the 2'6 vert to the x. Cantered up to the 3'vert, saw NOTHING, sat absolutely still, and he sat down and added a step. Rode the line GREAT, said "WHOA" over the cabinet, half halted in the line, and put in a beautiful 5 this time. He just felt great, love my boy.
Will do a nice dressage school tomorrow, and may just treat myself to a lesson with Susan on Wednesday. Thursday will be probably nothing since I have to hold horses for farrier, then Friday I ship over for our IEA Regionals on Saturday. I may try to hack in the field on Friday before heading over to Rising Fawn. Depends on whether or not I'm lazy, lol.


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This morning the Times gives us an update on police sick leave:
"Police forces lost more than one million days to long-term sick leave last year at a record cost of nearly £90 million... The cost has soared by more than 20 per cent in the past five years despite a drive within the police to reduce prolonged sick absences... stress, depression, back pain and other musculo-skeletal disorders are mainly responsible."
We've blogged this before, and despite another huge bureaucratic programme to reduce the problem, it's clearly got worse. As the TPA's Matthew Elliott comments:
"The model of running the nation's policing off a spreadsheet in Whitehall is failing the police and the public. Central mismanagement has produced a system so tangled with red tape and targets that good officers are being driven into illness."
The really shocking point is that when it comes to sickies, the police are among the best of the public sector workforces. They take an average of 8.3 days pa, whereas across the whole public sector the average is 9.8 days pa.
And some bits are much worse. When last sighted, average sick leave in the NHS was running at two and a half weeks pa (12 days pa), and in some HMRC offices it averages nearly five weeks pa.
For comparison, sick leave in the private sector averages 7.2 days pa.
As we've blogged many times, you can't entirely blame backsliding lead-swinging public sector workers. The fundamental cause is poor management.
In Tyler's experience, few managers ever enjoy confronting poor performers, be they in the public or private sectors. But in the public sector, managers know they can expect no support from the top. This government has actively undermined its managers through half-baked programmes to root out supposed discrimination and bullying. Tackling underperformance hasn't had a look in.


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Make the slaw: In a small saucepan, combine the water, sugar, and vinegar and bring to a boil. Transfer the vinegar mixture to a bowl and cool. Add the carrot and daikon, mix well, and season with salt. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes or store in the refrigerator up to overnight.
Meanwhile, make the seasoned pork: Heat the oil in small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until soft. Add the pork, seasoning, garlic, and pepper and cook, stirring, until just cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the heat and set aside covered with foil to keep warm.
Make the sandwiches: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Slice the baguettes open lengthwise, and slather the insides with mayonnaise. Arrange the baguettes on a baking sheet and bake until hot and crusty about 5 minutes. Remove the baguettes from the oven and immediately fill each with some of the seasoned pork. In each sandwich, arrange 2 slices each of the pork roll and salami, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon cilantro, 1 slice cucumber, ground pepper, and chili oil, if using. Serve immediately with the slaw on the side.
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The Strad Issue: January 2010
Composer: Mendelssohn
These excellent West German Radio recordings, by an established German group, come very close to the truth of Mendelssohn's trios as I understand it. Unlike the performances by the Eggner Trio from Austria, which I reviewed last month, they always stay this side of excess.
The Trio Jean Paul boasts a superlative cellist, MartinuLöhr, who thrills me every time he puts the bow to the string with his contained, focused and always beautiful playing. The interpretations contain only one eccentricity – the violin's swooping counter-melody towards the end of the Molto allegro of op.49 is not as triumphal as usual. Both slow movements are simply but touchingly done.
Some listeners may be bothered by violinist Ulf Schneider's habit of introducing little bulges into some of his notes. And in the concert hall I have sometimes winced at the hint of asperity in his tone – so it is in a few passages here; but he plays very beautifully at times, for instance in the chorale 'Vor deinen Thron' in the finale of op.66.
Among modern rivals, I prefer the Guarneri Trio (Praga), although Istomin, Stern and Rose (Sony) and the historic Oistrakh Trio (Brilliant) should be heard.


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Update on the building work: All finished! Apart from waiting for the plumber to connect up the sink, dish washer and cooker. So we walk through the beautiful new kitchen, stroke it... and then go and cook in the manky old kitchen...LOL! Never mind, the plumber is due on Friday and then we will be operational!
Not such good news on the fish front. Three of the original four have died. Don't know what happened - they all went within a day. Very strange. So, just Leo is left. Martha has given everything a good clean and hopefully Leo will be here to stay. I expect we'll get another fish to keep him company next weekend.
As for jewellery - I've been beading away like a woman possessed. We've got a huge amount of jewellery parties and craft fairs from now until Christmas. We did two parties last week - both very enjoyable and, happily, profitable! This week we've got a two day party! Plus two more. So this is a big week.
Here's a couple of pictures of new creations:
These are just glass beads, but I really like the colour combination and I forced myself to do the necklace in a random non-pattern. Couldn't stop myself making the earrings match though!
Did better with these and made a pair of unmatching earrings! This necklace/earring set is my representation of a sunset... a challenge on the UK Beaders forum. I really enjoyed looking at sunsets and seeing just how wide the variety of colours can be. The beads are all hand-made lampwork. They are supposed to be spacers - ie they are made to go between more colourful/elaborate beads - but I think they are beautiful in their own right.
Right better get back to the beads. I'll try and find a minute (before another month goes by) to post more pictures before things get taken to parties... and hopefully sold before you get to see them!


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In June, I set a new time for the Peachtree but I was really wanting to try to get an even higher wave group.
So on February 8th, I set out to hopefully get a 50 minute 10K time for the Peachtree.
It was a cold morning so I wasn't sure how I was going to handle it seeing how I do a lot better when its a bit warmer out.
Immediately from the start I knew the race was going to be a long one. I felt so off for whatever reason, which isn't normal for me. I decided to brush it aside and hope that once I warmed up that I would be fine.
This is when I knew it was going to be a long race
At around mile 2 or 3, I could tell everything but my left leg wasn't warmed up. I stopped to walk briefly a little after mile 4 in hopes that I could somehow shake my leg loose.
I was fighting with myself the whole time. I knew I was making great time. My pace was faster than I was wanting it to be but for some reason I wasn't able to slow myself down Crazy how that works, huh?
Just before mile 5, I stopped one more time to stretch before running the rest of the way. As soon as I passed Mike, Katie, and Jen at the finish line, I met up with another runner who was also trying to get through the next 1.2 miles. We decided we would run the rest of it together.
I crossed the finish line with an official time of 51:31. I am hoping that they will move me up to the next wave because I am so close, but if they don't I will gradually take wave C.
Finisher's shirt!
After the race Jen, Katie, Brandi, Karen (Brandi's Mom), Mike, and I all went out for brunch afterwards.We also celebrated Brandi's 30th birthday. :)
My running family! :)


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LARGO — — President Barack Obama used a visit to Maryland on Thursday to push back against congressional Republicans who are working to delay provisions of his health care law set to take effect next week.
The president vowed that his signature domestic initiative is "here to stay," despite an effort unfolding on Capitol Hill to cut funding for it. And he told nearly 2,000 students at Prince George's Community College that signing up for coverage would be as easy as shopping for "a TV on Amazon."
Democrats have been working feverishly to explain the controversial law as health insurance "marketplaces," the centerpiece of the policy, are set to open for business on Tuesday. Much of the effort is focused on getting the young and healthy to sign up for coverage.


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Remember the way Gonzaga became the darling of the NCAA basketball tournament several years ago and, instead of disappearing after a cameo, became a recurring character in subsequent seasons?
Davidson has studied the Gonzaga model.
"That's our motivation. It's our goal," Stephen Curry said Tuesday night to a room filled with reporters deep inside Madison Square Garden.
"Coming from a mid-major conference and trying to stay on the national level is what they've done and what we're striving to do. We beat them in the tournament last season. With these last two wins (over N.C. State and West Virginia), we're getting there."
It was a difficult night for Curry, who wasn't at his best until the end when the essentially won the game with a pair of 3-pointers. He tried to treat the trip to Madison Square Garden like just another game but it wasn't.
It was a big deal to coach Bob McKillop, a native New Yorker who was coaching in the Garden for the first time, and it was a nationally televised game against a Big East opponent that isn't great but plays grinding defense.
For Curry and the Wildcats, it was a victory based on resiliency.
"Stephen Curry stepped to the plate and tried to swing for the fences early here on this grand stage," McKillop said. "Maybe he tried a little too hard."
But the Wildcats didn't want Curry to quit trying, no matter how tough a shooting night he was having.
"I told him during a timeout in the second half, 'Just keep shooting,'" teammate Andrew Lovedale said.
Curry listened.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Davidson following the Gonzaga model
Remember the way Gonzaga became the darling of the NCAA basketball tournament several years ago and, instead of disappearing after a cameo, became a recurring character in subsequent seasons?
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- sampstar said...
I agree that Davidson appears to be maintaining it's elite mid-major status like Gonzaga, but was there a similarity in the way they achieved it? Just curious.
- December 10, 2008 at 4:48 AM
- Justin Ritchie said...
The difference between Davidson and Gonzaga is that Gonzaga will be good every year while Davidson will only be good until Curry graduates.
- December 10, 2008 at 6:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Take any team and let ONE player take over 50% of the shots. They too would score betwenn 23 and 35 pointes per game. This guy takes shots that would have most coaches would pull him from the game.
- December 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM
- Chris said...
About Davidson not being on the national stage after Curry leaves...
Davidson has made tournament 4 times since 2000, and has been to the elite eight 3 times in its history. Gonzaga has only been once.
The same was said of Gonzaga after Morrison jumped to the NBA. Now, just 3 years later, Gonzaga is national championship material. 3 years from now, Davidson will still be a contender for the SoCon Tournament and the Sweet Sixteen. Stephen Curry is only a part of the Davidson resurgence, not the resurgence itself.
Only time will tell, but I think Davidson will remain a mid-major power, like the Zags, Creighton, the Sallukis, and Butler.
- December 10, 2008 at 8:49 AM
- DrFrankLives said...
Justin, I got a few names for you:
Ben Allison (freshman)
Frank Ben-Eze (freshman)
JP Kuhlman (recruit)
Jake Cohen (recruit)
We're in a different league now with our recruiting.
Oh, and my money is on Steph pulling a Tim Duncan. He'll be back.
- December 10, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- DrFrankLives said...
To the anonymous coward:
Before last night's aberration, Curry was 50% from the floor for the year.
That tripe about "if any player shot that much they would score that much" is just that - tripe. If it were so, more players would do it.
- December 10, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Take any team and let ONE player take over 50% of the shots. They too would score betwenn 23 and 35 pointes per game. This guy takes shots that would have most coaches would pull him from the game."
This is beyond idiotic. You've never seen him play, huh? And that's 30+ per game -- the nation's best scoring clip.
- December 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM
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Remember that a small kitchen is not necessarily a bad kitchen, because the one thing you want above all else from this room is efficiency. Of course, even small kitchens can be designed inefficiently, so don't automatically assume that you have no problems there just because your kitchen isn't spacious. If you have the chance to design your kitchen within a limited amount of space, you can take steps to make sure you have the most efficient layout possible.
Single Line Layout
The single line layout is sometimes the only possible answer in severely limited space. This layout lines up every appliance as well as all storage space along one wall. You can increase the space available for what you really need in your kitchen by choosing a single small sink basin over a double sink or by going with a mini-refrigerator instead of a full-sized model.
The galley layout is ideal for small spaces and has the potential to be one of the most efficient kitchen designs possible. A galley kitchen is characterised by its long, narrow space contained within parallel walls. Appliances are usually located right next to each in a line down the long space. The inefficiency of the galley layout for even a very small kitchen is when the sink and refrigerator are on opposite sides. According to "Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen Idea File," the ideal galley kitchen layout will have refrigerator and sink on one side with your stove and oven centred between them on the other side to create maximum efficiency.
Circular Layout
"The Complete Home Style Book" recommends a creative way to utilise space as small as 9.5 feet in diameter while also creating an efficient and striking kitchen layout. If you have the ability to design your own kitchen, consider utilising limited space by creating a circular layout that places you in the centre of the action regardless of the workspace you are currently attending. Curved lower cabinets complete the look of this almost futuristic design.
A mini-kitchen is a small kitchen that can be added to a game room or home movie theatre. This scaled-down version of a kitchen should take advantage of the space you have left in the room you choose when it comes to layout. A bare wall means going with the single line layout, but if the room is large enough you could make a mini-kitchen using the traditional U-shape layout. Equip a mini-kitchen with a mini-refrigerator, small sink and a microwave instead of a stove. Design counter space and cabinetry based on the kind of items you usually eat when playing games or watching movies.


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Atlantis Word Processor 126.96.36.199 has been released.
This version of Atlantis Word Processor is a minor release with a new "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" formatting option. Click here for the release notes.
There are multiple ways to upgrade your copy of Atlantis Word Processor to the latest version.
If you do not have Atlantis Word Processor on your computer yet, you can install this new version of Atlantis by running the latest setup file of Atlantis. Click here to download it.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Release of Atlantis 220.127.116.11
Posted by Atlantis Word Processor Team at 1:38 PM
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2 comments:
- Gevimo said...
How can I see —in screen— the inserted photos/pictures? (I could see them in the printed document but not displayed).
I do use Atlantis 22.214.171.124 under MS-Windows O.S. 7 Professional, on an Intel dual core (32bit a 2,000 Mhz) machine with a 15" display (24bit 1024 pixels resolution)
- February 4, 2015 at 7:19 PM
- Atlantis Word Processor Team said...
Please make sure that the "Picture placeholders" option is unchecked on the "View" tab of the "Tools | Options..." dialog of Atlantis.
- February 5, 2015 at 1:44 PM
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Hi there!
For the second half of spring break, my friends and I spontaneously booked a trip to London! The minute we got to our AirBnb in Paris we sat down and booked everything. I am so happy we did; I have wanted to visit London for so long (probably due to my obsession with British Youtubers) and it completely lived up to my expectations.
Our first day there we really wanted to relax, so we spent the day shopping around Oxford Street and Covent Garden. We went to a lot of the typical British stores: Primark, Boots, Lush, etc. We walked all through Soho, Carnaby Street, Covent Garden, and Leicester Square. The weather was super nice compared to Paris and we had a really chill day.
The second day we did literally all the touristy stuff. Our hostel was in a pretty good location (right near Kings Cross Station) so we walked mostly everywhere, and this day was completely exhausting. We started by walking to the Tower Bridge, then along the water, which has a beautiful path leading past loads of tourist attractions. We wandered around the Globe Theater for a bit, and passed Millennium Bridge and the London Eye, before heading back over the river to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham palace. We sat in the park next to the palace for a few hours to recharge, and then went back to the Covent Garden area to see a West End show! We saw The Woman in Black, mostly because it was the cheapest, but it was actually pretty good. I hate scary things so I was terrified, but objectively speaking the show was pretty great.
We spent the majority of the third day wandering around Portabello Market in Notting Hill. This market had been particularly high on my list of things to see ever since my boyfriend sent me a picture of vintage cameras for sale there when he visited a year ago. And the market didn't disappoint; there were tons of vintage things, food, jewelry, and other random knick-knacks, and the neighborhood was beautiful. I ended up buying two vintage cameras and I love them so much.
The hostel we stayed at was in an amazing location and was very cheap, but it was a very odd experience. It was in a converted court house, so they had actual prison cells to sleep in. It was also a bit of a party hostel, so it was incredibly loud and filled with people at all times. But breakfast was free and overall it wasn't the worst hostel experience ever!
London was one of my favorite cities I have visited so far and I cannot wait to go back!
xo, Sophie


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Most of us are afraid of something, the dark/spiders/dogs/buzzy flying insects, whatever it is we all know that feeling when we encounter the source of
Our fear, the inability to walk past it, or to look at it, or to anticipate it, most importantly, the desire to avoid it. For my own part, I am afraid
Of flying, but perhaps more on that in a minute.
But there is another type of fear, a less visible type, which we often dress up as something else, but which we allow to hold us back none the less. I'm
Talking about emotional fear. Fear of failure, of consequence, sometimes even fear of the unknown.
This fear can so often be a barrier to the changes we want to make in our lives, because the more we fear, the less likely we are to move forward, or to
Take the risk that the fear may become a reality.
Emotional fear is different to physical fear in so much as that it's not visible in the same way. But we do react to it in the same way by refusing to face it or to engage with it, by avoiding situations which may mean facing up to those fears.
When looking at physical fear it's easy to ask a number of questions which point to the reasons why and how we can overcome that fear. Emotional fear is no different, it just sometimes means that we need to look a little deeper to find the reasons and the way forward.
When confronting a fear the questions I would ask are:
What are you afraid of?
Why are you afraid/where has the fear come from?
What do you think is going to happen?
How likely is it to happen?
What will happen if you don't confront your fear?
and perhaps most importantly:
How could you overcome your fear and move forward positively?
In the first five questions, we generally have the answers if we think about it. But the answer to the last question can seem impossible, because fear
Can be all consuming.
So if we were to take a physical fear such as my fear of flying, the questions would be easily answerable:
What am I afraid of? Flying.
Why am I afraid? Because an aeroplane is thousands of feet in the air and the ground is a long way down.
What's the worst that can happen? The plane could plummet from the sky to the earth or the ocean below killing me and everyone else on board.
How likely is it that the plane will crash? Well in truth it's fairly unlikely; I am far more at risk from getting into a car. But flying is still my fear.
What would happen if I don't confront this fear? I will never get to see the world, and many life experiences would be lost to me.
We'll leave the final question for now, because in order to get to the answer there is still the fear to explore.
The physical fear is often more easily explored because the reasons are often more obvious. A fear of dogs or insects may stem from having had a bad experience for instance, and once you are able to deal with that experience you can work with the fear to overcome it. Although that's of course not always the case.
But with emotional fear the reasons behind it often stem not so much from an actual experience, but from other factors which lead to the fear.
You may have a limiting belief which is making you fearful of taking that step to move forward. Or perhaps you have taken the words of someone in your life to heart which has made you fearful of change, fearful that you may not be able to succeed. The reasons are wide and varied, and may need exploration to help to firstly put the reasons behind you in order to face the fear and eliminate or reduce it so that you can move forward.
So in answer to the last question how can you overcome your fear? Face the fear. Face the things that make up your fear, then move past them into the change while leaving the fears behind you.
And once you have been able to move forward, the fear will become less significant, because the positive change will outweigh the negative that is the fear.
When it comes to physical fear the process is of course different, because physical reasons for fear are often more visible than emotional ones. But it is still possible to face those fears with a positive outcome. I will probably always have some fear of flying. But my desire to see the world is something which causes me to face it every year, and as such I have learned to deal with it for the time I have to. My life would be less enriched for not having seen some of the world. My fear brings nothing positive, and therefore I let the positive overcome the negative.
Let your desire for change be stronger than your fear of it, face the fear and move forward into positive change.


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Well hello. So I was tired of detailing every local cooking process and spice mixture every time I mentioned them, so I decided to make a separate list for them. First on our list, since I was just writing a recipe with it, is pNaach (or paanch) phoron.
Paanch phoron can be literally translated. Paanch is five, which immediately gives you an elephant-sized clue about the shape of things. Phoron is the spice used for flavouring/tempering oil or ghee in the first stages of curry-making. Soooo I suppose this can be called the five-spices or five-spice-mixture.
Paanch phoron has varieties. The one we use at home is also used in most other Bengali homes I've eaten in, and it is made up of equal parts methi, mouri, kalo jeera, jeera and radhuni. That is, fenugreek seeds, saunf or fennel seeds, nigella seeds, whole cumin, and wild celery seeds. You mix equal amounts of these together (maybe just a leetle more mouri because I love the flavour) in a washed jam-jar or mason jar or similar, and keep it out of direct sunlight. Some people substitute radhuni with black mustard seeds, which I'm sure is just fine too.
Mostly, if you're too tired to be elaborate, paanch phoron is your best friend. Heat ghee or oil, toss in a teaspoon of paanch phoron, toss in chopped vegetables after, mix thoroughly, add salt and sugar, cover and let cook. It's one of the easiest, healthiest, yet tastiest curries you'll ever eat with your white rice.


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Get Ready To Shed Tears ~ The Tanners Go Home Again In the First Fuller House Teaser
The house is going to be full again! Netflix released the premiere date and first teaser for the highly anticipated Full House spinoff, Fuller House, and to say it's a tearjerker would be an understatement.
Although I am completely disappointed to not have seen one face and only the dog! I was crying and there was nothing to even see but the couch!!!!
I get why the images of the Tanners' iconic San Francisco townhouse would be all over the video while hearing Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me" plays in the background.
The new series, which is set to premiere on Feb. 26, brings back the original cast (less Michelle Tanner) but from what we know a recently widowed D.J. Tanner-Fuller moves in together with her adorable sister Stephanie and her best ( annoying:) friend, Kimmy Gibbler, to raise her three little boys.
Watch the full teaser below!!!! Tell us what yout think!


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Alfa affordability
When I lived in London my wife and I would often do our shopping at a hypermarket.
It was as the name suggests a seriously huge supermarket.
One thing I always remember buying from there was a TV for our bedroom.
That purchase was memorable mostly because I put the telly in the shopping trolley along with some groceries and a six pack of beer.
Can't say I've done anything like that since.
Now Belgian agency Duval Guillaume have gone even further and stuck an Alfa Romeo in a shopping trolley.
Because they could obviously. But also because it dramatically highlighted to people who saw it just how affordable an Alfa MiTo was.
Quite good fun I think. Although I'd love to see the health and safety permit approval process for a stunt like this.
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As a family we have always enjoyed taking an evening out of the busy season to enjoy Christmas lights. When the kids were little, we'd dress them in their pajamas and bring Christmas cookies and hot chocolate along in the minivan. These days, we usually go out for a meal, and then off to view lights.
Our go-to place has usually been the Pasadena area. While we've visited the Balian House and Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena numerous times, one of my new favorite spots of late is St. Albans Road in San Marino. It is just a short street and there are no fancy decorations. But the gigantic pine trees are decorated with lights and it's quietly spectacular. St. Albans is located just West of Sierra Madre Blvd. The pine trees are between Huntington Drive and Monterey Road, right next to Lacy Park.
If you're heading out that way, from the west I suggest St. Albans first, then ice cream at Carmela. Carmela has apple cider sorbet right now and it is divine side by side with my favorite ice cream of theirs, lavender honey. After that, make your way to the Balian house and Christmas tree lane in Altadena afterwards.
This year, I heard about the L.A. Zoo lights. We got tickets online (highly suggested) and went last week and it was so much fun. The animals are not out, but the zoo is decorated beautifully with many light displays. We even got to ride on the carousel, and it's magical at night. :-) Zoo Lights is on until January 4th. I cherish these times with our family!
The zoo animals were put to bed, but they did have a live reindeer exhibit!
Riding the carousel and feeling like a kid :-)
The parents to be


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When Kathryn McGaughin was punched, hurled to the ground and left for dead by someone who took her purse, investigators doubted the 80-year-old woman would survive the attack and be able to give them any clues to who did it.
That was nearly three months ago. Investigators were wrong about her, and they were right.
The small, white-haired woman survived the brutal attack in the back parking lot of the Lauderhill Mall that left her neck broken, her skull fractured and the bones of her face crushed.
But she can offer no leads to who attacked her, said Detective Nick Argentine of the Broward Sheriff`s Office.
Although conscious and alert, McGaughin was paralyzed by the attack. She cannot talk because a tube that helps her breathe has been inserted in her throat. Through eye signals and the slow mouthing of words, she has told the detective she cannot remember a thing about the day her life was changed so drastically.
And, just as the victim of the crime has been left paralyzed, so, too, are its investigators.
``She doesn`t recall a thing about it. We have no witnesses,`` said Argentine. ``We`ve come up negative on everything we`ve done. It`s a rare case in that no information is coming in on this at all.``
Argentine`s comments would seem to refer to a crime committed in the darkness of night, and in a place where the chances of finding witnesses would likely be slim.
But Kathryn McGaughin`s assailant came upon her shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, as she approached her car parked in the lot behind the mall on State Road 7, just north of Sunrise Boulevard.
McGaughin of the 4700 block of Northwest 24th Court, Lauderdale Lakes, placed a bag of items purchased from a drug store on top of her car and put a key in the trunk lid. Before she could open it, she met her attacker. A few minutes later, two mall employees found her lying in a pool of blood. Only her purse was gone.


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My exploding Bottle of Apple Cider.... that wouldn't stop for 30 min!!! The kids thought it was great, but I was sad because it was my favorite flavor. :(
Sarah and Joseph at 11:45pm
Hannah at 11:45pm
Hannah at 11:45pm
Caleb at 11:45pm
Jacobs first New Years!
Jacobs first New Years!
Caleb didn't like either of the games... So he played the Wii for while. :)
This year Dad had to work so it was just Mom and the Kids... I bought Twister and Battleship, and some apple cider bubbly. The kids thought it was great fun to get me all tangled up, and It was funny to watch them pile on each other. Caleb and Hannah fell asleep right before midnight, but we blew our noise makers, drank our cider, and yelled HAPPY NEW YEARS anyway....and they didn't even move. :) It was lots of fun, and I only wish Dad could have enjoyed it too...


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i bet some of you are just sitting at home, lounging about in your snuggie watching reruns of 'saved by the bell' and thinking, 'wow- that mel really leads a wonderful life.' well people, it's true. i do.
justin's free weekends in carson are extremely limited so when my one friend [and i don't mean my 'one friend in many'. i mean my 'one singular friend in carson'] mentioned going to the zoo in sacramento i started looking into it. then she said shee was going this weekend and i thought that we should as well. thankfully justin lives for spontaneity and our one hoodlum kid has no choice so we set out for state capital! i had a $50 giftcard for travelocity due to my amazing skills as a survey taker in my free time so we made it an overnight trip. saturday morning bright eyed and bushy tailed we headed out of town. now there are three ways to get to sacramento from carson:
- the northern way through reno - adds about a couple minutes more
- the middle way right under tahoe - least amount of time
- the southern way way under tahoe - the longest route
so naturally we chose the second right? wrong. i really should have labeled them this way
- the northern way - two laned highway that adds more time but saves you stress & isn't windy
- the middle way - the windiest route that gets you stuck behind stupid slow trucks
-the southern way - really was never even an option
|post throwup playing with his tongue like a silly willy. enjoying the bike racks that he can walk right under. enjoying the zoo and daddy time.
once we got to sacramento we discovered that about half the population in sac thought it was a good idea to go to the zoo as well [seeing as how there was a high of 65]. we had to park literally a mile away [said in a rob lowe 'west wing' voice and no in a rob lowe 'parks & rec' voice]. once we got to the gate we had to wait 30 minutes just to pay. once inside, landon was not in his brightest and best of moods [and lets be honest, neither was justin]. we saw our friends for a bit and took off to see the animals.
|the tiny tiny toilets and a giant me = no fun. loving the train and wishing he could ride a real one.
|anyone who knows landon knows that him going into a tube is a BIG deal. you can't tell but he's ecstatic over seeing the ducks. having snacks with daddy.
even better was coming home to a meal that wasn't cooked by me. we had previously been invited to dinner by a member in the ward but they had to cancel due to sickness but they still brought us food anyways. delicious! carson is really shaping up to be better then i thought [did i just say that???].


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I went to water the good ol' garden today and to pick some delicious lettuce for dinner. Much to my surprise, it's really starting to sprout! It rained here and made everything super lush. I love nature.
The cutest thing was definitely the weencie green pepper. Mmmmmm. It's gonna be gooooood! Am I a weirdo for getting so excited over a baby green pepper? Meh, life is only as exciting as you decide it's gonna be!