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A Dream of Winter
A Dream of Winter
by Joyce Melton
The aisles of the warehouse store wound around like a worm committing self-abuse. High up on one shelf sat a fifty-five gallon drum. All frosty white and silver on a midnight blue and black background, letters spelled out "Winter" like that was the name of a new energy drink.
"Why would anyone want a can of Winter that big?" asked little Jodie.
"Suppose you wanted to make it winter all over the world, all at once?" asked his father.
"I think you'd need a lot more than one can," said Jodie's older sister, Minerva.
"Well, yes," said their father. "You'd need a lot of cans all over the world, hundreds or thousands of them, probably. Then you could open all the cans at once.
"Normally, it's only winter at the north end of the world, or the south. But if you had enough cans of Winter, you could make it freezing cold, north and south, and even in the middle."
The children nodded. Their father was wise, if a little strange. They remembered when he had taught them how to use tiny demolition charges to blow up their toys. Little pieces of Transformers and Bratz blown sky-high, while they watched wearing their safety goggles behind barriers made of steel-reinforced Legos.
Then he'd shown them his collection of extra-terrestrial lifeforms in plastic polymer solutions that carried more oxygen than water ever could. The tiny, teddy bear flower fish had been Jodie's favorite, so cute and pretty, all mauve and gold and raspberry. Miranda had preferred the bigger dart fish, pulling in its prey on a poisoned needle at the end of a line it shot out of its own body. When it ate the teddy bear flower, of course, little Jodie had cried.
But now, the idea of winter all over the world, all at once, had them fascinated and horrified all over again.
"How cold would it get, Daddy," asked Jodie.
"If you kept opening more cans of Winter," said his father, "it would just keep getting colder. Cold enough and the air would begin to freeze. First the water vapor would fall out as snow, several feet deep. And the oceans would freeze from the top down, though there might be liquid under the ice for a long time.
"Then the carbon dioxide would freeze, a layer of another kind of snow on top of the water ice and frozen oceans. Then the nitrogen would freeze out, making a slush mixture with liquid oxygen. And aliens would come in big ships to buy the frozen air, taking it away in cubic-mile-size snocones."
"What flavor?" asked Miranda.
"A sort of salty raspberry, I expect," said her father.
I didn't get the fourth color page up last night, maybe later today. But I did get something done. I wrote this, this morning.
I had a weird dream about working on a series of kid's books. They were illustrated and I wish I could draw like that. Some of it looked a lot like Brad Guigar's art on Evil, Inc.
One of the books was about a young owl discovering things. It was called, "Nobody Really Likes Liver."
The back cover had an illustration of the owl holding one wing over his stomach and making a face. Along the end of the branch are two other owls doing the same thing. It was like a poster and the title of the book was the caption.
Another part of the book was about the negative emotions adults never tell you about. The little owl says, "They always want you to understand and believe about things like Love and Hope and Faith. But, they don't talk about the negative emotions like 'poH which is that feeling you get when you realize that not only is Mom serving liver again tonight, she's going to go on doing that every Thursday and nothing you can say or do will stop her.
"You're going to have to eat liver for dinner on Thursdays for the rest of your life. That's 'poH. It's Hope spelled backwards but with an apostrophe because you don't pronounce the e."
Part of the book was about superheroes. One of them wore a costume that was sort a cross between Fighting American and Nova. It had FG on the chest plate in sort of squishy letters. He was called "Fightin' Guy" by the other heroes but he should have been called "Whingeing Guy".
All he did was complain. He complained that he had to keep fighting the same villains over and over. "What's the matter with the court system? Can't they keep these guys locked up for more than two issues? Are there no prisons, no concentration camps built inside of hollow mountains? Why can't we send these guys to the Negative Phantom Zone? Nobody ever escapes from there."
He complained about his costume. "I used to have a costume, it had little shorts over the leggings. It was really comfortable, man. This new costume is tights all the way up and I'm a T-14 hero so when they say tights, they mean really tight, man." He makes a face and tries to pull his pants out of the crack of his ass. "Some of those guys in the Max and Piranha titles, they're rated M and they get to wear some cool stuff. And some of the girls don't hardly wear no costumes at all!"
He complained about the superhero games and how he could never seem to get ahead. "I thought I had enough points to upgrade my punch so I could knock Cockroach Man over a building instead of just through a wall, that would be cool. But it's just like Green Stamps, you always need another 1000 points.
"I've got 40,021 points and an upgrade from Atomic Punch to Thermo-Nookyular Punch costs 50,000!"
And this girl dressed like Miss Match from Evil Inc says, "That's almost 10,000 points, not 1000 points."
"It's the principle of the thing I'm talking about," says FG. "Not the math."
"Well, let's look in the catalog and see what you can get for 40,000 points. Hey," she says, "You could get flight, you can't fly now, you could get a level of flight and then you could fly twice as fast as you can run. Wouldn't that be cool?"
And FG holds his stomach with the same expression as the owls who don't like liver and says, "No thanks, I get airsick."
He looks over her shoulder. "How much does it cost to upgrade to Cosmic Punch?"
"150,000 points."
"That would be cool, I could knock Cockroach Man into orbit if I had Cosmic Punch. And you know what I'd say to him before I hit him?"
"I'd say, 'To the moon, Alex! To the moon!'" He thumps one fist into the other glove. "To the moon, Alex!"
"Is his real name Alex?"
FG shakes his head. "No, it's Manfred. He always ruins my best lines."
She turns a page. "But that's not Cosmic Punch, that's Satellite Punch. Cosmic Punch is the one where you knock the guy into next Thursday."
"I wouldn't want to do that to him!" says Fightin' Guy. "The have liver for dinner on Thursday in prison." He makes the same expression as the owls. "Nobody Likes Liver."
Then the scene shifted to a sewer and this guy in a black and brown set of tights with padded shoulders and epaulettes is pushing two kids in front of him. The boy looks about 12 and the girl looks about 8, little blonde thing with pigtails. Both kids have their wrists tied together in front of them with red and blue bandannas and the girl is wearing another one like a gag.
The evil guy has a cockroach in a white circle for an emblem on his chest and he's carrying his helmet with the big antennas on it under his arm. "Where is that Guy? He's always late," he says.
"W-what guy?" asks the boy.
"Fightin' Guy. Who were we talking about? He's supposed to come rescue you but he's always late to these things. We used to be in the same bowling league and sometimes we had to forfeit the first game 'cause he'd be late. It's hard to win the league trophy if can't win two out of three games 'cause you always have to forfeit the first one."
"D-do you think he's coming? To rescue us?"
Cockroach Man laughs his evil laugh which sounds sort of like a fat dog choking on a biscuit bone it tried to eat all at once. "No, he's not going to come. Why should he rescue you guys? He doesn't even know you exist!"
"But you said…" starts the boy.
"I expect you're feeling a lot of 'poH right now," sneers CM. "I'm going to feed you to the alligators in the sewer, you know." He looks at his watch. "Where the heck is he?"
The little girl pulls down her gag and says, "He'll come. Fightin' Guy is a hero, he's not late. He always arrives just in time!"
"Tell that to the other two guys on the bowling team," snorts Cockroach Man. "You kids are going to be Alligator Brunch in less than two minutes!"
FG is suddenly there. "Those alligators are just going to have to eat liver, like everyone else on Thursday," he says.
The kids scream for the hero and CM recoils and says, "Fightin' Guy!"
FG poses and says, "Cockroach Man!"
"Wait, wait," says Cockroach man as he tries to put on his helmet. "Last time you punched me through a wall I got a neck injury. The prison chiropractor said it was the worst case of neck torsion he'd ever seen in someone who could still wiggle his toes!"
FG waits while sewer workers take the kids up through a manhole cover.
"You still bowl?" FG asks CM.
"Nah, those cocksuckers in the prison league are all cheaters," says CM.
"This is a T-14 comic book!" says FG. "You can't say cocksuckers!"
CM has the helmet on but it's sitting crooked. "Can you–?" he says. "I can never reach that last dog on the right side."
FG snaps the last fastening which straightens CM's helmet. "You need to upgrade your costume to an autofit helmet."
"That costs like, 20,000 points. You know how many liquor stores and ice cream parlors I'd have to knockover to get 20,000 points just for a helmet that I don't need anyone else to help me put it on?"
"How come you never rob banks? Aren't they worth a lot more points?"
"They're never going to let me into a bank wearing this costume!" He waves at himself. "I look like a cockroach! Did you get that upgrade to Thermonuclear Punch?"
FG shakes his head as they get into position. "Nah, didn't have enough points. And you're only worth 500 points this week. I'd have to catch you like 100 times for that upgrade, Cocksucker Man."
CM points at his chest. "Cockroach Man."
"What did I say?"
CM shakes his head. "I think this issue is going to be rated M for Mature."
They pose. "Let's get it on, Cockroach Manfred," says FG. He punches one fist into the other hand. "You've got a date with the prison cafeteria. They're serving creamed liver tonight just in your honor."
CM makes the same face as the owl. Which is hard to see since his helmet covers most of his face. "Even supervillains don't like liver."
"You should have thought of that before you took up a life of crime," says FG. "I'm going to make the world safe for ice cream parlors and convenience stores run by guys named Pavel by knocking you through that wall!"
"This wall?"
"That wall."
"Oh, man. That's going to hurt. This wall is three feet of steel-reinforced concrete and we're under the East River here. I could drown, you know."
"Don't kid me, CM," says FG. "I know your helmet has an oxygen supply built-in."
"Okay, okay. Look, I already let the kids go, can't I just give up and let you take me in?" He holds out his wrists like they're tied together.
"Are you trying to get us canceled? You're my arch-nemesis, the leader of my Rogues' Gallery. You can't just surrender without a fight."
"I guess I just don't feel like fighting. I'm feeling a lot of 'poH here and now, Alex."
"Aw, Manfred. Don't be like that. Look, I'll just punch you down the hallway like fifty feet instead of through the wall. And you can threaten me with a death ray."
CM looks around. "I don't have a death ray. I'm just a guy wearing a suit of cockroach theme armor."
"I can lend you a death ray. I took it off of Liver-Eatin' Lady." He rummages in his utility backpack while reaching behind himself and making a funny face.
"Horrible," says CM. "Does she really eat liver? Like right in front of you?"
FG hands the death ray gun over. "Nah," he says. "She uses this here death ray. Nobody Really Likes Liver."
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Alistair 2 Zook and Beastly Thoughts are being cut back to once a week, probably for the rest of the month of June. We may have some other features coming on, though to replace them. Perhaps a Sketchbook, or maybe even a new once-a-week strip. Stay tooned!
Also, Quillian will still be twice a week but will probably be Wednesday and Sunday this week, Wednesday and Saturday next week and then Tuesday and Friday and finally back to Monday and Friday, I hope. The slippage was due to outside work cutting into time to do drawings. We had a book cover contract and some commercial art to do, so it was good, not bad.
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It was a typical Saturday afternoon for Paul and Eveleen Crouthamel, Escondido residents who work together at the public library off South Kalmia Street.
In the car between errands that day in October, the Crouthamels were listening to Grant Barrett's public radio program, "A Way With Words," when Barrett let slip a comment about library patrons going the way of the dinosaurs, or being dinosaurs — something about dinosaurs.
"I was like, 'I can't believe he just said that,'" recalled Eveleen, a senior library associate who works in the children's section. "The library is so important to the community, and there was just a great article in the paper recently about teens who are reading more."
So Crouthamel, an avid Twitter user, fired a shot across Barrett's digital bow.
"I do not like your dinosaur remark," she wrote in the first tweet of an exchange that can still be found online.
His response took Crouthamel by surprise: "I love libraries and librarians! I have overdue books right now! What kind of penance should I do?"
Soon they were discussing an appearance at the Escondido Public Library. Barrett, it was decided, would give a presentation about slang — his specialty — during a free public event salted for Saturday.
Her penultimate missive showed both a restored faith in Barrett and the modern pervasiveness of slang: "That would be like OMG!" Crouthamel tweeted.
On Wednesday, with Barrett's appearance just around the corner, Crouthamel told me: "I am so excited about it. I've been working in the children's department for over 15 years, and I know the importance of early literacy. We let the kids know how important the library is."
Now it is Barrett's turn to let the "dinosaurs" know how important slang has become, you could say.
"There are so many new words in the dictionary these days, and you wonder, what does that mean?" Crouthamel pointed out. "What makes kids say these things?"
Consider the term "noob," a monosyllabic stand-in for the apparently burdensome "newbie." It implies inexperience or ineptitude, and the first time I heard it was in a multiplayer video game session with what sounded like a room full of 12-year-olds.
Besides providing a glossary of middle-school speak, Paul Crouthamel, the library's adult services supervisor, said he's hoping that Barrett will cover the more scholarly topic of how fringe slang is assimilated into the common language.
"The spoken language … translates into books when people start using that slang in their writing," he said. "And then it becomes more commonplace in its usage. It becomes more official."
At 60 years old, Paul Crouthamel said he knows better than to try speaking the language of the teenager.
"I mean, when people call someone a 'noob,' I know what that means," he said with a laugh. "But I think I would just sound silly if I tried using it."
A home for Sophie: Her brush with an East County coyote made her a national sensation, and now Sophie, the Maltese poodle who fought off a predator to save a puppy, has earned a retirement in Seal Beach.
Jessica Gercke, the Helen Woodward Animal Center's spokesperson, told me this week that Sophie went home with Orange County resident Kelly Hallmark and her 8-year-old daughter, Madison, after a Mardi Gras-themed event at the center on Tuesday.
"The thing that really moved us about Kelly is … she recently lost two of her rescued dogs," Gercke told me.
One of Hallmark's dogs succumbed to cancer, but the other died during a flight back from the East Coast due to an airline handling error.
"She said she and her daughter had a really hard time recovering," Gercke recalled, "and that, when she saw Sophie, she saw this other creature that had survived something tragic and come out the other end with spirit."
Hallmark's essay was chosen out of several dozen that flowed in from around the nation, as folks lined up to adopt Sophie.
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the story for the first time, I left some wondering how this "Maltipoo" landed at the center in the first place.
Turns out Sophie's rural owners decided after her coyote encounter that their property was ill-suited for the two little dogs — Sophie and the puppy, who was uninjured — and drove them to the Helen Woodward shelter, where they would be matched with more appropriate homes.
Sophie had been on the mend for nearly a month by the time she met the Hallmark family: "It was really sweet," Gercke said. "As soon as she saw Sophie, she and her daughter were both crying. I think she's in really good hands."


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Thank you for your feedback on the Note, dated 8 January 2013, which I distributed on 14 January 2013, regarding the composition of the CSTD working group on enhanced cooperation.
On the basis of this feedback, please find attached the Note on Composition and Guidelines for the CSTD working group on enhanced cooperation.
I would like to invite the regional and stakeholder groups to hold consultations on which respective representatives they would like to be considered for the working group, keeping in mind paragraph 21 of the General Assembly resolution 67/195.
To facilitate these consultations, I have designated focal points for each regional and stakeholder group.
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Do you know pad see ew or originally written as phat si-io? Yea, it is a Thai stir fried noodle dish. I also have written the pad see ew recipe before. So, if you know that, you must be familiar with drunken noodles because they are alike. Drunken noodle is also a stir fried noodle dish but it has different flavor which is normally made with rice noodles, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, meat, tofu and others.
Originally, drunken noodle is appeared in Thailand by Chinese people who live there. This dish is highly recommended for noodles lovers around the world. Are you curious on how to make it? Here is the drunken noodles recipe you can follow.
Yield: 6 servings
- 2 (14-ounce) packages ¼-inch-wide flat rice noodles
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 12 garlic cloves (chopped)
- ¼ cup chopped fresh Thai chiles
- 1 ½ pounds ground chicken
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- ¼ cup black soy sauce
- ¼ cup Golden Mountain sauce or light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 large plum tomatoes (cut into 6 wedges each)
- 4 Anaheim chiles or Italian frying peppers (cut into strips)
- ½ cup fresh Thai basil leaves
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the noodles until tender. Make sure that the noodles are not very tender. Stirring frequently and drain.
- In a heavy large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic and Thai chiles and sauté 30 seconds.
- Add chicken, fish sauce, black soy sauce, golden mountain sauce and sugar and sauté until the chicken is cooked.
- Add noodles, tomatoes, and Anaheim chiles. Toss to coat and then transfer to a large platter.
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The Art of Meditation
I have been spending a lot of time with Sir Richard Temple's beautiful book The Art of Meditation, which I received last week in the mail. I highly recommended it. Sir Richard Temple lives in London, England, and owns The Temple Gallery, one of the world's great religious icon galleries. Recently, he has introduced his magnificent collection of Buddha statues into the space. He also decided to gather his collection of photographs that were originally commissioned for an exhibition catalog, and publish The Art of Meditation instead, along with When You Hear a Dog Bark, an intimate personal account of Buddhist meditation in Thailand.
In the poignant introduction to the book, Temple writes:
There is in all of us, even if deeply buried, a longing for eternal truth….Art, at least traditional sacred art, with its supreme technical mastery and craftsmanship, with the grandeur of its emotional language, its inner stillness and its suggestion of profound meaning can be a signpost for this search. Sacred art of the great ancient traditions speaks to what is finest in the human spirit and can turn us in the direction of order, compassion and wisdom.
The photographs in the book are stunning, and his personal journal about meditation is a joy to read. It is sincere, and often humorous and insightful.
Here is a remarkable passage from Temple's journal that resonated with my own search:
Meditating is seeing into oneself, and it is not the role of the seer to intervene; he does not descend to the level where what is seen takes place. The seer is a higher level in oneself, the lower remains as it is. It is simply there to be seen objectively, as one would stand in front of Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Delights. One may be intrigued, horrified, fascinated, amused and so on, but one is an onlooker to these events and not a participant.
A great spiritual truth can be understood from this if the principle of impartial, objective seeing is tightly grasped. The seer is an appearance within oneself of an intelligence that does not belong to the ordinary world but to a higher one.
The practice is called "the art of arts and the science of sciences." With sufficient endeavor it can be brought into one's everyday life. I have met people, admittedly very few, who carry out their ordinary affairs in the world while maintaining this interior regards upon themselves.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cap rare earth production at 93,800 tonnes over the whole of 2013 as part of efforts to rein in unlicensed production in the sector, the country's land and resources ministry said on Friday.
The figure is the same as 2011. China did not announce a national production cap for 2012, but instead imposed limits on a province-by-province basis.
China produces more than 90 percent of global rare earth supplies, making it a key exporter of a series of 17 metals with a range of applications in sectors such as defense, telecommunications and renewable energy.
Since 2010, Beijing has been trying to exert more control over the sector, where unauthorized production, environmental pollution and smuggling have been rife. It launched another campaign in early August aimed at cracking down on illegal activities.
Its efforts to cut output and impose strict export quotas have been criticized by foreign governments concerned about China's chokehold over supplies.
The United States, Japan and the European Union have complained to the World Trade Organization about Beijing's efforts to control the sector, saying China is trying to use its stranglehold over supplies to drive up prices and gain a competitive advantage.
But China has repeatedly said rampant overmining has caused untold ecological damage and that it no longer wants to pay the environmental costs of supplying the vast bulk of the world's rare earths.
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CSU Chancellor's Office
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Long Beach, CA 90802-4210
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Connect from the 405, 91, 105, 5, 60, or 10 freeways to the 710 freeway and take it south toward Long Beach. Stay in the left-hand (Downtown/Aquarium) lanes, not the right-hand (Port/Queen Mary) lanes. Take the Golden Shore exit. Turn right onto Golden Shore. The Chancellor's Office is ahead on your left.
From Orange County
Take the 405 North to the 710 South and follow the above directions. Or take 405 North to the 22 West, which becomes 7th Street. Follow 7th Street for about four miles from Pacific Coast Hwy. Turn left on Alamitos Avenue. Turn right on Ocean Boulevard. Go about one mile and turn left on Golden Shore.
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Parking is available on a limited basis in the south parking lot. Enter this lot before Golden Shore begins to curve left around the Chancellor's Office. Press the parking lot intercom button and check in with building security, who will then release the parking arm.
If the lot is full, continue on Golden Shore to the commercial parking structure to the east of the Chancellor's Office. Take a left at the first street past the stop sign and make an immediate right into the structure. The entrance is marked "Tenant Parking."
The security desk (562-951-4001) in the lobby of the Chancellor's Office can assist in phoning your arrival or in locating meeting rooms.
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Guest Wireless connectivity to the Chancellor's Office (CO) network is available to sponsored end users from within the building Monday thru Friday. The CO's wireless network requires clients with wireless capability to be configured for connectivity to the CO's wireless infrastructure and requires authentication via provided guest credentials.
The guest wireless access provides unencrypted wireless connectivity. All guests will be asked to review the guest acceptable use policy and provide contact information to your sponsor/host which includes your email, phone number and a ddress. Once you successfully provide your contact information, your sponsor/host will request a temporary guest account during your visit. Once authenticated, guests will receive direct access to the internet and are allowed to VPN to their campus/vendor network. Please note that you can get the guest username and password from your host here at the Chancellor's Office. Guest Quick Sheet » (.pdf)
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Guardian Angle: Binge Britain
So, welcome to any Guardian readers who have washed up here at my blog. I'm afraid it's a little stale, given that my day job has reaffirmed its primacy in my life. And that job is as a columnist at The Washington Post. Most of what you'll find here in Voxford are impressions of the 10 months I spent living in Oxford. I hope my affection for your scepter'd isle comes through (even if the Daily Mail did infuriate me).
I'll actually be in Oxford this weekend, where I hope to do a little bingeing of my own. Pint of Old Hooky, please, barman. Oh, make it two....
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- Liza said...
Hi John! I liked the piece in the Grauniad and applaud your use of the term "gelid." Hope you have a good trip over this weekend!
- 22 September 2008 at 07:21
- stoi689 said...
Good comment piece John. Binge drinking is indeed a British national institution.
Who was it that once commented; "The English are the only nation I know that drink on the way to go drinking!" ???
- 22 September 2008 at 08:15
- Sarah Laurence said...
John, I accuse YOU of binge blogging. Has this Washington Post blog taken wing yet?
- 26 September 2008 at 20:24
- Candadai Tirumalai said...
Your thesis about the "unbridled enthusiasm" of the British almost convinced me. In other areas of life the British are about as phlegmatic (or unexcitable) as they come.
- 1 October 2008 at 09:54
What fun! After your comment in your column that you had been in the UK over a weekend, I thought I'd just see if by any chance the blogger was blogging.... Bit can't complain because we have your WP columns to fill in the gaps.
- 1 October 2008 at 22:35
- Candadai Tirumalai said...
John: My comment is less about this blog, more about what you said in the Post yesterday. Many American visitors to Washington react with a chuckle or amused indulgence to Foggy Bottom (the name, not the area). I imagine their reaction to Scratchy Bottom, one of the London stations you named, would be either a discreet silence or outright laughter.
- 2 October 2008 at 10:01
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Hola John! I'm so jelous that you were there in Oxford again!! Anyway, please send me (or write here) something about what happened, how was it...
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Sorry, I don't know how to make screenclips. It looks like Gallory are making drinks in the promo. Could that be the other Rio detour option?? They're wearing the same clothes as the other Rio clips (Mallory in hot pink, Gary in army green).Prophet just posted the clip in the Florida thread.
Zev/Justin's detour choices for the last few legs have been really shaky. I wonder if their good luck has finally run out in Rio? Don't know what the 2nd detour option is, but unless it's really physical, I can't imagine selling clothes to strangers on a beach is the best choice. Based on the promo, it doesn't look like they made it to Miami. Just my speculation tho.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
EasyLunchboxes: "back in the saddle again" bento lunch
Here's my dapper bento lunch to celebrate.
Packed in an EasyLunchboxes container I have:
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- crunchy organic gala apple slices
- spicy jalepeno almonds
- organic baby carrots
I ordered those cowboy-esque picks last year and I can't remember what the heck I was planning to do with them, but they seemed to tie in with my "back in the saddle" theme, so there they are in my apple slices. I cut out the "giddy up" from provolone cheese using mini alphabet cutters. A little grassy baran provides a barrier between my sandwich and the apples. My sandwich was so full the lid needed some help staying on, so a big rubberband held it together securely for an afternoon of errands. :) This was actually lunch and a snack for me.
Nutrition breakdown:
sandwich: 310 calories (9g fat, 29g carbs, 27g protein, 5g fiber)
apple: 90 calories (0 fat, 25g carbs, 0 protein, 5g fiber)
almonds: 170 calories (15g fat, 5g carbs, 6g protein, 3g fiber)
carrots: 30 calories (0 fat, 7g carbs, .5g protein, 1.5g fiber)
total: 571 calories (24g fat, 59g carbs, 33g protein, 13g fiber)
During the time I was on a blogging hiatus I really knuckled down on my health and have become a compulsive calorie (and macronutrient!) counter. And I've forged a deep love of exercise. It's such a fantastic avenue for stress relief. That's a great thing since my kids totally stress me out. Ha! I love going to the gym now. LOVE it. Oh hey, and I lost 50 pounds in the process. Yay me!
I am really sorry I just fell off the radar for so long, I know when that's happened to bloggers I follow I get really worried that something happened to them or to their family...and on the occasions they popped back up and started blogging again like nothing happened and without explanation I'd even get miffed and wonder incessantly why had they disappeared? what were they doing? don't they care that I worried about them?!
Sooo... I felt the need here to sort of explain where I went for...oh...9 months. It's not that I didn't love bento-ing or blogging (or you!) that kept me away for so long. I was just really focused on my health and making this new lifestyle stick. :)
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- Christina said... [Reply to comment]
Congratulations on your new, healthy lifestyle!
- October 10, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Jennifer said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks for the explanations - I was a little worried about you. :) And congrats on the positive changes you have made!
- October 10, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Giggly Girls said... [Reply to comment]
Congrats on the -50!!
- October 10, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- wyowoman said... [Reply to comment]
Way to go!
- October 10, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- The Harper Family said... [Reply to comment]
Congrats and welcome back!!
- October 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Jayne said... [Reply to comment]
I'm thrilled you're back online and I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!!! (that's excitement caps; not yelling caps). DBSBH :)
- October 10, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- Amy Watson said... [Reply to comment]
I understand the MIA blog thing. I have become one of those and just posted an "I'm still alive" update to mine yesterday. :)
Welcome back, and congrats on the new lifestyle and accomplishments!
- October 10, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Jennifer said... [Reply to comment]
So happy to see you back! Congrats on your accomplishments - would love to hear more about how you did it!
- October 10, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Pauline said... [Reply to comment]
Yep, we were worried about you, too! :) Pleased to know things are doing well. Warmly, Pauline in CA
- October 10, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- AnnieMac said... [Reply to comment]
So glad you are back! Missed your posts. Wow! 50 lbs! That is amazing. Would love to hear all about your lifestlyle changes in more detail.
- October 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Hi! I just discovered your blog and I have to say, I think you're fantastic! I love seeing all the creativity you express in your food preparations; your kids must have the coolest lunches in school, not to mention, great memories of a mum who put so much tlc into making everyday special. You have inspired me to stop seeing packing lunches as a chore and start having some fun with them! Thank you :)
- October 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM
- Jessica said... [Reply to comment]
Congratulations on your lifestyle change! That's awesome!
And yes, welcome back, I was one of those people who kept wondering "whatever happened to her"? :)
- October 12, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Danielle Broadbooks said... [Reply to comment]
I found your blog during your hiatus and I'm so glad you're back! But even more glad that you took time to make such awesome changes in your life! Congratulations and thanks for coming back to share with us some more!
- October 14, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- frosty said... [Reply to comment]
Glad to have you back!!
- October 16, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- EasyLunchboxes (Kelly Lester) said... [Reply to comment]
50 pounds?? Way to go! That's some serious change Melissa. SO happy for you. I bow down to anyone who says they love going to the gym. Can you pack that in a lunchbox and sell it?? I'll buy a WHOLE CASE. BRAVA!!!!
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Pappardelle can lift an ordinary pasta meal right up into the extraordinary.
These flat, broad ribbons are a wonderful base for holding on to chunky sauces, which, I thought, would make it a perfect fit for this dish. If you cannot find papardelle, use tagliatelle, which are also flat but less wide, or even plain old spaghetti.
My Pappardelle with Green Peppers and Asparagus Frittata was inspired by a non-vegan, eggy version I saw on television. But it's extremely easy to veganize, and, in the process, it gets healthier too.
Frittata is a thick Italian omelet filled with veggies, although in this case it serves as a sauce for the pasta. I substituted the eggs with silken tofu and some egg replacement powder. This worked really well because unlike with a regular frittata, I didn't need the egg substitutes to set into a firm omelet.
I used frozen asparagus spears for this dish, but go with fresh asparagus if you can find it. I also added a green pepper to the pasta, but needless to say any other colored pepper or green onions (scallions) or even spinach would be great in this.
I am sending this of course to my It's A Vegan World: Italian event. And still hoping that you creative cooks out there come up with your own veganized Italian dishes before Feb. 28, 2009.
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2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, sliced thinly
4 cloves of garlic, crushed with a broad knife, and then sliced thinly (crushing the garlic helps the oils in the garlic flow, giving you more enhanced garlicky flavor. Delicious.)
1 large green pepper, cut into a small dice
1 pound asparagus spears, tough stems removed and cut in 1/2-inch pieces. If using frozen, thaw thoroughly, then cut.
2 tsp fresh-ground black pepper
Salt to taste
Bring water to boil in a large pot, with 2 tbsp of salt added to it.
Add the pasta and cook according to instructions until al dente.
Simultaneously, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onions and green peppers and toss in the oil.
Add half the black pepper and salt. Cook until barely tender, 3-4 minutes.
Add the pasta to the saucepan, stir together and keep on the lowest heat setting of your stove. You don't want the pasta to cook any further at this point, you just want to keep it warm.
In another saucepan, heat the other tbsp of olive oil.
Add the asparagus and remaining black pepper.
Cook, stirring, until the asparagus is fairly tender but still has a bite to it– it should not get mushy.
In a bowl, place the tofu and egg replacer powder. Beat with a whisk to mix and smooth any lumps.
Add to the asparagus and allow it to settle for a minute. Then toss around for about two minutes.
Add the asparagus frittata to the pasta and toss to coat the noodles.
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Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook.
Citing unnamed sources, Businessweek today reported that Google is one of multiple companies negotiating to buy Waze, which is said to have a $1 billion price tag. According to the report, Israel-based Waze is in talks with "multiple parties" concerning an acquisition, and is also considering whether to raise venture capital and remain independent.
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Google did not respond to a request for comment on the report.
Earlier this month, Facebook was said to be negotiating to buy Waze, a popular crowd-sourced mapping and traffic app. Facebook has long sought to beef up its offerings for mobile users. At the time, Facebook declined comment on the report while Waze didn't respond to a request for comment.
Waze offers iOS- and Android-based based traffic and navigation apps. The tool lets users share real-time traffic information, including updates about construction, traffic jams, speed traps and accidents. Waze lets Facebook users track friends who are driving to the same destination. "Coordinate everyone's arrival times when you pick up or meet up with friends," Waze says on its website.
Users can also share information about local gas prices, and direct Waze users to stations with the lowest prices.
Industry analysts are split on whether Google needs Waze to add social capabilities to its Maps app. Some speculate that Google is simply looking to delay the Facebook negotiations, and to boost the Waze price.
For instance, Patrick Moorhead, an analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, said Google's likely goal is to "disrupt the deal and force Facebook to pay a higher price than they would have paid. Google doesn't need another mapping service, as was demonstrated at Google I/O. There's no love lost between Facebook and Google . This is just one tactic in the high-stakes world of the Internet."
"Google already has real-time traffic capabilities by tracking everyone who uses Google Maps while driving," Moorhead added. "The only thing Waze brings to Google is driving gamification, where drivers note accidents and police. That's not worth $1 billion. If you are Facebook without any real-time mapping feature, then that is a big issue."
Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with ZK Research, said Google could use some help in social networking. "Once users get reliant on Waze to help them get to work, etc., they might spend more time using Google Search or Google+," he said. "Google could probably build this themselves but this gives them a platform that's already built and it also keeps the mapping app out of Facebook's hands."
Sharon Gaudin covers the Internet and Web 2.0, emerging technologies, and desktop and laptop chips for Computerworld. Follow Sharon on Twitter at @sgaudin, or subscribe to Sharon's RSS feed . Her email address is email@example.com.
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'Mandela' trailer features new U2 song
U2 fans anxious for fresh music can now hear the group's first new song in three years — at least some of it.
A little more than a minute of a song called Ordinary Love is included in the trailer for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, a biopic about South African leader Nelson Mandela.
"The sea wants to kiss the golden shore/The sunlight warms your skin," Bono sings over a piano track. "All the beauty that's been lost before wants to find us again." In the sample, the music eventually swells to a masssive, choir-based chorus.
There's no word if Ordinary Love, written specifically for Mandela, will be included on the group's next album, tentatively slated for a 2014 release.
U2 bassist Adam Clayton recently told an Irish radio station that the group hopes to have 12 songs for a new album completed by the end of November.
"I think it's a bit of a return to U2 of old, but with the maturity, if you like, of the U2 of the last 10 years," Clayton said. The new album would be the group's first since 2009's No Line on the Horizon.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, starring Idris Elba and directed by Justin Chadwick, premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and will be in theaters Nov. 29.


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How to Lock the Focus on a Point-and-Shoot Camera
If you're taking up photography using a point-and-shoot camera, the first skill you need to master is getting the camera to focus on the image you want. The only way to make sure that an autofocus point-and-shoot focuses correctly — especially if the main subject isn't centered in the frame — is to lock the focus before you take a picture.
Look through the viewfinder — or at the viewing screen on a digital point-and-shoot — and place its focus point (the marks in the middle) on the main subject.
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The Faculty/Student Mentorship Program (FSMP) is designed to enhance the retention of economically and educationally disadvantaged freshmen or lower division transfer students (protégés) and to integrate them academically and socially into university life. Each protégé is matched to a faculty and a student mentor who act as guides, role models, and friends. Mentors can help the protégés in focusing on their skills, expanding their growth, and building confidence. Mentors can also help integrate protégés into the university culture. This helps to promote better grades and lower dropout rates. Specific benefits that mentors provide to protégés who participate in the program are introducing them to other college students, referring them to proper advisers for academic assistance, finding specific people on campus who can assist them in solving problems, helping them feel comfortable talking to professors, and assisting them in finding tutorial help when needed. Contact Dr. Jesus Contreras, Director of the Faculty/Student Mentorship Program at 338-2651 for information about the program.
Students can find a strong base of support while pursuing their degrees in SFSU's School of Engineering. This support came about to assist disadvantaged but motivated students who chose to major in engineering. The School of Engineering introduced the MESA Engineering Program (MEP) in 1985.
MEP recruits and retains students in SFSU's engineering program and provides career planning and assistance services. Throughout their studies, the women and men in the program receive academic support, and personal and academic counseling to keep them on track toward their degrees. Success in engineering requires strong foundations in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, chemistry, and physics. The MEP is here to assist.
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TOMORROW'S BANKING: FOUR PERSPECTIVES The New Director by JOSEPH F. DiMARIO, National Service Director for Banking, Pittsburgh In tomorrow's business environment, every industry, including banking, will be subject to increased scrutiny. This development has been prompt-ed by a variety of circumstances, from illegal corporate acts to the bank-ruptcy of major businesses, including some banks which were once con-sidered stalwarts of the business com-munity. How are banks responding to these developments? What role will be played by the bank director? What are some of the specific issues that the director will face as he evaluates his position vis-a-vis the bank and the community? Finally, what is the broader picture, given that neither corporate statutes nor the courts have clearly defined what directors should or should not do? The picture is unclear. As a result, a bank director today must largely define his own role. He must not "meddle" with day-to-day manage-ment, yet he must know what is going on and make his influence felt. What he must keep in mind is that his responsibility lies with the share-holders and the public at large, rather than directly with management. Therefore, he must be alert to possi-ble inappropriate action by cor-porate officers. In many respects, he walks a fine line between his degree of involvement and the broader responsibility of establishing cor-porate policies and monitoring ad-herence to those policies. This, in turn, has made his responsibility more arduous and hazardous. What degree of involvement should a bank director assume? In recent years, various suggestions that affect his role have been made to banking corporations: Appoint a full-time, compensat-ed board whose members spend a significant portion of their time on bank matters—similar to the method used in Europe. Assign a corporate officer to the board of directors whose sole responsibility will be to assist in answering questions, performing studies and analyses, and so on. The officer would function much like an internal audit department which re-ports to the board, but his responsi-bilities would encompass all aspects of the operation and cross-func-tional lines extensively. Create audit committees to im-prove communications with the out-side auditors and highlight the need for diligence in financial matters. • Organize an outside group of ex-perts to counsel the board from an independent, objective viewpoint. It is evident that these proposals lead to a situation in which the bank director knows more, becomes more involved, and asserts his authority more often and with more meaning. Indeed, the courts have now held that a heightened awareness is required by directors on the matter of com-pany operations and the detection and correction of wrongdoing. Where does that put today's poten-tial bank director? How will his actions change in the future if to-day's environment continues? The Bank's R e s p o n s i b i l i ty First, it is imperative that the bank's management recognizes the board's increased activity and provides assis-tance to its members. The sometimes historic reasons for being a board member—i.e. influence in the busi-ness community, significant business relationships, community recog-nition— are not the only criteria. Management must respect the fact that the bank director has a first obligation to the shareholders and public at large, and must apprise the board of all operating matters of significance. Many banks today are developing ongoing programs for their directors. The subject matter has included: —A history and perspective of the individual bank. —What banks can and cannot do according to law. —What directors can and cannot do. —Areas of directors' liability. —Measures taken by the bank to lim-it day-to-day problems. T h e Board's R e s p o n s i b i l i ty New bank directors must have the interest and available time to cope with their new assignment. They will obviously ask more questions of man-agement prior to accepting a board position. They will weigh the bank's economic environment and the in-tegrity of its management. In effect, the potential board member will be interviewing the bank as well as the bank interviewing him. When approached, a potential bank director should evaluate: —The background, interests, and in-volvement in bank operations of other directors. —The bank's history in conforming with laws and regulations, and its 57
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Tomorrow's banking: Four perspectives
New director
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Conover, C. Todd
Sochowicz, Charles M.
Stause, Philip E.
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'Saturday Night Live' star Seth Meyers, 39, has married his longtime girlfriend, human rights lawyer Alexi Ashe, in a small ceremony Sunday in Martha's Vineyard, PEOPLE magazine reports online.
RELATED: Seth Meyers gets engaged
PEOPLE reports:
"They are so in love and really excited for their big day," a source says. "They [were] really happy to celebrate their big day with all their close friends and family."
The guest list resembled the TV show's opening credits.
PEOPLE says stars attending included show creator Lorne Michaels and co-stars Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Fred Armisen, Will Forte and Bill Hader.


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San Diego lost a homegrown hero Wednesday.
Junior Seau, perhaps the county's greatest sports icon, who also threw his colossal personality into philanthropic causes and local business ventures, was pronounced dead late in the morning after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Oceanside home.
"He was the fabric — really a part of this community," Chargers President Dean Spanos said soon after hearing of Seau's death. "He was the heart and soul of our team for so many years. Even after he left, his roots and his home were still here. People just loved him and admired him."
Arguably, no local athlete has ever defined the term "icon" as thoroughly as Seau.
"It's hard to put to words how I feel right now," said former Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson. "I learned how to be a pro because of him. I learned how to start a foundation and work in the community because of him. I learned how to relate to people because of him — fans, signing autographs. I'm just hurt. He's an icon I looked up to my entire life before I got to San Diego. Even to this day. It's a numb feeling in my heart right now."
Not even Tomlinson, who inherited from Seau the proverbial mantle of face of the franchise, could approach Seau's legacy in San Diego. This is not New York, where icons grow on skyscrapers. Perhaps only Tony Gwynn or Dan Fouts could even come close here.
"In my opinion, there has been nobody bigger when it comes to San Diego sports," said U-T San Diego Publisher Doug Manchester, a close friend of Seau's. "… It's a sad day for San Diego. He was full of life. He was never down. The fact is, he was larger than life."
Seau played 13 seasons for the Chargers and was a Pro Bowler for the final 12 of those. He was traded in April 2003 and played three years with the Miami Dolphins.
A retirement in August 2006, which featured an emotional ceremony at Chargers Park, lasted just four days before Seau signed with the New England Patriots, for whom he played at least portions of the next four seasons.
Seau retired for good in January 2010 and will undoubtedly be inducted into the Hall of Fame after a 20-year career in which he played in two Super Bowls, was the NFL Man of the Year in 1994 and appeared in 268 games, second-most ever among NFL linebackers.
"I've never seen anything like him," said former Chargers teammate Billy Ray Smith.
Seau's accomplishments and personality certainly contributed to his enduring esteem in San Diego, but so did the fact the 43-year-old continued to make his home near where he grew up. He was frequently spotted at North County beaches, often participating in his later-in-life passion of surfing.
When announcing his official retirement a little more than two years ago, Seau said, "I'm going surfing."
Seau was born Jan. 19, 1969, in Oceanside. His full given name was Tiaina Seau III, and he came to be known as Junior as a means of being differentiated from his father.
Junior Seau grew up one of six children in the family's tiny home on Zeiss Street.
As was his Samoan heritage, that rise from the rough eastern section of Oceanside was a compelling part of Seau's story and is the genesis of his legacy, as it compelled him to not only succeed but to give back to causes for disadvantaged youth right up until his death. Seau's younger brother would become affiliated with a gang and be incarcerated as a youth for his role in a homicide. Two relatives were killed in gang-related violence in Oceanside in the 2000s.
Seau starred in football, basketball and track at Oceanside High School and then played football at USC, where he was a unanimous All-American his junior season. After that year, he was drafted fifth overall by his hometown NFL team in 1990. In 1994, he was part of the franchise's only Super Bowl team.
When Seau was traded to the Miami Dolphins for a conditional draft pick, former teammate Rodney Harrison summed up his shock by saying: "The San Diego Chargers are defined by Junior Seau. You have one of the greatest linebackers ever to play the game, the guy who really set the tone for the city and the organization."
While the Chargers were among the worst teams in the NFL for a long stretch in the late '90s and into the new millennium, Seau remained an unquestionable star.
Aside from many seasons leading the Chargers in sacks and tackles, Seau was known for his exuberant playing style, almost always being around the ball at the end of a play, and his fist-pumping dance that would follow big plays. A former teammate has yet to be found that did not passionately describe Seau's work ethic and leadership. And he played hurt, often refusing to leave games. Despite being one of the fiercest defenders in the NFL, using his body as a weapon, he started all but nine games in his 12 seasons with the Chargers.
When Seau un-retired in '06, he cited a desire to continue chasing a championship, and he got one more chance.
The Patriots went to the Super Bowl after the 2007 season, an appearance earned with a victory over the Chargers in the AFC Championship Game.
"I am always a Charger," Seau said in the immediate aftermath of that game. "I took the scenic route to get here."
The Patriots would lose the Super Bowl two weeks later.
When he retired in 2010, Seau said, "The experiences I've had and people I've met on this journey will last a lifetime."
During a halftime ceremony at Qualcomm Stadium inducting him into the Chargers Hall of Fame last November, Seau mixed a motivational speech with his reminiscence and actually led the crowd in prayer at one point.
"Work today, build for tomorrow and pray for the rest," Seau said during his speech.
His over-the-top personality on and off the field, as well as his philanthropic and business work, made him more than a sports figure.
The Junior Seau Foundation, formed in 1992, has raised at least $4 million for programs that help youth. His foundation's golf tournament and holiday "Shop with a Jock" for underprivileged children were annual staples. And it was difficult to find anyone who had not at least once been privy to one of his rousing speeches at various events.
"He's a big guy who did great things," said Manchester, who helped Seau start his foundation and served on the foundation's board for many years. "He is no longer with us, but I can guarantee you he's in a great place."
While Seau was divorced, he remained close with his ex-wife and their three children. Manchester said Seau was extremely proud that his eldest, daughter Sydney, would be attending USC.
"From my perspective," Manchester said, "his children were everything to him. And Gina was so loved by him, even in their separation."
For all that made him beloved, Seau was fully human, something that many in San Diego knew and forgave.
His divorce in 2001 played out somewhat publicly, as did financial troubles and a 2010 incident in which he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. Just hours after posting bail following that arrest, the vehicle Seau was driving went over a seaside cliff in Carlsbad. Seau was treated for minor injuries and told police he fell asleep as he was driving. No charges were filed in the assault case.
His death also fans the flames of a firestorm over former players' mental health that threatens to engulf the NFL.
But Wednesday was a time for San Diego to remember one of its favorite sons for being just that.
"It's a tragedy for the football world," said Oceanside High football coach John Carroll. "It's a tragedy for his family, his friends, for the entire community of San Diego. It's just a tragedy. There's no other word that can sum it up."


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