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Title: Ozymandias
JESSE: *sighs* Yo, so, what's next?
WALT: We wait.
JESSE: We don't got like, eight more anal things we gotta do first?
WALT: The reaction has begun.
JESSE: Yeah, I-I know. So how long?
WALT: Well, if we had a freezer, the condensed liquid would cool more quickly because, of course, this is an exothermic reaction, which means giving off heat. And, our desired product is in a crystallized--
JESSE: Put me in a coma, why don't ya.
WALT: What did you just say?
JESSE: What? Nothing.
Walt grunts
WALT: No, no, no, not in here.
JESSE: Duh, like I'm an idiot!
WALT: Yeah...like you're an idiot.
Walt opens the RV door and both walk outside
JESSE: Oh, ugh, God, Jesus! God.
WALT: Shut up.
Jesse continues making gag noises and walks behind the RV
Walt reaches into his pants pocket and takes out his cell phone. He walks away from the RV
WALT: Bogdan...Bogdan says I'm not doing the receipts right. Well, he's got a bug up his butt--he's got a stick up his butt? He's got a bug up his butt about the receipts anyways. So, anyway, he's insisting that I-he's demanding that I stay and, uh, look over his system and I cannot get out of it. *Grunts affirmatively*
Phone ringing while Skyler packs away a glass clown. A set of knives are in the foreground
SKYLER: Hello?
WALT: Hi, honey, it's me.
SKYLER: Hey, you. What's goin' on?
WALT: Nothin' much, I-I was...I was just-I'm calling to say I'm sorry, but I'm gonna be late tonight. Bogdan, he's got a bug up his butt--
SKYLER: Well, that's okay. I wasn't planning anything special for dinner, so. In fact, you could take pity on us and bring a pizza home. They're having a two-for-one at Venetzia's and at this point I could eat a whole one by myself.
SKYLER: Well, he better not. Trust me, he does not want to piss off a hungry pregnant woman.
Skyler pulls on the roll of tape she is holding
WALT: Ooo...what's that sound?
SKYLER: I just sold your favorite piece! The hideous crying clown.
WALT: Wow.
SKYLER: Yeah, and I got nine bucks more than I paid for it.
WALT: Shows what I know about art.
SKYLER: Hey, what do you think about Holly? For the baby's name. Do you like it? I think I really like it.
WALT: Holly? Yeah, it's nice. Let me think about it.
SKYLER: Just feels right, you know? It's my new favorite.
WALT: Well, it's a front-runner for sure.
Jesse yells loudly as he swings a stick through the air
SKYLER: Oh, yeah?
WALT: Yeah, just take a drive, the almost-four of us. *Laughs* Maybe we can head up the Turquoise Trail and stop at Tinkertown, maybe grab some lunch in Madrid?
SKYLER: Oh my God, we haven't been there in forever.
WALT: I know.
SKYLER: Yeah.
WALT: So, why don't we just do that? Take a little break.
SKYLER: Sold, sounds fun.
WALT: Holly? It's growing on me.
SKYLER: Yup, me too. Alright, well, I had better go and get this in the mail. Why don't you call me when you're on the way home, okay?
WALT: Will do. Love you.
SKYLER: Love you, too.
Walt hangs up the phone and stares off into the distance. Slowly the scene from the flashback starts to disappear and we're taken back to the present time. The opening sequence rolls and as we return we enter a chaotic scene. Automatic weapon fire comes to a stop
Hank, clearly shot in the leg and bleeding badly, looks at the gun in his hand. It's empty. He looks over to his left where Gomez is seen lying dead on the ground. He sees Gomez's shotgun and starts crawling toward it as the Neo-Nazis make their way toward the SUV Hank is hiding safely behind
Just as Hank gets his hand on the shotgun, Jack steps on it with his boot
JACK: Woah, simmer down there, sparky.
Jack lifts the shotgun off the ground as Hank rolls over onto his back
KENNY: The hell did we just walk into?
TODD: Hey, Uncle Jack, I don't see Jesse Pinkman here. He was right here before.
JACK: Anybody got eyes on Pinkman?
NEO-NAZI: No.
JACK: What do you figure, he may be headed down that gully there?
TODD: That's the way I'd go.
JACK: Frankie, Lester. Go find him.
KENNY: Jack. These guys are DEA.
Jack cocks back his pistol. Walt, crouching for safety and in handcuffs in the back of Hank's SUV gets up
WALT: No! Jack. No, Jack! Jack! Jack! No! No, don't! Jack! Don't, no! No! Jack! Jack, Jack, Jack! No!
Todd lets Walt out of the SUV. Walt runs over to Jack
WALT: No, Jack, don't kill him! Don't kill him! Don't kill him!
One of the Neo-Nazis grabs Walt and pulls him away from Jack, who is still holding his loaded pistol aimed at Hank's head
JACK: The hell not, he's DEA?
WALT: No he's-he's family.
JACK: *surprised* Say again?
WALT: He's my family. He's my brother-in-law.
JACK: Didn't cross your mind to maybe tell us you had a DEA agent for a brother-in-law? *to Todd* Did you know about this?
WALT: I called you off! Remember? I told you not to come!
JACK: Well, it seems to me we did you a solid.
WALT: You weren't supposed to be here!
JACK: Too late now. How's about you tell me what was goin' down out here? Yeah, you and your brother-in-law don't seem to be gettin' along too well.
WALT: It doesn't...it doesn't matter. It doesn't concern you.
JACK: We just wasted his partner here and he's wearin' a bullet. So, yeah, I'd say it does concern me.
WALT: This is between him and me.
JACK: No cavalry comin'?
WALT: No, *shakes head rapidly* no.
HANK: You bet your ass the cavalry's comin'.
WALT: No! No. No. Jack. Jack! No, the DEA doesn't know about this. Not yet. *Looks down at Hank* Hank. Nothing can change what just happened. But you can walk out of here alive. If you just promise us that you'll let this go.
Hank looks at Walt in disbelief
JACK: Yeah, I thought as much. Sorry, man, just no scenario where this guy lives.
Jack points his gun at Hank's head again. Walt frantically tries to move toward him
WALT: No, no! Listen! I have money! I have money! It's buried out here! It's *sighs* it's eighty million dollars. Eighty. Million.
JACK: So, that's what got this party started, huh? But this money of yours won't do me much good in prison.
WALT: You can go anywhere. You can do anything! Think about it. You can have any future that you want. Jack. Eighty. Million! And all you've got to do...is let him go.
JACK: That's a hell of an offer. *to Hank* What do you think, fed? Would you take that deal?
WALT: It's Hank. His name is Hank.
JACK: How 'bout it, Hank? Should I let you go?
HANK: My name is ASAC Schrader. And you can go fuck yourself.
Jack nods with a smile on his face. Walt looks down at Hank, scared
WALT: Hank. Listen to me. You gotta tell them...you've gotta tell them that we can work this out. Please. Please.
HANK: *to Walt* What? You want me to beg? You're the smartest guy I ever met and you're too stupid to see...he made up his mind ten minutes ago. *to Jack* Do what you're gonna do-
Jack raises his gun and shoots Hank in the head. There is a silence as Walt looks at Hank's body in shock. He falls to his knees and starts sobbing. Todd looks down at Walt, showing no emotion. He wipes his mouth
JACK: Pretty specific directions. Most people tell me to be somewhere, they say west on the 40, this or that exit. Second gas station on the left, you know?
Jack raises his hand which has coordinates written on it
JACK: This here? This is a whole other story. *to Kenny* That fancy phone of yours, where does it say this is exactly?
Kenny walks over and takes out a GPS device then points ahead. He walks forward as Jack grabs a shovel from Hank's SUV
JACK: Look at this, they even brought a shovel!
Todd looks down at Walt, still emotionless. Frankie and Lester return from their search for Jesse
NEO-NAZI: Jack. No sign of Pinkman.
Jack whistles to them to follow him as he follows Kenny. Kenny holds the GPS in his hands as it searches for the exact location of the coordinate Walt provided
KENNY: Alright. It says this is it right here.
JACK: Dig?
Jack hands the shovel to Kenny and walks away to lean on a car. He takes out a cigarette and lights it as Kenny begins digging. Kenny hits the first barrel and looks over at Jack. He laughs and excitedly starts digging faster. Todd stares at Walt who is still motionless on the ground
KENNY: What is that? A couple barrels?
One of the Neo-Nazis laugh as they all join in to help open the barrel
KENNY: Oh, Jesus.
NEO-NAZI: Oh, hell yeah!
KENNY: Jesus, would you look at that?
Jack stares down at the money as the other Neo-Nazis yell and laugh in excitement
JACK: *to Neo-Nazis* What are you waiting for?
The Neo-Nazis look at Jack and pause. They start digging frantically for the rest of the barrels
The clouds go by indicating that time has passed. All seven barrels have been dug up and are in the back of the Neo-Nazis' truck. One of the Neo-Nazis drags Gomez's dead body across the sand and tosses it in the hole where the money once was. They do the same with Hank's body as Walt, still lying motionless on the ground, watches
Jack and Todd talk off in the distance as Walt stares at the bottom of the Chrysler
JACK: *to Neo-Nazis* Pull a barrel out the truck and load it into the Chrysler.
NEO-NAZI: Seriously?
KENNY: Jack. That's like ten or eleven million right there, you sure you wanna do that?
JACK: *to Kenny* You gonna make me say it again? Go, go! Chop, chop! *to Todd* Jesus, what's with all the greed here? It's unattractive.
Jack walks over to Walt, lying on the ground
JACK: Hey. *snaps his fingers* Hey. I'm leavin' you a barrel. The boys are gonna load it for ya. You got the keys to these cuffs?
Todd walks over and unlocks Walt's handcuffs. Walt stands up, still staring at the Chrysler. Todd walks away
TODD: I'm sorry for your loss.
JACK: *to Walt* My nephew here, he respects you. He would never forgive me if...things...went another way. Also, I'll be honest, you caught me in one hell of a good mood. So, here's what's gonna happen. You're gonna get in your car and you're gonna drive out of here. Alright? No hard feelings. Understand me? *lifts hand for handshake* We square?
Walt is unresponsive and still staring at the Chrysler
JACK: Hey, man, I gotta know we're square or I'm gonna have to go that other way.
Walt looks down at Jack's hand and shakes it, then looks back at the Chrylser
WALT: Pinkman. Pinkman. You still owe me.
JACK: If you can find him, we'll kill him.
WALT: Found him.
Camera pans over to Pinkman, hiding under the Chrysler, breathing heavily. One of the Neo-Nazis grabs his leg and pulls him out from underneath the car
JESSE: No! Get off me! Get off! No!
The Neo-Nazi drags Jesse away from the car and onto his knees. Walt stares at Jesse as Jack cocks his pistol and holds it to Jesse's head. Jesse looks up to see two hawks flying in the sky. Jack looks over at Walt
WALT: Good to go?
Walt nods affirmatively
TODD: Hey, Uncle Jack.
Todd walks over to Jack
TODD: He was out here with those feds, right? Working with them. Shouldn't we maybe find out what he told them first? 'Cause, I mean, he had to have told them some stuff that might not be too good for us. And I bet we could get it out of him back home. I mean, I could do it. Me and him, we got...we got history. *to Walt* And then, you know, we'd take care of the job after that.
JACK: Works for me *to Walt* Work for you?
Walt nods affirmatively. Jesse looks at him and shakes his head in disbelief as a Neo-Nazi picks him up and brings him to the truck
JESSE: No. No! No! No!
WALT: Wait.
Walt walks over to Jesse with a worried look on his face
JESSE: Please.
WALT: I watched Jane die.
Jesse looks at Walt in disbelief as his face turns from worried to angry
WALT: I was there...and I watched her die. I watched her overdose and choke to death. I could've saved her. But I didn't.
Walt walks away as any remaining bit of hope drains from Jesse's eyes. The Neo-Nazis' truck pulls away with Hank's SUV in tow. Jesse, in the back seat of Jack's car, looks back as Walt as they drive away. Walt is left standing alone in the desert
Walt opens his car door and gets inside. He closes the door, then looks up at the rearview mirror. He turns it away from his face and thinks about what he's done. He turns his car on and drives away
The gas light starts blinking and Walt's car comes to a stop. Out of gas, Walt is confused and gets out to see what the issue is. He looks underneath the car and sees a leak. He then looks over at the gas tank and sees a bullet hole. He gets up and looks around, then looks at the barrel and opens the back door
Walt rolls his barrel of money through the desert as music plays in the background
An old Native American man looks through his window as Walt approaches. He steps out of his house and walks toward his barbed wire fence. Walt stops rolling his barrel and coughs
WALT: *out of breath* Hi.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAN: Hello.
WALT: That truck belong to you?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAN: It does.
WALT: I'd like to buy it.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAN: It's not for sale.
Walt nods his head and walks toward the old man's fence, coughing. He reaches into his pocket and takes out a $10,000 stack of cash. Walt loads the barrel of money into the old man's truck
Marie walks toward the A1 Car Wash owned by the White family. Skyler is on the phone
SKYLER: Hey, Walt, it's me. Ummm. Just thought I'd try you again. We were just wondering when you thought you'd be back, so um, just give us a call...whenever you can. Bye.
Marie walks into the car wash as Skyler hangs up her phone
JUNIOR: Hey, Aunt Marie!
MARIE: Hey, sweetie!
They embrace for a loving hug
JUNIOR: I haven't seen you for a while, what have you been up to?
MARIE: Oh, ya know, this and that. Your mom and I need to talk, so, thought I'd stop by.
SKYLER: Well I, uh, wish you'd called first. This...isn't the best time.
MARIE: Well, Flynn looks like he can hold down the fort. Why don't we go into your office?
Marie walks into Skyler's office. Skyler follows slowly as Junior looks at his mother
JUNIOR: I got it.
SKYLER: K, honey. Thanks.
Skyler and Marie are sitting across from each other with Skyler's desk in between them. Marie is staring at Skyler while Skyler sits there uneasily
SKYLER: Marie, I have nothing to say-
MARIE: I do. So, you can just sit there and listen. I got a call from Hank. He arrested Walt three hours ago. It's over. Dead to rights, I believe is the expression. Hank and Steve Gomez are working with a former associate of Walt's, Jesse Pinkman, whom I know you know. And Pinkman has supplied them with everything they need. Hank is booking Walt as we speak. And I, for one, could not be happier. I almost didn't come here. Christ, I barely even know who you are. And I sure as hell don't know if I can ever trust you again. And then I think about how you were so upset with Walt and how you wanted the kids out of the house and all of this makes me believe that there has got to be hope for you. That whatever he did to you can be undone. All I know, all I have been forcing myself to remember, is that you are my sister. And so, I'm here.
Skyler, who has been looking down in disbelief the entire time looks at Marie and gasps
SKYLER: ...Marie.
MARIE: Everything changes now. And you have got to prepare yourself. Hank will help you as much as he can, I know he will, and I will support you through this. But I have conditions. I want you to give me every single copy of that obscenity that you two made to discredit Hank. That DVD. Every. Single. Copy. You understand me?
Skyler nods
MARIE: Answer me, do you understand me?
SKYLER: Yes.
MARIE: Good. Now dry your eyes and get Flynn in here because you are going to tell him everything, and I mean everything, Skyler. He deserves to know the truth from his family, not a bunch of uniformed strangers.
SKYLER: No. No! No! No, he cannot know-
MARIE: You tell him! Or I will. There is no way around this. He needs to know and he needs to know now.
Jesse is lying on the bottom of a grated pit. Todd approaches as Jesse rolls over to reveal his fucked up face. Todd pulls away a tarp and opens up a hatch in the grate. Jesse begins to crawl away as Todd lowers a ladder into the pit. Jesse's hands and feet are handcuffed. Todd enters the pit
JESSE: Look, I gave you what you wanted! Come on, man, please. Hey, please. I told you where to find the tape. Okay, hey. Just, just go! Just go there, just go to his house and get it, you know?
TODD: We're on it.
JESSE: And get it! Look, no one else knows about it, just me and his partner. No one else knows! I swear!
TODD: Okay.
Jesse climbs out of the pit and looks around. Todd helps him out and brings him to a large factory. They walk in together, Jesse looks around, unsure of where they are. Todd closes the door behind them and turns on the lights to reveal a meth lab. Todd grabs a chain and hooks it onto a chain tied around Jesse's body. He locks the two together and removes Jesse's handcuffs. Jesse looks around and sees a picture in the distance. He slowly moves forward and sees that the picture is of Brock and Andrea. He starts crying as Todd approaches in the background with a yellow suit on
TODD: Let's cook.
Junior breathes heavily in shock
JUNIOR: You're completely out of your mind.
SKYLER: *with tears in her eyes* It's the truth.
MARIE: It is, Flynn.
JUNIOR: Then both of you are out of your minds. You're full of shit is what you are, both of you. If-if this is true, then how could you keep this a secret. I-I mean. Why? Why would you go along?
SKYLER: I'll be asking myself that for the rest of my life.
JUNIOR: So, you're saying all this time you were lying about this? I-I mean, so you're saying you're a liar? You just admitted it! So were-were you lying then or are you lying now? Which lie is it?
MARIE: Flynn, honey, your mother is telling you the truth right here, right now. Believe it.
JUNIOR: You know what? This is bullshit. This-this is bullshit.
SKYLER: Baby.
JUNIOR: I want to talk to Dad.
MARIE: Your dad's in custody, you won't be able to talk to him for a while.
JUNIOR: Then I'm calling Uncle Hank.
MARIE: I've tried, he's not answering. Probably because he is in the thick of it with your father. Honey. I know this is a lot to process, Flynn. But if you could just breathe, just try to breathe. And just try-
JUNIOR: Really? Really? Try. To breathe.
Flynn leaves the room as Skyler starts to cry
MARIE: Go home. Just take the kids home, okay? Go home and regroup. I'll stop by later.
Walt enters his bedroom frantically, holding two suitcases. He grabs clothes from his closet. He then grabs clothes from Skyler's and Holly's closets
The seatbelt warning signal keeps beeping as Skyler drives Junior and Holly home. Junior is sitting in the passenger's seat, upset
SKYLER: Flynn. Could you put your seatbelt on, please? Please, it's not safe.
JUNIOR: You're shittin' me, right? If all this is true and you knew about it, then, then you're as bad as him.
Skyler pulls up to the house. Walt's newly-purchased truck is in the driveway. Walt exits the house with suitcases, which he throws in the back of the truck
JUNIOR: *exiting the car* Dad?
WALT: Listen. I need you to come inside and pack right now.
JUNIOR: Mom, Aunt Marie. They-they said that you were arrested?
WALT: No, just-
JUNIOR: They said that you're some kind of drug dealer?
WALT: No, just...come inside, please, now. Come inside, come on. Go, go, go, go.
Skyler gets Holly out of the car as Walt and Junior enter the house
JUNIOR: Dad, stop! Just talk to me, please-
WALT: Just go inside, our priority right now is to pack, alright?
JUNIOR: Uncle Hank. They said he arrested you?
WALT: I will discuss all of this later. Okay, just listen to me.
JUNIOR: Just tell me what's-
WALT: Just listen to me! I need you to go in your bedroom right now and grab anything that's important. You understand? Go, now, both of you. Go.
Skyler calmly places Holly in her crib
SKYLER: Walt. Why are you here?
WALT: Skyler, please, will you just go get your things for you and the kids right now, this is your priority.
SKYLER: Hank had you in custody. He wouldn't just let you go. Where is he?
SKYLER: Where's Hank?
WALT: I negotiated-
SKYLER: Negotiated?
WALT: Yes.
SKYLER: What does that mean?
WALT: It means. We're fine, okay? We are. We're fine. Everything is gonna be fine, but we need to leave right now. Alright? Can we do that?
SKYLER: What happened? Where is Hank?
JUNIOR: Why do we need to leave?
WALT: I need both of you to trust me. Right now. Okay? Please, just work with me here and I promise I will explain everything later. Okay?
SKYLER: Where is Hank?
WALT: Skyler. I have eleven million dollars in cash right outside. We can have a fresh start. Whole new lives. All we have to do is go. We have to go right now. That's all we have to do.
SKYLER: You killed him. You killed Hank.
JUNIOR: What?
WALT: No, no. No.
SKYLER: You killed him.
WALT: No. No. No! I tried to save him!
JUNIOR: Uncle Hank is dead? I-Mom, it can't be true. It just can't be true.
WALT: Stop. Please! Everything...everything is gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be fine, I promise you, but we have to leave right now.
Walt walks toward his bedroom as Junior follows
JUNIOR: Dad, what's going on? Talk to me! Just stop for one second.
Skyler walks toward the kitchen
WALT: Look, I told you to get your things.
JUNIOR: Stop walking away!
WALT: There is no time.
JUNIOR: Tell me about Uncle Hank.
WALT: No, just drop it!
JUNIOR: What's wrong with you?
Skyler grabs a knife from the kitchen
JUNIOR: You have to tell me. Dad, wait. What happened to Uncle Hank? Wha-
Skyler walks out of the kitchen and stops Junior and stands between him and Walt with the knife. Walt turns around to see Skyler staring at him with the knife in her hand
SKYLER: Get out.
WALT: Skyler, I promise you we will figure this out.
SKYLER: Enough.
JUNIOR: Mom, what are you doing?
Walt puts the bags that he was carrying down and walks toward Skyler
WALT: Skyler, put the knife down, please. I promise you, everything-
SKYLER: Don't. Say. One more word. Get out of here. Now.
WALT: Skyler...
SKYLER: Get out!
Skyler swings the knife at Walt, slicing his hand. Walt shouts in agony, looks at the damage his wife had done, then looks at her and grabs her arm. They fight while Junior screams at them to stop. Eventually they both end up on the floor with the knife in both of their hands up above their heads. Walt gains control of the fight and gets on top of Skyler with the knife in his hand. Junior runs toward him and jumps on his back. He grabs his neck and pulls him off of Skyler then backs away to protect his mother. Walt gets up with the knife in his hand
WALT: What the hell is wrong with you?! We're a family!
Holly is crying in the distance. Junior has his hand over Skyler to protect her. Skyler is behind Junior. Both have a scared look on their face as Walt stands there with the knife in his hand angrily. He looks down at Skyler and Junior realizing what he'd done
WALT: *whispers* We're a family.
Junior pulls out his cell phone to call the police
WALT: What are you doing? What are you doing?
JUNIOR: Yeah, I-I need the police. My dad, he-he pulled a knife on my mom. He attacked her. He's dangerous.
Walt drops the knife and stares at his hand, in shock
JUNIOR: I think he might've killed somebody. Yeah. He's still-he's still here. Yeah, he's still in the house. We're at 308 Negro Arroyo Lane. 308 Negro Arroyo Lane. You've gotta come quick, hurry.
As Junior is on the phone, Walt grabs Holly and leaves the house
JUNIOR: No, no!
SKYLER: Oh my God. No. Walt. No!
JUNIOR: Mom!
Skyler runs outside, chasing Walt as he gets in his truck and backs out of the driveway, pushing Skyler's car out of the way. Holly begins to cry
SKYLER: Walt! Walt! No, please no! No! No! No! Walt, no! Let her go! You can't take her! Don't go, please, you can't take her! No, don't go! Walt! Please! Don't! Walt! Please! Walt! No! Walt! No! Please! No! Walt! Please! Please stop! Walt!
Walt drives off into the distance as Skyler chases him on foot. She stops and gets down on her knees in shock, crying
Walt is changing Holly, hand wrapped in duct tape
WALT: How about Dada? You say Dada? There, get rid of that stinky old diaper, huh? Don't be upset, where's your belly button? Where's your belly button? There, now don't you feel better? You're all nice and dry, huh? It feels good? Oh, I know you were so wet and so cranky, but now you feel better, don't you? Next order of business is to get you a brand new car seat. Won't that be nice, Holly?
HOLLY: Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama.
Walt rubs Holly's back
POLICEMAN: Confirming the abduction. Amber alert. Holly White. Female. Eighteen months. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Last seen wearing a pink and white jacket with pink pants. Abductor is the father.
MARIE: He was in handcuffs. He had him in handcuffs.
POLICEMAN: Bald head, goatee. Gold, wire-frame glasses.
The phone rings
POLICEMAN: You expecting a call?
SKYLER (VOICEMAIL): Hi, you've reached the White family, please leave a message.
WALT: Skyler, it's me. Pick up. I need you to pick up the phone.
SKYLER: That's him. That's my husband.
WALT: Skyler?
POLICEMAN: Start a trace on the landline. 505-177-8987
WALT: I know you're there, so pick it up! Skyler, do you hear me? Answer the phone.
SKYLER: Walt. Where's Holly?
WALT: Are you alone? No police?
Skyler looks over at the policeman
SKYLER: No, no police. Where are you? Where's Holly? Walt!
WALT: What the hell is wrong with you?! Why can't you do one thing I say?
SKYLER: What?
WALT: This is your fault. This is what comes of your disrespect! I told you, Skyler. I warned you for a solid year. You cross me, there will be consequences. What part of that didn't you understand?
SKYLER: You took my child.
WALT: Because you need to learn!
SKYLER: You bring her back!
WALT: Maybe now you'll listen. Maybe now you'll use your damn head! You know you never believed in me. You were never grateful for anything I did for this family. Oh no, Walt, Walt you have to stop. You have to stop this. It's immoral, it's illegal. Someone might get hurt. You're always whining and complaining about how I make my money, just dragging me down. While I do everything. And now, now you tell my son what I do? After I've told you and told you to keep your damn mouth shut! You stupid bitch! How dare you.
SKYLER: I'm sorry.
WALT: You. You have no right to discuss anything about what I do. Oh, what the hell do you know about it anyway? Nothing! I built this, me, me alone. Nobody else!
SKYLER: You're right. You're right.
WALT: You mark my words, Skyler. Toe the line or you will wind up just like Hank.
SKYLER: Walt. Tell me what happened. Where is Hank? Please. We need to know.
WALT: You're never gonna see Hank again.
Marie begins to cry
WALT: He crossed me. You think about that. Family or no. You let that sink in.
SKYLER: Walt. I just want Holly back. Please, Walt. Just come home.
WALT: I've still got things left to do.
Walt hangs up the phone and snaps it in half. He takes out the battery and looks into his car where Holly is asleep. He opens the door as he's parked next to a fire station. Inside the fireman are playing chess and just standing around. The fire truck's lights start blinking and a fireman goes to investigate. He opens the fire truck door and finds Holly inside, crying
Walt sits on the side of the road with his bags and the barrel of money as a van approaches. He gets up, loads the van up, and looks in the mirror as it drives away. A stray dog crosses the road
Watch the behind-the-scenes video here
Created by:
Vince Gilligan
Bryan Cranston
Anna Gunn
Aaron Paul
Dean Norris
Betsy Brandt
RJ Mitte
Bob Odenkirk
Laura Fraser
Jesse Plemons
Guest Starring:
Steven Michael Quezada
Michael Bowen
Kevin Rankin
Edited by:
Skip Macdonald, A.C.E.
Production Designer:
Mark Freeborn
Director of Photography:
Michael Slovis ASC
Music by:
David Porter
Casting by:
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Sherry Thomas CSA
Bryan Cranston
Diane Mercer
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Thomas Schnauz
George Mastras
Peter Gould
Sam Catlin
Melissa Bernstein
Executive Producers:
Michelle MacLaren
Mark Johnson
Vince Gilligan
Produced by:
Stewart A. Lyons
Written by:
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Directed by:
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Julian Fellowes's Belgravia Episode 1
On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, two families meet at the Duchess of Richmond's Ball. From this moment on, their stories will be linked by a secret.
Julian Fellowes's Belgravia is a story in 11 episodes published week by week in the tradition of Charles Dickens.
Belgravia is the story of a secret. A secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. The story behind the secret will be revealed in weekly bite-sized instalments complete with twists and turns and cliff-hanger endings.
Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's now legendary ball, one family's life will change forever . . .

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With the grand opening of the Disney Design-a-Tee store yesterday, I was wondering about what would happen with Pleasure Island, which is where the bulk of change for Downtown Disney is expected.
I've heard they're having problems getting new tenants to bite on the idea of opening a new location during the economic downturn. I know Disney is still progressing on opening the one new restaurant, but the rest of the locations just remain shuttered without even a construction wall in sight. Perhaps, I thought, Pleasure Island could still earn a few dollars for Disney if they just reopened one or two locations a night.
So, I was flabbergasted when this little bit of breaking news came across my screen. According to Jose of WDW News Today The Adventurers Club in Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island area was open for guests last night. They even had shows in the library.
This would be great news, if true. So I called Downtown Disney Guest Relations (407-828-3150 if you want to try it yourself) and asked if The Adventurers Club was indeed open last night and if it would be open tonight. The answer was "No. All clubs closed in September."
Now I don't know if this was just one cast member who showed up for work today and didn't get the memo about the return of The Adventurers Club, or if Jose was witness to a private party of some sort. But I'm putting out feelers to find out.
In the meantime, perhaps there is some hope for the return of Pleasure Island's most cherished club after all. Kongaloosh!!!


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In 1980, I was proud to contribute images to a wonderful book from National Geographic titled OUR UNIVERSE. Chock full of art, photographs and text, the book has remained a favorite among space enthusiasts.
Part of my job was to provide the Roman gods and goddesses to accompany the chapters on the Sun, the Moon, and the 9 original planets.


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By Joseph Menn, International Business Times
Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) top security officer told Congress on Sunday that it had found no sign of suspicious transmissions or other evidence that it had been penetrated in a sophisticated attack on its supply chain.
Apple Vice President for Information Security George Stathakopoulos wrote in a letter to the Senate and House commerce committees that the company had repeatedly investigated and found no evidence for the main points in a Bloomberg Businessweek article published on Thursday, including that chips inside servers sold to Apple by Super Micro Computer Inc allowed for backdoor transmissions to China.
"Apple's proprietary security tools are continuously scanning for precisely this kind of outbound traffic, as it indicates the existence of malware or other malicious activity. Nothing was ever found," he wrote in the letter provided to Reuters.
Stathakopoulos repeated Apple's statements to the press that it never found malicious chips or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server or been contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about such concerns. He said he would be available to brief Congressional staff on the issue this week.
The letter follows statements on Friday by Britain's National Cyber Security Centre and on Saturday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that those agencies have no reason to doubt denials from Apple and Amazon.com Inc that they had discovered backdoored chips.
Bloomberg said on Friday it stood by its story, which was based on 17 anonymous sources. Some allegations were based on fewer accounts or even a single unnamed source, Apple noted in its letter.
A Bloomberg spokeswoman did not immediately respond to questions sent on Sunday.
(Reporting by Joseph Menn; Editing by Marguerita Choy)


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In simple terms, dysphagia is difficulty swallowing. It doesn't sound like much of a problem unless you or someone you love suffers from this common senior issue. Then you know that it's much more than that. Consider that the average adult swallows around 600 times a day. If there is pain from swallowing, that is a lot of pain to deal with. Also, because this simple bodily function directly affects eating, the calories needed for good health end up not being ingested. This can set off a host of other issues. Dysphagia in older adults affects approximately 15 million Americans. Therefore, it is a huge concern in any care center, as it can directly influence a patient's health status. It can also lead to aspiration, choking, dehydration, malnutrition, and pneumonia. Clearly, food intake is crucial to residents' health and quality of life.
Patients with dysphagia often require a custom-prepared diet, such as thickened liquids or pureed foods. Also, nurses must assist with feeding. This can include placing food on one side of the mouth, limiting the use of straws, or helping with the use of feeding tools. In the dining room, our nursing staff who provide help to, monitor, or feed residents follow the techniques for safety and nutrition.
A speech-language therapist can help many patients learn methods to compensate for difficulty swallowing. At MediLodge of Sterling, all of our staff are trained to help support these vital goals and learn the necessary methods to safely assist our patients.
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One Day Until U.S. DTV TransitionThursday, June 11th, 2009
Focus at End of Technological Transition Is On People
WASHINGTON — On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the two federal agencies managing the switch is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
The digital TV (DTV) transition began over two decades ago as engineers set an ambitious technological goal: moving broadcast television into the digital age. Efficient digital technology would provide consumers with a better picture and sound and more channels, while at the same time clearing valuable airwaves to meet the explosive demand for advanced wireless services, including first-responder radio.
The transition also had a policy goal: to make the switch with as little disruption to the public as possible. That's why the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration are intently focused on making sure as few people as possible lose access to the valuable news, information and entertainment programming they count on.
Just as the transition is an unprecedented engineering feat, it also involves an unprecedented community outreach effort by the agencies to households most affected by the transition. Those households include low-income families, senior citizens, minority and non-English speaking households and people with disabilities.
"In any change this big, there are going to be disruptions," said FCC Acting Chairman Michael J. Copps. "We are trying our best to provide people, especially those who are most at-risk, with the help they need to make the switch as smoothly as possible. And we're going to keep offering it after June 12, so people should call us at 1-888-CALL-FCC."
"The nation's DTV transition is a tremendous undertaking," said NTIA Acting Administrator Anna M. Gomez. "The overwhelming majority of Americans are prepared, but despite our best efforts, some will lose television service tomorrow. Consumers should know that even after June 12, they can still apply for coupons to help them purchase TV converter boxes."
Outreach and resources offered by the two agencies include:
- Distribution of 59 million $40 coupons for TV converter boxes
- Redemption of nearly 31 million coupons
- Continued availability of TV converter box coupons for consumers who apply up until July 31, while supplies last, at www.dtv2009.gov, 1-888-DTV-2009, and also by fax and mail
- Establishment of over 600 walk-in centers providing hands-on help
- Assistance for consumers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing through Communication Services for the Deaf at 1-877-388-4968, 1-877-889-4279 (TTY), 1-866-351-1950 (video phone), 1-888-CALL-FCC, and www.c-s-d.org
- Capacity for up to 200,000 home installations of converter boxes by FCC contractors
- Home installation of converter boxes by AmeriCorps volunteers in 30 markets
- In-home installation available from 57 fire departments nationwide
- In-home and walk-in services available through June, and in some cases, through July
- Toll-free call center, 1-888-CALL-FCC, which expanded to 24-hour operations yesterday, with 4,000 agents on duty over the next few days
- Over 200 FCC employees sent to every state and every market in the country to educate the public about preparing for the transition
- Help with applying for coupons and installing converter boxes for more than 350,000 consumers in more than 180 cities provided by NTIA grantees, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), plus coupon donation programs in over 30 cities
- Over 50 visits by FCC Commissioners and Department of Commerce officials to markets nationwide
- Upgraded www.dtv.gov has received more than 24 million hits in May alone, providing consumer-friendly information about the transition
- Reception information searchable by zip code at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/
- Helpful "DTV Made Easy" brochure by Consumer's Union, which became the most popular document on the DTV Website
- Extensive media outreach in home stretch, reaching 5,000 media outlets with releases detailing local statistics and events, satellite media tours reaching 18 target markets, radio actualities reaching 5,000 stations, daily "countdown" releases generating press coverage, radio PSAs in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Simple Chinese, and more
- Engagement of more than 1300 community-based organizations serving at-risk populations to educate consumers on DTV readiness
- Collaboration with hundreds of local elected officials serving at-risk populations to ensure their constituents know about the extensive help available to get ready
- NTIA's Mobile Assistance Centers – DTV clinics on wheels – at more than 211 events, helping close to 38,000 consumers with more than 5,700 coupon applications and distributing 31,000 pieces of information
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Артемий Трегубенко: «Irish covers exactly what WebKit is, what it isn't, how WebKit is used by WebKit-based browsers and why not all "WebKits" are the same.»
WebKit, the rendering engine that powers web browsers like Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, and soon Opera as well, has become a developer favorite thanks to its support for web standards and near-ubiquity in the mobile world.
Unfortunately for developers, WebKit isn't always WebKit. While WebKit-based browsers share some code, not every WebKit-based browser behaves exactly the same way.
WebKit is an open source project with dozens of browsers based off the core code. But WebKit doesn't have everything you need to build a graphical web browser, which means there's considerable variation even among the two biggest WebKit users — Google and Apple.
To clear up just what WebKit is, and why there's sometimes quite a bit of difference between WebKit browsers, Google's Paul Irish — who is part of Chrome's Developer Relations team — has put together a comprehensive guide to WebKit. Irish covers exactly what WebKit is, what it isn't, how WebKit is used by WebKit-based browsers and why not all "WebKits" are the same.
Irish's write-up should be required reading for all developers, but especially anyone who's ever wondered why something works in Chrome, but not Safari; or why 3D transforms that fly in one WebKit-based browser crawl in another (short answer: GPU code is not shared among WebKit browsers).
When you've finished with Irish's overview, be sure to follow the links at the bottom of his post for more details — particularly worth your time is Eric Seidel's talk on how WebKit renders a webpage.


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About CT State Tunxis
CT State Tunxis (originally Tunxis Community College) was chartered by the State of Connecticut in 1969 to serve the Bristol-New Britain and Farmington Valley areas. It first opened for classes in October 1970 with 494 students; today approximately 7,000 full- and part-time students attend the College each semester enrolled in credit and continuing education classes. Yet CT State Tunxis is still small enough to offer students individual attention. Since the first graduation in 1972, more than 8,000 persons have received an associate's degree or a certificate from the College.
As a publicly supported learning center, CT State Tunxis provides an array of educational services designed to meet the training, occupational, intellectual, and cultural needs of the people of its region. The College seeks to serve all those who wish to develop their knowledge and skills; it does so by making its services easily accessible and supports these services through the quality of its faculty and staff. CT State Tunxis bases its operations on the belief that learning is best accomplished through the evaluation of current skills and knowledge, the identification of educational objectives, the determination of a proper balance between study and other responsibilities, and involvement in the educational process that meets one's objectives.
CT State Tunxis is licensed and accredited by the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education and accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
The College is authorized to award the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees. College curricula are registered and approved by the Department of Higher Education of the State of Connecticut. All degrees and most certificate programs are approved for veterans educational assistance.
Purpose of the College
In seeking to increase opportunities for further education within its region, CT State Tunxis is committed to a program of learning and services that provides:
- a stimulating, effective, and economical education for qualified students who wish to attend college within commuting distance of their homes;
- career programs leading to the associate's degree for those students who desire employment after two years of college;
- liberal arts and pre-professional education leading to the associate's degree for those students who plan to transfer to baccalaureate programs in senior colleges or universities;
- certificate programs for those students who desire a short period of specialized study;
- counseling to aid students in the development of their educational, vocational, and personal goals;
- opportunities for continuing education through part-time study;
- a spectrum of extracurricular activities designed to enhance student awareness of social and cultural values and of community issues


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Experiential learning
- Introduction
- Activity 1
- Activity 2
- Activity 3
- Activity 4
- Reflection
At the heart of all learning is the way we process our experiences, especially our critical reflections on our experiences. This module introduces experiential education as a key approach to student-centred learning for a sustainable future.
Experiential learning engages students in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making in contexts that are personally relevant to them. This approach to learning also involves making opportunities for debriefing and consolidation of ideas and skills through feedback, reflection, and the application of the ideas and skills to new situations.
- To appreciate the value of student-centred experiential learning;
- To analyse the elements of experiential learning;
- To develop guidelines for teaching through experiential approaches; and
- To relate experiential learning to education for sustainable futures.
- Characteristics of experiential learning
- The experiential learning process
- Analysing the experiential learning process
- Understanding the importance of debriefing
- Reflection
Baker, A.C., Jensen, P.J. and Kolb, D.A. (2002) Conversational learning: an experiential approach to knowledge creation, Greenwood Publishing Group.
Beard, C. and Wilson, J.P. (eds) (2002) The power of experiential learning: a handbook for trainers and educators, Kogan Page, London.
Itin, C.M. (1999) Reasserting the philosophy of experiential education as a vehicle for change in the 21st century, Journal of Experiential Education, 22(2), pp. 91-98.
Kolb, D. (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
Malinen, A. (2000) Towards the Essence of Adult Experiential Learning: A Reading of the Theories of Knowles, Kolb, Mezirow, Revans and Schon, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Miettinen, R. (2000) The concept of experiential learning and John Dewey's theory of reflective thought and action, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 19(1), pp. 54-72.
Moon, J.A. (2004) Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning Theory and Practice, RoutledgeFalmer.
Silberman, M.L. (ed) (2007) The Handbook of Experiential Learning, Temple University.
Wessels, M. (2006) Experiential Learning, Juta and Co. Ltd.
Whitaker, P. (1995) Managing to Learn: Aspects of Reflecting and Experiential Learning in Schools, Cassell, London.
Internet Sites
Association for Experiential Education – USA
Community Development Resource Association (CDRA) – South Africa
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning – USA
Experiential Learning on the Web
European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning
Experiential Education and Adventure-Based Learning – Germany
Infed: The Informal Education Homepage
International Consortium for Experiential Learning
National Society for Experiential Education – USA
Learning and Teaching Info – Experiential Learning
This module was written for UNESCO by Bernard Cox, Margaret Calder and John Fien using material written by Barry Law in Learning for a Sustainable Environment, (UNESCO – ACEID).
Characteristics of experiential learning
Begin by opening your learning journal for this activity.
Q1: Briefly describe a recent experience from which you learnt something significant.
Q2: What did you learn from the experience?
Q3: Do you think that you will remember this for a long time? Why or why not?
We learn from our experiences. In fact, there is no other way we can learn. For example, a child might learn to be wary of touching a stove after burning her fingers on a hot plate that had been used recently.
As we get older, our learning experiences become less 'concrete'. Indeed, many of the experiences from which we learn can be quite abstract, such as listening to a lecture or watching a television programme. However, at the heart of learning is an experience of some kind – and our, most importantly, reflection on it.
Reflection is the key to learning from experience because it consciously focuses our attention on what we have learnt and thus consolidates it.
Q4: Indicate why you think this module began with three questions. What thinking skills did you use to answer them?
Q5: How would you define experiential learning at this stage of the module? [Include its purpose and what you think might be involved].
This will be your initial definition. You will have an opportunity to reflect on this definition – and your learning about experiential learning – as you progress through this module.
The experiential learning process
Begin by opening your learning journal for this activity.
This activity is based on a computer game called 'Possum Picnic'. The game has been designed to illustrate the relationship between experience and reflection in the experiential learning process.
The game might be used with a class when teaching the topic of 'introduced species'. The example in this game comes from New Zealand where possums are a very big problem.
Possums were brought to New Zealand from Australia, initially to establish a fur industry. However, once this industry collapsed and possum hunting ceased, possum numbers increased dramatically.
Possums thrive in the forests of New Zealand where there is an abundant food supply and no natural predators (as there are in Australia). They now number in the many millions and are considered a major environmental pest in New Zealand's forests.
Possums have a very big appetite, and while they eat a wide range of foods, they just love to eat the soft leaves in the forest canopy. In fact, possums eat these leaves faster than they can regrow.
The bare trees and plants in the forest that result are a sign of an imbalanced and dying ecosystem.
Learning from Experience I
The Possum Picnic game is a simulation (or simplification) of the impact of possums in the forests of New Zealand. It is an educational game that students can play to experience some of the problems caused by introduced species.
Play the Possum Picnic game.
As you play the game, think about an example of introduced species that may have become a pest in your country and which could be used in an adaptation of this activity.
Q6: Describe the damage done to the forest during the game.
Play the Possum Picnic game again (maybe several times) and see if you can reduce the rate of forest destruction.
Q7: What strategies did you learn work best for reducing the rate of forest destruction?
Learning from Experience II
Forest managers in New Zealand have been working on this problem for many years and have developed a number of strategies to control possums and limit their effects. These include:
- Placing poison baits to kill possums
- Setting traps to catch possums
- Putting a special metallic band around trees to stop possums climbing.
These three strategies are included in a second version of the 'Possum Picnic' game.
Play the second version of Possum Picnic.
Q8: Describe the damage done to the forest by the possums this time.
Play the game again (maybe several times) until you can achieve a sustainable balance in the forest.
Q9: What have you learnt from playing the two versions of 'Possum Picnic'?
Reflecting on the Learning Experience
Reflecting on the game is very important to learning. Reflection helps us process the experience and make generalisations.
The next two tasks invite you to reflect on 'Possum Picnic' in two ways;
- Its value as a learning experience for students.
- Its value as a teaching strategy.
Q10: Use your experience in 'Possum Picnic' to identify what students could learn from the game about:
- The possible effects of introducing a new species into an ecosystem.
- The effects of trying to protect the ecosystem.
- Effective approaches to sustaining the future of this ecosystem.
Q11: On the basis of your experience in the game, identify some advantages and disadvantages of using experiential learning in comparison with more teacher-centred approaches.
Q12: Summarise your reflections on the experience of playing and learning from 'Possum Picnic'.
Q13: Use the following definition to identify the main elements of experiential learning.
Experiential learning is a process that develops knowledge, skills and attitudes based on consciously thinking about an experience. Thus, it involves direct and active personal experience combined with reflection and feedback.
Experiential learning is personal and effective in nature, influencing both feelings and emotions as well as enhancing knowledge and skills.
Q14: Revise your original definition of experiential learning (Question 5) so that it includes these elements.
Q15: How could you use 'Possum Picnic' with a class you teach? What introduced species might be more relevant to use in your country?
Analysing the experiential learning process
Begin by opening your learning journal for this activity.
Experiential learning is often thought of as a learning cycle with experience and reflection being the first two phases.
The idea of experiential learning as a cycle was suggested by prominent educationalists such as Jean Piaget, John Dewey and David Kolb.
The experiential learning cycle involves four phases:
- Experience
- Engaging in an experience in a particular situation and then observing its effects.
- Processing the experience
- Understanding what we did, thought and felt during the experience.
- Generalising
- Understanding the general principle (called a 'generalisation') behind the relationship between the action and its effects.
- Applying
- Applying the principle or generalisation to a new situation.
Identify the four phases in the experiential learning cycle.
Q16: Reflect on 'Possum Picnic' and identify what you did in each of the four phases of the experiential learning cycle.
Q17: Suggest some guidelines for helping students learn in each of the four phases.
See some suggested guidelines.
Understanding the importance of debriefing
Begin by opening your learning journal for this activity.
Reflection is part of the debriefing process. Debriefing is the name given to what teachers do in class to help students process the information and make generalisations from their experiences.
Debriefing is an important phase of experiential learning because it helps students to:
- Learn through reflecting on what they have done;
- Consolidate their concepts and generalisations about the topic being studied through the process of reflection and with guidance by their teachers; and
- Apply what they have learnt in new situations.
Debriefing from 'Possum Picnic'
Question 15 in your learning journal was the beginning of a debriefing on the use of experiential learning as a teaching strategy. It asked you to think of a teaching situation when it might be possible to use 'Possum Picnic'.
'Possum Picnic' need not be played on the computer. For example, it can be played in an open space outside the classroom with students taking on the roles of trees and possums in the first round, and additional roles as the trapper, the poisoner who places baits, and the forester who bands trees in the second round.
Read a description of how to play 'Possum Picnic' with students in an open space.
Q18: What grade level and school subject or topic would be an appropriate place to play 'Possum Picnic', or an adaptation based on an introduced species that has become a pest in your country?
Q19: What questions would you ask to help students reflect on what they had learnt from 'Possum Picnic' or your adaptation?
Q20: How would you help your students make generalisations from their learning during 'Possum Picnic' or your adaptation?
Q21: How could you help students apply the knowledge learnt from 'Possum Picnic' or your adaptation to another topic? What teaching method could you use?
Begin by opening your learning journal for this activity.
Completing the module: Look back through the activities and tasks to check that you have done them all and to change any that you think you can improve now that you have come to the end of the module.
Q21: Reflect on experiential learning
- I was surprised to find that …
- I really like …
- I did not like …
- I want to learn more about …
Q22: To what extent would you like to use experiential learning approaches in your teaching?
Q23: Identify some skills that you have that could be useful for teaching through experiential approaches.
Q24: Identify some skills that you have that may need to be developed further in order to use experiential approaches effectively.
Q25: How does experiential learning relate to Education for Sustainable Development?
Q26: What are the distinctive contributions that experiential learning can make to Education for Sustainable Development?


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You may have heard that Clear Creek, which runs from Bangor Base to the estuary at Dyes Inlet, is getting a new bridge this year. That may have been a shocking discovery about three weeks ago when you would have had to find a new way around the Bucklin Hill while PSE put in some poles during the fish window.
In preparation for the big change to the biota of the estuary, the Clear Creek Trail has been monitoring water quality. We've been at this since last June, and being a recovering Old Town Silverdale Wine Shop Owner, the color of the dissolved oxygen test reminds me of an old Sauternes.
Sauternes is a special region in southern Bordeaux very near the ocean. In other regions, where dessert wines are made, they are more at the whim of Mother Nature from vines that usually produce drier versions of wine. This region is dedicated solely to the production of unfortified, sweet white wine.
Sauternes winemaking regulations are different also. The appellation is reserved for wines from five communes where regulations stipulate minimum levels of alcohol (13%) and the wine to taste sweet.
This very unique microclimate is close to two rivers and the intertidal waters that create a lot of fog in the fall when the grapes are ripening. This moist atmosphere encourages Botrytis Cinerea or Noble Rot.
Three grapes are allowed, Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. Sémillon is the principal grape mainly because it is more susceptible to Noble Rot than the other two. It is typically about 80% of the blend. Sauvignon's main role is the acidity to the blend to keep it balanced and Muscadelle is for aromatics.
Noble Rot is a fungus prized in the Sauternes region. Basically, it sucks moisture out of individual grapes thus increasing the tartaric acid and sugars, concentrating the flavors. The result is a wine of distinction, lush flavors of honey, tropical fruit, heady aromas and rich, powerful, creamy mouthfeel. Mainly because of the Noble Rot which has an unique aroma similar to a spice cabinet.
Sauternes are some of longest-lived wines; I've admired some and have tasted even fewer. I remember getting to look at a bottle of 1929, all coppery in color that a former chef of the Silverdale Beach Hotel had in his cellar.
Sauternes typically start out a gorgeous light gold color that becomes increasingly darker as it ages. Once a tint of orange appears, it has developed complex and mature flavors and aromas.
Yes, Sauternes is a labor intensive, costly wine to make. For example, Chateau d'Yquem makes at least 17 passes through the vineyards, picking only the best grapes. Botrytis does not just swoop down one day and perform its magic. It tends to be very spotty.
A typical harvest might be picking a patch of botrytis affected grapes for a couple of days and then it rains for a few days; this brings a halt to the picking. When the better weather resumes, grapes affected by the undesirable grey rot are removed, then another bout of Noble Rot appears and picking begins again. Hand picking can go on for six weeks. A long period of time for the team of pickers to be kept waiting.
When this style of wine got its start is not certain however, Thomas Jefferson purchased many a bottle of Sauternes' most famous property, d'Yquem. He even convinced George Washington to purchase 30 bottles of the wine!
As with dry wines, vintage makes a big difference when buying Sauternes. And the 2011s now on the shelf are from a great vintage. Top Sauternes bottlings include the Chateau d'Yquem at around $400 or so, Chateau Guiraud for about $85 and Chateau Suduiraut for a mere $70.
There are two other communes to look for that are not quite as expensive as Sauternes. That would be Barsac and Loupiac. The quality is as good because they live by the same rules of the region but they are lesser known. Cadillac is another commune but is small and rarely seen. They only produce wine there, not cars.
Barsac Chateaux to seek out would be Chateau Doisy Daene, Doisy Vedrine, Nairac, and de Rayne Vigneau. These range in price from $35 to $50.
Sauternes can be had in half bottle sizes (375 ml) and given the richness, much preferred. The wines are served slightly chilled. Sauternes can be paired with a variety of foods but by far, the classic match is seared Foie Gras with fresh berries.
And just like the Champagne, American Champagne and Methode Campainoise agreement, Sauternes made anywhere else in the world is spelled Sauterne – without the S. That's how you'll know.
Just a reminder that Taste Washington happens at the end of this month. It's a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Washington Wine scene. There are some great seminars to attend also, Washington vs. The World, The Chardonnay Revival and a couple of appellation spotlights. The one that caught my attention was Wine Tasting with the Masters – Master Sommelier and Master of Wine. That should be very interesting. Here's the link for more info: http://tastewashington.org/seminars-2015/


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Bishop Robert J. Baker, S.T.D.
On Notre Dame's Choice Of A Commencement Speaker
Bishop Robert J. Baker, S.T.D.
Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama
Nationwide astounded and upset Catholics have reacted critically to the news that Notre Dame University will host and honor President Barack Obama at its May Commencement. I also feel the need to express my deep disappointment over such an invitation, extended by one of our nation's Catholic Universities.
That a Catholic school should publicly recognize a man who unashamedly promotes values clearly opposed to the Church's teaching on the Gospel of Life is a travesty to the legacy of Catholic education. In his address at Catholic University almost one year ago, Pope Benedict XVI pointed out that the identity of Catholic universities cannot be "equated simply with orthodoxy of course content. It demands and inspires much more: namely that each and every aspect of your learning communities reverberates within the ecclesial life of faith." To educate students in fundamental moral principles cannot be reconciled with subsequent bestowal of tribute to a public official who supports and promotes the values contrary to those principles.
I support Bishop Thomas Olmsted's public stance on this matter, in calling this situation "a public act of disobedience to the Bishops of the United States."
Finally, I endorse the response suggested by Professor Charles E. Rice, and I continue to encourage all in the Birmingham Diocese to vigorously react to this situation through prayer. Especially on May 17, the day of the Commencement, those who can go to the Grotto on the University grounds, should, as Professor Rice suggested, assemble and pray there. Those who live far away should also join in prayer. We should not make public demonstrations on that day that would be counterproductive, but we will firmly refuse to compromise our Catholic and pro-life identity.
I encourage Catholics in the Diocese of Birmingham to continue praying the prayer I composed for our president and public officials, even after Lent. There is great need for prayer, not only for those in public office, but also for the entire Catholic community. We have elected many men and women who are opposed to the culture of life. We Catholics need also a deeper conversion in our own lives before a change in our country will take place.


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Something not touched on in this post is that there are frequently more tangible benefits to localization. Consider food production specifically:
There are several non-trivial, but also non-monetary costs associated with centralized food production. (1) Shipping food from a centralized location can create a massive carbon footprint . And (2) factory farming methods are a proven drain on the land being farmed and on land downstream.
Of course, your final analysis is the only reasonable one. We'll continue to tend towards methods that utilize centralized specialization in more and more benign ways while distributing the rest of the work.


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Of course my dog has an Instagram account.
Of course she does.
When the rescue organizations were [heavily] vetting me to become a dog mom, my friends were telling them that my future dog was going to live a spoiled existence. Toys and play and treats and photo shoots would ensue. My dog was sure to get her own Instagram account, they said.
I fought the urge to give her a separate account for months. I already have a Disneygram account in addition to my personal account. I don't need to add a third to the mix.
Until I did.
My dog has an Instagram account where I manage her friendships with other dogs, if you want to know where I've been spending my time.
— Quirky Chrissy (@quirky_chrissy) August 30, 2018
Of course I did.
And then it was time for Nia's spay surgery. And
she we I decided that she was going to diary the cone life. It's been a rocky two weeks, but I think the pup is going to be A-okay. At the very least, she's going to have one hell of a happy life.
The day of the spay was horrible for me. One of my worst days. I was already going into this with SERIOUSLY conflicting feelings. I know that she's essentially better off being spayed early, but I couldn't help anthropomorphizing her soon-to-be inability to have children. And then they called me after she came out of anesthesia.
Apparently, Nia shows a number of signs of being a distemper survivor, including weak enamel on her teeth, tremors, head bobbles, and now, seizures (well, seizure, singular). The vet says that as long as she seems happy and healthy, we just need to keep an eye on the symptoms and take extra good care of her teeth.
Day 3: This is my life now. The cone is never coming off. Mom tells me, "Chin up!" when we go up the stairs, but I'm not sure what she means. This cone is the worst on stairs. And when I have itches. And when I want to play with my toys. Basically, it's just the worst. Mom also keeps giving me spoonfuls of peanut butter and singing about medicine going down. I just know that I love peanut butter. And also, I'm very sleepy… Zzzzzzz
Day 3 was the last day of being remotely sleepy. None of the sedatives worked for our lil pup. So we had to manage her insanity with constant vigilance and baby gates.
Day 4: It was looking pretty bleak last night. Mom disappeared for several hours. Dad and I managed. But barely. Mom and Dad have both resorted to more frequent walks, which are, quite honestly, my only respite from this torturous experience. Who the heck is Bob Barker anyway? Send Kongs full of peanut butter. Stat.
The peace didn't last long, though, because Nia decided that she could do anything with or without the cone.
Day 5: I think it's going well. I'm adjusting to life in the cone. Unfortunately, Mom keeps stopping me from reaching my full cone agility potential. Every time I think I'm about to master one of my favorite moves, she STOPS me! All I want to do is jump on and off the couch, bounce like Tigger, and catch that damn bunny! I feel like she's out to get me.
Thank God for baby gates (something I swear I said I would never use).
She's definitely my puppy because I love perching just as much as she does.
Day 7: Mom keeps hugging me and saying she's so glad she adopted me. I heard her mention #nationaldogday or something like that. Whatever. I'm still in doggy hell over here. No one will let me zoomies. I just wanna run and jump. They let me play with toys, but I'm getting bored with the same ones. Send toys.
We actually had to take away some of her toys because of her teeth. She loved chewing on the hard toys, but no dice anymore on those. Soft and squishy only now. I think I've noticed the difference in the way she chomps on my hand.
I took away the cheap flip flop, and then she annihilated my Roxy flip flops. How's that for vengeance?
Day 9: I was THIS CLOSE to getting a whole night in the bed with Mom and Dad. They got home late, which woke me up so it was play time. Dad went to bed and Mom played with me until I finally gave up and went to snuggle with Dad. We were all snoozing comfortably for a while when Mom stopped snoring, got up, and made me sleep in my kennel! So now I'm exhausted and catching some Zs on the floor.
Day 10: VICTORY IS MINE! Mom and Dad woke up to a surprise this morning: Dad's alarm. They forgot to nudge me to my kennel, so I slept in their bed all night long. I made sure not to wake them as I slowly creeped up to the pillows, snuggling my cone on Mom. If only they'd let me sleep there all the time.
Day 12: I'm so conflicted. Dad made me wear the cone again last night. Then he left me alone to wallow. He came back with Mom, and I got so comfy up by the pillows of the bed when Mom scooped me up to sleep in the kennel again. When I woke up, Dad took off the cone, but Mom won't get out of bed because she's still wearing her weird nose cone. I just wanna play!
Even I'm ready for the cone to be over.


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April 17, 2015
Ms. Nina Tassler
Chairman, CBS Entertainment
4024 Radford Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604
Dear Nina,
I hope this letter finds you well. Over the years, under your leadership, CBS has made great strides in including Asian Americans as regulars of its drama, comedy, and reality series. The two CBS shows which feature Asian Americans in the most significant roles are "Stalker" with Maggie Q and "Elementary" co-starring Lucy Liu. As Lt. Beth Davis and Joan Watson, respectively, their stories very often drive the narrative of the main plot of the week and both defy the traditional way Asian American women have been portrayed in the media. Davis is no shrinking violet and commands the anti-stalking unit of the Los Angeles police force, and Watson displays her own talent at solving crimes even under the formidable shadow of the legendary Sherlock Holmes and is not cast primarily as the love interest of anyone.
However, both series have not had strong 18-49 ratings, and we are concerned about their chances for renewal for the 2015-2016 season.
New episodes of "Stalker" average a 1.53 Live+same day rating in the 18-49 age group, but jump 62% to a 2.48 with Live+7 numbers. It usually beats NBC's "Chicago P.D." (which has already been renewed for the Fall) and ABC's "Nashville." "Stalker's" last new episode (which aired February 18) fell to an all-time low of 1.15, but that was due to the weak lead-in of the two hour finale of "The Mentalist," which averaged a 1.28, the lowest 9 p.m. rating for any CBS first-run episode all season.
Though new episodes of "Elementary" average a 1.3 Live+same day rating in the 18-49 demo, the Live+7 audience jumps 85% to a 2.42. The show was probably hurt by beginning Season 3 a month later than usual (October 30) and a weak lead-in from "The McCarthys," which was pulled from the schedule in February (perhaps a drama lead-in would be more helpful next season?). "Elementary" has done considerably better in the 2015 calendar year than the Fall of 2014, perhaps due to viewer unhappiness with the dominance of the Kitty character (Opehlia Lovibond), whose storyline ended in January. "Elementary" is currently beating its competition on ABC ("American Crime") and NBC ("The Slap," "Dateline") and is getting closer to producing enough episodes so it can be sold into syndication. In addition, we are happy that co-star Lucy Liu has been able to demonstrate her impressive talents as a director on the show.
Given these considerations, we hope you will renew both "Stalker" and "Elementary" and give them sufficient promotion to ensure their long-term success. We would also like to see more Asian American guest stars as, for some reason, they have been sparse on those shows. Thank you for your consideration.
Guy Aoki
Founding President, MANAA
Cc: Christina Davis
Glenn Geller
Kelly Kahl
Tiffany Smith-Anoa'i


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Canadian Maskull Lasserre's woodwork is miles from the kind of whittling woodwork that takes place down in Alabama in a rickety old rocking chair. For one, each piece is incredibly intricate, and extremely macabre, with skulls popping out of furniture and axe handles carved into skeletons.
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Just one slip of the hand, and suddenly the whole creation could be ruined. If you'd like to view Lasserre's work in person (and you're sure you won't get nightmares), check his exhibition out at the Pierre-François Ouellette (PFOAC) in Montreal until August 7th, and again in November. [Maskull Lasserre via This Is Colossal via DudeCraft]


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Sunday, March 05, 2017
Honorifics: Not as Complicated as You Think
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- Anonymous3/06/2017 1:33 AM
I went to the Korean army to do my military service and, oh my God, all these people I met for the first time did not use honorifics. They used the very opposite of honorifics. They made me 대가리박어 which was not polite at all.ReplyDelete
When watching kdramas I wonder sometimes why characters who are in love or dating still use 씨 on their names. At what point does that change?ReplyDelete
I would add one caveat (from personal experience) to Scenario 4. In my experience, it always has to be the younger person who suggests that the older person can drop the honorifics. It is awkward if the older person proposes to the younger person that they drop the honorifics.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous3/07/2017 3:28 PM
I don't necessarily agree, it's fine if the older person says he or she will drop honorifics when addressing the younger person. What doesn't happen though is the younger person dropping honorifics before being "given permission" by the older person.Delete
Extremely enlightening, and very commonsensical. As I am married to a Korean, I am sometimes at a loss as to demeanor, and this helps (even though I don't speak much Korean yet).ReplyDelete
I've always struggled with honorifics and I really appreciate the explanation here. I still have questions about things like using honorifics towards kids/teenagers, or complex social relationships or situations (that I will probably never have to deal with in real life anyway), but that's just me over-thinking things.ReplyDelete
Where I really struggle though is in group conversations. Switching between honorifics and casual language on the fly is hard enough, but I also stress about using certain casual language in front of people to whom I would use honorifics if I spoke to them directly. For instance, if my Korean is right, it's more polite to use 주무시다 instead of 자다 (if that's wrong, then substitute another example where one word is the more polite form of another word). But if I talk about my mother-in-law (to whom I use honorifics) to my wife (to whom I don't) while my mother-in-law is also in the conversation, is it okay to use 자다 or should I use 주무시다? What about vice-versa? These kind of questions give me all kinds of anxiety in group conversations.Replies
You can use 주무시다 because you are talking about a third person action but conjugate it using informal ending 주무셔 cause you are talking to someone you don't use honorifics with. Honorifics, humble language and politeness levels are different things in korean and that's where foreigners get confused because we tend to think honorifics must always come in a formal conversation, and that's not right. Honorofics and Humble language concern vocabulary choice to talk about people's or your own actions, and politeness levels concern the person you are talking to.Delete
*you are talking to someone you don't use formal endings with.Delete
I appreciate this post, so much. This is the simplest explanation I've ever seen for honorific usage, and the most helpful.ReplyDelete
"Between two adults, polite speech is used. If you are visiting Korea and you are not entirely sure about your honorific rules, this is all you need to remember. In fact, it is not strange at all for an adult to use the polite speech to a child that he is meeting for the first time."ReplyDelete
Since many foreign workers in Korea (especially native English speakers) are employed as teachers, and may sometimes find themselves communicating in Korean with children, it's important to extend the rule with this:
- Beyond pre-school or kindergarten age, teachers model polite language for (child) students.
The upshot is that sufficiently short time that you've known the kid(s) or formality of the teaching situation should cause you, as a teacher, to use polite endings. Banmal with students will come about eventually, in informal interactions, when you've actually known them enough to not be essentially a stranger. Before that, you will probably seem unprofessional, childish and/or shitty at Korean.


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The art lessons section has experienced a massive overhaul. Lessons are now categorized for easier retrieval. If you would like to submit a lesson for inclusion here so that others may benefit, either click on the "Submit a Lesson" link on the side menu of this page or if that doesn't work, contact me. Don't forget to submit images with your lesson. The images should be large so people can see them easily. If your images are too large to submit, contact me.
In this section are hundreds of free art lessons from preschool through the college level. The vast majority of lessons include images and examples. There are some lessons from the early days of IAD that do not include images because they were submitted in the days when teachers did not have access to digital cameras or scanners. If you see a lesson plan without an image and you have done this lesson with your class, please submit the images to me so I can include them.
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In case you missed it, the menu for all our lessons is on the side column. You can find lessons according to your grade level as well as cartoon and drama/art lessons.
Building an Art Lesson Plan
Step 1: Create Learning Objectives / Goals
Think about the final objective for your lesson. What do you want your students to accomplish? These objectives should be measurable and relate to any state or country standards you may have. In the U.S.A., the federal standards are found on the Getty website. You should have around three objectives for each lesson. If you have too many, the lesson becomes too complicated and is more difficult to assess.
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Create at least one activity that will address your objectives and standards. IAD includes hundreds of lessons that offer a variety of styles. If you find one you like, you can use it as a template for your own lessons. It is important that your activity is age appropriate. Sometimes determining this requires some experience.
Because anyone can submit a lesson on IAD, some may not have the quality of others. However, valuable information can still be gleaned from them and perhaps they will jog your memory enough to create better lessons of your own.
Step 3: Create a Rubric and/or Assessment
There are many rubrics on IAD. Many are universal in nature and you can use them for your own lessons. Your rubrics should describe well what a finished product should look like at several levels. The skills or objectives should be on the far left column and across the top should be the levels of quality for each grade. Of course your assessments should include any local or national standards.
Strategies and Philosophies
There are various philosophies and strategies for creating art lessons that truly motivate students. Some of these strategies are found in our Teacher Toolkit section for newer art teachers. A good lesson addresses the learning styles of all students, not just a visually-oriented art student. The lesson will include activities that use the following intelligences: Kinesthetic, visual, auditory, linguistic, logical, intra-personal, and others as listed by Howard Gardner and others.
A good lesson will have an introduction that really grabs the attention of students. Some call this the "anticipatory set" from Madeline Hunter's research (Additional information can be found in the Teacher Toolkit section). Without a good introduction, the rest of the lesson could fail because students aren't interested in putting their personal best in the assignment. The introduction should illustrate to the student how the lesson will relate to them personally.
Finally, your art lesson should address your state or provincial standards. Good art teachers know how to integrate the arts into the other subject matter. Geometry can be integrated through architecture of the Renaissance. History can be integrated through famous art that illustrates important events in history. Geography can be integrated through creating visual maps in cartography. Science can be integrated through subjects in nature. Not all states have visual arts standards so if your state doesn't have them, have them match up with the national standards found on the Kennedy Center website.


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My burning heart skips a beat. It's a small bear, but in the sunset I was startled. I keep running, powering up the hill until I can't go on. "It's high enough" I think, before laying two gallons of water next to a squat pine and a jumble of stones. 2,000 feet above Bridge Creek Wall sits lonley and wind swept. A bird screeches in the cold wind. My legs carry me back into the canyon.
Two days later Sol and I are sipping on the water stash under The Nose, a serpentine line of big cracks, chimnies and roofs. For years, the 5.10 A2 skull and cross bones (Viktor Kramer, auther of Leavenworth Rock, uses the symbol instead of R or X designations) rating enticed me. After Max, Sol, and I repeated The Nose this past spring, we knew it would go free. That particular day, the runout, dirty nature of the crux pitch stopped our free effort. This time Sol and I had a few pins and a hammer, hoping to make it sane.
Classic, cleand 5.9 wide
Ropedrag, moss, and a bridge of death blocks led us to the start of the money pitches. A wide, wandery chimney, a traverse, and a connecting 5.10 slab brought us to a needly ledge with a gnarled pine. A bar down the hatch and we were off to splitterville. A four inch offwidth, double finger cracks in a corner, and the best 5.8 splitter in Leavenworth deposited us to the crux cieling. "I'll tag up the pins and hammer if I need them," I say and then start stuffing my feet in the flaring crack leading up the roof. A reach to a hand jam, a jug, and a mantle and I'm through the difficulties. Unfortunately, I am also looking at two broken legs if I blow the spicy exit moves. I take a deep breath, think about the work involved in placing a pin, and decide to climb on.
The crux...not too hard, but don't fall on the face above the roof!
On top, we sit satisfied, enjoying the panoramic view of the Stuart Range. Nine exciting pitches fall away below our battered toes. The water I stashed and the cloud cover keeps us hydrated and happy. Jumping and rapping down the descent slabs leads to the longest sand surf in the world, beer, and the familiar rush of the Icicle.
The Nose
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Perfect wedding night
A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage."
His father replied, "Don't you love this girl?"
"Oh yes, very much," he said, "but you see, I have very smelly feet and I'm afraid that my fiancée will be put off by them."
"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible and always wear socks, even to bed." Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.
The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up with her mom." Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning, my breath is truly awful."
"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."
"No, you don't understand. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my fiancée will not want to sleep in the same room with me."
Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed and head for the kitchen to make breakfast. While the family is busy eating, move on to the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth."
"I shouldn't say good morning or anything?" the daughter asked.
"Not a word," her mother affirmed.
"Well, it's certainly worth a try," she thought.
The loving couple were finally married. Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six months later.
Shortly before dawn one morning, the husband wakes with a start to find that one of his socks had come off. Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searches the bed. This, of course, wakes his bride and without thinking, she asks, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Oh, my," he replies, "you've swallowed my sock!"
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Young, naïve, frightened and desperately trying to look brave, I walked out of Bangkok's Don Muang Airport at midnight, my first time in Asia, my first time backpacking, my first time in such a foreign place. And apart from my flight to Thailand, I had chosen not to do any travel planning at all. So, there I stood, my courage starting to fade, wondering how I was going to find a hotel and why I hadn't booked a room in advance.
I eventually found the official taxi stand, hopped into a taxi and, because I had no specific hotel or guesthouse address to give to the driver, told him to take me to Khao San Road, an area I had only heard about from a friend of a friend a week before I left home.
Once there, I stepped out into the street, wandered around for a few minutes, found a cheap hotel and paid for a room. Just like that the mystery of where I would sleep came to an end.
And as I started to nod off that night, I remember thinking, "Wow, that was easy." I had flown around the planet, on my own, without a clue how to travel, and yet I survived. Not only did I survive, I managed to make it into this crazy city and find a hotel without any effort whatsoever. Suddenly, traveling seemed much easier than I had ever imagined, and upon making that realization, I relaxed and the fear disappeared.
To the Beaches of Cambodia
Two weeks later, after having celebrated the Millennium at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, my plan was to spend a few days in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh before heading to Vietnam. But when I arrived in Phnom Penh, a British fellow I met convinced me to take a detour to Sihanoukville, Kampot and Kep, three Cambodian towns I had never heard of. Why not, I figured, and so I joined him and we ended up spending ten days hopping around from beach town to beach town, enjoying what was back then a very local Cambodian experience. We ate fresh fish, hiked through rainforests, rented motorbikes, visited random villages and met so many amazing people.
And while on the beach one day, I thought back to the moment I had arrived in Bangkok when I wished that I had planned my trip more thoroughly. Now I just chuckled to myself, happy as can be on a beach I just learned about and fully aware that such thorough travel planning would have been a major mistake…
From the Middle East to Thailand
When I traveled through the Middle East a year and a half ago, I had a vague idea that I would spend a couple of weeks in Syria, a week in Lebanon, a week in Iraqi Kurdistan and then some time in Turkey. However, I didn't dare book anything or make any concrete plans. And sure enough, upon arrival in the Syrian city of Aleppo, I found myself wanting to stay for a while. So I decided to stay for three weeks. I then traveled around the rest of Syria, followed by a couple of weeks in Lebanon, and then I returned to Aleppo where I spent another twenty days. From there I finally traveled to Iraqi Kurdistan, where, on my tenth and final day in that region, the snow started falling in the city of Dohuk and I suddenly had the urge to be in a warm climate. I turned on my laptop and immediately booked a one-way ticket to Thailand, deciding to skip out on Turkey this time around.
The next day I was on a flight to Bangkok, a destination on the other side of the world from where I originally thought I would end up. Imagine if I had already organized my trip to Turkey in advance. I'm sure it would have been a rewarding experience but I'm quite happy that I had the flexibility to follow my sudden desire to be elsewhere.
Extending My Stay in Romania
When I first visited Romania last year as part of my Eurail adventure, I found myself not wanting to leave, even though I had originally planned to visit Bulgaria as well. And since I hadn't actually made any reservations or paid for anything in Bulgaria ahead of time, I was able to stay in Romania for as long as I felt like staying. Once again, nothing was stopping me from doing exactly what I wanted to do at that moment.
Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility!
Maybe you see what I'm getting at here. As tempting as it may be, you really don't need to plan the details of your trip.
Had I already booked accommodation throughout Vietnam or had I booked transportation around Turkey or a flight out of Bulgaria, I would not have had the flexibility to change course and to ultimately end up with the experiences that most appealed to me at the time.
I can't tell you how often my travels have changed. Actually, I can tell you. Every single time! Yes, every time I've gone anywhere my itinerary ends up looking nothing at all like the itinerary I imagined prior to my arrival.
Before we are actually present in a destination, there really is no way at all for us to know what will happen. The possibilities are endless. Sometimes we think we'll love a place but when we actually show up we want to leave after one day. We might learn about new towns and cities and villages that we never knew about before and now we want to visit those places. We'll meet new people all along the way, people we'll want to spend time with, people we might want to tag along with to a region that we never thought about visiting. We might enjoy a particular destination so much that we want to stay for a month or we might discover a super-cheap airfare deal to a neighboring country and suddenly find ourselves wanting to go there straight away.
And when you do find yourself in such situations, you certainly want to be in a position where you can say 'let's go!' and head off in that new direction, without any obstacles preventing you from changing course and enjoying these new experiences.
I know that it can be a bit scary having nothing, or very little, planned ahead of time before you embark on an extended journey. But in all my years of travel, I have never been without a place to sleep, never been without something to eat, never been stuck on the side of the road wishing that I had organized my trip in advance. What I have been is overjoyed time and time again at the fact that I've been able to alter my plans on a whim, to go places I never thought about going, to team up with new friends and to allow my travels to unfold on their own.
Do you agree that traveling is much easier than many people think? Do you plan much or do you prefer to go with the flow? If you're about to travel, how much travel planning are you doing?


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Thursday, November 22, 2012
New York Storm Damage on Google Maps
The New York Times has published A Survey of the Flooding in NYC After the Hurricane.
The survey uses Google Maps to show the estimated height reached by floodwaters from surveys and weather data collected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Users of the map can select individual neighborhoods on the map to view data on floodwater heights at individual building plot level.
A number of neighborhoods on the map include black boxes. If the user selects any of the boxed neighborhoods they can read an overview of the damage caused in that neighborhood by the storm and view photographs of the damage caused.
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Seared Duck Breast with a Balsamic Burgundy Reduction and Raspberry Chutney
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After a long summer of living out of a suitcase I am so happy to be settled in my new home in San Diego! With my new home came my beautiful new kitchen and all of my lovely kitchen gadgets which have been collecting dust in my storage unit all summer!
After unpacking (and cleaning off all that dust!) I was so excited to cook my first meal in my new kitchen! What, oh what, would it be? I knew it had to be something new and fabulous as I was cooking for my ever-so-amazing movers. (i.e. my guy friends with big muscles!)
After watching Masterchef on demand all summer I was inspired to cook duck for the first time. I thought about getting real crazy and buying a whole duck, butchering it, confiting the legs and searing the breasts, but then I decided to take it one step at a time and just purchase the breasts for searing.
Luckily for me, my lovely new neighborhood in the Little Italy district of San Diego has a market just two blocks from my home which sells beautiful duck breasts. If your local grocery store does not sell them, try a meat market or specialty grocery store near you.
I decided to rub the duck breast with lavender. This rub was inspired by my morning purchase of lavender and honey goat cheese at the farmers market. Many people use rosemary or thyme when cooking duck and since lavender is close to that family of herbs, I figured why not try something new!
- 2 duck breasts (app 1/2 lb each or less in weight)
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tsp lavender
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup burgundy (or red) cooking wine
- 1/2 cup chicken stock ( I made my own with one cube chicken bouillon)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/4 cup raspberries
Combine the salt, black pepper and lavender with a mortar and pestle to release all of the flavors.
Rub the duck breast down on both sides with the mixture.
Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes while you heat the olive oil in an oven-safe pan or skillet.
Add the garlic to the olive oil and sauté for 30 seconds. Next add the duck breast, skin side down.
Cook for 5 minutes or until the skin starts to lightly brown, then flip and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Next move the duck into an oven pre-heated to 375° and cook for an additional 5 minutes in the oven.
Remove from the oven and place the duck in a separate pan.
Cover with foil and allow to rest. Use the pan juices from the duck breast to make your reduction and raspberry chutney.
Start by adding the red wine and balsamic vinegar to the pan over medium-high heat. Allow to reduce to almost half, then add the chicken stock. Reduce by half again, then add the honey and brown sugar. Mix well, then lastly add the raspberries.
Crush the raspberries into the reduction. Allow to cook for 3-4 minutes then drain with a mesh strainer. This will separate the chutney from the reduction.
Return the duck breast to the pan and cook for 2 minutes on each side to bring some heat back to the duck.
Place the duck on a plate and glaze with the reduction, then top with the raspberry chutney.
Packed with flavor, this was a dish I was definitely proud to serve my "movers"!
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