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One of the United States' oldest cities, Boston stands as both a home to many modern attractions and a testament to America's rich past. As the site of many of the events that shaped America's founding, the city teems with history from the country's earliest days. Boston offers an abundance of tourist attractions that give visitors a taste of the city's past and present.
Freedom Trail
One way to see extensive portions of Boston at the street level is the Freedom Trail, a 2.5-mile pathway that weaves through many of the city's most renowned and significant landmarks. The Trail, which is literally lined on the streets and sidewalks in red bricks, begins at Boston Common and ends in the Charlestown Navy Yard at the USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat. The Freedom Trail officially includes 16 sites, such as the meeting hall and marketplace at Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere's house, and the site of the Boston Massacre. The Freedom Trail Foundation 99 Chauncy Street, Suite 401 Boston, MA 02111 617-357-8300 thefreedomtrail.org
Boston Common and Public Garden
American's oldest public park, Boston Common offers 50 acres of lush greenery in the heart of the city. Across from the renowned golden-domed Massachusetts State House, Boston Common is a natural beauty that envelops a rich history. The Common, which has played a role in the American Revolution as well as the Civil Rights Movement, is home to seasonal events throughout the year. It includes a small pond, the Frog Pond, that serves as an ice skating rink in the winter and a wading pool for children in the summer. The meticulously landscaped Public Garden, adjacent to Boston Common, is marked by fountains and well-manicured flowers and shrubbery. Tourists can relax while drifting along on one of the famous Swan Boat tours.
Fenway Park
The oldest professionally used sports venue in the United States, Fenway Park is holy ground for Boston Red Sox fans. Completed in 1912, Fenway is an intimate ballpark, with a capacity of about 37,000 and dimensions -- 302 feet down the right field line -- that make sluggers salivate. Fans don't come to Fenway for luxury: The seats are made of metal and wood, and some are inconveniently located behind support pillars. But the stadium's idiosyncrasies are what make it so genuine. The infamous Green Monster, the 37-foot wall in left field, is marked with decades' worth of dents and dings. It's a true testament to baseball's oldest standing fortress. Fenway Park 4 Yawkey Way Boston, MA 02215 (617) 226-6666 redsox.mlb.com
Duck Tours
One of the more unique ways to experience Boston is via a Duck Tour, which offers an amphibious trip through the city's streets and ultimately into the Charles River. The tour uses a landing vehicle modeled after those used in World War II -- it drives like a regular open-air tour bus, then floats like a boat. The Duck Tour will take you to the State House and Boston Common, past Government Center and down Newbury Street, and to the Prudential Tower before submerging itself in the Charles. Your tour will be narrated by a well trained guide who will make sure you don't miss any of the city's wonderful sights. Boston Duck Tours 4 Copley Place, Suite 4155 Boston, MA 02116 617-267-3825 bostonducktours.com
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Category Archives: Malibu
Escondido Canyon Trail and Waterfalls
So you park on Winding Way East, down on PCH. You do your best to ignore the Mediterranean vernacular mega-mansions peppered along the mile of paved road. You arrive at the trailhead and enjoy the stroll to a peaceful pond.
Feeling curious, you continue up the trail. It gets steeper, but you're still curious. You stumble upon some ropes to aid your scramble and alas, arrive at the 150-foot falls. High fives all around.
Questions are asked, "Where is the water coming from?" and, "Can we get to the top of the falls?" Everyone agrees it is a terrible idea to continue, except for one adventurer. "I'll be back," he says.
He doesn't come back. You wait. He still doesn't come back… Where did he go? Having not prepared for this scenario when you left your cell phones in the car, you decide to hope your adventurer's competence exceeds your expectations and head back down the mountain.
After you recover your adventurer, he reports: "I couldn't find a way down, so I kept going up. I was terribly thirsty. I found a wall and figured I'd try and climb it. I literally fell down the other side of the wall and heard someone yell, 'CUT.' I guess they were filming some TV show. The PAs gave me water and bandaids. One of them drove me back down. Thank God for Hollywood."
William Faulkner said, "Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder," Clearly, Faulkner's first mistake was climbing ladders. He should have been scaling mountains.
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Monday, January 03, 2011
Net friends of the past
As I am wont to do, I made an only slightly sarky comment on chat one night to Craig. He did not take in the humorous manner meant, but told me to eff off eff face. So I did. I now realise he was probably affected by drugs. A few days later an email arrived querying why I hadn't been online of late. Of course I had but I wasn't appearing to him. I ignored the email and while I felt sad, it was right. So ended lesson #1 about chatting on the internet.
But I am an emotional soul. I miss a few bloggers from the past such as Robyn and Jo from Bitches Closet and Mikey the cyclist who both come to mind but I just perused my 'Resting, Dead or Infrequently Upadated' blog roll list and there are many I liked. They stopped blogging and so the connection and the bonhomie ends.
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It is sad when friends disappear, sometimes without an explanation.ReplyDelete
Have to remind myself that old adage people are in our lives for a season, a reason or a lifetime.
And hope I gave them as many pleasant memories as they shared with me :)
Sarky, Andrew? You? Nah...ReplyDelete
I know that feeling of missing online friends, just like they dropped of the earth. I think we all have that happening to us, we evolve...ReplyDelete
Wise words Jayne. I can play the game but I still have the emotions of a teenager.ReplyDelete
Brian, after the right number of chardys, I can do bitchy queen, which if far higher than sarky.
So Peter, you would conclude that it is not worth putting in effort for online friends as they will disappoint? I know you don't think that and nor do I.
I've tried to find some, but was not lucky to track them. But in harsh times, like the flooding now in Queensland, you want to make sure they are alright.ReplyDelete
Peter, I have put a lot of effort into online relationships at times. Mostly with failure, but the ones that have succeeded and became personal, I truly treasure. There is one person I know via my blog who I am now concerned about. I must do something.ReplyDelete
ooh I wanna see the bitchy queen!ReplyDelete
It's sad when bloggers leave, especially if you really enjoy their writings. I often wonder how they are doing.
I think often about some 'past' bloggers.ReplyDelete
Why did they suddenly stop their blogging? What changed in their lives? Are they OK?
I also wonder about those whose blogs become private password protected zones without warning?
Did I offend them? Am I target of their blocking?
Sometimes the blogging of others inadvertantly plays on our own insecurities.
Fen, I save it for close friends where I can be ever so politically incorrect.ReplyDelete
Victor, that password protected thing is interesting and I felt as you did the first time I saw it, but subsequent investigation told me that the blog had gone or had been locked down. It was never anything towards a single person. I haven't seen it for a while though. There was one that became properly password protected but it was announced in advance and gave regulars an opportunity to receive the password.


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Lorna Jean (Donais) Blodgett, 54, of Worcester died Thursday December 27 in St. Vincent Hospital.
She leavses her husband of 29 years, Everett A. Blodgett; two sons, Peter and Phillip Blodgett both of Worcester; two brothers, Lee R. Donais and his wife, Patricia of Lighthouse Point, FL, and Stephen J. Donais and his wife, Karen of Fairfax Station, VA; a grandson, Coty Douglas of Webster; and nieces and nephews. She was born in Worcester, a daughter of Joseph Robert and Marie Lorraine (Mayo) Donais.
Mrs. Blodgett was employed by Walmart Stores. She previously worked for Verizon Company for 30 years. She was a graduate of Grafton High School. Lorna�s family and friends were the center of her life.
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Our Twisted DNA
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Tracing genealogies has become immensely popular of late, and numerous companies offer to help you search through historical records or analyze your DNA. The pastime is no doubt enlivened by the scintillating possibility that you might discover noble blood, or even a notorious rogue, hiding in your family tree. But such discoveries generally don't tell the searcher much; most of us have little idea of how our genes are bequeathed to us at all.
Carl Zimmer's interest in genetic inheritance began when his wife, Grace, was pregnant with their first child, and the couple met with a genetics counselor. Zimmer, who has written books on evolution, neuroscience, and bacteriology, didn't see the point of the meeting, for they had already decided to have the child regardless of any genetic flaws that might be found. It was only when the counselor asked the couple about their family histories that Zimmer realized how little he knew about his own, and began to be curious about his ancestry.
The result, many years later, is both two delightful, healthy daughters and She Has Her Mother's Laugh, a grand and sprawling book that investigates all aspects of inheritance, from ancient Roman law to childhood learning, and on to the bacteria that inhabit our belly buttons (which are surprisingly varied among individuals). Along the way, the book provides many amusing historical anecdotes and important scientific insights.
Inheritance, as a means of endowing privilege, has been of vital importance to people ever since the Neolithic period some ten thousand years ago. Pedigrees (from pé de grue, the foot of a crane, which resembles the connecting lines on ancestral trees) have long been used to justify social hierarchies. In times past, the European nobility would spend lavishly to draw up impressive (and often invented) pedigrees for themselves.
In 1715 the Irish noble Viscount Mountcashel published a pedigree in which he claimed to be able to trace his ancestry all the way back to Adam and Eve. In Mountcashel's time, the popular understanding of heredity didn't extend much beyond the theory that men planted seeds in the wombs of women, where they were nurtured. Yet it does seem odd for Mountcashel to have averred that, in all the ages since Adam, not one of his female ancestors had ever become pregnant by anyone but her wedded partner. "Son of a bitch" is such a powerful insult not just because it slanders one's mother, but because it questions one's pedigree, and therefore the legitimacy of one's position and inheritance.
If you are searching for your own noble blood, genetic research has both good and bad news for you. If you follow…
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I am looking for voice actors/actresses here. This is just a small clip of a sneak-peak episode comic I am making for BlazBlue Parody (I only have 1 OC included here)
Kagura's voice varies from low/medium
[Screaming duration: 2-3 seconds] HELP!
Kimiko's voice varies from medium/medium-high
[Fast; Shouting loudly] DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIIIIIIIIIIE!!!
[Laughs, but not loud, in cute way while Kagura calls for help]
[Whispering behind Noel] Because I am...
Tsubaki's voice is medium ranged.
[Disappointed/Little angry] She was about to murder us, so we put her in a cell...
Noel's voice varies from medium-high to high.
[Talks at slow/medium speed; Frustrated] Kimiko is always like that EVERYDAY... Why can't she just be normal...?
Izanami has a soft voice. Voice range varies from low/medium.
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[Eyes widened, talks a bit softly] And what do you mean by that, exactly?
She said she's downstairs...so...
[Eyes widened] I sense your presence...
[Soft] Ugh...
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Bexley women reminded to have cervical smear tests
PUBLISHED: 10:53 24 January 2012
Women are being urged to have cervical smear tests as more than 57,000 people across Bexley are eligible.
European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week runs until Saturday (28) and the NHS in Bexley has been providing information about screening to women at play groups and shopping centres throughout the week.
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Revelation 12:11 (NIV).
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The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers is celebrating their 30th Anniversary and at their Café on the PARK the restaurant is hosting Ice Cream Challenge, with the 30 Scoops of Mövenpick Ice Cream Challenge!
We could manage about 5, not too sure about 30 though! It will all be tasty Mövenpick, so that should probably make it easier, but good luck to anyone that takes up the challenge!
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Friday, September 18, 2009
narrative vs. DIALOGUE
I've learned I write with less narrative. My nature is to keep it at a minimum, to manipulate the words so that less narrative gives the more powerful effect I'm looking for. Because if I try to flesh things out, just for the sake of more, I lose the meaning and feel I was after.
Dialogue tips my scale the other way. I feel like so much of my story is told through characters' words. Details unfold, inflections and nuances hide. In longer works, I'm most comfortable in and around dialogue.
How is it for you? Is one heavier than the other?
Is there a "right" way, a perfect balance? Or, as with so many other aspects of writing, is it open to the writer's interpretation, the story, the voice?
Tell me what you think.
32 comments:
- Donna M. Kohlstrom said...
Just like in real life, I'm a dialogue person. I love to talk to others, tell stories (not gossip) and listen to others share theirs. I tend to write lots of dialogue more than narrative. I feel both are important to the story and each writer has to find the balance that works best for them and to tell the story to the reader.
- September 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- Amy Sue Nathan said...
I think good dialogue really quickens the pace of a novel. It's like eavesdropping, it keeps us reeled in. Narrative is necessary, otherwise you're writing a play! For me, dialogue is the key to showing relationships and feelings which are easy to 'tell' in a story instead of 'show' and you know we don't want that.
Dialogue can also give the reader information, I always have to make sure I'm not doing a 'having a cup of tea' dialogue where the only point to it is to disseminate what happened yesterday (you know, like in real life). It's a challenge but dialogue is where the characters morph off the page, don't you think?
- September 18, 2009 at 7:27 AM
- JKB said...
I'm a dialogue-er, all the way.
It is very like eavesdropping, I think. And because I own cats and am horribly curious, it's my favourite thing to write.
- September 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- MeganRebekah said...
Dialogue is my favorite. I usually have to go back and factor in the narrative. I'm always afraid that the narrative will be boring, whereas the dialogue is usually engaging
- September 18, 2009 at 7:54 AM
- Wendy Paine Miller said...
I lean on dialogue, probably b/c the characters start talking so much in my mind/vision of the story and I want to get it all down. I've learned to cut a lot of it, but is sure is fun to listen. :D
~ Wendy
- September 18, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- Jeanette Levellie said...
I love dialogue, but I find I need narrative more than I'd like, to make a point.
I had an interesting event take place a few night ago. The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart, telling me to change a narrative section in a chapter to dialogue. When I did it, it worked so much better! Yay for God!
- September 18, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Jenna said...
I am completely the odd woman out here--maybe because I'm not a huge talker--granted I can do it, I love a great conversation, but talking wears me out. After hanging out with a friend I have to go home and decompress :).
So yes, I would guess it follows that my in my writing there is more narrative than dialogue and the same goes for the books I love--in fact I will rarely read a book that is heavy on the dialogue--probably because it wears me out ;).
But I do have to say this. A lot of narrative comes in the form of thought and to me thought is really the narrator/MC/protag having a conversation with themselves--in a non-schitzo way of course. And in my opinion, people don't let it all hang out in most conversations--there is usually a lot more going on inside than outside--or at least so in really interesting characters--and this is where narrative can pick up the deeper side of a character.
Obviously balance is the key. I think we need both dialogue and narrative and I think your writing style and precieved audience is ultimately the determining factors.
- September 18, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Donna - I guess it is individually determined, huh?
Amy - Yes, that's it! They come to life when you hear them.
JKB - I'd love to hear what animals are thinking. My dog: "Get the squirrel! Get the squirrel! Mmm, meat. Get the squirrel!"
MeganRebekah - I like that engagement, too. And I guess that's what I need to do, is just go back later, after all is said and done, and then check narrative.
Wendy - That's the beauty, I guess. We can go back and cut or add as needed; nothing has to be perfect right off.
Jen - I love that still, small voice that can mean so much.
Jenna - But you bring up a great point! And make me realize I'm both: With writing it's the dialogue; in life, I'm like you, and I have to have my quiet decompression. Interesting! And I like your point, too, about narrative needed for internalization. So true!
- September 18, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
I'm a talker, for sure, but my writing tends to be more introspective. Maybe I'm fighting the "talker" label I've had all my life...
Jenna described my reasonings well -- people DO tend to hold a lot back when talking, so it's the bit & pieces in between what they say that often tell the most.
- September 18, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- WendyCinNYC said...
I'm like Jenna--I try to balance the two, but sway more toward narrative. My dialogue tends to be condensed. I tend to prefer books like that as well.
- September 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Kristen Torres-Toro said...
Hi, Janna! I definitely give too much narrative. I love a good commentary and really don't like writing dialogue all that much. I'm getting better, but I'd be happy reading a book with chapters upon chapters of narrative. I think it's because I'm so quiet in real life that I don't talk much either... :0)
- September 18, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Terri Tiffany said...
I think I'm more like Jenna even though I love talking with others. I try to make every word in my dialogue count and it seems as those my characters show more of the plot through their actions than words.
- September 18, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm still learning to balance the two. I find some works are all narative while others are almost all dialogue. In my longer works I sway toward the narritive, with hints of dialogue scattered throughout. I'm still learning and finding a style that works for me.
- September 18, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Melanie - I'd have never guessed you're a talker. ;) Do you jibber-jabber like me?
Wendy - Thanks for sharing! I'm interested in knowing these differences between us.
Do you think literary works tend to be more narrative-driven?
Kristen - Funny, I was just wondering how it would work to have a book with almost all dialogue. Hmm...
Terri - That's what's important either way, isn't it? Making sure each word counts.
Stina - That's just the way it is for me, too. Maybe because short and long works paint pictures in different ways.
- September 18, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Barbara said...
I agree that many readers skim too much narrative. I do too if it feels self-indulgent. Balance and pacing are both critical to a novel. But if it's all dialogue I feel like I'm reading a screenplay. The reason most people pick up novels instead of going to a movie is tht they are allowed inside the characters. I think there needs to be a balance. Otherwise, you get talking heads.
If you're worried about it, then you're probably feeling there is an imbalance there. Sometimes, amidst the dialogue, we forget that characters can react emotionally to what's going on. Emotions they won't share in dialogue. Transitional scenes can help, too. Give the reader a breather from all the dialogue.
IF you're really great at dialogue, though, that's your strength and don't forget it. But narrative will be your next challenge.
I'm outnumbered here, too, but that's just my opinion. :p) Good luck!
- September 18, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- JLC said...
Interestingly enough, I think I write more dialogue in novels and more description in short stories. Either way, I don't give it much thought. If the characters need to say something, then I quote them. :)
- September 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Angie Ledbetter said...
Great topic and I love the way you did your title.
I prefer a combo of both in my writing. Great, snappy dialogue and intriguing narrative. You can always employ telephone calls and letters if you feel your ms is yap happy. :)
- September 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Barbara, thanks for chiming in. I wouldn't say I'm worried about it, but that it's something of which I try to be conscious. It's another of those important factors to consider.
JLC - That makes perfect sense! ;)
Angie - Ideal, me thinks.
- September 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
I know, right? ;) My nickname at 3yo was motormouth.
Jibber jabber? Possibly...
- September 18, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Deb Shucka said...
Because I write memoir, at first I had a really hard time with dialogue because it's all a construction that needs to feel true. But without it, everything felt flat. Like everything else, in writing and in life, that balance is tenuous and tricky to achieve and maintain.
- September 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- Susan R. Mills said...
I think originally I had more narrative than dialogue. I'm tightening up my manuscript and am finding that I am replacing a lot of narrative with dialogue. I guess I'm trying to achieve a balance.
- September 18, 2009 at 11:34 AM
I'm all about the dialogue, both in writing and reading. If I'm reading a book, the description ends up being skipped if it goes too long, I want to get to the action, and I love a snappy dialogue interchange. Description bores me.
When writing, I have to force myself to write narrative, because it bores me to write it too! Dialogue keeps it moving and real, and I work really hard at revealing all those descriptive details in the dialogue itself. And nothing I love more than my characters going crazy and all talking at once. That's a blast!
- September 18, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- septembermom said...
I actually have been thinking about incorporating some kind of staccato dialogue in my poetry. With regard to prose, I like how dialogue gives you a better sense of the characters oddities or biases. I think it adds flavor to a novel.
- September 18, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Jill Kemerer said...
It depends on the genre. I get impatient when I'm reading. I focus mostly on dialogue and internal dialogue. I like description to be very lightly sprinkled or I skip it. Terrible, but true!
- September 18, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Melanie - Still, nobody has a handle on jibber jabbering like my youngest...
Deb - Thanks for sharing your insight regarding memoir. Dialogue would certainly play a different role.
Lazy Writer - No matter what the topic, it always comes back to balance, doesn't it?
Sharla - I remember you saying that the other day. I'd love to see how you handle it!
septembermom - In poetry would be very interesting! Do share if you try it.
Jill - I understand. For me, it depends on voice and content.
- September 18, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I know what you mean. First draft of my first novel had very little dialogue in it (a handful of lines in the first 20-30 pages). Now I've gone the other way and write a lot more dialogue.
I say: Let your characters speak.
- September 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- Deb said...
I like a good mix of narrative & dialogue. I'm not fond of descriptive dumps in my reading so I'm working on thinning those in my writing.
- September 18, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Brilliant, Rafael. "Let your characters speak."
Strange Fiction - It's good to know what you don't like to read, because it will make your writing better!
- September 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Analisa said...
Can I just say I was so blessed by reading the blog and comments. I love the differences. Some like talking and some more narrative. I like both. For me narrative can explain what the person is unwilling to express while speaking. Sometimes it shows why they said the very thing we know they didn't mean. All good. I can enjoy a story either way.
- September 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Janna Leadbetter said...
Thanks, Analisa. And I think that's one of the best things about reading/writing, that stories can be good however done.
- September 19, 2009 at 11:12 AM
I find it so difficult to create dialogue. I'm writing a short story right now, and I do not have one bit of dialogue in the two pages I have so far. I find myself thinking that the dialogue interrupts the flow of my narrative. I don't know what to make the characters say. I feel more comfortable narrating what everyone is saying to each other. Obviously, I have to break out of my comfort zone. I;m just not sure how to.
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This was just what I needed to read. I have always struggled with what I read when it comes to narrative vs. dialogue.I feel if it works,why change it.
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This is a household favorite! And better yet, easy to make! I love a one dish dinner, just add a loaf of crunchy bread and a salad and your meal is complete!
1 pound Ziti Pasta
1 Pound Italian Sausage (ground) choose mild or hot based on your preference
3 & 1/2 Cups Marinara Sauce
3 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 pound fresh mozzarella, cut into 1 inch cubes and then slice in half (so you have thin pieces)
Salt (1 tsp to boil in water)
Fresh Black Pepper (1 tsp)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Boil salted water and cook pasta until al dente (tender but still slightly firm) drain and place in a large bowl, allowing to cool for a few minutes.
Cook sausage in a skillet until no longer pink, drain off any fat and add to bowl with pasta.
Add the marinara, 1 cup of mozzarella, the mozzarella cheese cubes and season with black pepper
Toss everything in the bowl together until combined well
Transfer pasta mixture to a 9x13 baking dish (oiled or sprayed with cooking spray)
Add remaining mozzarella evenly over pasta
Bake, uncovered, about 30 minutes, until cheese is bubbling and slightly browned on top


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Name: Sharon Texada
Louisiana (Zone 9a)
I Love Life
Nov 10, 2015 9:22 PM CST
|I had the Red Aglaonema outside since purchased. It was doing great, doubled in size. It started getting in the 50's so I brought it in. Same with the Ivy. The Red Aglaonema's leaves are all turning yellow and some are drying up. On the Ivy I pick anywhere from 5 to 27 (I actually counted them) I don't know what to do. BTW I have 2 Led lights in my ceiling fan over the plants
Sharon Texada
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Nov 11, 2015 11:25 PM CST
|Very likely just what I call MIS - Moving Indoor Shock. It happens to many of my plants when I bring them in. For example, I have two tropical (indoor) Hibiscus that drop ~ 90 % of their leaves when I bring them in. It is scary fer sure, but at least with these two plants, I have learned from experience they will recover in a month or so.
Also keep in mind that some plants like to go at least partially dormant this time of year.
Not sure what type Ivy you have, but Aglaonema is often treated as a houseplant year round. Same for many Ivy.
For my plants that I bring in, I try to give them as much indirect light as possible and/or East or West window light.
And I am careful about watering.
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Name: Sharon Texada
Louisiana (Zone 9a)
I Love Life
Nov 12, 2015 9:26 PM CST
Thanks David.. I tend to panic when something happens to one of my plants.. The Ivy was 2 x larger,and also with my Red Alc.I did however give them a little bit of plant food last night. Hopefully I didn't mess up doing that.
Sharon Texada
Nov 12, 2015 9:46 PM CST
|I think your "ivy" is a Pothos. Was it labeled as Ivy?
I am not so sure giving them some fertilizer is a good idea - too late now :-)
Sometimes just leaving a plant be for awhile is better than too much TLC.
Like I said, chances are your plants are just showing shock symptoms from bringing in. I have about 100 plants I brought in over the past several weeks and some look horrible.
Was the 50s you mentioned Day or night temps?
Seeking Feng Shui with my plants since 1976
Nov 13, 2015 10:27 AM CST
|Hi Sharon, to All Things Plants!
I agree with David, your "Ivy" is not actually an ivy but appears to be Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) which has a common name of "Devil's Ivy". Be sure the plant is not located near a heat vent or where it will get very cold drafts; any sudden change in temperature could cause shock and leaf drop. If you have recently moved it indoors It could very well be dropping a lot of leaves due to a change in location but it should recover and re-sprout new foliage eventually. The Pothos is fairly drought tolerant, it does very well in low light situations and requires excellent drainage and air circulation around the roots; be sure your potting medium has enough aeration and drainage so that the roots don't rot and go light on water during the winter months. You can add lots of perlite to potting soil which helps with soil aeration and drainage.
Your second plant pictured is not Aglaonema but rather Stromanthe and appears to be Never Never Plant (Stromanthe thalia 'Triostar') Stromanthe prefers very bright light but no direct sun. I have one in a container in a shady corner of my yard; they require a high humidity but the leaves on my plant always seem to be ratty looking with brown crispy edges ... even with our high humidity here in Florida!
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Nov 13, 2015 11:16 AM CST
|Agree, that is a Golden Pothos. I grow them indoors year round. They do slow down in growth come winter even indoors, and I keep them drier too. I think it is the effect of the change in the angle of dappled sunlight they get and I tend to keep our indoor temps at 68F during winter at night and 60 to 65F during daytime. I grow some of them in water gel beads in a glass, so as the beads shrink allowing good airflow at the root level. Those that I grow in soil in a container, I am careful in watering, since it is in slowdown, the leaves give me a sign of overwatering, going curly brown and limp. Though that appearance can also signify it is drying out. So you can check the soil if it is still damp or too dry already. Stick a skewer at the soil and see if it comes out damp then no need to water. It perks up again and goes back to its active growth of new leaves in Spring.
I try not to give any plant food for the tropicals in winter. Most of them are in slow down mode. And Golden Pothos is one of the more resilient ones, will keep growing and growing even without those added fertilizers, as long as the favorable growing conditions eventually return.
I do not grow the other plant so go with what others will suggest
Nov 13, 2015 3:34 PM CST
|I have the Stromanthe. It hates to dry out. It is widely said to let plants dry even a little before watering. I have found this is one plant that hates that process. It grows like a weed in the Spring and when I bring it inside and keep it moist. It hates hot summer. When we have our Non-stop rain from April - May it love, love, love that time of year. It is cool 60-70s and soaking wet all day every day.
When Summer comes and it is over 80 degrees the only way I can keep it happy without brown ratty leaves is to water it every day. Once a month I give it a epsom salt dose of 1 teaspoon of epsom salt in a gallon of water.
Nov 13, 2015 4:29 PM CST
|Cinta, thank you for sharing that information! My plant probably always has ratty leaves because it doesn't get watered often enough. Our irrigation system hasn't been on in quite awhile and it's been pretty dry here all summer.
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~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
Nov 13, 2015 8:35 PM CST
|Lin I think this is a bog plant. I love the colors and I almost lost the plant. The Leaves kept drying up. It was a large plant in a 26" pot when I purchased. It was down to two leaves and when I put it out in the Spring and it was drowning it perked up and exploded into growth.
Name: Sharon Texada
Louisiana (Zone 9a)
I Love Life
Nov 13, 2015 10:14 PM CST
|Oh Cinta you are so correct. Silly me switched the tags.. y I remember now that I found it strange that it was noted that it was a tri-color Gingerplant..I really feel bad now LOL
It's twice as big now !!
This is not the Tri color.. Unless it was mismarked, this should be the Red Alc.
Sharon Texada
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Nov 14, 2015 8:11 AM CST
|SharonTexada, that sure looks like Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema 'Crete')
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~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
Name: Sharon Texada
Louisiana (Zone 9a)
I Love Life
Nov 14, 2015 2:45 PM CST
|Plantladylin I am stumped now because the tag says Red Aglaonema.. When it had blooms they were white. I wish I would have taken a picture of it in bloom. I sure thank everyone for all the help.. It is just beautiful since I have taken it inside and has gotten twice as big.. It sure is a happy plant since it's inside and under the LED lights..
Sharon Texada
Nov 14, 2015 2:49 PM CST
This is my Red Aglaonema
Nov 14, 2015 4:01 PM CST
|Jennifer, Your's is identical to my Siam Red: Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema 'Siam Red')
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
Nov 14, 2015 6:35 PM CST
|I think they all bloom white or green. Technically, the outer thing isn't the bloom, it's a spathe with a spadix inside. The actual flowers on the spadix are miniscule. I've never seen an Ag bloom that wasn't, but I'm sure I haven't seen them all either.
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Jan 23, 2017 9:18 PM CST
|I have a red agloanema whose identity has been confirmed by the group. How do you get it to bloom?
Jan 25, 2017 5:43 PM CST
|Hi & welcome! The normal time to bloom seems to be from like April-July, going generally from all the blooms I've observed. To get ready, ease your plant to a brighter spot if it's not near a window already.
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Jan 25, 2017 7:24 PM CST
|I'm not sure if red differs from older green/silver ones for bloom time, but my old green/silver one (commutatum or Silver Queen)is blooming now (indoors now but was out for summer). I have both of the red ones shown here (or similar two cultivars- can't be so sure when mine wasn't labeled). My Siam Red style one has struggled, but that might be just this individual that I got on clearance. The Black Cherry (or like) has been happy, and pretty, sold for the same price as some common as dirt other plants.
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Ian McKellen: The Player
Ian McKellen has been thought of as one of the world's great actors for more than half his life. But in the last decade, he has also transformed himself from a strict stage thespian – highly rated, seen by very few – into a big screen star.
He combines high art and mass appeal once more next year when filming beings on The Hobbit, a fourth movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, in which he will again appear as the great wizard Gandalf.
McKellen claims no great strategy for combining critical and commercial success. "How am I expected to make sense of a career which has basically been about me enjoying myself and hoping people would come to see me too?"
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The Golden State Warriors lost to the Sacramento Kings 98-93. Quinn Cook, Zaza Pachulia, Nick Young, Kevon Looney, and Draymond Green started. That's the gist of the entire game on Friday night.
We're in mid-March and the Warriors are losing games to the Kings, barely squeaking by against the Los Angeles Lakers, and against the Phoenix Suns tomorrow, probably are only slightly favored to win. The joke is that despite the lack of urgency and overall tension of these games, the Warriors are still getting contribution that may matter down the line. Draymond Green shootings 3s that confidently, even the hilariously deep one late in the game down 1, could be helpful when those are needed against a trapping Houston Rockets defense. An aggressive Andre Iguodala, both offensively and defensively, reassures us there's more than enough left in the tank. And the Quinn Cook shooting display, 10-13, 5-7 from 3, should seal his spot on the playoff roster.
But who are we kidding? Draymond and Iguodala has shown up each of the last 3 seasons when it mattered most, there's nothing a game in March against the Kings will change that. If Quinn Cook or any part of the bench are used heavily in the postseason, that will likely mean some type of injury for Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant which would be a larger issue in itself.
In the beginning of one of the most lackadaisical seasons of all time, I cautioned against any of the results given the lack of effort and energy from the stars. They've now taken it to the next level. After the game, Draymond fully admitted that everyone could play tonight if it were a postseason game. Given that they are still 9 games up on Portland, there's zero chance they fall any lower. You listen to the coach's reactions and you get the vibe that they are glad their stars have suffered these relatively minor injuries. In what is shaping up to be a perfect storm, the entire roster is set to return with just a few games left in the season, and a cakewalk first round series in the postseason.
So the Warriors keep grinding, in what has been the longest stretch of nothingness in a long long time. Not since the David Lee going down with a fake injury days, or rooting for Anthony Randolph to show a single flash in the last 10 games days, or even a meaningless Don Nelson coaching record at the end of another awful season, has these games ever felt so useless. Get used to it, as the Warriors become the flashpoint of the NBA, the gold standard of basketball, that most games won't mean much until they face their legacies this summer.
The calm before the storm has arrived. Enjoy it now because their greatest opponent is standing between the Warriors and their greatest triumph: a dynasty.


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So I guess I will be home for a while. Doing what I always do. Powerwalking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping. And that is what I'm gonna do today. Starting with coming up with something to eat. Maybe danish pancakes. My life is like the movie groundhog day at the moment.
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Strength all the way mate. SM gets good contribution to damage from strength and crit. Perhaps some wounds also.Kadabras wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 12:20 pmskyfallen1986 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:19 amHey buddy.
Spend your renown points in futile strikes 3 at least. Then start looking into block and parry for SnB or just parry for 2h. Talismans look to slot armor and wounds for SnB (toughness again does not help you mitigate guard damage so wounds provides a larger HP pool to deal with and also helps to survive morale bombs).
Lastly SM is absolutely viable 2h also (not so much in large scale) but its super dependent on higher level gear and rr (as everything in this game is).
Hey guys I was looking at this debate ,and since I'm a newbie SM I wanna ask you something. I'm leveling a SM for some small scale roaming and an occasional oRvR. What talis do you recommend for a 2h small scale?
Remember Ensorcelled agony gains contribution from strength and can crit, also same applies to deep incision making them two very strong tactics alongside GWM and BA.
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When it happened, few thought it was more than theatrics of a player whose skills with the ball are at par with his street smarts: minutes from the end of Brazil's win over Colombia, Neymar got hit by Juan Zuniga's knee, in a collision that fractured one of the striker's lower back vertebrae and ended the World Cup at home for him.
It was a brutal shock for the #10 and for the Brazilian team which, to many, had already been placing too big a responsibility over his shoulders. And it happened just when the Seleção needs to pull itself together to face 3-time world champion Germany on Tuesday. In all fairness, the extremely painful but not career-ending injury, was a high price for Neymar to pay for a victory in which he was barely a factor.
Still, his absence may be a gap too large to fill. Brazil is now confronted with a dilemma that almost no one saw coming: either to overcome the odds, warts and all, and quell the virtually impossible expectations of a whole nation, with two final, redeeming victories. Or find comfort (and the perfect excuse) in falling for the circumstances, and to a worthy adversary.
In either case, both Brazil and Neymar will lose, of course, just as football in general, and this cup in particular, will miss the brilliance of a James Rodriguez, from Colombia, or of a Cristiano Ronaldo, from Portugal. Regardless; at 26, Neymar should be in top form for the 2018 games in Russia. Once again, Brazil will surely count on him. Till then, so long, get well, and thanks for the wonderful moments.


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Kudos to Netflix for standing up to the lawyers who tried to ban this film!
Based on the Panama Papers, the director "plays" it well, wish I could say the same for Meryl Streep. Sadly, we know her tricks and she relies heavily on them – was it too many words, the fact that she's trying hard to make a statement or she's tired of digging in deep and becoming the character(s)?
Gary Oldman reminds us he is a powerful stage actor able to transcend mediums while Antonio Banderas performance is reminiscent of Evita. Supporting cast does just that and they do it well!
Like the subject matter the film clumsily breaks many rules but somehow it works. Learn about shell companies and get frustrated with the system. Date night with drinks, possibly part of game night!


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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Despite having gone through medical school, I do not know the intricacies of the types of prostheses or the indications for these types of prostheses. When an attending hears that I am not familiar with those types of equipment, they could respond in one of four ways: 1) Teach me the differences, 2) Direct me to someone who could teach me, 3) just tell me what to order, or 4) Sigh, yell at me for not understanding him, ask where I went to med school and why they didn't teach me that particular fact. Guess which one I got today.
At some point in the past, that type of response was the norm. I suppose it was somewhat of an effective way of teaching. It scarred residents enough to force them to remember it. Today, though, with the hospital working more like a system of individuals, each with their own expertise and responsibilities, rather than a boss that (thinks he) knows everything and his underlings. Today, people don't take to kindly to being treated like an underling. The nurses, physician assistants and administrative people who work with this physician just plain don't work as hard or as effectively because this guy is an asshole to everyone. To me, it doesn't really matter. I ignored most of what he said because I'll be leaving this hospital and won't be seeing him ever again. If I were to see him again though (perhaps as a radiologist), I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to make his life any easier (I just might do the opposite, as long as it doesn't harm patient care). If you're arrogant or an asshole in a hospital, it doesn't matter how experienced, educated or well-qualified you are, your co-workers that you depend on will make your life much, much harder.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Open discrimination
Friday, October 7, 2011
General medicine is generally frustrating
1. The ER or outside hospital has already diagnosed the patient, my job is to put in the basic orders to get them admitted and write a summary of what brought them in. Then, whether they came in with a diagnosis or not, consult a specialist and wait for their recommendations.
2. Fix their electrolytes, heart rate and maybe start them on some broad antibiotics while waiting for the specialist to see them.
3. Specialist sees them, gives recommendations, and I put in the recommendations into the computer system.
4. Wait for the patient to get better or wait for the specialist to tell me they can be discharged.
5. Figure out where they're being discharged to. Call medical offices to make them appointments. Call nursing homes, long-term care facilities to see if they'll take them.
6. Summarize everything that happened to the patient during their hospitalization.
Every once in a while, I feel somewhat like a doctor when I am answering patient's questions.
All important things, but, as you could see, there is very little actual medical decision making. It's very rare that I am reading up on various medical conditions and thinking about what tests to perform to figure out what's wrong with my patient.
Oh well. Glad I won't be doing that for the rest of my life.
Friday, September 9, 2011
You are what you eat
Blood just drawn from a patient with pretty extreme hypertriglyceridemia with triglycerides of near 10,000. There's more fat than blood in this patient's veins.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Update on sign out
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Signing Out
It's a choice between having overtired residents who are prone to make mistakes or this. I'm not sure which is better.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The ICU
The fact that I, as someone who hasn't had any meaningful responsibility in a hospital, suddenly am seen by others (patients, nurses, family members) as an expert whose every wish will be carried out (if it's correctly entered in the computer) is terrifying. What's worse is that there never has to be a backup. Yes, there are other interns, residents and attendings, but there is a lot of on-the-spot decision-making that falls on me. Most of it is harmless, but there are times (especially at night) that it can irreversibly affect a patient's health. There are many orders I've put in that I am not confident of (or as a fellow intern said about an order a nurse suggested to her, "I don't know what it was, but I ordered it"). Things go very quickly, there's high patient turnover, and people die (signing your first death certificate is a pretty strange feeling).
I've only worked in the ICU for 7 days, but it's felt like a month. It's an experience where you learn a lot, but it wears you down. I'm glad I'm getting the experience, but I know it's not for me.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Lost in the ICU
Friday, July 22, 2011
Frustrating Patients
Nearly half his patients have their healthcare covered by the state. This is great, but it seems like those same patients tend to do the worst at taking care of themselves. I don't mean eating right and exercising. I could understand if they didn't have the resources to do that. I mean they ignore doctor recommendations, then get an exacerbation of their disease, get admitted and have a hospital work-up that costs tens of thousands of dollars, get better, then go back and ignore every recommendation made to them. It's frustrating for a physician when a patient who is unemployed (and has no trouble with transport or any responsibilities at home) misses important appointments repeatedly or a patient who has all their medications paid for not taking them. Yes, some patients with good insurance also fall into this pattern, but from my admittedly short experience so far, it's a nearly universal pattern with those that are under the public health plan (and my attending agrees). One assumption I could make is that they have trouble following recommendations because they have a lot of other problems in their lives, but it's hard to tell if that's the case.
No, fear not dear readers (both of you), I'm not becoming a Republican (though my attending keeps on telling me that it's a matter of time). Rather, I think that there needs to be a shift in healthcare resources. Covering expensive medications and procedures is great, but I'd rather give those up for increased education of patients and more access to social workers. Preventative care looks great on paper, but in the real world, it only goes as far as patients know to take it.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Refill on the Vics
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Slow Start
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Last day of vacation
My mindset right now consists of many conflicts: I'm looking forward to actually starting work (I'm getting tired of being home all day), but at the same time, I know I won't have much of a chance for a break for a long time. I'm excited to see patients, apply my knowledge, try to help people and maybe have some fun along the way, but I'm also terrified I might make a mistake and hurt someone. I'm looking forward to meeting new people, but I'm afraid that they actually might know medicine. I'm terrified that I won't be able to handle the workload, but I'm calm because life at the community-hospital based intern year that I'll be going through won't be anything close to that of the academic-hospital based interns that I got to vicariously live through during my recent sub-I. I'm hoping for starting with something light so that I can get my bearings before getting slammed, but at the same time, I want to get the tough months over with before I get burnt out.
I figure it's no use worrying too much about it. It's not like I can change anything.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Setting up shop in a parking lot
In the meanwhile, Mrs. mxh has started her job as a pharmacist. She works one day a week at a pharmacy in a sketchy part of town and it turns out that the doctors there are more sketchy than the patients. There are a few doctors in that part of town that are notorious for prescribing large amount of narcotics, a lot of the times without even seeing the patients. The only thing that comes out of their primary care clinics is narcotics prescriptions and their patients have a suspicious pattern of getting new prescriptions too soon. What really makes it bad, though, is that one of the doctors has a habit of just hanging out at the pharmacy and writing prescriptions for narcotics in the parking lot! Yikes! This isn't something new either, it's well known among pharmacists in the area. Why do these people still have jobs? Why isn't the state medical board stripping their licenses from them? Why aren't they arrested?
Part of the problem is that not too many people report them. But, I think, a major problem is that medical boards are notorious for not punishing their own. Medical schools emphasize fitting in and keeping the status quo. If you bring up a problem, it's better that it is discussed quietly. I think this attitude carries on to medical boards. If they punish a doctor, it'll make the news and that type of attention is something that medical boards don't like. If they ignore a problem, then everything will go an as it has. So far, it's been working, but some day, the narcotic ring that these two physicians are running will make front page news and the state medical board will wish that they have dealt with it sooner.
Monday, May 16, 2011
More bad journals
Psychology Today - Racism dressed up as science in the form of an essay by a regular contributor to their website called "Why are black women rated less physically attractive than other women?" Yes, it was quickly removed, but the fact that it was written in the first place is disturbing. How can this guy have evidence that "black women are objectively less physically attractive than other women"? Has he seen Halle Berry?
Both are added to the list.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Torture still doesn't work
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
If your doctor is praying to heal you...
Once again, I have to say that if any physician claims that their successfully treating a patient was God's doing, they should give up their salary.
(PZ Myers has a better evisceration of the address and Orac discusses how ethically and scientifically inappropriate it is).
Friday, April 15, 2011
Stupider than I thought
Translation: A black man with a funny-sounding name couldn't possibly be an American.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
House of God
Here are the Fat Man's Laws (courtesy of Wikipedia):
I would really like to think that #12 isn't true.
- SHOW ME A BMS (Best Medical Student, a student at the Best Medical School) WHO ONLY TRIPLES MY WORK AND I WILL KISS HIS FEET.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The Scramble
March 14th 6:30 PM - meeting with the dean of students. Very somber mood in the room. Some are near tears, others are angry, others are happy that they only have to worry about a prelim year and others (like me, who have matched and were there only to help) are trying not to look people in the eye. The dean goes through the process. Seems like a very involved procedure that depends on timing. Hard to know what'll happen at 10 AM the next day.
March 15th 9:30 AM - the dean hands out the list of residencies that had open spots after the match. The number of spots range from 1 in very competitive fields to hundreds for the preliminary surgery year. They're separated by specialty and by state. Everyone had 30 minutes to plan where they will call first. I helped my friend indicate which programs she is interested in on the centralized match website.
March 15th 10 AM - The scramble officially begins. We hit submit on the computer and simultaneously call places that aren't participating in the computer system. The computer system was very slow, so in about 5 minutes, gave up the computer and went to calling everyone. Calls went one of three ways: 1) Busy signal, 2) Answering machine or 3) actual person responds. If a person responds, we rattled off a prepared one-liner about who we are and what we want and asked what they need to consider us. The response was either to take our phone number and say they'll get back to us or (a few times) actually start a mini-interview.
March 15th 11:30ish AM - All the states my colleague wanted to match to were contacted, one promising phone interview was done, but no response yet. We started calling the less desirable locations (while redialing places that hadn't gotten back to us - and accidentally calling some places that already took our name down).
March 15th 12:00 PM - Got a phone interview (5 min) at a decent program in a not-so-great location. They want information faxed... quickly faxed over something like 15 pages.
March 15th 12:45 PM - Decent program gives my colleague an offer! Quickly look over the curriculum and location (seems like a decent part of the not-so-great city and the curriculum is actually pretty nice).
March 15th 12:50 PM - Accept the offer.
March 15th 1:00 PM - Still calling places while waiting for the contract to get faxed over.
March 15th 1:30 PM - Contract is in, it's signed and faxed back. It's official!
March 17th 11:00 AM - Go through the match and pretend to be surprised when you open the envelope.
Whew! It's a rush, but it's a mess. Students at our school was lucky because the dean had paper printouts of the open spots. Apparently, the centralized computer program was down, so many students across the country did not have access to the list until hours later. Some in this situation just cold called every program. Eventually, people were able to get a list emailed to them from the matching program. By then many of the more desirable open spots were taken.
It's a terrible system, but luckily, from what I've heard, it'll be more civilized next year. I believe they'll have mini-matches where, in a calm manner, students can research and take their time applying to programs and, just like the normal match, rank the programs they're interested in and the programs do the same. Later in the day another "match algorithm" is run and students get matched. Any that are left over go through a second round of it.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
On a side note, I got a chance to help out with "the scramble," where students who didn't match frantically call programs that didn't fill their spots in order to find a job. It's a bit chaotic and this year it was a disaster to many across the country. I'll go into it (and the sub-I) in future posts when I catch up on some sleep (5 hours in the last 65 is just not enough).
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Another fake journal
Cosmology is the study and understanding of existence in its totality, encompassing the infinite and eternal, and the origins and evolution of the cosmos, galaxies, stars, planets, earth, life, woman and man.
Hey, I study something that fits in there, so I'm a cosmologist! Clearly everyone would be interested in this journal.
Not so:
The interdisciplinary Journal of Cosmology is devoted to the study of "cosmology" and is dedicated to those men and women of rare genius and curiosity who wish to understand more and more about more and more: The study of existence in its totality.
Man, now I kind of feel bad about putting PLoS One on my list.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Glad we're vaccinated
With all the recent flying, I'm glad my one-year-old is fully up to date with his vaccines. As the San Diego County health officer said, "Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected."
By the way, I had an interesting discussion with an autism expert recently and he concluded that with more and more evidence that signs of autism are detectable well before the age of one (and the likely development of techniques to detect autism in infants in the near future), the anti-vacciners will have to come up with another excuse for putting their kids at risk of getting terrible communicable diseases.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Computer overlords
Arrgh! Radiology is not just looking at images. It isn't even just pattern recognition. It's putting together information from a vast number of sources (patient history, previous scans, pathology, physical properties of the imaging technique, variances in image acquisition, positioning of patient, etc.) To be an effective radiologist, you can't just look at every image with the same formula (if you can, who needs a radiologist?). That's a start, but personal experience at interpreting images and intuition about what the image and patient history points to adds a lot. It's that intuition that looks more closely at an image or orders a different view that makes the diagnosis.
I don't doubt that computers will eventually able to do this, but just because one won at Jeopardy, doesn't mean that it can start replacing radiologists. In reality, if computers get good enough to accurately interpret all types of images (at least with the same accuracy of radiologists), then they'll be good enough to take an effective history, perform a physical exam, order and interpret appropriate lab tests, perform procedures or even surgery and prescribe medications. The only medical specialty that would be safe is psychiatry (that is, until it starts using real science also). I don't see that happening in my lifetime, and if it does, we'll be living in a pretty different world.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Looking back at the match process
OK, so we're finally getting towards the end of this crazy "match" process to get into a residency program. I think I've got my rank list down and I'll find out where I end up in March. Now that I've got about a month to wait, I could reflect back on the process. Here are some general thoughts:
1. Interviews
Interviews were a lot of fun and, at least in radiology, almost completely stress free. Those interview preparation questions that the school provided us with were pretty much useless. The conversation-like interviews I had with faculty really helped me get to know a program and helped me let them know the kind of person I am. The few "standard" interviews I had were very awkward for both parties and probably not very helpful for either (especially, the one where one faculty member was interviewing two applicants at once). Some quick points: At first I started reading about the faculty at the institution, but I gave up on it pretty quickly. I never had to bring it up and the casual conversations we were having were much better. Buying and carrying a leather portfolio was useless. I never had to pull out a CV or research paper. I lost it half-way through the interview process and never bothered getting another one. There will be "illegal" questions (especially, "where else are you applying?"). I also once got asked what religion I was ("none" was the response, in case you were wondering).
2. Traveling
Holy crap this is expensive. I went to 10 radiology interviews and 9 intern year interviews. Some I drove to, some I flew to. A few places provided a hotel room, most didn't. I kept track of the total cost and I just hit $3000. Add to that the application fees and it gets close to $4000. That's why most people take a loan. A couple of tips: Southwest is awesome (cheap, free bags, can cancel/change without a penalty; it doesn't get better). Renting a car is often cheaper than taking cabs everywhere and it gives you a chance to explore the town. Signing up for frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs pays off, even if you end up not using the points. I got nice hotel upgrades and free perks (drinks, snacks, higher floor) just because I attached a number to my name. Trying to cluster all the interviews in one region together is nice, but will probably end up to be impossible. TSA sucks, though, I found out that if you freeze your liquids, you can take more than 3 ounces.
3. Research experience
With 10 years of research under my belt, I thought I'd get most questions about my work. Unfortunately, most radiology programs don't care about it (some even see it as a liability in residents). They just want you to check off that box. For example, a top-tier program that has amazing research claimed that all their residents complete a research project during their stay. When I asked how much research time they get, the answer was "7 days a year" (really? It takes me 7 days just to pick a background for my computer station). Something like 75 to 80% of radiology residents go into private practice, so it doesn't matter to them. However, it really hurts the field. With procedures and image interpretation being constantly taken away from radiologists by other fields (cardiologists read echos, vascular surgeons do interventional procedures, ER physicians perform and interpret their own ultrasounds), the future of radiology as a field depends on innovation. When research is shunned by training programs, the innovation will be taken by other departments also.
4. Intern year
So useless. From every radiologist I've heard that it has had no impact on their ability to be an effective radiologist. I applied to lots of intern year programs (some easy, some tough) so that I could live in the same city for both intern year and the radiology years, but it's unlikely that I'll be able to pull it off. That's OK, though. A brilliant comment I heard from a resident was "It's better to lose a weekend moving than to lose every weekend because you chose a tough intern year so that you could stay in the same city." I got some great intern year interviews, but if I could do it again, I wouldn't take location into consideration.
5. Rank lists
People really talk as if there's a strategy to it. There is none, just put the programs in order of your preference. It makes no difference if your number one is a long shot.
6. It's a big game.
By that, I mean that there are specific things that you should do to get an interview or to be considered for a position. These things have no relation to your strength as an applicant, but if you don't do it, your chances at matching may be hurt. For example, there are letters of interest, sending thank-you notes, sending "love letters". Towards the end of November or early December comes a point when you start getting worried about the number of interviews you've gotten and you haven't heard from some of your favorite places. At this point, sending a letter of interest can get you an interview. It really makes no sense (I mean, you applied there, so you're interested, right?), but it makes a big difference to some people. I've heard of a program where they won't interview anyone who doesn't send a letter of interest. I suppose it's to separate people who really want to go to the program from those that are applying to every program in the country (it happens), but if there's an unspoken rule that you must send a letter of interest (after actually applying) to be considered by a program, you might as well make it part of the application process. "Love letters" can go either way. Applicants can tell a program that they will be ranking that program first and programs can tell applicants they are raking them high. What either party says, however, from what I've heard, means absolutely nothing. Programs want to tell lots of applicants that they're ranking them high to get applicants to rank them high, so they can brag about getting their first choices. ... I could go on and on about this, but suffice it to say that the whole process leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.
7. Med school
It falls to the background. There is no way I'd be able to go to all these interviews and still be on a clerkship. I'm glad I set up my schedule to maximize my time off during 4th year. Speaking of 4th year, the great thing about it is that pretty much everything is self-run. Your grade doesn't matter anymore, so it's all for fun and interest. The bad thing is that, unless you want to have a horrific 3rd year-like schedule, it consists of an awful lot of shadowing. It makes you burn out pretty quickly. Oh well, only a few more months.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Revolution fever
Friday, January 14, 2011
Not another "miracle"!
BRADY: At times during today's briefing, Drs. Rhee and Lemole were almost giddy. And in undoctor-like fashion, Lemole said Giffords' progress may be partially attributable to outside forces.
Dr. LEMOLE: Miracles happen every day. And in medicine, we like to very much attribute them to either what we do or others do around us. But a lot of medicine is outside of our control, and we're wise to acknowledge miracles.
Dr. Lemole, sir, you are an idiot. A lot of medicine may be outside our control (especially when it comes to recovery from brain injury), but there is no such thing as a miracle. Just because you don't know how something works, doesn't make it a miracle. This is an even less appropriate thing to say when you have no idea what her long-term condition will be. I move that any doctor who attributes the recovery of any of their patients to a "miracle" should not receive any monetary compensation for taking care of that patient. Clearly, they admitted that they didn't do anything.
It's bad enough that an imaginary deity gets all the credit when the hard work of a physician saves someone's life, but it really upsets me when physicians go around accepting that.
(A real miracle would be if the right wing nuts who have been spitting out violent rhetoric for the last few years actually admitted that what they say can affect what another nut does.)


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Upper Willamina: Upper Willamina Falls to First Bridge: 3 miles, 162 fpm, continuous, class: IV
Lower Willamina (the beaver section): First Bridge to Lower Willamina Falls: ~4 miles, 80 fpm - continuous, class: II-III
Upper Willamina: Upper Willamina Falls to First Bridge: 3 miles, 162 fpm, continuous, class: IV
Pete Giordano and I stumbled across Willamina Creek after running Rickreall Creek with Gabe Flock last year. We were wandering around in the coast range, checking out new streams, and we ended up in the Willamina Creek drainage.
Much to our surprise, we found ourselves on a bedrocked-out creek, with a couple of significant rapids visible from the road. We started heading upstream, and were amazed by the beauty of Willamina Creek Canyon, and the steepness of the walls. By the time we arrived at the upper bridge, we saw that the creek ran away from the road, hooking around a small coastal peak, far out of sight. We spend some time scouting the complex and powerful fifty foot falls at the put-in for novelty's sake, and then peered down around the corner, where another large rapid appeared to begin before the creek dropped out of sight..
"Hmmm.." I thought to myself. "This one has some potential.."
Needless to say, we were highly intrigued and vowed to return the following year..
December 11th, 2004
It was the first big rain weekend of an otherwise anemic 2004 Fall season. Pete and I decided that this was the weekend, we had to run as much exploratory stuff as possible before the water faded away and the drought continued, so we decide to give Willamina a go.
On Saturday we rallied Jon Fowlkes out of Portland and the rest of team Ever-Ready out of Corvallis: James Bagley Jr, Jesse Coombs, and Michael Long. "I hope there are some actual rapids on this creek." I joked with James when we pulled up to the rendevous point near Rickreall. "It might be totally flat!"
Nobody thought that was very funny for some reason..
After running the shuttle, we began lowering our boats down the extremely steep 80-foot canyon wall, then carefully downclimbed to the base of the falls. Of course, Jesse spent awhile scouting the monster falls at the put-in, but in the end decided not to give it a go after Pete and I warned him about the boulder in the landing we had seen during our initial scouting trip. If the pool would've been deep enough, I think Jesse would've racked up another monster drop..
Jesse Coombs ponders the bottom drop on the monster 50-foot, multi-tiered falls at the put-in for Upper Willamina.
photo by Michael Long
The put-in at the base of the steep canyon wall. Jesse is visible upstream, scouting the base of the multi-tiered 50-footer..
Pete and I had seen a horizon line just downstream, and sure enough we paddled about forty feet before pulling out at a big horizon line. Jon got there first and scouted on the left, while I scrambled down on the right side.
Below us the creek tumbled over a jagged fifteen-footer, blocked at the base by a couple of large, criss-crossed logs. I later dubbed this one 'Itchy and Scratchy', because the clean route on the left side is blocked by the logs, so you are forced careen down the right side and boof over the jagged rocks halfway down..
Jesse Coombs probes 'Itchy and Scratchy'. This drop requires a tricky limbo under the logs as soon as you run it..
Pete Giordano (foreground), Michael Long and James Bagley Jr. (background) run the fun series of slides below Itchy and
Below Itchy and Scratchy the creek rolled right along with a long series of small slides and little ledges, very fun stuff!
Pete Giordano probes a fun ledge halfway down Upper Willamina. Too much fun!
Below the ledges section the creek mellowed a bit, with lots of smaller rapids and some little playspots. The scenery was really nice though, and the creek was very twisty, which kept us on our toes. Finally after about a half mile we arrived at the long boulder garden section, which consists of about a quarter mile of class III-IV boulder gardens piled on top of one another, really high quality stuff!
Michael Long disappears into a hole in the middle of the long boulder garden section around the middle of the trip..
Below the long boulder garden section the rapids tapered off somewhat, and the creek started opening up as we approached the take-out bridge for the upper section. We had decided to take out at lower Willamina falls downstream, so we kept on going past the bridge.
Lower Willamina Creek below the bridge is kind of a mixed bag; in places it is stunningly scenic, with huge cedars and quiet, mossy meadows. On the other hand, the gradient is half that of the upper section, so the rapids are small and infrequent. There are about three excellent play holes at the flow we had though, and some of the smaller rapids were kind of fun.
Oh yeah, we actually saw three beavers in the lower section of the creek, so we nicknamed this 'The Beaver Section'. Those little fellas have been pretty busy on this stretch, so expect to portage maybe five times around logs and small logjams..
At long last lower Willamina Falls appeared, and we had folks run both the right and left sides of this falls, which is clearly visible on the drive up. This is a handy spot to take out for the lower section, because there is a place to park and there is a very well-developed fishman's providing easy access to the creek.
In the end, we all agreed that Upper Willamina doesn't rank among the best creeks we have run because the rapids were not consistent enough, but overall the creek is certainly worth running at least once. Lower Willamina, on the other hand, was pretty disappointing. It is much more scenic in places than the upper, but the rapids are poor and the logs much too frequent. I can't really recommmend running the lower section at all. If you decide to paddle Willamina Creek, I recommend that you only do the upper three miles and take out at the bridge shown on the map below.
Pete and Jon below Lower Willamina Falls, which marks the take-out for Lower Willamina Creek.
Most of the group ran this falls on the far left, against the wall pictured here.
Willamina only runs after BIG rainstorms. You need at least 3,000 cfs in the SF Yamhill at Willamina and 800 cfs in the Little Luckiamute at Falls City. The flow graphs for the day these photos were taken are shown below. I think you could double these flows and the creek wouldn't get much harder as most of the major rapids are quite wide open, no narrow drops anywhere.
Take Highway 99 through Salem and turn on Highway 22, then Highway 18 towards Willamina. Willamina Creek comes in on the North side of town, follow the main road out of town up along the creek.
An overhead view of Upper Willamina Creek. Put in just below the falls marked on the map, take out three miles downstream
at the first bridge. The four miles below this has three excellent play holes but not much else until you get to the lower
History of Willamina Creek Paddling:
It is not known at this time who else has run any or all of this creek. If you have any information about previous descents, please let me know so they can be included here.


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Even though we all accept the fundamental role that transport plays in our lives – getting us to work or college or the shops – the debate around transport only ever seems to focus on specific projects or single issues. Examples might include the London airport expansion, high speed rail, re-regulation of buses and re-nationalisation of the railways.
Discussions of transport policy seem fixated with well-established long-running battles over the role of cars (and wars on motorists!); the length of time and amount of money it takes to fix and maintain roads and railways; as well as the ongoing push for devolution and shifting transport policy development and funding decisions to a local level.
But I would like to suggest that the various debates around transport have helped to maintain a status quo that has kept the transport sector, commuters and the public sector distracted from addressing wider issues that could be seen as too difficult to seriously address without quite radical change.
I suspect (or secretly hope) that major (technological) disruption is about to be unleashed on the transportation sector. There are a number of innovators starting to seriously influence thinking and actually progressing alternatives to the existing transportation market. This new thinking will help to move those debates on by shifting our understanding and appreciation of the role of transport, and how it is delivered, away from the existing models and into a very different world.
I recently wrote a paper, Journeys of the Future, which looks at how transport services are developing as the world is changing due to a number of significant social, economic, environmental and technological trends.
These trends are transforming our lives in a number of significant ways. Ten years ago, I didn't have a smartphone, I did not tweet or blog, business cards had no fear of LinkedIn, there was no Uber or Airbnb, I still played CDs – there are plenty of other examples! So many aspects of our everyday lives have been transformed by technology enabling new products and services to be delivered. There have also been new delivery models, such as the sharing economy and the rise of access over ownership (think bike hire or carsharing), that are seeing new businesses and indeed new transport modes become major players.
These new players are starting to change the game for the transport sector and the opportunities are tremendous. Why do I own a car and buy a rail season ticket? When will these ways of purchasing the opportunity to travel change to something more appropriate – not just to my lifestyle, but also to support policymakers in encouraging different behaviours.
Why indeed is transport planned and delivered separately from other policy areas? If my reason to travel is for health purposes, then why are they not integrated from the outset? The transport element is supporting an ulterior policy issue (health). Given the potential for fewer missed appointments and more efficient use of resources, there are some potentially obvious solutions that the health sector could plan and deliver involving getting patients to appointments reliably by being involved in the patient's travel.
So transport policy has the potential to be integrated into wider policy debates which could support the argument for devolution. But what are these changes happening now in terms of the planning and delivery of transport? And what could it mean for the actors involved?
The opportunities presented by technology and by social and economic trends are significant. More collaborative services and more services delivered on-demand are allowing transport to become less wedded to fixed times and places. This could support solutions to significantly enhance social inclusion by creating a much more flexible, and wider-reaching, transport network.
This could go further to connect up policy making and public service delivery in new and innovative ways. As transport connects us with our objectives of being at work, going to college or the hospital, there are opportunities to directly connect policies and funding through new ways of delivering public services. For example, using technology to create personal transport accounts that could potentially deliver subsidised travel in order to find work, get to school or ensure that more doctors' appointments are kept. They could also be far more sophisticated than the blunt tool of long-term season tickets by instead providing a personal account-based system that supports our whole door to door journeys by whatever means possible, rather than having a pass that commits us to one way of travel every time – usually by car or train.
This future for transport is not far away. By looking at new ways of planning and delivering transport services, we could see a shift in governance and funding by default as the framework for transport is forced to evolve more quickly to keep up with a new reality. Perhaps disruption to the transport sector could deliver a whole lot more than just new ways of travelling?


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Good Knight
The Bisons' bats rallied late to support 8-innings of 1-run ball tossed by Brandon Knight on Friday at Coca-Cola Field. Fernando Martinez and Michel Abreu came through with RBI hits to lead Buffalo in a 4-1 series opening win over Norfolk.
Knight worked a staff season high 8-innings and retired 11 of the final 12 batters to face him. Elmer Dessens worked a perfect 9-inning to earn his second save of the year, on back to back days.
LISTEN: Manager Ken Oberkfell's comments
The Bisons are back in action on Saturday afternoon at 1:05, hosting the Tides.
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Watch the First Official Tamayura Trailer (Video)
The first official Tamayura trailer was just released earlier today on the upcoming anime's website. The trailer also premieres Maaya Sakamoto's original theme song for the show – Kore Kara (translated as From Now On). The first anime movie of the planned quadrilogy aired on 4th April last year, but is still not released for home video.
Watch the trailer below!
The second movie aired on 29th August, 2014. The third one – on 28th 11, 2014. The last movie will come out on 20th February 2016.
Source: Official Tamayura Website
Do you think the movies will end-up adding something new to the story we all know, or they would just stumble and fall?


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