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Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE AB
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Live action to the limit with this first person shooter game based on the popular Battlefield series and enjoy this incredible online experience packe ...
Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE AB
Category: Action
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Live action to the limit with this first person shooter game based on the popular Battlefield series and enjoy this incredible online experience packed with detailed graphics.
Battlefield Heroes is a free online game based on the famous Battlefield game saga. Unlike the original game series, Battlefield Heroes has a different interface, based on this occasion on a cartoon look, that, along with high level graphics, will provide an unique visual experience. A first person shooter, you'll have to face dangers with the help of your weapons.
At the begginning yo'u'll have to choose between joining the Royal Army or the National Army, the two factions that stand against one another in Battlefield Heroes. Next, you'll have to define the type of soldier that you would like to be in this war, choosing between 3 options: soldier, gunner or commando. Each class has different abilities that make them stand apart from the others, like having more resistance during battle or being stealthier when approaching your enemies. Now you only have to choose the appearance of your character among the different available options that will make each one different from the one another.
Polish your ability to handle the different available weapons in the game and turn into an elite troop. In Battlefield Heroes you'll find numerous available weapons, like knives, pistols, machine guns, sniper riffles, and many others. Join the community of Battlefield Heroes players and join battles from all over the world.
Battlefield Heroes is a free action game that will delight those who enjoy playing against other people online. Moving away from the seriousness of his fellow saga, casual visual appearance does not detract from having a bit of showmanship, fun being the key point. For those who enjoy this action game or are interested in improving their performance in this game, here are some tips and tricks.
You have to move, really have to stay on the move, otherwise it will be very easy to give a sniper. You always have to keep moving and it's good to learn to move from left to right (or vice versa) while point forward, this tactic is very good to keep the amount of damage they receive.
Use the environment, hide behind the boxes, trees and walls when you need to recharge or need two seconds to a shield or a combat medicine. Note that many times those two seconds you gain by putting a cover can make the difference between killing or dying, and when you face multiple enemies is very useful to put some obstacles between you and the enemy. If you use this tactic reminds measure time not to spend shooting bullets chambered in vain. Remember ru
ing soldier serves for another war.
Enjoy the use of the camera, being a shooting game in the third person, you can use the camera to look around while your opponents have seen you yet. Remember that soldiers can sometimes see through walls, but many players can not. Use the element of surprise to your advantage and remember that whoever hits first, hits twice.
Know your enemy, this point is vital in almost any PvP game, play a bit and get familiar with all types of enemies you'll face learn their strengths and weaknesses in order to take full advantage of your own soldier. Be clear what kind of weapons, abilities and hit points you expect your opponent has.
If possible, isolate your enemy. If you can lure your enemy to chase you and away from their peers, they will not be able to heal you or support you with other skills. Try to always go for the lone soldiers (and especially try not to get you the lone soldier).
We hope these tips help you in your mission soldier.
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Steven Craig Borkan, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Steven C. Borkan, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University and an attending physician in the Renal Section at Boston Medical Center. His interests include education of medical students and house staff, basic research on the cellular mechanisms of ischemic acute renal failure and the care of patients with both general medical and renal diseases. Dr. Borkan is the senior author of almost 40 peer reviewed publications in the area of the cellular stress response to acute ischemia and has been a Principal Investigator for the NIH for about 20 years. Dr. Borkan has also received several awards for excellence in teaching from medical students, house staff and colleagues at Boston Medical Center. Most recently, he was a finalist for the Metcalf Teaching Award at Boston University for full-time faculty and received the Grant V. Rodkey award from the Massachusetts Medical Society for significant contributions to medical student education and mentoring. As a teacher, Dr. Borkan is known for his ability to link challenging clinical problems with physiologic principals in manner that is memorable and enjoyable.
Other Positions
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
- Active Staff Privileges, Nephrology, Medicine, Boston Medical Center
- University of Cincinnati, MD
- University of Michigan, BS
- Published on 1/1/2019
Wang Z, Salih E, Igwebuike C, Mulhern R, Bonegio RG, Havasi A, Borkan SC. Nucleophosmin Phosphorylation as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target for Ischemic AKI. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 01; 30(1):50-62. PMID: 30573638.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 9/12/2017
Wang Z, Gall JM, Bonegio R, Havasi A, Illanes K, Schwartz JH, Borkan SC. Correction for Wang et al., "Nucleophosmin, a Critical Bax Cofactor in Ischemia-Induced Cell Death". Mol Cell Biol. 2017 10 01; 37(19). PMID: 28899998.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 10/1/2016
Jaberi A, Seth B, Steenkamp D, Alexanian S, Borkan SC. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Metabolic Acidosis With a Twist. Clin Diabetes. 2016 Oct; 34(4):214-216. PMID: 27766015.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 9/21/2016
Havasi A, Lu W, Cohen HT, Beck L, Wang Z, Igwebuike C, Borkan SC. Blocking peptides and molecular mimicry as treatment for kidney disease. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2017 Jun 01; 312(6):F1016-F1025. PMID: 27654896.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 8/31/2016
Nolin AC, Mulhern RM, Panchenko MV, Pisarek-Horowitz A, Wang Z, Shirihai O, Borkan SC, Havasi A. Proteinuria causes dysfunctional autophagy in the proximal tubule. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2016 Dec 01; 311(6):F1271-F1279. PMID: 27582098.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 5/1/2016
Borkan SC. The Role of BCL-2 Family Members in Acute Kidney Injury. Semin Nephrol. 2016 May; 36(3):237-50. PMID: 27339388.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 9/8/2014
Gall JM, Wang Z, Bonegio RG, Havasi A, Liesa M, Vemula P, Borkan SC. Conditional knockout of proximal tubule mitofusin 2 accelerates recovery and improves survival after renal ischemia. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 May; 26(5):1092-102. PMID: 25201884.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 3/5/2014
Gordon CE, Borkan SC. Recapturing time: a practical approach to time management for physicians. Postgrad Med J. 2014 May; 90(1063):267-72. PMID: 24599633.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 3/4/2013
Wang Z, Gall JM, Bonegio R, Havasi A, Illanes K, Schwartz JH, Borkan SC. Nucleophosmin, a critical Bax cofactor in ischemia-induced cell death. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 May; 33(10):1916-24. PMID: 23459946.Read at: PubMed
- Published on 2/1/2012
Gall, JM, Wang, Z, Liesa, M, Molina, A, Havasi, A, Shirihai, O, Schwartz, JH, SC Borkan and Bonegio, RG. . Mitofusin 2 Promotes Renal Epithelial Cell Survival After Metabolic Stress. PLoS One. 2012; 7:e31074.Read at: Custom
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Here is what I've found thus far. These are not all feminist organizations, but they seem interesting possibilities.Wish I could be there... with you in spirit, friends.
The Liberty Parade. Not a protest but apparently a "big rolling art explosion" on Nicollet mall in downtown Mlps.
Sunday, August 31st. 1:00-3:00 pm
March on the RNC. Anti-war protest.
Assembly at 11:00 am at the capital. March to Xcel
Monday, September 1st.
14 Women. Move screening. Explores advantages and disadvantages of being a female politician in today's political climate.
Tuesday, September 2nd. 12:30-3:30pm.
My favorite, although not during the RNC.
Planned Parenthood fundraiser with Garrison Keillor, Mayor R.T. Rybak, and Mayor Chris Coleman.
$75 donation gets you a ticket.
September 12th. 5:30-7:00 pm.
A ton of things going on for Code Pink. Here is their calendar.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
RNC Protest Info
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Strong bodies, strong sexualization
I don't want to repeat too much of what has already been said, but I began thinking about the display of strong female bodies while watching American Gladiators a few weeks ago. Much like the Olympics, the women's uniforms were a lot "sexier" than the men's; for example, women are often in bikinis (or things similiar). One women's outfit consists of a black leather corset while another wears a skirt. Not only do their outfits reflect this, the pictures and poses often try to make the women look as sexy as possible while the men's photos mostly work to show their physical strength (or potential for physical strength).
Is it possible to show a women's body in public that displays strength but without sexualizing it?
In an athletic setting, I think soccer does a pretty good job on the uniform end. I'm just not sure if we can escape the curse of the bikini, especially in cases like the Olympics where it's required for beach volleyball. Superhero movies don't help either, when Catwoman and Wonder Woman even have to deal with it.
When thinking about it, I was reminded of this picture that does a pretty good job, in my opinion.
I am a little bias, though. That's my great grandma Fern, one of the coolest ladies I know. Not an athletic uniform, but still, the photo displays a sense of strength.
Monday, August 25, 2008
RNC Protesting
My sister sent me this email today (I just flew back from Mpls yesterday so I'm unpacking at school now):
Since I'm sure you're not doing much today (moving all your belongings is a cinch), can
you make me a list of groups I should march with during the RNC?
I've thought of Code Pink, but I'm kinda stuck otherwise. Everyone else seems to be an
anarchist. I want some feminist action.
What do you think of Code Pink?
Anybody have any suggestions? Has anyone demonstrated with Code Pink before and can offer some advice?
Friday, August 22, 2008
Design my next tattoo! Seriously!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Quick Read: Rachel Maddow is awesome
Just in time for the closing rush of the presidential election, MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager of the network — Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow, who has emerged as a favored political commentator for the all-news cable channel.
The moves, which were confirmed by MSNBC executives Tuesday, are expected to be finalized by Wednesday, with Mr. Abrams's last program on Thursday. After MSNBC's extensive coverage of the two political conventions during the next two weeks, Ms. Maddow will begin her program on Sept. 8.
MSNBC is highlighting the date, 9/8/08, connecting it to the start of the Olympics on 8/8/08, as a way to signal what the network's president, Phil Griffin, said "will be the final leg of the political race this year." He added, "We making that Rachel's debut."
Just so you know I haven't dropped off the face of the planet, I've been busy this week visiting my family. I've got some posts planned about family relationships in The Dark Knight and questioning how we display strong female bodies.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Quick read at The Root
When the Western World starts ignoring our skin colors and starts getting real, maybe we'll see these "miracle twin" stories for exactly what they are: living proof that it's time we rethink the concept of "race."
Ethnicity and culture will always be real, but the concept of race is not that straightforward. In America, there are some truths to face. We can start by facing a history many people are still too ashamed to talk about directly: slavery, miscegenation, class, caste and rape. Any American that looks at two siblings of different colors and is confused doesn't just reveal their ignorance of race, they show their lack of understanding of the history of this country, and where their own story fits into it.
Good stuff.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Julia Child: WW2 spy
Take that bitches -you can totally bake a cake and protect your country from the Nazis at the same time.
I'm sure we'll hear more about her service as the report becomes widely disseminated, but for now, let's celebrate the awesomeness that is Julia Child.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Not "Cute" Enough
Turns out that Lin Miaoke, aged 9, actually stood in front of the massive audience and sang while the voice of Yang Peiyi, aged 7, "who had won a gruelling competition to perform the anthem, a patriotic song called 'Hymn to the Motherland'" was being broadcast.
The reason behind this? Yang Peiyi was found unsuitable for the role because of her teeth, although her voice was deemed perfect.
Worse than that:
Mr Chen said the initial hopefuls to sing the anthem had been reduced to ten,
and one, a ten-year-old, had originally been chosen for the quality of her
voice. But she, too, had fallen by the wayside because she was not "cute"
So Yang Peiyi got her chance to sing, although she was not allowed to appear in the opening ceremonies.
"The main consideration was the national interest," [the ceremony's musical
designer, Chen Qigang] said. "The child on the screen should be flawless in
image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression. In the matter of her
voice, Yang Peiyi was flawless, in the unanimous opinion of all the members of
the team."
Yeah, Yang Peiyi. You sang with a flawless voice. But even that kind of perfection isn't enough to represent China. I think it's awful that girls as young as 7 are being taught that they just aren't good enough because of a physical imperfection. Nevermind your talents! You don't have the looks to match. And looks, really, are all that matter.
Personal Finance Blogs by Women
They're starting discussions in their forum specifically addressing issues facing women PF bloggers. It sounds pretty interesting and is a great resource for someone wanting to start reading more about personal finance or start their own site. Trust me, if you read personal finance blogs on a regular basis, it'll help you be more aware of where your income goes and ways to improve your financial situation.
Here are some of my own favorite women-authored personal finance/frugal living blogs:
The Economical Academic - I'm not sure if it's all women contributors, but it's personal finance from people in grad school or academia.
Girls Just Wanna Have Funds - Sometimes she gets a bit caught up in established gender dichotomys, but her finance advice is always useful.
Feminist Finance - Pretty self-explanatory.
wpersonalfinance - Another network for women's personal finances
Give Me Back My Five Bucks - A young woman living in Canada who is currently searching for a new job, so that's interesting to follow.
Stacking Pennies - I've linked to her before about birth control costs and I still like her posts.
A little Tyra love
Plus, you gotta love someone who does this:
Monday, August 11, 2008
Talk about whitewashing
I've seen two or three pictures of Asian people, but then it's children in karate outfits. I suppose to get stock photography of people of color, you have to go to a special website for that because, you know, POC need their own special interest site where you can get specific pictures of POC. You don't want them on the normal site with pictures of happy athletic white people. It's just not realistic, you know.
The first 8 pictures in search for "black people" were of white women in black dresses. That just pisses me off BEYOND words. And almost all pictures of POC have a prefix of "black" or "Asian." They're not just people... they're Black people and Asian people in ways that the others aren't White people.
No wonder the media has problems depicting POC without ridiculous stereotypes... the stock photography isn't helping.
NWLC: Women worried about the future... well, yeah, everyone should be
According to a newly released poll conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the National Women's
Law Center, women are significantly more pessimistic than men in their attitudes about the status quo in , both on a societal level and in terms of their own lives. Women are more likely than men to feel that they are falling behind economically, and are more likely than men to be worried and concerned about their economic prospects. America
"Women today face enormous challenges," states Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women's
. "They often struggle to achieve economic security and health care that meets their needs, and face difficulties securing access to equal education and employment opportunities." Law Center
The statistics are alarming: One in four girls drops out of high school. More than 14 million women live in poverty, and more than 17 million women have no health insurance. Women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. When women volunteer the most important issues facing American women today, they are most likely to cite: health care issues (including women's health issues); pay for women and the issue of equal pay; opportunities for women in the work place; education; child care issues; and women's rights in general.
This is no surprise - other data shows that women are disproportionately affected by the economic depression, slowndown, mush, or whatever you'd like to call it. I'd like to note that the linked article states women earn 80 cents to every white man's dollar - wrong (white women - 77 cents, black women - 63 cents, Latinas - 52 cents to every white man's $1.o0).
If 59% of women are worried about the future compared to 46% of men, I've got the feeling some men (and women) aren't pay enough attention. If women are disproportionately affected by the economy, well then damn right they're going to be more worried about the future.
I find this one pretty interesting: 77% of women said it was very or extremely important that the new president and Congress take on the issue of pay equity after they are sworn into office in January.
What's that? Women support the (idea of) the Paycheck Fairness Act? Who knew?! Certainly not Bush, who has threatened to veto the bill, saying it will cause a surge in litigation.
When President "W stands for Women" Bush threatens vetoing a bill that will work towards paying women equally, of course women are going to be worried about the future. It's just one of the signs indicating that this administration doesn't give a damn about the systematic oppression of women and, in fact, works to aid that oppression.
So yeah, I'd say there's a lot to be worried about.
Thanks to the heads-up from our friends at the National Women's Law Center, their Womenstake blog about their survey, their Platform for Progress, and a piece from Politico.
Adios Amigas (until September)!
I've been pretty much totally absent from the blog the last few weeks because of work and general summer busy-ness. And tomorrow I'm leaving for a three week trip to Mexico, so I won't be writing again until September. I'm going with my friend Melissa to visit her extended family in a small town in the Guerrero province, Coacoyula, and Mexico City. I speak practically no Spanish, and her family speaks no English, so it will definately be an adventure. Hopefully, I will pick up a little Spanish and have some things to write about when I return.
Also, I was in Chicago last week for Lollapalooza (which was amazing; how I love you Amy Millan of Broken Social Scene), and I stopped to get some coffee. While I was waiting, I started talking to the woman in line behind me who had complimented my hair color (I just dyed it from blonde to brown). She explained that she was a male to female transgender woman going through transition, and she was trying to decide what color to do her hair. We chatted for a bit about our favorite make-up brands, hair colors, and the quest for a perfect little black dress. After getting our coffee we parted ways, but it just reminded me about the truth behind the name of our blog. We all have to work to be "women" whether we were born that way or not.
Have a good rest of August! I will talk to you all in September.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Advice for the question "Have you lost weight?"
I never know what to say to this because 1-I don't have a scale or keep track of my weight so I literally have no idea, 2-My weight as a number doesn't matter to me, 3-My weight seems pretty stagnant for the past few years, so it's not like there would be vast physical differences. She says it practically every time I see her and I'm guessing it's one of those things she thinks would be a compliment (because all women worry about weight, right?). However, it just makes me uncomfortable because I never know what to say. I usually sputter something like "Um, I really don't know," and then change the subject.
For me, health is more important than weight. I try to eat well, although that's not always successful (I'm looking at you, cookies) and this summer I've started biking to class in the mornings and then taking my bike with me to work for the rest of the day. It usually ends up to about 5 miles each day, plus the longer weekend trips I take. Because of that added exercise, I think I have lost some weight this summer, mostly measured in belt loops and baggier clothes.
So what do I say now? And why do people feel the need to randomly say, "Have you lost weight" as a compliment regardless of whether someone has or not? I need your help here, friends.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
62nd Carnival of Feminists - me included!
Not to mention the picture in the header at Rage is exactly where I want to be right now.... oooh, to be on a beach drinking a giant fruity drink in a pineapple.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
CNN: Still a crappy news source
Scarlett Johansson can laugh about it now, but the actress says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama.
"It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it," she said.
Johansson, a vocal supporter of Obama, told the Web site Politico.com in June that she and the Democratic presidential hopeful had been trading e-mails. Obama later told reporters that Johansson doesn't have his personal e-mail address, and that his assistant forwarded one message from Johansson to which he replied.
"I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment to his campaign in every aspect and his interest and his support (in) his surrogates and his staff and his fellows, and how wonderful and refreshing that is. And it was manipulated into such an unfortunate media frenzy of kind of a nonstory," the 23-year-old actress said Tuesday in an interview from Los Angeles, where she was promoting her new Woody Allen film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
What? The media treats young women differently than young men? No way.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Radio DJs suck part 2 (except for the feminist ones)
Radio DJ: "It was Barack Obama's birthday yesterday! He had a party and it was BYOB - Bring Your Own Burka! Did you know people still think he's a Muslim? Ha ha!"
Hmmm, maybe people think he's a Muslim because of assholes like you? Just maybe.
Quick Links
Are Blue Jeans a Feminist and Lesbian Uniform? hilarious h/t to Pandagon.
Women for John McCain (unofficial)
What Would Unicorn Do?
Reusable Produce Bags
Barnabas Group about eating healthy and staying motivated, written by the loveliest lady who has ever given birth to me and who happens to have her 29th birthday today - Happy 29th Birthday, Mom!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Well, you ARE such a feminist. Get over it.
Girl: (mumble mumble mumble) 'Cause I'm such a feminist, right? Haha!
To be fair, I didn't hear the context in which the comment was said, or know much about the girl's personal history. However, as a lover of sarcasm and verbal ironies, I can tell when someone says something they don't mean. Tone of voice is everything here, and the word "feminist" was just dripping with disdain.
We had just finished small group discussions about the movie Apres-Vous about a man who saves the life of someone trying to commit suicide and while trying to set him back up with his girlfriend (who dumped the suicidal man), falls for her himself. It's not a particularly remarkable film in itself - the women are simplistically one-dimensional and the film doesn't even pass the "two women talking" aspect of the Bechdel Test. The main female character complains that she doesn't like being alone aka not dating anyone.
There is a scene where the two men each climb up to the woman's balcony and look in, wanting to go in and woo her, hands poised on the door handle. It's set up humorously, but I'm not sure what's so damn funny about stalking someone. Not to mention the multiple references to the woman's ex-boyfriend (after the suicidal man) encouraging the woman to drink so she'll be easier to get into bed, after she dumps him for cheating on her. The whole plot revolves around the main character trying to get the suicidal man and the woman back together, even though the woman calls the man overly-emotional and someone she doesn't want to date. The woman's desires and thoughts have no bearing in the plot of the film; she has no agency - it just matters to get her hooked up with one of the men.
All in all, a run-of-the-mill bad comedy with misogynist overtones; at least I know now the French can make just as shitty movies as we can here in America.
So when the girl said, "'Cause I'm such a feminist, right? Haha!" I'm guessing it wasn't because she was pissed about the balcony stalking or drugged rape or all-around negative female portrayal, but that someone said the word "feminism" and she jumped to the bra-burning angry dyke stereotype.
Here's what I have to say to that: Do you like being able to go to school? Are you for equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender? How about your best friend from Mexico (someone she mentions in class), do you want her to make 53 cents to every dollar a white man makes? Are you comfortable with handing your bodily sovereignty over to a politician who cares more about making sure you have no say over the activities of your uterus than about you? Do you like being able to afford birth control of any kind? How about having access to birth control in general? Will you concede all decisions about sexual activity to a future spouse? Do you like having the choice to get married at all?
Well then, let me break the bad news: YOU'RE A FEMINIST.
I know, it's kinda shocking, but it's true. Don't worry, your leg hair and armpit hair aren't going to grow out instantly and you'll still be attracted to whoever you want to be. But it's ok. You can call yourself a feminist and we won't think any less of you. Seriously. It's ok to be a feminist. Some might even say it's good to be one. You'll have better sex and relationships.
So... yeah. You ARE such a feminist. Congratulations!
Sexual Assault in the Military Only Happens To White Women?
Sadly, it's not surprising the picture they have representing the victims is a white woman. I don't mean to trivialize or marginalize the brutality of her rape and subsequent murder, just that often times when something happens to women of color, it goes unnoticed. When the same thing happens to a white woman, law enforcement takes it seriously and kicks into high gear. See: Lacee Peterson, Natalee Hollaway, etc. What about Camille Johnson or Jasmine Kasner? Those are just the first two names I grabbed off of Black and Missing.
If you haven't heard about Pfc. LaVena Johnson, you should have. From their site:
An Army representative initially told LaVena's father, Dr. John Johnson, that his daughter died of "died of self-inflicted, noncombat injuries," but initially added that it was not a suicide. The subsequent Army investigation reversed this finding and declared LaVena's death a suicide, a finding refuted by the soldier's family. In an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dr. Johnson pointed to indications that his daughter had endured a physical struggle before she died - two loose front teeth, a "busted lip" that had to be reconstructed by the funeral home - suggesting that "someone might have punched her in the mouth."
Her family is trying to get some answers to her death, but they've been virtually ignored. Where's the CNN page for that? When the statistic says that 41% of women in the military report sexual assault (29% report rape), that means ALL women, not just white ones.


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He also was featured on the big screen in such films as Milk Money (with Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris), I'll Be Home for Christmas (with Jonathan Taylor-Thomas and Jessica Biel) and The Beautician and the Beast (with Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton). It appeared he was ready to take the entertainment world by storm. But then, as quick as he jumped into the forefront, he disappeared.
But this is not one of those sad stories about a drug-addled kid who can't take the fame. No, quite the contrary. Adam left Hollywood so he could better himself as a human being and get a college degree. He knew if he stayed in front of the camera, and his career continued on its upward trajectory, he would never go back and get his degree.
So off he went, and sure enough he emerged with his Bachelor's Degree, with an emphasis on Social Media. So if when you see his Facebook Page or follow him on Twitter, you will definitely notice the college influence.
But now that he is done with school, he is back and ready to take the Hollywood world by storm yet again, and he has the chops to do it.
Be on the lookout for Adam in the upcoming film Masterless, where he does an incredible job in a dual role. He plays Kane Madison, a successful California architect and his doppelganger-like spirit, a Ronin from the 18th Century who has to wander amongst masked demons and Japanese swordsman in a parallel netherworld of sorts.
He is also starring in an independent film, due for release this year, called Off-Time.
What has made Adam successful in his return to Hollywood after a hiatus is more than just his ability as an actor and his leading man good looks, but an amazing attitude that nothing was going to stop him from continuing on a path that, he himself removed himself from. It is that amazing can-do attitude that will make Adam one to watch for years to come.
LaVorgna attended high school at the athletic powerhouse, Avon Old Farms, located in Connecticut. He also enrolled at Boston College, prior to leaving the school after his freshman year to pursue acting, specifically, 7th Heaven. He received his bachelors degree from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Monday September 8, 2014 6:04 PM By Anne Bratskeir
Model and Long Islander Carol Alt was a front-row guest at the Dennis Basso show, but she wasn't just watching — she was shooting a movie with her crew in the photo pit. The film, called "Stealing Chanel," is about the ex-wife of a Russian oligarch, who loves expensive clothes and gets someone to steal them for her, Alt said.
As some of Basso's most expensive clothes glided by on the runway, Alt mugged with her costar, Adam LaVorgna, who held a small spy camera. He plays Alt's love interest and the clothing thief. The film is due out next year, and, well, we can't wait.
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Some of the best riding, views and food you'll find anywhere, all amid the fascinating culture of Nepal – motorcycle touring does not get much better than this! We will guide you along sinuous mountain trails, across plains and through jungles to the shadow of mighty Annapurna, on to Kathmandu, to the border with Tibet and back via Everest views. This trip is characterised by rides in places of incredible natural beauty.
Some of the best riding, views and food you'll find anywhere, all amid the fascinating culture of Nepal – motorcycle touring does not get much better than this! We will guide you along sinuous mountain trails, across plains and through jungles to the shadow of mighty Annapurna, on to Kathmandu, to the border with Tibet and back via Everest views. This trip is characterised by rides in places of incredible natural beauty. The Revellers Paradise team has been running Himalayan tours since 2000 and it is this experience allied to precise organisation that allows us to guide riders to such places. As with all our trips an experienced leader and support crew are with you every mile, providing expert guidance and mechanical or medical assistance if required. But despite our local knowledge, any Himalayan ride is going to present its challenges and surprises…
While we will do everything in our power to make your trip as safe and enjoyable as we can, there are challenges implicit in travelling in the world's mightiest mountains that we could not remove if we wanted to. While the roads we're taking are in pretty good condition, the Himalaya is still growing and collapsing – possibly overnight and across our route. Nepal also throws up some extra logistical challenges due to its ever-shifting political landscape, as road-closing strikes can sometimes occur. For this reason, no itinerary is ever set in stone.
Whenever riding there will be a leader and 'outrider' guiding and trouble-spotting. A 'sweeper' rider, a support vehicle with spares and an extensively-equipped medic will travel at the rear. The trip includes some long days in the saddle, both on easy cruising roads and very challenging mountain chicanery. These day-long rides will require skill and concentration, so we ask that you have a minimum of two year's riding experience before taking on this tour. There will be little traffic, but that which we do encounter is likely to be behaving 'erratically'. The general condition of the roads is, however, very good for this part of the world.
Nepal has recently (2006) emerged from a long internal conflict. Although the country is now largely stable, there are still political problems. These generally manifest themselves as 'bandhs', general strikes that can close the roads. Tourists, however, are generally left out of local disputes as it is understood that the welfare of the tourism industry is critical to the country's foreign exchange, being its biggest earner. Weather will range from 'warm' on the plains, to 'nippy' in the higher stations. We would not expect rain at the times of year that we run tours in Nepal, but it's always possible.
Nepali jungle and Himalayan valleys; views of the Annapurna and Everest ranges – this is a trip full of fabulous contrasts and epic rides.
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Day 01: Arrive Kathmandu.(1350mtrs)
Upon arrival, met by representative and transferred in a private deluxe van to the hotel Manaslu / similar.
Eve: A brief introduction of the trip and followed by a welcome dinner at a typical Nepali Restaurant with cultural show at "BhanchhaGhar" Located in Kamaladi very close to Durbar Marg is an authentic Nepali Restaurant. It is an old Nepali building restored and converted into a multi-storied restaurant tastefully decorated in local decor. There is a sit down bar at the attic (shoes have to be taken off – Nepali custom) which serves Nepali as well as foreign drinks and cocktails. Snack menu of momo-cha (meat dumplings), fried or boiled wild boar meat, fried potato Nepali style with masala, dried and marinated venison meat, grilled chicken/mutton/duck, etc., are featured in the menu. Also, there is a one hour Nepali folk dance program which starts from 19:30 Hrs onwards. The main meal (dinner or lunch) is served on the 2nd & 3rd floor with a choice of either table sitting or Nepali style floor sitting. This is the first Nepali restaurant of its kind in Nepal. Advance reservation is necessary. After the dinner, transfer to the Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel Manaslu / similar
Day 02: Sightseeing tour of Kathmandu (1350mtrs)
09:00 Hrs: After breakfast met by guide and vehicle for half a day's sightseeing tour of Boudhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple. The Boudhanath Stupa is located 6 kilometers Northeast of Kathmandu and is a colossal imposing Stupa standing about 36 meters and is one of the oldest Buddhist monuments ever built in Nepal. The stupa stands on the massive three level Mandala style platforms surrounded by colourful family style houses. The Stupa is said to have been built in the 5th Century and is a sight of great veneration to the Buddhist.
Continue on to Pashupanath Temple – the most sacred of the Hindu Temples in the world and is amongst the five principle pilgrimage sites for the Hindus. On an annual pilgrimage during Shivaratri Festival, thousands of devotees of Lord Shiva from all the Hindu communities of the world, pay their homage here. Pashupatinath is the reincarnation of Shiva in his most benevolent form as the shepherd of fertility and so there are no animal sacrifices in this temple. Only fruits, flowers and vermilion are offered. It lies on the banks of the Bagmatiriver and for the Hindus, to be cremated at Pashupatinath, means a direct passage to heaven.After the visit, return to the Hotel.
15:00 Hrs: Met by the Road captain and introduction to the Royal Enfield Motorcycles. There will be a short briefing about the safety and the proper speed to ride on the roads of Nepal followed by a question and answer session.
After the briefing, everyone will be handed the keys to the motorcycles and taken for a ride around the city to familiarize with the motorcycles. Rest of the evening is free. Overnight at the Hotel Manaslu / similar
Day 03: Ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara (827mtrs: 210 Kms/ 8-9Hrs.)
After breakfast, we negotiate the traffic out of the Kathmandu city and ride out of the valley at the cross section of the ring road at Kalanki and then set out for check post at Nagdhunga, just past Thankot. From here, the road twists and turns as we negotiate the traffic and descend to Naubise, 26 kilometer marker (about 17 kilometers from Nagdhunga). Then the road becomes much larger and a much more smoother enjoyable ride on the highway to Kurintar, 103 kilometers from Kathmandu. Another two kilometers brings us to the Manokamana temple. We continue riding to Mugling, the junction where the highway bifurcates, South to Chitwan and West to Pokhara. Head west by crossing the bridge and follow the Marshyangdi river for a while and then slowly ascend through terraced agricultural lands and small road side villages. At the outskirts of Pokhara, we are greeted with views of the Annapurna Mountain range including the famous Fish Tail Mountain.Pokhara stands at 884 m above sea level, about 700 m lower than Kathmandu Valley. In Kathmandu Valley the high temples are all around you, in Pokhara it is the mountains. Only foothills separate Pokhara form the full height of the Himalayas, and the magnificent 8000 m. peaks of the Annapurna range. Pokhara is a vacationer's paradise with its crystal clear lakes and fantastic views of the Annapurna range including the Fish Tail Mountain. Upon arrival check into the hotel. Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the lakeside bazaar. Overnight at the Hotel
Day 04: Ride from Pokhara to Tatopani (1220mtrs: 105 Kms/ 3-4 Hrs.)
After an early breakfast, leave Pokhara and ride towards Beni (approx. 70 Kilometers) on the Baglung Highway. This section of the ride provides fantastic mountain vistas, picturesque terraced farmlands and an opportunity to walk on one of Nepal's famous suspension bridges.
At Mal Dhunga, leave the main highway by taking the right trail and follow a dusty graveled path all the way to Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi District in Dhaulagiri Zone. It is located on the confluence of Kali Ghandaki and Myagdi rivers at an altitude of 799 meters and is a bustling town lined with stores, restaurants, hotels and various government offices.
From here, the road is unpaved and dusty with potholes in several places. Unpaved, graveled rough road poses a real challenge for riders and makes it more difficult with the occasional river crossings. Ascend gradually through the Kali Gandiki gorge, the deepest gorge in the world. There is a continuous change in the topography with every twist and turn until our arrival at Tatopani.
Tato" means 'hot' and "Pani" means 'water', a name earned courtesy of the hot springs and is a popular place for trekker's to relax and dip their weary bodies in the natural hot springs. Upon arrival at Tatopani check in to the Lodge.
Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the village and take a relaxing dip in the Hot Springs located nearby. . Overnight at the Dhaulagiri Lodge, Tatopani
Day 05: Ride Tatopani to Muktinath (3800 mtrs: 70 Kms/ 2 Hrs.)
After an early breakfast, set out on the trail by following the Kali Gandaki River and passing the Thakali and Magar Villages to Dana (4750 ft./ 1446 m.) famous for its beautiful cascading waterfall. Steeply ascend to Ghasa (6600 ft./ 2012m) and continue the ride on a dusty and one of the difficult section of the road towards Jomsom via the Thakali villages of Tukuche and Kalopani. Enroute, there are fantastic views of the Mt. Dhaulagiri (8167 m), Tukuche (6920m), and Nilgiri (7061m).As we pass between the Dhaulagiri and the Annapurna mountain range, a dramatic change in vegetation is witnessed from green forests, to dry arid desert. It takes gradual acclimatizing with the surrounding. The Thakali's are the dominant tribe of the valley, related to the Gurung and Magars of the southern slopes.
Continue the ride towards Jomsom through the dusty graveled "off" road passing smaller settlements and apple orchards. There are excellent views of Mt. Nilgiri and the Kali Gandaki River flows on the right hand side of the trail.
This day's journey is a tough one but the scenic views of the rugged landscape, beautiful cascading waterfalls, orange and apple orchards, scattered roadside villages, ancient Buddhist monasteries all make it 'One Hell of a Ride".
Jomsom (2713 m) is more correctly known as Dzongsam or New Fort. It spreads over both the banks of the Kali Ghandaki. The towering peaks of Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri form an attractive backdrop. Being the district headquarters, it is primarily an administrative and commercial center with government officials and merchants rubbing shoulders with the local inhabitants of the region, known as the Thakalis. Jomsom is the Administrative center of the Mustang region and the gateway to the Annapurna region. A land of mystique, the rugged peaks of the Annapurna, Nilgiri and Dhaulagari gaze down in their awesome splendor at weathered landscapes that contrast with the deep river ravines over noisy riverbeds. Jomsom is a mixture of hard work, social frivolity tempered by culture founded on deep religious traditions. It has the only airport that operates daily scheduled flights to Pokhara in the early mornings before the winds build up.
From here continue ride passing through the village, past the High Altitude Mountain Warfare School of the Royal Nepal Army and through several restaurants, bhattis and a hospital. We pass through the old Jomsom village which boasts of several lodges, restaurants school and government offices. At the end of the village the valley opens wide, take the left side of the trail just after crossing the three ruined chorten and continue on the east bank of the Kali Ghandaki River. After about 20 minutes, arrive at Ekklaibhatti a small village with few lodges. There are two trail here. The left will lead to Kagbeni while the right one leads to Muktinath. We take the right trail and continue to ascend slowly to the settlement of Jharkot, which has a fort "Kot".
From here, another 15 minutes ride on the desert plateau brings us to Muktinath.
Upon arrival at Muktinath check in to the guest house. Late PM: Visit Muktinath Temple The Muktinath Temple is a sacred place both for Hindus and Buddhists and is located at an altitude of 3,710 meters at the foot of the Thorong La (5416 m Pass), Mustang district, Nepal. The site is close to the village of Ranipauwa, which sometimes mistakenly is called Muktinath as well. The Hindus call this sacred place MuktiKshetra, which literally means "Place of Salvation". This temple is considered to be the 105th among the available 108 DivyaDesam. The ancient name of this place, before the Buddhist origin was known as ThiruSaligramam. In Muktinath-ChumigGyatsa all the elements are represented and for this and reasons unseen, yogis from both religions do their meditation at Muktinath.
For Tibetan Buddhists, Muktinath (ChumigGyatsa) is a place of Dakinis (goddess known as Sky Dancers). It is of great importance for Buddhists as ChumigGyatsa is one of the 24 Tantric places. For Hindus, beside the natural fire representing Brahman and the holy waters, the central meaning of the Muktinath area is veneration of the god Vishnu in the form of ammonites (shilas) called Salagrama – Shilas. There are many stories which tell of Vishnu turning into stone and all of them are closely connected to the holy Kali Ghandaki River. According to contemporary geologists, the Salagrama – silas (found at the banks and river bed of the holy river Kali Ghandaki) are fossils of a prehistoric insect. This insect is mentioned in the BhavisyaPurana. Therein, Tulasi, the sacred plant so dear to Vishnu, cursed Vishnu to become a stone during one act of their eternal lila. Vishnu said, "To fulfill your curse, I will become a stone (Salagrama-sila) and will always live on the banks of the Ghandaki River. The millions of Vajrakita worms that live at that place will adorn those stones with the signs of my chakra by carving them with their sharp teeth".
After the sightseeing tour of Muktinath Temple descend down to the Ranipauwa (Main Bazaar of Muktinath).Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the town.
Overnight at the guest house
Day 06: Ride Muktinath to Kalopani (2530mtrs: 70 Kms/ 2 Hrs.)
After leisurely breakfast ride down to Kagbeni (2800 m) which is the gateway to Upper Mustang. (Note: The Kaligandaki Valley becomes increasingly windy during the day as the winds blows south to north and makes it difficult for travelers.
Kagbeni at an altitude of 2840m is a fascinating medieval village with closely packed mud brick houses, dark alleys and imposing chortens lies along the Around Annapurna Trekking route and is the gateway to Upper Mustang. The village stands in a little green oasis dominated by its red monastery. Though the village has a very medieval look, it can provide all the modern amenities that a traveler requires. This is the only village after Jomsom where there is an internet facility for communication with the outside world. This village also boasts of a Monastery. The monks here are of the yellow hat or the Gelukpa Sect and have only recently opened their monastery to visitors with a legitimate entrance fee of Rs 100, which they collect for the maintenance of their school.
After spending some time at Kagbeni continue ride to Jomsom (approx. 11 Km) but we continue further 25 kilometers, about 1 ½ hour slow ride to Kalopani via MarphaVillage.Here we stop for Lunch. Marpha at an elevation of 2670 meters.Marpha is famous for its apple orchards and apple products. This large Thakali village exhibits the typical ThakKhola architecture of flat roofs and narrow paved alleys and passageways. It also has a monastery. After lunch ride another 1 to 1 ½ hour to Kalopani.Upon arrival at Kalopani check in to the guest house. Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the village. Overnight at the Guest House
Day 07: Ride Kalopani to Pokhara (827mtrs: 126 Kms/ 3-4 Hrs.)
It is a pleasant relief to be able to tackle the roughest section of the journey in the early morning. Descend to Tatopani (21 kilometers) and then continue riding back to the settlement of Jaleswor located close to the river and then continue on to beni. After a quick stop for a quick, set out following the trail along the river and the after about an hour meet the main highway at Maldhunga and then continue of the metalled road to Pokhara which is reached in about 2 ½ hours. Upon arrival at Pokhara. check in to the hotel.
Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the Lakeside Bazaar. Overnight at the Hotel
Day 08: Free day or ride around Pokhara
Free day to relax or ride around Pokhara. Overnight at the Hotel
Day 09: Ride to Chitwan (208mtrs: 167 Km/ 5-6 Hrs.)
After breakfast meet at the hotel lobby and start ride towards Chitwan (Approx. 167 Kilometers). Retrace the road leading to Kathmandu till Mugling (Approx. 96 Kilometers from Pokhara) and then turn south at the junction where the highway bifurcates and ride to Narayangarh (Approx. 38 Kilometers). Narayangarh is an important trading centre of the central Nepal. There is a domestic airport (Bharatpur Airport) with connections to Kathmandu and Pokhara, and is the gateway to the nearby Chitwan National Park. It is also a major road link for the eastern and western parts of the country to the capital city of Kathmandu. And also Narayangarh is very famous for "Taas", a spicy fried goat-meat lunch dish served with Bhuja or Cheura (Beaten Rice).Continue ride to Sauraha.
Chitwan National Park, the oldest national park in Nepal is situated in the subtropical inner Terai lowlands of South Central Nepal. The park has an area of 932 square kilometers. The park was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1984. The park is just a short detour off the Prithivi Highway. The name Chitwan means heart of the jungle. In recent years has park has risen meteorically on the lists of the Things to do in Nepal. The park covers a pristine area with a unique ecosystem of significant value to the world. It contains the Churiya hills, ox-bow lakes and flood plains of Rapti, Reu and Narayani rivers. The Sal forests dominate the vegetation of the park. The grasslands form a diverse and complex community with over 50 species, the Sacchurun species, often called elephant grass, can reach 8m in height. The park boasts of more than 43 species of mammals, 45 species of amphibians and reptiles and 450 species of birds in the park. The park is renowned for endangered animals along with many other common species.
Upon arrival at Sauraha in to the hotel.
Late PM: Guest will be taken to wildlife safari on an Elephant to view and photograph wildlife from close quarters. The animals are scattered, elusive and mostly reside in the dense grasslands which grow to a height of 20 ft. the only means of penetrating this dense grassland is by elephants. Later return back to the hotel. Rest of the day is free to relax.Overnight at the Hotel
Day 10: Ride from Chitwan to Nagarkot via Kathmandu (2170mtrs: 200kms* /8-9 Hrs.)
6 km to arrive at the cross section where the roads to Kathmandu via Daman &Naubise and the road to Kathmandu via Khuleykhani Dam and Pharping. We take the right turn and then ride 12 km to Bhainsay, a small town on the foothills. From here it is a 10 kilometer ride to Bhimphedi where riders are required to pay the toll tax for crossing over the narrow curvy and steep road up to the Kulekhani Dam.
Kulekhani Reservoir is also known as IndraSarobar and the security guards do not allow people lingering along the dam area. So, a short break for some quickly taken photographs, we continue on the ride to Kathmandu. Some section of the roads is still under construction and may be a bit difficult to negotiate and tests the driving skills of the riders. However, it is only about 15 kilometers and then the route becomes a more pleasurable ride except for the jeep drivers that tests ones patience with their speed driving and continuous honking of their horns.
This section of the ride provides beautiful scenery of the mountains, rolling forested hills, deep gorges and typical Nepali village scenery. Our arrival at Pharping brings us to the city limits and an 18 kilometer a ride brings us to the city centre – Kalanki and from here take the right turn and ride towards Koteshwor and follow the road to Bhaktapur. From here continue ride for another approx. 15 Km to Nagarkjot. Nagarkot tucked away in the upper reaches of Kathmandu Valley in Nagarkot with a history that dates back to the first human settlement of the valley. Once a busy trade route to Tibet, Nagarkot still maintains its popularity for its spectacular sunrises and sunsets over the Himalayas.
The panoramic view of the Himalayas that Nagarkot offers stretches over 300 kms. This is 32 km to the north – east of Katmandu and hour drive through the windy road situated at 2175 meter from the sea level; this is magnificent place to view the panorama of major peaks of eastern Himalayan ranges including Mt. Everest on clear days. It is also very spectacular to watch the sunrise and sunset over the Himalayan ranges. There are also number of luxury hotels and lodges available for accommodation to spend the night. Short day hiking can be done to explore the Tamang villages and other areas of interest for easy going trekkers. Set on a ridge northeast of Bhaktapur, it commands a classic panorama view of Himalayas. Upon arrival at Nagarkot check in to the hotel. Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the town.Overnight at the Hotel
Day 11: Ride from Nagarkot to Last Resort (2195mtrs: 110 km/ 3-4 Hrs.)
After leisurely breakfast retrace the route till Bhaktapur. From here onwards the ride becomes much easier with less traffic till Dhulikhel (Approx.18km).
Dhulikhel a typical Newari town with nearby Tamang villages situated at an elevation of 1550 meters. From the summit above the village, one can get an unobstructed panoramic view of the Himalayas. Dhulikhel is a small town and is famous for its scenic beauty and old tradition. It offers magnificent views of the Himalayas from Mt, Karyolung in the east to Mt. Himalchuli to the west the twin crest of Mt. Langtang in the west to the Mt. Everest in the east can be clearly viewed in a clear day. Dhulikhel is ideal for snow-capped peaks, sunrise, sunset and it is different from any other and is one of the best sites to watch the sunrise over the Himalayas.
Continue ride towards the Last resort through the Arniko Highway following the gorge of the Sunkoshi and BhoteKoshi Rivers the entire way. After few kilometers from Dhulikhel the highway drops in to the red – tented, severally deforested Panchkhal Valley, crossing the braided strands of the IndrawatiKhola at Dolalghat – the lowest point on the entire road at 634m. The scenery changes abruptly after Dolalghat, everything is intensely green with waterfalls. The gorge is much deeper than it looks from the road up to the Last resort.Upon arrival check in to the resort.
The Last Resort is set amidst sprawling terraced slopes, suspended on a high cliff-top gorge above the wild BhoteKosi River and surrounded by dense jungle and pristine forest. The grounds of the resort are meticulously landscaped. Luxurious safari tents, spaciously set in lush gardens, ensure quiet and peaceful stay in an exotic setting. Uniquely crafted in local stone, wood and slate, the resort has an intimate dining hall with centuries old wood-carving where delicious home style food is served. The well stocked Instant Karma bar is a great place for having chilled drinks when the day is done and you are left thirsty. Rest of the day is free to relax or explore around the town.Dinner and Overnight at the Last Resort
Day 12: Ride Last Resort to Kathmandu (1350mtrs: 115 km/ 3-4 Hrs.)
After leisurely breakfast ride towards friendship bridge (Nepal – China Border). After spending few times at the border get ready and ride towards Kathmandu.
Upon arrival check in to the hotel. Rest of the day is free to rest and relax. Overnight at the Hotel
Day 13: Free day at Kathmandu (1350mtrs)
18:00 Hrs: Dinner at the famous Rum Doodle restaurant & the 40,000 ½ ft bar. Located in the heart of Thamel this is a classic mountaineer's pub. Hearty food prepared hygienically and the great atmosphere all adds up to make this one of the most popular restaurant and pub in town. The 40,000 ½ Feet Bar has a collection of autographs from world renowned climbers and alpinists including Sir Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Rob Hall, Junko Tabei and many more who have been there. To add onto the list are former American president Jimmy Carter & Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, former Japanese premier Ryutaro Hashimoto, etc. If you have any special cocktails / mock tails in mind just ask "Prem" the bar man and he will prepare it for you. Overnight at the Hotel
Day 14: Final Departure
Free for final minute packing and shopping until transfer to the airport for final departure.


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This proposal would create a 1 million-square-foot, mixed-use development with residential, office, hotel, retail and movie theater space in the northeast quadrant of Rockledge Drive and Rock Spring Drive, close to Walter Johnson High School. It's currently open space, along with a town house development built in an early phase of the project.
Where it stands: It was approved by the county planning board in February 2011.
Controversy: None.
Future: In 2006, Canyon Ranch, the luxury health resort chain, announced plans to build a residential community on the site, then suspended activity later that year, citing a slowdown in the condo market. The project's new developer, DRI Development Services, submitted a revised plan a few years ago without any serious objections being raised, according to Neil Braunstein of the Montgomery County Planning Department. Braunstein is reviewing the proposal. The developer now needs to submit a certified site plan before seeking building permits, he says. When construction might begin or end is uncertain.
The county's Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan lays the groundwork for an expanded medical center, new research facilities, academic institutions and other life-sciences resources at and around Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Johns Hopkins University-Montgomery County Campus, along I-270 near Gaithersburg. It would be anchored by a new Johns Hopkins University research facility on the current site of the 107-acre "Belward Farm," owned by the university at the intersection of Darnestown Road and Muddy Branch Road. Planners envision mixed-use developments with housing and other resources for workers, all built around the Corridor Cities Transitway, a proposed bus or light rail corridor in upper Montgomery County.
Where it stands: The Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan was approved in May 2010, with implementation plans approved in 2011 that set the stage for development proposals. Steve Findley, the planner/coordinator working on the master plan, says Johns Hopkins University has county approval to build up to 1.4 million square feet at Belward Farm, but the deed granting the land to the university is the subject of a lawsuit.
Controversy: During discussions about the county master plan, residents complained that the development could add traffic to already-clogged roads. And heirs of the late Elizabeth Beall Banks, who sold Johns Hopkins her farm at a fraction of market value with stipulations that it be used primarily as a research campus, say the university's plans fail to meet the stipulations of the deed. They claim Banks' intent was to make the land more of a bucolic university campus than an urban mixed-use development.
Future: Much of the development allowed by the master plan is contingent upon the Corridor Cities Transitway being funded and built, the timing of which is uncertain, Findley says.
SunBrook Partners plans to build restaurants, a fitness center, shops and other retail, including a grocery store, and 2,250 homes (a mix of apartments, town houses and single-family houses) in an undeveloped area off I-270 in Gaithersburg, roughly bordered by Sam Eig Highway, Omega Drive and Fields Road. Plans call for land to be set aside for a public high school to be built in the future, and for a historic farmhouse and log cabin to be restored and preserved. Construction has begun, and the first homes are expected to start selling in June, with the grocery store slated to open in 2013 and other retail outlets following in 2014. The entire project could take 10 years to complete.
A county sector plan approved in late 2011 aims to encourage new mixed-use redevelopment projects around Wheaton's central business district over the next two decades, especially in the area bordered by Georgia Avenue, University Boulevard and Veirs Mill Road, around the Wheaton Metro station.
Planners envision a mixed-use biotech community for the area along Twinbrook Parkway, just north of the Beltway and east of Rockville Pike, within walking distance of the Twinbrook Metro. It's currently home to U.S. Pharmacopeia, Food and Drug Administration offices and National Institutes of Health satellite labs. Upcoming developments include the revitalization of the 18-story Parklawn Building, which will house the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Twinbrook Station, a massive mixed-use project, the first phase of which was completed in 2010. n
Amy Reinink's work has appeared in The Washington Post, Entrepreneur and Women's Running. She lives in Silver Spring.


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After a successful test, the FAA makes an enhancement to the Global Positioning System (GPS) called Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) available to some aviation users. WAAS improves the accuracy of GPS data by correcting some known measuring errors. "The system demonstrated one to two meters horizontal accuracy and two to three meters vertical accuracy throughout the contiguous United States," says the FAA. The system will be operated by Raytheon. [Federal Aviation Administration, 8/24/2000] The deployment of WAAS is only one of many technological advances that could lead to pilotless aircraft navigation, including takeoff and landing. Tests have shown that landing by autopilot is possible (see also August 25, 2001). [Spinoff, 1998; Federal Aviation Administration, 8/13/1999; Rockwell Collins, 10/5/1999] WAAS also has non-aviation uses. It will be used during the rescue effort at Ground Zero. "[A]t the World Trade Center, rescue teams used WAAS to survey the site during the recovery program," according to Avionics Magazine. [Avionics Magazine, 2/1/2002] After 9/11 there will be some speculation that the hijackers used GPS to navigate to their targets (see (September 12-17, 2001)). Some press reports will claim that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta was at the WTC the day before the attacks to gather GPS data (see September 10, 2001).
Entity Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Raytheon
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
The US Air Force successfully tests the use of a military technology component that will land planes entirely by autopilot. The component is installed on a commercial airliner. The test takes place at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and uses a Boeing 727. The component for automated landing used by the military is called the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS. The JPALS is a differential GPS ground station developed by Raytheon. It was designed to become interoperable with civilian systems utilizing the same GPS-based technology. The civilian counterpart to the JPALS is known as the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS). Both the JPALS and the LAAS use GPS data sufficiently accurate to allow a plane's autopilot to land safely without human intervention. The test demonstrates that "the JPALS and LAAS will provide an interoperable landing capability for military and civil applications," according to a Raytheon announcement (see also August 2000). [SpaceDaily, 10/1/2001]
Entity Tags: Raytheon
Timeline Tags: US Military
At Boston's Logan Airport, during the morning, businesswoman Jan Shineman is checking in for Flight 11 to Los Angeles, when she notices a man resembling 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta behaving suspiciously. She later recalls him wearing "summery, holiday-type clothes… and he had no baggage, just a folder with a notebook." She sees him again at the gate for Flight 11, "taking notes, watching the pilots in the cockpit through the window by the gate. They were running through their pre-flight checks." She decides, "if he had boarded I would have told the captain about him, he was so odd and frightening." [Guardian, 7/5/2002; Corbin, 2003, pp. 229] Atta will return to Logan Airport and board Flight 11 to Los Angeles on 9/11. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 1-2]
Entity Tags: Jan Shineman, Mohamed Atta, Logan International Airport
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
Credit card receipts later discovered by the FBI apparently show that alleged lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta is in Manhattan on this day. According to FBI agents, he visits the observation deck on the 107th floor of the south WTC tower. CNN will report, "Officials speculate Atta may have been in New York… to program the towers' location into a global positioning system." A global positioning system (GPS) uses satellite technology to pinpoint any location on Earth. According to the FBI, Atta bought himself such a device, costing about $500, by mail order. [ABC News, 5/22/2002; CNN, 5/22/2002] Investigators will reportedly consider this trip necessary, "because they believe the hijackers were too inexperienced to handle the jumbo jets without help." [New York Daily News, 5/22/2002] BBC reporter Jane Corbin points out that Atta was also witnessed at Boston's Logan Airport the previous morning (see September 9, 2001), where he could have entered start-point co-ordinates for his 9/11 flight into the GPS device. [Corbin, 2003, pp. 230] However, there is no mention of Atta's New York visit in the 9/11 Commission Report. According to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Atta spent the previous night at the Milner Hotel in Boston, and then shortly after noon on this day is in Boston where he picks up Abdulaziz Alomari and drives to Portland, Maine. [US Congress, 9/26/2002] The 200-mile journey from Boston to New York takes approximately four hours by car. [MIT, 5/25/2006] So if Mueller's account is correct, it seems difficult to comprehend Atta having time to travel to New York, go up the WTC, make purchases on his credit card, and then return to Boston, all in the space of one morning. An article in the New York Post will in fact claim that the person in Manhattan was "a distinguished renal and gene specialist at Johns Hopkins University Hospital" in Baltimore, Maryland. This man, who is also called Mohamed Atta, happened to have visited New York in the days before 9/11, "for a whirlwind weekend with his new bride." The article claims that it had erroneously been reported that alleged hijacker Mohamed Atta "was casing the Twin Towers days before Sept. 11—even after the FBI concluded it was just the kidney doctor, who had planned to take his wife to Windows on the World for dinner in the North Tower." [New York Post, 5/28/2002]
Entity Tags: World Trade Center, Mohamed Atta
A number of key senior FAA personnel happen to be away from their usual bases this morning, at the time of the attacks. Bill Peacock, the FAA director of air traffic services, is in New Orleans for a meeting with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). Among his many duties, Peacock is "the ultimate manager of all the air traffic controllers in the country's system." He will be transported from New Orleans later in the day in an FAA business jet, one of the few aircraft permitted to fly, and only arrive at FAA headquarters shortly after 5:00 p.m. [Freni, 2003, pp. 12 and 70] Jack Kies, the FAA's manager of tactical operations, is in Nashua, New Hampshire for a meeting with representatives of the Canadian air traffic control organization. [Freni, 2003, pp. 65-66] Consequently Linda Schuessler, the deputy director of system operations, has to take his place in charge of the FAA Command Center in Herndon, Virginia. [Federal Aviation Administration, 5/18/2006] Tony Ferrante, the manager of the FAA's air traffic investigation arm, is in Chicago to testify at a hearing. He will become frustrated later in the day about being stuck there, knowing he should he at his post in Washington gathering forensic data on the hijackings and crashes. [Freni, 2003, pp. 7, 19 and 47-48] Rick Hostetler, a member of the FAA's planning and procedures organization, is at the dentist's in Waldorf, Maryland when the attacks begin. His job includes acting as the FAA's primary air traffic liaison for the Secret Service, the US Special Operations Command, and the Pentagon. After seeing the second WTC tower hit live on television, reportedly while sitting in the dentist's chair, he will quickly set out for his duty station at the FAA Command Center. But due to the heavy traffic, his journey will take hours and the attacks will be over by the time he gets there. [Freni, 2003, pp. 27, 47 and 90] Mike Canavan, the director of the FAA's Office of Civil Aviation Security, is visiting the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He will only make it back to Washington in the evening, on a special Army flight. [9/11 Commission, 5/23/2003] As part of his job, Canavan is the FAA's hijack coordinator, responsible for requesting military assistance in the event of a hijacking (see 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 17-18] FAA Administrator Jane Garvey is in a breakfast meeting at the Department of Transportation, in Washington, DC. She will quickly relocate to FAA headquarters soon after the first attack (see (8:48 a.m.-9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Freni, 2003, pp. 62-63] Whether the absence of these senior personnel impairs the FAA's ability to respond to the attacks is unknown.
Entity Tags: Jack Kies, Federal Aviation Administration, Tony Ferrante, Bill Peacock, Mike Canavan, Jane Garvey, Rick Hostetler
At FAA headquarters in Washington, DC, David Canoles, the FAA's manager of air traffic evaluations and investigations, and his staff begin coordinating the collection of forensic evidence that might clarify how the morning's attacks unfolded. They coordinate the capture and copying of radar track data showing the paths of the four hijacked planes, and obtain air traffic control voice tapes from every facility that had spoken with these planes. FAA Assistant Investigations Manager Tony Mello and other employees will work for most of the afternoon, all night, and part of the following day, gathering data and coordinating with the FBI, Secret Service, Defense Department, White House, and National Transportation Safety Board, making sure these other agencies receive as much evidence as is available. Radar tracks are crudely plotted, showing the flight paths of the four jets, and voice tapes are transcribed. Having been stuck in Chicago when the attacks occurred, (see 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001), Tony Ferrante, the manager of FAA investigations, will finally arrive at FAA headquarters at 5:00 a.m. on September 12. His first priority is "to ensure that the radar data and voice tapes from every location involved in the attack [are] put under lock and key as soon as possible," presumably to be kept safe for any investigations. He looks at and listens to the relevant controller tapes, and begins constructing a detailed timeline of the four hijacked aircraft. Along with Tony Mello and others of his staff, Ferrante will spend several days working out the movements of the four planes. FAA radar experts Dan Diggins and Doug Gould will also spend days interpreting the radar tracks of the four planes, piecing together a detailed timeline of their actions from takeoff to crash. [Freni, 2003, pp. 74 and 76-77] The FAA will publish a fairly comprehensive chronology of the hijackings on September 17, though this will not be made public until September 2005. [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/17/2001 ; National Security Archive, 9/9/2005] Presently, it refers any media requests for flight patterns to Flight Explorer, a software company that makes charts of plane routes using information from the FAA's radar system (see After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001). [Washington Post, 9/13/2001] The US military has also started doing its own reconstructions of the radar data for the hijacked aircraft (see (11:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001).
Entity Tags: Doug Gould, David Canoles, Dan Diggins, Tony Mello, Federal Aviation Administration, Tony Ferrante, Flight Explorer
After arriving at FAA headquarters on September 12, Tony Ferrante, the manager of FAA investigations, spends several days working out the movements of the four hijacked planes. He is astonished at the precision with which they were flown towards their targets, later saying: "[I]t was almost as though it was choreographed.… It's not as easy as it looks to do what they did at 500 miles an hour." He concludes that either the hijackers were better pilots than originally thought, or they were aided by additional equipment such as radios to communicate among the four planes or handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment. [Freni, 2003, pp. 74 and 76] 9/11 Commission investigators will in fact later speculate that the hijackers may have purchased GPS devices, "so they could determine the latitude and longitude of their intended targets." According to a summary of a Commission interview, "Any autopilot changes made by the terrorist pilots to assist them in navigating to predetermined coordinates would simply have been to enter a specific location such as Newark or Reagan National" Airport. However, airline personnel will tell the 9/11 Commission investigators that "Entering changes to the autopilot is something that terrorist pilots probably would not have been trained or able to do." Even a United Airlines senior pilot, who instructs on how to do this, says "he always has to pause before he makes such corrections to make sure to remember how to enter the change." [9/11 Commission, 11/17/2003 ]
Entity Tags: Tony Ferrante
According to Robin Cook, Tony Blair says, "Left to himself, Bush would have gone to war in January. No, not January, but back in September."
[Independent, 10/6/2003; Cook, 8/2/2004]
Entity Tags: Robin Cook
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in speech before the US Congress, pleads for the UN to become "an instrument of action as well as debate," saying the Security Council needs to be reformed to reflect the "21st Century reality."
[Guardian, 7/18/2003]
Entity Tags: US Congress, Tony Blair
Timeline Tags: Torture of US Captives
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Law School Reflecting Pool Renovation
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The University of Chicago Law School was designed by Eero Saarinen and constructed in the early 1960s, and is a modern classic. The reflecting pool and courtyard are located north of the Law School library, and over the years the Law School had become unhappy with the original reflecting pool which, due to the University's quarter system and Chicago's long winter season, was an unattractive empty basin for the a majority of the academic year.
The University hired Wolff Landscape Architecture, Inc. (WLA) to develop conceptual designs for the pool renovation, including the option of filling the pool with soil and replacing it with a lawn. Due to concerns about the historic design, the University elected to proceed with a zero-depth reflecting pool that in season would mimic the Saarinen reflecting pool but in winter would be a granite plaza flush with the surrounding paving. The landscape architect led and managed a multi-disciplinary team consisting of NHDKMP, the architect; Delta Fountains, water feature consultant; Weber Consultants, MEP engineer; and others to design and document a zero-depth reflecting pool that would reflect the law library building, respect the historic Saarinen design, and appear as a gracious plaza and forecourt during the off-season.
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Hey! Happy Friday!
So today was a busy one! I woke up this morning and one of my clients says, "Are you available to record today?" Ummm, "Always!" lol So he sent over a TV commercial for Honda, I voiced it, sent it back and he sent me 4 more commercials! I didn't even get to the other stuff I meant to voice today. I will have to get caught up tomorrow. I love days like this though…. They are tiring, but exciting.
Most of the commercials were for Southern States, like Georgia.
Ok, I have to share….Some bloopers from my day! Being high -energy for hours on end is sure to frazzle one's brain! haha
Mike also made our own version of the "That was Easy" Staples Button….
Um ya, he plays that all day long after we finish something…. Never a dull moment….or to many?? lol
Oh- here is something sooo NOT dull. A rocking band called Falling For Scarlet.
Yes, my good friend is the lead singer. I have written about her on my blog quite a few times on the blog.
She was at my Bridal shower/stag thing….
Here's us catching up at Starbucks. (me n my brown hair!)
Here is another coffee date. So funny, she had her pup in her purse the whole time and I didn't even know until the very end of coffee! Sneaky! Talk about a purse dog! Painter would have jumped on every table and drank everyone's coffee within moments of arrival!
ANYWOO, my reason for talking about her is- Her band just released a single called "army of one" and it's starting to get spun on stations across the globe!
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and….Painter can't wait until another trip to the dog park! His new favorite thing is laying under the water tap.
We MAY go to the dog park tomorrow, but first things first is something I want to do something for me. Whether it be a jog on the beach, a yoga class, a mani/pedi…or all of the above!
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Mickey is at a youth dance. Meg is twisting balloons with grandpa. The reds, having been fed and bathed, are awaiting bed time. I was sitting at the computer working on tomorrow's lesson when I heard them talking. I snuck up with the camera to find them like this.
Snuggled up together in Mat's room. Mat reading Kade a book she wrote.
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When I heard this challenge, I was so excited. I have always wanted to try to cook a "game" meat. I'm intrigued with venison, and squirrel and things that people if they had to live in the wild would need to learn to cook. I found an Asian food store selling goat and rabbit, so I bought both and decided to make the goat dish first (figured I could sell my family on that easier!)
I love stews, and being 30 degrees in NY, I thought it would go over well. Made a typical stew recipe loaded with veggies and instead of the red wine, I thought the cherries and champagne would subsitute nicely, which they did. Maybe a rich Merlot would have deepened the flavors, but this stew was actually really good and I thought the house smelled amazing as it was cooking.
The Yucca, well, was interesting. I had never made it. I decided to boil it (after I figured out how to peel off that very waxy outer layer). Then made a sauce that you put over it. It's like a potato in consistency and I really enjoyed it.
So, the result? I served the yucca in the bowl and put the stew on the side so the sauce from it would leak into the yucca. Steven thought it tasted good. He had no issue with it being goat (and I'll admit, I made it easy for him as I cut all the meat off the bones first for him). Taste was good. The yucca he thought was fine. He ate the entire bowl. Later he told me it wasn't his favorite dish but it wasn't bad. Kelly? She told me she hated the yucca and refused to take another bite. I might have used too much lemon. The goat? She thought it was GREAT and ate a lot of it until she found out it was goat. After that she told me she really didn't like it. Hmmm…. Me? I liked it a lot. It was gamey and meaty and chewy. (I think I needed to cook it another 1/2 hour, but I like chewier meat so I was ok). The stew sauce mixed with the yucca was another win for me.
Goat Stew with Garlic Lemon Yucca
Goat Stew
- 2 medium onions, roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 pounds boneless goat meat, cubed (I used with bones)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 1/2 cup chopped cherries
- 1 cup champagne (or cup of red wine)
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (I used dried)
Combine onions, garlic, carrots, celery in a large bowl. Season the meat with salt and pepper, and toss meat with the vegetables.
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Garlicky Yucca
- 2 lbs yucca, peeled and cut into slices (I only had one pound and used the same ingredients below - I think 2 lbs would be too much for the sauce - or double the sauce)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 onion diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Place the yucca into a pan and fill with enough water to cover. Stir in salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cover, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, and place yucca on a serving plate.
Meanwhile, place the olive oil, onion, garlic, and lemon juice into a pan. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes. Pour the hot olive oil mixture over the yucca, and serve immediately.


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