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just because one son has been sick and another would soon fall to sickness too, doesn't mean we wouldn't take advantage of the rare occasion of playing out in the snow. and i say "snow" with tongue in cheek because it was more ice than anything, but hey, in texas you take what you can get!
and thank goodness for the snow because that has helped assuage my downcast spirit in being home so much with sickies! let's just say every closet has been cleaned out, every baked good has been baked, and even my files are in order!
now that's what i call looking at the bright side, ha!
while we probably won't venture out today, the boys couldn't wait to get outside yesterday and i couldn't resist taking a few (and quick, it was cold!) pictures.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
hello snow (well, really ice) day 2011!
3 comments:
- Colored With Memories said...
enjoy it! are you at least off work for a few days?
pcpc is closed!
hope to see you guys when things thaw out!
- February 2, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Football and Fried Rice said...
Oh I hope you are enjoying it! Having been hit with Blzzardfest....we are pretty sick of the white stuff!
I love the font on your blog post titles - how do you do that?
- February 2, 2011 at 7:06 PM
- Cheryl said...
Aww, they look like they're having so much fun!
- February 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM
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Oracle of Delphi- Book Review
July 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment
What a fantastic take on a very old legend! At first I didn't know what to expect from this book but after the first chapter I was completely sucked in as Greek gods and demi-gods started their power plays. I found the way in which old legends and characters are brought back to life, in a such a modern way, truly fascinating.
I'll admit to staying up WAY later than I should have trying to finish this book and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the next one.
This story follows a girl as she goes from being a ridiculed high-schooler to being one of the most sort-after and powerful people of her time. She is surrounded on all sides by characters which have come to life from age-old legends (but then every story comes from some kind of reality right?).
Her heart and mind are conflicted as she fights through the pages of double-meanings and best-intentions.
The story could have benefited from slightly better dialogue, I found it slightly stilted while on the other hand the internal thoughts flowed beautifully. I also don't think the start does the book justice, so if you pick it up and find yourself not quite liking it, wait until chapter 2 before making up your mind.
4 stars for this great read, Prophecy of the Most Beautiful, I can't wait to see book two and find out what those pesky gods are up to this time!


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I recently stumbled back across this great video. Perhaps it was meant for Valentine's Day. The storytelling and visual FX work are both top notch.
A strange man uses holographic tools to build a world for the woman he loves. This is a short by filmmaker Bruce Branit.
Enjoy... and remember to tell those you love how important they are.


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Happy New Year! First of all, I have a lot of explaining to do regarding why I didn't blog at all during the month of December, but that will have to wait for another day. There are a multitude of reasons/excuses that I didn't write a single word since the end of November. In the simplest sense, life has been complicated, which made the end of 2017 less than satisfactory. But now 2018 is here, and with a new year comes a chance for a fresh start. And how did this one begin? With the flu. I could regale you with the entire sequence of New Year's Eve events that led to my really awful January 1st, but that is not my intended goal for this post. In short, I had what I thought was a bad head cold which quickly morphed into the flu yesterday afternoon. It was miserable. What I want to share on the first day of 2018 is the aftermath of this very untimely illness. By the time I was attempting to go to sleep last night (long before midnight as I was too sick to care about ringing in the new year with any fanfare) I realized that my trip to Orlando on January 2nd was in serious jeopardy. Then when I woke up this morning, after a very fitful and feverish night, I put on some clean clothes (i.e., not the pajamas I had been wearing for over 24 hours) and drove to urgent care to consult with a doctor. I didn't think had a fever anymore, probably thanks to the Aleve I took at 4 AM to combat a wicked headache, but I still felt horrible. When I arrived at urgent care at 8 AM to discover that it was closed I nearly cried. No where on their website or on their voicemail message did they indicate that the office was closed for the holidays. Don't they think that's information that should be readily available for desperate patients such as myself? I was extremely frustrated and I figured I wasn't going to be able to see a medical professional at all today. Instead I headed to CVS to buy a thermometer because I thought I might still have a fever. In spite of it being 50 deg outside I was sweating like crazy. To my surprise, the pharmacist told me that their Minute Clinic was going to be open at 10 AM so I would be able to see a doctor today after all. About two hours later I walked out of the Minute Clinic with a prescription for Tamiflu. Then came my attempts to fill it. Once again, I'll refrain from going into extreme detail, but the bottom line is that I drove to three different pharmacies and was unable to get my prescribed medication at any of them. I will have to try again tomorrow. So that brings us to the worst part of January 1st. While standing in line at the third pharmacy I felt so weak that I thought I was going to pass out. That's when I realized that there was no way I was going to be able to participate in the Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World this weekend. When I got home and wearily crawled back into bed I made all of the necessary phone calls and mouse clicks (no pun intended, Mickey) to cancel my trip. This was the very outcome I was trying to avoid, but I knew that even if my health improves significantly over the next few days that I still wouldn't be in any shape to run 48.6 miles between Thursday and Sunday. Heck, I can barely run a marathon on my best days! It would be an understatement to say that I'm disappointed that I won't be on a plane to Orlando in the morning, but I know staying home was the right choice. I worked so hard to prepare for the race challenge so admitting that I was defeated by a simple virus is making me crazy. I guarantee that over the next week I will feel many moments of anger, sadness, and generally regret. I am going to second guess my decision a million times. It's going to be awful. Even so, I had to put my health first. As I was reminded by one of my running buddies, there will be other races. It's hard to see that right now, but she is absolutely right. Not everything in life is going to work out according to plan and you have to figure out how to make the best of unfortunate circumstances. If possible I will attempt the Dopey Challenge next year, but for now I am going to focus on healing and recuperating. I will live to run another day!
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2017 Resolution #1
New Year's Resolution #1: Donate some of my old medals and scrapbook my old race bibs
I'm starting this year off with an easy resolution. Relative to some of my past ones, that is. I've been accumulating medals and bibs from races since the spring of 2014 and I've never really figured out what to do with them in the long term. Race medals from the current calendar year get hung up on the wall of my cubicle at work, which slowly but surely adds a garish amount of sparkle to my workspace over the course of twelve months. But then every January the previous year's accolades come home and get stashed away in a box under my bed. In the beginning I had every intention of hanging all of these hard-earned medals on the wall in my bedroom, but over time I realized that I didn't really want to. It's not that I don't enjoy receiving the medals as recognition of my accomplishments, but I don't have the drive to display them anywhere afterwards. Over the holidays I sorted through the box of my old race medals from 2014 and 2015 and decided that most of them weren't worth keeping. There's a charity called Medals 4 Mettle that gives donated medals to sick children so I think I'll send a portion of my collection there. Hopefully I can get that done soon. As far as race bibs go, I have a huge stack of them in the same box as the old medals. The most recent ones get displayed on the front of my refrigerator, as you can see in the above photo (Disney ones get top billing), but after their tenure there is over they are filed away. Some of the bibs are so nondescript that I probably should have just tossed them, but others are lovely souvenirs from of races that I've loved (and others I've hated). Luckily race bibs are small, thin, and light so I think I'll keep them as a reminder of my progress over the last few years. My goal for 2017 is to put all of them (OK, maybe not the ones that I can't even remember what race they're from) in a scrapbook or album for future reference. Neither of these goals is too difficult, right? Now if I can just follow through before the year is over!
Holidays are over
Today was the last day of my holiday break which means that I have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm not crazy about that prospect, but I've had a paid vacation since December 23rd so I can't really complain. If I didn't accomplish as much as I wanted to that's my own fault. Today didn't really help me feel like my time off was well spent either. Unfortunately I spent most of the day trying to figure out what's wrong with my stupid iPhone. A couple of days ago I noticed that the battery was draining very rapidly (losing 50% in about 15 minutes) even with very light phone usage. At first I thought it was due to my new Garmin watch that was connected via Bluetooth or some of the new running apps I added recently. However, reverting those changes didn't fix the problem. I won't bore you with the details, but as of this afternoon I've tried everything in my power to resolve the issue, including completely wiping the phone and restoring the factory settings. This is particularly because I need a reliable phone for my marathon and I'm leaving for Orlando on Friday morning. I have an appointment at Best Buy tomorrow to perhaps replace the battery. From what I've read in Apple forums this was the only thing that seemed to help at all, even though my battery passed a diagnostic test at a local repair shop. If my poor phone is still afflicted after that I'll have to walk in to an Apple Store on Wednesday without an appointment and hope they have a solution. Let's just hope the "solution" isn't simply a brand new phone. I'm not really ready for that yet, but I may not have much of a choice. Kinda like my car buying experience last spring! I'll let you know how it goes.
There was some good news today – Florida beat Iowa in the Outback Bowl! Go Gators! It was a lot of fun to watch them win a game after the disappointing end to the regular season. Let's hope that this portends a promising 2017 season for Florida. I guess we'll have to wait until the fall to find out. Right now I need to go to bed so I can get up on time for work tomorrow morning. My holiday break ended with a bit of a whimper, but I still had a relaxing and fairly productive week and a half. Now it's time to put the holidays behind me and get started on 2017. My Christmas tree won't come down until after I get home from Orlando, though. I didn't put it up until December 18th this year so I'm going to enjoy it for a little longer. Happy January everyone!
Ringing in the New Year
Welcome to 2017! I can't believe it's January 1st already. Once they finally arrive the holidays always seem to pass so quickly, and now I only have one more day left before I have to go back to work. Yikes! That's why it was so important for me to start 2017 right. I decided to stay home from the New Year's Eve party last night due to a stomach ache, so I watched the ball drop in New York on CNN at 9 PM and then got ready for bed. I was asleep, wearing earplugs to avoid being awoken at midnight, by 10 PM. It was pretty glorious. After spending a lovely New Year's Day at Disneyland last year I knew I wanted to do that again today, so I got up early and drove to Anaheim. It was an appropriately chilly morning at Disneyland – the perfect way to ring in the new year. I'm going to savor sweatshirt weather at the parks for as long as possible because I know the warm weather will be here sooner than I'd like. In order to keep my daily calories in check I avoided the warming effects of the delicious Ghirardelli hot chocolate, though. I'm trying to start the new year healthy (although I ate quite a few peanut butter blondies this afternoon which didn't help). Walking around Disneyland for three hours helped with that, luckily. I rode a few rides, bought a couple of pins, and basically enjoyed being there for the last time during the holiday season. I'm leaving for Orlando on Friday so I won't be back to Disneyland until the middle of the month. I'm running the Star Wars Light Side 5K on Friday, January 13th (spooky!) so I'm looking forward to that. Speaking of which, I went for a 5-mile run tonight. I didn't have a workout planned today, but after signing up for the Run the Year 2017 challenge yesterday I got a little paranoid about being idle on January 1st. Running in this chilly winter weather is ideal so I'm glad I went. I even ran into a friend and her family on the Seal Beach Pier! That was fun. Now it's time for me to get ready for bed and prepare for my last day of this holiday break. It's going to be a good one!
One day more
December has flown by and 2017 is almost upon us. Lucky for me I don't consider the holidays to be over until I have to go back to work. That gives me a few more days to enjoy the season, but not nearly as much as I'd like. To kick off the last three days of my holiday break I woke up early this morning for the first time in about a week. (My sleep schedule has gotten really out of whack since Christmas. That needs to change or I'll have a lot of trouble making it to work on time on Tuesday morning.) But this morning I needed to run 8 miles with one of my running buddies before the chance of rain increased sharply, so my alarm went off at 6 AM. That waking up portion wasn't a lot of fun, but we got our 8 miles done and stayed dry. (It's raining now as I'm writing this so we made a sound decision to run early.) It was my last long run before the marathon next Sunday so that was a bit of an exciting milestone. I can't believe I'm leaving for Orlando on Friday! After finishing the run I headed to McDonald's for breakfast. Yes, for a second time in 24 hours. I really need to diversify my meal options. As soon as I got home and logged into my computer I discovered that one of the members of my Galloway running group was looking for a partner for the Run the Year 2017 challenge. It entails one or more people joining forces to run 2017 miles over the next calendar year. Between the two of us we decided it was doable, so we decided to sign up! Not that I really need another challenge in the coming year with all of the crazy races I'm already registered for, but it'll be fun all the same.
I am headed to a New Year's Eve party in a few hours, but I wanted to finish this post beforehand. I don't plan to stay up late tonight so I'd rather not have to worry about blogging when I get home from the party. Plus, I need to be rested for Disneyland tomorrow morning! Last year the parks were so lovely and quiet on the morning of New Year's Day that I vowed to make a January 1st visit a tradition. It's hard to believe that it's nearly time to say goodbye to 2016. I'm grateful for all of the lovely things this year has brought me, but there have been plenty of grief too. I am hoping for a much more positive 2017 for all of my loved ones. Most of us are in a pretty good position at the end of 2016, but we all have wishes and dreams that we'd like to see come true over the next year. Maybe if we're lucky, one year from now we'll look back on 2017 fondly. Happy New Year everyone!
2016 resolutions revisited
For a lot of people 2016 was a dumpster fire. And that was in addition to the disaster that was the presidential election, which I still haven't written about, and the heartbreak of losing so many important cultural icons. Aside from those unfortunate events, this year was actually pretty good for me. I am one of the lucky ones. However, when I look back at my 2016 resolutions it doesn't look quite so positive! I thought I avoided setting myself up for failure by making a small enough number of seemingly achievable resolutions, but it looks like I misjudged. A lot changed for me in 2016 so the grand ideas I had in January weren't valid later in the year. Fortunately that's not a bad thing, but it still makes me look like a failure when looking at my list of resolutions.
Resolution #1: Track my running differently
Success! I got my first Garmin GPS watch (a Forerunner 220) for Christmas last year and I started using it to track my running even before 2016 started. And it has been amazing. Being able to see my current distance and time at a glance without pulling my phone out of my pocket is incredibly convenient while training. Also, the Garmin Connect feature stores all of my data so I can look back and see how much progress I've made over the last twelve months. (I'll create a plot of my monthly mileages to share when the year is officially over.) I switched over to my new Forerunner 235 watch with a built-in heart rate monitor a few days ago and I absolutely love it. After only a year I'd be lost without my GPS watch. Here's to another year of meeting and beating my running goals!
Resolution #2: No more McDonald's
Failure! I even had McDonald's for dinner tonight on my way home from the gym. I must admit that these days I have an Egg McMuffin at least once a week, usually after finishing a long run on the weekends. I'm always famished shortly after a long run so I need protein and carbs, and I need them fast. In addition, when my Wednesday night marathon training runs started getting longer I began grabbing McDonald's for dinner afterwards. In spite of this apparent fiasco I do not feel guilty about being a frequent McDonald's patron. When it comes to fast food, an Egg McMuffin is one of the best choices I could make. And on an even more positive note I've greatly mitigated the unhealthiness of my usual meal by switching from regular soda to diet. So even though on a superficial level it looks like I crashed and burned with respect to this resolution I couldn't care less. I'm in much better shape at the end of 2016 than I was at the beginning so there's no use stressing about such a small indulgence!
Resolution #3: Revamp dinners
Failure! The original intention of this resolution was to keep me from eating something outrageously unhealthy for dinner, like handfuls of Cheez-Its straight from the box. Even if I wasn't having something homemade for my evening meal I wanted to transition to "real food" and away from my destructive habit of heavy snacking. In that sense I suppose I've been somewhat successful, but not in the way I planned at the beginning of the year. I owe my weight loss over the last four months to Nutrisystem, but that also means that I've been relying on pre-made food for most of my dietary needs. I know I can't do that forever, though. Next month I'm going to evolve this resolution and add it to my list of goals for 2017 as I start cooking for myself again and working on some additional weight loss (and eventual weight maintenance). The diet struggle continues!
Resolution #4: Train for a marathon
Success! Tomorrow morning is my last training run of 2016, and my last long run (8 miles) before the Walt Disney World Marathon which is just nine days away! Holy cow! Next week I only have three very short runs on my calendar as I close out the taper portion of my training plan, and then I leave for Orlando on Friday. Believe it or not, I haven't missed a single training run (thank goodness for relatively good health), and I've actually overachieved on my required mileage due to the myriad of races I was signed up for this fall. I knew when I started this journey that it wouldn't be easy, so I am really proud of myself for following through. I can't believe how strong I feel right now! I don't expect the marathon next weekend to be easy, but I know I'm prepared and I can't wait to cross the start line. And then hopefully cross the finish line too!
See my post from earlier this month for details on Resolution #5 (Weight training/cross training) and Resolution #6 (Fit into my old clothes). Luckily for me these were two unexpected successes to close out 2016. Here's to an even more successful 2017!
New Year's Eve preparations
After yesterday's impassioned post you may have expected me to have a supremely productive day to make up for recent laziness. Unfortunately you'd be wrong, but I didn't stay in bed all day either. As usual, the truth is somewhere in between. I intended to spend a few hours at Disneyland this morning, but I slept in (again) instead. I don't consider it wasted time, though, since the holiday break is meant for catching up on sleep. After running a few errands I had an appointment at the DMV to renew my driver's license. I had to do it in person this time around so that was annoying. Luckily with the appointment I was done in about ten minutes. After I left I realized that I might not get my new license before it expires (on my birthday), which could complicate my upcoming trip to Orlando. Having an expired driver's license when I'm trying to fly back home to Los Angeles could cause a bit of a headache with TSA. Fortunately the solution is simply to bring my passport. Problem solved!
When I got home from the DMV I tackled some New Year's Eve preparations. Specifically, cookie baking! I promised to bring treats to a New Year's Eve party and I didn't want to leave making them until the last minute. So this afternoon I whipped up two different kinds of cookies – peanut butter blondies (because I still had a jar and a half of peanut butter left over from my Christmas cookies) and chocolate chip snickerdoodle bars (a holiday favorite). For the peanut butter blondies I started with this recipe from Averie Cooks and simply replaced the original mix-ins with a combination of semisweet chocolate and milk chocolate chips. (I had to sort through quite a few ancient bags of chocolate chips in my cabinet before finding some that weren't expired! That's a testament to my attempt to eat healthier over the last couple of years.) The jury is still out on these blondies so I'll give you the verdict in another post. For the chocolate chip snickerdoodles, I got the idea from Pinterest, but I based them on my own amazing snickerdoodle bar recipe. I simply added some mini chocolate chips to the dough before I baked them. I'll have to ask my friends what they think about them because I'm not immediately a fan. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I think the chocolate chips may have ruined the snickerdoodles! At this point I wish I hadn't tampered with such a perfect recipe, but I'll wait to pass final judgement until I get a few more opinions on New Year's Eve. Only two more days left in 2016!
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2015 resolutions revisited
Time to recap my 2015 resolutions before 2016 arrives! Happy New Year's Eve, everyone!
Resolution #1: Decide whether to train for a full marathon
I'm going to count this one as a win even though it required little to no effort on my part. After getting hurt during the Disney World Half Marathon in January I decided to postpone my full marathon attempt for another year. It took me almost two months of rest to recover and get back to running again, but it was worth it. I'm glad I didn't commit to marathon training this year because it allowed me to participate in quite a whole bunch of fall races that I otherwise would have had to skip. (I'm working on another post about that. My fall race schedule was insane!) Luckily I've been healthy for a majority of the year, and as of right now I am eagerly anticipating signing up for the Walt Disney World Marathon in January 2017. It will be the day before my 38th birthday so it seems like the perfect time to tackle such an ambitious feat. Registration opens in April and I'm nervous, but excited too! I've already put my marathon training plan on my calendar (purchased in Alaska this summer) that I'll hang on the wall in my cubicle in 2016. It's going to be a crazy year!
Resolution #2: Less screen time
If you'd asked me about this one halfway through the year I would have called it a win, but after that I started slipping back into old habits. Earlier this year I was turning off the television when I started getting ready for bed, but work/life/running stress caused me to go back to watching mindless TV at night. I know it has a negative impact on my sleep quality, but I just like the noise. With this in mind I want to try using a radio app like Pandora or iHeartRadio with a sleep timer on it instead. Also, I want to go back to turning off the television when I start getting ready for bed in favor of listening to podcasts or radio instead. I put blue light filters on my laptop and iPads at the beginning of the year because I was worried that my evening screen time was detrimental to my sleep, and I think it did help. However, I know that turning off all of the visual stimulation at night will be even more beneficial. Let's just hope I can stick with it this time!
Resolution #3: Wear a bikini
An unequivocal win! When I went to Hawaii in June there was no way I was going to leave without donning a bathing suit and swimming in the Pacific Ocean. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it since I'd put on a few pounds while I was recovering from my knee injury in the spring, but I still packed a bikini (newly purchased, of course, to replace the old suits I hadn't worn in years) in my suitcase and I was determined to wear it. Not just to fulfill some silly New Year's resolution, but also to prove that how I perceive my body won't stop me from having as much fun as possible. I want to get the most out of life, no matter what the number on the scale happens to be at any given time. That doesn't mean that I don't want to be healthy (and slim, if I'm honest), but that I refuse to allow my weight or my measurements to dictate my happiness. I'm 36 years old and finally starting to make this distinction! I still have a long way to go, but wearing a bikini this summer in Maui was the first step. And what better place than the incredible beachfront mansion with a private pool where my friends and I stayed? That's a vacation I'll not soon forget.
Resolution #4: Blog about events in a timely manner
I'm not quite sure which category to put this one in. It's a win in the sense that there are only a couple of major events from 2015 that I haven't written about yet, but the "timely manner" part of the resolution points towards failure instead. I still haven't posted about my amazing trip to Alaska! (Hopefully I can get that done before I have to go back to work on Monday. It's going to take a lot of effort on my part to not squander what remains of my free time during this holiday break.) Looking back, 2015 was an unbelievable year for me (which is obvious looking at my photo albums from races, vacations, and holidays), but I haven't done it justice in writing. It's a shame. Luckily January is historically my most productive month as far as blogging is concerned, so maybe I'll be caught up on my recaps before 2016 is too old. I can't promise that I'll be any more prompt with my documentation of my life in the coming year, but as always, I'll certainly try.
Resolution #5: Visit more states
This last resolution is definitely a win, but to a lesser extent than I original planned. There were a few obstacles that prevented me from adding more color to my "states visited" map in 2015. First of all, I only travelled to DC for work once this year. I wanted to take a side trip to Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont when I was on the East Coast, but I just didn't have the time required for such a venture during my business trip in July. I did have the opportunity to take a quick jaunt (more like a three-hour drive with all the traffic) to New Jersey on the last day of that trip, but it wasn't quite what I'd hoped it would be. It was still progress, though. Also, I was supposed to meet my family in Oregon in May, but fluid work obligations made that impossible. Maybe I'll be able to visit California's neighbor to the north sometime in 2016. On a positive note, the crowning glory of 2015 was our family vacation to Alaska in August. Denali National Park is such a breathtaking place and I loved every minute that we got to spend there. It was an absolutely incredible experience. More on that when I finally get around to writing a post about the trip. So as of the end of this year I've visited 35 of 50 states. Not bad when you think about it, but I still have 30% of the country to go. It's a good thing I already have plans for 2016!


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In an opinion and order issued on March 8, 2017, the Delaware bankruptcy court presiding over the chapter 11 cases of defunct telecommunications company Nortel Networks Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, "Nortel") held in In re Nortel Networks Inc., No. 09-10138 (KG) (Bankr. D. Del. Mar. 8, 2017), that a provision in a bond indenture obligating Nortel to pay legal fees charged by the indenture trustee's attorneys for defending their requested fees did not violate the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC, 135 S. Ct. 2158 (2015).
The court concluded that the terms of the indenture served as an exception to the "American Rule," which requires each litigant to pay its own attorneys' fees—win or lose—unless a statute or contract provides otherwise. In ASARCO, the Supreme Court ruled that "lawyers could not recover fees for defending their fees in [a] bankruptcy case" and that section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, which provides that a court may award reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered by professionals employed in a bankruptcy case, is not an exception to the rule because it does not mention "fees," a "prevailing party," and a "civil action."
The Nortel court concluded that the case before it satisfied the ASARCO standard and was distinguishable from In re Boomerang Tube, Inc., 548 B.R. 69 (Bankr. D. Del. 2016). In Boomerang, the official unsecured creditors' committee sought to retain attorneys under section 328 of the Bankruptcy Code, which authorizes a bankruptcy trustee or an official committee to retain professionals "on any reasonable terms and conditions." The retention agreement provided that the bankruptcy estate would bear the cost of fees charged by the attorneys for defending their fees. Citing ASARCO, the court refused to approve the fee defense provision. It ruled that section 328 "is not a 'specific and explicit' statute that authorizes the prevailing party to recover fees in an adversarial action."
The Boomerang court found that "the retention agreement was a contract, but that it was not a bilateral agreement, and that its terms were subject to the court's approval and modification." It accordingly held that "the retention agreement was not 'a contract between two parties providing that each will be responsible for the other's legal fees if it loses a dispute between them,' " but instead, "a contract between the creditors' committee and its attorneys providing that the estate, a third party, would pay the defense costs even if the estate was not the objecting party."
In Nortel, the court explained that, unlike in Boomerang, the indenture "provides for payment of the Indenture Trustees' and its attorneys' fees incurred in the fee dispute" because it "requires the Debtors . . . to indemnify the Indenture Trustee for 'costs and expenses of defending itself' " and "entitles the Indenture Trustee to exercise a charging lien against distributions to secure payment." Accordingly, the court ruled that the indenture "is clearly outside the circumstances of ASARCO and Boomerang [and the] . . . Indenture Trustee and its lawyers are therefore awarded their fees for the fee dispute."
The Nortel court also partially sustained the objection of two investment funds holding 90 percent of the bonds to a portion of the professional fees asserted by the indenture trustee's attorneys. The court disallowed as "unnecessary" approximately $914,000 of $8.1 million in fees requested by two law firms representing the indenture trustee.
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Software Engineer, Creative CommonsNathan Yergler is a software engineer for the Creative Commons. Yergler joined CC in July 2004 after pioneering the use of Python in the high school programming curriculum at Canterbury School. He lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and will receive a B.S. in computer science from IPFW in May, 2006.


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1. Cows eating with their heads in the downward "natural grazing position" produced 17% more saliva than those eating from an elevated surface. Additional salivation had a direct positive influence on the efficiency of rumen function. Overall digestion was significantly enhanced.
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-From a study by: Albright. J.L. and W.R. Stricklin, 1989. Recent developments in the provision for cattle welfare. In: C.J.C. Phillips (Ed.) New Techniques in Cattle Production. pp 149-161. Butterworths, London.
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Plans to implement a new online voting trial in the upcoming local body elections were scrapped last week due to a lack of confidence in the security processes of the program.
Associate Local Government Minister Louise Upston said there is real concern that the trial did not meet legislative requirements to "guarantee public confidence in the election results," as there had not been any extensive security testing so far.
The online voting trial was set to be used during the Wellington mayoral elections; and the cancellation of the trial has been heavily criticised by mayoral candidates Justin Lester and Nick Leggett.
Lester said the cancellations were "disappointing" and a "lost opportunity" for the council and the future of local body elections. Leggett echoed Lester's disappointment, saying the decision was a "baffling decision, and a "blow to democracy."
In their respective positions as Deputy Mayor of Wellington and and Mayor of Porirua, Lester and Leggett have supported the move from a postal vote to an online voting system for years, and both the Wellington City Council and Porirua City Council have worked hard to develop and trial e-voting systems.
Both Lester and Leggett were disappointed that the amount of work their councils have put in over the years were now wasted by this cancellation. For Legget, the online voting system was a way to cater to the student vote, saying it would benefit the "modern lifestyles," of millennials.
The current system in place is a postal vote, but after years of consistently low voter turnout the online voting trial was proposed in an attempt to increase turnout and involvement in local body politics. The proposed system was also seen as a way to make voting simpler, more accurate and less prone to errors.
Lester and Leggett want to see the Government continue its efforts to develop an online voting system, as trialing it at a local level would be a good step towards making online voting at the national level a reality.
To enrol to vote the old fashioned way, go to the Wellington City Council's website. Voting for the 2016 local body elections will run from September 16th to October 8th.


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Microsoft Summer Interns Party at Bill's
What's it like to have a job where you have regular roundtable discussions with executives and have a barbeque in the backyard of the richest man in the world?
Is it possible to work with a company that is so eager to invest in your ideas you feel that as big as you can dream they will back you up, and where your only grievance is that you are having such a great time, you almost forget that it's real work?
Just ask Nina Sundberg, who interned in the server and tools division of the systems management group at Microsoft.
"Even though I was just there for a short period of time, I felt like I had the opportunity to be as successful as I could be," Sundberg gushed of her summer 2003 experience.
After a half-year stint at Dell and three years at Amazon, Sundberg knew she was ready for something different. While completing her MBA, she interned at Microsoft for one summer before accepting a job with the same team for the fall. She's been there for three years since.
"I ended up with two opportunities to go to MSN [because of my Amazon experience] and one to stay in systems management. The reason I decided to stay in systems management was that it was emerging for Microsoft, but it was at enough of a critical mass that we weren't just a startup. I wanted to gain new experiences," Sundberg said.
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I remember when I found out I was having a daughter, I was thrilled… and I was worried. Like most women, I didn't need #MeToo to make me aware of every woman's experience. How do we keep our daughters safe in this world? How do we raise our sons to be good, respectful men?
I've put a lot of thought into how I raise my daughter and my son so that #MeToo won't be part of their experience. And I know, boy do I know, that I can do absolutely everything within my power and it can still go horribly wrong. But we have to try, right? Isn't that what parenting is? Pouring all our love and wisdom and hope into these little people knowing that they will make their own choices and live their own lives.
This is a hard post to write. I've deleted it three times. But it's important. We have to find ways to parent so we stop sexual harassment, assault and rape. So let me say this — I offer these strategies as a way to strengthen our daughters so that they can fend off unwanted sexual attention. It's not their job, they shouldn't have to and if they don't say a word, they still shouldn't be harassed, assaulted and raped. I know. I've lived it and I'm sure you have too. I'm not blaming anyone or saying that you should have used these strategies. The first unwanted sexual attention I received was when I was fourteen-years-old from two nineteen-year-old guys who worked at the summer camp I went to. I wish I'd said something, I wish I'd told someone. But I didn't and I don't blame myself. I was fourteen. I have nothing but compassion for the young woman I was and the experiences I had. None of it was my fault. It shouldn't have happened. But it did and unfortunately, it is still happening. And if #MeToo applies to you, none of it is your fault. I want to raise a son that never ever treats a woman the way many of us have been treated. I'm putting a lot of thought and energy into raising a good son. And because I know the world will not change overnight, I'm putting a lot of thought into raising a powerful daughter.
Here are five strategies I've been using to raise a son who will never disrespect a woman and a daughter who will scream and shout and raise hell the minute a man touches her where he shouldn't, or says something inappropriate.
My kids are still little — four and six — so the types of conversations we have are simpler than the conversations we'll be having when they are teenagers. But we are talking and we'll keep talking and hopefully, that will help.
1. Consent. I don't use the word consent but I do make sure my kids understand the concept. I often ask, "did you ask him/her if that was okay?" or "Did he/she say you were allowed to play with their toys/wear their shirt/etc?" I make sure they know that they need to ask each other and their friends for permission. When we are rough-housing or playing tickling, the minute one of them says stop, we stop. Even if they are laughing or joking — we teach them that their words have power and we respect their boundaries. When the kids are rough-housing, I set the expectation that they need to check in with each other and to speak up if they don't like something. I also never push them to hug anyone they don't want to and I teach them that their bodies are their own and they have control over them.
2. Speaking Up. I talk with my kids about speaking up and the importance of using your voice when you're feeling uncomfortable with something. Something that's happening to you or something that's happening to someone else. I want my kids to not only be safe and respectful of others but to be allies to those in trouble. So many of us were raised to not make others feel uncomfortable, even when they are making us feel uncomfortable. That has got to stop. I want my daughter to feel comfortable to speak up for herself and I want her voice to carry the power of a thousand women. Right now, she is a force to be reckoned with — she knows who she is and what she wants. It's my job not to quiet that powerful voice.
I teach my son to really listen to people, to stop when he hears 'no' or 'stop', to watch for non-verbal cues that someone is uncomfortable and pay attention to them. As my son grows up, I want him to be comfortable speaking out — to use his male privilege to stand up for a woman who may need his support if she is being harassed by men. Speaking up takes courage and I want my children to have courage, to be able to take care of themselves and others. When I notice them speaking up for themselves or others, I tell them how proud I am of them.
3. Be respectful of others and expect them to be respectful of you. I want my son to be respectful of women, to see them for people and not sex objects. I don't let him watch shows that are in any ways sexualizing or demeaning women (sadly, they exist, even at his age). I encourage his friendships with girls and I'm thrilled that he has a sister because this increases his ability to understand and respect women.
Our conversations will get more complex as my kids get older but right now, my kids know that they need to be kind, to listen to and respect one another and their friends. They also know to speak up or walk away and get help from an adult if someone isn't treating them well. We need to teach our kids to respect themselves and it starts with not putting up with bad behaviour from their friends, siblings or kids at school. The only woman I know who doesn't have a #MeToo experience grew up with a mother who drilled it into her daughters that they shouldn't put up with shit. Ever. It worked. When she told me that, I knew I needed to spend as much time teaching my kids to stand up for themselves as I spent teaching them to be kind to others.
4. Lead by example. Show your kids that you respect them by truly listening to them. Treat your kids well — help them set boundaries and respect their boundaries. Treat your spouse or co-parent well. Set and keep good boundaries. Do not put up with unwanted sexual attention or any situation that makes you uncomfortable. Your children watch everything you do and how you react to situations. You're teaching them how to live by the way you live. If you see someone in trouble, offer help. Speak up when you see something that isn't right. Then explain to your kids why you spoke up. We need each other. We need a world where we can see the good in people and where we can be our best selves. When we can show up and be our best selves, our kids will learn to be their best selves. I always tell my kids that people are good. I believe it. And I live it.
I wish we lived in a world where this post wasn't necessary but until we do, I hope you've found these ideas useful. What about you? Any thoughts on parenting our children so that #MeToo is a thing of the past?


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Luxuria Makes its Miami Debut at Miami Yacht Show
Global Boatworks Holdings, LLC, the premium builder of custom luxury floating vessels in the U.S., recently launched its newest luxury living craft, Luxuria (http://luxuriaonthewater.com/). The vessel is now set to be a star attraction at the Miami Yacht Show, which runs Thursday, February 15th – Monday, February 19, 2018.
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The Luxuria made a splash when it was featured on The CW's Morning Dose right before the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
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No Damage Whatsoever to the Vessel at Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center Global Boatworks Holdings (OTC PINK: GBBT) announced today that Luxuria, the Company's luxury living vessel moored at Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL sustained no...
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WFIU's featured composer for September is Louis Andriessen.
Born in 1939 in Holland, Andriessen's earliest teachers included his father, uncle, and brother, all of whom had prominent musical careers. He studied further with Luciano Berio after receiving first prize for his compositions. He began teaching at the Royal Conservatory in 1973, and gave guest lectures at schools such as Yale, the University of Buffalo (SUNY), and Princeton. He later joined the faculty of the Royal Conservatory playing an important role in developing the talent of the next generation of Dutch composers.
Early works by Andriessen show experimentation with various contemporary trends: post war serialism (Series, 1958), pastiche (Anachronie I, 1966-67), and tape (Il Duce, 1973). His reaction to what he perceived as the conservatism of much of the Dutch contemporary music scene quickly moved him to form a radically alternative musical aesthetic of his own. Since the early 1970s he has refused to write for conventional symphony orchestras and has instead written for his own idiosyncratic instrumental combinations.
Andriessen's mature music combines the influences of jazz, American minimalism, Igor Stravinsky, and Claude Vivier. His harmonic writing abandons the consonant modality of much minimalism, preferring post-war European dissonance, often combined into large blocks of sound.
WFIU will feature music composed by Louis Andriessen throughout the month of September.
View an interview with Louis Andriessen talking about his life and music with Naxos.


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EuroSonic, the largest musical festival to showcase Europe-only acts has finalized its line-up.»
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In the mountains that make up post-rock, Mono lie somewhere at their tallest peak. Yet, they often engender a confusing product; their music can be difficult to digest, distorted and delirious. But once it seeps inside the mind of the listener, much of the themes circling the melodies lack a decisive sway...»
Every song is comforting and discomforting at the same time. I am singing along unconsciously and probably loudly, because drinking usually raises my voice...»
I wonder if DJs use some sort of industry standard checklist in the studio to mark off everything required to produce a solid dance record. If so, the following is on said checklist...»
One recurring theme in history is that we never learn from it. Hegel proclaimed that The French Revolution marked the end of time, and since then things have been going in circles. If this is true, than Leeds' iLiKETRAiNS will never run out of themes to expand on...»
On the opening track of Okkervil River's fifth studio offering, The Stage Names, lead singer and general all-round frontman Will Sheff ponders if his pouring out of the toils of his life on record resembles that of a movie. Well, hard to say. Let us elaborate on that for moment...»
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Published at Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 - 05:49:15 AM. Worksheet. By Madelon Georges.
How to Make Teacher Worksheets in 5 Easy Steps. Worksheets are definitely the backbone to students learning and grasping concepts taught by the teacher. Making your own worksheets is easy, and it allows you to include just the right material that you want to be sure your students can learn and commit to memory. Here are instructions on how to make worksheets in five easy steps. The first thing you need to do is know the information that you want to include on your worksheet. Make yourself an outline of what you want included. You must then decide how you want to present the questions or puzzles to the students. Do you want to make it a word search puzzle with a secret message at the bottom of the worksheet to reinforce a lesson concept? Do you want it to be a multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank worksheet whereas students need to use their textbooks in order to answer the questions correctly?
Worksheets are Too Abstract, Young children are still in Piaget's Preoperational Stage, which means they need symbols to represent objects. These young children cannot think abstractly. For example, they need a ball in their hands to understand what a ball is. Seeing the word ball on a worksheet or sometimes even just a picture of a ball, means nothing to them. That's why hands on learning is best because it gives the child a symbol for their thinking. Related: Cognitive Development. Writing on Lines is Not Appropriate. A very popular type of worksheet for this age group is handwriting sheets where the child is expected to trace the letter. These are not developmentally appropriate for young children. Even though huge letters that take up the whole page may be annoying to most adults, it's normal for a child to write this way. Their fine motor skills are not refined enough to focus on tracing small letters. I know worksheets are the easy way to give a child something to do and easy to plan, but sometimes the best things in life are not easy. Happy Learning!.
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NEW YORK -- For nine seasons, Brook Lopez survived numerous coaches and teammates, played home games in three arenas and avoided getting traded several times.
Lopez finally was traded by the Nets last June for D'Angelo Russell and Friday the franchise's career scoring leader returns as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Nets used their first-round pick in 2008 to select Lopez out of Stanford. He began his career on the first team after Jason Kidd was traded, played two seasons in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., and was the leading scorer on a 70-loss team.
Lopez heard his name linked to various deals for Dwight Howard, who was then with the Orlando Magic, and was almost dealt to Oklahoma City for Reggie Jackson in 2015.
In 2017, he finally was traded on draft night for Russell, who was viewed as a disappointment in his two seasons with the Lakers and was cast off so Los Angeles could draft Lonzo Ball.
Ball is recovering from left knee soreness and won't play Friday night.
The question is how much will Lopez play on a night when he is certain to get a video tribute and rousing applause from fans.
Lopez, who is a free agent after this season, played eight minutes for the second straight game when the Lakers dropped a 127-105 decision on Wednesday at Orlando. He is averaging career lows of 11.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 20.6 minutes in his 42 games for Los Angeles.
The Lakers are 8-4 in their last 12 games after losing 11 of 12 from Dec. 12 to Jan. 5. Lopez is averaging 17.1 minutes in his last 14 games and has sat in the fourth quarter in 16 of his last 18 games, including Wednesday when he was visibly frustrated.
"I mean, especially on the court, I can be very visible, with my emotions," Lopez told reporters after practice Thursday. "So yeah, just trying to control myself, breathe a little bit, and just keep cool because it was an unfortunate game for us. Just watching it, it was tough to be out there. Just trying to get settled a little bit."
Regardless of how many minutes Lopez plays, the Lakers will be hoping to rebound from allowing 18 3-pointers in a game they trailed for the final 41-plus minutes.
"It was just garbage," Lakers forward Julius Randle told reporters. "Our effort and our focus wasn't there. That was it."
The ugly defensive display Wednesday occurred two nights after the Lakers saw a four-game win streak stopped by allowing 123 points in a 12-point loss at Toronto.
"We weren't committed to guarding anyone tonight," Lakers coach Luke Walton said.
Lopez is the Nets' scoring leader with 10,444 points. He also is the franchise leader in blocks (972) and field goals (4,044), and he would have overtaken Buck Williams for the lead in games played if not for several foot injuries. Instead, Lopez is second with 562 games and third in minutes played (18,118).
Brooklyn's end of the deal has experienced some bumpy moments as Russell missed two months recovering from left knee surgery. He is averaging 16.9 points this season and nine points since returning Jan. 19 vs. Miami.
The Nets are 3-3 in the six games that Russell has played since returning. He scored 32 points in his first five games before getting 22 in Wednesday's 116-108 home win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Russell is averaging about 16 minutes since returning and has not played more than 21 minutes since returning. He will continue to have his minutes monitored again Friday.
"I'm just trying to push my body," he said. "I'm not really focused on stats or numbers or anything like that, I just want to push my body to see how I feel and take what the defense gives me. Every game that's been my main focus."
In Russell's lengthy absence, Spencer Dinwiddie emerged as a production backcourt option. He scored 27 points on Wednesday and leads the team with 13 20-point games.
Wednesday's win occurred after the Nets dropped their previous three games by a combined 55 points.
"We've got guys with a lot of pride and they always seem to bounce back after a tough loss or a poor performance," Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson said.
While Lopez's numbers are significantly down, his best game of the season occurred in a 124-112 win over his former team on Nov. 3. Lopez scored a season-high 34 points on 13 of 23 from the field and made six 3-pointers. Russell finished with 17 points.


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Friday night was a kickass night. Went to a Matthew Sweet concert. Had good food beforehand. And when I got home, TCM was showing a bunch of Japanese sci-fi and horror movies. I caught Mothra and H-Man, which I had seen before, but was really excited at seeing they were showing Hausu later on. I recorded it, as I had heard good things about its insanity. I wasn't disappointed.
At its heart, the movie is about a group of girls who go to one of their aunt's house for vacation. The house is haunted and the girls are picked off one by one. Of course, that's a simple distillation and leaves out the important parts, like saying that whiskey is just a drink. Like that the movie really is bat shit insane. The best way to explain it is to say that its like a horror movie mixed with the Monkees and Evil Dead 2, or perhaps Dead Alive. There's just this energy and happiness that pervades the entire thing, even when people are getting eaten by pianos.
Maybe that has something to do with the dancing skeleton that pops up from time to time. Maybe it's because the girls are named after their traits, ie Gorgeous, Professor, Kung Fu, etc. Maybe it's the visual style, where almost every scene has a composited part. Hell, in one scene, the girls are standing in front of a background painting, which is in turn projected behind them.
It's a wild ride, to be sure, but one well worth taking, especially if you're bored with most haunted house movies now. Made in 1977, Hausu was way ahead of its time. Its wacky, its gonzo and really freaking awesome. Check it out.


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WRDA member Seb Morris revealed he is set to snub a return to the GP3 Series in 2016 and seek a sportscar ride in order to further his career. His mentor and near neighbour, Andy Meyrick has done well in enduros + had some great results!
The twenty-year-old Welsh revealed he has had various offers from the world of endurance and GT racing, citing the ridiculous costs of getting to Formula 1 for his reason on potentially turning his back on single-seater racing. Seb came to prominence after winning his first Championship with Ginetta in 2010 and became the 2011 Welsh Young Driver of the Year having been the youngest winner of a major Championship – Ginetta Juniors & 2010 Ginetta Winter Series!
Seb spoke at the Autosport show to The Chequered Flag. com .
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Interestingly at the same tinme, Ginetta revealed their latest racer, the G57!


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The Ghostbusters trailer was the stuff of beauty. That is if beauty meant horseshit or Jocelyn Wildenstein, after plastic surgery. No idea who that is? Me neither. Totally Googled "Worst celebrity plastic surgery disasters." Point is, it's shitty. So shitty, Bill Murray punctured his eyeballs and shot himself in the head ten times. Sadly, that dumpy piece of shit got a bajilion dislikes on YouTube. Should have gotten two-bajilion dislikes instead.
Also, enough with this feminism bullshit. Okay, before you start chasing me with pitchforks and giant dildos, I said feminism BULLSHIT, not feminism in general. I'm all for equality. I believe women are capable of much more than simply making sandwiches. They're also capable of cleaning dishes and giving blowjobs being CEOs and kicking ass. Yay female empowerment! But seriously, it's becoming more like a gimmick than anything else. An on the nose, shoved up your ass marketing ploy. Hollywood says, "THE NEW GHOSTBUSTERS IS MUST SEE!!" I ask why?? Hollywood says, "Because it has an ALL FEMALE CAST!" #Revolutionary #Mindfuckingblown
It doesn't just end here with Ghostbusters. Even the new Ocean's Eleven movie comes with an all-female cast in the name of feminism or empowerment or whatever. This isn't female empowerment. This is femaleridingonmalemadefranchise'sfame-ment. Enough. The Hunger Games and Wonder Woman are movies that empower females. The new Ghostbusters and Ocean's Eleven is that bitch who became CEO by sucking the founder's dick.
Anyway, based on the trailer and based on how much I hate feminism bullshit, I was 200% sure Ghostbusters was gonna turn out to be a dumpy piece of shit. Aaaannnnnnnd, I was wrong. Honestly, it's pretty decent stuff, bro. I know, some of you clicked on this expecting (maybe even hoping) for me to take diarrhoea dumps on it, talking about how I wished every single person who participated in the making of this movie die a thousand deaths and then burn in the deepest depths of hell and then be drowned in a pool of the devil's semen. But this isn't one of those reviews.
Unlike the original, Ghostbusters (2016) isn't a great movie, nor is it a very good movie. What it is, though, is an above average comedy that will keep you entertained throughout. There are moments in this movie where I burst out laughing, uncontrollably. I say moments because there are also many moments where things felt awkward and flat, but not horrible enough to cause me to mutilate myself.
The villain is your typical villainous villain who wants to destroy the world because of reasons that aren't very clear but I'm pretty sure it's cause most Hollywood scriptwriters have their heads stuck very high up their buttholes. I don't know what's his name, I don't know what his motives are, but in the end, he dies. If you think this is a spoiler, then you're probably a hobo or a stray cat who doesn't watch movies, particularly summer blockbusters. The good guys always win. The trick is to make the audience believe that there's a chance the good guys might lose. This isn't one of those movies. Of course it isn't.
But there are some very entertaining things to look forward to in Ghostbusters. Chris Hemsworth is in this movie, except this time he's exchanged his dope hair and powerful hammer for Ah Lian glasses and a brain the size of pigeon poo. He's stupid. Like covers his eyes instead of his ears when there's a loud noise, stupid. Every time he does something, I laugh. I laugh and laugh and keep on laughing till I begin to wonder if an actual human being is capable of being that stupid? Then I remember Donald Trump.
Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy are fine as well. In a movie that's funny here and there, these ladies are funny here and there. The standout though, is definitely Kate McKinnon. She's kinda like Gwen Stefani and Pink, except instead of singing, she invents stuff and kicks ass. She's ridiculous, but also hot at the same time. There's a scene in the end where this Gwen Stefani chick just goes full on Rambo on some ghosts with the Ghostbusters theme song playing in the background. AH.MA.ZING! Quite the boner-inducing stuff, except, about 20 seconds later, we have to listen to and watch the villainous villain say and do villainous stuff just because. And then there's something about jumping into a giant hole. I don't know. Who cares?
There isn't anything much to say about Ghostbusters. I didn't hate it; I didn't love it. It's just boleh lah. To be fair, I'm not the biggest Ghostbusters fan, so maybe I'm not nearly as disgusted as some of you might be.
Because of stupid Thor, the Gwen Stefani chick, and one of the best theme songs ever created, Ghostbusters is
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Manaslu is one of the eight-thousanders rising 8,163m/26,758 ft. above sea level and is considered as one of the most difficult mountains in the world to climb creating a challenge for the trekkers. Located in Gorkha district, the word 'Manaslu' is originated from the Sanskrit word "Manias" which means "Soul". The mountain is notorious for its steep pitches and knife-edged ridges that are completely open to the elements. The final ascent of the summit pyramid involves technical rock climbing.
The route to Manaslu Base Camp (4823m) involves a sustained period at altitude with some steep slopes, but rewards with powerful views of Manaslu (8163m) to the north. It was first climbed in 1952 by Sir Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu. Till now, more than 160 climbers climb the Mount Manaslu.
The approach to Manaslu Expedition is stunning with the long ridges and wide glacier valleys make for a possible approach from all directions. The peak towers steeply above the surrounding landscape. Normally, most of the climbers use the route of Northeast ridge to ascend to the summit, this is the standard fixed route. There are 6 different climbing routes on Mt. Manaslu. The South face is the most challenging. The standard route follows a relatively straight forward line to the summit, which has few technical sections. Normally, four camps are set up after Advanced Base Camp. However, some of the strong climbers do a summit push from camp three. From the Base Camp, climbers have to bear a few stretches of steep climbing and crevasses from Camp I to Camp II, slippery snow climbing is required from Camp II to Camp III and the possibility of facing avalanches from Camp III to Camp IV during the attempts. After the big avalanche in the spring of 2013, there are 3 to 4 sections in the icefall's where there are 3-5 meters long latter's in place.
You will be welcomed by a Great Nepal Representative at the airport and be transferred to your hotel. Your Great Nepal Representative will explain briefly about the travel itinerary. There will be a welcome dinner tonight where you will enjoy local cuisine and folk dance. Overnight stay in hotel
Shopping and Trek preparation day
Today we drive to Arughat which will take about 8-9 hours. The drive is divided to two parts. The first is to Dhading Besi, the district headquarter of Dhading district, this will take 4 hours. From there it's another 4 hours to Arughat. From there it's another 4 hours to Arughat and then another 1 hour to Sotikhola. Overnight stay at a guesthouse in Sotikhola.
Today we begin our trek. After we cross the river we trek through beautiful Sal forest before climbing onto a ridge above the rapids of the Budhi Gandaki. When we reach Khursane the trail meanders up and down past two stunning waterfall on the rocky trail clinging to the cliff. The trail then descends past rice terraces before ascending to the Gurung village of Labubesi. After further climbing the valley eventually opens up and the Budhi Gandaki meanders through a wide gravel river bed where we walk along to reach Machha Khola village. Overnight in Machha Khola
After crossing the Machhi River and Khrola besi we dome to a small hot spring called Tatopani (meaning hot water in Nepali). The trail then follows a heavily forested area toward Dovan. Below Dovan there are huge rapids on the Budi Gandaki. As we ascend leaving the rapids behind the scenery begins to dramatically change before arriving in Jagat. Overnight in Jagat.
Today we begin by trekking to Sirdibas via Salleri before continuing onto GhatteKhola then onto Philim which is a large Gurung village where we are introduced to Gurung culture. From here we walk past millet fields to Ekle Bhatti before entering a steep gorge before descending to cross the Budi Gandaki. As we continue the valley widens and we trek through bamboo forests before crossing the Deng Khola and reaching the tiny village of Deng. Overnight in Deng.
This morning it's a short walk as we cross the Budhi Gandaki and climb steeply to Rama (1910m). From here we walk on to Bhi through dense forest via Prok Village from where we see some magnificent views of Siringi Himal. From here we cross the Budi Gandaki several times and come across several Gompa's. The trail follows the river through dense forest and through a narrow gorge before opening for our last steep climb to reach Namrung. Overnight in Namrung.
From Namrung village we can experience great views of Siring, Ganesh Himal and Mt. Himal Chuli in the south. After climbing steadily through forest we reach Lihi, a beautiful village with many Chortens and barley terraces. From here the trail drops and crosses the side valley of Simnang Himal with Ganesh Himal always close by. Further along the trail we reach Sama village where we can experience extraordinary views of Mt Manaslu and explore the Ribung gompa. Today we finish in Samagaon where we spend the night.
Today we spend the day at Samagaon for rest and acclimatization. Here we can explore the Sherpa and Tibetan culture, the manimani stones and Buddhist scenes of the area. We hike up a hill near Sama village to an old Pungyen Gompa monastery where we have great views of the glacier. Overnight in Samagaon.
Early morning after breakfast we continue our walk to Manaslu Base Camp
Climbing period for Mt Manaslu. Accomodation on camp (B/L/D)
Trek back to Sama Goan after the Manaslu expedition, Camping
Retrace your trial back to Arughat, Lodge
Today we drive back to Kathmandu. Along the way we have the opportunity to enjoy the hill and mountain landscapes as we follow the banks of Trishuli Rivers. Here we can see beautiful villages and farming terraces before arriving in Kathmandu. Back in Kathmandu there is the opportunity for some last minute shopping. Tonight there will be a farewell dinner and time for us to recount the trip while enjoying traditional cuisine. Overnight in Kathmandu
Free Day (Rest Day) in Kathmandu, Hotel
Sadly your most memorable journey ends today. A Great Nepal representative will escort you to the airport 3 hours before your scheduled flight. On your way home you have plenty of time to think about your recent adventure and to plan your next wonderful adventure in Nepal.