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BERKELEY — Cal linebacker Zack Follett said he was in junior high school the last time he played a game that started at 9 a.m. on the West Coast. The Bears are doing whatever they can to make sure Saturday's game doesn't feel like junior high school again.
Cal visits Maryland on Saturday for a game that begins at noon Eastern time, 9 a.m. on the West Coast. The Bears aren't arriving in College Park until Friday afternoon, but coach Jeff Tedford has had his players spend the week setting up their sleeping patterns to get accustomed to the new time zone.
"We're going to start trying to get acclimated, get our body chemistry acclimated to the East coast," Tedford said. "We're going to get our body clock going a couple days early, to make sure that when we wake up, it's not anything new for us."
Tedford said he considered having the team travel on Thursday but was concerned about having a full day of down time. He also said, "I just don't think you need to fly there to get acclimated. I think you can acclimate yourself right here."
The Bears played a 9 a.m. game (Pacific) at Illinois in 2003, Tedford's second year at Cal. He said they took the same tactic then. Cal beat the Illini, 31-24.
"It's going to be an early game for us, so we'll definitely have to do something to get our bodies ready for it," Follett said. "We'll be ready for it. I don't think we should come out flat."
The Bears plan on flying early Friday morning and the players have been instructed to stay awake on the flight, so they will be tired and get to bed at a reasonable time.
"It's like playing a game at 9 in the morning. We're not exactly used to that," Cal wide receiver Sean Young said. "I think we'll rise to the occasion. We're going to get our body clocks right and be well rested throughout the week."
Running wild
Saturday's game will feature two of the top seven running backs in the country. Maryland's Da'Rel Scott is tied for fourth nationally in rushing (160 ypg) and Cal's Jahvid Best is ranked seventh (155.5 ypg).
The Bears defense already has shut down one of the nation's top runners, holding Michigan State's Javon Ringer to 81 yards in the season opener.
"(Scott) is a great back," Follett said. "He has the quickness to make you miss, the power to run you over and once he gets into the open field, he can be gone. We have to take this running back for real. I think he might be one of the best ones we face."
Best is coming off a 200-yard performance last week against Washington State, a game in which he had two touchdown runs of at least 80 yards.
"He's having an unbelievable year," Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said. "He's extremely fast and very explosive."
Extra points
Backup defensive lineman Kendrick Payne will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Thursday and is expected to miss two weeks. … Tedford said punter Bryan Anger (knee) was a little sore after Saturday's win over Washington State. Anger has rested most of this week but is expected to play against the Terps. … Cornerback Syd'Quan Thompson is tied for the national lead with three interceptions. …This is Cal's first game against Maryland in school history.
— Jonathan Okanes


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Pink Leopard Purse
Petite Quilted Purse in Pink Leopard Print, originally uploaded by Pat aka MountainsideCrochet aka Wednesday Elf.
One of the world's most elusive cats, the clouded leopard, was caught on film in Indonesia.
The Sundaland clouded leopard is a rare species.
Look at this gorgeous creature. Leopards are so beautiful.


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Recognizing the need to increase resources for homeland security in southern Nevada, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Tuesday voted in favor of an amendment that will boost funding for the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program, which includes the Las Vegas Valley.
"The federal dollars provided under this grant program will help to safeguard Valley families and the more than 30 million visitors who flock to Las Vegas each year from around the globe," said Berkley, who fought last year to ensure that Las Vegas was eligible for UASI grant funding after the Bush administration mistakenly removed southern Nevada from the list of urban areas included in the program.
"Unlike many other communities, southern Nevada's first responders are responsible for the safety of local residents and huge numbers of tourists. Our popularity as a global destination presents unique challenges for our first responders and requires that we provide additional resources to help them get the job done. As a community, we stand to see an increase in homeland security dollars as a result of this amendment and I am pleased that my colleagues joined me in adding more resources for this critical public safety program."
The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) is designed to help enhance overall homeland security in southern Nevada and other urban areas nationwide and to ensure they are prepared to respond or recover from acts of terrorism. The program provided $7.75 million for homeland security efforts in southern Nevada last year.
"Increased investment in the UASI program will mean that first responders in the nation's highest-threat areas, including Las Vegas, will have more of the critical funding they need to keep our country safe and secure," said Berkley.
The Berkley-backed provision, which is included in this year's homeland security funding package, increases the amount available for UASI grants from $800 million to $850 million. The additional $50 million will be used to aid local law enforcement in its on-going effort to protect against and prepare for any terrorist attack. The amount represents an $80 million increase over last year's funding level.
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It started on Sunday, as rising high school seniors from across the state gathered at Jackson's Mill for the annual Boys State program, a one-week intensive look at the political process by simulating a state government. And it starts at the very beginning, with two parties, Federalist and Nationalist, randomly assigned to the students, developing their own platforms.
"The Federalist Party has a solid five-point platform in which we plan to bring fair government, transparency of government, increase education spending, and all-in-all, just approve Boys State and Nation," said Federalist candidate for governor Ankur Kumar.
Kumar and his opponent Eric Finch of the Nationalist Party, will face off in a general election Tuesday night, while the rest of the state is having municipal elections of their own. Organizers said they want the Boys State elections to be a lesson to the students on campus to bring back to the rest of their peers.
"Because they're the leaders, they're going back into the communities, back into their schools, their scout troops, their church youth groups and so forth, and taking this message of leadership and patriotism and good government back to their peers," said Steve Sluss, political coordinator for Boys State.
And the students know there's a lot for them to gain. As a candidate for Boys State Governor for the Nationalist Party, Finch is invested in winning the position, but regardless of how the election turns out, he hopes to take what he learned and better both Boys State, and the state of West Virginia.
"I hope for myself to gain more leadership skills, and maybe get more of an insight into the political world, and for the party and for the whole camp, I just hope to advocate to the best of my abilities anything they support," said Finch.
Finch and Kumar, as well as most other candidates for office, will face off in a general election Tuesday night.


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Former beauty queen accused of making and distributing child porn
A FORMER beauty queen has appeared in court accused of making and distributing child porn.
Former Mrs. Orange County Meghan Breanna Alt denies charges of possessing child pornography and lew and lascivious act with a minor.
The 25-year-old was arrested in connection with creating and distributing child porn images of a four-year-old girl to a southern California marine, according to reports.
Alt was arrested on October 8 in San Diego county and reportedly confessed to sending images of the girl for money during a police interview.
But she pleaded not guilty to the charges, the Orange County District Attorney's office said.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) reportedly learned about the child pornography, prompting a police investigation.
Investigators suspect the advertised herself on the Craiglist website and posted ads that resulted in sex for money, it has been claimed.
Alt won the title of Mrs Orange County in 2014 and competed in the Mrs California 2014 pageant.
Officers said Alt was involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in San Clemente, California, and volunteered at a childcare facility there.
But church officials said she did not have contact with children.
Alt was released on $100,000 (£64,000) police bail.
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New York, NY
1st Floor, Decorative Arts Gallery
On view are several hundred masterworks in silver--necklaces, bracelets, earrings, concha belts, collar points, and larger items such as horse bridles. The pieces, mainly Navajo, are of different types and from several periods. Organized as a traveling exhibition by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from its Doneghy collection.


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Hong Kong: One country, no democracy
The Economist, Jun 28th 2007
If only Hong Kong were allowed to show China the way politically as it has economically
WHEN China took back sovereignty over Hong Kong ten years ago, it promised to preserve its unique "way of life". The imaginative formula for doing this had two parts. The first was "one country, two systems"—ie, Hong Kong would still be capitalist, while China would pretend, ever less convincingly, to be socialist. The other was "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong". As China's leaders descend on Hong Kong this weekend for tenth-anniversary fireworks and self-congratulation, the place is booming and has changed far less in ten years than has almost any other city in China (see our special report). Its capitalist system is largely intact. But on its commitment to let Hong Kong people run Hong Kong, China has flouted its promise of autonomy in everything apart from foreign affairs and defence. This is a potential disaster for Hong Kong, and a missed opportunity for China.
China has ensured that elections to Hong Kong's legislature, and those for the "chief executive"—the successor to Britain's colonial governors—are elaborately rigged in favour of "pro-China" candidates. Pointing to Hong Kong's success as an undemocratic British colony, and its continued success as a slightly less undemocratic "special administrative region" of China, the Communist Party can argue that this shows it was right to deny Hong Kong full democracy. That is nonsense.
It is true that, to its shame, Britain never bestowed democracy on Hong Kong. But it did endow it with strong institutions such as an independent judiciary and a free press. They are crucial to Hong Kong's standing as a truly global city. They have survived the past ten years better than many feared. But both have suffered some erosion. Worse is to come unless Hong Kong has a government with the legitimacy to defend them. And that requires a proper democratic mandate.
Curiously, many of those businessmen in Hong Kong who used to argue that full democracy would serve only to destabilise the place and make China cross have become converts to democracy, despite the flourishing economy. They realise that the present constitutional muddle simply does not work: the lack of democratic legitimacy leads to a constant search for an elusive consensus and indecisive government.
The Hong Kong model
There is another reason why democracy in Hong Kong should be welcomed by the government in Beijing: Hong Kong could serve as a laboratory for political change on the mainland, as it earlier served as an economic model.
A crucial element of the reforms unleashed in China by Deng Xiaoping nearly 30 years ago was the recognition that Hong Kong had much to offer China. He saw how much its entrepreneurial people and their capital could do for the mainland; and he copied some of its economic freedoms. Often judged the world's freest economy, Hong Kong is not a bad model. The Pearl River Delta—Hong Kong's hinterland—became China's fastest-growing region.
Hong Kong could now play a similar role in politics, where the Communist Party is again toying with the idea of reform (see article). China remains a viciously repressive dictatorship, where any weakness of the central government is compensated by the even more arbitrary exercise of power by local authorities. But people are immeasurably freer now than they were 30 years ago.
Every year sees tens of thousands of protests—many by peasants over official land grabs. But the new property-owning, shareholding middle classes are also restive. None of this, so far, amounts to a challenge to Communist Party rule. But it does suggest that the instability the party fears may come. Hong Kong would be a good place to try an alternative way of dealing with dissent. On Sunday, after the fireworks have fizzled and China's and Hong Kong's leaders have told each other how well they are doing, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers will take to the streets to demand their democratic rights. It is fair to predict that they will do so without violence and with considerable good humour. They should be cheered on by everybody who wishes China well.
Hong Kong: The resilience of freedom
The Economist, Jun 28th 2007
After ten years of Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong's economy is thriving. But politics, says Simon Long (interviewed here), remains a one-horse race
THE torrential rain that fell on Britain's end-of-empire parade on the night of June 30th 1997 conjured up apocalyptic visions of the future of Hong Kong. Prince Charles bequeathed a sodden city to Jiang Zemin, China's president, and left on board his yacht with Chris (now Lord) Patten, the last British governor. That very night the city's new masters swore in a new "provisional" legislature appointed to replace one elected under British rule. Television cameramen flocked to the territory's borders with China to film the arrival of the People's Liberation Army. It proved to be almost the last chance to see those soldiers in Hong Kong: they disappeared into their barracks. There were no round-ups of degenerates, dissidents or democrats, and no newspaper closures.
It is tempting to argue that Hong Kong has changed China more than the other way round, as this newspaper and others forecast in 1997. Certainly China has changed the more, though Hong Kong's role in this—compared with, for example, the dynamic momentum of China's internal reforms, and the country's accession to the World Trade Organisation—is debatable. Yet as Hong Kong and China celebrate the tenth anniversary of their reunion, their self-congratulation seems justified. An experiment without historic precedent, the transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty while keeping its unique way of life, has come off—so far.
What has not changed in the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" (SAR) of China is more obvious than what has. The city streets still hum to the rhythm of commerce. The skyline remains one of the glories of urban ambition. Even the grumbles are unchanged. The harbour—the reason this "barren rock" became a metropolis—continues to shrink as Hong Kong island reverts to the mainland through reclamation.
The red flag of China flutters over Government House, Lord Patten's former home, and government offices are adorned with China's state insignia. But the street names still celebrate former colonial governors—Des Voeux, Robinson, Nathan, Bonham (though, for the foreseeable future, a Patten Boulevard seems unlikely). And servants of the colonial regime still play important roles under the new dispensation. Donald Tsang, Hong Kong's chief executive, the successor to the governor, was formerly a senior member of Lord Patten's administration.
Drastic changes, however, were never likely. The 1997 handover was part of a process rather than a life-changing event. The largest part of Hong Kong's land area, the New Territories, had been Britain's under a 99-year lease granted in 1898. China never recognised that agreement, nor indeed the treaties ceding Hong Kong island and Kowloon in perpetuity. But the expiry of the lease presented practical difficulties, such as over land tenure, so China agreed to negotiations with Britain that led to the two countries' 1984 "Joint Declaration", confirming Hong Kong's reversion to China at the end of the lease.
Unusually, then, the change of sovereignty was preceded by a long planning period. Unprecedentedly, China also agreed that the transfer would happen on the basis of "one country, two systems". Until 2047 Hong Kong would keep its own economic and political system and enjoy autonomy in everything except foreign affairs, defence and national security. This was an extraordinary concession for a proud, resurgent nation. It reflected the vision of Deng Xiaoping, who was in the process of opening China up from the autarkic blind alley of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. No Chinese leader since has enjoyed the popularity of Deng in those early years. Many in Hong Kong say that the anniversary the island should be celebrating is not this year's but the one coming up in December next year: the 30th anniversary of the Communist Party plenum that marked the Deng restoration.
Even so, there were reasonable doubts about whether "one country, two systems" could work. The whole point of Hong Kong, both for the people living there and the foreigners doing business with it, was that it was not quite China. It was a place of refugees, "a Chinese colony that happen[ed] to be run by Britain", according to its historian, Frank Welsh. By 1997 it had become a prosperous, service-oriented economy and a sophisticated, cosmopolitan society. China was a poor agricultural nation in the throes of the world's fastest industrial revolution.
Hong Kong had been a colony with only limited self-rule. But Lord Patten and others like to point to the observation of the late Samuel Finer, a famous historian of government, that Hong Kong's was a unique political system: undemocratic but free. China was, and remains, undemocratic and unfree. Optimism in the late 1980s that its opening-up might include political liberalisation was crushed by the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 3rd-4th 1989. For a generation in Hong Kong, that was a defining moment. But 18 years have passed, and for today's bright, otherwise well-informed and sophisticated 17-year-olds mention of it rings only distant bells.
That is not surprising. The biggest challenges Hong Kong has faced in those 17-year-olds' lifetime have stemmed not from Chinese repression but from Asia's 1997 financial crisis, the bursting of the dotcom bubble, and epidemics of bird flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Hong Kong weathered those storms. The economy has just enjoyed its best three years for two decades. As open and free as any in the world, it has proved its flexibility and resilience.
This report will argue that, with some important lapses, China has kept its promises, and "one country, two systems" is working better than many expected. But its continued success is jeopardised by the failure to tackle the big unresolved issue left at the handover: the establishment of an accountable government checked and balanced by a representative legislature. Hong Kong will never sit comfortably in China as long as its politics is a battle between two camps, one labelled "pro-Beijing" and the other "pro-democracy".
To the relief of Britain and China, Hong Kong has been largely absent from world headlines in the past turbulent decade. But it has not been without its drama. Besides the unforeseen financial and health crises, there was, in effect, a mass uprising four years ago, in protest at an "anti-subversion law" that China wanted Hong Kong's government to introduce. Seeing their civil liberties threatened, Hong Kong's people took to the streets and won a deferral of the law. Their political freedoms, too, are proving resilient.
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text: Fishy the game is very similar to our other popular fishing game "Fish Tales". You are the fish navigating your way through the ocean, trying not to get eaten by the bigger fish, but trying to eat the small fish so you grow. Always be sure to eat fish that are smaller than you and beware getting close to the big fish. Use the arrow keys to navigate the ocean and see how long you can survive.


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Allows you to use the "Scale" custom action. Changes Sonic's size.
— Description, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)[1]
The Purple Gem (パープルジェム Pāpuru Jemu?) is an optional Level Up Item for Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and is one of the seven customized Gems that can be obtained in the game.
The Purple Gem is a purple emerald cut gem, similar to a Sol Emerald that can be equipped on Sonic's Custom Shoes. When used, it allows Sonic to perform Scale, which shrinks him down in size and allows him to jump without limit.
While having set Sonic's Custom Shoes to utilize the Purple Gem's ability, the Purple Gem changes the appearance of the Custom Shoes into a purple pair of shoes resembling Sonic's Hi-Speed Shoes.
In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), the Purple Gem becomes available at the local shop, once the player clears Sonic's version of Kingdom Valley in the main story. It can then be bought for 14,000 Rings.
- The Purple Gem is the most expensive Gem in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
- The Purple Gem can be used to skip certain playable characters, like Tails in Wave Ocean, and Silver in Kingdom Valley.
- It is possible to "zoom out" the camera by activating and deactivating the Purple Gem. The camera will get stuck where it is until the player stops activating and deactivating it.
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ATLANTA - The state Board of Education has approved waivers to allow gifted eighth-graders taking high school math classes this year to have their work count toward graduation.
The state already permits middle school students to take high school courses that count toward graduation. Waivers were needed because of new curriculum and graduation rules.
The waivers approved Thursday benefit high-achieving students in 21 school systems, including the Oconee County School System.
The state is replacing traditional math courses with classes that integrate multiple math concepts into single courses.
The old high school math classes are the only courses available this year.
The graduation rule that begins with this year's eighth-graders requires them to take the new math classes. Without the waivers, some students' work would not have counted.
In addition to Oconee County, the systems affected are Appling County, Bulloch County, Cherokee County, Clayton County, Columbia County, DeKalb County, Dougherty County, City of Dublin, Floyd County, Fulton County, City of Gainesville, Hall County, Henry County, Houston County, Liberty County, McIntosh County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Union County and Wilkes County.
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CD Music recording
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- Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Fort Wayne, IN : Blue Vision Music, [2002]
Content descriptions
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| Songs written or adapted by James Coffey.
Compact disc.
Lyrics printed on insert in container.
|Formatted Contents Note:
| My mama was a train -- What do you hear? -- That little red caboose behind the train -- Nine hundred miles -- Counting those railroad cars -- Old engine no. 9 -- Build a bridge -- Rock Island line -- Wabash cannonball -- New River train -- I'm a train -- Casey Jones -- Down by the station -- Little red caboose -- Workin' in the railway yard.
|Participant or Performer Note:
| James Coffey; with acc. musicians.
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Ever wonder what it would be like to live in the 1880s?
Our tour highlights the comparisons between a modern home and the pioneer Homestead. See if you can guess which rooms are missing.
How would you manage without mains water, hot water, electricity, phone, car and many other conveniences we take for granted today.
As the Tour progresses around the property, you will walk through the beautiful gardens set in lawns with stunning trees including a magnificent 100+ year old oak.
The Tour also includes the 1920's St Marys Chapel, Historic Kitchen, Home Dairy, Blacksmiths and Vintage Machinery shed.
After your guided tour you are welcome to explore our extensive Museum and gardens or visit Monty's Tearoom where you can enjoy a Devonshire Tea, Barista Coffee, a cup of Tea or a light Lunch. Monty's guests are invited to relax and enjoy good old-fashioned service, a stylish Art Deco ambience and spectacular views! Monty's Tearoom is open every day from 10am to 4pm EXCEPT Monday and Tuesday. For Bookings please Phone Sheryl 03 5964 4519
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Come and explore the many delights of Mont De Lancey Historic Homestead. We are located an hours drive from Melbourne in the stunning Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It is an excellent destination for a day trip. We are open 10am to 4pm every day EXCEPT Monday and Tuesday.
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Bring family and friends and experience the ways of YesterYear & Lost Trades. A fun day with working displays including: Draught Horses ploughing the fields, Vintage Machinery running up a huge head of steam, Blacksmiths firing up the forges to make horse shoes, Woodturners making a range of beautiful timber objects, Working dogs rounding up sheep, Creative chainsaw carving, PLUS much more. A great destination for a day trip, just an hours drive from Melbourne.
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Don't you just love baby animals? This story is so cute. Gladys the 8-week-old baby gorilla is being raised by zoo workers in gorilla costumes! Gladys was rejected by her mom, so the Cincinnati zoo is giving her a new family. The zoo workers take turns wearing a gorilla costume, as they give Gladys love and train her for the wild. Hopefully she will be adopted by one of the zoo's other gorillas and live a happy gorilla life.
For a slightly different take, here's WCPO's version of the story.
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'It's like buying ski gear in summer'
"I'm a bit of a travel nut," says mum of three Jeanette Coughlan, explaining why she books holidays a year in advance.
"The family dynamic changes on holiday. You're in charge at home, but you're a different mammy abroad. The kids pick up on that and it's a family team, shopping and whatever." With three children, Jeanette - who is a member of TravelCounsellors.ie in Kildare which personally tailors trips - says it's challenging to find accommodation. "Holidays are booked for families of four, so five is a nightmare, that's why I plan so far in advance. I like to book my next holiday when I return from one."
In 2017, the family is off to Canada so even more planning is needed. "I have the bones of it booked but it's a bit like buying ski gear in summer - it's strange. I'm really passionate about holidays but I always have my insurance in place in case something goes wrong."
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Seth calls at 10:00 - Teresa is already gone. Iiiiiiiinteresting.
He grills me for a while about what I'm doing tomorrow, but I refuse to tell him.
"I'm a woman of many mysteries."
"Since when?"
"It's this new thing I'm trying. Being mysterious and captivating. I saw it on a perfume box, thought it sounded like a good idea." I stretch out on my bed. There used to be lots of times I would fall asleep talking to him, but not as much anymore.
I can hear him throwing that stupid racquetball at the ceiling as he tells me that the last thing I will ever be is mysterious. "You're an open book Cord." He tells me he saw me talking to Chris on Sunday and asks if we're seeing each other again.
A little part of me is excited that he was paying attention. Totally ignoring me and yet watching me when I wasn't looking. YES. Junior high is awesome. I tell him all about how Chris decided he's ok with being friends and going out sometimes, but that we don't have any specific plans for tomorrow. He asks if it'll be awkward - being friends with Chris when he's still into me.
I try not to groan, because does he even realize what he's just said? "I guess he's not anymore. Apparently I'm very easy to get over."
"I kinda doubt that."
I take a moment for an internal awwwwwww, which he interrupts with an exasperated noise. "I can't believe you won't tell me."
"See? Mysterious and captivating."
I'm half convinced that he's gonna show up here tonight to see what I'm doing. He'll just happen to need to drop something off or something, mark my words. He can't stand not knowing everything, all the time.
I'm tempted to call Chris or some other random guy to come over. I'm kind of insanely tempted to teach Seth a lesson. I want him to be jealous and scared to lose me and I want him to break up with Teresa. That's it. That's all I want. That one teeny, tiny thing. (Although technically I guess that's three things. Whatever.)
Hey guys... Just an fyi, my blog makes a lot more sense if you start reading it from the beginning.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Director of Pennsylvania's Frick Art and Historical Center to Retire
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Sinéad Vilbar has been appointed curator of Japanese and Korean art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Vilbar is currently assistant curator in the department of Asian art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she has worked since 2008. She succeeds Seunghye Sun, who held the post for one year before returning to Korea, reports Steven Litt of the Plain Dealer. Said Vilbar: "It's very exciting for me. Cleveland has a super collection. In my area of specialization, which is Buddhist art, the collection is tremendous."
Dieter Fenkart-Froeschl has been named chief operating officer of the San Diego Museum of Art, reports James Chute of U-T San Diego. Fenkart-Froeschl previously acted as director of the division of institutional advancement at the American Museum of Natural History. He replaces Reed Vickerman, who left the museum to assume the position of chief operating officer at nonprofit Everyone Counts. Said director Roxana Velásquez: "Dieter was far and away the most exceptional choice. The museum is experiencing significant growth with increased staff and expanded exhibitions, programming, and events. Dieter's career focus and success managing not-for-profit organizations make him a critical addition to our executive team and to the continued growth of the institution."
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit has received $50,000 from the GM Foundation. The gift is intended to fund new art education programs in the area for middle and high school students. Said museum director Elysia Borowy-Reeder: "Our new youth programs are designed to inspire and empower teens while providing an exciting introduction to creative careers. We thank the GM Foundation for this generous grant and for making contemporary art and design more accessible to middle and high school students in metro Detroit." In the last three years, the GM foundation has given more than $23.2 million to Detroit-based cultural institutions and nonprofits.
3rd Ward, the art, design, and educational workspace with sites in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, will close, reports Melena Ryzik of the New York Times. The company's management and board were not able to negotiate with investors to raise $1.5 million needed for the operating costs for both spaces. According to coowner Jason Goodman, the expansion to the Philadelphia outpost was a necessary measure, but ultimately contributed to the financial troubles of the business. A crowd-sourced investment campaign only garnered $375,000 of the required sum to keep the workspace's doors open. Launched in 2006, 3rd Ward had envisioned creating a space where a community of artists and entrepreneurs could meet and work.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has announced the appointment of Roxana Marcoci as its senior curator of the museum's department of photography. Marcoci joined the museum in 1999 as an assistant to the department of painting and sculpture. In 2003, she was appointed assistant curator to the museum's department of photography, subsequently being promoted in 2007 as curator. Marcoci during her fourteen years at the institution has organized various exhibitions, including "Thomas Demand," 2005, "Take your time: Olafur Eliasson," 2008 (which she cocurated with Klaus Biesenbach), "The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today," 2010, "The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook," 2012, and most recently "New Photography 2013," 2013-14. Marcoci also currently chairs MoMA's Modern Women's Fund committee and the Central and Eastern European group of the Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives in a Global Age (C-MAP) program at the museum.
The Tate, London, has announced the appointment of Kerstin Mogull as its managing director. Previously the chief operating officer at BBC Future Media and Technology, Mogull is currently the director of strategy at Clear Channel International. Her experiences include planning online initiatives and establishing global partnerships through the use of new digital technologies. Mogull was selected through an open competition led by a panel of Tate trustees headed by Lord Browne. She begins her new post in January 2014, filling a role previously occupied by Alex Beard, who went on to work as CEO of the Royal Opera House. Tate director Nicholas Serota said of Mogull's appointment: "Kerstin's experience in developing policy at a major public broadcaster, coupled with her knowledge of developing media, will bring new strengths to Tate as we move further into the digital age. I am delighted that she has chosen to return to the public sector and am very much looking forward to working with her as part of a strong senior team at Tate."
The curatorial panel for the 2013 Sobey Art Award has announced that Ontario-based artist Duane Linklater has won its annual prize. The $50,000 award, which is funded by Canada's Sobey Art Foundation, is given to an artist below the age of forty who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within eighteen months of being nominated. This year's nominees also included artists Tamara Henderson, Pascal Grandmaison, Mark Clintberg, and Isabelle Pauwels. Linklater received his BA from the University of Alberta and his MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. His work includes video, film installation, performance, and sculpture, and has been exhibited in Vancouver, Alberta, Toronto, Chicago, and New York.
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has awarded sixteen arts organizations at the start-up level with its second round of SEED grantsunrestricted funds for operating that enable recipients to build programming to ensure growth. Each award winner has been selected through an anonymous nomination process in partnership with local cultural leaders, and each will receive thirty thousand dollars over three years. Winners range from Sugar City in Buffalo, New Yorkan organization seeking to promote an alternative arts community through regional eventsto Cattle Track Arts and Preservation in Phoenix, Arizonaa desert-based community of artists who live and work together. Said executive director of the foundation Christy MacLear: "Young institutions have a whole host of hurdles to clear simply to begin the process of raising money. We hope to reach promising start-ups earlier than that, both to acknowledge their initial accomplishments and to ensure their longevity." For a full list of winners, click here.
Canada's minister of foreign affairs, Lynne Yelich, has hailed the release of filmmaker John Greyson from an Egyptian prison with a statement released on a government website Saturday night, according to Radio-Canada. "Canada applauds the decision to free Tarek Loubani and John Greyson," wrote the minister. "I rejoice at the prospect of seeing Loubani and Greyson reuniting with their families and friends, who have all shown much courage throughout this ordeal."
Yelich also expressed "gratitude" to Egyptian authorities and commended them for allowing "regular consular access" to both Canadians while they were detained. As artforum.com reported earlier this month, Greyson and Loubani were detained by Egyptian police, who accused them of being members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Their reports on the conditions of their detention can be found here.
When news broke last year that Berlin's Gemäldegalerie intended to remove its collection of works by old masters to make way for twentieth-century art, the decision provoked public outcry; ultimately, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation changed course, announcing plans instead to house the newer artworks in an edifice that would be added to the group of buildings making up the Kulturforum. Now, Hermann Parzinger, the foundation's head, has penned a column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung laying out some of his thoughts on the new building, which he says is necessary due to both urban-planning and financial considerations.
In his article, Parzinger expresses discomfort with the current plans, noting that "Museum Island is unfinished as a place of artistic and cultural development" and that the original plan to move the Gemäldegalerie's collection to Museum Island would have brought it into close proximity with other significant collections, uniting painting and sculpture. Yet, given the necessity for a new building, Parzinger insists that the museum's location be thoroughly considered, noting that "every new construction project at the Kulturforum will be inevitably and fatefully linked to its [possible role as a] solution to the site's urban problems." Calling the Kulturforum an area full of "unfinished visions, rejected plans, and failed solutions," Parzinger says that a well-planned new museum could bring hope to the site, acting as a corrective to "previous planning errors." He argues for the new building to be constructed on Sigismund Street, due to its proximity to the Mies Van Der Rohe–designed Neue Nationalgalerie.
Will balloon dogs be next for Moscow's Jewish Museum? According to the Art Newspaper's Sophia Kishkovsky, the museum—which occupies the space that formerly housed Dasha Zhukova's Garage Center for Contemporary Culture—has decided to include contemporary art in its programming, as part of "a bid to broaden its audience." Alexander Boroda, the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (which oversees the Jewish Museum) hopes that contemporary art will draw in younger viewers in particular.
While he did not disclose details about future shows, Boroda did note that its contemporary exhibitions would not be limited to Jewish themes, but would have a philosophical bent. "We see that [contemporary art] is very much in demand, and we also want to be in demand in those spheres that are interesting to contemporary people," he said, but distanced the museum's new focus from Zhukova's project, adding, "The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture has moved, and their entire ideology has moved as well." The museum's first contemporary-art show, "Foreigners Everywhere," includes works by Marina Abramović and Ulay, Joseph Beuys, and Taryn Simon. The exhibition is open until November 4.


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Song Triplets Attend First Baseball Game With Their Dad Song Il Gook
The Song triplets have grown in so many ways since we last saw them on The Return of Superman!
On May 26, Song Il Gook posted on his Instagram a picture of himself with his three sons, Daehan, Minguk, and Manse at a baseball game.
In the caption, he wrote that they were at the SK Wyverns home game to support the triplets mother, who was singing the national anthem as part of a choir.
The actor also noted that this was the first time the triplets had gone to a baseball game with their dad. Although Daehan and Manse look excited to be there, Minguk looks like hes still reserving judgment on the experience.


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- Based on Tata Aria's platform, it is the first Tata SUV to be made with inputs from Land Rover
- Tata Hexa will house a 2.2-litre, 4-cylinder VARICOR 400 diesel engine under the hood, which will be paired to a 6-speed manual. A 6-speed automatic gearbox may be offered as an option
- It will also get a 'Drive mode selector' that offers 4 driving modes, namely, Dynamic, Comfort, Automatic and Rough-Road
- The upcoming Tata SUV will compete against Mahindra XUV500, Renault Duster, Nissan Terrano, etc.
Tata Nexon
- Tata's upcoming Nexon compact SUV sports a design seemingly inspired by the Land Rover Evoque
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- It will share engine options with the Tata Zica, a 1.2-litre Revotron petrol and a 1.5-litre Revotron diesel, in all likelihood
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Tata Tiago
- Though unveiled in January, 2016, the Tata Zica hatchback will go on sale in India in mid-February, 2016
- It is based on the same XO platform as the Tata Indica
- Tata will offer Zica with two engine options, namely, an all-new 1.05-litre, 3-cylinder Revotorq diesel motor and the 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder Revotron petrol unit
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104.7 The Point welcomes the Festival of Light Tour
Alec Benjamin
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Higher Ground Ballroom
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This event is all ageshttps://www.highergroundmusic.com/event/1339085/
Matisyahu has come a long way since 2005 when he released his breakout album, Live at Stubb's (which reached #1 on the Reggae Albums Chart and #30 on the Billboard 200). Since then he has pushed himself dynamically and creatively, breaking with expectation at every turn and remaking his musical image with nearly every album.
Alec Benjamin
Alec Benjamin is a 21-year-old singer songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona. Influenced by story telling artists like Eminem and Paul Simon, Alec began writing songs in his bedroom at the age 15. Upon graduating high school, Alec moved to Los Angeles where he studied at USC. Alec has just completed his debut album with the focus track "I Built a Friend" currently receiving AirPlay on KCRW. Alec performs with his boombox (for his beats), guitar, and piano. Alec likes cheese pizza, bald eagles, and is afraid of spiders. He also hates biographies and talking about himself in the third person.
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Join Angie Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Animating rotation, part of After Effects: Stereoscopic 3D Motion Graphics.
One way of making this look like 3D tracking is to add a little bit of animated rotation. And that's what we're going to do here. We're in stereo 3D O7 AEP which you can find in the project files folder. And we're inside O2B text track. And you'll see in here I've actually used 2D tracking just to track these objects onto this building. And what I'm going to do now is just give them a more 3D appearance. And we're going to just solo the CID outlines and the background movie.
And a really easy way of doing this is just to open up the rotation value by hitting R. And just making slight rotation adjustments to make it look as if it's the same perspective as the buildings. So you're basically looking at the uprights of the buildings and just checking that the uprights of the letters are kind of parallel to those. You probably want about 30 or 40 degrees as a kind of rough guide. Something like that will do. I've got about 34 degrees. Once you do the X rotation, then it's easy to do the Y rotation.
Now, you'll find if you try and do Y first, you get into all sorts of problems. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to start with it at that angle as if it's along the edge of the building. And I'm going to set a keyframe for Y rotation, and also for X rotation. And Z rotation just in case I need to adjust them. I can always get rid of keyframes afterwards. And then we're going to go round. Now it takes a little bit of figuring out which direction it need to rotate in. We really need it to go in, and, if you just scrub to find out, we really need it to go in a positive direction.
As it rotates around so I'm going to scrub forwards. And try and figure out how much positive rotation it's going to need to get to there. And I'm going to scrub that round to about there where I reckon it's about right. And we'll just have a look at how that looks. So there we go it looks as if it's rotating now with the building. Now you can continue the rotation around, or there's a little expression that you can use to loop that, and to continue it. So I could go to my Expression menu, and if I go to Loop Out, I can change the word Cycle to Continue.
And we'll just remove the rest of that we don't need number of key frames. And you'll notice what happens now if I preview it. It will go through the animation that I've created and then when it gets to the end here, it will continue rotating at the same speed. So it should stay in line with the building. So now it really looks as if that is in the shot. Just by animating the rotation along with the position and scale just a little bit of manual key framing to do that. Now I'm going to continue working on that and the other layers just to perfect it a little bit.
And then we'll move on to the next step.
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Hi Tom,I have vaguely been following your daughters progress but haven't posted, the others here are amazingly knowledgeable and pretty much seem to cover it!!
I am an infliximab/remicade user and I am an episodic user. Here in the UK when they first got the budget for infliximab as it was so expensive they'd only give you one dose and then you'd get the next when your symptoms returned, for me it was 2 years before I had the second and that gave me another 3 years symptom free. Now infliximab is widely available in the UK and the majority of patients have switched to having it regularly and those who start it now are regular users. There is a lot of evidence that says regular treatments are better than episodic use, its something like 50% more likely to stay healthy over X amount of time in comparison if you having it regularly and less chance of building up antibodies and reactions etc. So there is a very strong argument for having treatment regularly.
I however am very wary of infliximab, if one dose was enough to take me from literally moments away from an ostomy to two years without symptoms then that is one incredibly powerful drug. And what could the benefits have possibly been of having it every 8 weeks during those two years? And the next 3? In total if I had been a regular user that would have been 30+ infusions when in actual fact for me 2 doses is all it took. As a 22 year old female who is also on methotrexate I worry about toxifying my body too much and so have always used infliximab as my 'emergency treatment' when a flare strikes and this has been very successful for me. After my last flare (a tricky one, but is another story lol) my GI suggested maybe a course of infliximab and then after remission had been achieved for a while to come off it, from what I've read (I'll have to look up links for you as don't have them saved on my laptop but I did extensive research into infliximab a couple of months ago when I was considering switching to regular infusions, its bulky information just to warn you!) is you can have a course, stop when remission is achieved and you can go back on it again but after an antibodies test to make sure that in that period of time off it you haven't built up antibodies to it.
Episodic use is not standard treatment like it was a few years back, it works for me and some others out there but carries more risks and regular treatment is more likely to be successdul, I just happen to be in the smaller percentages where episodic use has been successful, I just thought I'd tell you my experience but remember with Crohn's each case if very different. But basically you don't HAVE to have it regularly, and you may be able to stop and re-start, its tough because obviously there's the role of antibodies etc, its a really tough decision to make using infliximab, so arm yourself with as much information and research as possible and really talk out all options with your GI. I really hope that whatever happens your daughter manages to get this under control and enjoys many years of remission.
Hello Keenca!
Just wanted to welcome you to the Forum. What a great place this is! I'm glad your son is doing so well and pray his good health will continue!
Thank-You all, for the excellent and DETAILED replies!! I address each here rather than multiple posts.
I'm glad to see that your husband is doing well on Remicade. It's very reassuring to hear success stories. You describe the fight against this disease very well when you call it "Russian Roulette". I do worry that I won't make the best decisions as you point out.
Hi lilcrohnieuk,
I'm glad to hear that episodic use has worked for you. I don't think that our GI would encourage that. I will definitely do as much research as possible, and Thank-You for your best wishes to my daughter. I too hope that she can tame this disease and have the kind of life she deserves. I hope I will be able to make the best possible decisions for her without reget.
Hi Julia,
I've only had a couple of days to do any real research about Remicade. I've haven't come across any discussion about the "remicade induced lupus" that you contracted. That certainly adds another component to things. You seem to imply that it was a temporary condition, and is this why you stopped the Remicade?
Hi Ides,
I'm so surprised that you as well have developed Lupus. This is the last thing my daughter needs is this to deal with. You seemed to stop the Remicade because another condition, not that it stopped working for you, is this correct? You also present a concern I have, that, what happens when you've been on all of the current (drug) treatments, and they've stopped working for you. How are you treating the disease now?
Hi Keenca,
I can really relate to what you've been through with your son. I'm wondering why you went with Humira instead of Remicade? I'm online with what your GI is saying, that treating the disease aggressively is the way to go. I really hope your son continues to have success and many years of remission.
My daughter hasn't had the Chicken Pox, or the vaccine. We didn't even know that it was such a big deal until we read the Imuran pamphlet. Our GI told us that she is the first Crohns patient they've had that didn't have the Chicken Pox. We can't get the vaccine now, because she's been on Prednisone, and as long as she continues on Immunosuppressants she won't be able to get it. If she does contract the Chicken Pox, it will be a very serious problem. Our GI simply states that she will have to take the chance, as the risk is outweighed by the benefit for the disease.
Thanks again to all of you. I could really have gone on, but I know I'm getting long here.
No never have tried fish oil. Why do you ask? I seem to recall reading recently that studies have shown that fish oil hasn't shown any benefit for Crohn's.
Hi again Julia,
I'm still abit confused about the Lupus. I haven't been able to find any info. on this as a consequence of Remicade. Do you know if this is common? You say that it was temporary for you. Could you explain that abit further?
I just couldn't imagine getting a treatment for Crohn's and ending up with another serious disease. I'm very concerned about this.
Thanks, Tom.
Thanks very much for explaining everything so thoroughly. I hope the liklihood of developing Lupus is extremely small.
I'm surprised that you consider yourself "Mild". (That's encouraging). I just wouldn't think of someone with mild Crohn's being on such sophisticated meds.
It's encouraging to hear of success stories with Imuran. I'm still not sure which med. we'll get.
Hi Keenca,
I've read about the differences with Humira and Remicade make-up. Like LDN, I'm not sure if Humira is available in Canada. Would you happen to know how they compare in terms of effectiveness? Is one considered better than the other?
I've never heard of taking an anti-viral drug if exposed to the Chicken pox virus. I'm still extremely worried about this aspect. Contracting Chicken Pox while immune compromised can even be deadly. But as you said, we likely don't have choice either, and just have to hope it doesn't happen.
I had kind of written off fish oil, but I will certainly get some. I can't wait to tell my daughter I have more pills for her.
I will certainly give the Fish oil a try. I guess it's too early to tell if it's helping you.


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A quaint home located within a residential area along the Maxwell South Coast. The home provides all the essential amenities for comfortable living including burglar bars, air conditioning, covered patio and an equipped kitchen. Peejays is also close to amenities on the South Coast and dining.
An older home surrounded by residential and commercial properties just across the road from Maxwell Beach. There are 2 bedrooms, a study, laundry room, open plan living and dining room that lead to an enclosed patio with bar through sliding glass doors. The Master has an ensuite bathroom and all windows and doors have burglar bars.
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- Burglar bars
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Empirical formulae are sometimes used to calculate the approximate head loss in a pipe when water is flowing and the flow is turbulent. Prior to the availability of personal computers the Hazen-Williams formula was very popular with engineers because of the relatively simple calculations required. Unfortunately the results depend upon the value of the friction factor C hw which must be used with the formula and this can vary from around 80 up to 130 and higher, depending on the pipe type, pipe size and the water velocity. The imperial form of the Hazen-Williams formula is: hf = 0.002083 L (100/C)1.85 x (gpm1.85/d4.8655) where:
hf = head loss in feet of water L = length of pipe in feet C = friction coefficient gpm = gallons per minute (USA gallons not imperial gallons) d = inside diameter of the pipe in inches
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Cider Brined Pork Chops
Today's pork is leaner than the pork that was commercially available in years past. While this is a nutrition plus, it means overcooking it can result in meat that is tough and dry with little flavor. Brining pork assures the meat will be juicy and tender with any cooking method and using a flavorful liquid like apple cider is a great way to add a depth of flavor without adding extra calories.
1 bottle hard cider or 12 ounces fresh cider
3 tbsp salt
4 tbsp light brown sugar
4 pork chops, at least 1 inch thick
2 garlic cloves , crushed
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon brown sugar
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Place the pork chops in a ceramic dish or large zip-lock pastic bag. Combine the cider, salt, brown sugar, and garlic and stir to dissolve the sugar. Pour the cider mixture over the pork chops and chill for at least 12 hours or up to 24 hours. Remove from the marinade, pat dry and grill, broil or fry as desired.
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The Vermont 100 Endurance Race is one of the original 100 mile runs in the USA and a part of the Grand Slam Series of Ultra running.The course is a shamrock loop consisting of 70% dirt roads with the rest on woods trails and a few miles of pavement.The course both climbs and descends 14,000 to 15,000 feet.
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The Vermont 100 Endurance Race is a fund raising event for Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports. Vermont Adaptive is committed to empowering individuals with disabilities. They promote independence and further equality through access and instruction to sports and recreational opportunities.
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Tyco's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) general counsel Trevor Faure is simultaneously kicking off a rationalisation of the 250 external law firms he uses.
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom advised Tyco on the split, which will see the $40bn (£23.1bn) conglomerate split into three companies: the $18bn (£10.4bn) fire & security and engineered products & services business, the $12.5bn (£7.2bn) electronics division and the $9.5bn (£5.5bn) healthcare arm.
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If only celery tasted like chocolate...
Saturday, November 16, 2013
...I'd be eating a lot of celery.
So...I have a serious chocolate problem. Ugh. I don't know how to give it up, and most days I don't ever want to. I have tried to transition to dark chocolate and only having a few pieces a day/night, but it still seems like I crave it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. ALL. THE. TIME.
I have a similar relationship with soda, but at least that I can go days without. Like this week, I didn't have any soda.
I don't know if it is mental and I have just trained myself in habit to want chocolate at the end of my day. Or maybe it is emotional, I think I've worked hard and deserve a reward (even though I hate and try to avoid using food as a reward). Or maybe I just lack this thing called self-control that every seems to talk about. No matter the reason, I have a problem. I guess the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, I'll say it again, I have a problem.
Is there something so wrong though with wanting something sweet at the end of your day? But why do my options always have to be so bad for me? Well...maybe because I don't crave fruits (with their own natural sweetners) like I do addictive chocolate and it's tricky rabbit ways.
Anyways, I suppose I am sort of rambling now, but I need to start working on finding some self-control. What are your thoughts though, do you eat chocolate (or something sweet, or have your own vice, that you eat/drink at the end of the day)?
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If only all healthy foods tasted like chocolate!!! : )
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I have the same addiction to chocolate: Almond Snickers and Twix are the worst, but I haven't tasted many chocolates I didn't like. There are low calorie healthy snacks that give the flavor of chocolate without the 240+ calories. My major weight gain was a Snickers and Coke Diet, thank goodness for Diet Coke
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About The Grant House
Located in the historic Grant House on Officers Row in Vancouver, WA, Eatery at The Grant House offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the week. Owners Scott and Sarah Flury believe the expanded hours and locally-sourced menu will set Eatery at the Grant House apart from other restaurants that previously stood in this space.T he Grant House, tucked away on Officers Row in Vancouver's Historic Reserve, is a favorite among local diners.
Whether you're in the mood to relax with a glass of wine on our veranda, have a leisurely lunch on the garden patio, or join us for dinner, service from one of our caring staff members is always an exceptional experience.
Vancouver, WA 98661
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Contemporary American
Hours of Operation:
Daily 8:00 am–3:00 pm
At Ease Hour
Mon–Fri 3:00 pm–6:00 pm
Daily 5:00 pm–8:00 pm
Cross Street:
Fort Vancouver Way
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(360) 906-1101
Live Music Tuesday and Wednesday in the Bar from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
All of our menus are customized to the client. A catering menu is available, but only serves as an example of what we can provide. Please contact our Event Coordinator to have a menu created especially for you.
Parking Details:
Parking is available in the lot directly across the street from The Grant House. Additional (including handicapped) parking is found on the access road directly behind the house.
Executive Chef:
Capers Ogletree
Private Party Facilities:
You can enjoy a private setting for parties as small as two people up to 35 in one room. If outdoors is an option for your function, then invite up to 200 people to join you!
Private Party Contact:
Melinda Hinkley: (360) 906-1101
Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Outdoor dining, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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The Grant House Ratings and Reviews
We chose the Grant House for a Saturday Brunch with friends. The house is very neat and filled with historic charm. Unfortunately the meal did not live up to the setting. The portions were so small for the price. $11 for two pieces of French toast. $6 for three tiny pieces off bacon. My wife's quiche and salad were equally small and over priced. We actually left there and went and had sushi.
We tried to come here one summer night and showed up right when they were getting ready to close. There were lots of people still eating and some who had just sat down. We were hoping to just have a drink but were told the bartender wasn't able to provide us with good service at the time so we couldn't stay. That sounds like a cop out for "we want to get out on time." The fact that we even came back again is a miracle.
Fell short on expectations. Despite not being busy and having reservations we still had to wait for a table.
We did have a nice table overlooking the patio. Our mussels appetizer was decent and with a good flavor but about 20% of the mussels were closed.
The kale salad was very small but tasty, would have liked a bigger portion for $8.
My friends osso bucco was awful. He said there was no flavor and it was seriously lacking seasoning. The greens on the side were drowned in liquid and garlic.
My salmon was ok but for $27 I was expecting something better.
Will not be back.
The food was ok, below value for the cost. The service was very good, but the cost was high for what you got. Also the French toast came drenched in syrup which made it impossible to eat, saggy and to sweet. We were told that we had to ask for it on the side if we wanted it that way.
Food was burnt and under cooked. What a disappointment. For $125.00 I expected much more. Do not eat here, you will be disappointed. The manager offered for me and my girlfriend to come back, on the house and I refused. That is how bad this place is. The staff even noticed how burnt the food was burnt. This place sucks. I would not take a goat to eat at this place.
We went for brunch & decided on breakfast items. I ordered over easy eggs & bacon. I made a point to specify to our waitress that the egg yokes MUST be runny. When she brought our plates it was beyond obvious both egg yokes were hard!! I sent them back and now had to wait while my wife began eating so her food would not cool. The waitress brought my breakfast a second time and the egg yokes were half hard! I wanted to eat with my wife, so I accepted them. What is the matter with the waitress and cook staff that a simple request for runny egg yokes cannot be carried out (even the second time)?? I, as an amateur, could have prepared those eggs properly. We thought the food offerings were over-priced and combined with a complete lack of fulfilling a simple food preparation request leads us to not return for breakfast or brunch. Possibly we will try Happy Hour.
I met for breakfast a cousin I hadn't seen for a year or two. The staff were very sensitive to our need to catch up before turning our attention to the menu. The wait staff described excellently the dish my cousin was interested in. We both cleaned our plates so her food must have been as delicious as mine!
We were there for my husbands birthday. We did mention to our server, but she didn't really care. We were there for about one and half hours, our server only show up three times. It was a pity that the place and food were actually good, but lack of good service!!
We visit the Grant House for dinner occasionally to hear our favorite musician - guitarist Doug Smith. He generally plays either in the bar area or on the outside porch in the summer. I learned that even though one can make a reservation for the restaurant, these areas are first come first served. So if you're coming to a Tuesday evening music event, come early.... reservations do not apply to these areas. The food is great and it's a cool historic house.
This was my first time eating at the Grant house. I was a little disappointed because the breakfast menu was changed that day. If I had know I would have opted for lunch. I spoke with someone at the restaurant, looked online, and also menu board in front of restaurant and a change was not noted. The food was good just I had looked forward to the chicken and waffles or cornflake French toast. A bother customer came in for biscuits and gravy. I had the avocado spread on toasted bread topped with a poached egg. The slabbed bacon was really good. If I make it back I would opt to try lunch, and hope my choices will still be available
Very disappointing. We have had get to gethers for up to 12 people and always enjoyed it. This time our drinks were not refilled, seldom saw the waitress. Menu was VERY limited even though we had told them we wanted to eat lunch. We were told to be there prior to three as then it is only the Bar Menu.
We also told them we were all Vets and two of us showed ID. Discount given was for only the two and not even spouses!
Previous the waitress was super kind, said she also cooked. We just loved her. Discount was for all. In this case the get to gather cam from Kentucky and Tacoma.
I had ordered soup and Fish and Chips. Soup never came.
Dined with friends who joined my wife and I for a night out on our Anniversary. The pasta topped with grilled chicken breast was very good and a nice portion to fill you up. The steak bites were also good. Each couple had a full size salad to share with their partner. The restaurant has a policy not to split those salads for you, but they do provide an extra plate so you can do it. The dining room we were in was not real busy, so the noise level was minimal. Had it been full, I can see where it might be noisy due to high ceilings and wooden floors. The ambiance is good, with the historic character of the building. We will definitely return again.
This was our second visit to the Grant House and we weren't disappointed. Service and ambience are delightful. My entree was disappointing but our server quickly insisted on removing it from the bill. This is a charming old building and the restaurant makes the most of it. We will return again.
While the ambiance and service were very good, the food was not that great. Hence the overall two-star rating. I felt bad for the servers, who did an excellent job but were stuck serving dinners that were not that good. We will not be back, at least not for dinner.
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