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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Jennifer Elisseef
Each year in medicine the low availability of donor tissue and organs for transplantation grows even more acute, but scientists — working in an emerging, high-tech frontier called tissue engineering — are helping to address the crisis by exploring ways to grow such tissue in the laboratory using stem cells and other bio-components.
Tissue engineering (sometimes also known as regenerative medicine) is the science of designing and manufacturing new tissue — such as skin, bone, corneas and heart valves — to restore impaired organs and replace body parts after disease or trauma.
While advances in tissue engineering may be new, the concept of this science is not, says Jennifer Elisseeff, a noted researcher at Johns Hopkins University who is at the forefront of regenerative medicine investigation. "Scientists have been working in this field for more than two decades exploring its possible applications," she explains.
Internationally known for her research, Jennifer is an associate professor and the Jules Stein Chair in Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, in addition to serving as Director of the university's recently-established Translational Tissue Engineering Center.
Her biomaterials and tissue engineering laboratory focuses on developing new biomaterials and minimally invasive technologies to repair and rebuild lost tissues, while investigating stem cells and novel approaches to musculoskeletal tissue engineering. In her work, she collaborates with such clinical departments as plastic surgery, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat specialists).
The promise of tissue engineering is especially exciting because it enables patients' own cells to be used, and as a result, the chances of the body rejecting the new tissue or organ are greatly minimized, Jennifer explains.
This science stands to have the greatest immediate impact in the field of eye surgery, where cornea transplantation is the most common transplant procedure in medicine. In the United States alone, surgeons perform 40,000 cornea operations each year. Corneal tissue, however, is in tight supply in this country, and worldwide there is a dire shortage.
Advances in tissue engineering are also expected to yield promising results in the future for orthopedic disease, such as arthritis, specifically in the area of soft tissue regeneration, cartilage repair and wound healing. "The science will bring new products to market to help people delay, and eventually avoid, joint replacement." Jennifer says.
Recently, she and her lab team have received international attention in their field for using hydrogels (a polymer-based material upon which cells can develop into new tissue) as a scaffold for tissue engineering in orthopedics, in addition for using such approaches to develop an artificial cornea.
"Understanding mechanisms of cellular interactions (both cell-cell and cell-material) and tissue development on scaffolds is critical to advancement of the field, particularly in applications employing stem cells." she says.
Dr. Elisseeff received her Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University (graduating with honors), and her Ph.D. in medical engineering from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
In 2004, Jennifer co-founded Cartilix Inc., a high-tech startup venture that translated adhesive and biomaterial technologies for treating orthopedic disease. This company was, acquired by Biomet Inc. in 2009. Later that year, she founded Aegeria Soft Tissue and Tissue Repair, startups which focus on soft tissue regeneration and wound healing.
She has received numerous awards and honors, including: the Carnegie Mellon Young Alumni Award, Arthritis Investigator Award from the Arthritis Foundation, Yasuda Award from the Society of Physical Regulation in Medicine and Biology. She was named by Technology Review magazine as a top innovator under 35 in 2002 and her research was cited among the top 10 technologies to change the future. In 2008, Dr. Elisseeff was elected a fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a Young Global Leader in the World Economic Forum.
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Jordan Green
As a researcher, Jordan Green, Ph.D. is on the front lines of creating innovative technologies and therapeutics that can directly benefit human health.
Specifically, this involves employing techniques in cellular engineering and nanobiotechnology to develop effective drug and gene therapies to treat cancer and other medical conditions.
¨The research findings and technologies developed by my research group are applied in the fields of ophthalmology, oncology, stem cell research and regenerative medicine,¨ says Jordan, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Materials Science & Engineering at the Translational Tissue Engineering Center of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
¨At Johns Hopkins, we seek out collaborations where we can combine our technologies with a clinical need to hopefully be able to make a difference to patients," he explains. ¨One of the areas where there is a great need for improved therapeutics is cancer. One and a half million Americans develop cancer each year and over 550,000 Americans tragically die from it annually.¨
Nanobiotechnology (the merger of biological research with various fields of nanotechnology), Jordan says, can improve cancer therapy by enabling smarter targeting of tumors and reduced off-target side effects in healthy cells.
Research by Jordan and his laboratory (the Green Group) are yielding promising results. For instance in 2014, through studies in mice, the lab demonstrated that "nanoparticles" can be created via nanotechnology to carry genetic material to cancer cells left in the brain after surgery. In such situations, Jordan's studies suggest that these nanoparticles could one day be especially successful in treating glioblastoma, the most common and most aggressive malignant primary brain tumor in humans.
In another pivotal study using nanotechnology, his lab reported success in creating flattened, football-shaped artificial particles that impersonate, or mimic, immune cells. These artificial particles, he says, seem to be better than traditional basketball-shaped particles at teaching immune cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells in mice.
Says Jordan, ¨One of the greatest challenges in the field of cancer medicine is tracking down and killing tumor cells once they have metastasized, or spread, and escaped from a tumor mass.¨ One strategy, he explains, has been to create tiny artificial capsules that stealthily carry toxic drugs throughout the body so that they can reach the escaped tumor cells.
"Unfortunately, traditional chemotherapy drugs do not know healthy cells from tumor cells, but immune system cells recognize this difference. We wanted to enhance the natural ability of T-cells to find and attack tumor cells.¨
Jordan is the author of numerous scientific journal articles in his field. He holds a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Tim Chartier
As a mathematician and researcher par excellence specializing in numerical linear algebra, Tim Chartier, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Davidson College, is known for pushing the boundaries of mathematics and its application in innovative ways. He has worked, for example, with both Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories on the development and analysis of computational methods targeted to increase efficiency and robustness of numerical simulation on the labs' supercomputers, which are among the fastest in the world.
However in recent years he has garnered an equally impressive reputation among students and the public for another talent: breaking down the complexity and fear of mathematics in unforgettable ways by demonstrating how math can be applied effectively in real-life situations.
These milestone demonstrations and explanations by Tim have included using mathematical principles and other data to shed practical light on numerous areas, including how to:
— create an algorithm to predict Academy Award winners each year;
— accurately determine the best basketball player of all time — Lebron James, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Michael Jordan;
— gain insight into the 4th dimension and other higher dimensional space realms depicted in the film, Sphereland;
— create a near-perfect NCAA March Madness Bracket in college basketball.
Needless to say, his expertise in applied math and sports data analytics has attracted the attention of the New York Times, CBS, USA Today and many other national media outlets. This also includes fielding mathematical questions for the Sports Science program on ESPN, and writing for the Science blog of the Huffington Post, plus authoring key books for the lay public on mathematics and its practical applications, such as his recent popular work, Math Bytes: Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing.
In addition, Tim's passion for bringing the joys of math to the masses involves using his talents as a mime to explain complex math and science concepts to students and adults.
Says Tim: ¨For some, math may be something to 'beware' of — rather than be 'aware' of.¨ He is on a mission to change the public's attitude toward the latter.
¨Mathematicians continue to expand the boundaries of what we know mathematically, and the field of math and its applications continue to grow,¨ he says. ¨For example, NBA [National Basketball Association] teams use mathematics to gain a competitive edge over their opponent. Will the better team with better mathematics win? It definitely helped the Oakland A's baseball team in 2002 with the math that became known as Moneyball.¨
Citing another example of how math is applied to daily life, Tim says, ¨Every day, credit card numbers are encrypted to allow for secure online transactions. Developing methods of encryption that simply cannot be broken with a faster computer comes from mathematics.¨
Studying math, he emphasizes enables one to appreciate and possibly understand its applications. ¨Mathematics teaches a way of thinking," Tim says.
Tim, a recipient of a national teaching award from the Mathematical Association of America, serves on the Editorial Board for Math Horizons, a mathematics magazine of the Mathematical Association of America and on the Advisory Board of YourMusicOn (YMO), a mobile music startup company.
He is also chairman of the Advisory Council for the Museum of Mathematics — the first museum of mathematics in the United States which opened in 2012, in addition to being the author of numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals in mathematics, and co-author of the seminal book Numerical Methods: Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms.
He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in applied mathematics; his Master's degree in computational mathematics from Western Michigan University, and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He held a VIGRE postdoctoral position at the University of Washington, before arriving at Davidson College in 2003.
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Karen Elkins
Vaccines against diseases such as measles, polio, and whooping cough have greatly reduced deaths and suffering. These vaccines are designed to mimic the microbes that cause the disease. When given a vaccine, the body's immune system is inspired to ramp up and fight back against that microbe. As a result, immune defenders are ready and waiting when the real thing later starts an infection.
Better vaccines against many diseases are still needed, however. Most vaccines used today work by stimulating the body's immune system to make antibodies, which are proteins that bind microbes and start a process that eliminates them. But some microbes evade antibodies by hiding out within a person's cells. Diseases caused by microbes like these, such as tuberculosis, have been especially hard to combat.
Karen Elkins, an international expert in infectious disease immunology, is at the forefront of researching how the body's immune system protects against disease-causing bacteria that live within other cells. Knowledge about that, in turn, helps suggest better ways to design and test new vaccines.
She and her research team carry out their studies at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she serves as Senior Investigator and Supervisory Research Biologist at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). FDA ensures the safety and effectiveness of medical products, including vaccines. Research is fundamental to FDA's ability to evaluate vaccines, and the research that FDA conducts provides a strong science base. As a working infectious disease expert at FDA, Karen also evaluates new vaccines to determine whether they should be approved for general use.
To study immunity, Karen focuses on two disease-causing intracellular bacteria: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis; and Francisella tularensis, which causes tularemia (commonly called "rabbit fever"). Instead of antibodies, cells called T lymphocytes are the prime defenders against these kinds of intracellular microbes. The ways in which T cells work are only partly understood.
"Tuberculosis damages the lungs, making it hard to breathe," Karen explains, "and people with tularemia have symptoms like high fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, and pneumonia." Tularemia itself is a relatively rare disease. Nonetheless, because the live vaccine strain of Francisella tularensis has a number of convenient properties, her laboratory pioneered the use of this bacterium as research model. The team has used it to discover new mechanisms that T cells use to control all types of intracellular bacteria.
Other challenges in developing new vaccines come from the fact that the same microbe can enter the body by different routes. Karen points out, "Some vaccines protect against exposure to infection that starts in the skin, but are not as effective against inhaled bacteria. The reasons for these differences are also not well understood."
Equally important, she says, researchers have not yet identified specific immune responses that correlate with protection against intracellular pathogens. Finding these would help in predicting whether a new vaccine will work for these kinds of microbes.
The author of more than 80 research articles appearing in peer-reviewed scientific journals, Karen earned her B.A. degree in Chemistry from Wake Forest University, and her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at Duke University. She undertook postdoctoral training at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). She then established an independent research laboratory at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research before coming to FDA.
In addition to her own research, Karen reviews new research as a member of several journal editorial boards, including the Journal of Immunology (AAI) and Infection and Immunity (ASM). She also serves on numerous NIH grant review panels. She also has long-standing interests in science management and ethics. In that vein, Karen writes a long-running column on lab management for the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), and is further developing her interests in science communication by pursuing graduate studies in science and medical writing at Johns Hopkins University.
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Briana Pobiner
What does it mean to be human? Like other scientists in the field of anthropology, Briana Pobiner, a paleoanthropologist and science educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, uses this question as an important framework as she delves into the mysterious evolutionary past of the human species.
As a paleoanthropologist, Briana studies the predecessors of our own species Homo sapiens, using fossils and other remains. In this realm, her area of research is indeed an interesting one: the evolution of human diet (with a focus on meat-eating), which has also included topics as diverse as cannibalism in the Cook Islands and chimpanzee carnivory.
Briana's fieldwork to investigate how and what our ancestors ate has taken her to Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Indonesia, and her studies have been supported by organizations such as the Fulbright-Hays program, the Leakey Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, Rutgers University, the Society for American Archaeology, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
So, why do we humans have a penchant for eating meat? Briana responds: ¨It's interesting — those 'why' questions are the hardest to answer in prehistory. Some ideas have to do with potential changes in climate, where foods like fruit and different plants and other things that we may have eaten maybe became less available. Another thing is that there were big carnivores in the past that ate different kinds of animals, and there may have been a lot of meat left over in those animals. Some of our ancestors may have said, "'That's a new food resource.'"
In her work in the far-off regions of Africa and other locations, her favorite and most memorable field moments include falling asleep in a tent in the Serengeti in Tanzania while listening to the distant whoops of hyenas, watching a pride of lions eat a zebra carcass on the Kenyan equator, and discovering fossil bones that were last touched, butchered and eaten by one of her 1.5 million year old ancestors.
At the famous Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, which she joined in 2005, Briana also leads the Human Origins Program's education and outreach efforts and manages the Human Origins Program's public programs, website content, social media, and exhibition volunteer training. Additionally, she serves as an Associate Research Professor of Anthropology at the George Washington University.
Briana has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Evolutionary Studies from Bryn Mawr College (1997), where she created her own major, and an Master's of Arts degree (2002) and Ph.D. (2007) in Anthropology from Rutgers University.
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The deadline to apply is Friday, November 21, 2014. Submit your application by following this link and select your top speaker choices. Speakers are available for middle and high schools in Washington D.C. and surrounding areas.
Some of the new speakers joining our program include:
Deborah Bass, Ph.D. - The next Mars Rover mission scheduled for 2020 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be one of the most comprehensive explorations to date of the Red Planet, including answering key questions about the potential of life on Mars. Learn from the mission's Deputy Science Lead how she and her colleagues at JPL are gearing up for the challenges of this historic rover expedition!
Richard Spinrad, Ph.D. – As Chief Scientist of the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), he has one of the most diversely challenging — and exciting — jobs today in science. Discover why!
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. - Our environment is possibly more important than genetics in determining our health, says this prominent environmental scientist. As a director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), he is leading an effort to combine science with active community engagement in empowering citizens to take more control of environmental factors that impact human health.
Cassidy Williams – Even before graduating recently from Iowa State University with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, she was already being noticed, for various reasons, as an emerging innovator in her field — ranging from her reputation as a winning hackathon competitor to her persuasive computer science presentations at the United Nations and the White House. Discover how she is using her impressive talents to inspire other young women in computational science.
Richard Wrangham, Ph.D. - Discover from this renowned Harvard University primatologist, who studied as a grad student under the famous Jane Goodall, how his groundbreaking research in Uganda with chimpanzees is shedding light on key evolutionary traits which make us human, including aggression and our need for social systems!
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Alberto Gutierrez
Welcome to the age of Personalized Medicine — an emerging era of medical science which involves the development of drugs and other treatments that are tailored specifically to an individual patient, or a group, with certain genetic characteristics.
"Medical science is now capable of creating treatments that are guided by the patient's unique genetic information," says Alberto Gutierrez, Director of the Federal Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety in the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
In his post, Alberto is at the forefront on a national level of approving and regulating Personalized Medicine technology.
"These treatments can be specifically tailored to provide individuals with maximum health benefits while posing the minimum of risks," he says. "We're approaching an era when 'one size fits all' medications will no longer be the doctor's only option."
Advances in these and other cutting-edge areas of medicine stand to bring more innovative medical products to the market, especially in helping people with chronic and life-threatening diseases, Alberto and other experts predict.
For example, in August 2011, the FDA approved Vemurafenib for the treatment of metastatic melanoma patients with the BRAF V600E mutation. The drug was designed specifically to target the V600E mutant BRAF protein. The drug approval occurred concurrently with the FDA's approval of a novel genetic test (BRAF V600 Mutation test) which is real-time PCR-based in vitro diagnostic using DNA extracted from fogsnealin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human melanoma tissue.
And in 2013, the FDA gave the green light to four next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) devices for clinical use, enabling physicians to take a broader look at their patients' genetic makeup, which can help doctors in better diagnosing disease or identifying the cause of symptoms.
"Before NGS," Alberto explains, ¨sequencing genes associated with a particular disease was a long and costly process. Today, we have the capability to read and interpret large segments of DNA very quickly in a single test, and this information-rich technology is becoming more accessible for use by physicians in the care of their patients.¨
In addition, Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), called the FDA's clearance of these high-throughput gene sequencing devices for clinical use a "landmark move that will help to realize the promise of personalized medicine."
Alberto joined the FDA in 1992 as researcher and reviewer in FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research working on vaccine adjuvants and method development for determination of purity and structure of vaccine components. In 2000, he joined the the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health as a scientific reviewer, becoming a Team Leader for Toxicology in 2003, Director of the Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices in 2005 and Deputy Director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices in 2007 and Director in 2009.
He earned his Bachelor's degree from Haverford College, and his Master's and Doctorate degrees in Chemistry from Princeton University. Alberto has over 10 years of experience in research in the area of structural organic and organometallic chemistry.
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Meet Nifty Fifty Speaker Nick Schneider
When NASA's newest robotic explorer, MAVEN, was launched in the Fall of 2013 and rocketed toward Mars on an historic quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet's upper atmosphere, it carried sophisticated technology designed and built by scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder — technology vital to the success of MAVEN's mission.
A key scientist on this project is Nick Schneider, Associate Professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado, and researcher in the university's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
"MAVEN — which stands for Mars Atmosphere & Volatile Evolution — is a robotic orbiter that will measure how quickly Mars is losing its atmosphere today and whether Mars atmosphere could have made the planet habitable in the past," he explains.
Nick, who specializes in studying planetary atmospheres, especially Mars, where atmospheric loss may have stripped the planet of its habitability, served as the Principal Investigator in charge of designing and building MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph –a $20 million remote sensing component that will allow scientists to study Mars and its atmosphere at a distance by looking at the ultraviolet light it emits.
Following a journey of more than 440 million miles, the MAVEN spacecraft will arrive at Mars in the Fall of 2014. This is NASA's 21st mission to the red planet, but the first one devoted to studying the Martian upper atmosphere.
In addition to the MAVEN mission and the study of Mars, Nick's research interests also involve other areas of planetary astronomy, including the odd case of Jupiter's moon.
He also enjoys teaching at all levels, and he is active in efforts to improve undergraduate astronomy education. He received the Teaching Excellence Award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly in 2010. He serves as the Education & Public Outreach Officer of his professional organization, the Divisional for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.
In addition, with University of Colorado graduates Jeff Bennett, Megan Donahue, and Mark Voit, he co-authored the most widely-used textbook in astronomy: The Cosmic Perspective.
Nick received his Bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from Dartmouth College in 1979 and his Ph.D. in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 1988. In 1991, he received the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award.
A photo album is available online here, where you will see participants, young and old, flying cockpit simulators, trying on Antarctica cold weather gear, building and flying gliders, learning about 3D printing, and enjoying the many others activities in our pavilion.
"STEM education efforts, both regionally and nationally, are critical to engage and inspire our future technical talent," said Dr. Ray O. Johnson, Lockheed Martin senior vice president and chief technology officer. "I am absolutely confident that many of the children who attended the festival this year will look back in 10 or 20 years and credit that weekend as their spark to pursue a STEM field."
Further inspiring children and participants were several prominent events and stage acts throughout the weekend, including the announcement of the winning high school team for the Exploration Design Challenge. The nationwide challenge was developed by NASA, Lockheed Martin and the National Institute of Aerospace to engage students in STEM by inviting them to help tackle one of the most significant dangers of human space flight—radiation exposure.
Additionally, NASCAR announced the Finish First Fellowship program, a partnership between Lockheed Martin, ACORE and NASCAR to connect students in STEM-related fields with career opportunities in renewable energy.
Notable stage acts included former NBA professionals Jerome Williams and Theo Ratliff, who demonstrated the connection between STEM and basketball; Danica McKellar, best known for her starring television roles in The Wonder Years and The West Wing, who presented her latest best-selling book, Math Doesn't Suck; and U.S. Army veteran Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, a quadruple amputee, who shared the power of STEM and an inspiring "never give up" message.
"Determination and modern technology helped me survive and allowed me to continue to enjoy many of the things I did before I was injured in Afghanistan, including playing with my daughter Chloe," said Mills. "I am a living example of STEM in action, and I hope to inspire students to consider a career in STEM, to chase their dreams, and to never give up and never quit."
These events, stage acts and activities were all captured via social media, which played a big part in the weekend. The #SciFestSelfies contest, for example, received more than 750 submissions and generated more than 7 million impressions, including a post with Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Dr. Johnson.
Lockheed Martin recently announced their return as the founding and presenting sponsor of the 2016 USA Science & Engineering Festival and expanded outreach. Stay tuned for more information!


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D-backs' Brandon McCarthy understands GM Kevin Towers' comments
Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers made waves earlier this week when he spoke openly about his disappointment in the team's pitching staff for failing to protect D-backs' batters who had been hit by a pitch.
Starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy was a guest host on Fox Sports 1's 'Crowd Goes Wild' and got a chance to respond to Towers' strong comments.
"I get the comments -- they're loud and they're out there, but I understand the underlying point, we do need a personality shift, we do need to be tougher as a team," McCarthy said. "I don't think that necessarily means we need to go out and hit people, it's not a head-hunting thing. It's just simply that we have to change our mentality.
"We're up against a $300 million behemoth (the Los Angeles Dodgers), and the only way you can compete with that is to try and find new ways to beat them, and for us is just going to be a personality and a clubhouse shift."
McCarthy, who plunked five batters in 135 innings of work in 2013, explained to the rest of the panel (including Regis Philbin) that deliberately hitting batters is part of the game.
"Usually a couple a year," he said. "Sometimes, (the order) comes down from the top and somebody tells you 'we need to hit this guy for the sake of balancing things out.'"
McCarthy was also asked about the Dodgers' Chase Field pool celebration after clinching the NL West title in Phoenix last month, but avoided any controversy with his answer.
"I'm fine with it," he said. "Next year is what we need to focus on. It's how do we stop them from swimming in our pool next year? How do we get to celebrate in our pool next year? We open with them in Australia -- you focus on those games and let everything from last year just fall behind."
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Kenna - Best New Songs, Albums, & Features
Listen to the best new songs and albums from Kenna as well as features written by the DJ Booth Staff. Last updated on December 04, 2013
Featuring: RJD2
Song: How Will It End
Ever-innovative electro-pop underdog Kenna steps into the studio with underground superproducer RJD2. How Will It End? There's no telling—but it's a safe bet their encounter will result in a dope song. Declared... More
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Best of the Booth (Nov 10 - Nov 16, 2013)
We know how difficult it must be to listen to all the incredibly dope new audio and visual content that we crank out on a weekly basis. It is for this reason that we've decided to compile 12 standout features from... More
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Featuring: Childish Gambino
Song: Relations (Remix)
Is there any musical work that couldn't be improved by a 16 from Childish Gambino? OK, his flow would sound a little out of place in an operatic aria, but the Community star-turned-rap buzzmaker seems to excel on... More
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Best of the Booth (Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2013)
We know how difficult it must be to listen to all the incredibly dope new audio and visual content that we crank out on a weekly basis. It is for this reason that we've decided to compile 12 standout features from... More
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Song: Love Is Still Alive
Next Tuesday, Kenna is fixing to release the second chapter of Land II Air Chronicles: Imitation is Suicide, an EP trilogy based around Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic philosophical essay, Self Reliance. The concept may... More
Posted one year ago
Artist: Lupe Fiasco
Featuring: Kenna
With the sheer amount of time that Lupe Fiasco's junior album was in the works, not to mention the confused multiplicity of forces ultimately brought to bear on its tracklist, it should come as no surprise that some... More
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Artist: Lupe Fiasco
Featuring: Kenna
Song: Resurrection
The phrase "Phoenix song" dates back centuries. Legend has it that this mythical creature can die and be born again, rising from its own ashes while crying a beautiful song that uplifts anyone who can hear it. In light of... More
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Featuring: The Cool Kids
Though his two albums to date, New Sacred Cow and Make Sure They See My Face, were warmly received by the electro-pop and urban alternative communities, Ethiopian-American musician Kenna is hoping to get the widespread... More
Posted 5 years ago
Featuring: Lupe Fiasco
Ethiopian-born pop artist Kenna was finally ready to break out of his "hip-to-be-underground" reputation with the release of his critically-acclaimed debut, New Sacred Cow, in 2003. However, after piss-poor record... More
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On a winding road we passed many small villages and farms. The mountains started emerging out of the flat ground, forming sharp peaks and deep troughs.
We stopped at La Ceiba for refreshments. The small Tienda was well stocked, almost bursting at the seams, and the elderly Mayan proprietor was very helpful in giving directions, particularly as we did not know where we were. As we were leaving, she asked Jules if she would make a present of her sunglasses. Jules handed over the "Top-Gun" sunnies much to the delight of the woman who had no idea of how to put them on. We suspect they were her first ever pair of glasses.
Un Regalo - Lentes de Top Gun
Coban, with its steep streets culminating at the central park and cathederal seemed like a good place to stop and explore. For five days we wandered through the streets finding at one end a 'Bizzare Bazzar' and at the other a modern shopping mall.
Grant in the Markets
The markets were a veritable warren of stalls selling fresh produce, clothing, shoes, fabrics, electrical goods and in amoungst it all small cafés cooking their comida on open wood fires. This caused a smokey haze to drift and penetrate the tiny corridors and lanes. Our eyes watered and our throats burned, yet it was an addictive place to explore.
Jules in the street markets
Whilst in Coban we were recommended to visit Lanquin and Semuc Champey. Maps are so deceiving! We could see that a mere 60kms separated us from said destination, this would be easy we thought, and how wrong we were to discover.
View from the top
For the first 40kms an excellent paved motorcycle road spread before us and then it just stopped, literally dissapeared. Following the sign we turned sharply to the right and began our 1000 metre decent to the deep valley of Sierra de Santa Cruz. Our rough, rocky and loose surfaced single lane track wound for no more than 20kms to past the town of Lanquin and to the small campground/hostel named El Retiro on the banks of a fast flowing river.
After the difficult ride we set our tent up in beaming sunshine and took a refreshing dip in the cool waters of the river. Everything seemed great for the first evening and we retired early to our small home.
Sometime in the evening it began to rain, we could hear the gentle pitter-patter on our tent and thought "Hey this is the dry season..... no problems". The pitter-patter became rain and then teaming rain. On the second day of rain Grant began to feel concerned, the road out would prove testing if the weather did not improve. Oh well we thought at worst we could shove the bike on the back of a truck and try and get out that way.
A break in the rain
So we had some fun while we waited for the rain to ease, taking a tour (something we try to avoid) out to Semuc Champey, a natural formed limestone bridge where a river runs furiously below and above pools fed by gentle waterfalls abound.
The first part of our tour was to visit a cave. We changed into our toggs and tagged along believing it would be just a matter of a short dip in a pool inside a cave. Once again we were wrong. For almost two hours we scrambled along an underground stream each holding in one hand a lit candle as our only guiding light. Many times we had to swim without extinguishing our candles, climb up a rope through an underground waterfall and squeeze through narrow crevices. It was all a little daunting and completely unexpected. However we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.
Hike to the Mirador
Hiking up to the Mirador (lookout) viewing Semuc Champey lasted over 40 minutes but the steep climb was worth it as the limestone pools came into view and a truely natural wonder was exposed.
View of the Limestone Bridge from the Mirador
The decent came easy, we devoured our pic-nic and swam in the beautiful clear pools approaching as close as we dared to the roaring tumultous river plunging into the cave below.
River plunging into the cave
Jules and Grant at Pools
Every night of our stay became a fiesta of meeting fellow travellers and swapping stories of our travels. It was most enjoyable, except for the continuing rain.
On the fourth morning the rain ceased breifly, quickly we loaded Miss Piggy, only to discovered the rear tyre almost flat. Grant reinflated it with the electric pump, hoping that it was a slow leak, and we headed out of Lanquin as the rain once again commenced. Bugger!
Loading logs on the valley floor
We slipped and slided our way along the muddy road of the valley floor, passing loggers manually loading huge logs onto the back of trucks, and feeling somewhat apprehensive about the ascent to the pavement on the higher plateau.
Road before the Ascent
We began the ascent chugging the DL 1000 throught he muddy steep corners bouncing and lurching over rough rocky outcrops and plunging through deep murkey pools. It was very exciting and just plain hard work and we were happy to reach the asphalt.
As we slowed to a stop for a rest we could see the valley below enveloped in heavy cloud and felt very pleased with ourselves at riding the demanding road in such poor weather.
View of the Valley after our Ascent
Markets in the Clouds - Chamtacá
We traversed Guatemala City for the days ride to Antigua. Once we found the pereferico it was a relatively simple affair, but re-enforced that we had no desire to spend time in the nations capital unless absolutely necessary. Following the road from the north into the city was an obstacle course. Trucks and buses taking amazing risks to overtake and gain a minutes advantage on thier trip and spewing enourmous quantities of diesel fumes into the air.
Guatemalan Bus
It was like swimming in diesel fumes, our faces were covered in soot - black like coal miners we were pleased to be heading into the Western Highlands away from all of that fuss and scurry.
After the days Ride
Antiqua is a beautifuly preserved Colonial city with many ruins of grand old buildings that were destroyed in a major earthquake of 1773. It is surrounded by impressive active volcanoes and is a hub of activity for international travellers and Spanish students.
Ruin - Antigua
One of the most poignant sites in the city is, unfortunately, the scene of families bedding down for the night on the medium strip in the town centre. Such is the paradox of Latin America.
Markets - Antigua
On the Road to Panajachel
We stayed briefly in Antigua continuing our journey to Panajachel (Pana) nestled on the shores of Lago Atitlán. The volcanoes Auga, Acatenango and Fuego are visible for miles from the road. Plumes of sulphurous smoke continually rise from the calderas whilst gasses and smoke from fumeroles envelope the forest at the base of the mountains. It was a pleasant ride.
About half way through our journey we stopped for lunch at Zaragoza perched high on a ridge top overlooking a lower valley where much of the corn and produce is grown for the local area. We and our motorcycle became the centre of attention for many small children of the village, and as it was market day the place was a hive of activity.
Reaching Solola we headed down the steep decline into the ancient crater showing magnificent views of Vulcan Tolimán towering over the picturesque blue lake.
View from the Road to Pana
The town of Pana is a small town easily navigated. Ex-Pats from all parts of the world live in the area, it is also a centre for travellers wishing to undertake Spanish and local Mayan language courses. Calle Santander is the main craft market centre and it is hard to resist purchasing the brightly coloured textiles on offer. It is a very relaxing place sit, eat, drink and unwind.
Evidence of the destruction by Huricaine Stan
We visited the Suzuki dealership hoping to order a new tyre and rear break pads for Miss Piggy, but to no avail. Thier suggestion was to go to Guatemala City as they were 'Solo Agencia' only an agency. We did not find this appealing.
We met Mel, from England, on his KLR who suggested we go to Quetzaltenango (Xela) as it is the second largest city in Guatemala and only 85kms away.
View of Lago Atitlán
Xela with Vulcan Santiaguito in veiw (considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world) is a pleasant colonial town with a lovely central park dominated by a Catherderal, naturally. From our hotel Flor de Maria we had a birds eye view of the town and noticed a great deal of fine ash layering the roofs. After the first night there was ash deposited quite heavily on Miss Piggy's cover from the active volcano .
We found the recommended Honda shop (Motorcentro de Occidente, 7a Calle 5-57 Zona 2, Quetzaltenago, telephone 7763 0929) where we were able to order a tyre, break pads and spark plugs, all to be delivered from Guatemala city the next day, even though it was solely advertised as Honda they were more than happy to contact other dealers.
As we were leaving the shop Rudolpho from the local BMW club stopped and took us around to the mechanical workshop of the President of the club, Roberto Ascoli.
The slow leak of air pressure in the rear tyre was promptly repaired by Roberto using the same plug repair kit that we carry. Grant was pleased to observe a practical demonstration of how it is done. We arranged some workshop time and were invited to attend the annual BMW Convention for 2006 being held on Lago Atitlán.
The next day we collected our goods and chattle from the Honda shop, and Roberto changed the rear brakes for us without blinking an eye. It cost us 2 Beers! He invited us to his home for lunch the following day, which we enjoyed thoroughly - great company, great food.
Whilst at the work shop we met fellow motorcycle enthusiasts (all BMW riders - of course!) Gato, Bill and Franz and also Lana who is from Canada riding through Central America on her GS650. Franz is a dentist and invited us to his practice for a check up, where he found we both needed fillings and voillé fixed teeth for us both.
We agreed to meet the club at the rendevouz place and head down the hills to Pana on Thursday. At 4:00pm about 50 bikes, mostly BMW´s, were parked ready for the ride. Seven riders from Mexico joined the group, one with lights and sirens, emulating a police bike, blazing. We travelled with Lana at the back of the pack justifying it by saying we were carrying much heavier loads than the rest. The group manouvered through the late afternoon traffic as if it was not there. It was a little difficult to keep up with them. Once we arrived at Pana about 70 riders from El Salvador had also gathered bringing the total up to about 100 riders.
For the three days of the convention we partied, discussed bikes (of course!) and travel as well as taking a group ride to Xetulul (220kms return), a great fun park with rides and restaurants.
On the return Grant began to notice a hot electrical smell eminating from the radiator only when the fan kicked in. He did a cursory check and found nothing obvious and as the system was working ok decided to leave any furhter investigation until our return to Xela.
Photo Gallery - 7a Convensción International BMW Motorarad Club Guatemala
Leaving Xela
Carlos and BMW Chickie Babe
Ride to Xetulul
Over a bridge
Dusty road
Cane haulers on the coast
Afternoon view of Lago
Party Boat Chick
Julia, Carlos, Gato and Jules
Some dude with Julia and Grant
It was great fun and we made many friends. We chose to stay an extra night in Pana to meet up with some other motorcyclists, Richard and Sylvia who we had met a week previous. They invited us to stay at their magnificient and beautiful home overlooking Lago Atitlán. We spent a lovely evening enjoying thier company with the next day exchanging bikes for a short jaunt to San Antonio Palopó around the lake a few kilometres.
On our ride with Richard and Sylvia
Jules, Grant, Sylvia and Richard
Returning to Xela for a few days, Roberto changed the front tyre, Grant and Roberto disassembled the radiator to check the ventillador (fan) and thankfully found no problems, however, whilst the radiator was out Grant noticed some heated plastic cable ties near the exhaust pipe, we cleared them, completed the oil change, put everything back together and all was well!
Grant then asked Roberto if he would mind if we could clean the chain with some kerosene. Roberto then uncovered his brand new pressure cleaner and proceded to completely wash the bike inclusive of Rana René (Kermit the Frog) who afterwards had never looked so clean, as was Miss Piggy.
After saying our goodbye's we once again returned to Pana to stay the night in the 4 Star hotel on the lake, a prize Jules had won in a raffle at the Convention. Very luxurious.
We discussed alternative routes to Guatemala City with several locals and they warned us that the less frequented routes are known to be dangerous for armed robberies - better to be safe than sorry, we took the traditional route.
Once again we were in the depths of Guatemala City, some how ending up in Parqueo Central. At about this time Jules began having a panic attack and was almost in tears whilst Grant just became angry! See what cities do to us!!!
Fortunately a kind local pulled up on his 125cc Honda, saw our plight and guided us through the confusing streets and on to our way out of the city. The northern exit travels out through the mountains and down towards Rio Hondo.
On the winding narrow road we jostled for any advance through the crawling and often stopped trucks of all shapes, sizes and conditions, busses and cars. We travelled 80kms in about 3hours becoming concerned that we would not make Chiquimula, close to the Honduran border, before dark.
Thankfully the traffic eased after the mountain and we found our destination in the late afternoon. After a cold shower, a good meal and a glass of red wine we slept well during our final night in Guatemala.
View of Lago Atitlán for Sylvia and Richard
You need two copies of your vehicle permit. One for the Gate Keeper and one for Customs. Ensure the Customs Officer removes your vehicle permit from your passport. Next go straight to Immigration for an exit stamp in your passport.
We were not charged any exit fees, however we have heard and read that it is quite common to be asked for a 'Fee'.
Avoid the Trabadors or helpers, it is not necessary and very easy system to follow.
A battered welcome sign greeted us
Arriving at the border station of Aguas Calliente we were greeted by many trabajadores and money changers. We headed to immigration where we had our passports examined and stamped, paid the $US3.00 each, and presto we had a 90 day visitors pass.
Then on to the Aduana (customs) window where they required 3 copies of Grants passport, vehicle title and registration. A surley looking lady took all the papers and passport and presently shut the office and proceded to serve lunch to all the workers in the office from a large cooking pot. Obviously it was Lunch Time!
An hour passed and it appeared the office was re-opening. Four people came out with an antiquated typewriter and began quibbling over how to fill in the vehicle permit. They asked us numerous questions regarding the bike including vin chassis number, colour, number of cylinders, make and model. All of this information is clearly stated on the documents we handed them earlier. We felt like they were just toying with us.
After about 45 minutes they sent us to another window across the aisle where a young lady sat in front of a computer, there we had to pay approximately $7US.00 for the actual forms. We received our receipts and our papers and were then directed to pay the permit fees of $US30.00 at the bank. Again all paid and receipted. We returned to the surley lady at the first window where we had to make another set of copies of everything, she then sorted them neatly, stapeled them and requested an additonal fee of $US60.00.
We asked what it was for and she told us it was for the permit. We argued that we had paid customs and the permit at the bank already to which she again replied that it was for the permit. Asking for a receipt she stated that it was all clear in the documents. We knew this was not true.
Our vehicle permit and Grants passport was held hostage until the illegal fee was paid. We barely had the money and the bank only takes deposits (no withdrawals, changing of travellers cheques or cash machine). So what could we do, we had already spent over 4 hours at the border, we were hungry, tired and eager to get out of there. Both feeling furious at the situation and trying really hard to maintain a pleasant demenour we handed the money over. They took what we had and for the first time the surley lady smiled and handed us our documents.
Since then we have heard of other people having similar difficulties at this particular border crosssing. Feeling some what violated by the whole experience we continued. Stopping at a small restaurant 30kms on where we found the proprietors to be very helpful and friendly. This friendly nature has been endemic in all of Honduras so far, and we were not going to let the Customs experience taint our stay.
Our cheap hotel in Santa Rosa Copàn was full of surprises. One was cable tv showing funny Aussie movies, our bed had springs protruding through the cover so we had to sleep on a thick covering of towels. Also running water - not just in the shower but on the floor, under the bed, through the walls and out the door! Interestingly enough with all these soothing sounds of trickling water we slept better than we had for weeks. However it was boots on and tippy toes in the morning.
Miss Piggy in Santa Rosa de Copán
From Santa Rosa Copán we continued on through rural honduras greeted by outstanding mountain scenery and thick forrested areas. Whilst Julie was able to appreciate much of this Grant seemed somewhat preoccupied with keeping Miss Piggy upright, for the main highway before the turn off to Ruinas de Copán was littered with road repairs.
Large square sections of pavement many the size of a car and as deep as 15cms were cut straight out the of tarmac. It was like riding on a patchwork quilt with only some of the squares at all rideable. Grant wondered why they maintained the road in this manner. Was it some peverse way of minimising speeding traffic? Or had they some how mistaken the good sections for the bad? We did not know, perhaps we should have been thankful that there was an attempt to repair the roads.
Ruinas Copán is a pretty village, multi-coloured houses with terracotta roofs line the cobble stoned streets. We parked at Parqueo Central and Julie headed off to check out the accommodation options.
Jules - Copán
In the mean time Grant was kept amused by 'The One Eyed Man' who reeked of the local fire water. He would constantly asked very personal questions and continuously touch every thing on the bike and Grant's amusement soon faded when he tried to don Grant's helment. Apon Jules return 'The One Eyed Man' dragged her off to find a cheap hotel which we did not find suitable. Of course he wanted a propina (tip) for all the work he had done for us (guess it cut into his drinking time). We gave him a token ammount whilst he tried to touch Julies purse and look inside. 'No Tocar' (Dont Touch) Jules pronounced firmly and sent him on his way.
We met many friends whilst in Ruinas Copán. Fred and Anne and thier wee baby Isadore, a French familily living in Tegucegalpa. Helen a mad scientist from Sydney, living in New York for many years. Lana (again) who we had met in Xela, Guatemala.
Both Helen and Lana had dealings with 'The One Eyed Man'. Helen even pushed him in the chest and told him very firmly 'NO TOCAR'. Over drinks and dinner Helens story became more and more involved until she became the psuedo-heroine of the Parque 'Señorita NoTocarita' (Miss No Touch) and he evolved into 'Señor Solo Ojo' (Mr One Eye).
Jules, Grant, Helen and Lana
The ruins at Copán are marvellous and worth the $US10.00 per person entrance fee. The intricately carved stella are supurb and full of fine detail.
Stella - Copán
Definitely the best Maya carving we have seen. We had, yet again, a wonderful day wandering around the ancient site.
Ball Court - Copán
Scull carvings - Copán
On our walk back from the ruins Grant with his eagle eye spied a piece of light mesh on the side of the road. He instantly knew that (if it was the right size) it would be perfect as a radiator guard for the Suzuki. Later that day with a bit of fiddling and banging with his tools hey presto the old guard had been supersceded by the new and improved version!
Grand modifying radiator guard
The cobble stone streets of Ruinas Copán were always interesting on Miss Piggy and we expected many Honduran colonial towns to be similar. Though having said that, nothing could have prepared us for Gracias Lempira. The few cobble stone roads in the town seemed only navigable by 4 wheel drive Monster Trucks and the dirt roads (which comprised 90%of the town) were something akin to riding on a river bed. We were thankful (Gracias a Dios) that it was the dry season.
Our hotel street - Gracias
Gracias, once the capital of all Central America is now a sleepy town and a great place to hide from the festivities of Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) with three impressive cathederals and a fully restored spanish fort perched on a hill over looking the town it was easy to spend a week going for rides in the country side and exploring the town.
Spanish Fort - Gracias
Taxis zooming
There are no cash machines or banks that will accept anything other than Honduran currency and as everything would be closed for the 4 days of Easter it was necessary to take the ride to Santa Rosa de Copán for ready cash. The return ride is very picturesque and an excellent ride on a bike, however we were stopped no less than 4 times at Policia check points to have our documents and identification inspected, a common occurance in Honduras, however, frequency stepped up for the long weekend.
To be fair, on one occasion a coursery glance was given and a discussion on our trip ensued and we bid fare well to the Captain and his crew with a hand shake. At another check point Grant was asked sincerely if he was at all tired or stressed and needed a rest!
Gracias 'Ass ´Street
Semana Santa Procession - Gracias
The Good Friday procession in Gracias Lempira was a very solomn affair. A life sized Jesus bearing a cross was carried through the village streets on the shoulders of the local parishioners to the singing of the following congregation. Stations of the cross were set up through out the town where the procession would stop for a sermon and prayer. There was a strong political message asking the Lord for assistance in matters of Human Rights and Government policy.
Church in Gracias
From Gracias we wound our way through the hills to San Pedro Sula, the fastest growing city in Honduras before arriving on the North Coast and La Ceiba, the launch pad for the Bay Islands and diving.
Palm Oil Plantation
We rode into the hot and dusty town and whilst looking for accommodation ended up in the wharf area were we parked under a tree as we were becomming overheated in our heavy motorcycle jackets. Almost instantly we were accosted by drunks and drug addicts looking for hand outs in the guise of helping us find a hotel.
Grant headed across the street and was immediately tagged by a fellow with the story of how he lived on Roatan and had come over to visit the hospital (his scabby arm was waivered in front of Grant as evidence) and now had no money to return home. He insisted he was very sick yet reeked of stale alcohol. In the mean time Jules was beeing heckeled and cat called from men lying about in the near by park as a man approached her and explained we were in the most dangerous part of town and should get out as soon as possible. We suspected it was fine during the day, with hung over drunks to avoid, yet at night it could be quite intimidating or even dangerous.
Colours of Honduras
We found accommodation in the Zona Viva (much better part of town) on the beach at the Hotel Rotterdam where the proprietor let us park Miss Piggy at our door and cook in the garden. The mosquitos were ferocious in our room and we were thank full for aeroguard and to be taking our anti-malerials, even though Grant was having a bad reaction to them with bad headaches, aching muscles and nausea. Ironically similar to a mild case of maleria!!
La Cieba did not appeal to us at all so we moved on to Trujillo nestled on a beautiful bay, a stones throw away from 'La Mosquitia' - The Mosquito Coast.
Road to Trujillo
For two days we stayed in the small town prefering a slightly more up-market hotel with air conditioning before heading out of town to Casa Kiwi on the road to Puerto Castillo.
Spanish Fort - Trujillo
Casa Kiwi, (www.casakiwi.com) is owned by Chaz from New Zealand and is perched at the waters edge on an idillyic tranquill beach.
Casa Kiwi
We stayed for almost two weeks securing some work around the hotel in exchange for room and board. In between fighting fires (a common occurance during the dry season) and no-see-ums (midges) we constructed a new large clothes line, undertook odd jobs and helped out at the bar and in the kitchen. It was a good leveller after 11 months of travelling.
On most days we would work in the hot sun and finish the working day by watching the most spectucular sunsets we have ever seen from the warm waters of Caribean Sea. We would have stayed longer had our 'itchy feet' not beckoned us to move on.
Our 10th Anniversary together
Returning to San Pedro Sula we secured our cheap accommodation and slept peacefully. The following morning, 1st May - Labour Day - as we sat in the hotel court yard we could hear shouts and horns sounding from the main street, 2 blocks away. Guessing it was to do with Labour Day, and having not seen a parade in a while, we wandered up the street.
Watching and taking photos we mingle with the ensuing crowd whilst a small contingent of local police stand guard. For ten minutes we enjoy the seemingly passive and colourful parade of workers marching by. Julie notices some way up from where we stood the armed millitary personnel in full riot gear. Grant thinks this would be a good photo however we turned back to the crowd and the parade which is more or less turning into a rowdy protest.
May Day Parade
We look to where the parade was heading, Central Park. A large crowd is forming with a great deal of shouting and noise eminating whilst smoke from exploding fire crackers envelopes the banner waving crowd.
Right then two crackers explode on the ground next to us temporarily deafening us some what. Mean while a large athletic man wearing a baseball cap and carrying a basket of chips walks past and pronounces to us 'Fuera Gringos' ('Out Gringos'). 'Ok' we think, 'one mans opinion voiced, no big deal'. It was then that the calls from the demonstraters became clearer 'Fuera Gringos'. We look at each other and then up and down the crowded street. There is not another Gringo in sight: Euro, US or otherwise. Possibly this was not the ideal location for us at present. If the crowd became passionate enough we may be caught up in something more unsavoury.
There we stood lone blond haired, fair skinned Gringos feeling vulnerable in the middle of 'Hondo-Mania' down town San Pedro Sula. Briskly we left the crowd and returned to our hotel where we spent the rest of the morning listening to the emotional outpourings from the protests.
In some ways we felt sympathetic to their causes, bearing in mind that many large international corporations in all of Central America manipulate the rights and conditions of workers to suit their economic status, on the other hand, with out large foreign investment there would be even fewer jobs to be had.
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Newport Coast Child Development Preschool focuses on the whole child…socially, cognitively, emotionally and physically.
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James Needy is on the mound for Fort Wayne for Game 1 of the Eastern Division opening series against Lansing.
Needy is 6-3 with a 1.75 ERA. He threw a complete-game four-hitter in his last outing, a 1-0 loss to West Michigan. It was Fort Wayne's first complete game since 2007.
Needy has given up four earned runs in 14 1/3 innings against Lansing this season. He has walked one and struck out 10.
Noah Syndergaard is on the mound for Lansing. He has an 8-5 record with a 2.60 ERA. He has not allowed a run against Fort Wayne in 16 innings. He has given up just seven hits and has struck out 16. He went 1-2 with a 0.84 ERA in August.


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Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( /ʃəˈkiːl/ shə-KEEL; born March 6, 1972), nicknamed "Shaq" ( /ˈʃæk/ SHAK), is an American retired basketball player, former rapper and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. Throughout his 19-year career, O'Neal used his size and strength to overpower opponents for points and rebounds.
Following his career at Louisiana State University, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He quickly became one of the top centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and later leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. He won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid tension between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and...
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There are two schools of thought on LinkedIn. One is the group of people who truly believe LinkedIn is a magical place, ideal for connecting with individuals in your field and finding jobs and touting your experience. The other is a group that mocks phrases like "thinkfluencer" and "guru" and rolls its eyes whenever someone actually talks about LinkedIn.
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AUSTIN -- In the 1997 superhero action movie Steel, Shaquille O'Neal played the armor-clad title character who along with his arsenal of weapons tries to obliterate criminals. But what if instead of fighting bad guys, Steel had to battle the modern-day Iron Man? Mashable asked Shaq to theoretically pit the heroes against each other in a fictitious epic showdown. "Iron Man has me because he has better technology," Shaq said at South by Southwest.
AUSTIN -- "Stevey baby, it's Shaqy, can I get one of those iPhones?" Shaquille O'Neal remembers asking then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs during several phone calls in 2007 after Apple announced the original iPhone. But despite the begging, Jobs denied Shaq's requests.
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Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has announced his retirement from the NBA via Twitter and a short video he linked to from the microblogging site on Wednesday.
Oh, Shaq, you stinker, you! The basketball star took to Twitter today, where he tweeted what he said was his phone number. However, upon dialing said number, folks were directed to a recorded message from HumorHotlines.com detailing "how to keep an idiot entertained." Check out the tweet in question below, as well as Shaq's gleeful followup.
Gail Sideman is a publicist that specializes in generating exposure for sports and authors. She is @PUBLISIDE on Twitter and can be found on Facebook. It should come as no surprise that the entire sports world is reaching out to fans with social media tools. But just how engaged are these groups with the latest in communications technology? Because the National Basketball Association (NBA) is in the thick of its playoffs, we'll use them as a guinea pig.
Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. Celebrities have officially taken over social networks and are using them to connect with fans and promote their movies, albums and other products. The recent redesign of Facebook Pages has presented celebrities with a great opportunity to engage their fan base and amass hundreds of thousands, if not millions of fans.
This morning I found out that Shaq is on Facebook, by way of a friend giving a "like" to one of the NBA superstar's very amusing videos. From there, I became roughly the 350,000th fan of Shaq and started poking around his Page, which, must be rather new, because updates only go back to April 19th.
Even though 12seconds.tv has been iterating like crazy with their new 12ommecials and integration with TweetDeck, the biggest thing that has happened to the micro-vlogging service could very well be the Shaq Attack. Think we're kidding? Well, Shaqueille O'Neal joined Twitter back in November, and since he set up shop and started spewing out crazy and fun filled tweets as @THE_REAL_SHAQ, Twitter has grown exponentially (from 4 - 14 million uniques a month in the US).
As we reported yesterday, Shaquille O'Neal is on Twitter, and it's definitely the real Shaq. But two days ago as a few people started discovering The Big Aristotle's account, not everyone was convinced. Bryant Blount (aka lord_b) was one of the doubters after first hearing about @THE_REAL_SHAQ on a sports website. The back and forth between the two ultimately lead to an unforgettable phone call for a sports fan, and perhaps proves once and for all that Shaq is the coolest star athlete on the planet.


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Met with some friends on a business trip. One of the specials was scallops covered with lobster and crab and crusted with parmesan - very yummy. Dessert was a baked apple crisp with ice cream.
We have eaten at Kee Grill many times and have always had a terrific experience. Food and service are always top-notch. I particularly like the lamb chops and Chilean Sea Bass and my husband likes the scallops. We've never had a bad meal, regardless of what we or our friends have ordered. I don't think you can go wrong!
Price : roughly $120 per couple but be prepared to take some home
Atmosphere : tiki bar indoors with typical old Boca crowd
Food : AMAZING!!!
All of our food was amazing. pork Chop & lamb chop were big & tasty
Staff: great
Will I return: DEFINTELY!!!!!
Cant help think that a review with 5 stars in all catagories is truthfull !!!! So, I will give you my opinion on Ke Grill. food is first class,well trained service staff, in a pretty setting.Some tables too close so having a conversation is sometimes difficult.Outstanding Menu.. Love the lamb chops and spiinich side.Much improved "attitude" to customers.
The cioppino here is one of my favorites. Any other dish that I order I always have thae spinach Maria. It's a crock of baked creamed spinach. Mmmmm !
What an excellent surprise at Kee grill . Excellent Tuna fish served very generously with 2 sides amont plenty to choose.
Good dining experience with friends , all having different dishes from lobsters to fishes and many others. all happy anyway.
Nice starting at the bar where you can order cocktails and share drinks as well a round the bar....
Their early bird dinner (before 6:00) can't be beat for value and quality. Love the Crab Cakes and the Yellowtail snapper. Their Spinach Maria side dish is the best.
we were six people in boca and decided to go back to ke'e grill for dinner. it is pronounced "key grill" and does not use the Hawaiian pronunciation because the food is not Hawaiian. summer special.. wine 25% off the listed price. I started with the fried calamari and tomatoes and onions....excellent choice even though I prefer the "legs" better...
Apparently always crowded, we went for the early bird dinner with relatives. We were seated right away and enjoyed a wonderful meal. Great place to go if you are nearby but make a reservation. Food was delicious.
My wife and I have been to this wonderful restaurant 7-8 times. It is located only about a mile from our house in a strip mall. The restaurant is remarkably consistent. Its meals are of excellent quality, particularly the fish. The service is always very good. The Kee Grill offers very good sunset specials during the summer months that I...
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I made an island with dirt at the western equator, in an ocean. how can i get grass to grow on it?
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Grass grows over time, don't rush it. You can also grow plants without grass; but if the dirt is stacked undef another block, I'm not sure if it will grow.
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I don't know if t's a glitch.It will or might grow grass under water overtime. In my world there was one dirt block under water that has grass on it, it might be a glitch.
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