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- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 3 lb mixed bones and heads of white-fleshed fish (such as monkfish, turbot, red snapper, striped bass, porgy, grouper, and/or cod), gills removed and bones and heads rinsed well
- 2 large onions, sliced
- 1 bunch parsley stems (reserve leaves for another use)
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 10 cups cold water
- 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
Spread butter in bottom of a 6- to 8-quart heavy pot. Add fish bones and heads, onions, parsley stems, lemon juice, and salt and cook, covered, over moderately high heat, without stirring, 5 minutes. (Mixture will steam in its own juices.) Add water and wine and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, skimming any foam, 25 minutes.
Pour stock through a fine sieve into a large heatproof bowl, pressing on and discarding solids. If not using stock immediately, cool, uncovered, before chilling, covered.
Cooks' note: ·Stock can be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered, or frozen 1 month.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (4 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories17
- Carbohydrates0 g (0%)
- Fat0 g (1%)
- Protein3 g (6%)
- Saturated Fat0 g (1%)
- Sodium63 mg (3%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber0 g (0%)
- Monounsaturated Fat0 g
- Cholesterol7 mg (2%)

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Hmm.. This looks intriguing. May give it a shot.
I've spent a few minutes with this one. Is actually pretty neat. Haven't spent any money on it yet. It reminds me a bit of King if Dragon Pass in some ways but it is a very different game.
So far, the gameplay revolves around a simple one on one fighting mechanic. You can upgrade your character and your village through gold and epic points. It's kind of like infinity blade in that when you die, apparently the next generation continues and you keep your glory points but your silver resets I guess. Will play more.
Here's a link to their site. There's a gameplay video if you're interested.
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I'm sure it probably won't last long, bit this game has me terribly addicted. It's a permadeath RPG which gives it a roguelike feel, but everything is determined by decision making and sword duels. Instead of a dungeon, you're just dealing with a variety of typical life issues like rival clans taking resources from your land, people ogling your sister, and strange quests from people at your gate. The screenshots do not do the game justice due to its art style. You really have to see it in motion. The game is made on Unity. The real strength is the diversity of perks and character development paths. You can also buy gear and buildings to upgrade your home. There is IAP but so far it really hasn't bothered me, particularly since it's a free game, but it's there.
Edit: oh and you can change the level of graphical detail in the main settings. Took me a bit to find that.
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Im quite cautious about the iaps, but im really liking the initial impressions of this one. The art style is really nice, especially the snowfall. The adventure game/infinity blade type gameplay is a really cool concept. ive had only two quests so far, but one i resolved through conversation, and one with my sword, nice! already several other quests have opened up as a result.
There seems to be a lot of things to buy and upgrade, so hopefully it doesnt requre too much of a grind or iaps.
I've come across one gripe with the game so far. I really enjoy the game and have died about 6 times in it and started a new life each time.
The problem I have is that there doesn't seem to be enough carry over from one life to the next. Despite the fact that the Epic points carry over from life to life, the things you buy with Epic points don't seem to. I thought that maybe by upgrading my village, you wouldn't have to upgrade it again in the next life. However, I found out that wasn't the case and the village was back to square one.
There is the option of paying with epic points so you can start off the game at a higher level when you die, but that seems like a waste since it doesn't matter how high you level in a life since nothing carries over. You do unlock perks as you progress which are unlocked in the next life, but I haven't found that to make much of a difference. You can purchase more epic points with IAP, but I don't want to spend money if its not on things that carry over into the next life.
I hope I'm missing something here because I really enjoy this game. I can see myself getting lost in it. It has a lot of charm and I think this could really be a hit. Also, since it's free, I wouldn't mind paying for something through an IAP, but I will not pay for things that are consumable and don't carry over into the next life.
Any body else run across this?
That's half the fun It's a permadeath RPG, so you have to start over every time. As the game tells you worldly possessions go with you to the grave, only epic points carry over. I'm at the point where I can buy pretty much every building every game. If stuff like that carried over, the game would lose a lot of replay value. Think of it more like a roguelike than a traditional RPG or even infinity blade. You start from nothing, and see how far you can progress, how much you can develop your home, and how much glory you can amass before your inevitable death. Then start over
So what I meant by my question was, what are you spending your money and points on? I've been trying to save and hoard my epic points, but maybe that's not the best plan. Maybe I need to spend them to get higher level to unlock perks that help me in the next life. I am so reluctant to spend them though because they seem to accumulate so slowly. You must get more the higher levels I guess.
Is that the case Royce?
I'm basically only making "progress" each time because I'm getting better at the game's sword fighting mechanics and learning how to most effectively develop my character. As you play, you unlock a ton of perks, some with prerequisites, and your perk allotment can have a huge impact on your success. Just keep trying different strategies. As for epic points, I haven't even touched the ones that you start with. I only spend what I can earn in a given game. If I ever have a game where I get tremendously far, I may spend some of my reserve on gear. As it is, I basically spend them on healing wounds.
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February 26, 2012 | Come celebrate Hollywood's biggest night at the Jane Pickens Theater! The Second Annual Red Carpet Gala features a LIVE telecast of both the Oscar's Red Carpet Live "pre-show" and the 84th Academy Awards. February 26, 2012. Doors open at 6:45 PM for the Gala Cocktail Party and the start of the telecast at 7:00 PM. Click to Buy Tickets Online >
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The theory that one's home is a psychologically special form of property has become a cherished principle of property law, cited by legislators and touted extensively in the legal scholarship. Influential scholars, most notably Margaret Radin, have asserted that ongoing control over one's home is necessary for an individual's very personhood and ability to flourish in society. Other commentators have expounded a communitarian vision of the home as rooting e is evidence, as discussed in Part III, that dislocation that results in reduced social interaction and relationships is detrimental. Also, dislocation that separates families or impacts family relations is likely to impose psychmacy of the home has encouraged the overproduction of home-protective legislation and added a gloss of moral legitimacy to rent seeking. In light of the political ground swell to "save homes" and the social costs of residential protectionism, it is time for a critical reexamination of the psychological importance attributed to the home. Drawing on the research literature in psychology, sociology, and demography, this Article argues that there is scant evidence to support the theory that one's home is a special object that constitutes psychological personhood or enables a rich web of territorial relationships.
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In the wake of No Child Left Behind, many public schools have cut or eliminated social studies instruction to allot more time for math and literacy. Given courts' repeated celebration of education as the "foundation of good citizenship," this Note examines potential legal claims and litigation strategies that could be used to compel social studies instruction in public schools. This Note contends that the federal judiciary's civic conception of education leaves the door slightly ajar for a Fourteenth Amendment challenge on behalf of social studies-deprived students, but the Supreme Court's refusal in San Antonio v. Rodriguez to recognize education as a fundamental right leaves potential federal challenges with substantial barriers to success.


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Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Game, & Young Jeezy Give Back for Thanksgiving
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, some of hip-hop's biggest stars gave back to their communities. On Wednesday, 50 Cent joined Feeding America and the Food Bank for New York City to serve a holiday meal to New Yorkers in need and those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
There was a "Celebration" in Compton when Game returned to his old 'hood to hand out turkeys to the locals. The self-proclaimed "Black Robin Hood" kissed women and babies and gave away over 1000 turkeys. After he ran out, he went back and bought 500 more to pass out. "Thankful to give," tweeted Game.
Always one to keep it real, Young Jeezy hosted his annual turkey giveaway at The Gallery at South DeKalb in Decatur, Georgia. "Sharing is caring," said the Snowman as he distributed turkeys to people of all ages and races.
Earlier in the week, Nicki Minaj visited her old elementary school P.S. 45 in Queens to speak with the students and donate turkeys, while her YMCMB fam Birdman and Slim passed out turkeys and other Thanksgiving items in their native New Orleans.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists who identified the first gene for beer foam say their finding could lead to improving the frothy head that's so important to the aroma and visual appeal of your favorite brew.
Proteins from the barley and yeast used to make beer contribute to the quality of its foam, the researchers explained in the study, which was published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
The foamy head on beer consists of bubbles containing carbon dioxide gas, which is produced by yeast during fermentation. Proteins cluster around the gas, forming the bubbles in the foam.
Previous research showed that proteins from the yeast stabilize the foam and prevent the head from disappearing too quickly. But until now, it wasn't known which yeast gene made the foam-stabilizing protein.
The authors of this study identified that gene, which they call CFG1. It's closely related to genes in wine and sake yeasts that are also involved in foaming, according to a journal news release.
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Noel G. Petersen, 82, Stevens Point, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at his home.
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Obviously… January 8, 2013Posted by mareserinitatis in grad school, younger son.
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The younger boy was saying good night before bed. I told him I needed a hug, so he curled up on my lap and said I couldn't work any more tonight.
"The whole night? If I don't get any more work done because I spent the whole night snuggling you, then what will my advisor think?"
"Obviously, she would think that you have a son who loves you."
There's nothing cuter than a little boy using the word obviously, except when he does it while snuggling you.
Distracting the mansplainer August 1, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in feminism, grad school, research, societal commentary.
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I used to really think that if I presented people with enough compelling facts, I could totally convince them to change their minds about things. I try to operate that way myself, but it took me a good, long time to realize that's not how most people think. Not only did it take me a long time, but it took a lot of arguments and hurt feelings. (I'll admit that I still don't get the way people view things a lot of times, and it really troubles me when I don't understand how someone could have come to a particular view. I'll hammer at it for days trying to understand…which is usually futile because they're basing their judgement, often times, on experiences I wouldn't know about.)
I also discovered that arguing with a lot of men really doesn't work. I'll be honest and say I'm not sure what does, but I have run into a fair bit of the "mansplaining" phenomenon. Technical guys, in particular, love to tell women how to do things because women just obviously cannot wrap their little brains around those complex things that men do.
Even if she's got degrees in physics and engineering.
Today I got mansplained again…and it nearly turned into a knock-down drag-out type ordeal. Fortunately, I've learned that, at some point, you need to turn an argument into something constructive or it will get you nowhere.
I had to try to explain to someone that my widget didn't seem to be compatible with their docking station. They were convinced that my widget had a bunch of design problems and they couldn't see how it would work in any docking station. I tried to explain that I had already used it in several docking stations, and even in their own docking station! But when it was in their docking station, I could only communicate with modem and not with ethernet. It didn't matter. This person kept insisting the problem was that my widget was the wrong size and shape, and if I happened to get it working, it was working in only one place and as a result of luck. And every time, I would get a lecture on how to design widgets properly.
It almost got to the point of shouting, and I wasn't sure what to do, so I grabbed my widget and his docking station and made it fit. He was shocked. You see, me saying that it fit really didn't matter. I am obviously not smart enough to know when the widget fits properly or not, and in his estimation, it shouldn't have fit. But it did.
It also turned out to be the right thing to do because suddenly he could see what sorts of communications problems the widget had and was distracted from his theoretical notions of appropriate widget dimensions to that actual problem at hand. In about a half hour, we had the kinks worked out so that the widget could use both modem and ethernet.
At this point, the person asked me why I hadn't talked to him about the problem before. Apparently he didn't realize that I had and that, each time, he insisted my widget must be the wrong size. I would assume that he knew better and would go off, searching out the problem, only to find that the problem still seemed to be with the communications protocols. Each time it happened, I would try to provide some proof, which would be dismissed with a wave of the hand and, "That can't be the problem," regardless of the evidence I'd generated. So why hadn't I talked to him? Because he'd diagnosed the problem before I even spoke to him and wouldn't even look at any evidence to the contrary, citing how his own background put him in a much better position to figure out the problem.
It's working! Bwahahaha! July 18, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in computers, grad school, research.
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I really try not to let myself post too many blog posts when I'm overly tired. Usually this results in a post that is only semi-coherent and riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. (The other day on Facebook, I intended to write "more likely" but it came out "morely like"…which is a sure sign of sleep deprivation.)
However, I'm rather excited that after months of trying to deal with my bad programming, the compiler not being overly friendly with my code, and some sort of conspiracy between my compiler and the communications protocol on one of the computer clusters, I am running some code for real now. (Not just in debug mode!)
To celebrate, I am going to sleep as soon as I'm done with this post. I sure now how to live it up, don't I?
(Official notice: spelling and grammatical errors have not been approved by this poster but will likely show up anyway. Especially wierd ones.)
Some thoughts (like, a million or so) on instructional technologies July 10, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in education, family, gifted, grad school, homeschooling, math, older son, research, science, societal commentary, teaching, younger son.
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I've been having a discussion with Massimo about his post on instructional technology. Despite what I've already said, I have a lot more thoughts, so it's just easier to write it out as a blog post (or maybe more than one).
I think I'm going to start by defining some things about how classrooms operate online. First, you have what I would call the Udacity (or maybe Khan Academy) model. This is a model where you basically watch a lecture online, complete and submit homework assignments online, and discuss things via discussion boards (or Blackboard or Moodle). The second model is completely computerized – all the lessons are presented via a reading or lecture, and the bulk of the course is completing problems. Both my sons have used the former method to learn math. One uses EPGY and the other uses Aleks. On top of these choices for online education, there are in-class courses, mixed (some components online and others in a classroom or lab), and earning credit by exam, such as AP, CLEP, or DANTE exams.
If you look at these options from the point of view of a university, some of these options for educating students are going to be more appealing than others. Credit by exam, of course, is going to be the least appealing. The university gets a fee for administering the exam but pretty much nothing else. Many universities simply will not accept them, but there are a lot of them (mostly non-elite schools) that will.
The other one that is bad from a university POV is the completely computerized model. It works incredibly well for things like math and some sciences because it basically moves working from a textbook to working on the computer. Also, most of the programs are adaptive in that, if you're having difficulty with a concept, it will first give you additional problems. If this doesn't seem to be helping, it will pull you off that topic and put you on to another, waiting a while before it allows you to revisit the difficult topic. (I believe K12 uses a completely computerized model for all courses, but I have no experience with it and can't say how well it works for language or social science-type courses.) In a classroom where one person is a facilitator supervising several students working on the course, this is a very cost effective method, and a lot of elementary and secondary schools are beginning to utilize it. When doing it for online education, however, it represents an expense that is more, generally speaking, than hiring an individual to teach a class. The majority of tuition money would be spent on licensing (as there are already several good ones out there) or development of a program (which may not compete well with pre-existing products) and not going into university coffers. Also, why offer something that everyone else can offer, too? That's certainly not going to set you apart in terms of attracting students. Therefore, universities are more likely to want to have in-class courses, mixed, or online courses that utilize the Udacity model.
In the discussion Massimo's final comment was this:
I was not aware that there is now solid research showing that online education is superior to classroom teaching for the vast majority of students (I assume that at Stanford they no longer offer classroom-based math courses — it would make no sense to have continued, given that online courses work better). I am surprised that classroom-based education still exists at all, and that so many of us still believe that it is better — but I am sure society will soon abandon this useless relic of a time past, and embrace the more effective online education.
Here's the problem: there are decades of research showing that online education is, at the very least, equally effective for most students and significantly better for other students. So why aren't we using it more? I could also state that lectures have been been shown to be one of the poorest forms of teaching known to man, so why do we continue to use it so much? Turns out, there's an answer. In this journal called Science (you may have heard of it), they ask exactly this question about interactive teaching and inquiry-based classrooms:
Given the widespread agreement, it may seem surprising that change has not progressed rapidly nor been driven by the research universities as a collective force. Instead, reform has been initiated by a few pioneers, while many other scientists have actively resisted changing their teaching. So why do outstanding scientists who demand rigorous proof for scientific assertions in their research continue to use and, indeed defend on the basis of intuition alone, teaching methods that are not the most effective? Many scientists are still unaware of the data and analyses that demonstrate the effiectiveness of active learning techniques. Others may distrust the data because they see scientists who have flourished in the current educational system. Still others feel intimidated by the challenge of learning new teaching methods or may fear that identification as teachers will reduce their credibility as researchers.
I'd like to note that this was published in 2004, almost a decade ago. Here we are, 8 years later, and from my observation, active teaching strategies are seldom used in most classrooms.
I think it's safe to say that this is the same set of problems faced with online education. I would also add that people who learn well in the classroom have a hard time understanding that others may learn as well or better using a different medium. Or there's just simply the problem that they're afraid they're going to lose their jobs. (I only see this as likely in the scenario colleges would somehow try to implement completely computerized online classes…but you can see my comments on that above.)
One major issue that I see is how few college instructors really understand how people learn. They learned well through a lecture style course, and so they assume that it is obviously the best way to learn. I personally think that every instructor ought to have at least one course in educational neuroscience so that they understand how lousy lectures really are as well as so that they may communicate to their students how they ought to try to approach learning and studying. (This was a significant part of the class I taught to incoming engineering students last year, but not all places have a course where you can cover topics like that.) I do realize that such a course is not available at most universities, but I don't think that should prevent one from accessing this knowledge. I would suggest that one who has never taken such a course invest some time in the course materials available online (are you feeling the irony?) at Harvard. Those opposed to online education can read the book Brain Rules, which was used as the text for the course. (Of course, if you are opposed to online education, I hope you're reading an actual paperback rather than downloading it onto your iPad.)
Massimo also says:
I am not disputing that online education may be the only/best option for some — but, from it being a valid option for some, to it replacing classroom teaching foreveryone, there is a bit of a leap, don't you think ?
No, I don't think so. There are two reasons why I think this. First, teachers who embrace online learning are more likely to embrace other technology that is likely to enhance learning. Generally, this will enhance learning beyond anything that is likely to occur in a lecture-based class that occurs in a classroom. Despite what some people may say, research shows (read Brain Rules) that learning which is multisensory (like watching YouTube clips) is better for you than sitting in a lecture. Images will convey more information than talking, and video (or seeing something in action) conveys more information than straight images. Sitting in a lab is likely the best environment of all. Online learning also is likely to be able to keep people's attention. (If you read Brain Rules, you'll come to find that most people can only focus for about ten minutes, and then they need something to restimulate their attention.)
Second, I think accessibility is a huge issue in education. I have one parent who found it incredibly difficult to finish a degree (and she never did) because she had a choice between quitting her job to take classes at the local university, which were only offered during the day, and taking night classes at an expensive private college. I have a sibling who is currently finishing a degree in accounting online because she lives two hours from a university and works 4-10s. How is she supposed to finish a degree at a school in those circumstances? There are a lot of people in similar situations who would otherwise be unable to earn a degree. In fact, my husband earned his MS through Penn State through a Navy program where he took some classes at the university and some through a video link…well over a decade ago. He said he would've been unlikely to pursue a degree if he'd had to drive across Puget Sound (he was in the Seattle area at the time) evenings for two or three years.
Okay, so obviously I know a lot of people who have benefitted from these sorts of things. So why do I think it could work for everyone? I think this is a basic principle behind Universal Design for Learning: the notion is that if you design a curriculum that helps people with difficulties and disabilities, you're going to help many other people as well. Our brains work on a continuum, and while not everyone may have learning disabilities, they may operate in a region where learning may be difficult, if not disabling, when it's presented a certain way. Therefore, if you design materials to teach someone who is hearing impaired, for instance, you'll likely help a lot of people who may have difficulty with ingesting information through auditory means in general. (Lest you think this must be a small part of the population, take into consideration that I was working toward a master's degree before I found out that I likely have some sort of auditory processing disorder…and only because my son was diagnosed with one. Smart people can often do well even with learning disabilities because they often have other ways to compensate…but it can be frustrating for them, nonetheless. I wrote a post on this topic a while ago.)
So what does this have to do with online learning? I can give a concrete example: my older son is ADHD and had auditory processing disorder. He really struggles sitting in a normal classroom and, for most of his life, his teachers told me he couldn't possibly be gifted because of his classroom performance despite the fact that I had documented evidence to the contrary. We took him out of the classroom, and he started earning college-level credits through CLEP exams beginning his freshman year of high school…working independently, primarily through reading. As I mentioned above, he does all of his math through Aleks. He does extremely well on pretty much any type of standardizes examination. I can easily see a kid like him, even with less problems, having huge difficulties sitting in a college classroom but being able to handle an online class very easily in no small part because the method of presentation. So why can't this help someone who is less distractable?
Take it a step further. If online learning is ideal for people who have jobs and families and can work in the evenings but not get to classes, why can't it also work for students living in dorms or even at home? Maybe some of them find that they concentrate best at night and it is preferable to sitting in a large, crowded, warm, boring classroom at 8 a.m. (And yes, people do function on different clocks.) Aren't you benefitting the student by allowing them to work at their peak time?
I'm not saying everyone will take advantage of this, but I think it ought to be an option for many people. Some people really thrive on personal interaction and keeping them out of a classroom would inhibit them from learning. Some people don't. The ideal situation is where students have choices and options.
I think the final thing I have to say on this topic is that the real problem, in my mind, is that teachers see themselves as essential to the learning process. Really, the one thing I've learned going through graduate school and homeschooling my kids is that teachers are more often an impediment. The university functions to teach students, and yet, in many cases, students are quite capable of learning the materials on their own. That's really the reason behind homework: you learn it far better by doing it than by sitting and listening to someone talk about it. In reality, students are still learning on their own. The role of the university is to focus the effort, speed up the process, and assess performance. Students are not necessarily learning anything from their classes that they cannot learn on their own…and in fact, they may be learning it less deeply than if they did it on their own.
I find this ironic given that the other aspect of a university is research: people are expected to learn new things and create new knowledge all the time. If learning really only happens meaningfully in a classroom, then research couldn't exist. I can't wrap my head around the fact that researchers who learn things on their own all the time will turn around and claim that undergraduates somehow lack that ability.
My conclusion, therefore, is that online education should seriously be considered as an alternative whenever available. I think it democratizes education and makes a better environment for learning for a significant portion of students. The reason we haven't shifted to these models is mostly because professors, on the whole, are unwilling to consider that it should be done another way and are uninformed about the benefits.
It's amazing what I can get done when I'm not at work July 5, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in grad school, personal, research, writing, younger son.
Tags: fostering, Gigadog, illness, reading, west nile, writing, younger son
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I never thought I'd be thankful for my child being sick. I suppose I should as it means he's acquiring another immunity.
I'm guessing the younger son had West Nile. At least, the symptoms were consistent with West Nile, and it showed up a couple days after his daycare took the kids to a nearby state park to swim. Swimming hole = mosquitoes = contagion. The younger boy is usually pretty healthy, but it was obvious he was pretty sick this time. He spent two days solid watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons, eating jello and yogurt, and sleeping.
I constantly had a thermometer in my hand. The worst was reading temps of 103.5°F, because then I had to convince myself that it was really better not to give him Tylenol. See, the kid wouldn't sleep unless I let his fever run up, and I know from past experience that you've got to let them hit that spike or it just drags out for days. It seemed to work because less than 24 hours after we initially discovered he was sick, his fever dropped down in to the below 101°F range. Yesterday, which was 48 hours after we found out he was sick, he was going stir crazy and taking Mike and myself with him.
In the meantime, I was stuck at home, and it was the probably some of the best uninterrupted time I've had in months to work on my dissertation. This resulted in a big jump forward, at least from my perspective. In that time, I learned how to use the debugger and managed to fix a couple major issues with my code. On top of that, I managed to finish a fictional novel I've been reading for the last six months. (Yeah, I know…) I even spent some time doing some fun writing of my own (though obviously not the blog).
I also was asked to take care of a rescue dog for a couple days. He's a very sweet boy, but he makes Gigadog look tiny. (Maybe we should call him Teradog?) I'll probably be picking him up tomorrow, so I'll try to get some pics up. (Depends on how busy he keeps me.) I think we've decided to call him Rainier, since he's huge as a mountain. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he and Gigadog get along well.
Musings on research June 13, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in career, engineering, grad school, papers, research, science.
Tags: engineering, engineering research, research, scooped
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I made an interesting observation today. It's funny that I should've noticed this before, but I didn't.
I have finally come to the realization that the question, "How's your research going?" is really a euphemism for, "How long until you've finished your PhD?" I'm not sure why it didn't hit me before. My usual response to the question is to ask 'which research?' because I work in two totally different areas of research, both of which I find pretty fascinating. I thought the person asking the question was actually interested in what I was doing.
Nope. I realized today that they always say, "Why, your PhD work, of course!" And, when it comes down to it, only a handful of people who ask really are interested in the research itself. Most are just interested in how close that completion date is.
The reason I should've realized this before is because my husband got the question all the time. It didn't occur to me until this line of thought became clear that once he'd graduated, people started asking, "How's work?" (And usually, they aren't interested in his research, either.)
If there isn't a PhD comic strip devoted to this topic yet, there ought to be.
I got scooped. (A work related project – not my dissertation.) It was a small side project that I'd worked on here and there but had really not had any significant time to commit to. I'd gotten started on it and looked at things here and there. In part, I was waiting for someone else to finish some of his software development. (Of course, he was laid off earlier this year…so I imagine I'll be waiting a while.)
Anyway, I am kicking myself because I obviously had a good idea (given someone else published exactly. the. same. thing.), but there was just no time to flesh it out. Did I make the right choice by focusing on other things or did I miss the boat? On the other hand…hey! I had a good idea. I, of course, have a couple of ideas of things that can be done based on the original project, but it's disappointing that I won't have the paper that gives the original idea. Of course, at the rate that particular project is going (because it's so low priority…just some ideas I had playing around in the lab), I'm not sure I'll ever get those other papers out.
This makes me wonder…is it good to focus on the 'next big thing'? Or should one keep trying to work on those little things in the meantime? How do you prioritize? I think I made the right decision…but it's easy to second-guess yourself.
thinking work June 10, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in grad school, research, solar physics.
Tags: grad school, productivity, programming, solar physics
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I have to give a presentation next week and older son took off for the summer, so between getting slides together and getting stuff and people shuttled to the airport, it was a rather busy weekend. There was some code I wanted to work on but didn't have the chance.
It's funny, though, because I was still thinking about it, and I actually think I made good progress on a plan of action. I realized I had three options: fix it, rewrite it, or throw my hands up in despair and give up. (Okay…last one is very low on the list of possibilities, but I can't say it's non-existent…there have been days.) I'm not sure I can fix it, but I have an idea of how to go about doing it. It's a piece of code without commenting, but I know what it's supposed to do, and I have an awesome 'cookbook' of numerical algorithms that explains it. (Need a spline written in a jiffy….I'm your woman!) I also suspect that in the process of trying to fix it, I'll figure out a way to rewrite it a bit more efficiently, likely with less effort than fixing it will take. And I planned out how I can verify everything, as well.
While I didn't have much time to work on it directly, I got my resources together and know what I'm going to do so I can hit it first thing after work tomorrow. I wonder if I made more progress by spending my 'off' time thinking about it than if I'd just dived in. I guess I should know in a couple days. But it's funny how stepping away from something and letting your mind idle on it can result in something worthwhile.
Grad student advice: Picking a topic April 17, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in education, engineering, grad school, physics, research.
Tags: advice, advising, advisor, dissertation, grad school, research
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It happened again yesterday: one of the email updates I received had a post from someone asking someone to give him a good topic for a dissertation.
It's not an absurd question: some of us don't have much if any guidance from advisors, though I get worried that this is indicative of a problematic advising relationship. I'm also not saying an advisor should give a student a topic (at least not for a PhD), but they apparently aren't even addressing the topic with the student. However, I figured it's a question worth addressing on the blog. If nothing else, I can post a link whenever I see the question pop up, which it seems to do with regularity.
The real simple answer, in my experience, is to start reading. Read journals in your field. Look at what interests you. Try to think of gaps or problems that aren't addressed in the research you're reading. And don't forget to go back and read the references for the most interesting articles. Other ideas are to get involved in projects or try to choose something from a class project (I discuss this here). Generally, you're going to be spending several years on something, so let your curiosity guide you. If it's not interesting now, it certainly won't be in four years. (In fact, even if it is interesting now, you might be sick of it in four years, but it's best to make that four years as tolerable as physically possible.)
The question in my mind is whether you should talk to your advisor before or after you start doing this. Some advisors do give their students projects, but my experience in physics and electrical engineering is that most don't. (My friends in the biological sciences, particularly medicine, have indicated that, in their fields, getting a topic handed to you is the norm.) However, even if your advisor doesn't give you a project, s/he is likely to have an area of interest where they'd prefer you work. My MS advisor was very much the exception in that he expected his students to pick topics outside of his primary research area as a way for him to learn more about other areas. I think his rule of thumb was that it had to require electromagnetics…beyond that, you were pretty much on your own. On the other hand, if you had no particular interest, he did have suggestions, so he didn't leave you hanging, either.
Therefore, as you're looking at topics, be sure to check in with your advisor on a fairly regular basis to make sure that you're not going too far astray (been there, done that) as well as making sure they still 'buy in' to your project (done that, and it's not fun when they aren't terribly interested). You also need to take into consideration whether or not you have the facilities and equipment and, probably, funding for your project. If you want to go into a certain area and need funding, you'll likely need help from your advisor. It's also a good idea to do this early because it gives you an idea of how invested your advisor is in your project and how well you communicate. Figure it out early before you get four years into a thesis project only to have your advisor tell you you're an idiot and won't be graduating. (Yes, it does happen.)
The take away message should be that you should try to use your curiosity and creativity to find a project, and that you need to make sure your advisor buys into it. Don't ask total strangers as they're so far removed from the situation, you'll never get anything useful.
Some of my readers are wise in the way of advising, so I'm curious what they have to add.
If I didn't need a job, I'd probably… April 10, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in career, family, grad school, personal, work.
Tags: grad school, independently wealthy, work
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I am always amused when listening to people talk about what they'd do if they didn't have to work. I sort of found out for myself: I'd probably work.
I had a couple years as a stay-at-home mom, where I primarily was homeschooling the older child. I also had a stint doing it when he was a toddler. I sometimes fantasize about staying home with the younger boy, who would be much easier to homeschool than the older boy was.
Then my husband reminds me that's not a good idea: I was pretty much going batty by the end of it.
I bring this up because Nicoleandmaggie posted about this, saying boredom would be a problem. Oh, was it ever. I cannot spend all day at home with a child. Believe it or not, I had nearly a spotless house (you'd die laughing if you saw my house now), was taking care of getting kids to appointments, homeschooling, even working on an MSEE part-time…
And going completely nuts.
I really immersed myself in dancing during this period because it was one of the best ways to interact with other adults outside of school. Unfortunately, regular training, teaching classes, and spending time outside of structured dance time did nothing to help the boredom. It kept me busy, but not stimulated. My classes (which I was doing pretty much one per semester) were about all that kept me sane.
The year the older boy hit middle school, he decided he wanted to go to public school full time, and I decided it was time to finish my MA. My dancing dropped off significantly, I was working on teaching or research or homework almost every night. And I was much, much happier.
I guess what that made me realize is that I really, really need to have intellectual stimulation, and reading Scientific American just isn't enough to do it for me. I like working on problems, figuring things out, working towards a goal. If I were to win the lotto, I suspect I would just keep doing the same thing, probably by funding my own research. (Wouldn't it be nice not to have to find someone to pay you to do it?) I think the biggest difference is that I'd probably be able to go on trips more often.
Let me drop everything and work on YOUR problem March 23, 2012Posted by mareserinitatis in career, engineering, family, grad school, work.
Tags: dissertation, schedule, schedules, work, work habits, workplace
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I appreciate the fact that I have very respectful and polite colleagues. I particularly appreciate it when it comes to my schedule. I only work half-time, and most of them have been very good about making sure to schedule things for when I am there. On those occasions where things had to be scheduled when I was supposed to be gone, my supervisor has usually asked me first to make sure there's no conflict. My hours are pretty flexible, as well, so if I have to stay late one day, I can take time off the following day or something similar.
Still, I hate having things change around too much. Changes in schedule seriously seem to affect my concentration, and changes in routine just don't sit well with me. I can certainly deal, but it always seems to throw me off.
In the past month and a half, things have gotten much worse, schedule-wise. I've had to do a lot of changing schedules because of some PR that the university has been doing both on my research at work as well as my dissertation project. I have gotten to the point that I now am dressing up half the time when I go to work because, more than once, I've gotten a call in the morning that they'd like me to talk to a reporter or in the afternoon. Half the time, I wasn't even dressed like a nerdy engineer – t-shirt and jeans was it. It's a good thing I live close to campus because I've had to make emergency wardrobe trips. However, despite all of the rearrangements, if I've said I had a conflict, no one has ever asked me to change anything. People have been willing to work around my schedule, which has been awesome.
The only real problem I hit is when deadlines show up. If the deadline is looming but not close enough that I can adjust a schedule for the week, that sometimes sucks time out of dissertation work (although I am getting more and more protective of that as time goes on, simply because it's so easy to let it slide). What's worse is when there are deadlines at work and the kids suddenly have a million and one extra activities as well. And I really hate it when someone gives me 'vague' deadlines, like "as soon as humanly possible". I usually tell them what is humanly possible for me, but I suspect that on a couple of occasions, they felt as though they could do the same thing faster. It's possible they could…but it's also possible that, if they had the same schedule constraints I do, they might not. As cliche as it is, I go back to Stephen Covey's 7 habits book. In it, he says he schedules everything out, and if someone drops something in your lap, you ask them what other thing you should get rid of to fit in this deadline. (Maybe it's surprising, but my supervisor is very open to shifting priorities when it's necessary. Other people…not so much.)
How do you deal with shifts in schedule and sudden deadlines?


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Everything about Sinatra has stirred controversy at one time or another his politics, his friendships, his love life. Back in the old days, Friedwald shows, Sinatra's FDR liberalism and racial tolerance made him the target of right-wing columnists like ''the dreaded Westbrook Pegler, the Rush Limbaugh of the '40s.'' His willingness to have his picture taken with the likes of Sam Giancana led to rumors absurd, Friedwald assures us that Sinatra owed his success to strong-arm tactics by the Mob. Then there were the dames, running the generational gamut from Ava Gardner to Mia Farrow. Not to mention Sinatra's association with certain White House residents, the Kennedys and the Reagans.
So it's heartening to see a book that's almost purely, if not so simply, about ''one of the greatest bodies of music in all of American popular culture.'' But even for those who share Friedwald's opinion that Sinatra stands so far above musicians like Bono and Carly Simon as to make his recent Duets albums an act of self-sacrilege, the question is how many readers have the patience to slog their way through what amounts to a rave review in encyclopedia form.
''So much of our lives has been lived to the soundtrack of Sinatra music,'' Friedwald writes. ''It's hard to tell where our actual experiences end and those we've felt vicariously through Sinatra lyrics begin.'' Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle, Count Basie are all here, along with many lesser-known but equally important contributors to Sinatra's art. True, the author's sneers at virtually every living musician since ''The Pelvis'' make him sound like a grouchy granddad. But that's a minor irritant. More problematic is the combination of his pedantry and lumbering style. Friedwald rarely uses one adverb or adjective when a half dozen will do. The Sinatra-Billy May version of ''Luck Be a Lady,'' he writes, ''became legendary, due to Sinatra's swaggeringly jocular combination of a gambler's flamboyance and the tight, even swing of May's streamlined aggregation.'' How's that again? And maybe it's useful having a track-by-track analysis of Sinatra's '60s album Ring-a-Ding-Ding! But do we really need a paragraph that seems to list every performance and TV sketch in which the singer used the phrase? More than 500 pages of this kind of thing will leave even the most devoted fan crying for mercy. C


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A Visit to Duck Commander & Dinner at Cotton in Monroe, LA
As part of a blog dedicated to sharing with you some of my favorite parts of Southern life and culture, I'd be remiss if there weren't visits to special shops selling one-of-a-kind items, or outstanding design. Hunting and the outdoors are important parts of the Southern culture that I love, so I enjoy sharing those with the blogging world, too. And small towns with good people and good food are the hometowns of most Southern memory or at least idealized memory. This post is the result of an afternoon well wasted in pursuit of all three.
Monroe and West Monroe, LA, are twin cities on the Ouachita river in north-central Louisiana. They're about an hour and a half west of Jackson, an hour and a half east of Shreveport, and about one meal's distance from either Dallas or Tuscaloosa if you're driving I-20. West Monroe is home to one of the most famous Southern families of recent years, the Robertsons, of Duck Dynasty on A&E. Monroe is an old cotton port town that's fallen on rough times but is in the midst of something of a recovery. On either side of the river are beautiful old houses, high levies, and the dead, decaying infrastructure of an agricultural economy that's long gone. West Monroe has cast its downtown as "Antique Alley," and all of the old stores of main street are now well-managed antique stores, with some good old guns and watches mixed in among the furniture and other relics. Monroe's downtown is having a harder time of it, with taller buildings and warehouses that don't lend themselves as well to light retail. Still, there's life stirring. More on that later. By the way, it's "MUN-roe" to the locals.
The most famous local citizens are the Robertsons, and they're every bit the local celebrities you might expect of legitimate international celebrities. The stars of Duck Dynasty are pretty easy to spot, with long hair, huge beards, and the occasional bandanna. Locals will tell you that they go to the gym with one or another of them, buy shoes along side one or another of them, and church with the whole family. I stood in line behind a member of the family at Chick-fil-a just down the road from their warehouse. If you're into celebrity watching, visit West Monroe. They may be camo'd, but they're easy to spot.
Just as the stars themselves are accessible and part of the local community, the Duck Commander headquarters is too. A half-mile off I-20, it looks just like the warehouse and duck call factory it is. You can park next to their tour buses and see the awning that required police cherry picker rescue in one episode. You can walk right up to the warehouse and watch them at work. Tourists come all day, and the parking lot during my visit had a number of Harleys just passing through, as well as plenty of kids getting photos with the signs and cardboard cutouts. Judging by accents and overheard conversations, though, I'd bet most of the visitors were relatively local.
This is the part where a blog would usually discuss the latest Spring fashions at the small boutique they visited for the post, so I'll mention that Duck Commander has a pretty cool waxed cotton baseball cap that matches a Barbour well. They also have a full range of Duck Commander and Buck Commander merchandise: hats, t-shirts, DVDs, stickers, mugs, trailer hitch covers, etc. The factory store is a gift shop for the TV show, mainly, but they do have some calls available. Not many, but some. One thing worth mentioning is that even though this building is shown in 12 million households each week on TV, there was no rude urgency about anybody shopping in the small store. I've rarely heard the word "ma'am" used politely so many times in such a short period. I bought a DVD of some of the early duck hunting videos and went on my way.
After a visit to Antique Alley, during which I decided that I really didn't need an antique Omega bumper automatic, even if I really wanted it (I was probably wrong about not needing it.), I crossed the river to downtown Monroe. In an ancient brick cotton warehouse beside a decrepit railroad bridge is what has to be the only destination restaurant in north-central Louisiana. Cotton is the creation of chef Cory Bahr, a native of Monroe, the winner of Food Network's reality show Chopped in 2012, and the 2011 King of Louisiana Seafood. It's not the kind of place you expect to find among the boarded-up windows of downtown Monroe, but judging by the "coming soon" signs all around, it might have inspired its own better surroundings.
Cotton's menu is self-described as "creative Southern cuisine," and it nicely walks the line between modern seasonality and imagination and traditional Southern dishes. Appetizers like corn bread with sweet potato jam, pimento cheese beignets, buttermilk-fried Mississippi quail, and deviled farm eggs are familiar enough for any Southerner to order, but nothing like the church lunch favorites they resemble in text. The duck wraps are just like what you'd get at a deer camp anywhere in north Louisiana, but executed perfectly enough to fit any menu anywhere. This month's entrees include pork belly & cheeks with pepper jelly and collard green marmalade, and shrimp & grits with Louisiana andouille sausage, Louisiana shrimp, and Alabama grits. Yes, please.
Cotton has three bars, three dining rooms, and a balcony over the Ouachita river. Each of the bars is well-stocked with usual and unusual whiskeys, and the house cocktails are creative and tasty. The Ole Smokey resembles a Sazerac, but it's served under a glass globe full of cherry wood smoke. The Sharecropper is a refreshing drink of bourbon, ginger, lemon, and rhubarb syrup. Worth a try.
Service was great, bartenders were quick, precise, and pleasant, all food orders quick. Frankly, I have nothing bad to say at all. That's why I'm writing about it! On exit, I shook Chef Bahr's hand and wished him well. He's making terrific food and revitalizing his hometown. God bless him.
If you find yourself driving I-20 in Louisiana during work hours, you should stop in at Duck Commander. If your visit keeps you in town through dinner, get a table at Cotton. You'll enjoy yourself among some wonderful people and food. You might meet a reality TV star or two while you're at it.


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Turn the party into shark-infested waters as this under water creature! Man-eating shark costume includes pullover poly-foam shark with mesh window and attached jeans. Polyester. Imported.
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This costume got more laughs, stares, wows, and compliments than I've ever known any costume to get! It's definitely unique. It is a roomy costume with three possible places to put your arms (in the legs, in the side fins, or out slits in front of the fins which is helpful for carrying things, dancing, or generally acting goofy. The opening for the legs is a bit tapered so if you need to move fast you have to pull it up a bit, but the tapering makes it look more like a true shark. The mesh (in the red area) is easy to see through and keeps the costume cooler near your face. The material has a spongy-like feel to it but it is very sturdy. We used pvc foam pipe covering in the attached legs. We cut the covering long enough to act as handles in the costume so my son had the legs swinging and kicking as he walked around---that got a lot of attention. I think it was well worth the money.
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I was really excited to get this costume but was a little disappointed. I had a hard time seeing out of it and thought it came with the shoes. I don't like how your arms go into the leg holes and you have to wear the shoes on your hands. I think it would be a lot better if the legs were stuffed... I might even stuff them myself so I don't have to worry about it.
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My teenage son wore this to our towns safe trick or treat zone and was the hit of the town! We had people coming up to him asking to take pictures with him. We called him the "sister eating shark"!
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