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Optimization Over the Efficient Set of Multi-objective Convex Optimal Control Problems
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We consider multi-objective convex optimal control problems. First we state a relationship between the (weakly or properly) efficient set of the multi-objective problem and the solution of the problem scalarized via a convex combination of objectives through a vector of parameters (or weights). Then we establish that (i) the solution of the scalarized (parametric) problem for any given parameter vector is unique and (weakly or properly) efficient and (ii) for each solution in the (weakly or properly) efficient set, there exists at least one corresponding parameter vector for the scalarized problem yielding the same solution. Therefore the set of all parametric solutions (obtained by solving the scalarized problem) is equal to the efficient set. Next we consider an additional objective over the efficient set. Based on the main result, the new objective can instead be considered over the (parametric) solution set of the scalarized problem. For the purpose of constructing numerical methods, we point to existing solution differentiability results for parametric optimal control problems. We propose numerical methods and give an example application to illustrate our approach. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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When considering regional elite it should be noted that the last usually is understood as set of professionally prepared leader groups independent from each other focused in departure of the power on interests of concrete regions and using in them a certain prestige, to the corresponding volume of institutional influence and level of active participation in all significant processes of society.
As a rule, the political reality appears in two differing states: first, it exists as interaction, functioning of the states (for example, the CIS), the parties, institutes invested by the power of their plenipotentiary heads, secondly, it is a difficult chain of actions, contacts of people and their communities with the specific motives, the bases and results. As reflection of this situation existence in political science of two aspects serves: the institutional, focusing attention on the analysis of the organizational, structural party political relations, and behavioural which sense consists in representation of policy as systems of actions of people and their consequences.
As formation of political system in Russia is noted in researches of many domestic political scientists, both on federal, and at the regional level is connected with gradual acquisition by the political relations of a number of essential signs. Among which are allocated: first, steady interdependence of various elements of political life; secondly, orderliness of the political relations, existence of an optimum combination of their stability and development; thirdly, hierarchy of values, set of political symbols, the belief accepted by members of a political community; fourthly, joint response of all elements of system to external influence.
In the Russian reality the formation of structure of political system which dropped out for post-socialist social transformation in many respects had spontaneous character.
Function of the bearing design was assumed by regional elite for a long time to fix the situation received by means of "parade of sovereignties" in the aspirations not to allow new redistribution of resources.
As if further there was no political destiny of regional elite, this unique education quite long period will define nature of social and economic and political transformations in the country.
Studying of elitism in our country rather young direction in science. The need for it is revealed to life by the changed paradigm of functioning of political knowledge in Russia. The specified ideas of officially ruling elite, not only have universal demand, but also are used as for comprehension, and creative modeling of reality. In the scientific plan the comparative analysis of regional elite is quite independent direction of new branch of political science – a political regionalistic. There is nothing surprising therefore that to the comparative political sociology which is successfully developing in the country, comparative political science also such interdisciplinary education as a comparative political regionologiya makes the way. It is the most perspective component of a political regionalistika.
The comparative political regionologiya at the present stage represents set of the interdisciplinary political researches, mainly empirical character only declaring the future subdistsiplinarnost through specifics of a method and knowledge of regional policy within a federal state. Its conductor is the increased interest in regional political processes in general, and the term "regional elite" in relation to them is strategic.
Regional elite acts as the guarantor of search of the tolerant hostel now. Also give the chance of consideration of institutional arrangement of regional elite and their behavior as the defining indicator of the happening political processes.
According to Institute of sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 75,0 % of modern political and 61,0 % of business elite – natives of ranks of the Soviet nomenclature. These results predicted last decade the XX centuries allow to characterize a modern political regime as certain nomenclature democracy. Such situation is perceived differently, but nevertheless it isn't necessary to simplify a problem. As if that wasn't, evolution of the Russian elite considerably resounds with democratic prospects of social development, not to mention realities. One of the most important reasons of it that the question of genesis of the Russian elite at all the comprehensive study, isn't solved.
Today the main result of evolution of regional elite is universal recognition of their crucial role in a new paradigm of the Russian policy. The vector of their further transformation is enough, but at any scenarios a way of transformation of regional groups to more significant community of regional elite, the separate control functions having along with the federal center necessary for stability of system, will lie through achievement of compromises on the main divergences in interaction of elite of different level.
It should be noted what exactly development of system of the relations of federal and regional elite groups is defining at the characteristic of the present stage of transformation of ruling class. Thus key tendencies are: restoration of hardware domination, integration of political and economic groups, the proceeding processes of regionalization of elite. Consolidation of new ruling class is carried out first of all at the regional level, the called tendencies exactly here are most brightly shown. Regional elite acts in system of relationship with the Center as the posreduyushchy subject, for control over which there is a serious fight of parties and politicians in the center.
The special role of economic contradictions in system of the relations of federal and regional ruling groups is connected with that through the central governmental bodies and system of personal interrelations at the level of federal ruling elite some transregional economic subjects have opportunity to carry out the political influence in the region. Besides, in the conditions of increase of political independence of regions the central authorities were even more often very limited in the influence on local authorities, and regional political process was completely monopolized by local ruling elite recently. The economic pressure channel on administration of the region became defining. Political penetration of the central authorities into the region perhaps today, first of all, thanks to control over economic and financial resources and decisions. The alliance between the enterprises, branches, other economic subjects and the central political elite is the most effective way of realization of such strategy.
More and more obvious is that fact that installation of regional ruling elite on political independence from the Center which or is already generally reached, or just and was found in the course and after present elections, replaced by emphasis on achievement of economic independence now. However the last is understood not as formation of the closed and self-sufficient market, but as mastering control over economic resources and economic decisions more often.
Achievement of the similar purpose can lead to two consequences. First, integration of political and economic elite groups will be carried out first of all and generally at the regional level. Secondly, process of consolidation of new ruling class won't be able to be provided in scales of all country. Key feature of new Russian elite is that it represents a conglomerate closed and in many respects self-sufficient regional structures. Thus the federal ruling elite not only isn't consolidated, but isn't the uniting structure of ruling class in scales of all country. In these conditions the destructive potential of processes of disintegration and is compensated today almost only not by interest of economic elite in destruction of economic infrastructure and its regionalization.
The characteristic of the present stage of regional development as the system of the relations based on politicization by regions of own economic requirements, nevertheless, is insufficient. The aspiration of regional elite to gain political and economic independence faces the fact of the increasing multiplication and differentiation of both the federal, and regional elite groups participating in definition of tendencies and nature of development of these or those territories.
Thus, if political and public structures also play a part in political life of the region, it is connected or with consideration of local political process in the context of the all-Russian policy, or with functioning of some party or public organization as political infrastructure of the party in power of regional level. The low political institutional capacity of parties and public associations at the regional level doesn't allow leaders to build the relation with representatives of administrative elite on the principles of partnership.
Allocation of regions in which there was a consolidation of the party in power is possible, political process is completely controlled by local administration. The similar situation takes place in many regions of our country. The most striking examples of controlled political process in modern Russia are presence of the "etnokratiya" and "agrokratiya" elements. We will note as well that fact that these models are rather often combined and supplement each other.
Monopolization of regional political process by the party in power puts a political class, political parties in dual situation. On the one hand, the certain pre-election agreement with local government creating very favorable situation and considerably increasing chances on elections. On the other hand, possibilities of political parties in such regions sometimes become very limited as the need of the power for party support decreases.
Finding of legitimacy by the state institutes at the present stage doesn't contact in the opinion of the Russian society activity of political parties. The main criteria of legitimacy are efficiency and professionalism. The ruling elite constantly emphasizes the unwillingness to participate in any political peripetias.
Important feature of regional elite is their quite rigid hierarchy, orientation on persons, whether it be the head of regional office of political structure or the man of weight in the leaders of area, edge, republic. They act more likely as echelons of support of one of the top officials of political establishment of the region. It predetermines clan nature of relationship, aspiration to stand apart, negative expectations from recruitment of new politicians who are considered, first of all, as competitors in fight for influence on the Center. More and more deep division of elite on ruling and political is a consequence of clan model of political behavior of regional elite. Thus, there is an influence on consolidation of ethnocultural marginal groups by means of lobbying of programs in the government of regions, and also by means of various cultural actions, days of national culture, promoting painless entry of ethnocultural outcasts into an inoetnichesky cultural field.


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The following is the written testimony provided to the Rhode Island Senate Committee on Labor by Rhode Island Franchisee Association, Inc. In it, RIFA explains why they are opposed to raising the minimum wage in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island Franchisee Association, Inc
40 Jordan Street
East Providence, RI 02914
March 14, 2018
Senator Paul Fogarty
Chairman – Labor Committee
State House
Providence, Rhode Island
Re: Opposition to Bill No. 2244
Dear Chairman Fogarty,
We represent 180 local small businesses across the state. Although we carry the recognizable names, our shops are independently owned and operated. We are small business owners. We invest in our state and employ thousands of Rhode Islanders from nearly every community. Despite consistently ranking near the bottom for business-friendliness, we continue to re-invest in this state. We are building and expanding our small businesses here.
Unfortunately, proposed policy changes will dramatically impact the operations of our businesses – jeopardizing future expansion prospects, increasing our liability, and likely leading to significantly downsizing our workforce or businesses closing. As a state that struggles with its business-friendliness, these policies will only make matters worse for the many small businesses, like ours, that are the backbone of Rhode Island's economy.
We write to opposed Bill No. 2244 by Senator Calkin. It proposes to increase the minimum wage to $15.00. This proposal will drive up the cost of doing business in Rhode Island.
In recent years, cost increases have dramatically grown the burden on our businesses. Between operations and employment costs, taxes, insurance, utilities, supplies, building maintenance, and payroll, more than 90% of our revenue is needed to keep our businesses up and running. Already close to our threshold, the additional costs of the proposed minimum wage increases will hurt our small businesses.
Simply put, this proposal does not support small business growth or hiring. It will force a response. This will likely include: closing low-performing businesses, reducing the number of employees we hire, or trimming hours of operation. We will also, unfortunately, need to review the charitable contributions we earmark annually to support many of Rhode Island's beloved community organizations and scholarship programs.
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Independent N.C. House candidate Ken Fontenot should have enough signatures to see his name on the ballot in November, but supporters aren't counting electoral chickens before they …
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Independent N.C. House candidate Ken Fontenot should have enough signatures to see his name on the ballot in November, but supporters aren't counting electoral chickens before they hatch.
"Because they're not verified, I'm not claiming victory," said Christy Fyle, chairwoman of the Wilson County Republican Party.
Fontenot's campaign will continue to circulate his ballot access petition until the Wilson County Board of Elections certifies his candidacy. Supporters say 1,708 signatures have been verified, and the 656 delivered to election officials on Thursday should put the pastor, teacher and Marine Corps veteran above the 2,213-signature threshold required to be a listed candidate.
"Honestly I'm just blown away," Fontenot said outside the Board of Elections office. "I'm just humbled by the opportunity."
Fontenot is challenging eight-term Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat, to represent Wilson County's state House District 24. With no Republicans running for the seat, the county GOP endorsed Fontenot and pledged support for his campaign to promote competition.
"During the petition process, our goal was to give Ken a chance to be on the November ballot," Fyle said. "We wanted to give the voters of Wilson County a choice. We wanted to get away from party politics. Ken's campaign will be positive and discuss issues with solutions. We believe Ken will bring people together through shared beliefs and values."
The N.C. Republican Party is also backing Fontenot. State party officials paid for mailers that include a detachable petition signature form with a postage-paid return label to be distributed to 6,000 Wilson County homes. Rep. Susan Martin, R-Wilson, recorded a robocall urging Wilson voters to sign the petition.
Fyle turned in 374 signatures from the NCGOP mailers and 282 signatures to locally circulated petitions on Thursday. She said Fontenot's addition to the ballot is "a community effort from Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters who share common conservative values."
State law requires unaffiliated General Assembly candidates to obtain signatures from 4 percent of registered voters in their district by May 8 in order to have their names listed on the ballot. With no primaries for independent and unrecognized third-party candidates, office-seekers who meet the petition requirement advance to the general election.
The Fontenot campaign has amassed more than 3,000 signatures, but roughly 15 percent were tossed because they are illegible or belong to people who are not registered to vote in House District 24. The county elections board verifies each signature before certifying that a candidate has successfully petitioned for ballot access.
Fontenot said he will remain involved in Wilson County's civic life as he campaigns for office.
"It's all about people," he said. "I plan to just continue to meet people face-to-face at every event possible, to have what I call skin in the game."
A self-described conservative, Fontenot said he chooses to remain independent to avoid being pigeonholed as a partisan. Republicans say his values align closely with theirs and GOP officials have eagerly supported him even though he is not a party member.
"The Wilson County Republican Party is made up of many individuals with various viewpoints on conservative issues," Fyle said in a statement. "We believe diversity is a strength and sharing of opinions is vital for our success. We may not always agree on topics, but we always respect other views. We are the party of Lincoln and civil rights. We believe in fair, equal justice and limited government. We believe in people's right to succeed. We value our Constitution. We invite and encourage people to get to know the Republican Party better."
As of the registration deadline for the May primary, Wilson County had 55,439 registered voters, including 29,034 Democrats, 13,512 Republicans, 12,734 unaffiliated, 158 Libertarians and one Green Party member.
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Early voting takes place at the Wilson County Board of Elections, 112 Douglas St. E.


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Who knew administrative branding could be so hot?
Normcore had its day, and menocore is still on trend, but the currents of pop culture have swapped brandless-ness for something a bit more unexpected: bureaucratic designerwear?
Streetwear brand Supreme made the govt. cool back in 2017 when they launched a limited edition collab with NYC's MTA, the department in charge of the subway system (and famously bemoaned by all New Yorkers). The Supreme-covered cards later sold online for as much as $130 – quite a hike from the $2.75 per trip New Yorkers usually pay. Supreme's willingness to join forces with 'the man' was a huge step for streetwear, a realm that had traditionally focused on rebelling against exactly these figures.
Since then, consumers have been all over other products tied to government agencies, a move towards government gear that's been dubbed '
Take OnlyNY's licensing deals with the NYC parks system, transportation departments, and sanitation system, for example. Big city dwellers have long loved repping their urban abodes, but going through the government to do so is definitely a new take.
And it's not just a city-based trend, either. With the cosmos more on our minds than ever (is there even a way to escape the horoscope-verse anymore?), NASA's merch is taking the market by (meteor shower) storm. NASA's look also has an especially old-school feel, an appealing aesthetic for young shoppers looking to recycle and find vintage pieces, while also a comfortable feel for the older generations reminiscing on simpler times.
Mission-driven brands like Parks Projects are taking advantage of the consumer's thirst for nostalgia with retro T-shirt designs and big name partners like National Geographic and the Sierra Club. Plus, they're sending revenue straight back into the National Parks system to preserve and maintain what their products are celebrating.
Even the Post Office has looked into diversifying their income streams with their own gear. Snail mail may be out, but civicore is definitely trending.


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All graduate students are required to serve as a Teaching Assistant in two courses for academic credit before the PhD degree is awarded. Courses can be undergraduate, graduate, or medical, but must be in the Biological Sciences Division. To be eligible for credit, a course must offer the TA significant teaching experience, such as giving a full-length lecture, running a lab or field trip, or leading regularly scheduled, weekly discussion sessions. For those students who feel unprepared for teaching, a TA Training Course is offered every Autumn Quarter. This course may count as one of the two TA credits. Students may not TA the same course twice, and may not TA for pay before completing the requirement.
FAQ for the Evaluated Teaching Requirement
All BSD graduate students are required to fulfill the evaluated teaching requirement by serving as a teaching assistant in two different courses. These experiences are tracked through the registration system as a Pass/Fail course. You must pass both TA experiences before receiving the Ph.D. degree. You may not be paid to be a TA while completing this requirement.
- Talk to your program's faculty about courses they teach.
- Talk to your program administrator, who may have ideas about which courses are looking for teaching assistants.
- Talk to senior graduate students about courses for which they have served as teaching assistants.
- Occasionally, notices also go out regarding teaching opportunities through the BSD graduate student listserv.
- Contact the course instructor directly to apply for the TAship.
It must meet the following criteria:
- You may not have previously served as a TA for the course.
- The course must be offered in the Biological Sciences Division to undergraduates, graduate students or medical students. Courses in other divisions are not eligible (exceptions may be made for students in the Biophysical Sciences graduate program).
- The course must require significant student contact and a high level of teaching-related activities. Eligible TAships must contain at least one of the below elements:
- Running laboratory sessions or leading field trips.
- Giving one or two formal, instructor-monitored lectures in the course.
- Leading weekly TA-run discussion sessions that are a required part of the course. Giving only one or two review sessions before exams is insufficient for the requirement.
- The course instructor must be willing to fulfill certain obligations, both formal (written evaluation, grade recommendation) and informal (communication with the TA on goals and expectations of course at the beginning, continual monitoring and feedback on problems and progress throughout, and discussion about instructor's evaluation of the TA and assigned grade at the end of the course). You should expect this kind of interaction with the course instructor of a teaching assistantship.
Yes. There are several options:
- You may choose to take the TA Training Course (BSDG 50000) to complete one of the two TAships (offered in autumn quarter only).
- You may do an approved outreach experience with significant teaching involved: usually in K-12 schools or a science museum (contact Barry Aprison, the Education and Outreach Director for the Institute of Genomics and Systems Biology, for more details).
- TA'ing at the MBL Bootcamp twice may count for one of the two TAships (contact Dean Vicky Prince if you are interested in TA'ing at the Bootcamp).
After you have secured a TA position in an eligible course, you must:
- Register it as BSD TAship for 100 units of credit:
- Autumn: BSDG 100-50100-01
- Winter: BSDG 100-50600-01
- Spring: BSDG 100-50300-01
- Summer: BSDG 100-50500-01
- Complete a green TEACHING ASSISTANT REQUIREMENT FORM
- Pick up: either from your Graduate Program Administrator or from the stand in front of BSLC 104B
- Download PDF Form
- **Forms should be submitted no later than registration for the quarter in which the TAship will be completed and at the latest by the first week of the quarter. No late forms will be accepted.**
- Attend a meeting of TAs that will be held in the first weeks of the quarter (except summer: no meeting in summer quarter).
If you do not complete the forms or the registration on time, credit will not be granted. No credit will be granted retroactively.
NB: Without a completed set of forms, the TAship will not be considered eligible for the divisional requirement.
- Complete and sign the top section.
- Ask the course instructor to complete and sign the center section. Required elements include course number, course title (name of the course), the name of the instructor (the course director's evaluation will go to the faculty listed), and the teaching opportunity that shows eligibility. By signing this form, the course instructor is guaranteeing that the TA will be given real teaching opportunities (see section Eligible Teaching Assistantships). If the center section is not completely filled out, it will be returned to be completed.
- Ask your graduate program administrator to sign the form. The GPA may wish to keep a copy.
- Return the completed form to BSLC 104B as soon as the TAship has been arranged or at the latest, at the time of registration for the relevant quarter (usually the 8th week of the prior quarter).
The number of TAships listed for any course is based on a projection of the number of students who will enroll in that course. If the enrollment is very different from the projection, this may decrease or increase the number of TAs required for the course. Students should be aware that even though they may already have made arrangements with the course director to serve as TA for a particular course, there is no guarantee that their services will still be required if the number of students enrolled in the course is less than initially anticipated.
You must complete the TA self-evaluation, your course instructor must complete the TA evaluation, and your students should complete their TA evaluations before credit is granted. These evaluations are currently completed in online surveys. Course evaluations are not an acceptable substitute for the TA evaluations.
- As approved by the Committee on Teaching Assistants and endorsed by the Dean's Council in Summer, 1992, graduate students have the option of taking the Teaching Assistant Training Course for credit, to fulfill one of the two TA requirements. This course, offered every Fall quarter, covers a range of theoretical and practical aspects of teaching in a variety of formats including lectures, panels, and much interactive discussion and presentation. Videotaping students while they present formal, prepared minilectures to the class, followed by self- and class critique, is a hallmark of this course. Faculty participants are selected on the basis of student recommendations as well as high visibility and demonstration of interest in the future of teaching at the University of Chicago.
- The driving force of the course are two "super" TAs, advanced graduate students with extensive teaching assistant experience. Since the TA Training Course involves intensive student participation, enrollment is limited to thirty participants. The course number for the TA Training Course (worth 100 credits) is BSDG 100-50000-01.
- Anyone wishing to sign up for the course should let the Office of Graduate Affairs know (2-3905, BLSC 104B), since space is limited and places are allotted on a first-come, first-served basis, on a list that is started during the summer. Green TA Requirement Forms must also be completed for this course: students should complete the top half, fill in "TA Training Course" in the space in the second section for "Course Title," and turn them in to BSCL 104B. Additionally, the course must be registered for credit during Fall Quarter registration.
- After TAing twice to fulfill the requirement, students may hold teaching assistantships for additional pay in courses with unfilled TA positions. Please be aware that teaching is time consuming and may not be appropriate at some stages of your dissertation work; excessive teaching could significantly increase your time to degree. Before considering taking a paid TA-ship you must consult with your faculty advisor, and you may also wish to seek advice from members of your thesis committee and/or the head of your graduate program.
- Medical students, undergraduates, graduate students who do not have to meet the teaching requirement, and graduate students from outside the Division may also hold Teaching Assistantships with remuneration in unfilled positions.
- The exception to the above are a half-time TAships, or TAships that are only for grading and photocopying services, generally carrying a $600 stipend. Half-time TAships are never eligible to fulfill the teaching requirement.
- Students with extensive previous teaching experience at a graduate student level are permitted to petition for waiver of the teaching requirement. The petitioner must provide documented evidence of prior teaching with enough detail that the Committee on Teaching Assistants, which decides on petitions, can properly evaluate the previous experience in comparison to the teaching assistant experience at the University of Chicago. Teaching experience acquired while an undergraduate also may be considered, if the students taught were also undergraduates. Teaching experience acquired teaching high school students is not eligible for waiver.
- Exemptions are considered approved only when the Committee on Teaching Assistants delivers its ruling. Questions about petitioning should be addressed to the Graduate Student Affairs Administrator, 2-3905.
- The TA Handbook
- For more information about teaching resources at the University of Chicago, see the Chicago Center for Teaching.
- If you need help finding resources, if you want to continue to improve your teaching skills beyond the two required assistantships, or if you have questions about anything from how to get students in a discussion section talking to what to do if an undergraduate student disappears from class, BSD graduate student Lindsey Fong (firstname.lastname@example.com) is serving as a Fellow at the Chicago Center for Teaching and is available to help individual BSD graduate teaching assistants.


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It's no secret (well maybe it is to my blogging friends) that LW and I struggled over the summer. Most of it me, alot of it him. Just so you know I'm not pointing fingers here.
I won't lie. It was a rough summer, probably my worst on record. But in my defense I had a lot thrown at me within the first 6 months of the year.
- I had a complete hysterectomy at 36 years old.
- His oldest daughter came for a visit only a week after I returned to work from my surgery.
- His oldest daughter moved in with us in June.
- Kassidy moved in for the summer.
That's a lot to handle for a girl who always wanted to be a Mom but never could biologically. Lots of raw emotion was spent this year. And by summer's end, I was spent. I was dried up from all of the tears. I was exhausted. I needed a break.
The very day that Kassidy went back to home to her Mom's for the school year I had my melt down and asked LW and Lauren to leave for a few days. Technically I asked him to move out, but he did the smart thing and just packed a few things and left. Those three days, as hard as they were, were LIFE changing for our family.
LW and I were able to see how strong our bond of love for one another truly is. And I'm happy to say, I've never ever been this in love. My heart ached while he was away. I know without a doubt that he is my soulmate.
But what I didn't expect to grow, was my relationship with Lauren. About a week or so ago, we actually sat down and had a heart to heart. Something we needed, but were both too engrossed in our daily lives to take the step forward to do. But the opportunity presented itself and we took advantage. LW was away so it was Lauren and I, at the kitchen table, for two hours, talking, crying, getting it all out.
This summer caused us all to experience things we have never experienced before. It took each of us out of our comfort zones and taught us all a very valuable lesson. Love, if it truly exists, can get you through the toughest of times. And that is exactly why, today, we are a better family for those struggles. We never gave up and through it all continued to love one another.
It's not perfect, but it's better. Time spent with LW is now more precious than it was before. And time spent with Lauren is equally as special, for now, she knows, the lengths we can go as a family to make this work.
Our journey is not over. But I'm happy to say, it's one journey I'm finally ready to take and for that I am ever so grateful. God gave me a purpose with LW and his girls and that purpose is to bring them all together as a family.
One of the last things Lauren said to me that night was in regards to how, for the first time in her life that she can remember, she finally feels like a real family. And that right there makes this family worth fighting for.
We'll weather this storm....together.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Some Things Just Happen
It's no secret (well maybe it is to my blogging friends) that LW and I struggled over the summer. Most of it me, alot of it him. Just so you know I'm not pointing fingers here.
6 comments:
- Allison said...
I am so very glad that things are better for you, Danica. I've spent a lot of time thinking about you and am really glad that you've had that aha! moment with both LW and Lauren. I wish you all the happiness this world can offer.
- September 28, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Unknown said...
That's what makes it worthwhile...to know that together, you all complete one another and as a whole, you are a family.
For me, I discovered that without me in the picture, Boo has no motivation to reach out and be a dad to Baby Boo. I have kept in touch with her mom and he hasn't seen her in months. I get it now, I was the one the one holding them together. Sad that he can't make it work without me. I want her to know her dad just like your girls know theirs.
- September 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Liz said...
<3 you!!
- September 28, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- LV said...
I think about you and get concerned when we do not hear from you. Glad you are back today, even with all your struggles. It is not going to be easy for any family when you combine them with grown children. Our road of life will always have bad bumps in it. It will take an awful lot of giving and taking on every ones part. If the bonds are strong enough, time will take care of it for you. Take care and stay in touch.
- September 28, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Stephanie said...
Oh I have been thinking about you! I am so glad to hear you...your heart is on the mend. Life, marriage, relationships they can be hard work. (but the right one is so worth it) Sending more hugs and a big Yeah you!
- September 30, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- gayle said...
So glad to hear this!! Living with others is so hard. I know with my husband and I our biggest fights were when our daughters were living at home. I think teens, young adults just put stresses on a relationship!!
- September 30, 2010 at 10:41 PM


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Major email exchange going on in our troop right now about the age restriction (I prefer to call it a recommendation) because we have a new leader in charge of our backpacking program who is concerned about running afoul of the BSA guidelines. In the past we've always left it to the leader to decide if the scout is capable of going on a particular trip, regardless of age. I think that flexibility is going to remain.
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I hate backpacking on trails where horses are allowed. They chew up the trails so they are really dusty. You get stuck behind them on the trail and you're eating more dust. You get to your destination and finally find the perfect campsite only to find horse manure all over the nice flat area where you want to set up your tents. Worst of all, though, is the amount of gear that people put on those horses that they would never think to bring on their own into the wilderness. At one lake we had a horse group camping nearby with boom boxes and ice chests full of beer. Really took away from the backcountry experience.
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I saw it in Cub Scouts.
If your troop is car camping, you could invest in a propane campfire.
I believe the neckerchief slide is where you can express your individuality.
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If people don't want to lock down their privacy settings so that others can't see that they paid BSA Troop xxx money for something, I kind of see that as free advertising for scouts. "Hey, I noticed when I was spying on you on your Venmo app, that you paid some money to Scouts for your son to go on a camping trip. I didn't know your son was a Scout. Tell me more about it because I have a child who might be interested in joining."
I stopped counting my kids ages in months when they turned from 23 months old to 2 years old.
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7 hours ago, Eagle1993 said:
Attorney Tim Kosnoff, a veteran of major sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, said Tuesday that he and his team have signed up 186 clients from dozens of states in just the past few weeks who want to be part of litigation against the Boy Scouts. Kosnoff said 166 of them identified alleged abusers who have not been named in any of the Boy Scout files made public in past years.
Both the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church say they now have policies in place to sharply curtail abuse that abounded in past decades. In the Boy Scouts ′ case, the steps included requiring criminal background checks for all staff and volunteers, and requiring two or more adult leaders be present with youth at all times during scouting activities.
Two or more adult leaders be present at all times? Maybe I didn't pay close enough attention when I watched the new training videos, but isn't there still a difference between two-deep leadership and no one-on-one contact?
Interesting about all the desserts people are talking about. None of the summer camps my son has been to in California allow food in the campsites because of the critters.
14 hours ago, HelpfulTracks said:
Take something as simple as bathhouses. Many (most I have visited) share bathhouses between 2 or more camp sites. Parents of both boy and girl campers have raised concerns over sharing bathhouse facilities. So if you have a couple of girl troops that barely fill half a camp site, but effectively block 2-3 campsites, does that make sense financially? No, it is a huge drain. Does it make sense to turn away 30-40 boy campers each session even though there are empty camp sites? That is tens of thousands of dollars lost over a Summer. Does it make sense to raise every campers fee by $25 to make up for those that were turned away? Or does it make more sense to funnel girl troops into 2 or 3 weeks of the Summer until there is a critical mass of girls troops?
Many camps have been dealing with this for years when it comes to adults and scouts having to share a bathhouse. Problem is easily solved with a few portapotties and designated shower times for female adults, male adults, male scouts, and female scouts. And let's be real. My son barely changes his clothes when he's at camp, let alone take a shower. This is not a valid reason to keep girl troops from attending all weeks of camp.
Anybody use Venmo to receive payments for scouting activities? We've had a request from a parent for our troop to consider this. Might not be a bad idea. I can't tell you how many times I try to chase down people for payment only to be told they don't have their checkbook on them. Just wondering what the pros and cons are for using Venmo.
Sounds like summer camp for the Montessori crowd.
I talked to the Committee Chair tonight. Apparently, the paper I saw with the two names on it that they were discussing was not the result of the election. Odd that they would have those names on there when they didn't really represent anything, but I have no reason to doubt him. That will teach me to stick my nose where it doesn't belong! Never hurts to verify, though.
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1 hour ago, SSScout said:
"A Scout is Trustworthy".
What Qwarzse said.
After the deed is done, you can't undo the Tapout , but you could bring the "other" Scout to the next tapout.
Did this happen in North Carolina? Just askin'.....
Not North Carolina.
I am a Committee member for a Scout troop. I happened to be in the room at the end of the meeting where we had our OA elections. The OA rep and the Committee Chair spent a fair amount of time going over the votes, so I'm confident the count was done correctly. After the meeting the OA rep was discussing the results with the Scoutmaster. I happened to see the results and only two of the three boys nominated were selected. The one who wasn't chosen was the SPL, and this was clearly troubling to the SM and the OA rep. I left while they were still talking about it. Fast forward a week to Camporee where they announce those who were selected to OA. I find out from my son that the SPL got in and one of the other boys (a younger scout) didn't. Somebody basically did a swap. I'm dumbfounded. I see from reading other threads in this forum that the SM has some control over who is on the ballot, but I couldn't find anything that said the SM can override the vote of the scouts. I sent an email to the OA rep asking what happened, but haven't heard back yet. I guess I don't have a problem that the SPL got in even though there may have been a reason why the scouts did not vote for him, but I am particularly upset that one of the other scouts who was voted in, didn't get in. I think they need to make things right by that scout. What should I do?
We're going in 2020 and looking over these itineraries is really getting me excited. Does anyone know if we can rent stoves at Philmont? Our troop now only uses Jet Boils and those aren't big enough for an 8 quart pot.
"Please know that these matters continue to have the full attention of the highest levels of our organization, and we will communicate transparently as there are developments or updates to share."
From the vague letter they emailed me this afternoon, if this is their idea of transparency, we are in trouble.
Our troop from California got a 12-day slot for July 2 to July 14, 2020. I think I'm more excited than the Scouts.
One thing, though. I have been frustrated with the lack of information or conflicting information available on their website and hope it gets better now that we have a slot and should be getting regular emails. One thing that was frustrating was a quote I pulled directly from their website that said scouts needed to be 17 years old or younger on the first day. We have a scout who will be 18, and since all the adult slots were filled, I told him he couldn't go. The scout's mother got upset and said that one of the adults should step down and make room for her son. That didn't go over very well. Then I came across some other information that said a scout 18 to 21 could register as either a youth or an adult, so I guess he is able to go now because we had one youth spot left.
Also from the website, I kept getting pages with links that didn't work.
Did you see how many slots are still available for 2019? Is this normal? https://www.philmontscoutranch.org/registersection/availableslots/
I agree with the others about looking at where the District needs are. As a leader, the District people have been invaluable to me in helping deliver an awesome program to the scouts.
As the person responsible for collecting all the payments from the families and sending them to the Council on the various payment due dates, I would find this system very confusing and it would add a lot of extra work on my part trying to figure out who is going to pay what amount and then making sure I send the correct amounts to the Council.
How many scouts attend your meetings on average?
Our boys bring their own lanterns, which are usually Luci lanterns. No batteries or breakage to worry about. The Luci lanterns don't put off a lot of light like regular lanterns, but I've found if we have two or three propped up on walking sticks or hanging from a canopy, they put off plenty of light.
We live in California near the coast, so we have the luxury of being able to camp all winter long if we so choose. We try to do one snow camping trip per year and will tentatively put a few dates on our calendar, but the drought has interfered with that several times. There's a national park only 4 hours away with a bathroom in the campground that stays open year round and is slightly heated to keep the pipes from freezing. As a woman, this is a godsend. Squatting in the snow to pee is not my idea of fun. Since we often don't get snow until after the first of the year, we have to squeeze our snow camping trip into a single weekend instead of over the school's winter break. We leave on Saturday morning to avoid driving at night on possible black ice and trying to set up and stay warm in the dark. Arriving on Saturday mid-day gives the scouts time to dig snow caves to sleep in if they want. It's a lot of work for a one night trip, but well worth it.
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Thanks, I can't tell you how many times I clicked on that link, but I just kept trying to click forward to the register portion where I thought it would give me more info. I feel stupid that I didn't even bother to read the text that was above each link. More stupid questions to come...
Thank you! I swear when I first was researching Philmont some months back, I found some information about the various treks and the schedule, but now when I look I can't seem to find anything.
So I assume a 7-day trek would leave on Day 2, hike Days 2 through 7. Arrive back on Day 7 and depart on Day 8?


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In 2006, the makers of the comedy Things to Do felt Windsor was the perfect setting for their tale of a man wondering if he missed out on life. A decade later, they wonder if they still feel the same.
Windsor comedy Things to Do celebrates 10th anniversary at WIFF 2016
In 2006, the makers of the comedy
"We shot on Banwell Road. We shot in Riverside. We shot at the Art Gallery of Windsor … We shot a soapbox-racing scene at Malden Park," recalled Ted Bezaire, who directed the movie — which celebrates its 10th anniversary with an opening night screening at this year's
Windsor International Film Festival.
Michael Stasko, the movie's co-writer and lead actor, said Windsorites will recognize a lot of the movie's backgrounds. "But it's funny how some of the things have changed. We shot some scenes on Drouillard Road that are completely different now, as far as the murals and the backdrop."
"Our main location was a kind of mansion we rented out on Riverside Drive. That's been completely torn down and replaced with apartment buildings."
For Stasko and Bezaire, the movie carries fond memories not just of their rookie foray into filmmaking, but also of a certain stage of their lives and the indie film scene.
"It was one step up from a student film," Bezaire reminisced. "We had just graduated from Sheridan College about a year prior. This was our first attempt to do something bigger."
Stasko added: "It was one of the first features we'd heard of being shot completely in Windsor. It was very uncommon, at the time."
Things to Do tells the story of Adam Stevenson — a 25-year-old office worker who quits his job and returns to his hometown to reassess his existence. His reacquaintance with an extroverted former classmate, Mac, leads to attempts at a new lease on life.
"The two of them go about creating a things-to-do list — a list of things they wanted to accomplish in life, but never got around to," Stasko explained. "It's a hilarity-ensues kind of thing. But they discover things about themselves and the real world as this happens."
Back in 2006, the filmmakers had to approach the University of Windsor's communications program for student volunteers to help with production.
Stasko said several of those volunteers — such as Sasha Appler and Graham Sheppard — have gone on to become talented filmmakers in their own right.
Stasko and Bezaire both plan on attending the movie's screening at WIFF 2016. They said it's been a long time since either of them have seen the film in its entirety on a big screen.
"I personally haven't seen it in nine years," Stasko admitted. "I have students now at the University of Windsor who I've told war stories about it. I want to see how the jokes hold up to them."
Things to Do screens Tuesday, Nov. 1, as part of opening night events for Windsor International Film Festival 2016, 8:30 p.m. in the Kelly room of the Capitol Theatre (121 University Ave. W.). Tickets are $14 for adults, $9 for students. Visit www.windsorfilmfestival.com for further details and ticket-buying information.


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Summary of OFSTED report September 2018
- This is a school where pupils feel happy and safe and where nearly all parents and carers are confident that their children will be cared for.
- Pupils who need additional support usually thrive because of the effective nurture provision and the knowledge of the adults who support them.
- Pupils speak with confidence about the different ways they are taught to stay safe, citing road safety and use of the internet as examples.
- Pupils say that they do sometimes fall out with friends or over the rules of a game, but that a teacher will always 'take you inside to sort it out'.
- The inspector was impressed by their confidence when they spoke and explained about their learning.
- The leadership team have identified the strengths and weaknesses of the school correctly. Plans to improve the school are well formed and actions are clear.
- Roles have been changed and clarified so that all staff understand their part in the school's journey of improvement.
- Senior leaders monitor and evaluate the ongoing learning and progress of the pupils effectively and accurately, alongside other aspects of the school.
- Outcomes in 2018 show improvement already in many areas. In particular, an increase in the number of pupils reaching expected and higher standards at the end of the Reception Year and at the end of Year 2.
- Pupils' writing by the end of Year 6 has now improved, while reading remains in line with national standards.


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Virtual Reality has become one of the most popular technologies being applied to the marketing of various industries. One of the sectors that get lots of benefits from Virtual Reality Marketing is travel industry.
VR helps to enhance the travel experience, and it also influences the behavior of travel consumers. Potential customers can catch a glimpse of the destination when VR used in the tour or activity business.
Virtual reality is a technology, a computer-based simulation. The interactive environment can be created using this technology with which the user can get a real and physical experience. A headset, glasses are needed to use this technology. The VR headset allows the users to do many things from playing games to traveling to new destinations.
This is how VR can use in the travel industry.
- Create VR media and distribute it to travel agents for marketing and promotion.
- Allow the customers to experience the tours and activities before booking their own experiences.
- Offer reality experience to those who may never make it to some destinations.
- Enjoy the significant returns on their investments in VR technology. VR technology videos will boost the bookings.
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How Virtual Tours Offer Best Customer Experience
Virtual reality tour is the best way to grab the attention of the audience. Virtual tours give the opportunity to be interactive, and the viewers can navigate around the image. These allow the audience to imagine themselves in the destinations.
Virtual tours on the websites of the travel agents increase the time the visitors spend on the website. This will influence the buying decision of the prospective consumers.
The virtual tours can be made simple to be shareable so that more viewers share them and this widens the audience reach. Virtual tours give a unique experience to the customers. These are the accurate representation of a destination, airlines or hotels.
With virtual tours, the potential travelers can be in any place of the world. They can explore the details. Virtual tours give an excellent opportunity for travel brands to break through the traditional marketing practices and offer something unique and engaging to the prospective clients.
Virtual Reality is here to stay. This technology is being used to enrich the user experience.
Benefits of Virtual Reality Marketing in Travel Brands
- Virtual Reality marketing for the travel industry is used to enhance customer experience.
- VR content gives a lasting impression on potential customers, and this is an interactive way to keep the visitors engaged.
- Virtual Reality is a better way to connect with the clients.
- VR technology allows the users to see a place in real life and the audience will feel transported to the destinations.
- The technology enhances the travel experience, especially at the pre-booking stage.
- They can better target the search and pick up the kind of experience they love.
- Instead of reading the reviews of travel destinations or hotels, the users can experience them in virtual reality videos and immersive audios.
Future of Virtual Reality in Travel Marketing
Hotels, travel agencies and also airlines are adopting virtual reality as part of their marketing strategies. There are several virtual reality travel apps that users can use to see what they can get out of the trip.
Big names in travel industry already adopted VR in their marketing strategies and got positive results. They have seen an increase in their booking and also increase in return on investment.
Virtual reality is growing fast and even the user base. Virtual reality drives higher emotional engagement among people. The technology is here to stay and is going to play a vital role in travel brands marketing in the coming years.
The technology for travel brands is expected to see massive growth in the next couple of years. More and more brands will adopt the technology, and the user base will continue to grow.
Top Travel Organizations Who Successfully Embracing VR
With virtual reality marketing, potential customers will be able to experience their destination, airplanes, and hotels.
Qantas Airways:
Qantas Airways used VR marketing to showcase premier destinations to the potential travelers.
Thomas Cook:
Thomas Cook also embraced virtual reality marketing to experience destination and airlines.
Meriton Hotel:
MeritonHotel used Virtual Reality to let the prospect customers experience the weather of a destination they also allow guests of their hotels to borrow headsets to experience the destinations they want to visit.
Tourism Australia:
Tourism Australia issues travel agents with headsets as part of promoting traveling to new places.
Western Hotels and Resorts:
Best Western Hotels and Resorts also use virtual reality technology to take the guest on a VR tour of nearly 2000 of their properties.
Lufthansa Airlines:
Lufthansa airlines also made VR a component of their marketing strategy.
Virtual Reality is gaining momentum, and travel industry are embracing this technology to deliver an engaging and immersive experience to the customers. Biggest names in travel are already using the technology.
However, using VR to provide compelling content for prospective travelers is not reserved for big names alone. Even the companies with tight marketing budgets can make use of this technology.
VR offers lots of opportunities in travel and tourism industry. It benefits the companies and also enhances lives of customers. Implementing latest technology is essential in this ever-competitive industry.
VR helps to stay apart from competitors. Allow the prospective client to enjoy the new sights and exotic adventures without actually leaving the comfort of their space.
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Controlled and calculative equilibrium between positive freedom and negative freedom, ancient technology and modern lifestyle, conservative innovation and futuristic protectionism, atheist religion and religious atheism can be best seen in Tokyo. I have visited Tokyo four times while working as Car Design Manager in Suzuki, Hamamatsu. Hamamatsu is 250 Km south west from Tokyo. We left in morning at 8 in Suzuki Swift; we took rest nearby area of Mount Fuji and Yokohama. On the one side of highway there were green mountain chains and on the other hand ultra-modern villages. Parallel intersecting canals, muddy rice fields, tunnels, local markets and remote petrol bunk shopping malls and various backdrops were coming one by one. We had booked Washington Hotel very near to Shinjuku Market. The city view from the top of hotel was mesmerizing.
For foreigners, Narita Airport is located in the town of Narita nearly 70km northeast of Tokyo and covered in a separate article. To reach Tokyo city from airport one can take any from Skyliner (Keisei Electric Railway) to Nippori and Ueno Stations, Narita Express (East Japan Railway Company) to Tokyo Station, Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Yokohama Station.
First we went to "Memory Lane" Omoide Yokocho. It is like 1960s olden Shinjuku. Yakitori are famous for Japanese street food and Friday drinking customs is very common in this area so We were surrounded by Japanese professionals who come to Friday drinking tradition. Yakitori and oden, a one-pot winter dish, tightly crammed into a four-lane space are best here. Then we just roam around the famous red light district, Kabukicho, which has hostess bars and lights. And like us there were many foreigners roaming around. It was completely different from Amsterdam Red List Area.
Koen-dori Street, Yoyogi Koen, Shibuya Mark City were our next target in Shibuya. It has of a large-scale hotel, business floors, and more than eighty shops. We saw in many big fashion stores there were live fashion shows inside. We found an Assam Tea Shop and rest for 30 min.
Imperial Palace
Next we decided to visit Imperia; Palace, Marunouchi. It has 17th century Park which is still used by the Imperial family, the Imperial Palace stands on the site where, in 1457, the Feudal Lord Ota Dokan built the first fortress, the focal point from which the city of Tokyo gradually spread. As famous as the palace is the Nijubashi Bridge leading to its interior, a structure that takes its name ("double bridge") from its reflection in the water.
A two-meter-thick wall surrounding the palace and its gates, one of which leads to the East Higashi Gyoen Garden, one of the few areas opens to the public. Then we visited Edo Castle (Chiyoda Castle), it was built in 1457 and located in Tokyo's Chiyoda district.
It was alien realization to see sexy dolls, provocative figurines and costumes. Maid cafes were sending sexy Japanese girls dressed as maids to convince customers to follow them into the dark. We saw Innocent little maids in bunnies and kittens costumes.
We went ethical looking cosplay themed restaurants and served food by waitresses, dressed as French maids. Maid cafes are popular in women equally.
Some of the world's biggest only electronics malls offering everything from computers, cameras, televisions, mobile phones, electronics parts and home appliances to second-hand goods and electronic junk are there. We went Yamada Denki and Akihabara Electric Town near JR Akihabara Station. I bought Nikon Camera from here.
In Asakusha we went Sensō-ji Temple. Sensō-ji is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon (Buddhism), and it is now the second-most-visited spiritual site in the world. For information, Every year, almost 4 million pilgrims visit the Vatican, 5.5 million visit the Golden Temple of Amritsar, , over 30 million visit Sensō-ji, and 45 to 55 million visit Sabarimala, a Hindu pilgrimage center in Kerala. Sensō-ji Temple has masks, carvings, combs made of ebony and wood, toys, kimonos, fabrics, and precious paper goods are on sale. Dedicated to Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, the temple was established in AD 645 and retains its original appearance despite having been rebuilt numerous times. The most striking part was Kaminari-mon Gate with its 3.3-meter-high red paper lantern bearing the inscription Thunder Gate. Then we went o-mikuji stall to know future. Belief is that the guardian deities of Sensō-ji will take over the bad fortune and protect us.
Earliest most beautiful artificial island just off Tokyo Bay, Odaiba was constructed in the Edo-era to defend the capital from attack. It has Tokyo's most popular Venice market, Statue of Liberty, Ship Mall and shopping complex. Connected to Tokyo by the magnificent Rainbow Bridge, Odaiba is a breeze to get to and promises a full day's worth of excitement.
We took a ferry to sight seeingTokyo Bay and Odaiba City. Also the giant wheel, the wheel is 115 meters tall and it takes 15 minutes to complete a turn. Each cabin has six seats.
Next we went to National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan. It is a museum exhibits the latest science and technology. The exhibition includes the globe display called "Geo-Cosmos" and a robot (ASIMO).
We took Ginza and Hibiya Subway Line to reach Ginza. High class fashion brand shops and Tsukiji, famous for its seafood market, both are located nearby. Nihonbashi, with famous department stores such as Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya, Ningyo-cho, an area filled with Edo period atmosphere, and Tsukishima, famous for its local dish – monjayaki. We went for shodo (Japanese calligraphy) where we tried to learn it. The staff was assisting us with the writing brush.
The Roppongi Night Life was the last board of our trip. After WWII, the United States Army and the Allied Powers occupied an area around Roppongi. Many brothels for foreigners were opened in Roppongi and slowly Roppongi became adult entertainment centre that includes nightclubs, and hostess clubs. While staying in Hamamatsu, I read about it so we went there as Roppongi is famous for its bars which have made it a go to place for foreigners from all over the globe.
We saw many Nigerian swindlers. Actually Nigerians came to Japan in the late 1990s and slowly gathered relatives from Nigeria and own bars or adult entertainment shops. They tout aggressively and do crimes in bars like swindling, drink-spiking, and robbing. Well, we were in group and away from such kind of shops, so no issues.
Over all as expected It was most amazing city I have even visited. From mysterious ancient temples to materialistic markets, traditional and modern life style, hills and buildings taller than those hills, night life and cosplay bars. While leaving Tokyo, I started planning to come again and visit places which I could not manage this time.
Below are some bonus images of Sakura Festival. I went Nagoya to feel Sakura Festival Night. In next blog, I will include trips to Nagoya, Kyoto and Sizuoka.


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Title: Neujahrspretzel (New Year's Pretzels)
Yield: 2 Servings
Categories: German, Appetizers
2 c Milk
1/2 c Butter Or Margarine
2 pk Yeast; Active, Dry
2 ts Salt
1/2 c Sugar
7 c Flour; Unbleached
2 Eggs; Large
1 c Confectioners' Sugar
1 ts Vanilla Extract
1/4 c Almonds; Chopped
Heat milk and butter until very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Mix yeast, salt,
sugar, and 1 cup flour. Slowly beat into warm milk. Beat for 2 minutes.
Add eggs and 1 cup of flour. Beat for an additional 2 minutes. Add enough
flour to form a soft dough. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5
minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl. Let rise in a warm place until
doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch dough down and let rise again until
doubled. (1 hour more). Divide dough in half. Shape pretzel as follows:
Roll dough into a rope about 30 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
Cross the ends leaving a large loop in the center. Flip loop back onto
crossed ends to form a pretzel. Repeat with remaining dough. Place pretzels
on greased baking sheets. Let rise 15 minutes more. Bake at 375 degrees F
for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Mix
confectioners' sugar, water and vanilla to form a thin icing. Spread icing
on pretzels and sprinkle with chopped almonds. Makes 2 large pretzels.
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