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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Hello Everypup!
The furry special friend (FSF) came not knowing much about having dogs in the bed, but knows aaaallll about how much FUN to cuddle it is, and how very good I am at it.
Anyway--this is just a short short post to show you the present that I got!!! The FSF got it JUST for MEE!! (Shelby here--I scream FAVORITISM!! NOT FAIR!! though the FSF DID give me a fortunate cookie leftover from Chinese food, yummy!!!!)
Go away, Shelby!!! This is MY POST!!!! Grrrr.
ANYWAY--here is me and my new toy! Isn't it cool? Aren't I cute????
That's all for now. The FSF is very tired, something about flying almost sorta halfway across the world in less than a day (I don't see any wings though--not sure how THAT was accomplished) and so we have to have quiet movie time now. Which means--MORE CUDDLE TIME! YAY!!!!
10 comments:
- Steve, Kat, & Wilbur said...
That looks like a pretty cool toy. Is it a ball with ropes knotted around it? I bet it's great to chew on.
- February 21, 2008 at 8:46 PM
- Khyra The Siberian Husky said...
Make sure you are furry furry nice to your mom's FSF!
Woo need to show your best KHUTE SiberStuff!!
If woo need help, you know my number!!!
- February 21, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Kapp pack said...
Looks like you're having fun! Sister can be such a pain sometimes!
Puppy slurps, Canyon
- February 22, 2008 at 7:51 AM
- The Daily Echo said...
Oooh....that looks like a fun toy! Give it a toss or two for me.
- February 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- Tucker said...
Tell your mom she needs to spend just a little more time blogging!
With pictures, of course!
- February 25, 2008 at 2:46 AM
- Holly said...
How cool that you have a new human to teach about Sibe behavior! Be sure to get fur ALL over her.
Cool toy!!! Are you going to share with Shelby?
- February 25, 2008 at 11:19 PM
- -The Mullin Clan's Mommy- said...
Cool pressie, Maddie. You gots to get yur mommy to post more. Wonder where you were at & doing.
- February 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- Thor said...
Get a good chew in on the new toy for me! And have lots of fun teaching the FSF all about cuddly Sibes!
- February 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Lacy said...
woofies all...bout time u all gots back to bloggin. me missed u..coolies on da FSF, and me luv u new toy..
b safe,
- February 28, 2008 at 9:46 PM
- Bama said...
What a great present, Maddox!
It has come tuh ahr attenshun that we are in danger of being jilted by ahr loved ones cuz ahr humom hasn't been givin us any 'puter time lately. So Ah wanted tuh stop by an send a special kiss to mah Shelby-woo. From what Ah hear mama sayin the SMS'ers are sayin, sounds like Ah've got some competition too. An from a HUMAN! Yur makin' me sweat, grrrl! Don't ya go a dumpin me now! Ah'm truly sorry if'n you've felt lahk Ah was neglectin you!
Huge Florida Husky hugs & kisses,
Yur Crackerman
- March 13, 2008 at 11:04 PM


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Spousal abuse is universal across all cultures, but only in Islam is it given divine sanction, both in the Qur'an and in Muhammad's example:
"Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them." — Qur'an 4:34
Muhammad "struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?" — Aisha (Sahih Muslim 2127)
"Pakistan religious groups say law protecting women from abuse 'un-Islamic,'" by Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters, March 15, 2016:
An all-parties conference convened by Pakistan's oldest Islamic political party and attended by powerful religious groups asked the government on Tuesday to retract an "un-Islamic" law that gives unprecedented protection to female victims of violence.
The Women's Protection Act, passed by Pakistan's largest province of Punjab last month, gives legal protection to women from domestic, psychological and sexual violence….
But since the law's passage, many conservative clerics and religious leaders have denounced it as being in conflict with the Muslim holy book, the Koran, and the constitution.
On Tuesday, representatives of more than 35 religious parties and groups came together for a conference called by the Jamaat-e-Islami party and condemned the women's protection law as un-Islamic.
"The controversial law to protect women was promulgated to accomplish the West's agenda to destroy the family system in Pakistan," read the joint declaration issued at the end of the concrescence. "This act … is redundant and would add to the miseries of women."
The passage of the new law was welcomed by rights groups but spirits have since dampened as conservative voices have increasingly called for its retraction.
On Monday, Fazlur Rehman, the chief of one of Pakistan's largest religious parties, the Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam, said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had promised him at a meeting that he would address the reservations of religious parties.
"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif heard our reservations against the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016. He promised to amend the law so that it doesn't contravene the teachings of the holy Koran," Maulana Fazl told journalists at his residence.
Earlier this month, the Council of Islamic Ideology, a powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam, declared the Women's Protection Act un-Islamic.
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A Quiet Place, Rampage, Bad Boys 1 & 2, plus our review of Jurassic Park 4K & more 4K/BD reviews
All right, we've been busy with reviews here at The Bits this week and the work continues through the weekend.
Case in point: I've just completed my in-depth review of Universal's Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Collection in 4K Ultra HD, which includes Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World in both Blu-ray and 4K. You should read the review, obviously, but the cliff's notes version is that the films all sound fantastic with DTS:X sound, but the transfers are a mixed bag. Jurassic Park looks better than ever (but don't expect a miracle), The Lost World and Jurassic World look fantastic, and Jurassic Park III is barely an upgrade over the previous Blu-ray. The box is recommended for diehard fans of the franchise, certainly, and others if you can get a good sale price.
Not finished though, I've also posted my review of Universal's Darkest Hour in 4K Ultra HD, which is not only a terrific film it's a gorgeous 4K presentation of some of the best cinematography in recent years. I highly recommend this one.
By the end of the day (fingers crossed) I'll also have posted my reviews of Paramount's Forrest Gump and Terminator Genisys in 4K Ultra HD. [Read on here...]
A nod to TVShowsonDVD, plus audio specs for Mission: Impossible 4K & a non-spoiler Solo review
All right, first things first today. You may recall that recently (as part of our Back the Bits call to arms here at the site) we mentioned how tough it is to keep a good independent media website going on the Internet these days. Believe me, it is. No kidding.
So it's with sadness that we tip our hats today in honor of our friends Gord Lacey, Dave Lambert, and their fine TVShowonDVD.com website, which has sadly gone dark after 18 years of great service to home media enthusiasts. They intend to continue on social media (visit the page for the links), but we're sad to see their website go away regardless.
Gord, Dave… we love you guys. Thank you for 18 great years. And thanks too for your friendship. You have ours always. [Read on here...]
Paramount sets the Mission: Impossible films for 4K in June, plus Ash vs Evil Dead: S3 & Counterpart: S1
All right, we're kicking things off today with two more new Blu-ray reviews...
We start with Tim's take on Larry Cohen's It's Alive Trilogy, new on Blu-ray from our friends at Scream Factory. He's also got a review of Herschell Gordon Lewis's Two Thousand Maniacs! on Blu-ray from the good folks at Arrow Video.
I'm working to wrap up that review of The Patriot in 4K Ultra HD from Sony, and I should have that up later this afternoon. So be sure to watch for it. Fury is on deck along with Escape Plan from Lionsgate.
Universal swears that they're sending us the Jurassic Park Collection for review as well, so we do intend to cover it as soon as we're able. [Read on here...]
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Pick-Ups for the Week of May 23, 2016
Welcome to a new edition of Pick-Ups!
Thank you for tuning in. Sorry for my absence, but I've been on a bit of a vacation. My Mom came down to visit with us, so our focus was on spending some time with her.
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Mekong Delta provinces such as Long An, Dong Thap and An Giang are normally grappling with floods at this time of year but the heavy rains are yet to come. In most places this would be good news but in the Delta it's anything but. Farmers anticipate the flooding as it gives them the chance to earn money from fishing as the flood waters nourish their fields. It's outside of harvest time, so their fields lay idle.
Mr. Be Hai, a farmer in Dong Thap province, usually earns VND200,000 ($9) from planting crops but during the flood season he buys 200 fishing baskets and earns VND300,000 to VND400,000 ($13.50 to $18) a day. As he always does every year, he deposited VND4.5 million ($202) in May on leasing additional land and bought the 200 baskets, for a total outlay of over VND30 million ($1,352).
"I borrowed almost all of the money but I haven't caught a fish in over two months because the land is still dry," Mr. Hai told local media.
Other people have invested even more. Ms. Le Thi Hien and her family in An Giang province purchased high-quality fishing equipment at a cost of more than VND300 million ($13,515) and also have to pay wages to their fishery workers.
"Every time I open a net there's only a few fish," she complained to local media. "The floods haven't come so we're losing money."
The Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention in Long An province said that water levels measured at the Tan Hung and Vinh Hung stations on October 1 were 1.55 meters and 1.52 meters, respectively, or 0.4 meters to 0.6 meters less than in 2014 and 1.2 meters to 2 meters less than in 2011.
The dry spell has been caused by the El Nino weather pattern and climate change. Rainfall has also fallen dramatically upstream of the Mekong River and the situation is exacerbated by dams in China and Laos.


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The idea behind it is that species that are found in images in the hard drive undergo natural selection as if the only species present in its simulated world are those that are located in the images saved in it.
The idea behind it is that species that are found in images in the hard drive undergo natural selection as if the only species present in its simulated world are those that are located in the images saved in it.
I like the idea. Not sure if anything similar has been done, but I still like it. However, I do have a few issues with the article overall that might be changed to improve it.
1) The phrase "From tests, it has been determined that SCP-XXXX has an unusually high memory capacity for its model. No limit has been reached." Might better read as something like "It has been determined through testing that SCP-XXXX has no discernible memory capacity limit."
2) The bit about a machine with image viewing software installed. Computers have most, if not all, of their software installed on the hard drive. You may want to include something about this hard drive being set up as a slave drive or its properties only manifesting when configured as a slave drive.
3) I got the impression from the article that that you use the term "species" as "images of biological entities" in a couple of cases. It is a tad confusing, though I get the gist. Just something you may want to fix.
4) I'd actually change the result of the images from the [EXPUNGED] game franchise, as I got the distinct impression that it works on actual living things and not imaginary creatures. The implication here is that these creatures from the game franchise are real…which seems to me like a bad idea.
It's an external hard drive. one of those things, that are a bit like larger, bigger memory sticks.
Also, yes, the images from [EXPUNGED] game franchise is supposed to be the experiment that shows even fictional creatures, so long as they are in drawn form will be considered by the Hard Drive as potential 'Species'.
(It treats drawings of, let's say, Pikachu, as if it were a real species. However, its abilities within the hard drive's world also depends on the experimenter's foreknowledge of the creature. If it was saved onto the hard drive as someone who knows about Pikachu's lightning abilities, then it will have said abilities in the hard drive's internal universe. If the person didn't have foreknowledge of its abilities, then it wouldn't have them in the hard drive's internal universe.)
Ok, the external drive works. I am still uneasy about the drawing idea because of the implications. Something would perhaps need to be put in that the hard drive recognizes the image is not a real creature and splashes a "hypothetical extrapolation" banner under the altered pictures or something.
It might make for a funny story though. Some researcher gets the same idea I did and tries to submit XK Class scenarios about 682 meeting the Tarr…er, another big reptile that's basically impossible to kill.
Is that the Tarrasque?
And also, the SCP doesn't know the difference between a fictional creature and a real one. However, it DOES distinguish living things from non-living things, and robots would be considered non-living things.
Tribble, you seem to be commenting on a lot of these draft threads, so I'll say this: it might be enlightening for you to familiarise yourself with this essay, particularily this part.
Lycan, isn't there a warning at the top of that page telling you not to use those stereotypes on people, even if you do so in a passive-aggressive manner? I think you may owe this person an apology.


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Other new teen titles set out to make their mark. Among them, Bauer Publishing Co.'s Twist, MicroMedia Affiliates' Latin Girl, Weider Publications' Jump and Girl, a youth-oriented fashion book from Lewit & LeWinter/Freedom, publisher of Mode.
"It's certainly a growth category -- and I think these magazines are realizing that," says Melissa Pordy, senior VP-director of media services for Zenith Media, New York. "These are young, viable consumers with disposable incomes and they can be talked to -- and, if you will, branded to -- at a young age. Marketers are riding this wave."
Petersen Publishing Co.'s long-established Teen introduced a spin-off, All About You that targets tween girls ages 12 to 14. HMB Publishing planned to take Moxiegirl national, tapping All About You Assistant Editor Lia Haberman as editor.
Meanwhile, Hearst Magazines moved forward with its plans for a teen magazine based on Cosmopolitan this summer.
Primedia strengthened Seventeen's position by acquiring the Sterling/Macfadden Teen Network -- which encompasses Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, Sixteen and Superteen -- and Laufer Publishing Co., which produces BOP and BB.
Despite the threat of fresher faces, longtime powerhouses Seventeen, Teen and Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing's YM proved they've still got spunk.
YM turned in especially remarkable year-over-year ad page growth in 1998. Pages were up 16.9% to 663, according to the Publishers Information Bureau.
Such brands as Cover Girl Cosmetics, Calvin Klein and Procter & Gamble Co.'s Noxema continued their commitments, and YM snagged more than 80 new advertising clients last year, including Adidas International, Kellogg Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Wal-Mart Stores.
YM's circulation in the second half of last year, compared to the same period in 1997, dipped by 1.6% to 2,186,706 and subscriptions fell 2.7% to 1,468,106, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Newsstand sales rose slightly, 0.8%, to 718,600.
YM rival Teenscored a 7.2% page growth, with 614 pages for the year. Teen's total circulation for the second half soared 12.8% to 2,077,653. Subscriptions gained 12.3% to 1,642,958 and newsstand shot up 14.5% 434,695. Last month, the magazine promoted Editor at Large Tommi Lewis to editor in chief, after the retirement of longtime Editor Roxanne Camron.
Meanwhile, the category's advertising and circulation leader, Seventeen, increased its ad pages last year 7.1% to 1,404. Circulation in the second half fell 5.9% to 2,415,727, with subscriptions down 8.5% to 1,662,309 and newsstand up 0.5% to 753,418.
Seventeen and Cover Concepts Marketing Services, also a Primedia property, last fall launched a sampling program, "Seventeenpack," which put product samples in the hands of about one million teen-age girls. Sponsors included Kimberly-Clark Corp., Playtex Products Corp., S.C. Johnson & Son, and Hershey Foods Corp.
Some of Seventeen's newly acquired sister publications enjoyed dramatic circulation growth in 1998. Teen Beat's circulation for the second half of the year gained 29.1% to 157,957, led by 36.4% higher newsstand sales of 136,570. Sixteen's circulation rose 25.1% to 161,466, spurred by a 29.2% growth in newsstand sales to 147,466. Superteen's circulation jumped by 20.3% to 156,463, based on a 37.7% growth in subscriptions to 3,453 and 20% stronger single-copy


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Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas may face a battle winning over the senior players at Chelsea.
Villas-Boas was a coach at Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho.
The Daily Mail says accepting Villas-Boas as their manager could take the Chelsea players some time. After all, he was the guy who handed out the DVDs, once had a scrap with Frank Rijkaard and didn't seem to be any older than they were. He is actually the same age as Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on Monday.
He was brought in at Chelsea by Mourinho to deliver detailed information on the opposition, providing every player with a video with specific information about their direct opponent as well as the team in general.
Now, however, he is about to be presented as the replacement for 52-year-old Carlo Ancelotti, a double Champions League winner with AC Milan and domestic double winner in the first of two seasons at Stamford Bridge.
One Chelsea insider said: "Andre is very clever and fluent in English but I have to say I never saw him as a future Chelsea manager."
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Kings of Leon: MTV EMAs 2010 with Rihanna!
The guys of Kings of Leon catch up with Rihanna on the red carpet of the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday (November 7) in Madrid, Spain.
The band was nominated for Best Rock Act and Best Live Act, but lost both awards, to 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park, respectively.
Kings of Leon performed their song "Radioactive" during the show, which they said they had never performed on that grand of a scale before. Watch the performance inside!
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
What a time to be alive. A time when you can have virtually everything delivered to your door. I'm a big fan of not having to visit stores, especially when it comes to my groceries. I get confused, buy things I'll never eat, miss key things on my list - I'm better online. More organized. But there was a problem with the grocery delivery sites that I kept running into.
With nearly every grocery delivery site I've tried, I've had a hard time finding truly fresh, organic, and locally sourced dairy and produce. It's one thing to be able to ship a box of mass-produced crackers and cans of soup - but to truly deliver on freshness is where I was interested.
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Ford is bringing to market a new generation of steering tech that it claims will help make vehicles easier to manoeuvre at low speeds and in tight spaces. At higher speeds, Adaptive Steering will help make the vehicle more agile and fun to drive.
"First and foremost, all Ford Motor Company products have to offer a great driving experience. This new steering technology can make any vehicle easier to manoeuvre and more fun to drive," said Raj Nair, Ford's group VP of Global Product Development.
Adaptive steering changes the ratio between the driver's actions at the steering wheel – the number of turns – and how much the front wheels turn. In normal cars, this is a fixed steering ratio. With Ford's new Adaptive Steering, the steering ratio continually changes with vehicle speed, optimising response in all conditions. It's nothing new, but it's good news, as such technology has typically only been available with luxury cars in the past.
At lower speeds, such as when pulling into a parking space or manoeuvring in tight quarters, the new system makes the vehicle easier to turn, as it dials more steering into the road wheel. Each low-speed manoeuvre requires less turning of the steering wheel. At highway speeds, the system further optimises steering response, enabling the vehicle to react more smoothly and precisely to driver input.
Ford's system uses a precision-controlled actuator placed inside the steering wheel, and requires no change to a vehicle's traditional steering system. The actuator – an electric motor and gearing system – can essentially add to or subtract from a driver's steering input.
Developed in collaboration with Takata, a leading supplier of automotive steering and safety systems, Adaptive Steering will be available on select vehicles beginning next year in Europe. Ford has never been tech stingy with ASEAN, so we're expecting to see this in the not too distant future.


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It's Monday, and yesterday brought both manic food shopping and preparation. It would be hard to top the last Manic Meal Monday in terms of ease of preparation, but this comes close, especially if you purchase pre-cut butternut squash and/or pre-cut beef.
The meal o' the week was inspired by Dominique over at Will Run For Beer, who posted this Burgundy-Style Beef Stew recipe. It was already a WW recipe, but she made it even more WW-friendly by subbing butternut squash for potatoes. The damage is a mere 8 PointsPlus for a very hearty stew.
Recipe (with modifications, based on preference/availability; mine are in bold, hers are in italics):
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 lb boneless beef bottom round, trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups reduced-sodium beef broth [I used vegetable broth since I already had some open.]
1/2 cup dry red wine (I used a Cabernet Sauvignon) [I used a Carmenere and hated that I cooked with such a good win, but it needed to be consumed.]
20 oz chopped butternut squash the original recipe calls for 3/4 lb Yukon Gold potatoes
1/2 lb mushrooms [I am not a 'shroom fan, so this was omitted.]
4 carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 cup pearl onions (the original recipe calls for frozen, but I could not find them in my store) [I cut up one whole, medium yellow onion.]
2 cloves if garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp dried savory [I'm not sure what savory is, and I don't have it, so…I tossed in a bunch of spices that I like, including cayenne pepper, ginger, oregano, and a little cinnamon, and I liked what came out of the crock pot.]
1. Mix together flour, salt and pepper into a shallow dish. Coat beef with seasoned flour and shake off the excess.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add coated beef and cook until browned on all sides. Transfer browned beef to your crock pot.
3. Add remaining ingredients to the crock pot. Cover and cook for 3-4 hours on high or 8-10 hours on low, or until the beef and vegetables are tender.
This makes 4 servings. Oh, look…lunch!
And, funny story related to this recipe:
My mom is in town visiting, and we went to the grocery store together. I was in the meat department, and didn't find the cut specified in the recipe, so I asked a woman working there about it.
Me: Oh, OK. Hmm…three pounds. Well, I need to find the smallest package. I only need one pound.
Her: Just a pound? What are you making?
Me: A stew.
Her: Blech. You want to use this in a stew?
Me: Yeah…will this not work for stew?
Her: It's so lean. You need some meat with some FAT.
My mom: Well, she's kind of on a diet, so I think she wants the lean.
Her: Oh, well, if you're doing that diety thing, I guess this will work. But I wouldn't eat that stew.
For the record, the stew was great, and the meat was tender. Enjoy!


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Monday, January 25, 2010
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Stop Using Sex As A Weapon
Apparently sex does sell (you horny bastards!) as I've gotten more comments and emails on my last post then any other recent ones. You guys need to get laid. Seriously.
You know I love you right? If you really loved me...............
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
As Seen on TV......
Apparently, someone got caught having sex at our hospital last week. Someone meaning an employee.
Do people really do this shit? I mean seriously. Why, oh why, would you want to drop your nasty scrub pants in a place full of MRSA, VRE, Staph, and other unknown heebie geebie bugs crawlin' all around? Do you really want your nether regions exposed to the crap that the 45 year old alcoholic vomited up onto your partner's leg 2 hours before? I mean REEEEAAAALY?
Gross, man.
Just Gross.
Pretty soon we'll have to have a mandatory educational session entitled "How to Prevent Hospital Acquired Vaginal MRSA Infections."
Lesson #1: How to keep your pants on
Lesson #2: How to keep your vajayjay clean
Lesson #3: How to sneak around outside of the hospital so you don't have to do it here.
Lesson #4: How to properly finish your antibiotic prescription
Lesson #5: Prenatal classes
I might be able to understand this if Dr. McSteamy worked at our facility....... but he doesn't. Nor does anyone that remotely resembles him work there.
Sigh................ life just ain't ever like TV, ya know?
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Labels: keep your pants on, McSteamy, sex in a hospital
Monday, January 11, 2010
What Are We Made Of?
I always knew that nurses had balls of steel. HERE is the evidence. One single nurse takes on the IRS and wins - without a lawyer.
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
It's All About the Numbers, Yo.
I have a houseful of 9 year old girls tonight and I feel the need to imbibe in a little fermented grapes until I'm about a .245.
No, Seriously. I do.
I can think of about 10 other things I'd rather do than head up a slumber party for eight screaming little girls. The first thing that comes to mind is spend 2 hours standing 3 feet deep in sewage.
Therefore, I shall pour myself a tall glass of wine, put a movie on for the beasties, and head to the back bedroom to surf the internet and read a book.
Let the screaming begin!
I just hope nobody gets hurt. Would it count as practicing nursing under the influence if I put a bandaid on a scraped knee after a glass or six of vino? What do you think?
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Labels: birthday party, lord help me, slumber party, wine
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Shit, Crap, Turds!
Damn It!
I came to check in with my lovely blog boss this morning and I ended up deleting mutliple comments people left on my last post. How the HELL did I do that? Obviously I need fired ASAP.
So to you lovely readers that left comments (except you assholes that left all the links for Viagra - hear this - I am a wo-man. WO-MAN. I do not have a penis. Though apparently on my birth records the nurse checked off Testes as being normal, so really - who knows?), I'm not censoring you on purpose. So no shouting to the Man about how I'm violating your rights of free speech and all that shiznit. UmmmmKay?
I do know that Candice called my cat a whore. The nerve (how'd she know?)! And a Vet told me to spay my cat - to which I though, why spoil my whore's good time?
Now off to figure out how the hell I did that. Might have a little something to do with the fact that I highlighted everything and hit Reject instead of Publish? Nah, I'm pretty sure that's not it. That'd be, like, a stupid mistake. Like, a 12 year old would make. Geez. You think I'm that dumb?
Don't answer that.
Off to find a good vet for my little whore........
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Cleaning House
I spent the last couple of hours going through my links and reading other people's blogs. I had to do a ton of clean up, because many people have closed down their blogs. How sad. Some people gave reasons, some didn't, and some just plain disappeared. Some of my favorite reads are just.....plain.....gone.
It's kinda like loosing that damn book you JUST KNOW you placed on the night stand last night and now it's gone - damn kids took it and hid it again. You'll probably find it under the cat's litter box because Little Sally Sue thought the cat needed a lifted litter box just like the neighbors loud ass truck. Only now you can't read it because that fucking feline scratched her litter full of shit over the edge of the box and smeared it into the page edges of your book.
Then you think to yourself, "I knew I shoulda put that damn cat to sleep last week."
Speaking of cats, mine is in heat. I've never seen a cat in heat before. Hell, most people who knew me 10 years ago are probably shocked that I have ever even seen a cat. I hated the little purring, stinking, shedding, shitballs. But now I kinda like our little MiMi.
Until last night.
I have never seen a cat that wanted to get it on with a cardboard box. She wants to get laid so bad she's just screaming about it. Little hussie.
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Labels: cats in heat, discontinued blogs
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Drug Seekers and Seizure Fakers, Oh My!
I found this over at Madness: Tales of an Emergency Room Nurse and I laughed my ass off. I'm so glad she found it and shared it.
I love that the "ER" is a mini-mart. Completes the whole concept.
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Obligatory Resolutions
I hate January.
The month of "I-must-change-my-life-and-become-a-better-person-right-this-instant-but-will-probably-fail-within-2-weeks-when-I-rip-ass-on-the-gas-station-attendant-for-spilling-unleaded-down-my-car." Seriously. Personal improvement? Bettering of our lives? Pashaw I say. It's a bunch of crap.
You TOTALLY know (now I sound like my 12 year old) you will be back to your old self within 18 days, so why bother?
Alas, I've been told it is a requirement of living in our great United States of America that I must make a list of resolutions for the New Year. Who knew? Therefore, in the spirit of rebellion that flows throughout the veins of my soul, I shall make resolutions that I know I can keep, rather than professing that I'm changing my life and becoming the perfect example of a modern day Mother Mary. I prefer to make goals that fit nicely into my life and require very little work. Why not feel some bit of success, eh?
So without further ado........
#1 - I will wake up every day (Whaaat? You don't know how that is a challenge for me sometimes. I like to avoid the world, pull the covers back over my head, and dream of running my own country. I have admirers there - and servants. And they allllllll adore me).
#2 - I will go to sleep every night (Ok, so this one isn't so hard for me - see above. I like to visit my country).
#3 - I'll probably laugh a few times, cry at least once (maybe twice - depends on what my dear lovely manfriend does to piss me off), and yell at my poor innocent children frequently (don't worry - they're used to it. They've learned to tune me out).
#4 - I shall engage in arguing with my haters. Now that is always a fun time. Pushing buttons - it's a great thing!
#5 - I will find a few new blogs and love them for about 2 months. Then never go back to read them, until I find them again 8 months later and think they're new ones I've never seen before.
#6 - I will tell a story to Yolie and lose topic in mid-sentence, diverting to what we're going to do Saturday night instead.
#7 - I will read approximately 102 books, some of them twice - again, not remembering that I read them the first time.
#8 - I will tell someone I love them. Probably 5 or 6 someones. 2 of which will be my children, 1 my dog, 1 my cat, 1 my man, and 1 is saved for a wild card later. Might get a bird or something.
#9 - I will not laugh like a hysterical maniac inside my head every time I see an Oregon Ducks fan make a big O with their hands that totally looks like a big asshole. Sigh......I might have trouble with this one. In fact, I've already broken it 186 times today watching the Rose Bowl. I am already a failure.
#10 - I will forgive myself for not succeeding at resolution #9 and I will pretend it never existed.
I think that about covers it. That's all the success I can handle without my head exploding and becoming so enamored with myself that y'all look like the pathetic losers you are. So for the sake of your sanity and self esteem maintenance I will go no further with my Resolutions (cuz I'm gonna keep all those bitches!).
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Kamisama Kiss 18
November 15, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2015 – 21+ volumes
Of course the story continues, I forgot about Akura-oh! And there's the Cousin Itt yokai, being all creepy.
This volume started off with Nanami so deliriously happy she's basically failing all her classes. Mikage (who is sticking around now?) threatens to not let her go on her class trip to Okinawa if she does not do well on her exams. She wants badly to go with Tomoe, Kurama, Mizuki (as an exchange student), and her friends from school.
Mizuki in the plane was the best. He could not get over how something so huge and metal could fly through the air, and it was freaking the other students out.
They get to Okinawa, and there's a storm raging. Turns out, Akura-oh is already there, and he's done something to make a local mermaid angry, who curses him and plunges the island into a perpetual storm. She also entangles one of Nanami's friends. Nanami has to get the mermaid's robe back from Akura-oh, who of course does not want to part with it.
There is very little Tomoe/Nanami time in this volume, which was a little surprising. They, of course, are never alone together, especially now that Mikage is living with them again. Tomoe begins to pout, because Nanami seems to be paying attention to everyone and not just him. How cute.
Everything here is still pretty great. This is pushing the limit of slightly too many characters, since there are a couple classmates that we need to be familiar with now, but I guess we lose Himemiko, Kotaro, Mitake, Kotetsu, and Onikiri for this trip? Having Kurama and the two friends involved with the story, as well as Akura-oh, his servant, and his shinshi, is a little confusing. But it's handling itself well now. I suspect the characters will slowly start to shed themselves as the story focuses itself more.
Is this going to be another big, long epic? It really doesn't matter either way to me. Kamisama Kiss is so good, it could probably do anything (except hacking/corporate espionage) and I would love it. Reading 8 volumes together was great, and I'm considering a re-read now.
Kamisama Kiss 17
November 8, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2015 – 21+ volumes
It had the ending I didn't even know I wanted. Seriously. I wish more shoujo mangaka had the knack to deliver what the audience is looking for like that. I didn't even see it coming, perhaps because I'm so used to the dodge.
Nanami goes back to the past one more time to speak to the fallen kami, in order to undo Tomoe's curse. The fallen kami shows her what happened to Tomoe and Yukiji in between visits (when a lot of time passed for him and them, but not Nanami), which is mostly sad stuff. I even felt a little bad for Akura-oh, and he's quite literally a monster.
I was a little surprised Tomoe fell for Yukiji's ruse? He sort of did, and sort of didn't? I speculate that he probably didn't, but I'm not sure why he took care of her then? Maybe because she seemed so similar?
Nanami did a little modern time-traveling as well. I had to read that part twice before I realized that Mikage was involved, and what was going on (mostly because I was rushing through this part to get to the payoff). That was pretty clever.
I also liked the little bit of story dedicated to Akura-oh's furry minion throughout this arc. He was a low-key great character. I'm going to have to re-read to see if he's still around. He was probably with Akura-oh five volumes ago, or something really obvious.
I still can't believe how much I liked this story arc. I'm surprised Kamisama Kiss did such a long story so well, and I'm also surprised to see it continue from here (this would be a good stopping place). But as of right now, I would believe this series capable of anything. And it pulls it all off without denying me anything. Julietta Suzuki, I will read everything else you write.
Kamisama Kiss 16
October 24, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2014 – 21+ volumes
Oh man, it got better. I'm still not convinced that Nanami as "Yukiji" isn't the one Tomoe is in love with, but that questions stays open-ended throughout this volume.
What I do know is that this is the best Nanami/Tomoe volume yet. Hands down. You will melt, if you bear any love for this series at all.
Somehow, I forgot that Nanami can't kiss Tomoe in the past, lest he become her shinshi (again). Even though that's basically the plot of the series. It comes up here, just in case you're trying to imagine what goes on in the above scenario.
In terms of plot, Akura-oh takes an interest in (presumably) the real Yukiji, since he hears that Tomoe has a crush on her. He orders her killed, and, after being warned of the plot, Nanami offers to act as a decoy in Yukiji's wedding procession, so that she will face Akura-oh instead. Well, it's not Akura-oh that comes, and Nanami only escapes the slaughter because of her kami powers. And Tomoe.
Tomoe basically spirits Nanami away, who is torn between being deliriously happy and realizing that Tomoe will need to fall in love with Yukiji in order for events in the present to work out. So she keeps trying to set the two of them up. But, of course, Tomoe is the one that slaughtered Yukiji's village, so there's not much chance she'll want anything to do with him. Hence my fervent wish that "Yukiji" is actually Nanami. But after a short time with Tomoe, Nanami begins to be pulled back to the present, and she realizes she needs to find the fallen kami before that happens.
And she does! Surprisingly, the fallen kami is really kind, and helps her out, but not in the way she was hoping for.
And… I need to read the next volume RIGHT NOW.
Kamisama Kiss 15
October 18, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2014 – 21+ volumes
Ahh, this series is so freaking cute! I've probably started the last three reviews like that, and I've been binge-reading this on my week off. But really, the novelty hasn't worn off. The current story arc is pretty serious, but there are so many cute, sentimental moments scattered throughout that you never feel too down reading it.
The story arc in the past continues. Nanami has to nurse Tomoe, who's taken the form of a child, but without Tomoe knowing who she is. So she stays away from him when he wakes up, and tells him her name is Yukiji (the woman he's in love with from the past). This is obviously leading to Tomoe always loving Nanami, which I'm super-pumped about.
She almost confronts the fallen kami who cursed him, but gets pulled back to the present at the last minute. Re-equipped, she goes back into the past and runs into Akura-Oh, who is a nasty, yet whimsical dude. Somehow, it doesn't occur to Nanami that this guy is wanted by the humans of the time because he is a horrible murderer until he actually murders someone. Then she realizes he's a horrible peach-eating sociopath that doesn't understand humans.
Akura-Oh seems unlikely to harm her, and it appears that the story may be setting up Tomoe for rejection (or Yukiji to actually fall in love with him, but I'm voting for the former). I'm wondering if this will keep going or conclude next volume. She still has to deal with the fallen kami (the scene where she bartered for his name here was AWESOME), so I'm looking forward to that as well.
There are two short stories in the back that are TO DIE FOR. They were released to celebrate the anime. One is about Tomoe hiding a gift for Nanami, but she thinks it's something that will somehow make her leave the shrine. The second is about Nanami trying to hide some racy underwear her friend made her buy. Tomoe was in particularly fine form at the end of this story.
Seriously. I love the current story arc, but I really can't wait until it comes back to the present and we get to see more of Tomoe being awesome. I think I have three more volumes until I'm caught up to the current release? I'll be sad when I can't read any more.
Kamisama Kiss 14
October 17, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2014 – 21+ volumes
Good stuff! I wasn't sure if I'd like the story that delved into Tomoe's past, but so far I'm really digging it.
Mikage comes back to the shrine when Tomoe passes out due to a cursed tattoo – from a bargain he struck with a fallen Kami long ago, the curse will kill him in 7 days. Mikage says there's no way to break the curse without knowing the fallen kami that cast it, and Nanami is heartbroken. So she decides to go to the past to find the fallen kami that cast the spell and demand the way to break it.
Mikage rightly points out that Nanami shouldn't fool with the past – her first idea is to go back and prevent him from striking the deal with the fallen kami. But if he doesn't fall in love with Yukiji (the human woman from his past) and strike the deal, he never goes to the shrine, and Nanami will never meet him. Nor will Mizuki be saved from his horrible lonely shrine. Mizuki almost does it for her, casting himself back into the loneliness, because he knows she won't be the same if Tomoe dies. I feel bad for him. He's awesome, and he'd star in any other series except for this one, where we have Tomoe to root for instead.
So she goes back to the past in her modern clothes (a pet peeve of mine), and meets a delightful kami who just came into her powers. After drawing inspiration from her during her darkest hour, she moves on and washes up in a village. She's almost burned as a yokai, until she's saved by… Yukiji.
Tomoe is a terrible villain in the past, slayer of many innocents. He's not the same person Nanami knows from the present (I'd like to think a person can change in 500 years), and I'm curious to see how she'll get to know such a bloodthirsty murderer, and also how she'll escape being killed herself by random villagers who see her with the notorious criminal.
But I know Kamisama Kiss will do it, and make me so happy to it. This is a much more serious story than the Himemiko wedding story that came before it (though that one was also pretty serious), so it's not quite my favorite flavor of this series, but I still adore it, and can't wait to see how this will turn out. Especially after those last couple pages.
Kamisama Kiss 13
October 4, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2013 – 21+ volumes
The Himemiko wedding arc continues through all but the last chapter of the volume. Which is fine, because it's great! I even wound up liking Nishiki more in this volume, since he didn't do anything outright offensive. The real villain here was his servant/mentor, Shiranui. Who is fairly unrepentant at the end, but that's what bad guys are for.
Nishiki was actually adorable here, making even my severe grudge disappear. He seemed quite sympathetic to Himemiko's loss, and decided he could marry a woman who felt so strongly about a lost love, since he'd never been in love before. He wrote her a series of really sweet letters to cheer her up, and was very intent on getting her to smile, though not in the ostentatious joke kind of way. And he was so sad when he couldn't do it.
Meanwhile, Nanami has her body stolen, and Mizuki and her Shikigami are tracking it down. Meanwhile, Tomoe "entertains" the imposter. This "entertainment" gets rather… intense at the end of the book. Tomoe is an evil, evil guy. But that's why he's great.
This story just had so much going for it. How Nishiki felt for Himemiko, how Shiranui felt for Nishiki, and the relationship between Himemiko and Kotaro. Nanami/Tomoe takes a backseat once again, though Suzuki made up for it with the "entertainment" at the end of the story.
There's an adorable scene where Himemiko gets her yokai body back. Just more in the long list of good stuff this series does well. Just… good characters who genuinely like each other, and are easy to empathize with. Reading it is an absolute pleasure.
In the last chapter, we get down to the serious business of Tomoe and who his previous human lover was. I'm ready.
Kamisama Kiss 12
September 20, 2015
Julietta Suzuki – Viz – 2013 – 21+ volumes
This series is the best! It's not often I praise volumes about side characters, but this is one of those times. Tomoe is hardly in this one. This is all about Himemiko and her cute romance with the human boy Kotaro. She is currently head-over-heels, completely adorably in love with him, and disguised as a human. He's shy, and doesn't talk to others well, but he's really considerate, and seems to like her quite a bit.
On their way to visit Nanami, a fish yokai named Nishiki spirits away Nanami's whole shrine, with her in it (but not the two shinshi), and puts it underwater in his swamp. Nanami is held captive, and is meant to perform a wedding ceremony between Nishiki and Himemiko. Aside from being kidnapped, she refuses to do it because Himemiko is her friend, in love with Kotaro, and Nishiki is clearly an enormous jerk.
Nishiki goes out to meet Himemiko, but runs into her in human form along with Kotaro. He basically terrorizes them and badly injures Kotaro. Himemiko can't use her powers, since it would break her human disguise.
Ryu-oh shows up to defend them, mostly because Nishiki is insufferable and he wants to fight him. But he later mediates a rather serious rift between Himemiko and Kotaro.
Meanwhile, Nanami has to deal with the spoiled brat Nishiki when he gets back to his swamp. At the end of the volume, she's basically trying to tell him how to be a decent creature.
Tomoe is sidelined. He shows up at the very end, ready to bury Nishiki along with Himemiko.
Nishiki is pretty insufferable. He's a bit of a sneering villain at first, a rich boy who won't even deign to step on the ground. But we slowly learn he's been conditioned to act that way, and when Nanami starts giving him lessons on how to treat people, he reacts. I really liked that about him, and about this series. I still hated him at the end, but he was "humanized" quite a bit, which was an amazing thing for such an unpleasant character.
And in case I didn't emphasize this enough earlier, Himemiko and Kotaro are ADORABLE. I was a little worried about Himemiko possibly being too overbearing, since she spoke of a wedding that Kotaro seemed to be unaware of (I don't recall their story from earlier in the series), but seeing them together in this volume was great. They would clearly do anything for each other. Even just little things, like moral support or getting drink because you thought the other person might be thirsty.
I really do enjoy the light touch in this series, and it makes me happy when I can enjoy an arc that has nothing to do with the main characters like this. That's the mark of a good series.


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Developer Telltale Games is revealing the details of the next season of The Walking Dead game today. The developer will release the sequel on PC, Mac, consoles, iOS, and additional platforms later this year.
Gamers can purchase the whole second season, which will consist of five episodes, for $22.50. Each episode will cost $5, individually.
"Today we can finally lift the veil, albeit only a little, on how this story will continue," Telltale Games chief executive Dan Connors said in a statement. "We'll soon be putting players in the shoes of a lead role that will challenge their expectations of how to survive in a world where no one can be trusted."
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Considered a child prodigy, Ty Tryon turned professional in 2001 at the age of 16 after a Ty Tryon appearance as an amateur made the cut at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic, becoming the third youngest player to ever accomplish such a feat. Tryon's decision to turn pro caused controversy, as future American golfers usually attended college before turning pro. Coached at the David Leadbetter Academy, Tryon is yet to prove his exceptional talent in the sport.
A year after turning pro, Tryon made his way through all three levels of elimination events of the PGA Tour. As a result, he became the youngest player to earn exempt status. However, Tryon struggled with his PGA Tour status as he played on several other tours. In February 2005, he won at an NGA Hooters Tour event, his first professional win. In 2007, he played on the Gateway Tour, and in May 2008, he gained entry into the Forth Smith Classic on the Nationwide Tour as a Monday qualifier.
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After making a fortune with PerriconeMD, a high-priced cosmetics line that promises to defy aging, and surviving news blasts about his personal life, Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone has a new project: eyewear to protect pilots from laser attacks.
That's quite a jump for a nationally known dermatologist who's written best-selling books and appeared on TV specials about skin care and nutrition.
"They love the look: Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun,' " Perricone said, describing the feather-light wraparound glasses with titanium frames that can be made with prescription lenses. "We're the only ones who can do this. It's affordable and readily accessible."


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Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is being heavily scrutinized by the Securities and Exchange Commission for using prohibited accounting metrics and sharing it with investors. The SEC stated that Tesla had released its August earnings using "individually tailored" measurements when the company had added back certain costs to revenue.
Four letters went between the SEC and Tesla that were uploaded by the SEC. The documents have been public for a week, dating from mid-September to mid-October. The SEC has labeled the matter resolved without further action required.
Revenue adjustments by Tesla were called "tailored" by the SEC as the adjustments were prohibited from its regulator's guidelines from May 17th. "Whenever the SEC uses that specific term it's a clear indication that this specific adjustment should not be used, it's very strong language," said vice president of research and CPA, Olga Usvyatsky of Audit Analytics.


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Materials Management
Profound experience of all kinds mechanical such as piping & structural materials used in oil fields & tankage projects, a wide exposure to different kinds of equipments such as vessels, pumps & electrical apparatus such as transformers, electrical panels, cables, switchgears used in power projects, good knowledge of bulk items used for infrastructure projects such as roads & buildings. Stacking, Warehousing & keeping the required minimum stock of a wide variety of spare parts, lubricants or Oils & issuing them against the particular asset Equipments at the time of their preventive maintenances, making work orders & issuing them in ERP.
Scrap Disposal
Effective disposal or resale of scrap materials such as reinforcement bars, structural steels, And other Environmental Hazard wastes such as used lubricant oil, waste tyres or bricks & other mechanical or polythene wastes to highest quoted vendors anytime during or after completion of projects.
Logistics ManagementForecast demand using historical project data & experience. Extensive Coordination with the end users, planning and purchase departments for immediate response to the requirements at site so that the progress does not hampers for the want of material. Warehouse Management & Warehouse Control Identifying & investigating inventory variances. Reconciliation of materials, identification of slow, non-moving & scrap materials. Stock verification, dispatch of non-moving & surplus materials to other sites as per site requirements.


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As predicted in my first post, Bloomington is a quintessential college town. Because I was there during the summer break, it was apparently a sleepy college town, as well.
Apparently, a lot of the places I frequented (way too many independent coffee shops, of which the town has in abundance) would have hard-to-find seats once school was in session. Although I was on a trip, I was still working, so I would wake up early and knock off a coffee place or other eatery on my list where I would set up my work station for the day. I soon became pretty comfortable with getting around on foot.
So comfortable, in fact, that I overdid it my second full day there and got blisters. Three of them. Needless to say, I wasn't so enthusiastic to walk everywhere after that. See, I collect those Starbucks collectible cups so wherever I go, I try to find one to take back as a souvenir. I'm not much of a souvenir/shopping person, but I like those cups. Plus, they end up being my smoothie cup in the morning so it's also practical, which is a must. I found a Starbucks on the west edge of campus but they didn't have it so they said the ones on the eastern outskirts of campus may. It was only a rough 40 minute walk, plus the summer I was experiencing wasn't as hot as Houston's. I was confident I could do it!
I did… But I arrived looking (and feeling) like I ran a marathon. Long story short: I sweat easily and I had a backpack with all my work things and my 7-lb laptop. Either way, the highlights:
- The campus itself is beautiful and very nature friendly. There's a patch of woods right in the middle that there are trails that you can walk through. Other than that, there's also an 'arboretum' on the north side.
- They have awesome animals. And darn those chipmunks (which remind me of hamster-squirrel hybrids because this was my first time seeing them in person… no similarities with Alvin whatsoever) – I could never get a photo of them!
- I love looking at the architecture. I just love old buildings.
- The amount of independent coffee shops there was awesome. I LOVE INDEPENDENT COFFEE SHOPS.
- Other than campus which is situated right next to downtown, home to some of the more popular eateries, there isn't much else in the city.
- There's a small mall southeast of campus that I walked to after my Starbucks trek… and I continued past that once I walked through it (it's rather small) to the Kroger.
- Their Kroger rocks. They have a soil plot where you can pick your mushrooms. I love that mushroom plot and was intensely sad that I couldn't buy any because I had no kitchen to call my own at the time.
- There is a Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center about a 20 minute drive from campus! I may make a separate post on that.
- Most of the ethnic items are on the north side of town near the main library. There's also a boba stand, to my surprise. However, there's a specific street to the west of campus where there are Korean, Chinese, Indian, and Tibetan restaurants all lined up together, which I found interesting.
Like I said: small town.
Even so, I found that I enjoyed my morning walks to wherever I was going. It was definitely an escape and I did a lot of walking… but because there wasn't much to do in terms of entertainment when I wasn't working, I would be thinking of the next eatery to try out. Basically, I didn't quite lose any weight. It was nice to be able to explore one part of the US at a time.
And perhaps it's a good thing there weren't too many things to do or else I wouldn't have gotten any work done, haha.


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BMBS COST Action B35
Lipid Peroxidation Associated Disorders: LPO
The main objective of the Action is to improve understanding, monitoring and control of lipid peroxidation in medicine and related biosciences and technologies. Secondary objectives - improve methods for detection and quantitation of lipid peroxidation for use in research and subsequent application (through biotechnology) to clinical science; - determine the prevalence of lipid peroxidation products in various inflammatory diseases and its correlation to disease severity or outcome; - elucidate the metabolism of important lipid peroxidation products and improve our understanding of their proinflammatory and other biological effects; - develop and test novel antioxidants that could have future applications in therapy for inflammatory diseases.
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Prof Neven ZARKOVIC (HR)
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This degree is tailored towards ambitious students who are keen to apply theory to practice in a business environment. You will learn how organisations operate from developing strategy to styles of management. Supported by academics who bring professional expertise to their teaching practices, you will study the key functions that underpin business success with an emphasis on the financial perspective. Building on your analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills you will develop the confidence to solve challenges successfully, in a fast-paced corporate world. In your final year you will focus on the core financial disciplines that underpin effective business management and develop your knowledge of management strategy, business finance and financial statement analysis.
The career options are broad with our Business Management (Finance) pathway and you will be well prepared to enter banking and finance, or a wide range of corporate, governmental and third sector organisations.
Middlesex University Dubai provides students with the opportunity to achieve an Honours degree in Business Management (Finance) in three years. A degree in Business Management (Finance) will provide you with an understanding of the complexities and challenges across a broad range of managerial and financial processes, that impact organisations, as they strive to gain advantage in a globalised and competitive business landscape. The programme is structured to enable students to develop a range of theoretical and practical skills in key areas of business management with a finance focus, including; business and managerial finance, investments, valuations, governance and strategy. Such knowledge and skills are required to be effective within a professional context. Therefore, our finance pathway allows you to shape your studies towards your career ambitions and develop the specialist finance related skills to thrive in a competitive business environment.
Course Fees : AED 157,500
You will develop key business skills, knowledge and experience in order to excel in a management career. Companies and organisations require graduates who have; expert business knowledge, who can also demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills, with the professional acumen to deal with challenges in a fast-paced business environment.
In Year 1 you will complete four compulsory modules that will develop essential skills and knowledge in business management.
In Year 2 you will study four compulsory modules that will broaden your knowledge and look at key topics, such as the behaviour of people within organisations, operations management, environment analysis and managerial finance.
In the final year you will focus on building financial knowledge and skills and will learn the role of accounting within organisations. You will also take three core modules: Business Finance, Strategic Management and Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation. You will also choose an option from either Corporate Governance or International Finance.
You will learn to work effectively in teams and be able to present and communicate business management ideas with confidence. We also ensure you develop specialist knowledge in:
Please refer to our Academic Calendar for further information: http://www.mdx.ac.ae/life-at-university/academic-calendar
Module and programme information is indicative and may be subject to change.
Taught sessions are held at our Dubai Knowledge Village campus (Block 16, 17, 04 and 19) during the week (Sunday to Thursday) between 8:30am and 6:30pm. Additional sessions might be scheduled over weekends or holiday periods and you can expect to receive plenty of notice for these. Attending scheduled weekly classes is an important requirement for completion of this programme.
You will be actively involved in a range of learning, teaching and assessment approaches as part of your programme. Such active approaches aim to put you at the centre of your learning so you are involved and engaged in all aspects of your assessment and learning. Your programme will require your active participation in learning activities and engagement with your fellow students both individually and collaboratively, working and learning with other students as part of a small group. Learning activities may also occur both within and outside the classroom.
Your learning will also be supported by technology. Increasingly your tutors will be using existing and emerging learning technologies to engage you in e-learning activities. Your programme may be facilitated using a variety of media and online tools (My Learning on UniHub, podcasts, wikis, etc.) which could allow you flexible access to a diverse range of online resources, quizzes and learning materials as well as collaborative tools with which you can engage and learn with your peers.
Not confined by the time and space associated with traditional teaching methods you may take part in online discussions and learning activities from wherever you are studying. By engaging with e- learning you will also be developing skills which are essential for your learning and are also highly valued by employers. These include but are not limited to: working flexibly, communication, understanding of IT, team working and creating shared understandings based on quality resources and access to global expertise.
We accept students with a diverse range of entry qualifications and from varying backgrounds. The following international qualifications are normally considered for admission:
Note: *** International Foundation Programme (IFP) is a one year programme to prepare students for entry to Undergraduate programmes
***** BTEC qualifications (QCF) (suite of qualifications known as Nationals) are acceptable both on their own and in combination with other qualifications. Applicants are expected to have studied for the Diploma or Extended Diploma. The Certificate, Subsidiary Diploma and 90 Credit Diploma are expected to be studied in combination to equal that of at least the Diploma (for example, the Subsidiary Diploma would need to be offered in combination with either a Diploma or two GCE A levels).
This list shows only a selection of qualifications. If your high school system does not appear here, please contact our Admissions Office email@example.com and we will be able to advise you further.
All programmes at Middlesex University Dubai are taught in English and applicants with previous education outside of English-speaking countries (such as the UK, the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), must demonstrate English language proficiency as follows:
English Language Test
Entry Requirement
IELTS Academic
6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each band)
TOEFL Internet-based
72 (17 in listening & writing, 20 in speaking and 18 in reading)
PearsonPTE Academic
PearsonPTE General
Level 3
Additionally, students with the following qualifications may be considered as having met the English language requirements:
English Language
GCSE/IGCSE/O-Level English
(as a first or second language)
Grade C or Higher
CBSE/ISC boards/NIOS/All state boards
Minimum grade of 70% in English
International Baccalaureate
Minimum grade 4 in English A1 (Standard or Higher Level) in IB OR a minimum of grade 5 in English B (Higher Level)
West African/Nigerian Curriculum
Minimum grade "C6"
Our Business Management (Finance) graduates may find themselves working in a range of industrial, commercial and third sector organisations. A wide range of business management roles in prestigious international organisations may be available including: Technocrats Middle East, Western Union, Dulsco, Emirates, Noor Bank, Jumbo Line, Petrofac, Kimberley Clark, International School, Santander, Progressive Recruitment, Valid Security and Morrisons. This degree also enables entrepreneurial students to set up their own business


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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) -- Three people were still listed as missing Sunday as rescue teams picked through the rubble of a town house crushed by a toppling construction crane in an accident that killed four construction workers.
Crews removed one section of the 19-story-tall crane that crashed onto the four-story brownstone and seriously damaged five other buildings in an affluent East Side neighborhood. Rescuers were waiting for removal of the largest pieces of debris so they could intensify their search for possible survivors, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday.
The missing people were two other construction workers and a woman who was staying at an apartment in the town house, the mayor said.
The missing woman had come from Miami to visit a friend who lived in the town house and to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the city, said John LeGreco, owner of Fubar, a tavern on the ground floor. The woman's friend was rescued, he said.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said that "with each passing hour, things get a little more grim."
Twenty-four others were injured, including 11 first responders, Bloomberg said. Eight remained hospitalized Sunday, officials said.
The mayor called the collapse, at the construction site of a new high-rise condo building, one of the city's worst construction accidents.
The crane broke into pieces Saturday afternoon as it came loose from its supports, toppling across 51st Street and the buildings between there and 50th Street. One section that was lying on top of the remains of the town house jutted into 50th Street.
"I heard a big crash, and I saw dust immediately," said Maureen Shea, a 66-year-old retired banker who was lying in bed talking on the phone when she glanced out her window and saw bricks raining from the sky. "I thought the crane was coming in my window."
The four victims were identified as construction workers Wayne Bleidner, 51, of Pelham; Brad Cohen; Anthony Mazza, 39; and Aaron Stephens, 45, of New York City, police said Sunday.
On Sunday, construction crews positioned a second crane to help remove pieces of the toppled structure and started removing piles of debris from the street.
The fallen crane had stood at least 19 stories high and was attached at various points to the side of a half-built apartment tower. The crane was to have been extended Saturday so workers could start work on a new level of the planned 43-story building, said an owner of the company that manages the construction site.
A piece of steel fell and sheared off one of the ties holding it to the building, causing the structure to detach and topple, said Stephen Kaplan, an owner of the Reliance Construction Group.
"It was an absolute freak accident," he said Saturday. "All the piece of steel had to do was fall slightly left or right, and nothing would have happened."
Kaplan said the company had subcontracted the work to different companies and was not in charge of the crane. There was no immediate response to calls and an e-mail seeking comment from the crane's owner, New York Crane & Equipment Corp.
Neighbors said they had complained to the city about the crane.
"I warned the Buildings Department on March 4 that it was not sufficiently braced against the building," said Bruce Silberblatt, a retired contractor and vice president of the Turtle Bay Neighborhood Association.
CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports that the city had answered at least 38 complaints since the high rise project began.
The city had issued 13 violations at the construction site in the past 27 months.
Solorzano reports that Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer is demanding change.
"We've had partial building collapses; we've had fires in buildings," said Stringer, "we've had cranes pummeling down shafts in buildings; we've had loss of life injuries. This incident is just the latest example of needless people dieing because we do not have proper safety protocols in this city."
CBS News affiliate WCBS reports that Stringer recommended Mayor Bloomberg should form a multi-agency task force to inspect all major construction projects.
"It is unacceptable for the Department of Buildings to say yesterday that the 13 open violations on this construction site were ... business as usual," Stringer said. "We can't keep going on like this."
Bloomberg said Sunday that investigators were looking at either mechanical failure or "perhaps human error" as a possible cause of the accident.
"As far as we can tell, all procedures that were called for were being followed," the mayor added.
He said about 250 construction cranes are operating in the city, and he said the accident should not alarm people living near them.
"Do I think that you should worry if there's a crane across the street? No," the mayor said. "This is such a rare thing that I don't think we should worry about it."
New York's Lt. Gov. David Paterson also appeared at the site of the accident a day before he is to be sworn in as the state's new governor. Paterson was in town meeting with senior staff members to prepare the transition of state government from disgraced governor Eliot Spitzer.
"It's a horrible situation, very gory. There's blood in the street," said Paterson, who is to be sworn in as governor Monday.
The collapse comes amid a building boom in New York City and follows a spate of construction accidents in recent months, including a few involving cranes. In 2006, a 13-foot piece of a crane mast that was being dismantled fell and crushed a taxi cab.
Last month at a Donald Trump hotel-condo tower, a worker plummeted 40 stories to his death when a concrete form gave way. A month before that, a crane's nylon sling broke away and dropped seven tons of steel onto a construction trailer across from ground zero, injuring an architect.
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Is 'new car smell' toxic?
When buying a new car, many people look forward to having that 'new car smell.'
But a study says inhaling that scent could actually fill your body with toxic fumes.
Researchers from the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., tested dashboards, steering wheels, armrests and seats of more than 200 new cars – and found more than 275 chemicals.
The center's research found these chemicals included brominated flame retardants, which have been linked to thyroid cancer, learning and memory impairment and decreased fertility.
Another chemical found in new cars? Polyvinal chloride, a chemical linked to problems with the liver, kidney and fertility.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the worst car offenders included Mitsubishi's compact SUV, the 2011 Chrysler 200 and the 2011 Kia Soul.
Dr. Raed Dweik, who studies environmental health hazards at the Cleveland, did not take part in the study, but said this doesn't necessarily mean you should get rid of your new car.
"All they said is that there are these 200-some compounds in the new car – be aware," Dweik said. "Some of them, in other studies, have been linked to thyroid disease, infertility, or others, but these are all hypothetical scenarios because one, we don't know if that's true. Two, we don't know what level you need to be exposed to."
Dweik said air pollution surrounding cars may potentially be more dangerous than the new car smell.
"Since these chemicals are not regulated, consumers have no way of knowing the dangers they face," said Jeff Gearhart, the group's research director, in a statement to the newspaper. "Our testing is intended to expose those dangers and encourage manufacturers to use safer alternatives."


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Marquette University
Signatory: Dr. Dan Myers, Provost
Joined: January 2016
Contact: Angie Harris, Director, Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology
In 2016, the Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies and Marquette University joined a collaborative of universities and organizations who made an active commitment to invest in research and scholarship on the lives of women and girls of color.
The Center and Marquette University committed to funding one post-doctoral fellow in the Women's and Gender Studies Department and providing funds for the Research Initiative Grant, which supports projects that examine this population. The Center's post-doctoral fellow, Heather Montes Ireland has agreed to stay for a second year.
The center has announced a request for proposals from Marquette University faculty, and faculty-led teams in conjunction with staff, students, and local community members that examine issues and concerns facing women and girls of color in the United Sates, and in particular, the Midwest.
Depending on the project and available funds, the Research Initiative Grant will provide between $10,000 to $100,000 overall for the selected projects.
"Our Center's participation in this collective fits squarely within not only the mission of the CGSS but also the mission of Marquette University — to advance work and research that addresses the needs and concerns of marginalized groups in an effort to help contribute to a more socially just world. Thus far, we have been able to use funds to support a postdoctoral fellow as well as just recently distributed a request for proposals to provide funding for research on women and girls of color for Marquette faculty, staff, students, and local community members."
Angelique Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies
Marquette issues Request for Proposals for Women and Girls of Color Research Initiative Grant
The RFP is now available for Marquette University faculty.read more