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Unfortunately, I missed Shark Night when it was in theaters in 3D. I had to settle for the 2D DVD version. Even this was pretty good.
Much of the purpose of a film like Shark Night is to ogle bodies, and the bodies here are nicely formed. There are the bikini-clad babes, the buff young men, and, of course, the sharks, fierce CGI-and-animatronic creations with stiff fins and ugly teeth. A particularly nice body is that of the lead, Sara Paxton, who plays a college girl named Sara. Shark Night is the type of movie in which, during the day, Sara wears a bikini and then at night, to cover up, she puts on an unbuttoned sweater and continues to wear the bikini.
Also of interest is the way the film mixes subgenres to create a brew that is, if not original, at least up to date. The film is a mix of slasher film, torture porn, southern Gothic, and berserk biota. Like the Friday the 13th-type slasher films, a group of friends (this time from college) go off for a pleasant lakeside getaway, with the intention of having lots of sex. Instead they get slashed, this time by the hungry sharks that inhabit the lake. Like Hostel-type torture porn, the group of friends is tormented by a cabal of sadistic bad guys who have planted the sharks in the lake to make snuff films to distribute on the Internet. Like Deliverance-type southern Gothic, the bad guys are backwoods southerners (this time in the Louisiana bayous). Like Jaws-type berserk biota, the chief agents of destruction are animals preying on people, sharks.
There are many mysteries to Shark Night. How exactly did the bad guys, who do not seem like the brightest bulbs in the bayous, manage to collect all these sharks and populate the lake with them? Did anyone ever settle the issue of how saltwater sharks manage to live in a freshwater lake (the question is discussed feverishly in the film, then abandoned to provide more time for escaping from sharks)? How did Tulane University get convinced to allow Shark Night to use its logo? Was it a good career move for Katharine McPhee to strip to her underwear in the film? It must have been, because she now has her own TV series, Smash.
Shark Night is reminiscent of another recent film, the 2010 remake of Piranha, but I enjoyed it more because it did more with less. It is no Jaws--it is not even Deep Blue Sea--but it is entertaining.
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It's a happy time to remember memes, frustrations, first times, twisted sexual fantasies, and virtual triumphs we cherish for real.
Everyone woke up this morning to find #PlayStationMemories trending on Twitter — and #PlayStationMemory not far behind for those with iffy powers of recall. It's brought out a sentimental streak in cynical game journalists and super-busy game developers alike. And as we tick off the minutes before Sony pulls back the curtain on their latest — and possibly last — console, we collected a bunch of those funny, thoughtful, and occasionally thoughtless memories created during PlayStation's 18-year history.
Click to our PlayStation 4 hub for complete GamesBeat coverage, and watch the Sony PlayStation meeting live today at 3:00 pm PST/6:00 EST.
spiking a controller for the first time in a decade because i was dumb enough to put god of war II on hard #playstationmemories
— Arthur Gies (@aegies) February 20, 2013
Deleting PlayStation Home from my hard drive and even taking a picture of the act and posting it on Twitter. #PlayStationMemories
— Drew Leachman (@DMLFury) February 20, 2013
If you were at the PS2 launch at the Metreon, I was the skinny guy in the TechTV shirt handing out coffee & donuts. #PlayStationMemories
— Miguel Concepcion (@NormalMode) February 20, 2013
I remember the RAGEGATE that happened when CGW ran a 2 (maybe more?) page story about the original PSX. #Playstationmemory
— Thierry Nguyen (@ThierryNguyen) February 20, 2013
Seeing Sofia do that 2.5D sidestep-dodge thing for the first time in Battle Arena Toshinden. Mind blown. #PlayStationMemory
— francesca (@tomobiki) February 20, 2013
Late nights with PSone, beating JRPG after JRPG as a new, great game in the genre seemed to come out every month. #PlayStationMemory
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) February 20, 2013
Forcing myself to believe that Command & Conquer was better with a Playstation controller because my PC couldn't run it #PlaystationMemories
— Dan Ryckert (@DanRyckert) February 20, 2013
My mom buying me a PlayStation 2 on launch day in return for it being my birthday AND Christmas present. #PlayStationMemory
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) February 20, 2013
Breaking down and buying the hint book so I could find every last secret for Final Fantasy Tactics. #PlayStationMemory
— jason_wilson (@jason_wilson) February 20, 2013
Remembering the time I remembered the time when I remembered thinking The Last Guardian was coming out soon. #playstationmemory
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) February 20, 2013
My last credit card number #PlayStationMemories
— thekevindent (@TheKevinDent) February 20, 2013
my first E3 #PlayStationMemories twitter.com/ShaneWatch/sta…
— Shane Bettenhausen (@ShaneWatch) February 20, 2013
Jack Tretton fingerbanging me in a shed in the woods. Kaz Hirai just watching. #playstationmemory
— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) February 20, 2013
Serious one: Playing Abe's Oddysee so much I actually mentally tried quicksaving before crossing the road in real life. #playstationmemory
— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) February 20, 2013
Another #PlayStationMemory, Sony announcing the PlayStation at E3 in 1995! bit.ly/ZrFvyx
— E3 Expo (@e3expo) February 20, 2013
1997 – 2000 The Codemasters Timeline #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/Codemasters/st…
— Codemasters (@Codemasters) February 20, 2013
Five left into three right, over crest #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/dirtgame/statu…
— DiRT (@dirtgame) February 20, 2013
#playstationmemory psycho mantis telling me i like castlevania
— Steve Haske (@afraidtomerge) February 20, 2013
I bought my PS2 for Grand Theft Auto III. That game was a killer app in every sense of the word. It changed everything. #PlayStationMemory
— Ryan McCaffrey (@DMC_Ryan) February 20, 2013
Being one of 1st dozen to play MGS4 in Japan with @louiethecat, @shanewatch, @jeffhaynes99, @sidshuman, and others. #PlayStationMemories
— Sterling McGarvey (@sterling_m) February 20, 2013
Last one before work grind: Hanging in a Morehouse dorm room playing the JPN import of Tekken 3, 6 mos before US launch #PlayStationMemories
— Sterling McGarvey (@sterling_m) February 20, 2013
Time to break it open! MT: "@gameovergreggy: 12 years later, and I still keep this at my desk. #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/GameOverGreggy…"
— Shoe (@DanShoeHsu) February 20, 2013
Alucard: "As you can see, this is a PlayStation black disc.Cut #1 contains computer data. So please, don't play it." #PlayStationMemory
— Job J Stauffer (@jobjstauffer) February 20, 2013
When I worked at Electronics Boutique, we once made a throne out of broken PS2 units. It was the original red ring.
— BenKuchera (@BenKuchera) February 20, 2013
Checking every game save on my PS2 memory card for different images/animations when selecting copy and delete #PlayStationMemory
— Alex Quan-Madrid (@Aquma) February 20, 2013
"OH MY GOD GOD OF WAR HAS BOOBZ!!" #PlaystationMemories
— Mike Minotti (@Tolkoto) February 20, 2013
Being asked to write Punky Skunk reviews for 3 magazines because I wrote a preview in PSM. BOY I LOVE PUNKY SKUNK. #PlayStationMemory
— Craig Harris (@crankycraig) February 20, 2013
Hotel Monaco, Summer 2001, a preview event where Konami continued their Metal Gear Solid 2 hoodwinking scheme. #PlaystationMemories
— Miguel Concepcion (@NormalMode) February 20, 2013
"You play real guitar — why are you so bad at Guitar Hero?" #PlayStationMemory
— Dan Amrich [1oS] (@OneOfSwords) February 20, 2013
Trading in any 2 PlayStation 1 sports games to Blockbuster to pre-order every 360 launch year title for $10 each. #PlayStationMemory
— Robert Goode (@Shipwreck) February 20, 2013
I must have had a #PlayStationMemory wipe because all I remember is playing awesome Nintendo 64 and GameCube games
— Samuel_IGN (@Samuel_IGN) February 20, 2013
The pleasant surprise that was Board Game: Top Shop, the best $10 boxed game ever. #PlayStationMemory (Needs a PSN/XBLA version badly!)
— Chris Baker (@cbake76) February 20, 2013
Getting pulled out of test by @davidscottjaffe for my 1st design job on Twisted Metal: Black. #PlayStationMemory
— Adam Orth (@adam_orth) February 20, 2013
That time I read #playstationmemories and realized how much younger everyone else on my Twitter feed is. #playstationmemories
— JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher) February 20, 2013
That one time everyone did the "playstationmemory" hash tag. #playstationmemory
— Nick Chester (@nickchester) February 20, 2013
Getting so good at Dance Dance Revolution that I didn't realize how cripplingly alone I was! #PlaystationMemories
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 20, 2013
I was about 12 years old when PS2 launched. FFX was the first game I played, and it's still one of my favorites. #playstationmemories
— Megan Farokhmanesh (@Megan_Nicolett) February 20, 2013
"I need a MEMORY CARD to play video games?" – Vita buyers RT @jasonschreier "I need a MEMORY CARD to play video games?" #PlaystationMemories
— Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) February 20, 2013
Dad convincing Mom they should get a PS3 because "It plays Blu-rays" and not because "Dad plays Call of Duty." #PlayStationMemories
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In my last blog, I wrote that size discrimination can impede the hiring and advancement of overweight people. Although this type of bias is widely tolerated in the U.S., some legal protections do exist, and they're the subject of this blog post.
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Achievements to be gained(3 diff pops in LEGIT order):

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Okay, folks. After much consideration, I've decided what the next book will be...
Come Together - a futuristic medical thriller.
From a business standpoint, this may not seem like the best choice. After all, my first two published books are both contemporary romantic fiction, so I'm kind of stepping out of that genre. However, I do have my reasons:
- I want to push myself - By writing something so different, I'm going to need to stretch and go beyond what I'm comfortable with. I think that's a good thing.
- I love weird stuff - I read just about everything, but when it comes to TV, my favorite shows tend to be those with sci-fi tendencies: LOST, V, Flash Forward, Stargate SG-1... Need I go on?
- I'm already working on another book - Yes, it's true. My buddy, Lisa, and I decided to take a stab at co-writing a book. It's a historical romantic mystery. So I want my solo book to be completely on the other end of the fiction spectrum.
- I can always adapt - If I get a nibble or an actual bite from an editor who wants a different story, I will happily switch horses. That's the nice thing about not having a contract for the story you're working on. (Truthfully, that's the only nice thing about it.)
In 2063 the Inmate Organ Donor Program is in full swing thanks to the success of a breakthrough anti-rejection drug created by DNA therapy expert Dr. Stella Ramirez. But something's gone wrong. Within the span of two weeks, seven people report odd side effects. They're doing things they didn't know how to do before, going places they've never been yet knowing exactly how to get there, and having flashes of memory that don't belong to them. After some digging, Dr. Ramirez makes a troubling discovery. They all have one thing in common. They all received transplants from the same donor: Bart Myers.As Stella searches for an answer to this medical mystery, she uncovers even more disturbing information about the donor program. An investigative reporter, Myers was convicted of a murder he claimed he didn't commit just days before it was made public that his brother, Franklin, founder of the IODP, needed a bone marrow transplant.
Stella knows she's being followed, but it's not until someone close to the investigation disappears that she realizes the danger she's in. Stella and the affected transplant recipients must come together to save each other, avenge the death of an innocent man, and expose the corruption that snakes its way to the highest levels of the government
Yowza. This one's definitely going to stretch me... an ensemble cast, multiple storylines, and politics. Well, there's only one way to write it. One word at a time. To that end, here's goal #2 for the year: Write 1000 words a day at least five days a week. I'll let you know how that goes.
Now, what about you? What's your goal this year? Is there something that you need some accountability help with? Maybe we can help each other.
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Thinking about upgrading from 1.4 to whatever the latest version is. Anybody using it? I really would like it if when you brew something it automatically removes the ingredients you use from your inventory. I have probably 175 lbs of grain and around 15 lbs of various hops and I don't always remember to remove what I use from my inventory after I brew.
There is a button (actually it was on the 1.0 version as well) called "remove from inventory" in the middle of the top menu bar. does exactly what you are asking.My problem has become forgetting (read: being lazy) to log in new ingredients as they are purchased....
Even if you click the 'Mark as brewed' button the appropriate number of times, there are some other potential problems that can bite you if you're not careful. Several times, the 'Mark as brewed' button gave me fits because it thought I didn't have the ingredients in the recipe on hand. Usually it's because I had slightly different varieties specified, like 'Hallertauer Mittelfrueh' in recipe vs. 'Hallertauer' in inventory, or 'Pilsner (Weyermann)' in inventory instead of 'Pilsner (2 row) Ger'. When Beersmith complains that I don't have enough of an ingredient in stock, I'm never sure if it correctly decreased the amounts of the other ingredients, and I have to manually adjust what was actually in inventory. After hitting that problem about three times in two months, I gave up using the inventory feature.
I was thinking about reestablishing my inventory in BS as well. I have the same problem remembering to remove inventory after a brew session or not remembering if I have already done it. The software should have something that tells you whether you have removed the items from inventory already or not. That would be very helpful. I "try" to move my completed brews to a separate folder and remove the items from inventory at the same time but I am rarely successful.
but that's not a problem with the software. that's user error. if you entered your inventory differently than the recipe you can't really expect the software to get it right. no software will be able to do that.
Quote from: morticaixavier on January 17, 2014, 08:58:33 PMbut that's not a problem with the software. that's user error. if you entered your inventory differently than the recipe you can't really expect the software to get it right. no software will be able to do that.Agreed, there's no way for the software to work around this situation, but it's an easy mistake to make, especially if you brew the same recipes frequently and one day you switch suppliers. I'm just holding myself up as an example of what NOT to do


text: This book is a love story set in the Spanish Civil War. In January 1937, Elizabeth, a young English girl, decides to remain in Spain when the rest of her family return to the peace of England. Alone in the devastated city of Malaga she makes friends with two young men, Juan an idealistic Spaniard and Alex, a pragmatic Englishman. Together they make their escape from the war-torn city, along the coast to Almeria. Amongst the death and carnage she falls in love with Juan, only to lose him shortly afterwards when he is wounded and rushed to hospital. Alex persuades Elizabeth to return to England with him. Seventy years later Kate, Elizabeth's granddaughter is left a legacy following the death of her grandfather, Sir Alexander, but also comes to the realisation that she may not be who she thinks she is. Kate can only find out by returning to Spain.


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Con Air director Simon West will handle The Expendables 2
If Simon West learned anything from making CON AIR, it was how to assemble and direct a whole bunch of dudes punching and shooting each other.
He'll put that experience to use on THE EXPENDABLES 2, virtually guaranteeing more sweaty characters running in slo-mo from billowing fireballs.
Sylvester Stallone directed the original movie, but ultimately decided to just participate in the mayhem in front of the camera instead of behind it on the sequel. West recently directed Sly's mercenary teammate Jason Statham in the remake of THE MECHANIC.
Most of the (surviving) cast from the first fight-filled flick will be back, along with a few additional familiar faces to be kicked and burned and knifed. The movie is expected in theaters August 17, 2012.
The SPOILER! synopsis: "The Expendables are back and this time it's personal! After Tool (Mickey Rourke), the heart and soul of the Expendables, is brutally murdered on a mission, his comrades swear to avenge him. They're not the only ones who want blood. Tool's beautiful young and wild daughter Fiona embarks on her own revenge mission, complicating matters when she is captured and ransomed by a ruthless dictator plotting to destroy a resistance movement. Now Barney and the Expendables must risk everything to save her and humanity."
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Lauscha has long been famous for glass production. By 1597 glass blowers from Swabia who settled there were making drinking glasses and bulls eye panes. Legend has it that around 1860 a glass blower, too poor to afford real apples and nuts to decorate his Christmas tree, made painted glass replicas. While we can never know if poverty was the motivating factor, surely the invention of the glass mold was the enabling factor, and from 1860 onwards glass ornaments became increasingly popular. In the years that followed, toy wholesalers from Sonnenberg began exporting Lauschan ornaments all over the world. Around 1880, F. W. Woolworth, founder of the first chain of discount department stores, brought Lauchan ornaments to his store in Lancaster, Pennslyvania, and by 1900 Woolworth's business was such that he could order 200,000 ornaments for sale in America.
World War II and the split of Germany created difficult circumstances for the continuation of hand blown glass, where molds and methods were passed down from generation to generation. Some of the glass blowing families remained in Russian occupied East German Lauscha, while others moved to the American occupied region of Neustadt. East Germany's need for commerce dictated that hand blown glass ornaments made by artisans be replaced by mass produced glass ornaments made in state owned factories. By the time German unification arrived, times were hard in Lauscha, and the glass factory with its 1300 employees was languishing. In the early 1990's Krebs Glas, a leading West German manufacturing company, gained control of the business from the state. Krebs returned to the historic hand blown methods, opting for quality over quantity. That decision returned Lauscha to its rightful place as the "world's capital" of hand blown glass ornaments. Prosperity has returned, and most of the people in this small village make their living from the glass businesses.
I didn't know anything about Lauscha or the history of blown glass ornaments, so I found all this information fascinating. Also, I'm intrigued by the idea that someone in a landlocked, mountainous region thought it would be cool to hang a sea turtle on a Christmas tree.
I'm not sure how to confirm the age of my ornament. Given the history above, it's more likely that the ornament was made in the 1990's than in the late 40's or early 50's, so maybe it's not really an antique. However, googling around the internet has convinced me that my glittery, gold hand blown glass sea turtle is definitely unique. I found other turtle ornaments, but nothing quite like my little guy. I'm sure I'll look forward to his appearance on our tree for many years to come.
|Photo by Michael B Hood, used with permission
Facts for this post were drawn from the following websites:
- German Christmas Ornaments History by Chrysta Baker
- The History of Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH
- For a Special Christmas, Glass Ornaments from Lauscha (great pictures)
- German Christmas Ornaments
- The History of Glass Christmas Ornaments from Lauscha
- How a Christmas Ornament is Created!
- Lauscha Glas Creation (ornaments for sale)
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Another piece I wrote for IranOpinion.com on the economic challenges ahead and the significance of the economy in the upcoming election:
As Iran's presidential election approaches an increasing number of analysts and observers comment on the state of Iran's economy. The last reports indicate that some segments of Iran's labor force are experiencing high unemployment rate while the economy is experiencing an increasing inflation rate. The next president faces economic challenges some might consider unprecedented.
Last month Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced employment data for the last Iranian calendar year from April 2012 to March 2013, reporting the unemployment rate to be at 12.2 percent, which is almost at the same level with the unemployment rate in the preceding 12 months. According to this report, Iranian youth experience higher than average unemployment rate, 28% for males aged 20 to 24 years old. The youth unemployment varies widely across the country and in some provinces it is reported as high as 50%. The SCI puts the number of the unemployed at 2.9 million, 100,000 more than its last annual report. However several websites report the unemployment numbers to be much bigger, referring to discouraged workers' effect.
One source of discrepancy comes from the definition of employment, which has changed during the current administration and now it includes individuals who work for at least one hour during the week. Many believe that this definition, which is also used by several other countries, underestimate the unemployment in Iran while overestimating the size of employed population. They argue that given the increasing inflation and reports of business closures and the slowdown in manufacturing, it is logical to see an increase in unemployment rate and not a decrease. However in offering an analysis one has to rely on the available data and observations. The increase in the size of unemployment is evident. Although one might argue the unemployment rate has not increased. One thing can thus be said with certainty: more Iranians need jobs.
According to reports by SCI and Central Bank of Iran (CBI) inflation rate has been increasing at a faster pace in the past two years (read here). A recent report by Majlis Research Center (MRC) warns that the economic growth might fall to -4%. In other words Iran's economy has begun to shrink. When an economic contraction begins, in the presence of inflation, the only logical conclusion is that the volume of economic activities is declining within the society. This means less investment, less business enterprises and eventually less jobs and employment opportunities. The American and European consumers are only too familiar with this phenomenon; many lost their jobs and even their homes following the global financial crisis of 2007-08. It seems as prices are on the rise the ability of Iran's economy to create jobs is declining.
Increasing unemployment and increasing inflation rate increase the possibility of hyperinflation in Iran's economy. This increases the uncertainty investors and businesses face daily in marketplace. Under these circumstances any modest drop or price change could alarm consumers and producers prompting them to become irrational in the marketplace. Consumers will try to buy commodities because they expect them to be more expensive later, producers will be reluctant to sell because they do not know how much the same product will cost them in the immediate future. The outcome will be a vicious cycle of inflation which would discourage manufacturing even further. That means slower job creation and even higher unemployment. In order to prevent this, any administration's first task is to battle the uncertainty while promoting entrepreneurial endeavors.
A large portion of Iran's population are younger than 35 years, they require jobs and market stability to make individual decisions in pursuit of their happiness. To provide them with such stability government needs to change course. Its first step could be to adopt higher standards in fiscal and monetary responsibility. The second step should be defining a viable economic target. According to MRC the current administration has been slow in addressing its budget deficit, while increasing money supply via banking system and accepting commitments it cannot fulfill.
When Mr. Ahmadinejad came to power 8 years ago he promised a zero unemployment rate by creating 2.5 million jobs in 2-3 years. Last month in a live program Dr. Nili, an Iranian economist, shared some of SCI reports with the viewers which showed the net job creation from 2006 to 2011 to have been an average of 14,200 jobs per year. The government side produced reports backing its claim, but many agree that unemployment in Iran is on the rise. With the current reports on negative economic growth, it seems the government's means to address this issue are diminishing as well. However it still can face its challenges by defining a viable economic target. Reducing inflation could be such a target. First it is doable and creates credibility for the government and second it reduces the economic volatility encouraging investment and rational behavior. Iran's economy can benefit from both significantly.
The question these days is not who will be president, but if anyone could face these challenges and succeed despite sanctions and public mismanagement and structural deficiencies embedded in Iran's economy? It seems whoever comes to office needs to know his economics 101 pretty well


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Just push yourself away from the television. You will burn more calories.
Overweight adults who cut their viewing in half for three weeks used about 120 more calories a day than a similar group of viewers, who continued watching five hours a day on average, a small research trial has found.
While 120 calories may not sound like much, it is equivalent to the number of calories burned in a one-mile walk, said Jennifer J. Otten, lead author of the paper, published in the Dec. 14-28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
"We need a longer-term study to see if this would be an intervention that would help with weight loss, or even weight gain prevention," Dr. Otten said. "But if you add it up over time, it's equivalent to walking eight miles a week. Over a year, it might help prevent weight gain of 12 pounds."
To carry out the trial, the researchers recruited 36 overweight and obese adults who watched at least three hours of TV a day and randomly assigned 20 of them to cut that time in half. The reduction was enforced through an electronic lock-out device. All of the participants wore armband accelerometers that measured their movements, Dr. Otten said.
Unlike children whose television time is cut, the adults did not eat less. But they spent more time in light physical activities or sedentary activities that burn more calories than watching television does — reading, playing board games or scrapbooking.Continue reading the main story


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The idea of going to Philippines was mooted by Prof. Jinky Bornales during the visit of her delegation to UPM way back in March (see photos here). Immediately after her return, I received an invitation letter from Prof. Marc Nolan P. Confessor to a conference their Physical Society (Samahang Pisika Ng Visayas At Mindanao) is organizing. Now, that's quick and to which I also responded swiftly by booking an air ticket to Manila and on their part from Manila to Dumaguete City where the conference is held.
Just a few days before my flight there, learned about the typhoons Sarika and Haima that may hit Philippines. As usual, there is safety concern (particularly from my family) about me flying there. I tracked updates on the typhoon Haima (nearer to my date of light) which eventually developed into a super typhoon category 5. It did land on Philippines but it was in the north, causing severe damage (see here). Later after the conference, I found out from some of the organizers about their traumatic experience of severe storms and floods.
I flew to Manila on 19 October and the flight was delayed but smooth. At the airport, Christine (official attache of MSU-IIT in Manila) was waiting for me and we drove to pick up Prof. Bornales who was there in Manila to present some proposals. Later, we drove to the hotel through quite a sticky Manila traffic. I was put up at Cherry Blossom Hotel which is nearby the MSU-IIT's office in Manila. It was right in the middle of a shopping area. After freshening up, we walked to a nearby restaurant to have a (salad) dinner.
Despite being tired, woke myself at 3 am in order to get breakfast at 4 am so that we can beat the traffic to the airport. At Manila airport, I met some of Prof. Bornales' friends who were also travelling to Dumaguete City for the conference. The flight was only an hour and at Dumaguete City airport we were picked up by some staff of the conference organizer. We were all put up at the Bethel Guest House, a Christian hotel. This hotel is situated right in front of a beach (see below) - despite so, I didn't have time to walk along the beach though.
We then rushed to the Conference venue just in time for the plenary session. The first talk I listened to was from Prof. Maria Victoria Carpio-Bernido on "SHS STEM Research Initiatives: Plans and Prospects".
First let me mention that I first met Prof. M.V. Carpio-Bernido together with her husband Prof. Christopher Bernido, way back in 1997 in a conference organised by Prof. S.C. Lim who was with UKM then. I knew them both as mathematical physicists who worked with path integrals. Little did I know what else they do. They were initially based in University of the Philippines, Diliman with the National Institute of Physics there. But they then moved to a remote place in Jagna, Bohol in a way to prove a point that they believe in with respect to scientific progress, regradless of how remote one can be. Their tale had me inspired. They founded Central Visayan Institute Foundation (CVIF) and work with schoolchildren and form also a Research Centre for Theoretical Physics. You can read about them here (see video here). In her talk, she spoke about the progress of the CVIF Dynamic Learning Program where schoolchildren are given more room to do activity-based scientific exploration than the usual school program. One of the striking things being mentioned that this program imposes strictly no homework rule. One can read about this program in the slides of their talks given elsewhere here and here. She also lamented the case of Philippine universities not making it to the world universities ranks in comparison to the other South East Asian countries. I can see that from responses to her talk that they are very serious about making holistic progress of science in the country.
The other four plenary talks that I attended that morning were:
- Dr. Rommel G. Bacabac (Univ. of San Carlos, Cebu City), "Teacher's Guide for General Physics I"
- Prof. Ludwig Streit (Universidade de Madeira, Portugal), "Complexity, Acceleration, Globalization - A Challenge for Democracy"
- Prof. Josef Froelich (Innovation Systems Tech Gate Vienna, Austria), "Increasing Dynamics and Complexity of Socio-Technical Systems:New Scientific Methods and Tools Are Needed"
- Dr. Micheal Francis Ian G. Vega II (National Institute of Physics, Univ. of the Philipines, Quezon City), "Einstein and the Music of the Spheres"
The first talk is on the changes they have made to upper secondary school curriculum in a way the transition to university-level physics is easier (at least that is how I understood it). Prof. Streit's talk is based on his paper in Interdisciplinary Studies of Complex Systems. The gist is about the impact of information technology and globalization in our socio-economic systems, which has become highly non-trivial. The call is to study them as complex systems with all the known tools.
Continuing on the same theme is Prof. Josef Froelich on the need of new tools to analyse complex systems - this includes complex networks. Prof Frolich is in fact a student of Prof. Streit.
I have limited interactions with Prof. Froelich since he left for another meeting the next day nd his invitation I believe fits the purpose of Prof. Bornales' office involvement in innovation centres. Prof. Streit, on the other hand, I get to know him better as the conference went along. In fact, Prof. Streit has been there in Philippines several times as visiting professor. The next speaker was Dr. M.F.I.G. Vega II who spoke about gravitational waves. He gave a very lucid lecture and probably got the attention of the school kids there. It is from his talk that I thought I should change my own slides to include more introductory things.
The rest of the afternoon was parallel sessions. I was accompanied by Jingle B. Magallanes since lunch time. I was asked to attend the materials science session and had thus a glimpse of what they do there. The session I was in seems very much be applications in medical sciences. Here is a photo of me having lunch in the Siliman University's gym with Dr. Pawel Sokolowski (from Poland), Prof. Rosario Reserva, Prof. Jinky Bornales and Prof. Josef Froelich. Note: the gym used to be a hangar.
During the night we had the banquet dinner of the conference at the same place. I was seated with Prof. Jinky Bornales, Dr. Pawel Sokolowski, Prof. Christopher Bernido and Prof. Maria Victoria Carpio-Bernido.
One of my difficulties when travelling abroad is my restrictive diet. Being Muslim, of course I take halal food and most Muslims would go for seafood option as it is the easiest. I can't even do this since I don't take white meat i.e. chicken, fish and other seafood. Thus, my easiest option has been a vegetarian when travelling abroad. Sometimes to my embarrassment I had to explain my diet and my worry is always that it may cause unnecessary trouble for the organisers. Anyway the dinner was interesting because they had trivia (they had this also during the conference sessions before they start) and their own students performing. Perhaps a highlight of the dinner is that the Governer of Negros Oriental came down to meet us at dinner.
After dinner, struggled a bit to change and edit my slides.
The second day started off early with the following talks:
- Dr. Mark Nolan P. Confesor (MSU-IIT), "Teaching Guide for General Physics 2 in the K12 Program: Content and Competencies"
- Myself (INSPEM, UPM), "Symplectic Geometric Techniques for r-Qubit Systems"
- Prof. Christopher Bernido (Research Centre for Theoretical Physics, Central Visayan Institute Foundation), "Feynman Paths and White Noise Analysis for Complex Systems with Memory"
Dr. Confesor is the SPVM President and he continues from where Dr. Bacabac left on the talk n the first day. For my own talk, I dwell a little bit on the basics of symplectic geometry expressed in a way I understand them and connects quickly with the idea of quantum states. That leaves me little time to talk about the results we (me and Dr. Saeid Molladavoudi) have produced and in the end I just had to gloss over them (was not satisfied with the way I did it - though should have explained more on the physics of it). Then I asked for some extended time for me to introduce UPM and INSPEM. The ones probbly that caught their eye most is the facts and figures of our undergraduates and postgraduates, which I got from this page. They were amazed by the number of our postgraduates (from interactions during lunch) and I told them it is the requirement of research university to have many postgraduate students. I also told our internationalization efforts from the institute, namely with EMS and MICEMS. After me, it was Prof. Bernido's talk on Feynman path integrals and how they can be used to model complex systems and in a way as technical as my talk (trying not to feel too bad)
For the parallel sessions, I attended the Complex Systems session and listened to a few talks in particular that of Prof. Streit on "Polymers and Random Walks", right after which I had to get some rest, feeling a bit fatigue.
In the evening, we had another social dinner in which there were games for the staff and speakers. Participated in the light ones - to be sporting - including karaoke session. There, they saw for the first time Prof. Streit and Prof. C. Bernido singing (see pics below).
I decided to go along with the singing particularly then I had just received the news of our budget and the budget cuts of the universities (said to myself, what the heck). I picked Hoobastank's "The Reason".
They were surprised by my choice. I guess they were expecting me picking an oldie with less rockish flavour. In another dinner the day after, I explained my music inclinations and again they were surprised by this fact. I told them, it also surprises many of my own local colleagues.
The next day was a half day with plenary session in the morning and social visit in the afternoon. The talks were:
- Dr. Jan Mickelle V. Maratas (Blaise Pascal University/MSU-IIT), "Some Highlights From LHCb"
- Dr. Stephane Monteil (Blaise Pascal University, France), "High Energy Physics: An Overview of the Field"
- Dr. Pawel Sokolowski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland), "Liquid Feedstock Plasma Spraying as an Alternative for Conventional Powder Plasma Spraying"
The first two (see their pic - forefront - in the first picture of the social dinner) are high energy physicists, the earlier is actually the PhD student of the latter. Dr. Maratas spoke about CP violation and Dr. Monteil more generally on the big questions of high energy physics. I braved myself to put forward my questions to these speakers as I would like to know the latest development. Finally Dr. Sokolowski (praised to be one of the bright young scientist in Poland) spoke about his contributions in plasma spraying which has many applications.
In the afternoon, we were given a tour of the Siliman University. Some photos before the tour:
Around the campus:
The photo just above shows one of the earliest building of the Siliman University, which is just nearby a beach. While there is no photo, one of the most interesting place is their anthropology museum. We also stopped by the cultural village foe the island and had some traditional food there.
Finally on the way back, we saw the locals' preparations for the Buglasan Festival (see below). There were a lot of music and sows around the street (only saw a small early portion of it).
All in all, I must say there are many similarities between their conference and ours. We are very much tradition bound. They opened their sessions in the morning with (Christian) prayers and singing their national anthem just like we do in our official functions. They also give out certificates and tokens (and recited a standard text during the conference), which is good for documentation purposes.
Finally, I am attracted with the idea of having school children to be part of the conference (with their own specialised sessions) as a way of attracting students to physics (and other sciences). Here is a pic of me with students during the closing session (there were others before that, that I didn't get the chance to have copies).
Before flying back home to Kuala Lumpur the next morning, had breakfast with Prof. Streit, Prof. Bornales and Dr. Confesor. We talked about possible cooperation. The flight to Manila was just before 9am and reached Manila airport about an hour later. Finally boarded the flight back to KLIA at 3.30 pm and reached home at about 7 pm.


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This is a mini album made out of mainly envelopes- and with a template you can choose the paper that you want them to be by using thick double sided printed cardstock. My best buddy showed me how to make it, and I think I'll definitely make it again. It packs a lot of pictures in there for your mini album effort. It took me a long time to warm up to the idea of an album made out of envelopes, but I've determined after this that I like it- at least this style. You can also slip extra photos in the envelopes- big bonus there! This is just a hodge podge of pictures from over the year that I will be giving to my mom who lives in England. I distressed around the mats of all the pictures (except the ones I ran out of cardstock for and then distressed the edges of the pictures and inked them). I used a lot of random rub-ons, there's no rhyme or reason- which for me can be difficult because I like order and continuity in general when I make something. But since this is such a casual album, it didn't bother me too much to do pretty much whatever on this- it was rather freeing I have to admit. :) I wanted to get it done and not overthink it- which I'm incredibly guilty of doing. My best buddy used her Zutter binding tool to make the binding, but it could be easily done with book rings- in fact when my buddy showed me how, she had an example in which she used book rings instead of the Zutter binding, and it was equally cute. So if I make another one (which I will) I will be using book rings instead. I dont' have room to show all the pictures of the album, so I picked a few to post.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Envelope Mini Album
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I love your mini album...I think with all the magazine inspiration out there, that it is very easy to over think our projects. I do it all the time!ReplyDelete
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A new beginning for Andrew and Jacob was the beginning of piano lessons. They are both enjoying it, and are constantly on the piano, vying for "practice" time. Matthew takes piano, too, so it is quite a competition for the piano. But it is exciting to "hide and watch" as they sit at the piano, straight-backed, concentrating on playing a scale, or trying to play a piece in their books. Jacob also pulls out some of my music once in a while, marvels at all the notes on the page, and promptly puts it away. Too funny.
Let's see, my new beginning this year was the day I turned 40! Beginning a new decade...I thought it might bother me a little, but it really hasn't. The hardest part has been remembering that I am 40 now, not 39. I can no longer say I am in my 30s. Now I sometimes have to check a new age-range when filling out paperwork! For the most part, I feel comfortable in my 40-year-old skin. I even think it doesn't look too bad most days! Ha ha...something I need to begin would be an exercise program. Definitely lacking in that area.
A daunting new beginning for my husband is beginning his journey of sobriety. Gilbert finally admitted to himself and others that he was an alcoholic, and is seeking help. He has 2 months of sobriety under his belt, and is doing very well. Some days are harder than others, but nothing seems overwhelming, at least not so far. He did say he thought wistfully of having a beer when he ordered a Polish sausage at the state fair, but that was as far as it went.
Also on the horizon for Gilbert - perhaps a new career. Long story short, Gilbert lost his medical certificate. Overall he is healthy and able to work, but he lost his certificate due to a couple of things. Pending getting his certificate back, he may be able to go back to his job at Frontier, provided A) he wants to do so, and B) Frontier is still in business. For now, Gilbert is on long-term disability, so at least we will have some income from that. There are other options we are considering, as well. We will manage.
I had been thinking of trying to return to singing as a career, and this may be the perfect time. Since Gilbert will be home more, I won't have to worry about juggling sitters, trying to figure out if I can go to do an audition or a performance, etc. Gilbert himself even said that this was the right time for me to seriously pursue it, so, that is my plan. Now I just have to get off my lazy butt and get busy!
Hmm. Guess I had more to say than I thought, at least for now.


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Trying to warm myself up on one of the colder days of this week without having to really layer up. This blouse continues to be one of my favourite pieces because of its versatility. Hope everyone has a good weekend :) I plan to do nothing except sip on margaritas. xx
Friday, February 03, 2012
A Cold One
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I never gave three days.
I decided then that I would figure out why she needed to talk to me – and honestly pregnancy was the last thing on my mind.
There was a reason she hadn't come to me.
I remember the day she told me she lost her virginity. I remember she cried and told me she was sorry. Looking back, I'm pretty sure that was a hard confession for her. We had a long talk that day.
Looking ahead, I'm pretty sure this also would've been pretty difficult to tell me.
It was a Walmart bag in my camping book bag, inside the trunk of her car.
Do you know what was in that bag?
It was a dead giveaway.
Prenatal vitamins.
I was twenty-one when I gave birth to my first child. I had zero idea what I was doing or what I was in for.
I was also married at nineteen.
That's a piece of it. She's a teenager, unmarried, still has to finish her schooling.
It's the unwed pregnant teenager that got me initially. Man, I grappled with this one. Initially, I felt shame.
We live in a small town where people love to talk. It's part of the reason I left at nineteen.
Many talk and few listen. And vision is sometimes clouded by small towns.
About six months prior, my daughter returned from California. A place I never wanted her to go to. She grew up a lot in California. She experienced more than she ever should've and it hurt her more than she knew it would.
When she left, not many noticed. When she returned I heard various comments from people in the village, "Wow. Sadie is soo skinny".
Unspoken suggestions or truly a concern for a young girl's weight is yet to be determined.
They all come in different constructs of sentences, but the gist was the same.
Ya know the kicker? For years my daughter would debate me about abortion. We had multiple conversations about it. She had said from the get-go that she never wanted children. She also said that if she ever got pregnant she would get an abortion.
Perhaps it was the freedom of choice that she was ultimately debating with me. I'm not really sure.
That first week I was overwhelmed with emotion. I wanted to run so badly. I needed space to figure out what I felt, what mattered, and how I would act.
Maybe you wonder why this was so difficult for me.
I gave birth four times and had two mothers during that time in my life. Neither of them showed up for any birth.
In their defense, I never asked.
In my defense, neither did they.
Being a "good mom" was always on my list of things to do well. I question myself from time to time, but it's mattered to me from the first day I found out I was pregnant.
So how do I do this?
It's a rhetorical question.
She made a comment to me one night that I didn't "like" her Facebook status when she posted a picture of the ultrasound.
I sat on her bed and gave her a hug.
"Sade, this is hard for me. I will support you and your decision, but you have to give me a little bit of time."
I don't know if she truly understood in that moment.
I told a few people initially. When I got the words, "Congratulations Grandma".
I wanted to punch them.
I told my cohort and I got a lot of "babies are a blessing".
I wanted to puke.
I wasn't feeling celebratory. I wasn't feeling blessed.
One friend had recently lost her daughter. Initially she said "Congratulations", but she followed it up with "better than a funeral".
That hit me – hard. Talk about perspective.
I went out the next day and bought two little onesies and a sleeper.
It wasn't much, but it was a start.
A few weeks later, my daughter had a melt-down. She sat on her floor in her bathroom and sobbed.
"Mom, I'm not ready to be a mom. I don't know how to be mom. I don't know what I'm doing. Alex isn't ready to be a dad. I'm so scared Mom".
It's hard to describe what that moment was like for me.
I hugged her and I reassured her. Hell, I have never met a mother yet that knew what they were doing from the get-go.
I told her she will learn. She will grow. And she will be okay.
That was hard, but that was needed. Maybe for both of us.
I helped her find a mid-wife. I went to her first appointment. I set her up with a program where she can 'learn to earn' baby necessities. And later on, I will be her birth coach when the time comes.
There's another angle.
When I became pregnant with my daughter, it was baby #4. I wrote about it in Friendship, Strippers, and Rainbows…
Not many were happy about my pregnancy. I had just given birth to baby #3 prior. Life was difficult.
I stood alone. It was beyond challenging.
I never regretted my choice. Not once.
And later, others thanked me for standing alone. Had I not, Sadie would not be here and they would never have had a chance to love her.
I never want my daughter to feel that. I never want her to stand alone.
I don't always agree with the choices she makes, but I will always believe in her. I will always love her. And I know she has great things to come.
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text: My new favourite place to visit is Living With Lindsay, a DIY, home decor, and idea generating blog that keeps me wishing I had a home to call my own! This recent post on a hanging bed frame planter is so clever it makes me a tad jealous I didn't think of it myself. However, I will have to stick with smaller projects until I have the space for such an idea. Perhaps this zebra print plate will be a better project for the time being.


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ABERDEEN, S.D. — Barack Obama announced Saturday that he and his wife had resigned as members of their Chicago church in the wake of controversial remarks from its pulpit that have become a serious distraction to his presidential campaign.
In a letter dated Friday to the pastor, the Rev. Otis Moss III, Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, had come to the decision "with some sadness." But they said their relations with Trinity United Church of Christ "had been strained by the divisive statements" of the retiring pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., "which sharply conflict with our own views."
The Illinois senator's decision to break with the church that he has credited with shaping his faith came after months of controversy over racially charged remarks Wright made to the 8,000-member congregation on Chicago's South Side.
His announcement came on a busy day as Democratic officials settled the thorny issue of how to count disputed Florida and Michigan delegates, giving each half a vote. That puts Obama within reach of clinching the nomination in the last primaries, today in Puerto Rico and on Tuesday in South Dakota and Montana.


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Pepsi-Cola Co.'s All Sport sports drink and Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s Mennen antiperspirant/deodorant will be associate sponsors.
B3 will consist of two late-summer events, the first in New York City, the second in Long Beach, Calif., that feature the world's top "bikers, bladers and boarders"-hence, "B3."
Such wheel-based activities have come to be recognized as the signature sports within the extreme sports genre. The two events will yield a total of 8 hours of programming on ESPN and ESPN2.
"Our aim is to be the dominant player in the extreme sports field," said Tom Hagel, ESPN's VP-integrated sales and marketing.
B3 helps to give ESPN more of a year-round presence in extreme sports, helping to fill the gap between its summer and winter X Games, Mr. Hagel added.
Also in the mix: the recently concluded Ultimate In-Line Challenge; the springtime X Games Xperience, a 10-city grass-roots program that leads up to the summer X Games; and the wintertime ESPN FreeRide Snowboard Tour, which will expand in its second year from one to three events.
The success of the first B3 events will determine if ESPN expands B3 next year. But evangelizing the genre of extreme sports and the network's involvement in these activities is at the heart of these programming extensions.
"With B3, we bring the events to the people instead of taking the `build it and they will come' approach like we do with the X Games," said Paul Slagle, ESPN's director of integrated sales and marketing.
Producing a plethora of events also builds ESPN's image as the driving force in the field by solidifying the network's relationships with athletes.
B3 also allows ESPN to expand its reach among the sports' rabid teen and Gen X followers for its sponsors, which often find these demographics to be elusive.
Rollerblade and 1-800-COLLECT will sponsor separate hours of the programming produced at these events. 1-800-COLLECT gets the hours devoted to bikers and boards, while Rollerblade gets the hour covering blades and an hour featuring all three sports.
Both will receive extensive on-air identification as presenting sponsors, as well as commercial inventory and opening and closing billboards. At the event, both will get considerable signage.
Rollerblade is planning to stage an adjoining interactive skate park, where spectators can blade and board themselves; 1-800-COLLECT's on-site plans have yet to be finalized.
As associate sponsors, All Sport and Mennen will also get on-site signage, sampling opportunities and TV time.
ESPN is currently shopping for two additional associate sponsors; it wouldn't disclose pricing on the sponsorships.


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One of the best friends I ever had - or expect to have - died early last Sunday morning. He had not been sick for a long time - but long enough that his death was no surprise. And still a shock.
One of the penalties of getting older (and there are several - though offset, I hope, by other benefits) is that people that you have known for a long time will pass away. When my uncle died this past August, I realized that part of what I was losing with his death - apart from a loving uncle that would do ANYTHING for me - was one of the few people remaining on the planet who knew me before I knew myself.
With Len's death this week, I've lost another person in my life that I could count on - whatever the circumstance. I've lost a man old enough to be my father - who treated me like a brother. I will miss his wit, his eloquence, his precision, his warmth - his voice.
I will miss helping him get into the church on Sunday morning. I will miss checking on him when a worship service ends. His death is not real to me yet. I don't know when that moment will come. Maybe it won't come all at once. Maybe it will take a long time. But - as Len often said to me - "These things have a way of resolving themselves." Whenever I hear those words in my mind, it will be Len's voice that I hear.
I take comfort in memories of my friend. Len was a man who knew that it took more effort and preparation to speak with brevity - and when he said "I will be brief," it was a promise you could count on. I remember singing beside him for so many years - and with Gene Thompson and the late Phil Haddrill. I learned how to sing beside these great men. And I remember how Len would let his mischievous side show - making a comment in a stage whisper during rehearsal - perhaps one of the other sections stumbled or sang off-key - and when asked to repeat the comment, Len would cough and say "I was just clearing my throat".
Beyond my memories, the Lord has comforted me with these thoughts: Knowing that Len and Maggie have been reunited after so long apart; That the pain and fear which Len experienced during his time in the hospital are over; That my good friend has now been able to hear his Lord speak to him those words that I still hope to hear someday - "Well done, my good and faithful servant".
I only hope that I can live out the remainder of my days in a way that would make Len proud. And I hope that everyone who knew Len will find comfort in memories of him - having faith that the same God who allowed Len to be a part of their lives has not abandoned them in this time of sorrow. Let us live as people who have hope of reunion with our father, brother and friend.
Take care.
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