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Black tie dinner.... Halloween??Sure my tux was quite a few years old but I had kept it away from hungry moths.
With the passage of years, it was just a "little" out of style but, for some reason, nobody mentioned that fashion faux pas during the Advertising Federation dinner I attended a short time before I retired from The Post and Courier.
Just the opposite, people came by all evening to compliment me and make comments on my outfit. Several snapped pictures.
The annual awards for excellence in advertising was held in Mt. Pleasant, at the Shrine Club, with a theme of Circus - Under The Big Top or something similar. It was February and no costume shops had any circus props for rent but, after a few stops, I found a stick on "clown nose" at a party store.
I waited until I entered before I glued it in place since it would have made quite an interesting Mt. Pleasant Police Department mug shot if I had been stopped on the way.
I slowly realized that no other guests had tried to embrace the theme.
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So for a while I've been enjoying this lovely image as my wallpaper:
Catnap! From Portlandia!
It's the best thing ever. (Will be replaced within a week, however, as you know how my Desktop ADD goes). There's actually a whole bunch of wallpapers for all you Portlandia fans, done by different artists ("Catnap" is by Nate Duval).
"Feminist Book Store" is my new one… created by Methane Studios, Mark McDevitt.
This makes me so happy.
I also have a bit of lovely music for you! Adam Young (of Owl City) released a new track (or perhaps it was prematurely released? I have no idea). Anyways, enjoy Dementia here on First Listen. (Does anybody else love Owl City as much as I do? And Adam Young just seems like a spectacular man, introverted and always dreaming).

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PISCATAWAY, NJ - In an early-season grudge match between two of the premier high school baseball programs in New Jersey, St. Peter's Prep blinked first.
A precocious Millburn team broke up a scoreless duel with four runs in the top of the ninth inning and held on for a 4-0 victory over the Marauders in a showcase game played at Rutgers University.
Millburn right-handers Kyle Mazer and Mike Kologlu combined to limit St. Peter's Prep to four hits, and their work in keeping St. Peter's off the scoreboard was paramount with blue chip junior Jack Carey, who has already committed to Duke University, holding Millburn without a hit for five innings. The Millers mustered a total of two hits in the seven innings Carey was on the mound.
In the ninth inning, against the third pitcher for St. Peter's, Richie Schiekofer and Kologlu both drew walks to open the inning, then Peter Serruto, called upon to sacrifice, instead beat out a bunt that was bobbled by the pitcher to load the bases with none out. Connor Lally drew a bases-loaded walk to give Millburn a 1-0 lead, then a pair of freshmen knocked in the next three runs.
Freshman third baseman Ben Chrzanowski grounded an RBI single to left field for a 2-0 lead, and, after a strikeout, freshman right fielder Ben Sinins grounded a two-run single past the reach of St. Peter's diving shortstop for a 4-0 lead. It was the third base hit of the game for Sinins.
"I wasn't trying to do too much," said Sinins, playing just his third varsity game. "I just wanted to get on base. But I definitely thrive on (the pressure)."
Kologlu, who recorded inning-ending strikeouts in the seventh and eighth innings with runners on base, had to escape trouble in the ninth. He walked consecutive batters with one out, but got the next hitter on a called third strike with a fastball on the outside corner, then got a fly out to left for the final out.
"I just needed to try to throw strikes and attack the zone," said Kologlu, a senior.
Mazer kept St. Peter's in check through 5 2/3 innings with an effective change-up and a sharp slider, leaving with one one after allowing just three hits.
"I didn't have my best stuff," said Mazer, a junior. "But I knew I had the best defense in the state behind me, and my change-up came on as the game went on, especially against lefties."
Although Millburn is a perennial public school baseball power in New Jersey, the Millers came into this season with more inexperience than the program's varsity is accustomed to. After winning on opening day, Millburn lost a 7-3 game to Montclair. Head coach Brian Chapman said that merely getting the opportunity to play against an elite program like St. Peter's Prep in a big-time atmosphere was going to be invaluable for his young team, win or lose, but hanging in against one of the best pitchers in New Jersey and then winning in extra innings had the coach calling it one of the best victories he's experienced since taking over the program six years ago.


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The summer harvest is never truly complete until I have at least a few bottles of garlic chili oil tucked away in the pantry and a handful of spicy golden vinegars gracing the windowsill. These flavorful and versatile condiments are super easy to make and add layers of flavor to your favorite dishes.
Herbal vinegars and oils simplify the preparation of classic condiments like salad dressings, marinades, dips and spreads. They're also great for stir-frying, sautéing, or braising any type of meat or seafood you can imagine and if you're a vegan or vegetarian, use them to liven up naturally bland meat substitutes like tofu, tempeh, and seitan (a very meat-like gluten protein derived from wheat). Both herbal oils and vinegars are well-suited to spicing up a wide array of fresh, roasted, baked or steamed root crops and leafy green vegetables and can even be used in hot dishes, casseroles, soups and savory sauces to add a distinct punch of flavor. Once you make your own at home, you'll never go back to store-bought oils and vinegars again.
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I really enjoyed this story because my mom read it to me alot when I was little. Now I can read it myself. I think this story is good because it teaches a lesson. The lesson was that just because there is a lot os something does not mean that you have to stay there. I like the pictures because they look realistic. It seems like I'm an ant. The coffee looked like a pond to the ants, and that's how it might really look. I was at a warehouse with my mom, and she walked away. I was still sitting there, and I got left. I was like the ants in the story. But they stayed there and I didn't.
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Reaction pours in
Waiting for Nagel and Blanco to fire themselves.
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I guess being democrat means never having to say you're accountable.
Rob: There's a comments policy. Please do check it out. One new thread per day. Thanks.
On your point, you'll be waiting a long time, I think. The backlash you're smelling isn't against the local bozos. It's against the Big Bozo.
Also on the point, the local bozos had their "local" wiped out. The Big Bozo was busily schmoozing at his leisure. Minor difference.
Memo from Karl Rove to Rob Kremer:
1. The "still waiting" thing over and over again was brilliant. Repetition is how we convinced most Fox News viewers that Saddam was behind 9/11.
2. Diverting the spotlight somewhere else to the local officials was also very, very good. It's nice to see you following the script.
3. Okay, the Love Story "never having to say you're sorry" bit is not working. First, it's what we call in the business a "dated reference." Plus, this President has a real problem saying sorry so why go there? Being George W. means never having to say you're sorry? Finally, the Love Story book was written by Erich Segal, then an assistant professor at Yale. At a time when the President is turning in such low marks, the last thing we want to do is bring up Yale.
Thanks, and we're watching you,
Karl Rove
Let me try to provide a little comfort to the distressed. Don't panic! The spin machine is being cranked up to overdrive by Uncle Karl and large batches of happy-news are in the pipeline from Karen Hughes for foreign consumption. The Oregonian is writing more helpful headlines every day, Halliburton is already making money on the clean-up and Tom Delay is hard at work making sure even more of the right people will get their share of the contacts. Things will be back to normal in no time and people will stop listening to old meanies like Jack when they say bad things about the President. So relax. Stay in your homes. And remember this above all: your tax breaks are safe. There, I hope that helps.
I loved the Kennedy shot! Nice caption.
While I think Nagin could be guilty enough to resign, I think that the only point it would serve is to show accountability, but not to help the recovery. I doubt there's a deputy mayor or someone lying around who would lead better right now. In Brown's case, getting a new leader in really does help the situation immediately.
Rob Kremer - the truth about state and local accountability is beginning to trickle out:
Regarding Rob's point:
1. The local govenor and mayor were clearly incompetent. That does not directly threaten us in Oregon. The people of their state should deal with them harshly. The governor and mayor do not provide an excuse for FEMA's failures, however. There are no excuses.
2. FEMA was incompetent. Bush appointed a politial hack to head FEMA. That does threaten us in Oregon. When some trouble hits Oregon, there is no reason to think that FEMA will be able to handle it. Bush owes the country a competent administrator for FEMA.
3. The Coast Guard and Air Force rescue teams were outstanding. Brave and competent.
Sorry, I refuse to read the paper of a man who believes himself to be the second coming of Christ, and who provides Kim Jong Il with arms.
But maybe that's just me...
Uh, Rob, Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans is a donor to George W. Bush, endorsed GOP gubernatorial nominee Bobby Jindal over Kathleen Blanco, and is a former corporate executive.
Yes, technically, he recently changed his registration to Democrat - but that's because it's not possible to win in New Orleans any other way.
In all other ways, he's a Republican. I know it's hard to tell - being black and all - but facts are facts.
Time to turn off the Fox News.
So many thoughts regarding Rob and Scott's comments. Went over my 150 words. Complete thoughts on my own blog.
With respect to Chris Snethen's thoughts, I offer the following words attributed to Jason van Steenwyk, "a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief":
"The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided during the 72-96 hour was unprecedented. The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne."
Due to a derailment in the federal witchhunt, the state and local accountability train is right on time.
Oh, and Guardsman van Steenwyk has no known ties to Haliburton.
If Nagel was still a Republican, then the left would be screaming for his head, and you know it.
I'm sure the defense of this President's laser-like focus on Katrina will continue and I love the 72-hour starting point. Unfortunately comparing this to other hurricanes doesn't factor in the New Orleans levee scenario which the President was either unaware of or lying about. I also enjoyed Bill Kristol's admission that the Clinton 16-hour workday approach might have worked better than President Bush's detached vacation-mode delegation of responsibility, especially when you're delegating to a bunch of political cronies who have no clue how to do their jobs. It's bad when your beloved hero's main job skill is explaining what went wrong, but the White House has learned from Katrina. They're now blaming what went wrong in Iraq on the mayor of Bagdhad. New Orleans has been described as a bowl in the ground, and Katrina proved the Bush administration can't tell its ass from a bowl in the ground.
The entire disaster relief effort appears to be a disaster itself...local, state, and federal. There is plenty of blame aka "accountability" to go around once the crisis is over.
What kills me is the politics of it all. Why is everything political? This whole finger pointing game on both sides is not helping anything. Politics is so devisive, and I don't think it's helping our country at all, and it is certainly not helping in the crisis.
LOVE this blog, by the way!!! I'd love to see you all at a party together....
The question isn't who to blame, the question is whether the responses of various levels of government were adequate, and the extent to which the competence will affect future crises.
Frankly, the response of the mayor and governor really have no bearing on future disasters unless those disasters also occur in LA.
What is of big concern is that the Federal Government, defined as it is by 9/11, was still completely unable to respond to a predictable disaster in a reasonable way.
Now we have to ask, why is that? If FEMA is poorly managed, what about the other government agencies? If major disaster relief is unavailable for days after a predictable natural disaster, how long will it take to arrive at an unpredictable terrorist attack? How can the federal government function this poorly?
These questions trump the matter of who's to blame, and they're questions that the President is chiefly qualified to answer. The Mayor just doesn't have a thing to do with it.
If we look at government, local, county, state, federal we can find poor management, weak leadership and inefficiencies on every corner. We all accept it because we don't know how to change it and make jokes about government ("Good enough for government work").
Look at Multnomah County. It's a mess! Look at the state. What a huge inefficient organization that is. I work with them and I know first hand. They are slow and disorganized, many employees are apathetic because of the quagmire they work in, staff hide behind their job descriptions and don't know anything about other departments or agencies, and money is squandered because there is no control. But for some reason, we expect government to all of a sudden be efficient and organized and prompt when we have a disaster. If we can't get our government to run an efficient school district, how can we expect it to handle a disaster of epic proportions?
Government needs vast reform. Until then, we are doomed when the next disaster hits. Sad, but true.
Bah, government does lots of things well. It can do this well too, and it has in the past.
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The release of the BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) Social Platform opens a gigantic world of possibilities to application developers. While some are obvious, such as allowing your users to chat with each other, others may be a little more subtle. This post is the first in a series that will talk about how to easily add social features to your application using the BBM Social Platform. And there's no better time to update your app! The 2011 BlackBerry Developer Challenge is on, and submissions for the Most Addictive social app using the BBM™ Social Platform category will open later this summer.
One of the greatest benefits of the BBM Social Platform is enabling application developers to access the enormous social graph of their users. Friends often place a much greater level of trust in each other's suggestions when compared to anonymous reviews and advertisements. With the BBM Social Platform, leveraging this ability to help expand your reach and increase your user base is so simple that I will demonstrate it here.
While you may or may not want to add social features to your app, there is one feature that every app should definitely implement: the "Invite to Download" feature. This feature is so easy to implement – and can have such a great effect on app reach and downloads – that there is really no reason not to take advantage. The idea is simple: The developer adds a button or menu item to their app that allows the user to invite a friend from BBM to download the application. The user, finding the app to be of great utility or enjoyment, decides that this app needs to be shared and selects the "Invite to download" option. Once selected, the user is presented with a list of users from their BBM list. After selecting a user, the rest is out of their hands (and yours), and the platform dutifully goes off and presents the invited user with a message stating that their friend would like them to download an application. Most importantly, it provides a link that will take the user directly to the app in BlackBerry App World™ for a quick and easy download.
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All you need to do to enable this feature is to call the following code in Java® or BlackBerry® WebWorks™:
MessagingService messagingService = platformContext.getMessagingService();
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The first line for the Java code is just a call to the platform to obtain a reference to the Messaging Service, and isn't necessary in the BlacKBerry WebWorks implementation. The sendDownloadInvitation() and inviteToDownload() methods are where the magic happens. The platform will automatically show the user a Contact Picker UI field populated with their BBM contacts who do not already have the app installed. The user can select a contact or cancel if they change their mind, either way, control is returned to your app as soon as the user makes a selection. This method should always be called as a response to a specific user request to invite their contacts to download your application.
Be sure to check out the KB article How to – Invite contacts to download your application using the BBM Social Platform for Java and WebWorks for more information, and register for our upcoming three-part Webcast series "Integrating with the BBM Social Platform, One Step at a Time", where we will cover Download Invitations and more. We'll follow up this blog post's corresponding webcast with two more webcasts covering user profiles and embedded chat using the BBM Social Platform. See the details below for more information and register today!
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James Pitts, an influential smog researcher whose work was used to craft California's pioneering air quality regulations, has died. He was 93.
Pitts died in his sleep of natural causes at his Irvine home on June 19, according to his wife, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, a fellow chemist at UC Irvine.
In a career that spanned more than 60 years, Pitts, a chemist at UC Riverside and UC Irvine, provided scientific data that formed a basis for emissions-cutting policies that were adopted nationwide and have resulted in dramatically cleaner air.
As director of the Statewide Air Pollution Research Center at UC Riverside for 18 years, Pitts assembled and led a team of researchers that built a state-of-the-art smog chamber and conducted landmark studies of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants from vehicle exhaust that react in sunlight to form ozone, the lung-searing gas that is the main ingredient of smog.
"He was steadfast in his opinions, backed up by scientific research, that you need to control these pollutants in the atmosphere; that you would not improve things without taking pollutants out of the air," said former state Air Resources Board Chairman and California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Alan C. Lloyd, a friend and colleague for over 40 years.
During Pitts' tenure in the 1970s and '80s, the center at UC Riverside became internationally renowned and sought out for advice by environmental regulators and elected officials. Pitts was regarded as a dynamic speaker with a talent for translating science for laypeople. His smog chamber became a frequent stop for briefings for visiting politicians, including Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown.
"Jim took the best research and demonstrated the causes of air pollution, which was at that time grotesque," said Ron Loveridge, former mayor of Riverside who directs UC Riverside's Center for Sustainable Suburban Development. "He put together policy and politics and made air pollution a center ring issue for Southern California, for California and for the country," he said.
In one demonstration he often gave to politicians, Pitts filled an Erlenmeyer flask with ozone — a colorless gas — then twisted a lemon slice into the glass container. The mixture reacted instantly, producing a light-obscuring fog.
"The smoke or particles would form right in front of your eyes," recalled Arthur Winer, a professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA who worked with Pitts at UC Riverside. "It was a very visual way of showing how in the polluted atmosphere you have gases that react to become particles, which then cause visibility degradation and important health impacts."
Prizing his academic integrity, Pitts refused to accept research funds from industry groups, and that policy gave the research center credibility as an unbiased source of expertise.
Pitts co-authored nearly 400 scientific publications and four books. His studies were heavily cited and used by state and federal environmental agencies to issue smog alerts, craft health-based air quality standards and to counter claims by the auto industry that exhaust gases were harmless and would dissipate in the atmosphere.
"Jim Pitts was probably the single person most responsible for the understanding of what strategies we need to clean up Southern California's air," said Mary Nichols, chair of the state Air Resources Board. "He was able to explain all of this in English to policymakers so that they would be able to accept that it was going to take extensive and difficult actions to control emissions."
James N. Pitts Jr. was born in Salt Lake City on Jan. 10, 1921. When he was 6 months old his family moved to West Los Angeles. He credited his 11th-grade science teacher with stoking his interest in chemistry, and he began studying the subject as a UCLA undergraduate in 1939.
For several years during World War II, Pitts joined other young scientists who were enlisted to conduct classified government field studies in chemical warfare, including one project that developed a more effective gas mask for Allied troops.
He returned to UCLA to complete his bachelor's degree in 1945. In 1949 Pitts earned his doctorate from the university and joined the faculty at Northwestern University outside Chicago.
In 1954 Pitts was hired as a founding professor at UC Riverside, where he co-founded the Statewide Air Pollution Research Center in 1961. He served as director from 1970 to 1988.
Pitts entered the field in the 1950s when thick smog often blanketed the Los Angeles Basin and other metropolitan areas. Scientists were just beginning to unravel the chemistry of the photochemical reactions that generate smog, and the health risks of air pollution were not well understood.
One of Pitts' biggest influences was Francis E. Blacet, a trailblazer in the field of air pollution chemistry who was one of Pitts' teachers at UCLA.
In a 2007 interview in the Spectrum, a scientific journal published by Bowling Green State University, Pitts recalled a piece of advice Blacet gave him that would guide his work for decades: "Theories come and theories go, but good data stand forever."
In that spirit, Pitts and his team focused their research on the fundamentals of smog formation. They tracked concentrations of harmful pollutants, studied how they reacted and lingered in the air and pinpointed the emissions that had to be reduced to protect public health.
He met his second wife, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, in 1970 at UC Riverside. In 1994 he joined her as research scientist at UC Irvine. The two often collaborated on books and research papers.
Besides his wife, Pitts is survived by daughters Linda Lee, Christie Hoffman and Beckie St. George and six grandchildren.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Share the Joy: Who You Are
14 comments:
- Laura said...
oh Meri, this is fantastic...thank you so much for sharing!
- May 30, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- helen tilston said...
Hello dear Meri
I loved this video. Thank you. Now I am so relaxed, I think I shall have an early night.
Many thanks
- May 30, 2012 at 5:27 PM
- Laura said...
ps. I just reposted this on facebook and mentioned your blog where I first saw it...so gorgeous, filled with truth and wisdom. You made a really great day even better, thanks again Meri!
- May 30, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Lara Neusiedler @ Uproad said...
let's start spreading joy! I'm back also this week, for a meme that makes my heart jump with joy!
- May 30, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- GrandmaK said...
Brilliant!! Well said. Indeed this is an inspiration!!! Thank you! Cathy
- May 31, 2012 at 4:03 AM
- (Queenmothermamaw) Peggy said...
Inspiration indeed. Thank you Meri for sharing. I know you are probably working on your own video. Blessings to you.
- May 31, 2012 at 5:11 AM
- Deb Crecelius said...
GREAT video...
thank you for sharing this.
I have already passed it on.
A perfect example of "Sharing the Joy"...
from Jan to you to me!
- May 31, 2012 at 6:25 AM
- Stephanie said...
running running but will take 5 minutes to watch...
- May 31, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Stephanie said...
Thank you Meri for that beautiful morning meditation...
- May 31, 2012 at 7:31 AM
- rebecca said...
dear joyolicious!
i am off to immerse my soul in the colourlicious world of mosaics. will enjoy your offering and all the others on my return at the end of the day.
- May 31, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Kim Mailhot said...
Beautiful joy video, Meri. Thanks for the 5 minutes of centering.
Have a wonderful day !
- May 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- Leovi said...
Interesting proposal, I really enjoy this wonderful video. Have a great weekend!
- June 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM
- Fallingladies said...
Wow, great video, very powerful, thanks!
- June 1, 2012 at 4:09 AM
- irene said...
Watching this this morning was the perfect way to start the day.
- June 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Me and My Bargain
An updated, edited photo of me.
My candle with the glass top was on *clearance*at Wally world...love those clearance shelves!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Hi...summer is here..and the girls and I are keeping really busy. We're heading off to the Island for a few weeks to "get away from it all". It will be nice to have a change of scenery. Sorry about the absence here on the blog..things have been rather turned upside down here for the past couple of months! Hope you have an awesome summer!
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
My Baby Girl is 17!!
Wow how could she be 17 already?? I can't believe how fast the time has gone....it doesn't seem that long ago when I was in the hospital having Lindsay. She was a good, easy delivery. The labour was short..in relative terms-4 hours! Amazing for a first baby. When the nurses were cleaning her up in the delivery room, I remember sitting on my bed, saying.."wow, that really wasn't all that bad!!"They laughed at me. :) I was SO excited that she was a girl....for many reasons...I remember looking at her thinking..wow...what am I going to name this poor child....I had no idea and felt the responsibility very heavily...yeah...I know..most people stress at this point about the idea of raising this little child through to adulthood. Not me...I worried about what I was going to name her. It seemed like such a really huge, monstrous deal! It took 2 weeks, if you can imagine that! The name we finally chose, I picked as a tribute to my Dad's mom. It was her maiden name.
Jump ahead to the present: Lindsay is a joy and a delight in our home! She fills it with humour and lots of creative artwork. I tell her that she should be an illustrator of children's books. She works hard in school and gets awesome grades...but ya know what...we'd love her whether she did or not! Anyway...
Have an awesome birthday Linds!! I love you sweetheart!!
love Mom
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Apple blossoms...I found myself walking through an apple orchard yesterday...stopping to admire the beautiful apple blossoms..thinking..wow...such beauty..too bad I don't have my camera.....then to my delight, I realized that I had it in my purse! So out it came...and I was snap happy for awhile...after a while of picture taking....I came across these lovely little crearures:
I love bees, and find them fascinating! So I paused in front of their hives to watch them...They were awfully busy and apparently didn't like me butting into their busy-ness! They started dive bombing me! One hit my face, then another hit my ear..then into my hair...wow! I haven't run that fast in a long time....and what a sight it must have been to behold--arms flailing...legs flying...yeah...Anyway..hope you're all enjoying some signs of spring! Those poor honey bees this morning..I think they will all be having an inside day today. It's cold and rainy out this morning...way colder than normal for the middle of May.
Happy Thursday!
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Private Blog....
Hi there...a question for you...
Can anyone tell me how to make the blog private..am thinking of doing that...or creating another one that is for invited readers only....Can you give me a hint or two??? I've searched through blogger and didn't come up with anything.
thanks so much!
Can anyone tell me how to make the blog private..am thinking of doing that...or creating another one that is for invited readers only....Can you give me a hint or two??? I've searched through blogger and didn't come up with anything.
thanks so much!
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friends of ours had to take their son out of town for medical treatment..and they have a dog...soo we took her while they were gone. She's a great little dog...she's so full of energy and LOVES to go for walks. So yesterday I took her and Goldie, our fat ol' dog, out for a walk. They're like a couple of little kids! They were so excited to be out. I walked them along the river and then to the lake. They swam around a bit and then I threw their wet carcasses in the back of the van and took them home.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
A stormy, rainy friday afternoon....with Janelle
Today was a day of crazy spring weather.It started off beautiful. I got up this morning and opened the patio door....it was so nice out....I stood out on the deck for a few minutes enjoying the quiet of a 630 am weekday morning. It was 11 degrees out! Yaaay!! Spring is finally here! Our Magnolia tree is finally blooming..I'll have to take a picture of it to post..it's so pretty.
So anyway, I came back inside and within a few minutes it was pouring rain. It continued off and on for several hours then we had a couple of hours of sun....what a treat. I drove the older girls out to youth group at our church, after school. On the way home Janelle and I stopped at a park at the beach.
We played around with the camera while there....taking pictures of each other and a bit of the scenery....
She and I climbed onto a tire swing that swings in circles. Yeah..you see where I'm going with this. Not a good idea at all. Yup...we got on it and we spun...and spun...and spun....not a good plan. I cannot go round and round in circles anymore....I hit 40 this year and this is ONE thing that I'll gladly give up! Anyway...yeah...I was nauseous for about 3 hours!
We left the park just in time. As we headed down the highway home, it started to pour! Reeeaally pour! My wiper blades could hardly keep up! First it rained, and then it hailed. By the time we got home the water was shooting UP out of the storm drain at the end of our street! But one of the joys of living in this area is that our rainstorms are short lived! It was all over with in about 20 minutes or so and a beautiful rainbow graced the eastern sky.
So here are a bunch of silly pictures of us at the beach/park.
I have a couple more pictures and I video that I was going to post but my camera battery died again! It's gotten alot of use lately....guess I'll add them tomorrow.
Okay...so the video and the other two pictures worked now...here we are getting ourselves(okaay MYself) sick on the tire swing!
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Friday, July 31, 2009
random baby shoe lust
I've been feeling bad that I didn't post that much this week, so, here's one for you: it's totally not related to ministry, but I knew I shouldn't have clicked the link in the email that I got from See Kai Run. You see why?
I had several pairs for Jack, and now he's beyond their normal line, and they hadn't created the "Smaller" line when he was that small (thank you Jesus, my wallet is very glad about that.)
But, alas, I have discovered them for Irene, and I already have more than she needs.
I'm sure this pair is going to just add to the shoe chaos, and the money-spending. Good thing I'm working full-time again!
(And just in case you're wondering, I am not getting any money to write about this -- it's a combination of lack-of-posting guilt and baby-shoe-drooling that is compelling me to do this. However, if the good people at See Kai Run are feeling generous....ahem....)
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In 2012-2013, Sunrise Elite 97/98 (FL) became just the fourth boys team to finish a National League season with zero losses or ties, as the Florida side went 7-0-0. As Sunrise enters the Under-16 age group, it will look to become just the fourth boys team to win multiple National League division titles. Another team that can get its second title is OBGC Rangers (MD), which has scored a league-record 22 goals in each of the last two seasons.
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The Downtown studio is officially Open!! With the start of a New Year, here at Prime Cycle we also have a new instructor! Traveling over from Queens, Alexandra is ready to give you an amazing ride and an awesome experience in the studio. Learn a little more about Alex below!What made you want to become a spin instructor?
I was working at my full time job and going home feeling unfulfilled. I wanted to be able to say I had a hobby or interest outside of work. I realized I was taking 2 spin classes a week and a light bulb went off in my head while sitting in a coffee shop with my girlfriends after a class - I literally stood up at that moment, walked home, and signed up for a certification class!
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Rockland County, NY. It is about 45 minutes north of the city (and no it is NOT upstate!) I was a cheerleader for 10 years and was on my High School Varsity team plus a competitive traveling team. Staying active was always very important to me and helped shape me into who I am today. Sadly, we just sold my childhood home - onto the next chapter!
Tell us more abou your Reinvent The Wheel blog!
Reinvent The Wheel NYC is my fitness, recipe, lifestyle blog that I started in July. I am really big into cooking and meal prepping - a lot of my friends were asking for recipes and once I was certified for spinning, I figured it would be an easy way to get my name out there to potential studios and clients. It is important to me to promote positive energy and body images to my followers since it is so easy to get caught up in the unrealistic expectations set for us from social media!
Do you have a New Years resolution?
My New Years resolution is to complete the Whole 30 challenge and give up alcohol for the entire month of January. Your girl loves her some whiskey and red wine - but I will have to suck it up and push through LOL!
What do you enjoy doing on your time off?
I come from a big Italian family so if I am not working or spinning, I am usually spending time with them! We try to get everyone together for Sunday dinner once a month or watch a football game together. We are also die hard New York Ranger fans and love watching games together! {LGR!!}
What's your biggest achievement you made in 2016?
My biggest achievement in 2016 has been finding my own inner peace and putting myself first. Becoming a certified spin instructor definitely pushed me to find this balance in my life and making myself happy. Spinning has changed my life physically and mentally - it is my biggest achievement in 2016. I can't wait to see how it shapes my 2017!
What made you want to become an instructor at Prime Cycle?
After getting certified I was looking for studios in the area that embodied strong, positive energy and had a sense of community. As soon as I walked into Prime Cycle for my first class as a regular student, I knew this was a place I would like to work. My first class was with Dani and she kicked my butt! I knew I wanted to give riders the same exhilarating feeling and workout from then on!
What was your favorite song in 2016?
Easy - Child's Play by Drake. He is perfection - even though he cancelled the concert in Brooklyn :( (I'm still not over it )
Check Alex out at our downtown location on Tuesday & Thursday nights at 7pm!


text: I have finally jumped into the Android pond and I am starting with the MyTouch 4G. I don't have it yet but it's "in the mail". However, I should be getting it in the next day or two. Right now I have an iPod touch and I love the technology. I know the Android device won't be as integrated with the software and hardware as the iPod is but I look forward to the broader options. I realize too that with the thousands of apps. out there there are really only a handful I will find useful. That has also been true of the iPod. I guess the motivating reason I am going with an Android phone is that I would like to combine the functionality of the iPod with the phone. Which of course is the whole point of a smartphone. And I am already a T-mobile customer. I won't be getting a data plan as I haven't got one now and I don't anticipate changing my habits. I can use the wi-fi when it is available otherwise not. Okay, the reason I am posting now and in this forum is because I have been reading the posts that started it all from before the MT4G was released until now. It was very interesting to see how soon some of those early adopters went from loving their new phone to having issues with them. I haven't had a lot of smartphones, in fact up till now nary a one. However, i have been doing a lot of reading on this and other forums and have come to the conclusion that there isn't a perfect smartphone out there. Not even the Holy Grail of smartphones the iPhone is perfect for everyone. As I said, I have already purchased the MT4G and I fully expect there will be aspects of it that I find less than perfect. Not the least of which will be the battery life. I shall adjust my use of it accordingly. I have read in this forum how certain users consider the phone to be the "worst piece of Junk they have ever owned" and others who just love it and would push their mother in front of a train before they would let it get hit with a raindrop. My question, and I understand the answer to this may be moot since I have already purchased the phone, how many people who bought the phone back in 2010 when it first came out are still happy with it and would recommend it to friends and family? Or conversely, how many would recommend it to their worst enemy? Also, how many who still have the phone have rooted or rooted and flashed a custom rom to the phone and do you prefer the custom rom or the stock? I've noticed that this forum hasn't had a lot of activity lately and I wonder if that means people are migrating away from the MyTouch.


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Barnes & Noble has released an idea that could change how we buy – and I'm surprised it has not happened sooner. In a blog post on ReadWriteWeb, B&N is said to be contemplating implementing "near-field technology" that will effectively give Nook eReaders the ability to scan barcodes. The scanning technology will allow shoppers in B&N stores to touch their Nook to a physical book in order to read the information chip embedded in the book, giving them access to external content as well as eBook purchasing information.
This crossover of physical and digital is happening anyways – by taking the existing practice of the consumer using the physical bookstore as a "showroom," as the RWW blogger calls it, B&N might just have an interesting way to get those that read eBooks back into their stores. Getting the customer back into the store is key, since once they are there, they are more likely to buy something, which should increase the profitability of both the online and physical bookstores.
Increasing the profitability of the Nook system is essential to preventing Amazon from becoming the uncontested, monopolistic giant it strives to be. Amazon will be unable to implement the near field technology unless it decides to partner with another retailer (Costco? Walmart? Oh the horror.) or to open up Amazon stores (which may already be in the works). I am concerned that the near-field technology is a just a good idea that will not have any effect on sales for B&N, and I have no illusions that this technology will put B&N ahead of Amazon any time soon. RWW addresses the fact that B&N's Nook is mostly sold out of their 391 stores in the US and that their recent partnership with Microsoft hopes to broaden their sales worldwide. Competition between companies that produce eReaders is going to improve the slow, sometimes temperamental devices that are out there – at which time I might actually purchase one.


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IBPS Bank Probationary Officers/Management Trainees, 2011
(Held on 18-09-2011)
English Language: Solved Paper
Directions—(1-5) : In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.
1. Women's rights around the world are an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women's rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world's nations a few decades ago, ……… These range from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often the ones that suffer the most poverty. Many may think that women's rights are only an issue in countries where religion is law. Or even worse, some may think this is no longer an issue at all. But reading the report about the United Nation's Women's Treaty and how an increasing number of countries are lodging reservations will show otherwise. Gender equality furthers the cause of child survival and development for all of society, so the importance of women's rights and gender equality should not be underestimated.
(A) This treaty tackled and solved a number of issues related to women.
(B) Why is it then, that moment still face a number of problems on the domestic front?
(C) Thus, the woman today is ten times more empowered as compared to a woman say about a decade age.
(D) Women's activists across nations have implored the respective governments to take this seriously.
(E) Yet, despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life.\
Ans : (A)
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Jessie M. Remmel, 77, of 437 N. 16th St., Allentown, died Tuesday in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown.
She was a garment worker for the former Lehigh Shirt Co., Allentown, for many years until retiring.
Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Milton G. and Jessie M. (Stortz) Remmel.
She was a member of the Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Allentown.
She is survived by a sister, Christina K., with whom she resided.
Services: Private. No calling hours. Arrangements, Kulik-Reinsmith Funeral Home, Emmaus.


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As reported last week on Techday, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Asia will hold a pre-Tokyo Game Show conference.
They will expose news "that you've all been waiting for" according to their Chinese social media service.
They even go as far to say this news is "beyond your expectations" and promise a "surprise" according to The Six Axis. Is it more than just a Japanese release date, the full statement reads:
"Finally, it's coming to #TGS2013. Like before, SCEJA will have a press conference before the game show.
"I could only say: The news you've been waiting for, and the information beyond your expectation will both be revealed officially. So tomorrow, please do watch the live-stream and keep follow @PlayStation ! Promise to bring surprise to you!"
But strangely, this post has now been deleted and it did not seem to give too much information away.
You can watch the stream live at 6pm NZ time here, so you may have to leave work five minutes early to beat the traffic and get the information first hand.
If not don't stress as Techday will keep you updated.


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To get a good handle on collections management in museums I also need to learn about how visitors experience the collections. And what better way to do that than to put together a mini-exhibition? For the last five years the museum has displayed a selection of its embroidery samplers each summer season, and this year it was down to me to choose samplers for the drawers and objects for the top cabinet, and to write the panels that go along with it.
The theme of this year's display is 'learning and leisure', reflecting the different roles of sampler making in girls' and ladies' lives. Sampler making was valuable practical education for work and motherhood, it allowed girls to improve their reading and writing, and helped teach religion and good behaviour. Without handheld toys and games like we have today, girls and young ladies would also produce samplers to pass the time while they recovered from illness.
Remembering that making samplers was a female-only activity which largely died out 100 years ago, I knew I had to choose a range of items for the top of the cabinet to represent work and play for girls and boys right up to the present day. A slate tablet and pencil worked well for education, but most of our Victorian toys are already on display elsewhere. I enjoyed the challenge of scouring the record cards and the Museum's stores for iconic toys that are up to a century old, but are still produced and sold in huge numbers today – dominoes, tiddlywinks and all sorts of models, to name a few.
To finish off, some handy 'Get Involved' tips and challenges – can you read the sampler from the 1700s? What toy would you keep if you could only have one? Head over to Home Close to compare your sewing skills to those of a Victorian 8-year-old, and find out how entertainment has changed over the last 250 years.
'Samplers: work and play' can be explored in the Domestic Life building (outside the Osier Café), and is open to museum patrons until 4th November 2016.


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The attack appears to have focused on the Domain Name System, which maps
text-based domain names, such as "News.com," to the actual numeric
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DNS servers saw traffic spike in the early morning on Tuesday, several experts
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Former staff fear cost of speaking out to Chalcots investigation
Ex-employees want assurance that exit payments will be protected
31 August, 2017 — By Richard Osley
Council leader Georgia Gould
FORMER members of Camden Council staff want a cast-iron assurance that they will not lose exit payments if they reveal details to an investigation into the Chalcots estate fire safety crisis.
With pressure building on council leader Georgia Gould to follow through with a root-and-branch inquiry into every aspect of the private finance initiative deal behind the refurbishment of tower blocks in Adelaide Road – a saga which dates back more than 15 years – the New Journal has learned that some former employees are concerned that providing potentially awkward or critical information could affect their "confidentiality" agreements.
The terms, sometimes colloquially referred to as "gagging clauses", have become standard in severance and redundancy deals.
Asked what protection would be provided to those potentially holding information, Councillor Gould said: "Anyone who has a relevant contribution to make to the independent review on Chalcots can do so freely." One insider, however, told the New Journal that staff who have left the council workforce would "not go near the review" if it meant providing sensitive information would lead to their payments being clawed back.
The decision to give evidence for some is also said to hinge on the scope of Camden's inquiry into the events which led Cllr Gould to order the unprecedented flash evacuation of nearly 4,000 residents on a Friday evening in June. The cost of the evacuation alone was revealed last week to be £10million.
Checks to external cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster triggered the discovery of further fire safety hazards. Work to remove the flammable panels is due to begin next week. Cllr Gould has vowed to get to the bottom of what went wrong and pledged to investigate who signed off what when. PFI contractors insist they gave Camden what it ordered.
The to-and-fro over work on the estate dates as far back as 1999 when the towers were in disrepair and the council faced demands to take action. An initial deal was knocked back by the then Labour government as being too expensive and a reduced specification project was eventually put forward.
"The review must be an open process and the council should look at waiving confidentiality agreements for ex-employees who have relevant issues to raise," said another source with knowledge of the housing department's comings and goings over the past decade. "There could be some important safety information to surface which won't come out. Otherwise the staff input may follow a rather predictable line."
Naturally, staff at all levels of the council have come and gone since the PFI deal was first considered, signed and worked on. It is unclear what power Camden would have to bring them back to provide information of how decisions were made and, in a wider sense, how key departments operated.
A council press officer said: "Both our contracts of employment and our standard settlement agreements contain confidentiality clauses. These clauses are again normal practice (set out in the Acas model agreements) and do not prevent employees raising concerns about the organisation (for instance whistleblowing)."
Since the evacuation, and the sight of residents forced from their home and onto airbeds in the Swiss Cottage Leisure, the New Journal has called for an open and transparent investigation through its Chalcots Inquiry coverage.


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Sunday, July 25, 6:30 PM: United Nations Safe Planet Campaign screening of "Submission: In Defense of the unborn"
- See the trailer for documentary HERE. This film discusses the effects of chemicals on the unborn babies, among other environmental topics.
- Learn about the new Campaign and hear from Michael Stanley-Jones, the director, on the importance of this movement and the responsible management of hazardous wastes and chemicals. Mr. Stanley-Jones is traveling from Geneva, Switzerland to attend the event.
- There will also be a short film "Safe Planet Presents: Body Burden" starring Ed Begley Jr. to start off the evening.
- Hosted by Gallery MSquared at The Houston Heights Theater339 W 19th Street (No seating provided, bring your own. No food allowed)
- For more information and to RSVP, see their Facebook Event page
Tuesday, July 27, 2 PM: City Council Public Meeting
- This meeting with focus in part on the issue of the proposed Walmart development in the West End, bordered by Heights Blvd and Yale. It is an opportunity to speak directly to City Council. At the meeting, the public has the floor with the ability to have up to 3 minutes each to speak to city council about your opinions on the development.
- If you are interested in speaking you must call the City Secretary at 832-393-1100 and put your name on the agenda. Be sure you tell them your topic is "Wal-Mart." To be most effective, we should have as many people as possible show up. There is no need to sign up just to be present, but if you want to address the council, you must call the number above.
Wednesday, July 28, 7 PM: Divisional PIP (Positive Interaction Program) meeting for the Central District
- "The Positive Interaction Program holds monthly PIP meetings featuring speakers from different divisions (Burglary and Theft, Homicide, K-9, Helicopters, etc.) explaining how their division operates. This is done so citizens will know what to expect, should they ever need the police."
- For additional information on what PIP is you can read more on City of Houston's website
- 1602 State St.
Thursday and Friday, July 22-23, 8:30 PM: Discovery Green's Art Series presents HOME
- Talento Bilingue de Houston brings this stunning visual portrayal of Earth with aerial footage from 54 countries and over 120 locations. Narrated by Glenn Close, the film begins with the creation and evolution of the animal species on Earth.
- 118 min
- Friday's show presented in SPANISH
- Saturday's show presented in ENGLISH
- Free
I hope you have Saturday, August 7th marked on your calendar already for White Linen Night
The event organizers need volunteers for the following positions:
- An individual or (Heights) company to take charge of the volunteer shuttle docents!
- Shuttle docents for White Linen Night in the Heights!
- Looking for enthusiastic Heightsites-
- Some knowledge of the history of the Heights
- A little insight into current shops and restaurants helpful.
- Is your entire company interested? Lets talk!
- Event t-shirt
- 2 tickets to the official "after-party"
- A few surprises too!
- For companies - get everyone on board! Lets talk about an inkind//sponsorship trade
This Year:
- Ten shuttles will be in service
- There will be one, possibly more "Express" shuttles.
- A DVD will play on each shuttle showcasing our sponsors and prior year photos!
- The event runs 6-9pm, shuttles will continue until 10pm * established express is the White Oak/Houston Ave Express.
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Unless you've really not being paying much attention, the online marketing for Lucky Chan's has been unavoidable. Late last year, the restaurant's innovative Pozible campaign drew a lot of attention from the media as it is the first restaurant in Perth (and apparently Australia) to be crowd-funded (at least partly; the venue is the brainchild of the team behind Cocktail Gastronomy and The Classroom who are hardly unsuccessful). With the Chinese Laundry theme suggested by the restaurant's name, it was to my surprise and delight to discover that Lucky Chan's would in fact specialise in Ramen - that most delectable of Japanese noodles, and a dish for which my love and obsession is well known and documented. When a preview of Lucky Chan's Shio Ramen at the Night Noodle Markets turned out to be a massive disappointment (it was the absolute worst Ramen I've ever eaten), I was worried that Lucky Chan's was going to be a very well publicised dud, and the restaurant's first week jitters of poor service seemed to all but confirm this. Still, as someone who actively Google searches to discover Ramen joints in Perth, I had to try Lucky Chan's for myself, and Alissa and I paid the restaurant a visit on the Wednesday of their second week.
The first thing we noticed when entering Lucky Chan's is that, like the Classroom, the restaurant's design and decor concept is completely on point; this is a really stunning and well planned out space that draws heavily on established Asian iconography in an eye-popping Pop Art, Maximalist pastiche...
... complete with a wall of colourful ironing boards along the stairwell,...
... nice use of text on the steps themselves...
... and the typical hats, fans and lanterns common to the style. Alissa commented that the stairs, industrial look and the multi-storey format of the venue reminded her of Dan Hong's Ms. G's in Sydney - a point of comparison I'm sure that the Lucky Chan's crew would like.
Impressively, the second floor features a very expensive Ramen Noodle-making machine imported from Japan. I presume then that the noodles are made on site, making them the third place in Perth I know that has such a facility (the others are Nao and Arigataya, although I've not seen the machine at Arigataya in use in years, and our last visit was disappointing).
With the rooftop bar full, Alissa and I were sat down at a table on the ground floor. Perusing the menu, it was clear from the Bao and Ramen focus that restaurant was clearly taking its leads from Momofuku Noodle Bar - the successful Ramen Shop from which David Chang built his wildly influential Momofuku empire. The Vegetarian and Lamb Baos didn't really take our fancy, so we decided to go with the Buttermilk Ramen Chicken and Sriracha Mayo Bao - basically a fusion of Chang's famous Pork Bun and his Ramen Fried Chicken. We tried a version of this dish at the Night Noodle Markets Pop-Up which was already pretty good, but this was even better; the decent size piece of chicken was particularly juicy with a crunchy, spicy coating to die for. This was lovely contrasted against the fluffiness of the steamed bao bun, and was like eating a better, less oily version of KFC's Hot and Spicy Chicken in a Bao Bun - what's not to like about that combo? The only criticism we had - and one that we repeatedly questioned about almost every dish we tried - was that the asking price of $7 for 1 bun seemed a bit steep, and we thought that perhaps combo deals of ordering them in sets of 2 or 3 could have been used to get the individual unit price down. Consider that three of the Mantou Buns at Low Key Chow House will set you back $15 while three of the Ramen Chicken Baos come to $21 and its does not look like good value for money.
With the $12+ asking price for the dumplings seeming a bit steep when compared to other Noodle Shops and Dim Sum restaurants, Alissa and I decided to try the Whitebait from Lucky's Littles bar snack menu. These were a fun take on chips - tasting umami due to the intense flavour of Whitebait, with the outer coating reminding Alissa and I of the Fried Chilli Squid Tentacles you can often get at Chinese Malaysian restaurants. The Wasabi Mayo was also good, however the quantity seemed a bit small for the amount of Whitebait on the plate as we had almost run out by the halfway point. This was a good bar snack kind of dish, however we again thought the asking price of $8 seemed pricey when you consider that the Baos are actually cheaper, and we regretted not ordering the dish of Crispy Pig's Ears instead (which itself seemed expensive at $9).
With the memory of the terrible Night Noodle Markets Shio Ramen still fresh in our minds and some of the early reviews since opening being less than stellar, I was worried that Lucky Chan's Tonkotsu Ramen would be another major disappointment. Thankfully, this was not the case; in terms of porky Tonkotsu broths, Lucky Chan's is probably the most Hakata-like I've had in Perth in terms of flavour. The seasoning and porkiness were right for the style, recalling for me such memorable bowls as Ichiran Ramen in Hong Kong and Kokoro Ramen in Melbourne. If it was not quite as good as either of those, it was still a very good Tonkotsu Broth. Next to the comparable Tonkotsu of Hikaru Ramen in the Perth CBD, I would say that I preferred the seasoning of Lucky Chan's bowl, while Hikaru's has a better lipsmacking collogen thickness. The house made noodles served were also pretty good - a vast improvement on the overcooked sogginess served at the Night Noodle Markets. If anything, the fear of overcooking the noodles lead to them being perhaps a little under. Alissa and I agreed that the doneness of the noodles would have probably been spot on if it had been placed in a steaming hot bowl of broth as they would in Asia, however with the cooler temperature it was served at the noodles didn't continue to cook in the broth in the same manner. Still, these were within the acceptable range of doneness for Ramen noodles, and slightly under is definitely preferable to overcooked.
The toppings were not particularly generous, but what was there was good; the thinly sliced slice of Chashu was exceptionally tender, and the Menma had a certain sweetness that was very pleasant, however I thought the Wood Ear Mushrooms were less flavoursome than others I've had. I appreciated that the Chilli level could be tailored to taste (I would go for the full 20 level of heat next time), however I felt the fact all other additions were $3 each seemed a bit pricey. I could understand $3 for extra Chashu, however $3 just for extra garlic or for sweet corn seemed unreasonable. Also, when the asking price of $17.90 gives Lucky Chan's Tonkotsu Ramen the dubious distinction of being the most expensive regular bowl of Ramen I can think of in Perth (excluding large upsizes and Arigataya's triple-sized Mega Ramen), I don't think half of a Half Cooked Egg for free is too much to expect, especially when the half cooked egg served at the Night Noodle Markets was the only geniunely impressive component on the plate. When you consider Tonkotsu Ramen with Karaage and half an egg can be had at Kai and Hikaru Ramen for $9.80, and $10.90 respectively, $20.90 for Lucky Chan's with an egg seems very hard to justify.
Being a Miso fan, Alissa ordered the Danny Ramen, the eponymous chef's choice and house specialty dish. This is basically a Sapporo-style Spicy Miso Ramen with Sweet Corn and Butter added, similar in style to what is served at Nao in Perth (with the addition of Corn and Butter) and Sapporo in Carlisle. As with the Tonkotsu, we were relieved to find that Lucky Chan's Miso Broth was very good, with a good depth of Miso flavour, unctuousness from the Butter and pops of sweetness from the corn. This was better than the Miso Broths we had at Sapporo, Hikaru and even Kai, though I would still say Nao - and to a lesser extent Dosukoi and Arigataya - do Miso better. While the Minced Pork was quite tasty, Alissa and I agreed that Chashu or Karaage would have been preferable, and Alissa came up with the excellent suggestion that Ramen Fried Chicken should be an optional additional topping or substitute. At $15.90, this was closer to a more reasonable price for a bowl of Ramen, and would be comparable to the $15 for the Spicy Miso with Corn, Butter and Mince added at Nao. Overall, Alissa enjoyed the Danny Ramen, although some Fried Chicken and a more reasonable asking price for additional Roasted Garlic would have pushed this bowl to the next level for her.
The Verdict: Very Good
Considering some of the poor reviews of haphazard service they received in their first week and the disappointment of the Shio at the Pop-Up, Alissa and I were glad to say that we enjoyed the food at Lucky Chan's a lot more than we had expected, and were impressed by good service and a pretty good wine list as well. The Chicken Bao was a must try entree (the Whitebait less so) but at the end of the day the Ramen is the restaurant's star attraction. I always say Ramen is 40% broth, 40% noodles and 20% toppings, and Lucky Chan's are already a good way there with both their Tonkotsu and Spicy Miso broths being quite impressive and comparable to some of the better broths we've tried in Australia and overseas. The noodles too were pretty good, and if they were a little underdone I feel like this is something they will be able to work out with a bit more time and experimentation.
Where their Ramen falls a bit behind a few of our other favourites in Perth would be the toppings and lack of affordable customisation, as the options that came standard were good in terms of quality but a bit stingy in terms of quantity, and the $3 blanket charge for any extras other than chilli seemed way too steep for something like more additional garlic or an egg. Additionally, Karaage or Ramen Fried Chicken would have been a nice alternative to substitute in - a common option offered by other restaurants. Affordability and value for money was probably our major issue with the restaurant in general, as every dish seemed about $2 more expensive than local and Eastern States price benchmarks for this kind of food, and would be a consideration for Alissa and I in making repeat visits. Still, Lucky Chan's has definitely debuted as one of the better Ramen restaurants in Perth, and we'll be interested to see how they improve and develop their Ramen as time goes on.


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Former Pompey winger Ben Tollitt has quickly established himself as a fans' favourite at National League high-fliers Tranmere Rovers.
And the pacy 22-year-old, who left the Blues in December after an initial loan stay with Rovers, earned the praise of Whites boss Micky Mellon with a stunning two-goal display at Woking.
Firing the promotion-chasing visitors to third place in the table, Tollitt – who has netted five goals in 15 games – turned heads at Kingfield Stadium on Tuesday night with a brilliant second-half double.
Cutting on to his left foot he curled his first – and Tranmere's second – past former Pompey keeper Michael Poke from the edge of the box.
His second, though, showed glimpses of the potential shown at Fratton Park when he ran the length of the pitch before slotting past Poke with his right foot.
Mellon said: 'He is a real talent.
'He is a lad of great promise.
'He is still very young and still learning the game – but he wants to learn.
'And he is getting better all of the time.'


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An international team of scientists has discovered the fossilized remains of the largest snake known to have lived - a monster that weighed more than 1,000 kilograms and was about the size of a bus, at around 13 meters in length.
The researchers say the boa-like creature roamed the rainforests of what is now northern Colombia some 60 million years ago, when the world was far warmer than it is now.
The scientists who found the remains named the creature, Titanoboa cerrejonensiss, titanic boa from Cerrejon, after the open-pit coal mine where the bones were discovered.
They say the gigantic snake probably munched on crocodiles and lived like modern anacondas, spending most of its time in the water and wrapping itself around its unfortunate prey.
The discovery breaks the record for snake length by about three meters, surpassing that of a creature that lived about 40 million years ago in Egypt.
The longest of today's snakes is a python measuring about nine meters.
The scientists' findings have been published in the journal Nature.
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First, this blog is a total copy of at least one other blog I've read, not to mention the picture above is from another blog about the same subject. Second, there is a very good chance that one of you reading this (of the two people that may read this blog) have this type of thing on your car. Sorry, don't me to offend you, but you're dumb.
Ok, I try to think the best of people, so I don't necessarily see danger in the man filling up his gas tank next to me at the gas station or parked behind me in the Meijer parking lot. Also, I'm obviously not overly protective of my privacy, seeing as how I have a blog and a facebook account and even a twitter account, which I never use, but still. But seriously, why would anyone put these stickers on the back of their car? First of all, they scream "a woman owns this car." I don't mean to be sexist or anything, but how many men do you know that have stickers like these on their cars? Like I said, I'm not overly cautious but I still don't want Mr. Rapist man to be like..."hey, this looks like a good car to hang around and wait for unsuspecting woman to come to." Also, the stickers are not just cute little decorations for your car. "Hey Mr. Rapist, not only am I a woman, but I have two young children who may or may not be with me, how does that sound? Oh don't worry, I don't have a big dog hiding in the back seat or anything, because as you can see from my cute little kitten sticker, I only have a pet cat...and a gold fish."
What are the benefits of these stickers? "Oh, I think that is my old high school boyfriend behind me in his car...that will really stick it to him that I'm obviously happily married with two kids and a dog and we are all having fun in our various activities as pictured on the back of my awesome minivan....take that for not taking me to senior prom!"
I find some car statements funny - I like the one about my dog being smarter than your honor student - but if you're going to go for the whole stick figure thing, this is what I would do...