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MOVE-IN WEEKEND: Aug. 13-15
Moving is always exhausting and draining, no matter when or how you do it. However, this time felt especially daunting, given the five weeks of frantic house renovations that lead up to move-in weekend.
Luckily, we happen to have some really wonderful friends who drove far (and short) distances to help us. When Seth, Julie, Nick, and Mark rolled in to town on Friday night, they found Tim, Josh, Will, Kevin, and I tired and weary, but they were eager and energetic - which was exactly what we needed.
Seth and Julie offered some much needed advice in the plumbing department, since they had done a lot of plumbing on their own house recently. Nick is a git 'er done kind of worker, and started loading up the van almost immediately. With the extra hands and the extra energy, we were able to get everything moved, the old house cleaned, and the toilets and sinks installed and leak-free by Sunday night! We really couldn't have done it without our friends.
We did have a slight setback on Saturday when the electricity in half the house went out. Nate Delong worked diligently to fix the problem, but it ended up being a problem with Duke (go figure). So we finished moving and plumbing at the new house without air conditioning, which was....hot.
A special thanks to: Seth & Julie Rowe, Mark Taracuk, Nick Cattin, Ellie Hansotte, Kristen Svenstrup, Whitney Dather, Nick Felton, Nate Delong, Travis Jeffords, Jessica Adams, Tim Street, and probably more that I've forgotten at this point...
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Mistico is now Sin Cara. WWE announced the signing of the biggest star in Mexico of the last decade with unusual fanfare for them: today's press conference, a few introductory articles on their website and a photogallery of him in CMLL. He's got an official facebook page, and hopefully a twitter account coming soon.
Sin Cara says he did not know which brand he would end up, and they were not specific on when he would debut. Everything we've heard is that he will be on WWE TV soon (clips from this press conference may air soon, certainly on the Mexican edits of WWE TV) and we'd expect him to end up with Alberto del Rio and Rey Misterio.
Sin Cara's mask is very familiar to Mistico fans – it's basically the mask he wore last year when teaming with Averno in different colors, and with cloth covering the eye lids. The intention is to be similar; they want the Mexican fans to know this is Mistico and he's going to the WWE, and they should watch WWE even more to see him now.
I'm not sure if any of you use TweetDeck – it's really good if you're using multiple accounts or want to get an update every time someone's tweet includes a word or phrase. I usually track CMLL and have been tracking Mistico the last month. Every time there's a match or a new tweet, it gives you a little ding and pops up the message. The soundtrack to my afternoon has been "ding (pause) ding (pause) ding (pause) ding (pause) ding". Very few of those dings were about Texano/Terrible vs Porky/Maximo. The word is out in Mexico about this change and we all hope he does very well.

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Orton-Gillingham Australia Institute for Multisensory Language education
What better way to spend one week of a two week winter break than attending a course!
I stumbled over the end of term finish line all but exhausted but now I am totally pumped with learning a new skill and increased awareness of dyslexia. Go figure!! I have been waiting almost a year to participate in this course. It's only held once a year in Sydney and
I am thrilled to be attending.
Today I was privileged to sit under the expert guidance of Jodi Clements, the president of the Australian Dyslexic Association. She is an excellent presenter and her knowledge of linguistics is to be admired greatly.
We covered much in a day packed with theory.
One area covered was…
The Task of Reading
We examined and discussed the steps involved in reading and how each sequential step is vital for automaticity in reading success.
1. recognition of the letters of the alphabet. if you don't recognise the system it makes no sense!
2. understanding of the speech sounds that the letters represent that can be blended to make words.
3. vitality of meaning. Merely pronunciation words is not an indication of success in reading.
4. finally decoding words accurately, fluently and automatically
Naturally we started with the basics to ensure everyone's understanding of terms was full and correct and then moved on to bigger and better things.
Looking forward to a great day again tomorrow.
Nite, nite!
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Mario Kart fans rejoice, Nintendo announced that the Super Mario franchise will finally be available on smart devices everywhere no later than the fiscal year ending in March 2019. Android and iOS users will soon be able to download the Mario Kart Tour app, which is expected to be free and have in-game purchases. Last year, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the first release of the series on the company's latest console, Nintendo Switch. So far, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. The Switch console have reached record-breaking sales of over 14.8 million units worldwide, making it Nintendo's biggest selling console in years.
While it's far too early to know exactly how the Mario Kart Tour's mobile gameplay will turn out, some fans are already speculating that it might have an 'endless runner' type of platform, while others believe that players will be able to race in different kingdoms inspired by real world culture and so forth.
The very first Super Mario Kart game was released back 1992 on the Super NES console. The Mario Kart series is one of the Super Mario franchise's most well-received games by the gaming industry's top critics. It's fun, entertaining and somewhere out there, a major party staple.
For those that aren't familiar with the Mario Kart series in general, it's a multi-player go-kart racing game where players get to choose popular Super Mario Bros. characters such as: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, Toad, Waluigi, Wario and many others. The racecourse is plagued with hazardous obstacles including banana peels and Koopa turtle shells. Racers will be able to pick up many helpful item boxes on the track for power-ups, extra speed and slowing down your racing competition. Mario Kart was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, a popular Japanese game designer and producer. Nintendo are planning to develop more games for mobile use, they currently have a few titles available now on smartphones: Super Mario Run, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes.


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Sunday morning, waking too late to attend church after not sleeping well, I took a few lazy hours to do some gluten-free, egg-free, allergen-free baking. (That's the contrast between baking on a Sunday after a week off and baking on a normal weeknight: it felt lazy and enjoyable yesterday, not frenetic or harried.) I planned […]
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Yesterday was a good day. Perhaps it's continuing into today, actually. First of all, I weighed in at 175.4 pounds yesterday morning. (Today it's actually a bit lower, but I'm going with my Saturday weigh-in.) To weigh 175 pounds has been a goal that's been stuck in my head for some reason; 175 seems like […]
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176.4–.6 pound loss. I'm getting down to weights that feel weird for me to type, honestly. It's been that long since I've seen them. Mentally, I still instinctively think of myself as being 'around 190,' which really isn't true anymore! It will blow my mind when I get into the 160s. I was reading someone's […]
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So the other day my friend randomly linked this song called" Forever" by the band HAIM, and since then I've found a new form of happiness!
Especially because they sound a bit old school, but when I found out they we're only just coming out I got really excited. I need their album in my life! Visit their youtube page


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After a long wait Sania reached to the finals of the Australian Open Mixed Doubles tournament but her journey to the mixed doubles crown was stopped on the way by Tiantian Sun of China and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia -7-6, 6-4.
It is being said that Sania was unable to to cope up the pressure of the match due to the injuries received by her earlier in the year. However we would say that it was a good effort by Sania to prove some points before her fans.
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In the interview, he said one of his greatest disappointments during his tenure has been the administration's decision to stop the license application process for Yucca Mountain as a long-term repository for high-level radioactive waste.
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Here's a brief preview of his frustrations about the Yucca Mountain stalemate in the Obama Administration.
Bloomberg BNA: What have been some of your biggest challenges at the NRC and how you attempted to overcome them?
William Ostendorff: It's been a challenge of the country moving forward with developing a geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. I was a senior official at the Department of Energy in 2008 when it submitted the license application for Yucca Mountain to the NRC. When I got here in April 2010, the Department of Energy had just submitted a motion of withdrawal of its license application for Yucca with our agency. I did not agree with the Department of Energy. I thought doing so would have been in violation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
I'm not a zealot for Yucca Mountain. I'm not politically charged to move toward a Yucca Mountain, but I do know the nation needs a repository and I've been very disappointed in the lack of progress. I've said on many occasions, if the Congress and the administration do not like Yucca as a site, that's fine, go change the law. But right now, the law as it still stands says Yucca Mountain is a repository site.
I'm very proud of the work the NRC staff has done. In January 2015, they published a safety evaluation report for Yucca Mountain, which found that that site would meet all safety requirements out to 1 million years. We've also found in an environmental impact statement, the environmental impacts of the Yucca Mountain site would be small. So I'm hopeful that the country moves forward. The NRC has done its job, now it's up to the Department of Energy and administration to move forward here.
Bloomberg BNA: What are the next steps that need to be taken in order to move forward with Yucca Mountain as a permanent repository?
Ostendorff: The NRC has not had funding in recent years to move forward with the adjudicatory process. There are a number of contentions that legally we have to be dispositioned in a court room. I have continuously supported Yucca Mountain funding in my votes as an individual commissioner. I acknowledge that there's not been funding requested by the NRC and the administration.
So funding is the first step. With funding, we'd move forward to reconstitute the licensing board panels to look at the various contentions that have been filed in the case.
Bloomberg BNA subscribers can read the remainder of the interview at Ostendorff: Yucca Stalemate Biggest Disappointment at NRC.
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April 22 1911 was the date and the people of Fez were on edge because news had reached them that a large number of visitors were expected in the city. And it wasn't tourists, but a large force of French soldiers. However, it was to be sometime before the French arrived as the countryside was hostile and with very few roads.
|The route from Rabat to Fez in 1911
French Ready to March on Fez
|French Colonel Brulard heads to Fez
OUR EDITOR NOTES: "In the interest of authenticity we reproduced the text exactly. However, we feel that typographic errors are not a modern curse and that in 1911 the journalist responsible probably intended to write "women" not "woman" as we are assured there was more than one of them in Fez at the time!


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Living on Refried Dreams....
Friday, November 20, 2009
Nothing special
Today it felt good to "dress up" (meaning, nice sweater, jeans, boots, makeup and hair done) and go to lunch with an old girlfriend today.
I forgot what it was like to take a second and just....
feel beautiful.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Meet Virginia.
Screw the shot. I got stabbed.
#3 on my wishlist of things to get done....
I went to PP and got the god-awful coochie test. Why do you want to hear this? Because, maybe if you're like me, the longer you stay outta the States... you prolly don't have insurance any longer. Yes. There are plenty of qualified gynos in Mexico... but I don't feel that comfy with my drawers dropped and hubby standing right behind me, translating for me about my whoo-ha. There are
things we just don't do.
Good news. After my finger stabbing and blood check, my blood sugar levels are great, I am NOT anemic, and I'm negative on the hiv. Fabulous, right? I got my check up and when it came down to pay...the bill was $40. Forty dollars. And if you really don't want to pay the $40, since I'm no longer making an income in the States.... it is not mandatory. Well, Shheeesh... I could afford the 40 bucks.... and feel a whole lot better knowing that I took care of myself on this trip. I should get my results back in a week, hopefully before I leave... and pray those cancer cells haven't come back.
So all you ladies, please get a check up, if you haven't already, next time you head back to the States. It won't drain your bank account and you'll feel like a million bucks.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dolla Dolla Bill Y'all.....
Started out like this....
Moved here.....
and ended up there.
Or maybe not in that particular order... but all were a part of yesterday's crazy, crazy times. I met up with quite a few kats yesterday, starting off with Efran, one of hubby's homies from
back in the day. This kat paints cars and had painted our old ride with a clean ass flake and the base flames on our truck. If we ever do decide to buy that 58 impala that's been around town in GDL, he's def. the guy to come down and paint it! He's amazing!
I met up later, after checking out bridesmaid dresses and doing lil sis' hair, with those crazy kats who spent Cervantino with us in Guanajuato. It was Tupa's birthday, and what could be better than starting off with a bottle?
Remember last time, starting with a bottle? You would think I learned the consequences of mixing drinks... but no. My liver isn't speaking to me. Starting at the Fireside Lounge, we started with a scorpion. I thought it would be those flaming ones from Mexico... but was greeted with Rum soaked gummy worms instead. Wine, cocktails, tequila and beer summed up our night, ending the fun at the Men's Club. With all our dolla' bills lined up, we were a bit disappointed to see the D-list lined up on a Monday nite. The night ended with Biscuits and Gravy back at the casino... and I drove safely home.
and the cop car?
ha. that was Efran's project for the day. I took the photo for old times sake. Trying to
err... remember the last time I was in the back of a po-po.
Crazy times in Reno.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time to Party!!!
Post #100
Who knew this blogger thing would be soooo addicting?
First off, kudos to all of you who are sharing their daily frustrations here in Mexico and...
THANK YOU to the people that read my silly blog and make me feel NORMAL!!! You are amazing!
I originally started this blog to vent and express my inner frustrations that, at the time, were difficult to relay to dear ole hubby. What I didn't expect, was to find a wide variety of wonderful women (and men!) who are struggling and enjoying the daily battles and triumphs in beanerville. Thank you again. Keep doing what you do best. As much as you all make things easier for myself and family to adjust, I would like to contribute a little more. Are there any questions or requested topics that you would like to see on here? I think I post such random things, it would be nice to post something that might just make someone's journey a bit easier.
The phone lines are open.
With all thanks aside, I am freeeeezin in Reno. I thought it was chilly in Mexico, but here in Reno, it's pushin' 40 during the day and God-awful bone chilling temps at night. After leaving, Little One has been sick and daddy took him to the ER (for 200 pesos... can u believe that?!?) and he ended up with a shot. :( Moosecake is already tired of playing little momma. And hubby, he's pissed that Sportsmans' (sporting goods in Reno)doesn't carry his precious Sweet Beavers any longer. (HA! it's a fishing lure, i swear!) I WAS able to find at CostPlus World Market a wine pump for $10 bucks and Misto, an olive oil spritzer, for $10 as well. What a find! There goes two to my wishes right off the bat for a reasonable price. (I also saw them at Bed Bath & Beyond). I also, have not smoked,drank more than a ONE glass of wine at a sitting, and made an appt with PP for a routine PAP. I'm on a roll!!! When not searching for the next golden egg, I've done nothing else that WORK WORK WORK. I'm exhausted... but I don't have to use any cc's, or change over any money. It's nice to go back to quilting for a few weeks... but I'll be happy to leave it and go back to tattooing!!!
Again, much deserved thanks to all my followers! You guys are wonderful!
Refried Dreamer
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The whole truth and nothing but.
Well, so long, farewell. Off to see the wizard. Or dear mom in Reno. Since these posts haven't been running in a timely manner, I'm sure you won't notice a difference in my posting times. I have just arrived in Phoenix, solemmly preparing for a four hour wait for my connecting flight. Why am I waiting so long? Well, after my last two flight horrors, I decided to plan ahead and give myself a cushion between flights.
And of course, everything just HAD to run smoothly.
I await my flight in, believe it or not, "La Taberna del Tequila", airport restaurant in Phoenix.... whose signature drink is made with 1800.
Nonethless, I bought a few magazines, a glass of merlot, and am camped out in the patio, crowd watching and finding about a 101 reaons I should change my life. I found a blog before I left entitled "Bikini Before 30" and I thought,
HOLY SHIT. She's speaking to me!
This gal decided that she is gonna be her sexy self for her 30th birthday. After reading
some wonderful insight and inspiration
, I've declared that my thirties will be my sexiest, flirtiest, and slutiest (with my husband, of course.)
I want to feel good, look good and be happy with all of my lumps and bumps. Most times, I feel great about myself, clothes, hair, rockin my decorated self. Turn off the lights and close the door, I transform into a self conscious nightmare. Car accidents, surgery scars... and being uh, "thick" makes me wanna put on my jammies and skip the foreplay.
Yeah, really. Big ups to the ex for giving me that complex
. There's sometimes a lot of tension between hubby and I, especially on the acceptance of myself and my faults.
And then
I was meant to find that blog. I WILL wear a bikini, or at least a bathing suit by the time I'm 30. I decided to start my trip by changing my habits solo and then once I've changed, bring home the glory. I bought two magazines in the airport,(in ENGLISH!) For some reason, I feel that as a victory! In between my food colored blue tortilla quesadilla with microwaved chicken, I managed to pick up a few starting tips. Here's my list of things to work on this year to fufill my 30's.
Olive oil spritzer.
I hate Pam. I want to find a spritzing can for it so we use less oil in our cooking.
Stop Smoking.
I know. Bad habit.
Get a checkup at PP.
No insurance. no $$....I have had cervical cancer in the past. Might as well get it done and checked in REno than have hubby accompany me to the gyno in Mexico and help translate. Awwwkwaaaard!
Take better care of my skin.... and Moosecake's too.
All that stuff that will help her in her tweens and keep me as far from 30 as possible.
That even though a glass of wine is good for your heart, a bottle kills your liver.
I won't give it up completely, so something to prolong the life of a bottle, might do our bodies some good.
Drink more water.
Become a redhead.
No point to this one. I just like Scarlet Johansson's new 'do
Open up separate bank accts for own goals.
ING, ( i think there is one in Mexico), let's you subtitle accts. so that you know what it's going towards, like vacays...that's good, right?
Hit the gym.
I know, I know. I was good for awhile.
And in the meantime, while I'm up here, pick up some of those Shape Staples!
no one has to know!
But first,
maybe I'll have some Starbucks. hehe.... it's Freeeeezin up here!
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dia de Los Muertos Letdown.
I have been fascinated with day of the dead, sugar skulls,
, altars... so much in fact, I was thinking about dedicating my legs to tattoos of such awesomeness. This would be my first real DOD here, since I missed last one travelling back to the States. We declined welcomes to visit Patzcuaro and Aguascalientes from friends that traveled from the States to experience the cultures here.The family and I headed back to San Pancho to visit the graves of family and old memories.
This year's Day of the Dead sucked.
The small town of San Pancho took more time celebrating Halloween than I think DOD. On top of that, my suegra's street was part of the
. (A block party during the month of Oct. The town changes
every week.) Hubby told me that he remembers the streets being full, drinking, dancing.... till the weeeeee hours of the morning. With the addition of Halloween, I figured that it would be a rowdy night and ate plenty of carbs during the day to help soothe the drinking that was bound to come.
Nope. I gained like 5 pounds.
Halloween was weird. We got there at 7pm. Apparently, here in this town, there are no
handing out
.... in fact, you have to go downtown to the businesses... and get your candy. The kids got dressed quickly and booked it to centro. And yes, at 8 o'clock sharp, the businesses shut down and candy time was over. We did get some yummy corn and
aquas frescas
. Nonetheless, the kids had a great time. Little One transformed into Bumblebee and was the envy of every 6 year old with his super cool costume. Moosecake decided to be a bat/angel/fairy? and dressed the part. We returned to Granny's house, expecting a street full of drunken glee.... nope. Hubby was disappointed. He's always told me of all these crazy stories in Mexico, with the coolest traditions and harmless fun. This wasn't the first time Mexico has failed him.
kept up the cheer and demanded that hubby return with a bottle of tequila. We spent the night drinking with his
and throwing our OWN
The following morning,Dia de los Santos, we headed out to three cemetaries. We stopped at some stands to pick up some meaningful calaveras and flowers. The final cemetary was to be our campout for the night. After taking a bunch of photos and cleaning off the altars, we finally headed out for Hubby's brother's grave. We brought chairs, beer, flowers,
... and planned to spend the night reminiscing with dear momma.
Nope. At 6o clock around came the guards. The cemetary was being closed, like all the others.
What the &*$%? Do you know what day it is?
Apparently, they did. The cemetary was being closed anyways. How sad for all the parents who come to pray for their lost and loved children. Damn. We returned home and instead,we finished our own personal altar. I turned my little Moosecake into my own
and took as many photos as she would let me.
We returned to GDL on Day of the Dead for some of hubby's appointments. Guadalajara, for sure, would be more up to the spirit and be rockin some of the DOD festivites. Couldn't find a thing. At night, we planned on visiting some of the downtown cemetaries, which I was sure would be full and lit up. NOPE. ALL the cemetaries had been closed at 6. For what? Friggin' dengue. Damn it. wear a jacket.
It's good. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that the gov't is thinking about the public health. But at the same time... I was disappointed that I didn't get to experience the festivities, like in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Oaxaca and other cool
. There were no catrinas, no public altars, no mariachis, no candles lighting up the night. The other disappointment was with Mexico itself. Where were all the traditions, the illuminacion, the folklores? Mexico has been changing rapidly, transforming itself similar to the States. I'm sure that's great for the economy and whatnot, but what is happening to the traditions here in MExico? What will happen to the culture, the foods, the stories?
Mexico better have a comeback next year.
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I've been living in Mexico now for about a two years with my hubby and 2 kids. Not exactly by choice, but we're here nonetheless. Luckily, I live with quite a few of the accomodations that i was used to in the states. In spite of those convienences, we also have a water tank with asbestos, outdated electricity, massive amounts of dust, caterpillars that burn your skin, and thousands of windshield washers on every street corner. My kiddos and I are learning to speak spanish and adjust to life away from our family and friends in the States.
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Time Zones: Two Hours by the Ganges River
With Pen and Paper, a Hindu Priest Helps Pilgrims Trace Their Past
Monday, December 10, 2007
HARIDWAR, India As the sun sets over the banks of the fast-moving Ganges River here in the foothills of the Himalayas, the pilgrims and their priests laze in the 4:30 p.m. twilight. Some sip lime sodas on the windy veranda of the Haveli Hari Ganga, once home to Indian royalty and now a hotel for religious devotees.
"I am here," announces the bearded Ashish Sharma Pawan, a priest who serves as a family record keeper and who arrives holding a thick, 2 1/2-foot-long sheaf of handwritten entries dating back 144 years.
Millions of Hindu families in northern India come to priests such as Pawan to record their family trees, a tradition that has survived Mughal conquests, British colonialism and even the Internet. They also ask him to conduct funeral rites or simply to help them pray by the Ganga Ma, or Mother Ganges, as the river is known.
On this winter afternoon, all around the winding alleyways of this ancient city, religious tourists have arrived by train, by bus and by swollen feet. Those with money hurry to their hotels. Those without carry foam mattresses and mosquito nets to camp near some of the most hallowed temples in Indian mythology.
Haridwar is one of Hinduism's holiest cities, and a journey here is as sacred as a Muslim's journey to Mecca or a Catholic's trip to Rome. Some come to see the record books and perform pujas, or prayers. Others come to spread the ashes of loved ones.
At 5 p.m., Pawan carefully unties the dark blue and red woolen book cover. Just as four generations of his forefathers did before him, he unfurls the frayed pages of records for 2,500 families.
The pages are filled with script in Arabic, Sanskrit used generations ago and dialects of Persian mixed with tribal languages. These days, Hindi is northern India's predominant language. The foreign letters in the book represent the past, says Pawan, 28. There are hundreds of priests, or pandas, like Pawan in this city, and each works for a set of families.
"It's so lovely that we still feel so emotionally connected to seeing the books," coos Parthi Krishnan, a hotel manager marveling at the record book's faded pages. There were remarks written by relatives through the years: "A good listener," one entry said. "Hard worker," another said.
"You see, a computer has no feeling," Pawan explained. "There is an intimacy in seeing the handwritten notes of a family."
At 5:45 p.m., it's time for the evening river worship known as ganga aarti, held every day on the western bank of the Ganges.
Pawan's brother carefully takes the book from his arms to return it to the records library, a tiny concrete room filled with books. The door to the room is padlocked.
"We take better care of these books than we do of ourselves," Pawan says.


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In the summer of 2014 I was planting a new area with poppies, and had a little of Grandpa's worm castings left. I had sowed a strip 2 ft wide by 24 ft long with seed, but I only had enough worm castings to cover about 15 ft of this strip with the thinnest layer. Four or Five weeks later when Mike of Grandpa's came over to visit he was amazed and pointed out the poppies to me. They were all about 8 inches tall and fully flowered for 15 ft of my strip. Past the 15ft mark were dozens of small 1″ plants, still too small to identify.
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Gather you soil and amendments, whatever your particular mix is. Premix these and then mix 4 parts soil mix to 1 part castings. This will give you a rich 20% mixture. Use this by the wheel barrow or 5 gallon bucket to bed your plants in their pre-dug holes. If you are placing compost at the bottom of the hole and the remainder of your soil around and on top, then mix the castings into the bulk of your soil, omitting the compost.
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31 August 2016
Ultrasound brain zap wakes man from minimally conscious state
WHAT an awakening. A man has been roused from a minimally conscious state by stimulating his brain with ultrasound.
The 25-year-old man, who had suffered a severe brain injury after a road traffic accident, progressed from having only a fleeting awareness of the outside world to being able to answer questions and attempting to walk.
He was the first person to undergo an experimental procedure that stimulates the thalamus area using pulses of ultrasound. "It's extremely exciting," says Martin Monti at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Monti and his team have been searching for a way to help people with injuries that cause disorders of consciousness. One kind of disorder is a minimally conscious state, in which a person shows fluctuating signs of awareness, but cannot communicate.
Animal experiments suggest that stimulating the thalamus might help promote arousal. Rats under anaesthesia can be woken faster after thalamic stimulation, for example. But the thalamus is deep inside the brain, making it difficult to try on people.
"I made a fist and asked him to fist-bump me. He immediately put his fist out and bumped me"
Deep brain stimulation is possible. In 2007, a 38-year-old man who had been in a minimally conscious state for six years showed some signs of recovery after receiving deep brain stimulation to his thalamus, but this involved implanting electrodes into his brain, a procedure that risks damaging other areas.
Monti's team decided to try using low-intensity ultrasound, which can safely modulate deep brain tissues without harming surrounding areas. They tried this technique on a patient who had been in a minimally conscious state for almost three weeks.
Monti placed an ultrasound transducer on the patient's temple, using brain scans to check he had positioned it correctly. Then they stimulated the man's thalamus for 10 minutes, alternating between 30 seconds of ultrasound and 30 seconds rest.
Immediately afterwards, the man scored worse on tests of consciousness. "Taking part in procedures like this fatigues the injured brain very quickly," says Monti.
But the following morning was a different story. The patient was starting to vocalise and gesture in response to questions, behaviours he had not shown before (Brain Stimulation, doi.org/bpkb). "He seemed to clearly understand language and was trying to communicate," says Monti.
Over the next three days the man started answering questions by nodding or shaking his head. "I made a fist with my hand and said 'can you fist-bump me?' " says Monti. "He immediately put his fist out and bumped me, no pause or anything." A week later, the patient tried to walk.
But we can't know yet whether his recovery might have been a coincidence. "I'd love to start yelling success, this is exactly what we hoped we would see," says Monti. "But we can't get too excited before testing it on others. The patient could have spontaneously recovered in that period of time. It would have been serendipitous, but possible."
Mohamad Koubeissi at George Washington University, Washington DC, agrees that Monti's report is promising. However, he also says that young people can recover spontaneously. "A controlled trial in patients with various [disorders of consciousness] is warranted before making any definitive conclusions," he says.
The team hopes to test the procedure on 10 to 15 people with disorders of consciousness.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Brain zap restores consciousness"


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Rooster Cogburn shows Mattie Ross how to fire a pistol. John Wayne's
interpretation of the weathered but fiery Rooster Cogburn in True Grit
interpretation of the weathered but fiery Rooster Cogburn in True Grit
would ignite more than audience appreciation-- it would
demand a sequel.
The most obvious example is John Wayne's reprisal of the role of Rooster Cogburn from the Academy Award winning True Grit in the following feature Rooster Cogburn 6 years later. After the huge success of the first film, the Duke was asked to get back in the saddle, literally, to cash in on a plum character to whom his audiences had so energetically responded. The plot of the first film involved Marshal Cogburn aiding a young girl, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), in her quest to avenge the death of her father by the hand of Tom Chaney. Chaos ensues amidst comic relief, justice is won, and unexpected affection is born. Duke's convincing and multi-layered performance was reason enough for the studio to come up with a belated sequel of sorts. This time, Rooster would go toe-to-toe not with a precocious girl but with an equally iron-willed woman, Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn). Instead of generational miscomprehension, flirtation and unfulfilled romance permeate the story, with Rooster again tracking down a band of outlaws who have this time killed Eula's father. Both films possess a certain charm and daring, and both remain classics, though True Grit is the most honored. Interestingly, Rooster Cogburn in a way was a duplication for Kate Hepburn as well, since she had portrayed a very similar character to Eula when she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen. In both, she plays a strong, older, religious female who is unceremoniously usurped of her home and family-- in Queen,the loss is her brother-- and joins an older curmudgeon on an unexpected journey. In both, victory is, of course, won, and her obstinacy and devotion inevitably whittle down her male counterparts' hearts to nothing. The African Queen remains more noteworthy for Kate, but it is in Rooster Cogburn that you get to witness the 68-year-old actress operate a machine gun. Not too shabby.
Don't mess with the classics: John and Kate continue to kick
tail even in their sixties.
Clark Gable too came back for another round, but this time he appeared in his own remake. In 1932, Clark had starred opposite Jean Harlow (together, left) and Mary Astor in Red Dust. In 1953, proving that at age 52 he was still indeed The King, he again ventured into the wild, but this time with Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly. The plots remain almost identical, with the love triangle of the un-tameable Dennis Carson/Victor Marswell (Gable) caught between the virgin and the whore, and the complex nature of both women making it difficult to decide who deserves which title. In the end, he lets the dutiful-- albeit tempted-- married woman go and embraces his true soul mate-- the tainted but lovable shipwrecked floozy with a heart of gold. The main difference in story is Clark's profession, which in Red Dust involves running a rubber plantation and in Mogambo is the trapping of animals. Yet, in both films, his happy isolation is invaded: first by a sensuous woman of the world and later by a prudish couple who are either surveying or studying anthropology as the story dictates. Artistically, both versions are triumphs, with Gable not failing to establish believable chemistry with all four women. There is a definite charm in watching him volley off true life pal Jean Harlow in the former version, but Ava Gardner brings such comedy and heart to her own interpretation of "Honey Bear" that Mogambo cannot be ignored. Mary Astor, already a seasoned performer by the time of filming, seems much more at home than Grace Kelly, for whom Mogambo was only her third film, but the smoldering lust beneath both women's placid demeanors is evident and thoroughly intriguing. Pitting director Victor Fleming against John Ford is too a hard debate to wage, with perhaps Ford coming a little closer to victory. In all honesty, the competition results in a draw. The Red Dust vs. Mogambo phenomenon is most profound for the fact that it is a direct remake that re-stars its male lead, cementing the fact that no one, but no one, can replace Clark Gable.
Choices, choices... Poor Clark must choose between the
luscious Ava and the tempting Grace in Mogambo.
Peter O'Toole is too no stranger to double-takes, and his performance as Henry II in Becket made certain that no other actor could possibly usurp his throne. He put the crown on again 4 years later when he starred in The Lion in Winter. Nominated for his portrayal both times, he would miss out on Academy Award night first to Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady and later to Cliff Robertson for Charly. The first film witnesses a young Henry-- about 15 years after inheriting the throne-- and his constant battles with friend, moral compass, and foe Thomas Beckett. In the end, Henry's immaturity and selfishness, along with his inherent need to protect his throne and his England, forces him to take arms against Becket (played with equal magnificence by Richard Burton) and have him killed (he eyes his work, right). Fast forward to 13 or so years later in the story of Lion. Henry has wizened and is facing his mortality. Recasting Peter in the role was more than a logical move; it was a brilliant one. The audience literally sees how he has aged; how the years of battle and politics have taken their toll, and too how he has successfully grown into his role as his country's leader. His errors of the past with Becket remain buried in his bones, a penance he still pays, and this past conflict is referred to whenever Henry's wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Kate Hepburn), wants to stick a needle in. The plot this time revolves around Henry's need to secure a heir to his throne. Sons Richard (Anthony Hopkins), Geoffrey (John Castle), and John (Nigel Terry) all plot, back stab, and battle for the place of honor. Eleanor stirs the pot, not just as a mother, but as a long since spurned lover whose husband has literally kept her locked up in jail to keep her out of his hair and give him free reign to indulge in numerous dalliances, including one with Alais (Jane Merrow), whom he means to marry after divorcing Eleanor. The bitter but unbreakable love between Henry and Eleanor comes to vengeful heights in this Christmas film that engenders anything but familial affection, and the performances of the entire cast are perfection. The dual Henry II films are both superb-- with the writing of Lion pushing it ever so slightly into the realm of cinematic genius-- but watching the progression of Peter O'Toole's Henry is the real reward.
The King and Queen prepare to feast... on each other.
Keeping things regal: before Cate Blanchett became the go-to girl for Queen Elizabeth, Flora Robson enjoyed the same privilege. Getting her start on the stage, Flora turned heads when she appeared as another Liz, Empress Elisabeth in Alexander Korda's The Rise of Catherine the Great. This in turn led to her casting as the notorious English ruler, Elizabeth I, in the 1937 production of Fire Over England. The film, while historically interesting, is more noteworthy today due to its casting of lovers Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, who were hot and heavy and both married to other spouses at the time of the filming. To see them before they had reached mutual and independent glory in Wuthering Heights (for him) and Gone with the Wind (for her) is quite interesting. But, while the acclaimed thespians fumble their way through the new medium, albeit eloquently, Flora holds her own and portrays her Queen with a combination of ferocity and humanity (all three, left). Her superb characterization was lauded as the best representation of the enigmatic Queen yet, which led to her casting a few years later in The Sea Hawk. This time, the plot, while equally full of intrigue and corruption, was lighter fare. Enjoying the company of Errol Flynn in his role as yet another charming swashbuckler, Flora's Queen this time around is more light-hearted and emotionally vulnerable, yet her power still comes into play when necessary. Her subtle and denied attractions to her leading men in both roles are pivotal in giving her character sympathy, yet her stoicism and sense of duty ring true in her portrayals of a matriarch. The Sea Hawk is a much more enjoyable film, involving piracy and romance, and Flora truly shines. Rumor has it that even the eternal cad Errol was smitten with her and loved every minute of working with a woman whom he considered to be a true pro.
Flora dominates Flynn in The Sea Hawk, a film into which both actors
injected a lightness and humor that reflected their
off-screen friendship.
Cecil B. DeMille was one man who loved to outdo himself. Proud of his cinematic accomplishments but never satisfied, growing technological advancements only made him more frustrated that his classic efforts became dated and outmoded over time. While he would too duplicate his work when he made the sequel to his cinematic debut, The Squaw Man- The Squaw Man's Son, starring Wallace Reid-- it wasn't until 1956 that he decided to give a piece of his work a complete and utter face lift. The Ten Commandments of 1923 was astounding in its day, and yet another reason that Cecil was being hailed as the filmmaker of his generation. The controversial religious themes, the risque subject matter, and the over the top special-effects splendor, left audiences enthralled and overwhelmed. Yet, as the years passed, and as Cecil always kept the conflicting urges of Godliness and Naughtiness close to his heart, he saw more and more opportunities to improve upon his past majesty-- if only to prove that just because his work was aging, it didn't mean that he couldn't keep up with the times. So, after 3 decades, he gave Moses another go, this time with Charlton Heston replacing Theodore Roberts as the chosen vessel to lead his people out of Egypt. Now in color, the scenes became even more vivid than in their silent predecessor. Special Effects too made the great parting of the Red Sea something to behold, the likes of which had never been seen before. Hailed by many as his best work, the film oddly would not be the one for which he won the ever desired Academy Award-- that honor was bestowed upon his The Greatest Show on Earth-- yet, as his last film, and an epic one at that, it remains his own personal testament-- not of the messages of right and wrong, but of what the great medium of Movies was capable.
Chuck Heston lays down the law in The Ten Commandments and
changes the rules of sin and cinema forever.
As we movie viewers are the recipients of contagious filmmaking-- which infects and spreads the same stories over and over with remakes upon remakes upon regurgitated remakes-- it is no surprise when we find ourselves getting that old, familiar feeling while watching the latest take on, say, the age old boy-meets-girl storyline. But, to witness one of our pioneers blatantly plagiarizing himself is a rare and somewhat baffling occurrence. Somehow, the above exceptions prove that sometimes it is indeed okay to be two-timed. While one artist ripping off or trying to out-do another can be somewhat abrasive to our sensibilities, witnessing the results of an auteur going mono e mono with himself can be quite revelatory, curious, and provocative. It is more common to see an actor take on similar roles to those he has in the past, or for a director to bring to life similar story lines that suit his tastes, but while Michael Haneke re-making his own 10-year-old Funny Games shot for shot may at first appear absurd, it is too entertaining for the audience to level the artist against himself and see what different ingredients against a different time can induce. This anomaly is actually the perfect measuring stick for change. Comparing one draft to another, we more fully witness how history "happens" by watching the way one particular performer has aged with time.


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Friday, August 30, 2013
Altered Journal for Marion Smith Designs!!
16 comments:
Ok, Nadia, you are the first person who talks about their creative process and describes - me!! I am a super fast scrapper, I don't over think things, and yes, balancing around little ones can be a challenge but the creative outlet is necessary so we make do, right? Lol!! Love this journal, so very beautiful - maybe my favorite from you, yet!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Thanks for posting this Nadia :) I often wondered how you manage to get so much done with 3 kiddies. Being a newish Mum myself (my daughter just turned 1) I too and hard pressed for time and scrap late at night :) I still don't believe you just stick things down though...your work is just too awesome!! I love your style you ate truly talented :)ReplyDeleteReplies
hahaha Kaitlynne.. I PROMISE! I just STICK IT DOWN AND MOVE ON!!! LOL!Delete
Thank you so much for your superwoman tips :) I often wondered how you do it with three litte girls at home. Being a student I often have to sneak in under the wire with my projects and I just hate that. Just like you, I'm not that good in working under pressure. Maybe your tips, especially the scraplifting yourself one, will help me out :)ReplyDelete
Your journal album is totally gorgeous by the way! I just love the grid pattern and all the layered embellishments on top.
Ya like everyone here I too wondered how do you manage making such amazing projects !! Nice you shared .Though you say ,that you lift your previous projects neither of them look same..!You are really an inspiration to do things fast within limited time..I loved this altered note book specially the textured layers n colors !ReplyDelete
Ok...first of... Your creations are amazing! Love them! And I also wanna thank you for this beautiful and encouraging post! Have a great creative weekend!ReplyDelete
In my eyes Nadia you are still a Goddess among Scrapbookers' whatever you say. It takes practice, discipline and artistic skill to produce the standard of work you do. I still feel totally incompetent every time I see your creations. So glad your little sweeties are good at night. I had a screamer, all night.....and half the day............. Nightmare!!ReplyDelete
Mmmmm...I am not fast and yes I over think everything!!! Maybe I need to change my mind set somehow?I'm in awe of your quality of work and love getting some tips from you...Awesome project Nadia!ReplyDelete
I love reading about your process! And your work is always fabulous! Love it..xReplyDelete
Wow that is sound advice! Stick it down and move on.. I fart around a lot sometimes... put it down, take it off, put something else down, take it off.. of course there are 100 ways you could create something!! Your work is always wonderful.. layered up, embellished beautifully, so you just create from your heart and not let your head get in the way of a good layout!!hehe! So glad your girls are all settled in together!! Have a lovely weekend!ReplyDelete
Fantastic notebook cover, I really like the lattice cut tout background.ReplyDelete
Well, Nadia, your routine works wonderfully! It sounds much like mine being a neat freak and the fact that I don't have a dedicated scrap space and use the dining room table--which needs to be cleared in order to feed the family. The only difference is your work is so beautiful and mine is still a learning process. Love your notebook cover.ReplyDelete
Great advices! And it's fun to read that you're ways of creating are relatively similar to mine :D When in a hurry (and that means that the work is due in two weeks XD) I always scraplift myself. And I really, really like to work in advance, too :)ReplyDelete
Oh and I adore that notebook!ReplyDelete
I read this on Friday night Nadia, when I couldn't sleep, it was just perfect timing for as I am a couple weeks off having baby no. 3. Because of a 5 year age gap I am scared that I won't be able to enjoy scrapbooking like I have been in recent weeks (just found my mojo again) and in the past. So THANK YOU for your advice and your creative process. I did actually get up out of bed and go and finish a layout with your words in mind. Just stick it down...haha! And it worked I finished the layout and I am happy with it. Your true honesty and help to other like minded mums is wonderful and I LOVE to read and drink it all in. I just hope I have a good bub just like you :))ReplyDelete
Hope you are well and have a beautiful week :)xx
Oh and your is amazing.. the colours and all the mixed media effects are so eye catching :))xxReplyDelete
Thank you so very much for taking the time to drop by and leave me a comment. I appreciate it so much!


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If you are here, you may have a bundt cake stuck in a pan.
I have been where you are.
You went through all the time, effort and work to bake a beautiful bundt cake.
You have invested hard earned dollars into that cake in the form of butter, sugar, flour and eggs.
If you are a healthy guy or gal you may have invested quite a bit of hard-earned dollars on organic butter, cane juice crystals, organic flour and farm fresh eggs.
If you are a die-hard homesteader you may have churned that butter, collected those eggs and ground that wheat yourself.
Failure is not an option.
The cake must come out of the pan.
It must come out in one piece.
Please, oh please, let it come out in one piece.
Before you say a prayer, cross your fingers and hope for the best – read on.
To prevent from getting into this dreaded situation in the first place, here's some things you can do:
- Spray the heck out of the inside of the bundt pan with some non-stick spray
- After spraying it – Sprinkle in some flour – Shake out any excess
- Use parchment paper or foil. This works like a dream and your cake should fall out of the pan. Just trace the bundt shape on your parchment paper and cut it out. Then cut the hole for the center. Last, make some slits in the ring so it will mold to the form of the bundt. Now you will have a "ring" you can place in the bottom of your bundt pan.
- You can even add another layer of non-stick spray on top of the parchment paper (or foil) just for good measure.
If you blanked out on the parchment paper or the cake is already baked, or maybe you did all those things and your cake is still stuck – there's still hope!
First, let me tell you what not to do…..
Don't turn it over on it's head and bang it on the floor. It MAY come out. But it might be in 60 pieces. Or it may be in 12 pieces. Or it may not come out at all. It may just stick there in the pan like super-glue. Or half of it may come out and the remainder will be stuck in the pan. Or it may be scrambled by the time you dig the entire thing out with a knife.
Stupid bundt pan.
Here's how I get the cake out of the pan… in one piece.
Let the cake cool completely.
After it is cool heat your oven to 250 degrees. Put the cooked cake (that is still stuck in the bundt pan) into the 250 degree oven. Cook 3 minutes. Take it out and flip upside down onto a platter.
Plop! Perfect bundt shaped coffee cake. Amazing.
Now that you have your gorgeous cake out of the bundt pan – go drizzle with some icing or dust with some confectioners sugar or just slice it and serve it to happy people!
Great Bundt Cake Recipes:
- Sour Cream Coffee Cake – The only Recipe You'll Ever Need for the Rest of Your Life
- Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake
- Blackberry Pound Cake
- Banana Nut Bread
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Trisha Krishnan Personal Info
Trisha is an Indian actress and model which work in Tamil and Telugu movies. She was born on 4 may 1983 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She actress starts her acting career with Tamil movie Jodi, as a supporting role in 1999. Modling carrer, she showed up in numerous TV commercials, including that of Fair and Lovely and Josco Jeweler and won the Miss Salem in 1999, Miss Chennai in 1999 and Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile in 2001. She likewise featured in Falguni Pathaks best music collection" Meri Chunar Ud Jaye". Trisha also debuted in Bollywood movie opposite Akshay Kuamr in 2010.
Trisha Krishnan family
Mother: Uma Krishnan
Father: Krishnan
Sister: Not known
Brother: Not known.
Treisha Bio
Real name: Trisha Krishnan
Nickname: Trisha
D.O.B : 4 May 1983
Age (as in 2017) : 34 years
Hometown : Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Birth place : Kerala, India
School : Hr. Sec school, Chennai
College : Ethiraj college, Chennai
Hight : 165 cm and in feet 5 feet, 5 inches
Weight : 52 Kg
Body : Slim fit
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Black
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Hindu
Profession: Actress and Model
Debut movie: Jodi(Tamil movie) in 1999
Marital Status : Unmarried
Treisha favourites
Favourite Food : Chicken, rice
Favourite Actor : Salman Khan
Trisha Favourite Actress : Simran
Favourite Colour : Green, White, Black
Favourite Sport : Not known
Trisha health & fitness
Trisha health
She is very beautiful and careful actress for health. She does for health regulary done dance, swimming, exercise schedule.
Trisha diet plan
- Breakfast: omelet, Pratha and curd.
- Lunch: fruits, chicken, and a vegetable
- Evening snacks: water, along with orange and pomegranate juice
- Dinner: Soup and salads
Trisha exercises
She is an Indian best actress and model and Trisha is a fan of free hand exercise and also like Yoga. Yoga is a decent conditioning exercise as well as facilitates the worry in her body and it thoroughly unwinds her psyche. Trisha likes to do cardio exercises which keep her upper body strong. And she adds in her exercise schedule plunging, and swimming. These activities are certain approaches to keep her body solid and delightful.
Trisha Quotes
"Follow your dreams. At the same time, please have an alternative. If films do not happen, you must have something where you can fall back upon."
Reference: ww.itimes.com
Trisha Awards
Trisha is a successful actress in Indian movies and she started lot's of movies and achieved more than time nominated for awards and more than won different type awards such as, Cine awards, Filamfare awards south, Nandi awards and more than awards in her during carrier.
Trisha interview
video reference: iDream Tamil Movies
Trisha cars
In Trisha cars collection she achived BMW 5 series(price 50 lakhs to 70 lakhs)
Trisha movies
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She mostly appears in Telugu and Tamil movies and worked in Kannada, Hindi boolywood movies. Her first debut movie was Jodi in 1999 as supporting role. In 200 Trisha came with lead role "Mounam Pesiyadhe" romantic comedy movies opposite south superstar Surya and which directed by Ameer Sultan and produced by Ganesh Raghu. This movie was very successful for Trisha and hit at the movie's box-office.
In 2004 she got Toolywood romantic action movie was Varsham with Prabhas and this movie get biggest success. Then Trisha appeared Ghilli, Aaytha Ezhuthu, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Sarvam, Dammu and more movies in her during carrier. She also debut in Bollywood comedy hindi movie was "Khatta Meetha" opposite Boolywood khiladi Akshay Kumar in 2010.
Kodi(2016) –Dhanush, Trisha Krishnan
Nayagi(2016) – Trisha Krishnan
Thoongaavanam(2015) – Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan
Samar(2013) – Vishal, Trisha Krishnan
Dhammu(2012) – N.T.R Junior, Trisha Krishnan
Bodyguard(2012) – Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
Mankatha(2011) – Ajith kumar, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan
Teen Maar(2011) – Pawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan
Khatta Meetha(2010) – Akshay Kumar, Trisha Krishnan
Namo Venkatesha(2010) – Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan
Shankam(2009) – Gopichand, Trisha
Sarvam(2009) – Arya, Trisha
King(2008) – Nagarjuna Akkineni, Trisha
Bheema(2008) – Vikram, Trisha
Krishana(2008) – Ravi Teja, Trisha
Kireedom(2007) – Ajith Kumar, Trisha
Kumaran(2007) – Mahesh Babu, Trisha
Stalin(2006) – Chiranjeevi Konidela, Trisha
Aathi(2006) – Vijay, Trisha, Krishnan
Athadu(2005) – Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan
Ji(2005) – Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan
Aaiyutha Ezhuthu(2004) – Madhavan, Surya, Siddharth, Trisha Krishnan
Gilli(2004) – Vijay, Trisha
Saamy(2003) – Vikram, Trisha Krishnan
Aalai(2003) – Silambarasan, Trisha
Mounam Pesiyadhe(2003) – Surya, Trisha Krishnan
Jodi(1999) – Prashanth, Simran Srividya, Janakaraj, Naaser
Trisha Krishnan Upcoming Movies
In 2017 Trisha Krishnan came with various latest movies and all movies are release on 2017.
1818(2017) – Trisha, Misha Ghoshal
96(2017) – Vijay Sethupathi, Trisha
Mr. Munna Made In Chennai(2017) –Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan
Garjanai(2017) – Trisha, Amit Bhargav
Raju Gari Gadhi 2(2017) – Nagarjuna Akkineni, Trisha Krishnan
Mohini(2017) –Trisha
Sathuranga Vettai 2(2017) – Aravind Saamy, Trisha
Sathyadev I.P.S(2017) –Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Trisha Krishnan
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She is an Indian gorgeous actress and dated with South performing artist Rana Daggubati for quite a while. Be that as it may, after some time the couple relationship finished and the lovely lady Trisha dated with maker Varun Manian. furthermore, the couple got drew in on 23 January 2015. be that as it may, following couple of months Trisha broke the engagement.
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Trisha is a beautiful actress and model in an India. She appears more than 50 movies in during film carrier. She won many awards and many time nominated for awards. Trisha mostly worked in Tamil and Telugu movies. In 2017 Trisha came with many movies such as Garjanai, Raju Gari Gadhi 2, Mohini, Sathuranga Vettai 2, Sathyadev I.P.S and more movies in box office.


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The Holy River's current state of pathetic-ness
I cannot cannot cannot believe it. The Harry Potter movies have come to an end. I am genuinely crying right now as I type this. Believe me, I am. There is no exact words to describe this. Sentimental, emotional... maybe it is all of it merged into one. The books, and in some ways the movies too, have taught me so much about life. They may have been set in a completely fantasized, fictional world. But the problems and issues the characters face are so real life- like. Here is my personal journey within the world of Harry Potter.
I still don' understand why the American and international version had Sorcerror's Stone in it instead of Philosopher. I mean, people outside Britain do understand what 'philisopher' means right? And how does that differ from a wizard? Poor kids had to do two separate scenes where the say Philosopher during one shoot, then Sorcerer at another. So much confusion...
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
I was eleven and in Standard 5 when I first watched the first Harry Potter movie. I was not totally crazy about it. But then I bought the first book in the saga and read it, trying to make a comparison with the movie.
And it hit me...
I immediately fell in love with the world of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets (2002)
I read the second book a few months later. But it was difficult getting a hold of one book because they are quiet costly - over 30 Ringgit, which does not fit in with my allowance. So my dad would usually buy them for me. And on some occasions, my aunt, who has always been fascinated with my love for reading, would buy them as birthday presents for me.
The Chamber of Secrets was my favourite book in the series for a while. The fact that Tom Riddle was not only the heir of Slytherin, but also the younger version of Voldermolt, just caught me by surprise. Initially, I assumed it was the pompous Percy Weasly, as he appeared to be too good and too well-behaved even for a respectable prefect.
Maybe I would have experienced the same effect had I read the Philosopher's Stone first rather than watch the film instead. Since I already knew that it was Professor Quirrell who was plotting with Voldermolt rather than Professor Snape since I had watched the movie first, there was no much thrill in reading the book, thought I instantly fell in love with Rowling's humour and suspense in writing.
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban (2002)
I remember dad buying me the third book - The Prisoner of Azkaban somewhere in the middle of the year before sending me off to tuition. Despite my UPSR examination being just around the corner, I made it a must to complete the book no matter what. Maybe I could not stand the pressure of not knowing how the third book would go while studying. I might have not been able to concentrate.
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire (2003)
I don't quite remember when I started reading the fourth book, though it was given to me by my aunt before I watched the first film, which she had borrowed from her school library. I remember pushing the book away because I was turned off by the thickness of The Goblet of Fire. It looked like a dictionary for heaven's sake! But then I bought my own copy and read it perhaps somewhere during my first year in secondary school, in Form One if I am not mistaken.
For the first time, someone with much character development died - Cedric Diggory. It was not that much of an important character, and some might have disliked him since he had the girl that Harry likes, Cho Chang. And once again, the writer had managed to trick the readers. Nobody would have expected the Barty Crouch that Harry saw in the Marauder's Map was actually pretending to be Mad-Eye Moody all along! I mean, he helped Harry win the Triwizard Tournament for heaven's sake! JK Rowling, you're a genius! Unlike the guys who made the movies, and were dumb to have not included this part into the film. It would have been epic!
It was also around the same time the Chamber of Secrets movie came out. All the scenes were there just like I visualized!
Like this one! It was amazing!
Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix (2003)
It was also on the same year I read The Order of The Phoenix. This was the first time I received a hard cover version as a birthday present from my aunt. The paper cover was beautiful but irritating, and I would keep it away most of the time and only carry the book. I think it was a relative who commented once that it looked like I was carrying a Bhagavad Gita everywhere. How cynical.
There was much build-up from the press during this time since someone dies in the book. It was disappointing that it turned out to be Sirius. The hype of the anticipation was so big back then that I was expecting it to be either Ron or Hermionie (touch wood!).
But yes, Bellatrix was a monster!
The third movie came out a year later in 2004 and it was then when I really fell in love with the movies. The director was changed from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron. I liked the latter's interpretation of the world of Harry Potter better. The kids return to Hogwarts as teenagers, and there is a touch of real life in the film with the characters wearing jeans, t-shirts and hoodies. The scary, PG 13 Dementors were also rather horrifying. The movie franchise was definitely growing up, just like its fans. I remember fighting over a newspaper cutting with a classmate of mine who was also a Potter maniac like me, except she liked the movies solely and had never read the book. What a waste...
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince (2005)
Somewhere in mid 2005, there was the sixth novel in the series, The Half Blood Prince. Forget my PMR trial examination. Forget the actual PMR itself. I wanted the book! And I wanted it bad! This time, it was back to dad's turn to get me the book. It was another hardcover one, and yet another anticipated mocking of the "carrying the Bhagavad Gita around would be more useful and blah.. blah.. blah..
Once again, there was much more hype prior to the release of the book. Unlike before, writer JK Rowling [and my own personal here :)] did not release any teaser-like comments about a character dying and increasing the anticipation of her wide fan base. But this time, the title itself created much speculation on who the Half Blood Prince actually was. All Jo (as JK is fondly known) mentioned was it would not be Harry Potter himself or Voldermolt @ Tom Riddle @ The Dark Lord @ He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named @ You-Know-Who @ Orang takde hidung.
But my dad did not buy it for me immediately. I don't really remember, but I think I only received the book after my actual PMR and read it hungrily like a starving person who has just been served with dinner at a fancy restaurant. I refused to read any reviews, or listen to the summary of the story from any of my friends who had finished the book. Instead, like a true Potter maniac, I read the book myself, page by page.
And once again Jo had successfully stunned me with her beautiful writing, and not to mention the twist end. Who would have known? The not-so-good and not-so-bad Professor Snape could have been the Half Blood Prince all along. And not it the way we would have expected it. And with that second last book, the hype and speculation for the next and final book was thus created.
Is Professor Snape good or evil?
Now forget about the book. This was also the same year The Goblet of Fire film came out and my family and I went and watched it in a cineplex in Ipoh since Taiping, my hometown, did not have one yet. Though some of my favourite parts were not included, it surely appeared to be more of a teen film compared to the goody goody Chris Columbus ones. This was the period of sexual awakening for the characters.
There was Rob Pattinson, the soon to be Twilight dude, as the dashing Cedric Diggory, and the super macho, alpha male Viktor Krum. And Hermionie had never looked more enchanting. The Yule Ball scene was most spectacular.
Harry Potter & The Deadly Hallows (2007)
Since it is the most recent one, I remember almost vividly how my journey within the world of Harry Potter came to an end. It was after my SPM exam trial. Despite my more brainy friends deciding to read the book after the actual SPM examination, I could not concentrate on my lesson knowing that the final book in the saga of a lifetime was out and I was desperate to know how it all ends!
So once the SPM trial was done with, I pestered dad to get me the book. The final book! The very last one! I would never ask anything else from you, Pa! Just this one tiny last book! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I begged. And I must have been super annoying because dad obliged.
I was done with the book in less than ten days. It took a rather long time since I also had to study for the exam. But when I was done, there was no emotional crying or anything. Maybe there was the pressure of having to study for the exam.
A few months earlier, the Order of the Phoenix movie came out, and it was heavily panned by the critics. And when I say critics, I'm talking about my classmates who are fellow Potter maniacs. But in reality, their chief was just jealous of Daniel Radcliffe for being named the richest teenager in the UK not too long ago. So this person simply decided to hate all his movies to, I don't know, demasculinate him! Haha! There were all kinds of problems with the movie for this person; like the kissing scene, and the nightmare scenes. I was like what???
After that... (2009 - 2011)
So, I started to relive the magic of Harry Potter via the movies, since the books have ended. The Half Blood Prince movie came out during my second foundation year. The experience watching it in the cinema with my buddies turned out to be a nightmare. I suppose the two Japanese or Korean ladies sitting in front of us, who spoke fake queen English didn't like me explainng the story to my friend who had not read or seen the previous installations. So one of them turned to us and just said...
"Excuse me, I paid for my ticket too. So could you please SHUT it!"
Wow. And as if that was not painful enough, while walking out of the cinema, the same woman said to her friend, "Harry Potter is the most read book in the world. I don't need someone telling me the story."
"Hello, missy! Nobody was telling YOU the story, I was merely explaining some unclear details to my friend. The whole world does not revolve around you. So get out of yourself. And by the way, haven't you heard of something we civilized people call manners? I don't know about from whatever rude, God-forsaken country you come from, but over here, when someone does something unpleasant, you tell them to stop it nicely and sweetly. Not by cursing or raising your voice. And if being polite doesn't work, you call the authorities. Okay? Tell whomever you're dating or in a relationship with, if such a person exists in the first place, that I wish them good luck having you in their life, because you're definitely not socially inclined. Thanks. Bye."
Even though I did not actually tell her this, it was running over in my head. How I wish I could just spank her right then and there. Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure she is unhappy with her life right now, if not completely miserable. I mean, the humiliation she caused us that day is still clear in my head. Something as traumatizing as that does not just go unaffected. There is something called Karma. And it will get back to you.
I'm not sure if it was because my mood was out that day, or was the movie simply not up to my expectations. I mean, Dumbledore showed Harry lots of memories in his Pensive. Some of the best memory scenes were ignored. Like, I had always visualized a handsome and normal looking Ralph Fiennes in the memory where he returns to Hogwarts as a grown man, seeking the position as the Defense teacher, to which Dumbledore rejects his application, and ever since then, no Defense teacher ever lasted more than a year at the school. It would have been great if it was included. Not to mention the memories in the Gaunt house. I was disappointed.
The final book was split into two films. I watched both of them here in the UK with my buddies. These movies were everything that I had expected. After watching The Deadly Hallows Part 2 recently, I came home and just cried like a baby. It was like the last remaining chunk of my living childhood was forcefully taken away from me.
This was me, the rose among the thorns... hehe... when we went to watch the Deadly Hallows Part 1 last winter after our School Based Experience.
Speaking of crying like a baby, during the scene where Harry supposedly dies, a few girls in the cinema hall, who clearly had not read the books, simply cried................ aloud! How can one not giggle at that? You tell me. And the way they cried, God! It was like the end of the world. Well, can't really make fun of them. I cried too. But for a more dignified reason, if I may say so. Huh.
Though I have always been in love with the books, the ending of the movie saga also made me realize how much the movies had helped me bring the magic of the books to life. I had grown up with the books, the movies and even the actors. Seeing the first and second movie, and seeing how young Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton and the rest of the young cast were, just reminds me of how much I myself have grown. I read the books alone, but all those memories of watching and enjoying the movies with my family is something I would treasure always...


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It's here. The dreaded first of the year, when everyone makes their new years resolutions and hope they "stick". As we all know, it takes 21 days to form a habit…and somewhere between day one and day eight, most of us seem to "fall off" our resolutions and go back to the way we were the previous year. However, if you have decided to jump on the fitness bandwagon and possibly shed some of those holiday pounds that most of us gained- you are not alone! It seems as if everyone is trying out new fitness regimens and trying out classes like Cross Fit, Boot-Camps, KAIA, yoga and more. But, if you are a Sacramento native- then you know that just by lacing up your shoes and hitting the trails you will be among some of the fittest and most active individuals in our region.
Lucky for us, Sacramento may be considered a runners dream. Everywhere you go- whether it's the parks downtown, along the scenic river trails, up in the mountainous hills, or just alongside the suburban sidewalks- you will see runners everywhere. It may be our climate, the terrain or just the scenery- but, it seems as if Sacramento is a place where you can just lace up your shoes…and run!
Every month in Sacramento you can find some sort of running or walking event. It could be something crazy as the "Zombie Run" downtown, as colorful as the "Color Run" or as dirty as the "Tough Mudder". But one thing is for sure- there is something for everyone and every age! It's a great way to teach your children about health and get them excited about exercise.
There are a couple runs/walks that are coming to town that caught my eye for the family. The first one is the Lou Gehrig Run in Roseville on January 10. Get the family involved and join the kids 1/2 mile free fun run, or join the 5K or 10K runs. Also, on February 1 is the Super Sunday Run in Sacramento to get everyone ready for the nachos and football food everyone will eating during the end of Football season!
Every month, we update our "Running/Walks" page on this site. If you would like to check out some of the local races and see if any are in your area, this is a great place to do so. And if you decide to catch the "running bug" or you are just trying to keep up with your New Years Resolutions then check some of these runs out. Good luck and happy trails!


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Intercellular communication is critical for development and function of all multicellular organisms. Dysregulation of intercellular signaling during development leads to embryonic malformations (i.e. birth defects); during later life it can lead to improper cell proliferation and differentiation (i.e. cancer). One major role that intercellular signaling plays throughout life is in regulating stem cell maintenance and differentiation. This ensures that stem cells give rise to the correct types of tissues in the right places at the right times during development. It also ensures that some stem cells are set aside for later needs during the life of the organism (i.e. adult stem cells).
Dysregulated intercellular signaling may also contribute to adult-onset diseases characterized by dearth of a crucial cell type. Prominent examples of this (among many) include insufficient dopamine-producing neurons in Parkinson's disease, or insufficient insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells in Type I Diabetes. Conceptually, such diseases can arise by one or a combination of several mechanisms: 1. decreased generation of initial cell numbers during development, 2. decreased survival of cells during adulthood, 3. decreased regeneration of new cells (i.e. from adult stem cells) to restore those lost to attrition. Cellular responses to extracellular signaling cues are important for all three of these mechanisms. Discovering how genes contribute to cellular signaling responses is therefore a critical component of understanding how such diseases arise, as well as how to most effectively treat them.
The major focus in my laboratory is on clarifying functions of cytoplasmic molecules called scaffold proteins. Though their cell biology is not very well understood, scaffold proteins within signal-receiving cells help to mobilize other components into a signal transduction machinery. The type of signal transduction machinery assembled depends on the cell's developmental history, its internal molecular environment, and its signaling state. Scaffold proteins thereby help to determine which molecular events occur inside a signal-receiving cell upon activation of a membrane receptor complex by an extracellular ligand. This in turn determines the signal-receiving cell's biological response to the extracellular signal. This has direct relevance to therapies which hope to use extracellular signals to manipulate stem cell proliferation, differentiation, and the survival and function of differentiated progeny with the ultimate objective of replacing tissues or cells lost to disease.
We are particularly interested in studying this with relevance to neuropsychiatric disease processes in the brain, and we use genetically engineered mice and


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When schools are out and the sun's sizzling, it's time for youngsters of the Callawassie Island community to enjoy a traditional summer camp. Started in 2006, the Callawassie Kids' Camp is a cooperative effort by the staff of the Callawassie Island Members Club and by the community's many caring adults who generously volunteer their expertise and time to provide opportunities for youngsters ages 6 to 13 to experience a wide range of activities.
Tennis, golf, swimming and kayaking were among the kids' favorite sports but bocce, horseshoes, corn tosses, beach volleyball and fitness work-outs were also enthusiastically enjoyed.
Many of the campers were visitors to the South Carolina Lowcountry and with both live critter presentations and slide shows, resident master naturalists helped teach them an appreciation for the unique environment. A special demonstration by deputies and dogs from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit on one afternoon absolutely wowed the kids.
Crafts, interactive games and age-appropriate baking sessions with the Club's executive chef rounded out the daily June 29 to July 3 schedules.
The summer camp experience brings together kids from various backgrounds who quickly learn that making new friends is one the best ways to have fun. On the final day of Kids' Camp 2010, Callawassie Island hosted a cookout for the kids and their families after which several youngsters performed some truly imaginative musical, dance and theatric routines at the camp's closing talent show.


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The VP debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden is this Thursday on
ESPN television and there seems to be a healthy fixation on the Governor's don't cha know-ish accent.
"Palin ... makes people's ears prick up. "'Oh,' they think, 'she sounds like us, she sounds like me, she understands me.'""
Only if you live in Fargo, I assume? I actually like the accent, but I've never heard it out west anywhere. Anyone else have first-hand experience? Is this a common accent for Alaska or the Pacific northwest in general?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Biden, Palin's Accent to Face Off in Debate
The VP debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden is this Thursday on
Most Incoherent Article, Like, Ever
A former Tour de France director levels devastating charges against Lance Armstrong like "Why are you coming back?" and "People will whisper about doping." and "You use dark magic to bulge out your calves right? I knew it."
If anything, Armstrong raised the profile of cycling all over the world and inspired thousands of others to give it a try (not to mention the hope he gave other cancer survivors). I was one of the quickest to defend France during the heady days of Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast, but this strikes me as a little too...well, French. Be glad that the American media and consumers are paying attention to your unique national event!
Also, it was fun when they started it in London a few years ago because in all of the pictures of people watching from the street, there was always a guy in the background walking back from the store, completely unaware of what was happening, with a facial expression that conveyed something like, "Tour de Whaaaaaaaat?"
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Pretender
One of the best things about YouTube? The covers. Some of them really stand out. I liked this cover of Jackson Browne's "The Pretender":
Jimmy Kimmel on Palin
"John McCain showed up without running mate Sarah Palin, which is a shame because she actually has a lot of experience with financial matters. You know, she lives right next to a bank."
Stephen Colbert will be teaming up with Spiderman:
"Well, it's kind of a team-up," laughed comic book scribe Mark Waid, who wrote the eight-page story that will appear in Amazing Spider-Man #573. "Let's put it this way: Stephen Colbert thinks it's a team-up. Spider-Man keeps telling him it's not a team-up.
I can only assume DC Comics will strike back with a Jerry Seinfeld-Superman combo.
We Have A Meme!
Brian takes similar delight in UCLA's new #12 ranking in the polls after that tussle with Fresno State.
My Monies Asplode!
Or whatever it was the headlines said today about Wall Street.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Notre Dame Beats Purdue, Ranked #9 in Poll
For Best College Food, that is. Reasons we aren't ranked higher, based on personal experience:
1. Seafood Salad
2. Lobster Quesadillas
3. Spicy Sea Nuggets.
Oh, Heather! How You Toy With Us!
Heather Locklear gets arrested for suspected DUI in Santa Barbara.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Racist Poll on Racism
I don't get it. A survey was conducted to determine how blacks are perceived by whites. Using a framework of "How well does each of these words describe blacks?", the survey throws out words like "hardworking" and "friendly."
How do they get away with this? They're asking people to make a sweeping judgment about an entire population of diverse individuals. I understand that it's trying to measure bias or prejudice, but isn't this survey inherently so?
Would you describe all whites as "hardworking" or "lazy"? Of course not - everyone is going to be different and the variety is overwhelming. How is this premise even valid? Am I overreacting?
Love and Badminton
My brother is Bachelor of the Month at the University of San Francisco.
"SFF: How would your friends describe you if they could only use five words? You can brag, go ahead.
KC: Too hella fly to handle.
SFF: I meant five different adjectives, but that's so crazy I'll accept it."
Friday, September 19, 2008
Big Gay California Weddings
Gay marriage is now legal in California, but it's not without it's difficulties:
"The California Supreme Court has affirmed my right to a wedding registry at Neiman Marcus, but it feels a bit like an unfunded mandate. How can I plan a day worthy of memorializing in oil paint before the November election? Where is my gay reparations check to help me afford a stylist, a calligrapher, an artisinal cheesemaker, three albino virgins with a harp, a glitter-and-rainbow machine, a team of midget aerialists on wires to simulate Baroque puti, a Valentino gown for my mother-in-law, a liposcuptor and a phalanx of angry queens with clipboards and headsets shouting at their minions, "Damnit, Bruce, I said 'CUE THE CHAMPAGNE FOUNTAIN!' The champagne fountain was supposed to begin bubbling BEFORE the albinos started Canon in D!""
Sunday, September 14, 2008
At risk of betraying my New York greenness, I just wanted to let you know that I saw a rat jump two feet in the air on the subway tracks this evening. The whole idea of Master Splinter teaching turtles to be ninjas seems all the more plausible now. Good night, and good luck.
Forde: How Can I Make This ND Win A Bad Thing?
College football is underway. I suppose I should have been blogging more about it, but I decided to actually watch football instead.
Nice win for the Irish yesterday over Michigan. I'm not sure what it says about the team, but they were certainly helped a great deal by six Wolverine turnovers.
Pat Forde has a column up on ESPN. The gist: Notre Dame's win was no sign of a resurrection or impending national championship.
Well, who was ever making such a claim? Most ND fans seem to be hoping for an 8-4/9-3 season - a fairly realistic and grounded ambition if you ask me. It's telling that a column is immediately out there debunking Irish greatness after a nice win under any circumstances.
"Respect will have to be earned, and it will take more than Notre Dame showed in this game for that to happen."
Well, yeah. But that doesn't mean a win isn't a win. This column appears to be written in response to a statement that was never made. He could have at least saved it for some occasion like Notre Dame getting a flukey 7-3 win over a USC or something.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Lance Coming Out of Retirement
Somewhere in Middle America - One Vote in a Red State
Obama is aiming to pick off one of Nebraska's electoral votes - Omaha's. As a native Nebraskan, I'm glad to see Nebraska's quirk of the electoral system given some attention (Maine is the other state that splits it's electoral votes by Congressional district).
It goes without saying, of course, that one electoral vote could make a difference; especially with how tight the polls are at the moment.
Final score: Obama 270 McCain 268?? How pissed would the rest of Red Nebraska (politically, of course, because everyone is Football Red) if Omaha, the home of ConAgra, Berkshire Hathaway and Marlon Brando, cost them a McCain presidency? If the Cornhuskers are undefeated at that point, it won't matter.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The Dreaded Mask of Internet Anonymity
Esquire dishes on blog commentors, featuring Professor of Communications Paul Levinson and comedian Mike Birbiglia.
From Wikipedia:
"The word 'commuter' was originally used for travellers paying a reduced or 'commuted' fare for an advance-purchase rail season ticket valid for a fixed number of days, weeks, or months. Such tickets usually allow the traveller to repeat the same journey as often as they like during the period of validity: usually, the longer the period, the cheaper the cost per day."I did not know that. Note how I accept Wikipedia without question.
Socotra Island
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Useful Fact of the Day
Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250 - Harper's Index, October 1989
I'm in favor of the M&M becoming the standard unit of glucose (SUG).
When is Now?
How does time move forward? Very much a sound of one hand clapping question...
New York, Ladies?
Let's get this out of the way first - women in New York. Specifically, women from the ages of 22-26. I know it's kind of arbitrary and limiting to open with that, but I'm mainly talking about women roughly around my age. There are exactly two kinds here: the artsy, bespectacled, skinny jeans/flats, scarf around the neck set; and then there's the vast majority I see in midtown - they wear a Sex and the City dress and over-sized sunglasses. Weird. I know, it's kind of a crude and sweeping stroke of an observation, but it seems to ring true.
Wait, I think there's a third category....it's basically comprised of celebrities who wear whatever when they go out to get Starbucks.
I really need pictures, but that's creepy.