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To affirm the University’s support and commitment to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Family Medical Leave Act.

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Faculty and staff appointed to regular positions.

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The University of Kansas recognizes and supports our country’s service members and their families in peace, crisis and war. The University enforces the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which provide enhanced leave rights and job protections for employees and defined family members absent for military duty or military related activities.

Military leave requests with accompanying military orders should be forwarded through the University department to Human Resource Management for review and approval. For the full process on requesting military leave, please visit the Human Resource Management Website

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06/29/2017: Removed broken link.

  • Updated statement to say Human Resource Management
  • added link to direct to more information on requesting military leave.

04/28/2016: Updated Review Date

09/03/2015: Updated Review Date

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  • Added “Applies to” to reflect regular positions and campuses
  • Added policy statement
  • Moved “Related Policies” to “Related Other”
  • Added FMLA Policy to “Related Policies”

01/22/2015: Policy formatting cleanup (e.g., bolding, spacing).

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To define and report library policies for access, circulation, and request services provided to Resident (non-KU) library users.

Applies to:

All Resident (non-KU) library users who are using the resources and services provided by the University of Kansas Libraries on the Lawrence campus including: 1) Kansas Residents; 2) University of Kansas Alumni Association Members; 3) Students, Faculty, and Staff from Kansas institutions of higher learning not governed by the Kansas Board of Regents; 4) Faculty from libraries participating in the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program (ARL/OCLC); 5) Surviving Spouses of Emeritus or Retired KU Faculty; 6) Visiting Scholars not approved as Affiliates in Lawrence campus HR records; 7) Residents of Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska. This policy applies to collections and services in Anschutz Library,Gorton Music & Dance Library, Library Annex, Murphy Art & Architecture Library, Spahr Engineering Library, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, and Watson LIbrary.

Policy Statement:
  1. Basic Library Access, Circulation, and Request Services are available to Resident library users.
    1. On-site access to facilities of the University of Kansas Libraries system.
    2. On-site use of computers designated as Community Access Workstations for access to the Library Catalog and selected electronic resources (some restrictions may apply).
    3. Borrowing privileges for circulating collections (for qualifying individuals).
    4. Use of Recall requests for eligible collections and of Retrieve from shelf service for circulating collections housed in the Library Annex (for qualifying individuals).
    5. Basic research help services.
  2. Borrowing Privileges for Resident library users.
    1. Resident library users must qualify for, purchase, and present a KU Library Borrower Card to check out or renew library materials and to request library services. Annual renewal is required to retain access to services.
    2. May have a limit of 20 items checked out at any time.
    3. May check out long-term loan items for 6 weeks, and may renew the items 5 times via the Library Catalog before returning the items to the library or bringing the items to the library to check them out again.
    4. All long-term loan items are subject to recall at any time and must be returned within 14 days of the date on the first recall notice to avoid overdue charges.
    5. Short-term, reserve, and equipment loan items checked out for 2 weeks or less must be returned to the library from which they were checked out by the time due in order to avoid overdue charges and in order to check them out again.
    6. Items may be renewed or checked out again as long as there are no waiting requests from other library users, and the borrower has an active KU Library Borrower Card and owes less than $80 in library charges.
  3. Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
    1. Kenneth Spencer Research Library is open to all researchers including those not affiliated with KU or another academic institution.
    2. Collections must be used on-site in the library's reading room.
    3. Library users need to register for a User Account in the Aeon system, present photo identification upon arrival at the library, and use the Aeon system to request library materials.
    4. See Reproducing Library Materials for information about copying and printing in Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
    5. The KU Library Borrower Card is not required at Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
  4. Scanning, Copying, and Printing.
    1. Free scanning is available in most library locations; bring a USB flash drive to save scanned documents or send them to your email account.
    2. Visitor Copy/Print Access must be purchased in order to print from the Community Access Workstations or to print from hard copy items.
    3. See Reproducing Library Materials for information about Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
  5. Services Not Included for Resident library users.
    1. Interlibrary Loan, including WebRetrieve and Document Delivery services, is not provided.
    2. Retrieve from Shelf service is provided only for collections shelved in the Library Annex. TripSaver and Home Loan Delivery services are not available.
    3. Off-campus access to the Libraries licensed electronic resources, including databases, e-journals, and e-books, is not included.
    4. A limited selection of electronic resources has been licensed for access by registered members of the KU Alumni Association. See KU Libraries Access.
  6. Notice to Parents and Guardians of Minors.
    1. The KU Libraries collections and services are developed for an adult audience. Please be aware that all library facilities offer open access to a number of electronic resources as well as the Internet. Use of these resources is not monitored by library staff.
    2. Parents and legal guardians of minor children may authorize the minor's application for library privileges with the understanding that the parent or guardian, not the minor, will be held legally responsible for all materials checked out by the minor and for payment of any library charges (overdue fines, etc.) that may be incurred.
Exclusions or Special Circumstances:

This policy does not apply to Wheat Law Library on the Lawrence campus or to the KU Medical Center libraries (Clendening, Dykes, and Farha).

Individuals who no longer meet the requirements for Resident library users status will no longer be able to receive the level of services reported in this document. The exception is that registered users at Kenneth Spencer Research Library continue to qualify for library services as described in this policy.

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Effective on:
Sunday, August 1, 1999
Review Cycle:
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Review, Approval & Change History:

01/05/2014: Published in the Policy Library. Added original policy approval and effective dates to the Contacts and Dates section.

12/09/2014: Revised, reviewed and approved for inclusion in KU Policy Library.

08/01/2012: Revised.

01/01/2004: Revised.

08/01/2003: Revised.

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samedi 7 janvier 2012

Meet me in Nantucket

While browsing the web for home decorating inspiration, I stumbled on this rug that speaks to my affection for crustacean-style... and all lobster-related things in particular.

Spiny Lobster rug - Anthropologie

Now, I only need the Cape Cod cottage to put it on display!

Photo credit: Life Magazine

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26 okt. 2010

Olydig kvinna dömd till fängelse

Elder of Ziyon citerar Arab News som berättar lite om kvinnors situation i Saudiarabien:
Samar Badawi, the 29-year-old Saudi woman who was incarcerated for not obeying her guardian (mahram) following a lawsuit by her father, was freed Monday.

Samar has been in prison for seven months after her father filed a case against her accusing her of disobedience.

Abdullah Al-Othaim, the head of the District Court in Jeddah, told Arab News that a warrant stating that Samar Badawi is free has been issued.

“Samar’s uncle (from her father's side) will now take care of her, being now adjudged her male guardian,” he said.

Samar was sent to Briman Prison in Jeddah on April 4 after her father lodged a complaint against her accusing her of disobedience. The father filed the counter-suit after Samar had lodged a legal complaint accusing her father of preventing her from marrying. Samar is a divorced woman with one son.

Samar accused her father of abuse and fled her family home in 2008 to live in a shelter. Samar's mother is deceased. Samar fled the shelter last year after learning that her father had instituted the case against her.

Under Saudi law a woman who has no guardian or who is in dispute against her guardian becomes a ward of the state who can face imprisonment for refusing to stay in authorized women's shelters.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

What I saw while on a NE Portland Kerns Neighborhood Walk with Lamont, Sunday, January 5, 2014, No. 3

Altered with HDR at PicMonkey. Could not pass up the chance to get these two sorts of bicycle racks in a photo, playing off the curves, the rectangles, the colors. I took this photo at at da Vinci Arts Middle School, a short walk from my apartment building.

Barbara Farr said...

Cool shot.

Very cool! It's like a funky work of abstract art!

Randy said...

Nice touch with this one!


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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

lovebirds have taken flight...

remember the invitation and lovebird related materials i designed for my wedding back in July, "The Two Lovebirds are Gettin' Hitched"? welp, seems that the lovebirds have spread their wings and have flown all over the printed scene this Valentine's Day... see these adorable cards? :)

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Microloan Foundation attempts world record for longest line of pennies

A world record-breaking attempt for the longest line of pennies is to help poor women in Africa start their own businesses.

The Guinness World Record for the longest line of coins ever laid is currently held by Fort Scott in Kansas, USA who laid a staggering 3,406,234 pennies or 40.32 miles.

The Microloan Foundation needs 4,000,000 pennies so it  can break the 50 mile barrier at Chiswick Community School in West London on the 9th and 10th of July. The charity gives some of the poorest women in Africa the opportunity to work their way out of poverty for good.

Donations help the foundation give small loans and essential business training to help empower women to start their own businesses, enabling them to feed their families everyday. When they pay the charity back – and 99% do – it uses the money to help another woman. And so on.

The organisation is urging people to collect money and lay pennies on the 9th and 10th of July or volunteer to become part of its event management team. It’s also looking for 100 company sponsorships of £1,000 and schools to start collecting pennies.

“We are going to need more than 1000 volunteers in order to get to 50 miles of pennies – that’s the equivalent of driving from Chiswick to Oxford,” organisers explain. “Most importantly, every penny raised will be donated to the MicroLoan Foundation in order to help women in poor rural communities in Africa start their own businesses. Your support will transform the lives not just of individual women but entire families and communities there.”

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Monday, October 12, 2015

DIY Cactus Flower - Hair Accessory // Halloween 2015

Hello lovely people of the Internet,

I am back today to show you how I made a cactus flower to go along with my cactus Halloween costume. Let's just dive into this DIY project!

Supplies: pink foam sheet, pipe cleaners (yellow), hot glue gun, scissors, a pen, a paint brush, and paint (white, pink & yellow).

1. First, I started with just sketching out a simple petals design. I did this in two pieces so I could stack them and give them more dimension. The petals are three to a set so you can overlay them.

2. Cut out the petals. Mix white & red paint to get a pink that is a darker shade than your foam petals. I am just randomly painting on the petals to give it a textured look. I recommend loading your paint brush with only a little bit of paint so your strokes aren't so harsh and more "air brushed".

3. Stack your petals and glue the sides together. I am trying to get a cone-ish shape similar to how the flowers would grow verus just a flat flower.

4. Next, I cut two small pieces from my pipe cleaners, ~ 2 cm each. I folded the pieces in half to make a V shape.

Note: if you have yellow pipe cleaners then you won't need this step. I only had white pipe cleaners, so I had to paint them yellow to recreated the Stigma/center of the cactus flower.

5. Lastly, I glued the edge of both the V shaped pipe cleaners together and then glue it into the center of the cactus flower. Ta da, a cactus flower! (A simple version based off of this photo)

In my video, I just used fake flowers to make it easier. However if you have the time, I think a DIY cactus flower would make a great addition to your already amazing DIY cactus costume!

Another floral option is using your floral crowns! Many of us probably have at least one floral crown somewhere in our room. Instead of waiting for a music festival, bust out that bad boy & rock it this Halloween.

If you would like to learn how to make this floral head band then please [click here].

Thank you for stopping by <3
Until next time, let's be fronds!

Thursday, September 17, 2015

A Few Things I Fancy About Fall

Fall might be my favorite season and let me tell you why.

This outfit is consisted of all thrifted items and will be in an upcoming Fall Lookbook.

1. Fall Back, Spring Forward. It's that time of year again where we gain an hour of sleep. Who doesn't love sleep? I feel slightly productive "waking up earlier" even though I am waking up at the same time all year round.

2. Cooler Weather. I enjoy the summer time, but I am a big fan of cool/cold weather. During this time of the year, I can finally start busting out my sweaters. In the near/distant future, I would love to live somewhere that it's usually cold ish all year round.

Changing of Season. I love seeing the leaves change colors.

3. Tết Trung Thu (Moon Festival) is my second favorite Vietnamese holiday after Tết of course. It just brings back many fond memories of my childhood. I get to make mooncakes with my aunt which are super yummy! The night of the festival, my family and I will hang out in our front yard and just stare at the beautiful full moon.

Let me know what's your favorite season & why?
Until next time, fall back on November 1st ya'll.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Favorites from August 2015

Bosica Luminizing Black Mask is a peel-off mask that absorbs excess oil and removes impurities. Ingredients found in this product are montmorillonite clay, pine bark extract, and vitamin C. The mask is supposed to remove toxins and leave your face with a glowing complexion.

I personally like the product, it left my face feeling soft and bright. I have read other reviews that mentioned it was painful to peel off, however for me I think the pain level is a 2 out of 10. The mask does remove dry skin and absorb excess oil. It does not however take out your blackheads, therefore I like to use a nose strip since my nose is a problem area for me. I would recommend that you pick up a sample at Sephora & try it out yourself! Overall, I would rate this product 8/10.

The white cut out shoes has been one of my favorite footwear this summer/August. I thrifted these beauty from Savers a few months ago and they were in great condition. I love that it pairs nicely with many outfits and it's not just a pair of boring oxford. I am definitely a shoe-lover, so I am glad I can pick up cute shoes from the thrift store that won't break the bank.

Thank you for stopping by, let me know in the comments what were your favorite items this past month.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

BTS: Looks of the Week & 70s Inspired

I have a few videos in the works, so please stay tune. However here are a few behind the scene photos for your browsing pleasure.

Denim Jacket // Thrifted
Blush Pink Crop Top (not shown) // Thrifted
Wilson Tennis Skirt // Savers
Roshe // Nike

Light Blue Top // Thrifted
High Waisted Jeans // F21
White Cut Out Shoes // Savers

Black Long Sleeve Dress // Thrifted
Floppy Brown Hat // Thrifted
Crochet Vest // Mom's
Strappy Wedges // Old Navy

I had fun putting together looks for my upcoming videos. Posing is not my forte. I still need to work on my awkwardness haha. Big thanks to PM for being an amazing teammate! YouTube should be renamed to WEtube (haha sorry for my bad joke).

Stay tuned, leave me some video suggestion in the comments and have a wonderful day! (:

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Let's Take a Minute & Enjoy À La Minute!

Organic, creamy concoction, and liquid nitrogen sums up à la minute. A friend suggested that PM and I check this place out. Love at first sight is what I would described my experience at this little ice cream shop. The location and decor of the shop caught my attention and the ice cream favors just sealed the deal.

The shop offers many unique favor combination and what's even more great is that 80% of their ingredient are local. All orders are made right in front of your eyes and it's so cool to see the process.

My first trip there, I tried the orange honey and let me say wow! I have never had ice cream like this before. It was very creamy and so delicate. The orange tasted so fresh that I thought I was just eating a frozen orange haha. Like a literal orange, pick it off of a tree and freeze it.

On our second trip, we tried espresso chip and it's a coffee lover's dream. It tastes like the perfect cup of coffee in creamy, frozen form!

As like a few other dessert places, PM and I are hooked. We basically would go everyday if we could! I would definitely recommend this place to anyone.

Until next time, eat more ice cream!

Monday, July 27, 2015

Black Thrifted Romper

I used to wear more colors, but black clothing came into my life and I can't get enough of it! I have joined the dark side and I will wear black for all seasons. Black is classic and should be part of your color scheme all year around. I thrifted this black romper a few weekends ago and I can't stop wearing it! It's very versatile, therefore I can simply add a coat, change up my shoes, and bam a new look. Check out my recent video [1 Romper 3 Looks].

Black Romper - Thrifted
Cut-Out Shoes - Thrifted

I also created a few looks using Polyvore, to provide more outfit ideas and so you all can purchase these looks if you like them. Plus, Polyvore is basically a girl's dream internet closet.

I want to be a 90s kid:
Outfit 014
This gives off a fall/winter vibe.... because I want summer to end already.

Outfit 014 by postcardsfromliz

Night life is life:
Outfit 015

Outfit 015 by postcardsfromliz

Until next time, wear black lovelies.

Monday, July 20, 2015

Favorite Pastime ... Thrifting of Course!

If I'm not curled up in my bed watching movies, I'm probably thrifting. The thing I love most about thrifting is that rush you get when you find an amazing piece. Recently I found a retro black romper and I wished I could wear it every single day! It's chic, versatile, and BLACK - enough said. Sorry for this tease, but I will share this romper in a future post. Today I wanted to showcase a few thrift finds that I shared in a lookbook on youtube: [Thrifted // Summer Lookbook 2015].

Wrinkles for texture? Irons are overrated? I would like to apologize again (sorry not sorry), I was too excited to share this post. Therefore, I didn't take the time to iron the pieces after wearing them for my lookbook haha.

Navy Crop Top - basics from a retail store
Colorful Summer Skort - thrifted
Liz Claiborne Crossbody Bag - thrifted

White Blouse - gift from a friend
B&W palm leaf print skirt - thrifted
Black & Gold Clutch - thrifted

This amazing mural was created by Jeff Soto & Maxx242.

I shared more outfits in the video so check it out: [click here]. Please like & subscribe to my channel if you enjoy my content.

Until next time, have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!


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Monday, August 16, 2010

Poetry At Callanwolde, last Wednesday, August 11th

Meant to post about last Wednesday's lover-ly evening at Poetry of Callanwolde.Kodac Harrison, in my opinion, the South's greatest songwriter-as-storyteller and poet man and guitarist, never fails to please.I was delighted to see Rupert Fike in attendance, as well as old pal, the very energetic and readying-herself-to-graduate GSU, Ms. T.J. Annunziata, and Professor Bob Wood from nearby Georgia Tech, too.
Fellow writer(she specializes in "flash-fiction")Ellen Lindquist joined ol' pal, Dan-Dan and me, and we listened intently to Kodac.After his Feature, Kodac sat down near me, and Ellen and he and I enjoyed hearing newbie poets read, at the late-night Open-Mic.Really, realy cool stuff, on a verrry hot evening.Ruth Windham always does a great job with the hospitality(cold drinks, and sweet and salty snacks)and the encouraging introductions.
Earlier on Wednesday, I stopped in at Outwrite, picked up a naughty card for a friend's birthday, and when I didn't find him at home,left him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY card, and some jasmine-tea, at his door.
I then met up with Atlanta director, Reggie Price, of the short film we are shooting soon, "Just Us". Reggie also wrote the screenplay. The actor who'll play my "baby-daddy", fellow-SAG-member, Louis C. Robins joined us, and the young actress who'll play my oldest daughter, beautiful Ms. Vitelle Webb, stopped in, too.
We took photos, and looked over location, etc.(The film will be shot in Forest Park, Georgia, soon).
So Wednesday was a great day, and this past weekend was great(see my earlier post, below!), too.

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Where there’s a will there’s a way!

Hi peeps,

This post will be more of a self reflection. I am pretty new to blogging and I think it’s a great tool to communicate and share my thoughts with the rest of the world. I have not blogged for sometime now..I think it’s been more than a year. My first blog was blogengine.net.Which lasted for a couple of months. Then I tried out Orchard which was pretty satisfactory and that lasted for like a week.  This is my first wordpress blog and there are thousands of themes out there that I need to research on. If any one out there think my theme really suck… just say it so..really.. so that I can think about exploring new themes.

Now that I am on holidays I can spend more time blogging and connecting with other aliens out there..just kidding you! I would just like to remind my fellow viewers that most of the things I blog about are my own opinions unless I use direct speech and if you think you can leave a constructive criticism or any positive feedback, be my guest. I would love to read your comments and to improve on my writing skills. I would try my very best to be light hearted and fun in my blogging and obviously being a human being and woman in specific, I do have my mood swings. It is sometimes good to rip out those true emotions and share the gut feelings with people who are experiencing the same as you.

I do have categories or tags as bloggers call them that I will use as my guideline to blog. I don’t have a specific topic to blog about. This blog will be a mixed masala…lol…which means I will blogging about anything and everything that needs attention in my life that I come across or try out on. I will do lots of reviewing on movies, gadgets, restaurants etc. I will be providing many tips in the future where ever needed. If you think you can give me better tips, please do so…with “egoless” , haha just made this word up, mind.

Please refrain from using illicit language when commenting as I categorised my blog to be suitable for all ages. If you think I am harsh or generalising etc, please leave a comment. I will take immediate action upon my words. OH and I nearly forgot to mention, I am sure you noticed by now, that I am pretty colloquial with my writing. I do use a lot of South African slang, obviously because I am a South African Indian/Sri Lankan, which ever one comes first 😉

I have already posted few new posts, just to get the feel and I think I am starting to love it already!!

Anyways I got to go now…

Once again I would like to remind you to post comments.

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Saturday Pictures

Beautiful Monarch Butterflies!!!
Not as many as last year but still awesome.

The little Guineas are growing, soon they will be out of the pen ( if the bobcats will leave)

I have two limes on my little tree.

Lilly is tormenting Callie, she is not happy


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Dogs on Thursday (On Wednesday)

Two very lucky Dogs on Thursday are going to go for a Big Ride in the car today. They get to go on a little vacation with their Mom and Dad to the lake. They can watch the fish, bark at the squirrels, ducks, and deer, and sleep up on their own beds and smell all kinds of new and exciting smells. And maybe their Mom will get a chance to bake them some homemade canine cookies that they can snack on while lounging in front of the wood stove at night.

They have been such very good dogs through all of the months of fostering, they deserve a long weekend of pampering.
Chloe is doing very well. She's on a different dog food now and is like a new dog - happy and energetic and healthy!

Abbie's been really excited to go on walks with her again, now that Chloe's not poking so far behind anymore.

I feel like I'm still not over the bug that I had last week, or maybe it's a new one, who knows. But it won't stop me from spending my birthday at the lake, surrounded by most of my loved ones (the kitties declined the invite to join us), with nothing to do but knit, sleep, drink wine, eat good food, and shop at one of my favorite LYS' away from home. Enjoy your weekend too!

Nichole said...

Happy Lake Vacation!!!!!!!!!! :)

Channon said...

That's a belly rub request if ever I saw one! Have a great trip.

dogquilter said...

Cute pics. Glad Chloe is feeling better too.

Dianne said...

Happy Birthday! I hope you all have a wonderful time at the lake.

Serendipity said...

Canine cookies! Aren't they lucky! Love the pictures! They look so adorable!

Paula said...

Ahh I love the poses!
I am glad you all had a great lake weekend and that Chloe is doing better!


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Saturday, June 23, 2012

It’s a little hard to explain why an old lady who reads too much would get so interested in exceptional men like those portrayed in “Generation Kill.”  True enough, both my brothers were Marines in the period just before Vietnam.  (They never saw combat and benefited from the GI Bill.)  But probably the real crux of the matter is that I was taught (or learned without being taught) that the point of a woman was to devote herself to a man and, therefore, the idea was to find someone worthy.  If one was a high-performance female (ahem) which was not necessarily defined by appearance but more by character and intelligence, then it became a problem to find someone really worth a lifetime of devotion.
Then I discovered that I only had the chops for about ten years of it.  And I also had big questions about how to define worthiness.  This is what Rudy Reyes also wrestles with, only first-hand.  Is HE worthy?
There’s another factor involved.  At some point in all my reading and writing, even though I was on an Indian reservation where life was tough and often desperate -- or maybe because of it -- it occurred to me that the pursuits I’d had earlier (mostly academic or maybe writing, which was not defined really) were all fantasy, imagined.  For a while in Portland I worked on a clinical psychology degree at night (no one challenged the narcissistic grandiosity of this aim) while working the streets as an animal control officer in the daytime.  Gradually it dawned on me that reality and “living it” had a lot more “juice” than just inventing the story.
In short, being Rudy Reyes “for reals” should be more exciting than any movie about him.  But then, like Rudy, I discovered that no matter how strong and skillful one’s “chops” are, life can exceed it all.  Only Conan the Barbarian can get away with never coming “down,” never aging, never having post-traumatic stress, never getting into debt -- which is, of course, Conan’s charm.  Jason Momoa, who acts Conan in movies, is another splendid physical specimen.  These men look like every male idea of power, competence, status, and grace under pressure.  But they are movie actors.  It’s fantasy.
Conan, Rudy and Jason are terrific and admirable because their environment, at least the imaginary one and maybe the real one, fits them.  But we haven’t understood that in war the “movie” is for reals.  Rudy said that he was entirely fine with his role in the military until he was replicating it in the movie and saw through the eyes of the actors (those liberal, sissy, left wing guys) what he had felt vaguely all along.  Then he realized what was really happening and the back story that the writers were working from.  It was as though the camera pulled back for a wide shot.  The tragedy of Conan is not that he as a character wasn’t wonderful, but that his writer/creator didn’t have a good enough script.  He was not able to lift himself up to see that taking care of his mother was also a heroism.  He worked in closeups.
Back to “Generation Kill,” here’s the real “Iceman,” a soldier named Colbert.  (The actor’s next role was as a vampire!  The real Colbert is still a soldier.)  He’s clearly Swedish, an old Viking genetic template, but he can adapt to civilization by giving a nice buttoned-down, extra-starch talk about adrenaline, to which he's addicted.   He tells you that he gets his jolt by speeding and that he gets caught.  He advises against it.
Reyes, who lives on both sides, was breaking people up in bar fights, but gradually his empathy for the victims kicked in and, besides, if you can break a guy’s arm as though it were a chicken bone, there’s not really much adrenaline in it.  I suspect that Reyes in his boyish gentleness is quite a bit Native American, from south of the Border but not the kind who cuts your heart out with an obsidian knife.  Not that he couldn’t.  But he is not icy -- he is New Age California Warm.
So part of the fascination of this series is the right-brain/left-brain dynamic played out in two exceptional men.  They respect each other very much.  I loved the moment when the frustrated Iceman was under his humvee, displacing his frustration by pounding on some nasty and stubborn part, when Rudy came along and asked,  “Hey, you need a buddy?”  Not waiting for an answer, he slides in alongside on his back.  Just peaceful.  This is a man who is not afraid of bodies.  He hardly wears clothes.  His tattooes are black and emphatic.  The Iceman’s are strange, pastel, unintelligible across his lower back, almost like partly healed wounds.
What we do shapes us and our shape chooses what we do.  One little problem with war is that after the wars are over, the frontiers are closed, order is restored, where do these guys go?  Reyes runs an exercise biz -- I think he’ll be fine.  The new Jack Lalane.  Coleman is smart enough that he can probably find something -- maybe an engineer on an arctic oil rig.  In the 19th century he would have been an explorer or the captain of a sailing ship.
There’s an old WWII joke about how German soldiers were so obedient that they were suicidal -- they would do really stupid things because it was an order.  American soldiers were so argumentative that they’d still we quarreling with each other after the attack began.  But English soldiers were just right.  Guess who told that joke!  This series is saturated with the rawest kind of insults about class, race, education, sex, etc. etc.  Most of the time no one even reacts.  Yet the truth about incompetence can NOT be assimilated by the two specimens who fall short.  One has plainly come unhinged; the other is just not up to the task.  There’s no course they can take, no therapy that would help -- their shortfall is part of their being.  The jokes at that point become bitter.  The consequences followed those men after the series.  Many accusations of lying and framing and all that.  But that wasn’t really the point.
There were some new concepts here.  One of the most powerful was the idea of “asymmetrical warfare.”  Soldiers like characters out of "Star Wars" against people small because they didn't get enough to eat, dark because of adapting to desert, tough because those who weren't died already.  Asymmetry is all around us now that we’ve learned to see it.  The 1% vs the 99%.  The internal third world.  The Group of Seven or Twenty or Three.  Today's snipers are quants who kill by budgeting.  The surveys, the thumbs up and down, the cookies, the url lists, the algorithms.  The value of this filmed portrayal of war is that it’s all made specific, colorful, and even understandable.  Sort of.  I’ll come back to it.  I need more than a thousand words.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Baked oatmeal

My mom and dad both love oatmeal.  I wasn't surprised when I grew into loving oatmeal, too.  I prefer to make it from scratch instead of from the prepackaged individual packets that you buy from the store.  But, those individual packets are so convenient!

I saw a recipe for individual baked oatmeal on Pinterest and wanted to try this version.  It seemed like a great make-ahead recipe that could last through the week.  The result was really tasty and super easy to take along on the drive to work.  I topped some with raisins, Craisins, and white chocolate chips, and stirred in frozen blueberries for four different varieties. The source was Sugar-Free Mom.

Individual baked oatmeal

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups applesauce, unsweetened
  • 1 banana, mashed
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 5 cups, Old Fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 3/4 cups milk
  • Optional toppings: raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips
  1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana and honey together in a bowl.
  3. Add in oats, flax, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and mix well with wet ingredients.
  4. Finally pour in milk and combine.
  5. Spray a 12 and 6 capacity muffin tin with cooking spray or use cupcake liners.
    Pour mixture evenly into muffin tin cups.
  6. If using toppings add them onto the tops of muffins now. If using fresh or frozen fruit, drop it right into the batter.
  7. Bake 30 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool and enjoy or freeze them in gallon freezer bags.

 Note: the original recipe includes Stevia as an option for honey.

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Boondi Ladoos sweet recipes

Boondi Ladoos sweet recipes:

Wishing All my Friends "A Happy Festival".Today I actually have ready Boondi Ladoo that is my favorite from childhood day's onwards.As we are n't in India we are missing each one in my family there.My children would have enjoyed a lot there.But here it's not like that.For every deepavali we tend to use to induce up early within the morning so accustomed have oil bathtub for youths and wear new garments.I am happy that each my children favourite these boondi ladoos very much.

boondi laddu

Gram flour-1 1/2 cup
baking soda pinch
sugar-1 cup
orangr food colour pinch
cashew nuts-100gm
card-mom pwd-1/2 tsp

Take a bowl add besan,salt and baking soda and mix well by adding needed water so as to create semi thin paste.

In mean solar time cook the syrup for the ladoo by taking an oversized pan in this add sugar and pour water until it covers the sugar and cook to induce string like sirup.Add cardamom pwd and mix well.

Heat a pan with oil for cooking the boondi.Take the batter and pour it over a sieve with round holes.Tap it gently with a spoon so little balls of dough fall under the oil. create the balls and keep aside.

Add these cooked balls to the sirup and mix well and create ladoos once it's heat solely other wise sugar crystallizes.

Enjoy Tasty n scrumptious Boondi Ladoos!

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Praxis Dynamics is committed to quality in all professional services it provides, and adheres to a reliable delivery schedule, even in more open-ended, research focused tasks.

The founder of Praxis Dynamics, Dr. Stav Zaitsev, received his BSc in Electrical Engineering and BA in Physics (both Summa Cum Laude) in 2003 from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2011. His graduate studies were mainly focused in the field of micro-opto-electromechanical systems (MOEMS).

Dr. Zaitsev is specialising in nonlinear analysis and modelling of microsystems and semiconductor devices. He combines extensive knowledge of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) design with a broad background in physics, significant experience in analogue design, and special attraction to nonlinear systems. His professional interests include analysis and modelling of complex nonlinear systems, design of microsystems, analogue electronics, mesoscale physics, and quantum electronics.

View Stav Zaitsev's profile on LinkedIn

List of Publications:

S. Zaitsev, O. Gottlieb, and E. Buks, “Nonlinear dynamics of a microelectromechanical mirror in an optical resonance cavity”, Nonlinear Dynamics 69, 1589-1610, 2012
S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Effects of electron beam induced carbon deposition on the mechanical properties of a micromechanical oscillator”, Sensors and Actuators A 179, 237-241, 2012
S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, O. Gottlieb, and E. Buks, “Nonlinear damping in a micromechanical oscillator”, Nonlinear Dynamics 67, 859-883, 2012
S. Zaitsev, A. K. Pandey, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Forced and self-excited oscillations of an optomechanical cavity”, Physical Review E 84, 046605, 2011
S. Zaitsev, A. K. Pandey, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Thermal effects in an optomechanical cavity”, in The 56th Annual Meeting of the Israel Physical Society (IPS), 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec 2010
S. Zaitsev and E. Buks, “Nonlinear damping in nanomechanical beam oscillator”, in 5th EUROMECH Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Aug 2005
S. Zaitsev, R. Almog, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Nonlinear dynamics in micromechanical oscillators”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems, Banff, Alberta – Canada, Jul 2005
E. Buks, E. Arbel-Segev, S. Zaitsev, B. Abdo, and M. P. Blencowe, “Quantum Nondemolition Measurement of discrete Fock States of a nanomechanical resonator”, Europhysics Letters 81, 10001, 2008
E. Buks, S. Zaitsev, E. Segev, B. Abdo, and M. P. Blencowe, “Displacement detection with a vibrating RF SQUID: Beating the Standard Linear Limit”, Physical Review E 76, 026217, 2007
R. Almog, S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Signal amplification in a nanomechanical Duffing resonator via stochastic resonance”, Applied Physics Letters 90, 013508, 2007
R. Almog, S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Noise squeezing in a nanomechanical Duffing resonator”, Physical Review Letters 98, 078103, 2007
R. Almog, S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “High intermodulation gain in a micromechanical Duffing resonator”, Applied Physics Letters 88, 213509, 2006
I. Baskin, S. Zaitsev, D. Lipson, R. Gilad, K. Keren, G. Ben-Yoseph, and U. Sivan, “Molecular shift register and its utilization as an autonomous DNA synthesizer”, Physical Review Letters 97, 208103, 2006
T. Danovich, S. Mazin, and S. Zaitsev, “Resistance Accuracy Analysis of RC Extraction Tool: a Comprehensive Study”, Intel Design and Test Technology Conference, 2004

PhD Thesis:

PDF S. Zaitsev, “Forced and Self-Excited Oscillations in Nonlinear Micromechanical Resonators”,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 2011

S. Zaitsev, O. Shtempluck, and E. Buks, “Changing the properties of mechanical resonators by the means of electron beam induced deposition”, USA Provisional Patent no. 61/479,964, Apr 2011


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