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California State University, Fullerton is a large, comprehensive, urban university with more than 4,100 full-and part-time faculty and staff members, and a diverse student body of 40,235 enrolled in Fall 2016. The university offers a broad spectrum of degree programs in liberal arts and sciences as well as applied and professional fields with 57 at the baccalaureate level and 52 graduate programs including a doctorate in education and doctor of nursing practice. Learning is preeminent at Cal State Fullerton. We combine the best qualities of teaching and research universities where actively engaged students, faculty and staff work in close collaborations to expand knowledge. Research and other creative activities are enhanced by the proximity of the campus to nationally recognized business, cultural, and educational institutions. Faculty members were awarded more than $21.4 million in grants and contracts for research and scholarly activities in 2015-16. The university has a longstanding tradition of collegial governance. Cal State Fullerton is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. CSUF is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (the only one in Orange County) and an Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institution. We are ranked 6th in the nation in terms of baccalaureate degrees awarded to minorities. In addition to meeting fully its obligations under federal and state law, Cal State Fullerton is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live, work and learn in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual. To that end, all qualified individuals will receive equal consideration without regard to economic status, race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin or cultural background, political views, sex or sexual orientation, disability or Veteran's status or other personal characteristics or beliefs.

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

California State University, Fullerton, seeks a tenure-track faculty member in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management for Fall 2018.  The ideal candidate will contribute to one or more specialty OB areas (e.g. Cross-Cultural Management, Leadership, Teams) with an interest in Human Resource Management. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate/graduate classes in OB and HR; scholarly and creative activities that result in high-quality refereed journal articles; departmental, college and University service, and student advisement.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU.  Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

Application Deadline
We will interview candidates at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia).  In order to be considered for the interviews in Atlanta you need to submit by July 26, 2017:

The complete online application (details below) has to be submitted by September 7, 2017. Full consideration will be given to applications received by this deadline. However, we will continue reviewing subsequent applicants on a rolling basis, as needed, until the position is filled.

Appointment Date
August 17, 2018

Application Procedure
A complete online application must be submitted in order to receive consideration. To apply, please go to: to view all job listings and select 9694BR to begin the application process and provide the following materials:

  1. Cover letter (relating your experience to the required qualifications)
  2. Curriculum vitae
  3. Graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable)
  4. Recent publications or working papers
  5. Teaching evaluations
  6. A Student Success Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in teaching or working with a diverse student population (approximately one page, single-spaced)
  7. Three letters of reference (see instruction below)

On the References page of the online application, enter information and email addresses for three referents who will provide a confidential letter of reference for your application.  They will immediately receive a request via email along with information on uploading the letter.  You will be able to verify that each letter has been received by CSUF by logging back in to the recruitment system.

Please direct all questions about the position to: Cynthia Soriano, Administrative Coordinator @ or call (657) 278-2251.

Multiple positions may be hired from this recruitment based on the strength of the applicant pool

Rank and Salary
The position is at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track. The position comes with a competitive salary commensurate with rank, experience and qualifications. Summer research grants, moving expenses, start-up funds, and a reduced teaching load may be available.  An excellent comprehensive benefits package is also offered which includes health/vision/dental plans; spouse, domestic partner, and/or dependent fee-waiver; access to campus child-care; and a defined-benefit retirement through the state system, along with optional tax-sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, go to:

The University
Cal State Fullerton is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. With over 40,000 students, it is one of the largest California State Universities and Colleges. While there is considerable emphasis on undergraduate teaching, the University offers Masters' degrees, and rewards research and publication. The modern computer system includes standard math and statistical packages, and faculty members have easy access to computer facilities. Research opportunities are enhanced by its close proximity to UCLA, USC, Claremont, Cal Tech, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside. The suburban economy offers extensive consulting opportunities, in many high technology companies, as well as major corporate headquarters in Orange and Los Angeles counties.

Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Mihaylo College of Business & Economics is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business at both the undergraduate and master’s levels, and is among the five largest business colleges in the U.S., and the largest in California.  There are 14 Centers of Excellence in the College – three of which are affiliated with the Department of Management.  There are over 150 full- time faculty members and 8,700 students, including more than 700 graduate students. Bachelors’ degrees are offered in Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment & Tourism, Finance, Operations & Supply Chain, General, and Human Resources, Information Systems/Decision Sciences, Marketing, and International Business. Masters’ degrees are in Business Administration, Economics, Management Science, Accounting and Taxation. For more information about the College visit: The college is consistently included in Princeton Review’s list of the 296 best business schools.

The Department of Management
The management department has 27 tenured and tenure-track faculty supplemented by 5 full-time lecturers and a 45 part-time adjunct faculty. Tenure-track faculty members publish their research in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Human Resource Management, among others. The department houses three active centers of excellence – The Center for Leadership, the Entrepreneurship Center and the Family Business Center – which provide opportunities for exposure to business organizations and potential collaborations.  Our faculties are frequently recognized across the College and University for excellence in both innovative teaching and scholarly research.  Additionally, three centers of excellence are affiliated with the department - Center for Leadership, the Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Center for Family Business - which provide opportunities for exposure to business organizations and potential collaborations.

The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.

California State University Fullerton celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing the University’s strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. EEO employer. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

This blog has been asleep for awhile, hasn't it?

Normally, I try to post something at least once a month, but the last days of school and general chaos of my schedule has prevented me from going on any serious projects. Unfortunately, ARARANKHA won't be appearing on the blog for some time. The manuscript and artwork is finished, sure, but there is no editor, and attempted projects are dropping like flies. Still, summer has just begun, you may see it again in the future. I'm not happy with what I've written, I feel the characters can be better, but criticism only improves. I'm currently writing a new novel, which I will discuss on a later date.

So, let's discuss the Brontosaurus in the room: JURASSIC WORLD! (Brontosaurus is a valid genus now.) If you haven't noticed, I'm a dinosaur nut. Most of my projects feature dinosaurs in one form or another. If not, they feature a creature that resembles a dinosaur. I'm a fan of everything from Walking With Dinosaurs to Ray Harryhausen to King Kong. For the first five years of my life, I pestered my Grandmother to play Jurassic Park 3 every time I came to her house, even though it scared her half to death (she didn't own the first film. It was either that, or Phantom Menace...I didn't have a very good taste in films back then.)

Needless to say, the Jurassic Park films were some of my favorite films growing up. (my absolute favorite was Beast from 20,000 fathoms. Because Harryhausen is awesome.) With great special effects, a sense of awe and terror, and a great set of obscure dinosaur names to make my parents feel decades behind me, the film's dinosaurs will always hold a place in my heart (yes, even Spinosaurus). So, naturally, when I gained access to the internet and found rumors for a fourth movie, I went ballistic. For ten years, I combed the internet for any new scrap of news, read page after page of fan speculation. Years ago, I even attempted to make Jurassic Park 4, with my friends as various people from the movies (I was Malcolm, who for some reason I thought I resembled and could impersonate) and the dinosaurs were my set of plastic Jurassic Park toys I stashed under my drawer. I actually filmed quite a bit of the movie, which is sadly lost now, but I will always remember my brother, dressed as Grant in a plaid button-up and fedora, using a water pistol to gun down a plush carnotaur. He played the hell out of that role.

Finally, after years of rumors, silence, and bad fan fiction, Jurassic Park returned to cinemas. A script finally settled upon, production began in Kuai, and by November 2014 we had the first trailer. My heart pounded in my chest as the Mosasaur chomped the dead shark. It was unlike anything fans had ever predicted: a fresh start on the franchise, with sea creatures, hybrids, and trained raptors. So, I sat back in my chair, appreciating the ballsy move Trevorrow had taken the franchise, and waited till June. I watched the trailers, observed every new bit of news, and eagerly watched the calendar as time slowly winded down.

Last night, I finally got to theatre, among a horde of giddy fellow nerds wearing Jurassic Park T-shirts. I sat down, waited through the annoying commercials, and watched the finished film. A film I had waited ten years to see.

It was awesome!

Sure, it had it's flaws, most films in development hell do, but I was blown away by how undeniably epic the movie was! Intense, funny, and sometimes terrifying, Trevorrow's enthusiasm for the franchise could be seen in every single aspect of the movie. It actually made me wish I hadn't seen all the trailers and bits of news, just to see the whole damn thing unfold without any preconceived of what it would be like!

Jurassic World is the first film in over a decade to capture the feel of original. John Hammond's dream finally realized to a full extend, the film might not be as good as the first, but it's damn close. And no, I'm not going to say it's "bigger, louder, and has more teeth", because every other review has said that already. Though it does indeed, have all those features.

The ending, obviously. In the vein of GODZILLA (2014), it was filled with so much nostalgia and love for it's principal characters I was shocked they had the guts to try and pull it off. Basically a long tacking shot of pure chaos, it was a great climax to the movie. I won't spoil it for you, but ironically, my own version of Jurassic Park 4 had a very similar ending (only the dinosaurs in question were the T-rex, Spinosaurus, and a mutant carnivorous sauropod thingy).

Though people have been split on what to think of the Hybrid (some think she should have looked weirder, others didn't think she should've appeared at all.) I was mostly fine with the creature, and the special effects used to create it's main attack(anyone who read LOST WORLD will understand, wink wink) are incredibly impressive.

For a Jurassic Park movie, I was very impressed by many of the characters. Far from annoying, most of the main cast were believable and even very funny. My personal favorites were Zach and Gray, the best kid characters in the franchise since the first film, and the new computer technician, a super-meta nerd who gives some pretty funny comments about the idiocy of creating a mutant killer hybrid dinosaur just to appease the board. Chris Pratt, of Guardians of the galaxy fame, is excellent and likable as the raptor trainer. I also liked Claire, a park manager who teams up with Pratt's character to save her nephews.

The action is quite spectacular, wether just strolling throughout the park in all its glory, or in the inevitable chaos that unfolds from the dinosaurs escaping. There are some great set pieces and dinosaur fights throughout the film, and it is really fun to see.

I'd say more, but the movie has just released, and I don't want to spoil anything.

Regardless of the childlike joy I expressed watching the movie, I felt the movie had some overall flaws. None of this should deter you from seeing the film, but I feel, for all his gutsy decisions, Trevorrow worked a little too hard to try and appease the franchise's huge fanbase.

First off, the movie has gotten a lot of flack from angry scientists and paleontologists, for the inaccurate portrayals of dinosaurs. Despite many of the animal's looking nothing like their real-life counterparts, the film only barely mentions this and doesn't go too terribly in-depth. Paleontology is an ever-changing field, and while the dinosaurs of the first two films were mostly spot-on to 90s biology, Jurassic World has taken a step back in an attempt to retain consistency to its dinosaur's appearance. For example, while the Velociraptors in the film are 6-foot tall, scaly creatures with pronated wrists, real Velociraptors were the size of German Shepherds, had supplanted bird-wrists, and were covered in feathers. They were more akin to large terrestrial eagles with snouts full of teeth and tails, rather than the creatures you see in the film. I don't know why; most of the carnivores in the film, the creatures you see the most, are entirely new clones and certainly could be modified to be accurate. However, the most likely reason is the fact that it is difficult to make a feathered or furry dinosaur that is as frightening or imposing as a scaly one. I'm not saying it's impossible, for anyone who is skeptical that a feathered raptor or T-rex could be scary, simply observe an eagle or vulture, animals that be both noble or terrifying based on their moods. I always make my dinosaurs to be as accurate as humanly possible, and even though I still love the creatures, I wish they at least tried to add new discourse to their designs.

Also, though everything else is fine, the pterosaurs are really frickin ugly. Seriously, who designed them? Say what you want about Jurassic Park 3, but the Pterosaurs in that film at least looked and felt like real animals, with good musculature and realistically struggling under the weight of the kid they were trying to abduct (impossible in real life, Pterosaurs were basically living hang-gliders. they could neither grab things with their feet nor be able to support the weight of the person they were abducting. The larger Azdarchids, however, abducted prey with with their long beaks, and possibly were strong enough to snatch away small dinosaurs.) These pterosaurs nearly made off with a BABY TRICERATOPS, an animal the size and weight of a small pony! Also, while lacking teeth, they still lacked fur, which pterosaurs sported to insulate themselves. The Dimorphodons did have fur, but those creatures looked even worse than the Pteranodons. Cartoony and zombified, despite being one of the few Pterosaurs that actually walked on two legs, the critter's head was so big I doubt it would be able to even lift it in reality.

Also, I really wish they had used more animatronics in the film. Sure, the CGI was mostly good, the raptors looking the best with good close-ups. But the only animatronic I spotted in the film was an apatosaurus head, and nothing else. Either no animators were used at all, or some executive idiot glazed it all over with CGI. Stan Winston's animatronics were really important to the films, not just because of their realism, but to give the actors something real to react to OTHER THAN A GREEN BALL AND STICK.

Finally, the character I was least sold on was Vincent D'Onofrio's character. He is an excellent actor, giving a frightening portrayal of Kingpin on Netflix's Daredevil show, which I liked. But his character in Jurassic World just doesn't work. From the beginning, you can tell he is an utter slime ball with no compassion for the creatures he works with or his job, and would be first in line for "characters to betray the company once the park goes to hell.". Sure, Nedry was also a slime ball and obvious traitor, but if you were in the movie with him, he would just seem like an incompetent idiot and no real threat. Why they would hire this guy at all is a mystery to me, especially since his main goal is to weaponize the raptors, something the CEO (Irrfan Kahn) is completely against.

Hey, speaking of Nedry, Dilophosaurus was once again denied a role in the movie. Sure, he has a fun cameo on the hologram system, but for a creature so famous to the franchise, you'd think he'd have a bigger role. He's just as inaccurate as the rest of them, real Dilophosaurs had no frill and couldn't spit poison. Why not?

The film had problems, sure. But should you skip it? No! The film is a great flashback to 90s nostalgia, a meta comment on consumerism's demand for more teeth, and a great action movie. So, if you've been a fan of Jurassic Park your whole life, or dinosaurs in general, and want to recapture the wonder of seeing dinosaurs on screen, go see it!

You'll probably love it, I (somewhat) guarantee it!

Thanks for commenting.

Kelston Hubler


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At the end of January I went to a workshop at the University of Cologne, run by a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities and expertly organized by Eva-Maria Cersovsky and Ursula Giessmann. It focused on ‘Gender(ed) Histories of Health, Healing and the Body, 1250-1550’. I’ve long been interested in this area, which is important for … Continue reading

Eminent Churchillians have been all a-quiver. Darkest Hour has carried their subject far beyond his familiar home in the Culture pages of the serious newspapers to set him trending, everywhere. And the academic eminences have themselves been pulled into the spotlight, called on to share their expertise in every media forum, from the Today programme, … Continue reading

Interviewers: Tom Douglas and Max Blore (3rd year undergraduates)   On Wednesday 22 November 2017, Professor Conrad Leyser (University of Oxford) visited the Centre of Medieval Studies here at the University of Exeter. Prof. Leyser presented a paper entitled ‘The Cult of the Virgin Mary and the History of the Family in the Middle Ages’ … Continue reading

As many of you will know by now, our former colleague Simon Barton died suddenly just before Christmas. Simon had been at Exeter for many years, first in Modern Languages and then in History, before leaving in December 2016 to take up a chair at the University of Central Florida.  Simon will probably need no … Continue reading


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Government Backs Down From Abolishing University Degrees After Student Protest

The State Secretary for higher education has announced that contrary to earlier plans, degrees in international relations and communications will not be abolished, but rather restructured according to the recommendations of the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference. However, the Rectors’ Conference agrees with the abolishment of BA programmes in social studies and engineering management, he pointed out. In the case of psychology degrees, the Conference did not support transition from the current 3+2 year Bologna system to five-year unitary training.

László Palkovics added that the Faculty of Social Sciences at Budapest’s Eötvös Loránd University is not in danger of being closed down due to the abolishment of the social studies programme because students will be able to apply for other courses offered by the faculty and it will not necessarily bring about a decrease in funding either. With regard to the engineering management, he said that MA degrees will continue to be offered in the field and degrees in engineering design will also continue to be put on by universities.

The announcement comes after hundreds of students protested against the government’s plans in the capital on Monday evening. However, protesting students have announced that their demonstration called for Wednesday will go ahead despite the developments, at which they will rally against what they call the eradication of university autonomy with the establishment of a body to oversee universities’ finances.


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Friday, November 19, 2010

Almost Thanksgiving

My desk at Mt. McKinley Princess Lodge
I realized it has been a while since I wrote anything when I checked a message left on one of my posts. I guess things got a little busy. I finished working at the Princess Lodge in mid September. Kind of bitter sweet, but I sure had a nice second half of summer there. I hope to go back next summer, or work for the State Parks in some capacity. I believe in the Park system and what they can provide to us on so many levels. It's also the kind of job you can make what you want out of it. You work with very little supervision and are just expected to get the job done. That appeals to me. I met a lot of really nice people this summer.
While not a huge fan of animal hides, I did come to like this coyote.
Soon after finishing work, I went into Anchorage with my friends Mary and GG. We went to see Bill Cosby in concert. Before the show we went to the stage door to see if we could visit with Bill after the show. Well, to our surprise they allowed us in before the show. I worked on The Cosby Show as a camera operator  for 5 years back in the 80's-90's.  One never knows if actors will remember you, but Bill did. He wanted to know why I moved to Alaska. I said it was the dogs. He laughed and said, "oh yeah, you have those sled dogs." For those who don't know, Bill had show dogs too. Lakeland terriers I believe. Anyway, we spent about 15 minutes with him. It was great fun. After we left, we were escorted through back stage right out to the lobby. The general manager came up and asked to see our tickets, which were good seats. But he took them and got us better seats! Wow, that was nice and totally unexpected.  What a fun night!

My friends GG, Mary and myself with Bill Cosby. Bill held my hand the whole time we were visiting.
When the State Parks job ended I was able to focus on tasks at home before winter arrived. If you read THE GREAT HOT TUB CAPER previously on this blog, then you know I was moving downstairs into the old hot tub room. While Keith; my border and dog handler; went to visit friends and family, I rearranged, cleaned, threw away stuff and generally straightened out my house. My handy man came and took out a wall between the bath and laundry room and put in another window. What a nice room that is now. The bedroom turned out well too. My bed and four dog crates. LOL---the dogs love it.   The view out the bedroom window is pretty nice. I can see stars, shooting stars and the moon and sunrise each morning.

The view out my bedroom window.
I finished editing another movie-the 2010 Willow Jr 100 Race. It turned out very nicely. Kyf Brewer (Kyf) wrote another fabulous song for it entitled, "MUSH!" It's hard rocking mushing music.  The movie will be available very soon via my website: Husky Productions
Thanks to my friend, Dr. Marian Siegel, for the cover photograph.
The dogs got a little bored waiting for snow. They all lined up on the deck one day when I was scooping poop. Here's the photo.

Maggie, Chena, Rosie, Pearl, Jack, Nahanni, Fritter, Spirit
By the end of October, snow had arrived. By the second week of November, I finally got the girls, Maggie, Pearl, Nahanni and Fritter off the gig and onto the sled. We could still use a bit more snow, but we'll take what we can get. We're having fun out there!
First snow---photo taken about 3 am
Husky foot print in the snow
Maggie, Pearl-lead; Nahanni, Fritter-wheel
My friend Claudia took these two shots from the back of her sled. She actually turned around and rode backwards!
LOL---she's good!
I did get to take an overnight vacation to Fairbanks to attend an auction for Lance Mackey. It was a fun time with lots of items up for bid. Thanks to my friend Carol for the room. We'll be taking a flight around Denali next summer which I won at the auction. Hoping for a glacier landing this time.

Lance holds one of the many items available at his auction.
The drive home after the auction was another photo opportunity for me. What else could it be?? Here are some of the sights.
The view over the Tanana Valley
Snow on the hillside through the pass at Denali
A bit windy that day
The Nenana River is freezing up.
Blowing snow, like a wave coming over the ridges.
Ravens in Broad Pass
The igloo, familiar landmark, is for sale
The view from the igloo

My neighbor got a new puppy. Who doesn't love puppy breath???! She still hasn't named him, but that doesn't affect the cuteness factor. Even big brother Remmie seems impressed. HA
OH, what to name this cute guy?!
I visited my friend Pat for lunch one day. Pat is a great example of waiting to get what you want. She moved from Texas a year ago. She wanted a log home, but couldn't find exactly what she wanted where she wanted. She did persevere and look what she found--a great house with an amazing view.

Pat's views over the Palmer Hay Flats---NICE!
And so next week is Thanksgiving. I am thankful the elections are over. :) I am thankful my Mom has moved in with my sister and her husband. I am thankful that life is generally quiet and nice right now. I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving.
My Christmas cactus always blooms in November

The view from the bridge on Shirley Town Road in Willow
Sunrise from my bedroom.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Dancing With THE Mountain!

One of the great joys of the past few days has been the outstanding views of Denali. Whether crystal clear or partially clouded over, it never fails to awe and inspire. I get to see the mountain from my camping area at the Veterans Memorial on the Parks Highway. It doesn't matter, early morning sunrise or late evening sunset, the view is simply peaceful and serene.
Denali after sunset from the Veteran's Memorial.
Denali the next morning at sunrise, clouded over.

Some have asked me about my little Scamp travel trailer. It has proven to be perfect for my needs while I work at the Princess Lodge. Here is a photo of it. To the right is the view from the Scamp down to Byers Lake at sunrise. There is a nice five mile hike around the lake. It's a really nice place to camp. The ridge above is called K'esugi  Ridge and there is trail access from Byers Lake. Everything in this post is part of Denali State Park.
My Scamp and the K'esugi Ridge in the background.
Sunsets are a major event here, especially when they look like this!

The main attraction of the Veteran's Memorial is the grotto of pillars and the statue in tribute to Alaska's veterans. It's a nice place to contemplate what our Armed Forces have done for our country.

Always on guard!

From here each morning I drive 14 miles south to the Mt McKinley Princess Lodge. A lovely complex with visitors from all over the world.

The lodge from the overlook.
Alaska Range

Closer views of THE Mountain--Denali!

Even Spirit likes the view!

Above, the McKinley Princess compound from the Hill Trail, with the Alaska Range behind. You can even take a covered wagon ride around the area. The view from one of the overlooks on the Hill Trail below.

I just can't imagine a more picturesque place to work!


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The Hub login page designed for one-time login

On the login page of The Hub a bold red sign warns against bookmarking the authentication page.

The sign was put up by Network Administrator David Hartmann and Web Manager Lillian Contreras after a glitch was discovered.

The Hub is designed for a one-time login only — the authentication page where students are asked to input their login information has a URL that is unique for that one session.

After the student has logged in, the URL and information about the authentication page will disappear. Thus, if students or faculty bookmark the login page, the web browser will save and try to access a web address that no longer exists.

Educational Technology Committee Chair Jeffrey Snapp first reported the problem during the second week of school when he repeatedly received an error message when trying to access the The Hub. Snapp contacted Hartmann, and they discovered that the issue had to do with the single-use URL that The Hub was designed for.

“This isn’t really a problem, rather an unforeseen glitch that emerged as more people began to use web resources in different ways,” Snapp said.

Instead of bookmarking the authentication page, students and faculty can save the URL of the home website that appears after logging in.

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Stay In The Flow

Dear Pregnant Mom,
Whether or not you are aware, during pregnancy, labor and birhing of your baby you experience a separation from ordinary reality, allowing you to experience a deeper connection with your baby.
This is what I have called "Being in the flow". "Staying in the flow" is when you have access to the "Flow" by "Being in the FLow" all the time, at will.
  Most people live their life by someone else's design: they are told what to do, and they go on doing it.
  By staying in the flow you step into the opportunity to break that cycle, for yourself and for your baby
and to begin to create a new template of your choosing easily and gently making the subtle changes in attitude and action that create a labor where satisfaction and enjoyment are at least POSSIBLE.
If you've read this far you probably are more interested and willing than 99% of pregnant women to whom I sent this letter, which  makes you special. The sad truth is that most people are seeking a magic pill for their labor, and they are unwilling to do what it takes to have what they want:
Yes, the magic pill exists and it is just a temporary fix for those who don't want to feel the full satisfaction from the birthing process, the sexual charge it gives, the plesure, the awakening of the large feeling of love to their baby, bonding with your partner, and the fulfilling feeling of legacy they are creating.
The legacy for your baby, because babies do remember birth...
What I'm offering is a life-long answer to the desire for fulfillment and satisfaction in labor, the feeling of "feeling alive", that most women say they want.
I expect that as few as 1 % and no more than 2% will understand it, and 98-99% will reject it immediately, and I'm willing to accept it. I know, sadly, that the natural, enjoyable, satisfying birth is NOT for everyone. Those who want the quick fix will have just that. Not satisfaction.
This is about a road to awareness/enlightenment/fulfillment/satisfaction about the dream birth less traveled, but traveled by mothers who create orgasmic birth, love and life of passion, feelings of being alive and fulfillment. Who are usually willing and able to master what it takes to get desired results: short labor, calm and smooth birth of their baby.
I am always eager, actually, to take unusual individuals, who value the journey, to creating the journey of labor and birth that is more fulfilling than they ever dreamt before or may think is possible, at the same time creating sustainable stability for their family in an unstable world.
If you want to go inside to where the flow is where I've most effectively helped others stay in their flow, their connection with the future of possibility of creating the birth that they want,
I invite you to begin now. Subscribe to my HypnoBirthing class now.

All the best,
Morrin Bass

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup

There's something about fall that drives me to want to eat soup every single day. This Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup was the perfect solution to my soup obsession... it seems like a traditional chicken soup but the addition of lemon really brightens up the dish.

The original recipe called for the use of boxed chicken stock but I had bone-in chicken available so I decided to make my own. If you want to go the boxed stock route, I'd suggest doing a 70/30 split of stock to water so it's not overwhelmingly salty. You can then bring that stock to a boil, add in boneless chicken alongside the aromatics, let it boil until the chicken is cooked, then complete the recipe as is.

However you choose to cook it up, I promise this will be a staple in your recipe box for years to come.

Enjoy :)

Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup

7 quart stock pot filled with 5 quarts water (I used my 7.25 quart Le Creuset dutch oven and eye balled the water).
2 pounds bone-in chicken breasts
3 medium carrots, peeled and cut into small pieces
3 medium celery stalk, sliced
1/2 cup finely chopped shallot
1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
3 close of garlic, chopped
1 box frozen spinach
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 cup orzo
Juice of 2 lemons

Bring pot of water to a rapid boil. Add bone-in chicken breasts, carrots, celery, shallot, parsley, and garlic. Boil on medium-high for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
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Sunday, 31 October 2010

Halloween Dreams...

Halloween is a bizarre time of year. We didn't bother with it this year, as we don't really know anyone this end of the country. So we had a nice treat of a big Chinese dinner instead! Look at it this way. These crocodiles weren't impressed. (Thailand has "panda fever" and is painting other animals to make a point that they're also endangered, not just pandas.)

Mind you, here's something I discovered a few weeks ago: Hereward Carrington wrote a peculiar book, ‘Death: Its Causes and Phenomena’, in which he reported body of a boy radiating a blue glow after his death of acute indigestion. It turns out this glow is quite normal (if an extreme version) even in live people, as Japanese researchers have discovered that the human body actually glimmers! The light we emit is about 1000 times lower than the naked eye can see and is brightest in the afternoon; interestingly, the skin around your mouth lightens most around this time of day too. Anna Monaro had asthma and for several weeks, a blue glow would emit from her chest while she slept... Which makes sense, as it seems certain chemical reactions and metabolic shifts cause a higher ratio of free radicals to be released and this is what they believe causes the glowing.

But it got me to thinking. Life is a pretty weird thing - and sometimes death can be a bit weirder still. But isn't the theory, it isn't what caused it - sometimes it's what happens after.

Mind you, even after you're gone, you have an ever-expanding range of options nowdays. Personally, I'd like to give a few of them a go if there's enough left after medical science has had anything it could find useful.

I've known for some time that you can be turned into a diamond, (and quite honestly, I'd love to be a warm red stone like this one - you can even do family plans!) and

I heard that you could be sent up as a firework but now you can even go up in a REAL rocket for a space burial! If being so far from home is a bit daunting and you want something more down-to-earth, you can even give something back and become a "reef ball". What a wonderful idea, to give safe homes to sea creatures and support corals with a sturdy anchoring.

Friday, 29 October 2010

Writing's Working!

I just LOVE getting this message: "Thank you for submitting to the Neopian Times. Currently your submission (Inserted name of current article by me) is being held over and may be considered for future publication in the Neopian Times. There is no need to submit your submission again, as it is saved by the editor."

I've discovered this to mean that the first staff member to read it, liked it, and has handed it on up to the editor for approval - and so far I haven't had any of my articles rejected. Each one is another feather in my cap - or should I say quill feather? Hehehe. I also won this trophy finally for winning the biggest Go! Go! Go! tournament.

Five more articles in production, and I'll link up my new one once it's released.

QOTD: "]#'9009?.,?.;,lp[]][plkmn mp[--[='/" - Whoops - just poured tea on my laptop! Shouldn't get so enthusiastic when I win a good hand!

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Hah! Meme made mainstream! I gotta say, these look really rather nice too. They appear to be basically Muller yogurts, made in Shropshire. I will keep my eyes open for these down at the supermarket to give them a try, purely for the "Nom" theme and the useage of "phenomenomanom" in a televised advert campaign.

We had a wonderfully nommable meal at Garthy's again, as a special treat, what with it being 2for1 grill night. Pea and ham soup so shockingly green I could have painted spring grass on a canvas and sold it for a fortune, and a rump steak done to perfection. I swear that chef psychically knows how I like my steak - medium rare, but more rare than medium. His Lordship likes his more medium than rare. He tried creme brulee and declared it as "nommity - exactly what I wanted!", whilst I enjoyed an extraordinary chocolate orange tart, with white chocolate and Bailey's sauce. As always, deeply impressed! If I had an unlimited budget, we'd eat there every week - the food is spectacular...

Monday, 25 October 2010

Kyle's still a pain in the ass. I bought her a basil plant. She looked at it and said "That's very pretty." I picked a leaf and she went "oooh, my favourite!" NOMNOMNOM!

"Can I have another?" I point and say to her that the entire plant is right next to her. She says "Yes, and it's very pretty - can I have another leaf now?" So I had to pick another one and she happily nommed it. I ended up picking about a dozen leaves; apparently they taste better individually.

Total derp: "Oh, I like that comedian, he's funny!" Uhh... duh?

ScottishRose: "I swear if she doesn't turn off the aircon I'm going to die of phenomena." Topped only by the response from my colleague's sister: "Yeah, we're going to end up with homophobia!"

Nederlander: " I said to the doctor, whenever I harvest our cornfields, I get a really bad headache. It's a migraine, he explained. No it's not, it's mine! And why have you started talking with an Italian accent?"

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Caleb the Weather Dog

Holy crap! I was just this minute saying to His Lordship that I'll go out now and get the shopping - when suddenly... BLAM! WEATHER! Rain pounding down, causing instant rivers in the carpark, instantly followed by piercing hailstones, roaring thunder, blasts of lightning that whack his computer offline (thank goodness for batteries - the laptop's still running) - the hailstones are pounding down now as big as marbles.

Just as suddenly as it started, it's gone again. The big black clouds have vanished, blue skies and sunshine. And great big holes through my rhubarb plant. Thank goodness I took my rare cosmoses in yesterday, they'd never have withstood the onslaught - the downdraught from the storm was extraordinary, we could even feel it inside the house. (Pic: rivers of ice in the yard!)

Caleb the Weather Dog - "It will be a barking good day today with a bit a of bite to the wind. Make no bones about it: weather like this is something to woof about, as it's very nippy. People everywhere will be yapping about the ruff weather coming from the South. Mind you, I could be barking up the wrong tree!" Caleb is J's hearing dog - and he has a startlingly accurate ability to predict the weather a good two-three hours before it hits, allowing J to take her medicine before the barometric shifts make her dizzy and sick.

Thursday, 21 October 2010

One Night at the Octagon

What an utterly bizarre evening.

I got home to discover that we're getting a lovely burgundy-plum leather suite for the living room (His Lordship's folks want to go for something different) and that we were going out to the theatre. Needless to say I was quite pleased, though a little wary as the show was "That'll be the Day."

As far I could see, it was going to be a cheesy oldies Rock'n'Roll show. From what we actually saw, it WAS a cheesy oldies Rock'n'Roll show, with comedy thrown in. And it was GREAT! The first half, I admit I didn't know some of the acts - but then they had a ... well, not a grand finale, because it was for the intermission, but a pretty stunning Beatles blend. The second half leapt straight in with the Blues Brothers. It's one of my favourite movies and the cast did a superb rendition.

But it was the intermission that really made me laugh. I went out the front with His Lordship Senior to get icecreams and was amused by him asking for "One of that, that, that and that - in fact, two of everything. Don't look at me like I'm an idiot, I want these icecreams. I have a fiver, that should cover it, yes? Oh, and I'd like two ice lollies too." The vendor looked bewildered and stacked the whole lot in the box - 14 tubs of various icecream flavours (the chocolate is fabulous BTW - this is one of the few we had left over and had to put in the freezer). She then counted them up, "2, 4, 6, 8..." and came to a conclusion. "£2.60."

I'd been giggling at HLSenior's requests of multiple icecreams anyway, but I nearly died laughing as he looked somewhat puzzled and handed her a £20... and she gave back £17.40 in change.

"Are you sure that's right?" So, she counted them over again - "£2.60!" Her colleague leaned in and looked concerned, counted them over for herself. "No... that's 14 tubs and 2 ice lollies - £30." We went away with our stacks of frozen dairy and HLS goes "Should have offered her £20 for the whole damn trolley, shouldn't I!"

I swear on absolutely ANYTHING that it happened - it was like something from a Derren Brown show. I wish I'd have filmed it because no-one's going to believe me!

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Faster Pasta and Pie

You know what - I didn't mind when I nearly got ran over today. For a change, it was a dark, British Racing Green 2, Bentley Continental Series 51 (a truly unique car - unmistakeable features!) and he was very polite about it. One of those smiles that was at once apologetic, slightly embarrassed of his wealth and delighted that I thought it was a nice car. One of my favourites in fact - I'm on the mailing list with Bentley to see their new cars. Mmmmmm. Here's some Bentley "off the peg" Colours.

Fusilli - the arcade penny machine of the pasta world. Scoop it with a fork and it looks like "yeah, that's a LOAD of pasta". Get it high enough to put in your mouth and discover you only actually have one on the fork. Stabbing it is not much better either - the swirls compress and don't slide up the tines, so you still only end up with a few pieces of pasta. If you're a real pasta pro like me, you can get seven on the tines and two on the "bowl" - but that's only with years of practise. We need to design a proper fork for dealing with this awkward dish.

I'm happily eating my pie. His Lordship is complaining because only the pastry can be sliced and the rest of the pie is basically a caramel sauce and bananas. But I think it's GREAT! :D Who needs traditional sliceable pie when you have a plate full of yum? He is licking the plate though... But in fairness, you kind of need to.

Monday, 18 October 2010

Too sleepy to blog. Need food. Come back later. What do you want on blog?

Saturday, 16 October 2010

BOOM! Back on TNT

Hurray! Another article has been published by The Neopian Times!

As promised Danny, I got the word "seahorse" in there. "You .. I mean ... wow. I AM impressed. And not just at the amount of free time you have. But seriously, I am gobsmacked, good work. Now can you help Loulou get an article containing the word 'minions' printed in the New York Times?"

Thanks! And yes, possibly, if she already has connections.

Big thanks to Knight_Blade for his first person account! I couldn't have written this one without your help.

That's my fourth piece written and accepted - so what's my next article to be about? All suggestions, ideas and jokes welcomed. If you'd like to give me a word (preferably not adult in context - it is a kid's site after all) I'll manage to fit it into my next article somehow. After all, I'm a master at playing "word in conversation with customers" at my big branch. They were impressed when I managed to have a conversation about ostrich steak (too easy) as today's task - and I worked "supercalifragalisticexpealidotious" into a sentence as if it were perfectly normal. Customer didn't notice a thing!

The fun you can have, selling savings accounts!

Friday, 15 October 2010

"I wandered lonely as a cloud-based storage facility,
That floats high o'er server and 'nets
Awesome accessibility,
Like the GoldenCasino bets;
Beside the lolcatz, beneath the meme,
Hampsterdance and strutting on my screen.

As fabulous as the Chocolate Rain,
And double memed by Tay Zonday,
They stretched over the Viral plane.
Whilst we're buying things on e- Bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Brand new pairs of Hammer pants.

The back-up dancers danced; and they
Out-did Technoviking in glee.
A blogger could not be but gay,
in Chuck Norris's company:
I gazed - and surfed - but little thought
What wealth these clips to me had brought:

When, in the Lying-Down Game I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
With FailBlog on that inward eye
Which is the home of many screwed;
And then my heart with laughter screams,
And chuckles with the online memes."

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Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Lovin' Language

I'm writing something a little bit special - and I'll have it released in the next day or two. Keep watching this space, because I'm going to need your help to send it viral. (Img: Clue.)

Terry has developed a rather sweet little voice. He pips and squeaks quite a bit for various reasons, usually when he's fallen off something... We also get a distinct "PAWP!" when he's had enough of being fussed around - a little like a higher, shorter version of Juno's voice.

In the meantime, have some fun with this: "I love His Lordship" turns into: "Love rules." Also, "This is fun!" converts to: "Very interesting!"

Also, teach yourself some cool new words: It will give you a great sense of hygge.

Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

Quote of the Day: "jo9mkjhnim yuijlkmvhj nkihjm gkm gbhkl" - Nan testing out her new MSN

Sunday, 10 October 2010

Horrible Hedge!

Being as I'm slightly taller (and sturdier) than Himself, it means I have to hold the ladder. Our garden is a funny shape so the carpark is much lower on the other side of the fence, which makes it quite difficult to cut the top of the hedge. It also means I'm going to get two inch long thorns and hefty branches dropped on me again. I swear, you could hang pictures with those gits! Last time we cut the hedge, I got one of those thorns in my foot: it punched right through my shoe and fully into my heel - I had a twig quite literally nailed to me! (Img: wrong species of pyrocantha. Imagine this with 2" needles.)

If I had my way, I'd have the sodding thing killed off, dug out and replaced with something gentle, like a cluster of great big passion flower bushes - but it's nearly impossible to destroy. I had to dig out the little one in the front garden, self seeded from one of the BILLIONS of berries these bushes put out. The blackbird that eats them can barely take off once he's done nomming the red and yellow things. I ended up digging down about 4 feet then taking an axe and extreme violence to the massive root stalk. That one was about 3 foot tall. The back hedge is about 9.

I wouldn't mind if it had any useful defensive properties, but as we have no back gate... Mind you, it does discourage the cats from bothering my sparrows.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Traaaaaaaaaaains. Must ... Have .... Traaaaiiiiiiiins.

My brain has melted: 00:33, and we're finally home. Two hours late and to top it off, we found an interesting life form in a glass of juice His Lordship forgot.

Slept. Woke up very disoriented. Went shopping, appalled by sheer amount of people. It's a FRIDAY people, why aren't you all at WORK? You can't ALL be on holiday like me, surely... Seriously, that's just not what a disorientated person needs on a day like this. Cup of hot chocolate and my mental state might start recovering.

There, that's better - much closer to human. On my shopping trip, the Nice Bloke in Tesco's tried to convince me to buy a £200 DVD player, because ours sadly ate itself and ate a disk. I smiled politely and went "Nah, cheapest and smallest. Oooh, £20 - that's more like it! Thanks!" Poor Bloke, I understand he was trying to help, but I really didn't need to spend £200. I can't even work out WHY it's £200.

There will be a delay in bloggage - I'm testing Ubuntu on my computer and all my pictures and notes are stuck on my external hard drive which I currently can't access!

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Tribulations on the Train

Spec-crapular. Utterly crap-tastic. Our initial change was 30 minutes late (breakdown of other train on a line). The second one we then had to connect to was also 25 minutes late (failure of signal on a line) and I'm currently sat on the floor in Bristol Temple Meads, having given up on the stupid blue sloped bench affair.

There are about a dozen of us displaced, weary souls at the arse end of nowhere (platform 13 would you believe) hiding from the bitter air blowing in the open station side. At least this waiting room has an electric heater, if not sensible benches. We were supposed to be home by 10. Looks like it's going to be midnight. And a long night at that...

One of the ticket masters agreed that it would certainly be faster to go by car, not to mention possibly cheaper "and certainly more reliable, but I didn't say that!" We passed the time by eating our dinner; ham sammiches, cake and crisps kindly provided by Nan. Had to giggle at the "SnackRite" crisps (ownbrand Aldi's) Nan won in a raffle - they were "salt your own".

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

The Chocolate Lounge

Looks great, sounds great - I was expecting a proper chocolatier, a boutique dedicated to chocolate galore, if you will. I discovered a coffee shop serving only one kind of hot chocolate, but 5 menu's worth of coffee and tea (seriously, FIVE). With all those syrups and flavours, you would have thought, as a chocolatier supposedly, that they could have expanded the range a little. The hot chocolate was nice enough, sweet, with a fairly well rounded flavour, but sadly bitty - evidence of a cheap chocolate powder instead of PROPER hot chocolate. Properly burst my bubble, I can tell you! (Pic:

I was even more frustrated by the fact that some idiot put a table and chairs in front of the chocolate counter, perfectly obscuring the view of both product and information when a pair of equally unobservant customers deposited themselves upon it.

We weren't offered cake or chocolates with our drinks, which I was surprised by - you're missing vital sales there! Whilst friendly, the staff weren't exactly at their most attentive...

The sweets themselves were passable, but nothing to really get excited about, and certainly not justifiable to the price at £3.60 per 100g when Thorntons is only £2.99 for a 100g bag of Continentals. Needless to say, I was both underwhelmed and unimpressed; it looked great, until you look closer - a bit like this garage.

Dinner at Mum's more than made up for it though. Muhmummah's enchiladas were grand. I mean that in all senses of the word; sensationally tasty and BIG. Apparently the trick is to steam all the contents - the mushrooms in a covered pan with a wee touch of proper butter for flavour, and the chicken in lemon and lime juice with fresh ground pepper. They were rockawesomely good.

Monday, 4 October 2010

No-Mona Lisa at Da Vinci's

I always like to try and go here to eat when I'm home - simply because I love their pasta dishes - heck, I love Italian food full stop. (Pic: MetaPizza - source unknown.) Da Vinci's is a strange restaurant at the best of times; having spent a small fortune on beautiful smooth black and red granite table tops, they have cheap hollow knife handles - it always makes me chuckle.

For a change, we went with starters: I had soft, plump field mushrooms in a creamy smooth garlic and white wine sauce finished with sweet wilted spinach. His Lordship went for something a little different, but non-the-less delicious, "Asparagus Provincale". Four stems of firm, tasty asparagus, wrapped in fine parma ham baked in a pomodoro sauce topped with cheese. I was well impressed with the combination of flavour and texture and it's definitely a recipe we're bringing home with us.

I always end up having the Pollo della casa, as it's my favourite dish and a good measure of a restaurant - I expect large, succulent chicken pieces with my mushrooms, and a thick cheese sauce. DV's has never disappointed me yet. The sprinkling of parlsey over the baked cheese finish was a nice touch! He went for the Penne Salmone and was delighted by the texture of the fish and surprised by the accompanying mushrooms - a bold but brilliant move, adding firmness to the soft textures of the dish.

We gave it 20 minutes and finished off our meal with a shared plate of profiteroles - and regretted it. Sharing a plate I mean. They were fabulous! The chef makes a wonderful bittersweet chocolate sauce which manages to avoid being sickly whilst having a sumptuous richness. The sour touch to the edge of the bitter flavour was perfectly offset by the sweetened cream in the choux pastries themselves. All round, a true spectacle of a dish as it looks as good as it tastes. Tesco's, eat your heart out.

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Chips and Carrots

Chip in a Bottle update: My darling littlest brother brought his bizarre project down for us to have a look at. 18 months on, and the KFC chip is still in surprisingly good condition, especially considering he keeps shaking it up. It's still chip shaped, though in three large chunks. He must NOT open the bottle, as I suspect he's likely to give us botulism on the first toxic, reeking "psssht" of gasses releasing from under the cap.

I do miss my Mum's cooking, so I'm always delighted when she puts together something tasty when we visit. This time we had a delicious chicken dinner and she even did cooked carrots for us - a great honour, as normally carrots are served raw. Saffron, honey and orange carrots - they're honest to goodness amazing, sweet and juicy, full of texture and flavour. I'm told they make a wonderful soup if you cook them in a little extra orange juice and then blend into a smooth soup. I can see it looking sumptuously thick and orange with a swirl of sour cream in the middle...

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Bogle Bumps

Saturday was marvellously complicated. I'm still sure my stepdad said before 4, but he swears blind he said after 4.30. But meh, either way, we turned up before 4. My sister was told to return around 4.30 and swears blind that no-one said any such thing - so she managed to be 2 hours late. She defended this because she missed the bus by seconds. Except there's 3 different buses every 15 minutes that go thataway to here. (Pic: Dogs, Deif and Stottie, waiting for The Bogle.)

In the meantime my stepfather decided now was the perfect time to pitch and tar the peeling roof without changing his clothes or checking there was any white spirit. Thankfully Mum has wonderful neighbours whom lent us some to clean the oily black marks he'd left in the kitchen and the fascias as he progressed to mowing the lawn. Meanwhile, their son had a great time following Kyle up the driveway as she decided to go for a jog.

Either way, we were somewhat late going out for dinner. Mind you, dinner made up for it - it was fab. (And no, there wasn't a table booked. Apparently someone else should have looked up the number and done it! Heh!) It's a damned shame we don't have a Bug and Jottle near us in Somerset; the glazed gammon was marvellous and the vegetables perfect. His Lordship didn't have any troubles with red hot peanesses this time, but he did choke on an unusually large one. Bless him.

Getting back home again was interesting, as Himself and Myself were supposed to be meeting friends in the Barge, middle of town, at 7.30. So we solved it by bunging my sister in the boot. (Yes, the same gullible one that we stuffed into the cushion covers. You'd have thought, after similar treatment over the years, that she'd have learned by now.)

We had a great time even if Bogle didn't, as we were whipping round tight corners, swinging wide around roundabouts, flinging sharply round bends and finding the speed-bumpiest road possible. We managed to make it home and to town only 30 minutes late - just in time to catch the start of a good round of beers and plenty of bruises for my sister.


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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Next NOPA VELO Ride Sunday Feb. 27: Think World's Fairs, Maidens and Lions

NOPA VELO riders ready to roll

NOPA VELO, the North Panhandle's own neighborhood biking group, will spin off on its first ride of 2011 on Sunday February 27th. For newcomers to NOPA VELO: we started last year with monthly rides for neighbors and friends from all over. We meet mid-morning on the last Sunday of every other month at a local cafe to power-up and then head out for a special theme ride, pursuing an eclectic mix of tall tales, histories, and haunts -- we call it "NOPA lore." And sometimes we do it in costume.

Last year saw riders re-enact the deadly duel between a U.S. Senator and a Supreme Court Judge at Lake Merced with a nod to our NOPA street named for Senator Broderick. We stopped by the NOPA building where Patty Hearst was held captive, toured the tall trees of the Panhandle and Presidio, and scarily spotted the ghostly maiden of Stowe Lake for our Halloween Ride. Cyclists can expect even more surprises this year as we tour the city's World's Fairs, honor this year's California Woman Suffrage centennial, and much more.

NOPA VELO welcome all level riders, and most outings are easy to moderate. Kids on their own bikes are encouraged if with a guardian. Pets on leash or on partner's bike join us all the time. Only heavy rain deters us.

NOPA VELO encourages all riders with a romance-seeking bent, to check out the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's fave party Love on Wheels Feb. 9th ( . If all works out well for you and someone new, join us for our Feb. 27th ride. (And if not, maybe someone special with NOPA VELO is waiting to meet you). Thanks for the nod to BIKE NOPA this morning, Michael Tanner of SF Chronicle.

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Rosenberg Residence - "canine restraint structure"

I dropped off this mobile gate yesterday at the Rosenberg residence yesterday. Tracy had asked me last fall to start thinking of a dog gate for the coming spring. The oxidized finish matches the planter I fabricated for them last October. The switch grass negative image plays on actual organic elements placed in the planter box. To keep one's hands from getting rusty when moving, I sought out a couple of smaller tree limb crotches and attached them with some wood lags from behind. 1 1/2" sq. tube, 11 ga. mild steel plate, 3" x 3" x 1/4" angle and 2" swivel casters.

"Keep it like a secret...."

Lest one think I'm not doing much these days, but 'aye!,' a bookshelf be in the making! Each section was built separately, and then fastened together on-site here at the London Underground in Ames. Like the built-in booth, all of this is comprised of 3/4" birch ply and trimmed in 1x choice pine.

The top picture shows a green arrow pointing to the "secret." This "secret" door will be used to conceal cleaning goods and probably a few empty beer cans until we put a padlock on it. I'm still trying to think of a clever way to hide a latch and/or pin that isn't too conspicuous.

The hinged door comes from my love of old TV shows and films that utilized this "structural chicanery." For instance, "Clue" had a bunch of them including the walk-in cooler to the parlor. Or, that one episode of "Webster" when Web, George and Ma'am moved into that big house from the high-rise apartment. I think the grandfather clock led to a secret passage that led to the basement dwelling where the older couple that owned the house lived...they were Russian if I remember correctly.

Okay, behind this door is a dead end...but it would've been cool if it was a secret exit to the back alley. Maybe next time.


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156,352 surpasses record total from 2007-08

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Rockford IceHogs President Mark Bernard announced that the IceHogs set a single-season attendance record in their last home game on Friday.

A total of 156,352 fans passed through the doors of the Rockford MetroCentre in 2008-09 compared to 153,056 in 2007-08.  It is the second straight season that IceHogs fans have set the record for attendance.  The 2008-09 per game average is 3,909, the second highest since the team formed ten years ago.

“Once again the City of Rockford and surrounding communites have gone out of the way to support the IceHogs and in doing so they have supported our affiliates, the Chicago Blackhawks,” Bernard said. “In these economic times, it is a tremendous accomplishment by our staff and community to have this kind of support in downtown Rockford.”

The 2008-09 season featured seven sellouts, four more than in 2007-08, all of which have occurred since Dec. 29, 2008.  Since that date, an average of 4,247 fans have come to an IceHogs game, totaling 97,677 in 22 games.

Ten times this season, the IceHogs attendance has surpassed 5,000 fans.  It is the fifth time in ten years that the IceHogs have averaged at least 3,826 per game, including the last four campaigns.  The highest average was 3,973, set in 2005-06.

Playoff tickets:  The Rockford IceHogs are in the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs. Pick up tickets for the first two games by calling (815) 968-5222 or stop by the Rockford MetroCentre Box Office or Hogs Headquarters at Cherryvale Mall. Schedule, times, dates and opponent to be determined.


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Sunday, July 20, 2008

The Dark Knight - no spoilers!

Kate and I saw Batman The Dark Knight today with our friends Kyle and Man and we all liked it a lot. The movie moves along at a pretty good pace early on and I'm thinking that it's a good movie, but not a great movie, but then it reaches a point where it becomes great and just keeps getting better. Even if the rest of the movie stank (which it doesn't), it would be worth seeing just for Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker. Heath's Ledger's Joker is totally psychotic and will go down as one of the great villains of cinema. This isn't just a good super hero movie, but like others have said, it's a really good movie that gives the viewer something to chew on beyond the big budget action sequences and seriously this movie should have been rated R as it really puts the "DARK" in Dark Knight. I still wish there was a way to make the Batman costume look more like the comic book version, but the armored bat suit didn't impair my giving The Dark Knight a big thumbs up and Christian Bale is especially good again as Bruce Wayne.

Camila said...

you should see wall-e :D

Ralph Mathieu said...

Camila, actually I saw Wall-E a couple of weeks ago and was underwhelmed (Kate liked it). Wall-E is getting super fantastic reviews, but I just left the movie thinking is that all there is and feeling that I'd seen that movie before. Maybe my expectations were too high, which I thought would happen with The Dark Knight as I'd heard that was also getting fantastic reviews, but fortunately that wasn't the case.

Camila said...

poor wall-e, he must be sad and crying

pixar holds a special place in my heart :D

how do you leave a movie though? Even if the movie sucks, it is so expense to go, I wouldn't leave my seat even if a natural disaster hit :O

Did you like Presto?

Camila said...

Ralph Mathieu said...

I didn't actually leave Wall-E until it was over - sorry my wording was misleading. I've never left a movie before it was over although there's certainly movies that would have warranted doing so. And I diidn't thiink Wall-E was awful, just eh.

Happy New Comics Wednesday 2/14/18 - Wonder Woman, Dark Knight Rising Wild Hunt, a note about a promotional video being filmed this afternoon from 4-6pm below edition!

Today from about 4-6pm we're having a company film a promotional video for the store so if you're okay with maybe being on part of...


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