#12:30 on a monday smh

[freedomisainmdom]

djokovic vs nadal and i have to WORK ? cruel and evil

[sickgrave]

I’m going to share a bit of my breast reduction surgery experience since I couldn’t find a lot of info about people that went through it while being chronically ill! Feel free to reach out and ask questions if there’s anything I didn’t cover below ❤️ 

Here’s a bit about prep and the first few weeks of post-op recovery (tw for mentions of throwing up, needles, blood, and general surgery talk):

Prep:

I was scheduled for surgery on a Monday and got a call from one of my surgeon’s nurses on Friday (since they close over the weekend) to go over prep. I was allowed to eat until 4:30 AM the morning of my surgery since I wasn’t scheduled until 12:30PM, but ended up letting dinner be my last meal. I asked the nurse if I should take my usual meds before surgery (Xeljanz, tirosint (levothyroxine) and she said no. HOWEVER, when I mentioned that I take corlanor and explained what it does (keeps my heart rate normal instead of spiking to 200) she decided I should absolutely take it with a sip of water the morning of. Make sure to go down the list, ask EXPLICITLY about your medications and explain why you may have hesitancies about not taking them. Sometimes nurses just... don’t know what drugs do what- especially if you go through a surgeon’s practice and not a hospital- and that’s okay! The more thorough you can be the better you can make sure your experience is.

Day of (before the surgery):

I ended up getting called in early since my surgeon’s schedule seemed to be opening up (good thing I didn’t eat wicked late like they said I could!). I was taken back almost immediately. I was asked to pee in a cup for last minute testing (pregnancy tests smh 🙄) and given what was basically tylenol to take while I waited for the anesthesiologist. 

The team was very quick to hook up my i.v. (one poke in my hand! that’s a new record honestly) and shortly after the surgeon came in with a student to make guide marks with a pen- we also discussed my goals one last time to make sure we were on the same page about size. I was walked over to the surgical table, situated myself, and got about 5 words in before I knocked out for good!

While I was briefed about the possibility of having drains inserted there was a good chance I would be sent home without them. I personally didn’t need them but you might- and your nurses and surgeon will go into great detail to tell you how to care for them and when you should be able to remove them!

Day of (after the surgery):

This is where it gets the most hazy for me. I know I was kept in the facility for an hour after the surgery but don’t remember any of it. I don’t remember the nurse helping me get dressed, or wheeling me outside. I do remember throwing up quite violently and not being able to figure out where the vomit bag was or how to keep it in front of my face. I do remember the heat really getting to me and thinking I wouldn’t feel so sick if I were inside and cooled. If you have a home with stairs or live in an apartment I highly recommend you DON’T CLIMB STAIRS. Maybe arrange to stay with a friend or at a hotel if you can, or stay on the first floor of your home. Even with 2 people helping me I stumbled almost drunkenly, while vomiting, just praying I could get to my recliner before I passed back out again. It was terrifying and I definitely didn’t have the strength to deal with it- I’m lucky I didn’t crack my head on the concrete stairs outside or fall flat on my chest.

I vaguely remember being fed ice chips (highly suggest having ice ready, as well as popsicles and ice cream) and sleeping a lot. Once I was awake, we discovered I couldn’t take the pain meds I was given due to allergies. I ended up taking extra strength tylenol at normal doses and though I was uncomfortable, I made it by just fine. The pain levels are pretty exhausting but I think the worst part is that it’s consistently achey and feels tight- like your breasts are way too high on your chest. I was allowed to use ice packs for 20 minutes at a time but my cousin who recently had the same procedure was told to completely avoid it. As with most things listen to your surgeon and their specific instructions for YOU and your body- there’s usually a reason.

Post-op (1 day after):

This seemed quick to me, but the day after my surgery I went back to see my surgeon. He removed the surgical bra I was sent home with and I IMMEDIATELY got nauseous and gagged a lot- but once I had ice packs and a cool drink I felt alright. There’s a lot of bruising and swelling the first week so your tits look pretty gnarly. If you have any signs of infection you’ll be put on antibiotics, but luckily for me I seemed to be healing just fine. The back relief and lack of weight is amazingly immediate though! I could already feel miles and miles better. 

I was told that I could shower the next day (wed) and to be careful about it. I fully recommend taking it SUPER slow. The release of pressure when removing the surgical bra really takes it out of you. I was able to shower for maybe 5 minutes before I had to tap out and vomit some more. It felt amazing to get clean though. 

Recovery:

I tried to get back to work (I’m still remote so this would’ve just been sitting up and being on my computer) 2 days after but couldn’t handle sitting up like that. By Friday (the 4th day) I was much better. I wasn’t nauseous anymore and could sit up and work, pay attention better to the tv/games, and just all around felt more aware and in less pain. 

At my 1 week post op I didn’t feel sick when removing the bra and was told I could start wearing zip front sports bras. I could start to lift my arms pretty well and now (at 3 weeks post op) I’m able to lift my arms above my head without any pain or weakness. The 2 week mark is when I’d say I noticed the most leakage from my wounds. While I didn’t tear anything (which is totally normal, just make sure to reach out if it seems excessive!) my bandages did have a bit of blood and fluid, mostly around the under-boob.

My wounds are already fading so well and since most of the wounds are closed up I’m not really leaking anymore. The only pains I have are the occasional ache and a shooting pain you’ll feel in your nipples every now and again, which is good because nerves are reconnecting but really sucks for about half a second. 

Having multiple chronic illnesses I think it took me a little longer to get to a place where I felt comfortable resuming tasks. I’m definitely still a little more weak than usual and can’t push myself as far as I usually do. I’ll try to add more info as I remember it and share any questions that come my way!

Overall I’m super happy with the results and the few days of throwing up (which is my personal hell tbh I can stand a lot but vomit is the last of it) were worth it looking back.

[bestsportmedia]

This is so embarrassing, I can’t believe it. Fcb the most followed club can’t pay messi a contract. Their player for the past 12 years who is the face of fcb. I feel like there’s more to the story. Why didn’t they pay him first and verified. This is just surreal. Messi wants to stay but is leaving the club only because of finances. They could cut so many players. We’ve have deadweight players since 2016. That’s why I respect Xavi he knew when his time was up. He’s not selfish like pique, and co

we will hear Leo's side of story tomorrow. I agree there is should more to the story. I hope he will give detailed explanation tomorrow like the interview last year

Anonymous asked:

I don’t believe this. I think the are trying to pressure la liga. The problem is that the ffp rules are not controversial and are very logical if a club is spending more than income then it’s only matter of time before bankruptcy. Do you really think they would make that message to pressure la liga? This feels so sad

Anonymous asked:

If barca released that statement out of anger I think that’s not a good move. ffp is not necessarily bad. The club knows the rules. I’m just mad they had plenty of time this summer to offload players. I don’t la liga would change rules cause if the made an exception for barca then they need to for athletico RM etc. And it must take some time

They way how quickly they announced his departure felt like they were doing it to pressure La Liga but that's not the case :(

Anonymous asked:

Oh shit! It is really happening elena would not of made that post she knows it’s official. She didn’t do that last year. I agree it was a shock. Imagine the tears for the family right now

I know he going to leave Barca one day but I never imagined his departure would be this way.

Anonymous asked:

So barca can’t afford messis wage? Really is this a joke. He’s the most valuable player. Like they had time to prepare. How can they let him leave, his jouney to end just because they can’t afford him.

Anonymous asked:

Who is running the club. The club has debt over a billion dollars!. Continues signing towards when defenders are needed. Has retired players still playing. Players that stay against the better of club only selfish reasons. When messi begs to leave they force him against his will to stay. Now when he wants to stay they force him to go.

Anonymous asked:

I really blame the club they know they have 1 billion dollar debt. They should of prepared the other players to leave and give la masia players a chance. Who’s running the club 110 percent of revenue goes to wages. It’s just sad that Leo tried twice on Monday to make it happen and it still fell thru. Antonela is devastated even more than last year cause this time it is a shock to whole family. Leo and his dad thought they would make it happen

Blame Bartomeu. He is responsible for this mess. I believe Laporta thought that Barca will use CVC money to sign Leo but Tebas and co didn't disclose full info about the deal till last minute. When Laporta learned whats in the deal, he backed out. I think Tebas and La Liga were trying to use Messi's situation to force Barce to accept CVC deal but Barca said NOPE.

I know :( it must be hard for Anto and the kids. Everything is happening so fast. Currently Aguero, Alba, Sergio Busquets, pique, Shakira, and Elena are at Leo's house for his farewell dinner.

Anonymous asked:

Sorry for the rant. The true problem here are old players. They are getting paid big and have contracts. Since they have contact, why go to a lesser club, leave your custom designed mansion, good weather, beaches, on top accept a lower wage? I’m losing so much respect. I don’t even want to watch pique. Busquets, Alba, even roberto anymore. I wanted them gone for years. 4-0 and 8-2. I dont want to disrespect them but at this point they are selfish and have damaged the club. No one will buy them.

Anonymous asked:

Parts of Piques message has me like ? Is it just me or some of the old players seem happy that he’s gone. That they outstayed him at the club longer, smh. Honestly what are your thoughts? I Might keep up with the club but I’m not gonna watch consistently anymore. I’m just disgusted pay wages for 30+ agureo pique (who’s slow af) busquets and Alba who are beyond done. But not lionel messi? They man that gave everything.

No, I dont think they are happy about him leaving. I think Pique mental checked out Barca for a while now. He just doesn't have the passion for the sport anymore. I bet the old players are scared -afterall, the man who carried the team on his back for seasons is leaving. No Suarez (20+ goals) and no Messi (30+ goals ).

That said, Forca Barca always.

Anonymous asked:

This is so sad. After 10 plus years messi and aguero about to be at the same club. Then messi leaves barca. On top imagine Sergio Ramos and messi on same team ugh how is this happening.

Can't believe he is going to PSG. I mean how......nvm no words :(

[wonkyfitness]

Day 1 of HOME ZERO; #FULL BODY EXPERIENCE

Pre Pre

Found Natacha’s channel thanks to another Youtube channel (someone was reviewing Natacha’s yum yum habits) a few months ago. I have liked her vibe and decided to subscribe especially since she didn’t seem to be recommending any of the usual ‘clean’ eating mindset that most of fitness gurus do. Yes, it was important to me and still is and my relationship with food is really too complicated so the fact that I found someone who just makes things easy and non toxic in any  way is amazing.

Day 0 (aka Tuesday)

 I have bought Natacha Oceane’s HOME RELOAD (yes, you are reading right) and I have figured while indulging myself in eating in the .... well basically everything I could get my hands on (because reading all these COVID news are not really inviting healthy coping mechanics); that I am not sure why I am waiting till Monday to get started with HOME ZERO (yes, bought second program before even starting first one, I must be a genius)... and while looking around the AFLETE app I felt excitement and I am the type to just ‘go for it’ if I really wanna do it.

My mindset and surrounding stuff

Current Relationship with food: It is still super complicated (I am clearly on binge side). I have read the nourishing ebook Natacha attached to the app and used the calculator thingie (with a bit of fear as I tend to get obsessive) and it said I am supposed to be eating 2020 kcal (34 y o; 165 cm, +-58kg). That has mentally stopped me as - well; according to it I must be undereating. I have decided to give it a chance (even if I am terrified of gaining further weight) and actually track my food throughout. LET’S MAKE IT SCIENCE. As of wednesday I live in tier 3 (means I am out of job until Tier 2 comes back, if you are confused check out UK’s COVID rules) I have nothing better to do.

Body health: So far HEALTHY. The only things is that 6 months earlier I got a mysterious kneecap injury and while it is nowwhere near as bad as originally,  SOMETIMES - SOMETIMES. SO yeah, Natacha’s plyo jumpin stuff makes me feel very tentative.

Fitness level: During Lockdown 1 - I lost 16 kgs, started practicing yoga (YES! ADRIENE) plus do another normal exercise regime, I got so into it that during lockdown 2 I started using DownDog app (check it out they have the whole range and I LOVE THEM). I was so fit that yesterday I felt super confident with Natacha’s ZERO program and started worrying about it being to easy and me being bored. I also missed saying during last 3 months I have personal trainer with physio background whom I decided to see because of my knee issues.

DAY 1 FINALLY (WEDNESDAY FOR CONFUSED)

I have woken up and measured myself from all sides

(all in cm: upper arm 24; shoulders 96; chest 83; Tummy 79; Hips 84; Thigh 49; Weight: 59; Body Fat% 23.2) I will just keep track of it weekly. No photos because... I am self conscious :)

Then went to work (relevant smh) and I yeah, didn’t think much of the fact that today would be quite fitness relevant. Anyways everyone at work were quite surprised by how strong I am (I mean I realized I moved stuff with ease, that stuff being the one I had issues with beforehand if we are honest)... so yeah, I really thought the program will be super easy especially since I was checking out the exercises and they seemed like a no-brainer.

I came back and then... well, I underestimated the power of Natacha ;).

First of all I had to outsource warm up exercises (she doesn’t provide them, and her ebook recommends so...) - youtube was a go, I went for stuff that doesn’t include jumping and off we gooo...

OKAY. Honestly, I knew my hands are weak. Like I am pretty wide in the shoulders for a girl (I am aware of that lol) so I have always thought something comes with it but naaa. Also. Exercises themselves are a no-brainer ...if you take only one rep and go to next one. If you do as she asks you to - you are stuck doing 12 reps and do it 3/4 times. Honestly 30s to 60s breaks became a blessing after 3rd exercise and my lord and SAVIOUR after 4th. Only one exercise I had to stop every 6 reps and give myself a breath because I just couldn’t and it was not even the one I have thought I would have issues with (spoiler alert: it was plank shoulder tap to sit up). Overall only once in the whole set I thought of stopping and it was then after I was done with it it became easier. Just my arms. UGH. Stretching after also was outsourced (AND VERY NECESSARY).

That being said. I have logged it on my iwatch as functional strength training, it took me an hour and 10 mins roughly t complete and it says I have burnt 210 kcal during that time. During the whole exercise regime my heart rate was anywhere above 100 BPM to 140 BPM in extreme cases. As expected my shoulders are a bit stiff but tomorrow is a Leg Day so that should not really concern me anyways.

As we are super late in the evening now. I have eaten 1800 kcal today and first time in 3 days I cant say I have binged.

Way to prove me that I am not as fit as I thought I am and I am so excited to see where this leads me!

See ya tomorrow, Torpedoes (and if you are on HOME ZERO as well, let me know how you guys are surviving; absolutely no reviews online, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT OTHERS THINK).

[2020diary4]

Part 10 of 2020 Diary

Thursday April 9th 2020

7:57 PM

So the last few days have been something. It was not disastrous but not good.

A few days ago they said that stores could refuse service if you do not wear a mask.

The president got ask if he would pardon Joe Exotic. Turns out he has not seen the tiger king. He said that Donal Trump Jr (his son not his dick) talked about it. He said he would look into it.

Today over 30 fast food restaurants went on strike because they were being put into danger because they were not being provided with proper stuff to be protective.

A few days ago we got 4 baby birds. They are so cute!!!! My cats love them. Momo and Midas especially have been watching them. Socks is oblivious and Ninja loves them too but not as much.

Today Samoa (Momo) ran head first into the sliding glass door to get Moma bird.

Today I did most of my outdoor adventure.

Oh yeah we watch Midsummer. I am traumatized.

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Friday April 10th 2020

9:56 PM

There is a plague of locuse in Southern Africa. La county qurienty is extended May 15th. I feel like 2020 is a mad lib.

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Monday April 13th 2020

5:12 PM

Yesterday was Easter. I’m a atheist and so are my mom and dad. All we do on Easter is go to my dad’s parents house and eat lunch there and get Easter baskets. So this year with being in lock down we did not do anything.

The news said that they would go around and run people’s licenses plates and charge them with a misdemeanor if they where at church.

Like I said I am not religious but I think it is stupid. I’m not to familiar with religion but you shouldn't be trying to meet your god sooner.

At least one baby bird died. I am so sad.

I had an online appointment with my psychologist today. She told me I should exercise. Smh.

I saw a meme where it said 2020 was written by Steven King and directed by Quietien Tarantino. I think they forgot to add that M Night Samalong produces it because WTF.

From,

WIYBT

[craniuum]

may - june 2019.

it’s been an insane 2 months and i’ve been meaning to write about it for a while now! things are changing so quickly and in the past 10 days alone, i’ve finished taking my first huge medical licensing exam, moved into a new house, and somehow started my third year of medical school???? this is going to be a stream of consciousness/bullet point list of ideas and i’m not sure where exactly i’m going with this but let’s go

DEDICATED. it’s how most medical schools refer to the 4-8 weeks that students spend studying for step 1 of the boards; my school gave us 6 weeks to study, which is CRAZY because the exam encompassed material that we’d learned during the first 2 YEARS of school.... needless to say it was really hard to prepare and after a while i felt like i was going stir crazy. for me, dedicated was may 6th through june 19th and it was... not the ideal way to spend 6 weeks of summer t b h

a typical day for me looked like: wake up at 5 (this was really hard to adjust to given that i am the exact opposite of a morning person), exercise for 30 minutes, shower/eat breakfast, and then drive to my school library to study for 10-12 hrs, and go to bed by 10. it was just as awful as it sounds, and the only thing that got me through everything was...

MY STUDY BREAKS. i would always feel guilty about taking these but there was only so much that my brain could handle and 12 hours of nonstop studying ain’t it chief. for anyone out there about to start their dedicated studying period, i can’t stress how important it is to some time off and recharge. it helped me focus more easily when going back to work, and it was a welcome change from having to memorize yet another mechanism of action for an anti-retroviral drug or some weird ass parasite that you get from walking around barefoot y’know

i gave myself a half-day the day before my exam and i went to the riverside canal in my city (pretty much the only tourist attraction my city has to offer smh) to do some meditation and self-reflection if things didn’t go well on exam day. i had my sufjan playlist on, and the weather was absolutely beautiful that day and i felt okay about things despite having had multiple panicky breakdowns throughout the past couple weeks....

EXAM DAY. june 19th. step 1 was an 8 hour long ordeal.... 7 hour-long sections of 40 questions each, and an hour allocated for break time. it’s nice because if i finished a section early, that extra time got added to my break time, and i could move through the exam at whatever pace i wanted. i finished the exam in about 6.5 hours because i just wanted to get it over with, and i felt really unsure leaving the testing center. i had been scoring relatively well on practice tests during the week leading up to the exam, but encountering questions that i didn’t know the answer to on the real exam (which i knew would be inevitable) was jarring and it  shook my confidence up a bit. 

the first thing i did after leaving the testing site was to get a poke bowl and sleep for 12 hours, which was nice

i get my score in about a month so we’ll see how i did!! tbh i’m really glad that i still have no idea what i want to specialize in, because my step 1 score will be the biggest determinant of the things i’ll be able to specialize in. i’m not too attached to a particular field so we’ll see where my score takes me.

since test day i’ve just been chilling - albeit i only got a week of break time before starting third year, but in that time i got a new haircut and 2nd lobe piercings (something that i’ve been wanting for a while) and i’ve gotten to spend time with family and re-acclimating to society (this is not an exaggeration.... studying for 6 weeks straight literally made me forget how to talk to people)

MOVING FORWARD. my first day of third year was this past wednesday and it feels SURREAL. third year marks the transition from lecture halls to hospital wards, and i’m so excited to start being involved directly with patient care! i’m also very terrified because this is the year to step up and take responsibility and ask attending physicians if i can help with procedures or hop onto research projects, and i’m generally not that assertive of a person at all. this year is going to be a lot of me breaking out of my comfort zone and i hope i can do it.

my rotations are in this order: i start off with a neuropathology elective (which i’m really excited about!!!), then palliative care, family medicine, pediatrics, ob/gyn, neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and lastly surgery. i’ll be regularly updating y’all on my thoughts during these rotations because i’m sure i’ll have plenty to say

third year is also going to be a bit lonely - all of my friends are scattered all over the state, with different rotation schedules and sites. it’ll be hard to regularly see them and i’ve been worried about the toll it’ll take on my wellness, since my friend group is largely what kept me sane these past 2 years of med school :^(

WHAT ELSE? i just felt like tacking on this last section of miscellaneous updates just because. 

i moved into my own place!!! these past 2 years, i’ve had a roommate who was a classmate and once a friend, but she was an awful roommate and i’ve been waiting to get my own place for at least a year! the place i live in now is a short drive to the hospital and it comes with its own challenges (....namely no central AC.......... in 100 degree georgia weather lmao)

sufjan dropping an ep out of nowhere for pride month annihilated me

i watched a LOT of youtube during my study breaks and my favorite finds were bon appetit (oh my god... i am in absolute love with claire saffitz), kurtis connor, and lucas cruikshank (yes of fred fame)

i tried out a hello fresh subscription for a few weeks during studying and i guess i like cooking now????

so much is changing and i start rotations on monday !!!!!!!!!!!! i’m scared and nervous and excited��AAAAAAAA

[mandaao]

Behemoth Timeline! 

You guys, some of the things y’all were saying in the tags of my last post were seriously so nice. I am glad you found it interesting. It made me really happy. 

So here we go again :) 

Monday, August 10

The book starts off on this day with Deryn and Alek fencing on the spine. Then the Goeben and the Breslau attack. Hirst shoots Alek. Newkirk’s Huxley catches on fire and Deryn saves him. (Chapters 1-4)

Tuesday, August 11

The next day Deryn and Dr. Barlow visit Alek in his stateroom. Deryn worries about Alek being accused of mutiny. Then she delivers a message to Count Volger for Alek. (5-6)

Wednesday, August 12

Alek gets back to working on the engines. He and Volger are called to the bridge where the captain informs them that Britain and Austria-Hungary are now officially at war. (7)

Thursday, August 13

At just after 3am, Alek sneaks off from egg duty to look for a way for him and his men to escape the ship. Deryn follows him and ends up telling him about her father’s death. 

Later they arrive in Istanbul. Deryn, Newkirk, and Dr. Barlow take a ride on the Dauntless and we meet Eddie Malone for the first time. The Dauntless is attacked and Deryn does cool stuff™ with spices. (8-12)

Friday, August 14

It’s Bovril’s birthday!!!!!

So in the middle of the night Bovril hatches and Alek, Baur, and Klopp escape. Volger and Hoffman stay behind. 

The next morning Deryn brings Volger breakfast. They drink tea together and talk about Alek. Volger offers to give Deryn fencing lessons. Deryn and Dr. Barlow ride the Stamboul and meet the Kizlar Agha. They go to the sultan and present one of the loris eggs, which gets crushed. Then Dr. Barlow offers the Leviathan as a gift. (13-18)

(so I mentioned in my other post that some things didn’t add up. this is where that happens but this is my best guess. i’ll explain it a bit at the end.)

Sunday, August 16

We first see Alek in the hotel. He and Bauer go out to the Grand Bazaar where we learn a bit more about the relationship between the Germans and the Ottoman Empire. They run into Eddie Malone and talk for a while before they have to leave when German soldiers come looking for them. Alek agrees to meet with Malone again the next day. During their escape, Alek meets Zaven. (19-21)

Monday, August 17

Eddie Malone and Alek had lunch together (not shown, only mentioned). Deryn is awarded the Air Gallantry Cross and is given a mission. She runs into Eddie Malone and takes him to Count Volger to deliver the message from Alek. Alek wants Volger to join them, and Volger tells Deryn that he needs her help, revealing that he knows her secret and threatening to blackmail her. Later she begins her mission with a keelhaul drop. (22-24)

Tuesday, August 18

The mission goes on overnight, eventually carrying into the next day. Deryn puts the vitriolic barnacles onto the kraken nets and loses all of her men. She decides to head back to Istanbul to find Alek.

Alek meets with Malone again and hears a bit of what Volger and Deryn said the day before. He is trailed by Lilit on his way to meet with Zaven. They meet with Nene and Alek tries piloting the Şahmeran. Meanwhile, Deryn spent the day hiding on a cargo ship. She swims to shore and, hiding from Germans, sneaks onto the Orient Express. She jumps off somewhere and sleeps in an alley. (24-28)

Wednesday, August 19

Deryn goes to a library to find out Alek’s mother’s name. She then uses this information to find the Hotel Hagia Sophia. She reunites with Alek and meets Lilit and Bovril for the first time. (29-30) 

Thursday, August 20

The squad leaves the hotel. The taxi situation goes down. Deryn meets Zaven and Nene. They concoct a plan to use spice bombs on the night of the revolution. Alek realizes that they will not be able to stay in the hotel any longer after the taxi incident, but he left the scroll in the hotel room. He asks Deryn to go back with him in a week to find it. (31-33)

Thursday, August 27

Alek, Deryn, and Lilit return to the hotel to retrieve the scroll. While Alek and Deryn are alone in the room, they discuss the fact that Lilit is into “Dylan.” Alek tells Deryn about the contents of the scroll and him possibly becoming the emperor. Deryn almost tells Alek her secret (again, smh) but tells him about her mission instead. They run into Eddie Malone yet again. Alek convinces him to delay any publishings about the revolution in exchange for interviews about himself. We also learn about the Tesla cannon being built. Lilit figures out what Deryn’s mission was all about and they plan to tear down the cannon. (34-36)

 Saturday, September 19

The night of the revolution. They all go out in walkers to take down the Tesla cannon. Zaven sacrifices himself. We see the Behemoth in action. We bid farewell to Lilit. She kisses Deryn and flies off in her body kite. Deryn convinces Alek to come back aboard the Leviathan with his men. Once they are back on board we meet the other loris and learn that the Kizlar Agha kidnapped the sultan. (37-42) 

Sunday, September 20

The next morning Alek and Volger have a chat. We learn that the Leviathan is headed towards Asia. The book ends with Alek learning that the pope has died and basically questioning everything around him. (43)

So as for the things that don’t quite add up, there are a couple of quotes that are incorrect if we assume that these dates are correct. 

In chapter 24, on the night of Deryn’s mission, we get this: “Deryn realized that this was her second lost night of sleep in three days.”

The only lost night of sleep that we are aware of is when Alek and his men escape. This happened four nights prior to Deryn’s mission in the timeline that I have made. 

So it’s obviously impossible to read anything that I have written on here in this picture. But here’s a visual of what I’m saying. 

The blue line is the night of the mission. So the quote implies that the purple line is a night in which she does get sleep, and the pink line is another night in which she doesn’t. The yellow line is the night that I have Alek escaping. 

I can’t find a way around this and there is no reason that Deryn wouldn’t have slept on the night of the 15th. In fact, I don’t have anything marked as happening on the 15th, which is kind of weird to me. I’ll get to that in a minute. 

The second quote is in chapter 30 when Deryn says that Alek has been in Istanbul “only three barking days!”

This happens in my timeline on August 19th. But Alek leaves the Leviathan on the night of the 13th. So he has been in Istanbul for longer than that.  

So both of these issues are similar in that they have to do with some extra days being spliced in there. And like I said before, I have nothing on the 15th. There’s a weird gap. With these three factors, it seems like I’m making a mistake somewhere, which I might be. But I keep trying and I cannot figure it out. Basically, the events of the 10th are confirmed to have occurred on that date, and the events on the 18th are confirmed as well. Closing the gap would shift everything and inevitably mess up one of those dates. I don’t see a way around it. 

I tried real hard you guys. I even got my dad to look at it. But it’s all good. It was still fun. Hopefully you enjoyed it xoxo

[canaryatlaw]

okay, it’s 2 am and I need to go to sleep. today was good. my alarm went off at 6:45 in the fucking morning and I managed to drag my ass out of bed and get ready for church. Of course the buses were coming on 20 past the hour and 40 past the hour when I needed it at 30 past the hour, so I had to take the 20 past to avoid being late. The commute was fine, roads were emptier because of how early it was. got there early as expected, had our little group meeting and then disbanded to get everything ready. I’m generally a volunteer in the babies room but since I’m not regularly on the schedule like everyone else (because my weekends are too unpredictable, I can have three weeks straight I’ll be gone and then three straight I’ll be there, so doing like every other Sunday wouldn’t work for me) I’m mostly just a floater filling in when needed, and today I was in the “walkers” room, which is the designation for babies under 2 who can walk (so roughly 12-24 months old, but since it makes more sense to have the stationary/just crawling babies in one space and the ones running around everywhere in another it made more sense to break it up by ability rather than age, because there are some 10 month olds who can walk and some 14 month olds that can’t). It’s connected to the babies room though, with a baby gate in the doorway in between them. At first it was just me with the walkers, not sure where the other people who were supposed to be there were but one of the babies volunteers ended up coming over to help since they had plenty. We had about 10 kids I think, I don’t think I counted but that sounds about right. the other volunteer ended up with one little boy for most of the time that would cry if she put him down or anything, so there’s not much you can do there. There was one little girl who was just absolutely losing it screaming her head off and not stopping for anything, so they tried walking her around in the giant stroller they have (it’s like a stroller bus, it can fit like 12 babies it’s nuts) but that didn’t really work so they just kind of tried to do what they could, but I mean sometimes babies are just gonna cry and there’s not much you can do about it. I spent most of it floating between the rest of the babies that were generally good, almost no crying. There was one very cute little girl who would just look at the door in distress and say “mommy” so I just comforted her and told her she was coming back real soon. There was a little boy that I don’t know if it was his first time or not, but he was not having it at first, we couldn’t get him to play with any toys or even move from the spot he was standing in, and like I was talking to him and his name is on the nametag on his back so I was like “is your name [name]?” and he was still like “no” like okay this kid is committed. We finally got him to move when we did snack time and he decided he would sit down with everyone else and eat snack, and then from there I was able to get him interested in some toys he played with while remaining in that spot for a bit. Towards the end he moved towards the door and was banging on the gate, which then caused more children to come over and bang on the gate, but I managed to get him away from it and interested in toys again so that was good. Overall pretty good I’d say. Once I was finished there I took an uber home where I changed quickly and grabbed the hat I was bringing to Jess, then had to take a slight pause because I couldn’t find kitty anywhere. she’s usually pretty good with coming when I call her if she’s hidden somewhere, so her just not responding was very weird, but I mean the doors were locked so she had to be in the apartment. I ended up finding her under my roommate’s bed in the very back, she does like to go under there sometimes but usually sticks to the front so I missed her on my first sweep and didn’t find her until I used my phone flashlight. of course then she came out and was all like “what???” and I was like smh cats man. Anyway. I met up with Jess for brunch at the usual place. She was talking about the BTS mattel dolls (so, barbies) that had been released today in Target after the designs were released like months ago, and they have them all in their suits from the Idol music video and they are the most hideous things I’ve ever seen, so naturally we decided we needed to go on a Target hunt to try to find them. So when we finished brunch we walked back to Jess’ place so she could grab her car keys and then we were off. Headed to the Target slightly north of us first, no luck there so we went to the one I normally hit up, they didn’t have them either, though their dollar section had a bunch of stuff that was for like, an ice cream themed party, so I bought a little sign that says “let’s eat ice cream” because I mean that’s just on brand for me. From there we went to another Target, and at this point we were clued into the fact that apparently on the Target app you can look up products and they’ll tell you what aisle they’re in, so we tried this and saw where they should be....and then they weren’t there. so we looked all around it and eventually asked two store employees from the electronics department, much to Jess’ chagrin about having to tell people she was hunting for BTS barbie dolls. They ended up having two of them in the back, so they went and got those and of course it was two of Jess’ favorites (and I mean, 4 out of 7 are her favorites at this point) so we had to get those. We still wanted to check out some other Targets to see if we could find the others though, so we drove down to the one by the Joann’s, which we made a brief stop in so Jess could buy gold paint for a cosplay she’s planning along with a bag of Hi-Chews, then went over to the Target where we located them on the shelf and they actually had all of them. Jess persuaded me to buy the one of my favorite guy even though it’s pretty hideous, it does kind of look like him, so they get credit at least for that. We then went to the Panera across the street to get food as Jess mulled over if she wanted a third one of her favorites (she decided no on the 4th one because it’s really goddamn ugly and really doesn’t even look like him) and of course ultimately came to the conclusion that she did, so she bought that and we headed home from there. I walked back to my apartment from her place, and when I got home I laid on the floor with my ice pack under my back because it was bugging me, then almost fell asleep on the floor because I was really dang tired, so I managed to transfer myself to my bed and then fell asleep and didn’t wake up till like 8:30, so that would explain why I’m up a bit later than usual right now. welp, that happened. So I got up and grabbed my laptop, went on that and watched more Queer Eye for the rest of the night which was good. Once I finished with that I showered and started getting ready for bed, and now I am here. It’s almost 2:30 am, and I definitely need to be productive tomorrow, so I really need to head to bed now. Goodnight dears. Hope your Monday doesn’t suck.

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[inkofamethyst]

January 25, 2021

OKAY SO FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Started off good with an ~official major change~ and now I’m no longer a biochem major!!!!!!!!!!!!  I’m a ~Cell Bio and Genetics~ major which sounds infinitely more interesting to me.  I also (finally) sent to major change request for to the anth advisor this afternoon and I’m refusing to let myself get anxious over it.  The worst he can say is “No, you waited too long.”  I had some synchronous and asynchronous classes today, though this will likely be the chillest Monday I have until Spring Break.

I did some assignments ~ahead of time~ (mostly just syllabus quizzes and the like), and I plan to get even more of a head start tomorrow, though I’ll also need to complete a number of my internship applications hahahahahahhaha.

Anyway on the DreamSMP, there’s apparently an egg cult being led by BadBoyHalo and Antfrost.  Like, I ain’t got no idea what this is about, but it might just be a new plot thing.  I wander what’ll hatch from it.  ...so I skimmed one vod and I’m skimming another one and like... BBH trapped awesamdude in the egg and the egg... made Sam start to eat his own flesh??  And now he’s dazed and confused and all wack with a random new gem in his crown?  what the hecccccc is this egg??

Also CaptainPuffy is in this stream with Tommy (I’m basically skimming through Tommy’s streams every few days for plot at this point so I don’t have to resort to clip channels as much) and I’ve never seen her content before!  She seems pretty cool!  I also heard that Karl had an interesting stream yesterday that included some lore toward the end about his DSMP character, and while,,, like, I don’t particularly care very much for Karl as a content creator (he’s fine, I guess, just not someone I’m actively following), but I figured I’d check it out, and it mostly just feels like a scripted adventure map lol.  OH?  Ranbob... like, as in, a Ranboo equivalent?  (Dream’s playing a character that has the same coloration as Ranboo called Ranbob.)  Wait.  And there’s a community room?  Some sort of community house equivalent?  A... a room dedicated to Ranboo??  Ranbob is a Ranboo descendant?  So... this is... this is a future of the DSMP?!  But it seems as if history’s been twisted.  Sapnap didn’t have a love for pets, rather, he was known for killing them.  And Ranboo didn’t have a great memory.  I guess at least Ranbob reflects that.  So there are “rooms” dedicated to some of the major DSMP characters.  AHAHA and they list Tubbo as eating bees.  And they say that Tommy was a big fan of plates with holes lol I’m crying.  Anyway Karl/Issac’s (he’s playing an explorer character named Issac) Main Character Energy is strong in this stream.  OOP AS SOON AS I SAID THAT HE GOES AND DIES.  But... he’s returned?  okay okay okay okay so Karl is a whole time traveller?  Wacky dacky dudes.  not y’all gettin me to actually care about Karl smh.  Did I need to watch the whole stream... ehhh no, I skimmed it anyway, but at least I know who Karl’s character is.  Maybe he’ll start playing a larger role in the plot?

Today I’m thankful for the fact that this first day wasn’t, like, super unbearable.  Also!  It snowed outside this evening which is cool.

On to tomorrow!  I think I want to begin my days at 9:30, so I want to wake up around 9 in the mornings, and since I think I prefer 7.5 hours of sleep that means I need to go to bed at... no later than 2 in the morning.  If I bumped that back to 12:30, I could get another full REM cycle in for 9 hours of sleep.  Hm, maybe some other time this week, perhaps?

[thebiggest3vil]

STORY TIME! #2: I Got Cheated On And Embarassed In Front Of My Whole School😂😢😂 (*Funny!/ Fucked Up!)

So for this story time I'm gonna tell you about how I got cheated on . It's funny but fucked up at the same time so if you like reading then this is the post for you! So back, relax and read how I got PLAYED 😂.

So the first day of HS starts up and ya know things are different. Ya boy is a Sophmore and after a very weird freshman year of HS I started to find my way. I had more friends , I hit a growth spurt after being 4"11 and under my whole childhood life, I had a summer job so when I came back I was drippin in that Armani Exchange (Remember that store!? Damn) So when I came back my dress game went from like a 3 to a 12 and I don't care if that don't make sense it's my story lmao.

(Ok So where was I....OH Ok sophomore year)

So the day goes by and it's time for Gym. Now everyone knows that the first day of gym ain't really gym it's just niggas sitting on the bleachers and for 30 minutes and MAYBE they bring the basketballs out for the last 15. So I goto the bleachers and I see my mans at the top and I'm like "Yeoooo !!" And he went "Ayo boul!!" And that's how we signalled each other at the time lmao. So we sitting waiting for class to start and a bunch of kids walk in (I'm not paying them no mind) and as they got closer to the top all I hear is my name following "YOOO CUZ IT'S BEEN A GRIP!" I look over and it's my bro from my track team . At this point I'm like hype I got my homie in by gym class followed by my other homie...nigga gym was so tough. So as I dap him up these 2 girls walk behind him. One was kinda cute, Brown skin ass was glorious. The other was a lightskin girl, kinda tall was BAD (at the time) omg and I had my best shirt on nd shit I was fly but I'm not really worried cause all my niggas are in gym with me and when has that....ever happened when ALL your niggas had the same class besides lunch. So we sitting and my bro from track called me over and we started catching up. Out of nowhere the lightskin girl grabs my shoulder and asked what my name was (mind you was staring deep into my eyes like nigga my soul, I was beside myself) I told her my name and I went throughout my day.

So like a cool 2 weeks passed and ppl telling me "yoooo Brittney likes you" (Ima call her Brittney cause it's my story lol) mind you at this point it's been established by the brotherhood rank system aka period 8 lunch who were the baddest in school and everyone was tryna talk to them. They were arguably the 5 baddest in the school and niggas were on their heads. Now my one friend bagged one if them on the spot and the other one was already cuffed, but for them to tell me the most sought out one wanted me!? NI-GGA! I was feeling my self I started wearing shit I didn't usually wear to school (side note: I wore this Armani T shirt with the Black true religion jeans and some polo boots with this Hugo Boss jacket I was fly) Anyway weeks go by and I'm in music class talking to to homies and I tell them like yo....im bout to talk to Brittney....the problem was....

Brittney was the ex of my bro from track! So I'm like damn you my homie I'm not gonna do that to you etc I'm like I'm going to chalk It up, he goes "nah bro you good go head we friends but we broke up years ago" (THIS LOW-KEY WAS A WARNING But my dumb ass wanted a girlfriend so I'm like bet where she at?) Ok ok remember how HUGE MySpace use to be? Remember this.: So fast forward I ask for her number and she didn't have one cause idk but she had a house phone plus she added me on MySpace. So on MySpace that's were I started spitting THAT GAME and long story short I changed my relationship status from single to taken and THAT. SHIDD. FELT. GUUD! That shit felt like every nigga in that school had a shot and I came through like M'Baku like "Essssss challuuunge deeeeey" . You couldn't tell me shit , plus we had the same spanish class so we were out her being a couple nd shit and for the moment it was all going great.....until....

On one Friday it was a big ass party and instead of going I went to my Cousins house cause tbh fuck them parties they last like 1 hour always. So the weekend ended and Monday rolls by mind you I was getting calls from random ass numbers and I dont answer those like that so when Monday came around we had a fire drill and as SOON as everyone was outside and saw me they ran to me. I had atleast 8 people Coming up to to me saying "Dog bro you my mans get your girl she was at the party all up on some other nigga". me being naive as fuck is like " brittney? My baby? oh nooooo I don't believe yall shut up" but in the back of my mind I'm like ....wait....coikd she? Naah...so I go ask her and she immediately denies so I'm like ok cool. This was around the same time "rumors" started spread around the school that she was out here for the whole team was thottin and when I brought that up she goes "ww...well...that's not true who are you gonna believe your so called friends or someone who loves you?" AGAIN Me being a dickhead I'm like " Yeaaah baby Bonnie and Clyde, Hov and Bey, Angelina and Brad , we all we got! "(I'm laughing writing this cause I was like this..) Now along the way it was signs that were happening that I thought were weird. She would Always have "family" over or her "cousins" just came over out the blue and she had to get off the phone... 😂😂😂( I know man I know laugh! GO AHEAD! Its been almost 10 years fuck yall for laughing 😂🤣) Nd I'm like for an only child you sure have alot of family coming through. So the noise of it all started to get to me and I was over here questioning the relationship. I had a homie tell me to me face "Bro I do not want to see you get hurt and if you keep talking to her we NOT cool" so that night I'm like it's too many signs and tbh I don't wanna be with you anymore (even thoe I did....i did like fuck and I was acting like a bitch) so we broke it off and that's it.........WRONG!

Remember when I told y'all I was in love like a dickhead....well not even 3 days later we got back together cause she "missed me like crazy" and I'm like "baby I miss you too ajdgssnsjdndkd!😂" so we back together and like for them 5 days we were cool....the 6th day....nigga so I stayed after school with her and she was talking to me about Spanish tutoring and how this other nigga in my class was taking tutoring and that we should go....problem was the Spanish teacher got sick and cancelled so we stayed until the 4:00 bus...for her since she lived close it was the 2:45 shuttle so we kissed and she left. Fast forward to the after school bus my step sister stayed after with me and as we were riding back home she scream my name and says "Hey do you still go out with Brittney!?" Me confidently I'm like yeah whassup? She goes "Well hold on they talking bout she goes out with the one boul aka the NIGGA THAT WAS GETTING THE TUTORING IN SPANISH! I felt like a dickheaaaad on the bus. So many emotions, I felt like my lil bitch ass heart was ripped out, so I went home and called her she said message her in MySpace for right now. Thus is where I bring MySpace back.....how about I look on her shit and She put Boul in her TOP 5 behind me!!!!!!!! I was livid so.....

I messaged her like " Yo, are you and Bro talking what's going on...?" She hits me with a........

"Well I thought we were just friends talking " I was so angry I was like (From what I remember I wish I knew my account info but to sum it up I said ) "BITCH how dare you do that to me I loved you and you disrespected me you punk was blah blah blah " I wrote shawty a whole book angry and after I shut my laptop off.......and cried.

Smh lmao so my step sister growing up never like to see my super upset so idk HOW but she found her house number and I could hear downstairs her arguing with her nd etc. I didn't care I was upset I went on my MySpace and changes ALL my profile songs to breakup shit. Damn near a Chris Brown playlist I was HURT! I was writing cryptic ass messages talking about ima be lonley forever and yeah it was BAD! but eventuall I got over it....and the following Monday she ran straight over to me at was like "oh I'm sorry I really am and I'll get rid of all my contact and etc etc. We gotta spread some rulesnif we wanna make this work" I wasn't tryna hear dat shit. So in the end I said fuck it and we wentniur separate ways. I don't have any hate towards shawty but it was fucked up how I happened. Looking back, everytime I tell this story it gets funnier cause I was sprung. But yeah that's how I got Cheated on.....Never again thoe😂😂😂

[samsbastardzone]

For the ask meme Monday! Do multiples of six until you get through all your ocs/all the ones you want to talk about! And do at least one for Annie If you’re feeling brave

I do have to roast you for not knowing her name smh :/// yes I’ll answer for ALLIE. I’ll roll once and then also answer for Allie.

6. Do they collect anything/have a collection?

Sahov collects– and I cannot say this in a way you won’t laugh at– knots. What I mean by that is, he’s in charge of teaching new crew how to tie knots and ensuring their skills stay up to standard. It’s important on a ship! They keep the first knot each of them ever tied, to remind them that everyone has to grow from somewhere.

Allie collects interesting twigs and leaves. She has a little fancy display case in her bedroom, that she had court wizards imbue with preservative magic.

12. Your character has the opportunity to have one wish granted. Would the wish only benefit them, someone else (one person or multiple), or everyone? And what would that wish be?

Cap is Just A Lady, honestly. She’d wish she could teleport anywhere, at will and accurately, so she could switch between Adventure and Homebody whenever she wanted.

This is a big question for a character I barely know. At this point, I think Allie would wish for whatever curse that plagues the Shadar-Kai to be removed, so they can feel all their emotions again. (For those who don’t Know: in her world, she’s Shadowfell royalty, and the Shadar-Kai were cursed generations ago– they don’t really feel negative emotions anymore (that way they’re easier to rule over), and the royal family bears all of them. Allie got rage, which is why she’s a barbarian.

18. Does your character believe the ends justify the means? No matter who they have to step on to reach their goals?

Zize: definitively not. MFU strikes me as sort of a pseudo-philanthropist organization. He’s not opposed to collateral damage, but it’s practically muscle memory at this point to at least spell out pros and cons and costs, and pick the less destructive way. This has been especially important as they’ve become more public figures than private individuals.

Allie is next in line for the throne of [whatever the court is called that rules the Shadowfell]. She’s had it drilled into her from a young age that Ruling By All Means Necessary is a way of life. She’s lawful NEUTRAL for a reason.

24. Does magic exist in your character’s world, and can they use it? If so, how does it work?

this is D&D. Bly is a druid, Allie is a barbarian on a non magical path. Bly’s comes from her shield.

30. Does your character have a family? If so, do they get along well with them?

Topaz doesn’t really have one. He just sorta grew out of the ground. 

Allie has a large, important family, and she gets along with most of them pretty  well considering how she’s Magically Full Of Rage At Most Times. Internalize that shit, yo. She does have a particularly close relationship with her younger brother, aka Lex’s As Yet Unnamed Wizard, enough that they travel together. So that’s cool.

36. Tattoos. Do they have any? Do they want any?

Since I don’t expect to have to use it, I’m giving Ner a very cool tattoo– a magical compass on his bicep that actually moves. He’s chill with just having that, honestly.

Allie has a bunch! I sketched her and she has a rose on one shoulder and vines curling down her other arm. She probably has one for each member of her family, I just haven’t decided what yet.

42. From where or from what do they originate?

Topaz grew out of the ground from a pocket of energy left behind when someone Plane Shifted to the earth elemental plane.

Allie is from the shadowfell! She was just kinda. Born there.

48. Do they have any health conditions?

Osfyr has some lasting injuries from adventuring, including probably some tender/photosentitive skin from a few horrific dragon breaths.

Allie is pretty healthy, but I feel like she has to train and stretch constantly to not destroy her shoulders/arms swinging that huge hammer around.

54. I was gonna do all multiples of 6 but then i said fuck  that so YEET

[binnedrubbish]

5/12/19 Notes

Lab Meeting Prep Pipeline:

(May 2nd, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.) 

[ ] Read the Results & Discussion cover to cover

[ ] Complete slides for all figures

[ ] Give a practice presentation

[ ] Read methods 

[ ] Complete fluorescence slides

[ ] Decide how to deal with ‘relationship between calcium activity and movement’ section

[ ] Give a practice presentation 

[  ] Read supplementary material cover to cover

[  ] Give a practice presentation 

Note to self: Relax.  Be meticulous.   Be disciplined.  Keep calm, do your best, trust your team.  

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Advanced Optimization 

8 20 905

Live Action Poem, February 2nd, 6:41

Went to Brazil out of spite and saw

stone Jesus, arms open for a hug,

bought street weed, twice, from the same vendor

out of a reckless love for reckless love.

Hoped for a tropical muse and found 

a strong handshake from a dangerous man.

Holed up in Rio de Janeiro with piles

of paper money and paced all alone

angry at nothing if only for the moment.

Rain dampened slick stone walkaways,

waiters were too nice and I tipped too much.

One offered to be a bodyguard , violence

hinted in every smirking human moment.

God, I loved being a target, smug,

dumb, flitting away American Dollars.

Jesus Christ looming in stone on a hill top.

Titties and marijuana, iconic primadonna 

extravagant flora, dying fauna, fawning

over the climate. I went to Brazil

on an off month. To hole up 

safe from my sprawling little lovely life. 

To Do 26.1.19

[x] Cristina - Search for Hippocampus Models

[x] Ana G. - Draft e-mail call for interest in “Live Action Science”

[  ] 

Data science Club Thursday at 5:00 p.m. 

Astavakrasana 

laser-scanning photostimulation (LSPS) by UV glutamate uncaging. 

12.1.19 Goals

[x] Some Portuguese 

[x] Mouse Academy - first read 

[ / ] Dynamic mesolithic dopamine 

[x] Water rats * SMH

Acorn - tracks impact | BetaWorks | 2 years of money | PitchBook | Social Impact Start Up 

Mission Aligned Investors | Metrics | Costumer Acquistion Cost | Clint Corver -> Chain of Contacts -> Who To Talk to (Scope: ~100) 

Money Committed || Sparrow || Decision Analysis —> Ulu Ventures [500k] [Budget x ] 

Ivan - > IoS Engineering { Bulgarian DevShop } 

[market mapping] Metrics -> Shrug 

Peter Singer - Academic Advisory Board … 

[1 million ]

Product market testing 

Foundation Directory Online  - Targeted , Do Your Homework 

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2018/11/19/why-neuroscience-needs-data-scientists/

Head-fixed —> 

~INHIBITION EXPERIMENT TRAINING PLAN~

STOP MICE:  20th.  GIVE WATER: 20th (afternoon) - 30th.  DEPRIVE: 31st... (Morning) RESUME: Jan 2nd.

21st - BLEACH/DEEP CLEAN BOXES 1-14 (Diluted bleach; Flush (with needles out) - Open Arduino Sketch with Continuously open Valves - PERFUSE System) *[NOT BOX 11 or 5]*; Run 15 mL of Bleach per syringe; Copious water through valves; Leave dry.

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http://www.jneurosci.org/content/preparing-manuscript#journalclub

Friday - Dec. 14th, 2018 

[x] - Complete 2019 ‘Goals and Blueprint’ 

[x] - 2-minute Summary ‘Properties of Neuron in External Globus Pallidus Can Support Optimal Action Selection 

[  ] MatLab for Neuroscientists :: Basic Bayesian Bearded Terrorist probability plots 

[x] Statistics 101: Linear Regression 

“Golden Girls” - Devendra Banhart

“King” by Moor - FIREBEAT 

Reread - Section 3.3 to  

Monday - Apply for DGAV License (MAKE SHORT CV)

SAMPLE: ‘Sal’ From Khan Academy 

Make short CV

Tiago - Certificate 

MATH:

“We explicitly focus on a gentle introduction here, as it serves our purposes. If you are in 

need of a more rigorous or comprehensive treatment, we refer you to Mathematics for Neuroscientists by Gabbiani and Cox. If you want to see what math education could be like, centered on great explanations that build intuition, we recommend Math, Better Explained by Kalid Azad.”

Jacksonian March seizure (somatosensory) 

—

Tara LeGates > D1/D2 Synapses

Scott Thompson

Fabrizio Gabbiani - Biophysics - Sophisticated and reasonable approach 

Quote For Neuroscience Paper:

“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”

— Zadie Smith, White Teeth  

Model Animal: Dragonfly? Cats. Alligators. 

Ali Farke Toure 

Entre as 9 hora e o meio-dia ele trabalha no computador. 

Ele volta para  o trabalha à uma e meia.  

Ele vai as compras depois do trabalho.

A noite, depois do jantar, ele e a mulher veem televisão.

As oito vou de bicicleta para o trabalho.  (go)

As oito venho de bicicleta para o trabalho.  (come) 

A que horas começa a trabalhar?

Eu começo a trabalhar os oito e meia.

Normalmente… 

Eu caminho cerca de Lisbon.

É muito triste! Eu faço nada! Talvez, eu caminho cerca de Lisbon.  Talvez eu leio um livro.  Talvez eu dormi.    Eu vai Lx Factory.  

Depois de/do (after) 

antes de/do (before) 

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Monday -> Mice 

MATLAB!

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“New ways of thinking about familiar problems.” 

~*NOVEMBER GOALS*~ 

> Permanent MatLab Access [x] -> Tiago has license 

> Order Mouse Lines [ ] -> Health report requested… Reach out to Vivarium about FoxP2 

   -> Mash1 line -> FoxP2 expression?  

> Finish ‘First Read Through’ [ ] 

> Figure 40 [ ]

SAMPLE : ‘Afraid of Us’ Jonwayne, Zeroh 

Monday Nov 5th Goals: 

> Attentively watch:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba_l8IKoMvU (Distributed RL)

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuvM1jO-4w (Distributed RL | The Algorithm) 

MatLab License 

Practical Sessions at the CCU for the Unknown between 19 - 22 Nov 2018 (provisional programme attached)

Week of November 5th - Handle Bruno’s Animals 

Lab Goals - 

“Deep Networks - Influence Politics Around the World”

Paton Lab Meeting Archives

Strategy: Read titles/abstracts follow gut on interesting and relevant papers

Goals: Get a general sense of the intellectual history of the lab, thought/project trajectories, researchers and work done in the field and neighboring fields.

Look through a GPe/Arkypallidal lens… what can be revisited with new understanding?

First Read Through 

[x] 2011 - (22 meetings || 10/12 - SLAM camera tracking techniques)  

[ x] 2012a (18 meetings) 

 [x] 2012b (15 meetings - sloppy summary sentences)

[ x] 2013a (19 meetings - less sloppy summaries jotted down)

[x] 2013b (17 meetings) 

[x] 2014a (21 meetings) (summaries in progress)

[x] 2014b 

[x] 2015 (23 meetings)

[ ] 2016 (23 meetings) 

Current 

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“I like, I wish, I wonder”

“Only Yesterday” Pretty Lights

retrosplenial dysgranular cx (?)

retrosplenial granular cx, c (?)

fornix (?)

Stringer 2018 arVix

Lowe and Glimpsher 

November Goals:

[  ] GPe literature - 

[ x ] Dodson & Magill

[  x] Mastro & Gittis

[  ] Chu & Bevan 

[x] Modeling (extra credit -Bogacz)

[  ] Principles of Neural Science: Part IV

[ x ] MatLab license… Website program… 

Extra credit:

Side projects [/ ] Neuroanatomy 40

[ -> ] ExperiMentor - Riberio, Mainen scripts… Paton! -> LiveAction Science

MACHINE LEARNING 

Week of Oct 29th - 

Symposium Week!

Wyatt -> John Hopkins -> He got into American University! 

Belly Full Beat (MadLib album Drive In) 

“The human brain produces in 30 seconds as much data as the Hubble Space Telescope has produced in its lifetime.” 

Sequence of voltage sensors -> ArcLite -> Quasar -> Asap -> Voltron -> ???

Muscarine -> Glutamate 

Ph Sensitive 

cAMP

Zinc sensitive 

5 ways to calculate delta f

2 main ways 

SNR Voltage — 

Dimensionality reduction of a data set: When is it spiking?

5 to 10 2-photon microscope open crystal 

…Open window to a million neuron…

Week of 10/15/18

Monday: Travel

Tuesday: Rest

Wednesday: Begin rat training.  Reorient.

Thursday:

Friday:

|| Software synergistically ||

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Beam splitter, Lambda, diacritic 

1.6021766208×10−19

‘sparse coding’

Benny Boy get your programming shit together. 

Week of Oct. 8th, 2018

10/9/18

[  ] Rat shadowing (9:30 a.m.) -> Pushed to next week 

10/8/18

[x] Begin Chapter 13 of Kandel, Schwartz, Jessell

[x] Outline of figure 36

[  ] Read Abdi & Mallet (2015) 

DOPE BEAT MATERIAL - Etude 1 (Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota) 

Saturday - Chill [x]

Friday - ExperiMentor … mehhhhh scripts?  

Photometry -> Photodiode collects light in form of voltage (GCaMP) (TtdTomate as Baseline… how much fluorescence is based on TdTomatoe, controlling factor always luminesce - GCaMP calcium dependent) :: Collecting from a ‘cone’ or geometric region in the brain.  Data stored and plotted over time… Signals must be corrected… 

Cell populations are firing or releasing calcium.  (GCaMP encoded by virus injection, mice express CRE in a particular cell type).  

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Brain on an Occam’s Razor,

bird on a wire, 

synaptic fatalism integrating 

consistent spiking;

strange looping: is this me? 

Thursday 

“We don’t make decisions, so much as our decisions make us.”

“Blind flies don’t like to fly”

[x] 9:00 a.m. Lab Meeting

[x] 12:00 p.m. - Colloquium

“It was demeaning, to borrow a line from the poet A. R. Ammons, to allow one’s Weltanschauung to be noticeably wobbled.”

“You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with your thoughts and feelings. It is also true that creation comes from an overflow, so you have to learn to intake, to imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid of fullness. The fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into writing. Permit yourself to flow and overflow, allow for the rise in temperature, all the expansions and intensifications. Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them. If it seems to you that I move in a world of certitudes, you, par contre, must benefit from the great privilege of youth, which is that you move in a world of mysteries. But both must be ruled by faith.”

Anaïs Nin

[  ] MatLab trial expires in 1 day * 

[  ] 3:00 p.m. pictures

“We do not yet know whether Arkys relay Stop decisions from elsewhere, or are actively involved in forming those decisions. This is in part because the input pathways to Arkys remain to be determined.”

These studies prompt an interesting reflection about the benefits and conflicts of labeling and classifying neurons at a relatively grainy level of understanding.  

“The authors hypothesize that under normal conditions, hLTP serves an adaptive, homeostatic role to maintain a healthy balance between the hyperdirect and indirect pathway in the STN. However, after dopamine depletion, pathologically elevated cortical input to the STN triggers excessive induction of hLTP at GPe synapses, which becomes maladaptive to circuit function and contributes to or even exacerbates pathological oscillations.”

To Do Week of Oct. 1st - Focus: Big Picture Goals

[ x ] GPe Literature - Hernandez 2015 & Mallet 2016 (Focus on techniques and details)

[  ] MatLab! Lectures 6-7 (Get your hands dirty!)

[ x ] Kandel Chapters 12 - 13 

Tuesday Surgery Induction 10:00 with Andreia 

6:00 - 7:30 

Portuguese

Digitally reconstructed Neurons: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106405/

To Do Week of, September 24th, 2018 

To Do Week of  Monday, September 17th, 2018

PRIORITY: 

DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT ITI 

———— PAUSE. ———————

Talks 

[x ] Mainen Lab - Evidence or Value based encoding of World State/Probability - ‘Consecutive failures’ - easy/medium/hard estimate of where the reward will be.  

Reading for the Week

[x] Chapter 9 - Propagating Signal | The Action Potential

[/ ] Ligaya et. al (2018)  (CCU S.I.?)

[x] Katz & Castillo (1952) Experiment where they describe measurement techniques

[  ] Raiser Chapter 4 - Stimulus Outlasting Calcium Dynamics in Drosophila Kenyon Cells Encode Odor Identity 

Video Lectures

[—  ] Linear Algebra (Trudge steadily through) 

[ — ] Khan Academy Logarithms (Trudge steadily through) 

MatLab

[  ] Trudge steadily through www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/learn_matlab 

*FIND PROBLEM SET/TEXT BOOK/WORK SHEETS*

Concepts to Grasp

[ / ] Master logarithms!

[  ] Review Kandel Et. Al  Part II *Chapters 5-9*

Neuroanatomy

[ x ]  Ink Figure 28

Project Planning?  Too soon! Too soon! Read some literature on the subject.  

17/9/18

1:00 p.m. Meet with Catarina to discuss “CCU Science Illustrated” (WIP) Project

2:30 p.m. Vivarium Induction 

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|      SPCAL Credentials     |

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| login: |

| PW:   |

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NPR:: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/11/644992109/can-a-barn-owl-s-brain-explain-why-kids-with-adhd-can-t-stay-focused

9.13.18

[ x ] Pauses in cholinergic interneuron firing exert an inhibitory control on stratal output in vivo (Zucca et. al  2018)

[ x ] Chapter 8 - Local Signaling: Passive Properties of 

-> Sub and supra threshold membrane potential (Conceptual) 

Monday, Sept. 10th 2018

“Eat the Frog First”

[ N/A ] Review SPCAL Lessons 1-5 (In Library?) CRAM THURSDAY? 

-> [/] wait for confirmation from Delores for theoretical test 

-> (Out of Office reply from person in charge)

To Do:

[/] Comment Out %PRE_PROCESS_vBeta.m 

[x] Change path name and run program in MatLab

[  ] Solve trial.blahblahblah error spkCount?  labels?

[  ] Change Epochs and run? 

[x] Chapter 7 - Membrane Potential :: Return to Pg. 136-137 Box 7-2 when sharp. ::

[x] Castillo and B. Katz (1954) 

[x] 12:00 - Neural Circuits for Vision in Action CCU

[x] 2:30 - THESIS DEFENSE: Mechanisms of Visual Perceptions in the Mouse Visual Cortex 

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Extra-credit

[x] Ink Figure 24

[~ ] Finish “First & Last 2017” (100/127 = 78.74%)

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Jax Laboratory Tools: https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/model-generation-services/crispr-cas9

Recommendation for Design and Analysis of In Vivo Electrophysiology Studies 

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/38/26/5837

On the Horizon: 

Schultz (1997) (Classic, classic, classic) 

*[x] 9/7/18 - 6:00 p.m. Flip water for Bruno’s mice *

ITI Data Analysis -> Next step ->…. 

[  ] (find the sigmoid call) /  Poke around preprocessing_beta 

Reading 

[x] Chapter 6 - Ion Channels

[ / ] Finish Krietzer 2016 —> [  ] write an experiment-by-experiment summary paper

Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPsCVKhNvlA Helpful explanation of ChR2-YFP, NpHR, and general ontogenetic principles.

[ / ] Reiser Chapter 3.3.38 - 3.4 (Need to finish 3.4.5, Look up Photoionization detectors, Coherence) 

Neuroanatomy

[/]  Finish Figure 24 (need to ink)

“Drawing Scientists “

[/] Storyboard for GCAMP6s targeted paper 

-> Show Filipe for feedback ->

-> Ask Leopold permission ? Talk to Catarina 

[  x] 16:9 

[x] Write script and record [ 1:00 ] 

Intellectual Roaming

[ / ] Return to Review of Reviews and Review Zoom-In | First & Last | 

[/] Explore Digital Mouse Brain Atlas 

9/6/18 - Thursday 

To Do: 

ITI Data Analysis :

[x] Draw data structure on mm paper -> Reach out for help understanding 

[ / ] What fields did Asma call?  What fields are necessary for a psychometric curve

Reading 

[x] Kandel - Chapter 5 | Synthesis and Trafficking of Neuronal Proteins 

[ / ] Reiser - Chapter 3 | A High-Bandwidth Dual-Channel Olfactory Stimulator for Studying Temporal Sensitivity of Olfactory Processing (Results complicated) 

[/ ] Krietzer 2016 - Cell-Type-Specific Controls of Brainstem Locomotor Circuits by Basal Ganglia

Talks:

[x] 12:00 p.m.  - Colloquium - Development of Drosophila Motor Circuit 

Tutorials: 

~ [x ] MatLab plotting psychometric curves 

Neuroanatomy 

[ x ] Outline brain for figure 24

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MatLab

Laser stuff HZ noise, thresholds, 

// PCA -> Co-variance -> 

// Linear regression | Geometric intuition -> “What is known to the animal during inter-trial?  What features can be described by animals history”  ===> Construct a history space (axis represent different animals history ex. x-axis previous stimulus, reward, etc.?)  Predictive (?)  

Plot psychometric functions || PSTH (post stimulation of histogram )  of example neurons -> skills: bin spiking, plot rasters, smoothing (if necessary) 

Data:: Access to Dropbox -> /data/TAFC/Combined02/ [3 animals :: Elife] 

/data/TAFC/video

Tiago and Flipe know the video data

File Format -> Parser/Transformation (guideline) || 

> MatLab

Access to MatLab -> [/] 28 days!

How can I begin to analysis?

History dependent | Omitted 

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To Do Week of September 3rd

Monday

Administrative

[ x] Check-in with HR (Don’t bombard!): Badge.   (Library access?) 

[  ] Reach out to SEF?

[x] 2:00 p.m. Meet with Asma - discuss data analysis.  Where is it?  How do I access it (Tiago?)  What has been done and why?

[x] 3:00 p.m. Lab Meeting “Maurico’s Data” - Pay special attention 

[x] Finish first read through of Theoretical Laboratory Animal Science PDF Lectures

[  ] Rat Surgery Techniques…

Mouse neuroanatomy project

[/ ] Figure 24

[  ] Figure 28

Math 

[x ] L.A. Lecture 2

[ x] L.A. Lecture 3 

Read:

[  ] Georg Raiser’s Thesis (Page 22 of 213)

Find time to do at least an hour of quiet focused reading a day.  (Place?).

Continue to explore whims, papers, databases, ideas, protocols, that seem interesting. 

Develop ‘literature scour’ protocol - (Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience) 

Dates to Remember: September 14th - Laboratory Animal Sciences Theoretical Test! 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180827180803.htm:Can these be used for techniques?  

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180823141038.htm ‘Unexpected’ - Unexpected physical event and unexpected reward or lack of reward (neuronal modeling of external environment) 

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In my first ten minutes at work I’m exposed to a weeks (month/year/decade) worth of interesting information.  Going from an intellectual tundra to an intellectual rain forest.  

1460 proteins with increased expression in the brain: Human Protein Atlas https://www.proteinatlas.org

Non-profit plasmid repository: https://www.addgene.org 

Protein database: https://www.rcsb.org/3d-view/3WLC/1

Started to think at the molecular level.   

“MGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDDDDKDLATMVDSSRRKWNKTGHAVRAIGRLSSLENVYIKADKQKNGIKANFKIR

HNIEDGGVQLAYHYQQNTPIGDGPVLLPDNHYLSVQSKLSKDPNEKRDHMVLLEFVTAAGITLGMDELYKGGTGGSMVSK

GEELFTGVVPILVELDGDVNGHKFSVSGEGEGDATYGKLTLKFICTTGKLPVPWPTLVTTLTYGVQCFSRYPDHMKQHDF

FKSAMPEGYIQERTIFFKDDGNYKTRAEVKFEGDTLVNRIELKGIDFKEDGNILGHKLEYNLPDQLTEEQIAEFKEAFSL

FDKDGDGTITTKELGTVMRSLGQNPTEAELQDMINEVDADGDGTIDFPEFLTMMARKGSYRDTEEEIREAFGVFDKDGNG

YISAAELRHVMTNLGEKLTDEEVDEMIREADIDGDGQVNYEEFVQMMTAK” - CCaMP6m amino acid code. 

  8/31/18 - (Friday) @12:00 in Meeting Room 25.08

GET USB ! ! 

[Lisboa Cultura na ru, Lisbon on the streets Com’Out Lisbon - Katie Gurrerirra ]

MatLab -> Chronux Neural Analysis 

SEPTEMBER 14th!

Week of August 27th, 2018

“Conserved computational circuitry, perhaps taking different arguments on different locations of Basil Ganglia” - Tuesday 

Andrew Barto: http://www-all.cs.umass.edu/~barto/

Basil Ganglia Labs

Okihide Hikosaka Lab: https://irp.nih.gov/pi/okihide-hikosaka

Wilbrecht Lab

Uchida N.  (ubiquitous dopamine motivation and reward) 

Peter J. Magill

Schultz (Pioneer in the field)

C. Savio Chan 

Doya, K. (theory) 

Calabresi, P. (muscarinic) 

Ana Graybiel (McGovern) 

James C. Houk (1994 - Book on Models of Computation in the basal Ganglia)

Evolutionary Conservation of Basil Ganglia type action-selection mechanisms: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211005288

Dopamine D1 - Retinal Signaling https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00855.2017 [Note to self: Too Off Track]

[ ~ ] Flurorphore Library

Official Badge? [  ] Printer Access [  ]?

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Online Course on Laboratory Animal Science 

Monday  : 11 [x] 12 [x] 

Tuesday : 13 [x] 14 [x] 

Wednesday: 15 [x] 16 [/] 

Thursday: 17 [x] 18 [x]

Friday: 19 [x] 20  [/] 

Lesson 11 - Behavior and Environment, animals must be housed in an environment enriched to maximize their welfare. 

Lesson 12 - Rodent and Lagomorph Accommodation and Housing - A more comprehensive guide from the macro environment, facilities i.e. establishments, to the micro environments.  Covers health and safety procedures for personnel as well as geometry of housing units (rounded edges to prevent water accumulation).  Absolutely essential.  

Lesson 13 - Collecting Samples and Administrating Procedures - covers the most common collection techniques and materials collected and stressed the importance of doing as little harm as possible to the animal.  

Lesson 14 - Transporting the Animal : Shipper holds most of the responsibility.  Major goals are making sure the journey is as stress free as possible, contingency plans are in place, and that all of the logistics have been carefully planned, communicated, and coordinated between various parties responsible in the shipping.  Also, animals should be prepared mentally and physically for the journey and should have a period of post-transportation to adjust to the new surroundings and environment.  A number of practical issues must be considered such as temperature, availability of food, and access to animals during the journey.  Boxes should be properly labelled in whatever languages are necessary. 

Lesson 15 - The purpose of feeding and nutrition is to meet the energy needs of the animals, which vary by species, physiological state of animal (growth, maintenance, gestation, and lactation).  A number of category of diets exist as well as a variety of specific diets to best fits the needs of the experiment.  This chapter covers particulars of nutrition requirements and stresses the importance of avoiding obesity and malnutrition.  

Lesson 16 - Anatomy and Physiology of Teleosts (Skip for now: Focus on Rodents and Lagomorphs)

Lesson 17 - Anatomy and Physiology of Rodents and Lagomorphs - General characteristics of the anatomy and physiology of six species, 5 rodents and 1 lagomorph.  Mice, rats, guinea pigs, gerbils, and hamsters.  Rabbits.  It covers particularities of each species and has a quiz asking specific facts, mostly centered on commonalities and distinguishing factors.  Worth a close read.  

Lesson 18 - Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Rodents and Lagomorphs . Pre anaesthesia techniques, drug combinations, and repeated warning of the importance of choosing the right drugs and technique for the species.  Use of a chamber.  Methods of anesthesia (IP, IV, Volatile).  Endotracheal Intubation for rabbits; the proper use and administration of analgesics; monitoring during the operation (for example - the paw pain reflex disappears in medium to deep anesthesia 

Lesson 19 - Animal Welfare and Signs of Disturbance - This chapter repeatedly stresses the importance of the relationship between the caretaker and the animal.  It repeats the ideal social, environmental, and nutritional environments for rodents and rabbits and highlights peculiarities of each species.   After reading this one should be better suited to detecting stress, disease, or other ailments in a laboratory animal.  

Lesson 20 - Fish Psychology and Welfare (Skip for now: Focus on Rodents and Lagomorphs) 

Lessons 5, 17, and 20 pertain to fish 

TEST SEPTEMBER 14th 

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MIT Open Course Ware:

Linear Algebra 

Lecture 2 [/ ] -> Elimination by Matrices, production of elementary matrices, basic computations, and a review of row and column approaches to systems of equations.  Introduction to the basic application of the rule of association in linear algebra.  

Lecture 3 [ ]

Mouse Neuroanatomy 

Ink Figure 16 [x]

Figure 20 [x]

Figure 24 [  ]

Introduction to MatLab:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ekAD7U-wU [  ] 

Math Big Picture: Review Single Variable Calculus!  Find reasonable Statistics and Probability Course (Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis?  Introduction to Probability and Statistics?) Mine as well review algebra well I’m at it eh.  

Breathe in.  Breathe out.  

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Data analysis :: Behavioral Analysis 

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Ana Margarida - Lecture 6 - Handling Mice techniques 

EuroCircuit can make a piece.  Commercial v. DYI version of products.  

Dario is the soldering, hardware expert.  I.E. skilled technician. 

www.dgv.min-agricultura.pt; it is recommended that the entry on Animal Protection and the section on Animals used for experimental purposes be consulted first. 

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Sir Ronald Fisher, stated in 1938 in regards to this matter that “To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of”. 

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Finally, it is time to publish and reveal the results. According to Santiago Ramón y Cajal, scientific writers should govern themselves by the following rules: 

Make sure you have something to say; Find a suitable title and sequence to present your ideas; Say it; Stop once it is said. 

8/21 Goals

Access ->

:: Champalimaud Private Internet [HR]  Printer [HR]

:: Web of Science (?)

:: PubMed (Nature, Journals, etc.?) 

:: 

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PRIORITY:  Online Course -> Animal Laboratory Sciences PDF’s 

20 total -> 4 a day || I can finish by Friday 

Monday  : 1 [x] 2 [x] 

Tuesday : 3 [x] 4 [x ] 

Wednesday: 5 [x*] 6 [x] 

Thursday: 7 [x* ] 8 [x]es

Friday: 9 [x ] 10 [x ] 

Notes:

Lesson 1 - Philosophical and ethical background and the 3 R’s

Lesson 2 - Euthanasia.   Recommended, adequate, unacceptable.  Physical or chemical.  Chemical - inhalable or injectable.   Paton Lab uses CO2 and cervical dislocation.   

Lecture 3 - Experimental Design.  Return to as a starting point for basic design (randomized samples and blocks) Integrate with “Statistical Thinking and Data Analysis”

Lecture 4 - Legislation.  Memorize specific laws and acts.

Lecture 5 is highly specific for the care and maintenance of Zebrafish

Lecture 6 - Handling of rodents and mice.  A theoretical overview, this material is essentially kinesthetic.  

Lecture 7 - Provides a technically detailed account of how genetic manipulations are done and propagated.   Deserves a ‘printed’ review and vocabulary cross reference.

Lecture 8 - Health and Safety.  Predominantly common sense.   

Lecture 9 - Microbiology - contains an appendix with list of common infections that will be eventually be good to know.

Lesson 10 - Anaesthesia pre and post operation techniques, risks of infections etc. 

// http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/member_states_stats_reports_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/news_en.htm -> General European News regarding 

http://www.ahwla.org.uk/site/tutorials/RP/RP01-Title.html -> Recognizing pain in animals 

Week of 8/20/18 To Do:

Tiago/Team -> Whats the most important priority?

Get Arduino Machine working again [?]

Jupiter/Python Notebook Up [ ]

Bruno MatLab Access [… ]

 - Get documents to HR

 - Animal Lab certified?

 - Logistical/Certificate/Etc.  

  - Start discussing personal project: 

    >  (Rat colony) Wet Lab

    > (Machine Learning) Electric Lab

    > Statistics project

  - Reacquaint with Lab Technology/Protocols 

  - Review papers - Engage back with the science 

  - 

Project Print: Screen shots

[  ] collect 

“Do the job.  Do it engaged.   Engage -> Not just execute the best you can, understand the experiment.

Why? Alternative designs?  Control experiments needed to interpret the data?  Positive controls and negative controls?  What do you need to do to get crisp.  Totally engage.  

How it fits into other experiments?  

“Engage with the science as if it were your baby.”

Execute beautifully… Ask --- et. al.  What does ideal execution look like 

Extra time: allocate time.  Technicians : Freedom to do other things, work with other things, other technical things, giving people independent project to carry out.    Project --- has in mind?  Design.   Hands on education of how science works then reading.   Spend time focused on a problem and in the ideal become the world’s foremost expert on whatever ‘mundane’ aspect of what ever problem you are working on.

Computational in the context of a problem.  Learn to use.   Defining “problems I want to solve.”   As an operating scientist, the technology can change very quickly.   Capable of learning, understanding, and applying.  

Answer questions in a robust way.  Thinking of technology in context of problem.   Deep domain knowledge; focus on experimental more than book reading.   

Realistic path -> Research fellow to PhD. program.  Industry…  Strong head’s up to do research.   First-rate OHSU?  Excellent.    IF: Remember that it is narrow, broader with neuroscience as a component.   Biology < > Neurology.   Real neuroscience computational ->

Juxtasuposed: Engineering, CS, A.I., and all that…

Label in broad ways: Molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, psychology.   Borders are so fuzzy — as to be 

Domain bias.   In general -> other than P.I. protected from funding.  Publication, the life of the business.   Metric of success is the science they publish.    Work that contributes to being an author = more engaged, more independent.   Evolved to an independent project.    

So incredibly broad -> CRISPR, GFP, Optogenetics, with higher level systems problems.   100 years = absurd.   Look back -> Could we have conceived whats going on today.  

Foremost expert on something how-ever limited.  Grow from there.   Grown from a particular expertise.    

Molecular biologist || Do what a 3 year old is taught to do.  How?  How?  How?  How does that work.  Quantum physics.   Ask questions.  Be open.   

Go to seminars  -> Go to every talk.  Take every note.  Primary literature fundamentally different.   Always learn in context.  Don’t dilute too much (ignore title, abstract, discussion).  Look at figures and tables and derive for yourself what they say.   Look for THE FIGURE or THE TABLE that is the crux and look for the control experiment.    Understand the critical assessment, are the facts valid and warranted?  Infinite amount to learn, don’t spread yourself infinitely thin.  “ 

 To Do: Develop Independent Machine Learning Project 

Gain Access to Web of Science 

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Paton Learning Lab

Personal Learning Goals 

September 1st - December 1st 

Major Goals 

[  ] Read Principles of Neuroscience 5th Edition

[  ] Complete CSS 229 

[  ] Deep read 12 papers (Write summary || Practice peer review)

Administrative

[  ] Reactivate 

[ / ] Figure out Residence Permit/Visa

Lifestyle

[ x ] Purchase commuter bicycle

[ / ] Purchase waterproof computer/messenger bag

Language

[x] …. Focused practice minimum 20 minutes daily …? 

[  ]   Find language partner 

[  ] Portuguese film/television/music 

UPCOMING

Phone conversation with --------

Tuesday, August 7th 9:00 a.m. EST (10:00 a.m. 

[smol-pilots]

Since u wanna play games 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30

hahahah thanks, gonna put it under read more just bc thERE ARE SO MANY

1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged? no

2. You talked to an ex today, correct? no

3. Have you taken someones virginity? no

4. Is trust a big issue for you? huge tbh

5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently? i hung out w my friends on monday i dont rly like anyone else, also i’ve been working 

6. What are you excited for? some off days smh

7. What happened tonight? i watched liar and his lover and then i got so annoyed by the way they kissed i just went to sleep

8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted? lol do you think it’s disgusting when guys get wasted? honestly idc

9. Is confidence cute? um yeah when i do it. when someone else is very confident i might get intimidated smh

10. What is the last beverage you had? water

11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? um. i don’t know if i fully trust any guys but i guess i have this friend im quite honest w and also my dad… i guess? 2?

12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans? yes

13. What are you gonna do Saturday night? go to sleep early (like midnight lol) bc i have to get up at 5

14. What are you going to spend money on next? lunch today at work lmao 

15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed? i havent kissed anyone lmao

16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months? yes

17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? my friend

18. The last time you felt broken? on monday

19. Have you had sex today? no

20. Are you starting to realize anything? life is shit im getting lost again

21. Are you in a good mood? idk not particularly 

22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? nope

23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s? yes

24. What do you want right this second? not having to go to work

25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy? i dont like anyone so lmao

26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? my roots are in my natural brown and my ends are in a lighter shade of brown

27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh? no

28. What was the last thing that made you laugh? probably a meme i saw this morning

29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now? idk 

30. Does everyone deserve a second chance? depends on the mistake they’ve made

[btees]

70 horrible questions !

i was tagged by: @sehhunie​ ( thank you ! )

01: do you have a good relationship with your parents? i do with my mum ! 

02: who did you last say “i love you” to? my dog about 10 seconds ago when she looked at me.

03: do you regret anything? a lot of things ! specifically not fighting to do science in school.

04: are you insecure? immensely :)

05: what is your relationship status? single and scared of commitment and effort !

06: how do you want to die? in my sleep, that sounds nice.

07: what did you last eat? salted chilli chicken and chips 

08: played any sports? i used to do loads of sports ! i did judo, tennis, swimming, football and dance but all the clubs eventually closed down because i’m that unlucky.

09: do you bite your nails? nope. i used to be jealous of people who bit their nails tbh because they would always have really short nails and mine would be so long.

10: when was your last physical fight? never.

11: do you like someone? i’m getting over a big crush right now ! also my pizza delivery boy

12: have you ever stayed up 48 hours? 36 hours is my limit 

13: do you hate anyone at the moment? nah.

14: do you miss someone? nope ! i’m seeing my whole fam tomorrow and i seen a ton of friends today it’s all good for now.

15: have any pets? i have a dog ! her name is pip and she’s 1 year and 5 weeks old cavachon.

16: how exactly are you feeling at the moment? full, kinda ill, ate dinner to fast.

17: ever made out in the bathroom? never, i’d freak because the toilet is right there

18: are you scared of spiders? yes. i don’t breathe in case i breathe it in that’s how scared i am

19: would you go back in time if you were given the chance? oh my god no, i’d laugh at my weeb self even though i still love anime.

20: where was the last place you snogged someone? ew, i hate the word snogged okay, let’s just say kissed and it was at a club outside in the smoking area smh.

21: what are your plans for this weekend? it’s my grandad’s 80th tomorrow ! and i have an exam on monday so aside from the party i’ll be studying.

22: do you want to have kids? how many? i do ! and probably a couple like 3 or 4 !

23: do you have piercings? how many? just my ears but i’ve been thinking about my nose.

24: what is/are/were your best subject(s)? ah french, religion and history were always my top !

25: do you miss anyone from your past? honestly, no but for some reason i keep thinking of this guy i used to go out with recently, but i don’t miss him he’s just on my mind.

26: what are you craving right now? apple juice omg.

27: have you ever broken someone’s heart? yeah apparently :/

28: have you ever been cheated on? well, the guy i was kind of dating was talking to other girls at the start but honestly i didn’t really count us going out.

29: have you made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry? yep ! 

30: what’s irritating you right now? there’s nothing on tv.

31: does somebody love you? brb i’m gonna’ ask my mum to make sure.

32: what is your favourite color? yellow !

33: do you have trust issues? more like i need some trust issues because i over share like heck.

34: who/what was your last dream about? myself in my english exam, and i was writing out a poem i learned off by heart and it took me the whole two hours of the exam and i got 0 because i didn’t write anything about the poem.

35: who was the last person you cried in front of? i don’t even remember the last time i cried honestly.

36: do you give out second chances too easily? i never give second chances.

37: is it easier to forgive or forget? i remember everything but i find forgiving really hard too so- neither.

38: is this year the best year of your life? unless the black eye’d peas are back on the radio and beyoncé and lady gaga are collabing again no year will ever beat 2010 / 2011

39: how old were you when you had your first kiss? ok so there’s a photo of me kissing my next door neighbour when we were both like 2 years old so i don’t think that counts. i’m going to say 12 ? in spin the bottle.

40: have you ever walked outside completely naked? never. maybe some day though !

51: favourite food? i have too many, i’m going to say bread.

52: do you believe everything happens for a reason? nah, not really.

53: what is the last thing you did before you went to bed last night? i read 20 years worth of irish history for my exam this morning and hurt my throat from reading all my notes outloud.

54: is cheating ever okay? never, like ??? what the fuck is going on in your head and your heart if you could completely demolish someones trust and your own relationships like that ?

55: are you mean? i’m not, honestly when you get to know me i am so soft and only wish the best for people and hope they’re happy. but if there’s no effort to get to know me i probably don’t care at all. 

56: how many people have you fist fought? a grand total of 0

57: do you believe in true love? i’d like to think it’s a thing ! i know a lot of couples who i could never imagine being with anyone different, that’s for sure.

58: favourite weather? sunshine and a tiny breeze is so nice. like a summer car ride weather.

59: do you like the snow? i love snow ! so pure, so cold, so bright. makes everything look ten times cleaner.

60: do you wanna get married? depends, if i know i could spend and wanted to spend my life with them then i don’t see why not.

61: is it cute when a boy/girl calls you baby? depends if they are genuine or a sleaze. i’ve met both kinds of boys.

62: what makes you happy? my dog, pictures of me and friends, sleeping, kpop comebacks, people achieving their dreams, drawing, walking, car rides, restaurants, dancing, etc.

63: would you change your name? yeah, my dad picked my name and my mum liked other names more, and since my mum is actually here y’know i think it’s unfair she didn’t get to call me what she wanted.

64: would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed? yes because it was dark, don’t really remember what he looks like and don’t know his last name smh.

65: your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? noooo, my best friend who a boy did / does like me and basically we talked it out and we agreed we were best friends but anything else could just wreck it.

66: do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you can act your complete self around? yeah! the one mentioned above and another friend. honestly, i don’t care what they think really if i’m gross or rude because they’re pretty much the same and it just worked out that we have the same humor and our all slobs.

67: who was the last person of the opposite sex you talked to? my brother at dinner lmao.

68: who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? my eyebrow lady told me something really personal and sad today while she was waxing my brows and my heart broke honestly. 

69: do you believe in soulmates? until i find mine i believe in nothing.

70: is there anyone you would die for? my immediate fam, my dog and there’s a pending spot.

i’m tagging: @kookno / @milktu / @kiimgyu / anyone !

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Get to know me tag

Tagged by @spicypancakedoyoung dude I’m telling you now that I’m kinda obessed with these so you might wanna stop now unless you want me to dedicate my life to you. just saying Also thank you ^w^ like I can’t not do a tag once I’m tagged

1. Are you named after someone?

Yes o.o Like my great great great great grandmother or something???

2. When was the last time you cried?

Last Monday when I dropped my phone into a toilet and the microphone stopped working and both of my grandmas called me and I couldn’t talk to them !!!

3. Do you like your handwriting?

Sometimes. It’s getting worse tho because we don’t write stuff in school that much anymore

4. What’s your favourite lunch meat?

What is a lunch meat??? Am I missing something here?? Is it just a meat you eat for lunch ???

5. Do you have kids?

Yeah like 9 +

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?

I mean it depends who this other person was? If I was another me then probably not because I don’t talk to ppl irl. But I do like tall ppl so maybe idk!!

7. Do you use sarcasm?

I’m too lazy to come up with a joke here so imma just say yes, yes I do.

8. Do you still have tonsils?

What are tonsils?? I just realised how badly I English!! Ok I just googled it and what the fuck?? I don’t know??? No???

9. What is your favourite kind of cereal?

Lion cereal !! haven’t eaten those in years but still

10. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

I mean if I have to ???

11. Do you think you’re a strong person?

My life’s been pretty easy so far so I can’t tell. I’m pretty positive at least ??

12. What’s your favourite ice cream flavour?

Chocolate or cooKIE!! OR CHOCOLATE COKIE!!

13. What is the first thing you notice about people?

Maybe height? Or facial expressions??

14. Red or pink?

ROSE QUARTZ YALL!!

15. What is the least favourite physical thing you like about yourself?

The least favourite thing I like about myself?? Erm?? My height?? I’m pretty tall and I’ve learned to live with that but it’s made a lot of things hard for me in the past.

16. What colour pants and shoes are you wearing now?

Black

17. What was the last thing you ate?

I drank coffee this morning?? Ate a few whatever they’re called in English nuts.

18. What are you listening to right now?

Nct Dream playlist on Spotify (Chewing Gum Chinese version)

19. If you were a crayon what colour would you be?

????? What ????? Erm I don’t know ??? Gay wow that’s the best typo I’ve made in days I am not gonna fix that but I meant gray

20. Favourite smell?

Ok this is gonna sound weird but I really like the smell of dogs. Like my pup smells so familiar yeah… His breath smells horrible tho

21. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?

Well I talked to my grandma but she couldn’t hear me smh… No wait my sister video called me yesterday!!

22. Favourite sport to watch?

Glad it says watch… But Hockey because I’m Finnish duh!

23. Hair colour?

Atm it’s like dark brown

24. Eye colour?

Blue… Very blue…

25. Do you wear contacts?

I don’t and I probably couldn’t even if I had glasses.

26. Favourite food to eat?

Chicken is this even a question??

27. Scary movies or comedy?

I’ve never finished a scary movie so I guess comedy 

28. Last movie I watched?

I honestly can’t remember?? Maybe the xXx thingy the second one the one that doesn’t have Kris lol

29. What colour shirt are you wearing?

Like a grayish blueish Marvel shirt

30. Summer or winter?

Summer on winter and winter on summer… But honestly spring

31. Hugs or kisses?

AGDJSGS both!! Like I love giving hugs but receiving them is awkward cos I’m tol ok??! But I love receiving kisses like little pecks on the cheek and yeh but no one ever kisses me so hugs

32. What book are you currently reading?

It’s a Finnish book and I just started it but it’s called Fraktaaliruhtinas (wow nice word no idea what it means) by Hannu Rajaniemi

33. Who do you miss right now?

Well I haven’t seen most of my irl friends in the longest time so them and also lowkey like really lowkey my sister

34. What is on your mouse pad?

I just use my iPad I broke the mouse tho

35. What is the last tv programme you watched?

I watched dancing with the stars with my grandma and I started watching Cosmos just now

36. What is the best sound?

Honestly music if not then silence or that bling sound that comes when you get a tumblr message ;))))

37. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?

HEY JUUUDEEE DON’T MAKE IT BAAAD!! Zhong Chenle

38. What is the farthest you’ve ever travelled?

Do I really need to get up and look at the map?? Fine. Tenerife jesus fuck why am I so Finnish??

39. Do you have a special talent?

I can tell when my nose is gonna start to bleed ?

40. Where were you born?

Lahti Finland which is honestly kinda weird cos I never lived there???

41. Who am I tagging?

@saddermachine @chibiirin and @midnight-daydreams-11​

I’d like to say that it’s optional but IT’S NOT!! Yall are gonna do this and cry!!!