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20 Mile Nashua Rail Trail today
June 30 2015 : Category: Photos
The Nashua River bike trail is kinda boring but shady, flat, and paved. I turned around at the 10 mile mark (the trial is 13 miles I think). The trails goes through Pepperell center (ice cream). A nice thing about the trail is it's slightly uphill going south of Nashua, and then downhill on the return trip. Plenty of bikes and walkers out, one cross country skier. I only got passed twice, by girls 
There was a research team out checking fly traps. Plenty of evidence of horses. The Chipmunks play dare with you, scooting out of the way only at the last minute. There seems to be several side trails. The bike now has over 100 miles on it, and I was supposed to take it in for a checkup at 30 miles… oh well. No word on Mother's bike yet.
There was a research team out checking fly traps. Plenty of evidence of horses. The Chipmunks play dare with you, scooting out of the way only at the last minute. There seems to be several side trails. The bike now has over 100 miles on it, and I was supposed to take it in for a checkup at 30 miles… oh well. No word on Mother's bike yet.
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Almost Ran Over One of These Brown Snakes Today
June 29 2015 : Category: Photos
It was laying on one of the Benson Park bridges, sunning himself I suppose. Scooted away as soon as it saw me. Close to 3 feet long I would guess.
The Saturday Afternoon Picnic
June 27 2015 : Category: Photos
Photos on the Star Island photo page http://www.spappal.com/Y2015Photo/styled-8/index.html
Aunt Julia, Rest in Piece
June 26 2015 : Category: News
Julia Cimbala, age 84, of North Huntingdon died June 26, 2015 at the Bristol House. She was born October 20, 1930 in Rochester Mills, Indiana County, a daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Julock. Julia was a member of St. Agnes Church, North Huntingdon. She loved cooking for her family, gardening, sewing and solving Sudoku puzzles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John P. Cimbala in 2014; brothers, Charles, John, Michael, Nicholas and Peter; sisters, Mary, Ann and Eva. She is survived by two sons John and his wife Suzie, Matthew and his wife Roxanne, three daughters, Julie Boyette and her husband Joe, Helen Dickey and her husband Tom, Lisa Hill and her husband Alan, 9 grandchildren, Nathan, Ruth, Andy, Michael, Luke, Brian, Dylan, Chelsea, Esther; and sisters, Katherine Marusa and Rose Poppal. Friends will be received at the James W. Shirley Funeral Home, 176 Clay Pike, North Huntingdon, Pa on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Agnes Church, North Huntingdon. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery, North Versailles. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. www.shirleyfuneralhome.com
Mother and Aunt Deb are off to See the Band
June 24 2015 : Category: News
Mothers New Bike
June 24 2015 : Category: News
Today's Harvest
June 13 2015 : Category: Photos
Backyard
June 13 2015 : Category: Photos
The backyard birds feasted on grasshoppers and large flying ants today, and then headed for the beach. I saw a couple birds flying strangely but then realized they were just picking flying ants out of the air. A couple have made a nest in the front eve, another thing to do once they leave the nest. Notice the flying mechanisms.
Someone's Having a Birthday Today
June 11 2015 : Category: News
Ordered One of These Crosstrail Comp Disc Bikes Today
June 11 2015 : Category: News
Should probably start looking for fenders and a rack, maybe lights… water bottle, cage… getting in shape for loon…
Anyone want/need an old Columbia 10 speed with rusty wheel rims? Baby seat optional. 
Today's Experiment
June 11 2015 : Category: Photos
Grilled mushrooms, potatoes, peppers, onions with a secret sauce, not bad.
Today's Experiment
June 11 2015 : Category: Photos
Some grilled peaches, onions, shrimp with some other stuff and a secret sauce. Not a bad meal.
Erins Flower Garden is Doing Nicely
June 11 2015 : Category: Photos
Sherilyn's Friend Pays Another Visit
June 05 2015 : Category: Videos
Harvested Some Lettuce and Chives Today
June 03 2015 : Category: Photos
The portable Garden Experiment Seems to be Doing OK
June 03 2015 : Category: Photos
Robin Survives
June 03 2015 : Category: News
Robin survived the brain numbing and brutal board. Massive quantities of sushi may have been consumed after. She currently knows the most she ever will about obscure diseases, so get your diagnostic requests in.
Robin's Board Testing
June 01 2015 : Category: News
Robin is taking the USMLE Step 1 test today. US medical students take Step 1 at the end of the Basic Sciences portion of the curriculum, usually after the second year of medical school. It is an eight-hour computer-based exam consisting of 322 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) divided into seven blocks each consisting of 46 questions. As of summer 2008, some questions include audio and video. Each block must be finished within an hour.
The Step 1 score is frequently used in medical residency applications as a measure of a candidate's likelihood to succeed in that particular residency (and on that specialty's board exams), and it has been cited by residency program directors as their most important criterion in selecting graduating medical students for their residency program. Averages for graduates of U.S. medical schools who matched into residency range from 213 for a Family Medicine to 249 for Plastic Surgery.
If the student passes the exam, he or she may not repeat it to achieve a higher score, and any failed attempt is permanently recorded. This "one-time deal" situation is the reason the Step 1 is unanimously viewed as the most arduous and paramount examination a medical student will ever sit during his or her entire career. It has substantial bearing on the specialties and location a residency applicant is competitive for.
Good Luck Robin !!!
The Step 1 score is frequently used in medical residency applications as a measure of a candidate's likelihood to succeed in that particular residency (and on that specialty's board exams), and it has been cited by residency program directors as their most important criterion in selecting graduating medical students for their residency program. Averages for graduates of U.S. medical schools who matched into residency range from 213 for a Family Medicine to 249 for Plastic Surgery.
If the student passes the exam, he or she may not repeat it to achieve a higher score, and any failed attempt is permanently recorded. This "one-time deal" situation is the reason the Step 1 is unanimously viewed as the most arduous and paramount examination a medical student will ever sit during his or her entire career. It has substantial bearing on the specialties and location a residency applicant is competitive for.
Good Luck Robin !!!
