A couple weeks ago I went to DC for the week for work - commercial space stuff. I left on a Friday after work and spent the weekend with Jenny T (again!) and family. I like this "getting to see Jenny often" stuff. It makes me happy! We hit the outlet mall, had a bunch of laughs and even had dinner with me, Jenny and Kim (she's on my work trip with me) girl's night out style in Reston Town Center at...the Something Tavern. Dangit, I should remember the name...oh well. It was a lot of fun reminiscing about the last time we 3 got together at Mamacita's here in TX. For those who know this story, it was a brutal night for us all (most especially Jim!) capped off with a super dose of pain cave the next day. Ahhh, memories. We had a great time in DC and I can't wait to return to see JT and her awesome new digs again! Yay!
Charlie went to Minnesota for a birthday getaway to spend time with his friends and family. From what I hear he had a great time and really enjoyed seeing everyone from his Army days, playing football and hanging out with his family. There was something in there mentioned about hot tubs and pull tabs, a shed and drinking beer...that I couldn't quite follow, but it all ends with a happy Mar. That's what I like to see!!
Halloween is upon us and while we didn't go crazy this year with the decorations, we did put some up and at the moment Charlie is carving pumpkins for the front porch. The weather here is gorgeous (cooler, but not cool just yet) and perfect for Halloween-ing. We went to party thrown by a coworker of Charlie's last night - the theme was Seven Deadly Sins. What a FAB idea! She went all out on the decorations: bloody tarps, a fog machine, strobe lights, outdoor projection screen with the movie "Seven" playing, and then seven stations around the house, one for each of the deadly sins. In case you don't remember your 7 Deadly Sins, like I didn't, they are: Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Wrath, Envy and Pride. Each station had a special shot, game or activity of some kind and decorations to match (a bedroom dec'd out for Lust, mirrors for Pride, casino area for Greed, a red velevet pig cake for Gluttony and so on...).
It was a good time and a great party idea! Charlie and I dressed up as Ninjas to represent the sin of Wrath. We had homemade nunchucks, chinese throwing stars, a wooden staff for smashing people and awesome homemade outfits. Note: Our ninja skills did not go unnoticed (or undisplayed - we OWNED those fools!!). It is entirely possible that I ran around the party declaring important things like "Chinese star to your face!", "Ninja knee to your ribs!", and "Hi-YA! You got Ninja'd!". I'm just saying...
Tonight is Halloween, happy tricking and treating to you all!
ps: Below are a couple pix from camping at Shaffer Bend (see last post), and Roktoberfest (Todd and Kathie are the beer can and fancy bar lady). Enjoy!
CAMPING AT SHAFFER BEND:
ROKTOBERFEST AB MARSHIKHAUS
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Catching Up On Stuffs
So...more details on the safari are...perhaps forthcoming? Perhaps.
Time just flies by so fast I forget about this blog thingie. If anyone is even still reading this, I appreciate your patience...and continued interest.
We got back from safari in Zambia and Charlie went straight the next day on travel for work to DC (right babe?) for a few days. I went to an amazing dinner at VOICE Houston in Hotel Icon and a symphony with my dear friend Sarmad.
Charlie's 32nd birthday was shortly thereafter, where we went to an amazing restaurant, t'afia, which is focused on sustainable/local fare. The food was SO delicious!! I highly recommend being a patron there with its delectable food, great atmosphere and attentive customer service. Charlie's birthday present is a trip back to MN in a coming weekend, to spend some quality guy time with his friends :) We also went to Armand Bayou Nature Center nearby and went on an evening Owl Prowl, which was super fun. We walked through the park with the full moon shining on us and went on the lookout for the 4 different types of owls in the area. As much as we called them (via our fancy owl-calling recording), we didn't see any. We did hear some Barred owls calling, but alas never saw them. There was a HUGE spinning spider of some kind (no, not a garden spider, this puppy was light grey and FAT. With the body the size of a fat peanut), and even a small alligator in the water, but no owls. The evening was muggy but super fun. Yay nature!!
The next week I got the opportunity to go to D.C. for a work benchmarking trip-the kind of trip where my job is to talk with people/businesses who perform similar functions and see if I can learn anything that will be helpful to the way we do business in my group. It was not only super fun: I got to visit the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) on the gorgeous Johns Hopkins campus - they are the people who schedule users and observations on the Hubble Space Telescope -but I also got the chance to go into the heart of the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System Command Center. The FAA Command Center reminds me a lot of the Mission Control Center and it was AWESOME to hear about how complex management of the National Air Space is. SO COOL! As a super bonus, I got to see my best friend Jenny T and see the Tobin family's brand new house and I got to interfere (as I always do) in Jenny's process of making her new house a home. I had missed her so. PLUS, Andi is so big! Oh my gosh, what a pumpkin pie and a ham all rolled into one. 18 months is a challenging, but pretty neat time, so it was good to see her smiling, tooth-making face too :)
The next weekend we went on our very first camping trip as a family (me, Charlie and Kirby - sorry Samdog!) and with the new car. We went to Shaffer Bend just outside of Austin (about 4.5 hours from home). Few things: 1. The Subaru was packed to the brim for our first camping trip and worked really well. Whew! Good car choice Marshiks! 2. Jaime likey camping! 3. Kirby is the best camp dog, for sure! Despite the fact that she didn't stop panting or standing for the whole drive up there (poor anxious thing), AND she jumped out the window at our campsite landing squarely on her neck-head (scratching the car door in the process, oops!), she was amazing. Kirby stood by our sides unleashed at the campsite, as we walked around and was an excellent campfire companion throughout the weekend. PLUS (drum roll please...) she actually swam in the river! It was her first time swimming and was the most fun thing to experience! The PUFF! PUFF! PUFF! from her snout and paddle paddle paddle of her web feet was so fun to watch. Charlie and I simply adored it. Yay for camping, yay for new adventures with the family!
On Friday we had the first ever Roktoberfest at Marshikhaus, our first attempt at a possible yearly Oktoberfest party. Charlie and I dressed up in makeshift lederhosen and beermaid garb, while our friends Todd and Kathie dressed as a giant beer can and beermaid as well. A bunch of friends came and we had a good time. Next year? We'll see!! Saturday we had the 1st birthday party for our friends Tomas and Heather's baby (also Tomas), which was also a lot of fun. I would just like to point out that baby Tomas snacked on the tissue paper from OUR present first, so I guess that means we WIN! Team Marshik prevails! Sunday I went to the Bayou City Art Festival in downtown Houston with Sarmad and bought a kick-ass watch from Mistura (Ferro Red & Bianco, to be precise). I love it! A big splurge on myself, but every so often I gotta do it. At least that's what I say :) It was a lovely day in Houston to be admiring art outdoors. A little brunch with mimosas at the Sundance Grill II afterward capped off a great weekend. But WAIT, there's more! Thanks to Columbus Day, Charlie and I had the day off, so we rode bikes around the area - oh I don't know, 10 miles including some off-roading? - which was so great! I sweat in the great outdoorsies and even though my nether-regions are a tad bit tender, it was fun.
On Friday I return to DC for a different facet of work (commercial space endeavors at Orbital Sciences this time) and again I get to see Jenny T! TWICE in 3 weeks time, yippee!!! It will be a fun-filled and busy week(end), and I come home just as Charlie is heading back to MN for some R&R. ...and I'm spent.
Well, that post was longer (and possibly less interesting) than I expected. Sheesh!
Until next time!
Time just flies by so fast I forget about this blog thingie. If anyone is even still reading this, I appreciate your patience...and continued interest.
We got back from safari in Zambia and Charlie went straight the next day on travel for work to DC (right babe?) for a few days. I went to an amazing dinner at VOICE Houston in Hotel Icon and a symphony with my dear friend Sarmad.
Charlie's 32nd birthday was shortly thereafter, where we went to an amazing restaurant, t'afia, which is focused on sustainable/local fare. The food was SO delicious!! I highly recommend being a patron there with its delectable food, great atmosphere and attentive customer service. Charlie's birthday present is a trip back to MN in a coming weekend, to spend some quality guy time with his friends :) We also went to Armand Bayou Nature Center nearby and went on an evening Owl Prowl, which was super fun. We walked through the park with the full moon shining on us and went on the lookout for the 4 different types of owls in the area. As much as we called them (via our fancy owl-calling recording), we didn't see any. We did hear some Barred owls calling, but alas never saw them. There was a HUGE spinning spider of some kind (no, not a garden spider, this puppy was light grey and FAT. With the body the size of a fat peanut), and even a small alligator in the water, but no owls. The evening was muggy but super fun. Yay nature!!
The next week I got the opportunity to go to D.C. for a work benchmarking trip-the kind of trip where my job is to talk with people/businesses who perform similar functions and see if I can learn anything that will be helpful to the way we do business in my group. It was not only super fun: I got to visit the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) on the gorgeous Johns Hopkins campus - they are the people who schedule users and observations on the Hubble Space Telescope -but I also got the chance to go into the heart of the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System Command Center. The FAA Command Center reminds me a lot of the Mission Control Center and it was AWESOME to hear about how complex management of the National Air Space is. SO COOL! As a super bonus, I got to see my best friend Jenny T and see the Tobin family's brand new house and I got to interfere (as I always do) in Jenny's process of making her new house a home. I had missed her so. PLUS, Andi is so big! Oh my gosh, what a pumpkin pie and a ham all rolled into one. 18 months is a challenging, but pretty neat time, so it was good to see her smiling, tooth-making face too :)
The next weekend we went on our very first camping trip as a family (me, Charlie and Kirby - sorry Samdog!) and with the new car. We went to Shaffer Bend just outside of Austin (about 4.5 hours from home). Few things: 1. The Subaru was packed to the brim for our first camping trip and worked really well. Whew! Good car choice Marshiks! 2. Jaime likey camping! 3. Kirby is the best camp dog, for sure! Despite the fact that she didn't stop panting or standing for the whole drive up there (poor anxious thing), AND she jumped out the window at our campsite landing squarely on her neck-head (scratching the car door in the process, oops!), she was amazing. Kirby stood by our sides unleashed at the campsite, as we walked around and was an excellent campfire companion throughout the weekend. PLUS (drum roll please...) she actually swam in the river! It was her first time swimming and was the most fun thing to experience! The PUFF! PUFF! PUFF! from her snout and paddle paddle paddle of her web feet was so fun to watch. Charlie and I simply adored it. Yay for camping, yay for new adventures with the family!
On Friday we had the first ever Roktoberfest at Marshikhaus, our first attempt at a possible yearly Oktoberfest party. Charlie and I dressed up in makeshift lederhosen and beermaid garb, while our friends Todd and Kathie dressed as a giant beer can and beermaid as well. A bunch of friends came and we had a good time. Next year? We'll see!! Saturday we had the 1st birthday party for our friends Tomas and Heather's baby (also Tomas), which was also a lot of fun. I would just like to point out that baby Tomas snacked on the tissue paper from OUR present first, so I guess that means we WIN! Team Marshik prevails! Sunday I went to the Bayou City Art Festival in downtown Houston with Sarmad and bought a kick-ass watch from Mistura (Ferro Red & Bianco, to be precise). I love it! A big splurge on myself, but every so often I gotta do it. At least that's what I say :) It was a lovely day in Houston to be admiring art outdoors. A little brunch with mimosas at the Sundance Grill II afterward capped off a great weekend. But WAIT, there's more! Thanks to Columbus Day, Charlie and I had the day off, so we rode bikes around the area - oh I don't know, 10 miles including some off-roading? - which was so great! I sweat in the great outdoorsies and even though my nether-regions are a tad bit tender, it was fun.
On Friday I return to DC for a different facet of work (commercial space endeavors at Orbital Sciences this time) and again I get to see Jenny T! TWICE in 3 weeks time, yippee!!! It will be a fun-filled and busy week(end), and I come home just as Charlie is heading back to MN for some R&R. ...and I'm spent.
Well, that post was longer (and possibly less interesting) than I expected. Sheesh!
Until next time!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Post-Safari Blues
....oh yes, being back at home has its bonuses (seeing the pups, taking non-chlorinated showers, humidity for my crackly skin), but as with all vacations home, by-and-large, is less 'awesome' than non-home.
Zambia was the bomb people! We spent 95% of our time there (15 days?) in Kafue National Park, with the first two days at Livingstone, where Victoria Falls just happen to be. There is so much to tell, but this is not the post for such tellings. I shall recap on another date, but the pictures at the link below (straight out of my camera, to you) tell the briefest story of Charlie and me, some furry, scaly, and feathery animals, "The Falls" (at the end of the season's flow), a schedule of eating, sleeping and game watching, and the lovely country of Zambia.
Perhaps tonight I will celebrate being back with a Gin & Tonic and "second dinner"...
Ahhh, the memories.
More to come later detailing the stats of the vacation of a lifetime!
ps: So far no Malaria (score!) to speak of! Yessss! We win!
Zambia was the bomb people! We spent 95% of our time there (15 days?) in Kafue National Park, with the first two days at Livingstone, where Victoria Falls just happen to be. There is so much to tell, but this is not the post for such tellings. I shall recap on another date, but the pictures at the link below (straight out of my camera, to you) tell the briefest story of Charlie and me, some furry, scaly, and feathery animals, "The Falls" (at the end of the season's flow), a schedule of eating, sleeping and game watching, and the lovely country of Zambia.
Perhaps tonight I will celebrate being back with a Gin & Tonic and "second dinner"...
Ahhh, the memories.
More to come later detailing the stats of the vacation of a lifetime!
ps: So far no Malaria (score!) to speak of! Yessss! We win!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Safari Pics
Many of the pics have been posted to Picasa. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
So long old friend...
2.5 weeks ago I finally said goodbye to The Coop after 7 faithful years of service. She was a beauty still and ran like a champ, but I had to let her go. It was time. Time to get a car with more than 4 inches of clearance in a major floodplain, time to get a car with more than 2 doors so my guests don't need to heave themselves out of the back seat like clowns, time to get a car without bucket seats in the back!
So I bid her a teary (yes, I said teary) adieu and sold her to a freshman in college (or rather her parents). They claim to want to put eyelashes on the headlights to make her more girly (le sigh)...I couldn't really bear to think about it, so I kept my mouth shut, let them pay me and waved farewell.
Happily, that very same day, our new car was available for pick up. The whole car pickup experience was drah-muh filled, but in the end we got the car we ordered from the factory at the price we ordered it for (jerks). Whew! What did we get you ask? A brand-spanking new 2011 Subaru Outback in dark blue: 2.5i Limited with puddle lights, all-weather package (for those Christmas jaunts to chilly MN), trailer hitch, moonroof, and Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) accountrements. PLUS I can pair my phone with my car and talk via my steering wheel. Never thought I'd use it, but it's one of my favorite things!
I.
Love.
It.
I love the company values (as far as I can tell, let's not get too political or nit-picky) and the fact that the Outback is built in the Indiana plant (U.S. jobs, yay) which is also an eco-friendly plant. The car is basically 50% Japanese parts, 50% US parts, which for me is a bonus. Yay team!
Anyway, I will post pictures eventually. Probably post-Africa adventure coming up here soon. That's the latest!
ps: Now we have 3 dark blue (almost matching) vehicles in our home: the VW Golf, the Buell and the Outback "Il Duce". Variety is the spice of life!
So I bid her a teary (yes, I said teary) adieu and sold her to a freshman in college (or rather her parents). They claim to want to put eyelashes on the headlights to make her more girly (le sigh)...I couldn't really bear to think about it, so I kept my mouth shut, let them pay me and waved farewell.
Happily, that very same day, our new car was available for pick up. The whole car pickup experience was drah-muh filled, but in the end we got the car we ordered from the factory at the price we ordered it for (jerks). Whew! What did we get you ask? A brand-spanking new 2011 Subaru Outback in dark blue: 2.5i Limited with puddle lights, all-weather package (for those Christmas jaunts to chilly MN), trailer hitch, moonroof, and Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) accountrements. PLUS I can pair my phone with my car and talk via my steering wheel. Never thought I'd use it, but it's one of my favorite things!
I.
Love.
It.
I love the company values (as far as I can tell, let's not get too political or nit-picky) and the fact that the Outback is built in the Indiana plant (U.S. jobs, yay) which is also an eco-friendly plant. The car is basically 50% Japanese parts, 50% US parts, which for me is a bonus. Yay team!
Anyway, I will post pictures eventually. Probably post-Africa adventure coming up here soon. That's the latest!
ps: Now we have 3 dark blue (almost matching) vehicles in our home: the VW Golf, the Buell and the Outback "Il Duce". Variety is the spice of life!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
I Ain't Lion!
It's already been over a month since our last post (and by "our" I mean MY). What's been going on in the lives of the Marshiks? Well let's see...
We had a super fun night out with our friends after renting a limo for an adult Saturday evening - woohoo! Needless to say some of us (ahem) got a little queasy before nights end and had to spend the 4th of July recovering. Erin has the pictures, check her blog for more details.
Charlie and I have spent most of this time working on building the media console I designed; Charlie is great at the handiwork! Eventually I'll post pictures of the build process and then the final product, so stay tuned. We hope to have it completed prior to heading out on our ...vacation!!
We are treating ourselves to a 5-year anniversary vacation of a lifetime! Destination: Zambia! Safaris left and right, hopefully a good view of Victoria Falls (even though it's late in the season)!! We'll be gone for about 2 weeks and I am hoping to bring enough camera batteries and flash cards to sustain my photographic needs. Right now we're working on getting all vaccinated up, though nothing is officially required for travel to Zambia at this moment, just some recommendations. In a later blog entry (yes, prior to us leaving at least) I'll give you all the details of our trip plan. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Until then, tonight is a massage pour moi, which will hopefully quell a raging headache I have from being dehydrated from workout (and missing my daily chai break with my Besties)!
I've also spent some time as of late taking photos of gracious friends who will let me practice my (lack of) skills in this area, in an effort to improve. Some outside family shots, some inside baby and kid shots. Hmmmm, gotta learn how to better use my camera before the safari! I appreciate them allowing me to practice my hobby :)
Let's see, what else may I bore you with in the details of my life...
Tomorrow is the weekly installment of So You Think You Can Dance and I am madly in love with the dance shown here from a few weeks ago - SHABOOYAH!! I'm STILL pumping my fists and clapping and smiling as I watch this for the zillionth time! My friend Kathie (recent hot Mom again and overall super sweet gal) and I (and of course Todd and Chewie) watch SYTYCD every week, drooling over hot bods (girls only for Todd) we love and wish we had and awesome dance moves. Listen people, Get Outta Ur Miiiind! I wish Nappy Tabs would choreograph a dance just for me, where I look less like a shoulderless monkey and more like a freaking dance machine when I bust a move. Ahhh yes. P'rhaps someday...up in this piece.
What else what else? Enh, that's good enough for now.
....ps: watched Alex & Twitch again, still clapping....and smiling!
We had a super fun night out with our friends after renting a limo for an adult Saturday evening - woohoo! Needless to say some of us (ahem) got a little queasy before nights end and had to spend the 4th of July recovering. Erin has the pictures, check her blog for more details.
Charlie and I have spent most of this time working on building the media console I designed; Charlie is great at the handiwork! Eventually I'll post pictures of the build process and then the final product, so stay tuned. We hope to have it completed prior to heading out on our ...vacation!!
We are treating ourselves to a 5-year anniversary vacation of a lifetime! Destination: Zambia! Safaris left and right, hopefully a good view of Victoria Falls (even though it's late in the season)!! We'll be gone for about 2 weeks and I am hoping to bring enough camera batteries and flash cards to sustain my photographic needs. Right now we're working on getting all vaccinated up, though nothing is officially required for travel to Zambia at this moment, just some recommendations. In a later blog entry (yes, prior to us leaving at least) I'll give you all the details of our trip plan. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Until then, tonight is a massage pour moi, which will hopefully quell a raging headache I have from being dehydrated from workout (and missing my daily chai break with my Besties)!
I've also spent some time as of late taking photos of gracious friends who will let me practice my (lack of) skills in this area, in an effort to improve. Some outside family shots, some inside baby and kid shots. Hmmmm, gotta learn how to better use my camera before the safari! I appreciate them allowing me to practice my hobby :)
Let's see, what else may I bore you with in the details of my life...
Tomorrow is the weekly installment of So You Think You Can Dance and I am madly in love with the dance shown here from a few weeks ago - SHABOOYAH!! I'm STILL pumping my fists and clapping and smiling as I watch this for the zillionth time! My friend Kathie (recent hot Mom again and overall super sweet gal) and I (and of course Todd and Chewie) watch SYTYCD every week, drooling over hot bods (girls only for Todd) we love and wish we had and awesome dance moves. Listen people, Get Outta Ur Miiiind! I wish Nappy Tabs would choreograph a dance just for me, where I look less like a shoulderless monkey and more like a freaking dance machine when I bust a move. Ahhh yes. P'rhaps someday...up in this piece.
What else what else? Enh, that's good enough for now.
....ps: watched Alex & Twitch again, still clapping....and smiling!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Family Visit!
Mom and Faith visited the first weekend in June for some girl's weekend action and boy, did we have fun! We ate, drank (hehehe), shopped and spent some much needed quality time together. One day we went to the Annual AIA Sandcastle competition on Galveston's East Beach, laid in the hot HOT sun, had juice box wine, and got burnt to a crisp! Faith and I rocked out to some serious throw back jams on her iPod (flashing stank face all up in that piece!) and sweat it out under our makeshift shade of personal umbrellas. Ahhhhhh the beach. That evening we attended a fabulous Sex & The City 2 party at my dear friend Beth's house, ate some amazing dip by Alicia (mmmmmmmmmm, diiiiiiiip) and looked stunning doing it! The Strandmark Ladies were in full effect! The movie was good, but the whole evening was great!
The long weekend consisted of concerts in the park (where we got rained on), live music, the winery, beach and the required Canyon Cafe stop for their amazing soup! PLUS, Faith got some fabu wedges at DSW that I hope she wears all summer!
All in all, it was great to spend time with my family and made me very happy :) I hope to make this a yearly thing!
The long weekend consisted of concerts in the park (where we got rained on), live music, the winery, beach and the required Canyon Cafe stop for their amazing soup! PLUS, Faith got some fabu wedges at DSW that I hope she wears all summer!
All in all, it was great to spend time with my family and made me very happy :) I hope to make this a yearly thing!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Mission Complete!
The crew of STS-132 landed safely yesterday to close out Atlantis' final voyage from space. With that, I have served my final mission as Lead FAO and my final day on console as a Shuttle Flight Control Room operator. Two more missions to go, but none of them will be served by me in the "front room". I will be supporting them from a behind-the-scenes place. It is a bittersweet ending to my small piece of the space shuttle program.
Thank you Atlantis, you've served us well.
Thank you Atlantis, you've served us well.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Mission Commence!
STS-132/ISS-ULF4 launched successfully on her first try yesterday from Florida. 13 days in space, 3 spacewalks, a slew of robotic activity and undoubtedly some antics from the crew will happen before they all return safely to earth around May 26th.
This is my final Lead Flight Activities Officer (FAO) assignment before the end of the shuttle program and it is also the last time I will get to sit in the Shuttle Flight Control Room ("front room", people you see on NASA TV...) in my career.
It is certainly bittersweet. The road to getting this mission off the ground has been a long one, so on one hand it is exciting to get the ball rolling and have an end in sight. On the other hand, since it is the final mission of this vehicle, Atlantis, my final mission as FAO, and nearing the end of the space shuttle program, I can't help but feel a small sense of loss. I will be focusing on enjoying the last moments of my time as a shuttle flight controller and reflecting on how much this program has meant to me and should mean to the American public.
Go get 'em Atlantis!
This is my final Lead Flight Activities Officer (FAO) assignment before the end of the shuttle program and it is also the last time I will get to sit in the Shuttle Flight Control Room ("front room", people you see on NASA TV...) in my career.
It is certainly bittersweet. The road to getting this mission off the ground has been a long one, so on one hand it is exciting to get the ball rolling and have an end in sight. On the other hand, since it is the final mission of this vehicle, Atlantis, my final mission as FAO, and nearing the end of the space shuttle program, I can't help but feel a small sense of loss. I will be focusing on enjoying the last moments of my time as a shuttle flight controller and reflecting on how much this program has meant to me and should mean to the American public.
Go get 'em Atlantis!
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