How much can you do in London in a week?
Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Adventures
No matter where you go, there you are.
Wednesday
June 2010
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Wednesday
June 2010
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Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Adventures
My sister and I went to Berlin for four nights about a week ago. I was there in 1998 when my high school choir was touring central Europe, and I remember very little. We stayed in the east, I believe. I ate at a Pizza Hut (I was vegetarian at the time) and was so surprised but happy to see that the staff there spoke English. I also remember going to a museum near Checkpoint Charlie.
Tuesday
June 2010
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Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Random
The report was released today, and PM David Cameron appolgized: “What happened should never, ever have happened – some members of our armed forces acted wrongly. On behalf of our government and our country I am deeply sorry.”
Saturday
June 2010
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Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Adventures
Friday
June 2010
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The international kind, of course.
Wednesday
June 2010
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Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Random
Page last updated at 21:45 GMT, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:45 UK
Diplomats in London and Washington have raised the stakes over Saturday's US-England World Cup clash by wagering a meal over the game's outcome.
The bet was brokered in cables between aides to US Ambassador Louis Susman and UK Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald.
"We will understand if you decline, given the outcome of the last such encounter," a US aide wrote, referring to the US defeat of England in 1950.
A UK aide said Sir Nigel took his steak like that win – "somewhat rare".
'Generous nation'
"Even for such an exceptionally optimistic nation as the United States, I am struck by the confidence with which your ambassador proposes this wager," Martin Longden, press secretary to Sir Nigel, wrote to Philip Breeden of the US embassy in London in an exchange first reported by Politico.com.
"It is testament, I assume, to the generosity of your great nation, since the British ambassador does not anticipate paying out."
Mr Breeden replied: "It is true that our soccer (a fine English word we have kindly preserved for you) history is not as long and illustrious as yours.
"However, as your generals noted during World War II, we have a unique capability for quickly identifying and advancing talent."
British embassy staff, their families and some US acquaintances will be watching the game on a big-screen television at the embassy in Washington.
Roughly one quarter of the embassy staff are American nationals, "so it should make for a lively crowd", an embassy official told the BBC.
"We're not doing anything more grand," the official said. "We'll leave that to the final."
Tuesday
June 2010
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Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Random
Even though I run half-marathons (and am basically always training for the next one – Birmingham in July! Seattle in November!) – I am not in excellent shape. Being a grad student lends itself nicely to a lot of sitting – sitting in bars, sitting in cafes, sitting in study groups – and with all that sitting, at least in my case, comes a lot of eating. And so to combat that effects of mindlessly munching while trying to nail down the nuances of Kant’s Formula of Humanity, I have started attending once-weekly boot camp.