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Introducing: Dr. Thomas Johnathan Foutz, PhD
Tom graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a PhD in Bio-Medical Engineering. He did his research at the Cleveland Clinic, which buildings you can see behind him. His topic was “Energy Efficient Neural Stimulation.” He worked under Dr. Cameron McIntyre. Five years of diligent hard work have come to a close. On June 22…
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The Checklist manifesto
About couple of months ago I went with Tom to attend a talk given by Atul Gawande at the Cleveland Clinic. He talked briefly about a movement he started and a book he wrote called “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.” He suggests and supports with research the idea that the medical profession…
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Play Time!
Scotland got together a couple of times with his friend Cody last week. I loved watching these two interact. Scotland naturally took on the role of the counselor: “So Cody, how does this train make you feel?” But he also knew when to loosen up and have a good time. Scotland – 4 months Cody-…
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A few days ago Scotland learned how to make a pop sound by sucking his tongue off the roof of his mouth!Oh, how we love this boy!
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Garden 2011
Sorry to bombard the blog with posts today. I’m way behind. Despite my lack of attention, the garden is coming up nicely. Last year, I drew out a plan, spent months nurturing seedlings, and meticulously planted each plant. This year I had no plan, I never transplanted my seedlings from their original seeding trays so they…
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Photo Op: Thistledown
To fulfill the photography challenge for my Photography club I headed back to Thistledown Race Tracks to work on my action shots. My friend Jen and her son Cody joined us. It was a gorgeous day. Since it wasn’t a derby day, there were fewer people then when we went before. Which was nice. I…
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Goings on
We’ve been doing all sorts of fun things lately. Unfortunately, I’ve documented them with my phone camera which isn’t great, but alas, it’s the memory that’s important.We met up with Lauren, Trevor, and their kids Bryce, Dallin, and Claire in Columbus for a Crew game. Scotland and Claire are birthday buddies. They were born hours…
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Suburban Submission
I loved this quote from Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: Garden gates and driveways gave glimpses of well-stocked gardens and thick lawns studded with clover clumps and dandelions. He liked the clover, evidence of the country always pressing in close, quietly sabotaging anyone who tried to manicure nature into suburban submission. When I first moved to…
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4 months
Scotland is 4 months old today. This is such a fun age. He is so playful, vocal, and alert. His skills:raising each eyebrow individuallysquealing, braying, gargling, sighing, cooing, cussing (or so his inflections suggest)speed rolling- the stop,drop, and roll kindleaning his head upside down so he can see behind him- usually at his Dadplaying with…
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Testimony and Calling
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I am ‘supposed’ to be doing right now in my life. Last Sunday when our Relief Society president gave a lesson on moral excellence I felt a twinge of realization- that I wasn’t living up to the standards God has set for me. I’ve used “I have a…