Open Thread

I have two friends in Cairo. One just had a baby and one is a journalist.
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what shocked me about the Challenger was reading the hokey way the whole O-Ring asbestos cement joint was designed. I couldn’t believe what a kludge that seemed like.

“rf on January 28, 2011 2:18 PM
Donatella, once a week I go to Fairway and then stop at Pathmark in Gowanus on the way back. Both with big parking lots. Sometimes I take a look at Key Food on Fifth Ave. (another parking lot) on the way home. I make lists!

Of course I have to use the back of the van as a pantry!”

hahaha – RF, you sound like me above – am all about the parking lot! – it’s the LI in you!

Clinton Calls for ‘Restraint’ and ‘Reform’

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Friday for the Egyptian government to “restrain the security forces” that are confronting street protesters, and said that “reform is absolutely critical to the well-being of Egypt.” Her remarks were the Obama administration’s firmest statement so far on the mushrooming street protests in Egypt.

Reading from a written statement outside her office, moments before the sound of gunfire broke out in the streets of Cairo, Mrs. Clinton said that the Egyptian authorities should not “rush to impose very strict measures that would be violent.” She called on President Hosni Mubarak to open “a dialogue between the government and people of Egypt,” and said that “the deep grievances within Egyptian society” that will not be erased by a crackdown.

With events in Egypt unfolding at a furious pace, Mrs. Clinton’s statement toughened the administration’s line, after two days in which senior officials have struggled to balance their longstanding alliance with Mr. Mubarak with a desire to support the democratic aspirations of his restive people.

Mrs. Clinton said that the future of Egypt was up to the Egyptian people, which seemed to open the door to political change. “There is a constant concern for the need of greater openness, greater participation, particularly on the part of young people,” she said, noting that she had raised this issue two weeks ago in Qatar, where she bluntly warned Arab leaders to reform their societies.

remainder of article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/middleeast/29diplo.html

Expert -thanks! I know that’s a major decision that I left totally up to my husband and you are right many OB’s aren’t getting the regular practice like they did years ago so def something to consider.