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Sunday, May 20, 2018

// Google Map car

On my way to Easton, PA the Google Map car past me three times. I didn't think anything of it at the time but then a friend said, "Maybe it caught a picture of you." His comment piqued my curiosity; within five minutes I found pictures of me on the highway.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

// Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) and our commitment to St.Jude

Proton therapy allows doctors to precisely target tumors with high doses of radiation while sparing nearby healthy tissue and organs. This new therapy offers a huge benefit for children with brain tumors and other cancers in sensitive areas like the eye, because it reduces harm to the developing body and lessens the risk of secondary tumors later in life. St. Jude estimates that within five years 80 percent of the pediatric patients needing radiation will receive proton therapy.
The proton therapy center is the first in the nation dedicated solely to children and designed specifically to meet the needs of young patients. The center includes three treatment rooms, treatment preparation and recovery rooms for patients, plus a musical staircase that leads to a rain forest-inspired waiting room. The multidisciplinary staff comprises specialists from oncology, radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, nursing, child life and others.

// Cooking on the road.

I hadn't given much thought to how I was going to cook meals when I started my trek across the country. For the most part I thought I'd be eating at restaurants--dollar menus, when restaurants had dollar menus--and eating packaged foods. A friend suggested that I consider buying MREs (meals ready to eat); after doing some research I came to the conclusion that eating MREs were not going to be in the budget. A Couchsurfing host I stayed with who hiked the John Muir Trail showed me a video of something called a cat can stove. At first I thought it was a joke, then I watched the video; making a cat can stove was simple and inexpensive--far less expensive than something from a camping supply store. I was carrying my gear in a backpack and didn't have room for anything more than what I had with me already so held off on making one.