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	Diary Entries Grand Opening Quads and Dunes Cheese Dinner March Madness Suicide Bomber Student Fun Day Easter Eggs

Grand Opening Gala
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar celebrated our Grand Opening a little over one year after we've been present in Doha. We had more visitors on campus that we have staff and faculty combined. Needless to say it was a lot of work. One of the visitors we had was Arne Suppe. He is a Graduate Student that worked with Justin and David in Pittsburgh. He brought some robotic Segways for research in the robotics lab. Preparing for a demonstration	The end of the week's activities was the big Gala party! The Gala event was held in a tent on the proposed site of our building (to be finished in 2007).
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Quads and Dunes
After a week of entertaining we were invited to go to the sand dunes and ride some quads (or Four Wheelers to the Arkansans). It was a great way to relieve some stress and have some fun. Lanny and Lisa David on a Dune! Are you ready for a ride?	This is too much fun Ahmed with a Gulf view Ganging up on Mohamed We had lamb for lunch
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Cheese Themed Progressive Dinner
We proposed a Cheese Themed Progressive Dinner to our Riviera apartment building neighbors. Every course had to contain cheese! It was a great excuse for us to clean our homes and get together! Course 1: Appetizer Hosted by the Duke Family, Cheeseball Camel with crackers, carrots and celery for dipping. We had everyone take their cheese profile on the internet and we had mood music playing: "I like Cheese because it's made from Milk, I like Cheese because it's good". Course 2: Soup Hosted by the Carlson Family, Cheesy Broccoli and Potato Soup. Justin and Marjorie set the bar high! Course 3: Salad Hosted by the Gaus Family, Salad with Cheese. We spent some time playing with their new pet--a little kitten named Heidi.	Course 4: Main Dish Hosted by Darlene Everhart and Lowell Taylor. We had a Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Dish (there aren't words for how good this was) and some Macaroni and Cheese (Lowell's uncle's recipe). He burned it a little bit so he had fun cracking jokes at himself and of course the rest of us chimed in to help him. He took it like a champ! Honestly, the Mac and Cheese was good! Course 5: Dessert Hosted by the Duke Family at the Robertson's Home. We had Cheesecake with a chocolate graham cracker crust, Hazlenut Coffee and tea. Course 6: Entertainment Hosted by the Robertson Family, they provided us with Cheesy Snacks and a Cheesy Movie-Grease!
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March Madness
Well David won't ever be able to say he won a National Championship. It ends up that the day set for the tournament Carnegie Mellon's team could only put 3 men (and 1 woman) on the court. We had 2 sick and 1 injured. We had a good time playing a pick up game with Cornell Medical though.
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Suicide Bomber
We had a suicide bomber take his life and the life of one other on the 19th. The Egyptian man living in Doha drove his Land Cruiser into the backside of Doha Players Theater. He took his own life and the life of Jonathan Adams a Briton living and working here. Jon was the director of the play. Many Qatari people have spoken out against this violence, even holding a protest rally against terrorism. About 1,000 people attended.
Student Fun Day
Who is having more fun here, the students or David?	The students planned a fun day that took place right outside the front of the Cornell Medical building (we are operating from there for now). They had water balloons, squirt guns, the blow up slide as well as some shaving cream.
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Easter Eggs
We spent time with Jason and April Busch and their three kids decorating Easter eggs. These kids are a lot of fun to be with! Very Creative too! Madison and Sierra	Dylon
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