I'm connected now ... and I'd say I'm pretty settled.
I'm not sure I agree with White's move here, but I can't really find a fault in it. I'm forced to settle my group, so White keeps sente. However, I'm still not convinced that White's G3 and G4 stones are very valuable, and he's forcing me to make my more valuable group safer by threatening to cut immediately. It's a minor thing ... maybe I just like the idea that White could play at

sometime later to better use the aji of the G3 stone.
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I don't like wasting aji.

Moving on, looking to the future moves, the bottom no longer looks very appealing for White. Black has hunkered down and made some territory there, and the bottom will have to be shared between the players (boo! I want it all!

).
So, what's left? Here comes a whole bunch of lower-case letters!
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First, I want to talk about 'a' (C8). I have watched a few lessons on KGS given by shygost, and one of the things I've taken out of those is the idea of "finishing" a local play. The idea is that a local group is "unfinished" in the opening unless to extend to a point on the 3rd line. The reasoning is that if you leave a group with a termination point on the 4th line (like

in the diagram), you leave a point of attack for your opponent. The simplest example to demonstrate is the difference between the two most basic joseki I know:
$$Wcm1 Two 4-4 joseki
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[go]$$Wcm1 Two 4-4 joseki
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Let's compare

in both corners. In the upper right (around

),

is played high, on the 4th line. After

, Black's group can still be attacked around 'x' (M17). However, Black can play at 'y' (K17), using his initial 4-4 (

) to reach far along the top side. The downside is that Black gives up sente. Sente is a big advantage throughout the game, and it's important to look for opportunities to keep sente when you can ... especially in the opening of the game. For this reason, many players will play on the 3rd line for

unless they have an important reason not to (for instance, if Black already has a stone at K17).
Now look at the lower left (around

). Here,

is played on the 3rd line. After

, Black can't be so easily attacked. It's a smaller piece of territory that Black is trying to swallow, but Black gets sente and can then move on to bigger moves around the board.
Back to the game:
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White could stretch out towards 'b' (C10) to try and "finish" the local plays. While it feels like a big move to me, White will not keep sente that way. Considering 'c' (O3) is a big move for Black, White will want to make sure to get as much out of the next few moves as possible. In addition, the attack at 'a' is just not very profitable for Black yet. There are more open parts of the board to play in (more on this idea in a moment).
Playing at 'c' himself, or at 'd' (Q10), or even the wedge at 'e' (K17) are all fairly big, but again do not keep sente.
The moves 'f' (C14) and 'g' (R14) make more sense to me for White to play. As Black, I will try to regain sente if I can, but I feel at this stage of the game it is important for me to respond locally to either of these. White then gets the chance to fight to keep sente himself.
So, which will he play? There's a common wisdom that says you should "play away from strength" in the opening, which refers to both your own and your opponent's strong groups. In addition, the most open side is the right side. The idea behind playing in a more open area of the board is that they provide the most potential for gaining points. Each move you make in a local area has less potential to make territory than the previous move in that area ... it is naturally limited by the potential of the previous local moves, and also puts its own limitations on the potential of those previous moves as well. To make your stones as efficient as possible, you want to spread your potential across the board as much as possible so as not to fall behind your opponent.
This is a difficult idea to use well, since it's not easy to calculate potential, and when your stones are weak they can be attacked and exploited by your opponent. Trust me, I may know the theory but in practice I fall flat on my face when I try to apply it, more often than not.
Given this idea, though, I suspect my opponent will play at 'g' (R14) because it is the more open side and may allow him to take a nice bit of potential there.
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is

and

is

... In this thought, Black gives up the corner in a pincer, then sets up a wall from which to approach at 'a'. This would suit me fine, but it's only one possibility. It is up to my opponent to decide how he'd like to play.
I've rambled enough. Let me know if there are any questions!