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Well, this year was way low key compared to last year. I was tired and just wanted to stay home and read, what do you think I was reading????? You guessed it Twilight, Rebecca got it for me and I bought the other two. I started the day early substituting for seminary. I am probably the only person that would look at that as a gift to me. I got lots of wonderful phone calls all morning, went to lunch with a good friend, and read the rest of the day. I was going to go out to dinner, but by the time I got home from lunch I just wanted to sit and read with a blanket on me. It was cold and kind of raining. So Steve went and got shrimp, bread, and Strawberries. It was great. I think we are going into town a week from Friday for my b-day with the valley people.
I will take pics of my presents tomorrow, I got two cute hats from Steve, a cool new blade for my Cuisinart that makes french fries from Lizzie and Shad, and Twilight from Rebecca.
I then proceeded to read until 11:30pm, got up the next morning and continued to finish the first book by about 1:30. I started the next book in the evening. (I had to get some things done) Then today I finished the 2nd book, and will probably start the 3rd book tonight. Now lest you think my life is one big cushy life, I chose to do nothing for the last 3 days (at least most of the last 3 days) to read. I decided I needed some time off, my life has been nonstop crazy since July. I feel like I did when I was a young mother and would sit on the couch for 3 days and do as little as possible and read. The kids would destroy the house and I didn't care. It was worth it. I had to feed them and change diapers of course, but I think that is all I did. At the end of 3 days, I would have finished my book and was ready to go for the next 6 weeks. I still read, but not non-stop. You can tell that I don't have little kids to interrupt me now, since it took me 3 days back then to finish a book versus one day now!! There has to be some perks after all those years of diapers, sleepless nights,cleaning up vomit in the middle of the night several times, never sleeping in until Danielle graduated and went away to college, and etc. I loved those years though and would never trade them for anything. I tell my daughters, enjoy the years with the celestial people in them. Once they turn 8 and get baptized the world changes!!
Well, I need to study my weight watchers topic for tomorrow and start the third book! :-)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
My b-day Oct 29th big 51
Well, this year was way low key compared to last year. I was tired and just wanted to stay home and read, what do you think I was reading????? You guessed it Twilight, Rebecca got it for me and I bought the other two. I started the day early substituting for seminary. I am probably the only person that would look at that as a gift to me. I got lots of wonderful phone calls all morning, went to lunch with a good friend, and read the rest of the day. I was going to go out to dinner, but by the time I got home from lunch I just wanted to sit and read with a blanket on me. It was cold and kind of raining. So Steve went and got shrimp, bread, and Strawberries. It was great. I think we are going into town a week from Friday for my b-day with the valley people.
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Yea!!!! The Garage is Done (for now)
Well, Saturday night at 7:30 I started taking pictures. I thought I would never get done. It is all the little screws, nails and etc. that takes so long!!!!! For those of you that never saw our garage before, (I forgot to take a before pic) we have lived in this house for 4 years and 2 months. During that time I have been able to park in my garage on two different time periods that didn't last long. Our garage has never been empty enough to park both vehicles. One day we decided we must think our garbage and crap is worth more than our vehicles. Here on the coast things rust very rapidly, and our precious garbage got to be protected for 4 years while our cars have slowly started to rust.
I am posting a lot of pics but it took me a long time and I need to post the finished product! It may look still crowded, but we took two loads in Steve's Forerunner to the dump, one full load in the back of my van full of stuff to St Vinnies, and one full van load to the recycling. Not counting the stuff that cluttered and is still cluttering our kitchen, and the stuff that went into the attic. Anyway Steve helped me one day, the other 3 days were just me.
The for now statement is because now that we can actually get to our 72 hour pack, I am going to go through it. We would have about killed ourselves if we had tried to get to it before. Also I am going to go through our food storage and improve it. Plus I am going to go through my baking shelves and organize them better!!
For my family you are probably wondering what the white things are beside the freezer and refrigerator. When we purchased our Newport Vacation Rental we had these cupboards we took out of the craft room , we brought them home to put in a shop for Steve. Then we decided that we didn't need a shop and so I said I wanted to put them in our garage. Steve screwed them into the wall, and I put the doors on and filled them up.
As you can see I still have lots more room!! Yea for me.
we have actually moved the coolers to the other side now and moved the garbage can over to this wall. You know how it is, once you start to use it, it becomes obvious what works and what doesn't.
the back pack and stuff above is our 72 hour pack. If we can drive out we will take a bigger tent and our stove. If we have to walk out we have a back packing tent attached to the pack and a backpacking stove. I will carry the sleeping bags. I am grateful for the 10 years of 4th year hikes!!!
I don't know if you can tell, but I drilled holes in the wood that this saw was attached to and then put screws in the wall so we could hang our chop saw, cool huh!!?
This is the inside of Steve's, shop/closet. The pic on the left is for tools, it is so great to be able to find tools w/o ourselves!! The shelf to the right is one of his fishing shelves the pic below is for more fishing supplies, look at the empty space, Christopher Lowell would be proud!
Now the pic on the left is the wall , I hung up all the life preservers up high since he doesn't use these as often.
And now for the finished goal!!! tight quarters, but we did it!!!!
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Day 2 on the Garage
Well, I knew it would take time to do the garage, but more than 2 days?!!! Part of the problem is today was only me, and I have spent a good share of the time cleaning the shop/closet. I am getting so close to being done but with weight watchers tomorrow I fear it will be Saturday or next week.
The weather has turned. The rain has started. Part of me is ready. Well, this is very short, but I am tired and there is only so much I can say about my garage!
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Home and Blogging again
Well it is always good to be home. Today was one of those rare wonderful, no wind days. Steve and I took a walk on the beach for about an hour, it was wonderful. It was one of those days when we were in the house I had a hard time looking at Steve while he was talking.
It was a very busy wonderful time at Jakes. Ruby and I rode horses morning, noon and night time. I never knew 2 people could ride horses so long and to Africa and back so many times, nor did I ever dream we would run into Willy Wonka so many times. Our ride would start at about 6:30-7:00 am and continue until about 8:30 to 9:00am. I am not kidding. My horse was a very old one, it was made of gold velour and shaped very much like a stuffed rocking chair, it was very fast though, I won several gold medals. Ruby's was a very cute stuffed horse that rocked on wooden rails. Her's was also very fast, she also won many gold medals. The first day we rode we thought we were being very quiet, so as to not wake up everyone else. I forgot because of the way Jakes house is arranged that the horse room was above Jake and Lyndsey's room. Lyndsey managed to sleep through the first ride, but Jake said we shook the whole house. He said it was really funny. So for the next few days we didn't ride quite so vigoursly.
I cooked, cleaned and played. By 9:00pm every night I felt like I was going to fall right to sleep.
Miles is doing well, he is just so small and sleepy that it is hard for him to finish a feeding. So they are working on ways to get more food into him so he can get stronger. He is a very calm, noncomplaing person. I am axious to get to know him better. I feel like I already do know him, hmmm, maybe cause we already have known each other ! Anyway I am anxious to get reacquainted.
Jake and Lyndsey looked tired most of the time. The plight of newborn parents.
I got home on Friday early evening. We watched Batman Begins. I am not a Batman or Spiderman or any ____man fan usually, but I enjoyed it.
Saturday I tried to be totally lazy and do nothing. But when you have been gone for a week it is hard to do nothing.
Today I got the recycling all gathered up, smashed boxes and filled the back of my van, the back of my van w/o seats!!! Tomorrow we are going to clean the garage!!!! I am so excited. Our goal is to be able to put both cars in by evening. We shall see!! We decided we will have to start very early!
Well, a little treat here in the end, little Miles and Ruby the day I left, he was two weeks old.
Now is this too beautiful or what?
Nothing quite as sweet as this.
For my children, after you quit looking at Miles, check out my nails, they are mine. I wasn't even trying to stop biting them, it is weird!!
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Finally here!!!
Well, I am at Jakes and Lyndseys today! Yea for me and Steve. I was getting a little cranky. The first pic is the quilt. I was very happy with it. I like it a lot.
The rest are pics of Miles, I know are a lot the same, but he is soooo cute it is hard not to include them all. There's nothing quite like the faces of a newborn. He's a good little baby, nursing well, doesn't cry too much yet! Has his days and nights mixed up, although we are hopeful that he will sleep a little better as he was more awake today. Fun, Fun!
I thought this one was very artistic, an accident of course.
I'm a sleepy boy, don't bother me!
I don't think you heard me.
Oh allright.
Ahhhh, this is better!
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Monday, October 8, 2007
Miles is here!!!!
Baby Miles came to the world today!! I have only seen pics of him on Amy's and Megan's site. His other grandparents are there right now. It is hard not to run over and hold him. I will go over on Friday to help them out. He was 5lbs. and 12 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long. He came into the world at 10:30 am.
What a lucky grandma I am to have at least one set of grandkids nearby!!!! I will post pics when I am there. You know how fast they change!!!
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Brown Sugar, Quilt, and Lizzie's visit
I have been married 32 years. Over those 32 years I have tried many things to keep brown sugar soft. Key word "keep", I know about apples and bread and etc. to soften it after it gets hard. But I only saw one thing that kept it soft, and that was a clay thing my sister-in-law had and I searched and couldn't find another one. Soooooo I researched on the internet one more time, and I read that if you used a glass jar with a rubber gasket it would keep soft. I looked everywhere, because for our use it needs to be not too tall, but be able to get a measuring cup in it. Guess where I got my the perfect jar???? You guessed it container heaven-The Container Store. It was only 5.49 cents!!! You can't get better than that. I have had my brown sugar in there now for a while and it is still soft and wonderful! Had to share that so you all won't go 32 years. Oh if you want to keep it in the bag sealed w/o air that will work also.
Okay, I am making Miles a nursery, so the pics below are the fabrics for the quilt, and the quilt is the pattern I am using. Will take pics of the whole nursery when I am done.
Lizzie has posted pics from her trip, but remember I am a grandma, so bragging comes with the passage of being a grandma. Below are LOTS of pics of some of the cutest kids in the world, hope I don't bore you to tears. I included a lot of me because Lizzie and Amy are the only ones that take pics of me, (amy does when the kids are around) and it is important that I exist in the halls of history. :-)
Tanner and I on a mission, we were making tunnels and a mountain
Playing with cars in the tunnel
Lizzie took all the pics so here is the only one I could find except the cute ones I took of her and Tanner playing on in the waves that she already posted.
My mom and dad came out on Wednesday so my dad could help Steve with our new vacation rental. My mom knows more songs than anyone in the world, the grand kids love to sing with Nonny.
Me with the kids
Friday Jake's fam and Amy and Mike, and Megan and Greg came out. Lizzie already posted pics of Amy and Meg, so I am just posting Ruby with Tanner and Me!
They loved jumping on the bed, something I dont' think I let my kids do! But you know how it is, grand kids get to do whatever they want at my house!!
We played on the beach, made a tunnel, which they promptly destroyed, and then a mountain we sang around and that they took turns jumping off of.
I love pics like these, it makes you wonder, what were we talking about?
We tried to get a pic of them on top of the mountain together, they acted all shy and wouldn't look at the camera.
Gotta love the Ruby faces
Ruby wanted me to draw around her, so I did, then she wanted to draw around me. As you will see, I am very large, is that because she is little and doesn't know how?,is it because she thinks I am large? or do you think it is because I am important in her eyes? I choose the last!!!
Ruby doesn't weigh much and still likes to be carried, so I do off and on.
There was a dead seal, which I will spare you the pics amy took of it!! Ruby and Tanner were facinated by it, we had a conversation about death, pretty heavy. It made her sad to see it the first time.
On Sunday we made cookies. Tanner and Ruby were so cute and it was fun. Tanner immediately started eating his when he finished decorating his first cookie, decorating was not his first priority. Ruby on the other hand wanted to decorate more cookies before she started eating. Do you think that man loving food gene is already a part of him?
Well, it was a busy, fast, fun weekend. I am adding these two of Tanner and Meg because it looks so serious.
Steve and I had a great week and a half with Lizzie, Tanner and Kate. As we all say so often, I wish we didn't all live so far apart! One last pic, of Tanner's foot, nothing cuter than that!
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I landed in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan twenty hours after starting my journey in San Francisco. I had spent the week prior at Kiva Head Quarters learning all about the organisation and my responsibilities as a Kiva Fellow for the next four months. Kiva is a non-profit organisation which allows people to lend money via the Internet to low-income entrepreneurs and students in over 80 countries. Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty and over the last ten years, Kiva has enabled 1.6million people to lend over $955million USD to 2.3million entrepreneurs around the world. Upon receiving a phone call confirming my acceptance into the competitive fellowship program, I had placed a tick on my bucket list with a smile. The founders of Kiva had figured out a simple and effective way to provide low-income entrepreneurs and students in developing countries with equal opportunities and as a child of a country with hundreds of entrepreneurs and students in need of opportunity, I wanted to become part of the Kiva family and play even the smallest role available to bring a Kiva field partnership back home, to Fiji. When I had written this down on my bucket list as a twenty-one year old University of Auckland student, I never imagined the journey would involve working and living in a former Soviet Union country, whose name at first, I could not spell without the assistance of autocorrect. I stepped out of the airport and amidst a sea of foreign faces, accents and gestures, realised for the first time that I had signed up to live alone in a country I had never heard of before, surrounded by people who, with fair faces and short statures looked nothing like me. Upon arriving at the hotel I had booked for three nights until I found a more permanent living situation, I immediately connected to the wifi and found comfort in a WhatsApp group I was a part of with the rest of my fellow's class, who were similarly getting settled into their parts of the world. Messages from my twenty-hours of disconnect flooded in from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, India, East-Timor, Myanmar, Phillipines, Haiti, Palestine, Tajikistan, Mexico and Peru. Helen Keller once wrote, "Walking in the dark with a friend is better than walking in the light alone" — during my four months in Kyrgyzstan, the group of inspiring and grounded individuals in that WhatsApp group were the only reason I did not feel alone walking into the unknown, everyday. Most days, they were also the only people I had the luxury of speaking english to! I moved into a small one bedroom apartment on the fourth floor of an old soviet building within a week of arrival. At $250 USD a month, I was told my pad with broken louver blades which let the heavy car-pollution fumes in and a heavily water-damaged bathroom ceiling, was the best
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Alatoo Square in Bishkek
Osh Bazaar where locals do their shopping every weekend
The road to the south of Kyrgyzstan
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As our investment strategy is focused on generating yield from senior secured credit, historically we have not generated Part II incentive fees.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, 83.8%, and 83.6%, respectively, of our revenues were generated from management fees and performance fees derived primarily from net interest income on senior secured loans.
entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by such other holder, to a number of votes that is equal to the number of LLC Units held by such holder. At the completion of our IPO, our pre-IPO owners were comprised of all of the non-managing members of Medley LLC. However, Medley LLC may in the future admit additional non-managing members that would not constitute pre-IPO owners. If at any time the ratio at which LLC Units are exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock changes from one-for-one as set forth in the Exchange Agreement, the number of votes to which Class B common stockholders are entitled will be adjusted accordingly. Holders of shares of our Class B common stock will vote together with holders of our Class A common stock as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, except as otherwise required by law.
The diagram below depicts our organizational structure (excluding those operating subsidiaries with no material operations or assets) as of August 9, 2017:
(2) If our pre-IPO owners exchanged all of their vested LLC Units for shares of Class A common stock, they would hold 81.8% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock, entitling them to an equivalent percentage of economic interests and voting power in Medley Management Inc., Medley Group LLC would hold no voting power or economic interests in Medley Management Inc. and Medley Management Inc. would hold 100% of outstanding LLC Units and 100% of the voting power in Medley LLC.
(3) Strategic Capital Advisory Services, LLC owns 20% of SIC Advisors LLC and is entitled to receive distributions of up to 20% of the gross cash proceeds received by SIC Advisors LLC from the management and incentive fees payable by Sierra Income Corporation to SIC Advisors LLC, net of certain expenses, as well as 20% of the returns of the investments held at SIC Advisors LLC.
(4) Medley LLC holds 96.5% of the Class B economic interests in each of MCOF Management LLC, and Medley (Aspect) Management LLC.
(5) Medley LLC holds 100% of the outstanding Common Interest and DB Med Investor I LLC holds 100% of the outstanding Preferred Interest in each of Medley Seed Funding I LLC and Medley Seed Funding II LLC.
(6) Medley Seed Funding III LLC holds 100% of the Senior Preferred Interest, Strategic Capital Advisory Services, LLC holds 100% of the Junior Preferred Interest and Medley LLC holds 100% of the Common Interest in STRF Advisors
(7) Medley LLC holds 100% of the outstanding Common Interest and DB MED Investor II LLC holds 100% of the outstanding Preferred Interest in Medley Seed Funding III LLC.
(8) Medley GP Holdings LLC holds 96.5% of the Class B economic interests in each of MCOF GP LLC, and Medley (Aspect) GP LLC.
(9) Certain employees, former employees and former members of Medley LLC hold approximately 40% of the limited liability company interests in MOF II GP LLC, the entity that serves as general partner of MOF II, entitling the holders to share the performance fees earned from MOF II.
Trends Affecting Our Business
The extent to which investors favor directly originated private credit investments. Our ability to attract additional capital is dependent on investors' views of directly originated private credit investments relative to traditional assets. We believe fundraising efforts will continue to be impacted by certain fundamental asset management trends that include: (i) the increasing importance of directly originated private credit investment strategies for institutional investors; (ii) increasing demand for directly originated private credit investments from retail investors; (iii) recognition by the consultant channel, which serves endowment and pension fund investors, that directly originated private credit is an important component of asset allocation; (iv) increasing demand from insurance companies seeking alternatives to investing in the liquid credit markets; and (v) de-leveraging of the global banking system, bank consolidation and increased bank regulatory requirements. Our ability to generate strong, stable returns and retain investor capital throughout market cycles. The capital we are able to attract and retain drives the growth of our AUM, fee earning AUM and management fees. We believe we are well positioned to invest through market cycles given our AUM is in either permanent capital vehicles or long-dated private funds and SMAs. Our ability to source investments with attractive risk-adjusted returns. Our ability to grow our revenue is dependent on our continued ability to source attractive investments and deploy the capital that we have raised. We believe that the current economic environment provides attractive investment opportunities. Our ability to identify attractive investments and execute on those investments is dependent on a number of factors, including the general macroeconomic environment, valuation, size and the liquidity of these investment opportunities. A significant decrease in the quality or quantity of investment opportunities in the directly originated private credit market, a substantial increase in corporate default rates, an increase in competition from new entrants providing capital to the private debt market and a decrease in recovery rates of directly originated private credit could adversely affect our ability to source investments with attractive risk-adjusted returns. The attractiveness of our product offering to investors. We believe defined contribution plans, retail investors, public institutional investors, pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies are increasing exposure to directly originated private credit investment products to seek differentiated returns and current yield. Our permanent capital vehicles and long-dated private funds and SMAs benefit from this demand by offering institutional and retail investors the ability to invest in our private credit investment strategy. We believe that the breadth, diversity and number of investment vehicles we offer allow us to maximize our reach with investors. The strength of our investment process, operating platform and client servicing capabilities. Following the most recent financial crisis, investors in alternative investments, including those managed by us, have heightened their focus on matters such as manager due diligence, reporting transparency and compliance infrastructure. Since inception, we have invested heavily in our investment monitoring systems, compliance and enterprise risk management systems to proactively address investor expectations and the evolving regulatory landscape. We believe these investments in operating infrastructure will continue to support our growth in AUM.
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Base Management Fees. Base management fees are generally based on a defined percentage of (i) average or total gross assets, including assets acquired with leverage, (ii) total commitments, (iii) net invested capital, (iv) NAV or (v) lower of cost or market value of a fund's portfolio investments. These fees are calculated quarterly and are paid in cash in advance or in arrears. Base management fees are recognized as revenue in the period advisory services are rendered, subject to our assessment of collectability.
In addition, we also receive non asset-based management fees that may include special fees such as origination fees, transaction fees and similar fees paid to us in connection with portfolio investments of our funds. These fees are specific to particular transactions and the contractual terms of the portfolio investments, and are recognized when earned.
Part I Incentive Fees. We also include Part I incentive fees that we receive from our permanent capital vehicles and certain of our long-dated private funds in management fees. Part I incentive fees are paid quarterly, in cash, and are driven primarily by net interest income on senior secured loans. As it relates to MCC, these fees are subject to netting against realized and unrealized losses. We are primarily an asset manager of yield-oriented products and our incentive fees are primarily derived from spread income rather than trading or capital gains. In addition, we also carefully manage interest rate risk. We are generally positioned to benefit from a raising rate environment, which should benefit fees paid to us from our vehicles and funds.
Performance Fees. Our long-dated private funds and SMAs may have industry standard carried interest performance fee structures and are typically 15% to 20% of the total return over a 6.0% to 8.0% annualized preferred return. We record these fees on an accrual basis, to the extent such amounts are contractually due but not paid, and we present this revenue as a separate line item on our consolidated statements of operations. These fees are subject to repayment (clawback).
Other Revenues and Fees. We provide administrative services to certain of our vehicles that are reported as other revenues and fees. Such fees are recognized as revenue in the period that administrative services are rendered. These fees are generally based on expense reimbursements for the portion of overhead and other expenses incurred by certain professionals directly attributable to each respective fund. These fees are reported within total revenues in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. In certain cases, the entities that receive management and incentive fees from our funds are owned by Medley LLC together with other persons. See "Critical Accounting Policies" and Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding the manner in which management fees, performance fees and other fees are generated. Expenses
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The business of setting up home is a strange blend of weariness and exhilaration. I find myself oscillating between these two extremes as the process kicks off. On Saturday we made our way to Macy's on Manhattan's Herald Square. If you are not from this country, you need to know that it is the iconic American departmental store that sets the heart of the locals throbbing (you can call me out on this one if you are not a fan, but what are the chances of that, eh?).
The idea behind spending our time at Macy's was to throw ourselves on mattresses stuffed with all kinds of memory foams and promising firmness in varying degrees. Adi is firm about it being firm, you see.
And throw ourselves we did, Adi with immense pleasure, I with some reserve. The idea of laying back, then turning around and pretending that I am sleeping on my own bed when the reality is that it is actually a department store, however hallowed its halls might be, is disconcerting. Never mind the woman on the next mattress, in her yellow sundress taking off her shoes to lay down on her stomach and change angles as she decided what worked for her. I know, that is the way you buy a mattress. But I cannot and shall not fall in line. I have Adi to do it on my behalf.
Then came the tut-tutting of the sales woman guiding us through the sacred rituals of choosing The Mattress. This grey-haired matriarchal figure was not in the least like our cordial little Mrs Marple. She cast a gimlet eye upon me, and observed, "I have been noticing that you have been standing for the most part while your husband has been testing it out."
Adi got his chit of approval and showed me all of his shining teeth. I, in the mean time, played the part of the sheepish one. Then came the deal breaker. The part where all kind of hearts, young and old, stumble and fall. Prices.
Adi's grin started fading bit by bit. Till it was time to take ourselves out of the vicinity of those rectangular beacons of firmness to think sanely.
In almost every situation in life, when you feel overwhelmed, it helps to take a step or a few steps aside, and just let it be.
That is what we did, and the result was that while sauntering down the all-important doyen of avenues, Fifth Avenue that is, we espied a store that declared itself to be Mattress Firm. 'Surely a sign', we thought to ourselves, and entered the store past a bunch of police crowd control barriers, wooden, blue and pretty. A sign that Fifth Avenue had been the venue of a parade earlier on in the day.
An old-world lift whisked us into a massive hall which was a neat picture stacked with rows and columns of mattresses, boxsprings and more mattresses. A head popped out of the corner. A grin accompanied by a booming voice as the words came our way, "You folks are the first people to step in, so come here quick. Give me a hug! Let's have a group hug, y'all."
Javon was his name and he pronounced it as Gio-vaan as he indeed engulfed the two of us in his big arms and gave us a tight hug.
A start with a hugging salesman is prophetic of good times to come. Symbiotic for both parties – we got our mattress – and good on Javon. He achieved his sale without breaking a sweat. And he added to the experience by giving us tips on how to catch the best views of NYC while sitting atop rooftop bars, which burgers to chomp on, the best track for running in Central Park, meeting celebrities like Julianne Moore (who inclined her head to let him him know that it was indeed her). He also mentioned his momma who lives in Little Italy in the Bronx.
Now this Italian neighbourhood is not the same as the Little Italy which I had come upon in Lower Manhattan. The Bronx one is the original they say, and no, the Italian mafia has not sunk its claws into it because its notoriety means that even the dons had to think twice about dominating the area. Which is not to say that there are no mobs around.
On our first day in Jersey City, we had met a burly and chatty cab driver who drove us into Manhattan. He had alluded to the infamous Bronx as he noted, "Two blocks up and down my house in Newark, it is not quite safe. But then I have lived in the Bronx. So I know how to take care of myself."
We shall go one day to the Bronx. Before which I shall arm myself with copious quantities of coffee to steel the nerve. Not a bad plan, right?
Back in Javon's Fifth Avenue hood, two hours passed by in a whirl of natter. The perfect salesman had made his sale, sans judgement about how I was not focusing enough upon disappearing into the mattress, and we had snagged us a deal that was a neat thousand dollars cheaper than Macy's. The business of achieving the perfect sleep dealt with, we strolled down Fifth Avenue where we gleefully grabbed bags of dark Lindt chocolate and indulged in fashion dilemmas in Adi's dearest Abercrombie & Fitch store – 'Why I am in the flagship store!' he remarked with awe because he had made it a point to drag me to all of its European locations. This was followed by a long drawn dinner of delicious Indian fare at Moti Mahal.
The euphoric moment of the day was unplanned – it lay in the transition from daylight to dusk.
New York at night. Those of you who have walked its bedazzled streets by night know this that the city knows how to work it once dusk falls like no other. Oh, the streets were a miasma of activity. The women came out in throngs in dresses, tipsy boys hollered around the streets, pretty young women waited in dimly-lit sidewalk cafes (waiting for their dates?), dogs sat patiently in bicycle trailers as their owners whizzed by us, and people spilled onto the streets drinking and diving into appetizers at cocktail bars. Yellow cabs rushed by us with their passengers and Hello Dolly ads as the balmy night air caressed our hair and welcomed us to the city.


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Calisto's Dream and the Celestinesque Tradition: A Rereading of Celestina (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures)
Fernando de Rojas's Celestina, written in the late fifteenth century, opens with an enigmatic conversation between Calisto and Melibea, which has puzzled scholars trying to resolve the apparent contradictions in the work as a whole. Ricardo Castells supports the idea that the scene represents Calisto's dream about his beloved Melibea. In this study, Castells examines later Celestinesque works as a lens through which we might better understand Celestina. Castells focuses on Calisto's creative use of borrowed text and speech, and contends that Melibea demonstrates a surprisingly strong and consistent personality. He argues that Celestina's role is somewhat diminished in Rojas's continuation of the text as a result of this greater independence in Melibea's character.
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I read a quote attributed to Leonardo da Vinci yesterday which said: "A work of art is never finished, it is only abandoned." This is painfully true. It is rarely with satisfaction that I put a work behind glass, most often it is with a sort of desperation. I know it is not perfect but I do not know what else to do. It is even more rare for me to look at a work a year after finishing it and enjoy the experience. But at some point I have to say, this is good enough, and move on.
One never loves a work of art with the same intensity after one has laid it aside. For, while working on a piece, one can see in one's mind how it ought to look and have confidence that it can be perfect. But when it is finished it rarely matches that vision. Only two of my finished drawings have I ever wanted to keep for my own pleasure. Both of them were requested by people who saw them and I did not know how to politely refuse.
Life is artistry. We can catch a vision of perfection, but we cannot reach it. And even when we come close, we cannot keep what we have made. No matter how much we manage to improve the world or ourselves, there is always more to do, and things that were lost that must be done again. Then, when our work is ended, not finished, we loose everything in death.
But God is the keeper of perfection and we are His works in progress. Of all artists He alone can see the vision, bring it into being, and preserve it forever. He creates perfection from our imperfection. He is never dissatisfied with His work. He will never loose it after it is perfected. He will never abandon us.
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There will come a day when my daughter is going to want to get married. Of course I don't get to choose but if I did I know several families with boys that I wouldn't mind arranging a marriage with. ;) We get along with the parents and know that the boys are being raised to be gentlemen and to know Jesus.
One of those families came to see Little Mans last baseball game a couple of weeks ago. Munchkin and their son get along really well and I got a photo that someone said will be in their wedding slideshow:
Anyway, I know I don't get to arrange a marriage or even a date but I hope that my sweet daughter will choose a well mannered, intelligent, creative, Jesus follower to marry some day! :)
Friday, June 24, 2011
If I Got to Choose....
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I hope for you and for her that she will choose someone that will nurture her, cherishes her, takes care of her, challenges her intellectually and that she will love back. I don't think the faith is really important.
I hope that you will get to enjoy her and your grandchildren. They grow up so quickly...:)
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We took Reagan to the zoo this afternoon for her first 'official' visit! She's actually been to the zoo before, but during the Halloween walk, when most of the animals were bundled up against the cold. We snapped a few pictures! Hope you all enjoy!!!
Reagan as a 'joey'!
Reagan with the seals...wow, what are THOSE?!
Dingos--or as Reagan calls them "doggies"!
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Man, there is nothing like a serious illness to bring people out of the woodwork. I'm feeling extremely blessed at the moment.
I shopped and cooked. I did a little laundry. I worked and visited my husband. But the NORMAL stuff that gets done in a week didn't get done.
But then the Help started flowing.
Jackie, my couch to keg buddy, brought by some soup and couscous salad, and then drank a glass of wine with me to let me worry and vent.
Neighbor after neighbor asked what we needed.
Caden mowed our front yard.
Jean mowed our back yard.
Last night he went for a walk and bit off more than he could chew, so Stephanie drove him home.
So to everyone who has helped--THANK YOU! And thank you ALSO to all willing who haven't been called upon, yet.
I'm the geek writing in the basement most of the time, but I'm trying to walk with him now, as he is still pretty wobbly. Apparently blood loss is something very slow to recover from. If it had been down to me, none of these people ever would have even noticed. But he is good. He knows everyone.
And that investment is coming back in spades.
So this summer, as you scrap for your writing time, don't forget that investment in real life people. Spending some time to make and maintain friendships might be something you really need one day, and you will be glad you've put in the effort.
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Our birdies are still happily nested in the mailbox. The female is sort of used to us. She will fly off if you stop and stare, but when we come and go, she is fine and I can see her in there, nested in her little hidey hole. There is a white line at her neck when she is hunched down, so I can tell if she is there or not pretty quickly. But so long as I keep moving, I can move slowly, now and she puts up with me. She really is so cute! Hopefully we will have babies one day soon.


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Wasting more taxpayer money
The Racine Unified School District, which already has paid a private consulting firm more than $620,000 for finding savings that don't yet exist, will pay the firm nearly $700,000 more over the next five years, district documents show.
Smartest suggestion I have heard yet-
Jim Morrison, president of the Racine Taxpayers Association, said Tuesday that his organization will send e-mails to the Internal Revenue Service and the state Justice Department in support of Lucas' request for an investigation into the firm's relationship with the Racine district.
Morrison also said he will ask Racine Unified School Board members "to commit themselves wholeheartedly to getting this situation investigated fully."
The taxpayers group has asked the board to delay actions relating to the renewal of Hicks' contract until an inquiry into the firm is completed. The School Board had planned to vote on the contract this month.
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The RUSD will have the money. There is going to be a June referendum to allow the District to exceed the legally allowed spending limit by over $6 million the next two fiscal years. It is not being promoted loudly one way or the other, and my request as LULAC President for more information on the referendum details is being ignored by the Superintendent.
- Caledonia Unplugged said...
Jeff - as a Racine resident, gotta tell you, I think that referendum is going down in flames. People here are hot, and some are talking recall if Hicks' contract is extended! And the telephone promo (thinly veiled as a survey) of the referendum has begun by an independent group.
And one suggestion, don't hold your breath waiting for a records request from Hicks! ;^)
BTW, Caledonia officials will be meeting in June to discuss a "scope of services" for a feasibility study to start an independent district.
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I sometimes think that the only thing worse than living in the KUSD is living in the RUSD.


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Nan Chen, President of the MEF
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The MEF is pleased to announce the results of the 2015 – 2016 Board of Directors elections and subsequent appointments by the Board at the MEF Annual Members Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. This leadership team will lead the MEF's continued efforts to build on the worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and define Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) capabilities and supporting APIs to deliver the MEF Third Network Vision of agile, assured, and orchestrated connectivity services.
Nan Chen, President of the MEF said: "The MEF has had an industry-defining year, with growth in CE 2.0 certified services, CE 2.0 certified network equipment, and certified professionals; the broadening of our membership base to include more software-centric companies; increased collaboration with other industry standards organizations; and the advancement of dozens of marketing, technical, certification, and services operations initiatives in support of the Third Network and LSO development."
Chen continued: "I would like to thank the MEF Board Members for their outstanding contribution over the past year. The ecosystem of expertise and experience on the Board is key to the success of the MEF in the midst of the industry paradigm shift toward cloud-centric, dynamic connectivity services that are orchestrated over more automated and interconnected networks. I am delighted to work with the Board on exciting new initiatives that will promote and accelerate the MEF Vision and unleash innovation across the communications landscape."
The full list of the MEF Board of Directors are:
Vincent Alesi – Associate Director, Network Services Planning, Verizon
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In the fall of 2012, I found cheap flights after softball, so Blythe and I flew out on Halloween.
In the fall of 2013, after pushing my flight back a couple weeks due to winning a state championship, I finally made it out to meet my nephew, Wesley. And it was Halloween.
This year in JUNE when I saw Southwest was having a sale on their fall tickets I took a peek. I thought for sure it would be cheaper to drive, since we now had to pay for Blythe. But I scored A DEAL! And we were in Nashville again for Halloween.
|Only picture we got with all 5 together. We always had one napping or crying or pouting or too occupied to stop and take a picture :)
So I think it's safe to say, after four years, that a fall/Halloween trip to Nashville is an annual thing for our family. And I don't mind that one bit.
Every year I have gone, we have added another baby too.
Mom, Dad: I'm not sure THAT will be an annual thing, so don't get your hopes up.
It was a
We had a tea party with the older girls for lunch one day. Caroline said she needed to teach Blythe how to have a "proper" tea party. I asked her what that meant and she said, "You just have to be polite." At one point during the party Ellie laughed at Blythe and said, "You're funny." And Blythe said, "I'm not funny! I'm a princess!"
Brent sprained his ankle. Of course. Last time he had a bad bike wreck and had neck issues for months. Dan and Brent love each other. Dan and Brent are both athletes. Dan and Brent are both a little more brittle than they used to be/ think they are.
We stayed up to late.
The kids got up too early.
We laughed.
We re-organized the play room!
We wished we had more time.
And as always, we had a fantastic time. Kali and Dan are the best hosts. Their kids are awesome.
Sisters make the best best friends.
And now, here are some pictures for my family.
|Dan met up with a friend this night so we headed to the Pumpkin Patch without him. He was missed. Mainly in the kid-wrangling department.
|Oh, hey, look a picture of all four of us [Blythe's crazy face and all!]. And I got a haircut!
|They preferred tea over hot chocolate
|she was in heaven.
|an 80's workout girl, a fairy princess, a mermaid, and Clark Kent
I also took some family pictures for them while I was there. They haven't seen them yet [I've taken a ton of pictures lately and will do one post soon with all of them], but here is a sneak peak. And is it just me, or does my sister get more gorgeous with every child she has?
Kali and Dan,
and Caroline, Ellie, and Wesley,
We love you. We thank you. We can't wait for our next ANNUAL fall trip!


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Discussion in 'General breed discussions & FAQ' started by OSUman, Oct 25, 2009.
Dose anyone have Dorkings if so could you post pics of them and say where you got them?
Anyone have them in any variety?
Here's the link to the breed page for Dorkings, the composer of the page may have some answers for you
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|The international aspects of the European common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and their interaction with third countries
|Ali, Eid Ashry Gaber
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|Brunel University
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The thesis examines the international taxation rules of the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) and their interaction with third-country corporate tax practice. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of the CCCTB vis-à-vis third countries, with Egypt as a practical example. The CCCTB has the potential to reduce corporate tax obstacles faced by businesses in the EU in having to comply with up to twenty seven different domestic systems for determining their taxable profits. However, the international taxation rules of the CCCTB system are likely to have an impact on the corporate tax practice in third countries, and may conflict with existing bilateral tax treaties concluded between CCCTB-Member States and third countries. The discussion presents a detailed analysis of the CCCTB's unilateral framework for the avoidance of double taxation and for the protection of the common consolidated tax base. It reveals that, by means of ordinary credit and exemption methods provided in the CCCTB Directive, international double taxation will be eliminated in relation to third countries. Furthermore, the CCCTB's anti-abuse rules are effective in protecting the common tax base and in eliminating non-double taxation. Nevertheless, the unilateral measures are in conflict with a number of important provisions of bilateral tax treaties, based on the OECD Model, concluded between the potential CCCTB-Member States and third countries. Egypt exemplifies this – but the problem is generic. These conflicts between the CCCTB and OECD Model bilateral treaties are detrimental to the effective functioning of the CCCTB system vis-à-vis third countries, and need to be redressed. This thesis suggests a simple and practical solution - replacement of the bilateral tax treaties between CCCTB-Member States and third countries with a multilateral tax treaty to be concluded between every third country and all CCCTB-Member States.
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