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Nigerian PEN Centre is calling for entries in prose and poetry in order to short list a male and female writer in the age bracket of 18-30 years old to represent the centre in the PEN INTERNATIONAL/NEW VOICES AWARD 2013.
Eligibility in the Nigerian short list process is based on the exact rules of the international competition as stated below. Contestants should thus note that the ultimate prize money is accessible only after scaling the Nigerian hurdle.
PEN International has set up an annual New Voices Award to encourage new writing in the countries in which we operate and to provide a much needed space for young and unpublished writers to submit their work. The award will actively encourage entries from diverse linguistic regions and communities.
Before PEN International was established in 1921, its founder, Catharine Amy Dawson Scott, set up the Tomorrow Club as a space for aspiring writers to network with more established writers. In 1928, Herman Ould, International Secretary, felt strongly that it was important for PEN to maintain focus on helping emerging writers, and so established a 'Young PEN' chapter.
The PEN International/New Voices Award builds on these ideas, simultaneously reconnecting with our past and moving into the future.
The first annual PEN International/New Voices Award aims to:
– encourage writers aged 18-30 to write short stories, creative non-fiction, journalism, and poetry;
– to promote freedom of expression, literature, and the tenets of the PEN Charter;
– foster new forms of writing appropriate to our time;
– promote translation, especially into 'bridge' languages such as English, French, and
– provide a (much needed) space for emerging writers to submit their work;
– help emerging writers by providing advice on how best to work towards a career as a writer;
– to cement PEN's profile as the world's oldest and pre-eminent writers' organisation
Details of the award's terms of entry and judging structure are set out below:
– all candidates must be over 17 & still under the age of 30 at the time of the closing date;
– writers who have published books may not enter but those who have existing contracts with publishers for forthcoming books may enter;
– writers who have published pamphlets work in magazines and journals are allowed to enter;
– prose entries must be between 2,000-4,000 words;
– poetry entries may take the form of individual poems, a sequence, or one long poem of no more than 2,500 words in total;
– writers may only submit one prose work;
– a long list of six writers will receive feedback on their entries from distinguished experts;
– Two winning writers, a male and a female would have their entries sent to PEN International as Nigeria's entry that might stand a chance of winning the ultimate prize money
-The winning entries would be translated into English, French, Spanish and one or two Nigerian Languages
– there will be no entry fee
– the award will be open to submissions from March 15th to May 15th, 2013;
– the submission window will close 12 midnight on 15 May 2013 and no late entries will be considered;
– our team of judges will offer online mentorship for a short list of six for not more than one year after the competition
– amendments cannot be made to entries after they have been submitted, nor substitutions made;
– poems to be single-spaced and a line count noted at the top of the first page;
– short stories to be double-spaced and a word count noted at the top of the first page;
– the filename of online entries must be the title of the entry and it must be either a .doc, .docx, .rtf, .wps, .pdf or .txt file;
– all entries are judged anonymously: do not include the entrant's name on the document, only on the application sheet;
– worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author, but PEN International will have the unrestricted right to publish entries in the e-anthology, in print, on the website, and in any relevant promotional material;
– the judges' decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into;
To enter send your entry with subject as PEN NEW VOICES 2013 to Secretary General, Nigeria Pen Centre, Ropo Ewenla: email@example.com.


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Meat Raffle - Common Man Tap & Table (with Hancock Lodge #229)Name: Meat Raffle - Common Man Tap & Table (with Hancock Lodge #229)Date: December 13, 2018Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CSTWebsite: Common Man Tap & Table WebsiteEvent Description:Common Man Tap & Table is partnering with Hancock Lodge #229 of Ellsworth to host their meat raffle. Proceeds will go to help the Ellsworth Area Ambulance Service raise funds to purchase new equipment.
Join us on Thursday, December 13, 2018. The meat raffle will begin at 5:30 pm. C'mon out and join in the fun...try your chance at winning various cuts of pork & beef.
Plus, enjoy any sandwich on Common Man's menu for half price plus $3 Honey Blonde Ales and $1 Shorty beers while supplies last.

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Dr. Jalayna Smith is one of our Family Medicine physicians who also delivers babies.
Dr. Jalayna Smith is a Litchfield native that now resides in Hutchinson with her husband Dan and daughters.
Dr. Smith's professional interests include prenatal care and delivery, pediatrics, women's health, treating routine skin conditions, procedures and preventative medicine.
"The most rewarding part of my job is helping patients be healthy and feel good! Whether it's helping treat an acute illness or helping prevent or treat a chronic disease, I enjoy working together with patients to help them feel their best. I also find caring for pregnant women, delivering babies, and then watching them grow, to be one of the favorite aspects of my profession."
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This weekend we decided to go on a little adventure. We had tickets to the enchanted forest on Saturday and Mr bee had Friday off work, so we decided to pack up the car and drive north.
We booked a B&B in Grandtown on Spay and headed off with lots on snacks and things to keep little Bee occupied… turns out we didn't need them as he slept all the way. It took us 3 hours to get there but the scenery on the way is beautiful so we didn't mind much.
When we arrived we had a wander around and found somewhere for dinner and then went round and booked into our B&B. That night we went for a walk and then settled down for the night.
After we had breakfast the next morning we headed back out on the road and made our way down to Aviemore, where we went for a nice autumnal walk and then stopped for a spot of lunch.
We were soon back on the road and heading for Pitlochry where we would be staying the night.
Pitlochry is a cosy and inviting little town which is charming and magical during the autumn months. It becomes bustling with visitors and tourists, many of which are there to visit the enchanted forest which takes place is fiscally woods.
The woods are transformed with a stunning light show which changes each year.
This year the theme was shimmer and what a spectacular show it was. The woods host a number of activities as well as the light and music displays.
So.. we hopped on the bus at the pick up point in Pitlochry and drove the short distance to the woods. Once off the bus we entered the enchanted forest and our first stop was the story telling hut.
The small circular hut was snug and cosy when we entered. The ceiling was adorned with fairy lights and all around the walls were embroidered tapestries with scenes from stories. We took our spot on one of the hay bales and little bee sat on a log and we got ready to listen.
The storyteller had invited a friend from Finland to come and tell a traditional Finnish fairytale. We listened to the sing song story and the storyteller translated it into English. It was such a great experience for Little bee and we were extremely lucky because it was a one off story telling event at the forest. We said our thanks and left the cosy little hut behind to go and explore the rest of the woods.
There are plenty stops for refreshments and we stopped at the very beginning and got some hot drinks to get us through.
Now the actual light and music show is really something that needs to be seen in real life as photographs really don't do it any justice. It is just stunning! Completely mesmerising at points and each part is so different from the last. We walked around the woods and little bee was looking around at everything and pointing out all the colours. One of our favourite parts of the forest was an interactive light display which you walked through as the lights changed colour. It was so amazing!
We stopped at a small fire pit where they were selling marshmallows on sticks and toasted them for the final walk around.
The walk took us around 1 hour and that was stopping for a toilet break and toasted marshmallows. The organisers recommend that you walk around twice incase you missed anything the first time around but little bee was exhausted and needed his bed so we headed back to the bus after one time around the woods. We had a short wait before our bus pulled up and and we piled on for the short journey back to Pitlochry and bed.
I would highly recommend anyone in Scotland who is able to travel to go and experience the enchanted forest. We had the best time and I'm looking forward to our next visit. It's something that all ages can enjoy and should!!
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I've made an updated version of my siggy tutorial, for those on any ProBoards forum.
And my other screenshots will be on a Mac computer using a Chrome browser, but it will work fine on any computer, so ignore any subtle differences. K? K.
- Find a picture. You need a digital picture (ending in .jpg or .jpeg or .gif or .png) somewhere on your computer. It can be scanned in or fresh off your digital camera, or it can be something you edited beyond recognition. It doesn't matter. It just needs to end in one of those extensions and you need to know where it is on your computer.
Personally, I like to mess with my pics. I'll teach you that later in another lesson maybe. 😉 Anyway, here is my pic in Finder (Explorer, in Windows-ese).
- Get it online. There are several sites out there that will let you do this, but let's use tinypic. Go there, and fill in the form like so:
You want to make sure you set the "resize" option so you don't get a crazy big siggy. Hit "Upload now!" and prove you're a human.
- Copy the IMG Code. Click on that very first box under "IMG Code for Forums and Message Boards" and copy it.
- Paste it into your siggy. Go to your profile using the "profile" icon up in the top banner.
Click on "Modify Profile."
Go down under "Personal information" to the signature box and paste that IMG Code in.
Scroll all the way down, hit the "Modify Profile" button, and you're done! Enjoy!
- Extra stuff! This is optional stuff you can add to your siggy now that you have a picture in there.
- Want some text too? No problem! If you want it above your picture, start typing it before that code you just pasted in. If you want it below your picture, start typing it below that code.
- How about a link? Use this code: [url=(put the URL here)](thing you want linked)[/url] You can link text or images or both. In the image below, the "Text above pic." will link to Google. Neither the image nor the text below will be linked.
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The Morgan's lead very busy lives. They are separated due to an illicit affair Paul Morgan had while away on a business trip. Though Paul is very repentant and wanting to give their marriage a second shot, Meryl is not too sure. After witnessing a murder, they are forced to become a part of a witness relocation program and must spend the first week together until separate living quarters can be worked out. Will Paul get the chance to prove to Meryl that he is honest? Or will they just be driven further apart? (You might get a hint if you remember the movie For Richer or Poorer.)
Entertainment Value - B
Great acting. I enjoy Hugh Grant, though some of his shows can be a little inappropriate (as are some of Sarah Jessica Parker's). Pretty good story line. Not sure why it got a PG-13 rating. There was some language and sexual intimacy (though all off screen and between husband and wife). My only guess is that they were trying to market it to an older crowd. You've Got Mail, Pride and Prejudice, Sleepless in Seattle, and many others all worked wonderfully with a simple PG rating.
Moral Value - Failure to Communicate? - 4
This was a great story of learning how to work through problems in marriage. Maybe the situations that caused their separation and frustrations were a little extreme (though maybe not as uncommon as I think). The fact that you need to expect everything from one another is very important in keeping you both (husband and wife) working towards sticking together.
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The moral credence of the film started to unravel when it's revealed that she cheated on him as well, especially when you find out that it was after Paul had already cheated on her. Up until that point you really believe she was hurt by his infidelity and had thought the world of him; but all that turns into a lie when you find out she was unfaithful too.. They both end up making the right decision and deciding to stick it out together and even adopt a child (their difficulty of having kids was one of the main causes of stress in their relationship, in addition to their extremely busy lives.)


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Revised December 2018
The most striking finding of this year's Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of drug use and attitudes among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in hundreds of schools across the country is a substantial and significant increase in vaping. Overall, rates of vaping are second only to alcohol among substances surveyed, with 17.6 percent of 8th graders, 32.3 percent of 10th graders, and 37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting past-year vaping.
Still, the 2018 MTF results also contain promising trends, with past-year use of illicit drugs other than marijuana holding steady at the lowest levels in over two decades—6.1 percent of 8th graders, 9.6 percent of 10th graders, and 12.4 percent of 12th graders. Among 12th graders, the rate of past-year use of illicit drugs other than marijuana has declined by 30.0 percent in the past five years.
For the past three years, many substances have held steady at the lowest levels of use since the survey's inception (or since the survey began asking about them). In some cases, use has dropped to lower levels than ever before. Substances at historic low levels of use in 2018 include alcohol, cigarettes, heroin, prescription opioids, MDMA (Ecstasy or Molly), methamphetamine, amphetamines, sedatives, and ketamine.
Survey findings were mixed in terms of changes in the perceived risk of harm from using various substances and disapproval of people who use them. For example, the percentage of 8th graders who think that occasional use of inhalants is risky is less than it was last year and in prior years. However, among 10th graders, there was an increase in the proportion of students who perceive a risk of harm when trying Vicodin® or Adderall® occasionally. High school seniors also reported increased disapproval of daily drinking, binge drinking, and smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day.
Despite the continued rise in opioid overdose and overall overdose deaths and high levels of opioid misuse among adults, lifetime, past-year, and past-month misuse of prescription opioids (narcotics other than heroin) dropped significantly over the last five years in 12th graders. In the past five years, Vicodin® use notably dropped by 58.4 percent in 8th graders, 75.4 percent in 10th graders and 67.2 percent in 12th graders. Interestingly, teens also think these drugs are not as easy to get as they used to be. One in three 12th graders (32.5 percent) said that prescription opioids were easily available in the 2018 survey, compared to more than 54.2 percent in 2010.
Daily, past-month, past-year, and lifetime marijuana use declined among 8th graders and remains unchanged among 10th and 12th graders compared to five years ago, despite the changing state marijuana laws during this time period. Past-year use of marijuana reached its lowest levels in more than two decades among 8th and 10th graders in 2016 and has since remained stable.
Among 12th graders, around six (5.8) percent continue to report daily use of marijuana, which corresponds to about one in 16 high school seniors. Among all grades, perceptions of harm and disapproval of marijuana use have trended downward in recent years. One in four 12th graders report that regular marijuana use poses a great risk (26.7 percent, which is less than half of what it was 20 years ago), and disapproval among 12th graders remains somewhat high, with 66.7 percent reporting they disapprove of adults smoking marijuana regularly.
As with other vaping measures, marijuana vaping increased significantly from when it was first measured in 2017 to 2018. While past month marijuana vaping is fairly low—reported by 2.6 percent of 8th graders, 7.0 percent of 10th graders, and 7.5 percent of 12th graders—these numbers represent respective increases of 59.7 percent, 62.7 percent, and 50.6 percent over 2017 rates. Daily marijuana use continues to outpace daily cigarette use across grades, reflecting a steep decline in daily cigarette use and fairly stable daily marijuana use.
Alcohol use and binge drinking continued to show a significant five-year decline among all grades. Past-month use of alcohol was reported by 8.2 percent, 18.6 percent, and 30.2 percent of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders, respectively, compared to 10.2 percent, 25.7 percent, and 39.2 percent in 2013. Daily alcohol use and binge drinking (defined as consuming five or more drinks sometime in the past two weeks) also decreased significantly among all grades between 2013 and 2018.
Among 12th graders, there were significant declines in lifetime, past month, and daily binge alcohol use between 2017 and 2018. Also, the perception of risk of binge drinking significantly increased among 12th graders in 2018.
The percentage of high school teens who reported ever using alcohol dropped by as much as 58 percent compared to peak years. This year's survey found that 23.5 percent of 8th graders reported ever trying alcohol, which is a 57.9 percent drop from the peak of 55.8 percent in 1994.
Among 10th graders, lifetime use fell by 40.3 percent from 72.0 percent in 1997 to 43.0 percent in 2018. Among 12th graders, there was a significant 28.4 percent drop in lifetime alcohol use from 81.7 percent in 1997 to 58.5 percent in 2018.
Nicotine and Tobacco
2018 is the second year in which the MTF survey asked high school students about vaping specific substances ever, in the past year, and in the past month. In just one year, rates of past-year vaping increased by about one-third in all grades, to 17.6 percent of 8th graders, 32.3 percent of 10th graders, and 37.3 percent of 12th graders. After alcohol, vaping is the second most common form of substance use in all three grades.
Students were also asked what substances they had consumed via vaping—nicotine, marijuana, or "just flavoring." "Just flavoring" was most commonly noted by 8th graders (reported by 15.1 percent), followed by nicotine (10.9 percent) and marijuana (4.4 percent). Tenth graders reported identical rates of "just flavoring" and nicotine vaping (24.7 percent), and 12.4 percent of 10th graders reported vaping marijuana. A higher percentage of 12th graders reported vaping nicotine (29.7 percent) than flavoring alone (25.7 percent), and 13.1 percent reported vaping marijuana. It is important to note that students do not always know what is in the device they are using; labeling is inconsistent, and they often use devices bought by other people. The most popular vaping devices on the market do not offer options that are nicotine-free.
These one-year jumps in vaping are mirrored by changes in the perception of availability; more 8th and 10th graders reported that vaping devices and e-liquids containing nicotine are easy or very easy to obtain in 2018 than in 2017.
The survey data regarding vaping also reveal an increase in the perception of the harm of vaping when nicotine is specifically mentioned. While 22.1 percent of 8th graders reported thinking that it is harmful to regularly use e-cigarettes, 32.4 percent reported thinking that it is harmful to regularly vape an e-liquid containing nicotine. Similar differences were also seen among 10th graders (22.8 percent reported thinking it is harmful to use e-cigarettes regularly versus 31.3 percent who reported perceiving harm in regularly vaping a liquid that contains nicotine) and 12th graders (18.0 percent versus 27.7 percent).
Use of traditional cigarettes remains at the lowest levels in the survey's history. Significant five-year declines—by more than half for daily use and for use of one half pack or more per day—were reported by all grades. Daily cigarette use was reported by 0.8 percent of 8th graders, 1.8 percent of 10th graders, and 3.6 percent of 12th graders in 2018. Lifetime cigarette use among 12th graders decreased from 26.6 percent in 2017 to 23.8 percent in 2018, and past-month use declined from 9.7 percent to 7.6 percent.
Use of other tobacco products, including hookah, smokeless tobacco, and little cigars or cigarillos remained low and declined among high school seniors. Among 12th graders, tobacco use with a hookah fell from a high of 22.9 percent in 2014 to 7.8 percent in 2018. Past-year use of little cigars or cigarillos declined in 12th graders from 2017 to 2018, and lifetime smokeless tobacco use shows a five-year decline in 10th and 12th graders.
Synthetic Drugs
Past-year use of synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice, sometimes called "fake weed" or "synthetic marijuana") has dropped significantly in the past five years in all three grades. Since first assessed in 2011, past-year use among 12th graders has dropped from 11.4 percent to 3.5 percent. Past-year use has also fallen from 4.4 percent to 1.6 percent among 8th graders, and from 8.8 percent to 2.9 percent among 10th graders since first assessed in 2012. The MTF survey began tracking past-year synthetic cathinone use in 2012, and since then, there has been a decrease among 12th graders from 1.3 percent to 0.6 percent in 2018 (synthetic cathinones are commonly known as "bath salts"). Use among 8th and 10th graders has remained fairly low and flat.
Learn More
For more information about the Monitoring the Future survey and results, please visit:
- the Monitoring the Future website
the NIDA's Monitoring the Future webpage
- NIDA Live: The Science of Vaping (30:19) (September 2019)
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NIDA. (2018, December 17). Monitoring the Future Survey: High School and Youth Trends. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/monitoring-future-survey-high-school-youth-trends


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Ladies, imagine a place where you could go, any time of any day, for a nice little getaway. Footsteps from your home, but a place that is entirely your own: allow me to introduce the "She Shed."
It's exactly what a guy's shed will never be—no tools necessary here. Feel free to decorate it at your discretion, for this is your space: a reflection of you, in the form of a mini building. In the St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tampa area, the Florida Shed Company will help you create your very own, personalized She Shed.
Why Not Just Have 'Me Time' In My Bedroom?
If your bedroom is a shared space, then it's not entirely your own. So, where can you go when you truly need alone time?
In 2015, the Huffington Post proclaimed She Sheds "a backyard haven for busy women seeking a quiet reprieve from the world."
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SPONSER @ Rowperfect
Rowing enthusiasts will certainly know it: the Rowperfect website, which offers everything that makes the heart of a rowing athlete beat faster: News from rowing all over the world, expert advice, training tips from professionals, accessories and, of course, sports food. SPONSER® is delighted that in the future Rowperfect will also rely on the high-quality sports nutrition from the Swiss manufacturer and will offer the best products for rowing spotter on the website www.rowperfect.co.uk.
The website www.rowperfect.co.uk is regarded as "the world's largest rowing platform with around 28,000 visitors every month and almost 150,000 clicks", as the owner Volker Fritz announces. Only the website of the World Rowing Federation attracts even more readers. The intention behind Rowperfect? "We want to inform rowers around the world about all sorts of things in rowing. From boathouses to boats, from fitness sports to Olympic athletes. Everything we rowers are interested in," says Volker Fritz, a German living in Basel. The great thing about the platform: "We are extremely strong in social media and therefore talk to world champions, Olympic athletes, but also scientists and spectators. It's a very broad spectrum that meets there." The fact that Volker Fritz is passionate about rowing is no accident. 30 years ago he himself was in the final race of the German Championships, before he discovered his love for tour rowing and still participates in regattas today as a master athlete. "Today, I pass on all my experience and tips, also in terms of accessories," he explains. "My customers give positive feedback which motivates me again and again".
Although the URL of the site suggests a British origin, Rowperfect operates worldwide and offers the content in both German and French. Rowperfect now also offers SPONSER® sports nutrition from Switzerland in its channels. "I know how important it is for the body to be adequately supplied. In competitive as well as recreational and master's sports. Sponser has great products for all age groups. Especially the group of masters wants serious advice and doesn't go to any protein shop to get their supplies." When asked which SPONSER products he recommends to every rowing athlete, Volker Fritz replies: "I like the protein products that are easy to take. As a rower I find the creatine monohydrate and the beta-alanine helpful. I like to take a bar in the morning and when I have time before the races the Power Porridge."
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SOURCE: Jenkins, Victoria. "Annie Ernaux: A Life Full of Irony and Outrage." Chicago Tribune Books (23 July 1995): 3, 5.
In the following review, Jenkins regards A Frozen Woman as a "disquieting book," contending that "what ails Ernaux may be the ennui of privilege, the affliction of the upwardly mobile."
In four largely autobiographical volumes, wildly popular in her native France, Annie Ernaux puts aspects of her life under a microscope—her memories of her father and her mother in A Man's Place and A Woman's Story, and her pathologically obsessive love affair with a married man in Simple Passion. In her latest, A Frozen Woman, she examines her transformation from a rollicking hoyden into an aggrieved and resentful wife and mother.
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No Bake Cheese Cake Recipes
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Cheesecake recipes have existed for centuries and loved by scores of individuals. No bake cheesecake recipes are a delicious much healthier approach to fulfill a craving after a very long day, particularly for those that are lactose intolerant. Of course, when you wish to produce things extra special, you could always make homemade cherry pie filling.
What an excellent way to relish a no bake cheesecake dessert. This cheesecake appears so decadent. But a no bake cheesecake doesn't have any eggsor you wouldn't be in a position to no-bake it. No bake cheesecake is simple to arrange for people who have food allegories. Also, if you're scared of making a conventional cheesecake, this is the ideal way for you to get started! Naturally, my favourite portion of the no-bake cheesecake is picking a topping. This is my new favourite cheesecake especially since it's ridiculously quick!
In addition to the crust is produced with cookie crumbs and melted butter. I like to bring the graham cracker crust if I wish to find a couple more servings from the recipe. If you would rather have a graham cracker crust, I am certain the cheesecake would taste wonderful too!
Just consider your favourite flavors of cheesecake and the chances are endless. Hopefully you'll love it as well! It's so versatile since there are many techniques to top it off. Yes, that's what I live for. Nobody will complain about that!


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Best Way to Chum for Cast Netting White BaitDear Captain"How long do you chum before you toss your cast net to catch white bait?"
On average we wait 20 minutes before I throw the cast net. Even if we see bait in the first few minutes of chumming, we still wait 20 minutes to let the bait ball up. The idea of chumming is to draw the whitebait to your boat. The tide is the vehicle which takes your chum to the baitfish which are somewhere out on the flat or open water area you are at. If the tide is not moving your chum will just drop straight under your boat
Pellet fish food quickly softens and becomes part of a soft and highly effective chum for whitebait. We add it with Menhaden (shad) oil and use the oil in a spray bottle to attract the baits from further away if necessary.
So you have to wait a short period for the tide to start moving. On the opposite side of the spectrum -- if the tide is ripping, that chum will immediately be taken out to the bait. Even when the bait shows up immediately in this situation I still wait the 20 minutes to really let the bait ball up in a tight school. So I always use 20 minutes under all circumstances and conditions as a general rule. If you do start chumming and the whitebait shows up in the first few minutes, and you can see it is already balled up thick, by all means throw the cast net!
Now Here is "Captain Dave's Secret Tip" for chumming white bait
Fill up a 32-oz. spray bottle with Menhaden oil. Set the nozzle on stream (not spray or mist). Shoot the menhaden oil with the breeze or wind at your back. Shoot it as far as you can in the distance. The air stream will take it down the flat and to the water surface. Slowly, shorten the distance until you have a slick at your boat. The bait will follow at the surface to the slick at your boat. This will also let you see what direction the whitebait is coming from.
Once the whitebait is at your boat you can now pitch out some Purina Tropical Fish Food chum to keep the whitebait there. If you don't, it won't take long for the whitebait to disperse and leave the area. I have some other tricks up my sleeve for whitebait, but that will be for a later article.
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on March 27, 2013 at 8:30 AM, updated March 27, 2013 at 4:45 PM
WOODBURY — Officials Tuesday night announced what they hope will be the beginning of the end to the continuing struggle to redevelop the long-vacant Woodbury Country Club.
According to Council President William Fleming Jr., a developer has stepped forward expressing interest in building three health care facilities, as well as 20 homes, on the 50-acre plot, which previously was home to a golf course and club house.
The developer, William G. Burris, Jr., CEO of the Moorestown-based Burris Construction Company, first connected with the city's economic development committee in January after speaking with officials at Underwood-Memorial Hospital.
"The developer specializes in health care facilities, and he was referred to us by Underwood, but at this point everything is conceptual," said Fleming.
"There is no agreement with the city or the bank at this point," he later added. "Although Burris does have a deposit with the bank."
Parke Bank is the primary creditor and current owner of the property, which according to Fleming has at certain points since its closure been the home of everything from squatters to grass some three feet tall.
Burris' previous project was the Powerback Rehabilitation Center, operated by Genesis Healthcare, on Route 73 in Voorhees. The 87,000-square-foot, 124-room rehabilitation center serves patients recently discharged from the hospital, and was designed to get them out of rehab in 15 to 30 days.
Fleming along with Mayor Bill Volk said they toured the facility recently and gave the center positive reviews.
"From the site plan, to the interior as well as the landscaping outside, I was really impressed," said Fleming. "There are many convalescencent homes in New Jersey, but this one is different, more modern."
Volk added that he appreciated the center's reliance on solar and hydroelectric power.
As for Burris' plans for the country club, Fleming said the developer is proposing three buildings — a rehabilitation center, a long-term convalescencent facility and a center for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Burris has also introduced the idea of constructing 20 homes with an approximate value of $500,000 to $600,000, Fleming said. However, the council president added it's likely Burris' company would farm out the home construction.
"We know it's not a golf course," said Fleming, addressing residents at Tuesday night's council meeting. "We've pursued bringing in another golf course, but none have come up successful.
"We think this could be a good answer for the property and the city."
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(Update: added final viewer scores. See below.)
For a while now, the mobile-tech review landscape has looked much the same. Reviewers like us craft lengthy written pieces packed with charts, photos, and videos, and readers like you … read them. Sure, you have the opportunity to respond in the comments, and most good editors will answer questions there, but there's precious little real-time interaction between reader and reviewer. There's not much chance to ask questions, seek clarifications, or take a quick look at that one little detail.
For a while, we've been trying to break down the wall between reviewer and reader – to allow you to (virtually) get your hands on a demo device and see for yourself how some feature, or measurement, or tiny detail feels. And -until the advent of holodecks- we think we've found the best way to do that.
Introducing the Pocketnow U-Review, a monthly, hour-long Hangout similar to the Pocketnow Live, but focused entirely on letting you get your fill of new mobile devices on your own terms. We keep the demo smartphone or tablet in our own hands, but for your five-minute block of Hangout time, you can ask us to show you anything and everything on that device (within reason). So get ready to ask away, because the U-Review is here to get you as close to hot new mobile devices as any fuzzy webcam can.
It may have been overshadowed a bit by the arrival of a Snapdragon 800-powered stunner from LG, but this episode's hallmark device will likely end up being more significant, despite its lower-end specs. The Moto X is the first Motorola device to land on retail shelves since the nearly century-old company was acquired by Google, and it represents an entirely new category of Android smartphone. We gave it the full review treatment earlier in the week, when we termed it the Android for the average Joe, and now you get your chance to ask us anything you want about the Moto X.
But before Google's phone-for-the-everyman tickled our fancy, there was another beast on another platform: a polycarbonate slab with a big Oreo-shaped mountain tacked on the back, making some pretty serious claims about its camera quality. That device was the Lumia 1020, the long-awaited and much-desired "true PureView" Windows Phone from Nokia. We called its 41MP camera the best smartphone shooter you could find in our July review, and we also called it a Warthog. Weigh in on whether you agree or disagree with our assertions, and queue up your own questions relating to this mammoth monstrosity!
And, yes – there's still more. Considering the Pocketnow Live is on summer hiatus, we thought ya'll would appreciate a bit of a bonus this time around on the U-Review. So, though we're still mid-review and still letting our thoughts gel on it, we're going to trot out another weirdo – this time from Sony. It's wafer-thin, it's waterproof, and it's (practically) weightless … but it's also too big even for Taylor Martin's ponderous paws. It's the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, and it's here for you to virtually poke, prod, and pontificate on.
So tune in this Friday, August 9, at 4:00 PM Eastern for the third installment of the Pocketnow U-Review!
Note: Link for the hangout will be made public on all our social channels five minutes before start time at the following links: Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.
- Michael Fisher, Editorial Director (Boston, MA, USA)
- Taylor Martin, Senior Editor (Charlotte, NC, USA)
- Google/Motorola Moto X (AT&T, black)
- Nokia Lumia 1020 (AT&T, yellow)
- Sony Xperia Z Ultra (unlocked, black)
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Final Scores
In accordance with our new numeric reader-review structure, the U-Review 003 resulted in the following scores from today's audience:
Moto X: 8.3
Lumia 1020: 8.6
Z Ultra: 8.0
Wanna know why our viewers scored these devices this way? Watch the show recording embedded above! Want to submit your own opinions next time around? Stay tuned for next month's edition of the U-Review. See you then!
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A few new route developments to mention:
– Cathay Pacific is adding a 4th daily frequency from LA to Hong Kong beginning June 2014, as well as adding 3 more weekly flights from Chicago (making a total of 10 per week). Sad that apparently there's no inventory available up front for award tickets.
– United is adding San Francisco to Atlanta and LA to Minneapolis beginning April 2014. That would be a big FU to Delta (or to Sun Country…)
– American Airlines is dropping its daily JFK-Barbados service beginning January 15th, leaving 2 daily flights from Miami. JetBlue also flies 5x/weekly from JFK.
– JetBlue will launch Boston – Savannah nonstop service beginning in February, continuing their Boston expansion.
– You may remember this little story I wrote a bit ago about a US trade association trying to block 2 airlines from flying from JFK to Guyana. Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica wanted the right to operate nonstop service from JFK directly to Georgetown, Guyana, since Delta has abandoned that route. If you thought it would make sense to let someone else have a go at it, turns out you would be wrong. The Department of Transportation said that those airlines' 1-stop service would suffice and they won't grant the approval. The DoT said the airlines "had not provided compelling evidence" that the flights would be in the public interest. Seems like nonstop service would always be in the public interest, but what do I know.


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Director of Strategic Innovations
Terry Keleher has served as a consultant to many leading social justice organizations and government agencies, and is a sought-after presenter and trainer, featured at conferences and events around the country
He has authored several reports and educational resources on racial equity and systems change, including Leadership & Race: How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice, the Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit, Facing the Consequences: An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools and the Illinois Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. His writings have appeared in the Clearinghouse Review, Critical Issues Forum, Yes! Magazine, Upworthy and other publications.
He coordinated the ERASE Initiative on education equity, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was a national recipient of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's Push for Excellence in Education Award. He has served as a lead presenter of Race Forward's Racial Justice Webinar Series.
He currently serves on the Racial Equity and Inclusion Experts Panel of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the faculty of the Racial Justice Training Institute of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, and has served in leadership of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a national network of white people organizing for racial justice. He previously served on the Illinois Editorial Forum and the Human Relations Advisory Committee for the 2040 Chicago Regional Plan. He also worked as a community organizer with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and was a co-founder of the National Organizer's Alliance.
He is a certified executive coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching and the Results Management Program of Results/Support Seminars. Terry is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He is the proud father of an awesome son.


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It's not a good milestone, like getting my motorcycle licence or realising that holding the back of my head with one hand while I blow my nose with other is not necessary to stop my eyes from popping out. (The things parents tell their children.) I'll ask you the same question I asked myself when I saw it; what's that hole for then?
I'll admit I had no idea, when I found out I thought; 'oh no, I'm getting old'. But why worry about that, it's inevitable, its daft to worry about things you can't control right? Unfortunately it does mean something else; I'm Out Of Touch. You can be fourteen and OOT (I did ask one 14yo, he didn't know what it was for either.) Or like me, you can be in your mid-to-very (very) late 20's (ahem) and find; your finger isn't only no longer on the pulse, its no where near it any more. Where before you instinctively knew what an object was for because you existed on the same plane of existence, you find you've moved on to a different plane, its not that you don't know what an object is (in this case, its a hole in a pocket,) its that the purpose of it or what might employ it; is a mystery.
I think if given enough time, I would have figured out what the mystery hole was for, I first didn't think about it at all (its just a snow boarding jacket, for all that snow boarding I do,) when I did think about it, I thought it might be for a pen, after that? I thought no more of it because its just an inside pocket and contrary to what people who know me say, I have other important things to consider; like what wine I'll be drinking that night.
So I'm officially OOT, I'm a fuddy duddy, an oldie, a crustie, a bufty. I am no longer en vogue, avant garde or a la mode.
The thing is; are you? Can you honestly say you'd know what the hole is for? (Don't all rush at once, Blogger servers have crashed once before under the volume of comments this blog receives...)
Bonus points if you know what the smaller pocket on the actual pocket is for too, because as you know, having a pocket on a pocket is de rigueur these days isn't it?


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Emphasis on People and Data in the Smart City ConversationWednesday, November 27th, 2019
Richard Leadbeater, State Government Industry Manager for Esri spoke with GISCafe Voice recently about Esri's approach to smart cities and takeaways from the Smart Cities DC conference held in October. Leadbeater oversees all the state government stories and the area of smart space such as redistricting and elections.
WingtraOne and Septentrio GNSS Receivers Team Up to Provide 3D Positioning Accuracy for Avalanche PreventionThursday, November 7th, 2019
Avalanches can be extremely dangerous especially for off-piste skiers as well as for small towns situated below the slopes. As ski season comes upon us, it's a good idea to check the avalanche conditions of the ski slopes you plan on frequenting. There are over 1000 avalanches occurring every year in the Swiss Alps alone. Local communities put up steel fence barriers along the slopes to prevent avalanches from encroaching near their town. To build such snow barriers, steep rock faces and cliffs need to be surveyed with utmost precision.
Compact Trimble X7 3D Laser Scanner Provides Integrated Solution for GIS and Survey ApplicationsFriday, September 20th, 2019
Among numerous announcements made this week at Intergeo in Stuttgart, Germany, by Trimble, the new Trimble X7 3D Laser Scanning System was introduced, a scanning system that enables professionals with little or no scanning expertise to capture precise 3D scanning data to produce high-quality deliverables.
GISCafe Special Report Questionnaire: Drones for GIS MappingFriday, September 6th, 2019
The FAA estimates that there will be nearly half a million registered commercial use drones in the U.S. by 2022 (FAA 2018 – 2038 Aerospace Forecast).
Drones, or UAVs or UAS, are being used in the GIS industry for such purposes as military surveillance, real estate, searching for hurricane activity, search and rescue missions, public health and safety, agriculture and in construction and countless other industries. In some cases, drones can provide greater resolution than satellite imagery. Their size and affordability makes them a valuable choice for scientists, power companies, surveyors, military actions and civilians and many others. They are also environmentally friendly and provide a low-cost option for gathering valuable data that can then be fed into a GIS.
Since drones can autonomously collect a vast range of data they are appealing to many use cases. Besides, they are light-weight and high performance. Satellite imagery has provided remote sensing data for mapping, but can often display low fidelity or limited visibility from cloud cover. High precision and accuracy can be achieved with aerial imagery, with planes equipped with high tech remote sensors. Photogrammetry, which makes use of overlapping photos to identify exact measurements between objects, is a useful way of gathering accurate models.


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Shirepark Cocker Spaniels
The Shirepark Cocker Spaniel Story
Shirepark Secret Spell
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The Shirepark Story: how it all began
Just a few months after I started showing my first English Cocker Spaniel 'Dax' in 2007 I met Debbie and Ken Grice of the respected Kyna Kennels. They gave me a great start in the show world providing me with valuable lessons on all aspects of showing the cocker spaniel.
They taught me how to groom to show standard and gave me opportunities to go over their lovely dogs; so learning about conformation, movement and cocker type from their wealth of knowledge and experience, which they shared so generously.
From here my Shirepark family began, originating from Kyna lines.


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An evaluation of GITS Web Hosting
We, at whattheflip.com.au, have selected 'GITS Web Hosting' to be our present domain name and web hosting distributor. This is why we anticipate that this concise review of 'GITS Web Hosting' is perhaps going to be quite useful for other folks from all around the Globe who seek domain name and web hosting services. We say individuals from all around the World, since the simple fact is that 'GITS Web Hosting' currently provides domain and hosting services in several server farm facility sites: in North America (Chicago, IL), in England (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thus, encompassing practically the entire planet. At least from the point of view of the World Wide Web. So, here is what you could expect from 'GITS Web Hosting' in brief:
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The initial detail we, at whattheflip.com.au, have perceived is the modest prices of the shared web hosting plans offered by 'GITS Web Hosting'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the web space hosting plans furnished by 'GITS Web Hosting' are driven by a custom developed, ultramodern cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, such as email, databases, website hosting CP, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being tackled by an independent host of web servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting supplier on the Globe will have immense difficulties with, since cPanel is a one single server based web space hosting environment (each hosting service, like email, databases, web hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being served by one and the same server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based web site hosting providers are unable to include additional functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they must devise their own file platform), which is the basis of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared hosting accounts, which are powered by a real clustered web space hosting platform. With a shared package, each client pays just for his/her package, thus maintaining the price really low (because numerous users are hosted on one and the same web hosting server). In short, a shared hosting account, which is hosted on a clustered web site hosting solution, permits you to pay solely for the resources that you really demand, escaping a situation where you pay for a high-end website hosting plan that you cannot really use, or for a tiny website hosting plan that cannot handle your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with only 2 mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to kick off with a tiny plan and upgrade as your online presence expands. So, you spare capital that you can spend on advertising the web site while it is still brand new. Each site hosting package offered by 'GITS Web Hosting' arrives with an online website builder and more than forty popular script-driven software platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you hundreds of dollars for website design services. 'GITS Web Hosting' offers shared web hosting accounts in a number of different regions across the Globe. There is one datacenter in Chicago covering the USA and Canada; 2 European server farms - in England and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. Hence, virtually the whole planet is encompassed to present you and your site's visitors with a steady and fast hosting service at a nearby location. As a whole, the shared hosting accounts provided 'GITS Web Hosting' are quite well stocked and come at a very good price (beginning from A$5.00 for the Starter package).
Semi-dedicated Web Hosting Servers
To users with little to no practice, a VPS may appear difficult to manage. That's perhaps why 'GITS Web Hosting' also hosts semi-dedicated servers in its main US datacenter facility in Chicago. Handling these plans is comparable to handling a normal shared site hosting account through a web hosting CP interface. They have all the features of a shared site hosting account such as a free-of-charge web site builder and a script installation tool, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated server web hosting package is many times bigger than that of a shared web site hosting account. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be used is nearly 5 times as much as compared with the shared web hosting plans. When contrasted with a shared website hosting account, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain name allowance is a norm too. The semi-dedicated plans do not ship with complete root-level access (we, at whattheflip.com.au, deem this a little inconvenience), but the benefit is that they are administered via the same web hosting CP GUI as the shared site hosting packages. This suggests that a recognizable graphical user interface is offered to all customers who do not have enough self-condifence to manage a virtual hosting server, yet demand more power and reserves than a virtual private web server can give them. This is so owing to the fact that the semi-dedicated servers share the resources of the same powerful top-class hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the VPS web server plans, still, the number of the semi-dedicated web servers is very small (somewhere between twenty to 30 per server), while the virtual hosting servers can reach a much higher number (eighty to 120 per physical server). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'GITS Web Hosting' can be labeled as being very inexpensive (as far as price is concerned), beginning from A$28.67 for the Semi Dedicated 1 plan.
Dedicated Hosting Servers
According to whattheflip.com.au, large web pages such as social networks, community and corporate portals or famous online shops with thousands of customers demand a much more powerful hosting platform. It seems that the blokes from 'GITS Web Hosting' have come to the same conclusion too. To satisfy its customers' expectations, 'GITS Web Hosting' offers a number of dedicated web servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That evaluation stands on the hardware specs the dedicated hosting servers come with: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, two thousand GB of data storage and Gigabit NICs will beyond doubt ensure the quick and stable work of any type of web site. According to 'GITS Web Hosting', the original hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-demanding web sites. We, from whattheflip.com.au, think that all dedicated server specifications supplied by 'GITS Web Hosting' are also appropriate for commencing a hosting reseller business as every web hosting server offers free-of-cost invoice transaction software and a cost-free domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated servers delivered by 'GITS Web Hosting' are all unmanaged. We, at whattheflip.com.au, consider this a minor minus, which can be corrected by paying a monthly fee which amounts to A$49.89 AUD. So, if you are in need of aid, the Managed Services upgrade provides an assortment of extra services such as a regular backup, software installation, dedicated web hosting server surveillance and troubleshooting procedures. A selection of site hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are offered with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (whattheflip.com.au's) prognosis is that the remarkable point and click File Manager available in the Hepsia web page hosting CP will perhaps make the utilization of any File Transfer Protocol client futile. Our (whattheflip.com.au's) inference is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'GITS Web Hosting' don't appear to be very modestly priced (still the Hepsia web site hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain allowance will no doubt make you smile), starting from A$99.07 for the Atom 1 plan.


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We saw Santa at Park Plaza mall tonight. Ruby and Trip were both happy to sit in his lap even though Trip was just wanting to get it over with so we could go eat. Ruby told him that she wanted MORE Barbies. Yippee!
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Candy Land
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Gingerbread Houses
Monday, December 8, 2008
Holiday Lights 2008
Saturday night we bundled the kids up in their Christmas pajamas and went to see the holiday lights at Burns Park and Sherwood. Ruby pointed out the several "tivities (nativities)" and surprised us when she also spotted "Bethlehem." Trip who is talking nonstop these days was pointing out everything and loved the "choo choo train." He also constantly tells us that "it's dark out there." If you haven't been to see lights yet, I recommend Sherwood over NLR. It's free, a better display, and you get free full-size candy canes! But, $5 a car at Burns Park isn't bad for some easy kid-friendly entertainment either.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Elf on the Shelf
Sunday night, we introduced the kids to our new book "Elf on the Shelf." If your not familiar with this book, in a nutshell, the elf is Santa's helper who reports back to Santa every night how the children are behaving. Every night the elf flies away to the North Pole to see Santa and reappears the next morning in a new place in the house. Each family names their elf and Ruby decided on the classic name "Dwayne" for our elf. When I finished reading the book, Ruby gave Rex and I a look that said, "Yeah, right." I don't think little smarty pants is buying it but we're going to milk it as long as possible. =)
Thanx 2008
We went to Heber Springs on Thursday and had Thanksgiving with Rex's family. 1st we went to Memaw Decker's (Rex's mom's mom) and Ruby had fun hanging out with her cousin, Waverlee, and Trip rocked out on RockBand. That night we headed to Mammaw Jessie's (Rex's Dad's mom) and soon after we got there Uncle Robert (Rex's Dad's brother) showed up with a deer and the men just had to include Trip in on the celebratory action. I tried to edit out the bloody deer carcass. Thank you, Rexy, for not hunting anymore!! Ick!!
Scarecrow Outfits
A couple of weeks ago we met the Days at the Museum of Discovery for a play date. Ruby and Trip wore the matching scarecrow outfits that belonged to me and Jeremy. I tried several times to get a good photo of them together but just getting them in the same frame was a challenge. Thanks for the outfits YaYa!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Halloween 2008
These pics loaded in an odd order so I'll do my best to explain each photo. MOPS had a hayride for the kids the week before Halloween and had a fall scene set up for taking pictures (last pic). Of course, Trip was just interested in playing with the little "bopkins" as he calls them. Fortunately, YaYa got some great pics of them at her house in their matching outfits that she made for Jer and I in probably 1982........Thursday night we went to a Halloween carnival with the Brzezinski's at the Maumelle Community Center. Ruby wore her Jasmine costume and we had planned for Trip to wear his Elmo costume. Trip apparantly now has a major aversion for costumes. He refused to wear Elmo or his knight dress-up outfit. Finally we dressed him in his baseball jersey and hat. Thanks for the Halloween costume Ms. Sandra!! =) Halloween day I took the kids to Chik-fil-A for lunch and to Toy Up to browse toys for Christmas. Ruby wore Belle and Trip his football jersey. Doesn't he look like such a big boy? ......... Halloween night we headed to Trunk-or Treat at Crosswalk where Ruby wore Jasmine, Trip a baseball player, and I at the very last minute decided to go as Sarah Palin which was a big hit. I squeezed into one of my old suits, donned my glasses, a swept back and teased up hairdo, and an American flag sticker that I found in my craft cabinet. It was a fun Halloween. If only I could just toss all this candy without Ruby noticing. =)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Frohawk
Ok, this picture does not do it justice. It was actually really cute but this picture just makes Trip look like he stuck his finger in a socket. I thought I'd experiment with his hair this morning and spiked it up with some gel. His MOPS teacher, Ms. Karen, appropriately called it a frohawk. He knew he was lookin' like such a little stud and gave big grins to everyone when we walked into MOPS today.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Schaefer Pumpkin Patch
Today we went to the Schaefer Pumpkin Patch in Mayflower for Morgan's 6th birthday party. We had a busy morning of taking family photos so the kids were already getting pretty tired by the time we got out to Mayflower around noon. We rode a hayride out to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins and Trip had no interest in picking a pumpkin. He HAD to get up on the giant tractor and the kind driver (who, by the way, looked just like Dale Earnhardt) was happy to oblige. Then we enjoyed lunch and birthday cake and let the kids ride the "train." Ruby had a full blown fit when she didn't get to ride in the 1st cart but had perked up by the time it was over. Trip, of course, loved every minute of it and was upset when it was over. We apparently were all worn out from the day because we all 4 went home and took a nearly 4 hour nap! ........... and, yes, I am getting as much wear as possible from their matching Halloween t's.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Giddy Up!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Gumball Machine
At a garage sale on Friday I found one of my best garage sale finds ever- this little gumball machine for $2! This thing is the creme de la creme of bribery tools for a parent of a 3 year old. I filled it with Skittles (since Trip isn't quite ready for gumballs) and let the bribing begin!! I told Ruby she could have a penny if she would stay in her room and be quiet during Trip's naptime. Wahoo, it worked! She was so excited to put her money into the machine and retrieve her 6 Skittles. So cute!!.............. now I just have to figure out how to keep Rex out of it.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Ruby writes her name
Yesterday afternoon I was in the kitchen busily prepping 30 baked potatoes for our church small group and in comes Ruby saying, "Mommy, Mommy, I wrote my name!" My 1st thoughts were, "Oh no, where?" and then, "She doesn't know how to do that" but then clear as day on her medium of choice, the MagnaDoodle, I see this. Later on she gets some help from Daddy on proper letter formation and does this. Way to go, Ruby! We're soooo proud of you!.............. I have to admit that I was pretty impressed that she self-taught herself how to write her name. Could the Harvard t-shirt be foreshadowing her future? Hee Hee........................By the way, she has a skeeter bite on her chin that she's been picking at.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ms. Sandra's new pad!
We are so excited that Ms. Sandra will soon be moving to a new apartment! Sorry that for some reason the vertical pics uploaded horizontally. The emergency pull cords will light up that yellow light outside of the apartment. The front patio is large enough for a small table and chairs and she can do whatever she wants with her flower bed. Also, there is transportation provided to the grocery store, library, dr.'s appts, and to the senior citizen center. Yea, Ms. Sandra!! We are so happy for you! Congratulations!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Ruby Goes to the Dentist
Ruby went to the dentist for the 1st time yesterday and she was such a big girl!! She sat still to get her X-rays taken and to get her teeth cleaned and, best of all, no cavities! Afterwards she picked out the purple bug antennas from the treasure chest. As we were leaving Ruby said to me, "I had fun, mom. When do I get to come back?" Way to go, Ruby!!!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Memphis Zoo
Here are some pics from our trip to the zoo while we were in Memphis. Thanks for a fun day YaYa!! (click on picture for larger view)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
My buddy, James!!
Here is what I believe is James's Reeves blog debut and I'm sure this will be the first of many. James and Trip are 3 weeks apart and are becoming the best of buds. They decided to take a rest on the rug after small group tonight and then when they realized I was taking their picture, stood up and posed. so precious!!