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About Debbie Hanna
Debbie Hanna
Debbie Hanna, REALTOR, is a native of Arkansas and earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Louisiana State University. She spent 14 years in Los Angeles, where she was the West Coast Field Sales Manager for Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corp (Warner Music Group) and subsequently, advertising account executive with the Los Angeles Daily News. Debbie moved back to Baton Rouge in 2007 & started her Real Estate career with the Pat Wattam Team. An avid tennis player, she also enjoys music & various sports - especially LSU baseball! Her husband, Jim, also an LSU Graduate, is Director of Operations with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Their son, Blake, is Director of Communications for Lousiana Realtors and is also a free-lance trumpet player.
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Debbie was selected by her fellow peers at the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for 2019-2020 & 2015-2017, and was also named the "2015 Most Cooperative Realtor". She is a past member of the Louisiana Realtors Board of Directors for 2017-2018 and was a 2015 graduate of the Louisiana Realtors Leadership Program. Debbie is also a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), the highest credential awarded to residential sales agents, managers, and brokers. She is also involved with several local & state committees within the industry.
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Imagine coming home from work only to find a major plumbing problem, or worse, experience the issue while entertaining your guests and family? Such an emergency is never convenient. It is, therefore, advisable that whenever you suspect that your sewer is clogged, you should immediately contact a technician.
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Tree roots and shrubs are one of the main things that clog a sewer lines. How is that possible? Well, a sewer line will usually run underneath your yard. The root systems of your plants can grow deep, especially during wet winters, and can reach the sewer line and penetrate it in search of moisture and nutrients. Once they penetrate the line, they will trap hair, grease, and any other waste. With time, the roots will trap more blocking the sewer line, and the drains will begin to backup.
When roots and shrubs are the cause of the clog, liquid drain cleaners and plungers will not help. If the issue is left unfixed, the roots will keep growing and will eventually break the line and cause it to collapse. That means you will have to repair the sewer line and this will be costly and time-consuming. However, if a proper diagnosis is done early, the whole problem can be avoided. At Coast Plumbing Solutions, we have experts who have proper ways of dealing with stubborn roots and shrubs.
Grease in another main cause of sewer issues. The continued flow of grease down the drain will eventually cause it to build up inside the line and start trapping particles such as hair. Over time, a clog will form, and your drain will begin to backup. Chemical agents will have little or no impact on grease. If the clog formed deep inside the sewer, you will not be able to access it.
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Metal pipes are sometimes used to avoid the issue of roots penetrating through the sewer line. However, metal pipes corrode and become weaker over time. Eventually, the sewer line will not be able to withstand pressure and may crack, form holes or collapse.
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The Flash to Pass option is active only when the headlight switch is in the off position. The high beams stay on for as long as the momentary ground switch is held to ground. When the headlight switch is on, the Flash to Pass is simply the normal activation of the high beam circuit. The module can be attached to other modules with the supplied locking wedge or as a stand-alone module with the included mounting bracket. The Headlight Low/High Beam Control Module is available for $89.00 under part number 510196. For more information call 800-482-WIRE or visit www.americanautowire.com.


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Using the data-collection technology acquired as a 2014 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award recipient, I have been able to make hands-on learning an ingrained part of my physics and chemistry classes. The use of the technology helps my students transform ambiguous concepts into tangible ideas, supports guided inquiry, and works masterfully for my visual and kinesthetic learners.
Through the award, I have incorporated various sensors, LabQuest interfaces, and the Graphical Analysis™ and Video Physics apps into my instruction. The technology has also been used during my high school's "Creating Leaders in STEM" program, which provides innovative opportunities for AP Physics and AP Environmental Science students to prepare for their AP tests while helping younger students engage in STEM education.
As part of this program, I first introduce key force concepts to my students during an interactive demonstration using the Vernier Force Plate. Then, my high school AP Physics students conduct inquiry-based investigations involving force in order to introduce 6th grade students at DeSoto Central High's feeder school to Newton's Three Laws of Motion. My students assist the groups of younger students as they participate in an engineering design challenge, which involves building and launching a water-propelled rocket
As part of the rocket project, my students identify a problem; brainstorm, design, and build a rocket to solve that problem; test and evaluate their design; redesign their rocket as necessary; and share their final project with the class. Then, my students visit the middle school and actively participate in teaching the science behind the water rocket, as well as mentor the 6th grade students as they create their own design notebook and build their own rocket. On the second day of the visit, my students work constructively with their middle school groups as the students launch their rockets. During the project, students use the Vernier sensors and apps to collect data to describe the mechanics of their rocket—from Newton's 3rd Law to the Impulse-Momentum Theorem to the idea of Conservation of Mechanical Energy.
As a result of the program, my high school students have strengthened their conceptual understanding of physics while helping to spark an interest in STEM education for the younger students. The program has created a really enriching experience for all involved.
In addition to the rocket project, my students use Vernier technology during numerous other hands-on investigations, including a "Graph Matching" lab that utilizes the Vernier Motion Detector to introduce them to motion graphs. I am also continuing to explore new ways to use Vernier technology, particularly the force plates and LabQuest interfaces, to engage middle school students in hands-on experiences that delve deeper into Newton's third law, as well as other scientific principles.
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Christopher J. Ferguson, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut, became the Director of Crew and Mission Operations in Boeing's Space Exploration division in December 2011. He is responsible for operations, training and support systems for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) spacecraft. The CST-100 Starliner will serve the crew transportation role formerly fulfilled by the Space Shuttle. Ferguson, a NASA astronaut for 13 years, is veteran of three space shuttle missions. Prior to his service as an astronaut, he was an F-14 Tomcat pilot and test pilot who served aboard the USS Forrestal and USS Nimitz
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Members of Congress questioned Special Operations Command leaders today about reported equipment shortages in some elite units that extend as far as not having enough individual weapons to go around.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-California, raised the issue with U.S. SOCOM Commander Gen. Joseph L. Votel at a March 1, hearing for the House Armed Service Committee's subcommittee on Emerging threats and Capabilities.
"I have had multiple SEALS, multiple times come to me in the last six months come to me in San Diego and tell me how things have changed dramatically from five or six years ago meaning they don't get weapons to work up with for two years," Hunter said.
"They get their weapon when a guy comes back and hands over the weapon; then they have to recalibrate it, put on all their optics, all their laser stuff for themselves and then they have to turn that weapon back in again even if they are still in work ups and are going to deploy nine months later. They still have to give the weapon up to the next guy going out. It wasn't like that in the 2001 to 2010 time frame."
Hunter asked Votel if we was aware of the problem, adding that "I would say the operators get tons of stuff, but the most important thing is their weapon that is what you kill people with and things have changed."
Votel told Hunter that he was "aware of your recent correspondence with Naval Special Warfare Command over this particular issue. I would just add that ... these guys put a lot of rounds through their weapons.
"What we do try to do is ensure that with that many rounds going through our weapons that they have the right level of depot maintenance on them when they come back from deployments or long training periods."
Hunter responded by saying "this is not a factor of too many rounds going through the weapon. That is not the problem."
The issue at the hearing surfaced on the heels Feb. 26 Stars and Stripes story that details similar equipment shortages in SOF units.
Elite troops such as the SEALs are more and more forced to dip into their own pockets to purchase basic military gear such as helmets, global positioning devices and medical supplies. House lawmakers have taken notice and said they will request an explanation from Defense Secretary Ash Carter.
Votel attempted to reassure lawmakers that he would look into the issue.
"Congressman I look forward to talking with Navel Special Warfare Command on this specific issue and making sure that we understand it and if there is something that we are contributing to that is impacting readiness of our operators, we will certainly take action to rectify that," he said.
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One of my favourite weekends of 2015 was spent at a small, volunteer-run music festival on a patch of land just north of Sharbot Lake, Ontario.
A friend from childhood that I had reconnected with a few years back (with much nudging from our respective mothers — good job, ladies!) invited me, and the experience could not have come at a better moment.
Leading up to the festival I had been waiting to hear back about a job that I was sure was all but mine, only to get a call on our way out of city letting me know that they had decided not to staff the position.
I was heart broken.
And slightly panicked.
I knew the job I was in at the time was no longer the right place for me.
The job I was certain I was perfect for had decided they didn't want me.
What next?
A weekend of camping, art and wellness workshops, limit pushing jumps from highway bridges towering 10 (maybe even 15?) meters above rivers of unknown depths — not to mention some fantastic music — was the exact right context for this music-loving, nature grrl to process this cross roads.
The kind of place where I could dive so deeply into being just so completely me, that any worry around what was to follow seemed pointless. I am living my truth, I reflected. I am ready to embrace uncertainty.
Not to mention that it was, quite plainly, a damn fun weekend.
Especially the last night . . .
It had been pouring rain off and on all evening.
Somewhere between the first and second performer, I found myself in line for pizza at the cook house.
As we inched slowly towards the warm cheesy goodness, I passed time by chatting with the folks around me. Huddled in our rain coats, hungry, and highly attuned to how quickly the pizza supply seemed to be shrinking as those ahead of us walked away with 2, 3 and 4 slices per person, we entertained ourselves with the usual line chatter of how much longer the wait would be, and whether we should offer to pay premium to one of the lucky ones already in possession of their piece of the pie.
One guy in my impromptu line posse stood out in particular. At the risk of sounding ridiculous to those less into good conversation as a sign of chemistry . . . he gave good banter. A small business owner from Ottawa, he had the right mix of authenticity and sarcasm to make me listen and laugh at the same time.
Later, as we walked back towards the stage, shaking our heads over the misfortune of having ended up next in line as they sold the last slice, he asked me where I was sitting. The left side, close to the stage, I replied. You? He was hanging with some friends on the right.
Well, maybe I'll see you out there dancing, I said, knowing full well the prospect of bumping into each other once darkness decended was small.
Later, after the rain had again started falling, and my friend and I were in that zone you get into when you're at a music festival and you're already so wet that you don't care about getting more wet and so you just dance, estatically, in puddles, he was suddenly next to me.
We kept chatting. We danced. He shared his zambuca with me. Later, when we kissed, his lips tasted like black licorice.
Seven months later, I can't really recall this man's name. What I can recall is the feeling this encounter gave me. That slow smile of recognition between two people who just . . . connect. Who can talk through a twenty minute line up without getting stuck on the weather, or whether or not we had any friends in common given I once lived in the same city as him.
This is not a missed connections post.
I do not think licorice lips is my one true love, and I am not asking your help to find him.
What this is, is a wish list.
A month from now I'm turning 36. And while I don't normally ask for much for my birthday (gifts aren't really one of my love languages), this year I've decided to put out a request to the universe.
Lately I've noticed that when I do this, when I set an intention and put it out into the universe, more often than not I get back an answer. Maybe not exactly the result I was trying to manifest, but often pretty damn close, or even better.
Like the new job I started last November. It doesn't match exactly what I put out into the universe (i.e. my network) as what I was seeking after I exited the job that was not longer right for me about a month after the festival, but it definitely feels like the right place for me right now.
So, goddess universe, here is my current aspiration.
It's been a few too many months since I've had any seriously good banter in my life. The kind of conversation that makes you want to keep talking while at the same time thinking about other things you could be doing with your lips.
If I could get a little of that somewhere in and around my B-day, well, that'd make for some pretty sweet icing on the cake that is my life right now.


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Horses are big, strong and potentially dangerous animals and even if they normally are perfectly behaved in a mild, simple bit when jumping, when tackling a faster cross-country course, the rider must be able to ride safely.
When in doubt, it is wise to err on the side of a stronger bit during cross-country (within one's capability or realm of experience, of course) to ensure the rider stays confident and in control; but this should always go hand-in-hand with correct leg and seat aids, and when using a stronger bit, the rider should be conscious of being lighter with their hands where possible. If riders don't have a suitable bit to get the horse's attention, it could end up being counter-productive in the horse's training. This is because if the horse is under-bitted for the discipline it is undertaking, in this instance cross country, the horse pulls too much and the rider doesn't use enough leg, which creates a safety concern when jumping.
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So Far Cry 5 has just come out and it marks the sixth entry into the series if you're willing to count Primal, and seven depending on how you feel about Blood Dragon. So far, the franchise has slowly, over time, honed in onto a simple winning formula which is pretty much Ubisoft's schtick at the moment. Reviews are flooding in and confirming what most of us already suspected about the just released open world shooter – it's good, more of the same, but still pretty good. Which was pretty much what people said about Far Cry Primal and Far Cry 4 and almost all the Assassin Creed games that released after Black Flag.
Nothing unusual so far.
But let's go way way way back and actually hone in on a part of Far Cry's history that is genuinely pretty interesting, and easy to forget about nowadays.
To this day it remains common for developers and publishers to split. A lot of the time you get the pretty uncomfortable scenario where someone spends years creating something only for them to then break away from their publisher due to legal troubles and end up leaving their intellectual property behind. Some corporate bigwig will then usually find a way to wring some last bit of cash out of their ownership and a lot of the time it ends up being bad. The makers of Call of Duty left to found Titanfall. Valve only just managed to save Half Life from Vivendi and Sierra. Prey recently had a sequel that didn't have a God damned thing to do with the original game. And Dying Light is pretty obviously a sequel to Dead Island in all but name.
Overall, copyright and IP ownership is complex, although a lot of the time it comes down to this: if a developer wants their freedom, they'll usually have to give up the very franchise that made them successful.
After Far Cry that's just what happened to Crytek. It's rare to hear these guys mentioned in the same breath as Far Cry now but they were the original creators of the franchise. They birthed it into this world with the seriously weird Far Cry which had stealth, violence, beautiful tropical environments and very-out-of-place mutants. Also, the game had the difficulty curve of a 1000m free fall, but that's a conversation for another time. What matters is that we remember way back, and how things looked for just a moment.
Crytek didn't want to work with Ubisoft so they begrudgingly handed over their franchise to their former overlords. Years later they emerged with Crysis. The hardware chewing graphical powerhouse that was, at its core, a sequel to the original Far Cry. It took a key ingredient of Far Cry which was the "action bubble" and increased the bubble size while offering you more toys and more mechanics to use in that sphere of destruction. Essentially, it was a linear game with levels big enough for some moderate free roaming. Add to that the ridiculous fusion of a gritty militaristic stealth shooter that suddenly turns into sci-fi B-movie cheesefest half way through and it's easy to see how, side by side, Crysis and Far Cry were basically blood-brothers.
Meanwhile Ubisoft took the Far Cry name and stripped it of everything that was quintessentially Far Cry for the sequel. Only two key ingredients remained: exotic locale and player freedom. If you loved Far Cry 1 and played its sequel without any knowledge of what had happened, you'd have been pretty damned confused. The engine, gameplay, plot, themes and more had all been changed. The only thing Far Cry 2 shared with Far Cry 1 was a hot setting, sniping and stealth.
And while Crytek had taken the action bubble and tried to iterate on it with clever new designs Ubisoft had completely abandoned that angle and just turned Far Cry 2 into a sandbox with guns.
They got it dead-right, weirdly enough.
Normally, what we're used to is the original developer going on to great success while the publisher-funded franchise zombie dies in ignominy. Just ask EA about Mass Effect, Command and Conquer, Dungeon Keeper and pretty much every other intellectual property they've buried through incompetence. Why? We're told it's because the guys in the suits don't *get* the creative process, and that they just want to use a mass conveyor belt to churn out a by-the-numbers product.
So why is Far Cry the juggernaut while Crytek have suffered setback after setback?
Now, don't get me wrong, I loved Crysis, and I actually enjoyed Crysis 2 and *whispers* I even played Crysis 3 start to finish and thought it was a good game. But where did Crytek go wrong? They've recently had to cancel projects, cut staff, and they've been surrounded by rumours of financial meltdown for quite a while. I hope to God they do well because I enjoy their games and I think they deserve a place in the industry, but it was only a few years back there were claims that they had failed to pay their staff on time. That's a pretty dire situation for any company to be in.
Well, the obvious answer is Far Cry had Ubisoft behind it, but I'd like to consider what Crytek did wrong. I think there's a lesson in there. And I think at the heart of Crytek's mistakes was this:
The action bubble.
It was an awkward idea. When Far Cry came out open world games existed but there hadn't been a bridge built between immersive graphical FPSes and third-person sandbox games. Now being open world isn't even a genre, not really, it's just a way to describe how the game gets you from mission to mission most of the time. But Far Cry tried to bridge massive open environments with demanding graphics so it made sense for it to carve out a middle ground where you balanced player freedom against excessive processing demands.
But by the time Far Cry 2 and Crysis were arriving that limitation no longer made sense. Why have a place in-between the corridor shooter and the sandbox when you could just hop into the sandbox?
Far Cry 2 made the logical leap. It burst the bubble and gave you a big space to explore. Crysis meanwhile knuckled down on the worst parts of Far Cry – the stupid tonal clash between intense stealth gameplay and a B-movie plot, and the action bubble. Everyone went mad over the damn mutants in Far Cry so why did they think aliens would fix the problem?
In contrast Ubisoft's competing product actually honed down on what Far Cry 1 great. Intense gun battles, stealth, and sh*t loads of player freedom.
When Crysis 2 and Far Cry 3 came around the division between these two franchises became colossal. Crysis 2, for some inexplicable reason, made some really poor design choices. It was a graphical downgrade from its predecessor, it was even more linear, and it ditched the tropical paradise for quite possibly the most overused game-setting in history. Crytek have since admitted this was a mistake and they tried to reverse some of these issues for Crysis 3 but it wasn't enough to fix the lost momentum.
And then by the time Crysis 3 came out I found myself asking,
"Why is this franchise still not open world?"
Well now Far Cry 5 is coming out and dominating headlines. Meanwhile Crytek's latest game Hunt: Showdown is having some uncomfortably lukewarm reviews.
It's easy to forget that over ten years ago, with Crysis and Far Cry 2 having just been announced, this outcome would not have been the one most predicted. All too often we are told a story of the creative artist being beaten and limited by his corporate overseers. But if anything what we see here is an example of the artist being a little too precious with their own product, and not being willing to face up to the shortcomings of their design choices in previous instalments. The sad part of this story is that Crysis 2's failings demonstrate some attempt to change direction and regain lost momentum. It's just it moved in the wrong direction; the equivalent of throwing gasoline on a fire to put it out. Crytek made the game more linear, and my making it a graphical downgrade they took away Crysis' greatest asset which was its GPU murdering reputation.
In some ways Crysis is a lesson to creatives in every industry:
You don't always know what's best. And if you aren't in tune with why your popular product is popular, then you are far more likely to f*ck it all up than you are to keep on being successful.


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Strawberry, Mango and Avocado Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
In addition to my recently mentioned strawberry obsession, this year I'm crushing hard on mangoes and avocados as well.
It's taken me a few years to figure out that I don't really care for the standard reddish green mangoes you usually find in the grocery store. (It's also taken me until just now to find out that when spelling the plural of mango, both 'mangos' and 'mangoes' is correct.) For a while I thought I was just cursed with picking unripe mangoes, resulting in fruit that tasted fibrous and not sweet enough. Turns out that's just how the reddish-green variety of mangoes tastes, even when ripe. Not my favorite.
Give me some sweet, buttery champagne mangoes though and I'll happily scarf down 6 in one week. Who knew?
Avocados and I have had a rough past too. I used to think I didn't like them at all. They were weirdly slimy and I hated guacamole (the only way I'd ever eaten avocados). Turns out I was mistaken in this case too. It wasn't the avocado I hated in guacamole, it was the cilantro.
That's right, I'm a cilantro hater. I wish I liked cilantro but it just tastes like soap to me. The good news is that I do like avocados, especially in salads.
A few weeks ago I threw together this salad to include all of my current produce obsessions. The first time I ate it, it was so good I bragged about it on Twitter… but I dumbly didn't write the recipe down. So I recreated that wonderful salad for you, so that you may have a lunch worth bragging about.
I love the sweetness of the strawberries and mangoes, and the avocado is so creamy it practically melts into the salad. Even though the dressing is honey balsamic, it's not too sweet and it maintains a good tang that balances the fruits well. I like to add grilled chicken for protein. I normally add chopped pecans as well, but I'm currently out of them. That's OK though – it's still a great salad without them. This salad is flexible enough to stand up to all sorts of variations. All week I've been eating a version with roasted shrimp instead of chicken. YUM.
This salad is a combination of my favorite flavors of the season this year. I hope you enjoy it too!
Strawberry, Mango and Avocado Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
Serves 2 as an entree salad with 1/4 cup of dressing
My favorite mangos are the small yellow Ataulfo mangos, sometimes called champagne mangoes. They're sweet, creamy, not at all fibrous and have a small pit. Their peak availability is during the Spring and Summer months so get them while they last! You can substitute regular lime juice if key lime is not available.
Vinaigrette Ingredients
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Key Lime juice
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
Salad Ingredients
4 cups greens, chopped (I use Romaine and Spinach)
8 strawberries, hulled and quartered
1 small avocado
1 small champagne mango
1/4 cup pecan halves, chopped (optional)
1 grilled chicken breast, sliced (optional)
Combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients in a 2-cup measuring cup or small, deep bowl. Blend with immersion blender until emulsified. (Check to make sure the honey doesn't stick to the bottom!)
Alternately: Combine all ingredients except olive oil in a small bowl. Whisk to combine, then slowly pour in olive oil while whisking briskly until emulsified.
Divide greens among two bowls. Add strawberries. Cut avocado in half. Dice each half with a paring knife and scoop out avocado, using one half for each salad. (Video: How to dice avocado) Repeat with mango, dicing half for each salad. (Video: How to cut a mango. I like to dice and scoop mine out just like the avocados.) Add chopped pecans and sliced chicken, if desired. Drizzle with vinaigrette and serve immediately.
Leftover dressing can be stored in the fridge for a week or so. Salad can be prepared (undressed) ahead and stored tightly covered in the fridge for up to 6 hours. (I find the avocado doesn't brown in that period of time.) Add dressing just before serving.
May 31, 2012 9:38 pm
I love the photos, and I love mangoes and avocadoes and pecans :) I don't like guacamole either, though, so maybe I don't like cilantro! Your photos are gorgeous… so light and airy and summery!
May 31, 2012 10:05 pm
Wonderful photos Theresa, you certainly have a knack with capturing images full of light but still maintaining vivid colours. Can ask what camera you use?
The salad combo sounds lovely as well and reminds me of a salad I recently had with fresh raspberries and avocado with a balsamic dressing. Lovely!
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Jack and Carlo need to come together, with the help of family and friends, for themselves and baby Bella.
Right after Jack Romano killed in man in the line of duty, he found out that his bemoaned first love's wife has died in childbirth and his ex-lover killed himself leaving the sickly newborn to Jack.
Carlo Del Monte has been chasing Jack for nine months and sees the baby--Isabella, Bella for short--as an opportunity to get Jack in his house as well as his bed, permanently.
The two of them set up housekeeping with the help of friends and Carlo's big Italian family then little Bella ends up in the intensive care since she lacks immunity to childhood diseases.
Can Jack and Carlo find their way in their new relationship? Partners, husbands, fathers? With the help of family and friends, the two will form a strong bond and an even stronger family.
Four Years Ago
"Beau, get your lazy ass out of bed. I have the afternoon off." Jack Romano went to the fridge and grabbed a beer and with a smile in his voice he continued, "Unless, of course, that's where you'd like us to spend our afternoon... Beau? Where are you? Beau?"
Jack walked back to the bedroom of his and Beau's apartment following the sound of voices. Figuring it was one of the soccer team, Jack walked through the door and glanced around looking for his man. He found him. Beau was fucking Meredith Simmons in their bed.
"I'm sorry that you had to find out like this, Jack. I've been trying to tell you, but..." Beau got out of bed and started to dress.
"Tell me what? What is this?" Jack's voice broke. "This is a mistake. You're gay. We've been together since high school."
"Meredith, get dressed. We'll be in the living room. Finish your beer, Jack."
"No, I don't want to fucking finish my beer. I want to know what's going on."
"It's pretty straight forward, I'm in love with Meredith and I'm going to marry her."
"Honey, I'm leaving so you can get this mess straightened out. Don't let him corrupt you again." Meredith let herself out, the door closing quietly behind her.
"How long?" Jack asked needing to know.
"Six months, maybe more."
"But we made love yesterday."
"We fucked yesterday. Let's get down to business. Meredith and I would like this apartment so we'd appreciate it if you found somewhere else to live."
"No fucking way...it's my name on the lease, and you're the one who's leaving."
"You'll be sorry you're doing this. I was planning on seeing you on the side once Meredith and I are married. You know I love you but I can't get ahead at work being a fag, I need a wife."
"No, you're wrong. Gays are accepted everywhere. Please, we can work this out."
"We can't. I won't put my future in jeopardy."
"You're gay. You aren't going to change that."
"Actually, I'm bi." Beau came up to put his arms around Jack. "You love me. We'll talk about all of this when I get back."
Jack broke Beau's hold and with tears streaming down his cheeks said, "Get the hell out of my apartment. You can move out tomorrow. I'll sort out your things tonight."
"You can't do that."
"As I said, my name is on the lease. Get the fuck out. You're leaving me."
"Jack, be reasonable, we can be together when I come home from the honeymoon. We'll have to sneak around but--"
"Do you really think I'm capable of that? Helping you cheat? No, just no."
"You'll change your mind when I come home. I'll be back."
"Get the fuck out, get out of here, right now." Jack's voice broke again.
Beau slammed the door on his way out.
Jack sat down on the sofa that he and Beau picked out for the living room seven months ago, put his head in his hands and wept.
"Beau, Beau, how can I live without you? But I can't be with you as long as you're with her."
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Bobby and Keith's House
Thursday in June, Four Years Later
Eight in the Morning
Jack was distraught when he came back to Bobby's. Carlo was with him.
"They're not doing anything to you because you shot Billy are they?" Reggie asked obviously worried. Reggie and Mark were staying with Bobby because of the fire.
"No, but any officer-involved shooting requires a hearing. The captain already called it a good shoot. The rest of the procedure is all technicalities..." Jack still had storm clouds over his face.
He and Carlo sat down at the kitchen table and Marla poured them some coffee. Jack appeared dumbstruck.
He finally blurted out, "Meredith died in childbirth three days ago." Jack's voice broke. "She had a little girl. Beau killed himself yesterday and left custody of the infant to me in a new will he made after Meredith died. They tried to contact me yesterday, but I was busy with the Billy business. I have to go sign paperwork at Social Services if I accept custody. No one has been there for the baby for three days. Carlo's going with me to identify Beau at the morgue."
"Why do you have to identify him?" Bobby was incensed.
"There isn't anyone else." Jack's shoulders shook.
"I have to go see her at the hospital if I accept custody. There is no family. If I don't take her, she'll go into the foster system. I have to make up my mind right away."
"What?" Bobby screeched in anger.
"You heard me. Carlo came to my apartment when he heard about the shooting. He's going to help me with the legal mess. I'll take that security job with you, Keith, if the offer is still open. Now that I'm going to have a child, I need steady work that doesn't require me to place my life on the line."
"Of course the offer is still open." Bobby put his arm around Jack. "Are you okay?"
"I haven't had time to think about it. They're holding a note for me from Beau at his lawyer's office."
"Do you need any baby things? I have Kitty's things, although they're not the best quality," Jason offered.
"I have to get some stuff from their apartment. Meredith probably bought things for the baby. I'll need to purchase a house. My apartment has only one bedroom." Jack's face scrunched up in worry.
"Do you need money?" Reggie asked.
"I don't know Reg. I promise I'll let you know."
"The two bedroom across the street from us is for sale. It's small, but there is plenty of property if you want to expand later," Jason said. "Stella is going into Assisted Living."
"I might be interested. Carlo needs to look at Beau's finances. I'm going to visit her at the hospital now. They're keeping her for a while, she's underweight."
"How much underweight?" Bobby asked.
"She weighs only three pounds even though she was full term. Although she's finally breathing on her own and just started sucking the bottle, they told me she can't go home yet. Meredith wasn't eating much. She wanted to keep her figure," Jack said, the disgust plain on his face.
Bobby's jaw dropped. "What a bitch."
"Carlo's coming with me. The Billy mess is cleaned up, now I have one of my own."
Bobby reached out and touched Jack's arm. "You don't have to take her. An infant girl is greatly prized on the adoption market. She'd get a home quickly."
"I have to keep her. She's all I have left of Beau. I've got to go," Jack choked on a sob. He left with Carlo and the door closed behind them.
"Goddamn Beau, he's sabotaging Jack's relationships from the grave," Jason cursed.
"It's clear that he's not going to change his mind about keeping her. Carlo was doing more than a flyby here. I wonder how he feels about this." Keith poured more coffee.
"Not you, baby, you're on medication, remember, Greg said limit your caffeine," Reggie told Mark. "Have juice with Bobby. He's on meds too."
"We'll all have to help him do this. The little girl is an innocent, she can't help that her father was a lying, cheating, son of a bitch," Bobby said eyes moving from Jason to Reggie.
"It isn't like we haven't taken care of little girls before, we have Kitty-cat. As far as Carlo is concerned, he was interested. We'll find out how invested he is now. Let's see how this all plays out." Reggie moved to the sofa and sat down in a huff.
Bobby lifted his juice. "A toast to Billy's fortunate demise. As for Beau, may he rest in peace, if that's possible for a liar and a cheat whose only good deed was offing himself?"
"Here, here..." They men clinked their coffee cups and glasses.
"We'll know more about what Jack wants to do once he and Carlo take care of the legalities," Keith observed.
"I don't know about you, but to me it looked like Carlo was all in," Zach noted.
Jason's face was rife with speculation. "I believe you're right."
Chapter One
The Morgue
Thursday, Early June, Nine-thirty
The morgue was kept at a lower temperature than the rest of the hospital. Jack shivered. Carlo put his arm around Jack and pulled him closer for warmth. The technician opened the drawer. Jack looked down at the body. "Yes, that's Beau James Stewart." Jack turned away from Carlo seemingly to wipe his eyes.
The attendant closed the drawer and Jack and Carlo followed the technician to an anteroom.
"Do you want his personal effects?" the technician asked.
"Let me look at what you have, I'm sure you can discard most of it."
The technician brought out a plastic bag and dumped the contents on a steel table. On the table was change, a few crumpled bills, a wallet and a set of keys.
Carlo picked up the wallet. "Let me look through this, caro. You shouldn't have to do this."
Carlo opened the billfold and looked through the plastic sleeves. Driver's license, social security card, voter I.D., no credit cards but there was a well-worn, creased picture of Jack. It's not in my interest to show Jack this, nor is it in Jack's. Carlo slipped the driver's license out of the protective sleeve for the address, and put the picture back in the wallet. He looked in the money compartment and found a wad of bills totaling five thousand dollars and a hand written note, "Use this money to buy something for the baby.--B."
"We'll take the keys," Jack said. Carlo showed him the cash in the wallet. "Donate that to the hospital." Jack started to walk out the door. Carlo grabbed him by the shoulder.
"Caro, the baby doesn't know whose money this is, only that it's green. Do what he says, take it for the baby. His insurance and the rest of the money will go to the child, this should too."
"You're right, I'm sorry I'm acting like such an ass."
"You're not being an ass, caro, just someone who was left holding a bag of shit and hasn't quite figured out what to do with it. That's what you have me for. Come on, we'll go to his lawyer's and then determine if you want to see the baby."
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WHEN 24-year-old model Barbara Minty flew to Los Angeles to audition for an acting job, she believed she was meeting Paul Newman.
"I was told it was that really cute guy from the Towering Inferno with the beautiful blue eyes and I thought 'well that's Paul Newman," laughs the 57-year-old.
"And out walks Grizzly Adams."
She was in fact meeting acting giant Steve McQueen, then 47, who had cast off his film star looks and grown a long, scruffy beard.
He had seen a photo of her in a magazine and faked an audition in order that they could meet.
She didn't really know who he was, she says. Still, weren't her family concerned?
"Well, no. They didn't really know who he was either."
Hang on, throughout the sixties and seventies he was one of the most famous actors in the world, star of The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno. Didn't your family watch television?
"Well, as a kid I used to watch Wanted: Dead or Alive," she says, referring to the early sixties TV show that brought McQueen to the attention of filmmakers.
"They knew that him being in that would make him an awfully lot older than me."
She adds: "My dad and my grandfather took him for a walk before we got married. I wasn't sure whose talk was going to be worse," she laughs.
She was with McQueen for three and a half years, right up until his death in November 1980.
By that time he was a virtual recluse. He stayed away from big film projects and spent his time racing bikes and flying planes.
"He was more in to staying at home," says Barbara, his third wife.
"He kept to himself. Lee Majors was a friend so I met him. James Garner came to the house once and I couldn't for the life of me remember his name so I shouted 'Steve, Rockford's here."
Aside from the illness, an asbestos-related cancer called mesothelioma, does she think she got the best years of his life?
"Oh yeah, I think I got him when he was all kind of mellowed out."
McQueen was notoriously difficult. No doubt the result of a problem childhood; his mum was an alcoholic who handed him to his great uncle to raise for much of his childhood. His dad had left home when McQueen was just six months old.
Says Barbara: "He was still a bad boy but he'd gotten over being a dumb movie star and he was more in to being the actor and doing what made him happy."
Still a bad boy?
"The first night we had dinner, he told me to meet him at his apartment. When he opened the door I could see a motorcycle in the living room and I thought 'well, that's cool.' Then I saw these two blonde-haired women with big you-know-whats and said 'OK, I'll come back another time' and I started to leave. He said 'No, these girls were just leaving.' That was last of the naughty boy I ever saw in him."
Did she perhaps tame him a little?
"I don't think there's ever taming a wild animal."
McQueen had been married twice before, first to Neile Adams, then Ali McGraw, his co-star in The Getaway. She's not keen to mention either, although I'd read she was friendly with Adams.
"I'd prefer not to discuss her. She doesn't exist in my life."
Was that because you auctioned a lot of his artefacts in 2006? I read you'd had a lot of flak for doing that.
"I didn't get any flak for anything," she says, frostily.
"You know what, don't get me started on that because I have a foul mouth.
"I moved so much and things were getting kind of beat up and moved around a lot. And so many people loved him I thought that this stuff really needs to be out there for the public to see. So we had an auction in Los Angeles and it was absolutely beautiful.
"I still have things at my house that were ours. It's not like a museum or anything like that. There is one room I call the Steve McQueen room because it's all the pictures that people have given me that I don't know what to do with. And friends like to stay there. Maybe because it's the Steve McQueen room or because it has the best television in the house," she laughs.
Living with McQueen changed her life but not dramatically.
"I was a model in New York and I was used to travelling and meeting people, strange hours and strange places."
Friends call her Barbie, so what did Steve call her?
"You know what, I don't know what he called me."
"No! Nobody calls me Babs."
Can I call you Babs?
"No, you can't," she laughs.
I tell her how much of a fan I was as a teenager, prompted by the repeated screenings of his movies after his death. While the rest of the family were sat in the lounge for an FA Cup Final, I was watching Hell Is For Heroes on a back and white portable. And years later, at college, I had a photo from McQueen's last moment on screen, holding a baby in The Hunter, on my bedroom wall.
"That's very sweet," she says, as if she's heard this a thousand times before.
It's the movie star that millions remember that she didn't really know. But she is finding out by touring to promote a new book by Marshall Terrill, called Steve McQueen: A Tribute To The King Of Cool, which features many of her pictures.
It tells the actor's story through the eyes of family, friends, co-stars, business associates, doctors, acquaintances and fans.
"It is kind of weird talking about him all these years later but it is nice to remember. And this has given me a nice opportunity to meet some really wonderful people and to learn who my husband was back then when he was the big movie star.
"Who is not the person I knew. I got the kinder, gentler version."
And if he was still around today, what would an 80-year-old Steve McQueen been like?
"Oh, he'd have been a cranky old b*stard."
Steve McQueen: A Tribute to the King of Cool, by Marshall Terrill is published by Dalton Watson Fine Books, price £35.


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Can you eat what you want or do you have to watch it?
Being pregnant, I'm "allowed" an extra 300(ish) calories a day. However, I haven't found in either of my pregnancies that my eating habits changed much. Eating fairly clean and healthy has been a part of my life for so long that I don't even think about it. I do allow myself to indulge in something sweet almost everyday, whether it be a couple pieces of dark chocolate after dinner, a brownie, or some ice cream (which we don't keep in the house, so it's a rare treat).
After you had your baby, did you feel pressure to snap back into shape?
Surprisingly, no. I walked a lot for the first month after giving birth to Finley, but I didn't start working out (going to the gym, running, workout DVDs) until at least 8 weeks postpartum. I felt good about my body and didn't mind the extra around my middle. Honestly, nursing helped me drop the weight quite quickly, so I started to feel comfortable in my body again after a couple months (or less). With this baby, at least now as a 30 week pregnant lady, I am feeling the pressure to be fit. But I'm not doing so great in that department, so I am excited to start working out regularly and sweating after I give birth.
Do you guys want more kids?
We're likely going to stop at two. Both of us have one sibling, so that's what we "know." Also, as my sister says, we'll never be outnumbered and the girls will each always have a partner (either each other or one of us) for going to amusement parks. Ha!
What are your favorite ways to pamper yourself?
Ummm…pamper? What does that mean? I've never been one to get regular massages, facials, or my nails done. For me, I feel pampered when I can take a shower without a toddler in the bathroom at the same time! Actually, I did get a gel manicure (my first ever!) on Friday night with my sister. The woman spent a few minutes massaging my arms and hands at the end, and that felt pretty amazing.
Besides wine, do you have a go-to drink?
When I'm not pregnant, and I'm not drinking red wine, I like stouts and IPAs. When I can't drink or just want something special, I love kombucha.
Do you have any health regrets?
Nothing I can think of.
Are you a yoga person?
Right after I graduated from college in 2005, I got into hot (or at that time it was Bikram) yoga. I practiced 5-6 days a week and loved it. After Brody and I bought our house in Sun Prairie and then I started student teaching, the location and long classes (90 minutes) weren't convenient. Since then I've dabbled in it. I'm currently taking prenatal yoga classes at Dragonfly in Middleton, but I've only been able to make it to a class once every other week or so. After the baby is born, I'd love to start going to hot yoga again.
What workout move do you loathe?
In BodyPump (which I haven't taken forever), I despise biceps.
When do you feel sexy?
When I get dressed up for a fancy night out with Brody. The last time this happened was when we went to The American Club in Kohler and had a nice dinner together. I wore a dress, eyeliner, and perfume!
When do you feel your absolute happiest?
In general, I am happy in the morning. I love the promise of the day to come, drinking coffee, and cuddling with Finley on the couch while she watches an episode of Daniel Tiger and does her nebulizer. Otherwise, I am so happy when Brody, Finley and I are out having fun, such as at the museum or out for brunch.


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I did some experimenting with my quilting. I like all of them but my favorite is in the picture below with the curvy lines. Now I just have to get the bindings on before Christmas!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I spent about an hour experimenting with some scraps. I have to make some "mug rugs" for our Modern Quilting Guild meeting.
I started by sewing some scraps together, then cutting them apart on an angle.
Then sewing them back together.
This idea below is one I have been wanting to try. When you sew the pieces back together, it is tricky getting the opposite sides to match up. I ended up sewing the strip on one side, and then trimming the ends of the strip to be flush with the block, then sewing the other side on.
Here are my results. It was fun, I definately learned a few things! I will have a few "mug rugs" to give out to my kids' teachers at Christmas time!!
Monday, April 9, 2012
I have to say, I get stuck in my ways. But, I am happy to announce, I have just started to ween myself off of Moda precuts. SLOWLY... I am writing a book for Martingale, and I want a variety of colors and fabrics in the quilts. The batiks are so rich and beautiful, I couldn't resist them. So far I made two quilts with the batiks, one with a layer cake and one with a jelly roll. The batiks are great because almost all of the fabrics contrast with white and/or cream, it makes my patterns even easier to make.
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