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Saturday event to benefit Westfield girl
WESTFIELD – Six-year-old Barbriannia Lanphere has been fighting for air since infancy. Facing one battle for survival after another – including numerous illnesses, a near-death experience, weeks in intensive care and an eventual diagnosis with a rare disease – the vivacious Westfield first-grader has shown bravery well beyond her years.
"Barbriannia is truly a blessing to all," said her mother Rebecca Lanphere. "(She is) a bundle of joy all around. She has the beautiful blue eyes that just puts a smile on anyone around her. She is such a strong little girl."
Born premature, Barbriannia was sick constantly, affected by severe asthma and recurring human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The shots she needed for the RSV weren't covered by insurance. The family and their little girl managed as best they could.
"Her milestones were achieved at the appropriate age except for talking," Rebecca said. "She didn't start talking until she was almost 4 years old."
Despite her delayed language development and asthma, Barbriannia was able to live as other children her age did until she was stricken extremely ill last summer.
On Aug. 18, 2012, Rebecca received a phone call from Barbriannia's father, telling her that their child wasn't breathing and had turned blue. It was a mother's worst nightmare; in fact, the night before, Rebecca had dreamt that her daughter had died.
"My whole world just stopped," Rebecca recalled. "I couldn't imagine living my life without her."
En route to the hospital, Barbriannia was resuscitated. After a transfer from Westfield Memorial Hospital to another facility, doctors concluded that it was caused by her asthma and couldn't find anything else wrong with Barbriannia. She was able to return home and a few weeks went by without incident, her family grateful for every moment they had to spend with their little girl.
While outside playing with her sisters, Barbriannia went into cardiac arrest again. Her lips were blue, she was pale and had no pulse. Immediately, 911 was called but it took time for the paramedics to arrive; the minutes passed by as slowly as hours. Her mother decided to take action. She performed CPR for seven minutes before the EMTs were on the scene. Barbriannia now had a weak pulse and was making a gurgling sound. She was rushed to the Emergency Room.
After an agonizing hours-long wait, a doctor came into the waiting room and led Barbriannia's parents into a small room and closed the door. Rebecca expected to be told that their daughter didn't make it.
Barbriannia was alive but still wasn't in stable condition. She would have to be transported to the Children's Hospital in Buffalo. The doctor explained that due to the 15 minutes of oxygen deprivation, she might be brain dead.
While they waited for her transfer – due to poor weather, the originally-planned Mercy Flight had to be canceled – Barbriannia's family finally had the opportunity to see her.
"A nurse was breathing for her by squeezing a bag," Rebecca said. "It was unimaginable, to see her this way, so fragile and weak, not knowing if she was going to make it."
There were several harrowing weeks spent in ICU at the Children's Hospital, a machine keeping Barbriannia alive. She incurred pneumonia and two staph infections while hospitalized; the antibiotics caused an allergic reaction. Her parents never left her side, keeping her as comfortable as possible, talking and reading to her, playing the music she had enjoyed hearing at bedtime.
After a week at her bedside, they were able to stay at the Ronald McDonald House. While Rebecca felt relieved to have a bed to sleep in, she longed to be with her daughter. Three weeks later, Barbriannia was able to come home. After being on very strong medication, her frail body was wracked with withdrawal symptoms. Rebecca prayed for strength – and answers. A multitude of doctor's visits had yielded none.
Slowly, she recovered. Barbriannia returned to school for partial days in November, building up to full days in December. In February, she was permitted to participate in gym class again, with the proper precautions.
"When Barbriannia goes outside to the store, grandma's house, school, anywhere, she has to wear an ear loop mask to prevent catching anything, for when (she) gets sick, (she) gets weak and she can go into cardiac arrest," Rebecca explained.
During the winter, Barbriannia began to have seizure-like occurrences. After a referral to a neurologist and many tests, they discovered Barbriannia had Arnold Chiari, "which (is) a malformation of the brain where the cerebrum protrudes into the opening at the base of her skull," according to Rebecca. A neurosurgeon found that 3.5 inches of her cerebrum is in her spinal canal, which causes headaches, fatigue, difficulty swallowing, muscle weakness and possible paralysis. Two percent of known Arnold Chiari cases cause cardiac arrest. The affliction also causes her oxygen levels to drop to 45 percent when she sleeps.
In order to help Barbriannia breathe, she needs a maxillary expansion appliance, which isn't covered by insurance. Angel Doner, Rebecca's close friend of 25 years, has organized a spaghetti dinner benefit for Barbriannia to be held Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Fredonia.
"I have no children of my own, however, I have a niece who is also 6 years (old)," Doner said. "I can't imagine what it would be like for parents or family to have to watch their child go through so much agony and be told that she could be here today and gone tomorrow. My heart aches for Barbriannia, Rebecca and their entire family."
The benefit includes a Chinese auction, a 50/50 raffle, and, contributed by Wal-Mart, raffles for a girls' 16-inch bike, a boys' 18-inch bike and a grill. Included in the dinner is a small side salad, roll and dessert. Pre-sale tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children 10 and under. At the door, the tickets are $1 more.
Barbriannia will be having her first surgery on Monday to work her way up to brain surgery, thinning the muscles around her airway. Another stay in the ICU at the Children's Hospital will follow.
"As of right now, she can't do anything physical," Rebecca said. "She likes hockey, football, and playing outside and dolls with her sisters. She asked me the other day when she could play hockey, and it broke my heart."
It was hard for Rebecca to hold back the tears while she explained to her daughter that she will never be able to play hockey or become a cheerleader. The family is looking into other options for their daughter, trying to find activities that she can safely enjoy, such as playing miniature golf, boating or going on an easy hike.
Rebecca is forever grateful for the support of her friends and family for helping her get through this difficult experience. Doner felt that organizing the benefit was the least she could do.
"Sometimes you take people and things for granted and don't realize that life is precious, especially the life of a child," Doner said. "Barbriannia is restricted from doing what average 6-year-olds do because (of) the risk of going into cardiac arrest, which could happen at any time. Life is precious, children are precious and Barbriannia is precious, and needs and deserves our help."
For more information on the benefit, call 410-0364.
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It is Thursday and time to share my Paper Fashions Etc. project for the week...This week I used a template from Creations by AR (mini bakery) to create a cupcake box...and what was inside? Using the cupcake image from Paper Fashions Etc's cherry delights digital stamps, I created a set of six tags. I then used a sentiment from the friendship digital stamps collection to top the box. Also used a sentiment stamp from Pink Persimmon "for you" to add to each cupcake. Just a quick reminder that you still have a couple of days left to enter my giveaway below for the hanging heart pillow if you haven't already. Thank you for stopping by and hope your day is filled with something sweet!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
paper fashion day...
8 comments:
- ♥ Marlou ♥ said...
This is stunning Andrea, I nearly bought it when I seen it in your shop :)
- July 14, 2011 at 3:11 AM
- Melissa Rodgers said...
These are absolutely adorable!!! I love the mini bakery box too so had to go get one. :) Thanks for such a fun idea Andrea.
- July 14, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- online clothing store said...
Really adorable..!! need to get one. Is it still available here? what is the price of this mini bakery box?
- July 14, 2011 at 4:43 AM
- Mandy said...
What a great idea Andrea!
- July 14, 2011 at 5:04 AM
- jules said...
wow love it! gorgeous and a great idea!
- July 14, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- María Castillo said...
Adorable projects, the little cupcakes are so cute!
- July 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Sally said...
Andrea LOVE LOVE LOVE this project. Might have to get that template! Great PP too.
- July 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Diane said...
This is just GREAT. What a clever idea...will have to try it myself. Very very cute.
- July 15, 2011 at 1:48 PM
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New to area, sober,separated. Previously interested in pipe bands and roller derby. Retired from IT teaching. Recently moved from the Blue Mountains after 10 mths having enjoyed the seasons and scenery. Ready for new surrounds, friends , home and interests.
I am student at SCU and living with my spouse.
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I'm 18, a full time student at Southern Cross University and I work 3 jobs so I'm fairly busy a lot. I'm Looking for people around my age to live with, as I need to be closer to work and university. I'm a fun and outgoing girl, I'm always up for making new friends :) Send me a message if you're interested in living with me!
I'm looking to find a long-term home at least a year or longer, if all works out well. I'm definitely into calm and quiet in my home environment. I'm not a party animal, although I do enjoy relating with people when it happens, and having thoughtful and thought-provoking conversations. But basically I'm quite self-contained, independent and enjoy being quiet. Re shared areas; - I believe I'm a very considerate, aware and respectful sharer of space. I leave the most minimal footprint possible and clean up as immediately as possible after creating food in the kitchen. As far as my life style/interests are concerned: I'm a teacher who recently retired from working with Indigenous adolescents in central Australia for several years, and before that in Wilcannia and northern NSW. I've just been accepted into a Dru Yoga Teacher Training course; I attend two Dru yoga classes a week. I'm a regular volunteer at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina (one or two shifts a week) I'm a creative who delights in the aesthetic in all aspects of living. I'm a keen gardener and enjoy planting food, herbs and flowers. I love eating good food and cooking, particularly different ethnic foods. I guess if I were asked to encapsulate what I love and believe in, one word would have to be *diversity* and one concept would have to be *unity in diversity*. I'm a traveller and a seeker and always will be. Suffice it to say I can wax lyrical about things I feel passionate about, and act upon them as well.
Quiet city boy. Honest, Reliable, Will be working at the hospital for atleast a year.
Easy going, friendly person. In my free time I like to keep active and am involved with various environmental groups. Depending on the community I can either be either outgoing or quiet/ reserved :) My main expectation in sharehouse living is the everyone cleans up after themselves in order to maintain cleanliness in communal areas like the kitchen and bathrooms.
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Happy and Reliable, Clean & Tidy Male Likes to do physical work Great sense of humour Like to chat but also happy doing own thing - Not a noisy flatmate In the process of giving up the evil fire sticks.I have type 1 diabetes and have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis but still as active as permits, I would like to be somewhere with a pool if possible and would like to pay my rent & bills inclusive weekly. I have references etcetera I do like a beer occasionally but no party animals replying please!!!
Keep to myself but enjoy company and passionate discussions, very clean, vegan and enviro friendly
I am a creative mature woman who is embarking on studies to further a career change. I am very responsible, clean and considerate... I enjoy being social as well as my alone time. I enjoy good food and wine and like to cook.
I'm a veterinarian moving to Lismore for work in 2017. I'm easy going and always up for a good laugh! Love the outdoors, fishing and all sports.
Easy going, full time PhD student at SCU Lismore campus. I am from Malaysia but i am well traveled and communication is not a problem with me. I like to cook, travel and am a fan of live music. I like to cook, garden, do yoga and read. I'm a light smoker (in the process of quiting) so hopefully you will be cool with that. Looking for a partially or fully furnished room in a sharehouse (preferably). Looking for a great house with friendly people, preferably somewhere near CBD or square.
I study full time at Southern Cross University, I am studying to become a Mechanical Engineer. I always pay my rent on time with no issues, i love surfing, skating and spending time at the beach. I am fun to chill with and can keep a conversation going i can also keep to myself or spend time with my mates.
We are a fun loving yet respectfull couple who like gardening and appreciating this beautiful natural world.
Clean tidy working non smoker
Hello, I am looking for a place to rent preferably in Ballina. I work a full time traineeship as well as study part time. i am clean, organised and a relaxed individual. i am 20 years old and have lived out of home for just over a year now. i lived in two places over the last year. The first i left as it was a bit of a party house and i couldnt participate as much when i got my traineeship. and the second i have just moved out from as i was asked to leave due to my housemate having family issues resulting in a family member having to move in. I enjoy eating healthy and exercising and i am not at home all the time. i stay at my partners house a fair bit and she usually stays at my house on other nights. I play rugby league, Union, and touch football throughout the year. I'm laid back and always happy to help out where i can Regards, Caleb
I work 9-5 five days a week as a chef need I say more.
I am trustworthy , creative I am yoga and being outdoors , I like balance in life so relaxing but having a wine every know and then :)
Hello! I'm easygoing, enjoy seeing live music, grabbing a beer at the pub, spending time at the beach, travelling, yoga, reading and writing, I'm vegan and love to cook. I have a 3 year old puppy named Jessie. She is an English Staffy x American Bulldog - beautiful dog with a great temperament, loves people and other dogs. Bonus if you own a dog so Jessie has a puppy friend but not necessary! Looking for fun, friendly and laid-back people to live with. Respect for space and privacy are important but I also like chilling/hanging out with my housemates! Would rather something longer term but happy for short term as well. $300 incl bills is my max, ideally love something a bit cheaper though! Cheers!
My soul is calling me to move further south (currently based on property in the Gold Coast hinterland). I am looking for a unfurnished studio/granny flat/1 bedroom place Or shared accommodation with a option of a second room with a office in northern nsw from mid march onwards. I am open to a lot of areas, even farming. So please contact me with whatever you got, budget can be stretched for the right place, with good energy. I am drug free and alcohol free and I work from home as a psychic medium, healer also currently studying astrology. I know and understand what I do isn't every bodies jam and that's totally ok I take no offends. 95% of my clients are international over Skype and FaceTime which requires someone respectful of what I do and NBN to make this business happen. I also occasionally use singing bowls that do make noise so it would awesome to live with someone who understand and is ok with a little extra sound vibrational healing and can read clients till 10pm at night which is why a office behind a closed door is perfect. Little bit more about me, I'm 31 and I enjoy making pizza, acai berry and Buddha bowls (you will be well fed around me it's my mothering side) good company, reading, clean and tidy but not anal, I am also very tech savvy so a hippy nerd even lol. I have a blue card to work with children not a posed to living with them and I love and adore animals (so something's with horses or farming would be epic #justsaying) I enjoy doing washing (I know what a weirdo right?) dishes not so much (high five to the person who invented the dishwasher) I am vegetarian and no diary since Oct but don't expect anyone to eat the way I unless you eat maccas chicken nuggies in front of me I'll legit slap them tastey balls of happiness out of your fingers and fight you for them. #missnuggies. I also have my fur soulmate in the shape of almost 8 year old shar pei called Olly monster the wrinkle dog of happiness AKA Olly. He is 70-80% blind but with the most beautiful nature. House trained and obedient. Fine with children just not super keen on other dogs. So sharing with other dogs is kinda not gonna happen. *sad panda* I have references for myself and Olly as we are a package deal. A pretty awesome one at that. I have loaded some pictures of myself and who I am so you can get a real feel for who I am and see if I a line with you. Any questions please pm me. May the force be worth you and if you made it to the end bless you *high five*. ❤
We are moving up from Tasmania and looking for like minded people to share a house with :) we are easy to get along with, love chilling out with our dog, playing guitar, listening to music and going for walks or bike rides. We aren't party animals but we don't mind a drink every now and then. We plan on studying at Tafe and Uni and finding casual work. We are clean, respectful and considerate of others. We have a beautiful 2 1/2yr old American staffy, so dog/animal friendly people would be great! :)
Always a laugh with us two. Smokers, non judgemental and open people.
Hi I'm Nikki, I am 25 years old and work in the education/outdoor recreation industry. I love being active- surfing, hiking, pretty much anything outdoors. I have been living in Bondi, Sydney for the past year however I am ready for a more chill lifestyle where I can still enjoy the east coast.
hi easygoing country guy
Looking for a nice place to live. Me and my partner love to surf, very clubs to live with, always up for an adventure. Very happy vibe. Need a new home to live in
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I'm easy to get along with, I have a beautiful old beagle named Bella and a small snake called Monty. I work full time and am reliable with rent. I'm interested in travel and I want to study biology some day.
I respect other people's personal space and property. Looking for a central situation preferably with own bathroom. I'm retired and have many interests that take me away from the home: walking, tai chi, yoga, bridge etc. I recently moved to Ballina and don't anticipate buying a property for at least 1 year. I like animal and children.
I am a mature, single woman with stable income stream. I have excellent rental history references. looking forward to meeting with you warm regards Kesh
I'm a full-time uni student studying at SCU in Lismore, and I'm currently living and working part-time in Ballina. I love the beach and exercise, and enjoy a simple, relaxed and healthy lifestyle. I'm quite a social person but I like to have my own space, and I'm not wanting to live in a party house. I'm keen to move in to a cool place with easy-going people.
I'm clean, considerate do my own thing and let people do their own thing. I'm working part time and am starting up a business. I am happy to chat while cooking or not working but I mostly like to keep to myself when I'm at home. I respect peoples privacy, don't play super loud music, clean the toilet and pull my weight around the house. I don't smoke and only drink occasionally. I'm a bit of a homebody and when I'm home I normally just like to read, watch movies and cook.
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I am a friendly and clean person. I work hard I do not smoke and enjoy a chat with the company I am in. I am a track work rider in Sydney but am relocating to Ballina racecourse. I am originally from Coffs Harbour where my family still live.
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I'm a 28 year old female professional, looking for a room close to Byron Bay. Happy to consider anywhere within about 20 minutes drive. About me: I have lived in several share houses so have a good idea about share house etiquette and keeping tidy! I like having a bit of a chat, laugh or drink with my housemates but am also happy to respect the need for personal space. I like to keep active, don't mind an occasional drink, but am not a party animal. Am a non smoker. Would like to have undercover parking and airconditioning and don't mind paying a bit extra for these luxuries :-)
Relaxed, easy going person. Full time job. Love going to the beach, fishing and swimming. I'm not always there as I do travel interstate for work.
Happy, relaxed, fun, considerate, flexible traveller looking to settle. 31yrs old from the UK. I have been travelling and working for the past 7 years and looking to settle in to land life for hopefully a year or 2 in the Byron area.
Young professional moving back to the far north coast to work in Lismore on a six month contract. Grew up in the area and very excited to move back! I work full time so will be driving to Lismore daily. Looking for somewhere close to be beach, preferably with an ensuite. I love animals so pets are fine with me. I'll have my own car and will be independent but would love to live with people around my age.
Hello, My Partner, Aaron and myself Alexz are looking for a lovely place to call home. We have lived in the shire region for 5 years and have wonderful references and are respectful, relaxed and clean people to live with. Aaron works away a lot so it is mainly me who is occupying the space and of course for Aaron when he is back from work. We both love to surf and love being outside. I am a Pilates Teacher and Swim Coach and Aaron is a Rigger and has just finished studying Perma Culture. We are both looking for a space that we can relax, that is close to the ocean and comfortable for a couple. If you have anything available please let us know. Thank you!
Looking for a room preferably a houseshare with one other. Anywhere between gold coast and Lennox Head. Quiet non smoker working full time.
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Byron local. Employed in hospo but also dabble in freelance photography. Keeps a clean house pays bills on time. Happy to pull my weight around the home and garden. Fun, responsible and respectful. I love to travel. Have just returned home from 4 months O/S. I am fairly sociable with friends who pop in for a coffee or BBQ and a movie every now and then. But I also enjoy my quiet time. Respectful of your privacy as I enjoy mine. Best suited to seasoned house sharers who understand community, keep a clean home, respect boundaries and know how to have a bit of fun. I work a lot and treat my home as a sanctuary. However, I'm not opposed to the occasional get together. Love music and intelligent conversation and would rather have a laugh with awesome people than sit around watching TV. Open minded, DTE and Pet friendly. Looking to create or join a warm, loving, colourful and creative home that will nurture and inspire with like minded individuals. Looking to pay $160-$200. Would love bills included. Good reliable wifi too. Not interested in paying exuberant rental fees... i'm looking for a reasonably priced home with a bunch of cool people. Please contact me if you think I'd be a suitable match ;)
Pro-active, healthy and caring. Cooking for six years i enjoy a plethora of foods and different cuisines. I love to run and explore the countryside, clean and an organised person.
A little about myself I have just moved from Margaret River and after staying here for 3 months I am ready to move to a forever home :) I work full time having just launched a successful startup last year @EoikosDesigns & my secondary role is in Communications Management @LaunchPad Event Solutions My career does involve a heavy amount of internet use at the best of times so for the right home willing to upgrade on wifi packages as this is a requirement of the job I am 26yo Calm and gentle personality living a plant based and active lifestyle looking for a peaceful and tranquil place in nature with room for work flow and to be able to disconnect and relax on days off when stepping out of the office I am a social creature by nature and have a large network of friends depending on the suitable household prefer room for guests friends and family that are participating in events or travelling through to feel welcomed In saying so I am a very sensitive being and enjoy the balanced lifestyle of time out and can appreciate if I were to share a space how important this is for all members of the household Preferably seeking a space of my own on a shared property though :) - if you have a suggested alternative please don't hesitate to contact me as I am willing to listen if you believe this is a suitable match however that might look Move in dates align to late Feb (27 Feb) following a trip to Perth and driving my storage items back across Australia and attending a course that extends over the fortnight in Byron on my return Aleigha
Hey guys! I'm looking for a room (or studio) to rent for at minimum 6 months with view to extending, from around the 4th Feb 2017. I'm 33yrs, Female, single, non-smoker, healthy lifestyle kinda girl (grew up on a fresh produce farm) and lived with housemates in Syd for 6 years, so know the drill and am respectful and very clean. Love farmers markets, fresh produce, yoga. I'm friendly, considerate and have some lovely mates up here and looking forward to finding a place to call home. I'm looking to pay up to $250 a week. If any of this sounds good please message me :) Have a great day!
Let me tell you a little about myself... I'm a sculptor making copper wind sculptures that turn gently in the breeze... I wrote a book a few years back that sells online... I'm just making my first foray into sustainable property development... I had an invention that saves fuel in trucks and buses that was being made in my factory in ShenZhen, China which has since closed... I have a very cool, tidy and polite (thanks to Steiner schooling) 18yo son who stays with me at times... I'm tidy and do clean up after myself... I'm very health conscious and eat well, and also cook well... I'm involved in my spiritual evolution and work on myself through meditation, breath etc... I read a lot and can hold a decent conversation on many and varied subjects... I do enjoy a red with dinner but do not drink to excess... I love Asia and try to travel at least once a year to China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand: somewhere to get away and relax for a few weeks...
We re german girls who came back to Byron after spending 9 months at home in Bavaria. We ve lived in Byron before for a couple of months and looking now for a share house very urgent. We both love to cook, having a glass of wine from time to time and share stories with others. We re really clean, easy-going and would be soooooo stoked hearing from you soon. cheers, Marina and Bianca
I'm 26, and have been living and working in Byron for a year and a half. My current lease is ending on the 5th of Feb, so I'm looking for a new space to call home. I study counselling/psychotherapy online so somewhere calm and peaceful would be ideal, although I do enjoy socialising and having a good chat too. I consider myself friendly and outgoing, with a passion for health and nature. I love the beach, bushwalking, poetry, writing, reading, cooking and generally having a good time with good people :)
Hello! I am 23 year old Canadian girl! Been living in Byron Bay for 4 months now. Very respectful and clean! Love animals and relaxing by the beach. Not big into partying! Thank you!! Xoxo
Outdoorsy active people that enjoy good food, cooking and having a drink with friends. We are both clean and neat people who enjoy and respect personal space. I work in hospitality and my boyfriend is an electrician both working full time. Looking for either an available room or would be keen to do a team-up with a couple other people ✌🏼
Hey I'm Hannah. I'm easy to get along with, laid-back, tidy. I enjoy being around people and can be really social but I also love my own company. I write music and perform gigs and I love to make films, art and dance in my spare time. I love the ocean and I love life. Pick me I'll be awesome :)
Looking for a shared appartment from the 11th of january (as in three days from today) in town, suffolk or sunrise. My name is Josefina, a chilled girl from Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the year I'm a student, but on hollidays i like to have adventures, such as coming to Byron for a couple months. I'm very easy-going and social who's laid back and keeps her stuff always tidy. I love sports - hiking and surfing - so I tend to be almost the whole day outside
Moved to the Byron Bay area to start a new job. Full time professional working varied hours and days. Would love my own place or to team up with somebody like minded. Love the outdoors, keeping busy and a cold beer at the end of a long day! Enjoy being social, but also having my own space is important. Tidy person but reasonable and looking to share with somebody who would be easy going to live with and respectful of each other's space.
My name is Amy & have just moved to Australia from London! I am working & living on the Gold Coast until 10th Feb until we wrap our series, and then I am looking for a place to rent in Byron. I'm a single girl, young (i'm 32....!) professional that will be working, sociable, chilled, pretty independent but also love to come together with friends for a glass of wine!
Hey I'm Rach. Im a graduate paramedic and have been offered a full-time position in the northern NSW area so I'm looking for a magical place to move into. I love the beach, surfing, gigs, books, natural medicine and all things nature. I'm an easy going gal and love having a giggle. Much love x
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Happy, clean, considerate, equally social and needs time out. Not a big drinker, non- smoker. Loves music, yoga and dance :)
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Gibb, Patterson Take Second in Argentina
| Jake Gibb, left, and Casey Patterson get ready to play in the semifinals of the Corrientes Grand Slam in Argentina on Sunday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 26, 2013) – The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson won a second straight on the FIVB World Tour on Sunday, taking the silver at the $440,000 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam in Argentina.
Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.), seeded No. 7 in Argentina, opened play on Sunday by winning a semifinal battle over Italy's No. 3 Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo (21-19, 20-22, 15-17 in 55 minutes). The U.S. team fell in the gold medal match to Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins, 21-16, 21-19 in 39 minutes.
Gibb and Patterson will split $22,000 for taking second.
After losing the first set of the semifinals, Gibb and Patterson rallied in the second set. After trailing 9-11, the U.S. tied the score at 12-12 and then took a lead at 13-12 on a Gibb service ace and a huge block of a Nicolai kill attempt. The score was tied again at 19-19 and 20-20 with Gibb landing a backhanded save near the Italians' player box.
In the tiebreaker, the U.S. team scored first on a Patterson kill and took a 3-1 lead before the Italians came back to tie it at 5-5. The set went back and forth from there, ending up with 11 ties and five lead changes before a Patterson crosscourt kill gave the United States a 16-15 lead and the set and match ended as Lupo's cut attempt against the block of Gibb went wide and landed outside the sideline.
"We scratched, clawed and kept biting until the very last point; that is the way we won the match," Gibb said in an FIVB press release. "The Italians are such great players with such a great future."
In the gold medal match, made more stirring by the excited boisterous crowd, Latvia's Samoilovs and Smedins charged ahead and held off Gibb and Patterson's challenges.
Samoilovs and Smedins came out of the box on fire in the first set, building up a five-point cushion after the U.S. team pulled to within one point at 12-13. With kills by both Samoilovs and Smedins, Latvia pulled out to a five-point lead at 18-13 and the U.S. team got no closer at the end of the set.
In the second set, Gibb and Patterson took a lead at 9-8 but Samoilovs' kills and blocks and Smedins' kills took the lead back quickly. Latvia led 12-9 at the technical time out and after the U.S. closed to 13-12, Samoilovs had another crosscourt kill. A Smedins kill to the back line gave the Latvians a 20-18 lead. Gibb blocked a Samoilovs kill to close the gap to one point, but Samoilovs closed out the match and clinched the gold medal with a crosscourt kill that bounced off the hands of a diving Patterson.
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Telegram decoded
In January 1917 the United States was neutral in the European War that would eventually be called World War I. An intercepted telegram between Germany and Mexico would be the catalyst to change everything. German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent an encoded message to the President of Mexico on January 16, 1917. British intelligence intercepted the telegram and deciphered it. After deciphering the message, the British Government passed its contents on to the American Government.
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The daughter of King Constus, she lived with her mother in Alexandria after her father`s death. Her mother was secretly a Christian and, through her spiritual father, brought Katharine to the Christian faith. In a vision, St Katharine received a ring from the Lord Jesus Himself as a sign of her betrothal to Him. This ring remains on her finger to this day. Katharine was greatly gifted by God, exceptionally well-educated in Greek philosophy, medicine, rhetoric and logic, and added great physical beauty to this. When the wicked Emperor Maxentius offered sacrifice to idols and ordered everyone to do the same, St Katharine came with daring before him and denounced his idolatrous errors. The Emperor, seeing that she surpassed him in wisdom and leaming, summoned fifty of the wisest men, to dispute with her about faith and put her to shame, but Katharine was wiser than they, and put them to shame. The furious Emperor commanded that all fifty wise men be burned. These wise men, at St Katharine`s prayers, all confessed the name of Christ at the moment of death, and proclaimed themselves Christians. When the martyr was in prison, she brought Porphyrius the general, with two hundred of his soldiers, to the Faith, and also the Empress, Augusta-Vasilissa. They all suffered for Christ. At St Katharine`s martyrdom, an angel of God appeared to her, stopping and breaking the wheel on which she was being tortured, and after that the Lord Christ Himself appeared to her, strengthening her. After many tortures, Katharine was beheaded with the sword at the age of eighteen, on November 24th, 310. Milk flowed from her body in place of blood. Her wonderworking relics are preserved on Sinai.
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Style and Technique(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
The story begins with the deceptively simple and formulaic language of the fairy tale: "There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck." This language underscores the inappropriateness of a life lived, as Hester lives it, in the belief that just as in fairy tales, luck and happiness are unpredictable because they come from the outside rather than being matters over which the individual exercises some control.
The supernatural elements in the story, rather than providing an opportunity for escape, augment its sense of reality. The futility of the materialistic quest, and its lack of destination, are well symbolized in Paul's frantic riding of his rocking horse. That the house whispers "There must be more money" seems not so much a supernatural or magical element as a brilliantly sustained metaphor for the unspoken messages that shape and often take over the life of a family. In all, the story is a brilliant study in the sustained use of symbolism to suggest with bold economy the death-dealing consequences of the substitution of money for love.


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Workers, Education, and Social Change in Brazil
This article examines how Brazilian labor organizations developed educational programs that simultaneously confronted the issues of large scale illiteracy, particularly among young workers, while at the same time seized the opportunity to educate new generations of social movement and labor activists. Specifically, it explores the educational program Projeto Integrar, organized by the National Confederation of Metalworkers (CNM/CUT), and its importance for the broader process of political transformation presently underway in Brazil.
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I wanted to take this entry to kind of catch you up on all the recent things happening in the Makeup By Ren Ren land.
I've been a little behind with my videos. My laptop caught some kind of crazy virus so it's been out of commission for the last few days. Luckily my Computer Science major BF was able to fix it, but he's taking it out of town with him this weekend :(
Needless to say, I haven't been able to edit a lot of posts or videos in the last week. I tried editing a movie on my BF's MAC...but IMOVIE is so confusing! I used to use the program a few years ago and college and it's soooo different now. Movie Maker is so much easier. I'll try playing with it this weekend.
On a personal note, I'm also coordinating my Best Friend's Bridal Shower & Bachelorette parties. I'm not going into detail in case she reads this, lol, but it's been pretty time consuming as well. She's the first one getting married in our clique so we're going all out! I'll share details of that as we make more progress.
The boyfriend will be out of town this weekend, so I'm going to try and keep busy. I have a Birthday Brunch tomorrow and some shower stuff to take care of. I'll try to film a couple of vids this weekend as well.
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- Ethereal Prey said...
I hate how they changed imovie! Before it was pretty easy and straight forward, now it's all retarded and stupid! like wtf is this?! I'm glad I still have the old version, otherwise I'd be going crazy!
- July 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- KiLLaCaM said...
what a good MOH you are! you are MOH right? i can't wait to see what you come up with for the shower and party! FUN!
- July 24, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Mrs Osi said...
looks like u'll be busy looking forwards to ur posts!
- July 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- Bombchell said...
awww congrats to your friend!!!
sorry about all the craziness going on, hope your computer behaves its self. excited about the video.
- July 24, 2009 at 3:43 PM
- Eclecticldy said...
wow she's tiny! very nice and sophisticated look.
- July 28, 2009 at 10:06 PM
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[Washington] Sales of existing homes fell in April, and the price posted the smallest increase in 4 1/2 years, new signals that the nation's once red-hot housing market has cooled.
The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of previously owned single-family homes and condominiums dropped by 2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted sales pace of 6.76 million units.
The median price of homes sold in April rose to $223,000, an increase of 4.2 percent from April 2005. That represented the smallest year-over-year price gain since September 2001.
The price increase in April was far below the double-digit price gains that home sellers enjoyed last year. Sales of both new and existing homes set new records for five straight years as the housing industry enjoyed a boom powered by the lowest mortgage rates in more than four decades
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There Might Never be a Hatsune Miku Live-Action Portrayal Because the Digital Render is Already too Good
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The Associated Press is out with an extensive piece today showing just how far Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated American society. The cartel problem is no longer a border problem, it's a problem for the entire country. Violent cartel members are carrying out crimes in our backyards with the potential to develop into something much worse.
Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits.
If left unchecked, authorities say, the cartels' move into the American interior could render the syndicates harder than ever to dislodge and pave the way for them to expand into other criminal enterprises such as prostitution, kidnapping-and-extortion rackets and money laundering.
But a wide-ranging Associated Press review of federal court cases and government drug-enforcement data, plus interviews with many top law enforcement officials, indicate the groups have begun deploying agents from their inner circles to the U.S. Cartel operatives are suspected of running drug-distribution networks in at least nine non-border states, often in middle-class suburbs in the Midwest, South and Northeast.
"It's probably the most serious threat the United States has faced from organized crime," said Jack Riley, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Chicago office.
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Obamanation Counterculture File.
Drug cartels are violent? I thought drug use was a 'victimless' crime. (sarcasm)
Exactly what soetoro wants.
There are limits to how far they'll go. For one thing, American prisons are grim places compared to Mexican ones, which are run by the inmates as low-rent malls where anything ranging from drugs to women can be purchased (watch Mel Gibson's Get the Gringo to get some of the flavor). For another, it's a lot harder (actually, well nigh impossible) to buy American public officials to assist in murdering other public officials. And then there's the existence of capital punishment in the US, vs its absence in Mexico.
ClintonBushObamanation Counterculture File.
PC run amok, and in Texas?
They're just figuring this out? I guess cheap labor and democrat votes trumps national security. What are the feds going to do when people fight back, and don't bother to differentiate between the two? What is the fed going to do when people here decide they want a piece of mexico, and decide to take it for themselves? Who's going to stop them? I think it's time the gringos get their pound of flesh, right out of the hide of mexico. They have LaRaza, we want blood.
When these cartels start to think they can begin offing American judges and mayors, congressmen etc like they do south of the border, is when we'll finally get politicians serious about border control. When the thug Coulter they allow to pour over are borders starts to infringe on their lily white perfect expensive lives, then something will be done to control it.
I have employed ex-cons in my business in the past.
A few years ago I had an employee who, after working for me a long time, confided that he had several relatives who were drug cartel members. All were citizens who were born here.
He also related to me how the cartel paid bribes to police officers to get access to secret police reports so they could go after informants.
Its that bad already.
Something that many of us were saying 5 years ago was going to happen. This is not at all a pleasant "I told you so..."
wth that was suppose to be thug culture. did spell check change it to Coulter? hahaha
If you look at that map and keep drawing the arrows north you would see a pretty accurate description of the cartel coverage in the U.S. Over the past 5 years the huge transition in drug trafficking has been to Mexican control. It also could be one of the easiest things to enforce if we simply deported illegals. Instead they defang ICE, and give these criminals dreamer status.
"Obamanation Counterculture File"
As much as I'd love to put everything squarely on Obama, Bush should've used 9/11 as an opportunity to shut the borders. Period. Admittedly, the problem existed long before that, but 9/11 would've been the perfect "excuse" to shush the naysayers & race baiters.
THIS will be Bush's legacy
Link to FR thread on AP story....
The one good thing that may come of this is that it will wake up a lot of sleeping Americans to the threat posed by Mexico and the types of problems that our de facto open border system has created.
I found the movie "End of Watch" qute disturbing, and I'm reasonably sure it made the cartels look like simple playground bullies compared to how they really are. I shudder to think what things will be like in another 5 yrs given our DOJ and Jackass in Chief.
They will not even mention the word cartel down here. I think law enforcement knows this is the cartel setting up shop in the market.
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The fact is we have a cartel running Wash. DC now.
Thank God it's only people who want jobs that we won't do coming over the border.
Oh....but let's not focus on Mexican drug cartels, who are killing innocent civilians as we speak, and who will no doubt kill hundreds (thousands?) more...since they are not only not being stopped ....they're being aided by the Obama administration.
Let's focus, instead, on the Aryan Nation prison drug gang....who is 'assumed' to have killed two people recently. Much more important news, dontcha know!
Fixed it for ya'.
You are absolutly correct. Pols like Rohm Emmanuel will demand a piece of the action.
So, when a Mexican Drug Cartel sends their 51st hit-man into Texas, will they be forced to provide medical insurance under Obamacare?
Darn! You beat me to it and did a better job of it too. I hate you!
Bootleggers during Prohibition were violent also.
Now with alcohol legal, we don't have that problem.
they already established a violent foothold in the United States. It happened on November 4, 2008. It is called the Department of Justice. Eric Holder is at its head.
For starters, I`ve been to Texas and know that there are Conservative die-hard Texans who are also Hispanic. You recruit them to act as spoke persons.
Then you make it a "for the children" issue with stories of the horrific brutality going on in Mexico- pick a month and search the news releases from the turd world country.
Then gather all the photos of the murder scenes and the funerals you can get, if you belong to a big Tea-Party organization, you may even try getting a volunteer for a fact finding mission to some of the still uncorrupted sources in Mexico, scary mission but at least its a possible site seeing trip.
Then find good conservative politicians to act as front men while you organize marches and mail campaigns to the other pollut-icians and their boot licking press-titute lackeys.
Once and if (god willing) it begins to roll you go to guys like Glenn Beck, who lives in Texas now, and Rush, Drudge, Hannity, Quin and Rose, Mark Levin, in short you play it as big as you can but from the angle of "its a security issue for the children".
And while you`re at it, don`t stop gathering data on the narco atrocities, keep playing up the stories and pictures of the true situation down there."We need a secured border!" is or should be the cry, remember, Its for the children!, oh and with those animals down there, you tell them they can kiss your conservative ass if they think you`ll be disarmed, you need to protect your children.
Her representation of the AP article is not very accurate, plus she changed the article title.
There is a link in #18 to the actual article which is very informative.
The AP article points that there very ltttle violence associated with the cartel members in the US. They do point out the stats in Texas but mostly that is because many, many cartel members actually live in Texas.
With the murders of the Kaufmann County DA and his wife, and another attorney in hi soffice earlier this year...
The methods (results) of killing using multiple rounds in those murders, is indicative of the style used south of the border in killings of similar people in their legal system..
But, we have assurances from Janet Nepalitano that our borders are as secure as she has ever seen them and that there is NO spillover violence to speak of to this day...
Do I need to??? Ohhhh, ok... /sarc
In addition to the cutting of the BP and their core operational budgets in ALL sectors, it is apparent that the border is being abandoned by the Federal government...
Time for the states to step up and take over...The states need to handle ALL enforcement, arrests, detainment, hearings, and most important a fast track to deportation of non-violent illegal immigrants...Those that are cought doing additional illegalities, should be imprisoned, and when those terms are complete, immediate deportation back to their country of origin...
And when the Feds decide to come back into the game, we deny them that forever...no exceptions...
The states can deduct the money (revenue) we send to D.C. and apply that to their prospective states fund for border enforcement...
As soon as the system is in place then we can form a consortium between the border states, CA, AZ, NM and TX...the northern states can do their thing up there if they feel like it...Thats up to them...
Once we take it, we never relinquish the duties back to the Feds...
And iof they complain, well, theres a pile of sand over there they can go pound on for all I care...
Just my opinion...
Sometime maybe you can explain to me the difference between a RINO and a Democrat.
I'm hoping that "both" have redeeming qualities, but I haven't found many yet - - - .
Bootleggers were normally US grown. The cartels are foreign grown illegals for the most part. A little thing like changing US law won't tame them. They will continue to ignore those laws just like they do every other law.
As long as these drug-addled, selfish wastrels continue to push for supply, there will be vicious, murderous thugs willing to accommodate them.
Bumping that!
So you don't think that legal demand would create a legal supply base?
Well, then that settles it.
In the future I'll be buying all my drugs exclusively from the MEXICAN cartel. /s
You always want to do business with numero uno.
I think legal demand would cause the illegals to form legal shells but would still deal with their perceived competition the same as they always did.
Remember, we went from alcohol being legal to becoming illegal for a short time then back to being legal again. Drugs have a very long history of being illegal and its foundations are as crooked as can be. It will take more than a change in law to make that which is established by some of the most venomous, perniciously evil organizations ever put together give up their cash cows.
You may be right. Certainly they would try to protect their livelihoods for as long as they could. But I also think legality would work against them as illegality creates scarcity and drives up prices and profits.
Also - and this only applies to marijuana - it is a very easy to grow plant, as it's weed nickname would imply. Free (except for whatever tax the state decides to impose) supply could quickly put a dent into the cartels' business, and there's little they could do about that except try to move on to something else.
And they want to disarm American citizens. Can you imagine not being able to defend yourself when your home is being taken over by drug dealers? Or the U.S. government?
Perhaps you didn't notice, but today's liquored-up, selfish wastrel drunks get their booze from liquor stores. During prohibition, they made people like Al Capone rich and powerful.
I fail to see how dope heads would be any different or any worse if we stopped our war on drugs, other than the ingrained hypocrisy of the drug war that protects certain classes of drug dealers (alcohol and tobacco) while making others illicit.
They would protect their livelihoods by hook (murder and mayhem) or by crook (bribes and kickbacks). The govt. would surely tax as much of it as they could, but those special bonus payments are just too delicious for the individual govt. officials to pass up. They are as addicted to bribes as drug addicts are devoted to their habits.
Govt. will become honest enforcers of the law at the same time drug addicts realize they have been imprisoned by their drugs — when the Lord returns. Until both wake up and realize that life is more than their appetites, people will suffer and die needlessly.
As for home grown marijuana, govt. will still want its cut, so govt. will regulate it. Which means govt. will eventually confiscate it and decide who can legally manufacture and distribute it (cartel shell companies.). This is one situation where I can truly see govt. (bought and paid for by the cartels) work hand and hand with the cartels. It is naive to think this money source is ever going to be given up.
Instead of hundreds of pounds of weed being seized by BP and others in this area they are now catching thousands of pounds- many tons the last 3 months. Caravans of fully loaded vehicles, armed smugglers, high speed chases, etc. Rival cartels ambush each other- yes on the US side- ranchers and BP have found two murdered smugglers in the last 2 weeks, who knows how many more are laying out there... Illegal traffic is rapidly picking up with our politicians promising amnesty. The border issues are not understood by most people so few voices to speak up. Liberals want to take our guns, yea sure- I'd like to see them live where I do unarmed.
If marijuana were legal, it would be cheap and readily available because anybody could grow it. There wouldn't be any money in it, so those who traffic in it illegally would either go out of business or find some other racket. Just as bootleggers did after the end of prohibition.
Incidentally, in 19th century America, opiates and other "drugs" were legal, and you probably had far less crime and far less addiction surrounding them than what we've experienced after the Federal Government declared a "war" on them. Maybe it's time to learn from the mistakes of prohibition?
Open your eyes and you will see. The world is not such a nice place and the people who are involved in the drug dealing world are some of the worst. Al Capone had the US govt. working against him. Is it the same situation for the drug cartels?
There is a way to keep not only the violence but all of Mexico's social problems from spilling across the border: by enforcing who and what crosses it. Instead, we're importing gangs and all sort of other riff-raff by the barrel-full.
Newsflash for you, Cartel people live pretty good in our prisons as well...money and power talk here as well.
If you think there are limits to what the Cartels will do you are sadly mistaken. They will do the same here that they do in Mexico- who is going to stop them? How many Cartel members do you think are about to get amnesty?
Our authorities can and are bought by Cartels, have been for years near the border- they are growing and branching out, this will spread like wildfire just as it did in Mexico.
If you think not, just watch.
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Are you a Karbach fan or do you work there?
Gee, I sure would love to try a few Hopadillos! (hint hint)
Looks good to me! I went with my last Detroit style since they seem to be in vogue this season. Then again, it could end up being "so last week"!
I went to check out pizaro's over the weekend to try some of their naeapolitan pizza. I didnt get to talk to the owner but i'm wondering whats the difference between certain ovens like yours and a commercial one?he only cooked one pizza at a time is that standard for a commercial oven too?
so if both of those ovens can handle 3-5 pizzas, is it a matter of personal preference to cook one at a time? does heat dissipate the same?
I was thinking of purchasing a Forno oven since its the only one I've seen before you mentioned the Mario acunto. I'm still a newbie to all this but like i mentioned before I really want to make my bar/restaurant come to reality soon.
Hi Craig, I want to try Brussels sprouts on my pies, do you put them raw or do you quickly blanch them in water ? my cooking time are usually 70 seconds.Cheers
The prep station is complete, and the test was a complete success!
That is the best use of a garage I have ever seen!
craig, are you on a diet? no new pie pictures??
Which diet are you on?


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I'm a Vietnamese refugee. I worked as a teacher and principal in South Vietnam until April 1975. When the North successfully invaded South Vietnam, the civil war ended with a lot of changes to Vietnam and, of course, to my family and my life.
Right after the Vietnamese socialist government took over the whole country, I was sent to a re-education camp for a month, and eventually, forced to become a political convert after 1975.
I continued to work with the new regime, but there were many unpredictable new changes. I could not accept the unexplained pressure, and eventually was advised by the new local communist government to voluntarily leave the job.
After that, I lived in Ho Chi Minh City, doing odd jobs to survive. And then, like many Vietnamese before me, I decided to leave my homeland. I tried to escape Vietnam eight times. Finally in January 1981, my friends and I left our lovely country on a small boat, to seek freedom in a far away land.
The trip took 20 days. We were lost in a swamp, forest, and at sea; three people died in the same trip by gunfire from local border patrol officers. We lost the small engine, were stranded in the gulf of Thailand, and faced pirates seven times before landing in southern Thailand. With help from American Embassy staff, we arrived at the Songla refugee camp in Thailand safely.
I stayed in refugee camps in Thailand for five months, transferred to the refugee transit center in Bangkok for three months, and then went to Galang II, a camp in Indonesia for nine months.
During the time at the refugee camp, I learned English and American culture in the hope that someday I would be accepted for settlement in the U.S.A. I worked as an interpreter for the camp hospital staff until I was resettled on June 15, 1982, by a church in Pennsylvania.
Soon after I settled in America, I attended college, and in May 1987, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
I accepted a job with the U.S. Navy and then the Voice of America, which was part of the former U.S. Information Agency (USIA). I transferred to the State Department in 1999.
Currently, I manage a large program to support American citizens in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. As a former refugee, and with my technical background, I was deployed to Haiti in February 2010 after the earthquake to support Operation United Response at the Port-Au-Prince airport. I helped to evacuate 16,000 Americans home from Haiti.
I have received a number of honor awards from the Navy, USIA, and the Department of State.
I am happily married with two high school kids and a firm career at the State Department to serve America, which has helped and supported me from the first day I arrived in this lovely country. I accept the U.S.A. as my homeland now.
The proudest moment of my life is the day I became an American citizen through naturalization and obtained the right to vote. America, thank you for your great generosity.
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@ Andy Pham...I was a young, new, teacher, in northern New Jersey, when the first "boat" people (refugees) from Vietnam began to arrive in the United States. Several of my students were from Vietnam and I will always remember their hard work, their intelligence and their desire to succeed in their "new" country. I was deeply touched by them. Your story, your journey, is inspiring and I am, again, deeply touched. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Would you give up a late round pick for Ivory, knowing you would have to pay him the money mentioned in the article?
Would you give up a late round pick for Ivory, knowing you would have to pay him the money mentioned in the article?
I think Ivory is capable of being a starter and I wanted the Steelers to sign Ivory since FA began. However, once he was tagged with a 2nd round tender, I figured there was no shot...
To answer your question... 2 mil is more than reasonable for Ivory.
I was the same as Steelz...I REALLY wanted Ivory until he was tagged with a 2nd round tender. But if the Jets are offering a lower pick for Ivory..why can't we? He'd be the speedy back that Haley wants for his scheme. Where do I sign? Ahmad Bradshaw would be the ideal back I'd want though.
Round 1, Pick 25 (25): Artie Burns, CB; Miami
Round 2, Pick 27 (58 ): Sean Davis, S; Maryland
Round 3, Pick 26 (89): Javon Hargrave, DT; South Carolina State
Round 4, Pick 25 (123): Jerald Hawkins, OT; LSU
Round 6, Pick 45 (220) (Compensatory Selection): Travis Feeney, OLB; Washington
Round 7, Pick 8 (229) (From Giants): DeMarcus Ayers, WR; Houston
Round 7, Pick 25 (246): Tyler Matakevich, OLB; Temple
RBs are a dime a dozen. Why spend a 2nd round pick on Ivory, when you can get an Ivory at any point in Rounds 2-5. Plenty of fish in the sea!
Though he is tagged with a 2nd, the article states the Jets are offering a 7th. Would Ivory be worth a 6th?
Learn something every day. I did not know that a player with a RFA tag could be acquired for less.
In other words when TS were shopping Wallace around last year they could have made a deal for a little less like maybe a 2nd rd pick or a little lower. Hey! Better than what they got as it was.
Anyhow, the article said "Ivory was the Saints' leading rusher in 2010 with 716 yards, but he has been plagued by injuries and slipped to fourth on the depth chart, behind Mark Ingram, Pierre Thomas and Darren Sproles. If the Saints retain Ivory, they could decide to cut ties with Thomas.
Thomas is a real good one, but he did finish the season on IR.
But really though, What is this crap? TS started last season with a suspect RB corp since the presumed starter was out on IR. That did not work out so good did it? So now they are attempting to duplicate that effort? This is starting to get comical.
Lately I have been seeing a lot of fan comments suggesting something is amiss in the FO. Not for one second do I believe anything has really changed. But it is possible the "organization is in a little slump" however, even some of us total believers are starting to get a little leery.
Like Shoe said this draft should take care of the RB situation.
Orrrr--Willie where you been? Have you been watching? Are the wheels back on?
1.25) Artie Burns - CB, Miami
2.58 ) Sean Davis - S/CB, Maryland
3.89) Javon Hargrave - DT, S. Carolina St.
4.123) Jerald Hawkins - OT, LSU
6.220) Travis Feeny - OLB, Wash
7.227) Demarcus Ayers - WR, Hou
7.246) Tyler Matakevich - OLB, Temple
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On October 31, 2012, Ameridose issued a voluntary recall of its unexpired products in circulation. Health care professionals should cease using any products from Ameridose at this time and should return the products to the company. Facilities with Ameridose products, which may include hospitals, clinics and other establishments, should contact the company at 888-820-0622 for instructions on how to return the products. A complete list of recalled products subject to this recall is available at http://www.ameridose.com/news/.
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