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The last person most people would seek dating help from is their mother, and not many of us would consider that the Blessed Mother should be at the center of our dating life. But I have discovered that the Queen of Hearts, the Virgin Mary, can be of great assistance in the cold, hard world of dating if we allow her. It seems fitting, as the month we dedicate to Mary draws to a close, to share my thoughts with you.
Mary is the best model for women while dating. She is obedient to God, patient, chaste, loving to all, generous of her gifts, time and resources and strong. Men should be seeking women who strive to be like Mary in all ways. Women should be seeking out her assistance in becoming a woman like her.
Mary has a vested interest in seeing beautiful weddings happen. She was a guest at the wedding feast at Cana. How horrible it would have been for the newly married couple if the scandal of running out of wine had hung over their day! Not the best way to start a life together.
Enter Mary.
She instructed the wine stewards to "Do whatever He tells you." Jesus could not refuse His Mother's request. This was Jesus' first miracle. Some of us feel it may take a miracle to find our love of a lifetime.
Ask and it shall be given
There are two lessons from the story of the wedding feast at Cana: go to Mother Mary with your request for a spouse and ask her to petition her Son for this precious gift.
Pray with Mary about dating and finding love. There is no set way to approach her about it. St. Louis de Montfort suggested that we make a consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of All Hearts. I first learned of this from a friend I made through CatholicMatch. About a year after I met her, this Mary began her consecration. She prayed for direction in her life and for her future husband.
And now? Mary met Michael through CatholicMatch a year or two later. They both have a devotion to the Blessed Mother.It was truly beautiful to see them honor and thank Our Lady her during their wedding ceremony two summers ago.
(What The Fire Spared: On Mary & Motherhood)
Another practical prayer step some Catholic singles take is to pray a 54-day rosary novena. I first learned about this very powerful prayer from some of the veteran members in the Prayer Room in the CatholicMatch forums. Some people pray for their spouse to come into their lives. Others pray it along with the person they are discerning a serious relationship with. It may seem daunting to pray the rosary 54 days in a row (particularly if praying the rosary is not a daily habit for you), but it is well worth it. Praying a novena is not magic, just like any other matter of faith isn't, but it was an element that certainly led Anne and Doug to the altar. They were part of a 54-day rosary novena I led when they were conducting their long distance courtship and discerning marriage. Today their large combined family lives in Kentucky and they continue to invite the Blessed Mother to be part of it all.
The story of the wedding feast at Cana also urges us not to wait for the fairy tale to happen. We have to "do whatever He tells" us.
What does Jesus tell us to do?
Quite a bit, but we won't know that if we aren't immersed in prayer, attending Mass, and reading Scripture. If we are doing those things already, we have to make sure that we don't have a divorce between our dating life and our spiritual life. Who, where, and how we date should be guided by Jesus' directives. Being a disciple of Christ, being Catholic, is all about love. Doesn't it make sense that dating and our faith life should be intertwined? Mary, the first and best disciple, is certainly a help with that.
What would Mary do?
It makes perfect sense that the Queen of Hearts would teach me about how to care for my heart and that of the men that I encounter on my path to marriage. She has been a great help in the practice of chastity. Maintaining one's purity and that of those we encounter in our highly sex-charged society seems futile.
Without God's grace it is.
I have to guard my thoughts, my emotions, and even my creativity. It means being wise about how I dress, behave and what kind of physical contact I allow myself and the men I know. I have a responsibility to not lead men into temptation. Mary, who is full of grace and blessed among women, is my guide on these things. I have learned from Mary that practicing chastity empowers me in a way that the sexual revolution can't begin to. It also blesses men with a fighting chance at being virtuous men worthy of women trying to be like Mary.
Finally, I protect myself and the men that come into my life by giving them to Mary. I place them into her care. In a way, Mary stands between us. I learned to do this with some male friends who have deep devotions to Our Lady. It's a beautiful thing to witness a man seek to be the man Our Mother desires him to be, one at her service for Christ. It is very tempting to fall in love with them and lose my heart. But none of these men are mine. They belong to Mary and the wives that God intended for them.
Somewhere out there is a man that Mary is directing to me, whether he knows it or not. I'm waiting to share my heart with him.
Let's not forget that Mary knows what we seek. She knows what family life is like, what it takes to be a spouse, and to have one. Yes, God granted her and St. Joseph special graces, but that doesn't mean that she is clueless about our own journey of love. Do I trust her to steer me and him in the right direction? She's never steered me or anyone else wrong before. I trust the Queen of All Hearts and strive to make my answer be her answer: "Let it be!"


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Myanmar's ongoing democratization efforts under President U Thein Sein have led to significant reforms. Yet Naypyidaw still faces many challenges (including constitutional issues, ethnic conflict and inter-communal violence) which also impact its foreign relations. What does this mean for the prospects of further political change? And how likely is it that Myanmar's relations with the United States in particular suffer a setback?
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
CHALLENGE: African Reading Challenge
Participants commit to read - in the course of 2008 - six books that either were written by African writers, take place in Africa, or deal significantly with Africans and African issues. (Read more if you like!)
You can read whatever you want, but of the six books, I recommend a mixture of genres. For example, you might select books from each of the following:
Fiction (novels, short stories, poetry, drama)
Memoir / autobiography
History and current events
Already read in 2008:
This Blinding Absence of Light by BenJalloun (Morocco)
Life and Times of Michael K by JM Coetzee (South Africa)
1. 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen
2. The Plague by Albert Camus (Algeria)
3. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (Libya)
4. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
5. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone)
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
7. The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton (Kenya)
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- Ramya said...
so how did you like J M Coetzee?? I am of mixed opinions when it comes to these nobel laureate types.. some of them write easily understandable books and some of them just go totally over my head! i am just one down on my Africa Reading Challenge.. looking forward to reading the rest though.:)
- April 29, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Trish said...
Oh dear, I think I'm going to have to cave and join. I already have a lot of these on my list and I've really been wanting to read more books from/about Africa. Thanks for the link.
- April 29, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- raidergirl3 said...
ramya - Coetzee was over my head. Waay over. I tried two different books and didn't like either, but I have some other reading friends who like him. I'd say try one of his, but not Elizabeth Costello, even fans don't like that one.
I'm excited too. I saw this challenge at the beginning of the year but couldn't imagine reading so many books from Africa. It looks like it'll be easy though.
trish - I rejected this one in January, but now it looks doable, especially after signing up for the Orbis Terrarum.
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Dominika Legatova, Mckenzie Crowell, Erica Archambault and Elizabeth McAfee man the face painting table at The Big 1 ice cream stand's weekend fundraiser for Cure With Hope, a non-profit group started by their friend, Rebecca Tabat, to provide teddy bears,books, games, and other comfort items to children in hospitals. (BARBARA TAORMINA PHOTO)
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My car is doing the same thing. Just got it this saturday what a bummer.....The car is making a horrible grinding noise when i turn the wheel to turn at low speed. Any Input would be appreciated from the experienced bmw owners in this forum on what to do.
My car is a new 550i with sport and dynamic handling and pretty much loaded up with all the goodies.
Bring it in for service. It's now pretty easy to reproduce on my car. Anytime it has been unused for an hour or more it makes the grinding thing in more than 50% of the first couple of 90 degree + turns from stand still. Pulling out of a parking lot or turning in an intersection from a stop light it is easy to reproduce the grinding. To hear the "farting" noise it's just to open the window and drive around in a parking garage. It's absolutely not the sound from
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On Monday night, April 31, Anne and I sat in the middle of a crowd of comic book superhero fans and film critics. And we had a fantastic time, as the crowd cheered and laughed and celebrated throughout The Avengers' 142-minute running time.But then, what you feel while you're watching a movie can be very different from what you think about after the movie.I've written a review that includes all of the exclamation points that were exploding in my head while I watched the movie... and yet … [Read more...]
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2.-The function of the app is create a folder tree where the user can upload and download any file in any folder you choose, search folders created previously, the user can delete and rename folders and cancel the account.
3.-we will provide you the models for the design of the measures standars of the app (icons, wallpaper, logos, and everything related to design) and give you support within the design.
4.- It is very important that I need some kind of access to the app to manually change the path to the server also edit user data but also the APP must notify me in any way or show me the complete data that the user who wrote when activated the app , this can be an email notification or access to any part of the application where I can view this data.
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JAKARTA, March 27 (Reuters) - Protesters rallied across Indonesia on Tuesday against a government proposal to increase fuel prices by a third as parliament prepared to vote on a divisive subsidy that cost Southeast Asia's largest economy some $18 billion last year.
Motorists in Indonesia, home to almost 240 million people and Asia's largest importer of diesel and gasoline, pay the least for fuel in Asia because of decades-old subsidies that halve pump prices compared with the market rate.
The subsidy has shielded politicians from any fallout from a recent rally in crude oil prices, but at a cost that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his government are no longer willing to pay: a budget deficit that could balloon to 4 percent of gross domestic product, over double the 1.5 percent target for 2012.
National police spokesman Saud Usman Nasution said about 80,000 people across Indonesia were expected to demonstrate against a fuel price increase on which, after months of debate, parliament will vote on Thursday.
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Connecting communities using new media: The sharing stories project
Klaebe, Helen G. & Foth, Marcus (2007) Connecting communities using new media: The sharing stories project. In Stillman, Larry & Johanson, Graeme (Eds.) Constructing and sharing memory : community informatics, identity and empowerment. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, Newcastle, pp. 143-153.
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The Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) is a diverse inner-city master-planned development in Brisbane, Australia, established through a partnership between Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Queensland Government's Department of Housing. The 16-hectare KGUV has been home to indigenous people, military and educational institutions, but very few residents. This chapter examines two phases of Sharing Stories, an applied research project that has brought together urban studies, public history and new media. It seeks to synchronise the various opportunities and challenges arising within each discipline in order to capture community memory, both past and present.
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Boom & Bust, Part 3
It's raining inside Apartment 9. Celeste Brown grabs a newspaper from a stack in her tiny one-bedroom place. She clutches it over the shamrock-green bandanna that covers her hair.
It's the pluvial uniform of the rail-thin 49-year-old widow. She gingerly steps around mounds of plastic bags that shelter her belongings. As she enters the hall, rust-colored water falls around her. Three buckets collect drops that sound like a gurgling brook.
The downpour outside the squat building at 6901 NW Eighth Ave. has subsided. The woe indoors has not. The newspaper is soaked.
mortgage crisis
"This is not my life," Brown says, her voice tensing. "I used to love the rain, but now I pray for it not to rain. Rain makes me angry. I know I don't deserve this. No one does."
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Families living in this building and at nearby 825 NW 70th St. share stories of rat bites, sewage leaks, nearly swallowed cockroaches, suffocating mold, and collapsed ceilings. They also shared the same slumlord.
These renters — and others like them — are perhaps the least thought-about victims of the mortgage crisis. Banks foreclose on owners, who in turn stop caring for the buildings. And while the courts work out the details, people such as Celeste Brown suffer. Great Florida Bank, whose board includes Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, is taking possession of her Liberty City building. It should at least make the place livable, renters and activists say.
"It's irresponsible ... inhumane," insists Hashim Benford, an organizer for Low-Income Families Fighting Together (LIFFT), a community group helping residents. "Great Florida Bank provided a loan to a slumlord. It's time to hold these banks accountable."
This is just one story.
In May 2005, a company called Model Village Apartments bought both buildings at the inflated price of $1.05 million each. (Recent property records list a value under $400,000 apiece.) Maurice Elbaz, a former Surfside resident, was listed as the owner.
Elbaz, whose holdings included at least three other buildings, fell more than five months behind on mortgage payments. He died in France in late 2007, residents say. Great Florida Bank filed a notice to foreclose in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in November 2007.
Two months later, the courts appointed Richard Langhorne, a Miami real estate advisor, to watch over the buildings. The same month, nearly 50 people showed up for a meeting at the Miami Workers Center to voice anger about toilets backing up and a swindler who had been collecting rent for several months in the landlord's absence. (That money hasn't been found.)
In late January, Langhorne, who was charged with overseeing the worst of the two buildings in the Elbaz rental portfolio, agreed to halve the rent to $250. He says he was appalled by the conditions. "It's unconscionable," he says. "You just hope that someone would have paid more attention to this months ago. It's a matter of social conscience."
Langhorne also ordered minor fixups to plumbing and placed tarps on the roofs, which have worsened the leaks, residents say. Though he arranged for roof repair in March, the deal fell through. "The roofing contractor we hired actually tried to defraud us," he said, declining to comment further.
By April, residents were fed up. So they tried to shame the bank into coughing up more help. Four renters handed out flyers that read, "Great Florida Bank is a slumlord!" at its downtown Biscayne Boulevard and South Beach West Avenue locations. They spent four days targeting customers and passersby until the bank agreed to convene.
Though bank officials set up a meeting with the tenants' rights organization and pledged to issue a response within 24 hours, they did nothing more than send an e-mail shifting responsibility back to Langhorne. "We are confident that you and the tenants will soon begin to see progress at the Model Village Apartments," Terrence Brown, a Great Florida Bank spokesman, wrote April 30.
Contacted by New Times, Brown, who is not related to Celeste, says the bank is not obligated to repair the buildings. "As mortgage holder, we're trying to do what we can, but since we're not the owner, we can't go in and do the repairs."
But the owner is dead.
Brown doesn't offer an immediate solution. "It's really running its course through the legal system," he says. "Ideally it means bringing in a buyer who wants to own the buildings and make necessary repairs."
He points out the bank has put $15,000 toward repairs. But housing activists believe the bank should shoulder far more responsibility.
Don Slesnick, the Gables mayor and Great Florida Bank board member, owns a golf-course-view five-bedroom residence worth more than what the owner paid for one of the Liberty City buildings.
Also a labor lawyer, Slesnick saw his name listed on a handout distributed by the tenants' rights group.
"I saw the picture in the flyer," says Slesnick, sitting in his city hall office on a recent afternoon. Bank officials e-mailed him a copy a few weeks ago. He claimed ignorance of the situation before then. But now, he says, "I feel terrible. I don't want to see anybody living in slum conditions."
He says he earned about $26,000 last year for his work on the bank's board. Records show Great Florida also made a $500 in-kind contribution to his 2007 re-election campaign.
"The bank is in a bit of quandary," Slesnick asserts, while committing to follow up with the board. "I just can't understand how this can happen. Why wouldn't the City of Miami get involved?"
City officials have not cited the building for violation nor have the structures have been declared unsafe. This is not a big surprise, because the citation process is mostly driven by complaints, and residents don't want the buildings condemned. For now, it's still a place to live — as crappy as it may be.
Says Celeste Brown: "This is one of those things that you can't go over it. You can't go under it. You've got to go through it."
Langhorne is seeking up to $87,500 from investors to replace both roofs and cover extermination costs. (Termites, roaches, and ants brazenly march on apartment walls.)
Last week, residents including Brandon Brown, Celeste's 21-year-old son, protested outside Great Florida Bank headquarters in Coral Gables. Brown wants word to seep beyond Liberty City. "Basically we just let them know what we've got to go through," he says. "Some of them couldn't believe it."
But as the bank waits, renters empty gallons of bleach each day to stave off the mold. Anthony Gray, a 53-year-old married father who leads tenants at the NW Eighth Avenue building, worries for his three children. His 14-year-old daughter, Cynthia, has severe asthma and falls asleep with the help of a breathing machine.
This year she has gone through three machines.
"She refuses to use it once a roach is in it," Gray says.
That could be because, a few months ago, she almost swallowed a roach that had scurried inside. She was lucky; she coughed it up. "You don't want this for your child, but there's nothing we can do," he says.
Residents also hope more ceilings won't fall.
Last month Katherine Starks, who lives in the NW 70th Street building, was watching television while sitting on her bed's country-blue comforter when the ceiling crashed down. "I've never been that scared in my life," says the 44-year-old.
A five-foot cavern yawns above her bed. It matches the one in her bathroom.
A few weeks later, at 6901 NW Eighth Ave., 51-year-old Anna Marie Wilson was drinking a beer on her beige couch when drywall cascaded down. She lives directly below Celeste Brown.
Her living room ceiling now sports a round four-foot-by-three-foot hole. She knows the sag in her bathroom ceiling can't be a good omen.
"The ceiling is fixing to come down," she says wearily, her eyes widening with fear. It's the Friday before the beginning of hurricane season.
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I am new to Hamilton and would love to meet some like-minded parents and kids! Introduce yourselves please! And please fill me in on what a newcomer needs to know!
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hi mama! i was just reading your other thread, but didn't type anything, because i don't have the experience with a toddler. i am in burlington-pretty close to hamilton. i have a 6 month old son. i'm american and we're here on a work permit (our second)-working on applying for permanent residency. i lived in burlington before in 2008 for 6 months, but really didn't get out much even then without a baby!
a little about me: i'm 24, married-we're a one car family and hubby takes it to work so getting together might be tougher than it could be if we wanted to meet up. i'd love to get to know you and try to get together!
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hiya - i'm in hamilton too. a great place to meet other mamas are at the ontario early years centres. i have a 11.5 month old baby and am returning to work in a few weeks...but i'd love to chat!
gillian are you checking this thread still? birthing_new_life-maybe we could get to know eachother? i would love to meet some mamas close to me. i'm only 10-15 mins away! :) my hubby takes the car to work, but i know i could find time to meet up.
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Hi sorry I forgot to check back here!!
I am going to try the eyc tomorrow and see if they have any toddler programs. I've also joined the y and have been going there a lot to keep myself busy!
I was also thinking about going to a LLL meeting. But haven't made it there yet.
Anyway, I would love to meet up with you ladies!! Any ideas of when/where would be good?
I'm in Burlington too. Single mom to a chatty 3 1/2 year old boy.
Time is tight for me (work + part-time SAHM + school), but would love to try to meet up with all of you sometime!
Hi mamas! I'm in Hamilton too. Gillian, welcome! I go to the morning LLL group. It meets downtown by Victoria Park. I think its the third or fourth Thursday of the month -- msg me if you want more details. Great group (lots of crunchy mamas). I've also found Social Mamas (www.socialmamas.com) to be a great group of really positive, down-to-earth women.
I'm in hamilton. I don't have a babe in arms YET...due in october:) I have a 7 and 8 year old, so I feel a little like a first time mom again. I gave away most of my baby stuff years ago! -and there's so much more info out there than there was 7 yrs ago. I'm really excited though:)
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Hello there Hamilton mamas, I'm living in Dundas, just a few minutes away. I have a 3 year old girl and a 4month old baby boy. I've been in Canada nearly 5 years after moving from UK and love it. Just joined here so wanted to say hi :) Finally got to a LLL meeting recently and found it really helpful and encouraging. Think I met you there Tamara?!
Lottie :)
Hi there: Just wanted to say hi. I am not from Hamilton, but my mother and grandmother grew up there until they moved to the US before I was born. I love it there.
Mom to DS 12/07 and DD 11/13, plus a bunch of chickens, dogs, and cats.
Moving past many years of infertility and always thinking of my friends in the infertility forums.
Tamara, I'd like info on the LLL as well! I'd like to be a little more prepared this time.
You wouldn't happen to be the daisy days tamara would you? :) I live across the street from little bird.
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Hi, everyone! I'm also in Hamilton. I have a 27 month old, an almost 6 year old, and a teenager. Tamara and I organize the Hamilton Babywearers as well, which is a nice way for mammas of babies through preschoolers to get out and meet others interested in babywearing and socialize a bit, if babywearing is an interest. I second the comment about the OEYCs. They're a great resource.
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So, a really good win for the Bearcats, especially considering what could have happened if they had lost. Now they're 5-4 in the Big East and in sixth place. A couple points I want to make:
Wright surprised the Friars tonight. He scored a career-high 24 points, and
surprised," said
Said Wright: "I was just playing my game. Things started falling and that's how it happens sometimes."
Cronin, though, wasn't surprised. Those are the kind of performances he
witnessed when Wright played at
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been a learning experience for him," Cronin said. "He went to an excellent
school academically, but it is also very small. His high school is not allowed
to play the other public schools in
-Lance Stephenson didn't start, Cronin said, because he's suffering through a lower abdominal strain.
"There was a thought that he might not even play," Cronin said. "He struggled to get loose in walk-through. He came in and shot after the women's game. He felt much better. I know it bothered him a little bit."
-Darnell Wilks had quite a game as well, scoring 10 points on 5 of 7 shooting to go with four rebounds in 16 minutes of action.
"It was me listening to what coach says and being patient," Wilks said. "When I get the ball, not rushing it."
-One last thing to address: the abysmal free throw shooting that nearly cost UC the game. After tonight's 20 of 41 performance from the foul line, the Bearcats are shooting 63.0 percent. That would rank 15th in the Big East and 311th out of 334 teams (using the statistics from before today's games).
Said Cronin: "We won't be able to do that on the road at Notre Dame. I'm a big believer in the law of averages. Deonta Vaughn hadn't missed a free throw since Gonzaga. Dion Dixon hadn't missed one in eight games. It is eventually going to catch up. Let it catch up tonight when we have a 14-point lead. If we do that Thursday, we will not win."


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Young children's social organisation of peer interactions
Cobb-Moore, Charlotte (2008) Young children's social organisation of peer interactions. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
Young children's peer interactions involve their use of interactional resources to organise, manage and participate in their social worlds. Investigation of children's employment of interactional resources highlights how children participate in peer interaction and their social orders, providing insight into their active construction and management of their social worlds. Frequently, these interactions are described by adults as 'play'. The term play is often used to describe children's activities in early childhood education, and constructed in three main ways: as educative, as enjoyable, and as an activity of children. Play in educational settings is often constructed, and informed by, adult agendas such as learning and is often part of the educational routine. This study shows how children work with a different set of agendas to those routinely ascribed by adults, as they actively engage with local education orders, and use play for their own purposes as they construct their own social orders. By examining children's peer interactions, and not describing these activities as play, the focus becomes the construction and organisation of their social worlds. In so doing, this study investigates some interactional resources that children draw upon to manage their social orders and organise their peer interactions.
This study was conducted within an Australian, non-government elementary school. The participants were children in a preparatory year classroom (children aged 4 – 6 years). Over a one month period, children's naturally occurring peer interactions within 'free play' were video-recorded. Selected video-recorded episodes were transcribed and analysed, using the approaches of ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis. These methodologies focus on everyday, naturalistic data, examining how participants orient to and produce social action. The focus is on the members' perspectives, that of the children themselves, as they interact. Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis allow for in-depth examination of talk and action, and are used in this study to provide a detailed account of the children's interactional strategies.
Analysis focused on features of children's situated peer interaction, identifying three interactional resources upon which the children drew as they constructed, maintained, and transformed their social orders. The interactional resources included: justification; category work, in particular the category of mother; and the pretend formulation of place. The children used these interactional resources as a means of managing peer participation within interactions. First, the children used justification to provide reasons for their actions and to support their positions. Justifications built and reinforced individual children's status, contributing to the social organisation of their peer group. Second, the children negotiated and oriented to categories within the pretend frame of 'families'. The children's talk and actions jointly-constructed the mother category as authoritative, enabling the child, within the category of mother, to effectively organise the interaction. Third, pretense was used by the children to negotiate and describe places, thus enabling them to effectively manage peer activity within these places. For a successful formulation of a place as something other than it actually was, the children had to work to produce shared understandings of the place. Examining instances of pretense demonstrated the highly collaborative nature of the children's peer interactions.
The study contributes to sociological understandings of childhood. By analysing situated episodes of children's peer interaction, this study contributes empirical work to the sociology of childhood and insight into the interactional work of children organising their social worlds. It does this by closely analysing social interactions, as they unfold, among children. This study also makes a methodological contribution, using ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, and membership categorization analysis in conjunction to analyse children's peer interactions in an early childhood setting. In so doing, the study provides alternative ways for educators to understand children's interactions. For example, adult educational agendas, such as the educative value of play, can be applied to examine children's family play, highlighting the learning opportunities provided through pretend role play, or indicating children's understanding of adult roles. Alternatively, the children's interaction could be subjected to fine-grained analysis to explicate how children construct shared understandings of the category of mother and use it to organise their interaction. Rather than examining the interaction to discern what children are learning, the interaction is examined with a focus on how children are accomplishing everyday social practices. Close analysis of children's everyday peer interaction enables the complex interactional work of managing, and participating in, social order within an early childhood setting to be explicated. This offers educators insight into children's social worlds, described not as play, but as the construction and negotiation of social order.
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Phil and Laura purchased this yacht in 1990
Phil is a native Bostonian, and knows these waters well. For summer sails in the cape, leaving from Falmouth, the sail can take you across Buzzards Bay to the Elizabeth Islands, Cuttyhunk, or longer sails can go to Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket. In the winter, St Thomas is easily accessible by commercial flights. Red Hook is at the east end of the island, and an ideal starting point for your charter vacation. The US Virgin Islands of St John and St Croix are an easy trip, and the beautiful British Virgin Islands are not more than a few hours sailing away.
The ultimate way to traverse the Islands is by boat, drifting from one island to the next, sleeping under a million stars. Chartering Storm Petrel allows you to create your own schedule, with no ferries to catch, and no rush to check out of a hotel in the morning. She can take you to places only accessible by boat, and you always have a waterfront room! Storm Petrel is a safe and comfortable sailboat. She makes her yearly trips to the US Virgin Islands for the winter, to Cape Cod for the summer, for chartering in both locations.
We would like to thank you very much for this wonderful 10 days on board Storm Petrel-the iron lady. We never expected this much. (St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin, Antigua, and back!) You let us be part of your "family". We hope to come back again.
If you are interested in seeing the Virgin Islands, swimming and snorkeling in warm clear water and want to do some hands down sailing, Storm Petrel is for you. Phil and Laura are most gracious and strive to make your vacation exactly what you want it to be. My wife and I, along with our best friends, enjoyed Chef Laura's awesome meals and Phil's wit. If you are a music trivia buff then do your homework because Phil will give you a run for your money. We sailed to the Spanish Virgin Islands and enjoyed secluded beaches and funky towns. 20-25 knot winds and an 8-10' ground swell was no match for Storm Petrel. She is a very safe yacht, and the best part is we made some good friends.
This review is long overdue!! (Sorry Phil and Laura) Anyway, our family of three sailed with Phil and Laura for 5 days this past March and had a fabulous time! Laura and Phil were the most gracious hosts! Not to mention Laura's cooking.....AWESOME! Phil was an amazing guide through the V.I., and Laura took us snorkeling in some amazing spots! She even snorkeled with my 9 year old and held his hand when the waters got a little rough. Thanks so much guys! We look forward to seeing you again next year!
My husband and I had such a great time with Phil and Laura on Storm Petrel! The boat is so spacious, well appointed and she sails beautifully! My husband and I got to sail her as much as we wanted, which was almost the whole four days! Phil and Laura were such gracious hosts- offered great suggestions as to where to moor, great sites to see on land in each spot, and prepared incredible meals and drinks! Laura makes an awesome margarita! This was our second sailing adventure with them and we will definitely book with them again!
Beth and Bill
Atlanta GA
Fun, sun,sail, gourmet food, and all around wonderful experience! This came as no surprise to us (quite frankly) as we had sailed with Phil & Laura in New England last July. This time we met them in St. Thomas and set sail for several out-of-the- way places that we had never had the opportunity to experience but always wanted to see.
Phil & Laura are extremely accommodating and can tailor activities, destinations, & fun according to your particular taste. And speaking of taste, you've got to enjoy Laura's culinary creations--simply outstanding and "clever" as well.
We highly recommend Storm Petrel! Thank you again Phil & Laura for our wonderful adventures and memories!
This was our first experience staying in a sailboat, and Laura and Phil made our stay an amazing experience, Laura's cooking is incredible, and both Phil and Laura cater to your preferences in terms of activities. Whether snorkeling, scuba, beach, hiking, paddle board or anything else they can do for you, they will find a way to make your stay a great one.
We visited several islands, snorkel in caves, and saw some of the most amazing coral reefs. Also fish, but more importantly relaxed.
We will recommend Storm Petrel to any family or couple that likes adventure, the islands and sailing..
Phil and Laura did a great job showing us true open ocean sailing on a very well equipped boat. Phil's 25+ years sailing experience with completion of many 1,500 mile open ocean trips (in this boat) allowed for a unique perspective to small sailboat capabilities. The gorgeous coves we anchored (only available to small boats) allowed for very secluded, relaxing and beutiful backdrop to the wonderful weather in the islands. Laura's cooking was fantastic, there is no reason to dine off the boat. Phil was very entertaining to our 17 year old son (and to us). Laura is the perfect host. Storm Petrel is a real sailing ship with Phil demonstrating the full safe capability of trans ocean sailing system in open seas. Note: we requested this and it does require a significant personal tolerance to the pitching and "keeling" of a traditional sailboat. Other more sedate sailing is thier normal mode. As this is a 48 ft. boat, it is close quarters, it is perfect for 2-3 guests maybe a little crowded with 4 adult guests. We had great dive/snorkel locations off the boat (small coves) and easy dive boat meeting for more advanced dives. Laura is a licensed RN with the ability to take care of most common injuries with an active group (we did not require any stitches or staples, but she was equipped).
Red Hook is the quiet end of St. Thomas. It offers local bars and shops, incase you find you've forgotten something, or just want to start with a cold beverage. From there, we sail to your desired destinations, be it the National Parks of St. John, the unspoiled beauty of the Spanish Virgins, or the variety of the British VIrgin Islands. The choice is yours!
Other Activities: para-sailing rentals, kayak rentals
Golf: Mahogany Run golf course 15 minutes from Red Hook
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
My Standard Rate
7 night minimum stay
|Notes: Rates are based on 2 guests; add A$86 per night, per additional guest
|Charters <7 days +10%
|Christmas/NY 4 guests
|Christmas/new year +10%
Half day sail .. $600, cooler and ice, water and soft drinks provided (6 Passenger max)
Full day sail .. $900. cooler and ice, water and soft drinks provided (6 Passenger max)
Overnight and longer charters ALL INCLUSIVE
2 nt 3 day long weekend...$2400 (2 passengers)...$2900 (4 Passengers)
2 guests, 1 cabin . $5600 for 8 days/ 7 nights
2 guests, 2 cabins $6050/wk
3 guests $6050/wk
4 guests $6500/wk
Payment is 50% deposit on confirmation of charter, balance due 30 days prior to start of charter, or on boarding if arranged in advance.
Payment by cash or check or travelers checks. Credit card payments are assessed an additional 3% banking fee.
Rates are subject to change until payment is confirmed.


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I need an alignment...damn rocks
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I need an alignment...damn rocks
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Eventually, they see a small group of subies in the lot and find their way unannounced. DAMMIT! I want to go so badly.
howz it going everyone? thought i'd say hi cause it's been a while. got some road trips comming up I'll post pictures, soon as I go. there are lots of beautiful cars around here, and I just spotted a Mercedes Maybach (however it's spelled) in my new neighberhood, a long with Astin Martins. Just went to the auto show too, not as impresive as back in LA.
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hey guys im thinking of getting some springs in the mean time, should i go with cobb or prodrive springs, what do you guys think.
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First off, not to call anyone a liar, but when you file your tax return, your return preparer can specify any date he wants for the debit date. I suppose he is telling you he specified 4-17. Quite frankly, I think he forgot at the end of tax season to specify a date and the IRS just took the money as soon as you filed the return. ANYWAY, the good news is that the IRS will routinely waive this penalty the FIRST TIME. They will do this based on the fact that this has never happened previously. If your preparer is signed up with "E-Services" he can make the request online and have an answer back in a couple of days.
If you want to write a letter in response, please feel free to do so. State that: (a) you instructed your preparer to debit the amount on 4-17 and he swears to you that's what he did but that the money was attempted to be debited on 4-10. and that (b) you've never inucrred such a penalty before and that you request the penalty be abated this one time. You should also state that you will make attempts to avoid this happening again.
An alternative is to say that you and your preparer got your wires crossed, and you will have better communication in the futre.
I would also point out that you timely paid your balance due by the original due date.
Seriously, there won't be any issue.
Also, as a tax professional, I appreciate that you trust your tax pro so much, but frankly he goofed.
First off, I would never charge my client for such a screw up, but that's me. This is literally going to take sending a brief email to the IRS.
Yes, I think a request from your POA would make it stronger.
However, it is extremely reasonable to ask for a firm fee as to what this will cost (once again, I am amazed that they have the nerve to charge for their own error). Also, it is fair to ask that you not have to pay if their request isn't successful.
No, there is no date on your forms, but the date is in our software. THE DATE IS A REQUIRED FIELD.
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Each week we offer a review of headlines that appeared in the world's press with our own commentary.
Sweden, The Local: "Chocolate Penis Craving Lands Man In Court"
I think the judge drooped the case.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: "Remove Sex Curriculum From Schools"
In Saudi Arabia, the camel brings the baby.
Germany, Der Spiegel: "Wild Boars Help Capture Criminals"
I think the police were too bored to handle the criminals.
Turkey, Turkish Daily News: "Tourism for Dogs"
You can book a tour package from Club Bow Wow.
Norway, Aftenposten: "Norway Turns To Right"
If they turn too far right, poor people will be left out.
Bhutan, Bhutan Times: "Kremlin Critic Gets Genital Reminder"
Keep your damn hands to yourself.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: "Chairs With Talking Points"
Fellow legs, I move we table this motion.
Australia, Brisbane Times: "Angry Storm Of Denial Over Sex With Soldiers"
Not from the soldiers, I would bet.
Finland, Sanomat: "Smashes Wheelchair Racing In 100 Meter"
He is moving into the high hurdle category.
Australia, The Age: "How To Disappear And Never Be Found"
Show up at a Bush Cabinet meeting with a copy of Scott McClellan's book.
Turkey, Zaman: "Tagging Along With Nomads"
Hurriedly, I assume.
Kuwait, Kuwait Times: "Court Orders Allowances For Women"
They are now allowed to beat the hell out of abusive husbands.
Australia, Sydney Morning Herald: "Sex first For Fish"
We are pleased to announce the marriage of Mr. Salmon to Ms. Halibut.
Denmark, Copenhagen Post: "Monk Caught Practicing Self Love"
I think he has a handful of problems in this one.
Sweden, The Local: "Outrage Over Spiritualist Summit"
There were many thundering statements being heard.
Australia, Sydney Morning Post: "Olympics Set To Begin"
Let the games Beijing.


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"When the Music Matters Most"
Subject: Best NYC DJ!
Date: 2017-03-24 05:23
From: L & L
To: David
Hi David,
Good morning and hope all is well. We apologize as we did not get to see you before you
left for the evening as we got caught up getting people to leave the venue. Thank you for all your hard work and tremendous ability to ensure the celebration was unbelievably fun! We received nothing but
compliments on the music and song choices and that is mainly in part because of our amazing DJ!!!!
We couldn't have asked for a better Wedding DJ and it is because of people like you and Charissa that enabled the wedding to be executed flawlessly.
From the perfect placement of the speakers, to the introductions, song
choices, overall vibe of the evening it couldn't have been done with out you and your service and we can't thank you enough for that.
We certainly will provide reviews and ratings, it will be our pleasure
and honor to do so!
All the best, take care, and hope that we can work together in the
future for any other events we have. Good luck and best wishes for
continued success.
Kind regards,


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