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|2012-08-04, 12:39
|Link #481
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Group B: So much for the Akari/Toki finals match. Best case scenario is group finals (assuming no sniping). And Azusa is also in the group
Group E:
Hirasawa Yui, Taiga, Yuu, Arata, Charlotte Dunois, Erio, Rin Tosaka
Yui Hirasawa has two chances at a 2009 rematch (Hinagiku 3rd round) and Taiga (finals)
Charlotte & Erio could have a rematch
Going on votes alone in the prelims: Top 5 = Hinagiku > Yui > Yuu > Taiga > Arata (I think)
Series Rep/Potential other important stats: My Top 5 Guess = Yuu > Yui > Hinagiku > Taiga > Arata
Group F:
Kuro, Kirame (Subara) Ryuuka (Toki's Teammate/Partner) Almost got the semifinal match back together in the same bracket (not including Toki and Teru)
Group G:
Ako or Nodoka are my guesses at who has the best chance in this bracket based on the preliminaries
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|2012-08-04, 12:58
|Link #482
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
Well...some of the more interesting first round:
A-11: Koromo v. two Strike Witches, split guarantee...
A-12: Mokkan v. Miki. Possible RKB split also.
B-6: Not really interesting or say, but poor Tsumiki drawing Toki the first round...
B-7: Hidamari Assassination #1?
C-1: Shizuno v. Toshino Kyouko. Possible Yuruyuri split, but I doubt it
C-4/C-5: Not "strong" group, but Tamayura is really getting shafted...even if Maon won against Maria, she still has to face Norie/Potte, if Kanon don't win C-5. 3 girls, only 1 left after 2nd round at best...
C-8: Mildly strong group
E-2: Erio v. Yumi, with Hiro in their possibly trolling as well. 2nd year in a row that Erio gets shaft?
E-10: The one and only all-Achiga-hen group, and Yuu has to face Arata...
E-12: Yui will have to fight to get out of 1st round again...
F-5: Karen v. Kanna.
F-8: Group of death starts here...Nyaruko v. Nadeko. Poor Morita-san. Whoever get out of this, well, probably get to face Kuro (F-7) and Ryuuka (F-9)
F-11: Shirakiin should win, but Tooru and Yoshika are not weak at all.
G-1/G-2 2nd Round: G-1 is mildly interesting between Momo and Mayoi. Momo and Nodoka will fight in 2nd round instead of QF this year, though, if they both advanced. Hack, Nanasaki Ai is in G-3 also to throw things into more chaos.
G-9: Tsukihi v. Rea.
H-3: Another group of death. Mayaka probably won't compete much, but Miu v. Poplar...
H-4: Yep, Shana will be out the 1st round again.
H-7: Mio 1st round out again? Her opponents are not super strong (Toki-esque), but assassination can easily happen.
H-10: Another group of death. Elsie and Eu are not as strong as they could be, but throw them together with Ikeda makes things REALLY interesting...
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|2012-08-04, 13:05
|Link #483
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I'm just gonna LOL with 41 Saki characters. On that note, when Saki season 2 ever comes out -- the number will be even greater that year.
|2012-08-04, 14:56
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I mean, compare that to Nodoka & Momo (2nd Round), Arata & Yuu (1st round), and Kuro & Ryuuka (2nd round along with Nyaruko or Nadeko)...
At least there's no Homuhomu v. Biribiri this year.
|2012-08-04, 16:25
|Link #485
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I'd probably go with the following as Block winners:
A: Amae Koromo
B: Onjouji Toki
C: Toshinou Kyouko
D: Fukuji Mihoko
E: Matsumi Yuu
F: Matsumi Kuro
G: Haramura Nodoka
H: Kashiwazaki Sena
I wonder how much Block voting will affect things. Will Fukuyo Kouko benefit for sharing a match day with Nodoka and Ako? Probably not enough to beat Hitagi. Tsumugi and Ryuuka have a rematch in Block F. Based on preliminary performance alone, Tsumugi can win that match. However, she's not going to have Azusa and Yui with her this time. Ryuuka should still be the favourite but she might not be as safe as some people might think.
14.88% of characters are from Saki
37.50% of R1 matches have a Saki character
78.13% of R1 days have a match with a Saki character
1 Round 2 match is already a lock to include a Saki character
|2012-08-04, 16:40
|Link #486
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary, Canada
Prepare for wall of analysis coming your way.
Group A: Koromo, Saki and Tacos in one group, oh boy. Two aces and a pretty strong contender for saki already landing in the same group, undoubtedly forcing teamkills. On that subject, ro kyu bu split votes just might give miki a fighting chance, although it's still quite a long shot. Potential snipers include Tomoka for Koromo, Maho for Saki, and Cecilia for Tacos.
Predicted Group Winner: Tacos
Group B: The trolldraw stikes again. A very likely round two match will be Azusa vs Ritsu vs Akari~n, leading to much much sadness for K-ON fans with split voting unless they all organize to throw Ritsu under the bus. Toki, meanwhile, will breeze through on her side of the bracket with no one even strong enough to attempt a snipe.
Predicted Group Winner: Toki
Group C: Right off the bat we have the "main character" taking on TOSHINO KYOUKO. Ironically a Saki character may be used as a sniper here instead of the other way around. If that doesn't work there's always Kuuko, and after that whoever wins might be used to take out Hisa. For the first time in ever Maria gets a round one draw where she has a chance of winning.
Predicted Group Winner: TOSHINO KYOUKO
Group D: Nagi will have to dodge a minefield of snipers (sniperfield?) including Teru, Yasuna, Louise, and Touka while Kyaputen faces no opposition on her side of the bracket.
Predicted Group Winner: Nagi
Group E: Ahaha trolldraws you have done me proud. saki vs saki vs saki, and not just anybody from saki, but teammates Arata and Yuu, making this a double teamkill. Oh saki. I don't want to jinx this but it doesn't look like anyone can touch Hina until group finals. I mean, who's going to snipe her, Yachiyo? HAHAHAHA (watch as this comes true). As long as she survives round 2 the new season should start airing around then and she'll get a major boost in the block finals. I have to mention also that Hamster landed in a very bad spot, my only hope is that she may be used to snipe Yui. The match is scheduled for September 4th so by that time hopefully the new season will have gotten enough hype for her to be a sniping threat...please? ;_;
Predicted Group Winner: IT'S HINA'S YEAR
Group F: Unless some shenanigans happen early on, it'll be Kuro vs Nyaruko vs Ryuuka, I think we can all see how that one turns out. This is still a really tough group though, as Nyaruko will still have to face Eru and either Karen or Subara if she wins the match mentioned above. Yui is a possible sniper against either Karen or Subara since her series is still airing.
Predicted Group Winner: Nyaruko
Group G: I can see it now, Stealth Momo vs Nodotits in round two, again two Saki aces will be forced to teamkill. On the other side of the bracket, the draw shows no mercy as Ako will have to dodge Ika, Tsukihi, and YAMADA YAMADA just for a chance to crush the hopes of another teammate.
Predicted Group Winner: Ako
Group H: Shana vs Mio, it's that simple. Unless of course they get sniped. Snipers for this group include one of Kana, Elsie, or Euu, in addition to kuroyukihime.
Predicted Group Winner: Mio
TL;DR saki vs saki vs saki round one
|2012-08-04, 17:25
|Link #487
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
My block prediction:
Block A: Kobato v. Tomoka (Winner: Tomoka). If Kobato lose to Saki, Tomoka has the potential of being triple assassin (Koromo in Round 2, Tacos in Round 3, Saki in Block Final)
Block B: Toki v. Akari~n (Winner: Toki). Toki is just too strong in my opinion...
Block C: Toshino Kyouko v. Astarotte Ygvar (Winner: Kyouko). I have Rotte getting out of the jam in Round 2 (Possible split with Asuha if she win her group) and Kyouko winning against Buchou.
Block D: Mihoko v. Nagi (Winner: Nagi). Just b/c Nagi needs to lose in the final again. Too bad Louise doesn't get to troll too much this year with her facing Nagi in Round 3 even if she won against Karuta in Round 2.
Block E: Hinagiku v. Taiga (Winner: Taiga). I'm being really optimistic here, with Taiga facing Yuu & Gitah in Round 2...
Block F: SubaraKirame v. (」・ω・)」うー!(/・ω・)/にゃー!Nyaruko (Winner: Kirame). Another Saki group winner here. Predicting Nyaruko win against Kuro & Ryuuka due to the split.
Block G: Momo v. Yamada (Winner: Yamada). My favorite troll will troll again this year.
Block H: Kuroyukihime v. Niku (Winner: Niku). Any of my top 4 (Poplar, Kuroyukihime, Mio, Niku) can win the group in my opinion. And yes, Shana will lose to Izumi in Round 1.
Would really love a Top 8 match between Akari~n and Momo. Toki is in the way, though...
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|2012-08-04, 18:02
|Link #488
Join Date: Sep 2010
Block Prediction
Group A: Koromo vs Saki (Winner: Koromo) I feel like those 2 are too strong to snipe out.
Group B: Toki vs Akari (Winner: Akari) I believe Toki is weaker than Akarin.
Group C: Kyouko vs Kise Yayoi (Winner: Kyouko) Even though there is a higher chance of Kyouko winning, I wouldn't underestimate the Precure.
Group D: Mihoko vs Nagi (Winner: Nagi) Feel like Nagi will lose in the Final 8 again
Group E: Hinagiku vs Yuu (Winner: Hinagiku) Hinagiku seems like the only one who could snipe out Yuu.
Group F: Subara vs Nyaruko (Winner: Nyaruko) I don't think Subara has enough power to defeat Nyaruko
Group G: Nodoka vs Ako (Winner: Nodoka) I feel like Saimoe is willing to put Nodoppai in the finals again.
Group H: Shana vs Niku (Winner: Niku) I have a bad feeling Shana is going to get trolled again.
|2012-08-04, 18:32
|Link #489
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: 国立音ノ木坂学院
01位 55.97% 05組 1位 333票 園城寺怜@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
02位 51.79% 08組 1位 347票 新子憧@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
03位 51.18% 16組 1位 369票 赤座あかり@ゆるゆり
04位 50.93% 10組 1位 328票 松実玄@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
05位 50.90% 08組 2位 341票 歳納京子@ゆるゆり
06位 49.39% 02組 1位 244票 松実宥@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
07位 48.70% 12組 1位 337票 原村和@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
08位 47.05% 07組 1位 263票 天江衣@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
09位 46.20% 13組 1位 292票 花田煌@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
10位 44.79% 11組 1位 327票 中野梓@映画 けいおん!
10位 44.79% 11組 1位 327票 清水谷竜華@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
12位 44.66% 11組 3位 326票 琴吹紬@映画 けいおん!
14位 44.46% 13組 2位 281票 東横桃子@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
16位 43.64% 12組 2位 302票 柏崎星奈@僕は友達が少ない
17位 43.63% 10組 2位 281票 福路美穂子@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
19位 41.77% 13組 3位 264票 千石撫子@偽物語
20位 41.68% 05組 2位 248票 宮永咲@咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A
(I'm trying to find a way to compute the total number of (valid) vote each round...haven't got a good way yet and don't know where to find the information).
As impressive as Akarin's win in Group 16 looks (Highest # of votes, biggest margin from 1st to 2nd with 112 votes), let's remember Toki won by 85 against Saki, who won by 56 against Karen (3rd place)...
|2012-08-04, 18:45
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Join Date: Jul 2008
To count valid votes, I counted the number of posts indicated on pages like this:
1-1 --- 471
1-2 --- 494
1-3 --- 566
1-4 --- 500
1-5 --- 595
1-6 --- 615
1-7 --- 559
1-8 --- 670
1-9 --- 791
1-10 --- 644
1-11 --- 730
1-12 --- 692
1-13 --- 632
1-14 --- 714
1-15 --- 619
1-16 --- 721
2-1 --- 647
2-2 --- 591
2-3 --- 538
2-4 --- 555
2-5 --- 494
2-6 --- 601
|2012-08-04, 20:33
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|2012-08-04, 21:17
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Join Date: Mar 2008
The draw this year is quite balanced. Unlike most previous years, there is no significantly weaker group than the others, meaning that getting into Elite Eight is not a piece of cake for anyone. Group F seems to be Group of Death, but it's still reasonable, not as insane as 2009's Group F. In term of the dominating series Saki, this is an average year for them, not as favorable as 2009 or as bad as 2010. So, I expect about 3-4 Saki girls in this year's Top 8.
(The first three numbers in the bracket are numbers of characters that finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the first prelim, respectively.)
Group A (1 + 3 + 2 = 6)
This group is mainly dominated by Saki girls. The strongest non-Saki characters are Kobato and Tomoka, but they are not that strong. Kobato may have a chance to defeat Saki herself, but I don't think she will be able to beat Koromo, who is likely to defeat Tomoka and Tacos in second and third rounds. Speaking of Koromo, her success in the past was partly because of her luck. She was placed in the weakest group both in 2009 and 2010 and won it easily both year. This year her group is more challenging, but I still expect her to win again and become the first character in Saimoe history to reach Elite Eight 3 times.
Prediction: Kobato vs Koromo
Group B (3 + 1 + 2 = 6)
On the left side, Toki's path to group final is very clear. Iori can't stop her if assassination doesn't occur. On the right side, Akarin will meet Azusa in Round 2, but I don't think people still want the previous champion again. I doubt that Azusa may not even pass Yuno in the first round, since Yuno just needs to get into second round for her 6th time in order to break Nanoha's record. Misaki Mei is also a tough opponent in Round 3, but Akarin should still be able to defeat her.
Prediction: Toki vs Akarin
Group C (0 + 2 + 2 = 4)
Kyouko will face split vote in the first round, but I don't think that will be any problem at all since Rise isn't even comparable to her, plus Shizu is not very strong. Then, Kyouko is likely to defeat Hisa. Lotte may also face split vote in Round 2 if Asuha wins, but that's not a problem either. Ui, Yune, and Erica have almost equal chances, but I expect to see the revenge match of last year's quarterfinalists Lotte vs Erica in Round 3, with Lotte's victory.
Prediction: Kyouko vs Lotte
Group D (1 + 2 + 1 = 4)
This group contains most Saki characters, but only Mihoko is the strong one, and her path is quite clear. I don't see anyone who can stop her before reaching group final. On the other side, Nagi will defeat either Louise or Touka, and might defeat Mihoko as well in group final.
Prediction: Mihoko vs Nagi
Group E (2 + 1 + 1 = 4)
Touwa Erio is not what she was last year, so I don't think she stands any chance against Hina. Yuu will defeat her teammate Arata in the all-Saki match and advance to the tough match against 2009's winner and runner-up in the second round. I think Yuu is capable of defeating both of them as well as Charlotte (or Rin) in the third round.
Prediction: Hina vs Yuu (Can't choose the winner... Let's call it a tie!)
Group F (6 + 0 + 5 = 11)
This year's Group of Death, especially on the right-hand side of the group - the real evil. We have FIVE prelim winners there. (None of them will meet in the first round, though.) This is really hard to predict, but let's see... First, if Ryuuka beats Mugi, we will have a match between three prelim winners in Round 2, which will be a really bad news for Saki to have split vote between two of its aces against a strong character like Nyaruko. In that case, Nyaruko is likely to win. However, I think Chitanda is stronger than Ririchiyo-sama and Nyaruko, plus she will get revenge votes from Saki fans in her match with Nyaruko, so we should have Chitanda in the group final. (Even if Ryuuka doesn't beat Mugi, I still think that Chitanda may be able to defeat Kuro.) On the left side, Kirame will have a challenging match against Ohana and Karen, but she will beat them as well as Yui (Funami) in Round 3. For the group final, KyoAni just has to get its character into Top 8 every year since 2005 (except, well, last year).
Prediction: Kirame vs Chitanda
Group G (2 + 3 + 2 = 7)
Another group with a lot of strong Saki girls. The strongest non-Saki character here is Ika Musume. Last year, she was probably the strongest non-Madoka girl and only lost to the eventual champion, but this year's prelim makes me doubt whether she is still that strong. Anyway, she should have a decent fight with Ako in the second round, which the winner is likely to defeat Yamada in the next round. Both of them have almost equal possibilities to win, but I will go for Ako. On the other side, Nodoka is somewhat stronger than Momo. I want to see Nodoka vs Aria in Round 3 to add one more Kugimiya to her collection. (Nagi, Louise, Taiga, Shana, Tacos; only failed to defeat Taiga.)
Prediction: Nodoka vs Ako
Group H (2 + 3 + 1 = 6)
On the left side, Shana, Black Lotus, and Poplar are all possible to reach group final. I think it will eventually be Shana who makes it. On the right side, Kana doesn't stand a chance against Sena in the second round. We may have Mio vs Sena in the third round, and the latter is likely to win.
Prediction: Shana vs Sena
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|2012-08-05, 00:41
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Yes you did.
Not giving a prediction as mine tend to be a kiss of death worthy of VFL Great Lou Richards (infamous for getting tips wrong come finals time), however this might be the year of the 'stayer' in racing parlance, with even Ai having her best shot to advance a round since 2010.
|2012-08-05, 00:42
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All characters grouped togethet by series:
It awaits...
|2012-08-05, 03:36
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Kyouko is weaker than Akarin, so that leaves Nagi as the obvious anti-Saki standard bearer in the finals should Akarin lose. The rest of the field will have to prove themselves and hope for upsets.
Two first round matches to watch are Shizuno vs Kyouko in C and Mugi vs Ryuuka in F. These should give us indications of Yuru Yuri's degree of organization and the level of anti-Saki voting going on.
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On April 1, Universal Publishing Production Music, ASCAP and SESAC announced that UPPM would remove several of their production music catalogues from ASCAP and transfer the works contained therein to SESAC for representation in the United States. The most controversial aspect of the move is that it was made without the assent of the writers whose works are included in the catalogues.
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2. SESAC has guaranteed Universal a 20% increase in payments for the music in the catalogues during the term of the multi-year agreement. Universal will share the receipts equally with the writers (i.e. 50/50) and further guarantees that there are no "side deals" that only benefit Universal at the expense of the writers.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
The Wizard of Flaws
12 comments:
- September 10, 2012 at 8:48 AM
I thought George Brett was the cause of the pine tar aroma in Retsina.
- September 10, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Well this explains why I failed my wset exam....and had my instructor calling me vulgar. Thought TCA was something totally different and I did wonder why it was on the exam in the first place. So embarrassed. What would I do without you?!
- September 10, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- amy cleary said...
That is what I get for being in meetings all morning, Andy beat me to the George Brett pine tar comment.
- September 10, 2012 at 12:58 PM
You almost made me wake my wife up with my laughter
Now, THAT's a recipe for a corky night all right
- September 10, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Thomas said...
Andrew Lloyd Webber and satire together: almost perfect.
Had you put Andrew Lloyd Webber together with hack-ire, it would have been perfect.
Is Lloyd pronounced differently than the pronunciation of Loyd? Always wondered. And is TCA legal in California?
- September 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
I don't know about that, but I know it took him 15 years to go through the ML.
My Gorgeous Samantha,
Not sure what you thought TCA stood for...Nah, I won't ask. Is it a wset exam? I thought it was a wset smear.
I guess that Brett thing was a hanging curveball for everyone. I need to work the corners better.
That's funny, I make my wife laugh in bed a lot too. Small world.
In Lloyd, the "L" is silent, that's the main difference.
- September 10, 2012 at 6:11 PM
As one who has heard (and regretted) hearing Michel Chapoutier speak, I have to hand it to you on that one, Ron! In fact, lock Chapoutier and Bob Parker together in a room and I suspect that you would recreate the Second Circle of Dante's Inferno..."the lustful blown about by violent and endless wind"!!!!!!
- September 11, 2012 at 5:43 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Bill,
ONCE I went to a Chapoutier tasting with Michel and he spoke extemporaneously for 90 fucking minutes, during which we were give NO wine to taste. Only after he finished yammering, clearly enjoying in short man fashion his hold over a bunch of ignorant sommeliers, were we allowed to taste his vastly overrated wines. From then on, when invited to a tasting of Chapoutier wines, I always asked if Michel was attending. If he was going to be there, I politely declined, as in, "Are you fucking nuts?"
- September 11, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Marcia Macomber said...
I've not heard (thankfully, I guess) Michel Chapoutier speak. Is it akin to listening to Clint Eastwood yammer on next to an empty chair?
- September 12, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Dean Tudor said...
I was at a similar Michel Chapoutier tasting in Toronto. The wines were poured, but we were to ignore them until he stopped speaking. I lasted 18 minutes, and then I began tasting. I was reprimanded, but responded that the wines AT THAT POINT would taste similar to what people actually had at home since at home, the wines would not be subjected to 90+ minutes airing. 90+ minutes of airing does NOT equal a 90+ number grade. I stopped, the tasting continued, I decided to just smell and look at the wine, ignoring the speech. He was petrified, and would not talk to me afterwards. Who cared? At 90 minutes the wines were over the hill....Empty bottles were on the table, and I got off by fondling the Braille labels...
- September 12, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Marcia, it is akin to the empty chair yammering back! In retrospect, Napoleon had a Chapoutierian complex!
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December 10, 2010
Snowman Wrapped Chocolate Bars
To begin these are the materials you will need.
cotton holiday fabric (or plain color is fine)
Chocolate Bar
Sewing machine (optional) you can always hand stitch or hot glue if you want
The candy bar wrapper printable was originally found on Laurie Furnell's blog but she no longer has it listed. She has several others on her blog though.
For the snowman, you need to go to the following link and print out your snowman on regular paper. Make sure it is landscape, and take off the internet header too!
Snowman Printable (however this one was originally designed as a popcorn wrapper which is why we had to adjust the measurements)
First, Cut off 1.25 inches from the right side and 2.75 inches from the left side of the snowman. Then use your ruler to mark off the following measurements: 1 inch from bottom, 1.5 inches from top, 2.25 inches from each side, left and right. Then fold on each of those lines like this.
Ta-Da! He's naked...gotta clothe this guy before he catches a cold!
Cut a piece of the felt (4x5) inches - make sure it stretches in the 5 direction
fold 4 inch sides together and sew that edge so you have a tube
slip on hat, tie with a scrap (make sure it stretches), and pull it taught to make the ends curl up.
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(¸.·´Denise & Jillian
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this is the cutest thing I have seen in awhile....thank you for the tut, can't wait to make them!ReplyDelete
I made a mini version of these for my daughers preschool class. I couldn't find full sized candy bars (random I know!) so I used the snack sized ones. I will post a pic on my blog - http://craftyschemes.blogspot.com soon. Thanks for a great idea!ReplyDelete
I totally downloaded these yesterday, I can't wait to make them. The face is darling. Yours looks so cute. JenReplyDelete
Just joined your blog Heather. I can't wait to see the mini candy bar wrappers and try some of your tutorials!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the email Mari, I reprinted it myself this time and fixed the measurements! I appreciate it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking up to TOO Cute Tuesday!!!ReplyDelete
I featured on you Saturday Shout Outs!
Oh very cute and fun!! I love them!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE for you to join us at Kids Get Crafty -with and FOR Kids -(every Wednesday on Red Ted Art) - current link up http://www.redtedart.com/2010/12/15/kids-get-crafty-christmas-baubles/
Hope to see you there!
(thank you ;-))ReplyDelete
Just dropping by to let you know that I linked to this post in a round up today from the Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip. :) This will appear in the main Craft Gossip RSS feed, on the main home page and can be found directly hereReplyDelete
If you would like a "featured by" button, you can grab one here!
Thanks Amanda, much appreciated!ReplyDelete
The snowman printable is from www.lauriefurnell.blogspot.com. It was originally posted 11/30/2008.ReplyDelete
The hat and scarf make it awesome. How cute! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Cute back then, still cute today! If anyone is interested, Laurie sells her designs through Etsy, and you can find this darling snowman here:ReplyDelete


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The Ohio Cup (7/2/11)
I've been trying to get Tim and I to Comerica Park for a couple years now. It has never seemed to work. My original plan this season was to work it into our Texas trip back in May, but the flights just wouldn't work. So we came up with a new plan: Fourth of July weekend road trip to Cincinnati and Detroit.
Cincinnati was up first. We hit the road in the evening on Friday, July 1st and drove to a hotel in Pittsburgh. On Saturday, July 2, 2011 we headed off to Cincinnati to take in a game in the "Ohio Cup" series – Cleveland Indians vs. Cincinnati Reds.
But the game wasn't until 4:05 p.m., and it was only about a four hour drive to Cincinnati. No matter what, we were going to get there before the gates opened. So, when we were about 50 miles out from Cincinnati, I called Colleen and asked her to look up the address for Moeller High School – Ken Griffey, Jr.'s high school (and, oh, yeah, Barry Larkin's too)!
First, we pulled up to the scruffy looking practice baseball field (The Tom Fitz Athletic Fields) behind the school…
…where I imagined Griffey playing ball as a teenager. We ran the "bases" (there weren't really any bases) and took some lefthanded hacks (without a bat) at the plate. Ah, it felt just like we were "The Kid" himself.
Up above a hill out in right field, there were really (really!) nice looking soccer and football fields. It made me think that there must be other baseball facilities somewhere else.
Anyway, we pulled around to the front of the school and got a few pictures:
In the picture above to the right, Tim is pretending he is Griffey walking into school.
Just as we were able to leave, a guy exited the main doors (where Tim is approaching in that picture above) and started packing some stuff into a van. I ran over and asked him if he knew where the baseball team plays. He was very nice and we ended up striking up a 10 minute conversation.
It was probably obvious since we were wearing Mariners clothes and I was asking about the baseball fields, but I felt compelled to explain to him, "We're 'Griffey people.'" His reply was priceless: "So are we!"
It ends up that the guy was Griffey's U.S. History teacher back in the mid-1980s. He shared a handful of Griffey stories with us that were incredibly awesome to hear. Nothing overly important or exciting. Just tidbits about Griffey the high schooler and Griffey the man returning home after being traded to the Reds in 2000. It was a cool behind the scenes glimpse at my all-time favorite ballplayer.
The least shocking story was that Griff wasn't exactly a model student. He apparently gave a lot of "I'm gonna play professional baseball" responses when prompted by his teachers to take his schooling more seriously. They would remind him, "You know, lots of people say that, but it doesn't work out for most." And as his teacher told is, Griff would always assure the, "but it IS going to work out for me."
If were really the discussions (and I have no reason to doubt it), it certainly looks like Griff proved himself right.
One other story I thought was cool to hear is that Moeller used to use a baseball field a couple miles away that was behind a Thriftway store. It had no fence and Griff would jack bombs over the outfielders that would roll and roll forever. He was so good at it that his teammates referred to the field behind the Thriftway as the "Griffway."
Oh, yeah. And he mentioned that Griffey spent some time practicing on that scruffy field behind the school, but that's it. He never played games there.
And with that, lets continue on to Cincinnati.
Great American Ball Park is interesting. Downtown Cincinnati (as far as I can tell) is essentially situated on a hill that runs down to the Ohio River. Route-71 comes into downtown
and cuts across downtown at 3rd Street – at the bottom of the hill – just above the river. The big downtown buildings are up the uphill side of 3rd Street and Great American Ball Park is tucked into the little space right between the buildings/3rd Street/Route-71 and the Ohio River. If you park in downtown, you have to walk across the bridge…
…to get to the stadium. (Those pictures were actually taken after the game…so everyone is walking away from the park instead of to it.) In the picture above to the right, you can see that the ballpark is tucked between two buildings. The building to the left the Reds front office and the building to the right is the main team store and the Reds (very cool) Hall of Fame.
Here is a look as you get closer to the stadium…
…and that picture to the left is a huge engraving (I guess that's what you would call it) on the end of the front office building.
This approach leads you to the gates right behind home plate. There are a bunch of statues in the area in front of the home plate gate:
In the picture above to the right with Tim facing the statue of the pitcher, Tim explained that he was being the catcher and he was telling the pitcher what pitches to throw.
When we arrived, it was still about 20 minutes before gate opening. And it was really hot. We scooted around to the third base gate, where it was somewhat shady, and we hopped in
line. While in line, we spotted our first (of many) Griffey jerseys of the day:
After entering the ballpark and stowing our two new Dusty Baker bobblehead/toothpick holders, we headed to section 109:
The Reds were hitting, but they were almost finished, and the Indians pitchers were starting to report to the LF line to warm up and do some throwing. BP got packed quick. My hunch was that we wouldn't come away with a baseball from GABP. But after the Indians pitchers finished up throwing, an Indians batter hit a ball behind 3B that veered over into foul
territory where an Indians pitcher fielded it right in front of us. When I asked if he could toss it up to Tim, he walked over and handed it directly to Tim.
As he walked away, I called out, "Wait! What's your name!?" He reply, simply, "Tony!" I thought that was pretty funny. We're on a first name basis, you know? I later checked the roster and found that Tony's last name is Sipp.
Here is a picture of Sipp walking away from us…
…and Tim smiling for the camera with his baseball:
Thanks, Tony!
Okay. We had a ball from GABP and that was enough for us. We'd only been to this ballpark once before so it was officially time to do some exploring. We started by heading behind home plate, where we got this picture of Tim (again posing with his Tony Sipp baseball):
Tim looks pretty sweaty in that picture, but it is really water. It was so hot that we kept dousing Tim's head with cold water.
Here is a panoramic view of Great American Ball Park from the cross aisle right behind section 121:
Next, we headed down into the seats behind the third base dugout and got this panorama from the second row of section 117:
Although no one checked our tickets when we headed down into the seats behind the dugout, I got the feeling that someone was supposed to have done so. There was hardly anyone in the seats behind dugout, but lots of people down the foul lines and in the outfield.
They definitely were checking the tickets of anyone who dared stand in the front row behind the dugout. But they did let Tim stand there long enough to get this picture:
There is a big steamboat looking thing above the batters' eye in CF and Tim requested that we go out there and check it out. So that's what we did…well, we tried to. You can't actually get out onto that steamboat unless you are part of the group that has the steamboat for the game.
So we just stood around in upper deck next to the steamboat for 10-15 minutes. Here was our view:
One Indians player in CF was clearly having more fun than anyone else on the field. I had no clue who he was. The last group of hitters was only two guys and I am pretty sure they were pitchers preparing for their final interleague games. They hardly got the ball out of the infield.
But they did get one ball out to the "fun guy" in center field. He was way out there in CF. After gloving the baseball, he started walking toward another player in LCF. I didn't say a word, but I held my glove up. As he walked, he noticed us and he threw a laser to me. It was an amazing throw considering the height and distance the ball traveled.
Here is "fun guy" and Tim with our first ever upper deck toss up:
I took pictures of the guy and tried to get a close up of his glove…where it appeared that his name was embroidered. In the best photo, I could tell the first name was "Cade" and the last name looked like it started with "Dur." The roster told me that Chad Durbin now pitches for the Indians and Wikipedia told me that Durbin has a son named Cade. So there you go, thanks are due to Mr. Durbin.
Thanks, Chad!
This picture taken later in the day illustrates Durbin's impressive throw:
Interesting side note, the baseball that Durbin threw up to us is a minor league baseball. It is so scuffed and dirty that it is impossible to read which MiLB league it is from, but it clearly appears to have the MiLB logo instead of the MLB logo.
Next, we headed over to the LF corner of the upper deck and got this panorama from section 406:
And then we got a picture of Tim from the same spot:
After running up to the top of the seats, we got this panorama from the top of section 406:
Next, we headed over into the infield. We headed up to the tippy-top of the stadium and found a nice spot where we could get a good picture of Tim with his Chad Durbin baseball and the Great American Ball Park sign for the MyGameBalls.com scavenger hunt:
After climbing up to the top of section 510, this is what it looked like:
Zooming in, here is a look at the batters' eye steamboat:
Tim was not feeling the tippy-top of the upper deck. Too high. So we headed down to the upper deck concourse. I kept dousing Tim's head with water. When we visited the restroom after leaving section 510, Tim noticed his wet hair in the mirror. Before leaving the restroom, he asked me to help him spike his hair up into a mohawk. When we headed back
into the concourse, this is what Tim's hair looked like:
Speaking of the concourse, this is what it looks like in the upper deck behind third base at Great American Ball Park:
It was time to circle the upper deck and take some more panoramas. First, section 516…
…section 423…
…a picture of the two of us between panoramas…
…section 430…
…and finally a panorama from the cross aisle above section 436:
That was enough of the upper deck for us, so we headed down to the field level and got this panorama from behind section 139:
Section 139 is right next to the visitors bullpen. This is what the bullpen looks like:
The bullpens were actually pretty interesting to me. A lot of stadiums where the bullpens are not side-by-side seem to put the visitors' bullpen out in the direct sunlight and the home bullpen in a shady area. The Reds, however, did the opposite. Pretty early in the game, the visitors' bullpen was in the shade while the Reds relievers were still in the direct sun.
There is a great standing room area in CF just to the RF side of the batters' eye. Here is a panorama that I took from that SRO area just behind section 146:
We were in the SRO area when someone-or-other sang the National Anthem. Just behind the plate, Mr. Redlegs and Rosie were standing with hands over hearts:
Mr. Redlegs is very similar to Mr. Met. But if you ask me, Mr. Redlegs is hands down the superior mascot. The Rollie Fingers 'stache really sets him apart…as does his retro Reds hat.
We had seats in the direct blazing sun in RF so we started hearing that way. As we walked behind the Reds bullpen, we noticed something interesting:
Aroldis Chapman was down there signing autographs. Of all of the players at this game, Aroldis is the player with whom I most wanted Tim to get his picture. While that was out of
the question, we were hoping Chapman would sign Tim's baseball from Tony Sipp. Soon after we arrived at the stairs up above Chapman, he called it quits and walked into a door opposite the bullpen. We waited patiently. And then he reappeared. I called his name and I'm pretty sure that he only stopped because he saw Tim.
When Chapman stopped below us, he was holding a Gatorade-type bottle in one hand and he motioned for me to toss the Sipp baseball down to him. At this point, he had the drink in one hand and the baseball in the other hand, he motioned for me to toss down our pen. I figured he would just let it hit the ground and then pick it up. But he showed some major hand-eye coordination by catching the pen at hip level with his index finger. It was very impressive.
After he signed the ball and tossed us the ball and pen, I shouted out a big "Gracias, Aroldis!" That put a huge smile on his face. During this interaction (and while previously watching him signing autographs), we were probably 10 feet above Chapman's head and it was impossible to chat with him. Nevertheless, it was clear that the guy conveys a ridiculously warm/nice/pleasant attitude. He really seemed like a great guy.
Here is a picture of the Chapman autograph.
Finally, it was time for the game to start. We headed to the Skyline Chili stand right behind section 103 and grabbed some nachos and a cheese coney…
…and then we headed down to our seats in section 103. This was our view from section 103, row C, seats 13-14:
It was crazy hot in our seats. I could tell that we wouldn't be able to stay in these seats for too long, which was unfortunate because they were great seats. But I knew we'd last at least a couple innings because Tim was going to town on our big pile of nachos:
It was good to see the Reds play again. We haven't seen them since 2008, Griffey's last year with the Reds. During his time in Cincinnati, I watched tons and tons of Reds games. They have a lot of new players since then, and a lot of players that were there in 2008, but have really matured over the past several years. Like this guy…
…2010 N.L. MVP Joey Votto. In that at bat, Votto is about to ground out in the first inning.
This was a low scoring game. The pitching match-up was Fausto Carmona vs. Homer Bailey. We sat in our assigned seats through the second inning and the score was 0-0.
We were overheating (well, Tim was), so we headed to the standing room area in RCF which is set up as a big misting station. It really felt amazing in there. We stayed under the
mist-sprayers for a long time and we got soaked:
Meanwhile, former-Mariner Mickey Brantley's son Michael Brantley hit a 3-run homerun in the top of the third inning. That would be all the runs that the Indians would score during this game, and it was all they would need to win.
While we were interested in the game, we were just as interested in seeing as much of Great American Ball Park as we could. After we were thoroughly misted, we decided to head in the opposite direction of our seats and keep exploring.
As we headed toward the 3B side concourse, we looked up and took this shot of the big toothbrush-style light stands:
We lingered in the SRO area behind section 118 for a while. It looked like this:
And then we cut through the concourse and found a nice standing room spot behind section 130:
Aside from the Brantley bomb, Homer Bailey was looking pretty good:
An inning after the homerun, Bailey had no problem retiring Brantley on a weak pop up to short stop:
We decided to wander aimlessly around the ballpark and it quickly paid dividends. We ran into both Slider (the visiting Cleveland Indians mascot) and Gapper (the "B-list" Reds mascot…or at least that is how I would rank him compared to Mr. Redlegs):
In the concourse behind home plate, there is a really cool looking Reds logo set into the floor:
And some cool (and really big) mosaic pictures on the wall…
…check out Ken Griffey, Sr. in the mosaic to the left (of course, Sr. (wearing number 30) was an instrumental part of the "Big Red Machine" back in the day). Junior has got the Hall of Fame stats, but Senior has got the rings (2 of them).
Behind section 119, there is a big staircase that is mostly blocked off and is used as a SRO area:
That's where we were standing in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jay Bruce…
…flied out to CF. I would have got a great action shot of the Grady Sizemore and Austin Kearns running into each other just before Sizemore made the catch, but a lady walked into my pitch and totally ruined it. Booo!
We decided to stop by at this little bouncy house/slide thingy…
…on our way to the very impressive Reds team store:
Two notes: in the upper right picture, that is a game-used Dusty Baker jersey Tim is pointing to with his thumb and in the bottom right picture Tim is throwing a one-seamer on the
baseball seams on the floor of the team store.
Upstairs in the game-used area, we found this cool old Big Red Machine black-and-white photo on the wall…
…which again features Ken Griffey, Sr. (wearing number 30). Lets see if I can name the rest of the Big Red Machine (from left-to-right): Pete Rose, Ken Griffey Sr., Joe "Everyone's Favorite Broadcaster" Morgan, Tony Perez, George Foster, Johnny Bench, Cesar Geronimo, and Dave Concepcion.
After perusing the team store, we headed over to section 126…
…but just for a minute. We had our sights on ice cream helmets. So we headed toward the first base side concourse where we had got our ice cream helmets back in 2008. As we approached the ice cream place, Mr. Redlegs was approaching walking in the opposite direction. I asked Mr. Redlegs if he could pose for a picture with Tim. Mr. Redlegs' handler
shut us down explaining, "we're in a rush to get somewhere." But Mr. Redlegs was having none of it. He leaned in and gave Tim a big hug:
Awesome! Thanks, Mr. Redlegs!
The ice cream helmet line was ridiculous. It was as if every fan at the game was in line. We were in line for at least a full inning. But when we got to the front of the line, it was worth the wait. They had about 6 (maybe 8) toppings, and they were free and unlimited!
We both got twist soft serves. Tim got smashed up M&M's with whipped cream and a cherry (which he got specifically to give to me) and I got smashed up Reese's pieces. Delicious.
We reported back to our seats (well, our section at least) to eat our ice cream in the hot sun:
Just for kicks, we got this shot of Tim smiling with a belly full of ice cream:
It was still too hot to stay in our seats for too long. So we headed back to the misting SRO in RCF. On our way, we noticed that the Reds had a reliever warming up in the bullpen:
As I watched the game from the front of the SRO area, Tim whipped a wet wipe (from ice cream face clean up) around in the sunny mist trying to make rainbows in the mist:
It is pretty interesting watching the game from this SRO area. Sometimes it looks like you are watching the game on a HD television. But at other times, it looks like you are watching it through a thick fog (or mist) or a light fog:
That's our buddy Tony Sipp pitching in those last two pictures. He gave up a solo homerun to Joey Votto, but still earned a "hold."
Here is what it looked like in the SRO area behind section 145 when the mist was blowing in the opposite direction:
We were going to stay at a hotel 3.5 hours north in Toledo, Ohio after this game. So we decided to head over to the SRO areas behind home plate to watch the end of the game. The plan was to make a quick exit once the game ended.
Here was our view, once again, from the concourse behind section 126 (or so):
With the score at 3-1 Indians, it was still anyone's game as the Reds pitched to the Indians in the top of the ninth:
While we were in position, I figured I better get a shot looking into the Indians dugout. Here is what it looked like:
The Reds needed two runs in the bottom of the ninth and they had the heart of their order coming to the plate. With one out and one on base, Brandon Phillips couldn't get anything going:
Phillips struck out for the second out of the inning.
Joey Votto batted next and lined a single to leftfield on this inside-out swing:
With the tying runs on base, Scott Rolen came to bat with two outs as the potential winning run. But he struck out to end the game.
Indians win 3-1.
On our way out the of the ballpark, Tim did a "rounding second" pose on the "statue" base near by the Ted Kluszewski statue:
We also got a couple fake batting poses to try to recreate a picture that we took outside Great American Ball Park in 2008:
Although we missed a lot of the game because of all of the exploring we did around the ballpark, we had a great time.
And the great time didn't stop just because we had a 3.5 hour drive ahead of us. It was the night of July2nd and people were out in full force lighting off their own fireworks demonstrations. Tim had a great time watching the fireworks and didn't fall asleep until after 11:00 p.m., right we pulled up to our hotel.
|2011 C&S Fan Stats
|15/2 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|14/4 Teams [Tim – Mariners, Orioles, Rangers, Brewers, Nationals, Phillies, Mets, Rays, Braves, Diamondbacks, Astros, Royals, Cubs, Angels, Indians and Reds; Kellan – Mariners, Orioles, Angels and Mets]
|11 Ice Cream Helmet(s) (Orioles (2), Nationals, Phillies (2), Rangers (2), Mets (1), Reds (1))
|45 Baseballs (6 Mariners, 7 Rangers, 3 Orioles, 2 Umpire, 2 Nationals, 2 Brewers, 5 Phillies, 2 Mets, 1 Rays, 2 Braves, 2 Diamondbacks, 1 MLB Authenticator, 1 Easter Egg, 1 Glove
Trick, 2 Royals, 2 Cubs, 2 Angels, 2 Indians)
|7/2 Stadiums [Tim – Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park, Minute Maid Park, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Citi Field, Great American Ball Park; Kellan – Camden Yards,
Citi Field]
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San Jose State University has gone back to the drawing board and tweaked delivery of a much-maligned program set up with MOOC provider Udacity. In this retake three online courses developed with help from Udacity will be offered, but they'll be open only to SJSU students and students attending other California State University institutions through the system's CourseMatch program. The previous iteration of the program, launched with great fanfare in January, also invited participation from high school students, waitlisted students at California Community Colleges, and members of the armed forces and veterans.
One of the upcoming classes — Elementary Statistics — was initially introduced in the spring semester. Two others — Introduction to Psychology and Intro to Programming — were piloted in the summer. They'll all be hosted on the university's standard learning management system, Instructure Canvas. Enrollment will be limited to 70 students for statistics, 150 students for programming, and 35 students for psychology.
Students who complete the coursework successfully will receive college credit. The cost will reflect regular tuition. Udacity has made the content open and free to faculty members, and the company will receive no revenue from the latest arrangement.
The same courses are still available through Udacity's Web site, where those who finish them may receive a certificate of completion from the company.
The university was broadly derided for the pilot efforts, in which dropouts and non-completion of the limited-enrollment MOOC was abysmal. Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun countered, however, that the efforts were experiments and the criticism unwarranted. "To all those people who declared our experiment a failure, you have to understand how innovation works," he reminded readers in a Udacity blog entry. "Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation. We are seeing significant improvement in learning outcomes and student engagement. And we know from our data that there is much more to be done."
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Cheyenne Jackson Engaged To Marry Jason Landau
Looks like wedding bells will soon be ringing!
US Weekly is exclusively reporting that actor Cheyenne Jackson is now engaged to his boyfriend, Jason Landau! Jackson previously introduced his new love to the world back in October.
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Cheyenne Jackson has found love again with actor Jason Landau! The 30 Rock alum, 38, is engaged to marry Landau just six months after ending his 13-year relationship with husband Monte Lapka, a source tells US Weekly.
"They've already begun planning the wedding!" the insider says of the happy couple, who went public with their romance in October 2013, and then attended the 2013 amfAR Inspiration Gala together in December. (More recently, they hit up the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.)
This will be Jackson's second marriage. He and Lapka married in New York in September 2011 after 11 years together; they announced in August that they had "mutually decided to divorce."
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This has nothing to do with being gay or straight....this is how Hollywood has always treated marriage....it's the typical story....been with someone for many years, divorce after only two years of marriage and get engaged to someone new after only 6 months (how do you truly know a person after only 6 months when your previous relationship tanked after 13 years)....can you say "Lifetime movie"?
Preach. I refuse to date anymore because few few gay man can actually be adults, hash out fights, overlook minor flaws, STAY FAITHFUL, and move at a slower pace instead of saying "I love you" or "you're my soulmate" after a couple dates and screwing. Not to mention having to walk on eggshells because once someone's feelings are hurt, deal off.


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A couple days ago, I read an article written by a mom who is sick and tired of other mothers trying to parent her kid at the playground -- by hovering over them and helping them get up and down ladders, on and off the slide, etc.
You know the moms she is referring to, right? The ones who stare you down at the park like you're some sort of neglectful idiot who doesn't give a crap about whether or not your kids get hurt? And then they take it upon themselves to step in and "help" your poor, ignored kid? (We've all run into them at one point or another.)
I sat there reading her words nodding my head in agreement, because I too want my son to learn to figure out problems on his own, and I want him to have a sense of independence so he doesn't rely on me to do everything for him. And I don't want or need any other mom stepping in to assist him simply because she doesn't agree with my parenting.
One particular line in her post about her feelings on why she feels that kids need to navigate the world on their own really struck a chord with me. She wrote:
I want them to feel capable of making their own decisions, developing their own skills, taking their own risks, and coping with their own feelings.
Wow. Amen. I honestly don't think I could've summed things up any better than that.
But even though I totally agree with everything she said, I also believe there are certain times when it is acceptable for moms to intervene and parent another mother's child.
- If the child is physically hurt -- As much as we vow to keep our eyes on our kids at all times, every mom turns her back once in a while, particularly if you have more than one child to look after. If another mom's kid is injured and she isn't right there to help him, it's definitely ok to rush to his aide.
- If another kid is harming or bullying your kid (or another kid) -- I won't lie, I've scolded another mother's child on more than one occasion, and I'm sure I'll do it many more times as my son grows up. If another child lays his hands on my kid or is bullying him in some way, mama's stepping in. And I'd expect other moms to do the same and put my son in his place if he's out of line.
- If you truly believe a child is in danger -- And I'm talking about real danger, like the time I stopped a little girl from walking off a pier and falling into the river. (Her mom didn't appreciate it. But she should have.) It's better to step in and do something than wish you'd intervened after seeing something terrible happen.
- If the child is in your care -- Whenever my friends, parents, etc., help me out and watch my son, I tell them it's ok to discipline him as they see fit. I don't want him thinking he can get away with misbehaving simply because I'm not present.
- If the child asks for your help -- Uh-oh. Maybe I've been one of those hovering playground moms a time or two -- because I've happily obliged when another mom's kid has asked me to push him on the swing or help him down from the monkey bars. (But how can anyone say no to a child who is asking for help?)
When do you think it's ok to parent another mother's kid?
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Man oh man, that was tough! Like crazy, ridiculous, just stupid tough!
Picture this: Start line, 6 degrees, icy wind but no rain. Ok this sure sucks, but it's managable.
2k into the 10k neutral the rain she begins to fall. The temperature also begins to fall, 6 degrees down to 3, where it will remain. 4.5 Hours to go. For some reason everyones motivation also begins to fall. Oh crap... ....Oh shit.... hmmm Oh well. Everyone has had one of these rides before. No feeling in your hands or feet, can't brake, can't change gears, don't even think about trying to get food out of your pocket and so on (on a side note I tucked my gels into the end of my knicks so I could access them with frozen hands). Generally it is bad. Real Bad. (second side note: I have a pair of medium winter gloves and a pair of full on winter gloves, I chose the medium ones. Massive error.)
Picture this, I crossed the finish line and found my Directeur and said: hey grab my bag and come with me, I can't use my hands so I need you to undress me! So like an F1 pitstop we ran into some bathrooms at the finishing stadium and I had my Directeur and Masseus on either side of me ripping off clothes, towelling, cleaning and dressing me. It was like a whirlwind of action while I stood there blubbering unable to conjugate correct sentences because my lips were so cold! Then our interpreter came running with tray of coffee and green tea! Legend. Then my Directeur pulls a packet of caramel waffle biscuits he had been saving from Holland. Oh thank you god!
So the race was great fun in racing terms, really jumpy and really fast. Lots of breaks and attacks and no negative racing, just good balls out aggression. In the end I couldn't quite bridge to a group of 15 that had formed at 35k to go and ended up missing an important split. Then bunch shut down and we lost heaps of time! Not helped by taking a wrong turn at an unmaned intersection. Never mind. I was riding aggressively and attacking when I could so I am happy to say I gave it my best.
My top GC aspirations are done for this race now but a decent placing is still possible with two mammoth stages to come. I'll be spending a good 12-14 hours in the saddle the next two days. Let's just hope it warms up.
It's a pity but my two remaining Malaysian teamates Haidar and Loh both suffered like dogs (doesn't everyone?) but couldn't last the distance in that cold. Talk about a shock to the system, 35 degrees and sun to this filth! Oh did I mention it started snowing in flurries after the finish? Even worse, this morning on the rest day we rode up one of the climbs for tomorrows 225k stage and there was snow everywhere from about 400 metres of altitude and beyond. Let's hope there is no snow tomorrow...
Bye for now
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Posted by JONATHAN LOVELOCK at 3:11 PM
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- AnonymousApril 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM
i bet it will snow tomorow on that climb !!!!!ReplyDelete
Jono, great reading! You had me glued to the page.ReplyDelete
Here is what you do tomorrow.ReplyDelete
Send your DS up the mountain before the start and tell him to collect some snow. At the start line while everyone is chatting away start eating the snow.
If anyone looks at you just say 'What are you looking at C%&t? I'm going to smash you.'
Coach out.
That is a good psyche out. Maybe do it while wearing just knicks and a jersey..ReplyDelete
Get some meat on them bones Jono. The snow and the cold is no problem then! ;)ReplyDelete
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Lipscomb men's tennis downed North Alabama 6-1 Saturday night inside the Richmond Tennis Club. The Bisons improved to 1-1 on the season with their victory, which was just the second match of the season.
"I am proud of the guys in how they fought tonight," said head coach Mario Hernandez.
The Bisons played with only five players but still bagged the victory against.
Stuart Tierney and Miguel Cortez won their doubles match against Guillaume Dechoz and Aliaksei Kavalenka in a close fight by a score of 6-5 (3).
"In doubles, Miguel and I got together again and we did a good job at communicating with one another and moving on the court," said Tierney. "We still have to improve on a few things, but it was a good first match and first win."
Senior David Salazar and freshman Rob Mitchell defeated the pair of Benjamin Poire and Max Druppel 6-4 to win the doubles point for Lipscomb.
In singles play, the Bisons recorded wins at all positions with only five players in the lineup.
"We have been emphasizing all week that we need to come out right from the start with good energy and fight to impose ourselves," said Hernandez.
Tierney playing at No. 2, defeated Poire in straight sets (6-1, 6-3).
"We supported one another throughout every point, in a respectful yet encouraging way," said Tierney. "It was great to see everyone trying their hardest in all aspects tonight."
David Salazar at No.1 and Cortez at No. 4 also won their respective singles matches.
Freshman Rob Mitchell led the first set 6-4 and closed out the match in the second set with ease, defeating Druppel 6-0.
"I played well today," Mitchell said. "I felt I got off to a good start and then it got tight, but I managed to pull through to get the first set. After that, I relaxed and played a really aggressive second set.".
Lipscomb's Nacor Ibanez, from Spain, played at No. 6 and fought to win a tough tiebreaker over Ali Murad 3-6, 6-1, (10-8)
"There is no time to work into the match," said Hernandez. "You have to come out ready to go."
The Bisons will be in action at Vanderbilt Sunday. The match is set to begin at 5p.m.
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- Rob Mitchell (LU) def. Max Druppel (UNA) 6-4,6-0
- Miguel Cortez (LU) def. Aliaksei Kavalenka (UNA) 6-4,6-3
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NVIDIA Begins Regular Windows 8 Driver Updates
Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview was only released two weeks ago and as part of our partnership to support NVIDIA GPU-based systems, we have already released our first driver update for NVIDIA GeForce and Quadro GPUs.
This release represents the start of regular NVIDIA driver updates for Windows 8. These drivers, version 296.17, are available for both GeForce and Quadro GPU-based desktops and notebooks on NVIDIA.com and on Microsoft's Windows Update.
Download the new NVIDIA 296.17 drivers for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
Windows 7 and Windows XP users aren't left out. An equivalent driver, version 296.10 (WHQL-certified), can be downloaded on GeForce.com today. These drivers are a quick refresh from the recent version GeForce 295.73 drivers and are a must-have for gamers looking for the best experience in upcoming games like Blacklight: Retribution. These drivers also carry all of the R295 goodness that we told you about just a couple weeks ago.
Download the new GeForce 296.10 drivers for Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP.
A final note about NVIDIA's Windows 8 driver support: NVIDIA's Windows 8 drivers support all the features of the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) v1.2 and also support the award-winning NVIDIA 3D Vision and 3DTV Play products, allowing you to play more than 600 games, watch Blu-ray movies and view photos – all in 3D. With Windows 8's new built-in stereoscopic 3D support in DirectX 11, 3D Vision is poised to provide users the best platform for games and applications.
For more information on 3D Vision and 3DTV Play support in Windows 8, please read our Windows 8 FAQs.
For more information on the Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview, please visit Microsoft's dedicated Windows 8 Consumer Preview page.
The list of supported NVIDIA GPUs for Windows 8 can be found on NVIDIA.com.