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And this is what I came up with for this month:
I used my Studio Calico Field Guide kit for this one.
Becky's sketches are a whole new world for me now that I see mist when I look at them. Again this month, I misted around the edges instead of using patterned paper, and used the same mist for my chipboard butterfly on the left. The color choice was Estate Green.
This month my hubby and the girls spent a lot of time at Grandma and Grandpa's, working on a big landscaping project. They usually went on the days I went to the office all day, so I wasn't part of the "fun". We had a photo of the project along with their new pond and dock, so I printed a 5x7 photo of our dog jumping for a toy. It's not the best photo, but someday those trees won't be that big, the landscaping will be done, and it'll be fun to look back and into the background of that photo. It would never end up on a layout otherwise, so it was the perfect choice for this sketch.
Here's a few things that caught my eye:
I like the patterned paper Kayla chose and how her scalloped frame matches and brings the layout together. The embellishments work together really well.
I like how Vanessa went back and looked through previous sketches for her layout, to find the best sketch that worked with her life. That's a great way to do it.
I had to share Jen's. I love that Cosmo paper in this sketch, and the visual triangle of embellishments she created with the layered flowers. It brings your eye straight through the layout, which makes it even more appealing.
Agata and her handstitchery and that multi-colored journaling block makes my heart SING! :)
Now that we are on to October, while in the midst of creating Halloween costumes (aaaaackkkk. already?!!), making the final push on some quilts I'm making for the girls (and should have given them LAST year), I've got a layout to make. Check out the September sketch:
Ooh. This is interesting. It's similar to the last sketch, only the reverse. I like this one a lot. See the visual triangle created with the three main embellishments? It'll bring the eye straight through the photos, which you won't consciously think about, but you'll find when you are finished with your layout, you'll just like your layout a lot, not realizing it's because you used that rule of design. :)
Have a great October! I'm going to be crafting about the first day of school while visiting the pumpkin patch and getting Pumpkin Spice lattes from Starbucks. That's the fun of scrapping a month behind. :)
P.S. Be sure to check out the SCT blog to see if you are the winner of the latest prize (but post your layouts here)! and as always, check out the Project 12 page above if you have any questions about the challenge, or send me an email to cooperdees (at) yahoo (dot) com.


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It always seems a great shame to me how there will sometimes be a sudden rash of fiction published with similar themes. What generally follows is that the biggest marketing budget wins, at least until word of mouth takes over from the machine, and the true readers' favourite starts to tick over as a backlist perennial.
This time two years ago there was a tussle going on between Mr Rosenblum's List and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and somehow the two books seemed to meld in the minds of the public. Mandy Sayer was just one of several Australian authors whose books about wartime Sydney, lost and found love with an American soldier (in Sayer's case called Love in the Time of Lunacy) had to battle it out on the shelves around the middle of last year. Last month we were presented with Wonder, The Cartographer and Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, all of which purport to speak in an authentic child's voice and all of which are really very good, although having read all three, I do think Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is clearly the strongest.
It is rather unfortunate then that both Defending Jacob and The Good Father are coming out within a month of each other. Both are about the relationship between a father and his son. Both revolve around whether or not the son has committed an unspeakable crime. Both are supposed to be excellent.
I haven't read William Landay's Defending Jacob but within two weeks of its US publication, it was topping the NY Times charts and it certainly has had some very good reviews, most of which focus on it being a legal thriller in the vein of Scott Turow.
I have read Noah Hawley's The Good Father which will be published in April but I can tell you that this is no legal thriller. It is all together a different beast.
The book opens with notes from a police report. They describe a young man purchasing a Trojan 9 mm gun. The gun is used to shoot and kill the Democrat nominee to the US presidency. There is photographic evidence of a young man holding the gun seconds after it went off, executing its deadly mission with perfect accuracy. The report goes on to describe the life of the young man as he drifted across the US over the previous 18 months – a "hobo losing himself in the great American absence". The man was 20 years old. The report concludes, and its reader muses over its contents. The prologue ends:
"Who was this boy and how did he become a man in a motel room fondling bullets? What made him ditch his comfortable life and embrace an act of barbarity? I have read the reports. I have watched the footage, but the answer continues to elude me. More than anything else, I want to know. I am his father, you see. He is my son."
The Good Father is told through the eyes of Dr Paul Allen. Dr Allen is a respected and established rheumatologist. He is happy, leading a quite domestic life with his twin twelve year olds and his second wife. Their world is shattered while watching the evening news as Paul's 20 year old son from his first marriage, Danny, now apparently known as Carter Allen Cash, is accused of murdering the most high profile candidate in America at a presidential election rally.
What follows is an exploration of fatherhood, of self, of loyalty, of obligation, of identity and perhaps, of the limits of unconditional love. There are wonderful insights into family, into connection and disconnection, and what it is like to watch someone decide to simply slip away from their moorings. Allen is convinced that Danny is innocent although that is looking less and less likely as the book goes on. What is interesting is that he examines the evidence with the same razor sharp deduction that he has to use in his medical practice as a diagnostician. He tests the evidence, he weighs each theory, he discounts neither the obvious, nor the outlandish explanation. But the closer he comes to Danny, the closer he comes to an ugly truth, a truth about himself as a father.
While Dr Allen continues to champion the cause of his son, he jeopardises both his marriage and his career. He has become a pariah – the father of the boy who killed America's hope. He is torn between loyalty to his firstborn, with whom he has had less and less contact over the years, and loyalty to his fiercely loving twins.
Noah Hawley uses a surgeon's precision to slice away at identity until Dr Allen is laid bare, no longer sure of who he is or what he stands for. He piles twist upon twist so the reader is constantly on edge, constantly questioning the nature of truth and the nature of reality. And he ratchets up the tension until the very last page.
Comparisons will be made with Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin, but there are some obvious differences. What is most interesting about the The Good Father is that it takes the male perspective, and Danny certainly came into the world loved and wanted.
Along the way, Dr Allen looks to other American assassins and/or cult leaders – Sirhan Sirhan, Lee Harvey Oswald, unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Branch Davidian David Koresh – for answers as to whether Danny could be guilty or not. These ponderings are both informative and fascinating.
This is an intense psychological novel told from the points of view of both the guilt ridden father and the meandering, ruminative son. This all adds up to create an intensely powerful book that is gripping from start to finish, and is beautifully written. It offers a fascinating, absorbing and intimate portrayal of a successful, intelligent and fundamentally good man who is forced to re-examine his whole behaviour as a father in the light of one dreadful action. It also is a startling depiction of what happens in adolescence when a child becomes a lost soul.
The Good Father is available to order from Booktopia here.

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Update: the ratings are in. The premiere of TNT's Dallas drew a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating and 6.9 million total viewers.
Dallas, a continuation of the classic primetime soap, premieres tonight on TNT. How well do you think the return to Southfork will do among adults 18-49? On one hand, everyone knows the show and the marketing campaign has been stellar. On the other hand, a lot of people who loved the original are now over the age of 49. Hawaii Five-O has proved that a classic show can be successfully updated, but the short lives of the Melrose Place, Bionic Woman and Charlie's Angels reboots have shown that the audience does not always respond to reboots.
To aid in your prognostication, you can read my interviews with the show's stars Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray.


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1972 Chevy K20 - Plain Red WrapperPosted in Project Vehicles on January 1, 2013
John Rogers' 1972 Chevrolet K20 caught our eye at the 2012 Lima Jamboree because it wasn't fancy. There is functional elegance in simplicity when it's done right. Evidently Jamboree judges thought like we did because they gave Rogers the Award of Excellence for 2012.
John is part of a group of Southern Ohio '76-'72 GM truck enthusiasts who think the sun rises and sets on these trucks. This is not his first truck from this era, and it won't be the last. This particular truck was built from two. Six years ago John swapped the bodies of a very straight, low-mile, six-cylinder, longbed C20 with a K20 that was more rough and rusty. He added some goodies in a particular way and made his dream truck…the truck he would have ordered in 1972 if he could have. And just so you know, the donor chassis lives on but with a more "distressed" body.
The theme is obvious: functional simplicity. With the exception of the Goodmark cowl hood, the body is just how the six-cylinder truck rolled off the line—next to no brightwork, painted bumpers, painted steel wheels with no covers, and no trim. Inside is the same—rubber floor mats, no A/C, rollup windows, bench seat, and even the original radio delete. So…boring truck, right? Not so much. For tunes and general excitement, you got the 500-horse, 502ci big-block machined by Jim Vulgamore and assembled by John himself.
Tech Specs
1972 Chevrolet K20
Engine: 502ci GM V-8 (500 hp/550 lb-ft)
Transmission: 700R4 automatic
Transfer case: NP205
Front Axle: Dana 44, 4.88:1 gears
Rear Axle: GM full-float 14-bolt, G86 LSD, 4.88:1 gears
Springs & Such: Superlift 6-inch leaf, Superlift shocks, energy bushings, dual Superlift steering dampers
Tires & Wheels: 37-13x16.5 Super Swamper boggers, stock steel 9.75x16.5 wheels
Other Stuff: Factory "Red" paint in Imron w/ clearcoat, Goodmark cowl induction hood, Hydroboost conversion


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They saved the best for last.
Despite opening the 2012 season with technical and mechanical challenges, RIT Formula Racing capped its season in Europe at the Formula Student Germany competition, winning the demanding endurance event and placing fifth overall among 78 international racing teams Aug. 2-5 at Hockenheinring.
Four points and five seconds were all that separated the RIT racecar from its closest competitor, the University of Stuttgart (Germany) in the endurance finale. But it was enough to place RIT Racing among some of the top collegiate design teams in the world, and it was the third year in a row the team made the top-five in the international competition.
Teams race 22 kilometers, nearly 14 miles, in the endurance event, a timed course challenge, where drivers must negotiate multiple hairpin turns, straight-aways at high speeds and other racecars on the track. Of the 77 teams that qualified, only 39 finished.
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RIT had top placements in separate events, but it was the design presentation, the team's strength this year, and the all-important endurance run consisting of nearly 40 percent of the final point total that made the difference. RIT Racing placed second in fuel efficiency, ninth in autocross, 10th in design and in the top 20 for skid pad and its business plan. Overall, there was only a 43 point difference between RIT and the first-place winner.
"We are extremely proud of our car's performance during endurance. The drivers were able to push the car to the limit and drive the car exactly how we designed it—to corner hard and fast, while sipping fuel," says Brian Guenther, RIT Formula project manager and a fifth-year mechanical engineering major. "It's been a challenging year for everyone, and it was a great feeling seeing our car put down the fastest laps of the day. In a way, it validated our entire year and proved that our design produced the fastest car on the track."
Trouble with the differential mounting and the carbon-fiber chassis early in the season kept the team from top placements in competitions in Michigan in May and Nebraska in June. But the group never lost confidence in its sleek, new design and enhanced engine features, placing first in the presentation event and seventh out of 100 teams in the design event at Michigan, and then placing ninth in the same category in Nebraska.
"We built the 2012 car to be completely different than any car we've built before," Guenther says. He and the car designers wrote a lap-time simulator to evaluate and compare different types of car designs. The results emphasized the importance of cornering ability rather than accelerating ability. "A fuel-efficient and light-weight car that could corner well would be faster than a heavier car with a more powerful engine that could accelerate faster."
Switching from 13-inch diameter wheels to 10-inch wheels saved weight in the suspension. Building the chassis out of carbon fiber saved additional weight. Changing from a four-cylinder motorcycle engine to a single-cylinder dirt-bike engine cut 50 pounds from the engine package, Guenther explains, reducing the car weight from 450 pounds to 320 pounds. The new engine uses less fuel than previous engines and an aerodynamics package consisting of a diffuser, front wing and rear wing, similar to professional Formula 1 cars, produced extra down-force that gives the tires more grip.
"The car has really lived up to its design," Guenther says.
RIT Racing closes its season on Oct. 7 competing in the Toronto Shootout, an invitational meet at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and hosted by the University of Toronto.


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How to try a free software operating system...
A live CD, is a CD-ROM (or sometimes a DVD-ROM) that you can either download and burn to a blank disc yourself, or get one from a friend, company or magazine.
A live CD is special, because it lets you run a free software operating system on your computer, without installing it. This gives you a real insight into how the system works for you without altering any of your existing files.
Try GNU/Linux in three easy steps.
- Decide which version of GNU/Linux you're going to try and download it. When you download it, you will have an ISO file, of around 700 megabytes.
If you're not sure which one to try, Trisquel is the distribution currently shipping on the Free Software Foundation live CD membership card, and is good for both beginners and experienced users alike.
- Burn the ISO file to a blank CD. This is not just a matter of putting the file onto the CD, so please check the instructions if you're not sure how to proceed.
- Reboot your computer with the CD in the drive. If the CD does not automatically load up, you may need to tell your computer to boot from a CD.
If you decide you want to keep using the system you've downloaded, there is usually an install option on the desktop, or on the screen that appears when your computer first starts up.


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Companies will support requirements, programs related to USPS facilities
Parsons Corp., URS Corp., and AMEC have won a $252 million task order contract to provide program management services to the U.S. Postal Service.
The Program Management Support Contract, or PMSC, has a two-year base and four option years, making the estimated annual future spending to be $42 million a year.
Under PMSC, the companies will provide program management services in support of requirements and programs related to the Postal Service's portfolio of facilities, which includes more than 32,700 facilities nationwide, Parsons said.
The contract is to provide flexibility to staff, reduce the cycle time for facilities-related purchases, improve the efficiency of services, reduce errors and omissions, and improve the facilities' supply chain, according to the USPS's qualification statement.
Program management services will include design, construction management, construction, and the creation of a project and program management system that is meant to expedite communications and streamline the administrative burden for the members of the project team, the qualification statement said.
The contract may also call for accessibility compliance, security upgrades, retail program support, and other projects and programs as needed for improving and maintaining USPS's facilities portfolio.
Parsons has been providing design, construction management and program management support to the USPS since 2003, the company said.
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2nd Annual Sagebrush Smackdown is being held October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2015 in Richland, WA at the Tri-City Radio Control Modelers field. Open flight line all day and night, and plenty of industrial construction lights for night flying. Competitions depend on participant participation, raffle courtesy of many RC sponsors. BBQ lunch will be available, as well as a propane BBQ for anyone to use for their own food.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 7:30McMillan Theater
Sandra Beasley is the author of I Was the Jukebox, winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Theories of Falling, winner of the New Issues Poetry Prize. Other honors for her work include selection for the 2010 Best American Poetry, the University of Mississippi Summer Poet in Residence position, a DCCAH Artist Fellowship, the Friends of Literature Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and the Maureen Egen Exchange Award from Poets & Writers. Her most recent book is Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, a memoir and cultural history of food allergy. She lives in Washington, DC; this spring she is in Hickory, NC, serving as the Visiting Writer at Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 7:30McMillan Theater
Rebecca McClanahan is an award-winning writer of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Her tenth book, The Tribal Knot, a multi-generational memoir, will be published this spring by Indiana University Press. She has also published five books of poetry and a suite of essays, The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings, winner of the Glasgow prize in nonfiction. Her three books of writing instruction include Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively, which is used as a text in numerous writing programs.
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The graphics department? On that corner, behind the wall...
This is the new newsroom of AP, an example of multimedia integration, according to what I have heard.
As infographics artist, first thinh I lloked for was the infographics department. My search wasn't too long. I knew where I had to look. They're on a corner. Behind a wall. It looks like almost every newspapers have the graphics department cornered. And we're talking a bout a department that it based on collaborations with other departments. OK, every single department must collaborate with others, but some of them like graphics, design and layout, correctors, research... can't work alone.
But, it's true that much infographics departments prefer to keep hidden.
I prefer this option:
GRAPHIC: Pablo Ramírez, Innovations in Newspapers global report
Graphics and photo beside the "superdesk" with the editors, next to the epicentre of the newsroom (as every single department). I know a lot of people would prefer being far along from editors, but think in the tiem you'd save everytime they want you to change every single detail...
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When did AP move from 50 Rock? And you're right about graphics dept. placements... in my three newsrooms, we've been against the wall, in a separate room and in the corner.
But honestly, I kinda like the corner. The lighting isn't as obscene.
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Colchester United Football in the Community Courses
Colchester United's Football In The Community programme provides high quality sporting provision for schools and groups around the town, strengthening the bond that the club has with its community. In September 2015 Colchester United Football in the Community was awarded charitable status, enabling us as an organisation to be supported by the Charities Commission and Football League Trust. This also ensures that all funding and income received is re-invested back into the improvement and development of the organisation.
The scheme provides high quality sports and education programmes to children, young people and adults from across the region. Currently delivering sport to over 5,500 participants a week through activities delivered in schools, and local venues whilst also offering a expansive holiday activity programme.
Working in the heart of your local community, you can rest assured that all activities will be delivered by highly qualified coaches with a wealth of experience in developing young people of all abilities.
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You've mastered the sewing machine to sew straight & curvy stitches in 101, it's time to take your basic sewing skills to the next level!
Our Fashion Sewing 102 class covers an introduction to different fabric & stabilizer types and the uses of grain-lines. This class is designed to give novice stitchers a comprehensive foundation in machine sewing like constructing popular seam styles like the french seam and piping/cording. You will also learn to make spaghetti straps like a pro! Students will make an easy zippered wristlet, and will graduate with the confidence to begin tackling anything.
This class is suitable for students who have already done the beginner 101 workshop or equivalent.
Individual & group workshops are available to book on request, please enquire. We also offer workshops not listed & can tailor them to suit your needs.
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You're a mean one Miss Flight Attendant Bitch…
You asked me to put away my cell phone…
Don't you give a damn about how important I really think I am?
Miss Flight Attendant Bitch…
You better scram
before I clobber you…with a stimulus sized leg of lamb
From this article on the American Thinker
Chuck Schumer calls flight attendant 'Bitch'
George Joyce
Politico is reporting that Sen. Chuck Schumer, (D-NY), called a US Airways flight attendant a "Bitch" Sunday after a dispute regarding cell phone use prior to take-off.
According to a GOP aide on the same flight from New York to Washington, the flight attendant approached Schumer after he and fellow Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) continued talking on their cell phones after an announcement requested passengers to turn off the devices.
When Schumer's request to continue his phone conversation was denied by the flight attendant, he turned off his phone and began to argue with her about the rules. Schumer persisted even after, according to the Politico report, the flight attendant had mentioned that "the entire plane was waiting on him to shut down his phone."
The flight attendant reminded Schumer that she was only following the rules and then left. According to the GOP aide Schumer then leaned over to Sen. Gillibrand and called the flight attendant a "Bitch."
Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Sen. Schumer, said later that "[t]he senator made an off-the-cuff comment under his breath that he shouldn't have made, and he regrets it."
Wow. Back when I was a more active PUMA, I can recall several New Yorkers telling me how great Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)…Strong, outspoken, "a great woman to have represent us". It is sad to say that her silence during Sen. Schumer's "bitch" remark disappoints me. I have yet to see Senator Gillibrand actually live up the the good "take one for the girls" reputation that my PUMA sisters have bestowed upon her. Of course Schumer's "bitch" slip-up has earned him a huge Christmas stocking filled with mainstream media and liberal feminists crickets.
While browsing the comments on a HuffPo article about this incident, some liberals actually bashed the GOP aide who "leaked" the story, others exclaimed that they were disappointed in Schumer because they admired him so as a supporter of women. Gee, that sounds familiar…. You mean like Barack Obama being hailed by the left as a feminist while demeaning Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail??? Okay whatever works for you.
My favorite is this comment on the Chicago Tribune version of the story. They compare this incident to Obama and the Cambridge police debacle. They claim to want to know the details. Schumer called the flight attendant a bitch. Is there really much else to know? Skip Gates was not called a "nigger" or a "boy". The situations are not remotely the same in my book but you be the judge.
…On the surface, it appears that Schumer showed his arrogance…showed that he is above the law…showed his lack of professionalism….showed his lack of character.
As for the flight attendant…some stewardess (excuse me, flight attendants) act like they are God. The way to deal with them is to avoid any encounter. Just do what they say. And they know this…they know they have the power. So they act like the b word. Remember the incident between Victoria Osteen and Sandra Brown, the stewardess (excuse me, flight attendant), which was later proven that the stewardess (excuse me, the flight attendant) had previous similar modus operandi? Well, if this was not Victoria Osteen, this stewardess (excuse me, flight attendant) would have gotten away again with murder.
Knowing that some stewardess (excuse me, flight attendants) can be jerks themselves, it would be inappropriate to put all the blame on Schumer.
I don't like Schumer. But to be a good judge, one cannot condemn Schumer, without knowing what happened exactly.
Don't pull an obama, who admitted that he did not know the details, but yet concluded that Cambridge police department acted stupidly.
You're a monster.
Miss Sarah Palin
You're brain is empty
Like your pro-life, gun toting soul
We liberal feminists should defend you
But we couldn't
you're a conservative female
so we never wouldn't
Miss Sarah Palin…
We would rather watch Oprah Winfrey
help lick Tiger "cheetah's" wounds…
From this article in the Chicago Tribune:
Oprah Winfrey Show Reaches out to Tiger Woods
December 17, 2009
By Fred Mitchell
When Tiger Woods appeared as a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" with his father on April 30, 1998, he was reduced to tears.
I was in the audience that day when Woods and his father, Earl, promoted the book I co-authored called "Playing Through." Almost 12 years later, the show has asked Woods to return to the set in Chicago to face a national television audience and address his admitted acts of infidelity.
Meanwhile, several media outlets quoted unnamed sources saying that Woods' wife, Elin, will be filing for divorce in the wake of his confessed infidelity.
"Divorce is 100 percent," one source told ABC News. "She's not rushing to divorce. … She wants all the dirty laundry to be out on the table before she signs anything."
In the wake of this personal turmoil, if Woods were to shed a few tears on "Oprah," his public image likely would improve.
"We have reached out to Tiger Woods' representatives, but nothing is confirmed," a representative from Harpo Productions said Wednesday.
In the spring of '98, Earl penned some special advice in "Playing Through" that was directed specifically to his son. Earl passed away in May 2006.
As Winfrey read the affectionate "Letter to my Son" from the book signed "Pop," Woods broke down in tears.
Poor "cheetah" now just like Chris Brown who beat up singer Rhianna we all have to rally at his side. Oprah is a bastion of feminism. This is a woman who refused to afford Sarah Palin a visit on her Emmy award winning "couch' while campaigning "silently" for Barack Obama. Who would have thought that the world's greatest talk show hostess with the free car under your seat and mostess, a survivor of sexual abuse and discrimination against African Americans and women would dislike a woman like Sarah Palin enough to actually sit on stage with Tina "sometimes I am a feminist for Hillary Clinton. Sometimes I am a cheerleader for the destruction of free political choice among women. Sometimes I just like to pose on magazine covers wearing little to cover my bony ass" Fey chatting it up and laughing about Palin's unique accent.
Now Tiger "cheetah" Woods will possibly get a shoulder to cry on in front of a national audience thanks to Oprah Winfrey. She would not give Sarah Palin a platform on her show until she deemed it financially expedient to do so and of course her manger child Obama was safe in the White House. But "cheetah" sure..Americans need to hear him say it loud and proud…I made 18 hoes in one!!!
Score one for the girls.
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Brad Pitt, byname of William Bradley Pitt, (born December 18, 1963, Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.), American actor known for his good looks and portrayal of unconventional characters.
Early life and work
Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and attended (1983–87) the University of Missouri before dropping out just short of graduation to move to California and pursue an acting career. After playing minor television and movie roles, Pitt captured the public's attention as a charming scoundrel in the film Thelma & Louise (1991). He followed up with such movies as A River Runs Through It (1992), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Legends of the Fall (1994). Pitt then starred as a police detective in the gritty thriller Se7en (1995) and as a demented malcontent in the fantasy Twelve Monkeys (1995), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Films from the late 1990s and beyond
Pitt deliberately played against type as Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer in Seven Years in Tibet (1997), an Irish Republican Army terrorist in The Devil's Own (1997), a modern-day personification of death in Meet Joe Black (1998), and an underground boxer in Fight Club (1999). In 2000 Pitt married actress Jennifer Aniston. The following year he starred in Ocean's Eleven, a comedy caper about con artists. The film was a major success and led to the sequels Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In 2004 Pitt portrayed the Greek warrior Achilles in Troy.
The action comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) paired Pitt with actress Angelina Jolie, with whom he became romantically involved. Pitt continued to lend his talents to films covering a wide range of subject matter, including Babel (2006), a film that traces the intersecting lives of characters from divergent backgrounds, and the period western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007). Pitt further demonstrated his versatility in 2008, portraying a dim-witted would-be blackmailer in the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading and a man who ages backward in the poignant fantasy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. His chameleonic turn in the latter film earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor.
In 2009 Pitt starred in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, a World War II drama about a group of Jewish American soldiers trained to kill Nazis in German-occupied France. The following year Pitt provided the voice of the superhero rival of the titular villain in the animated film Megamind. In Terrence Malick's impressionistic drama The Tree of Life (2011), he played a domineering father in 1950s Texas. Pitt later scored another best actor Oscar nomination, for his performance as real-life general manager Billy Beane in the baseball drama Moneyball (2011). The film chronicles how Beane assembled successful teams with the Oakland Athletics by using statistics to acquire cheaper, less-well-known players. Pitt subsequently starred as a mob enforcer in the crime drama Killing Them Softly (2012) and as a former United Nations investigator fighting to contain a zombie pandemic in the thriller World War Z (2013).
Pitt had supporting roles in 12 Years a Slave (2013)—which was based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free person of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the mid-19th century—and in the crime drama The Counselor (2013). In Fury (2014) he played an American army sergeant commanding the remnants of a decimated battalion during the last days of World War II. Pitt reteamed with Jolie on By the Sea (2015), a marital drama she also wrote and directed. He then portrayed a morally grounded former investment banker in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. In the World War II thriller Allied (2016), Pitt starred as a Canadian intelligence officer whose wife (Marion Cotillard) might be a German spy. In 2017 he portrayed a four-star general in War Machine, a military satire that was released on Netflix.
In addition to acting, Pitt headed his own film-production company, Plan B Entertainment. The company partnered with several others to produce 12 Years a Slave, and Pitt won an Academy Award for his producing role when that film was named best picture.
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Pitt's involvement with Jolie and his 2005 divorce from Aniston were intensely scrutinized by the tabloid press. In 2006 Pitt adopted Jolie's two children, Maddox and Zahara, whom she had adopted from Cambodia and Ethiopia, respectively. The couple had their first biological child, Shiloh, in May 2006. The next year they adopted a boy, Pax, from Vietnam, and in 2008 they added biological twins, Knox and Vivienne, to their family. Pitt and Jolie married in 2014, but two years later Jolie filed for divorce.
The couple often used their celebrity status as a platform for speaking out on behalf of a number of humanitarian causes. Pitt cofounded and was actively involved in Not on Our Watch, a campaign that directed resources to developing countries in crisis, notably the Sudanese province of Darfur. In 2006 he established Make It Right, a multimillion-dollar project to construct environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.


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Not sure if you're on this board Kevin but I hopped in the cab with you, Doug, and Vince after Skyline. I left your business card in my pocket and it went into the washing machine and was destroyed! Send me a pm if you get this. I'm up San Jacinto or something in the California ranges at least once a month.
On a side note, thought the board might like to see these pictures. Saw a family of big horn sheep right below the first rescue box. The group of 5 little lambs was very skittish and ran further away with every step I took. The solitary guy (or girl?) was protective or his little family and pretty hostile. He started charging towards me as I got closer to his family. He backed off after I got behind a boulder and slowly inched myself away. Wasn't expecting that. Getting headbutted by a sheep was not on the agenda for the last day of the year.


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It's that time of the week again. Hope everyone had a wonderful week! Here are the best links I've come across in the last few days.
On Writing and Publishing:
The Literary Lab: Who is the Ultimate Authority of a Piece of Fiction?
25 Things Writers Should Know About Agents via Chuck Wendig
Novel Plotting Worksheets | Annie Neugebauer
Jennifer Represents...: The Fine Art of Zipping It, or XYZ PDQ
Reader Reviews and What Not To Do, by @WendySMarcus | Romance University
10 Bestselling Books with 50+ One-Star Reviews - GalleyCat
why Pinterest is totally not a waste of time: creating a visionboard for your novel
The Bookshelf Muse: Do You Need a Social Media Intervention?
The Value Rubric: Do Book Bloggers Really Matter? | Publishing Perspectives
Writability: Why I Don't Auto-Follow Back
No Shame Here | GENREALITY - on not considering any book a "guilty pleasure"
Writing in different genres: A Blog Series | Nicole Basaraba's Uni-Verse-City
Trust Thyself | Kait Nolan - on writer's block
What's the Problem with FREE? « Kristen Lamb's Blog
Why blog hits DON'T REALLY MATTER | The Red Pen of Doom
The Twitter, it is NOT for selling books | The Red Pen of Doom
What You May Have Missed Here:
- Reader Girls: On Balancing My Writing Life with My Family Life
- Reader Girls: Adult book review: Crash Into You by Roni Loren
- From Blank Page to Finished Book at Sexy Lady
- Spicing Things Up with Romance Novels with Roni Loren at Carrie Ann Ryan's Blog
- Reading Between the Wines Book Club: Review: Crash Into You by Roni Loren and Interview
- Rock 'n' Roll High School: Alanis For the Angsty Teenage Soul | Karen Booth
- Write What You Know? Well, Maybe. at Long and Short Reviews
- 10 Things I Hope I Never Have to Do Again at Cocktails and Books
All right, that's it from my end. What were some of your favorite links of the week? Have a great weekend!
"...a sexy, sizzling tale that is sure to have readers begging for more!" –Jo Davis, author of I SPY A DARK OBSESSION
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Introduced in 2008, and succeeding the 350Z, the Nissan 370Z represents the sixth generation of the Nissan Z series sports cars. Besides the base model, Nissan offers a convertible roadster, upscale 370Z Touring, and high-performance NISMO 370Z. After the base model released, the other models rolled out one after another, and a few years into production, all models became simultaneously available.
The Nissan Z series holds the record for best-selling sports car series with over two million units sold worldwide. The series began in 1969 with the 240Z sold under the Datsun name in America. This model sold until 1973. In 1974, the 260Z took over and increased sales. The 280Z appeared the following year and stayed on the market through 1978.
The second generation Z cars started with the Datsun/Nissan 280ZX. These cars went through various changes and additions and remained on the market through 1983. The third generation entered the market in 1984 with a redesign, and the name changed to 300ZX.
The fourth generation Z cars started in 1990 as a huge hit, again. Winning major awards and boasting great sales figures, the 300ZX of this generation fared well until a few factors conspired to end the party. Rising Yen value, a dramatic increase in price of over $20,000 during this period, and the meteoric rise in popularity of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) all contributed to a temporary demise of the Z series.
No Z series cars sold in America from 1997 to 2002. The fifth generation began in 2002 with the 350Z. This model of the Z series sports car was once again a big hit, drawing praise from the press and enthusiasts alike. These cars feature many packages and options and offer a lot of performance at a reasonable price. The 350Z retired in 2008, thus ending the fifth generation.
The 370Z debuted in 2009 and represents the sixth generation of the much-vaunted and remarkably successful Z series of Nissan sports cars. Continuing the themes of great performance at a reasonable price with many options to choose from, the 370Z has done a respectable job of carrying the torch for the best-selling sports car series ever.
This car is known for its great looks, fine styling, and a lot of driving fun at a price that beats the competition. The cabin is unusually comfortable for a sports car and can be stuffed with as many features and options as any luxury sedan. The tight and responsive handling with great steering communication lets the driver feel the road, which continues this car's remarkable reputation. With over 300 horsepower, and a relatively light body, this model has acceleration to spare.
The very few, small downsides amount to excessive road noise, some engine roughness at high rpm, and some visibility issues due to the aggressive styling. All in all that is not much to complain about compared to the extensive upsides of this high-value sports car.
The 370Z does a great job of carrying on a tradition of reliable, well-made, and great handling cars that are fun to drive and easy on the pocketbook. The 370Z has already established that it will meet the expectations of enthusiasts and continue to impress members of the automotive press. It has a fine reputation, which is no easy feat given how prized past models have been; the extent of the competition, and the fact that the series disappeared for a number of years before making a championship-style comeback.
By this point in the production run for the 370Z, Mazda offers a few models and a number of options and packages to choose from. The first basic choice offers hatchback, coupe, or roadster convertible body styles. The coupe comes in three trims: base, Touring, and NISMO. Roadsters come in either base or Touring trim. The base model starts with a 332 horsepower V-6 and either a six-speed manual transmission or a seven-speed automatic. The base model offers a generous amount of standard features, and the Touring trim adds all of the obligatory upgrades to technology, interior comfort, and sound system quality.
The NISMO package provides a performance option that uses race engine tuning to achieve more horsepower. In addition, the transmission, suspension, and body upgrades make the 370Z track ready.
Mazda also offers sport and navigation packages and the list of options runs rather long.
Over the course of this generation there have been additions to the line in terms of specialty models such as the Anniversary edition, the NISMO trim, the Yellow model (for the British market), and the roadster. But aside from packages and trims, the core of this vehicle has yet to go through any major changes.
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The 2013 Nissan 370Z is a beautiful and powerful two-seater coupe.
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Nissan made no specification or equipment changes for the 2012 model year, except that the six-speed manual transmission is no longer offered on the base model convertible.
2011 Nissan 370Z
The 2011 Nissan 370Z is slated to be extremely popular in its segment because of the innovative design and multiple stellar aspects.
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The big news for 2010 is the arrival of the 40th Anniversary Edition, which -- you guessed it -- commemorates four decades of the Z in the U.S. Painted in unique "40th Graphite" gray and trimmed with a special red-leather interior, the 40th Anniversary Z boasts smoke-finished 19-inch RAYS forged wheels, Nissan sport brakes with red calipers, and a viscous limited-slip differential.
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The 2009 Nissan 370Z is a fine convertible developed with the primary intention of speed and thrill driving.


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To become certified as a CPA in the State of New York, you must satisfy the following three requirements.
1. Fulfill the education requirements established by the State Education Department.
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- 33 semester hours in accounting with courses in financial accounting theory and principles (including advanced financial accounting), managerial accounting, U.S. federal tax accounting, auditing and computer auditing
- 36 semester hours in general business electives including business statistics, commercial law, computer science, economics, and finance
- Study of business/accounting communications, ethics/professional responsibility, and accounting research
You are strongly encouraged to fulfill these requirements through the MBA with a concentration in accounting program.
2. Pass all four parts of the CPA examination, a standard computerized national exam.
- Most candidates either take a CPA exam preparation course and/or spend considerable time studying on their own to enhance their success on the exam.
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- Graduates who have 150 hours of education from a registered program need one year of experience under the direct supervision of a licensed CPA. Appropriate experience may be earned in public accounting, government, or industry.
To be certified as a CPA in the State of New York, you must also "be of good moral character." New York State requires that "any information indicating that an applicant has been convicted of a crime, or has committed an act which raises a reasonable question as to the applicants' moral character shall be referred to the director of the Office of Professional Discipline." If there are any concerns as to whether you meet this "good moral character" requirement please contact the New York State Education Department.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Senior Josh Girling swept to four straight
victories to capture the second flight championship while freshman
John Taylor rebounded from a first round loss to post three
straight victories and win the fourth flight backdraw.
Those were the highlights of a successful weekend showing for the Tennessee Tech men's tennis team at the Indiana University Invitational.
Overall, coach Kenny Doyle's five players combined for an 11-12 won-lost record in the event, which included players from Indiana, Butler, Cleveland State, IUPUI, Detroit mercy, IPFW, Toledo and Xavier.
Girling, who made it to the finals of the UNC Greensboro Invitational last weekend, continued his success as he swept all four of his singles bouts in straight sets, including a 6-3, 6-1 win over Sarria of Toledo to open play Friday. He came back to beat Canelas of Xavier, 6-4, 6-1 and then defeated Cheung of Detroit Mercey, 6-1, 6-2, to reach the finals.
On Sunday, Girling disposed of Andrew Bayliss from Butler, 6-1, 6-3, to seal the title in the finals, giving him a 7-1 singles record this season.
Teamed with partner James Crawford, Girling also gained some matches in doubles this weekend. The duo won their first two rounds of doubles on Friday, then fell to the team of Bobby Deye and Brian Starr from Xavier University.
Taylor lost his first round of singles on Friday but rebounded
strong with three straight set wins to capture the title of
the backdraw. He dropped a 6-2, 6-4 match to Petoris of Xavier,
then began his winning streak with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Saltys of
IPFW. He followed with a 6-4. 6-2 win over Cleveland State's Jones
and finished with a 6-1, 6-0 sweep against Kanavos of IPFW.
Taylor and playing partner Joseph Proctor dropped two doubles contests to teams from Toledo and Xavier before rebounding for an 8-5 win over a twosome from Detroit Mercy. They finished the weekend 1-3.
Proctor lost his first round of singles in the third flight, but captured a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Butts from Detroit Mercy. He dropped a 6-3, 6-4 battle to Joel Modesitt from IUPUI in the next round and finshed 1-2.
In Flight 1 singles, Alex Chen fell once and then retired due to sickness, and in Flight 2 singles James Crawford had two losses.
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If Dad had any inkling of what he was wearing, he'd be mortified. His polyester pants, belt and neatly tucked in shirt have been replaced with a jogging suit.
If Dad had any inkling of what he was wearing, he'd be mortified. His polyester pants, belt and neatly tucked in shirt have been replaced with a jogging suit.
Being in the construction business his whole life, I can almost guarantee he was the best-dressed person walking around the work site. It wasn't unusual for him to take two showers a day, with his hair perfectly cut and shaped, with a little help from some VO5. He would've been good looking even if he were covered in asphalt dust, but his obsession with being clean and neat, was a characteristic that was part of his charm.
When I used to help him get dressed for the day, it was a process, as he'd labor over trying to get the belt through the loops, or spend 15 minutes trying to figure out how to zip up or down his pants.
Eventually I ended up buying him different polyester pants, that just had an elastic waist, but since they were women's, and didn't fit quite right, he seemed uncomfortable, although he doesn't remember how to communicate that.
Since it's summer he's been wearing lightweight pajama bottoms and he seems fine with it although I bought him a sweatshirt and pants for the colder weather. I've been on a roll lately with my visits with him, and although it doesn't click that I'm his daughter, he knows I'm somebody, as his eyes light up when I walk in.
We had a good talk and I was impressed, after he'd asked me where I lived 20 times, the next time he answered it himself as he remembered I had said just 10 minutes from his new home.
I could see the wheels turning, as he was trying to put the pieces together, but they just wouldn't fit, so he changed the subject and began telling me about his new job as the "watcher" in this "hospital." I asked him if they paid him well, and his response sent me into a laughing fit when he blurted, "do fat babies fart?"
Our lively conversation attracted the attention of the other residents as they woke from their naps and wanted to add their two cents in. One of his new "girlfriends," a woman with a strong German accent, came strolling down the hall to see what was going on.
I've seen the two of them walking the halls together, when I come to visit, so I asked one of the nurses about their new friendship. She said the first time she introduced Dad to this woman he didn't have to think twice about what to say, when she informed him she was from Germany.
"I'm sorry I killed so many of your people," he said and the woman responded with, "that's OK, I forgive you."
Both Dad and this woman have a difficult time getting anything said, without it being jumbled, but I suppose when it comes to the memory of being a bomber pilot in the war, or living in Germany during bomb attacks, those fears and regrets are immune to dementia.
Maybe her forgiveness is what's given Dad his newfound alertness, or maybe he's just smitten with his new Fraulein – I thought I even smelled a hint of VO5 in his hair
Sandy Turner lives in the Kansas City area and writes this column for GateHouse Media.


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I've never been great at saving or managing my money. But in the past couple years I've finally settled into a decent job where I'm no longer living month to month, and I have a bit of money to set aside. Last Christmas my father gave me a book titled, The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing. As I opened it, even before I could say anything, my father says, "It's not that I think you're lazy…" I laughed it off.
I read the book in the next month and it really does give some solid starting advice for saving and investing. It's by no means a "how to play the stock market" book. It's quite the opposite. It clearly lays out a smart, sensible approach to saving, focusing on a well-diversified portfolio. As I read it, I thought, "Woah! Wait a minute. I've got nothing that could even resemble a 'portfolio' let alone enough money to start a well-diversified one." But it was simple to start thinking in those terms. It doesn't take much to move some of your 1.5% yearly interest bank savings to a Vanguard fund that'll earn you anywhere from a 5% to 10% annualized return over a number of years. It's a lot less intimidating than it seems.
As a result of some of these new learnings, I've started reading some more personal finance and money weblogs. Some good starting points:
- Paul B. Farrell's columns on MarketWatch.com. The author of the Lazy Person's Guide writes regularly with a lot of the same good advice.
- Get Rich Slowly also gives a lot of great advice on saving, and finding places to cut costs in your life. Frugality isn't always fun, but seeing the results of savings sure is.
- Wheaties For Your Wallet is a blog for the upcoming Wesabe.com. It provides some good advice for consumers, investors and the money-conscious, in advance of whatever service Wesabe.com is going to offer in that area.
- Mutual Improvement is a blog from the 43 Things creators, and is a little more focused on personal improvement along the lines of the classic Lifehacker.com, and has had a number of interesting posts lately.
- StopBuyingCrap.com is, oddly enough, about crap, that companies try to make you buy. Stop buying it.
And if that's not enough, Get Rich Slowly just posted this roundup of personal development sites with plenty more options.
Start with the little things. Save a little money. Plan for the future. Yadda, yadda. Turns out there's some truth to all those things our parents told us when we were younger.


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Production of the Mustang started in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was presented to the public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's third earliest nameplate presently in production. Original sales projections projected less than 100,000 units for the first year. This mark was gone beyond in 3 months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be offered throughout the design year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were developed.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 designs, but numerous modifications were made at the traditional opening of the brand-new design year (beginning August 1964), including the addition of back-up lights on some designs, the introduction of alternators to replace generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. When it comes to at least some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production consisted of some uncommon peculiarities, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo beneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These attributes made sufficient difference to require designation of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a difference that has withstood with purists. Mustangs For Sale in Amana IA are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more rigid contamination laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was likewise the first time in automobile history that the Big 3 were having to compete with imports. The brand-new Mustang II was smaller than the first version however, due to the added devices required to meet new United States emission and safety policies, was much heavier than the first design. Performance was lowered and in the very first year just 385,993 cars were sold.
Second generation Mustangs for sale in Amana IA were offered in between 1974 and 1978 and offered in a coupe and hatchback variation. 1979 the Mustang was revamped a 3rd time. This time it was based upon the larger Fox platform and the interior was actually large enough for four individuals. The trunk was larger and so was the engine bay. The body designs available consisted of a coupe, hatchback and in 1983 a convertible. In 1979 the Third generation Mustang functioned as an Indianapolis 500 speed car and Ford developed 10,478 commemorative reproductions. The third generation Mustangs were produced from 1979 to 1982.


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Hubble Census Tracks a Stellar "Baby Boom"
This graph traces the history of the rate of star formation over the past 12 billion years from shortly after the birth of the universe to the present.
The graph is based on observations of distant galaxies made by Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories. Hubble shows a steep rise in star formation rate that happened shortly after the big bang. The ground-based data show the precipitous decline in star formation rate started from about 9 billion years ago to present. No observations exist yet to fill in the gap between these two data sets, where the slopes would joint to form a peak of starbirth activity. This will be an area of researche by Hubble in the future.
The vertical axis gives values for the mean rate of star formation as multiples of today's rate (unit value 1). Data suggest this rate may have been as high as 15 times today's value. The horizontal axis shows time in billions of years, from the big bang to present.


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And before we know it, Summer holidays are over. It's always bittersweet, sending the kids back to school. Sad, because our relaxing, holiday mode is over for awhile but nice to get back into routine and for the kids to see their friends again.
This year, we are very lucky that a brand new Primary School has opened just down the road from our house. The school is amazing, with everything brand new and architecturally designed. The classrooms are just beautiful and it was really exciting to go and have a look around this morning when we dropped the kids off for school.
Lil is in Prep this year (her first year of full-time school) and was feeling very grown up this morning and excited to see her little friends again.
Oscar started grade 2 and wasn't as enthusiastic about going back to school as Lil was, but once he got there he was okay and had a really good day too.
Lucky today was Tommy's daycare day because this little boy was adamant that he was going to school too! It's going to be tough dropping the others off every day and taking him home with me. I'm predicting some tantrums already so will have to make sure we have some fun things to go home to every day!
And what about me? What did I get up to on my child-free day today? I've had a lovely break from Make It Perfect work over the holidays (I think I worked out long ago that there just wasn't any point trying to keep it up in the holidays!) and was eager to get stuck back into it today. I did lots of planning and a little bit of sewing - I want to try and have a few patterns up my sleeve to give me a break once I have the baby so have a few action packed months ahead of me! ** Have you tried the new choc mint Kit Kats? Best things ever! This pregnancy has turned me into a Kit Kat lover - before, it was always Cadbury, but since being pregnant, I'm liking Nestle more. ** Inspired by a few fellow Instagrammers I put a little note and chocolate on each of the kids beds to surprise them with when they got home (they loved it!) ** and quickly baked some muffins for afternoon tea (thankyou Betty).
But it wasn't all work...I managed to put my feet up for half an hour before school pick up and have a little rest in my absolutely silent house - I love Tuesdays!
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
.Back to School 2013.
2 comments:
- Lisa Prebble said...
I remember those days! Lovely post Toni...and I've always preferred Nestle's :)
- 5 February 2013 at 20:27
- Iprefervintage said...
An afternoon to yourself at home. How wonderful. I'll bet it felt good.
Us mom's need that from time to time.
- 6 February 2013 at 17:24
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If the Ravens want to win the Super Bowl this year, they are either going to have to get a first-round bye or pull a complete 180 when it comes to their play on the road. As Ed Reed walked off the field after the most lopsided loss in John Harbaugh's tenure as coach, the free safety, who is sometimes prone to off-the-wall comments, perfectly summed up the most frustrating aspect of his team. "We can't be two different teams at home and on the road," Reed told a Comcast reporter before ducking down the tunnel. But they are, and they have been the past two years. Their struggles away from M&T Bank Stadium, where they haven't lost a football game since the 2010 season, have become so predictable that road games are like the movie "Groundhog Day," except Bill Murray isn't around to provide comic relief. The offense gets off to a slow start (in their past 12 road games, the Ravens have scored 46 first-quarter points). The defense starts to get fatigued in a hurry (the Ravens had five three-and-outs in the first half). The Ravens forget about running back Ray Rice (he had a season-low nine carries). And quarterback Joe Flacco eventually comes unglued (he averaged just 3.4 yards per attempt on his 43 throws). The scoreboard usually doesn't reflect how poorly they performed, but whether they win or lose, the mood at the team's facility the next day is always equally as gloomy. "I'm concerned about everything," Harbaugh said after Sunday's 43-13 loss. "You can talk about pretty much everything today. What aren't you concerned about? The good thing and the thing we talked about is that it's the NFL. It's one loss. ... We've got to coach better and we've got to play better to accomplish what we want to accomplish. It's a good time to have a bye week to work those things out." It's crazy to think that after the Ravens won four road playoff games from 2008 to 2010, they are a team that, if things don't change soon, probably won't be able to string together a couple of road wins in the playoffs. They would need to play at least one postseason game at M&T Bank Stadium if they want to make it to the Super Bowl. And with Sunday's ugly loss, they failed to secure the inside track to New Orleans. They can't even feel good about the 30-point loss counting as only one loss because it was a critical one for a Ravens team that doesn't want to come anywhere near a stewardess or a baggage claim once the playoffs roll around. The Ravens now trail the AFC-leading Houston Texans by a game in the standings, and Sunday's win gives the Texans the tiebreaker, if necessary. But the Ravens are still in good shape in the AFC North, and they are still ahead of the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos in the race for the second of two first-round byes. The fact that the playoffs are three months away could be a good thing or a bad thing for the Ravens. There is still plenty of time for one of their AFC North rivals to overtake them or for the Ravens to lose their grip on one of those byes. But they also have time -- and five more road games -- to figure out why they are such a completely different team on the road. Losses on the road are to be expected, but your identity is not supposed to radically change.
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Dan L. Christensen died at his home in Blackfoot, May 26, 2013, from esophageal cancer.
He was born to Edith and Vestal Christensen at the Eaton Maternity Home in Shelley on Dec. 15, 1945. He attended Taylor Elementary School. The family moved to the 70 Bar Ranch in Chesterfield in 1959. He graduated from North Gem High School in Bancroft in 1963.
Dan worked on the Bancroft and Bone ranches until he was drafted into the Army, in 1964, but rather than join the Army, he chose to enlist in the Air Force. His basic training in airplane mechanics was at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and from there he was assigned to Mountain Home Air Force Base. He was sent to Cam Rahn Bay in Vietnam in 1967 where the base perimeter was sprayed nightly with a high potency Agent Orange which was thought to be the cause of the cancer. From the heat of the jungle, he was sent to below zero temperatures in South Korea with his jungle attire and equipment until his next assignment at George Air Force Base in Victorville, Calif.
While he was stationed at George AFB, he worked his off-duty hours at the Apple Valley Ranch which was owned by Roy Rogers. He trained and groomed horses there and rode horses as well as worked as a jockey.
After finishing his tour of duty, he moved back to his beloved Idaho and worked at a variety of occupations. He was a draftsman, jockey and horse trainer, and owner of Portneuf Pipe before graduating from ISU in 1970 with a associate's degree as a machinist. He worked for INEL for 10 years before opening his own machinist shop, Dune Technology, in Blackfoot with his son Brett. He worked there whenever his failing health allowed him until the few weeks before his death.
Dan married Judy Johnson in Firth on April 12, 1968. They have three children: Martin (Angie) and Brett (Sidia) of Blackfoot and Lee Brent (April) of Lovell, Wyo. His surviving brothers and sisters are Jack (Shirley) of Rigby, Mary Charlton of Kimberly, Ray (Nina) of Shelley, Helen Kelley (Gerald) of Shelley and Phil (Shirley) of Chesterfield. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Deaun Johnson of Firth, and three brothers-in-law, Greg, Jeff, and Roddy Johnson.
Dan will be remembered as having a keen sense of humor and being a loving husband, father, and grandfather. It was often said that if you saw Dan, you saw his sons along his side. He especially loved hunting and fishing at his ranch on Sellers Creek.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley. The family will meet with friends Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. and Thursday morning 9:30-10:40 a.m. both at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Taylor Cemetery with military rites by the David B. Bleak Post 93 of Shelley.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.nalderfuneralhome.com.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Many Second Looks
I've had this on my desktop for months, looking at it frequently. I think it's the quiet palette, the winter white drapes and those gorgeous steel blue lampshades. Design by Lisa Sherry Interieurs, featured in Lonny.
Hope you have a great weekend. I have a lot of to-do items on my list. How about you?
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- Karen said...
It's so fun to find that one image that you just can't stop looking at. I do that too. Sometimes the love affair lasts for months...just staring longingly at that darn room. I live that!
Have a great weekend...
- February 8, 2013 at 10:51 AM
- Squeak said...
I love those lampshades! And I've always wanted a bedroom with a fireplace.
- February 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM
- Loi Thai, Tone on Tone said...
Fabulous room! I love all that light and the floating bed. Cool fireplace, too. Have a great weekend, Michele!
- February 8, 2013 at 2:10 PM
- Carla Aston said...
I love the quiet palette too...so serene. I took a peek at her work...She's got a killer portfolio. Thanks for sharing!
- February 8, 2013 at 6:51 PM
- vicki archer said...
It is very restful... and I think that is what a bedroom should be...
Have a wonderful weekend... xv
- February 9, 2013 at 3:12 AM
- Mary Ann at classic•casual•home said...
Love the artwork....its so wonderful to have a fireplace in the bedroom, too
- February 9, 2013 at 12:31 PM
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Give me a series about a strong woman who kicks ass and my fat butt is glued to the couch. "Missing" (7 p.m. Thursday, ABC; 2 stars out of 4), sadly, may not keep it there.
The new series stars Ashley Judd as Becca Winstone, who a decade ago became a single mom when her CIA-agent husband Paul (Sean Bean) was assassinated in Europe. Turns out Becca, too, was a spy, the kind that no one wants to cross, or at least lived to tell about it. When she jumps back into the world of international intrigue to find her kidnapped son Michael (Nick Eversman), she makes heads spin among the current CIA spies and kills plenty of baddies who get in her way.
Becca's search for Michael requires that she dig up old, unresolved issues from her spying days. Not to give anything away, but the first two episodes are loaded with plot twists.
There's a bit of Jason Bourne in "Missing," not to mention nods to Liam Neeson's "Taken," in which he played a tough dad looking for his kidnapped daughter.
I'm a fan of "Taken" and a bigger fan of the Bourne films, so why does "Missing" leave me so cold?
It's not because those plot twists are too outlandish or filled with holes. I can forgive those faults in an action thriller, and especially one that moves as fast as "Missing" does. I can even forgive that it trots out spy tropes I've seen in other TV series and movies.
What I can't forgive is how seriously "Missing" takes itself. Created by Gregory Poirier, who wrote "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "Missing" barely winks at the silliness it slings. OK, when Becca interrogates her son's French girlfriend, she scolds her in a very "mom" fashion for smoking. I chuckled at that.
Even the CW's "Nikita" finds time for a few laughs and some romance. So did "Alias." Surely the "Missing" writers could have a little more fun with the idea that this former super-spy has been a mom and flower shop owner for 10 years. Instead, they load up Judd's dialogue with umpteen variations of the "I'm a mother looking for her son!" line in the trailer. They're supposed to be touching, but they made me laugh.
Judd, as much as I love her and believe that she could beat me to a pulp, brings absolutely no humor to her role. She's either crying over her son, killing to find her son or proclaiming how she will save her son. Her emotional range varies little between those activities.
Yes, I get it, you're one tough mother! Now could you lighten up just a little bit?
"Missing" star Ashley Judd will do a live chat on Twitter during the 7 p.m. Thursday (8 p.m. ET) premiere. Follow her at @ashleyjudd. Viewers can submit questions to Judd, who will also offer commentary and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about working on the series.


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On Its 40th Anniversary, Roe V. Wade Support Grows
Seven in 10 Americans believe Roe v. Wade should stand, the most since 1989, according to data from a WSJ/NBC News poll, as the landmark Supreme Court abortion-rights ruling turns 40 on Tuesday. WSJ's Louise Radnofsky reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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- update all scheduled F17 release parties to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F17_release_events
- All once the site is up (approx 20th March), please spread the news about fudcon apac in your respective countries :)
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EDEN PRAIRIE, MN -- Michael J. Gerend is the new president of Life Time Fitness, Eden Prairie, MN, according to an announcement today from the company. Gerend had been chief operating officer with the company since March 2003. He will continue in that role in addition to serving as president.
Prior to Gerend's appointment as president, Bahram Akradi had served in that role as well as in the chairman and chief executive officer positions. Akradi will continue in those two positions.
In a statement, Akradi said that Gerend had enhanced the company's operations performance measurement systems and successfully implemented many critical strategies and improvements in key areas of member experience and operational excellence.
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