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Today, I spent the early afternoon at my grandparent's house helping my parents move furniture and items around, do some yardwork, and load undesired items into an antique dealer's truck. Prior to moving out this July, my wife and I had lived at the house for over four years. We had moved there after graduation from Clarion with our Masters in Library Science. My grandmother needed someone at the house to cook dinner and do housework and we needed a place to live while we found work. It was an excellent arrangement in the time after my grandfather's death a few years before that.
In staying at the house, I would ultimately bear close witness to the decline of my grandmother through dementia and other health ailments. When she needed more care than we could provide, she went to an assisted living place. On New Year's Eve of 2008, she passed away. We continued to live in the house as it was rent free and the housing market was particularly lousy in 2009. But, like all things, that time came to an end when my mother and uncles wanted to place the house on the market. So, we moved out this past July.
The house has since sold and so it brings me to today to help move or remove the things that remained after my grandmother's passing. A good portion of the furniture and furnishings had been removed from the house prior to today; there was a big push to empty the house in order to stage it for the sale. But with the contract in hand and the closing within sight, today was the penultimate preparation day for the last of the objects still left.
The hardest thing for me to see leave the house was my grandfather's bed. My grandparents maintained different bedrooms later in life due to their own idiosyncrasies and different sleeping schedules. It was the bed he was born in, of all things, though it was not the bed he would die in. It was also not a standard size, falling somewhere between a double and twin. My grandfather liked his mattress notoriously hard which felt like something slightly short of sleeping on the ground. After he passed, the bed was given more cushion. I would stay there on nights when I had a hard time getting to sleep; something about the bed just knocked me right out after hours of frustrated attempts.
That was one of the items that went with the antique dealer today. Having lived among my grandparent's personal affects for a time made me relatively unsentimental about a majority of them, save for certain pieces. This was one of those pieces. It was hard to see it go, but I knew it was the right decision to let it go.
Save for that brief moment, I can't say the same for the rest of the items in the house. My grandmother liked to collect, well, everything. We are not talking Hoarders level amount of crap, but there was certainly a large amount of things that they accumulated in their lives. In moving in the last few months, my wife and I have discovered items in boxes that we had not seen in over six years. They had been stored when we were out in Clarion and later stored again at my grandmother's house. Since then, we have parted with a good amount of items that we simply don't use or need anymore. It's been nice to clean out and unburden ourselves of items that have no place in our lives.
This brings me to the question of the post: how do you 'weed' your own life? Do you weed your own life? What is the criteria for donating and/or trashing? For a profession dedicated to a constantly evolving collection, what do you do when it comes to your personal affects?

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The recent bring your own device trend in the civilian workplace "presents many compelling benefits," though existing Pentagon policies and security vulnerabilities "prevent the adoption of devices that are unapproved and procured outside of official government acquisition," Takai said in an attachment to a memo dated Feb. 15 and released today.
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– Check out Paul Gaustad's interview from Friday with the boys from WGR with Paul Gaustad. Goose gives his thoughts about Miller's breakout Olympics and assorted other topics, such as how the break was good not only for the athletes themselves, but also for the fans. I definitely agree with the latter, as the Olympics have totally rejuvenated my batteries when it comes to the Sabres. You know how they say absence makes the heart grow fonder? I think it definitely did in this case. I needed a break from the Sabres in order to appreciate them more and gear up for the last 22+ games.
– Sully's article in today's News mentions that the Sabres haven't decided whether to send Miller directly to Pittsburgh for Tuesday's game, or let him come home and get some rest. No one has asked me (and we all know Sabres management and the blogosphere are like THIS [show fingers close together]), but if I were management, I'd call up Enroth for Tuesday's game and let Miller come home and get a good solid night and day of sleep in his own bed.
– Watching the CTV pregame show, I'm adding the following to the Hockey-Game-Drinking-Game:
- Zach Parise is the son of JP Parise.
- Brooks Orpik was named after Herb Brooks.
- Truculence
These new terms join the following:
- Ryan Miller/Michigan State
- The Staal brothers and their parents sod farm
- Sidney Crosby's dryer
– We know Miller has arrived when The Onion picks up on his awesomeness. I think the shopping cart and toilet unsticking ones are my favorites. You know that those goalie sticks might come in handy when someone drops a massive deuce in the locker room.
First Period
– The crowd is chanting "Miller…Miller." Isn't it customary to chant when the team is ahead, and not when there's a tie game?
– I swear, I've heard "Oh Bla Dee, Oh Bla Dah"by the Beatles more times in the past two weeks than I have in the past two years. Who decided that was a great song for a hockey game?
– Doc and Edzo report that Dany Heatley was assisted into the US bench and the US players did nothing to soften his fall into the bench.
– What was with the gentleman waving the Russian flag and wearing a Russian hoodie near the glass? Did he get lost? Last time I checked, there's no Russians playing in this game.
– Toews manages to get one past Miller. 1-0, Canada.
– Bobby Ryan gets called for tripping Heatley. I wouldn't go that far to call it a trip. It was more like they got entangled together and simultaneously fell down.
– The period ends with CoreyPerry punching Jack Johnson in the back of the head. Because really, that's what grownups and professionals do in the Olympics.
Second Period
– I know it's a serious matter, but Khabibulin being brought up on charges of "extreme drunken driving" makes it sound like he's prepping for an X-Games event and not committing a crime.
– Nice sell by CoreyPerry when Ryan Malone gets his gloves up around his face. Drury blocks a shot off his hand on the ensuing penalty kill. One thing I have noticed this tournament is that Drury is not afraid to fling his body in front of the puck.
– Do we have to keep reiterating that this is the home ice of the Vancouver Canucks and that [Name of Player] plays for [Name of NHL Team]? That's getting a wee bit redundant and annoying. And I get that this game isn't being called for hockey fans, but is instead being called for a mass audience.
– Shit. CoreyPerry pokes a bad Ryan Whitney deflection past Miller. Oh well, that silver medal will still make a nice accessory to the USA uniform. 2-0, Canada.
– So POTUS is betting a case of Yuengling on this game?
– One thing I wish the Sabres would take away from this game is that you don't stop playing until you hear the whistle. Sometimes I feel like they give up the pressure a little bit too early. Also, the way these players are going all stabby, pokey and shovey in the crease after whistles, I half expect a rumble between the Jets and the Sharks to break out.
– You know what's going to suck if the US loses this game? That Ryan Miller is probably going to blame himself for this loss. I don't think I could handle that interview.
– WHOOO! Kane gets a wackydoodle shot past Luongo, which Kesler may or may not have deflected. 2-1, Canada.
– Stat box tells us that the US is losing the turnover battle, as they have given up the puck 10 times to Canada's 5. I have a feeling that is going to be the significant stat of the day.
Third Period
– The blogging degree of difficulty this period has been increased. I am now eating a sandwich while trying to blog. This…may not end well.
– As Doc is waxing poetic about Miller's goalie prowess, Canada rips a shot off the post.
– Why is Doc having such problems pronouncing Luongo's name? It seems that U is bumfuzzling him.
– Miller makes a save on Heatley, which is nice to see, considering that Miller is usually Dany Heatley's bitch.
– Comment from dad: "If you're not really paying attention when they say 'Getzlaf' you might think they're saying 'bitchslap' and do a double take."
– Oh jeebus, Miller is "puck handling" behind the net. I feel the need to cover my eyes and whimper.
– At least the US is being a spunky bunch of players and not rolling over and playing dead this period.
– Doc: "Pronger bashed it in a bit further." Is he talking about the puck or someone's head?
– I hope Luongo realizes that his high level of play in these Olympics will continue to be expected in the NHL season (especially by those who own Mr. Luongo on their fantasy teams).
– Nice backchecking on Kane to prevent Crosby putting one in on a breakaway.
– Lindy appears to be giving Team Canada a pep talk during a timeout. I can summarize it as thus: "Don't eff this up."
– I was searching on MSNBC and found this article about Miller and how this is his teammates' first real chance at getting to know him. I love how this team is so superstitious that they eat at the same restaurant in the same seats each time. Speaking of Miller and his teammates, has any article said who Miller was rooming with in the village? I had read before that Jack Johnson was crashing in a suite with Langenbrunner, but never heard who our feckless goalie was rooming with.
– So I guess the Canadians decided to be like the Sabres and NOT listen to Lindy Ruff's pep talk. That was a fucking it up of epic proportions.
– The media geek in me wonders what the ratings are going to be for this game on both sides of the border. For all intents and purposes, Canada probably was shut down between 3 and 6. I'm predicting a 10 rating for the US, but am hoping for higher. I'll have to wait and see what the e-newsletters say in the morning.
– Canadian racer Paul Tracy wins the best post-Parise goal Tweet competition: "Well, fuck me dead." That about sums it up for the Canadians, doesn't it?
– After spending way too much time in the US zone, Crosby beats Miller. 3-2, Canada.
– Miller appears to be crying. Whatever Lindy says to him in the handshake line at least gets him laughing. I hope it's some variation of "get drunk, sleep, eat, get laid and come back and see me on Tuesday or Wednesday."
– Burke is sitting on the US bench looking like he's going to cut a bitch.
– Miller's eyes are killing me. They look so sorrowful and sad. But Parise's sad expression is almost comical in that his body language is saying pouty five-year-old who didn't get his way.
– I love that the Canadian fans are cheering Miller and Kesler. The Kesler cheer I get, but the Miller cheer is greatly appreciated.
– Lindy won something! I didn't think Sabres or Sabre related personnel were allowed to win things.
– I really hope that the Sabres fans give Miller a great reception on Wednesday night. The man deserves it.
Well, that ends our recap of the Olympics. Now back to your regularly scheduled Sabres hockey programming.


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Me and the other administrators challenge you! This thread is for posting your picture so your fellow scholars can put a face to the name. All of us have some of our pics up, and a many members over the life of SoSZ have followed suite.
Don't be shy, no worries, post away.
This thread will be cleaned up ever great once and a while to take some mass off the database. Pics will be edited into this post.
Here are the scholars who have participated so far:
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- So, here I am.
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- John and Dusty (Posted by James)
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Jonathan Wu
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- This is me as cute little demon
- Few months old, cat knocked me out cold
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Kyaku Lu
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Lord Davion
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Lord Lu Bu
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Lord Zhou Dec
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- me
Lu Xun
- a picture of Vitamin K himself
Nu Wa
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- http://www.boomspeed.com/great_demon/Me_in_PVC.jpg
Peng Zhi Kang
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Roland of Gilead
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- Here's me. I'm older than most of you young'ns.
- here is the webcam shot of me (growing a goatee)
- Two years ago
Shi Jing Xu
- Photo Collection
Schwarz Bruder
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- a rare full body pic
Sun Bofu
- Saiyanman11
Sun Ce
- Hunched over to right
- Smile
Taishi Ci
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Tianshan Tzu
- Let's try this one
- My Horsy
- we Sisters
- On the Way to Party
- me as baby
- my trainer
- one of my best friends
- 12 Years Old
- Photos Page
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Justin ( formerly Wan Hung Lo )
- Sir Justin
Wei Yan
- Only pic uploaded
Wen Yang
- A close-up.
- With cake
- The wedding day
- With wife on wedding day
- Wild-Eyes and Lord Davion
Wu Wei Long
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- Pic B
- Pic C
- Another Pic
Xiao Gui
- Christine (Posted by Zhou Lide)
- "My Hunny" (Posted by Zhou Lide)
- "Us being nice" (Other is Zhou Lide, posted by Zhou)
- "Us being silly" (Other is Zhou Lide, posted by Zhou)
- Christine Kiss (Posted by Zhou Lide)
- Christine Bear (Posted by Zhou Lide)
- On the Right
Zell Dincht
- Da' Zell
Zhang He
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zhao yun 4 prez
- Pic A
- The one on the right
Zhen Ji
- A close-up
- Back-off, she's 14.
Zhou Lide
- "Us being nice" (Other is Xiao Gui)
- "Us being silly" (Other is Xiao Gui)
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The handle returned by a call to the camera_open() function.
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The frame type that the viewfinder supports.
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The number of resolutions supported for the specified camera.
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by Tom Utescher
Last Saturday Philadelphia University was host to a high school hoops-a-palooza, an all-day basketball showcase that included performances by Germantown Academy, Mount St. Joseph, and Penn Charter. In all, the 10th Annual Play-by-Play Girls Classic encompassed a dozen high school games played on two adjacent courts.
GA led off the schedule with a snoozer, knocking off Central High School, 70-24, for an overall season record of 12-2. Next, the Mount Magic remained undefeated (14-0) turning back a legitimate challenge from Spring Ford High School, 49-40.
Toward the end of the day, Penn Charter faced one of the top ballclubs in the Philadelphia Public League, Prep Charter. Coming off a draining loss to GA the night before and losing junior standout Brianna Butler to a sprained ankle, the Quakers still took the game down to the wire before succumbing, 44-43.
To those who know anything about the local basketball scene, a meeting between GA and Central was bound to be a mismatch, even with the Patriots playing their second game in about 18 hours. Germantown stepped out on Central 28-4 in the opening quarter as senior Alexa Gallagher and junior Jaryn Garner put up nine and seven points, respectively, during those initial eight minutes.
Even with a liberal sprinkling of GA subs added to the game, the Inter-Ac League leaders enjoyed a 47-14 halftime lead, and went on to win by 46 points. With her future DePaul University coaches looking on from the baseline bleachers, Gallagher finished up with a game-high 24 points.
Garner checked out with 14 points, and next on the list of 10 GA scorers was sophomore Kiernan McCloskey, with nine. Najah Jacobs led the Lancers (6-5 overall) with five points in the contest.
Over the last few years, a number of clashes between the Mount and Spring Ford (most of them coming at one of these showcase events) have turned into nail-biters at the end. There was not quite as much excitement this time around, but after the Magic obtained a 40-26 advantage early in the fourth quarter, their fans had a few anxious moments as the Rams made a little run in the middle of the period.
Holding a 13-12 edge a few minutes into the second quarter, the Mounties expanded the lead to seven points by the intermission (23-16), when Mary Jo Horgan had 11 points in the book and fellow senior Steph Smith had eight. Ahead 35-26 at the start of the fourth quarter, Mount St. Joe received a lay-up and free throw from Smith and a short jumper from junior Maddie Kohler to go up by 14.
Starting with Nikki Lynch's three-pointer from the right corner and concluding with a perfect one-and-one by quick guard Sammy Stipa, the Rams outscored the Magic 10-2 in a four-and-a-half minute span, tightening the count to 42-36. At this point, though, only a minute-and-a-half remained and the Mount was in the foul bonus.
Fruitful one-and-one efforts by junior Bridget Higgins and Smith were sandwiched around a drive by Stipa, then Higgins hit the first shot of a double-bonus opportunity. The Mount now led 47-38 with just 14 seconds to go, and after Spring Ford's Stipa stuck a jumper with six ticks on the board, MSJ's Horgan had the last word, nailing a pair of free throws.
She led all scorers with 19 points, one ahead of Smith. Higgins added seven points for the winners, while Spring Ford received 14 points from Stipa and seven from Meg Yates.
The Rams, missing injured guard Sammi Haas (normally a starter), slipped to 12-2 on the season.
The architect of Prep Charter's successful program (10-0 this season) is Paul Reiser, who from 2004 to 2006 was the women's basketball coach at Chestnut Hill College. Nevertheless, after scoring the opening basket on Saturday, the Huskies found themselves trailing Penn Charter most of the night as the Quakers scored their first eight points in succession.
In the absence of their injured teammate, Butler, senior Aleesha Powell and junior Dianna Thomas-Palmer came up big, pacing the Quakers to a 29-22 halftime lead with 14 and nine points respectively. Both players became mired in foul trouble in the third quarter, as did junior MaryKate O'Brien, who fouled out early in the fourth frame.
Prep Charter pulled even at 33-all just over a minute into the final period. Later, the Huskies led 42-36 with three minutes to go, but Powell then sank four out of four free throws and scored on a drive to tie the game. A baseline jumper by Kahleah Cooper put Prep Charter ahead for good, and the 44-43 final score went up on the board when the Quakers' Thomas-Palmer netted one of two free throws with 11 seconds to go.
Powell finished with 23 points and Thomas-Palmer scored 12 for Penn Charter (12-2), while Cooper chalked up 14 points and Tiffany Johnson led the Huskies with 17.


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It's all Jed Bartlet's fault -- you know the fictional character from the TV series "The West Wing." I was addicted to that show for the seven years it was on television and can, with freakish precision, quote President Bartlet at the drop of a hat. Of the 156 episodes, I think my favorite Bartlet moment came when he learned there was something called "The Butterball Hotline," a toll-free number you can call to get advice on cooking a turkey. He dialed the hotline and asked the nice lady if undercooking the stuffing in his turkey could poison his guests adding, "Not that that's a deal breaker." Typical, solid, humorous, brilliant Aaron Sorkin writing. So what does all of this have to do with me? We take turns in my family having Thanksgiving at our homes and this year was my turn, so I thought it might be fun to call the Butterball Hotline and get some quick tips. I dialed 1-800-Butterball and was greeted by a recording telling me they were very busy but if I could be patient they would find a "Butterball Expert" to advise me. They also told me my "wait time" would be five to 15 minutes. I wasn't going anywhere. Nineteen minutes later, the Kenny G music abruptly stopped when a woman with a lovely Southern accent said, "Butterball Hotline, how ya'll doing?" My mind quickly conjured up an image of Aunt Bee from Mayberry and "The Andy Griffith Show." I asked if she needed my name and she said, "If you'd like to tell me, sure." In a nod to my West Wing friends I said, "This is Joe Bretherson-ton," pausing before I said the "ton" part at the end. That's the alias Bartlet used when he called the hotline on "The West Wing" and it was hilarious when he did it. When I did it, I just sounded like a moron who didn't know his name. Without missing a beat, the woman said, "OK, Joe, how can I help you?" Hmm, not a fan of the show I guess. First up, I asked her if I needed to cook a Butterball? She said, "To get my advice?" I laughed and told her I meant if it was OK if I didn't have a Butterball brand turkey? She smiled over the phone and told me her cooking advice would work on any old bird. I proceeded to fire away some quick questions. Temperature? "325 degrees" Time? "Three and a half hours" Seasoning? "Oh, darling, at Butterball we say simple is best." I could see why Bartlet called these people, she was good. Then I hit her with the question I hoped would stump her. Basting, what about basting? Her answer surprised me. "The number one mistake people make is they baste too much, Joe. Every time you open that oven door, you let heat out and air in and you just dry that turkey right out, so basting does the opposite of what you intend." We exchanged pleasantries about pan size and soon enough my every inquiry was satisfied. I then felt a kinship, so I asked her for her name. "Donna." Oh my God! Did she say Donna? As in Donna from "The West Wing," Josh Lyman's assistant? She replied, "No, hon, Donna from Illinois. Who's Josh Lyman?" Never mind. I thanked her for putting up with my silliness and, as we said our farewells, she called out, "Wait Joe, we didn't talk about tin foil. Don't forget to put on the tin foil!" Why in heavens name would I put tin foil on? Who am I, Jaoquin Phoenix in "Signs"? Oh, she meant the turkey; put the foil on the turkey so it doesn't burn. Got it. My call was complete and the next day the bird was cooked to perfection. I know there's a lot wrong with this country, but we should all take pride we live in a place where an American can pick up a phone and talk turkey with someone who has an advanced degree in Butterball. By the way, do you know if there's a Christmas tree hotline? I need to pick out a nice balsam fur. Or is that fir? That one always confuses me. Hey, do you think they call it a fir because it has fur? See what I mean? I need help. John Gray is a news anchor on WXAA-Fox TV 23. His column is published Wednesdays in The Saratogian. Email JohnGray@fox23news.|com
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What the FTC's new COPPA rules mean
by Larry Magid
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a revised set of proposedrules (PDF) regarding the implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
When implemented, this will be the first time the FTC has revised the rules since 1999, back when there was no Facebook or such thing as an "App for that." Even MySpace wasn't founded until 2003. Facebook came on the scene in 2004 and the first iPhone was released in 2007 followed in 2009 by the first Android phone. And while there was Internet advertising back then, we didn't have the plethora of ad networks and third party tracking cookies and your phone didn't know your exact location as is common today.
Third party ad networks and plug-ins covered
So, to keep up with modern times, the FTC wants to revise COPPA rules so that they apply to third party advertising networks along with app and plug-in developers and to expand the definition of "personal information."
According to the FTC, the new proposed rules "clarify that a plug-in or ad network is covered by the Rule when it knows or has reason to know that it is collecting personal information through a child-directed website or online service."
Services for both kids and adults
The new rules would also allow sites and services with content designed to appeal to both young children and others, including parents to be able to "age-screen all visitors in order to provide COPPA's protections only to users under age 13." At first glace this seems reasonable, but I worry that it could have an unintended impact on news or sports related sites aimed at adults and kids if those sites use any type of geolocaton (IP address on a PC or GPS or WiFi data on a mobile device) to determine what city the person is in. If, for example, a person visited a sports site and got an ad suggesting they attend a local game, that could be construed as using personal information for advertising and potentially be a COPPA violation.
Sites and services that knowingly target children under 13 as their primary audience must still treat all users as children.
The new rules also create the notion of co-responsibility between companies that furnish apps or plug-ins along with those that operate the platform where the plug-in runs. The FTC said that "an operator of a child-directed site or service that chooses to integrate the services of others that collect personal information from its visitors should itself be considered a covered 'operator' under the Rule."
New rules on personal information
The new rules would also modify the definition of personal information to include "'persistent identifiers' that recognize a user over a period of time which are used for purposes other than "support for internal operations." This rule is aimed squarely at tracking cookies that are capable of not only delivering advertising within a site but can also be used to track people across sites to deliver targeted information.
Another important change, especially for many mobile apps, is that personal information now includes "a home or other physical address including street name and name of a city or town." Such geolocation data is often collected by smart phone apps along with phone numbers which are also now prohibited by the proposed rules.
What's not covered
As I understand it, these rules apply to information that is being collected for the purposes of advertising or marketing — not information necessary to maintain a network or offer a service. And it's only for sites that are specifically aimed at children (or aimed at both children and adults) but not sites that don't allow children. Facebook, for example, requires users to state their date of birth and does not allow users who's stated birthdate indicates that they're under 13. Of course, it's possible to lie about one's age which is why Consumer Reports estimates that 5.6 million of Facebook's users are under 13. There have been stories in the news that Facebook may open its membership to kids under 13, but the company has not confirmed its intention to do that and, as of now, remains available only to people 13 and older.
It's unclear whether these rules would apply to Facebook apps and plug-ins, including those that put Facebook's "Like" button on sites. Not withstanding that some kids lie about their age, any site that requires a user to sign-in via Facebook is certifying that that person claims to be 13 or older based on Facebook's terms of service.
Impact on small businesses
The FTC acknowledges that these proposed rules could have a negative impact on small businesses. The agency estimates that "approximately 500 additional operators may newly be subject to the Rule's requirements," and that "approximately 85-to 90% of operators potentially subject to the Rule qualify as small entities."
Via email, Morgan Reed, Executive Director of Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), which represents small and medium sized businesses, said that the FTC has underestimated the number of small businesses that could be affected. "Today's app world is being driven by thousands of developers all over America – many of whom are parents looking to just make educational tools their kids might use – and that's a great thing." He said that his group "works with more than 1,200 educational app developers through our Moms with Apps affiliation, and we added more than 500 kids apps developers in just the past year."
When COPPA was first implemented in 2000, it did have an impact on a number of small sites, some of which went out of business or stopped serving children under 13. Large companies, such as Disney and Nickelodeon, were able to adhere to COPPA regulations and continue to serve children. To be fair, some small businesses also become "COPPA compliant" and there continue to be new companies entering the field that operate within COPPA rules. Still, the additional restrictions are likely to have a negative affect on some small operators while larger companies should have relatively little trouble complying.
Unintended consequences
While COPPA is a well-intentioned law and the new proposed rules do bring it into the 21st century, there are unintended negative consequences. For one, it discourages companies from offering services to people under 13 or even allowing pre-teens to use services that could benefit them. Because COPPA doesn't apply to people 13 and over, there are a lot of great services aimed at teens and adults but since kids do want to use many of these services, they wind up lying about their age, often with parental consent or involvement. In a 2011 study, danah boyd and other researchers demonstrated that nearby a fifth (19 percent) of the parents of 10-year-olds acknowledged that their child was on Facebook. About a third (32 percent) of parents of 11-year-olds knew their kid was on it. And the same was true for more than half (55 percent) of parents of 12-year-olds. For kids who were under 13 at the time they signed up, 68 percent of the parents "indicated that they helped their child create the account." Among 10-year-olds on Facebook, a whopping 95 percent of parents were aware their kids were using the service and 78 percent helped create the account.
Seeking comments
The agency is currently seeking comments on its proposed rules. Comments must be filed by September 10, 2012


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Barry Overview
The schedule of events showcases the different activities that will take place during your time at orientation. Whether you are a freshman, transfer student, international student or family member attending orientation, we have a schedule for you!
All events and sessions are customized to meet the needs of the student and family member(s). To help guide everyone along the way, a Group Leader will be assigned on the first day of orientation. Think of them as a personal tour guide. They will ensure that everyone has a great and beneficial experience while visiting Barry University.
Here's an Overview of What You'll Do During Orientation
- Learn about the Barry Mission and campus traditions
- Learn about financial aid
- Attend academic workshops
- Meet your academic advisors
- Register for classes
- Complete any required place and challenge testing
- Meet fellow students, faculty, and staff
- Enjoy evening social events with other students
- Have Fun!
What is there to do in Miami?
Planning on exploring the surrounding areas of Barry University? Please visit the Miami Attractions page. We encourage you to take advantage of your time here and make it a mini-vacation by visiting the wide variety of entertainment venues, restaurants, and attractions. To help guide you, we have narrowed it down to the Top Places to Visit. Whether you will have time to visit them all, or some, we hope your stay is truly an exciting one!


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The Victims: On February 14, 1985, 37 year old Cassandra Rundle and her two children, 12 year old Detrick Sturm and 10 year old Melanie Sturm were located in their residence having been brutally murdered. This crime emotionally crippled not only the family members of the beloved victims but the families' neighborhood and our entire community.
The Crime: On the evening of February 13th, 1985, Cassandra Rundle and her children Detrick and Melanie Sturm attended a school function. Cassandra and Detrick left the function together arriving at their residence,
The Colorado Springs Police Department Homicide Cold Case Unit is currently responsible for approximately 90 unsolved homicide cases dating back to 1949. CSPD considers a case to be cold if it remains unsolved for more than one year.
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Public Works Administration provides direction, management, and support services to the department's engineering, construction management, and field operating divisions. Besides the Public Work Director himself, the Division consists of two teams: Support Services and Management and Analysis.
Support Services provides customer service, clerical support, personnel administration, dispatching, claims processing, and all other front office activities. When you call the Engineering front counter at City Hall or Maintenance at Basque Yard, you will usually be speaking with someone from our support services team.
Management and Audit provides budget management, performance audit services, special projects, and management of our automated service request and maintenance management system. The team also coordinates the department's emergency preparedness program.Team members work on a wide variety of routine and special assignments.


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Heard Around the West
Fewer people may be heading for vacations in our national parks these days, but "glamping" - short for glamorous camping - is on the rise. Think of luxury tents that come equipped with Persian rugs and electricity for powering blow dryers. As for stinky outhouses - forget about it. The possibility of glamping convinced the parents of a 6-year-old boy fascinated by fly-fishing that they could rough it out West in style, reports the Los Angeles Times. After surfing the Internet with the words "luxury," "camping" and "Montana," the family settled on a Big Sky Country hideaway called The Resort at Paws Up, which charged them $595 a night, plus an additional $110 per person per day for food. The hefty fee ensured a cook who could rustle up bison steaks as well as huckleberries over French toast, plus a butler to light the evening campfire and a maid to heat their down comforters.
Never mind the plebian pursuits of plodding along on foot or riding through the backcountry on all-terrain vehicles or horseback. People of wealth have found a way to emulate Icarus and sightsee through the air, zipping along in Ultralight planes as fast as 115 mph or as leisurely as 25 mph. The new Southwestern sport is called "aerotrekking," reports the Arizona Republic. Members of an exclusive club called Sky Gypsies wend their way along a 1,100-mile circuit of mountains, canyons and deserts in isolated parts of Arizona and New Mexico. You need a high tolerance for risk, since steering a little open-air plane with a rear propeller can be dicey in unstable weather or around power lines and cliffs. And you need money: Fees range from $1,000 up to $200,000, and include the privilege of bunking at landing fields equipped with spiffed-up Airstream trailers from the '40s and '50s. Software developer John McAfee, one of three men who founded the 150-member club, trumpets the thrill of flying "15 feet over a cow ... you feel every sensation, every movement, every breath of air that goes by." He also considers the sport safe "so long as the pilot is conscientious." McAfee's nephew, however, and a passenger were killed a few months ago when their kite-wing aircraft crashed. Not just anyone can join Sky Gypsies: The club is invitation-only, extensive training is required, and alcohol is verboten.
Since 1970, the average American home has bulked up from 1,500 square feet to 2,450 square feet, says the National Association of Home Builders. But supersizing is the wrong way to go, says Jay Shafer, founder of the Small House Society and denizen of a 100-square-foot home in Sebastopol, Calif. For comparison, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "You may have a tool shed or a master bath about the same size." Shafer sells homes to baby boomers looking to simplify their lives in retirement, and his Tumbleweed Tiny Houses have won awards for energy efficiency and green design. They're also inexpensive, costing between $20,000 and $48,000, though the price doesn't include land. Up in Olympia, Wash., one woman lives in a truly tiny house - an 84-square-foot wood-frame home that she built from scratch. Dee Williams told The Olympian that she used to live in a 1,500-square-foot house in Portland, but sold it after returning from a trip to Guatemala: "(I) felt weird spending money and time on a house when there are others who have so little." Williams scrounged old wood, doors from a Dumpster and shredded blue jeans for some of the insulation. Two solar panels provide electricity, and she has a propane tank for heat and cooking. Since the house lacks running water, she takes showers and borrows water from the friends who let her build in their backyard. Total cost: $10,000; the feeling afterward, "empowering." After also downsizing her job to part-time, Williams said she gives more to charities and tries to buy everything locally, except books, which she takes out of the library. "Maybe for the first time," she says, "I brought that profound sense of intention to my life."
If anyone is a good sport, it's Christina Ryan, an event planner from Tennessee. In Tucson recently to compete in the Mrs. America contest, Ryan carefully dodged a spider at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, only to find herself next to a rattlesnake, which promptly bit her on the foot. The 8-to-10-inch-long snake left one of its fangs in her, stuck just above her toe. "The pain was the worst pain I have ever had - worse than childbirth," she told the Tucson Citizen."It was like someone stabbed a knife in my foot, and kept stabbing it in over and over again." The poison moved up to her ankle before 10 vials of antivenin - sent, she noted, from her home state of Tennessee - had any effect. Throughout the ordeal, Ryan kept up her spirits, saying her goal was to heal enough so she could wear heels during the final day of competition. The pain almost paid off: Ryan was first runner-up, with Kelly McBee of Worland, Wyo., taking the title of Mrs. America.
Betsy Marston is editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado. Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared in the column, Heard around the West.


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The End is Nigh
According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia we are about to enter another recession. Of course, one would be hard-pressed to convince the over 20 million Americans who remain unemployed or underemployed that the last recession ever ended. But, I suppose, according to economists it technically did.
Given the circumstance we are in, what can be concluded firmly is what this commentator has maintained all along, namely that Keynesianism is a complete and utter failure. Yes, it made many Americans feel like the political class cared about them because it spent so much money on their behalf in an attempt to "stimulate" the economy back to good health. And all the money infused into the economy either by government appropriations, monetized debt, or artificially low interest rates did indeed forestall an economic collapse. But, like the old Chiffon margarine commercial which warned its viewers that impending doom would befall those that fooled Mother Nature, doom is now ours because Bush, Bernanke, Geithner, Obama, and many members of Congress dared to fool the Free Market.
Naturally, Keynesian diehards will claim that the problem is that not enough money was spent to revive the declining economy. Well, that is an easy out given that more money could always be spent. In any event, more money spent would have probably forestalled the next recession even farther into the future, but it wouldn't have solved the systemic problems in the economy – namely price fixing by the Fed, government spending crowding out private investment, and overregulation. In fact, with the spending we have had an even worse recession than the last is on the horizon; if more money had been spent the next downturn would be that much larger.
The fact of the matter is that since 2008 we have racked up close to six trillion dollars more in debt with nothing to show for it. The big spenders responsible will blame the greedy rich who they say do not pay their "fair share" of the tax burden. But, according to the IRS, in 2007 the richest one percent earned 22 percent of national income while paying 40 percent of all personal income taxes; the top five percent earned 37 percent and paid 61 percent of all income taxes; and the top 10 percent earned 48 percent and paid 71 percent of all income taxes. Meanwhile, the bottom 50 percent earned 12 percent of the nation's income but only paid three percent of the nation's income tax. So, I am not sure what the President and his coterie are talking about when they claim the rich need to be taxed more in order for them to pay their "fair share"?
I know one thing and that is that the disastrous policies of the U.S. government are responsible for not only the loss of our industrial base, but the current trend of America's young enterprisers leaving for greener pastures overseas. High taxation, overregulation, inflation, and the prospects of even higher healthcare costs through Obamacare are the reason for the exodus.
With all of these productive entities fleeing our borders and given that the federal government is close to $16 trillion in debt and unfunded future liabilities, specifically for Social Security and Medicare, adds 10s of trillions more to that total, how is America ever going to meet her future obligations? To make matters even worse, should interest rates rise to their historic long-term average the annual interest payment on the national debt would more than double. Using current numbers, the total would eat up 41 percent of revenues collected. The massive increase in that line-item would require even larger annual budget deficits at a time when America can least afford it.
The problem is that Americans want their Social Security, Medicare, and all the other goodies politicians promise them. And they don't seem to mind the endless wars and corporate favoritism coming out of Washington either. This can be concluded because they continue to reelect the same policymakers that have produced the mess we are in.
On the eve of another recession, leading policymakers in Washington are not discussing what needs to be done to turn the economy around. Very few are talking seriously about addressing the debt crisis. Lastly, most Americans who will vote this November are poised to send these same politicians back to Washington.
And that is why the end is nigh. The end of what you ask? The end of everything we have come to expect as Americans since the 1970s. It will be the end of militarism and endless wars. This time it will truly be the end of welfare as we know it. It will be the end of political favors to every special interest group under the sun. Finally it will be the end of living off accrued wealth by producing less and less while at the same time spending like drunken sailors to acquire cheap Chinese goods. All these things will end because we simply can no longer afford them. The real question is can we afford what will come after the end?
Article first published as The End is Nigh on Blogcritics.
Kenn Jacobine teaches internationally and maintains a summer residence in North Carolina


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I need something. It is a storage building. We have too much STUFF!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!
That is all I have to say...back to my mad cleaning/organizing day....
By the way, folks, I am a hot mess today! Seriously. This makes me nuts...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
I need something...
I need something. It is a storage building. We have too much STUFF!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Prayer Request...
My dear blogger friends...
please say a prayer for my little family- Cole, Ava, and I. We have been going through a very difficult and stressful time this year, and this holiday season is especially difficult on everyone. I will share more about it when I can. Which will be in April. :) But please just pray for peace and patience for our family.
And especially me. I am really struggling with bitterness and anger towards some members of our extended family. I know that this is not what the Lord wants for me and my heart and attitude. I don't want to feel this way, but it seems to be a daily struggle recently. And this is just compounded by the challenges we are facing as a family.
Thank you, and I promise to share with you all about my family's current challenge when I can. I know I don't like to be left guessing!!!!
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Waiting for Paint to Dry...
I am literally watching paint dry. So instead of wasting my time willing my canvases to dry so I can continue working on them, I thought I would use my time "wisely" and do a little blog post. ;)
I have been thinking a lot lately about our future children. Cole and I would like to have three total. Although if they are all as easy as Ava, I wouldn't mind four. :D Cole is wetting his pants right now. I am starting a new tradition at our house- I found these fun giant felt bags at Bed Bath & Beyond, and I bought one for Ava to lay out each year and Santa will fill it with her toys! Well I had to go there today for something, and I bought two more, just in case we have two more kids and just in case they don't have them again in the future! LOL! I already have names picked out for our next baby...
GIRL: Claire Elizabeth (I have always loved the name Claire, and Elizabeth is my MIL's middle name. Ava has my mom-and my- middle name, so I guess that is only fair).
BOY: Archer Davis (Archer is my maiden name, and Davis is Cole's middle name and a family name for his dad's side).
But I know that future children are not guaranteed...
When I was pregnant with Ava, I knew of three couples that lost baby girls, either after birth or during the pregnancy. Of course, I was scared beyond measure for the health of Ava. Over the last year I have known several people- some close friends, others just blogger friends- that have suffered miscarriages. This just breaks my heart. Ava happened so easily, really much more easily than anyone expected. We were lucky. It shocked me when I found out how many of my friends had suffered the loss of a precious unborn child.
With Ava's first Christmas (and last round of "first holidays") drawing near, I am burdened deeply for those that have lost babies and children. I don't know if I would have the strength to carry on if something ever happened to Ava. I pray each night that she grows to be an old woman and that the LORD will put a hedge of protection around her, and keep her safe. If you have children, hold them close, and thank the LORD each day for blessing your life with them (even if they are being little toots! HA!) And if you have lost a baby or child, or suffered a miscarriage, please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. You are stronger than you think, and when you can't go on, the LORD will carry you- you just have to ask Him!
If I don't get a chance to write again before the day- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
And because I know you all just LURVE seeing pictures of my precious girl... haha!
My Santa Baby!
"Can I get my soy latte and a non-fat muffin puree please?"
Happy Girl! She really is like this ALL the time!!!
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Strollin' Around....
Strollers are, in my opinion, one of the best baby/toddler items ever invented. I mean really...right up there with the infant carrier and pacifiers! Obviously, I feel this way, since my garage is now home to FOUR strollers (yes, for ONE child...). Let me explain our stroller evolution...
Our first stroller purchase, while I was pregnant, was a Jeep jogging stroller, similar to this one. I bought it for $50 off of Craigslist. A wise and fruitful purchase, I must say. When I bought it, I was still into running. And although I haven't gotten back into running (YET- see last post), we use this bad boy on family walks around the neighborhood. It comes fully loaded- a speaker system for your ipod tunes, a nice large sunshade, and a multi-function timer/odometer/speedometer. Not too bad for fifty bucks! The only down side is that it will not fit in my trunk. I can get it in my backseat, but it is wedged in there and difficult to load and unload.
STROLLER #2: The Travel System
This is our travel "system"...the Graco Elyse. It is an adorable print- we have a matching pack-n-play. And the infant snugride carrier was great! But the stroller is HUGE. Like GINORMOUS! And I have used it a total of 4 times. It is just soooo big. And for the size and mass of the stroller, not very functional. It does have nice parent's cup holders (x2), but that is the best thing I can say. It is really too much of a hassle. Lesson learned. I will say that, when Ava was still in her infant carrier, I LOVED this system. Because if I needed a stroller, I didn't have to get her out and into a separate stroller. The only redeeming quality, in this mommy's opinion. :)
STROLLER #3: The Umbrella Stroller
This is our umbrella stroller- the Chicco Capri. It is a "mid-range" umbrella stroller, I would say. It is nicer than the cheapo ones. The seat is a little more padded. But it is still light and easy to fold. This stroller has served me well over the last 4 months or so. But after using it for a while, there are some glaring problems that were not something I could really fix easily. First, the seat didn't recline more than you see in this picture. Not good if you want a baby to nap on the go. And the sunshade is little more than a joke. Really, it blocks nothing and is too flimsy to be able to rest anything on (something I do often...). The "cargo" area under the stroller is also a bit of a joke. It is too small to really hold anything other than my dirty burp rags. Which is what I used it for. This stroller is now becoming a hand-me-down to my mother (per her request) because this baby just came into our lives...
STROLLER #4: THE Stroller!
Ok, I will admit. I have only owned this stroller for a couple of hours. And haven't tested it in a "real life" situation. But Peg Perego has an amazing reputation (for quality and safety) and I got an AMAZING deal on it! Really, it was a steal! This baby retails from between 350.00-450.00. Any guesses on my price? Less than $130.00, including the optional 18 month warranty! Whoop! I went to Babies R Us looking for a replacement for our umbrella stroller. Something that would steer better than a mack truck and fit our needs better. I had decided on a pretty red MaClaren umbrella stroller. Then I saw this guy. He is neutral, can hold a PP car seat (for future babies) and has all of the options I was looking for. The sunshade is AMAZING, and covers almost the entire seat if needed. I also love that the seat lays all the way down, and is very cushioned for extra comfort! Hopefully there will be some naps in that puppy! HA! It is a little hard to fold until you get the hang of it, but I get better each time I try, so I feel confident that I will get it down in no time!!! Oh, and it folds down to about the size of my Chicco umbrella stroller! How cool!!!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Our Meeting with "The Big Guy"
I wanted to share a picture of Ava's tree. It is the only tree I put up this year (really the only decor I put up...). With everything that has been going on, I just didn't have the time or energy to get the tree and decor out of the attic, put it up, then try like the dickens to keep Ava out of it!!! LOL! She has already discovered how fun tissue paper is. I think I wasted a lot of money on toys this year. She would have been content with the tissue paper! HAHA!!!
fascinated with his beard and glasses...so YAY! No tears this year!!! We will see what next year holds. Although if her personality stays the same, she is very outgoing and loves people, so maybe we won't have an issue. I can't wait to see it....
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Christmastime, Crafts, and Diets...
Hello. My name is Rachel. And I am a bad blogger. :) My husband randomly asked me the other day why I hadn't been blogging. HAHA! I didn't even know he read "our" blog. So I guess he does! Hi honey!!! I love you!!! ;)
Sorry I have been out of touch. Just been super crazy nutty busy! It seems like there is always more to do than I have time for this time of year. I guess because there is so much I want to do this time of year!
Ava and I went to Branson with our friends Amanda and almost-5-month-old Bella a week or two ago. It was a lot of fun, but exhausting. We only stayed a couple of nights, and trust me that was enough! I just love Amanda. Her husband is a pilot too, in Cole's unit, so we have a lot in common. We also have infant girls- almost exactly 5 months apart- so it is fun to watch them play. Which right now consists of pulling and grabbing and eating each other's various extremities! HAHA! But they have really started to take notice and enjoy each other recently. They even get into "girl talk!" It is great to watch them together.
After I got back from Branson, I mailed off a Silhouette order for a blogger friend in Louisiana. I hope her sister enjoys them! I am kicking myself for not taking a picture....Heather, if you read this, could you take a picture of them for me please!!!! I totally forgot!!! I have four more now to do for my best friend, to give as gifts to her family. They really are awesome gifts for any mom. And I am wholly convinced that anyone could do them if they had the time. :)
After I got done with the silhouettes for Heather, I had to finish these guys....
... for my nephews' school. They had a silent auction fundraiser, and I donated these as well as a diaper cake. Don't you love how the snowman sparkles?!?! The Hogs are going to the Sugar Bowl this year!!!! WHOOHOOO! So I figured the Hog would be a hit. But my sister said it was up to $55 when she left! Holy Wowza! That was unexpected!!! I am going to email the lady that worked with me on it to find out how much it made. I am just curious. :)
Speaking of work, I have been putting way way way too much effort into coming up with a "Santa" outfit for Ava (for her first pictures with the big guy!). I am not a big "get all gussied up" type for pictures. I like for pictures to capture a person as they are, for who they are. And so I wanted a cute outfit, but something that she might wear any other day too, if we wanted to look cute. So this is what I came up with...
I bought the bow at Etsy.com not too long after Ava was born. She also has a couple of Halloween bows and a 4th of July bow that are similar. Right now we have to use a bow band, which might be tricky. I will be taking a small red or black bow that will stay in her hair just in case. She is too good with her hands these days (and fast!) so bows on the bow band are usually in her mouth in seconds. Maybe if I put it on her after she is in his lap, she will be too stunned by the Santa that she won't pull the bow off. We will see....
I will try to write again soon. And when I do, I plan on sharing about our family pictures with Whitney Flora!!!! They are fabulous!!!!
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Trick-or-Treat and Turkey Day!
Well, October is over. :( But that means its...
(cue booming voice...)
Ava's first Halloween was so fun! We skipped out on Trick-or-Treating...no point with only one tooth.... ;) So we just hung out at home and handed candy out. It was fun! My parents came over, my mom cooked pork chops. Yummy. And we lowered Ava's crib to the lowest setting. Hard to believe that she is to that point already. But she will have her 9 month checkup next week! Where, oh where, does the time go???
Here are a few pictures from our Halloween...
Mommy and Ava. She had just slapped me across the face in this one- thus the funny look on my face! HAHA!
In her Leopard costume. So adorable!!!
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Pottery Barn copies Target???
Okay, I L-O-V-E me some Pottery Barn. My wallet (and therefore, my husband) don't always share the same adoration for our favorite over-priced-but-oh-so-grand retailer.
(sidebar) I have been dreaming about giving my living room a little umph here lately. I don't know if, now that I have finally pretty much finished getting my house decorated, I feel the need to start from the beginning again? Or what? But it has just been feeling a little dreary in there. I don't want to go all out and buy new furniture because we will not be in this house forever. And our furniture is in decent shape, it holds up well to stains (and with two dogs and a baby is a GOOD thing!), and it fits the space pretty well because it is on a smaller scale. I think it will be great to put in a den or family room in our next home, if we have such a space.
So, back to PB. I was dreaming about a rug for our living room, since the one we have is a hand-me-down and doesn't fit the space all that well. I have been drooling over this beauty for quite some time... (I don't need diamonds. Give me home decor!!!)
Nice, right??? I fell in love right away. I couldn't put my finger on why. Until my dog made a noise, and I looked over into the kitchen to see what the rascal was into. And I caught a glimpse of my kitchen rugs. That is why I like this one so much. Because they are almost identical!!!
Now my kitchen rugs came from Target. They are small, but they do make larger area rugs in the same pattern. I tried to get a good picture for you, but Target's website wasn't cooperating with me. So this was the best I could do...
Pitiful. I know. But you can go here and see the full image.
I am going to go stalk the Target website for a look-alike for my Emerson rug...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
I need a name...and you could WIN!!!
No. I am not pregnant again! And even if I were, I already have names picked out for our next kid! HAHA! ;)
No. I need a name for my little craft business. I refuse to call myself an artist. While I have people tell me that what I do is art, and that not everyone can paint and create, I refuse to believe that. Refuse. I think with enough practice and effort, anyone can do the things that I do. I am just the only crazy one willing to spend hours each night after Ava goes to bed slaving away over my kitchen table!!! HAHA!
I do think people who understand math should be called artists. But that is a different post all together...
Diaper cakes.
Diaper Cupcakes...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
My Girl...
Ava is my daughter. She was born on February 11th, 2010, and is absolutely the most precious thing in my life, along with my amazing husband. Together, they make up my family, and I thank the Lord each day for blessing me with them.
Ava is almost 9 months old, and I honestly don't know where the time went??? It seems like just yesterday she was born, and we were struggling through those first few months...boy, I remember thinking that I would never get another full nights sleep again! And just the other night, she let her momma sleep in until 10am! And I was the one who got her up! The girl likes her sleep (at night, anyway! She only takes one nap a day, and it is slowly getting shorter I think-ugh).
Today we went and voted, then went to WalMart. Everywhere we go, here is what people say, in this order...
"Oh what a pretty baby!"
"She is so happy!"
"You are so lucky to have such a happy baby!"
And I am. There are several people I know, mostly family members, that try to compare Ava with other babies. And this used to really upset me. REALLY upset me. Because I feel like, Ava is not a cow in the county fair, she is not to be compared with other kids. She is her own being, and I want to raise her to know that it doesn't matter what other people think of her. That the LORD made her in His likeness, she is so special, so unique, and no matter what, her daddy and I will love her until our last breath, and beyond! But I have gotten over some of that. I think mostly because (and this is my earthly pride talking, I know...) but Ava is the happiest, most carefree little baby I have ever seen! And others tend to agree. Just today, a lady working the polls commented on how she had never seen such a happy baby. She just smiles from morning until night. No joke. Aside from a few times that she was sick, I haven't heard a full on CRY in months! Probably since about 4 months old. And then, at night, she just goes to sleep. I know she may not always be this way, and she does have a stubborn streak (that was inevitable with me as her mother! HAHA!). But I am SO blessed with such a wonderful, easy baby! (Please Lord, let her wake up the same happy baby! HAHA!)
Here are just some random pictures from the past few weeks....
Ava, and her typical smile!
Eating kiwi fruit out of a chewy bag! I really need to video and post what she does when she sees one of these things coming. Her face is just priceless! It is just sheer desire and need! HAHA!
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Paint, Paint....and more PAINT!
Okay, I would first just like to say that I am so tired that I can hardly hold my eyes open, and as soon as I get done with this post, I will be going to bed. By way of a shower.
So I have about a dozen projects on my list right now (and yes, it is an actual, physical, list). I have an order for 4 silhouette canvases of some darling (and I mean DARLING) children- all of whom have awesome silhouette-worthy hair. Some families have all the luck.... ;)
I also have been asked (and this is just uber exciting to me also) to donate some pieces to the elementary school in our town for their annual Holiday Silent Auction fund raiser. I am going to donate a large winter themed canvas, a small Razorback canvas, and a diaper cake. My nephews attend school there, and one day, Ava probably will too. So it is a cause that is especially close to my heart! I have the winter canvas sketched and the background painted, and I have the hog canvas and diaper cake both designed (although I have yet to put my idea for the cake on paper...).
I also am *planning* on painting 8 different Christmas canvases for the girls in my family (all the women on my mom's side and my Nana). I have them designed, and would like to get them done before Thanksgiving, so that I can hand them out then, and they can hang them up this year. But that is all dependent on getting my priority projects complete. So every night, after Ava goes to bed, you know what I have been doing! LOL! PAINTING PAINTING!!!!
Well today, even MORE painting happened. The less creative and more tedious kind. We have been working on our house since the day we moved in, and I can FINALLY see a light at the end of the tunnel. The trim work and quarter round will HOPEFULLY all be finished by tomorrow. We are sooooo close!!! But because we got all new floors, and then all new quarter round, that means we had to paint the trim. And that means that for the last several days, all I have been doing is using this....
Ahhhh, good ole' painters tape. Now I usually paint the "right" way. Ceiling, then trim, then walls. It is just easier, and no real need for painters tape because (self promotion warning) I am really quite good at cutting in! But because I didn't want to paint my walls again, I taped and taped and taped off all of the trim (and just about decided to get rid of the decorative mouldings in my house because it was just too much...) Today I picked out a new trim color, Swiss Coffee by Behr. Now, why it is called Swiss Coffee, I don't know. Because it is a white, and it isn't even really brown based. It has a lot of grey in it. But I needed something on the grey side to A. not look pink against my Ben Moore Brookline Beige, and B. not look yellow with my blond bamboo floors. I tried explaining this to the lady at Home Depot. She didn't get it, I don't think. It isn't her fault. My mind is strange. But it works!!! HAHA!
And I am SO good, it is a near perfect match to the existing trim! Now all of the baseboards need to be redone because they are just in bad shape after 2 1/2 years of reno. BUT, I don't have to paint all of the doors and crown moulding!!!! Whoooop!!!!!
I usually don't like Behr paint. It is gloppy and thick and just all around hard to use, in my opinion. If I am looking for something with good coverage, I normally go with Ben Moore (my favorite kind of paint-ever! It lasts forever in the can in the garage- or 5 gallon bucket in our case, wears well on the wall, and Pottery Barn uses it! Hello?!?!?!) But I was in the neighborhood of Home Depot, and now that they offer the same military discount as Lowes, I don't hate them as badly, so we just went there. And when I told them the color, I forgot to tell them NOT BEHR! And I guess because it was a Behr color, they assumed I wanted Behr paint. Oh well. So 25.00 for trim paint later, I realize that this was a great mistake. The gloppy mess that Behr is on the wall, makes for a wonderful one coat, slap it on and call it a day, trim paint! YAY!
So that is the story of all of the paint around my house. I guess what Cole says really is true...if it's in our house for any length of time, I will paint it! HAHA!
I am going to shower and try to get all of the paint off of my body and out of my hair before this impending storm hits. Maybe after I throw a bone over the neighbors fence so their poor dog will shut up. He is so afraid of storms, and I swear he feels them coming!!! He freaks out every time it is about to storm!!! Crazy.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Fun Room for a Precious Girl!
Now on to her abode...
Here is a better shot of the table, and a good one of the window treatments. My mom made all of the bedding and curtains, and my dad made the cornice board (my mom covered it). I am SO BLESSED to have such wonderfully talented parents!
Here are some "facts" about Ava's room:
*the furniture is from a local boutique called Pickles and Ice Cream, but it is made by Bonavita. It is wonderful quality! I highly recommend it!!!
*the fabric is called Carnival Bloom. I am not sure who makes it, but if you live in Little Rock, we bought it and the others at Cynthia East.
*the lamps, side table, and the iron wall hangings came from HobLob.
*our photographer is Beth Martin. She rocks. :)
I hope you enjoyed the tour!!!
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An AnarchObjectivist is one who accepts the fundamental principles of Ayn Rands philosophy, but rejects her advocacy of minarchism as inconsistent with those basic positions in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
The contradiction between the Objectivist Ethics and minarchism
"The basic political principle of the Objectivist ethics is: no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man——or group or society or government—has the right to assume the role of a criminal and initiate the use of physical compulsion against any man. Men have the right to use physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. The ethical principle involved is simple and clear-cut: it is the difference between murder and self-defense." – Ayn Rand "The Objectivist Ethics" (emphasis added)
"A civilized society is one in which physical force is banned from human relationships—in which the government, acting as a policeman, may use force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use." – Ayn Rand "Man's Rights" (emphasis added)
Now, the problem arises when Miss Rand elaborates on the nature of government:
"a government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force." – Ayn Rand "America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business" (emphasis in original)
If a government holds a legal monopoly on the retaliatory use of force, it necessarily initiates the use of force against those whom would seek to start businesses in the arbitration and defense services industries, as well as all those who seek to do business with such persons. If a defense service is not allowed to exist or operate, yet has not initiated the use of force against anyone, and only retaliates against those who have initiated the use of force, those individuals rights have been violated.
A government that holds a legal monopoly on the retaliatory use of force actually initiates the use of force against its citizens, which violates the basic political principle of the Objectivist ethics.
Best Case Scenario
If, under an Objectivist Minarchy, the government did allow competition in the fields of arbitration and defense services,market pressures would render the government obsolete. As such a government would be voluntarily funded (so as not to violate the basic principle), private firms, in a free market, would be able to provide services cheaper and more efficiently than a government could and so would put the government out of business, and lead to de facto anarcho-capitalism.
Resolving the Contradiction
In conclusion, AnarchObjectivists reject the coercive (at worst) and/or obsolete (at best) nature of the state in favor of Voluntaryist solutions to law, arbitration, dispute resolution, and defense


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In all classroom
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