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Abuse isn't just about bruises. Not all forms of abuse leave bruises where we can see them,Abuse Lawyers Near Me in South Africa . Although physical abuse is terrifying and needs to be addressed immediately there are other forms of abuse that can cause significant damage. One type of abuse that is very difficult for outsiders to detect is financial abuse. Marriage should be a partnership but when one spouse completely dominates the finances to the point that the other spouse has no control and no options financial abuse may be occurring.
What Are Signs of Potential Financial Abuse?
Every married couple handles their finances differently. In some cases one spouse handles the majority of the finances. They manage the accounts, pay the bills and deal with creditors. That does not by itself equal financial abuse.
Financial abuse occurs when one spouse is treated like an irresponsible child and Domestic Violence On Children . They are cut off from funds and their knowledge about the couple's finances is severely limited. Some signs of financial abuse include:
•Strict Allowances. This isn't an amount that the spouses have agreed to limit themselves to but is instead a set amount that is grudgingly handed out from one spouse to the other and is all that will be given.
Documents, documents, documents. Written evidence is incredibly strong and can range from credit card bills showing that there is a credit card but that you aren't named on it to emails from your spouse that show the financial abuse.
Other witnesses can be incredibly powerful on your behalf. Financial abuse is hard for people outside the relationship to detect. So when someone credible comes in and tells the judge that it is happening and they can see it the judge will listen and Domestic Violence Hashtags .
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Domestic Violence charges are treated differently than most other criminal cases because from the outset of the charge, not the conviction, it is very likely that you will have your home and your children taken from you. We are supposed to have a criminal system where you are innocent until proven guilty but as you will discover that is not the case with Domestic Violence charges. This survival guide will help explain the system you're up against and how to get through it.
- Do not plead guilty at Arraignment. Arraignment is the first formal court appearance in a criminal case. During this hearing, you will be formally notified of the criminal charge against you and given the opportunity to plead guilty or not guilty. DO NOT PLEAD GUILTY! This is obvious in cases where you do not believe you've done anything wrong but is also true in cases where you do think you've done something wrong. There is no benefit in pleading guilty up front but there may be costs in doing so.
Some inexperienced people mistakenly believe that if they plead guilty at arraignment, they will get a lighter sentence than if they plead guilty later. This is incorrect. The reverse is much more common; you will likely get sentenced harder if you plead guilty up front.
If you decide to plead guilty later, the Judge will not use the fact that you pled not guilty initially against you. By pleading not guilty at Arraignment, what you are really saying to the Judge is that you want a chance to see what evidence the Prosecutor has and if you feel it is sufficient to prove your guilt then you want a chance to negotiate with the Prosecutor for a better outcome.
- Pre-Trial No Contact Orders. In most criminal cases, a Judge will issue an order directing the Defendant not have any contact with the alleged victim. In Domestic Violence cases, that order can be extended to the victim's home, place of work, and children. These orders are issued before there is a finding of guilt and can render a Defendant homeless. If you work at the same place as your spouse then you might just find yourself out of a job too. Whether or not the children were involved with the incident, you can be prohibited from seeing them.
Stipulated Orders of Continuance / Pre-Trial Diversion Agreements
These are contracts, nothing more. You make an agreement with the Prosecutor's Office to do (and not do) certain things, like entering a Domestic Violence Treatment Program and stay out of trouble. If you comply with the contract, the case is dismissed.
Reduced Charge
It is often possible to get a Domestic Violence charge re-filed as a different, less serious, charge. The factors involved are: the facts of the current case, the Defendant's criminal history, and the position of the alleged victim. Examples of reduced charges are: Disorderly Conduct or Simple Assault without the DV tag.
- Only the State can bring criminal charges. With any criminal charge, including Domestic Violence, only the State can bring the charge - not the alleged victim in your case. This means that even if the person labeled "victim" wants the No Contact Order or the entire case to simply go away, they don't have the power to dismiss it; only the Prosecutor does
- Joint Bank Accounts. Be aware that some Victims Advocates are advising alleged victims to drain joint bank accounts. This advice leaves Defendants in the impossible position of becoming suddenly homeless due to the no contact order and penniless.
- Gun Rights. Conviction for a crime labeled Domestic Violence will forfeit your rights to own or possess firearm for the rest of your life. This is true even in cases where no gun was used, threatened, mentioned or even owned by the defendant.
Because of the nature of Domestic Violence charges, you need to find an attorney that understands the complexity of these charges and what you can do about them. If you have questions specific to your case, please give me a call. I do not charge money for an initial consultation and I can answer many questions over the phone or via email.
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Abuse and Its Effects on Self-Esteem and Positive Identity
Good self-esteem or positive identity is an asset to any person. It helps improve relationships, confidence, job performance and makes it easier to enjoy and embrace life to the fullest. When a person has been abused, their good self-esteem is threatened and often lost. Understanding how this happens and knowing practical ways to deal with it can be valuable tools in our self-help toolbox!
Each of us is born with the gift of individual person-hood. Our unique genetic make-up and DNA set us apart from all others. We have boundaries that help us to know where we stop and where others start. Inside of these boundaries and within the context of our individual person-hood, we are free to grow, to question, to risk, to explore and to experience life in our own unique way! If allowed to continue and encouraged from those closest to us, we become comfortable in our own skin (within our own boundaries) and a positive identity develops.
Abuse is an invasion of those boundaries; an attack on our individual person-hood. Abuse happens when someone stronger than ourselves overpowers us, either emotionally, physically, verbally or sexually. Even if the abuse is not "severe" in comparison to what others have experienced, the impact on our self-esteem can be severe. The boundaries between us and the perpetrator are blurred. We tend to own some or all of the blame for the abuse and thus take on what rightfully belongs to the invader. With our boundaries destroyed and our person-hood invaded, we are left vulnerable to the world around us and confused about who we really are.
A common reaction to the invasion of abuse is withdrawal. Sometimes the victim will withdraw so far that they actually dissociate from the event completely. This may be good in the long run except for the fact that the dissociation almost always involves other emotions, longings, fears and identity markers that can no longer be accessed. People who are extremely shy and introverted, people who are emotionally shut down and people who lack in social graces are often (not always) reacting to some kind of abuse. The invasion has left them afraid to feel, afraid to connect and afraid to make a mistake.
Another reaction to the invasion of abuse is an attempt to build a wall of defense. The feeling of vulnerability is countered by erecting some kind of wall that we believe will protect us. We can become very angry and keep others at arms length by our temper. We can become very controlling and thus minimize the possibility of future hurt. We can become very sarcastic or funny to deflect our real feelings. We can become an overachiever so that others will identify us by our accomplishments and not by our fears. These walls feel protective but are actually putting us in bondage. We cannot do life without our anger, control, sarcasm, humor or achievements so we are not free to be who we really are... we are forced to keep up the act... and that is exhausting.
This second reaction was my own way of dealing with childhood sexual abuse. I kept the walls firmly in place from age 11 until age 35. At that point, exhausted from trying to keep myself safe, I attempted suicide, not out of despair as much as out of exhaustion!
When we react in either of these ways to abuse, we end up losing ourselves, our true identity, our positive identity or self-esteem. There is another way. From my own experience I have learned the power of these positive and practical steps that can lead us out of brokenness and into confidence in who we really are. Consider the following:
1) Be honest about our abuse.
We cannot properly deal with all of the feelings and reactions associated with our abuse if we refuse to face what actually happened. As with any recovery program, admitting the problem is the beginning of healing.
2) Forgive those who hurt us.
Holding on to the anger, hatred, malice or even ambivalence toward our abuser only keeps us tied to them and to the abuse and its consequences. Forgiveness does not mean that you are saying it was no big deal. It is not saying that you would let them hurt you again. It is not saying that it did not happen. Forgiveness is simply a choice to release them after coming to the conclusion that there is nothing they could do that would take away what happened to us.
3) Surrender our coping mechanisms.
Just as we have to be honest about our abuse, we have to be honest about all of the ways that we have developed to try to help ourselves cope with the abuse. What walls have we erected? What masks have we put on to hide from others? What self-medicating habits have we picked up? Name these coping mechanisms and then willingly lay them down. We may need to invite a few people who are close to us into this process since we often have blind spots related to coping.
4) Embrace the truth about who we really are.
Learn to look beyond what happened to us to the person we really are on the inside. At this point, having a relationship with God is a key factor. If we have become connected with our Creator through the sacrifice of His Son Christ Jesus, we get our true identity from Him. We are His sons and daughter, regardless of our abuse, achievements, failures or coping mechanisms.
5) Join a safe community.
At this point, with walls torn down and feelings exposed, belonging to a community where we feel safe is vital. A support group, home group, counselor or accountability group can provide a place for us to grow in our new positive identity. People who know our need for healing and encouragement will be a great help in this process of rebuilding.
Commit with me not to allow past abuse in our lives to rob us of our positive identity. Choose life!

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I know it's been a little while since I've posted. I have a few mulling around in my head and a guest post waiting to be published that I haven't had time to review. In case you are interested, here are the potential titles of those posts: "Signal to Noise – What Really Is Noise?" and "Everything In Moderation – What Really Is Moderation?" and "Helping Young Moms Go To School" and "Something About Entrepreneurship (well, that's not really the title but I guess it could be!)."Author: Aruni | Filed under: blogging, entrepreneurship, guest post, parenting | Tags: blogging, everything in moderation, signal to noise, young moms going to school | Comments Off on Posts In Progress


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Dir: Morgan Neville. US. 2013. 90mins
A heartfelt tribute to the unheralded backup singers who have provided the emotional firepower to countless indelible pop songs over the years, Twenty Feet From Stardom may follow the template of so many rock documentaries before it, but the movie's breezy execution makes the familiarity go down smoothly. Director Morgan Neville thoughtfully examines race and gender in his study of a handful of established African-American vocalists who have had to make peace with being second-class citizens in the music industry, but the movie's message of being true to one's own voice will probably resonate louder with audiences.
Twenty Feet looks at the rise of these women as emblematic of political and social upheaval of the time, while also investigating why some backup singers were able to parlay their talent into stardom while others disappeared into obscurity.
Since its premiere at Sundance, Twenty Feet From Stardom has played other festivals, including opening the Mimai International Film Festival and at True/False, in preparation for RADiUS-TWC's release of the film in the US in June. This crowd-pleasing documentary should be a hit among older viewers who came of age listening to the '60s and '70s hits referenced in the movie, as should R&B fans. But even if theatrical business hits a few bum notes, Twenty Feet should enjoy plenty of play on cable and on-demand.
Neville, a veteran music documentary filmmaker who co-directed Johnny Cash's America and Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied, seeks to shine a spotlight on backup vocalists, who haven't received much attention or respect for their contribution to pop music. Speaking with female African-American singers like Merry Clayton (who sang on the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter) and Darlene Love (an integral component in many of producer Phil Spector's hits), Twenty Feet looks at the rise of these women as emblematic of political and social upheaval of the time, while also investigating why some backup singers were able to parlay their talent into stardom while others disappeared into obscurity.
Incorporating testimonials from rock royalty like Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger, who speak glowingly about the importance of backup vocalists, Twenty Feet does a solid job illuminating how African-American singers drew from gospel traditions to deliver their soulful, impassioned performances that outclassed their white counterparts' toothless vocal stylings. There's also some fun to be had in hearing Clayton recall the unlikely events that led her to belting out the feverish chorus to Gimme Shelter. As a history lesson on the evolution of American R&B — and its crossover into rock 'n' roll — Twenty Feet is instructive without overwhelming the audience.
Because Neville has such affection for his subjects — which includes up-and-comer Judith Hill, who was slated to be featured on Michael Jackson's comeback tour before he died — his movie tends to be a soft-focus analysis that offers some insight into these women but settles on a feel-good tone. No doubt the filmmaker is betting that simply letting these singers show off their still-potent voices will be rewarding enough, and he's largely correct, allowing the audience to marvel at the supple pleasures of angelic human voices.
As fun as Twenty Feet is, it's somewhat disappointing that Neville resolves his film in a traditional rock-doc way, pulling his skilled vocalists together for one big jam session. Along those same lines, the movie indulges in follow-your-dreams platitudes that, while earnest, seem trite after engaging in a discussion about the many legitimate challenges facing backup singers in an era in which their talents are less and less appreciated. For better or worse, though, Twenty Feet seems bound and determined to make sure you leave the theatre with a song in your heart.
Production company: Tremolo Productions
Domestic distribution: RADiUS-TWC, http://weinsteinco.com/radius/
Producers: Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers
Executive producers: George Conrades, Art Bilger, Peter Morton, Joel S. Ehrenkranz
Cinematography: Nicola B. Marsh, Graham Willoughby
Editors: Jason Zeldes, Kevin Klauber
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Finnish retailer Verkkokauppa has sent a Lumia 920 into space attached to a balloon. The company decided to see how far the device could reach until the balloon burst for it to then travel back down to Earth. The Windows Phone managed to achieve a height of 30km, spending more than 27 minutes in sub-zero temperatures.
Encased in a special container, the device made it back to sea level and was recovered by the launch team. However, it has been revealed that numerous Lumia 920s were sent up into the air. Unfortunately the team hasn't had much luck locating a second Lumia 920. This is where a 1,000 Euros offer comes into play. Whoever can find the missing Windows Phone and contacts the company will receive the reward.
According to a Facebook post, the handset's last known co-ordinates were:
- Latitude: 61.324573
- Longitude: 27.734175
The Lumia 800 was previously sent up into space by a team of UK scientists at the University of Southampton, which reached 32km and was airborne for 2 hours and 22 minutes. It seems Nokia Windows Phones are sturdy machines when it comes to being fired up into orbit. Perhaps we'll see a HTC device replace the unmanned space exploration robots? At least -should we meet any unknown life forms- they'll have a decent smartphone to play with.
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
By: Michelle Boozer
It was Christmas Eve 2005, when I suffer from a massive stroke. I had to learn how to walk and talk all over again. But through God's grace I will persevere.
I am the oldest of five girls and the mother of one son, DeShown. He was 13 and I was 40 when I had a massive stroke on Christmas Eve, 2005. I had just finished reading a Christmas card from my neighbor, when my vision became blurred. I tried to stand up, but fell. It was 11 a.m. and I was home alone. I called my sister Danielle, but she couldn't hear me. I didn't realize that I could not talk. I did not receive any help until 2:00 p.m. God gave me a voice again after 3 hours to call 9-1-1. The operator said it sounded like I was having a stroke. I looked in the mirror and what I saw scared me........my face, along with the right of body was slumped downward! Once I was put into the ambulance and they asked me what hospital I wanted to go to, I could no longer talk. My sister was the first family member to arrive at the hospital. I had been in a coma for two days; once I woke up and all my family was there, I felt truly blessed. I had an awesome team of physical and occupational therapists at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. For that, I'm grateful!!
Here's what I've learned: If you're on high blood pressure medicine, TAKE IT! A stroke doesn't care how old you are. Through this journey, I never lost faith in God. With His grace & mercy; He has brought me a mighty long way. I know He won't leave me now.
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hello, I am trying to get a little info before i start up some snowkiting... i already snowboard and i was wonderingg...
1. is it possible to snowkite up a 45 degree incline without smacking your kite on the side of the hill? If so, what factors make this more possible, any equipement that improves this, any areas?
2. How easy is it to turn your board, how much 'give' does your line give you, movement laterally, while you are being pulled by kite, how far can you arc back and forth across terrain while being pulled downhill say.
3. is it perhaps the case that amateur snowkiters go on level ground, while experienced snowkiters can learn to go over steep up and down terrain?
4. what areas in the U.S. would provide constant strong wind against the side of a mountain/some hills, where one could snowkite up hills consistently?
5. perhaps a ski area that has a lot of fairly steep * Tunnel * or ravine shaped runs that catch the wind and channel it up or down would give enough constant wind to allow people consistently kite uphill at an angle? I know snowkiting is fairly new so there is probably not a dedicated field like this but perhaps someone knows some area like this? < a trench about 15 foot deep and 30 or 45 feet wide that is positioned so as to channel wind caught travelling thru a mountain pass,trench cut shaped like a hemi-spere/half circle, would be ideal, because your kite would not usually catch the side of the trench or the mountain, it is too low, and you could cross back and forth inside of the trench from side to side, rough terrain can be placed in the trench. if the trench focuses wind then an uphill ride would be easier... sure no place exists like this but could anybody mention something similar they know of?>
6. how fast in general can you get going while snowkiting, does your speed match windspeed, is it say 1/2 of the wind speed on your kite?
7. suppose you smash into ground... what systems can keep you from being dragged over rough terrain? perhaps something that can fold the kite up causing it to land and or retract the kite reel it in?
my favorite part of snowboarding is going downhill over very rough terrain and moguls and navigating like this. I hear lots of snowkiting is done on level ground (providing strong, constant wind speeds to pull you) this just sounds boring.
even if you are being pulled, being pulled across flat ground sounds like taking a ride in my car. So I am trying to find out how hard it is to do it over the terrain i would normally select, and if possible to try some uphill.


text: A Pittsburgh prosecutor says a five-year-old boy who police say started a fire that killed his two-year-old cousin cannot be charged with a crime because of his age. Police say the boy used a lighter to start the house fire. The prosecutor said the boy has a history of setting fires and gave investigators quote "sufficient information" for them to determine that he started the fire on purpose. He also says children under ten cannot be charged with homicide. But Children, Youth and Families is currently evaluating him to start court proceedings and possible remove him from his family. This is our topic of the day … Do you believe the five-year-old boy should be charged in his cousin's death?


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I was browsing through a home furnishings magazine that focuses on strategy for the furniture retailer today. The publisher was writing about the revolution that Keurig has caused in the coffee industry. She noted that Keurig has caused millions of coffee drinkers to throw away their old Mr Coffee and buy a new Keurig instead. Then buy dozens of flavors of K-cups and if they don't like them, throw them out too! It's beautiful, because by creating all these choices-- some that customers won't like-- you're increasing sales as products are thrown away and replaced with new.
The publisher's challenge to furniture retailers was to do the same thing as Keurig-- come up with furniture that would make home owners throw their old furniture out and replace it with something new and more exciting. Frequently! Just like K-cups. She even went so far as to say that retailers should figure out a way to make money every time you sit in their chairs (like Keurig makes money every time you buy another K-cup)!
Whoa! What do you think about this?
I'm amazed at the lasar-like focus on profit to the complete exclusion of environmental concerns. It seems pervasive in the furniture industry, although there are outliars (those would be the small American furniture companies that remained here in the USA when the big guys like Ethan Allen, Bassett and Broyhill outsourced to Asia 30 years ago).
Our philosohpy at Vermont Woods Studios Fine Furniture is different. We know we have to turn a profit to keep our business thriving but we're doing that by focusing on the fact that your furniture is a long term investment and something you can enjoy forever. We strive to make furniture with timeless designs so it will never go out of style or have to be replaced. We offer a lifetime guarantee on the quality of our furniture. And we're pretty sure you'll be handing it down to your grandchildren rather than throwing it out on the curbside with the last Keurig you bought.
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Raw Footage: 2 Dallas Texas Police Officers Caught On Tape Beating Motorcyle Rider With Batons & Their Fists! "Pull Up Alongside Him So I Can Beat The SH*t Out Of Him"
"The squad car hits the parked motorcycle, and then two officers begin to beat Collins with batons and their fists. One of the most shocking aspects of the video happens before the attack. Either Randolph or Bauer can be heard planning his next move. "Pull up alongside him so I can beat the sh** out of him," the officer says. Officer Henry Walter Duetsch also will be charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence because Brown said he turned the dash camera in one squad car." - Dallas News Shouts to Laporsha for the tip
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Main tragedy in this Anna is that it was made at all
I HAVE to wonder what the late Chilean director Raul Ruiz would have made of this new British version of Anna Karenina, which has something of the baroquely zany approach Ruiz brought to his own ''prestige'' literary adaptations of the likes of Dante and Proust.
The British director, Joe Wright, has shot the entire thing on a single sound stage in a blatantly anti-realistic style: painted backdrops, revolving pieces of scenery, out-of-scale props, toy trains and other obvious miniatures. Anything to remind us that the film is pure artifice - as if we might otherwise mistake it for a fly-on-the-wall documentary made in 19th-century Russia.
On a formal level the film holds some interest, at least for the first 15 minutes, when the style is at its most hectic. The actors circle one another as in a formal dance, while the camera tracks and pivots in a disorienting, constantly transforming space.
Wright's effects are sometimes witty or thematically apt. The idealistic Levin (Domhnall Gleeson) meets up with his radical brother Nikolai (David Wilmot) in the rafters of the imaginary theatre where most of the film unfolds, literally enabling them to ''look down'' on respectable society.
But in general this Anna Karenina has little to do with Tolstoy, though Tom Stoppard's script remains an efficient, conventional summary of the book, with occasional laugh lines carefully placed to win over the modern viewer.
In the midst of Wright's pyrotechnics it's easy to forget all about Keira Knightley's supposed star turn as the passionate Anna, who leaves her staid husband Karenin (Jude Law, not bad) for the disappointing Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, a near-cipher).
Though Knightley's acting is improving - she gave a fine eccentric performance as an early therapy patient in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method - she lacks the presence required of a tragic heroine.
Instead she falls back on being ''spirited'', speaking in rapid, elocutionary tones and holding her chin high.
In the hands of a Ruiz, the incongruities would be part of the point. But Wright is not the kind of artist who sets out to make a travesty of his source material, or disconcert his audience in any deep sense, and so the film never adds up to more than an ambitious failure.
Trying to one-up Tolstoy was always going to be a bad idea, though I wouldn't object to seeing a Bond movie, or Les Miserables, staged in the same way.


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Bulldogs Head To Penn, Princeton; Trail Harvard By One Game, Penn By Half Game
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Bulldogs (19-7, 9-3 Ivy) enter the final weekend of the regular season still very much alive in the race for the Ivy League title. Yale trails first-place Harvard (10-2) by one game and second place Penn (9-2) by a half game. With Princeton (7-4) also still in the mix, there are numerous scenarios in play. This much is certain. The Bulldogs must win at least one game to have any chance to still be alive come Sunday. The Bulldogs start the weekend Friday at Princeton and then have a Saturday date with Penn. Both games tip off at 7 p.m.
Regardless of the results, the Bulldogs would seem to have done enough to earn a postseason berth. Yale's 19 wins are the most since the 2001-02 team won 21, including a victory over Rutgers in the NIT, the last postseason appearance for the Bulldogs. Yale is looking to reach the 20-win mark for only the sixth time in school history. James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball, reached a milestone last Saturday, notching his 100th career Ivy victory. He is only the fifth coach in league history to reach the mark. There are also a number of noteworthy individual accomplishments in play entering the final weekend. Greg Mangano (18.5 ppg.) shares the Ivy lead in scoring with Penn's Zack Rosen. Mangano also is the league leader in rebounding (9.7 rpg.) and blocks (62). Austin Morgan is shooting 90.3 percent (84-of-93) from the foul line, which would break Ed Petersen's (.888) school record set in 1988-89. Reggie Willhite (59 steals) needs one more steal to set the single-season school record.
Overall, Yale leads the Ivy League in scoring (70.4 ppg.) and rebounding margin (+5.0). The Bulldogs are second in scoring margin (+5.9) and blocked shots (110). In Ivy only games, Yale is second in field goal percentage defense (.403).
• Reggie Willhite is averaging 14.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists in his last seven games. In addition, he has 18 steals in the stretch. In the two games last weekend, Willhite had 28 points, 17 rebounds, 14 assists and six steals.
• Jesse Pritchard scored a career-high 13 points in Saturday's win over Cornell. He was 5-of-6 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three-point range. The night before against Columbia, he had five rebounds and four assists. Pritchard has started the last four games.
• Freshman Brandon Sherrod had one of the best games of his young career Friday against Columbia, finishing with 10 points, which matched his career high. With the score tied at 58, Sherrod scored four straight points to give the Bulldogs a lead they would not relinquish. He also hit a pair of free throws, blocked a shot, had an assist and grabbed two rebounds down the stretch.
• Austin Morgan enters the weekend third in the nation in free throw shooting (.903, 84-of-93).
• Yale held the Lions and Big Red to a combined 31.7 percent from the field in the two games.
• The two wins gave the Bulldogs an 11-1 home record for the season, the best mark in Lee Amphitheater since the 1989-90 team also went 11-1.
• Yale swept the season series from Columbia for the third straight year.
The Tigers (16-11, 7-4 Ivy) have averaged 68.1 points in Ivy games, which is tops in the league. Ian Hummer is third in the league in scoring (16.2 ppg.) and fifth in rebounding (7.3 rpg.). With one more win, head coach Mitch Henderson will have the most wins for a first-year Princeton head coach since Bill Carmody (24) in 1996-97.
The Quakers (17-11, 9-2 Ivy) host Brown on Friday. Penn has won five straight, four of which have come by three points or less, including last Saturday's 55-54 victory at Harvard. Zack Rosen was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday. He scored the Quakers' last 16 points in a win at Dartmouth and the last nine points in the victory over the Crimson.
The Bulldogs are looking to sweep the season series from Princeton for the first time since 2007-08. In the first meeting, Yale held the Tigers to an Ivy low 54 points in a 58-54 victory. Princeton shot just 33.3 percent from the field.
The Bulldogs' last win at The Palestra came in 2009, 87-79. Yale knocked off the Quakers 60-53 earlier this year in New Haven. Trailing 53-50, the Bulldogs scored the final 10 points of the game.
The last time Yale swept the Princeton-Penn road weekend was during the 1986-87 season.
Greg Mangano will have the opportunity to showcase his skills for NBA scouts when he participates in the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational in April. Mangano will be one of the top seniors from across the nation to participate in a four-day, 12-game tournament in front of representatives from every NBA team. The Invitational runs from April 11-14 in Portsmouth, Va.
WILLHITE, MORGAN Earn Academic All-District Honors
Two Yale players have earned Capital One Academic All-District I honors. Senior Reggie Willhite and junior Austin Morgan were both named to the first team. Willhite is a political science major, while Morgan is an architecture major. Both players have started all 26 games for the Bulldogs.
Greg Mangano was a part of the 12-player roster that represented the United States in the 2011 World University Games in August in Shenzhen, China. In six games during the tournament, Mangano averaged 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds. His top performance came against Mexico when he scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds. He added seven points, three rebounds and two blocks in the win over Finland. The team was coached by Purdue's Matt Painter. Joining Mangano on the Team USA roster were: Tim Abromaitis (Notre Dame); Marcus Denmon (Missouri); Ashton Gibbs (Pittsburgh); Draymond Green (Michigan State); JaMychal Green (Alabama); Scoop Jardine (Syracuse); John Jenkins (Vanderbilt); Orlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara); Trevor Mbakwe (Minnesota); Ray McCallum (Detroit Mercy); and Darius Miller (Kentucky).
Jeremiah Kreisberg played for Israel at the Under-20 European Championships in July in in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He appeared in six games (he missed the last two games with a minor injury) and averaged 12.3 points and 5.7 rebounds, while averaging nearly 30 minutes per game. He led the team in rebounding and was second in scoring. Kreisberg headed to Tel-Aviv in June, spent three weeks training with the Israel team and took part in the team's preparation tour through Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Yale got a bit of a head start on the 2011-12 season. The Bulldogs spent 10 days in China last May and played four games, winning three, including a victory over a Chinese professional team. The trip allowed the Bulldogs to bond as a team and work on some things for the upcoming season.
Mangano and Kreisberg weren't the only players to have interesting off seasons. Austin Morgan spent two months in Mauritius, an island nation off southeast coast of Africa, as an Eli-Africa fellow. He helped run an after school program for local children, teaching a class on health and fitness. Sam Martin was in Washington, D.C., interning for Senator Jack Reed of his home state of Rhode Island. Freshman Armani Cotton founded DOSA (Division One Student Athlete) Basketball Clinic. After gaining approval from the NCAA and the Ivy League, Cotton ran two week-long clinics in New York City and three in Lake Naomi, Pa. Cotton created the program in an attempt to deflate the idea that being valedictorian and a star athlete are mutually exclusive. DOSA focuses on the values of hard work and discipline as well as basketball IQ and Division I skills in order to challenge campers intellectually and physically.
Reggie Willhite trained with former Duke stars Christian Laettner and Grant Hill earlier this fall. Willhite's father heard an interview with Laettner on the radio. Laettner mentioned he was looking for some Division I players on the East Coast to train. Willhite's father reached out to Laettner, who agreed to train Willhite. Reggie spent two weekends working out with Laettner and Hill. Hill's father is legendary Yale football player Calvin Hill.
Yale was picked second, along with Princeton, by the select panel of 17 Ivy media representatives who voted in the official Ivy League preseason media poll. The Bulldogs received one first-place vote and 103 points. Harvard is the league favorite with 16 first-place votes and 135 points. Princeton also had 103 points followed by Penn (90), Brown (62), Cornell (52), Columbia (50) and Dartmouth (17).
The John J. Lee Amphitheater, the home of Yale Basketball, was featured in ESPN The Magazine's College Basketball preview issue. The title of the feature is Grand Stands, the game marches on, but a dwindling number of college basketball cathedrals can still take us back to when it all began.
The Palestra in Philadelphia, Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse and Fordham's Rose Hill Gymnasium were the only other venues selected.
"To walk through these gates and settle into these seats is to remember the game's roots," wrote LaRue Cook. "Because sometimes sports aren't about results – they're about beauty and style and being connected to something bigger than the game."
Lee Amphitheater sits inside historic Payne Whitney Gym, which was constructed in 1931 under the direction of John Russell Pope. Yale's first basketball game was played there on Dec. 18, 1932, and it has been the home of the Bulldogs ever since.
Joe Vancisin, Yale's all-time winningest men's basketball coach, was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 20. Vancisin guided the Bulldogs for 19 seasons and won three Ivy League titles.
Vancisin, who entered as a contributor, joined players Ralph Sampson, James Worthy, Cazzie Russell and Chris Mullin, coaches Bob Knight and Eddie Sutton and fellow contributor Eddie Einhorn in the induction class of 2011.
Vancisin took over at Yale in 1956-57 and promptly led the Bulldogs to the first official Ivy League title. Yale then lost to North Carolina 90-74 in the NCAA Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Bulldogs returned to the NCAA Tournament in 1961-62, dropping a heartbreaking 92-82 decision to a Wake Forest team that went on to advance to the Final Four. Yale shared the Ivy title in 1962-63 but fell to Princeton in a playoff game.
Vancisin, who had a 206-242 record as the Bulldogs' head coach, left Yale in 1975 to become the NABC's executive director for 17 years before his retirement in 1992.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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AND THE WINNER IS: Cynthia Farrell (Comment #23)
10. I will never use the words "I should have or I could have" again. Yes, I should have bought Apple stock last year instead of apples. But I didn't. So be it.
9. I will not spend $100 in order to save $50. No matter how great a shopping deal I can find, it is just not good arithmetic.
8. I will exercise every day. My exercise program will not consist of short jogs to and from my emergency stash of Kit Kat bars.
7. I will dance naked in the rain. (I'm just checking to see if you're still with me.)
6. I will write every day. My grocery list will not be included in my word count.
5. I will clean out my garage. (Hmmm, I think that's a repeat from my list in 2007, 2008 and 2009.)
4. I will not give my children unwelcome advice. (My kids are probably ROFL at this one.)
3. I will encourage my friends to take yoga classes. It's wonderful for the body and the soul, AND I'll actually start taking them myself.
2. I will remember to use the coupons accumulating in my junk drawer before their expiration date. (I might even clean the junk drawer!)
1. I will strive to be a better person, to appreciate the many joys in life, and to share them with my family and the wonderful friends who are such a significant part of my life.
Let me know what your # 1 resolution is for 2011. If you comment by midnight January 8th, you could win a little piece of paradise – a gift basket composed of Kona coffee, chocolate covered macadamia nuts, and whatever cool things I discover when I visit the big island in a few days. It's the perfect place to hibernate and finally finish DYING FOR A DANCE!
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Development of major new features for Django tends to take place in branches — copies of the main codebase focused on a particular feature. Using branches makes it easier to experiment with such sweeping changes without possibly breaking the trunk — the main line of development.
Branches may not be stable, but they offer a chance to test out bleeding-edge code before it hits the mainline. Give them a try, and remember to send feedback to the branch maintainers!
Active Branches
- Current there are six active branches, one for each student working as a part of the Google summer of code, they are located at: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/branches/soc2009/
Creating New Branches
Please see http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/#branch-policy for information about creating new feature branches.
DVCS mirrors
If you have a branch of Django maintained with a DVCS tool, please add it below.
Launchpad mirrors Django's trunk: https://launchpad.net/django
You can fetch it with:
bzr branch lp:django
There are several git repositories out there, some of which are used to develop patches that will come to SVN.
- The official git mirror is maintained by Jannis Leidel, updated every five minutes and hosted on GitHub: http://github.com/django/django/
- Matthias Kestenholz has set up several git repositories for Django and for a selection of Django applications:
- Gitweb with complete list of repositories: http://spinlock.ch/pub/git/ (as of 2010-10-11 http protocol works , git protocol is broken)
- Other people also published their repositories, in case you want to add them as remotes:
- brosner: git://github.com/brosner/django.git (browse)
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- Alex Gaynor: http://github.com/alex/django/tree/master
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- Official mirror: It's hosted on Bitbucket, it is updated every five minutes: http://bitbucket.org/django/django
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- GeoDjango Mercurial: includes
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Academic Honors
Aquinas Scholars
The Aquinas Scholars Honors Program is the undergraduate honors program. Its purpose is to provide opportunities for motivated and curious students to deepen and enrich their undergraduate education.
Aquinas Scholars take a minimum of four honors sections of core curriculum courses. (Students admitted to the program with 45 or more credits completed take only three sections.) Limited to 20 students, the honors sections emphasize depth and encourage discussion.
Aquinas Scholars are also required to complete a minimum of three interdisciplinary honors seminars (on the standard grading system), which bring together instructors from two different departments and students from a variety of disciplines to approach a topic of intellectual interest. This seminar format provides students the opportunity to situate themselves within a broader intellectual community at a time when much of their other coursework is engaging them on a more focused level. Aquinas Scholars are not charged tuition for the honors seminars.
The Aquinas Scholars Honors Program also sponsors a variety of co-curricular and extracurricular activities. All St. Thomas undergraduate students are eligible to apply to the program; continuing and transfer students must have at least a 3.60 grade point average. Students need to apply to the program early enough to complete the course requirements.
For further information, contact Dr. Eric H. Fort, Director of the Honors Program (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Erica Berglund, Administrative Assistant for the Program (email@example.com)
Dean's Honor List
A student who attains a grade point average of 3.50 or more at the end of a semester in which they have taken at least twelve credits for regular grades (A, B, C) will be placed on the Dean's Honor List if there are no grades of D or F or marks of I or R. (Evening program students must have taken at least eight credits in a semester and meet the same requirements.)
The list is made public and the student receives a letter of commendation from the Associate Vice Provost for Student Achievement.
Delta Epsilon Sigma
Delta Epsilon Sigma, a national honor society for students enrolled in Catholic colleges and universities, was established at St. Thomas in 1941. Students become eligible for membership in their junior year. St. Thomas students are accepted into the national organization of Delta Epsilon Sigma after they have been accepted into the University of St. Thomas Alpha Sigma chapter and are nominated for membership in the national organization.
Senior candidates must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.50, while junior candidates must have a cumulative 3.75 grade point average. In the case of transfer credits, the St. Thomas grade point average must also satisfy the minimum requirement, with a minimum of twelve St. Thomas credits taken for letter grade. Graduate students are eligible for membership upon completion of one-half of their master's degree requirements. Alumni are eligible if they have graduated with honors or have received a graduate degree.
Student members receive the Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal published by the national society three times each year. In addition, student members may submit articles for publication to the Journal, and apply for senior year and graduate school scholarships. Induction ceremonies are held in the spring semester each year.
Members enjoy the following privileges: no restriction on class loads, and attendance as guests of the university at special academic functions.
Department Honor Societies
A number of departments offer membership in an honor society for the particular discipline. Each of these is explained in more detail in the description of the department's offerings in the Curricula section of this catalog.
- Aerospace Studies - Arnold Air Society & Silver Wings
- Biology –Gamma Tau chapter of Beta Beta Beta
- Business - Beta Gamma Sigma
- Communication and Journalism – Beta Chi chapter of Lambda Pi Eta
- Economics – Omicron Delta Epsilon
- English – Sigma Tau Delta
- Foreign Language – Alpha Mu Gamma
- German - Delta Phi Alpha
- Geography – Mu Alpha Pi
- History – Phi Alpha Theta
- Neuroscience - Nu Rho Psi
- Political Science – Chi Theta chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha
- Psychology – Psi Chi
- Religious Studies and Theology – Theta Alpha Kappa
- Social Work – Beta Epsilon chapter of Phi Alpha
- Sociology and Criminal Justice – Iota chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta
- Spanish - Sigma Delta Pi
Latin Honors
Three types of academic honors are conferred upon graduates of the undergraduate program.
All students considered for graduation with Latin honors have a minimum of 52 credits taken for letter grade (A, B, C, D) at the University of St. Thomas.
All students eligible for Latin honors who have applied for graduation will be informed by the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Student Achievement before mid-term of their final semester that they are eligible for this honor.
Cum Laude
A student whose overall cumulative grade point average and St. Thomas grade point average are both between 3.50 and 3.69 receives the baccalaureate degree cum laude.
Magna Cum Laude
A student whose overall cumulative grade point average and St. Thomas grade point average are both between 3.70 and 3.89 receives the baccalaureate degree magna cum laude.
Summa Cum Laude
A student whose overall cumulative grade point average and St. Thomas grade point average are both 3.90 or higher and who is judged to be outstanding by members of an Honors Oral Examination Committee receives the baccalaureate degree summa cum laude.
The examination committee is composed of faculty members. The student should invite a full-time faculty member from the student's major department to chair the committee. A student with multiple majors may choose a faculty chair from any of their major departments.
In consultation with the selected faculty chair, the student should invite two additional faculty members to constitute a three-person committee that represents three different departments and at least two academic areas of the undergraduate program. For the purposes of the Summa exam, the academic areas are:
- The Division of Arts and Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences
- The Division of Catholic Studies, Justice and Peace Studies, Philosophy, and Theology in the College of Arts and Sciences
- The Division of Science and Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, together with the School of Engineering
- The Division of Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, together with the School of Social Work
- The College of Business
- The School of Education.
In consultation with the faculty chair, the student should choose one of the following three options for structuring the examination, and then inform all of the faculty examiners which of these options has been selected:
- The student selects a central theme for the examination and prepares a five-page paper on that theme, integrating the student's major field with the areas represented by the examiners and, to the extent possible, with the liberal arts more broadly. This paper will be sent by the student to the examiners at least one week prior to the examination date. This paper will be the focus of the examination.
- The student selects a central theme for the examination and develops an outline of ideas on the theme, integrating the student's major field with the areas represented by the examiners and, to the extent possible, with the liberal arts more broadly. This outline will be made available to the examiners at the time of the oral examination and will be the basis of a twenty-minute oral presentation by the student, which will then become the focus of the remainder of the examination.
- The student collects three exhibits to be included in a Summa Cum Laude portfolio, representing three disciplines. These exhibits might be papers, projects, lab reports, or other documents illustrating the student's academic achievement at St. Thomas. The exhibits should represent three distinct disciplines. The student also writes a five-page reflective essay that introduces the contents of the portfolio. The essay should explain the contexts in which the exhibits were produced, and why the student believes these materials provide a good picture of his or her academic achievements at St. Thomas. In addition, the essay should draw connections among the three exhibits, showing how they work together to illustrate intellectual depth, breadth, or growth. The student uploads these materials onto SharePoint in an electronic portfolio. Committee members will have access to these materials at least two weeks before the Summa Cum Laude examination. The three exhibits together with the essay will be the focus of the examination
Further details concerning the examination will be sent to eligible students and the chairs of their departments by the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Student Achievement.
If a student who is eligible to graduate summa cum laude chooses not to take the Honors Oral Examination, the student will receive the magna cum laude designation.


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Funding needed to keep doctors in Texas
The following op-ed appeared in a recent issue of the Houston Chronicle. It was authored by Nancy W. Dickey, M.D., president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health affairs for The Texas A&M University System, and Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D., president ad interim of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and dean of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Funding needed to keep Texas-trained doctors in state
There is much to agree with in Bill Hammond's recent op-ed, "Texas faces critical shortage of primary-care providers" (Dec. 19, 2011). Our state does indeed face a shortage of physicians, most significantly those who specialize in primary care. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently noted that Texas ranks an alarming 46th in the number of active physicians per 100,000 population. It ranks an even worse 48th in the number of active primary care physicians per 100,000 population.
We must find solutions to address this challenge. Though we concur with many of Hammond's recommendations—particularly the need to expand our residency programs and to better integrate nurse practitioners into our primary care delivery system—we disagree with his assertion that "(w)e should reduce the number of slots at (Texas' public) medical schools." This prescription would exacerbate an already serious problem.
Most physicians spend their careers practicing medicine in the communities where they receive training. Reducing the number of medical school slots would actually force aspiring physicians to leave Texas for their training and might well cause us to lose them from the state's health professions roster forever. It would also penalize the many qualified Texans seeking admission to our schools.
While Hammond states "that doctors are being forced to leave the state to complete their residency training," Texas actually approaches "equilibrium" in terms of the number of medical students who graduate each spring and the number of first-year residency slots to be filled each summer. So, while some graduates from Texas' great medical schools seek residency positions in other states, out-of-state graduates are simultaneously moving to Texas to join our many fine programs.
It's a dynamic, valuable "market" that allows students and programs to find appropriate residency matches. In order to capitalize on this market and allow Texas' training programs to recruit highly qualified Texans and also the "best of the best" from outside the state, we need to increase from this equilibrium to an excess of first-year residency slots compared to graduating medical students.
Texas' statistics go from dismal to dazzling when it comes to retention of our graduates and trainees. We rank second in the nation in retention of our medical school graduates; fifth in retention of those physicians who completed their residencies in the state; and third in retention of physicians who completed both their medical school and residency training in state.
Given these data, why is Texas facing a shortage of physicians at all?
The crux of the issue is that Texas is one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing states. Our population has grown by more than 21 percent since 2000—twice the nation's population rate. Medical training programs have simply failed to keep pace with population growth.
Given Texas' exemplary retention rates, we need more medical school graduates and residency trainees to address our physician shortage. And in order to do that, there needs to be a comprehensive review and redistribution of federal funding for residency programs in Texas.
Texas medical schools are tremendous assets. We have highly talented and diverse student populations and offer some of the lowest tuition costs in the country. Collectively, our medical schools constitute a multi-billion dollar research enterprise, which improves the health of Texans and serves as an important economic driver. And we provide essential clinical care—including highly specialized, innovative treatments only available through academic medicine.
Population growth is our biggest challenge to meeting the healthcare needs of Texas. While we are doing an exceptional job of retaining the physicians that we train, we are still 46th in the country in the number of active physicians per 100,000 population.
Texas shouldn't be 46th in anything.
Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D.
President ad interim, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Dean, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Nancy Dickey, M.D.
President, Texas A&M Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The Texas A&M University System
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Oklahoma sheriff discusses search for 3 jail escapees
Authorities are looking for three inmates who escaped late Thursday night from the Lincoln County Jail in Oklahoma.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's office, 23-year-old Brian Allen Moody, 41-year-old Sonny Baker and 23-year-old Mark Dwayne Robbins escaped at about 11 p.m. through the jail's ventilation system.
All three inmates were incarcerated for property crimes, authorities said.
Authorities said the inmates stole two Dodge pickup trucks, including a gray pickup truck with a gun inside. They then drove to Midwest City, where they used debit cards that were in the truck.
Midwest City police said they checked on some addresses but have not found them or the truck.
Moody stands 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 102 pounds. He has blond hair and hazel eyes. He's from the southwest part of Lincoln County.
Baker stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He has blond hair and blue yes. He's from the southwest part of Lincoln County.
Robbins stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 156 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He's from the Shawnee area.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's office at 405-258-1191.


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Just a very quick note from me today. I'm overwhelmed here! There's so much to be done before John gets home and I haven't even started... oops!
I want to give you a few little tips and tricks for totes. Have you ever gotten a free tote? I get them all the time. I get them at events or from retailers and they're so useful, but I dislike the logos. The one I worked with today came from Victoria's Secret. I like VS, but I don't want to carry around a tote with their logo plastered across it. I decided that it was time to cover it up! And if you have a tote that you want to cover up, or maybe just a plain tote you want to spice up... take a look!
There are three methods for covering:
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B) Ribbon. This is what I did. I took 2 strips of ribbon (because I didn't have one that was wide enough) and hot glued it right over their logo. Ideally, I would have put a third in the middle of the two to create some pretty lines. It would have been red underneath and then a pink ribbon running down the middle above. For the record, the ribbon that I used is the exact same shade of red as the sequence, but for some reason it didn't photograph that way.
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Now let's talk about embellishment.
I would have loved to do sequence all the way across the ribbon in a contrasting shade, but I didn't have any on hand. So, I did a few options with what was available.
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I also threw on some silk flowers. I didn't love it with the ribbon, but a cluster of them on a simple canvas tote would be pretty.
You could also cover the ribbon or fabric with a stamp. Just press the stamp into some acrylic paint, or for more intricate details/better control, brush it on with a paint brush.
There is so much more that could be done here, but this is just a general idea.
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The other thing I want to show you is much more exciting! This is just a silly little tip, but it's fun. I discovered that if you hot glue magnets on the inside of your tote, you can not only have the option of closing it, but you can also alter the shape of your tote to fit your mood or the amount of items inside of it.
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All you did is push the corners in and then magnet the bag shut and it goes from being square to angled at the top! I like the look. I think it's cute. I'm actually adding magnets to all of the totes I own now, which just takes a minute and is super cheap. I paid $1.99 for 8 at Michael's.
The last thing I'll show you is a little headband I made today. It's just like the ones I made in THIS OLD HAIR TUTORIAL. I used some of the extra gathered fabric and rolled it into a rose shape. I hot glued it on to a piece of bring pink fabric and attached it to the band. I'm making a ton of different pieces for the girls that took my shifts last week. They were so sweet to pick them up last minute so that I could attend my grandfather's funeral and viewing. I'm going to make lots of little things for them and then let them choose what they like. Kim, if you're reading- that's YOU!
I hope you have a great day! This is the last time I'll blog before 2012. I hope the rest of the year brings nothing but good news and wonderful blessings. Thanks so much for reading in 2011, I can't wait to see what is in store for 2012! Pin It


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What Happens in Brigadoon Stays in Brigadoon ... Literally
Last night I watched Brigadoon for the first time, which is kind of surprising because it's been recommended, or at least mentioned to me, plenty of times over the years. I just never sat down to watch it. So thanks to Netflix, the time finally came.
Let me just say, it was not what I expected. I knew it was a musical and I knew it was set in Scotland, but that's about all I had to go on. Little did I know the insanity that would ensue!
I don't want to give away to much because Brigadoon, unlike most musicals, actually has some plot twists. Amazingly, I couldn't guess everything that was going to happen within the first ten minutes.
The film revolves around Gene Kelly and Van Johnson getting a little lost in the Scottish hillside. While wondering around, contemplating the meaning of life, they notice a little town down the road that, strangely, isn't on their map. At this point, I thought the movie could easily turn into a horror movie, and I still maintain that it would be a valid premise for a future remake.
Anyway, they head down to this little town hoping to be able to rest and find some food. They quickly notice that the locals are a little weird (still almost a potential horror movie), until Gene Kelly meets (and instantly falls in love with) Cyd Charisse. He proceeds to follow her around and sing and dance with her while Van Johnson stays in town and gets drunk.
From here, the movie turns into a strange mixture of every 50's musical, Kate & Leopold, and The Village.
The movie is very original, I'll give it that. Unfortunately, I can't say much else for it. I realize some people really love this movie, but it just didn't win me over. The songs were mostly forgettable and the dancing was just ok. Being a Lerner and Lowe musical I was expecting a little more.
However, the story was interesting, if not a little strange, and it mostly kept me guessing so it was certainly worth a viewing!
Most importantly, it made me desperately want to watch every other musical I own after a sad hiatus in musical-watching due to general busyness and not wanting to force my husband to watch them all with me. But now I've decided he can handle it.


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At 32, Michael Grossman knew his mother's greatest wish was to enjoy a mizinke, the Jewish dance honoring parents whose last child has married. Though he'd been set up a hundred times, the New York bachelor flew to a friend's Midwestern wedding solo. There he chatted all night with Meg Mitchelson, 31, who was recently divorced. "We met up again six weeks later," she says, "and the connection was instant."
When Michael told his mom that he'd found someone terrific, he stressed that they'd met at temple; after all, it was a Jewish wedding. "But then he confessed that I wasn't Jewish, lived in Kansas and had three children," says Meg. "Luckily, they didn't hold it against me!"
Two years later, the couple wed in front of 320 guests at Cipriani 42nd Street, a historic bank building in the heart of New York City. The nuptials included several Jewish wedding traditions embraced by Meg, who had converted to the religion. "We circled one another and then the children, together, binding us all as a family," she says. Tree branches—from the homes of Meg's and Michael's parents as well as the Kansas City compound where the new family would soon settle—formed part of the chuppah. "And, of course," Meg adds, smiling, "my mother-in-law got her mizinke." –Kim Acosta
Our Favorite Things
A Slam Dunk: Who says a wedding deserves only one Sylvia Weinstock confection? The celebrity baker created a basketball cake for Meg's nephew, Connor, who was also celebrating something special—his 13th birthday.
Fields of Gold: The bride carried a bouquet of wheat in memory of her grandfathers, both of whom were Kansas farmers. The stalks, harvested by her uncle, were wrapped in a ribbon embellished with a diamond-studded tie tack that had belonged to "Papa," her father's dad.
Bellinis and ... BBQ?: Cocktail hour featured tributes to two gustatory creations: Bellinis, the champagne-and-peach-puree cocktail invented by Giuseppe Cipriani in Venice in 1948, and Gates barbecue sauce (served with chicken croquettes), a Kansas City legend.
Thinking Ahead: One of the reasons Meg and Michael chose to be married at a national historic landmark was that they knew the building had staying power; the couple hope to expand their family one day, and want to be able to show future kids the scene of their wedding.
Wedding Dress
Badgley Mischka, badgleymischka.com
Flower Girl Dresses
Morgane Le Fay, morganelefay.com
Stonekelly, stonekelly.com
Sylvia Weinstock Cakes, sylviaweinstock.com
Reception Site
Cipriani 42nd Street, cipriani.com


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MILWAUKEE — Josh Beckett's season might not be over, but he won't rejoin the Dodgers' starting rotation for at least a couple weeks after going on the disabled list Friday.
An MRI on Beckett's left hip Thursday revealed a recurrence of a left hip impingement, as well as a related groin strain. The Dodgers retroactively dated Beckett's DL stint to Monday, so he is eligible to come off as soon as Aug. 19. That won't happen.
Manager Don Mattingly said he's optimistic that Beckett can return before the end of the regular season; there are seven weeks left on the schedule. Newly acquired right-hander Roberto Hernandez will take Beckett's place in the meantime.
"At this point we're talking about 10 days or two weeks of rest and then starting the progression," Mattingly said. "I anticipate that (Beckett) will be able to pitch again this year."
Beckett insisted he was healthy after his last start, a loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday in which he allowed three runs in four innings. Beckett needed 94 pitches just to get through that outing.
Beckett is not with the Dodgers on their current road trip to Milwaukee and Atlanta.
"(The injury) sounds like it's a lot like Clayton's," Mattingly said, referring to a hip injury that forced Clayton Kershaw to miss one start in September 2012. "It's the same type of area that Clayton had a few years back when he ended up missing (six) days, and starting once, and then it kind of came back and he missed another (11) days, then he was good. I'm hoping that's the case."
Here's the catch
A.J. Ellis knows the drill. Since he's become the Dodgers' starting catcher, he's had to learn a new starting pitcher every summer. Joe Blanton, Josh Beckett, Ricky Nolasco and now Hernandez all became Dodgers via midseason trades, and that comes with a set of challenges.
"You're not comfortable, that's for sure," Ellis said. "Even if you see a guy's stuff (on video) you don't know how it's going to be when a hitter steps in."
He and Drew Butera, who caught Hernandez on Friday, met with pitching coach Rick Honeycutt to watch video of Hernandez's recent starts. They probably liked what they saw; Hernandez limited hitters to a .173 average his last four starts with the Phillies.
"A lot of it is communicating with Roberto about what he likes to do. You try to get that feel on the fly. … You have to be willing to adapt as the game goes along, be really flexible and very open in communication throughout the game."
It helps if one of your teammates has played with the pitcher before. For Ellis, that was Jamey Wright. Wright is 39 years old and has been pitching at the major-league level since 1996. So he's played with everybody.
Wright played with Hernandez, who was then known as Fausto Carmona, in Cleveland (2010) and Tampa Bay (2013).
"It's not going to be Kershaw- or Greinke-esque with no walks and 12 punchouts, but he's going to be aggressive in the zone," Wright said. "When he's getting his changeup over he can cruise for four or five innings before you even have to think about getting on the phone and calling the bullpen. I was excited when we got him."
Also …
Outfielder Andre Ethier took ground balls at first base before the game as Mattingly watched. Ethier played the only inning of his career at first base in 2010. … Hernandez was given number 55. Three players wore that number last season: Ramon Hernandez, Skip Schumaker and Matt Guerrier. … Spanish-language broadcaster Fernando Valenzuela will throw out the ceremonial first pitch today before the Little League Northwest Regional game between Washington and Oregon at 1 p.m. at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino. … Mattingly on the Dodgers' portable dugout bubble machine, which made the road trip: "Does that thing bother me? No, it doesn't bother me. I'm not saying I like it, but if other teams are allowed to ride the stick horse down their dugout, then ours is no different. Really – Tampa rides a stick horse down the dugout. What's the difference?"