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There are two things we know for sure from the last-minute surge to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act:
We are a nation of procrastinators.
And a lot of Americans really, really want health insurance.
President Barack Obama took a victory lap Tuesday after announcing the number of private health insurance enrollees had topped 7 million, including more than 1 million in the final five days alone. That matches the original estimate made last year, before the disastrous rollout of the federal exchange website.
It is an unquestionable win for Obama in the still-brutal political battle over his signature presidential achievement. It shows the demand for his reforms is significant and that, fundamentally, Obamacare is here to stay.
Just imagine how many more people would have enrolled without that botched rollout. Or without the campaign of obstruction waged by Republican politicians, many of whom declined to build exchanges for their states, refused to expand Medicaid — even though it was almost entirely paid by the federal government — for uninsured residents and actively discouraged constituents from participating in the health care expansion, even when it would save them money and improve their health.
The 7 million figure is on top of the more than 4 million who have signed up for Medicaid nationwide, and a Rand Corp. study this week estimates that at least 9.5 million previously uninsured Americans are among the enrollees. In Kentucky, for example, the uninsured rate is expected to decline by more than 40 percent, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Let's hope that reality sets in soon among die-hard opponents of the law who, as Obama said Tuesday, are oddly angry about the fact that people are obtaining health insurance. These folks have repeatedly predicted the law would fail, often based on a faulty grasp of the facts.
Just last month House Speaker John Boehner said the number of people who had lost coverage as a result of the law was larger than the number who had obtained it. The Rand survey debunks that: It says fewer than 1 million have lost policies and not yet enrolled in new ones. And of course, those people are now guaranteed the ability to get new policies, sometimes at a lower cost.
The fact is that the ACA remains imperfect but is helping to improve the health and economic security of millions of American families. Yet Congressional Republicans continue pledging to repeal it without offering a hint of what they might suggest in return.
The Affordable Care Act will not be repealed or replaced. It does need improvement, but for that to happen, opponents have to drop their absurd rhetoric about it and come to the table with workable ideas designed to improve the law, not kill it.

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The NEA Higher Education Advocate October 2008
Changing Styles
Recent research on how the brain learns has led to a wider use of learner-centered teaching strategies. The trick now is to help our students understand that we ask them to play a larger role in their own learning because this is the best way for them to learn. But first we must help them gain the skills they need to accomplish the tasks we give them. Thriving in Academe has some ideas.
Inside this Issue:
...About a new, non-cognitive piece being added to the Graduate Record Exam.
Recently, I traveled to two OEA higher education meetings: first with the Oregon EA Community College UniServ Council and then with the Ohio EA Higher Education Advisory Council.
2008 Representative Assembly elects new president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, recommends Barack Obama for U.S. president.
Delegates to the 2008 NEA Representative Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recommend that the membership support presidential candidate Barack Obama.
After five years of deliberation, both the House and Senate finally passed the Higher Education Opportunity Act in July.
The faculty at New Mexico's Highlands University has begun the academic year with the first higher education collective bargaining agreement in university history.
This section is intended to promote ever more effective teaching and learning in higher education through dialogue among colleagues.
A report, presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, provides a fresh look at students who cheat and, more importantly, those who don't.
Is the proposal by a group of college presidents that the nation consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 reasonable?
Most non-tenured/contingent faculty do not voluntarily join their unions, which creates a paradox: without contingent membership, unions are less likely to be very staunch defenders of contingent interests.


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Through history, bands and artists have taken influence from a variety of sources for lyrical concepts. But it is in the realm of fiction where some metal bands have concentrated some of their energies. For this edition of our show, from classic books to contemporary graphic novels, we examine how literature has influenced Metal…
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CARCASS: 'The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills' Music Video Released
Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN's New Solo Album To Include CLIVE JONES
EXODUS: Entire 'Blood In Blood Out' Album Available For Streaming
IN THIS MOMENT: 'Black Widow' Track Listing Revealed
JIMMY PAGE Says New Music 'Will Be A Summing Up Of Where' He Is 'At This Point In Time'
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NINE INCH NAILS, GREEN DAY Among Nominees For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
SLIPKNOT: New Song 'Sarcastrophe' Available For Streaming
THE SIRENS: Two Songs Released
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- "Sideshow" by Alice Cooper from the album The Last Temptation
- "Still Life" by Iron Maiden from the album Piece of Mind
- "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Iron Maiden from the album Live After Death
- "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin from the album Led Zeppelin IV
- "Misty Mountains" by Howard Shore from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- "Into the Storm" by Blind Guardian from the album Nightfall in Middle Earth
- "The Legend of the Master-Ring" by Summoning from the album Minas Morgul
- "I am the Law" by Anthrax from the album Among the Living
- "Spider-Man" by Ramones from the album We're Outta Here!
- "Calling Dr. Love" by KISS from the album Rock and Roll Over
- "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" by Jeff Wayne from the album War of the Worlds
- "Batman Meets Metal" by Eric Calderone available online at YouTube


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Once again our AG Jerry Brown steps up.
News ReleaseJune 24, 2009For Immediate ReleaseContact: (916) 324-5500
Brown Sues to Invalidate Pleasanton's Illegal Housing Cap
Pleasanton, Calif. – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today sued the City of Pleasanton to remove its "draconian and illegal" limit on new housing, a significant cause of traffic congestion, air pollution and urban sprawl in the East Bay and Tri-Valley area.
"Pleasanton's draconian and illegal limit on new housing forces people to commute long distances, adding to the bumper-to-bumper traffic along 580 and 680 and increasing dangerous air pollution," Brown said. "It's time for Pleasanton to balance its housing and its jobs and take full advantage of its underutilized land and proximity to BART."
Brown today filed a motion to intervene in Alameda County Superior Court that would force Pleasanton to lift its housing cap. The suit was initially filed by the nonprofit group Public Advocates on October 17, 2006.
In 1996, Pleasanton adopted Measure GG, which imposed a strict, permanent cap of 29,000 total housing units within the city. At the time, Pleasanton had 21,180 homes, apartments and condominiums. The cap, therefore, allowed fewer than 8,000 new housing units to be built within city limits, regardless of demand or state law requirements.
The City is now on the verge of adopting a General Plan update, which calls for the creation of 45,000 additional jobs by 2025, while retaining the 29,000 limit on housing. This, Brown contends, violates state law, which requires every California city to provide sufficient housing to accommodate its fair share of regional needs.
The State requires Pleasanton to provide 3,277 additional housing units between 2007 and 2014. The cap, however, allows for only 2,000 more to be built – and that does not account for additional housing which will likely be required after 2014.
In the past 10 years, job growth in Pleasanton has nearly doubled — from 31,683 to more than 58,000. Yet, the number of new housing units has not kept pace with demand. This is despite the fact that there is ample land for development, including property adjacent to the Pleasanton BART station. Unless the city lifts its housing cap, this and other land near transit will most likely not be utilized for housing.
As a result of the cap, many workers have been unable to find affordable housing within Pleasanton. A 2005 Association of Bay Area Governments study found that 79 percent of Pleasanton's 58,000 employees lived outside Pleasanton, and their commutes can take two hours per day or more.
Brown's suit demands that Pleasanton's housing cap be repealed – so that jobs and housing can increase in proportion with each other.
In his suit, Brown contends that:
– Pleasanton is violating state law by enforcing a housing cap that prevents the City from accommodating its fair share of the regional housing need, as required by state housing element law (Gov. Code §65583.).
– Pleasanton's housing cap violates the state constitution, which prohibits cities from adopting ordinances that conflict with state law.
– Pleasanton's general plan is internally inconsistent, in violation of California Government Code Section 65300.5. The City's existing land use element contains the housing cap limit of 29,000 housing units, while its housing element recognizes that the cap must be addressed because it prevents the City from meeting its fair share of regional housing needs.
If Pleasanton continues to enforce its housing cap, the consequences for the region include:
– Increased traffic congestion and longer commute times. Interstate 580 has some of the longest commute times in the region, with evening eastbound commuters delayed 7,410 hours and morning westbound commuters delayed 5,120 hours in 2007.
– Urban sprawl. Communities outside of Pleasanton will continue to lose farmland and open space to accommodate Pleasanton's workers. These communities will have to build more schools, fire and police stations to keep up with anticipated growth.
– Increased greenhouse gas emissions. More people will be commuting for longer periods and over greater distances. Pleasanton's CO2 output was 1.388 million tons in 2008. When the City is projected to reach 105,000 jobs in 2025, it is estimated its CO2 output will increase to 1.940 million tons. The increase is the equivalent of adding 120,000 cars to the road every year.
– Increased dependence on foreign oil.
Transportation is the largest contributor to California's greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board estimates that transportation is currently responsible for 38 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the state. Transportation accounts for 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the Bay Area.
Brown has reached several agreements and settlements with local governments and businesses across California to help them reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Some of his actions include:
– A landmark settlement with San Bernardino County which established a greenhouse gas reduction plan that identifies sources of emissi ons and sets reduction targets.
– An agreement with Stockton requiring it to identify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, permit construction of thousands of new residential units within its current city limits, develop a rapid transit bus system and require all new buildings to be energy efficient.
– An agreement with ConocoPhillips that offsets greenhouse gases attributable to an oil refinery expansion in Contra Costa County.
An agreement with the Port of Los Angeles that identifies and reduces greenhouse gas emissions generated from port operations.
Brown's suit against the City of Pleasanton is attached.


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Millions of square feet of wasted space in federal courthouses that have opened since 2000 are costing U.S. taxpayers upwards of $51 million a year, congressional auditors reported Thursday.
The 33 courthouses, including the Ferguson Courthouse in downtown Miami, were overbuilt by more than 3.5 million square feet at an initial construction cost of $835 million, according to the study by the Government Accountability Office. That's enough space for nine average-sized courthouses, the GAO estimated.
Rent, maintenance and operation costs account for the $51 million in extra costs each year. And that amount will keep rising.
The study was released by a U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform panel that is scheduled to hold a hearing on the issue today in Miami. In addition to the extra space issue, Republican-controlled House committees have been investigating surplus and empty federal properties such as Miami's historic Dyer Courthouse, which has been vacant since 2008.
The hearing on courthouse waste comes as Congress and President Barack Obama wrestle with how to handle $85 billion in mandated budget cuts that have stoked fears of government service cutbacks, worker furloughs and shuttered public properties.
U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Florida Republican who chairs the House subcommittee, said the hearing is aimed at shining a light on "this waste and unacceptable inaction." He placed much of the blame on the General Services Administration, which owns and oversees thousands of federal buildings across the country including the Miami courthouse that opened in 1933.
"For nearly six years, GSA has let this historic building deteriorate and ensure taxpayers are shortchanged while the country falls into financial ruin," Mica said in an email.
GSA officials did not immediately comment Thursday. A regional GSA administrator is scheduled to testify at today's hearing.
There are a number of reasons the newer courthouses were overbuilt, the GAO found. Some were constructed at a much larger size than authorized by Congress. In other cases, estimates were off on how many judges there would be in a given courthouse. In addition, many times there were no plans to have judges share courtrooms.
In the new Miami courthouse's case, the GAO study showed that as of 2010 there were only 27 judges instead of the 33 that were originally projected. That resulted in 57,000 extra square feet of space including two courtrooms that have never been finished. There are also three other buildings -- not counting the vacant Dyer courthouse -- in Miami that contain federal courtrooms.
Last year, the GSA said it would ask developers and the business community for suggestions on what to do with the Dyer building. One proposal came from Miami Dade College, which has a large campus across the street and wants to use the old courthouse as an educational and cultural center.
The college's president, Eduardo J. Padron, said in remarks prepared for today's hearing that talks are "inching forward" with GSA on that idea, which would include preserving the building as a historic site.
"We propose a new chapter for this historic building that will be rich in promise for all," Padron said. "We hope our federal partners will give us this chance."
Courthouse space cited as wasteful in a report
Millions of square feet of wasted space in federal courthouses that have opened since 2000 are costing U.S. taxpayers upwards of $51 million a year, congressional auditors reported Thursday.


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Living in the corner of British Columbia where we live--adjacent to all that the Lower Mainland and the nearby islands have to offer--really makes the necessity of getting away unnecessary.
That's why my wife Joanne and I live here, and our recent visit to Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub and Guest House in Victoria hammered home the potential for superlative getaway experiences a literal hop, skip and a drive away.
When we arrived at Spinnakers we were brought to our "room," which turned out to be The Bungalow, a one-storey house recently converted into a self-contained guesthouse with all the trimmings, including a private backyard with a fruit-tree lined path leading to the brewpub.
Our first night we went into Victoria for dinner and returned later that evening with the aim of having dessert at the pub. Instead of something off the menu, Joanne got a fudge brownie from the truffle/sweet shop and I grabbed a Blue Bridge double IPA from the off sales to bring back to our guesthouse and enjoy.
The next day began a gustatory adventure we won't soon forget.
We were awoken with a knock on the back door and delivered a wicker basket with juice, savoury croissants, two freshly baked fruit/oat squares and a copy of the Times-Colonist. Then began the long journey towards lunch.
Spinnakers is located on the water, on Victoria's outer harbour, so we walked down along the paved harbour pathway almost to the bridge. We took a harbour ferry boat over to The Empress dock and immersed ourselves in the tourist zoo.
We wandered along the harbour, but with a 11:45 a.m. date at Spinnakers' off-shoot, Sips Artisan Bistro we wandered in that direction.
At Sips we were greeted by
sommelier Brian Storen, self-described "mascot" for Spinnakers but more often described as the "librettist."
He brought us to our reserved table, one of only three in the place. The rest of the seating is bar-style where wines are paired with artisan meats, cheeses, island grown poultry and local seafood.
This became a nearly two-hour meal where Jessica prepared multiple delightful dishes--made more complicated by the pregnant wife's need to avoid unpasteurized cheese and raw fish--while Storen paired them with wines.
I enjoyed verjus-cured sockeye salmon on crostini, mouth-watering soft fish cakes with a garlicky sauce, seared tuna tataki and fresh pizza with heirloom tomatoes, local brie and Port Alberni pork sausage. Each dish was paired with one or more wines accompanied by Storen's terse yet apt descriptions. Of the Muse Winery 2008 Ortega he declared: "a large-bottomed nude is how it finishes in your mouth."
Storen's long, grey mane of hair flows behind him as he briskly flows from bar to table, bottle in hand with another few words and pours something special from a nearby vineyard.
Of another wine he said that it "makes sure that the story line comes together and has the appropriate theme." This is what it is about for Storen: food as story. Dining as visceral and emotional experience.
To really overwhelm our palates with joy, he then brought out two small spoons so we could each have a taste of a small bottle of $65 Venturi Schulze balsamic vinegar. So good we almost bought a bottle. Almost.
Lunch's penultimate course was a bowl of black currant sorbet swimming in Winchester Cellars Victoria Gin, a spirit distilled from 10 wild-crafted botanicals and truly to die for. The final touch was a tiny piece of mild artisanal blue cheese and a small glass of Venturi Schulze's Brandenburg #3, a low alcohol creation that would be in the dessert wine category, but is more than what that term typically conjures up.
After this we were free to go.
We spent our afternoon walking off the feast around Victoria, including some time spent in the Royal B.C. Museum's Treasures exhibit. A fascinating journey through the history of human civilization from stone arrows to pop culture.
A wander all the way back to Spinnakers led us to a brief nap, then up to do it all over again.
We had 5:30 p.m. reservations at the brewpub, and again we were met by Storen who once again took us to a culinary wonderland.
We were sat at a bar counter looking into the kitchen, where we watched as sous chef Nigel Taylor prepared our meal. This was seven courses, each culinary presentation (for me at least) paired with an island wine and a Spinnakers beer.
Starting with an amuse bouche of hefeweizen we quickly moved on to a Cortes Island Whaletown oyster along with a Spinnakers IPA . . . and on and on it went.
A Tugwell Creek mead, moving to a Spinnakers Ale with tuna, halibut and salmon cakes breaded in local hazelnuts along with local swiss chard.
There was line-caught halibut atop a kelp and veggie tom yum soup; handmade chicken dumplings; bacon and corn-dappled risotto; and roasted pork tenderloin with purple carrot puree and chanterelles.
Spinnakers also has a bakery and chocolatier, and the meal ended with a truffle/beer pairing.
"Why can't I find a husband as nice as this food is," declared Ellen Todd, a woman from California who part way through our meal joined us. She loves Spinnakers and Victoria and Canadians and comes up several times a year.
Since my note-taking this eve wasn't what it should have been, Storen sent me a "list" of all that I experienced for the meal.
His descriptions are simply incredible. His prose could be called purple, but it is more laden with amaranthine hues, imbued with indigo sensibilities, and nestled in heliotrope rhythms of . . . you get the point.
But boy is he fun to eat and drink with as a way of taking the gustatory experience to a new level.
An example is his description of Spinnakers IPA: "Roaming imagined 19th century streets of London, glass in hand circa invention of the beer that would survive sea journeys to colonial troops in India through our subtle, straw-hued, Pacific Northwest style high-hopped Spinnakers IPA impugning somnambulistic perfection in ethereal pineapple sage hinted apple overtones to the subtle hum of a sunlight afternoon shoreline snooze."
Damn good beer.
Our visit clearly was not the most representative of experiences for the average tourist. But Storen will be there at your side at Sips and possibly at the Brewpub to quickly and enigmatically tell you why this wine or beer goes with that dish and why. It's up to you to experience it all, learn on your own and from his tips, and grow as a local food adventurer.
For anyone thinking of visiting, I highly recommend you stop by for either a few truffles and some off-sales, or for a burger and beer in the pub, or enjoy a full meal with wine pairings or stay for the weekend.
If you go:
Visit www.spinnakers.com for all the information on Spinnakers' brewpub, Sips and the guesthouse.


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The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station and the docked shuttle Endeavour are beginning a day that will see the first opening of hatches linking the two spacecraft. Highlights will include an impressive first step by the station's new Canadarm2 and the berthing to the station of Raffaello, the Italian-built logistics module.
Hatch opening was set for 4 a.m. following a wakeup call from Mission Control earlier this morning. Judy Collins' "Both Sides Now" for Pilot Jeff Ashby started the shuttle crews' day.
After transfer of equipment and supplies, the hatches will be closed again a little after 2 p.m. so that the Shuttle cabin pressure can once again be lowered to prepare for Tuesday's second spacewalk. That spacewalk will focus on permanently powering the station arm and doing further checkouts.
The 57.7-foot arm was installed and unfolded Sunday during a 7 hour, 10 minute spacewalk by Scott Parazynski and Chris Hadfield. They also installed a UHF antenna on the station's U.S. laboratory Destiny. It was the 19th spacewalk devoted to ISS assembly and the 63rd in the history of the shuttle program.
After additional checkouts by Helms and Voss this morning, the arm will "walk" off the Spacelab Pallet on which it was launched. Its free end will be attached to a Power and Data Grapple Fixture on Destiny, becoming the arm's base. That first step, beginning a little after 5 a.m., will cover just over 24 feet. Wednesday morning, the station arm will hand the pallet to the shuttle arm, to be berthed in Endeavour's cargo bay for return to Earth.
Endeavour's own 50-foot robotic arm, operated by Ashby, will grapple the Raffaello logistics module in the cargo bay and dock it to the Unity module. Its installation there should be complete about 10 a.m. today. Early Tuesday, the Expedition Two crew will begin transferring the food, supplies, equipment and two experiment racks for installation in Destiny from Raffaello to the station.
Both crews are scheduled to end their day about 6:30 p.m. today. Both spacecraft are in excellent shape orbiting Earth every 92 minutes at an altitude of 240 statute miles.
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HealthPartners, Park Nicollet Complete Combination of OrganizationsWednesday, January 2, 2013
HealthPartners, Park Nicollet Complete Combination of Organizations
Election of consumer-governed board of directors announced
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – January 1, 2013. HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Services today announced the completion of their agreement to combine their organizations. Effective today, the two organizations are officially joined under the name HealthPartners and a single, consumer-governed board of directors.
"Park Nicollet and HealthPartners, each formed through many strong partnerships and combinations over the decades, have shared a common mission for years," said Mary Brainerd, president and CEO. "With this combination, we intend to focus on making people healthier, making health care more affordable, and creating the best possible experiences for patients and members."
"As our two, thriving cultures become one, we expect to learn much from one another as we put our hearts, minds and passion to work on behalf of our patients and members," said David Abelson, MD, president, Park Nicollet HealthPartners Care Group. "We will work to improve health in our community and help the people we serve live their lives to the fullest. After many months of imagining this partnership, we're delighted to begin it today."
The new, consumer-governed organization is an integrated health care and financing organization serving more than 1.4 million medical and dental members and more than a million patients, primarily in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The combination will provide stronger coordination of patient care, shared planning and capital investments, and new links between care and insurance that will lead to more transparency, choice and value for consumers.
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The HealthPartners Board of Directors is made up of 23 individuals, including elected members and patients. Members of the Board of Directors include: Tom Brinsko, Judith S. Corson, Luz Maria Frias, John E. Gherty, Susan Hoyt, Thomas Jones, M.D., Donald M. Lewis, James J. Malecha, Kendrick B. Melrose, Jeff Mendeloff, M.D., Ruth A. Mickelsen, Teresa M. Morrow, Brian Rank, M.D., Laura Schmaltz Oberst, Eric Schned, M.D., Eliot A. Seide, Greg Strong, Richard E. Struthers, Chris Tashjian, M.D., Kenneth L. Thome, Ann L. Wynia, Abelson and Brainerd.
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Following President Barack Obama's lackluster performance during the first presidential debate, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart was eager to see "which version of Barack Obama" would appear at Hofstra University: first debate's "Sleepytime McGillicuddy" or post-debate's "Pretty Talk Jones."
"Yes, President Obama decided to attend this debate!" Stewart proclaimed, tipping his hat to Obama's sharp debate performance.
Although Stewart acknowledged that "Romney was sharp and drew blood," he noted that unlike two weeks ago, the president threw multiple zingers at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and called out the GOP presidential candidate for lying, which Stewart said showed just "how much they f---ing hate each other!"
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Despite Gov. Romney's "odd moment" when he said his efforts to staff more women for Cabinet positions was aided by "whole binders full of women," Stewart expected Gov. Romney to score big points when it came to discussing the Obama administration's muddled response to the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
Only no points were scored.
"He inexplicably walked into a weird nitpicky semantic trap that hadn't even really been set," Stewart mocked.
Romney flung a false charge that the president didn't refer to last month's Benghazi attack as "an act of terror" the day following the attack, which prompted the president to utter three words: "Please proceed, Governor."
What could have been Romney's "checkmate moment" was more like a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner moment, Stewart said, where "that door your opponent is pointing to is merely paint on a rock."
Stewart went on to observe that the evidence of Obama's resurgence was everywhere post-debate.
"MSNBC no longer seemed suicidal," Stewart teased. "And of course, Fox News … well, just let them cry themselves to sleep."
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Votto and Bruce, .973 and .963, hit Lohse the best on the ballclub. Phillips at .500 and Ludwick at .285 OPS haven't. Those are the ones with some meaningful history of at bats.
With few at bats, Heisey (a HR) and Izturis (two doubles) have done well, on the bench tonight. Mes .788, Cozart .691 both playing. Choo 2 for 12. Hannahan playing, neither Frazier nor Hannahan has done much in few at bats.
Ramirez .804 in 21 at bats against Latos. In fewer at bats, good numbers for Aoki, Gomez, Segura. A number of Brewer hitters have done well v. Mat so far.
Braun only .426, but he's not around.
Aoki and Gomez with two HRs against Latos, Segura one.
Khris Davis who has hit the Reds hard is out with a wrist injury. Could be back soon, but not playing tonight. It's Aoki, Segura, Lucroy, Ramirez, Gomez, Gennett, Halton, Schafer, Lohse.
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Reds seem to have a distinct pitching advantage tomorrow with Bailey who has been on fire. Sunday it's Arroyo v. Gallardo, so maybe an edge to the Brew, Gallardo has been hot as well.
So tonight would be a nice game to win. Should be a tough battle. Latos has done well but not many Ks of late. Lohse can always have a good game, hasn't been hot of late.
Hope I'm wrong, really really wrong, but I'm sensing it's overdue for a Latos Letdown.
And the Brewers have hit Latos for an .870 OPS this season.
All of which probably means nothing. Depends on how his stuff is tonight more than anything.
And Lohse has a 6.55 ERA this month, a bad OPS against. 1-1 with a low ERA against Reds this year.
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Is Handsome Jack just starting as a reward for that homer the other day? I miss seeing Frazier and his constantly shape-shifting scruff in the lineup.
"Ill kind of have a foot on the back of my own butt. Thats just how I do things. -- Bryan Price, 10/22/2013
Taking 2 out of 3 keeps you in the Central title hunt and improves your chance at the home 1 game playoff.
Also tells Nationals to just stop trying.
Cubs 1-0 over Bucs, top 4
EDIT: Cubs now 3-0 over Bucs, still top 4
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Thank goodness Bill Hall 2.0 isn't in the lineup for MIL.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Umm, FrancisKo has always been a strikeout artist, Creeper.
Joey...get aggressive in the zone, please.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
Reds get a single from Phillips, but nothing else...out in the 1st. Brewers coming up.
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What a day... Newlyweds reflect on the good, the bad, and the funny
Published January 27, 2005 in issue 0404 of the Hook
It's a day to remember, that's for sure, and these 2004 newlyweds show you can't plan for everything!
Emily Umberger and Pradeep Rajagopalan
September 18, 2004
Ceremony and reception at Lego Estate
Emily: Planning an outdoor wedding? Make the following your mantra: Mother Nature is in charge. On one level, I understood this as I planned our September wedding. I even convinced myself that I could be mellow if the weather was lousy. At the same time, I was certain that the lady in charge wouldn't send two hurricanes in as many years to Charlottesville on the third weekend of September. I counted Isabel's 2003 appearance as some sort of "insurance" policy for good weather at our nuptials.
As any bride knows, frequent visits to weather.com begin at least 20 days before the big day. So I watched nervously as Frances and Gaston threw their weight around. And then there was Ivan. That bastard wasn't just a hurricane, he was a Class 5 monster swirling around in the Caribbean. Despite the reassurances of friends and family (all evidently amateur meteorologists), I had a sinking feeling that he was headed our way.
The forecast grew more ominous by the day. Norm Sprouse's long-range outlook showed gray and black skies and a greater than 90% chance of extreme weather for our wedding weekend. It didn't look good for the home team.
So, what's a bride to do?
1) Accept that everything you've planned for the past year can change at the last minute. Allow yourself one big meltdown, and then get over it. There's too much work to be done. Our elegant, hillside garden wedding seemed like less and less of a possibility with 40-65 mph winds and several inches of rain expected.
2) Be willing to consider alternate plans. (Understand, of course, that all these options will feel lame and hideous in comparison to the idea you've nurtured and loved for a year.) My original Plan B was simply to tent the event, but the tents were guaranteed in no more than 35 mph winds. We needed a Plan C! Our wedding team (tent guy, wedding coordinator, gardener, and property owner) went into high gear in the last four days. We fielded our options, casting some aside and entertaining others.
3) Prioritize. One option, moving the entire event indoors, required canceling our band due to lack of space. Not acceptable. Another called for a major step down on the elegance scale. It was a choice we were willing to make. And so an enormous three-car garage with cherry doors and stone facing was emptied, cleaned, and decorated. A parquet floor was laid, and voila– a dry, sure-footed dance floor. What seemed crazy (if not a little white trashy at first) ended up being just the right blend of quirky, intimate, and fun.
3) Realize that your friends and family understand (and kinda think it's cool) that your wedding is taking place during a natural disaster. Our friends arrived from all over the continent armed with flip-flops, Gortex jackets, ponchos, galoshes and, most importantly, smiles on their faces. The show must go on!
4) Bottom line: come rain or shine, you will be married to the person you love most on the planet. Beautiful weather is just icing on the cake.
In the end, Ivan had his way with Central Virginia on Friday, September 17. Rain-soaked rehearsal dinner guests braved apocalyptic conditions, including torrential rains and tornadoes. I sported wellies with my cocktail dress. At this point, you either laugh or cry.
The morning of our wedding dawned windy and cloudy. As the winds diminished and the sun came out, we changed our plans again. The garage turned dance floor and bar was a keeper, but with just two hours 'til show time, we decided to get married in a small rock garden rather than in the foyer of the home. There was no time for a run through– we decided to wing it. After all the chaos and drama, we were married outside on a beautiful, 70-degree afternoon, a perfect start to our life together. All in all, our experience was a good reminder that in wedding planning, like life, sometimes you gotta roll with the punches.
Melissa McAllister and Robert Parrish
September 18, 2004
Ceremony and reception at Beaverdam Farm, Troy
Melissa: When my future husband and I got engaged, all we needed to do to get the ball rolling was to call my party-planner cousin Jim and say, "Go." I handed over wedding planning to him, while my mother commissioned him to plan our engagement party. Cut to a fantastic engagement party, Mom giving cousin money to pay the vendors, and cousin using said money to line his pockets.
Also note that these were the same vendors we planned to use at our wedding (who all were extremely gracious, considering their payments were late). So there were a few bumps in the road to September 18.
Hurricane Ivan assured that the rehearsal dinner was rain-soaked, but the weather on the 18th was perfect, and we were able to have the ceremony under the oaks at my husband's farm as originally planned. Our dog spent the ceremony chewing on our guests and barking at squirrels. It was the single most perfect, happiest day of my life thus far and worth every headache and dollar spent.
Andy Jaspen and Jenny Phillips
July 4, 2004
Ceremony and reception at Ash Lawn-Highland
Andy and Jenny: We met at UVA in 1995 and were married on July 4, 2004 at Ash Lawn-Highland. The weather was sketchy at best, but we decided that afternoon not to put up a tent for the ceremony– we would cross our fingers and hope for the best. A few hours before our 6pm ceremony, the clouds broke, and we were feeling pretty good about our chances for success. It was actually quite a beautiful afternoon, but during the ceremony, just after we exchanged our vows and kissed, a slow rumble of thunder quieted the crowd (we like to think the heavens were applauding for us).
The weather held up until the end of the cocktail hour, but a fast-moving storm forced our guests to run toward the reception under cover in the Ash Lawn pavilion or risk getting soaked. At the same time, the photographer ended our picture session under a large tree in the Peacock Yard because of the rain. Five minutes after everybody was safe in the pavilion, the loudest crash of thunder that any of us had ever heard in our lives shook the place. As we quickly realized, lightning had struck just 100 feet away from our reception– and had hit the tree that we had just been standing under for pictures 10 minutes earlier!
The storm was an impressive one and actually created quite a festive atmosphere at our reception. Our Caribbean band, Ban Caribe, started up, people were dancing and enjoying listening to the rain and thunder and watching the lighting. Within the hour, the skies totally cleared and we were treated to an incredible rainbow over our wedding celebration. It was perfect– a truly amazing July 4 wedding.
We even have "before" and "after" pictures of us under the tree that was struck by lightning. There was a huge gash in the trunk that actually looks like the shape of a heart.
Shawn Decker and Gwenn Barringer
October 23, 2004
Ceremony and reception at King Family Vineyard
Shawn, who is HIV positive, and Gwenn, a pageant winner and activist, have received national press attention for their efforts to increase HIV awareness and research.
Shawn: So many talented musicians offered their services, from my great uncle's jazz sax to Bella Morte's post-punk gothic grooves. Lauren Hoffman and Tony Lechmanski (of Bella Morte & The 40 Boys) played during the ceremony, even throwing in a couple of Cure covers for good measure.
Everyone feels like their relationship is unique, which is what makes love so great, but I totally felt like the luckiest guy on Earth and so fortunate to have somehow attracted a beautiful, classy, and intelligent soul to share this journey with.
In the old days, you married someone to get to know them– kind of like text-messaging today. My advice to couples is to live together and nurture the relationship before you open it up to the chaos that is the wedding day. Also, in these not-so-modern times, not every couple is able to "tie the knot" due to antiquated bigotry. So if you're in a committed relationship, don't let societal pressure tell you that marriage is required to legitimize your love.
Maurice Jones and Michele Davis
December 18, 2004
Ceremony at UVA Chapel; reception at Alumni Hall
Maurice is the city's director of communications.
Maurice: My lovely bride, Michele, came up with the idea of having a sparkler send-off to end the reception. When she first suggested it with great excitement, I smiled, nodded, and politely concurred. Undeterred by my lack of enthusiasm, she forged ahead with the plans. Now, I can honestly say it was the perfect way to end a wonderful ceremony and reception. On that cool crisp night, our guests waved the lighted sparklers as we ran to the limousine. I will always cherish the memory of my bride's face lit up with great joy and satisfaction as our friends and family celebrated the beginning of our new life together."
Jennie Donnellon and Matt Elkin
December 31, 2004
Ceremony at UVA Chapel, reception at Glenmore Country Club
Shortly after I received my engagement ring at the end of August, I was predictably barraged with the wedding date question. "Probably December 2005," nearly 15 months away, had been my initial reply. We liked the idea of a winter (and especially a New Year's Eve) wedding, but I thought that it was impossible to have the kind of wedding we wanted this winter. We didn't have enough time to plan a traditional wedding in a few months; everyone had told me that there was so much to do pick themes, reserve venues and vendors not to mention finding the wedding dress.
Then I took a step back, thought about the depth of the love that I was committing to, and realized that societal conventions and timetables weren't going to rule my life. When we decided in October to have a December 2004 wedding, everything magically came together for us– not just the locations, the vendors, and having nearly all of the guests able to attend on short notice, but also the spring-like weather– almost as if the heavens smiled upon us for knowing what really matters.
After just returning from our honeymoon, my advice would be don't wait to be together– life is short; seize the moment! If you are truly in love and blessed with an entire lifetime with your spouse, you'll still feel it won't be long enough.
Courtney Caprio and Jeff McInnis
August 16, 2004
Ceremony at UVA Gardens; reception at Keswick Hall
On the big day, forget all the mundane details that you've spent months fretting over. Instead, revel in meaningful details, the memories that truly last forever. Literally stop and smell the bouquet you're holding. Laugh with your family and friends who surround you with their supporting presence. Walk slowly and joyfully down the aisle, relish the floating feeling and finally seeing your one true love at the end, awaiting you.
Concentrate on the meaning behind the ceremony's words, and take them to heart. Last but not least, sneak away alone with your new husband to celebrate before the party begins... then celebrate with your guests all night long!
Melissa and Chaon Garland
September 11, 2004
Ceremony and reception at High Meadows Inn
All brides want their wedding to be memorable. It doesn't take fancy tables or special gifts to do it. Rather, a wedding is memorable for guests if they feel involved. Their involvement makes them feel special, honored, and "partners" in your marriage. We deliberately involved as many people as we could. Here are some of the things we did:
*An uncle coordinated the family get-together party before the event.
*A close family friend was our celebrant.
* Each of our parents gave a personal speech during the ceremony.
*Each member of the bridal party offered a few words of congratulations during the ceremony.
*An aunt was the wedding coordinator.
*Another aunt helped with hair and make-up for the wedding party.
*A brother-in-law was our master of ceremonies at the reception.
Not only did delegating these tasks take much of the planning off my plate, but when the weekend was over, everyone felt that they had really played an important role in our special event.
We also recommend mixing the seating at the rehearsal dinner. It allowed everyone to get to know each other and made the wedding evening even more personal. It was magical! And very memorable for us and our guests.
Kim Szurovy and Sean Fogarty
May 22, 2004
Ceremony and reception at Brown's Mountain
It had always been my dream to get married at a beautiful Southern mansion. My husband and I were in law school when we met, and we wanted to get married in Charlottesville. We fell in love with the Clifton Inn, a historic inn with ties to Thomas Jefferson, and booked it for our wedding about 18 months before the big day. About six months before our wedding, the Clifton Inn experienced a tragic fire, but we at first thought the Inn could be ready by May. Then about four months before the wedding, we discovered that the Inn was damaged more than initially anticipated and that the Inn would not be ready in time for our wedding. We were distraught, and I was certain we would not be able to find a place as beautiful as the Inn for our wedding.
My husband and several of our friends saw how upset I was, and had the idea to have our wedding at Brown's Mountain, a big white mansion atop the highest point in Charlottesville, looking down on Monticello. At first I was skeptical, because while gorgeous, the house was then occupied by several of our male law-school friends and it hosted raucous, law school-wide parties at least five times a year and was not in the best shape. By the wedding day, though, thanks to J.F. Legault and his staff, the house and surrounding grounds were transformed into the most beautiful setting I could have imagined, and our wedding was perfect. So, my advice? No matter what snags you hit along the way, just have faith that everything will be perfect on the big day.


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Poor Manufacturing makes boards weaker and greatly affects the the actual strength of the boards. Poor Manufacturing is the main problem with strength related issues on boards. Other issues are poor combinations or implementations of reinforcements in high stress areas. I might be misinterpreting what your thought was here?
I was under the impression that most of the issues regarding the approved race boards was poor manufacturing quality and continuity rather than strength of the actual boards? (fin box misalignment, delamination in fatigue prone and high strain areas, bad dimensioning etc.).
Upping the weight is most likely just going to change the design envelope for the board designers as they now have more mass to play with. Some of the things that are probably holding back the dimensions (in non restricted areas) is the weight concern, upping the minimum weight could lead to even larger and just as fragile designs.
Also adding more material to current designs might not gain any significant durability advantage and can if poorly implemented cause an even weaker design. There are also the clear cases where the durability issues arise after misuse of the board, like jumping and so on.
I am all for a good box rule, but I think this may miss the target and make boards even more expensive than they are today contrary to the intentions (I guess).
Some interesting things could be:
- Imposing use of standard components for boards like: fin boxes, strap attachments etc. (not one manufacturer, but one standard)
- Structural demands on aft part of hull where the majority of forces act (all boards must comply to a set of load tests, these are very easy to implement)
Adding minimum weight factors does not add mass in terms of width or longer boards as there is already set limits for width and length. Adding minimum weight is supposed to help manufacturers put more reinforcements like carbon, glass, PVC, Wood, or whatever to high stress areas.
Adding more poorly implemented materials usually is stronger than less poorly implemented materials in general. For instance, 2 layers of Carbon under your heels is weaker than 4 layers of Carbon even if there is a delam under the heels when manufactured. The 4 layers will hide the delam longer than 2 layers of Carbon.
As for your "standards in board building" using all the same inserts and boxes might sound like a good plan in Theory but in actuality every board builder is using different materials and is using different boxes and inserts. The big factories actually make there own inserts and boxes in many different ways and molds to save costs for the brand and end consumer. Some actually build the boxes while molding the board.
Set of stress test implemented? That sounds good but would actually add even more money. That would be a hard one to perfect also. Making a machine that repeatedly pounded on the footstrap heel area sounds very expensive.
The new weight limit is 5.5 kgs which is extremely hard to attain and keep the boards from Falling apart or denting everywhere at the current 70 x190 size. If you actually put a board on an accurate scale, very few will be 5.5 or even 5.8 and last in normal usage for a year.


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Free Seminar - The People Side of Business Transformation
The successful implementation of change can never fully work without the buy-in of your people. But as the rate and direction of change increases with the demands of modern business, employees can easily become disengaged and change weary. This free seminar will show you how to manage change in a way that engages your people so that they actively engage and embed any changes ahead.
Vad du kommer att lära dig
Learn how to prepare for change, engage your team and make implementation successful. You'll be able to deal with emotions that change creates, maintaining open and effective communication that will get people on board with the new future.
Varför du behöver lära dig det
Research from IBM has shown that the need to change is rapidly growing but our ability to do it is shrinking.
Hur det kommer att hjälpa dig
Many people find it difficult to change habits, routines and ways of thinking. How many times have you heard "We've always done it that way?" or "Why do I have to change?" At Dale Carnegie we believe that people support a world they help create. Imposed change does not work. Only once managers communicate, enable and encourage employees to actively participate and support change, will it become embedded.


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Fiesta Moravian Tin Star Light Pendant, Silver Finish, Multi Colored Marbles 12 in
This Silver Moravian Tin Starlight with colorful marbles has a flower cut-out design and a silver-colored lacquer finish. The marbles glow like jewels when the star is lit up. The star has 12 points and the diameter is approximately 11 to 12 inch measured from tip to tip.
Every star is individually hand made in Mexico by skillful artisans. All electrical parts are installed and tested in the USA, right here at our facility in Massachusetts. We hope you will enjoy this very artistic Mexican star lamp.
Standard Features for Marble Tin Stars:
• All UL-Approved parts
• Heavy duty ceramic socket
• Light bulb included (see our bulb guide)
• Hinged bulb access door
• Metal hanging loop
• 8′ power cord with plug
Please Note: The standard wiring allows you to use this star lamp as a table lamp or you may use it as swag plug-in chandelier with an optional chain (standard wiring does NOT include chain).
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If you operate a limited company and work at home, why not rent a room to your business?
Then you can offset the rental against your business profits and reduce your overall tax bill.
So how does this work?
Well there are just a couple of things you need to do to put this in place.
Rental Agreement
You would need to put a rental agreement in place between you, the home owner and your limited company.
Your accountant should have a standard agreement available for you to use. So this will not be an onerous task.
Calculate the rent
The rent that you charge should be equal to the amount that the room in the house costs you.
That means that the income received is equal to the costs and there is no personal profit on the rent.
So you do not have to pay any income tax on the rent received, although the income and costs will need to be shown on your self assessment tax return – just a couple more boxes to complete.
Let's take an example to show how this works
Sam runs her business from home. She works in one of the bedrooms. The bedroom is used exclusively for business during the week but serves as a guest room at the weekends.
Her house has a total of 6 rooms, all of equal size.
Sam has added up her mortgage interest, council tax, utilities, insurance and broadband costs and they amount to £12,000 for the year.
She calculates the rental charge as follows:
Cost per room = £12,000 divided by 6 rooms = £2,000.
She uses the office 5 out of 7 days, so charges 5/7th of the room cost to the business.
The rental charge is £1,428 for the year.
Sam is paid this rental from the business.
The business records this as a cost in the company accounts, which reduces its tax bill.
Sam enters the figures (both income and costs) onto her self assessment tax return but has no further tax to pay on the amount received from the company.
What Next?
The rent charged will be based upon your own circumstances. For example if you rent your property you can use the rent paid instead of the mortgage interest in the calculation.
You will need to do your own specific calculation.
Have a chat with your accountant about how to get this in place. They should be able to help you with the figures and the rental agreement to ensure that you are claiming this tax deduction for your business.


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Hello again ya'll! Hope you had fun last weekend without me. I had a grand old time down in Missouri with the Zombie Squad crew, kicking it in Manbath, going to the range, and floating down and annoying low but none the less relaxing river. Oh yeah, and Motel 6 and Waffle House, the perfect bracket for any camping/road trip. I came back planning on hitting the ground running, only to find most things shuttered for the weekend of patriotic fireworks. Bummer. There are still a few things happening this weekend, but because of the small source pool, this week you get a Top 3, ranter than a Top 5. Next weekend looks like it might be busy, so perhaps I'll be able to over compensate then. But, until that time, here's the picks…
1. The Things I Once Owned at Ebersmoore
Photographs of objects formerly owned by the artist, Gregg Evans (or at least that's how the story goes). Jeroen Nelemans will also be showing work under the title "Pilfer Your Land."
Ebersmoore is located at 213 N. Morgan, #3C. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm.
2. This is Still Life at Monument 2
Contemporary artists working with the still life. The exhibition is curated by Ghazal Hashemi, and includes the work of Wilford Barrington, Amir H. Fallah, Ian Hawk, Bruce Ingram, Sandy Kim, Jason Lazarus, Maximilian Schubert, Dylan Walker, and Harley David Young.
Monument 2 is located at 2007 N. Point St. Reception is Saturday from 2-6pm.
3. Contemplations & …Sorry I Didn't Have Time to Google You at Julius Caesar
Two shows for the price of one: Gil Rocha's Contemplations, and …Sorry I Didn't Have Time to Google You, a group show featuring the work of David Jourdan, Lisa Holzer, Kitty Kraus, Chiara Minchio, and Stefan Schuster. And, and, and, a good place to have a 4th BBQ!
Julius Caesar is located at 3311 W. Carroll Ave. Reception/BBQ Sunday from 4-7pm.
- 10 Shows to See Friday After EXPO - September 17, 2015
- Top 10 Weekend Picks! (9/4-9/6) - September 3, 2015
- Top 5 Weekend Picks! (8/21-8/23) - August 20, 2015


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sneak peek
A little sneak peek of tomorrow's post & the full house tour from next week!
Photos by Deborah for AMM
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25 comments:
Ah! So lovely and inspiring! It's hard to find the words to describe the love I have for that coffee table! (And I love that Kinfolk is sweetly resting on top of it!)ReplyDelete
I can move there anytime haha! is perfect!ReplyDelete
I genuinely can't decide whose home I love more. You two kill me with your crazy beautiful homes.ReplyDelete
these little sneak peaks are so exciting, can't wait to see more.ReplyDelete
so lovely Deborah! great to see BIG photos of the space! <3ReplyDelete
So pretty...can't wait to see more!ReplyDelete
xo . trina
I want to see more! It looks so cozy and amazing.ReplyDelete
Love, love, love! I want to paint my floors white!!!!!ReplyDelete
Stunning. Wish I had white floorboards :)ReplyDelete
- MariaAugust 17, 2012
What a beautiful aparment! Where have you got the sofa or which brand is it? I would love to have a sofa like that. I really like your Moderna Museet poster too. I have the "I never read, I just look at pictures" one :)ReplyDelete
I love the coffee table. What brand is it?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, It is from Habitat from the deena range.Delete
oh my, both of your houses are amazing! and that couch is my dream couch, but so expensive for me right now! i absolutely love the fabric and the design!ReplyDelete
Deborah, I'm in awe! I can't wait to see more and seriously think that you two working together will be one of the best things ever here in blogland :) xReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2012
hi, can you please tell me the brand of the sofa, erally like it.ReplyDelete
many thanks in advance
The sofa is from ikea the Karlstad rangeDelete
- AnonymousAugust 21, 2012
Apieceofcake - Deborah the magic of the web brought me to your pinterest pictures (via the blog designattractor). I love your selection! Do you write a blog? If so I'd love to follow it...ReplyDelete
Thanks Janet
- KatiAugust 21, 2012
What a beautiful home! Can't wait to see more photos! If I see correctly, those cups are Marimekko, aren't they? Is the poster with the mountain a photo of yours or is it possible to buy it somewhre? I really love it.ReplyDelete
Would love to know where the two framed prints are from (the 5 and the mountain scene?)ReplyDelete
- EmilySeptember 19, 2012
Wonderful home! Where did you find the Swiss cross blanket? I've been looking for one for ages! Thanks in advance!ReplyDelete
EEK! My dream living room! And we USED to have white wood floors in our 1st apt together.ReplyDelete
Definitely my dream home -- how GORGEOUS!!! Crazy for the black and white.ReplyDelete
OMG!!! MY DREAM LIVING ROOM!!!!!!ReplyDelete
..like you needed to read that again ;P
Thank you for your comments, I love hearing from you!
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I love getting reviews on the products we sell at Making Babies :) Here is one on Sperm I Prove
"I suggest sperm-I-prove for your husbands morphology. My hubby's morphology was 5% and after 1 - 2 months on it, taking 2 a day it doubled to 10%. My ob/gyn also said the sperm-I-prove is great."
(client wishes to remain anonymous)
I'm absolutely thrilled by the increase in morphology!!! I hope this brings that long awaited BFP for you soon anonymous. :)
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I'm sure at this point we have ZERO readers because you have come to expect nothing from us!! :)
Well, we have over the last 6 months had a lot going on that could have (and probably should have been) blogged about. I'm hoping now that it's summer I can go back and retroactively post about some of the things that have happened at the Jacobus house.
For now, I'll leave you with this....
In case you're wondering what it looks like to live in a house that is being completely painted all at the same time.
Everything in the center of the room, kids piled in our bedroom since the oil-based trim paint smell upstairs is too much.
VERY close quarters in the living room. Sadly, our kids have adjusted to this set up very easily and "love the TV being so close"
Bare walls everywhere!
And do you wonder where everything is? Piled into the few rooms NOT being touched....
Happy Wednesday to you!! Check back soon (I hope!!) to see how things are progressing around here.


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We started making red flowers for the wreath but changed to white doilies instead. We all made flowers out of different sized doilies and were as creative as we could be. (It didn't matter what they looked like)
Not a great photo, but we put battery operated lights through the cardboard so they shone through the flowers.
Some of our Christmas cooking:
Having fun decorating and eating the ginger bread creations.
I can't believe next Tuesday is Christmas, enjoy your week!


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Marvin, never got a response to my request. Hope this finds u well. Brooks Gibson
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The melodic fragments ear training exercise works towards better aural comprehension of melodic material that is not in a previously established diatonic framework. This is an advanced exercise that integrates previous ear training and theory including scale degree ear training, interval ear training,and a theoretical understanding of the intervalic construction of scales. For some melodic fragments, the pitches presented could fit in a diatonic framework, albeit one that has not been established by previous material. For these fragments, students trained in scale degree ear training should try to hear the solfege that fits the notes, then determine what pitches would correspond to those scale degrees given the first pitch. An aural understanding of intervals from interval ear training might be used as a check to verify accuracy of the pitches selected. These fragments are in the categories called "diatonic 3" and "diatonic 5". Notes in these fragments will be adjecent notes from a major scale, though not necessarily played in order.
Other melodic fragments cannot possibly fit into a major scale. For these, students will draw on skills identifying intervals as well as extablishing a close chromatic framework. Exercises vital to success with these sets are interval ear training and close chromatic framework. The content setting for these fragments include "close chromatic", "nested 3rds", and "nested 6ths".
Finally, the remaining sets include larger intervals, relying heavily on students who have significant aural proficiency with larger intervals and chords. Students should practice interval and chord ear training and consult the curriculum to develop these skills in the lessons prior to taking on these levels of melodic fragments.


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Ever since the Muppet characters have been used for merchandising, as a result of a production not initially meant to sell a product, The Jim Henson Company and Children's Television Workshop have made Character Books available to developers to ensure that character consistency is maintained when reproducing outside of the respective companies. These style guides serve to establish a definitive manner in which characters will be drawn or scuplted. Most notably, guidelines are given to ensure proper proportions and colors. In some cases, the Pantone scale is used to reference a particular color -- an agreed upon system of coloring defined by numbers.
Sesame Street
- Drawings by Bob Taylor
- Photographs by Charles Rowan
- Produced by Muppets, Inc.
All character pages are a combination of black and white photographs and pencil drawings.
- Big Bird
- Oscar the Grouch
- Ernie
- Bert
- Cookie Monster
- Grover
- The Snuffle-upagus
- Fat Blue-Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: Professor Hastings, Dragnet Detective, Twiddlebug; also pictured: a King, Grandmother Happy, a boy, Simon Soundman, Russian soldier, Mr. Johnson
- Pumpkin-Anything Muppet -- pictured: various AMs pictured
- Lavender-Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: Herbert Birdsfoot, Bennett Snerf; also pictured: Twiddlebug, girl, boy
- Green-Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: Twiddlebug, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, Tony, The Salesman; also pictured: woman, police officer, farmer
- Little Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: Roosevelt Franklin (described as Reddish-Magenta); also pictured: Betty Lou, Prairie Dawn (described as Bright Hot Pink); described, but not shown: Pumpkin-Orange
- Lavender-Anything Muppet (with hands) -- named and pictured: The Count, The Amazing Mumford, Harvey Kneeslapper, Granny Fanny Nesselrode, The Mudman; also pictured: elderly man, Marty
- Herry Monster
- Guy Smiley and Prince Charming -- color described here as warm gold
- Little Bird
- The character pages are followed by eleven color photos also found in the earlier Sesame Street calendars and The Sesame Street Library.
Photos and drawings by Mel Crawford, Michael Frith, Bill Pierce, Joe Mathieu, Judy Ross, Chuck Rowan, Neil Selkirk, Joe Veno and Rick Wetzel
Art Director/Designer: Sue Schiller
Produced by The Children's Television Workshop, NY, NY. 80 pages.
- Introductory Material
- Color photograph of the Sesame Street cast, Season 8
- Size comparison chart, in color, with photos of various Muppets for which the lower bodies have been draw in in color (except for Big Bird, whose entire body is shown as a color photograph)
- Color guide
- General Muppet description and Muppet index
- Credits
- Character pages
Unless otherwise noted, all character pages contain a combination of black-and-white photographs and drawings in black ink.
- Big Bird, Little Bird & Poco Loco (photographs only for Poco Loco)
- Snuffle-upagus (photographs only)
- Ernie, Bert & Rubber Duckie (photographs only for Rubber Duckie)
- Oscar the Grouch (photographs only
- Grover, Super Grover, Cookie Monster & Herry Monster
- Frazzle and Some Other Monsters
- Guy Smiley, Prince Charming & Don Music (photograph only for Don Music)-- Described here as Orange Gold, Pantone 123
- The Count, The Amazing Mumford (photograph only), Biff (photograph only), Rodeo Rosie (photograph only) & Mr. Chatterly (photograph only) -- Described here as Lavender, Pantone 529
- Sherlock Hemlock, Farley (photograph only), & The Salesman-- Described here as Yellow Green, Pantone 375
- Prairie Dawn, Betty Lou, & The Busby Twins (all photographs only)-- Described here as Hot Pink, Pantone 820
- Fat Blue Anything Muppets (photographs only)-- Described here as Warm Blue, Pantone 829
- Pumpkin Anything Muppets -- Described here as Yellow-Orange, Pantone 137
- Lavender Anything Muppets (photographs only, except Herbert Birdsfoot, for whom a pencil drawing is also provided) -- Described here as Pale Lavender, Pantone 529
- Muppet Groups, Animal Muppets, including Barkley, Twiddlebugs, Sam the Robot, Martians, Chris and The Alphabeats, Jerry and The Monotones, & The Witches (all photographs only)
- Typical Muppet pig, cow & Horse (all photographs only) -- colors can vary
- Live Characters: Susan, Gordon, Maria, David, Linda, Bob, Mr. Hooper, Olivia, Luis (all photographs only)
- Sesame Street Set Scenes
- Set photos of Sesame Street
2000 (Architecture Guide)
Sesame Workshop produced the Sesame Street Muppets Drawing Guide, Illustrated by Nancy W. Stevenson. The 2001 Drawing Guide contains mostly pencil drawings, which show much greater detail than the previous Character Books and include guidance for depicting Sesame Street Muppets in various positions and from multiple angles.
The Guide consists of a cover page, table of contents, 4 introductory pages, and 12 character pages featuring extensive pencil drawings. The character pages cover 10 Muppets:
- Bert
- Big Bird
- Cookie Monster (2 pages)
- Count Von Count
- Elmo
- Ernie (including one drawing of Rubber Duckie)
- Grover & Super Grover
- Oscar the Grouch (2 pages, which include several drawings of Slimey)
- Rosita
- Zoe
Excerpts from the Drawing Guide appear in the liner notes for the 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD set.
Also in 2001, Sesame Workshop produced a separate Sesame Street Style Guide that provides information such as guidelines for representing the Sesame Street Muppets and preferred fonts for use in advertising typography.
Sesame Street Babies
Style guide issued for the Sesame Street Babies brand.
Other Sesame Street Style Guides
The Muppets
Guides created for the Muppet characters have included photo packages and drawn illustration books. Each of the versions have featured various angles of the puppet and character positions.
1976 Photographs
1989 (Muppet Kids)
1993? (Jim Henson's Muppets)
Guides were created for other Henson/Muppet Television shows.