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Mentor and Protégé8 Reviews
One-shot! After being framed for murder, proven innocent and killing Voldemort, Harry's life seems to have fallen apart. But can a faithful Dumbledore help put some of it back together?5Insightful
Harry Potter and the Passion of the Warrior7 Reviews
Harry is given an ancient manual which describes a path to a power the Dark Lord knows not.5Original
After the Battle
A few weeks after the final battle, Hermione is offered comfort, and then more, by Luna.
Potter and Black
Harry meets Sirius's daughter and together they find a way to defeat both Dumbledore and Voldemort
Comforting Arms5 Reviews
A post Hogwarts, post final battle fic. A one shot Honks rules5Ambiance
The Magical School of MogenHeld34 Reviews
Beginning of the summer Moody gives Harry many magical books that start our Wizarding hero on his adventure. Then he leaves the Dursley's to stay at Grimauld place but finds out about Sirius's will...5Original
An In-Between Summer3 Reviews
An In-Between Summer3 Reviews
This is my version of how GoF could have ended and extends into the summer before OoTP. A lot of growing up is due our beloved characters. I really didn't know what to write at this summary so plea...0TrainWreck
Homecoming: A Series of Events4 Reviews
An medical accident leaves many in US reeling from it's effects, including Billie, Mike and Tre. The results get interesting when those exposed, start to develop strange powers. Follow them on a ...0Unrated
A Pirates Life for Me2 Reviews
Yoho Yoho a pirates life for me. Jack has a son? Will has one too? Wait what going on? This will be interesting.0Unrated
Good Birds gone Bad.0 Reviews
Ares needs an army and starts changing birds into soldiers, something has to be done to stop him.0Unrated
My Angel and I1 Reviews
She cries softly in the dark Hoping, praying and wanting. She hopes for a happier future, She prays for a love that has yet to come, She wants that love now, instead of later. She screams out ...0Unrated
Room 21
Darah goes on a business trip with her husband Bob who had hopes that a few weeks alone in a romantic hotel suite will make the fire in their marriage rekindle. But, Darah doesn't have any intentio...
1: Intro, short and sweet (must read) [Gerard Way]0 Reviews
gerard way and co, some drugs, some sex scenes.-1TrainWreck
Icarus Falling.0 Reviews
"The great masses that fill the night demand substance, not sight."0Unrated
Enjoy Nature
In the rush to escape the coming Android's, Chichi left a prized family item behind and had to send Gohan to go and retrieve it. Meanwhile, Android 18 is on the search for a reason to enjoy nature...
3 A.M.0 Reviews
Summary: It was 3 AM, in the morning, and Quinn just hugged him and that just felt perfect to him. LxQ, MxQ.0TrainWreck
Need a title0 Reviews
I'll add to this later-1TrainWreck
Tear Drop Skies0 Reviews
This was a song written by a friend of mine. I love this one, its one of my favorite, please tell me what you think! Reko0Unrated
Forgotten Power0 Reviews0Unrated
Winter Warmer
One Shot (: Frikey (: Winter Time Snow (:
Mind of a Hero Shattered0 Reviews
TheCrack!Verse, TUE. In the end, when do you stop being a hero? At your enemy's hands? Or your own. Non-Graphic.0Unrated
?? give me a title...0 Reviews
This is just how i would interpret the rest of the series. Fights and kidnapping basically.0Unrated
Revenant Wings - Jewels of the Skysea
Warning: smut. With the whole crew. On Cebe island.
I am finally meeting him2 Reviews
holy shit this was a dream of mine0Unrated
THE CHOIR TOURER0 Reviews
THE FUNNEST DAY EVER.HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. THE DAY I ALMOST WET MY SELF0Unrated
in the 1500's the raven god saved 3 boys of becoming slaves and one of them was a blond hired boy named cloud the raven god fall in love with cloud but the cats begone a war . can the raven god win...
Do You Belive In Love?1 Reviews
Frank moves to new school. That is all im telling you just have to read it. please rate it and be as crule as you want0Unrated
The World Is Ugly0 Reviews
A school shooting leads to more horrible events all because Gerard stood up for his girlfriend Caitlyn. And everyone is dragged down into the brawl. Frank is forced to do terrible things all cause ...0Unrated
Harry Potter and the Curse of a Soul
What if the Horcrux Harry had in his head had a bigger affect on him than we realized? Harry dies but is given a second chance to set things right and to maybe live life a little bit better than th...
Krycek is given the loan of a new body and the first thing he does it go find Skinner.
Krycek is given the loan of a new body and the first thing he does it go find Skinner.
Keycek is given the loan of a new body and the first thing he does is go find Skinner.
LOSS7 Reviews
Sometimes we lose something that means the world to us. How we deal with that loss is one way in which we define ourselves. This is one story of such loss.-1Illiterate
We're So Starving0 Reviews
Anna Trohman and Ryan Ross get involved in a world of mental disorders and alternate personalities for no apparent reason. After an unexpected accident they form a bond so deep its almost similar t...0Unrated
The Dead Forest0 Reviews
A mysterious awakening, in a mysterious place.0Unrated
Growing Up0 Reviews
What happens when Patrick Stump meets a young lawyer with a service animal and she is ordered by her firm to go on tour with Fall Out Boy?0Unrated
I really suck at titles... But this is a newer version of a story i already wrote that's better written.0 Reviews
It can take a lot to be famous, and if kissing the rhythm guitarist and singer of a band you don't even like is required, then bring it!0Unrated
Music For The Soul.
Ava goes to stay with Mikey Way's elusive brother, Gerard, all for the money - Or is it for something else?
Tergum Rursus0 Reviews
(AU) His world fallen to irreparable depths, Harry is granted a second chance to set it right. Timetravel, Harry adopts Harry.3Exciting
If only for a moment0 Reviews
AU ignores HBP As Harry realizes where his friends loyalties lie he goes on a journey to discover himself and the power to defeat vodemort3Moving
Harry and Dawn
After being bitten by a vampire. Harry finds things about his Mother and Father that he could never have imagined. Will his friends be able to deal with this or will they be just as fickle as the r...
Summer of Corruption, Years of Deceit
Harry was changed, drastically, by the end of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and Sirius, trapped at 12 Grimmauld Place, found an old family spell. Combined, it spells trouble for the women they meet
The Travel Through Time
Harry has been trained by Dumbledore over the summer after his fifth year. But when the train is attacked, he gets flung back in time, pulling Voldemort along for the ride. Where'd they land? Find ...
The Unexpected Hero1 Reviews
The Dursley's were sent away for child neglect when Harry was young, Dudley went to live with his aunt marge and Harry went to an orphanage and was believed dead,taken in by a muggle captain and tr...4Exciting
To Rebel Against Fate
Betrayed in every way immaginable in his own time, Harry decides to eliminate the possibility of the Prophecy to ever occur, with no consideration for the ramifications of what he must do to create...
Harry Potter: A New Start
Harry wins the war against Voldemort, but he has nothing left. What if the were to be told about a spell that could make all of his dreams come true. What will he do? Rated M for later. HG Even...
Some New LIfe
rated for future chapters. Five old souls woven into one new one to defet evil one more time. Our fav. hero is in for a new adventure. Not truly cannon, will hold some of the same plot lines but no...
Hollow1 Reviews
Harry is a little more damaged than everyone believes, but for once it works to his advantage.4Original
Harry Potter and the Black Phoenix
(HP/Harem, Sirus/Lily ... Fic reedited for Ficwad.. Fixed the quote error..)Harry Potter.... Lord Mage... Midnight Mystra, Lady of the Weave... A Drow... A Winged Elf... A Star Elf... Nimue,Lady of...
A Different View of Things, Year One0 Reviews
My version of the original books. Harry grows up intelligent, powerful,wealthy, grey, sarcastic, and independent.All thanks to his friend Reginald, a cat. Will include new friends,adventures and ol...1Original
Rage of Fate0 Reviews
AU after MoM Harry Vanishes leaving the only ones with clues alone HP/HG/GW Rating may increase Manipulative Dumbledore NO BETA3Original
The Black Phoenix
Harry travels back in time in hope of saving those he can and a chance to meet his parents. But what if all he believed to be true was exposed to be a lie? Can he survive it? Does the darkness cons...
Fate's Revenge4 Reviews
After the death of her parents and her beloved Uncle Harry, Fate sends Rose Weasley back in time to put right the wrongs committed on Harry and Hermione.5Original
Kingdom Key, Griffindor Heart0 Reviews
AU 5th. Harry recieves an interesting letter on his 15th birthday that will rock his world, and that of his friends. Meet Harry Potter, the new Keybearer. All hell is gonna break loose now.3Original
Harry Loves You.
Hermione discovers a painful truth. Ron has decived her and Harry wants her. She decides to set things right.
The Real Epilogue9 Reviews
There was much more to 'The Epilogue' than was shown in Book 7.5Original
Harry's Return0 Reviews
Harry disapears from the Dursleys when he is seven, ten years later he returns and he is not the boy Albus Dumbledore was hoping for. pairings HP/NT, RW/HG, others Story has not been betad4Funny
Harry Potter and the memories of old
An accident in the chamebr of Secrets causes the memories of tom riddle to be transferred to Harry. Harry after seing the memories finds out he has manipulated by everyone and he is furious. AU thi...
The Very Silly School Crossover Fic
The set-up: What if both Hermione and Lily came from maternal lines of squibs who had not forgotten their links to the Magical world? And what if not all Squibs were like Mr. Filch and Mrs. Figg?
A Different Bella (working title)1 Reviews
20 year old Bellatrix can't have children. what happens when she accompanies the Dark Lord to the Potters on october 31st 1981 and maternal feelings arise? read and review2Original
Hell´s New Boss
changed the first 4, added a new one; well its a slave fic where Harry gets hold of hell, Harry will be Dark but Good (at least good in his eyes after all the winner decides who is the good guy) le...
Beyond the Darkness II: The Philosopher's Stone1 Reviews
AU & sequel to 'Beyond the Darkness: The Early Years'. After growing up in hiding with supposed Death Eater and mass-murderer Sirius Black, Harry is now eleven and ready to start his first year at ...5Original
Nine Killing Curses
Deatheaters and more attack the Weasley-Delacour wedding, where Harry is laid out, hit by nine killing curses. The result is not a dead Harry, but a Harry whose magic has been purged of its imp...
A Very Nasty Case
Harry Potter has been gone from Britain for most of the last six years, learning how to fight the Dark Arts and acting as a free-lancing advisor. A very nasty case rises in Britain, with internati...
Fury of the Hellspawn: The tale of an Incubus
Things have changed. Harry Potter is no longer the docile boy that we know. Constraints are freed as a young demon indulges his bloodlust. This is extremely graphic and violent, so take caution! NO...
Midnight Watch3 Reviews
Small decisions can change canon events. One small decision can change the fate of not only a small boy, but also an entire world. Fusion with Forever Knight. Minimal mentions of past child abuse/n...5Original
Failure Is Not An Option0 Reviews
Harry Potter was sent to Azkaban for High Treason and the murder of Cerdic Diggory, now he's out, no as a free man but as a tool for Fudge to stay in office. Strong!Harry Cunning!Harry Insane!Harry...3Exciting
Harry Potter and the Quest for Pieces0 Reviews
Takes place after HBP, Harry is by the Lake, thinking about betrayal when a friend joins him for a much needed conversation and to kick his butt.5Insightful
Motorcycle17 Reviews
What Happens when Harry Gets Sirius' motorcycle? Let me know if I should continue or why not.5Original
immortal Fangs6 Reviews
Fangs of Death face the Power of Life. This is what happens5Original
Rise of the Lycans
At the end of his Third Year Harry is Bitten by Professor Lupin and turned. But he does not become a Werewolf he becomes the Magical Worlds first Lycan.
What Could Have Been
1st story for any fanfic site. What could have happened if Sirius had not given Harry to Hagrid that night. Will have mature content later.
Harem of honeys4 Reviews
Putting the story to be able to read it easier and in bulk I do not own or wrote the story only put I up for the reason I stated5Funny
Perfect Shades of Indigo4 Reviews
Harry has done his best to hide his real home life and personality away,but when his Uncle takes things too far Harry dissapears into the care of the one person who knows the truth. While they sear...5Original
Harry Potter and the Shadow's Child1 Reviews
Harry Potter was never the Boy-Who-Lived, his brother was. Sirius took care of Harry and his very unqiue ability, what will happen?2Exciting
You're my what?14 Reviews
Halfway through his fourth year Harry wakes up to a surprise.5Original
The Chimera: More Snake than Lion
AU: It does not pay to underestimate Harry Potter. Illusions are shattered as a young Lord rises to power and casts off those that deter him. Independant!Political!Powerful!Dark!Harry, HarryChoTonk...
Harry Potter and the Betrayal of the Phoenix
After an incident of accidental magic goes tragically wrong, a five year old Harry is taken to live with the Weasleys. However, the Weasleys have a dark secret.
What Would Slytherin Harry Do?5 Reviews
An occasional series of one-shots exploring how Slytherin!Harry would have handled key moments from the books. Events will appear out of order. (Small but important edit made to Chapter Five on a...5Funny
Harry is captured by Voldemort, and wakes up to find that he is not being tortured or killed. What's going on, and why is he still alive?
A Second Chance
What would you go through to get the life you never had. Would you walk willingly into Hell even if you had only just managed to crawl out.
The Phoenix Rises
Harry's 5th year - He's keeping secrets, that once revealed, will alter magic itself. Harry disappears, only to return with a serious attitude adjustment that he can back up due to his training. V...
Battered Hearts
R for now, will become NC-17 later. Hermione is beaten nearly to death, Ron and Ginny are killed. What happened?
Innocence Faded3 Reviews
AU. Immediately post-Epilogue. Harry is happily married to Ginny, but new information comes to light that changes that. And threatens his life. Prologue added.0Original
Impossible Loves
Harry, Hermione, and Susan are hit by the an ancient curse, which force them against their will to stay close together at Privet Drive. A gray!romantic!powerful!very rich!political Harry, who is al...
The Sleeping Dragon Wakes9 Reviews
WIP/AU Lily and James went to greater lengths to protect their son than even Dumbledore knew and, as Harry grows into his inheritance, the Wizarding world will find out just how deep one old man's ...5Exciting
Triangle Complex0 Reviews
Dumbledore thinks that something drastically must happen in order to win the fight against Voldemort ... and he finds an ancient disease, which turns the three victims into walking bombs ... he inf...3Exciting
Harry Potter and the Tower of Pime3 Reviews
Long ago, a powerful but obscure wizard named Pime built a magical tower, one which he deemed the most worthy could inhabit. But will it accept the young wizard known as Harry Potter? (AU TO THE ...4Exciting
~Harry Potter: The Silent Halls Of Hogwarts~
[AU] Harry Potter has lived on the streets of London for most of his life alone after being abused and abandoned by his relatives. When he is found by wizards in what should have been his Third Y...
The Dark Light Within
The Potter line has some family secrets and on the eve of Harry's sixteenth birthday he gets a visit from a long dead relative who reveals some. I don't own Harry Potter. R rated version on FanFict...
Goblin Conspiracy3 Reviews
AU, Post OotP, No HBP, Harry knows he must take on Voldemort and finds unexpected allies.5Original
Brother Z2 Reviews
The Final Battle is over. Harry has left Britain, leaving a devastated magical community, a lost Hermione, and a blinded Luna. Hermione becomes Professor McGonagall's apprentice while she cares f...5Original
A Slytherin Revolution7 Reviews
Following the events of OotP, Harry decides to take a pro-active approach to the war. With help from an unexpected source, Harry discovers something about himself which could change the Wizarding w...5Exciting
Window to the Soul2 Reviews
When Harry is only six years old something happens to him that gives his aunt and uncle the perfect excuse to get rid of him. Nine years later he is found by someone in the wizarding world. He does...2Original
Muggles at Bay/The Protection of the Stag0 Reviews
In the summer of 1996, Voldemort launches eleven attacks against the Muggle-born of Hogwarts while he leads an attack against Privet Drive. In the aftermath of the attack on Privet Drive, Harry i...5Original
Kill the Magical World0 Reviews
Harry is emancipated at 16, and now he wants revenge. This is a grey!Harry and grey!Ginny3Exciting
Elementary Calculations15 Reviews
After finding his magic earlier, a decidedly non- Gryffindor Harry Potter plots his way to success.5Original
Achieving Clarity
Please note the rating change. Luna discovers a way to help Harry Potter defeat Voldemort and takes the initiative
Triwizard Redux5 Reviews
When would be the best point in time for an over-powered Harry to return to his past? Right before the First Task!5Exciting
Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts21 Reviews
The War is Over, Harry has won. But at what cost? At odds with Dumbledore, estranged from the Weasleys, betrayed by Lupin, Harry tries to carry on for his 7th year.5Funny
Like Some Song You Can't Unlearn35 Reviews
Harry has defeated Voldemort and saved all the people he cares for, so why do they all hate him? More importantly, what will he do about it? Most chapters of this story will be PG-13 but some w...5Original
Unknown Memories1 Reviews
Learning the horrible truth of what the future holds Harry begins his quest to become the perfect wizard and change the future of death and destruction he's foreseen. Not realizing just what the co...5Original
Harry Potter and the Heirs of Light and Darkness
In the summer after the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Harry learns that Light and Darkness are not the simple matters that they seem. And that facing Voldemort is the least of his problems.... (AU a...
To Rewrite History3 Reviews
Harry decides he's had enough of prejudice and manipulations, and makes his world the best it can be while playing political games with professors and Death Eaters alike.4Original
Independence Day3 Reviews
Post OotP fic, a Harry/Hermione fic, independent but not overpowerful Harry, Dumblebashing and Dursleybashing to follow4Exciting
Harry Potter and the Order of the Templar1 Reviews
The Templar have come out of the shadows. The battle between light and dark now takes on a new look. Conspiracy, betrayal, and a decent helping of buttkicking all around. HarryFleur in later chapte...5Original
Black, Gray and White
Harry/Tonks/Fleur - AU. Harry disappeared after the tri-wizard tournament. After 2 years he is back, but alot has changed...
A THOUSAND YEARS6 Reviews
After a thousand years of a nearly meaningless existence, Harry is killed in an antimatter explosion and sent to his judgment. There, he is given the chance to go back in time and set things r...5Ambiance
Son of a Snake4 Reviews
Lily survived Voldemort's attack and took Harry to a safe place, raising him with Snape's help. Now, he's a Slytherin at Hogwarts, ready to take on Dumbledore and his "Greater Good." Inspired by a ...0Cliche
The power of the elemental
A Romantic!Grey!Powerful!Harry becomes an elemental fire, thunder, wind, earth and water will be his companions in the battle against evil.
The Younger Potter Twin9 Reviews
The Heir of the Founders, the Heir of Merlin, needs to set the future straight -- by going back to 1971.5Exciting
A Fist Full of Galleons12 Reviews
Harry escapes the summer before his fifth year, and comes back with a different attitude.5Original
Return of the Black Rose0 Reviews
Harry discovers the lies and deceptions of Dumbledoremost especially about Sirius having a missing daughter! Harry rebels and finds independence with the help of a few select friends and a couple o...3Exciting
Griffon Reborn7 Reviews
Harry suffers a mental breakdown while being convicted to Azkaban. He serves his time and rebuilds his life away from the magical world. His only regret...losing his friends.5Moving
Triangle Disease
Voldemort has cast a very ancient curse with the name Trigonum Morbus on Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. They have only two days to live. Dumbledore searches for the cure and found it ... the least you...
Echoes of Power, Part I: Anger0 Reviews
Harry mysteriously disappeared at the age of 6, and then benefited from years of tutoring from an old family friend. With the return of Voldemort, it is finally time for a 15 year old, well-traine...4Exciting
When Vernon Didn't Miss20 Reviews
After Harry's first year, Vernon Dursley tried to hit Harry, but missed, and so Harry was locked away for the summer. What if Vernon hadn't missed?5Original
Harry Potter and the Season of Hell
Harry Potter returns to Privett Drive after the conclusion to his sixth year. Finds out that friends really aren't what they had appeared to be, and finds comfort with a friend from long ago.
Finding Father3 Reviews
John Granger is orphaned when his mother dies in a car accident. It's up to his parents' best friend, a man who has failed to lead a happy life, to raise him. Will a young woman be able to heal the...2Original
When would be one of the worst points in time for an over-powered Harry to return to his past? During the Trial before the Wizengamot! Time-traveling Harry reworks Year 5. Harry/Hermione/Luna/Padma
Dumbledore's Army2 Reviews
Harry decides to go proactive in his Sixth year, with help from a tutor and his friends.5Exciting
Harry's Second Chance6 Reviews
The Last Battle has been fought, and Harry Potter has won. The price, however, has been high. Nearly every person Harry cared for is dead, maimed, or otherwise injured. The magical culture of ...5Exciting
Magical triplet1 Reviews
It does not go well with Harry Potter. In order to increase Harry's magical power, Dumbledore infects Harry and two girls with a disease. And his power surges.2Exciting
Family Issue6 Reviews
As Harry sleeps he is visited by Bellatrix Black, multiple times. It's not for their mutual enjoyment Voldemort has a diabolical plan for the issue of his most feared Enemy.5Hot
At The Heart Of The Matter
After the events of the DOM, Harry starts to slowly reevaluate his life and with truths revealed and a new perspective, he gets at the heart of the matter and sets of on his own path to becoming th...
The Heritage
This is a real harem story. Not the ones you can find everywhere about a bunch of kids having a go with Harry and Harry with them, but an official harem like the old Sultans from Turkey ages ago wi...
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Boeing Charleston Workers To Vote To Decertify IAM
Production and maintenance workers at the former Vought plant in North Charleston, S.C., won approval today from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to vote to remove the International Association of Machinists (IAM) as their collective bargaining representative. Filed on July 30, the same day Boeing completed its acquisition of the plant for $580 million and the cancellation of certain debt carried by Vought, the petition to decertify the IAM could affect some 280 workers. The agreement to conduct the vote, reached yesterday, calls for the workers to cast their ballots on September 10. The process provides for a seven-day period for filing objections, said NLRB assistant to the regional director Howard Neidig.
A non-unionized workforce in North Charleston could intensify competition against Boeing's established workforce in Washington's Puget Sound region for a planned second assembly line for the 787. Boeing has attempted to downplay the possibility, but over the past few months the company has sought to reopen negotiations with the IAM in an effort to gain a no-strike clause from its Puget Sound workforce, which staged a two-month strike last fall. The IAM and the company signed a four-year deal in November, but Boeing has blamed the strike and the threat of future work action for damaging its competitive standing.
The former Vought plant, now known as Boeing Charleston, builds aft fuselage parts for the 787 Dreamliner. Meanwhile, the company continues to work on establishing a timeline for resolving the technical problems that delayed the planned first flight of the 787 in June. The company has said it will announce a new plan by the end of the third quarter, by which time more than two years will have passed since the original target date for first flight.
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One Diehard Football Fans Ritual As The Season Begins
A Diehard Football Fan's Ritual
9/3/13 in NFL | nyjets891 | 36 respect
There is no better time of the year than fall and football season. For this diehard football fan at least. I won't knock you if you tell me you love summer. The sun, beaches, relaxing with a few drinks, sure. I get it. Not for me though.
Nothing gets me up in the morning like a NFL Sunday morning. In fact, the preparation starts on Friday night. You get your weekend plans in order, pregame with a little college football action on Saturday and gets your ducks in a row for that Sunday morning. Whether you are going to the actual game, heading out to the sports bar or inviting friends over to your man-cave, every DIEHARD fan knows what I am talking about.
Stock your fridge with a 24-pack, order your favorite sandwhich or prep your favorite tailgate meal, whatever it may be, we all have our own ritual. Allow me to take you through my ritual, step-by-step. I'm sure many of you will be nodding your head in agreement or saying "ahh I know EXACTLY what he means."
I will start it out by sharing my "I am going to watch the game at home week".. it begins on Saturday morning when I give my buddies a shout and organize who is bringing/cooking what. Usually ends up with my house, and my cooking. We supply the food, the crew brings the alcohol and other beverages and the desserts/snacks. The supplies for the meal, chicken cutlets with prosciutto and fresh mozzarella, tomato sauce to the chicken wings, whatever it may be, the ingredients are taking care of on Saturday. Then Saturday night is when we plan what game is playing on what TV and who is sitting where. Yes we are that crazy!


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RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) -- St. Joseph's College has fired both of its head basketball coaches.
Men's coach Richard Davis went 94-102 in seven seasons and led the Division II program to the regional semifinals in 2009-10 with a 20-12 mark. But the Pumas went just 23-53 over the past three seasons, including 6-19 this season when it lost seven of its last eight games.
Davis spent two seasons as an assistant coach for Linc Darner before being promoted when Darner left following the 2005-06 season.
Women's coach Brandon Turner, who served on Davis' staff in 2007-08, was fired after going 32-103 and was just 1-25 in 2012-13. He took over as interim coach in August 2008.
Athletic director Bill Massoels said Wednesday that a national coaching search for both jobs will begin immediately.
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The Nokia E6-00 has been hanging around for quite some time, as it first appeared in some Nokia code back in January before popping up in picture form at the beginning of February. Just a couple of weeks ago another picture was leaked, confirming the device would have a touchscreen to go along with its QWERTY keyboard.
Now we've got a stack of new pictures and videos of the E6-00, plus some more feature news too. That's two leaks in the same month, following two consecutive individual leaks over the past two months! We'd say Nokia are getting close to making this one official.
Some previously rumoured specs have been confirmed, including the presence of a touchscreen measuring between 2.5″ and 2.8″, plus an 8 megapixel camera with 720p video and a dual-LED flash. The detailed pictures show a 3.5mm headphone socket and a series of touch-sensitive button flanking the d-pad.
The images appeared on a Nokia forum and the user who took them says the screen has a resolution of 640 x 480 and that the phone uses a version of Symbian^3. Is it anything other than a modified version for that size screen? We'll have to wait and see.
The E6-00 looks good in the pictures, even though it's hardly a massive departure from its E71/E72 predecessors. Come on then Nokia, let's have the official details!


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I really didn't find this raid "epic" or even "interesting" at all. There are some "Damn!" fights in here, there are some snore-fests in here, there is even one or two fun fights in here (Zon'ozz, old buddy!).
However, as a story, it just felt a little "clunky". Almost like Blizzard wasn't sure which way to take this raid - Was it Deathwing's raid or was it an Old God raid? If DW it feels like it should have a LOT more dragons (since that's been his plan almost every time we've seen him). If it's an Old God raid, it needs fewer dragons and more faceless ones.
As for the final two fights, they were repetitious crap....
"You'll get to fight on the back of DW" - No we didn't. We fought in a room shaped like the back of DW. I was thinking we'd be in a ship with the ability to go back and forth, or have people on a ship do something to help those on DW's back. But no....
"How do we do Spine? I've never been here before"
"Damage big guy, kill little guys, kill big guy, kill add"
"Ok, so what next"
"No, no. There's no 'next', there's only 'repeat'"
And then Madness? It's ALMOST worse. Yes, there's the unique idea that each platform you go to next changes the encounter, and therefore you can change the encounter in a number of ways to make it more or less difficult. But, after you get the fight down, it's really just 15 mins for a loot pinata. And a repetitive 15 mins at that. There's nothing to the fight that interests me. There are no "cool" mechanics in it which you can see as fun. It's just a 15 minute repetitive fight which gives you weapons of a slightly higher ilvl and a token for a better chance at an epic gem.
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Any character who is female gets fandom hate from Derek fans in this show.
Some people are actuall offended that Allison dared to screw over "her man" and act independently and actually do stuff.
It seems that teen generation growing up with Bella Swans, Sookies and Elena Gilberts. find the idea of independennt,empowered, strong female characters "slutty" and "angering"...
Yes the sexism in fanbase is horrible.
Allison for me is everything that Elena will never be. The very basics of character are incredibly similar - you have a normal girl hailing from estranged family of hunters, involved in supernatural romance, being surrounded by supernatural events. However unlike TVD with Elena, Teen Wolf actually allows Allison to be affected by all the horrible things that happen, to develop, to show her darker sides, to be useful, to make decision and not just mope around trying to decide on some love triangle .
@Bored Now, I agree with Allison is one of the reasons I think Teen Wolf is so good. That and it's not a shipping show, Were they randomly pairing characters up just to do it. Apparently she a dumb bitch for wanting to get payback for her mother, because Derek had a reason to bite her. She also fool for not being able to tell that her Grandfather is lying, She a dumb bitch that needs to die. That what they say at least
Can you just stop comparing every kick ass female character to Elena, we get the point. I mean I loathe the girl enough to punch my screen whenever she's present, but god.
The comparison fits.
Allison and Elena have pretty much very similar character beginings and the surrounding plot around them. The difference being that Teen Wolf actually counts Allison as a character and develops her into something fascinating while TVD well...duh.
A lot of people said that and I will say it again - TW is what TVD could have been
Also fangirls are aware of their hypocrisy, they just don't care.
In this case, believe me, no they are not.
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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle with Coal CO2 Slurry Feeding System (click to enlarge)
Program Background and Project Benefits
Gasification is used to convert a solid feedstock, such as coal, petcoke, or biomass, into a gaseous form, referred to as synthesis gas or syngas, which is primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide. With gasification-based technologies, pollutants can be captured and disposed of or converted to useful products. Gasification can generate clean power by adding steam to the syngas in a water-gas-shift reactor to convert the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide (CO2) and to produce additional hydrogen. The hydrogen and CO2 are separated—the hydrogen is used to make power and the CO2 is sent to storage, converted to useful products or used for EOR. In addition to efficiently producing electric power, a wide range of transportation fuels and chemicals can be produced from the cleaned syngas, thereby providing the flexibility needed to capitalize on the changing economic market. As a result, gasification provides a flexible technology option for using domestically available resources while meeting future environmental emission standards. Polygeneration plants that produce multiple products are uniquely possible with gasification technologies. The Gasification Systems program is developing technologies in three key areas to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of producing syngas: (1) Feed Systems, (2) Gasifier Optimization and Plant Supporting Systems, and (3) Syngas Processing Systems. Feed systems research is underway to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency, through design and advanced plant integration, of fuel and oxygen feed to commercial gasifiers. High-pressure solid feed systems will expand the use of our nation's Western low-cost, low-rank coals for high-pressure gasifiers (currently limited to more expensive fuel), enable co-feeding of coal with other advantageous fuels (such as biomass), and encourage higher pressure (and therefore more efficient) operation of dry feed gasifiers. ITM technology will lower the cost of oxygen production through reduced capital costs, and result in more efficient IGCC power plants through turbine integration, as compared to today's commercially available, energy intensive technology for oxygen production—cryogenic air separation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology project is developing and assessing a coal-CO2 slurry feeding system. As opposed to conventional coal-water slurry feeding, the coal-CO2 slurry feeding approach avoids the thermal efficiency loss incurred by addition of slurry water, particularly when feeding low-rank coals already high in moisture content, and allows high-pressure operation while avoiding the high capital cost and limited pressure range of dry coal feeding using lock-hopper technology. This new coal feeding method has the potential to improve the efficiency and economics of coal-based power generation with carbon capture and reduce the costs of converting coal to gasoline and diesel fuels.
Project Scope and Technology Readiness Level
This project will encompass two integrated threads of research. The first thread will develop a model of the phase inversion coal feeding process based on literature data and theory regarding the thermodynamic and rate processes. The second thread will examine how the CO2 slurry preparation and feeding system will impact the overall processes including the gasifier and downstream operations. Techno-economic evaluations of the integrated processes of the feeding system in the context of an IGCC process and the innovative Allam Cycle process for power generation will be performed.
The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessment identifies the current state of readiness of the key technologies being developed under the DOE's Clean Coal Research Program. This project has not been assessed. The TRL assessment process and its results including definition and description of the levels may be found in the "2012 Technology Readiness Assessment-Analysis of Active Research Portfolio".


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In the weirdest turn of events I've ever seen the man last seen with Jackie Douthart, Benjamin Biggs, is now dead. All because he chose to steal an SUV, lead police on a high-speed chase, and shoot 2 police officers and then himself. You heard it here first people! I was one of the only ones to publish something BEFORE this dude went psycho car thief that told people that he was the last one seen with Jackie Douthart. See the first article here. So when a link was posted by a reader of the article (thank you by-the-way) I had to see where it led. (more…)
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I have taught PE and Health at Stafford Elementary in Edgewood ISD for 24 years. I graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and Health. I also have a Masters of Arts degree in Higher Education with a minor emphasis in Kinesiology. I also teach for the University of the Incarnate Word .
I was born in San Antonio, Texas and have lived my entire life here. I went to school in the Harlandale ISD. I attended Carroll Bell Elementary, Kingsborough Middle School and McCollum High School. I played basketball in high school and knew one day I wanted to be associated with sports. I have coached soccer, basketball and baseball in past years.
My favorite sports teams consist of the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Astros. I also love to follow (all their sport teams) the "Mighty Orange" from Austin, Texas.....the One and Only Texas Longhorns.
Some of my hobbies include taking care of my pets, collecting sports cards and sports figures and working in my yard. I have a talking Quaker Parrot name "Mamie." I also have Bettas and a aquarium with community fish
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Why We Cheer: Tethered to History
Individuals become fans of particular sports team through one of two ways—choice, or inheritance. For fans of the modern Chicago Cubs what tended to drive the "choosers" was the visibility that the Cubs had thanks to the power of television. In the 1980's and 1990's both the Cubs and Atlanta Braves were seen all across America on cable TV. The additional advantage that the Cubs had was that all of their homes games were played during the day until 1988, so kids who were home all day during the summer had the opportunity to watch major-league baseball.
I am part of the other group, the inherited, which a pessimist might call the indoctrinated., and which a true cynic would call the abused.
The roots of my Cub fandom go back two generations. My father's father, the son of Irish immigrants, began the cycle. Back then, in the early aughts, during the Frank Chance Era, the Cubs were not known as a "North Side" team per se, as both the Cubs and Sox played south of Downtown. Sure, the Cubs, near modern-day UIC, were about 5 miles northwest of the Sox, who back then played on 39th Street, but the modern-day dichotomy of North Side/South Side wasn't as developed as it is now.
If I were to guess, I would say that there were two factors that contributed to my grandfather choosing the Cubs (although the story goes that he was cool with both teams at one point, but later ditched the White Sox after the 1919 World Series scandal). The first factor was that he lived closer to West Side Grounds, home of the Cubs. The other was how ridiculously awesome those Cubs team were. True story. The 1906 Cubs team holds the record—since 1900--for the best single-season winning percentage. The 1906-1907 Cubs hold the best two year record, and the 1906-1908 Cubs hold the best three year record. The Cubs averaged 107 wins a year in that stretch, while playing only 152 games per year. Nobody has ever dominated baseball for a near 450-game stretch like that before or since.
This was a really goddamn good team and it's no wonder that my grandpa staked his claim to them.
Sadly, my dad would not be so lucky. Sure, the year he was born—1933—the Cubs, in the midst of another National League dynasty, were defending National League champs. They would also win the pennant when he was 2 and again when he was 5. It was the last "Golden Era" of a franchise that had, by then, enjoyed rather quite a few of those eras already. By this time my grandfather had settled in the area near Wrigley Field in an increasingly populated North Side, and this was where my dad was born and raised. My father does not have much recollection about the Cubs in the 1930's, although he was often reminded by his old man about some of the stars from these perennially-contending clubs—Kiki Cuyler, Lon Warneke and his dad's favorite player—Riggs Stephenson.
Sadly, my dad was unwittingly entering an era that was, at that point, totally unprecedented for the franchise. Sure, they won the pennant again in '45, but not before the Cubs franchise had suffered through their first-ever five-year streak of sub .500 baseball, going al the way back to 1876 (indeed, in the near 70 years that the Cubs had existed prior to 1940, they only had suffered through 14 sub-.500 seasons total, and never more than three consecutive). Besides, the pennant they did win in '45 hardy signified any sort of a dynasty anyway. At 12 years old, though, my dad couldn't have appreciated the fact that this patchwork pennant winner mostly represented the fact that their 4F's were simply, in the words of the great Mike Royko "less enfeebeled" than the 4-F's of all of the other NL teams, whose better players were off to war. In any event, as everyone knows, the 1945 Cubs definitively slammed shut a nearly-uninterrupted 70-year string of pennant contention and marked the commencement of one of the darkest ages in professional sports.
The loyalty stuck with my dad, though, as should be expected. As a young man in the 1950's, he would while away many afternoons at Wrigley, watching one collection of misfits after another fumble, overthrow, and swing and miss at baseballs year after year. In the entire decade of the 50's, the Cubs enjoyed one—ONE--.500 season, and even that was right at .500—in 1952, when they went 77-77.
Amazingly, it got worse in the early 1960's when oddball owner PK Wrigley implemented his bewilderingly inept "College of Coaches" In 1962 the Cubs would suffer through their first-ever 100 loss season. They repeated the feat 4 years.
All of this classic ineptitude was not enough to turn my dad off the Cubs—the seed had been planted and the thought of simply turning his attention to the perennially-contending White Sox across town never would have occurred to my dad (indeed, another one of my inherited traits is that while, I generally root against New York teams in all sports, the Yankees never bothered me. Hearing stories from my old man about Mantle, Maris, Ford and crew strutting into a town and taking 4 of 4 or 4 of 5 from the annoyingly successful White Sox, knocking them down a peg and giving my dad a brief ray of happiness during a time when the Cubs were in a positively medieval era makes me happy). My older brothers, born roughly a decade ahead of me in the early 60's, were raised Cub fans and in theirearliest years, the Cubs had briefly—and disappointingly as it turned out—gotten good again. But the Durocher-Era Cubs—who still never won anything—soon faded back into the 1950's-like malaise to round out the 1970's.
And this is where I come in. I was aware of the Cubs by about 1977, but my 5-year old brain was yet unable to hold any real interest in them. I'm pretty sure it was in 1977 when I was taken to my first game. My first visual recollection starts with my dad turning off Chuck Woolery on "Wheel Fortune" while Chuck was in the midst of giving some lady the go ahead to purchase the porcelain Dalmatian (ahh, Chuck Woolery and people buying obnoxious shit instead of just getting a check. My how "Wheel of Fortune" has changed), and off we went—six of us--to the Cubs game. The recollection for me is boiled down to a sort of vague snapshot—a sunny view from the bleachers, 400 feet from the action, which is where my dad would always take us if there were more than 1 kid going with, as the bleachers were a much cheaper ticket back then.
So while I had been exposed to the Cubs in 1977 and 1978, it didn't really take root until 1979. This may have something to do with the fact that 1979 was the year that I began playing Little League Baseball myself. For whatever reason, the first vivid memory I have of the Cubs is from a late-September game against the scary Pittsburgh Pirates. My appreciation for baseball may have been in its infancy, but I was able to glean enough to know that the Pirates were a menacing bunch. Dressed in gold and black uniforms, these big, bad jewelry-clad, moody mofos like Dave Parker, Mike Easler, John Milner and Bill Madlock (not to mention the gentlemanly but still-fearful Willie Stargell) were a pretty bad-ass bunch of dudes and would, in fact, eventually win what would be their last World Series to date that season. The fact that the Cubs chose not to flee the field shrieking, let alone actually challenge the Pirates in a couple of close games, got me excited for them. The Cubs were hovering around .500 at the time but were out of contention and yet they played Pittsburgh tough. In one of the games—and this is really the precise point where my first recollection of action on the field takes place—the Cubs' manager, Herman Franks, a delightfully rotund individual, came out to argue a call with the umpire and went hysterical, kicking dirt and otherwise making a spectacle of himself. Franks may have flipped his cap around to get in the ump's face for all I remember. Watching the game on WGN-TV, as the later-summer, late-afternoon shadows had crept around home plate, I was hooked.
My delight in this funny looking and funnily-named Herman Franks quickly turned to sadness when he was fired immediately after the Pittsburgh series. He was replaced by third-base coach Joey Amalfitano, but it didn't matter. Sad as I was to see Franks gone, I spent that offseason after the 1979 campaign waiting for baseball to come back.
The 1980 Cubs were terrible. Franks' replacement—Preston Gomez—couldn't even make it to August, as he was canned after 90 games into his first year. Once again Amalfitano replaced the manager and apparently, Joey's 15-37 record convinced the Cubs to let him run the team in 1981 from the get-go.
It only got worse in 1981, a team that I still rank in the top 5 in mylifetime as the worst ever (in no particular order, the other four would be 1986, 1994, 1997, and 2002.). No matter, though. Even though the Cubs were a dreadful 15-37 (what is it with that record?) when the player's strike hit, they were granted a reprieve as the league decided to spit the season up into "halves". The Cubs got a fresh start, and I, of course, being the young stupid kid I was, felt like a kid who gets Christmas in July waiting for the "second" Opening Day. Of course the Cubs proved that their 15-37 first half was no mirage as they went 23-38 in the second half to finish with a .369 winning percentage for the season. But that still didn't deter me. Like my dad in the 1950's, I was a Cub fan whether I liked it or not.
Of course, while many people of my generation have seen some awful, awful baseball, we also have seen more successful seasons than those fans who came before us, so I can't complain that I've suffered more than people like my dad and my uncles have. And my fandom, such as it arrived during a particularly bleak period of time for the Cubs, was rewarded in 1984, when they snapped a 39-year postseason drought.
I've written in the past about steering my daughter away from rooting for the Cubs. Born in 2006, the Cubs had yet to score a run in her presence during her first two games, in 2006 and 2007, respectively, so my ambivalence was warranted (that, and the fact that she was born toward the end of the MacPhail Era of Incompetence and my frustration with the team at the time was at a fever pitch). Anyway, my wife and I got her out there again for last Sunday's season finale against the Cardinals, and the Cubs not only scored, and won, but my now two-and-a-half year old girl managed to make it all the way through to the end of the game. When we sang "Go Cubs Go" after the last out, she sang most all of the words and it occurred to me that I may have already passed it down.
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You forgot two more foibles
The Cubs let Joe DiMaggio get away. In 1934, the Cubs turned down a no risk tryout with "The Yankee Clipper". Brock for Broglio in 1964 would have to be the other foible. However, it is only in hindsight did the trade look bad. We all know how great Lou Brock was. Not many knew that Broglio was a great pitcher. At the time, it appeared as if the Cubs made off like bandits. Eddie Broglio was a young pitcher who was a Cy Young candidate only four years prior. Unfortunately, the Cubs received the bad end of that trade. Broglio was out of the league after two more years with the North Siders. Of course, the Cubs were redeemed when they traded Ivan DeJesus for Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg.
1981 WAS the worst team, bar none
1994 was bad, yes, but we had Sosa. Ditto 1997 and 2002. In 1986 we could justify things by: pointing out that we were really Good in 1984, and that it was nobody's fault that the entire starting rotation injured itself the next year, plus we also had Ryno.
In 1981 the best thing we had was Big Daddy, and he BY FAR was the standout on the team. The other 24 guys, at any given time, represented the single biggest pile of suckage found this side of the 2003 Tigers or the 1962 Mets. Thank God there was a strike, or we would have lost 115 games.
Re: 1981 WAS the worst team, bar none
The Big Whale was dealt for Doug Byrd during the '81 Season. He would go on to pitch for the Yankees in the World Series that year before blowing out his arm, coming back to rehab with the Cubs, getting left off the '84 playoff roster in favor of one of Green's pets from Philadelphia, Warren Brusstar, and then enjoying his renaissance with Pittsburgh and San Fran, pitching in another World Series in '89 after shoving it up the Cubs' hiney in the NLCS in Game 5 for the pennant.
However, I failed to mention that the 1981 did have the bright light that was Herman Franks coming back as GM after Bob Kennedy was forced out and Wrigley ownership was at lame-duck status. I remember that because I believe it was Franks who dealt his former ace to New York.
But yeah, 1981 sucked.
Bobby Bonds
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Olive's Creatively Colorful Abode
Nursery Tour
Name: Olive Sydney
Location: Florence, Alabama
Room Size: 12' x15'
I'm often conflicted when it comes to children's spaces in that I love the clean, bright aesthetic of a white space, but I'm also partial to bold color. So when I came across this room from parents Tera and Wes of Armosa Studios, I was thrilled to find the best of both worlds.
How would you describe the look and feel of this room?
The look of the room is bright and happy. I wanted light walls so nice light would bounce off of them. Being a photographer I knew I would photograph Olive a lot in this room, but I also wanted bright colors to get her little mind thinking creatively.
What is your favorite piece or element?
My favorite element is the hand knit blanket my sister gave Olive that hangs on her glider. That was one of Olive's first gifts, and it inspired me to make the room so colorful. But I also love the states hanging over the crib - they were a gift from our friends Jen and Omar who own These are Things. We are avid travelers and wanted to incorporate maps and places, so to have maps of our home states over her crib symbolized a lot to me. I want her to go and see the world, but I want her to know where she comes from too.
What was the biggest challenge decorating this room?
We didn't know if we were having a boy or girl! Every time I told someone that I didn't know the sex they would say they couldn't do that because they wanted to decorate their nursery. I honestly felt like I ended up with the exact nursery I would have wanted even if I would have known beforehand she was a girl. I also struggled with finding the perfect bedding. Most baby bedding is not my style so when I found this custom quilt on Etsy, I knew it was perfect.
What do your friends say about the room?
I love seeing my friends face when they come into the nursery. I have friends that are way more stylish than me, so I feel proud of finally have pulled something off that I think matches their level of awesome. I worked hard on the space and love showing it off.
Do you have any advice for parents creating a room for their child?
Don't feel like you have to do some specific theme based off of what they are selling in stores. If you are having a boy, it doesn't HAVE to be a safari theme. Think outside the box of something you enjoy that you want to share with your kid. Create a place you feel happy in, and add dreamy light so you can take beautiful photographs of your child in their space.
If money were no object, what's your dream source?
Furniture and textiles from Anthropologie.
Is the feature wall a DIY?
We actually got the wall feature from J.Crew. We were walking past the store, and we noticed they were taking their window display down. I realized that it matched the colors we were going for, and Wes asked them if we could have it. They said yes! I am so glad we asked, it is my favorite part of the room.
Source List:
- Quilt: b/perrino
- State Maps: These Are Things
- Puzzle: Anthropologie
- Chalk art: Bang! Press
- Bookcase: IKEA
- Glider: Babyletto
- Crib: Young America
- Rug: Target
- Lamp: Target
- City globes: Globee
- Curtains: Land of Nod
Thanks, Tera & Wes Wages! To see more of Tera & Wes you can visit their website, Armosa Studios.
(Image credits: Armosa Studios)
24 Comments
Love this room! But darn, my favorite feature is the wall that turns out to be from J.Crew! I was hoping for some DIY instructions! Great space.
Love the aesthetic of the entire room. Charming, fun, and sweet without being at all cloying.
This is beautiful! The wall installation is my favorite part.
I love this room and the serendipitous J. Crew find! What a great job!
I love the room and all the colorful accents. What a score on the J. Crew wall piece.
that rainbow thing was from jcrew? I love it
I love that J.Crew wall too! You could probably use paint stir sticks painted bright colors and DIY something up like that up, hmmm. The rest of the space is absolutely fantastic too. Your baby looks very happy there:)
Fab room! Not all of the source list links are working for me, so I have to ask, where did you find that amazing "it's a small world" style circle print?
Do you mind if I ask how you attached the jcrew installation to the wall?
Beautiful Room and from my neck of the woods too! :)
The best part is your perfect Olive! I love this space, it is pure perfection!
cute! (and great name)
I normally ignore kids' rooms but the chevrons caught my eye - they are so nicely done!
I really love this room. It's bright and colorful with the white giving break to the eye. I love that J Crew wall art too! Someone's got to figure out a DIY! Dresser is beautiful too.
Question - that "You're our greatest adventure" with the photo frames - did you make that with your own photos? Love that. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard?
I LOVE the quilt on the crib and wish it came in other bed sizes. It is so pretty and modern!!
Best nursery evarrrrr.
Really wonderful room, it's all great. But my favorite is the gorgeous modern quilt.
This is my favorite nursery tour ever. Period. I love all the colors and that blanket is to die for!
Hi KMoss,
The circle print is actually a puzzle we found at Anthropologie. My husband liked the idea of using it as wall art, and I think it worked out well! Here is a link to it on Amazon
Thank you!
Hi Alainnotebook!
Yes, we took images from a few of our favorite travels and my husband just photoshoped the words onto them! All it took as finding the perfect image and font!
Thank you!
Hi Lisa,
Yes! We simply used heavy duty double sided thick tape. Wasn't difficult putting it up!
Thank you!
Hi Glowplanet!
Barbara actually did a custom size & colors for us for Olive's crib! You can email her and she is so kind to assist & create something perfect for you! The quilt was such a breath of fresh air for me, I was getting overwhelmed with all of the animal bedding!
Thank you!
Hi, I absolutely love this room! Can you please tell me where you got the dresser? We are currently buying furniture for our baby's room. Thanks!
Hi Icald!
Yes, I got the dresser at an antique store in Nashville. I am a huge mid century modern fan so I knew I wanted something from that era.
Sorry it isn't more helpful.