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Dear MrsManners,
How can I teach my 14 month old son not to touch other women's breasts and pull on their shirts?
I've tried gently but firmly pulling his hand away when he does it to me and firmly saying "No, no," but he just laughs. I don't want to ignore it because it can be awkward for some women, especially those who have not had babies. But everything I do seems to egg him on. Any thoughts? -- SonRisenSoul
MrsManners says:
First, please know that this behavior is normal in toddlers, but it is wonderful that you are concerned for those women who may not be as comfortable with it.
Truthfully, you are doing everything just right. If you are consistent in your response, your child will eventually learn. Continuing on the path you are on should do the trick, with a little more time.
Toddlers in general tend to find the use of "No, no" to be funny. One suggestion is to make sure that your tone is firm and that your facial expression matches the tone. You obviously don't want to scare your son -- we aren't talking volume -- just make sure that the intent is serious.
Around your son's age, we started introducing time out at my house. We use a count of three, informing him that he has a one, then a two if the behavior continues, and then a three -- when we get there he must sit still in a chair for the same amount of time as his age. For your son, I would just do 60 seconds. It isn't that it is a long time; it is that there is a consequence.
I stay with my son when we do it, holding him in place (not roughly, just so he doesn't wiggle away, because he is one heck of a wiggler). It will take a few of these, but now that our son is 19 months old, all we have to say is, "That's a one, and do you want to sit in time out?" He will say no, and then stop the behavior.
But every parent has a different method of discipline, and only you can really tell what types of things he will respond best to and some of it is a process of elimination. Here are some that other moms use:
Working with your son on this at home will eventually make it easier when you are out around other women. But how do you explain Mr. Grabby Hands in the meantime? Just apologize for your son's behavior and say that you are working on it. If you like, you can go into further detail, explaining that it is a natural phase that most toddlers go through. People have a tendency to fear the unknown, so once you explain it to them, they will almost always be fine with it. The key is to be aware of it and to address it as quickly as possible in order to eliminate any discomfort the other person may be experiencing.
Ladies, the key to having great manners is empathy. The key to teaching your children great manners is to be the person that you want your child to be. Lead by example. We could all learn from this mother's excellent display of empathy for those who may not have children or may just be uncomfortable with them!
Thank you so much for the question and please, please, please remember to submit any questions that you may have either to MrsManners or by responding to this post.
Angie aka MrsManners
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I truly don't know so I will ask. Is this only a problem with toddlers who nurse? I am not leading into any critical remark. I just have not seen it in toddlers and I don't know any extended nursing ones, either.
My son has never had this issue until recently. I think it is that they feel different than the rest of my body and he's curious. They're out there, ya know, when I pick him up, they're feeling different than my hip, my arm, my shoulder, etc. He's curious. He was not breastfed past 3 months, callmeann, to answer that question. He doesn't do it to other women because he won't let other women pick him up. Of course, he's also 2 and I can tell him that it isn't nice, I don't like it, and I put him down if he won't stop.
my son touch his cosin i dont know why he does it he is 2
You know, my eldest Nephew (who is now 14 and would just die if he knew I were talking about this in a public forum) constantly grabbed, pushed and pulled at my breasts/shirt when he was a toddler. It felt like it was just too much, I had no children and was fairly young (early twenties) and actually asked my Sister to do something about it. It was her first child and I don't think, at the time, that she saw anything wrong with it because he was being curious. You ladies are correct, it is just a different part of the body and makes them naturally inquisitive, but sometimes it can just go too far. My Sister gently reprimanded him and after a few more visits, it stopped (in his case it only took about a week, we are very close).
Maybe its a boy thing? My dd was bf'd for 16months and has never done this to me or anyone else.
My son also thinks that my chest is a play ground. Lately he thinks it's funny to jump up on me and start to push and squeese them, all I do is very gently remove him from my lap and simply tell him no and that it not nice and hurts mommy! so far it has worked most of the time!
My son is now 3, and for the past year. He has had a thing for breasts. He breast fed when he was a baby till he was about 6 months old. Then it was the bottle. I think he likes them cause they are soft, and he loves being hugged and held. Everyone else in the house is a male, maybe that has something to do with it too.
my mother in law still has this problem with her son ....whom im married too.
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Sorry to hijack the post, but I have a quick question for the lucky ones going to the WWI: I have not yet received the confirmation email/barcode that Blizzard mentioned when ordering a ticket - and my credit card was correctly charged. I emailed Bliz about it, but no word yet. Anyone in the same situation ?
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Joey Elliott (Purdue, 2nd season) has garnished praise and kudos this training camp as he's emerging as the back up to Buck. Alex Brink, (Washington State, 2nd season) who's coming off a broken collarbone suffered last season against Toronto, and Justin Goltz (Occidental, free agent signing last October) will get meaningful reps in Montreal to fight for that No. 3 slot behind Pierce and Elliott.
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I agree with both Tyler and Scorfula. I myself also love love banging my head against a boss for hours on head, night after night, working hard to improve and achieve a goal with my fellow guild members. I don't Raid for the gear, I don't Raid for the achievements, I don't even raid for the boss kills. I Raid because I like logging on and being challenged 3 or 4 nights a week with my guild.
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Athens, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Led by 17 points from Devareaux Manley, the Kent State Golden Flashes downed the Ohio University Bobcats, 75-61, in a Mid- American Conference bout at the Convocation Center.
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In 1991, two weeks after Al Dexter moved his wife and four kids to South Florida, he was laid off from his job. So Dexter, then 49, started working with a man cleaning air ducts — not for pay, but to learn the business. A couple of months later, Dexter saw an opportunity: The man was moving back to New York. Dexter took out a loan to buy equipment and a cargo van with 400,000 miles on it, and started an air-duct cleaning business out of his garage.
Today, Air Quality Control Environmental in Coral Springs has 12 core employees, four service vehicles and a crew of part-time workers. Dexter, 73, has grown Air Quality into a family business, with son, Mike, and daughter, Kelly, as co-owners.
The addition of Mike and Kelly have re-energized the business: Sales climbed to $800,000 in 2013, and sales calls grew from one or two a day to six or more a day. But while Air Quality has seen sales growth, Al Dexter feels the company doesn't have the operational infrastructure to accommodate it and enhance its growth potential. Air Quality asked the Miami Herald for a Small Business Makeover.
The Herald brought in Broward SCORE, a nonprofit with volunteer counselors from the business community that mentor small business owners. The SCORE tune-up team included David Harris, director of marketing, Greenway Golf Course Management, whose expertise is in operational management, fiscal controls and marketing; Michael Bauer, director of accounting, American Traveler, whose expertise is in strategic planning, budgeting and operations; and Chip Ellis, president of the International Association of U.S. Government Contractors, whose expertise is coaching small business owners how to succeed at selling products to the federal government.
When Al Dexter started Air Quality, he opened the Yellow Pages and called air-conditioning companies, which still refer the bulk of the business. Mike and Kelly increased sales in the past year by following their father's lead, personally calling on customers and strengthening relationships.
About 70 percent of Air Quality's business is air-duct cleaning, with the remainder being the more lucrative dryer duct-cleaning. Most of their work is residential, although commercial work tends to be more profitable.
The Air Quality team said they need help with cash-flow management because overtime, slow collections and job cost overruns often make it difficult to keep cash on hand for daily operations. They need to streamline operations and create a training manual and procedures. They would like to implement a content management system to manage scheduling and customer relations.
Al Dexter said he would like to see a regular profit and loss spreadsheet, but it's impossible because information about job costs and hours are not kept in a standard fashion. Mike Dexter said they're so busy they don't know their exact margins. "I don't really know how much we're making per job," he said.
They would like to reduce business insurance costs and update their business plan. Al Dexter also said he would like to find a better way to recruit reliable workers.
Harris said the company needs to think about its vision for the future.
"When a company grows because they do good work, they need to step up operations so they can continue to do good work and keep their good name," he said.
Here are some suggestions from SCORE:
• Create an organizational chart. Because there are multiple positions filled by the same people, the SCORE team recommended creating a chart to detail each position and job description. Air Quality took the recommendation. "Filling it up with everyone's roles has helped us see who does what, and who should be doing what," Mike Dexter said.
• Create a training manual. Set up procedures to assure that employees are handling tasks consistently and maintaining integrity of the brand. "Once you set the standards in writing for your operations, they will become more defensible," Harris said. The Dexters hired a consultant with four decades of experience writing training manuals to help them with the task.
• Tweak the business plan. Designate who is going to take charge of projects, such as writing the operational manual, purchasing business software and executing marketing plans, Harris said. The Dexters scrutinized their plan with a fresh eye and gave it an overhaul. "Just from their feedback, our business plan went from eight to 15 pages, and we know we can add a hundred more," Mike Dexter said. "We have figured out what we need to do to become system-driven, instead of people-driven."
• Figure out costs per customer. Determine what it costs to bring in a new client and what the lifetime profit is from each type of customer, Ellis said. He suggested a 90-day experiment where every employee documented what they did in 15-minute increments. "This helps determine profitability, because it helps you see the time needed to do a job," Ellis said. "You'll also be able to take this information and write position descriptions with not only what to do, but how long it should take."
A deeper understanding of profitability will allow them to grow in the right direction and anticipate cash flow requirements, Ellis said. The Dexters tried the strategy by documenting their own time and riding along with employees to document theirs. "It helped me realize how much time I was wasting doing calls and things other people could do," Kelly Dexter said.
• Get a content-management system. "It's difficult to start up, but you have to give yourself time to get up to speed," Bauer said. Start by tracking calls and what is being sold, and stop relying on hand-written notes in calendars and filing cabinets, Bauer said. "It's hard not to keep one foot in the filing cabinet, but you have to move on."
Harris suggested Constant Contact or options at www.softwareadvice.com. The Dexters signed on for free 30-day trials for four different systems, and input some of their customer data to see what service best meets their needs. "Now, from the organizational chart, we know we need someone to manage the system," Mike Dexter said.
• Look for federal contract work. Federal contract work is often more accessible than city, county or state government jobs because the laws are kind to small businesses, Ellis said. With federal government work there is a firm budget, so there is typically not a bidding process, he said. But the Dexters need to pound the pavement to create relationships with possible customers, Ellis said. "You have to go face to face and make contacts," he said. Al Dexter said he sees that as a long-term goal, once operations have been streamlined. "We're interested, just not ready yet," he said.
• Lower auto insurance costs. Air Quality should not only do background checks on drivers, but create a safety procedure protocol for drivers, Bauer said. "Insurance companies generally look more favorably on companies with these types of programs in place," he said. They should also look to an independent insurance agent to get multiple quotes on auto insurance. Al Dexter took on the task of identifying three agents to give them multiple quotes.
• Streamline recruiting. Use a service company to check a prospective employee's background and driving record, Bauer said. "There is a fee, but you have to look at the time you were spending doing it yourself," he said. Ellis said they should explore hiring software programs like www.peoplematter.com. "You want to be able to track who is applying, send them automatic emails and automate the process," Ellis said. Mike Dexter said they would keep the idea on the back burner, until operations and training procedures are up to speed. "We need a system to mold new employees to our way. If not, we are setting them up for failure," he said.
• Fine-tune the marketing strategy. Determine the return on investment for each marketing expense and what segment of the target market it will reach, Harris said. He suggested adding a blog to the website to establish themselves as experts, answer questions for the public and educate the community. The Dexters are redesigning the company's website to optimize it for keyword searches and make it more mobile friendly. They plan on adding a blog to engage and inform customers, and using social media tools to increase awareness. "It will get us out there more on the Internet, which we've never really done before," Kelly Dexter said.
• Evaluate your competition. Outline the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats affecting your business, Harris said. Define the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors. "You are being too optimistic that your company's high standards will force your competitors to raise their standards and prices. The threat of underbidding will always be a factor that you must recognize," Harris said. Al Dexter said they have looked at competitors offering services at lower price points, and have decided to focus efforts on raising industry standards for everyone.
Mike Dexter said the makeover process left them energized for the future.
"SCORE not only showed us what to do, but the steps we need to take," he said. "The rules of success have been written a thousand ways, but you have to implement them to meet your goals."


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My Fashion Choices—and My Husband's—Reveal the Risks of Looking Hasidic
How people treat us in public often depends on what we're wearing on our heads, whether it's my wig or his yarmulke
My first and earliest foray into "public scarfing" occurred when I traveled by bus to Ithaca, N.Y., to visit a friend. I wanted to be as comfortable as possible, so I wore a soft but voluminous headscarf and a cotton ankle-length skirt. As I boarded the bus, a woman a few years older than me (a Jewish college professor, I found out later), offered to help me carry my overnight bag. She practically escorted me to a seat and sat down in the aisle across from me. Then she introduced herself and a short while later launched into a confusing apology about American bias against Muslims, assuring me that in her classroom, she told the truth about Palestine. I smiled and reached out my hand to shake hers, telling her that I wasn't Muslim, but Jewish and I was wearing a head-covering because I was Torah-observant.
She refused my hand and turned away, ignoring me for the rest of the trip.
There have been other occasions where I was mistaken for a religious non-Jew. Practically all the time, the exchange is brief or unimportant, so I don't bother to correct false perceptions. I, too, have made false assumptions. Still, I feel like a mime on a tightrope; part of me wants to be invisible, unremarkable, yet obviously, since I now wear a headscarf, I want to be able to convey—proudly, without fear— that I'm a religious Jewish woman.
As much as serious-minded people generally dismiss fashion as trite, most agree that clothing has a deep importance in every time and place. In Judaism, wearing (or not wearing) some types of clothing is a mitzvah. Torah tells us the mitzvah of tzitzis, the fringes worn on a four-cornered garment. There's the puzzling mitzvah to avoid wearing shatnez, a blend of linen and wool, except in the case of the kohen gadol, the high priest, who wore it during the Temple service. According to Jewish law, Jewish men cover their heads, and married Jewish women cover their hair. Both men and women are exhorted to be modestly dressed and cover parts of the body that are considered to be ervah, or nakedness. Perhaps most compelling for me is that the Midrash commends the Jewish slaves in Egypt for refusing to change their Jewish names and Jewish style of dress for Egyptian styles. All of these examples (and there are numerous others) are why, except for my teenage years, I probably had never thought so much about what I wore as when I first became Torah observant. And as it has for most religious Jewish women, choice of head-covering has required serious consideration on my part, not only because it makes a huge difference in how you look, but because within the Orthodox world, it's a kind of code; it proclaims your community affiliation and religious outlook.
During the beginning of my head-covering experimentation period (which admittedly is ongoing as I enjoy the process), despite the outward change, I wasn't intellectually or emotionally prepared for being confused, variously, with an Amish person, a new-agey Buddhist, a Hindu, and once in a cosmetics store, where I was chatting with a Muslim clerk, a Muslim.
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Greenmarket in Union Square with a friend. She wore a rather hip mitpachat (an Israeli-style tichel) and I, a blue-and-green headscarf. Both of us caught the eye of another woman, wearing a professional suit and a modern-day take on a shpitzel (a silky headwrap named for very-obviously fake silk wiglet that is usually, but not always, worn beneath). Accompanying her was an older woman, who turned out to be her mother, who was not wearing a head-covering at all. We'd never seen each other before, but we all felt comfortable stopping and introducing ourselves, a kind of sisterly reunion amid the squash and turnips. At that moment, the occasional glare on the subway, or even the bigoted comment or two, seemed distant and utterly unimportant.
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Sabri Kabab House in Norcross offers some of Atlanta's best Pakistani food, according to diners who rave about its authentic hot and spicy cuisine. The obscurely placed restaurant shares space with a gas station at 6075 Singleton Road.
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A dead fly was found in some beef being stored on a shelf at room temperature. A dead beetle was observed in a container of karahi gosht, a traditional Pakistani main dish, being kept in a walk-in cooler. These foods were discarded.
Other cooked food was thrown away because it had been inside a walk-in cooler held at the wrong temperature for more than six hours. Manager Arshi Syad said the cooler was not regulating the temperature properly and that cost the restaurant 20 points during the inspection.
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(WHAS11 Political Blog) -- Mitt Romney is poised to crush Barack Obama in the contest for Kentucky's eight electoral votes, a new Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll shows.
The Louisville Courier-Journal's Joe Gerth has the numbers in Friday's newspaper:
662 Likely Kentucky Voters
Mitt Romney (R) 54%
Barack Obama (D) 41%
Other 2%
Undecided 3%
The poll was conducted by SurveyUSA Oct 28-30
Margin of error +/- 3.9%
The poll finds that Obama supporters are more driven to vote for him rather than against Romney by a 73% to 25% margin. 58% of Romney voters are motivated by their affinity for Romney compared with 39% of Romney voters who are motivated to vote against Obama.
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As a follow-up to what I posted yesterday, Buster Olney from ESPN.com is reporting that the Twins are asking the Mets and Red Sox for their best offers for Johan Santana, with a decision coming as soon as today (although with the way this has dragged on, I wouldn't count on it). This is where we find out if the Red Sox are serious or not with the Yankees not presently engaged in talks, and if they aren't, if the Twins are willing to accept the Mets' deal without Fernando Martinez. There's a chance they're going to hold onto him until spring training, or even the trade deadline, so the Red Sox bowing out would not necessarily mean that the Mets are annoited the victors, but it would sure help. Hopefully, the next thing I post on MiracleMets.net is "Mets trade for Santana, and there was much rejoicing." We'll see what happens, but in the meantime, I'd recommend keeping your eyes peeled to all the major sports news sites, and also MetsBlog.com (who seem to be the most connected in the Mets blogosphere) for more on this.
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Sorry to keep talking about this, but I really am fascinated by the whole Alex Rodriguez storyline with the Yankees. Only Yankee fans could turn one of the top five baseball players who ever lived into a "failure." Anyway, Joe Sheehan over at Baseball Prospectus wrote a fantastic opinion piece that I wanted to quote from here. To read the whole thing, you need a Prospectus membership, but if you're into analytical baseball talk, it's well worth the money.
At just about any point along the way, one of the two most visible Yankees—Joe Torre or Derek Jeter—could have come forward and said what should be obvious: Alex Rodriguez is a great, great player, and in the worst season of his career he's a star. Defining his season by his lowest points is doing him a disservice, and the constant focus on his play is an insult to the other members of the team. Whatever Rodriguez's performance issues, such as they were, his overall contributions were valuable. Beyond that, he's one of the game's model citizens, with barely a controversy to his name in a time when so many others have been tainted.
That statement, completely true, would have done more to alleviate the pressure on Rodriguez than anything else. They didn't do so, instead allowing petty nonsense like his desire to please people (heaven forfend) and his performance is varied subsets (in Boston, in the playoffs, against a small handful of pitchers, in 20 at-bats in July) to substitute for real information. They didn't defend their teammate, and by allowing, even stoking, the situation, they absolved themselves and every other Yankee of blame for their fortunes. If they lost, it would be Rodriguez's fault, no matter how the rest of them played.
Torre's handling of the Rodriguez situation is perhaps the blackest mark on his record. Going so far as to bat him eighth in a playoff game, a move guaranteed to make him a point of discussion, would have been the nadir if he hadn't already reached that in the pages of SI. Torre made his bones in New York by keeping controversy out of the clubhouse; he committed a boner by turning his clubhouse into a circus this year.
As far as Jeter goes, any claims to a captaincy or leadership skills are and will remain in doubt. His refusal to provide a full-throated defense of the player whose willingness to take his Gold Gloves to third base allowed the illusion of Jeter's defensive prowess to grow to a point where he could get his own hardware is as much to blame as Torre's sudden open-mouth policy. He could have stopped this with 50 well-chosen words. He didn't, and it's fair to wonder why.
That's the best take I've read on the A-Rod situation to date. Fantastic sports writing by Joe Sheehan. And that's the last you'll read about A-Rod here for a while.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)--In what could be another example of a same-sex law trumping religious freedom, an Illinois judge has ruled the state can end its adoption and foster care relationship with Catholic Charities, which refuses to place children with gay couples.
At issue is a 40-year relationship between Illinois and Catholic Charities that is in jeopardy because the state -- in light of Illinois' new same-sex civil unions law -- says agencies with state contracts must be willing to place children in gay households. Catholic Charities said it would not follow any such state orders and it subsequently sued the state, saying the civil unions law provided a religious exemption that would protect its work.
Judge John Schmidt, though, said it did not matter what the civil unions law said because a more basic issue was at play: Is the state required to contract with Catholic Charities? The answer, he said, is no.
"Plaintiffs are not required by the state to perform these useful and beneficial services," Schmidt wrote in a three-page ruling in the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Springfield. "... No citizen has a recognized legal right to a contract with the government."
Nearly 2,000 children in foster care are under the care of Catholic Charities in the three dioceses in question -- Springfield, Peoria and Joliet.
The Thomas More Society, which is helping represent the dioceses, indicated an appeal is possible.
"The ruling does not address Catholic Charities' contention that the State of Illinois cannot refuse to contract with someone based on that person's exercise of religion," the legal organization said in a statement. "Thomas More Society attorneys are reviewing the ruling and considering next actions with the Charities."
The new law is named, ironically, the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. It grants same-sex couples the state legal benefits of marriage, except the name itself.
The confrontation could have been avoided had language explicitly exempting adoption and foster care agencies made it into the civil unions law. But it was defeated on the legislative floor. Catholic Charities, though, maintains it remains exempt from gay placements because language in the bill says that nothing in the law "shall interfere or regulate the religious practice of any religious body."
The Catholic agencies have had a practice of referring same-sex couples to agencies that place children in homosexual homes. Catholic Charities says they will maintain that policy under the new law.
The lawsuit says it is the agencies' "established religious practice ... not to entertain or process applicants for adoption or foster care placements in homes of unmarried cohabiting heterosexual couples or same sex couples." Those types of applications "already are adequately processed by other social service agencies," the suit said.
For years, traditionalists have warned the legalization of civil unions and "gay marriage" would have a widespread negative impact on religious liberty, affecting not only some adoption agencies but also the tax-exempt status of religious organizations, the religious liberty of private businesses and curriculum in elementary schools.
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After diner Miranda came over I thought it was time to tell them the news.
"Mom, dad, we've got some very important very important news for you."
"What is it?", my dad said. I took a deep breath.
"We're getting married."
"What?!", my dad does not sound happy.
"That's amazing.", my mother said hugging me and Frankie, my dad walked into his room without saying a word. That's not good. I walked after him.
"Daddy-", he cut me off.
"Don't daddy me I think you should be with Quinn fellow."
"I'm not in love with Quinn I'm in love with Frankie. I had to fight for Frankie. Frankie was with Jamia. I was with Quinn-"
"wait you cheated on that nice guy in there?"
"No, daddy I love Frankie why aren't you happy for me?"
"Because, look at him, he's some gothic with a lot of tattoos and peircings, Ashley he's trash."
"Shut up and listen, I'm getting married to Frankie end of discussion!", I stormed off and I guess everybody head because Frankie was out side smoking like chimney. I walked out side.
"Come on baby we're leaving.", he followed me.
"ASHLEY WE WANT TO GO HOME WITH YOU!!", Gerard, Miranda, Quinn, and Kelly ran and jumped in the back of the car.
"Come on.", I cranked the car and drove off. Frank grabbed my hand and held it playing with my fingers. I smilled and kissed him.
"ASHLEY EYES ON THE ROAD!", Miranda yelled.
"Baby it's a straight road she knows what she's doing.", Gerard said kissing her neck.
"Will you all wait until we get home!", Quinn said pulling Gerard apart, "And Ashley keep your eyes on the road!", I laughed and kissed Frankie again. "STOP THAT!"
"Yeah remember when you tried to do that with Grey and you ran off the road."
"Maybe because his hand went up my skirt.!"
"Ha ha that explains a lot."
"Can we please get off the Grey subject.", Quinn said and Frankie agreed.
"Okay we can always talk about how good Frank is in bed.", I looked at Frank and he was smiling.
"NO!", Quinn and Gerard yelled, which made us all laugh.
When we got home my phone rang.
Incoming call!
Me: Hello.
Grey: Hey.
Me: GREY!?
Quinn and Frank's head popped up....I guess I got there attention now!
Grey: Hey all the guys want to see you.
Me: When?
Grey: Tomorrow they want to go to the mall.
Me: Yeah okay well I got to go.
Grey: Okay love ya bye.
Me: bye
Grey: what no love you , I thought you loved me.
Me: Grey.
Grey: Okay bye.
Me: bye.
End of the conversation!
"So who was that?", Quinn asked but he already knew the answer.
"Grey, him and the guys want me to got to the mall with them."
"Are we?", Frankie asked.
"Yeah all of us."
"Aww man I thought I was going to sit this one out.", Quinn said sarcasticly.
The next day I got dressed in what I usually wear a mini skirt and a tight tank. "I think you should where my Misfits shirt and a pair of jeans.", Frankie said, which made me laugh I turned around and kissed him.
"Come on we are going to be late.", Gerard and Miranda went to Miranda's moms to spend some time with her.
Everywhere we drove had memories and I told them some of the funny stories that came out of those memories. "s let me get this straight you were a wild child and all your friends were guys?", I nodded. "Did you go skinny dipping?", I nodded.
"WHAT?!", everyone said at the same time.
"With them?", Kelly asked, I just simply nodded.
"They've seen you NAKED?!", Frankie asked squeaking at the end. I could tell he didn't like the idea of me going skinny dipping with a bunch of guys.
"It was really dark outside.", I said trying to defend myself.
"It doesn't matter, did they see you naked?", I looked over to Frankie to see that he was getting jealous.
I smirked, "Maybe I don't know."
After a long and uncomfortable ride to the mall we made it. "man your mall is so small."
"Wow thanks I'll take it as a complement."
"Haha how can that be a complement?"
"I don't kno-", I was cut off by someone yelling my name. I turned around and couldn't breath because all the guys we're hugging me.
"Hey guys."
"So why are you down, Grey didn't tell us anything.", I took a deep breath.
"Guys I'm getting married."
"Your kidding right?"
"No, I'm getting married and he's right behind you.", They went and hugged Quinn.
"Wrong guy.", I said rolling my eyes.
"Oh", they all said and went and hugged Frankie congratulating him.
After a lot of talking, catching up and kissing Frankie just to annoy the boys. This man walked up. "Excuse me?"
"Yes?", I asked.
"Can we take your pics for the local magazines and newspapers?"
"Why yes of course.", After awhile of taking or pics. Fan came up and starting taking pics as well, asking for autographs.
"Guys it's been good buy I have to go."
"Already, we just started hanging out?"
"I know but I have to see my family too.", I kissed and hugged them all.
"Love you guys you are all invited to my wedding in New York!"
"NEW YORK!? THIS IS GONNA ROCK!", I laughed and walked to the car.
"That was interesting.", Kelly said laughing.
"You have no idea.", everyone busted into laughter.
When we got to my parents house we sat down talking and dad was driving me crazy telling me why I should marry Quinn and not Frankie. Quinn was loving every minute of it as for Frankie I could tell was hurt by the comments my dad was making about him. I got sick of it. I can't let anybody say about this about Frankie not even if it's my dad.
"Why not this young man?", he said motioning to Quinn.
"Why can't you be happy for me?!"
He pushed the limit!, "HE'S NOT TRASH, COME ON FRANKIE WE'RE GOING HOME!", I grabbed his hand and pulled him out. Quinn and Kelly came after. When we got into the car. I kissed him passionately. "I love you, you know that?"
"I do and your beautiful too.", I laughed when I relized I called him beauiful. "Let's go home we got a wedding to plan.", We got back and packed got on Quinn's private jet, Wait!
"Quinn where did you get this jet?"
"Oh, Mikey loaned it to me with personal piolet.", we laughed and got on.
We got comfortable and Frankie whispered, "Get some sleep.", he didn't have to tell me twice. Everything went black as sleep over took me.
Frankie's POV
We got home and I got a call from Gerard.
Incoming call!
Me: Hello.
Gerard: Where are you?
Me: At home.
Gerard: No I'm at- IN JERSEY!
Me: Yeah, Why?
Gerard: Oh nothing important but we are staying with you AND OUR STUFF IS IN HER HOUSE!
(In the background Miranda: they left us, oh, I feel love!"
Me: Sorry I'll take the private jet and come let you two in.
Gerard: Where did we get a jet?
Me: Mikey.
Gerard: Say no more, but what about tonight?
Me: Stay at her mom's house tonight.
Gerard: Okay.
Me: Bye.
Gerard: Bye.
End of conversation!
"Who was that?", Ashley asked taking off her clothes and putting a pair of my boxers and a tank on.
"Oh my gosh, I can't belive I forgot about them."
"Baby relax I'm going in the morning to let them in."
"I shouldn't go I'm the one that forgot."
"Let me do this.", I said kissing her.
"And plus you and Aneesah need to start planning the wedding.", we kissed.
She came to my ear, "Make love to me."
"Make love I shall do.", I kissed her going down her neck as well. I can't wait til we get married.
Hey sorry it took so long to update! I've just had my mind on other things lately. I pomise that it won't happen again. Please tell me what tell me what you think and I will update soon....I hope anyways! Also this is just the beginning of a very emotional story....just wait and see.


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Attorneys for the landlord suing Mohegan Sun over its failed pursuit of a $1 billion casino project in Palmer, Mass., are seeking to take sworn statements from more than a dozen representatives of the Mohegan Tribe, including the nine members of the tribe's governing body.
The sworn statements, or depositions, would be taken later this month and in April in connection with Northeast Realty Associates' breach-of-contract suit against Mohegan Sun, a Northeast spokesman said Monday.
A Mohegan Tribe official said the Mohegans would not comment on any aspect of the pending litigation other than to say they intend to "rigorously defend ourselves."
Mohegan Sun had pursued the Palmer project in western Massachusetts before voters there rejected the plan in a Nov. 5 referendum. At some point, Mohegan Sun shifted its focus to Greater Boston, where it has proposed a $1.3 billion project on land the Suffolk Downs thoroughbred track owns in Revere.
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May 2008, Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant glioma, a type of brain
cancer. Kennedy had
brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., in June
2008. At the time, Kennedy's doctors said that surgery was "successful"
and that Kennedy would get radiation therapy and chemotherapy at Massachusetts
General Hospital.
Seizures are not uncommon in
brain tumor patients with a history of seizures, notes Orrin Devinsky, MD,
professor of neurology and director of the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at
New York University's Langone Medical Center.
Such a seizure "could result from a portion of brain tumor that could
not be removed, scar tissue from the surgery, regrowth of the tumor,
[spontaneous] drops in his medication level,"
sleep deprivation, or stress, says
Devinsky, adding that the stress could have come from a happy event, such as
the inauguration. "He may have been truly very emotional and positively
excited in a good way, but nevertheless it could still be a stressor on an
individual," says Devinsky.
Devinsky, who is not treating Kennedy, says at a hospital, doctors would
likely check Kennedy's medication level and perhaps order a new brain scan,
unless Kennedy had recently had a brain scan and didn't need a new one.
Kennedy may also get his medication changed. "The fact that there's been
a breakthrough seizure may be an indicator that he needs more medication, or
conceivably the medication he's
currently on may not be the most effective one for his specific case, but
without knowing the details, it's really hard to say," Devinsky
"With brain tumors, sometimes
the seizures are really hard to control," Cynthia Harden, MD, professor of
neurology and director of the epilepsy center at the University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine, tells WebMD.
Harden points out that among
epilepsy patients who don't have brain tumors, "a large percentage of those
patients do really well," but that it can be harder to control seizures in
brain tumor patients, who are "generally at higher risk for seizure
recurrence, even on medicine."
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It has been almost a year since Sarah Blessing, 27, a swimming coach and teacher was arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a high school girl, 17. Now comes word that Blessing will actually get some jail time (364 days) for admitting that she had the relationship, avoiding a trial that could have resulted, if convicted, in 10 years in prison. Still, you have to wonder if a male coach in the same position would have received more than a year?
Sarah E. Blessing, 28, who also worked as a fifth-grade teacher in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact and witness tampering in Superior Court, New Brunswick, in August. Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Christie Bevacqua told Judge Joseph Paone that Blessing assaulted the girl after the girl's mother asked Blessing to "watch out for her" because the girl was struggling through a difficult time.
"The betrayal of trust is a huge thing here," Bevacqua said.
The victim's mother told Paone that Blessing had groomed her daughter for a long period of time before assaulting her. "She took my daughter's innocence away," the mother said. At the end of a lengthy statement to Paone, Blessing apologized for her actions, but not before explaining herself. "It wasn't manipulative. It wasn't predatory," Blessing said. "I had feelings for this person."
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'Son of God' co-producer Roma Downey hopes movie inspires new interest — and faith — in Jesus
Casey Crafford, Associated Press
After this weekend, Roma Downey hopes people will be talking about Jesus, thanks to a new movie she's co-produced and appears in: "Son of God," which opens on 3,100 screens nationally on Friday.
The film, which tells the story of Jesus in key elements of his life, comes on the heels of "The Bible," a wildly popular 2013 cable TV miniseries. Mark Burnett, Downey's husband, is co-producing both projects, in which Downey portrays Mary, the mother of Jesus.
"After the success of 'The Bible' series, one of the comments that we heard most repeatedly was that it allowed an opportunity, around the water cooler, or around the kitchen table, for a larger conversation to occur," she said. "And it's our hope that when 'Son of God' opens, that the same thing will be true. That families and people in the workplace will be talking about faith, will be talking about God, (and) will be talking about Jesus."
In a telephone interview, Downey discussed the film and its prospects.
Deseret News: This film is creating quite a bit of buzz, quite a bit of discussion. Did you imagine that it would be this big?
Roma Downey: I don't know that we could have dared to dream this big. We knew that when we were filming "The Bible" series, we knew as we started to see the Jesus narrative unfold and ... when we saw Diogo Morgado's performance and we saw how epic it looked, I said to Mark (Burnett), "I wish we had been making a film, this is spectacular." And he said, "Well, why don't we? Let's shoot additional footage while we're here; let's have an editor start working on it." So, this became a notion back before the series launched, but we didn't know if we would get distribution. We didn't know, you know, what life the film would have.
We sent it out to a few folks to look at, and we had a most encouraging call from 20th Century Fox, and they said they'd seen the film, they loved it, and they wanted to distribute it. It's been very encouraging as we've gone out around the country with pre-screenings and with church groups and across denominations, to feel a love and support for the film, as evidenced by these amazing theater takeovers that are occurring. Many, many churches are buying out entire megaplexes and giving the tickets to their communities and their youth groups, and it's really been an amazing few months for us.
DN: It's been quite some time, has it not, since a movie covering the full arc of Jesus' life made it to a commercial theater.
RD: Yes, it's been almost a decade, exactly to the weekend, since "The Passion of the Christ" came to the big screen, and it's been almost 50 years since the entire life of Jesus was told in a cinematic presentation, and that was "The Greatest Story Ever Told." So we knew that there's a whole new generation that hadn't seen the story of Jesus presented in this way. I think that the movie is a movie for the ages. It's presenting His story, updated in a way that a contemporary audience expects. It's gritty. It's realistic. It has amazing special effects, a beautiful international cast, (and) an extraordinary score by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe.
To have Hans put the score together and to hear it in surround sound, in community — I think that's one of the extraordinary things about this it's not so much that you see it, but you feel it, it's an experience to feel the movie.
DN: Part of this involves getting communities in, and you had mentioned bringing large numbers of people in because churches are buying out theaters. What was the origin of that?
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Income tax basis is considered an OCBA (Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting) and is very common fo small- to medium- size business.
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What's the difference? When using the tax basis of accounting, as an example, depreciation will follow tax rules instead of GAAP. Same with inventory.
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Here in Western Washington we're having some early spring weather complete with sunny, warmer days.
I've found they've got me craving early spring greens, and I stumbled upon a friend's garden that has an entire bed covered with lovely chickweed (Stellaria media). See the inset on the top left of the photo to check out its flower. It looks like 10 petals, but it is actually five.
This beautiful, delicate plant is one of my favorites, and I've been enjoying chickweed in all sorts of ways over the last couple of weeks. I've added it to my salads, made a cream cheese spread with fresh chickweed, basil and thyme, and even added chickweed to my lasagna.
The recipe we want to share with you for this branch though, is for chickweed pesto.
To make this wonderful early spring treat combine:
2 cloves of garlic, 3 Tablespoons of pine nuts or sunflower seeds, ¼ tsp. salt, 2 packed cups chopped fresh chickweed, ½ cup olive oil, and ½ cup Parmesan cheese in a blender...
THEN...Blend well!
Serve this over pasta or just use it as a dip for crackers or vegetables. You can even freeze some in case you decide to make a lot at once.
It's delicious and filled with nutritional value as well. A great example of food as medicine.
Chickweed is high in vitamin C, calcium, and iron as well as many other important minerals. It is also very nourishing for the lungs.
Eating chickweed also thins the membranes of your cells so that nutrients are more readily absorbed and utilized. Chickweed is used topically for skin eruptions, hemorrhoids, cuts, wounds, burns, etc. It is one of our favorite diaper rash remedies as well.
So, enjoy this early spring treat, knowing that it is one more amazingly healthy thing you can give to your body.
OH! Some tips on where to find clean, non-toxic supplies of chickweed... Check in winter garden beds, compost piles, fields in early spring where no one sprays herbicides, greenhouses (inside and around them) and at local organic farms. Farmers will be MORE THAN happy to give you their "weeds." Watch out for local parks or places that might be sprayed or get high pet traffic.
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At the time of his retirement, the numbers left little room for doubt.
Lee Arthur Smith – by virtue of having saved the most games in major league history – was one of baseball's greatest relief pitchers.
Today, more than 15 years after his last big league game, Smith's numbers still rank among the game's best.
Smith is one of 37 players on the 2013 Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot for the Class of 2013 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Smith returns to the BBWAA ballot for the 11th year after receiving 50.6 percent of the vote in 2012.
BBWAA members who have at least 10 years of tenure with the organization can vote in the election, and the results will be announced Jan. 9. Any candidate named on at least 75 percent of all BBWAA ballots cast will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2013. The Induction Ceremony will be held July 28 in Cooperstown.
Smith, born Dec. 4, 1957, in Shreveport, La., was an excellent basketball player and part-time baseball player in high school. But bad knees and a million-dollar arm convinced him to turn to the diamond instead of the hardwood, and he was drafted in the second round of the 1975 amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs. He quickly advanced through the minor leagues – but nearly quit the game when the Cubs decided to make him relief pitcher.
"I thought it was a slap in the face, like I wasn't good enough to be a starter," said Smith, who was lured back to baseball with the help of future Hall of Famer and former Cubs star Billy Williams.
Smith was good enough. By 1980, the 6-foot-6, 225-pound right-hander with the blazing fastball debuted with the Cubs, and by 1982 he had earned Chicago's closer job with 17 saves and a 2.69 earned-run average in 72 games.
The next season, Smith led the National League with 29 saves – the first of four times he would lead his league in that category – while posting an other-worldly 1.65 ERA and making the first of his seven All-Star Game appearances. In 1984, Smith helped the Cubs win their first NL East title with nine wins and 33 saves.
But when the Cubs began to slide, management made Smith available via a trade. Following the 1987 season, the Cubs dealt Smith – their all-time saves leader – to the Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi.
Smith saved 54 games during the next two seasons, then was traded to St. Louis during the 1990 campaign. He led the NL in saves in 1991 (47) and 1992 (43), and had 43 saves on Aug. 31, 1993, when the Cardinals traded him to the Yankees.
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I thought it was rather epic.
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Kinda hard to make a review, considering the time it took me to clear this game.
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"This rich, cheesy loaf is a quick-and-easy addition to any meal," writes Shirley Privratsky of Dickinson, North Dakota. Or serve it as an appealing appetizer for a casual get-together.
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Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
3/4 cup ranch salad dressing with bacon
1 loaf (1 pound) unsliced French bread
2 tablespoons butter, melted
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