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Date published: 1/5/2003
On his deathbed in July 1885, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant wrote: "I would like to see truthful history written."
That's what author Gordon C. Rhea has set out to do with the fourth installment in a collection of books detailing the Civil War's 1864 Overland Campaign through Virginia--a series of battles in which Grant successfully faced the revered and brilliant Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The Union general would likely be pleased with Rhea's effort. In the South Carolina author's exhaustive research for the fourth volume, "Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864," Rhea, 57, came across facts that debunked long-held myths that Grant was a butcher who callously sent his men into battle to be slaughtered.
Slogging through battle reports at the National Archives and Library of Congress in Washington, Rhea discovered that the number of Union dead during the Cold Harbor campaign had been wildly inflated.
"The myth that Grant would mindlessly throw men into battle wasn't true," Rhea said.
For many years it was believed that Grant lost upwards of 15,000 men in the first seven to 15 minutes of fighting during one attack at Cold Harbor. An account of Cold Harbor written after the war by Confederate Gen. Evander Law described Union bodies heaped atop one another. "This wasn't war, it was murder," Law claimed.
Soon after, Grant, who was raised in the Midwest, began to be referred to by the media as "Butcher Grant."
Rhea said Grant's losses at Cold Harbor were exaggerated, and the criticism of the general undeserved.
"If you really examine what units were engaged and what the casualty returns show, by my account about 3,500 men were killed or wounded in about an hour," Rhea said.
Lee lost far more men during some of his assaults at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, Rhea points out.
Because much of Civil War history was written by Southern authors shortly after the war, the skewed numbers and various other myths took on lives of their own. Grant's lackluster presidency from 1869 through 1877 didn't help improve his reputation much, either.
Back then, writers also didn't have access to the same resources that Rhea did. Using casualty reports, diaries and letters, Rhea has developed not only a view of Grant's prowess, but also a sense of the waging of the war itself.

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A Data Scientist's Real Job: Storytelling
Jeff Bladt and Bob Filbin for HBR:
Data gives you the what, but humans know the why.
I thought the process is a bit more different: Humans hypothesize why and data knows how true that is. Am I wrong?
Original title and link: A Data Scientist's Real Job: Storytelling ( ©myNoSQL)
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Are Weddings No Longer Sacred?
- Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Another symbol of unity would be the joining of hands in prayer. You might invite the entire congregation to join hands in prayer asking God to unite you in oneness of mind and heart.
Of course, candles are often used to symbolize Christ, "the light of the world," and the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost that should burn in the hearts of the bride and groom to light and guide their path throughout life. Consider lighting a unity candle or incorporating candles into your ceremony.
Crowns have significance throughout history. They have been symbols of honor and glory. In the Greek Orthodox Church the bride and groom wear crowns that are attached to each other by a white ribbon symbolizing the marital unity being entered into. They are to represent the "crowns of righteousness" that the apostle Paul spoke of in his Second Letter to Timothy, given on the Day of Judgment to those who are faithful. They represent the responsibility of love and wisdom, sacrifice and martyrdom. Throughout marriage, husband and wife must be willing to sacrifice themselves for one another in imitation of Christ sacrificing Himself for us.
Another tradition in the Greek Orthodox wedding ceremony is the common cup. The bride and groom drink from a cup of wine given to them by the priest in remembrance of Christ's miracle of changing water into wine at the wedding of Cana, symbolizing their sharing in the cup of life together with all its joys and sorrows.
Eating together is a common component of covenant-making. (Genesis 31:54). Receptions today follow the tradition of covenant meals of biblical times. Eating together showed that the new covenant partners were related in a new way. However, Jesus should be the most-honored guest. Therefore, all events of the day should be pleasing in His sight.
Ken Essau, teacher of Old Testament, marriage, and family courses at Columbia College in Abbotsford, B.C. says, "The joy should come from the event and not from the extravagance of the flowers, location or reception, though all these can add to the enjoyment. Ideally guests should remember the strength and maturity of the couple as they committed themselves to one another and praised the awesome God who brought them together. Simplicity is more likely to keep the focus of the celebration on people and God rather than on the less important." [i]
Ultimately, a Christian wedding should be characterized by joy, worship, simplicity, community, love and dignity. There certainly is room for creativity and personalization, but each guest should leave with an unmistakable impression that the newlywed couple has made a mature covenant with each other before God. As you think about personalizing the design of your wedding focus on allowing it to be an expression of worship. Let your primary goal remain simple: let the central component of your ceremony be your solemn, eternal covenant with each other and God. Let your wedding service be a testimony of your life and your faith in Christ
[i] For more information, visit: http://www.mbconf.ca/believe/pamphlets/weddings.en.html.
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*This article originally posted on April 24, 2007
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William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927) is a lawyer and former United States Attorney General. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, which included service as the 66th United States Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Ramsey is known for his advocacy for civil and human rights causes. He is also known for his role as defense attorney in the trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein. He was a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award and the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award.
Clark was born in Dallas, Texas to Mary Jane Ramsey and Tom C. Clark, who was also a United States Attorney General and a justice of the Supreme Court. Clark served in the United States Marine Corps in 1945 and 1946, then earned a B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1949, and an M.A. and a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1950.
He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1950, and to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1956. From 1951 to 1961, Clark was an associate and partner in the law firm of Clark, Reed and Clark.


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Novices noted for very sharp management
|Bill Morgan, left, and Jon Gilbert are first generation dairymen. Cornell graduates, the two men have unique insights on dairy partnerships, management and how they work with growers to purchase forage by the acre in order to control the quality of the harvest. They started their first dairy in 2002 and added a second one in 2008, milking a total of 1500 cows. Photos by Sherry Bunting
By SHERRY BUNTING
Special for Farmshine
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- "We weren't raised on dairy farms, but we both chose careers in dairy farming. We see more of that in our area of Upstate New York," Bill Morgan told 300 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit attendees here in February.
Morgan and his partner Jon Gilbert "tend to do things on a shoestring" because they are aggressive. They are aggressive because they started out as first-generation dairymen with limited equity and significant debt.
"We like to think of ourselves as being creative instead of cheap," Gilbert said, grinning. They have developed systems and routines for staff and strive to keep those systems simple for the employees and the animals.
Their insights building Scipio Springs Dairy near Auburn, N.Y. -- and later Windsong Dairy, Watertown, with a third partner -- were a featured showcase at the 2014 Summit.
Overall, the success of Scipio Springs and Windsong is seen in the priority the partners place on empowering their employees, focusing on team responsibilities and communication with monthly meetings, benchmarking with other dairies -- and in the relationships they have formed, especially with crop and heifer growers.
"Working with others was essential when we began due to our limited equity," said Morgan. "We have the ability to see the other side of the partnership situation and to maintain a long term focus."
In working with their employees, they put real emphasis on prioritizing responsibilities and communicating the fact that "little things aren't so little" on a dairy farm.
"Covering the bunk silo is a lot of work," Gilbert said as an example. "But it is important work and you can still have fun doing it. We try to encourage that kind of teamwork."
The partners say teamwork improves their main pillar of profitability: Labor efficiency.
"We want to minimize cow moves. When a cow leaves the fresh pen, she stays with that group until the day she dries off," he explained. "We have found that moving cows is just not good for us -- or for the cows and employees."
This means they feed a one-group lactation ration and a one-group dry cow ration and needed a bigger mixer, but in the end, it frees up less man hours spent on the payloader and mixer.
"That one man hour we free up makes a big difference at certain times of the year," Gilbert said.
He also noted that the Scipio Springs milking throughput is 100 cows per hour, and they make the milking process simple.
While the two Cornell University dairy science and ag business management graduates were not raised on dairy farms, Morgan's wife has a background in dairy and Gilbert had spent summers growing up on his uncle's dairy farm. Before starting their own dairy partnership, the two men were herdsmen for nearby Oakwood Dairy and were part of the Oakwood herd expansion process through the 1990s.
Their investment as eventual Oakwood partners at that time, ended up being the key to starting their own dairy. Gilbert had been a herd manager on other dairies before coming to Oakwood, and Morgan had experience in the Farm Credit system.
"Oakwood gave us the opportunity to work a few years and then buy into the dairy, which was separate from the farm," Morgan explained.
During the 1990s, Oakwood grew from 250 to 800 and then 1200 cows. Jon Gilbert came to work there as the dairy expanded from 1200 to 2000 cows. The two men decided to go out on their own to advance their ownership opportunities more quickly.
"We had the buy-out dollars from Oakwood," said Morgan with gratitude for their willingness to buy them out of their investment in full so he and Gilbert could leverage those funds to build their new 500-cow dairy.
By 2002, Morgan and Gilbert had their Scipio Springs Dairy underway; and by 2007, they were looking to add a satellite dairy managed by Diesel Hitt. Today, Hitt is a partner in the second operation, Windsong Dairy.
"We started out capital-constrained," said Morgan. "So we made no real investment in land, buying just enough land to build a dairy and investing in the equipment to feed cows and spread manure. We have no heifer facility."
They also brought with them the Oakwood focus of high production and labor efficiency.
At Scipio Springs 30,700 pounds of milk were shipped per cow in 2013. Windsong Dairy's 2013 total came in at 28,920 pounds. Both dairies utilize custom harvesters and custom heifer growers, and the number of full time equivalent workers is at 13.8 for Scipio Springs and 13.5 for Windsong.
"It all worked well in the beginning," said Morgan. "We were able to build a balance sheet and add 250 cows in 2006." This brought milk cow numbers at Scipio Springs close to 800 head.
Then came ethanol, and the rising price of feed changed the way the model worked. Morgan and Gilbert had already put a priority on building relationships with their main crop growers, buying corn silage by the acre and buying hay forages standing in the field. They took on more of the yield risk, but it helped them control quality and compete against grain prices to secure crops to feed their cattle.
They made the conscious effort to find a location for their satellite dairy that would include ownership of a land base to feed it. This is the main difference between Scipio Springs, started as a 500-cow dairy in 2002 with virtually no land base, and Windsong, started as a 600-cow dairy in 2008 with more acreage than needed to feed it.
They knew their herd manager Diesel Hitt would move on for ownership opportunities, so they stayed connected by loaning him the 20% investment to be a partner in Windsong. The previous owner helped with the financing for Windsong with a lease/buy option.
The longstanding relationship with crop growers paid off in 2009 when they started a 50:50 joint venture LLC with their main corn silage grower to buy the land and grow the crop.
"With land being a tight commodity, we didn't want to compete with each other. There were plenty of other people to compete against for this land," said Morgan. The joint venture DGM, LLC owns no machinery and the profits are split 50:50. They purchased their third parcel recently under this joint venture.
Scipio Springs ships 3000 pounds per cow per man hour, and the annual efficiency is 1.95 million pounds per worker. They have set a goal to reach 2 million, and what they shoot for is to have 60 cows per man -- without the heifer growing responsibilities and only half of the associated crop work included in that labor efficiency goal.
By benchmarking their dairy against other members of the Cayuga Marketing Group, they have improved reproduction and other aspects of herd profitability.
"We took a hard look at our fresh cow culling rates -- our involuntary culls in the first 60 days of lactation," Gilbert gave an example. "That's the worst time to sell a cow, so we had to figure out what was happening."
Their culling focus now identifies "do not breed" cows and marks them for profitable culling before investing any dollars into breeding them for another lactation. "That's the best time to cull a cow, when you can trade a marginally profitable cow for a more profitable heifer," said Gilbert. "It has been five years since we grew in numbers. Our focus is to maintain the best 800 cows possible."
With a preg rate of 31%, Windsong is in the top half of 1% in the nation. "It takes a lot of effort to get that," said Gilbert of Hitt's management there. "We were struggling with that at Scipio Springs. We had gotten complex with our system, so we backed up to the basics and reinstated our heat detection bonuses for the milkers.
"Our average jumped instantly," he reported. "The incentive of a $50 bonus every month for moving the needle 5%, was like magic. We went from being at 55% to 65% up to 72%."
"Benchmarking is more than numbers. It is an important reference point for us," said Morgan. "It gets pretty apparent pretty quickly when you are in the top half. On the other hand, when you are looking up at average, you know where to put your focus."
Look for more about how these partners handle their crop and heifer growing and for a story about the Cayuga Marketing Group's new milk ingredient plant in future editions of Farmshine.


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Mackie Transportation truck at the 2013 Touch-a-Truck event. Photo courtesy of the General Motors Centre.
OSHAWA, ON— What better way to learn about the role trucks play in society than by playing with one? Children in Oshawa can do just that at the second annual Touch-a-Truck event, held on August 22 outside of the General Motors Centre.
"We are very excited to once again host our Touch-a-Truck event," said Vince Vella, general manager of the General Motors Centre. "Last year, this free community event attracted over 1,000 people to the GM Centre to get up close and personal with 32 different types of military, emergency and heavy equipment vehicles while helping raise $1,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oshawa-Whitby."
This year, the event promises to be even bigger, with over 50 vehicles supplied by vehicle partners such as Oshawa Fire Services, Durham Regional Police, Mackie Transportation, Cervus Equipment Peterbilt, GFL Environmental, Trucking for a Cure and more.
Cervus Equipment Peterbilt told todaystrucking.com they're bringing the 75th anniversary edition Peterbilt 579 as well as a 567 Twin Steer dump truck.
"The smiles on the faces from five-year-olds to those in their 50s while raising funds for charity made it an easy decision to try and turn this into an annual event," Vella said.
The trucks will be parked outside the General Motors Centre located at 99 Athol Street East, Oshawa, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and kids will get the chance to learn about and interact with the vehicles. Money raised at the event will go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oshawa-Whitby, a youth mentoring charity aimed to empower the next generation.
The event also features food trucks, lego builing activities, face painting and even camel rides courtesy of the Bowmanville Zoo.
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CROWN POINT | Plans for two privately funded additions to the Crown Point sports complex gained momentum Wednesday after approval by the Board of Public Works and Safety.
The five-member board agreed CS Sports Group can lease space in the complex for a 120,000-square-foot inflatable dome for soccer, softball, rugby and other activities.
The dome available year-round for sports play would complement the 95-acre complex already home to outdoor venues for youth football, soccer and softball, as well as adult league play, city officials said.
"It adds to the ongoing vision for our community," Mayor David Uran said.
Terms of the 20-year lease give the city use of the dome during off-peak hours. The city would maintain control and ownership of the land occupied by the dome.
The terms call for a lease payment of $1 a year beginning Nov. 1 through October 2033. In lieu of further rent, the city would have use of the dome during non-peak hours.
A signed lease was needed for CS Sports Group to obtain financing for the nearly $4 million dome, city officials said. CS Sports Group was formed by Tae'Ni and Jacqueline Chang-Stroman, of Crown Point.
Also approved Wednesday by the public works and safety board was a memo of understanding for Crown Legacy Development, a company of Hawk Enterprises, to buy a lot in the sports complex where the firm proposes to build a 16,000-square-foot spec building.
The building, subject to city planning and zoning regulations, would be intended to house sports-related businesses, officials said.
The two-story building on a footprint of about 10,000 square feet would occupy a lot at the north end of the complex, east of the existing Homann Karate Do building.
Projects to improve the city owned sports complex have been ongoing over the past several years, including new playing fields for youth football and soccer and a three-field complex for adult and youth softball play, along with new concession and restroom buildings, upgraded parking and road access, new lighting and fencing and other amenities.
A current phase of work is underway to improve playing fields for girls league softball at the south end of the complex.
Total costs for the city-provided improvements are estimated at $10.5 million, using funding from redevelopment dollars, a prior sale of city owned land and private matching funds totalng $3.1 million from local businessman and philanthropist Dean White.
The dome facility and retail building would come at no cost to the city, official said Wednesday.


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One of the frequently asked questions we receive relates to ensuring success for exhibitors and sponsors. We answer this question in a session titled "Ensuring Exhibitor and Sponsor Success: Without a Plan, It Won't Work" on Thursday, January 13, 2011 from 8:00 – 8:50 am. One of our panelists, Miguel Arias, co-founder and COO of IMASTE, provides five ways for ensuring success.
IMASTE is the european leading specialist in virtual events, fairs and trade shows. Since its launch, IMASTE has delivered more the 100 virtual experiences in more than 15 countries. IMASTE has strong partnerships with some of the major job boards across the globe, aswell as with global corporations and interactive agencies, with a strong focus in the european and south american markets.
While the virtual events industry is gaining traction and the market is become more and more mature, we have seen a little sense of disappointment from exhibitors and sponsors in many events.
If we want the virtual fairs and trade shows to survive in the long term and become a mainstream tool for marketers and event managers, we need to fulfil the needs of our exhibitors and attendees. We cannot forget that our exhibitors, as the physical events exhibitors, are looking for tangible results and a credible return on their investments in terms of lead generation, sales increase & Brand & Corporate awareness.
I will try to give you a few tips on how to ensure that your exhibitors will be satisfied recurrent customers, from our experience organising more than 120 virtual trade shows in more than 20 countries (mostly in Europe and South America).
1. Do not oversell and set realistic expectations
Virtual events are a very cool and trendy technology, and they do deliver great results. But let´s be clear about this, they will not solve all your exhibitors' problems and these actions need to be an integrated part of the exhibitors marketing mix.
Set conservative objectives in advance with your exhibitors, based on previous or similar experiences and define with them what is to be expected in terms of visitors, attendee engagement and lead generation.
2. Content is king, and it needs to be adapted to a virtual environment
It is very important to differentiate one exhibitor from the next one. Remember that virtual events are not web portals or directories, therefore customisation, as in the physical world is a key concept. Try to create tailored contents for a virtual experience, which should be funny, engaging, short and direct. Virtual audiences get very easily distracted and tend to multitask while attending a virtual event.
3. Interact
A virtual event is all about sharing a venue, though virtual, with other attendees and exhibitors that have common interests, needs, etc.
You need to foster this sense of community interacting proactively with your virtual booth visitors, offering help and support. Try to have different kind of profiles manning your booths, so that you can give specific answers to the different needs of your target audience.
Again, keep it short, direct and interesting.
4. Measure
You will need to present your exhibitor results of the event, therefore measure everything and give them detailed reports. My suggestion is not to focus only in static metrics (visits, nº of exhibitors, etc) but in engagement metrics (nº of conversations, average page/visit, nº of comments or ratings).
It is important to convince your exhibitors that the traditional click-through rate, they use for their banner & SEM campaigns, does not apply to virtual events. In a 3D branded environment, you can already give the visitor a lot of information, interaction and get a call to action, without having him visiting the exhibitor's corporate site.
5. Gather feedback, learn and iterate
Since we are still in a very young industry, with loads of innovation going around it is very important to get our exhibitors and sponsors involved in the definition of the technology platforms of the future.
After each event, gather as much information about the attendee's and exhibitor's satisfaction as you can, find out where the platform can improve and implement those changes in short iterations. Continuous R&D is mandatory in our field.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and very successful virtual events in 2011!


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Much Abuzz about Nothing?
Fears of global bee decline may be unfounded
Reports of bee colony losses in the U.S. and Europe have triggered fears of a worldwide "pollination crisis." A new study in Current Biology suggests the decline might not be so widespread after all.
Bees are needed to pollinate certain crops, and some fear that a global slump in bee numbers could bode ill for the world's food supply. But when a research team analyzed data from the United Nations, they found that the number of commercial honey-bee colonies worldwide actually increased by about 45 percent from 1961 to 2007. While colony numbers have been dropping in the U.S. and some parts of Europe, other countries have made up for those losses.
On the downside, the percentage of crops that require pollination rose from 3.6 to 6.1 between 1961 and 2006. That skyrocketing demand may be straining the world's bee colonies. Wild and feral bees are likely helping to satisfy the pollination demand for now, but this "service" could be in danger if the spread of agriculture wipes out neighboring habitats. ❧
—Roberta Kwok
Aizen, M.A. and L.D. Harder. 2009. The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination. Current Biology 19(11):915-918.
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I landed in San Diego at night so wanted some place close to my car rental company to stay the first night. I was surprised at how nice the Old Town Inn is. The room was very clean. My bed was fantastic so I got a great night's sleep. breakfast was continental but they had a big jar of peanut butter so it was possible to get some protein. The woman at the front desk was very helpful with a suggestion for a non-Mexican restaurant for lunch the following day.
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Can't beat the cost and its location. One of the few places with no parking fees. Staff friendly and even shared a quiche recipe. Good free breakfast to start your day. We will return to this family owned establishment.
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The Dog House
Some of you have asked how Burger's getting along in the new house. Short answer: great. Short answer with a fancy Mary-Poppins-ish twist: just splendidly.
It only took him a day or two to figure out where his food bowl now lives and which door to wait at when he needs to go out. Other than that, he seems to be having fun discovering (and re-discovering) his favorite spots to hang. Here are some shots from the last two months to document his love for the new casa.
This one was taken pretty much right after we moved in. He quickly identified this sun-warmed corner of the rug in the living room and loved to park his keister there every morning.
It was part of his very own GTL routine – growl, tan, lick myself. Yes, we watch Jersey Shore since it's my wife's home state.
Though that routine has been interrupted by the introduction of Karl the sectional (since he blocks the sunspot), Burger has discovered a few new sun-drenched locations lately- including the windowsill itself. He's such a cat sometimes. Here he is snuggled up in Clara's hospital blanket (we brought it home for him to get used to her scent and now it's his official "blankie").
Sometimes he'll move his relaxing into one of our laps, which really is a win-win for everyone on a cold morning.
And occasionally he even helps supervise Clara during playtime. Although he tends to sleep on the job. Unless of course a noise is heard outside. Then all howl breaks loose. See what I did there? I replaced h-e-double-hockey-sticks with the word howl. Booyah.
But when he's not campaigning for the laziest chihuahua in the world title, he does his fair share of "quality control" – which basically means he helps us test out new purchases. Like our duvet:
And our new sectional pillows (even before the sectional was here, we tossed them on the sleeper sofa in the office and Burger took them for a test ride):
He also manages to squeeze in some playtime too, usually with his favorite toy: Divalectible. It was a gift (for Clara, actually) that Burger took an enthusiastic liking to. Don't judge us for the name of this tiny stuffed chihuahua with a pink feather boa on it (Divalectible is actually its given "Beanie Baby name" and somehow it stuck). But feel free to judge Sherry for the weird noise that she makes during this video. I call it her "excited dolphin call." She does it to get the dog to come a runnin'. Just not usually in public. Or on youtube.
Of course, it should come as no surprise that Burger continues to spend most of his days under the covers. So even though there's a whole new house for him to explore, we've definitely got the same ol' Burger on our hands.
So that's what our oldest kiddo has been up to when he's not "supervising" as we paint or demo something around the house. Life's good when you're an eight pound chihuahua.
Psst- If all goes well we might just have another post today or tomorrow for ya. Let's just say that we've finally started gaining guest bedroom momentum (with just 6 days until the inlaws arrive – yikes) so we're most likely working away as you read this. And Burger's probably supervising.
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Yay for a post about Burger! I love his little personality :-) Thanks for the Friday cuteness from both of your kiddos!
I usually don't comment, but I HAD to say that Burger and Clara together are just too cute!! I'm 20wks pregnant and have a little yorkie named Dash (he's about Burger's size) so watching this, I get a glimpse of what our lives will be like soon! I love how Burger took the toy and shook it like a mad-man – Dash does that too. Haha!
Aw, I love Burger! He's seems to get along so well with Clara!
This is an unrelated question and probably one you've gotten already but have you guys checked in with the new tenants that moved into your previous house? Will you be doing a post about how they're liking your old casa? They probably might not be comfortable enough to let you go in and take photos of their place now but I'm just curious to see how they're settling in and if they're enjoying all your old appliances, paint, window draperies and general overall loveliness of your old place. :)
Looks like he's having a great time=) Splendid indeed!
Okay, seriously? That's put a smile in my heart for the day. That was the cutest thing (both pictures and video) I've seen in….. well, since the last ones you posted. :) You guys are so much fun. And yes, Clara's BEYOND.
Love this post! Sherry – don't feel bad. There are moments when I realize the noises and baby-talk voices I use with my 5-year-old Yorkie Maddie, and I think – WHOA. So glad no one is around.
She seems to like it though. :)
Clara is the cutest baby I have ever seen. Seriously.
I love Burger! We have a little black pug who is the center of our world and I feel like he and Burger would be best friends – they could cuddle up and sleep all day long! Thank you for an awesome post full of happiness!
I can't wait for the guest room update! My MIL is coming to stay this weekend and my guest room looks like your box room before you got rid of the boxes. Wop wop.
I love Burger!
Babies and dogs living harmoniously together is my favorite thing.
Super cute post. :-) I loved the cute video.
I think one of the many reasons I like your blog is that you are dog people. Even though your human child is ridiculously cute….you haven't forgetten about the furry one.
My dog, Ike, turned 4 yesterday…they grow up so fast….
Clara is the cutest little thing! What a happy baby!
I'm not sure if you guys read Jen Lancaster's books, she's quite possibly the funniest person alive… and she loves YOU. She blogged some YHL lovin today, hope you enjoy the visit spike!
Lucky me, 2 of my favorites in one quick browse of the google reader :) Have a wonderful weekend!
Just wanted to let you know that you got an awesome shout out over on jennsylvania.com (the author Jen Lancaster's blog). My favorite other referencing my favorite home bloggers! Amazing :)
and by "other" I most definitely mean author.
OMG you guys totally got a shout out from Jen Lancaster, best author ever!
LOL you guys are so nerdy I just LOOVE it haha. The GTL totally had me cracking up :)
I loved this so much.
Burger has got to be the coolest chihuahua ever =)
He is a cat!!
Oh the day in the life of a dog :) So cute!!
My dog is the same way. She loves to cuddle all over the house. I think she sleep 23 hours a day!
I saw a little shout out to you in Baby Talk magazine! It was a little clip of "at-home mom's who rock our world" with a link to your site. Nice job!
burger is the best love the video with clara too funny. I was reading above about your jersey exprience and I was wondering do you relate more to the "jersey shore" or Kevin Smith's version of Jersey?
have a nice weekend, is yours a long weekend too? We have Family day here in Ontario, love having the day off work and paid…Ya!!!!
1:28 to the end…BEST VIDEO EVER! LOL! You guys had me laughing! Thanks!
My favorite fabrics you used for the Clara project were the 10 week, the 20 week, and the 29 week. And I like the 2-week fabric a LOT too! You should definitely find a way to use those ones in your home somewhere!!
Sherry, that squeal sound you made seriously made me laugh! And kudos for doing it so dolphin-perfect.
Oh, and love Clara's cute little rosy cheeks! Aw, babies.
LOL Sherry, now… get brave and do that dolphin sound with burger in action in front of the camera for us all to SEE! ((:
Clara is adorable! I love all that you guys do!!! you are really the perfect couple/family!!!
I have a question for you…not totally related, but when you mentioned working on your spare room for your parents/in-laws it made me think…..I too have in-laws coming for a visit soon ( as they do a few times a year ) and I'm trying to get our new house in order. We have a den/spare room that has french doors….I'm wondering do you have any suggestion for a non-permanent cover for the glass? Since we'll only use the den as a guest room a few weeks out of the year I'm looking for something that we can take down once company is gone.
Omg, that reflection in the window (with burger on the sill) is so creepy! Going to have nightmares tonight! Do you guys know what that us? Doesn't look like either of you. Resembles a creepy Halloween ghost…eek!
So you know what's really funny? I'm watching your video, and at the end when Sherry makes her crazed-dolphin-slash-turkey-sounding call, one of my pups (Ruby) JUMPS up from her bed (which is at my feet), and RUNS to the living room to see what that was! Then she just sat there, looking from side to side… I'm sure, trying to figure out what the heck that was.
And the other pup? Yeah, she didn't move a muscle. She didn't even perk her ears or lift her head! She's still fast asleep next to me! LOL.
Mmhmm… and Ruby is STILL in the living room… just waiting for that crazed-dolphin-slash-turkey-calling-woman to give her some lovin, I'm sure. LOL.
Thanks for the laugh. :-)
(p.s. painted FOUR paint swatches on our future baby's room wall today! And two more inside the closet. Fun, fun! :-D Thank you guys so much for always inspiring.)
Burger is just a perfect example of a supervisor, sleeping on the job :D That photo of Clara in pink – super adorable :)
Loved this video! Burger and Clara are the cutest! Clara was funny watching him and holding out here hand as if to say, when do I get to play with the doll?
You guys are so much fun to watch on video, thanks for brightening my evening. :)
Happy Weekend!
Dogs make a house a home.
lol! I'm not a dog person at all, but I'm into reading posts about Burger. He's too funny!!
This post is just too adorable. I have a five pound female chihuahua and she and Burger seem SO much alike. She also loves to curl up in sun warmed spots and curl up on top of our couch or under the covers. And she sits with her paws crossed and also prunes herself like a cat. Thanks for the video too – Clara is super cute!
Oh I could just nuzzle in that neck of his all day!
Burger's that is…no offense John.
Are the chairs in the first picture from Crate and Barrel? I just spotted 14 of a very similar chair from C&B at a local thrift store, brand new for $30 each, marked down from $90! Too bad I didn't have the money to scoop up that fantastic deal!
Jennifer B.
Howdy P's! I read your blog all the time and we've just recently been bitten by the DIY bug and currently have 3 running projects. I have this dilemma I'm wondering if you've answered it or come across it before. Out house is relatively old (90's) and the baseboards are an older style white (or they've collected years of dust and have yellowed….let's just be honest right!?) :0) Our current project is the laundry room and the baseboards are particularly horrible in that room. So much so that I cannot stomach not painting them a crisp shiny white now that the room is this lovely gray. But it's a domino effect you know? If you paint this baseboard then when you get to the door jam…you must paint….. but then the other side of the door jam….then the hallway side trim…then the hallway baseboards…..then the…..ahhhhh! You know what I'm saying? What to do????
Aw man, I was hoping you'd say "old yellowed base boards are totally all the rage!" JK! :) That's what I figured and I know it's worth it but….sigh…. :) Thanks so much and thanks too for all the inspiration! :)
There is nothing like the love a dog gives to the family! We lost our Jake early and we were all heartbroken – I told the kids I wanted one summer dog free – I took two- after much searching we now have Jax – goofy and a big handfull, just like us! Burger is so good with your daughter – how fun! Thanks for yet another pretty look at the girl and the other man of the house!
"Before mommy embarrasses herself more I'm going to turn this off" oh I love it, you guys crack me up!
Love the Jersey Shore reference! I'm a fellow Jersey girl through and through. You just couldn't make me live anywhere else. No matter how much people make fun of it, I don't care, I love it!
My dog Blitzkrieg loves his sun spots too. Recently I had the nerve to paint something in his favorite sun spot. Since I was using no VOC paint, he played Project Manager and watched from his corner of the sun spot. He also slept on the job.
How old is Burger? Maybe he has a case of cabin fever. I know all I want to do is find a sunny place in the house or hibernate under the blankets during the winter….susan
Burger is so freaking cute! I love how he cuddles all up with by himself. That's how I sleep all rolled up in a ball. And Clara is the cutest baby ever! She just sits there so calm the whole video. I have to admit I never liked chihuahuas that much but Burger won my heart over.
Cute video! Our baby guy likes to scream and point when the dogs run back into the room with a toy. Nothing quite like baby/dog interaction!
SOO funny I have the same high pitch squeal to call our chihuahua!!!
I love how Clara is just sitting there taking it all in! Such a beautiful baby girl! =)
Very cute kids!
I saw this video a few weeks ago. Where was it posted? I remember someone asking about Clara's red cheeks and hands.
I'm not going crazy from too much blog reading… Am i???
i love him!! He is so cute!! My chihuahua does the exact same thing all day, every day! Her name is Canela (cinnamon in spanish) and she luurrvs the sun :) fyi, everyone i know loves jersey shore. I even got my mom into it, it's funny as howl! When she misses it, she asks me what happened, lol!
i definitely watched the part where sherry made her excited dolphin noise no less than three times. and clara watching burger is so cute.
I always think it and will finally say it- Clara is adorable!! She has the rosiest cheeks and is just ALWAYS smiling, which I've come to realize with friends babies isn't actually as common as I thought. Such a cutie :)
how can I go back and see the blog posts from when yall first started?
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BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore Orioles selected outfielder Xavier Avery's contract from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.
Avery, 22, batted .273/.373/.469 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in 33 games for the Tides. He will wear uniform No. 13.
The Orioles will reassign infielder Matt Antonelli to make room for Avery on the 40-man roster.
The Orioles also optioned right-handed pitcher Stu Pomeranz to the Tides. He made two scoreless appearances for the Orioles since his contract was selected on May 7.


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Thursday, September 4, 2014
Health Law Grand Rounds
Irrational Hospital Prices
Speaker: Professor Erin Fuse Brown, Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Wynne Courtroom (Room 100),Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
Contact: Hall Center for Law and Health at email@example.com
The Hall Center for Law and Health presents Health Law Grand Rounds with Professor Erin Fuse Brown, Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law.
This is a free event, but registration is required.
Erin C. Fuse Brown, assistant professor of law, teaches Administrative Law; Health Law: Finance & Delivery; and the Health Care Transactional & Regulatory Practicum. She is a faculty member of the Center for Law, Health & Society. Her research interests are in the intersection of the business and regulation of health care delivery systems. Her recent scholarship has focused on policies affecting hospital prices for health care services and on the structural fragility of the right to health care in the Affordable Care Act.
Fuse Brown came from Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where she was a visiting assistant professor and visiting fellow in ethics and health policy with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics. Previously, she practiced in the health care group of the San Francisco office of Ropes & Gray LLP and clerked for Judge Alan C. Kay on the U.S. District Court in the District of Hawaii.
Fuse Brown received a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center and a M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While in law and public health schools, she was an associate editor of The Georgetown Law Journal, a Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics and Health Policy, and a senior researcher for The Center for Law and the Public's Health. Fuse Brown holds a B.A, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College in studio art.
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Parking is available for a nominal fee at the campus Gateway Garage, located on the corner of Michigan and California Streets (Address is 525 Blackford Street).
Parking is also available for a nominal fee at the Natatorium Garage two blocks west of the law school.
Special Accommodations:
Individuals with disabilities who need special assistance should call (317) 274-8036 no later than one week prior to the event. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.