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I wrote this as I was engaged in the weirdest IM conversation ever, involving everything from greek gods to zombies to pigs to batman to adoption to the emperor with no clothes to that song about big butts to...well, you get the idea. Anyway, DWS has a scary mind. Granted, mine is just as bad, if not worse...but still.
The worst times are when she has to laugh to keep from crying. Mostly Molly lives in a sort of numb haze, but sometimes the pain is sharp and immediate rather than dull and distant, and her eyes sting and she laughs because she's sick of tears.
And there are days when she breaks through the fog of indifference and the world is full of color again, no longer just muted shades of gray. On those days she lives as fully as she can, because if she loses herself in sunlight and blue skies, the pain of her brothers' deaths fades into the shadows of her mind and for a few moments, she can be free.
But mostly her hours are filled with a steady quiet melancholy interspersed with moments of wild grief, because she loved Gideon and Fabian and now they're dead.
She has Arthur, but he doesn't understand, can't understand what it's like to feel your entire world slip through your fingers and shatter into a thousand jagged shards on the ground. And she's so afraid that she'll lose him as well, terrified that she'll be left alone, that all she can do is cling to him and beg him to be careful.
The hardest thing to get over, though, is the knowledge that no matter what happens, no matter whether the war ends tomorrow or stretches on into a bloodstained eternity, she'll never be rid of the fear.
The fear never went away entirely, and it's back worse than ever now, now that she has seven children and more to lose than ever before.
Her children - even foolish, pride-blinded Percy - remind her so much of her brothers. Strong, willful, stubborn, brave as anything...so much like Gideon, so much like Fabian, and she sees their corpses in her dreams.
And she can't find it in herself to laugh anymore, not even to keep from crying.


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This Sunday on "Face the Nation," host Bob Schieffer led a spirited discussion on the wars abroad and at home-- as President Obama announced last week, the nation is speeding up its withdrawal from Afghanistan, while partisan divide has split Washington on nearly everything from gun control to new cabinet appointments.
Schieffer was first joined by Senator John McCain (R, Ariz.) of the Armed Services Committee. Senator McCain opened by expressing his concerns about withdrawing from Afghanistan, stating, "I think you are probably going to see an unraveling, gradually," of stability in Afghanistan. The Arizona Senator continued, "I don't think there's any doubt that the Taliban are a significant force remaining [in Afghanistan]." From there, McCain raised concerns about President Obama's nominee to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, saying that he still had "legitimate questions" for the candidate before he would be comfortable with confirmation, citing "an obligation to the men and women who are now serving in uniform." Still, Senator McCain dodged the question as to whether he'd block former Senator Hagel's appointment, saying he'd neither vote for or against Hagel at this time.
McCain closed by addressing the issue of the hour in Washington; gun control. The Senator agreed that a discussion on guns was necessary, saying "I applaud the conversation," but warned "to somehow believe that, just by taking guns away from people is the answer--I don't think history shows that's the right way to do it." Moreover, McCain said, a ban on assault weapons couldn't and shouldn't pass Congress at this time.
(For more on Senator McCain's appearance on "Face the Nation," visit Talking Points Memo, Politico, The LA Times, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Washington Post.)
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) then joined "Face the Nation," where he applauded the President's call for a gradual troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. "We've killed Osama bin Laden, we've crippled Al Qaeda," said Senator Manchin. "Are we going to be there forever?" Manchin warned against a "war of occupation," before calling for forces to "come back home and rebuild America."
Senator Manchin agreed that there were still "some serious questions we need to ask" before confirming Hagel as Secretary of Defense, but said he'd ultimately give "every consideration" to our President on his cabinet appointments. Manchin, a proud NRA member, closed by calling for a change in dialogue in light of the Newtown tragedy, but warned that he had larger questions about a holistic approach "to cure this violence, this culture of mass violence."
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General McChrystal, former commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, then joined the program to discuss his new memoir, "My Share of the Task." McChrystal declined to comment specifically on a troop withdrawal, saying "active generals, they're there, they know what they're doing." Still, McChrystal warned, "the region matters," and a strong Afghanistan would bode well for US interests in the Middle East.
McChrystal then talked about his career in the military and the events that led to his controversial retirement in light of a "Rolling Stone" article where he and his staff made disparaging remarks about President Obama. Said McChrystal, "I have regrets that some of the things that I was responsible for, I didn't finish. I didn't finish the job in Afghanistan, I let down a lot of people that worked for me," but that he ultimately was proud of taking responsibility.
(More on General McChrystal's appearance on "Face the Nation" can be found at Politico and Talking Points Memo.)
Bob then spoke with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who called for a pathway to full citizenship and comprehensive immigration reform. "I think it's got to be bipartisan. It won't pass muster if it's not," said Villaraigosa, "and I'm heartened to see that Senator McCain and others, I think they're about eight in the Senate that have been working together and talking about comprehensive immigration reform, not just a piecemeal approach." Villaraigosa closed by addressing the issue of gun control, a significant one for his city of Los Angeles, saying, "We've got to do a lot more around mental health as I mentioned," but that ultimately, "we do need sensible gun safety laws in the United States of America."
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The Greatest Bands Of The 70'sAh the 1970s. Known to many as the decade of care-free decadence, it also was a time when many of the best rock bands shot to prominence.
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Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn is sticking with what he likes and told investors that he bought more shares of Marvell Technology, which had been Greenlight Capital's biggest loser in 2012.
"We expect the shares to sprint higher in 2013," Einhorn wrote to his investors in a five-page letter where he reflected on the ups and downs of 2012 and what he hopes will lie ahead.
Disappointing earnings and a $1 billion award in a patent infringement suit sent shares of the semiconductor company tumbling last year but Einhorn is certain that that award will be significantly reduced or eliminated altogether.
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After facing closure due to bankruptcy, Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, New York, is being revived thanks to residents of the city. The only independent bookstore for new books in the area will reopen in April as a community-owned co-op. (Cornell Daily Sun)
Effective today, HarperCollins is limiting libraries' lending of e-books, a move that has prompted some librarians to call for a boycott of the publisher's offerings. (Chicago Tribune)
Psychology Today ponders the treatment of characters of color in literature, prompted by an inquiry by blogger Tami Harris: "Which is better—to be triggered, to be a token, or to be erased?"
London's Olympic Village will include a prominently placed line of Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses." The quote will be engraved on a stone wall that will remain after the games, when the venue will be converted to a residential community. (Guardian)
After two weeks of taking nominations, the San Francisco Chronicle's Dean Rader reveals his list of the ten greatest poets, with Pablo Neruda, "a poet with so much cultural cache that he could be a viable candidate for president," at the top spot. (New York Times)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates Nikki Giovanni and Terry McMillan with Image Awards in literature. (Examiner)
Despite the novelist's past rebukes against its government, Mexico awarded Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa the country's top honor for a foreign citizen, the Order of the Aztec Eagle. (ABC News)
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The challenge is to identify these incidents quickly so that they can be addressed before they have a major impact on users. The increased interdependency of network and applications and cost of downtime – or what users perceive as downtime – mean it is no longer enough to use a discrete tool and say "it's not the network" or 'my servers are fine". Separate network and application monitoring tools are not designed to manage the interplay between the network and application environments. End-user experience monitoring is key as it allows IT staff to identify problems at an early stage and track down their root cause more quickly.
The system also has to show when incidents have been handled by network redundancy – for example, when traffic is rerouted through a back-up route because a link goes down. While the network may be able to cope with the problem, if the team are not alerted they will not know that a component has failed, leaving them exposed to increased risk of a complete failure which will impact the business.
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The solution that is emerging is called Application-aware Network Performance Management (AANPM). This takes an application-centric view of everything happening across the network and the interdependencies and enables engineers to monitor and optimise the end user experience. It looks at applications in terms of how they are deployed and how they are performing, not in terms of coding.
Earlier this year Gartner recognised this holistic monitoring by publishing their first Magic Quadrant on the Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics (NPMD) market, which some other analysts call AANPM. This emphasised the need for a single integrated solution to monitor, troubleshoot and analyse networks and—even more important—the applications and services they carry.
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It is important to remember, however, that tools such as AANPM cannot be used in isolation. IT staff need to be trained to work across disciplines, not in silos, and to ensure the proper planning processes are in place. With the appropriate tools, training and planning, they will be able to prevent user perceptions of downtime from leading to loss of productivity and reducing the quality of customer service.


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Jodi Birch (née Flooger) is a character that appeared in iDo. At first, she wanted to marry Gordon Birch, but once she saw Spencer, she fell in love with him. She thought that Spencer was really funny. Also, her mother was mentioned on video chat, and her mother seemed to want Jodi to get married. Jodi also seemed to like Spencer's pecs.She is portrayed by Rakefet Abergel.
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Re-configure Targeting ParametersEdit
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Institutional Impediments to Groundwater Trading: the case of the Gnangara groundwater system of Western Australia
The development of a market in groundwater usage rights can be inhibited by constraints arising from the institutional context. Such impediments may reduce the potential gains from trade and may generate high transaction costs for prospective traders. We analyse the regulations and policies influencing groundwater transfers in a case-study area -- the Gnangara groundwater system around Perth, Western Australia -- and identify significant impediments to a groundwater market. Property rights are found to be conditional, temporary, and vulnerable to amendment. Regulatory approval is required for all transfers. Facilitating infrastructure is lacking, and price information is unavailable. Management area boundaries reflect land ownership and use rather than hydrogeological realities; the limitation of transfers to within these boundaries eliminates much of the potential for gains from trade. Over-allocation and weak monitoring also impede the development of a market. The current management system is likely to obscure unmet demand for water-rights transfers between users and usage-types.
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- Howe, Charles W., 2002. "Policy issues and institutional impediments in the management of groundwater: lessons from case studies," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(04), pages 625-641, October.
- Michael D. Young & Jim C. McColl, 2009.
"Double trouble: the importance of accounting for and defining water entitlements consistent with hydrological realities ,"
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- Mr. Bernard Chan, G.B.S., J.P.
Mr. Bernard Chan, G.B.S., J.P.
Bernard is currently President of Asia Financial Group and Asia Insurance. He is a deputy to the National People's Congress of the PRC and a non-official member of HKSAR Executive Council. He sits on a number of governance bodies in public service, such as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, Council for Sustainable Development and the Lingnan University Council, as well as chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. He has served on Oxfam Hong Kong Council from 1999. He is currently Chair of Fundraising and Communications Committee (formerly Resources Development Advisory Committee), and Oxfam Trailwalker Advisory Committee.
- Professor Emily Chan
Professor Emily Chan
Emily serves in CUHK as Professor and Assistant Dean (Development) at Faculty of Medicine, Director at Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Centre for Global Health (CGH), and International Centre of Excellence in Health and Community Resilience (ICoE-CCOUC) of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR, a joint research programme of International Council for Science (ICSU), International Social Science Council (ISSC) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)), as well as at Oxford University Nuffield Department of Medicine as Visiting Professor, in Harvard University as Senior Fellow at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Visiting Scholar at FXB Center and in University of Hong Kong as Honorary Professor at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. Emily also serves as Co-chairperson of the World Health Organization Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Group (WHO H-EDRM Research Group), member of the Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR ASTAAG) and in various technical consultation capacities for World Health Organization (WHO). She has been a member of Council since 2011.
- Ms. Virginia Chan, J.P.
Ms. Virginia Chan, J.P.
Ms Chan is the former Business Director (Agency Development and Partnership) of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. As an experienced social worker, she currently serves on boards and committees of various NGOs. Her volunteer work includes promoting community care and patient care services, developing cross-sectoral networks for providing social services, and promoting green living education. She joined Council in 2013.
- Mr. Walter Chan, S.B.S., J.P.
Mr. Walter Chan, S.B.S., J.P.
Walter is a consultant with Rowland Chow, Chan & Co., Solicitors, as well as So, Lung & Associates Solicitors. He is also a China Appointed Attesting Officer. He sits on the board of a range of government and non-government bodies including the Hong Kong Housing Society and Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups. He is also an honorary legal advisor to a number of organisations. He joined Council of Oxfam Hong Kong in 2009 and was a non-office bearing member of Executive Committee during 2012 to 2015.
- Mr. Cheung Yuk Tong
Mr. Cheung Yuk Tong
Mr. Cheung Yuk Tong was a former partner of Baker & McKenzie, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Yuk Tong has served as a board or panel member of various government bodies and NGOs. He is currently an independent non-executive director of the manager of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust, and a member of the Estate Agents Appeal Panel under the Transport and Housing Bureau. He joined the Council in 2015.
- Mr. Sherman Chin
Mr. Sherman Chin
Mr. Sherman Chin is currently Director, Talent Development, Asia Pacific for VF Corporation, a global lifestyle apparel and footwear company headquartered in the US. Sherman has extensive experience in corporate human resources, management consulting and leadership development and has done extensive work in China, India and Southeast Asia. He has an academic background in international relations and economic development. Sherman has been a member of the Human Resources Committee since March 2015. He joined Council in May 2016.
- Dr. Elsie Leung, G.B.M., J.P.
Dr. Elsie Leung, G.B.M., J.P.
Elsie is a consultant of the legal firm of Iu, Lai & Li. She is a solicitor, a Notary Public, China-appointed Attesting Officer as well as Deputy Director of the Basic Law Committee of the HKSAR of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the PRC. She served as the first Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR from 1997-2005. She has a distinguished record of public service, particularly her voluntary role as a legal adviser to a number of NGOs. She has joined the Council in 2007.
- Mr. Timothy Ma, J.P.
Mr. Timothy Ma, J.P.
Timothy Ma is a registered social worker with more than 20 years in serving elderly. He was awarded as the Outstanding Social Entrepreneurship of East Asia on 2009 by the SCHWAB Foundation. Currently Timothy serves at numbers of government advisory committees, such as Elderly Commission, Urban Renewal Authority, Town Planning Board and Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee. He joined Council in 2013 and has become non-office bearing member of Executive Committee since 2015.
- Mr. Martin Matsui
Mr. Martin Matsui
Martin Matsui's professional background is in finance over the past thirty years, of which twenty have been in Hong Kong. He was the branch manager of a major New York bank in Hong Kong and is currently a fund manager with the Hong Kong Government. He is an adjunct professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the Finance Department. Serving Oxfam HK in a personal capacity, he has been a member of FAC since 2011. He joined Council in 2013. He is currently Chair of the Human Resources Committee.
- Prof. Pun Ngai
Prof. Pun Ngai
Professor Pun currently works in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is the director of the China Research and Development Network. Her action research focuses on globalisation and its impact on urban poverty in China, gender equality, business ethics and labour rights. Professor Pun has been an Oxfam Hong Kong Council member since 2014 and is currently a member of the Programme and Advocacy Committee.
- Dr. Herman To
Dr. Herman To
Herman is a Hong Kong registered non-practising solicitor with an accountancy background. He was a business entrepreneur with an international coverage prior to focusing his time in non-profit since 2003. Herman has since developed research interests in cooperative finance in China as a poverty alleviation tool. His other non-profit engagements include being an expert advisor at the School of Philanthropy, Sun Yat-sen University, China and the strategic advisor to the Guangdong Harmony Foundation, Guangdong. He joins the Council in 2015.
Executive Committee Members
- Josephine Chesterton (Chair)
- Wong Hung (Vice-Chair)
- May Tan (Vice-Chair)
- Allan Ng (Treasurer)
- Monica Au
- Timonthy Ma
- Martin Matsui
Finance and Audit Committee Members
- Allan Ng (Chair)
- Walter Chan
- Josephine Chesterton
- Danny Lee
- Liu Xiao Feng
- Teresa Ma
- Martin Matsui
- Vivek Sharma
- Herman To
Fundraising and Communications Committee Members
- Bernard Chan (Chair)
- Monica Au
- Francis Fong
- Henry Ho
- Alice Kwok
- Gavin Kwok
- Timothy Ma
- Sandra Mak
- Mark Tung
- Joan Xia
Human Resources Committee Members
- Martin Matsui (Chair)
- Virginia Chan
- Sherman Chin
- Derrick Lee
- Fiona Loughrey
- Timothy Ma
- Herman To
- Wong Hung
Nominations Committee Members
- Josephine Chesterton (Chair)
- Bernard Chan
- Wong Hung
- Martin Matsui
- Allan Ng
Programme and Advocacy Committee Members
- Wong Hung (Chair)
- Cai Yong-shun
- Jeffrey Chau
- Cheung Yuk Tong
- David Hodson
- Elsie Leung
- Lo Chi Kin
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Unblocks files that were downloaded from the Internet.
ByPath (Default)
Unblock-File [-Path] <String[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Unblock-File -LiteralPath <String[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
The Unblock-File cmdlet lets you open files that were downloaded from the Internet. It unblocks Windows PowerShell script files that were downloaded from the Internet so you can run them, even when the Windows PowerShell execution policy is RemoteSigned. By default, these files are blocked to protect the computer from untrusted files.
Before using the Unblock-File cmdlet, review the file and its source and verify that it is safe to open.
Internally, the Unblock-File cmdlet removes the Zone.Identifier alternate data stream, which has a value of "3" to indicate that it was downloaded from the Internet.
For more information about Windows PowerShell execution policies, see about_Execution_Policies (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170).
This cmdlet is introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.
Example 1: Unblock a file
PS C:\> Unblock-File -Path C:\Users\User01\Documents\Downloads\PowerShellTips.chm
This command unblocks the PowerShellTips.chm file.
Example 2: Unblock multiple files
PS C:\> dir C:\Downloads\*PowerShell* | Unblock-File
This command unblocks all of the files in the C:\Downloads directory whose names include "PowerShell". Do not run a command like this one until you have verified that all files are safe.
Example 3: Find and unblock scripts
The first command uses the **Stream** parameter of the Get-Item cmdlet get files with the Zone.Identifier stream.Although you could pipe the output directly to the **Unblock-File** cmdlet (Get-Item * -Stream "Zone.Identifier" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach {Unblock-File $_.FileName}), it is prudent to review the file and confirm that it is safe before unblocking.
PS C:\> Get-Item * -Stream "Zone.Identifier" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
FileName: C:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1
Stream Length
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Zone.Identifier 26
The second command shows what happens when you run a blocked script in a Windows PowerShell session in which the execution policy is **RemoteSigned**. The RemoteSigned policy prevents you from running scripts that are downloaded from the Internet unless they are digitally signed.
PS C:\> C:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1
c:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1 : File c:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1 cannot
be loaded. The file c:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1 is not digitally signed. The script
will not execute on the system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at
At line:1 char:1
+ c:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
The third command uses the **Unblock-File** cmdlet to unblock the script so it can run in the session.
PS C:\> Get-Item C:\ps-test\Start-ActivityTracker.ps1 | Unblock-File
This command shows how to find and unblock Windows PowerShell scripts.
Specifies the files to unblock. Unlike Path, the value of the LiteralPath parameter is used exactly as it is typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the path includes escape characters, enclose it in single quotation marks. Single quotation marks tell Windows PowerShell not to interpret any characters as escape sequences.
Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: ByLiteralPath
Aliases: PSPath
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
Specifies the files to unblock. Wildcard characters are supported.
Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: ByPath
Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: True
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
You can pipe a file path to Unblock-File.
This cmdlet does not generate any output.
- The Unblock-File cmdlet works only in file system drives.
- Unblock-File performs the same operation as the Unblock button on the Properties dialog box in File Explorer.
- If you use the Unblock-File cmdlet on a file that is not blocked, the command has no effect on the unblocked file and the cmdlet does not generate errors.


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Colin's birthday is coming up, and when we started planning his birthday party, I wanted to come up with a playful theme based on one of his favorite books for his small party. He absolutely loves the whole series of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books by Laura Numeroff, so several months ago, I spent my time surfing Pinterest and drawing my own inspiration from the books to devise a menu (cookies, muffins – savory and sweet – from If You Give a Moose a Muffin, pancakes from If You Give a Pig a Pancake, etc.) and activities.
And yet, over the past two months, we have seen a mild interest in baseball bubble into a full-on obsession. He only wants to read baseball books, play baseball games, sing baseball songs. It is literally all he talks about 90% of the day. I arrive at his crib in the morning to hear him muttering the words to Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and his first move once he is out of the crib is to reach for his bat and ball so he can begin "batting practice" (which looks a lot more like golf, but that's neither here nor there). His mitt follows us everywhere, and every time he gets in the car, he asks to go see the baseball stadium (we do live only one block away, so even when it's not the plan, it's a regular occurrence anyway).
When I started my planning, I was still maintaining the hope that I could resist the inevitable sports-themed parties for at least another year or two. He was still my baby, right?! I ordered an invitation off of Etsy according to my original book-themed plan and proceeded, figuring he would be excited to see all of their favorite foods, color mouse and moose pictures with his buddies and play at the park.
We updated this invitation from Etsy with our information for C's small party at the park.
When I headed to Party City to buy supplies for the party – plates, napkins, cups, etc. – I stumbled upon a gem in the clearance section. Cubs party napkins. A huge pack for a dollar. I knew that they would blow Colin's mind. We were already going to incorporate sports in a small way, since C's big gift from us is going to be the Little Tykes basketball hoop, and I decided then and there that while the invitation already went out with one theme, it didn't really matter. We could merge our original plan with a secondary sports theme… since it is his party after all. The first birthday is so much more for the parents, but at age two, this small party for his closest buddies and their parents is going to be all about him.
Here are some of my other finds:
Inflatable Basketballs – For favors (and to entertain the kids while we are in the small classroom adjacent to the park), I found these cheap and perfect sized inflatable basketballs. We are lucky that there will be 11 kids, so buying items in a pack of a dozen is inexpensive and easy. (Sadly, they didn't have these in baseball form.)
Basketball Plates, Chicago Cubs Napkins, Football Dessert Plates, Soccer Cups – For the meal (which will still be brunch, and mostly inspired by the book), I found all sorts of great disposable dishes at Party City, and they were all on sale (seemed strange, since I doubt sports ever really go out of style, but I'll take the big win!).
For the tables, I am planning to cover them inexpensively with a roll of plastic table cover – I love that one roll will be more than enough for the party, and the leftovers will be amazingly helpful at home to spread out when we do crafty projects for easy clean up.
For activities, we will have the inflatable balls with the Little Tykes hoop, some homemade coloring sheets that I traced from the Mouse and Moose books, and assuming the weather cooperates, the playground. After hosting at home, I have learned that the small cost of renting a room through the Park District is more than worth it for the ease of clean up.
We can't wait to celebrate our little guy's second birthday.


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BOSTON (AP) The Appalachian Mountain Club is offering an all-inclusive two-for-one lodging deal for children 12 and under when accompanied by an adult.
The discount is available at all five of the AMC's northern New England lodges in New Hampshire and Maine.
AMC facilities in New Hampshire's White Mountains are the Highland Lodge and the Joe Dodge Lodge, in addition to the Cardigan Lodge at the base of Mount Cardigan. At the Highland Lodge, the L.L. Bean gear room offers free loaner outdoor clothing and equipment, from hiking boots to fleece jackets.
In Maine, AMC guests can stay in the Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins or the Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins, all in the Moosehead Lake region. Canoes and kayaks are available free for guest use.
Other free programs offered at AMC's White Mountain lodges include guided hikes and lectures and activities like GPS orienteering.
Families have a choice of private rooms with private or shared bath at New Hampshire lodges and private cabins with private or shared bath in Maine.
The AMC's children's 2-for-1 discount is available at the Highland and Joe Dodge lodges through Dec. 25, excluding Nov. 26-29; at the Cardigan, through Oct. 24; and at the Maine wilderness lodges, through Oct. 31.
Rates vary by location, for non-members starting at $67 per person, per night for adults and $43 for kids 12 and under, with the second child free. All-inclusive rates include breakfast and family-style dinner with other guests at all lodges, plus trail lunch at Cardigan Lodge and Maine Wilderness Lodges. Only one discount is offered per reservation. For reservations, call 603-466-2727. Details at outdoors.org/lodging.
The Maine lodges are also offering a three-night "Maine Woods Discovery" package, Sunday-Friday, through Oct. 10, for $366, plus taxes, for non-members ($318 for AMC members), including private cabin accommodations, dinner, breakfast, and trail lunch. L.L. Bean fly rod rentals are available. For reservations, call 603-466-2727. Details at outdoors.org/mainelodges.
The organization offers an online Fall Planning Guide as well at outdoors.org/fallguide.
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Hampton Inn Grand Rapids South, Wyoming
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 136 guestrooms
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Front desk safe
- Laundry service
- Meeting room
- Free newspapers in the lobby
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
What's around
- Frog Hollow Playground (2.1 mi / 3.4 km)
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum (7.9 mi / 12.7 km)
- Grand Rapids Art Museum (7.9 mi / 12.8 km)
- Gerald R. Ford Museum (8 mi / 12.8 km)
- Public Museum of Grand Rapids (8 mi / 12.9 km)
Hampton Inn Grand Rapids South, Wyoming
Hotel Info: (02) 8228 1927from A$208
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 136 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-2 AM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
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- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Spa tub
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 400
- Conference space size (meters) - 37
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1997
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
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- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision.
Optional extras
Microwaves are available for USD 10 per stay
Refrigerators are available for USD 10 per stay
Rollaway beds are available for USD 10 per stay
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Buick Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
The car has 52,000 + miles. May 2008, the transmission pump was leaking and had it replaced under warranty.
This is what the work order says: Transmission front pump seal is leaking. Need to R&R the trans and reseal the pump. R&Red transmission. Removed pum and resealed it. Reinstalled. Would this have any connection to the current situation.