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Please forgive Stanczyk for an extended leave of absence. Literally, I have been mailing it (er emailing it in). So let me wish everyone a belated Happy New Year, 2012 (appropriate kind of since this is the twelfth day)!
This year I still have a backlog of comments and research to get to.
I missed a few things that I had wished to blog about. Today's blog was written two days before Christmas (2011) during Waclaw Hawel's funeral. So please forgive me for such a belated remembrance …
(but this jester could not just let this pass)
Waclaw Hawel born (ur.) 5 October 1936 – died (zm.) 18 December 2011
Seldom do the deaths of leaders abroad touch upon the American psyche. Certainly the death the year before, 10 April 2010, of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and many of the Polish leadership who died ironically attempting to reach Russia to commemorate Katyn. It only reached those of the Polish American intelligentsia and there but briefly.
To be sure when the much beloved Princess Diana perished in the Parisian car wreck or when the Blessed Pope John Paul II died in Rome, America wept and grieved in a prolonged period of mourning.
For Saddam Hussein, there was nothing but contempt and a distant, removed interest in whether a hanged dictator soiled his clothing at the moment of death. This year, the heroic, action-justice drama of killing bin Laden drew a strong response of pent-up justice delayed and spontaneous joy in the American streets at its long last rendering. But that was short lived. The many spelled Libyan madman, Khadaffi barely registered any interest in his You-Tube video death and even the Hague seemed uninterested in the manner of death. The North-Korean tyrant Kim Jong Il died this week and again America's disinterest was palpable – though the choreographed grief seemed to reach the starving North Koreans. It was however quipped that the Wicked & Evil Convention in Hell This Year will have a longer than usual "Memorial Reel".
However, Waclaw Havel even though his death happened simultaneously with the nuclear armed Korean tyrant, there is a growing swell of recognition for the Czech. Perhaps less than Princess Diana or Blessed Pope John Paul II – but his diverse talent as a literati seems to have lifted this world leader to some prominence here in the USA.
Theaters in Philadelphia are performing his absurdest works. Obvious this author is chronicling his impact in death and contrasting his death with others on some kind of cosmic scale. Others too, in fact Harper's Magazine, December 2011 issue, on page 94 in the article, "Speakeasy" there was a mention of Hawel's "literocracy" and an interesting comparison to Hemingway/post-WWI-Paris. Let the Waclaw Hawel meme live .. on !
There is no doubt that Waclaw Hawel and his "Velvet Revolution" are linked with Lech Walesa / Solidarność, or Blessed Pope John Paul II for their role in opposing tyranny and bringing about an end to European Totalitarianism that had lingered on for far too long after World War II. So as each of these giants of the Greatest Generation pass it is a mix of sadness for their passing and celebration for their efforts lifting us out of oppression and restoring our freedoms. Still most Americans will not know of Waclaw Hawel as the Czech Republic President and/or playwrite/author and wonder at Europe's huge outpouring of grief – but his passing is noted and his greatness is remarked upon and undeniably he left the world a better place for his efforts and his having lived.
So Waclaw Hawel it is fitting that the cosmic scale finds you a weighty, worthy soul. May God rest and lighten your immortal soul!
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I was reminded that I haven't talked about one of the tools that I have used for this process. Dr. Jones talked about it, and the 2nd Life Study Group talked about spreadsheets.
I happen to use EXCEL after working with it for a number of years.
Not sure how clear this will be for the Blog, so I will try to explain it.
First, in my Genealogy Program, I have it automatically assign a number to each person (PersonID). The number is unique for each person in the file. If a person is deleted or merged with another, that number will not be reused. It was very helpful during my clean up because I knew and can see the Persons ID. That is the first column
The next three columns are Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, as it appeared in the Census Records. Census records are reflected in the 5th column lasted as the Residence Fact. That fact has the Census Year, the State, the County / City and the jurisdiction within that city. Here we are talking about Baltimore Maryland. So, the next to the last column will reflect what is on that Census Record. The last column is the House Number of the Family Number. Using filtering and sorting this really helps show households for a given Census Year.
In this example each of the people with red boxes around 1900 Maryland Baltimore Independent City / Ward 13 House # 939 were folks living at that location.
In the example, based on the dates, two brothers, and a wife are in that household. There are others in the spreadsheet, but just showing the example.
To keep track of the Females in the file, I used the Yellow Hi-lite to remind me that this name is a female. I wanted to stand out, when doing searching in the Census.
If I don't know a Persons Name, First or Last, I use 5 Underscores. It's a visual indication that "I don't yet know the persons name". You can see that I don't know the female (Elizabeth W) birth surname.
But, I know that she was married in 1875 to Charles Howard, the gentlemen listed above her name (clearly by accident). When she got married, I then knew to look for Elizabeth Howard in the 1880 Census. BUT, I wanted to keep in mind that I still didn't have her birth Surname, so when a Female gets married, I move her birth surname to the column after her middle name or initial.
The Birth, Marriage, and Death Dates are important. So they are tracked, but using their complete full name for the Birth and Death information. Visually, it shows the start and end of a persons information, along with the Person's ID.
I know that I don't have to look for Elizabeth in the 1910 Census, because she died in 1906. But, I can also tell that I need to look at the 1910 census as the three people listed here have blanks in those census years.
As this was developing, I had been tracking everyone in the file. But at this stage of this file, keeping my goal in mind, I only focused on what I now know to be two brothers and their households.
Looking at the Census Records are one thing, but to be able to step back, using a spreadsheet, I have been able to see how these households "stuck together" over time. Then to be able to realize that the households were in the Same Block or just down the street, as was seen in the Maps that have been posted here.
Working with this spreadsheet has been very helpful in resolving some of the conflicting information that I ran into and resolve in the past couple of days.
Learning: Learn to use some basic sorting and filtering that is available in a spreadsheet.
PS: I was able to generate data from my genealogy program when I wanted to start using a Spreadsheet. I had not started to us it, until I went through the video that Dr. Jones made available to us, and the 2nd Life Study Group talked about it.
But like setting a goal for this project, it took a bit to figure out how to use this tool to my advantage. Not to try to track everyone, but to be focused on what the tool was going to be used for.


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Right now I am trying to upload my eyebrow tutorial video and I am getting quite frustrated with how long it takes to upload a 5 minute video on YouTube, which reminds me of why I dislike doing videos in the first place...takes a lot of takes and time, none of which I really have, LOL. So once it's done, i'll post it....
In the meantime, I went to Rite-Aid yesterday because I was dying of thirst and needed to get a drink, and then found myself wandering down to the cosmetic aisle and I found these Jesse's Girl (that's the brand name!) baked mineral eyeshadows. The first thought that popped in my head: MAC Electroflash- or simply the MAC Baked Mineralized Eyeshadows.
They looked so similar and I am actually glad that these baked duos are increasing in popularity (look at Laura Geller and Too Faced) because they are simply gorgeous!
They came in 4 colors (I got 3 out of the 4: Volcanic, Aqua, and Evergreen), the other color was like a bronze-brown, and they were only $4.99 EACH! I know right, what a bargain! You know me, I love a good deal and can't pass it up when I see one! What's more surprising is that they are pretty pigmented just like the MAC ones. My favorite is "Evergreen" because I love teal and gold, and together they are yummy! Each eyeshadow also comes with a sponge tip applicator.
I have only seen Jesse's Girl brand at Rite-Aid's, so if any of you have bought this brand before, feel free to share it in the comments section.
Comparison to MAC's "Silversmith" eyeshadow from the Antiquitease Collection:
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- tuniez83 said...
Ohwwwwwwww i just love the evergreen one. so beautiful
- July 8, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- kawaiikao said...
those are great looking colors! i HAVE seen this brand at rite aid and ive actually picked up a few of the eyedusts. they are pretty pigmented and are even more pigmented with a creame base or whatnot...they just pop! glad you found these babies!
- July 8, 2008 at 12:54 AM
- Askmewhats said...
girl! i love your DUPEs post!!!! I love saving money and i love checking out cheaper alternatives!!!! those looks promising!!!
- July 8, 2008 at 1:07 AM
- Alyssa said...
The Volcanic and Evergreen are so pretty! :) I have one of their loose pigment that I haven't gotten around to play with... lol~ From what I can tell, they're pretty pigmented. :)
- July 8, 2008 at 1:08 AM
- alien man?! said...
I have 2 of their shimmer dusts which I really like but their colors aren't labeled o.O weird, huh?
those eyeshadows look lemmable @_@
- July 8, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- Lily said...
yay for dupes! i've only seen jesse's girl cosmetics at rite aid too.
- July 8, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- Distinque said...
oooo awesome comparisons. I think im going to search my drugstores for these! 4.99 awesome deal
- July 8, 2008 at 4:35 AM
- B said...
Wowsers...those are beautiful. They look divine on your skin.
- July 8, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
great find! i think they have Jesse's girl at walgreens too...
- July 8, 2008 at 7:09 AM
- miss kimberly said...
eek too bad we don't have rite aid in houston :[ i am excited for the upcoming MAC collections though!
- July 8, 2008 at 7:25 AM
- Katrina said...
Omg *runs to Rite Aid* those look so pretty, nicer in my opinion the the MAC ones. I like that Jesse's Girl is expanding, I love their eye dust.
- July 8, 2008 at 8:34 AM
- jessica said...
you can actually go on http://jessesgirlcosmetics.com/ n check out their cosmetic line... i havent checked if these eyeshadows are there... hopefully they are :P... im loving the aqua and volcanic they're soo shinyy lol
- July 8, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- xppinkx said...
Hey Vanessa
I will be hitting up so cal in august and i am hosting a fabulous themed blogga dinner...i was wondering if you would be interested?!...i know tons of ladies would want to meet you and it would be fun for a BIG group of girls to finally meet each other...i am shooting for Friday the 22nd of august...let me know if your interested so i can send you an evite or email on more details...this wont be a regualr dinner! i personally would love to meet you!
- July 8, 2008 at 11:20 AM
- xoxo Jaimie said...
That evergreen looks gorgeous Vanessa. Maybe your next photo of the day could incorporate it?
Oh and I posted a tutorial you may wanna see. I know your in Cali so you prolly see this look all over hehe
- July 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM
- SiMPLY KRiSTEL said...
- July 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Neeyuh said...
These look awesome! I MUST try them out but...we don't have rite aid's here in vegas and our walgreens doesn't carry that brand...I'll be sure to check them out the next time i'm in cali though! Thanx for the great post!
- July 8, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Ling said...
wow. I really like the swatches. Pretty Pretty! ME likes. =)
- July 8, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Tracy said...
what a great find! i'm almost tempted to go to the rite aid down the street. :D
- July 8, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Sara said...
yum! I love the Evergreen too! I'll have to find me a Rite-Aid :]
Good find doll*
Best Wishes Xx
- July 8, 2008 at 2:47 PM
- nai nai said...
i've passed by jesse's girl items many times, but i've never seen the baked eyeshadows! they look great and uber pigmented!
- July 8, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
i've seen jesse's girl around but i never really took an interest in looking into it. thanks for the post, im definitely interested.
and ROSS is the coooolest. especially for home decor! they have some of the most coolest, random things!
glad to know you're not ashamed of shopping there like others are!
- July 8, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- sab said...
these are becoming popular huh? :) i love the comparison! and the colors are strikingly fab!
- July 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
either is your awesome photography or it's just the colors but the evergreen one mesmerized me!
it reminds me of the earth... i maybe just stop by rite aid just for them =DD thanks for the info!
- July 8, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- Roxy said...
oohh the colors really do look nice =] i think i might try one if i can find a rite aid around here lol
- July 8, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- Joey said...
They look so pretty! My RiteAid doesn't carry it ): I peruse that place so much, I know the whole makeup aisle layout! lol.
- July 9, 2008 at 12:05 AM
- Adriyah said...
Vanessa!!! Thanks for this!! I will def think of buying these eyeshadows!! wee!! are there anymore colors available?/
- July 9, 2008 at 12:07 AM
- Grayburn said...
Wow gorgeous! I would love to see a look with Volcanic :)
How are things these days? Hope everything's going well.
x Grayburn
- July 9, 2008 at 1:24 AM
- Shen said...
taunting me again, nessa! :) i love evergreen and volcanic! i want one! i want one! :)
- July 9, 2008 at 9:49 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Ooh, those are so pretty! And the price is great, too.
- July 12, 2008 at 1:28 AM


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Carolyn Hax: Don't like the way your boyfriend treats you? Then leave
Dear Carolyn:
I read your piece about the girlfriend who forbids her boyfriend to talk to other girls. I agree this seems like abusive, controlling behavior.
However, I wonder where the line is between being controlling, and being a victim. For instance, what if the boyfriend was a big flirt, or a serial cheater, and was, in fact, having sex with several women. Suppose she asked him to stop hanging out with other women and he refused, telling her she couldn't control who his friends were. Then she would have to say, "If you don't stop seeing other women, I will break up with you." In this context, this is proactive, not controlling, right?
I ask because I have tolerated a lot of bad behavior over the years because I have been told what I see isn't real ("I didn't put that there, it must have been someone else") and that if I don't do something his way, I am not being considerate of his feelings (e.g., if I don't feed the dog promptly at 7).
If, in fact, what I see is NOT real, or if I blithely ignore the dog's whining and don't feed him until 8 while I watch "Mad Men" reruns, then I am wrong. But if what I see IS real, and feeding the dog 15 minutes late is no big deal, then I'm right. How do you know?
-- Anonymous
So if you are "wrong" here, then you're supposed to stay on his terms, your happiness notwithstanding? Why? If you don't like how your boyfriend treats you, in your gut -- by your standards and no one else's -- then break up. Leaving is suspiciously absent from the choices you present.
To use your example, you can insist your boyfriend flirts and he can insist he doesn't, but who's right is irrelevant. You decide whether you want to date him, as-is, and all that entails, then accordingly either break up or accept him as-is.
What you don't do is try to change each other. If he's a serial cheater, you don't ban other women, you leave. A commitment held together only by threats and restrictions isn't one at all.
You're asking how you know, and of course sometimes you can't. You can't know what others truly think. You can't know everything they do.
But you can know yourself. You can know when you don't feel appreciated, comfortable, safe, respected. You can know that you don't owe anyone your love or companionship or compliance, certainly not if those markers of acceptance aren't there.
So it's not about who's right in the great dog-feeding war. It's: Do you want to stay with someone who harps on dog-feeding times? Hypothetically, let's say you're in the wrong: Why does he keep trying to change you when it clearly hasn't worked?
And when feeding a dog at 7:15 versus 7 gets labeled a crime against someone's feelings, it's time to learn what gaslighting is. It's from 1944's "Gaslight," about a wife tricked into doubting herself on such basic things that she just defers to her controlling husband.
You've apparently spent years in relationships where you're not allowed to be right about anything. That's control, the forest you're missing in the futile debates over trees -- and that's where "proactive" means the door.


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Monday, September 22, 2008
It Smells Like Peppermint
"Ouch! Mom, it's stuck!"
"What's stuck?" I asked as Brooklyn rubbed her nose.
"She put the mint up her nose," Clay told me, matter-of-factly.
"Whaaaat?" I tilted Brooklyn's head and looked up her nose. Sure enough, just barely visible, was a slice of white mint peeking out.
Ever on my toes, poised for action, I plugged the non-minty nostril and told her to blow. Did I grab a tissue first? Oh no. That wouldn't be nearly disgusting enough. I just held my bare hand out in front of her nose and waited for her to blow the mint into my outstretched hand. Here's the thing though - Brooklyn's two. Two year olds don't always get the concept of "blow". Instead of blowing through her nose, she kinda spit into my hand.
"Well, that's um, nice." By this time, the kids have all taken their seats and the teachers are trying to start class. I'm still standing there, alternating looking up Brooklyn's nose and telling her to blow. Evidently, a mom attempting to get a toddler to blow her nose into her hand is distracting to preschoolers. Who knew?
So I grabbed a couple tissues, picked up Brooklyn, who has minty-fresh snot running down her face by this time, and headed to the car. Once at the car, I held the tissues up and told her to blow her nose one more time. She did it and the mint, which was starting to melt, came flying out in a sticky trail of goo.
This was followed by my newly created lecture that goes a little like this: You never, ever put mints up your nose. You don't put them in your ears or eyes either. They go in your mouth ONLY!
At least it wasn't a Mento.
I've got another review and giveaway up on my review blog HERE. I'm giving away 10 packs of Safety Tats this week! Check it out!
You can still post a comment on my lunch post HERE to win a free Lands' End lunch container. I'll pick a winner on Wednesday, September 24th.
Posted by Dawn at 7:23 PM
67 comments:
- Joy said...
Ouch! That sounds like it would sting!
- September 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM
When my 3 1/2 year old son shoved a candy up his nose, I googled "how to get a pea out of your nose" because I figured that "How to get a Yo-Go out your nose" wouldn't get as many hits. Sure enough, I found the solution and considered myself McGyver/McDreamy/Marcus Welby all day:
Hold your precious son like an infant in your arms so that he is facing you and the plugged nostril is closest to you. Hold the opposite nostril closed with your finger, place your wide open mouth over his oh-so-little-protesting-mouth and blow hard. The force of the air from your mouth with no nostril to go out will force the offending candy to expel quickly out onto your shirt, thus verifying that yes, he did in fact shove a pink Yo-Go up his nose. He was mad as hell that I blew in his face but we saved ourselves a trip to emergency. We, too, have had the discussion of where candies go...
- September 22, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- Urban Mom said...
OMG, thank you for a genuine laugh at the end of the day! Glad everything turned out okay!
- September 22, 2008 at 7:55 PM
- diddlesgirl said...
ha ha! i had a "stuff up a two-year-old's nose" experience too today! a friend of mine's daughter stuck a ponytail holder in her nose. i learned something very interesting though: apparently there is a trick to getting things out of the nose of those who cannot "blow" on command! if you blow a quick puff of air in their mouth it will push the item right out of their nose - or at least to the point that you can get it safely. It really works!
- September 22, 2008 at 8:01 PM
oh yeah- been there, done that. my oldest dd stuffed raisin brad, pepperoni, most of a paper towel, and a huge piece of a chicken nugget up her nose (one at a time!) when she was about 2. my dad was the one who discovered the chicken when she sneezed on him... my other daughter stuffed a piece of a foam finger up her nose and we didn't discover that until we had her at the pediatrician for what i was sure was a horrendous sinus infection. our poor dr. was pregnant at the time and she nearly hurled at that one- the smell is not nice!! ahh, good times...
- September 22, 2008 at 8:23 PM
- 4boyz4me said...
Isn't it amazing the things they come up with? My oldest when he was 2 stuffed both nostrils full of mini-m&ms. I mean, could not breathe, filled to capacity. I can tell you, they melt in your nose as well as your mouth. Being another creative individual and not the brightest, I used what was immediately handy to get them out of his nose, my pinky fingernail, until he was able to actually blow the rest out. I still won't allow them in my house and it's been over 11yrs.
Ahhhh...what they don't put in the parenting manuals. LOL
Thanks again for the great blog. My Nico and your Brooklyn sound like two peas in a pod and it's so nice to know I'm not alone.
- September 22, 2008 at 8:33 PM
- Emily said...
I don't have anything else to add, that is so damn funny!!!
- September 22, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- jandlat said...
Well, at least it wasn't a bean- sized "ROCK" and an emergency room visit! My now age 32 year old daughter did the same thing at that age, but it required suction at the ER. Thanks for the memory - LOL
Keep doing what you are doing... they will survive and so will you! And think of all the embarrassing stories you can tell when they are grown up. Hehehehe
- September 22, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- HeidiV said...
My son shoved a Kraft macaroni noodle up his nose a few years back. Needless to say that wasn't easy to get out! We had tweezers and everything!
- September 22, 2008 at 8:52 PM
- Quiet City said...
I am pretty much done with tissues as well, and my son is only 15 1/2 months old. He likes to spit half-chewed food out and hand it to me, and I figure if I just grab it, it's easier to wash my hands than it is to wash his! Being a mom is so awesome! And goes against almost all of my germaphobe tendencies :)
- September 22, 2008 at 8:54 PM
My daughter Brooke did the same thing years ago. It was a rock, not a mint. ER doctor couldn't get it out. Next morning she went into "surgery" with an ENT. Yup, that 5 minute surgery cost $3,000. I still have the rock in a plastic container. That thing cost more than most diamond rings.
- September 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM
- Dawn said...
My little sis did the sponge up the nose also, when she was small. I remember that doctor visit well-her screams could be heard as the doctor dug the borribly smelling thing out. My younger daughter did the pea gravel in the ear routine. Had to visit the ear specialist for that one! She was in grade school for that one.
- September 22, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Amanda said...
Oh my goodness. LOL What a weekend you've had and such a great start to the week. ;-)
- September 22, 2008 at 9:04 PM
- Tammy said...
My son put a raisin in his nose, and DH tried to get it out. I plugged the one side, and he blew it out. I couldn't say much. When I was little, I put a kernel of corn in my ear. The doctor poured a pitcher of warm water into my ear from a height of about 2 feet and washed it out. My family has never let me forget it.
- September 22, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Maybe somebody made a particularly smelly potty.
- September 22, 2008 at 9:10 PM
you got me there. don't have a story, yet
- September 22, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- Cathy said...
Sweet! All I've dug out of one of my child's nostrils is a popcorn kernel.
- September 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Mine have all shoved food up their noses, too. The problem one was when my daughter shoved a hollow bionicle piece up her nose - you can't blow it out if it's hollow! Thank God it was on a Saturday, so hubby could take her to the ER. (He actually did look at me and ask, "So who wants to take her?")
Thanks for the laughs as I procrastinate cleaning my kitchen counters :)
- September 22, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Ha ! That made me laugh... and then the catching it in your bare hand... that must be the mom in us because I've done that with my son when he was going to puke and we were in a car...
- September 22, 2008 at 11:23 PM
- Cookie said...
What?! You're giving away Safety Tats and not Tic tacs???
- September 22, 2008 at 11:37 PM
A few years ago my son swallowed a quarter. He just couldn't pick a dime or penny that would pass through. That stupid quarter cost me a gazillion dollars in x-rays over several days to make sure he was ok. Nothing like waiting to hear "kerplunk" when he went to the bathroom. Not to mention what it cost my pride when friends make jokes like why i started using my son instead of a bank for deposits. :)
- September 22, 2008 at 11:53 PM
- Wonder Mom said...
I'm sorry this is off subject, but there is a new "follow" feature on blogger. Whenever I try to follow your blog it tells me that it can not detect a feed from this URL. Do you have any idea why, or do you know if anybody else has had this problem? I hate not being able to figure things out, lol.
- September 23, 2008 at 12:26 AM
I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.
Thanks! I needed a good laugh. Favorite line: "Who knew?"
You are amazing.
- September 23, 2008 at 12:54 AM
- Rick said...
Noise mints... could be the new thing. Brooklyn could just be a head of our time. Which side of the family does that kind of genius come from?
- September 23, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Many years ago when my now 38 yr old son was about 15 months, he stuffed peas up his nose. Many peas. Many, many peas. His nose was so lumpy it looked like he was a prize fighter.
I called the pediatrician who asked me if they were cooked or uncooked peas. As I was saying "whaaaat?", my son sneezed peas all over the kitchen - jet propelled out of his nose. I found peas for months afterwards.
Of note: uncooked peas would have been very bad because they would have swelled and caused all sorts of problems.
A sneeze cured it all!
- September 23, 2008 at 2:09 AM
- Amanda said...
At least Tic Tacs melt. I have a friend who stuck a raisin up her nose. She learned the hard way that those expand with moisture. Unlike the M&M she'd previously shoved up there. I have 2 boys and I'm just waiting for this day. So far no foreign objects except a swallowed penny.
- September 23, 2008 at 4:52 AM
A few years back my son did the same thing, except with an orange one. Oh the joys!
- September 23, 2008 at 6:39 AM
HA!! I'd enver hear the blow in the kid's mouth tip but will remember it - the one I always used was to shake some pepper out into the palm of my hand and tell the (idiot) kid 'here, smell this'. They ALWAYS heartily sniffed the pepper which then made them sneeze which then made the candy/rock/Barbie shoe pop right out!
The worst one was when my brother and his 2yo son were cozily sitting on the couch watching tv and eating popcorn, the 2yo was bouncing around on the couch and handily stuck a popcorn into my brother's ear! O, watch the ER docs laugh their heads off at THAT one!!!
From Barbara O aka Sparkle
- September 23, 2008 at 6:50 AM
- Amanda said...
I once had to pull a singulair tablet out of Skyler's nose with tweezers. You might want to be more specific that just "you don't put MINTS up your nose"!
Skyler also swallowed a quarter that resulted in surgery. That was fun!
Where do kids come up with this stuff? Hmmmm, this nice yummy tic tac, I think I'll put it in my nose!
- September 23, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Oh My Gosh Dawn, The same thing happened to me when my son was two. But it was a red spree candy. I was a first time mom so I freeked out and drove him to the medi-center down the road. When we got there we were waiting in the waiting room and his nose was running red snot. Well my son being his funny self asks...After the Dr. takes it out..Can I eat it? It came out in the waiting room and I felt so stupid. And No he didn't eat it. LOL Kristine in Michigan.
- September 23, 2008 at 7:37 AM
- Christy said...
My son Andrew shoved a Cheerio into his nose in January and that is what started me blogging. I haven't kept it going but I try.
Your post brought back that memory and I laughed again.
- September 23, 2008 at 7:43 AM
- Alison said...
Next time, and let's face it, there will probably be a next time (I have a large family as well-- 5 kids), plug the "good" nostril and blow in his/her mouth, (CPR style while they stand) if its a small item it will fly right out.
How do I know this? My second to youngest was brought to the emergency room after stuffing a dried bean up his nose when he was about the same as your little girl. The doctor had me repeat this a few times until I convinced him that we had only come as a last resort and had tried everything, but the bean was absorbing liquid and was very large.
By the time the doctor relented and literally dug it out... his nose looked like he had stuffed a freaking golf ball up there, even the doctor admitted he had never seen anything like it.
Unfortunately, yet still strangely fortunately, the blow in the mouth trick has come in handy more than once since. What is it with children and sticking things where they don't belong. I once got my finger stuck in a lampshade. Oh well I guess my children come upon it honestly.
- September 23, 2008 at 7:46 AM
- Brenda said...
I have 5 kids and that is one of the things they never did. Get something stuck in their nose. Maybe we have large nostrils or something.
- September 23, 2008 at 7:48 AM
Count your blessings at least it smelled nice. My friends daughter was less than 2 when she stuck an ORANGE Tic Tacs up her nose. She was too little too blow her nose so all they could do was lef it melt. So she had orange snot!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:00 AM
- COLLAMER.ELAINE said...
That story made me laugh. I recently had to pick up my 4 yr old from pre-school as he had blood pouring from his nose. He had mulch up there and the teacher was worried there were bits left, so I had to take him to the doc to get checked out. My son told me the mulch "crawled" up there. Yeah right! LOL!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Hilarious!!!! My son stuck a PEZ up his nose (he said he was smelling it) and because it made his nose bleed a little I ran him to the ER. By the time the doctor saw us the candy had melted and he had swallowed it. That was a fun 3 hours. By the way, the doctor did not know what a PEZ was. :)
- September 23, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- Mags said...
Nothing up my kids' noses but snot and boogers... but my 7-year old (SEVEN!!!!!) swallowed a magnetized marble last spring and ended up with 3 x-rays tracking it's movement until it passed... sigh!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:12 AM
When I was two, I shoved a red kidney bean up my nose and didn't tell my mother. That thing sat in my little moist nose for about two hours until I told my mother but by then, it had started to cook. We had to go to the doc cuz I couldn't even blow the thing out.
To this day my mother LOVES to tell that story.
The End.
- September 23, 2008 at 8:42 AM
I'm prone to nosebleeds at certain times of the year. My youngest child, who was then about two, noticed that I often tore off bits of a tissue and stuck it up my nose.
So what did she do? She got hold of a box of tissues, tore them to little bits, and proceeded to put many, many small wads of tissue up her nostrils. Both of them. Way far in. And then she started to cry because, hey, shoving many, many wads of tissue paper up both nostrils isn't really that pleasant (I don't like doing it, either, but it's that or have blood running down my face. Yuck.).
We did eventually get all of the many, many wads of tissue out of her nostrils, but it took the better part of the day to do it. Happily, most came out on their own. And you can imagine what a beautiful sight that was! Adorable toddler with wads of snotty, gooey paper sliding down her upper lip! How cute, right?
So that's my story about children shoving things up their nose. She never did it again, but I couldn't really tell her that you shouldn't put tissues up your nose, now, could I? (I did explain that I only do it when I get a nosebleed.) Happily, she found the experience so uncomfortable that she never repeated it, though.
Kids just stick things up their noses and in their ears and into other orifices when the mood strikes them. It's a kid thing (though I think some people never do quite outgrow it).
- September 23, 2008 at 8:43 AM
- janetcc said...
I usually just grin or chuckle - no matter how gross your posts get: moldy food, vomit, blood (not that your families misfortunes are funny per say). But for some reason Brooklyn's tic tac story made my stomache roll. Thanks, especially on a 2-McDonalds Breakfast Burrito morning. :-)
- September 23, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- Gilsner said...
Okay... I hate to admit this *hangs head in shame* but when I was in grade 3 (yes, they had grade 3 back then!) I had a substitute teacher who kept saying 'class, lend me your ear'. Being the clever child I was (I'm thinking 'Clay' at this point)... I made a paper 'ear' and set it on my real ear, patiently waiting for the substitute teacher to say her one-liner so I could be the class clown (again). Lo-and-behold, she said it... but when I went to grab my 'ear' I pushed it in... and the more I tried to get it, the further it went. Needless to say, I did not bring attention to myself (for once) and, somehow, (I didn't say I was a smart grade 3-er) forgot about the thing. Not even kidding, months went by before I had a massive earache. I just so happened to have an ear/nose/throat specialist (for valid reason, apparently) so my mom took me in. Try keeping a straight face when telling the doctor 'well I have no idea how THAT got in there'. It was the biggest, waxiest, grossest thing I've ever seen in my life. I think I denied the thing good enough but my mom, being the nice soul she is, casually said, as we walked down the street- 'you know you shouldn't put things in your ear, right'. To which I replied, 'Oh I know!' I wonder if they ever unravelled it to see exactly what it was? I should probably fill my mom in... now that I've told everyone else. Ha!
- September 23, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Neither of my kids has ever put anything in their nose, thank goodness. If I told my 4-yr-old to "blow," he would probably do the opposite and suck it even farther back up his nose!
- September 23, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Jessi said...
When my daughter was two, it was a popcorn kernel, only she got it so far up there no amount of blowing was going to do it. Her ped had to send us to an ENT doc to get it out of her SINUS CAVITY!!!!!
- September 23, 2008 at 9:53 AM
I remember my sister and I telling my little brother (about 3 or 4 yrs old at the time) to: "Open your mouth and close your eyes and you will get a big surprise!" We were chewing those tiny Chicklets gum, so naturally, he figured that's what he'd get. However, we stuck it up his nose! After yelling so my mom would hear, he blew and got it out without a problem so we didn't get in too much trouble. We still like to laugh about it!
- September 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- andrea said...
oh my gosh...thank you so much for the laugh today; I am having a bit of a downer with life junk and that was the first time i've laughed in a few days! my middle child put a piece of foam nerf ball up one of her nostrils when she was 2...my goodness, the panic i had back then!!! it took the calmness of my sister to tickle her nose and make her sneeze it out...what a memory that brought back. HILARIOUS!!!
- September 23, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Hi Dawn,
BTW... mentos up the nose do sting. Just ask the 8th grade boys in my son's class. Even better, one kid stuck a mentos up his nose, blew it out and some highschooler ate it! I know... I think I will go throw up now. Just goes to show you... kids are gross at ANY age!!
~Lisa K, Dallas, Texas
- September 23, 2008 at 11:17 AM
My 3 year old enhaled a button up her nose, and it would not even budge. 2 hours and $100 later, after the ER Dr. finally extracted it with baby oil and forceps we asked her why she put it in her nose. She answered that she wanted to see how it smelled. It did have a little pink flower painted on it. Obviously kids minds operate on overtime!
- September 23, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Ren said...
I'm glad that everything came out alright. I'm trying hard not to laugh, I can see this scenario in my future.
- September 23, 2008 at 12:23 PM
- Kristine said...
LOL At least it was something that melts - no ER visit! My kids have yet to try anything like this. We will see how long that lasts! LOL
- September 23, 2008 at 12:27 PM
My middle daughter did this with a tic tac, as we were leaving to go to a family dinner. She cried and cried, we called the doctor because she said it burned. He told us to come in. It finally came out while we were in the waiting room at the doctors office. Kids!
- September 23, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Lizzie said...
way to jump into action mom! way to go.
I never remember to grab a tissue either, all that snot, half chewed gum, and other weird goo tat has fallen into my hands... Oh the memories :)
- September 23, 2008 at 1:32 PM
- Dani said...
adding that to the long list of things you thought you'd never say as a parent. "don't stick that tic tac up your nose dear"
- September 23, 2008 at 2:14 PM
- imbeingheldhostage said...
ewwwww, we had the same problem with an air gun pellet. A little round, orange nostril treasure. My quick thinking husband sucked it out with a straw... now that was eeeewwww!
- September 23, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Rosie : ) said...
So far with all of our kids, we've only had experiences with soggy Cheerios and popcorn kernels up noses. Cross your fingers though, Mister Crinkle-Nose has just hit the pahse of trying out weird things... who knows!
- September 23, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Cheryl said...
You are such a wise mom! This happened to me, too, when I was a kid. Well, I stuck a little piece of crayon up my nose. I have no idea why! My teacher didn't know what to do, so she sent me to the principal, who called my dad. He came from work, put his hankie up to my face, plugged the non-crayon-nostril, said "now blow!", and voila, out popped the crayon. I thought he was a genius! :-)
P.S. Thanks for posting the directions to that blanket you were crocheting. I started one in a baby yarn (white with flecks of pink and green) for my daughter, who is having a baby in December. Looks very cute so far!
- September 23, 2008 at 7:24 PM
- Manic Mom said...
Dang! I thought you were gonna give away a pack of Tic Tacs! Drat!
- September 23, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Donna said...
OMG, I'm going to really pee my pants one of these days when I read your exploits. That reminds me of the time when we were kids that my younger brother stuck a kidney bean - yes a kidney bean - up his nose. That required removal by a professional.
- September 23, 2008 at 8:21 PM
- bada*blingg said...
I worked at chruch one summer... & as I was sitting down with the kiddos for lunch this little boys smiled at me & asked if I would "THIT" by him... I thought maybe he was just conjested till he leaned over to me & sneezed... shooting purple crayon & goo all over me... YUM.
- September 23, 2008 at 8:49 PM
tuesday/wednesday sound out question:what is your least fave thing your kids have done? what has made you the most mad you think you will ever get? and witch kids did it? just wondering
- September 23, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- Candi said...
Ha. My 2 year old loves to stuff tictacs up his nose, too!! I noticed him picking his nose after I gave him a tictac and gave him another one because I thought he ate the first one. I turn and look and suddenly he has 2 tictacs....how did that happen? I watched long enough to see him trying to shove it back in his nose. His tictac of choice is the cherry passion!!
- September 23, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- RefreshMom said...
If it had been a Mento, it wouldn't have gotten stuck in her nose! I don't have to worry about my almost-3 year old putting Tic Tacs in his nose because apparently, judging from his comments on their "what does this smell like" activity in preschool today, peppermint smells "Yucky." (And cinnamon smells like "chocolate" while vanilla, vinegar and lemon are all "stinky.")
I think you now have enough ammo to lobby congress or the EPA or the FCC or one of those agencies that Tic Tacs need a "warning, not for children under the age of three" label along with the instructions (that poison control and ER's need to have on hand, of course) "If Tic Tac becomes lodged in nasal, instruct victim to blow nose. If unsuccessful, watch carefully for 15 to 20 minutes to make sure it dissolves completely. Danger has passed when snot runs clear and minty fresh."
- September 24, 2008 at 2:33 AM
- Too Busy said...
At lease Tic Tacs will disolve. My child put pea gravel(tiny rocks) up his nose. Not just one but 5. We had to go have removed by the doctor.
- September 24, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- Kate said...
a missionary friend and i were talking about the strange things you say as a parent that you never imagined you ( or anyone, for that matter ) would ever need to say... he told me that he once admonished his 3 year old, " Don't lick that van! It's not ours!" It still makes me laugh...
- September 24, 2008 at 2:03 PM
My mother likes to tell the story about me sticking a plastic thing that holds the Barbie head on up my nose so I knew just what to do when my daughter stuck a pearl up her nose. You cover her eyes and blow pepper in her face so that she will sneeze it out. It worked almost perfectly too, except I forgot the 1st step, to cover her eyes. The pearl came out easily, but the screaming from the pepper in the eyes was a little unbearable for both her and myself. Once I flushed the pepper out of her eyes, she was fine. If you need any help with a child eating superglue, an earring in the ear canal, or a child eating pennies, I am your woman. Thanks!
- September 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I did that. But the Tic Tac was cinnamon. Those hurt more. LOL
- September 25, 2008 at 11:39 AM
So my Brooklynn loves to put things up her nose too. My mom took her to the ER after she realized she could not get the bead out of her nose. What they had her do is hold one one side of her nose with out the bead, open Brooklynn's mouth and blow into it. Out it came along with some goodies all over my mom's face. Now we can save an ER visit next time!
- September 25, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Michelle said...
Ya. We did the exact same thing this spring but with a Goji berry. Except I wasn't smart enough to think of having her try to blow. I used a tweezers to pull it out. Now I'm feeling like the moron mom.... Duh, blow!
- September 25, 2008 at 7:37 PM


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The Railways Move in Mysterious Ways … but they moveDecember 2, 2009 at 8:59 pm | Posted in Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 6 Comments
Well I have to say it's a semi-thumbs up to the ex-British Rail – no train was more than ten minutes late, and that's out of eight trains (excluding the Underground) that I've been on in the last five days. It wasn't all good news though – on the way to my friends in Wales, having had an excellent one-night stop with Maggie and family (taking in a surprsingly good school craft/Christmas fair), I had to go from Reading to Cardiff on a train that I had been told there were no reservable tickets for. I assumed this meant that they simply weren't going to have reserved seats on that train, which does happen. Wrong!! Just about every seat on the train was reserved, but not for me: for just about every Welsh Rugby fan on the English side of the Severn … and one lone Australian. Yes, Wales was playing Australia that day in Cardiff! I have to say they were all incredibly well behaved, especially since most of them had obviously been drinking since pulling out of London at around nine-thirty in the morning. Being train-savvy I found myself a seat – one that said it was reserved from London and had no one in it – but there were plenty of people who had to stand, and if I hadn't had years of experience of train travel before I started driving just four or five years ago, I would probably have been one of them.
Anyway, I got there, and very pretty it was too:
And it was great to see my friends, who I'd not seen for about five or six years.
And then I came home again … eight hours it took me, door to door. If I do it again I shall certainly take Maggie up on the offer of staying a night with her both ways. By the time I got home I was about ready to cry. I thought I'd been rather clever in booking First Class, because the First Advance was only a few quid more than standard and I thought if I traveled home in the lap of luxury then I'd be less exhausted. Well … if I HAD traveled home in the lap of luxury I probably would have been less exhausted! The first part of the journey was great – no first class on the little valley line from my friend's house to Cardiff, but that was OK – the train wasn't busy, it was warm, and the guard was friendly. Then at Cardiff I found the First Class Lounge – a lovely lady in charge, providing free coffee, water etc. and a chat, and promissing to let me know when the train arrived on the platform, which she did. They also had a rather nice second-hand book stall in the lounge and I bought a book to keep me going for the next two hours or so until London. Then onto the train – a lovely, comfy seat with loads of leg room and a charming stewardess who must have come past at least six times offering complimentary coffee, orange juice, water, cake, biscuits and possibly even sandwiches – she certainly had sarnies, but I'm not sure if they were free or not. The guy opposite me couldn't believe his luck. Every time he saw her coming he asked for a coffee and an orange juice and bicuits or cake, and then he squirelled the biscuits about his person for future use! Anyway, that was a lovely journey, marred only by being one of the two ten-minute late trains. Then across the Tube, which was thankfully uneventful and over to Liverpool Street to get the train to Norwich.
And that's where it all started to go wrong. The reason I expounded on the First Class advantages so much just now is so that you, dear reader, can compare them to the next 'First Class' leg of my journey. This was National Express Trains. Name 'em and shame 'em, I say! Due to 'a shortage of rolling stock' there was no catering on the train. There were also no toilets, no ticket collectors and no working heaters in the 'First Class' carriage. To add insult to injury the first class carriage wasn't actually a carriage but just a few seats tacked on to the end of an ordinary carriage, and when I say a few that's what I mean. It was absolutely full. I was lucky to get a seat in it at all, because the other thing it had none of was reservations. Although I'd reserved my seat, they hadn't put the reservations in so instead of getting an 'airline' seat, which actually has plenty of legroom, I had to sit in a 'foursome' which didn't really have enough leg room for four!
So instead of arriving home relaxed after a nice sleep, which was my original hope, I arrived at Norwich station frozen to the core, not having slept a wink and stiff as a board from lack of leg room!
Still, moaning aside, and traveling aside, it was a really good trip. I'm glad to say that on the one sunny day that we had I had virtually no RA symptoms and could enjoy the lovely views across the mountains. (I won't dwell on the state I was in the previous day, when it rained for 24 hours non-stop, but that's Wales for you!)
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Hmm, if that was me I would write and complain. I have in the past and ended up getting a complementary travel voucher.
Still, I'm glad you had a good time and mostly good journeys. I look forward to seeing you in another 5 or 6 years when you next do the trip ;o)
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In an interview with All Things Considered's Robert Siegel, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power says the U.S. got what it sought in a U.N. draft resolution that calls for Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons or face "consequences."
Robert pressed Power about that assertion, because the resolution seems to require a second resolution to approve the consequences. So given how hard Russia has fought to get to this point, what are the odds that it will acquiesce to a new resolution approving military force or further economic sanctions for non-compliance?
"It did take us a long time, certainly, to get a product of any kind out the council... As you know this is the first U.N. Security Council Resolution that places any obligations on Syria," Power said. "So it has taken an attack of this gravity and this horror to get Russia to join us in a cooperative posture. But the resolution itself is imposing a pretty distinct form of accountability on the Syrian regime in taking its chemical weapons away and in rendering it legally binding and in requiring that those chemical weapons be taken away. So while I'm sure there will be disagreements about whether there is compliance... at a strategic level, we're going to know whether Syria's chemical weapons have been destroyed. We're going to know whether they've been used. And we think we'll have the force of global opinion on our side in the event we come back to the council."
"But you would have to come back to the Council if it came to that — to approve any consequences for non-compliance?" Robert asked.
"We got what we sought in this resolution which was deciding that the Council would impose Chapter VII measures in the event of non-compliance," Power responded. "We also got criteria by which non-compliance would be measured. And reporting back to the Security Council, which was something that was resisted initially. That reporting back is important because it means the inspectors on the ground can come back to the Council even on a day to day basis to complain about any obstruction they are facing."
Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter includes a provision for taking military action against another country.
As we've reported, the draft resolution is the culmination of weeks of diplomatic haggling with the Russians, who have said that there is no Chapter VII trigger in the resolution.
If you remember, as Congress was weighing whether to authorize military action, Russia seized on an apparently off-the-cuff suggestion by Secretary of State John Kerry, who said the U.S. was willing to back off its war footing if Syria gave up its entire chemical arsenal quickly and in a verifiable manner.
Syria quickly signed papers that opened the door for membership into the Chemical Weapons Convention and the U.S. and Russia worked through the U.N. to try to put together a resolution that would enforce the U.S.-Russia agreement.
The full Security Council is scheduled to meet to debate the measure on Friday night.
We'll post the as-aired version of Robert's interview with Samantha Power later tonight.
Joining us is Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Welcome to the program.
AMBASSADOR SAMANTHA POWER: Thank you.
SIEGEL: Ambassador Power, the deal is said to be legally binding and backed up by the threat of sanctions or possibly military action. But if Syria doesn't comply, wouldn't those consequences require a second resolution? And given what the first one took, doesn't it seem very unlike that there is any prospect, say, of U.N.-approved military action against Syria?
POWER: Well, it did take us a long time, certainly, to get a product of any kind out of the council. As you know, this is the first U.N. Security Council resolution that places any obligations on Syria. So it has taken an attack of this gravity and this horror to get Russia to join us in a more cooperative posture. But the resolution itself is imposing a pretty distinct form of accountability on the Syrian regime in taking its chemical weapons away and in rendering it legally binding and in requiring that those chemical weapons be taken away. At a strategic level, we're going to know whether Syria's chemical weapons have been destroyed. We're going to know whether or not they've been used, and we think that we'll have the force of global public opinion on our side in the event we'd come back to the council.
SIEGEL: But has Syria and have individual Syrians responsible, for that matter, have they just gotten away with the August 21 attack that the U.S. has killed 1,400 people?
POWER: Well, let's not forget that President Obama's reason for pursuing military action was to degrade Assad's chemical weapons capability so he could never use these weapons again, taking those chemical weapons away entirely, eliminating a program that has not only been used to slaughter people with whom Assad disagrees and children and women and everything that everybody is well aware of. But they've also provided a tactical military advantage for his regime (unintelligible).
SIEGEL: But that's a prospective consequence. The resolution was stripped of language that called for those who used chemical weapons to be held accountable, and it would've granted jurisdiction at one point to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to try Syrians for war crimes. Why was that language removed and is that wise?
POWER: I think this - it's not a big secret the feelings that Russia and China have about the International Criminal Court. We are, as a government, supporting a range of measures that will ensure that when the day comes where Assad is in the dock that the evidence will be there in order to ensure meaningful criminal accountability. In the meantime, we're trying to ensure that Syrian civilians are not targeted again with one of the worst weapons the world has ever seen.
SIEGEL: Ambassador Powers, since you are a journalist covering the Balkan Wars, you've been as engaged as anyone in trying to contain threats of wartime atrocities, threats of genocide, is the use of chemical weapons so atrocious that a bloody sectarian civil war that kills 100,000, displaces millions, is significantly more atrocious with chemical weapons being used than proceeding without chemical weapons?
POWER: Well, from the standpoint of the families who've lost loved ones and seen their neighborhoods torn to shreds, I don't think it is material that difference...
SIEGEL: It is not material, you're saying, for them.
POWER: Not to those individuals who have lost their lives. I think what you've seen in terms of the international community coming together is a recognition though that a weapon of this nature, when in the hands, for instance, of non-state actors like al-Nusra or Hezbollah, could pose a threat, not only of those atrocities inside Syria but to the neighbors, to the United States. I mean, this is something that can cross borders and cause irreparable damage of the kind we saw on August 21 in Syria and well beyond.
SIEGEL: But what do you say to Syrian rebels who say we've been left high and dry? The U.S. and France were about to strike. We were about to have some encouragement on the battlefield. Yes, you've reached agreement on chemical weapons, but you and the Russians are now together and we no longer can count on that air support.
POWER: Well, we are providing, as you know, a whole host of assistance to the opposition in order to strengthen their prospects inside Syria in order to help expedite the end of the Assad regime. And I think while you're right about some of their public statements, they also recognize that a weapon that they had no defenses against over the last year is now, for the time being, neutralized. And if this resolution is effective and is enforced as it needs to be, it would be a weapon that would be eliminated.
SIEGEL: Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, thanks a lot for talking with us today.
POWER: Thank you so much.
SIEGEL: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Sepia Saturday - Four Faces of Feisty Females
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You're so lucky to have this series of photos.ReplyDelete
A wonderful group of photos....and wonderful hairstyles on all four.ReplyDelete
I am afraid that I can't help you with age. My Great Grandmother looked to be in her 60s in a photo but when I turned the photo over, it showed the year and her age as 45! She lived until she was 86 but must have had a tough life and certainly dressed like an old lady even when she was 45.
I enjoyed coming through the generations with these photos.ReplyDelete
Love the four generations of photos.ReplyDelete
I think the first photo is dated about 1905- 1910.
My mother always had a different name than the one on her birth certificate. I think maybe her new name was given to her by her grandmother, or maybe it was from when she was baptized.ReplyDelete
I loved seeing all the photos with the different looks and hair styles. I think Maria looks to be in her late 30s early 40s in that photo. Your mother was really beautiful. And you a real cutie.ReplyDelete
I'd say Maria is in her 50s at the time the portrait was taken. Your mention of the Spanish Aramada had me off reading about the ships that were wrecked on the west coast of the British Isles. I wonder if there's any truth in that story about sailors on the Lancashire coast.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for your comment, Brett. Re your point about Spanish Armada sailors, I cam across a small local history on Hambleton, where Maria was born and that referred to a similar incident of shipwrecked Spanish sailors settling there - but it was not from the Armada but a century later in 1660. So the jury is out!Delete
If Teresa is right, Maria was 50 in the photo. Her skin was beautiful, that's for sure. I enjoyed seeing the 4 generations too.ReplyDelete
Truly fascinating story and such fine pictures.ReplyDelete
What a great set of family photos. I find it fascianting tracing ancestry through the generations. Thans for sharing you history with us.ReplyDelete
I'm getting dizzy from running these photos up and down on my screen -- I think it's the noses that hit all four generations! Great shots!ReplyDelete
Some good looking genes washed up on the beach !ReplyDelete
You are absolutely right - this is what makes family history so interesting. And I have to say, if I was not already bit by the bug, this is just the kind of post that would want me to go off in search of my own family history.ReplyDelete
A great series to have. Jennie was born in the same year as my mother and father. Unfortunately I have never seen photos of them when they were young and only some of my mother taken in the 1970s.ReplyDelete
The photo of your mother has a very striking resemblance to Maria or Martha,,,wouldn't it be such fun to sit down with these mysterious ladies and learn the rest of the stories...you are lucky to have this great collection of photos whatever the stories become.ReplyDelete
I can see why the prompt photo led to chose Maria. I beautiful photograph and her eyes draw your attention much as the prompt. There is often at least a bit of truth to those family stories. I hope you find out more about Maria's. I love the picture of Jennie with her modern hairdo!ReplyDelete
I love your theme title: Four Faces of Feisty Females! And the pix with their informative presentations are super. Following from Great Grandmother Maria through your mother, & you, I think the eyes have it. There is a definite resemblance there. And Jenny with those crimped waves brought back memories. My Mom had a couple of crimping clips & I actually used them in the 50's for fun.ReplyDelete
Another fine medley through the generations. All great photos too.ReplyDelete


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Huskers Complete Day 3 of Gophers Invitational
The Nebraska men's tennis team completed its third day of competition at the Gophers Invitational held in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday. NU competed in a total of 23 matches against Dartmouth University and Drake University, winning a total of eight in competition today.
In singles play, NU's Brandon Videtich defeated Drake's Grant Tesmer 3-6, 6-2, 10-5, while Scott Elsass defeated Drake's Ryan Drake 6-3, 6-2 after a loss in his first match of the day. Dusty Boyer also rebounded after a loss with a victory against Xander Centenario of Dartmouth 7-6, 6-3. Junior Sebastian Florczyk also regained momentum winning his second match of the day against Sam Todd of Dartmouth, 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles play, the Husker duo of Florczyk and Hermann defeated Drake's Robin Goodman and Jean Erasmus 8-6. NU's pair of Elsass and Videtich knocked off Drake's duo of Ryan Drake and Ben Mullins 8-5, while the Husker team of Boyer and Stenger beat Dartmouth's duo of Centenario and Tannenbaum 8-4. Last but not least, the Husker pair of Florczyk and Herrmann notched a victory against Ghorbani and Todd of Dartmouth, 8-5.
Results for the final day of competition at the Gopher Invitational held in Minneapolis, Minn., will be posted to Huskers.com following play. Streaming coverage can be found on the schedule page.
Day 3 Gopher Invitational
Anis Ghorbel (Drake) def. Dusty Boyer (Nebraska), 6-0, 6-2
James Mckie (Drake) def. Marc Hermann (Nebraska), 1-6, 6-3, 10-7
Robin Goodman (Drake) def. Andre Stenger (Nebraska), 5-7, 7-6, 10-7
Alen Salibasic (Drake) def. Eric Sock (Nebraska), 7-5, 6-4
Jean Erasmus (Drake) def. Tom Blackwell (Nebraska), 6-0, 6-1
Ben Mullis (Drake) def. Sebastian Florczyk (Nebraska), 6-3, 7-5
Ben Lott (Drake) def. Bradford Zitsch (Nebraska), 6-2, 6-4
Brandon Videtich (Nebraska) def. Grant Tesmer (Drake), 3-6, 6-2, 10-5
Scott Elsass (Nebraska) def. Ryan Drake (Drake), 6-3, 6-2
Dusty Boyer (Nebraska) def. Xander Centenari (Dartmouth), 7-6, 6-3
Cameron Ghorbani (Dartmouth) def. Marc Herrmann (Nebraska), 6-2, 6-2
Chris Kipouras (Dartmouth) def. Eric Sock (Nebraska), 6-3, 6-0
Erik Nordahl (Dartmouth) def. Tom Blackwell (Nebraska), 6-4, 5-7, 10-8
Sebastian Florczyk (Nebraska) def. Sam Todd (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-1
Justin Chan (Dartmouth) def. Bradford Zitsch (Nebraska), 6-4, 6-0
Brendan Tannenbaum (Dartmouth) def. Scott Elsass (Nebraska), 3-6, 2-1 Retired
Ghorbel/Mckie (Drake) def. Stenger/Zitsch (Nebraska), 8-4
Florczyk/Hermann (Nebraska) def. Goodman/Erasmus (Drake), 8-6
Lott/Salibasic (Drake) def. Blackwell/Boyer (Nebraska), 8-6
Elsass/Videtich (Nebraska) def. Drake/Mullis (Drake), 8-5
Boyer/Stenger (Nebraska) def. Centenari/Tannenbaum (Dartmouth), 8-4
Florczyk/Herrmann (Nebraska) def. Ghorbani/Todd (Dartmouth), 8-5
Kipouras/Nordahl (Dartmouth) def. Elssas/Videtich (Nebraska), 8-6


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Our colors are pink (like a fuchsia mix) and black, but we are adding pops of colors at the actual reception. Below is just the folder and belly band by itself.
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I decide to custom make the 2 x 2 monogram for the front of the invitation using our baby pictures in black and white which I designed myself. I thought it would be super cute to see us when we were kids, and then when they open the invite, they would see our engagment pictures (which we have yet to take). The monogram itself originally is on metallic paper and I had to have it specially printed (no way was I about to cut 150 squares myself!), but I got a lot of feedback from friends and family and that they preferred the matte paper better, so I might just have to change it to matte.
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by nadja_gavran Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 12:15PM Report as inappropriate
well, men should watch the video Hello Kitty presents: "How to makeup like a real man" and then say something concerning women's makeup!
by Nikky Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 01:15PM Report as inappropriate
i just don't see where the men praise the women's looks in this article. I'm not sure if it's relevant to my country's men either.
by Zeaundra Friday, May 3, 2013 at 03:12PM Report as inappropriate
Some of those looks I agree, they do not look good.
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Hmm i agreee!
by lalain_shah Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 08:46AM Report as inappropriate
The just plain weird: "[It says] 'I have acne on my forehead.'" And, "maybe she's got ugly eyebrows so she's covering them." --- I do have ugly eyebrows & a wrinkles on my forehead, so yes, I have bangs to cover them up...
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not sure I agree
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I think a woman should wear the look they feel good in. Your whole sexuality can make any man turn and look!
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wow they don't like anything haha. All those things look good on some people and horrible on others. Just do what you like and who cares about what anyone else thinks. I don't live for others, I live for me :)
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Over the past few months Credit Union Times has covered at least five different credit unions at which CEO embezzlement and fraud occurred. These failures of leadership have left in their wake an abundance of angered and disillusioned members.
In fact, in a recent exchange of messages with a member of one of these credit unions, I found a person so disenfranchised due to her experience that she is now a bank customer.
Her perspective, and perhaps also the perspective of many other members and credit union leaders, is that the fault lies with the criminals. I agree, but I also believe another body is at fault: the respective boards of these damaged institutions.
While detecting fraud can be a very difficult task, in the case of every one of these situations the performance of the credit union was so poor relative to the industry that the CEO should have been fired for cause. That these boards condoned such performance over so long a timeframe puts them, in my opinion, as much at fault for the fraud as the perpetrators themselves.
In evaluating credit union health, my firm, Glatt Consulting, uses a 5-point rating system to assess and rate individual credit union financial performance. We look at 11 different metrics, assigning health scores for each metric based on where the metric falls in a set of ranges. Scores of 5 reflect the highest degree of health.
A 0 score reflects the lowest degree of health. In looking at these credit unions through the lens of our scoring system we find that each of them performed well below what we would term an average, healthy credit union. Specifically, over 10 years, the average HealthScore for this collection of credit unions was 1.8 versus the industry average of 2.48 over the same timeframe. This is a significant difference.
The question is, why did these boards allow for such anemic levels of performance? While a skilled fraudster can hide their activities well, none of the CEOs in question were leading healthy credit unions. The financial performance of their respective credit unions was highly visible, in plain sight, in black and white – and not good.
In early January of this year I was quoted in Robert McGarvey's CU Times article titled, "Fire the CEO: When the Time Has Come," as follows:
"It is surprising how infrequently CEOs are let go. Perhaps it should happen more often."
Poorly performing credit unions like these formed the basis of my perspective and were the catalyst for sharing that particular sentiment with Mr. McGarvey.
Yes, the job of a volunteer credit union board member is often difficult, complicated, and thankless. Regardless, a board's responsibility to the ownership for preserving credit union health and sustainability never goes away no matter the complications or the level of appreciation. Firing, terminating, letting someone go – whatever you call it – boards must empower themselves to act in the face of persistent poor performance.
I admit I was not in the board meetings of these fractured credit unions. I don't know for sure what board members were told by the CEO, how financial performance was shared, or what the methods for holding the CEO accountable to results.
I also acknowledge that these were small credit unions and often small credit unions lack solid reporting tools and face challenges maintaining strong checks and balances. But even in offering these plausible excuses for a lack of awareness, it still does not absolve board members of poor governance performance.
What we see in the failure of leadership showcased in the embezzlement cases of these five credit unions is a cautionary tale regarding boards allowing themselves to be ineffective, and their institutions fooled and undermined by exceptionally stupid criminals.
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Isabella Fiorentino has been with Carbon Copy Pro a short time but has grasped the Internet Marketing Lessons they teach with ease and passion. The lessons in Carbon Copy Pro teach step by step written modules with easy how to videos. The modules include an overview, simple strategies, gives examples and show related modules.
There is an option for outsourcing that will assist you with modules you need help with. There is also daily training calls and webinars. Most of which have a question and answer session which you can talk to a top leader and ask the important question that you are stuck on now to move you forward in your business. If you miss any of the training, they keep it for you in your back office in the archives, in case you are building your business around a full time job.
For the first year, Isabella Fiorentino has used the free methods in the beginners marketing wiki. Which includes : Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, Squidoo, Forum Marketing, Directories, Free Classifieds, Warm Market and Email Invitations.
After she mastered these, Isabella moved on to the Intermediate modules which includes Facebook Business Pages, Article Marketing, Banner Advertising, Ezines, Magazines & Trade Journals, Newspapers, Press Releases and Video Marketing. Each one updated continuously to keep up with the times and the changing economy.
There is also an Advanced marketing wiki, ("wiki" - meaning "fast" in Hawaii), and Beyond Marketing wiki for after you mastered the modules. Isabella implemented each one steadily, day by day and eventually her business grew. Not overnight but slow and strong, like building a skyscraper. You need to start with the foundations first so your building or "business" won't fall down.
Isabella Fiorentino now enjoys financial freedom after learning how to put her business on autopilot. She is free to be with her family and friends, and enjoys going out to the movies on the "spur of the moment" without having to check her bank account. That is freedom.
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