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Fog Over Frisco
Release date June 2, 1934.
Running time 1 hour 8 minutes.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Babe of the Week for August 26, 2011 is...
Pink!!!loooks mahvelous, dahling-absolutely mahvelous!!! And she's got talent, too, like most of our "Babe of the Week" candidates. I don't really listen to her music, but I've seen a few of her videos and she's always on maximum hotness. There are those that think she's a bit homely, but what do they know?
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Film Recommendation of the Week...
Fast and Furious 5
Release date April 29, 2011.
Running time 2 hours 10 minutes.
"We do one last job, and then we disappear-forever."-Dominic Toretto
Mindless action films with bad scripts and even worse acting don't really have a place here on "Busting Chops", but this particular rendition of the genre is an exception. I've always felt Vin Diesel sold himself short as an actor, displaying the mentality that being a "star" takes precedence over quality roles. But it's made him rich and famous, which is more than enough for people who don't give a shit about acting as a craft. Fair enough-how many people would sell their soul to have his life?
This movie contains an all-star cast of mediocre actors, but I must say it's cool to see guys like homeboys Tego Calderon and Don Omar from Puerto Rico getting a chance to shine on the big screen. Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris are also part of the crew, and even though they didn't have many speaking parts were thoroughly enjoyable. Watching cats like this trying to act is much better than having a bunch of no-name jackasses trying to make Shakespeare out of what is essentially a Keystone Cops mash-up.
Release date April 29, 2011.
Running time 2 hours 10 minutes.
"We do one last job, and then we disappear-forever."-Dominic Toretto
Mindless action films with bad scripts and even worse acting don't really have a place here on "Busting Chops", but this particular rendition of the genre is an exception. I've always felt Vin Diesel sold himself short as an actor, displaying the mentality that being a "star" takes precedence over quality roles. But it's made him rich and famous, which is more than enough for people who don't give a shit about acting as a craft. Fair enough-how many people would sell their soul to have his life?
Um, not exactly the cat you want chasing you through the favelas of Rio, ay Vin?
This movie contains an all-star cast of mediocre actors, but I must say it's cool to see guys like homeboys Tego Calderon and Don Omar from Puerto Rico getting a chance to shine on the big screen. Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris are also part of the crew, and even though they didn't have many speaking parts were thoroughly enjoyable. Watching cats like this trying to act is much better than having a bunch of no-name jackasses trying to make Shakespeare out of what is essentially a Keystone Cops mash-up.
*Ah, I almost forgot-if all that isn't enough, at the end of the film we come to find out our little pal and former "Babe of the Week" Michelle Rodriguez is back. She was supposedly killed off in the previous film, but she is now in Europe robbing banks with her own crew. Her file comes across the desk of Special Agent Hobbs, making way for a future installment in the "Fast and Furious" franchise. GET PSYCHED!!!
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Babe of the Week for August 19, 2011 is...
Krysten Ritter!!!
she loooks mahvelous, doing it, dahling-absolutely mahvelous!!!
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Please End the Hypocrisy...
It's OK for rich businessmen to attend games in their luxury corporate suites, pay for the privilege of being a team booster, gain access to the elite players of said school and enjoy all the trappings of being close to a high-level Division I program. It's fine for individual schools to re-align themselves to better exploit the massive TV revenues that are changing the landscape of college sports, whose boundaries are no longer dictated by geography but by big-money television deals. It's justified that coaches at major college campuses rake in millions of dollars in salary and endorsements. The powers that be see no contradiction in selling the likeness of college athletes in the form of jock apparel and video games. Yet these same athletes cannot cash in on their own images and see not one dime of any of the revenue they generate.
And this isn't even the most hypocritical aspect of the situation. One of the defenses that gets thrown around is that revenue-making sports pay for other campus activities that do not, like water polo, swimming, volleyball and archery. So on top of everything else, poor inner-city kids from deprived backgrounds get the insulting pleasure of funding sports for their rich, white suburban undergrad brethren.
The University of Texas recently signed a 20-year, $300 million dollar TV deal with ESPN that will make their sports programs available to cable subscribers all over the country, all on their very own channel. No other team in the Big 12 Conference can compete with the type of exposure, money and influence this contract will buy Texas. The TV deal also includes the rights to televise Texas high school football games. How's that for a potential recruiting tool? Juxtapose these circumstances against the glaring discrepancy of the backgrounds of the student-athletes we are talking about, the majority of whom are poor and black, and you'll understand why the sense of outrage over the Miami accusations is muted here on "Busting Chops".
Texas coach Mac Brown finds religion in the guise of a fat cable TV contract...
It's all about "The U", baby!!!
Shapiro with a famous Miami celebrity...
The corruption involved 72 players, 7 coaches and three support staff members from the years 2002 until 2010, when Shapiro was finally carted off to jail. And don't think he was just doing this because he loved being around impoverished inner-city football players. He was part-owner of a sports management company that signed two first-round NFL picks who just so happened to have attended Miami while Shapiro was there handing out dough like an Italian baker.
Shapiro partying it up with Kellen Winslow, Jr.-
University of Miami President Donna Shalala accepting the now infamous $50,000 check from Shapiro-
It's a business whose currency is all about access, schmoozing, influence pedaling and corruption. It has nothing to do with hard world and sacrifice. That bullshit is sold to the players, the ones who actually do the work and receive no compensation for their efforts from the schools they play for. Far be it for some pasty-white administrator to actually get his hands dirty when it is far easier to make friends and influence people with the whoremongers who grease the wheels of this system to their benefit.
I have a simple solution to all of this, which will absolve these colleges of having to lie about not having the money to pay their big-time athletes. Just let the corruption roll without penalties or infractions. Let the players get paid from whoever wants to pay them, and let these ciphers have access to the players they so desperately crave. And legalize it. The NCAA can then step away from this enormous problem it neither has the competence nor the expertise to combat or control. And the world of Division I college sports will finally breathe in a hypocrisy-free zone that's been mutilated by notions of fake contrition and rules that were meant to be broken.
The $1.6 million dollar yacht that saw so much action-
ASS, baby!!! ASS!!! Get it while you can!!!
Any of you out there reading this who have wallowed in the mud of the lowlife know exactly what I'm talking about. Strippers are paid to give you attention in exchange for your loot. Same goes with prostitutes and the type of college athletes Shapiro was sponsoring. You cannot buy their love or affection. What they offer is a good time and access to their presence as long as you're willing to foot the bill.
Shapiro thought playing big man was going to net him a network of influential people who would consider him family when times got rough. This was his big mistake. I don't know what he thought he was paying for, but loyalty was not what he got in exchange. He reminds me of Sam Rothstein from the film "Casino", who spent tons of cash attempting to get some sleazebag loser to love him and it turned his personal life into a living hell. Here is the lesson for all you wanna-be boosters out there who think money buys you love-learn from Nevin Shapiro and save your cash. It will come in handy when you get in trouble, as opposed to the people you attempt to help who will run out on you faster than Deion Sanders doing a 4.2 forty-yard dash while a student at Florida State. And it doesn't get any faster than that, ladies and gents.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Film Recommendation of the Week...
Sweet Smell of Success
Release Date June 27, 1957.
Running Time 1 hour 36 minutes.
The infamous world of talent agents and the entertainers they represent receives a scathing review in this remarkable film about the sleaze that makes this particular world go 'round. Tony Curtis stars as New York City press agent Sydney Falco, whose career depends on getting his clients mentioned positively in J.J. Hunsecker's nationally syndicated gossip column.
Falco is having major problems getting his clients publicity in Hunsecker's column due to a promise he made to Hunsecker (played with magnificent iciness by Burt Lancaster, clearly on top of his game) to break up the relationship Hunsecker's sister is having with an up-and-coming jazz guitarist. The only way to do this is to smear the boyfriend with veiled accusations of recreational drug use that drags in other press agents and a set-up involving an arrest for marijuana.
The slime is everywhere and ensnares everyone involved. Everyone in this film played excellent roles, and the dynamics between Curtis and Lancaster is a performance for the ages. You will not see better acting in any film I've recommended. Check out the Criterion version which includes an extra DVD with added bonus features, you will not regret it.
Release Date June 27, 1957.
Running Time 1 hour 36 minutes.
The infamous world of talent agents and the entertainers they represent receives a scathing review in this remarkable film about the sleaze that makes this particular world go 'round. Tony Curtis stars as New York City press agent Sydney Falco, whose career depends on getting his clients mentioned positively in J.J. Hunsecker's nationally syndicated gossip column.
Falco is having major problems getting his clients publicity in Hunsecker's column due to a promise he made to Hunsecker (played with magnificent iciness by Burt Lancaster, clearly on top of his game) to break up the relationship Hunsecker's sister is having with an up-and-coming jazz guitarist. The only way to do this is to smear the boyfriend with veiled accusations of recreational drug use that drags in other press agents and a set-up involving an arrest for marijuana.
The slime is everywhere and ensnares everyone involved. Everyone in this film played excellent roles, and the dynamics between Curtis and Lancaster is a performance for the ages. You will not see better acting in any film I've recommended. Check out the Criterion version which includes an extra DVD with added bonus features, you will not regret it.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
I Am NOT a Role Model...
Take for example Kendrick Perkins, center for the Oklahoma Thunder. He gets arrested for causing a ruckus at "The Ticket" nightclub in Beaumont, Texas at 2 a.m. Saturday morning. According to witness testimony, he for whatever reason wanted to fight the manager of the club. As he was summarily escorted from said club, he kept on while outside and decided he wanted to fight some of the people who shoved him out, yelling obscenities galore. After some healthy doses of pepper spray, the cops booked him on misdemeanor charges that carry no potential jail time.
First of all, let's be thankful that no one was hurt, because Perkins is the type of guy who is the biggest and strongest dude by far wherever he goes, and it could have gotten ugly. Fifty drunk and high Lilliputians were not going to stop him if he really wanted to let loose and fuck some people up.
Second of all, there is the irony of it all. Perkins was in the area hosting a camp that raises money for his foundation, which helps children learn "life skills". LIFE SKILLS!!! HAHAHA!!! Skills like the ones he displayed while out partying. Someone somewhere has video of this, I know it. These days everyone has a cell phone with video capability, so expect an update on this very soon.
Straight Cash Homey, or I'm OUT!!!Randy Moss, after his agent declared that his client was in the best shape of his career, decides to file papers for retirement. Apparently he wasn't too thrilled with the lack of offers he was getting, while other receivers like Plaxico Burress and Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson were signed with no problems whatsoever.
There is no denying Moss is/was one of the most talented receivers that ever played the game. You're talking about a cat who was "Mr. Basketball" in high school two years straight while playing alongside Jason Williams, Mr. "White Chocolate" himself. His list of athletic feats are too numerous to list here, and besides it's not the point. No one is denying this guy doesn't have plenty left in the tank. What NFL coaches are loathe to admit is that it's his attitude that's adversely affected their willingness to sign him.
This is nothing new. He was kicked out of his high school during his senior year for participating in a racially-motivated brawl. While on probation he was kicked out of Division-I Florida State for testing positive for marijuana. To avoid losing a year of eligibility, he signed with Division-I AA Marshall, a short ride from his home so he could resume playing football immediately. While at Marshall, the school who was kind enough to give this surly freak of nature a second chance, he did nothing but make friends and influence people. Let's just say that talent aside, no one on campus was sad to see him go to the NFL, where despite his production Moss played for three different teams last year and was as motivated to give it 100% as a tired, old stripper on Tuesday 2-for-1 Lapdance Night.
This is what America sees when they think of Moss-not the spectacular athleticism, not the catches and the touchdowns, but the type of epic buffoonery that someone recorded and immediately uploaded to Youtube. If this is his legacy, it will go down as one of the stupidest comments ever caught on video, akin to the "Practice? We're talkin' about practice?" diatribe by another supremely talented athlete who also played himself out of his chosen profession, Allen Iverson-
Streetball Antics Gone Too Far...
Everyone knows Michael Beasley, the former number 2 NBA draft pick, had issues galore before he entered the league. He has a camp of enablers who only see him as a meal ticket, from irresponsible coaches to his close relatives who constantly made excuses for his idiotic behavior, which stem back to the first grade (when he actually attended school). He's been busted for marijuana more times than Cheech and Chong and went through 6 different high schools in I-don't-know-how-many different states. Judging from this clip, it's also apparent he doesn't have the temperament to deal with the type of inner-city hecklers that live for moments like this-
Message to cats like Beasley-there are plenty of pro-am leagues around the country that do not have the same environment as places like the Dyckman Tournament in Upper Manhattan. The crowd, as you can see from the video (shot in glorious high definition) doesn't respect the court. They are on top of the players like an avalanche of sheer antagonism. They smoke weed and drink cheap malt liquor before, during and after the games and are hostile as hell. Some are local drug dealers, others just your basic run-of-the-mill ghetto thugs. The rest are just assholes who come out to ruin the game for participants and spectators alike. Imagine one of Michael Vick's dog fighting extravaganzas and you'll get a sense of the environment at parks like Dyckman-
*Disclaimer-the language in this video is offensive, moreso than what you'd find here on this blog. We do not in any way, shape or form condone the use of such language, which absolutely crosses the line. But I feel this type of rude behavior needs to be exposed for the world to see, so people know the level of abuse these players have to put up with for the sake of 'reppin the game in the 'hood. This is the thanks they get-
I have to say the heckler got the better of Beasley, but I'm glad Michael retaliated. Now everyone in the 'hood knows this anonymous, loud-mouth heckler got exactly what he deserved. He'll never be able to live that one down, and there won't be one person who won't remind him of the time he got his grill mushed by an NBA player.
Still in all, not a good idea on Beasley's part. But would anyone expect any less from this pot-smoking, tattooed, underachieving cartoon character?
Carlos Zambrano Implodes...This cat isn't running on fumes, he's running on empty big-time. After signing a mega-deal worth $91.5 million dollars in 2007, he's been a pathetic shell of his former self. My personal opinion is, like what we witnessed at the 2010 Tour de France from Lance Armstrong, after a while the steroids stop working. And no, it's not the testing protocols instituted by MLB that has become a deterrent. An amateur PED expert administering a half-assed steroid regimen can get his client to test clean for those tests, which are announced so far in advance you'd have to be a Category-5 moron like Manny Ramirez to fail one, much less two.
So, after giving up FIVE homers to the Atlanta Braves the other day (which begs the question-why didn't the manager pull Zambrano out of the game in the first place?) he then goes after Chipper Jones not once, but twice with pitches close enough to shave a coconut. He did this to purposely get thrown out of the game, because we all know Zambrano is a class act all the way. After he gets ejected and while his team is still playing, he cleans out his locker and leaves the ballpark, announcing later that he is retiring from baseball.
So not only does he quit on his team while out on the mound, he then proceeds to quit on them before the game even ends. Excellent. This has all the markings of uncontrollable 'roid rage. No, it's not his infamous temperament, as is always brought up whenever any Latin player or idiot manager like the soon-to-be-fired Ozzie Guillen goes ballistic. Venezuela, aside from President Hugo Chavez and his fits of lunacy, is known primarily for two other things-gang violence/street crime and for the ease in which steroids can be procured without a prescription at any local pharmacy. And their baseball academies (run and administered by Major League Baseball, by the way) are absolutely marinating in PED's. Zambrano is a product of this environment, so his latest antics speak to his obvious ongoing use. the problem is he can't get anyone out anymore, and he is getting paid top-notch money as if he still can.
I always say if you're going to go down, go down in flames. Zambrano, if it's true he did retire, did the Cubs a tremendous favor. One because he sucks. Two because one of the unforgivable sins in the archaic and stupid baseball book of unwritten rules states clearly that you never give up on your team, which Carlos did not once, but twice in the span of one inning. Good-bye, asshole. And good riddance. America, next time one of these athletes lets you down, watch this commercial and put your sorry-ass life into perspective-
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Babe of the Week for August 12, 2011 is...
Cat Osterman!!!
Ghetto hoes are all alike. You meet a pretty one and chances are she's wistfully waiting for some thugged-out loser boyfriend to get out of prison so they can resume their going-nowhere-fast relationship. And when he gets out he'll be dripping with all types of venereal diseases and Hepatitis A through Z. Don't believe the lies, either. Every prisoner that does time in a maximum security prison either fucks or gets fucked by other dudes, no exception. And when they get out the first thing they do is give those diseases to their girlfriends, and if you're stupid enough to mess with these types of broads, you'll catch something too. Know what else is funny? I've spoken to a couple of these losers and they've always been puzzled at their boyfriend's sudden predilection for anal sex after spending time in the joint. Gee, I wonder where they could have picked THAT up from?
So why not look somewhere else? Plenty of healthy, farm-fresh young ladies out there who are strong as oxen and live a clean life. Cat Osterman fits the bill. She is a beautiful and accomplished college athlete and stands at a whopping 6' 2". If that's too much woman for you, there are shorter ones out there. But be careful-they're liable to fuck you up if you get out of pocket with that ol' bullshit.
The Houston native broke many college records while playing at the University of Texas girls' softball team as a pitcher from 2002-2006. The most important thing was that she loooked mahvelous doing it, dahling-absolutely mahvelous!!! She helped the USA women's softball team capture gold in 2004 and silver in 2008. If I were to get married, it would be to someone like this. They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes beautiful women like Cat Osterman. Yes, indeed.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
"We Shall Overcome" an obnoxious sense of entitlement...
*Editor's Note-this entry was dated soon after the incident transpired. Having finished writing it today, it now appears as a late entry and not an edited, back-dated version.
Let me get this out of the way NOW-in no way did I want to comment on this issue. There are three topics that are just too polarizing to debate in a civil manner-race, politics and religion. All three cause people to lose their otherwise sane minds, and then it turns into right wing vs. left wing, liberal vs. bigot, asshole vs. douchebag. Once you voice a particular stance on any of these particular issues you are labeled for the rest of your life.
To categorize someone because of a particular belief is beyond ignorant, but that is what discourse in this country has devolved into. This particular incident, and the mock outrage it has stirred up, speaks volumes about the level of stupidity on both sides of the issue. Was what occurred driven by race, abuse of power, or a sense of entitlement on both sides?
The answer isn't the point.
When Harvard Professor and eminent Black Studies scholar Henry Louis Gates was arrested in his own home for "disorderly conduct", he was not invoking the voices of those who have been truly oppressed in this country when he yelled from his porch, "This is what happens to a black man in America!!". He was not asking to join hands in some Freedom March over the trampling of anyone's civil rights. He was invoking an obnoxious sense of entitlement that comes from arrogance, stemming from an inflated sense of self-importance. He was not invoking the call to justice of the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement. He was invoking the voice of Eazy-E, the now-deceased rapper who was one of the founding fathers of the un-civil rights movement called "Gangsta Rap".
Gates' tone was all about "Fuck Da Police", NWA's seminal hit, where the members of the rap group serenade the LAPD with verses of venom and disrespect never heard before, which is exactly how Gates dealt with the situation. Now there is a third player in this whole drama, the neighbor who called the alleged break-in to the police. This moron doesn't know the difference between a couple of no-good thugs and the Harvard professor who lives next door?
For those of you who aren't familiar with the events that transpired, here is the short of it. Gates had arrived from a trip to China and found his front door jammed. He and his driver forced their way in, and while this was going on someone called the cops about a possible break-in. When the cops arrived, Gates apparently did not appreciate the tone of the officer in question, Sgt. James Crowley, who then overreacted and arrested him. Granted, there isn't much street crime in such an affluent neighborhood (Cambridge, Mass. isn't exactly the birthplace of the Crips and Bloods) but the arrest was what any right-minded person would call a waste of taxpayer's money. Gates was arrested, processed and had his mug shot taken, capturing for posterity the pathetic and ridiculous lack of judgment displayed by this officer. Gates isn't exactly the Pablo Escobar of the academic world, and he should have known better.
The Arrest Report (click to enlarge)-
Obama tried to interject with comments about how the police reacted, which then got the Cambridge Police Department upset. He then tried to calm things by having a "Beer Summit" in which he and both parties sat down at pub near the Harvard campus for some suds and conversation, what he referred to as "a teachable moment". The only thing this taught anyone is despite Gates' reputation and standing in the community, this will stop a police officer with a chip on his shoulder from making his life miserable, simply because in Cambridge there is nothing better to do.
The Infamous Mug Shot-
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This is my card for Day 1 - I went a bit over the whimsical on this card. It is a birthday card for a wonderful friend's husband.
The background of the card has the word "birthday" cut out from cardstock. The "add-on" elements are from Fun Foam. I shrunk some of the cut-outs with my heat gun, and then colored them with my Copics. I added a few glitter dots and then smudged one when I put it in the envelope. Bah!
About Me
- Ronni Unger
- Arizona, United States
- Hi! I am a "middle aged" wife of over 40 years, mother to 2, mother-in-law to 2, and grandmother to 4. I love hanging out with these people!!
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Friday, April 10, 2009
June Whitfield to appear in final Tennant episode
CARRY On legend June Whitfield will appear in David Tennant's last Doctor Who episode.
The Ab Fab mum, 83, is filming in Cardiff as Henrietta Goodheart for the episode Beautiful Chaos.
She was with her long-term pal Bernard Cribbins, who plays the grandad of Donna Noble (Catherine Tate).
Tennant admitted he wept as he read the last script, which reveals how the Time Lord is killed off.
He regenerates in the form of new Doctor Matt Smith.
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First thing first: When I said later tonight yesterday, I meant today! So this will be my first two days run into one.
First day was interesting. I started off transcribing a rolodex, but afterwards got to work on breaking news; a story about a 10-year-old accidentally shot in the face with a shotgun. Sad story, but it broke as I was wrapping up the Rolodex, so I got to spend some time working it with newsroom staff.
After that, I watched a show from inside the control room and got to see exactly how producers ran the show in a bigger station, which was a new experience. The County Line control room during a show kind of pales in comparison (not like this is a shock, but it IS worth noting.)
After the three shows from 5:00 to 6:30, I went back down to the newsroom and manned the assignment desk for an hour or so, and actually took down a few tips. The stories were never used, but it got me some experience in getting all the info I could for a story ahead of time.
That wrapped up day one for me! Day two is my next post.
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Father's Day is Isänpäivä in Finland and has been celebrated on the second Sunday in November since the 1950's. We followed the Finnish timing of this holiday this year, and I'm a fan of the fall date for two reasons:
- it has it's own space on the calendar, more removed from Mother's Day than it is the U.S.
- it is celebrated during the school year, which means that as with Mother's Day, younger students often make cards and even gifts for their father at school, w.
Bryan's Father's Day gifts included chocolate, a wooden pen made in Finland, the chance for Brooke to be his servant for the day and a nice towel that everyone else in the family promises not to use (Bryan often has trouble finding a towel when he needs one - now he has one just for himself).
After lunch, I made these pastries that are common at this time of year and are referred to as a type of Christmas pastry:
Made with store-bought pastry, they are simply squares that are shaped into star shapes with jam in the middle. I used a store-bought raspberry jam and a lovely sea buckthorn (tyrrni in Finnish) jam made by our Finnish exchange student's mom, Eija Korpi.
Baked at 175 degrees Celsius, they puff up and are quite delicious. I forgot the egg wash, which would have made them browner and shinier.
We took the finished pastries to the home of one of Bryan's co-workers. Mike is an ex-pat originally from Tennessee who has three kids here in Tampere and seems to love Finland. It was fun to be with another father on Father's Day, and the kids got to watch cartoons for hours while the adults drank coffee and talked. It was a nice day and hopefully a good Father's Day for Bryan.


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Yesterday was my son's second birthday. Instead of buying a cake, I put a homemade dairy/egg/nut-free bundt in the oven for his party. My cake experiment was a major failure, so I needed to make a second cake. Everything eventually turned out just fine. No big deal, right?
When it comes to my son's food allergies (milk, eggs and almonds), I try to have a positive attitude. Sometimes though, like yesterday, it can be hard. I start losing my sense of humor and creativity and just wish I could go to a bakery and buy a pre-made birthday cake. Or that I could bake a cake without having to worry about giving him hives (or worse) because I put in too many eggs… Or I didn't bake it for long enough… Or I didn't bake it at a high enough temperature.
After learning of his milk allergy 15 months ago, and then finding out about other foods he would have to avoid (first peanuts, tree nuts and sesame, and now just milk, raw eggs and almond), our family has adjusted to a new routine. I always need to remind myself that other people have many more allergies and go through so much worse. All we have to do is just avoid certain foods, which can be an inconvenience and a bit stressful at times, but we manage it.
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This Friday, all of that could change—if we could be so lucky. My son has a food challenge at a nearby hospital for milk. If he "passes," we could slowly start introducing milk and milk products like butter, cheese and ice cream into his diet. While his allergist is confident with his test results to schedule this food challenge, it's still possible he could have an allergic reaction during the test, ranging from hives to full-blown anaphylaxis (not likely, but still a possibility). The hospital will be fully equipped for whatever happens, but I'm still extremely nervous about the whole thing.
When my son blew out his birthday candles last night, I wished he would pass his food challenge. I wished he could have ice cream this summer. After his successful food challenge for baked egg in April, I hope this trend continues so he's no longer living with any food allergies (although, he may hold onto that almond allergy, and there may be allergies we haven't discovered yet…).
And selfishly, I hope that someday we no longer have to live with the constant worry that my son could eat something by mistake at the dinner table, a restaurant, or a birthday party, etc. The perils of his allergens seem to lurk almost everywhere.
My fingers are crossed for my son and for others facing food challenges, either now or in the future. I'll have more news this Friday.


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Some Of Our Top Politicians Having Real Degrees
Politicians and politics is the core of all discussions in Pakistan. It is the hot cake in drawing room discussions as well as those sitting in "Chapper" hotels (Common and Cheaper hotels" or on shop's "Thurras" (Wooden boards in font of shops). Whether good or bad these politicians have impact on the system functioning of the country. **-- Mamnoon Hussain:-- Yes, our own president is one of the well educated politicians Pakistan has. Mamnoon Hussain is an IBA graduate, one of the most renown institutes of Pakistan. He obtained his MBA degree from this institute in 1965. **-- Muhammad Nawaz Sharif:-- Prime minister Nawaz Sharif has Bachelor of Arts degree from Government College of Punjab and LLB from Punjab University. He also holds an honorary PhD from government college University. **-- Our popular Tsunami Khan (Imran Khan) is well educated person having done Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University. He has also been awarded an honorary PhD from Royal College of Physicians. **-- Mrs Kalsoom Nawaz:--
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June 19, 2015
STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.CLIFFORD LYNN MCNEAL, Defendant-Appellant
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On further review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Wapello County, Daniel P. Wilson (suppression) and Lucy J. Gamon (trial and sentencing), Judges. The State seeks further review of a court of appeals decision finding the district court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress and reversing defendant's conviction for theft in the first degree.
Christopher R. Kemp of Kemp & Sease, Des Moines, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary A. Triick, Assistant Attorney General, Lisa Moressi, County Attorney, and Andrew J. Ritland, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.
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In October 2011, police began to suspect Clifford McNeal received stolen property from a burglary that occurred in Ottumwa, Iowa. Thereafter, they received an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen informing them that McNeal had moved a trailer from Ottumwa to a rural area in Wapello County, Iowa. After police confirmed the location of the trailer and that it belonged to a company McNeal owned, they obtained a search warrant for the trailer. Pursuant to the search warrant, they searched the trailer and discovered the stolen property. The State subsequently charged McNeal with numerous offenses. McNeal filed a motion to suppress, claiming the judge who issued the search warrant failed to make a credibility determination
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as to each informant referenced in the application for search warrant and asserting there was no probable cause to support the search warrant. McNeal requested that the district court suppress the evidence obtained from the trailer. The district court denied the motion to suppress, and the case proceeded to a jury trial. The jury found McNeal guilty of theft in the first degree. See Iowa Code § § 714.1(4), .2(1) (2011).
McNeal appealed, claiming the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress. He asserted the search of the trailer violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 8 of the Iowa Constitution. McNeal also raised numerous claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We transferred the case to the court of appeals. The court of appeals concluded there was no probable cause to support the search warrant, reversed the judgment of the district court, and remanded the case for a new trial. The State applied for further review, which we granted.
For the reasons set forth below, we conclude the issuing judge had a substantial basis for concluding there was probable cause to support the search warrant and the district court properly denied McNeal's motion to suppress. Additionally, we conclude the record before us is inadequate to reach the merits of McNeal's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. We vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
On June 1, 2011, the Ottumwa Police Department received a report from a construction-site manager that a construction site located near the Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa had been burglarized. The construction-site manager reported that
sometime during the overnight hours . . . somebody had broken into the new buildings and several of the tool trailers . . . on the job site. Three of the trailers had . . . their locks cut off of them. Two of the trailers had numerous tools removed from within while the third trailer . . . didn't have anything missing from it.
A significant number of large, concrete-construction tools and equipment were stolen from the site.
Officer Steven Harris was assigned to investigate the construction-site burglary. During his investigation, two anonymous persons informed him that John Wey and Mike Jones were " involved in the burglary or at least had first-hand knowledge of the burglary." Officer Harris subsequently conducted a background check on both Wey and Jones and discovered they each had numerous criminal convictions, including several for theft and burglary. Although this information suggested Wey and Jones might have been involved in the construction-site burglary, Officer Harris was unable to confirm their involvement at that time.
On July 2 at 3:40 a.m., Lisa Steck called the Ottumwa Police Department in a panic. She reported that " a man had been trying to break into her house and had just sped off eastbound out of her driveway." Lisa and her husband Ken Steck later reported that a laptop, a truck, and numerous tools were stolen from the residence. Officer Harris was also assigned to investigate the Steck burglary.
On July 6, Officer Harris spoke with the Stecks about the July 2 incident. Lisa described the man who had tried to break into the residence as " over six feet tall,
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thick, and in his late thirties or older." Later that day, a farmer notified the Ottumwa Police Department he had discovered a truck parked behind his barn in Wapello County. Several officers went to investigate and confirmed the truck belonged to the Stecks. The bed of the truck contained the tools stolen from the Steck residence. Thereafter, officers returned the truck to the Stecks. While the officers assisted the Stecks in unloading the stolen tools from the truck, Ken observed two bags in the bed of the truck that were not his: " a U.S. Army bag" and " a blue reusable Walmart bag made of a heavy material."
On July 14, Officer Harris assisted another officer in executing a search warrant at Wey's residence. This search involved animal charges unrelated to the construction-site and Steck burglaries. During the search, Officer Harris " observed a standard issue green U.S. Army bag . . . and a blue re-useable Walmart bag made of a heavy material." These bags were similar in appearance to the bags from the Stecks' truck. That same day, Officer Harris also confirmed Wey's physical appearance was consistent with Lisa's description of the man who had burglarized the Steck residence.
Police arrested Wey on the animal charges that same day. During the booking process, Wey provided police with a personal cell phone number. In an effort to link Wey to the Steck burglary, Officer Harris obtained user information, call logs, and text logs associated with the cell phone number. These records showed the cell phone was registered to Wey's wife, Lynn Wey. The records further showed Lynn's cell phone sent numerous phone calls and text messages to another cell phone registered to Wey around 3:40 a.m. on July 2--the same time Lisa called the Ottumwa Police Department to report the Steck burglary. Further, a series of texts sent between the Weys' phones between 3:44 and 3:50 a.m. on July 2 were a " rough summation of [outgoing police] radio traffic" at that same time.
Based on this information, Officer Harris believed both Wey and Lynn played a role in the Steck burglary. Officer Harris further believed Wey's involvement in the Steck burglary corroborated Wey's purported involvement in the construction-site burglary. Accordingly, Officer Harris obtained call and text logs for Wey's cell phone from May 31 through June 1--the time the construction-site burglary occurred. These records revealed Wey's cell phone sent and received numerous calls and text messages during this period. Two numbers comprised a large portion of the called or texted numbers; both of them were registered to David Downen of Downen Construction. Officer Harris further found that shortly after the construction-site burglary, Downen's cell phones received suspicious text messages from Wey stating that Wey " had new 'goodies' and tools and wanted to know if [Downen] wanted some." Officer Harris also conducted a background check on Downen and discovered he had numerous criminal convictions, including several for theft and robbery.
Based on this information, Officer Harris set up a meeting with Downen for September 14. At the meeting, Officer Harris presented Downen with the information he had discovered through his investigation. Downen admitted Jones and Wey had sold him stolen tools and equipment in the past. He also informed Officer Harris that " [Jones] and [Wey] often broke into buildings and stole tools and equipment to sell."
On September 20, police arrested Jones on a warrant for a separate incident in which police caught Jones and Wey stealing
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a concrete saw. Based on the information provided by Downen, Officer Harris contacted the Wapello County Attorney and arranged to speak with Jones about the construction-site burglary. Jones received a cooperation agreement for speaking with Officer Harris.
On October 3, Officer Harris, along with another officer, met with Jones. Jones informed them that he and Wey would frequently " break[] into different buildings to steal property." Jones admitted he and Wey were responsible for the break-in at the construction site. He also stated there were " personal identifiers on some of the equipment from the site that contained the name 'Brad.'" This was consistent with information the foreman at the construction site had provided Officer Harris. Jones also stated that he and Wey " took the majority of the load of stolen property from the . . . construction site . . . to Cliff McNeal where [McNeal] bought the stolen property for a fraction of what the property was actually worth." Jones also told the officers he and Wey " would often break into places and sell the stolen property to [McNeal]." Jones had " worked in construction for a long time and he knew construction equipment, so that is what he usually stole."
According to Jones, " [McNeal] knew the property was stolen because [Wey] and he often told [McNeal] where they stole the property from." Jones and Wey " usually me[t] . . . McNeal at his house . . . just south of the intersection of Finley and Moore Streets" in Ottumwa and would then " drive to a second location on Chester St[reet] near the intersection of Chester and Milner Streets." They would then " off-load large loads of stolen property into a secure structure at the [second] property." Independent investigation later confirmed that McNeal owned the property at the intersection of Finley and Moore Streets, and that McNeal's wife owned the property on Chester Street. Jones further stated that " the [stolen] property was no longer at the residence on Chester because [Wey], [McNeal], and [Jones] all knew that the police were on to them," and " [McNeal] told [him] that he had moved all of the stolen property a short time before [Jones] was arrested" on September 20. Finally, Jones informed the officers that " [McNeal] did not sell the equipment to other people, but rather kept the tools and equipment to work on his properties or to use with his company."
Also on October 3, Sergeant Jason Bell of the Ottumwa Police Department informed Officer Harris that he had " received an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen that . . . McNeal had moved an enclosed trailer that was bluish-green in color out of Ottumwa and further out into Wapello County." The concerned citizen stated that " the trailer had an attached ladder that allowed access to the roof." The concerned citizen further stated that " the trailer was on Copperhead R[oad] west of U.S. Highway 63," such that " if you were traveling eastbound on ...
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Goodbye to Major Jared Nelson and Jeannette and family (Nelsonville) as they have moved to Las Vegas. President Nelson was our branch president in Baumholder. What a great family. They will be sorely missed.
Summer is here and it is so lush and green. I want to memorize how beautiful it is with all the wildflowers and vegetation. It is hard to believe that the barren and dreary landscape could change so dramatically. I don't know why it is so amazing because it happens that way at home too. It is just that the humidity and rare sunny days of a German winter made it seem different. When in the middle of this coming winter I will remember the beautiful days of summer. Today we started out with blue sky and in the 80 degree range. During Church meetings the clouds darkened the sky and we had thunder and lightening and rain showers. I didn't look out the window but I could see the skies darken from the middle of the chapel and also the flashes of lightening. When we got out of meetings 5 hours later there were light fluffly clowds, blue sky and sunshine. There was just a little dampness under the car where the sun hadn't evaporated the rain. 'Missed that altogether. It is now 8 pm and still 82 degrees. With the humidity at 65 to 70% it feels much warmer. Although I always feel cool if I am not exercising! I wear sweats unless I am in the sunshine. Yes, I am weird.
When it is my turn to write the blog you certainly get a varied perspective of our mission. My organized and efficient Elder Karn has this huge service project running like clockwork. To me it is overwhelmingly difficult. But we keep marching forward. Now we have posters in most of the wards and the plans for the day have been announced to the bishops. Tomorrow we meet with Senior Chief Campbell (works in the Wounded Warrier Ministry chaplaincy) at the large hardened aircraft shelter (HAS) or hanger, to re-assess the project. The large overhead roll-up steel door isn't working and must be fixed soon. The list of supplies to order include 18,000 feet of package sealing tape, 300 empty cardboard boxes, 50 markers, 10 reams of colored paper, box cutters, etc., etc. We plan on between 150 to 200 volunteers but that could change radically. Everyone is invited to bring a friend and neighbor. We will pray that it won't rain that day as the work will mostly be outside. A little breeze and some cloud cover would be nice though.
We had a trade-in on our mission car. We went from a red 4-door Opel Corsa to a red 4-door Opel Corsa. The one we had before had a ding in the rear door from when someone backed into it in a parking lot when it was being used by another couple. We inherited it and often had to explain that we didn't do it. The mission was going to fix it but the estimated cost was $2,490. So it was never fixed. Then 3 weeks ago the mission office called the night before and the next morning we had a new car with only 300 kilometers on it. We don't have cruise control but otherwise it is pretty much the same. We put 7000 miles on the older one. Every once in a while we see the red car with the ding in it at a district or zone meeting. It was nice they gave us a newer one. Fuel is running at $9.70 a gallon right now. Maybe we will even get better gas mileage!
No "P" (Preparation Day) day this past week as we had more meetings than you can imagine. Yet there were days we still had time to take a walk, or take a nap, or watch a movie. If we don't take the time to regenerate ourselves periodically we will crash. Well, somedays we do crash, but we recover. Fortunately this week we will have a full P Day.
We continue to get better attendance some evenings at the Institute Outreach Center. Some college students are home for the summer and have been coming to some events. We always get new young single adults through the military while others are transferred or PCS'd (permanent change of station). This past week we had a young adult that came back from Iraq. He was from the Baumholder Branch so we had lots of questions for him about our friends that were deployed with him. It was all good news and our hearts were warmed to hear of them. We will lose about 5 young adults in August as they leave the military or go back to school in the states. We hope we get some new energetic active young adults to take their places.
Today we printed off an Air Force alpha roster (list of those in the military who put what religious preference they want on their enlistment papers)for the new missionary elders. Also we printed off some copies of the brochures about our church we made up for the chaplains to hand out on the base or post. There is a map of the meeting house and the times of the meetings, along with the names of the bishops, etc. This would be very helpful for the missionaries when they meet someone that is interested - either a non-member or a member. Then we printed off the young single adult contact list for one ward for the elders. We were just finishing our printing as we walked out the door for meetings this morning. Thank goodness for a printer that was left here by the couple before us!
We have two new zone leaders to work with at the IOC. One is from Texas and the other from Ogden. They are great but need some orientation. And unfortunately neither has a German driver's license so they are doing a lot of biking and walking and riding the trains. For zone leaders that is hard as our zone is pretty big. One has applied for a German license and that is the one from Utah as Germany has an agreement with Utah to cooperate with their driver's testing and licensing. The cost is only about $150 and the paperwork is not difficult. However, the elder from Texas would have to pay $3000 if he were to get a German license as Germany does not have an agreement with Texas. So - mostly the elders that drive here are from Utah. And also anyone can drive here with any state license for the first 6 months. After that you must have a German driver's license. Elder Karn and I both have a German driver's license. You won't catch Sister Karn driving the autobahns unless it is an emergency however!
Have I told you about the bells?? There is a clock or a church steeple somewhere here in the village that rings a bell every 15 minutes. We usually have the windows closed and we can't hear it. When we open the windows like today we can hear the clock bells and the church bells announcing mass. The bells are wonderful and make Germany even more quaint. I love the bells. I also love the sound of freedom - large jets taking off or landing just north of us. We owe so much to those who sacrifice so much.
Volunteering at the Wounded Warrier Ministry where new clothing and toiletries are given out to the wounded or the patients at the hospital, we have learned more about the war. It is gratifying to tell those who come in that we care.
God bless,
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In the first part of this exercise we have seen how connect to a MongoDb with Java. Now that is clear how the connection can be performed, we can try to do the same with Kotlin.
Ok, no waste other time, start coding:
import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject import com.mongodb.MongoClient import com.mongodb.MongoException import java.net.UnknownHostException import java.util.* /** * Created by Claudio on 01/05/16. * This is a main to test mongoDB connection in kotlin */ fun main(args: Array<String>) { try { val mongo = MongoClient("localhost", 27017) val db = mongo.getDB("testDB") val table = db.getCollection("person") //Reflection example val person = Person("Jon","Doe",20); val data = person.javaClass; //Insert document val document = BasicDBObject() document.put("name", "mkyong") document.put("age", 30) document.put("createdDate", Date()) table.insert(document) /**** Find and display ****/ val searchQuery = BasicDBObject(); searchQuery.put("name", "mkyong"); val cursor = table.find(searchQuery); while (cursor.hasNext()) { System.out.println(cursor.next()); } } catch (e: UnknownHostException) { e.printStackTrace ( ); } catch (e: MongoException) { e.printStackTrace(); } }
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How we see the code is similar with Java example and the output is equal:
This code can be converted from Java code with the intellij IDE function called: "Convert java code to kotlin code". This can be reached from the search tool or vith copy and paste of java code to kotlin file:
For exercise the "Main.kt" code is was written from scratch.
In this little exercice I learned how connect to MongoDb and how code something more difficult to "hello world" in Kotlin.
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Bluebird returns for lake challenge
The jet-powered boat in which Donald Campbell was killed can return to the water for a one-off bid to reach up to 100mph, national park officials have decided.
A bylaw that restricts vessels to a 10mph speed limit on Coniston Water was amended for the attempt using Bluebird K7.
The volunteer team restoring Bluebird want to launch their bid on the same stretch of water where Campbell died.
He was killed instantly in January 1967 when Bluebird flipped over at a speed of more than 300mph as he attempted to set a world speed record.
Members of the Lake District National Park Authority, meeting in Kendall, Cumbria, agreed to allow a one-off trial to prove the restored vessel's seaworthiness ahead of any further forays on the lake.
The recommendation will now be submitted to the Government for approval.
A formal consultation will take place and a public inquiry could be ordered if there are any objections.
The wreck of the Bluebird was recovered from the lake in 2001 by diver Bill Smith, who has led the project to recapture its glory days.
Following the decision, Mr Smith said: "I think it is a good result. I am euphoric at the prospect of having the final objective in sight. We now need to prove that it works and is in the condition that it was just before the crash all those years ago.
"We hope to have Bluebird ready for its trial at the end of next year or the beginning of 2011. It will all be very weather-dependent as to exactly when because calm conditions are vital.


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raved-over "best fallafel in Paris."
I have to say it definitely lived up to the hype. On the Rue des Rosiers in an old Jewish neighborhood, L'As du Fallafel is pretty unassuming, just a little hole-in-the-wall place with a few tables and a noisy kitchen. I was by myself so I didn't feel like sitting, despite the ever-increasing drizzle outside. So I took my fallafel to go, stood under an awning down the street and devoured the whole thing. I then noticed several other people doing the same. Very messy, but so good.
photo via Richard Harbus, The New York Times
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Oh, wow. I wonder if this is the place I visited when in Paris. We were also directed to the best place and in the same area, of course. Had Lenny Kravitz visited there? That is popping out in my mind, though it was 8 years ago now. I still think of that falafel!ReplyDelete
I love your blog. It makes me miss Paris so much.
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"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it,
I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in." --Abraham Lincoln
Allowable Growth = Cost of Living Adjustment
The Governor and House Republicans have proposed 0 percent Allowable Growth for Iowa's public schools. In practical terms this means public schools will not see any cost of living adjustments to their budgets for the first time in 30 years. While schools will receive money for the current per-pupil spending, the money will not be adjusted for 2011 inflationary increases. Every Legislature for 30 years has recognized the folly of this type of budgeting. Everyone knows you can't purchase a gallon of milk with the same dollar you used to purchase it with last year, so why would our Governor and Republican legislators expect schools to meet their rising fuel, utility, textbook, computer, and other costs with non-inflationary adjusted budgets? It doesn't make sense.
Making matters worse, the House Republicans are proposing to cut corporate property taxes throughout the state in the amount of almost $48 million. This is the equivalent of a 1.5 percent Allowable Growth rate. This literally means the state is giving corporations money which should be given to our students and public schools. Our schools will be expected to be world class and do the same amount with less money. It doesn't make sense.
Contact the Governor and your Legislator on the House Education Committee and ask them:
1) 0 percent Allowable Growth means that only our kids suffer. It means fewer course offerings, larger class sizes, fewer supplies, less Support Services, and our best and brightest teachers will simply move to another profession.
2) Why would you put corporations ahead of our kids?
These are the members of the House Education Committee:
•Greg Forristall (R, District 98), Chair
•Jeremy Taylor (R, District 1), Vice Chair
•Nathan Willems (D, District 29), Ranking Member
•Ako Abdul-Samad (D, District 66)
•Josh Byrnes (R, District 14)
•Royd E. Chambers (R, District 5)
•Dennis M. Cohoon (D, District 88)
•Peter Cownie (R, District 60)
•Cecil Dolecheck (R, District 96)
•Ruth Ann Gaines (D, District 65)
•Curt Hanson (D, District 90)
•Mary Ann Hanusa (R, District 99)
•Ron Jorgensen (R, District 54)
•Dan Kelley (D, District 41)
•Kevin Koester (R, District 70)
•Mark Lofgren (R, District 80)
•Mary Mascher (D, District 77)
•Linda J. Miller (R, District 82)
•Kim Pearson (R, District 42)
•Renee Schulte (R, District 37)
•Sharon S. Steckman (D, District 13)
•Annette Sweeney (R, District 44)
•Cindy Winckler (D, District 86)
House File 1 – Ugly amendment seeks to open union contracts
Unbelievably, House Republicans on the State Government Committee have passed an amendment to HF 1 requiring ALL teaching contracts to be reopened if there is an across-the-board cut. The amendment will be eligible for debate on the House floor by next week.
Contact your Legislator today and tell them:
1) how incredibly irresponsible this amendment is. Iowa has finally gotten education professionals to 26th in the nation on average teacher pay and we are on course to attract and retain the best and brightest in the profession. This type of amendment would set us back at least a decade.
2) Iowans are fair-minded people. A deal is a deal. A contract between education professionals and their school district is a deal. You don't reopen a contract because the Legislature cannot responsibly handle the state's checkbook.
Statewide Universal Preschool, Iowa Core Curriculum, and AEAs still on the hot seat
HF 45 contains major components which will be extremely harmful to the quality of public education in Iowa. Specifically, the bill eliminates the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SVPP) for four-year-olds, eliminates funding for the implementation of the statewide Iowa Core Curriculum, reduces Area Education Agency (AEA) budgets for fiscal year 2010-2011 and subsequent fiscal years by $10 million, and creates a mandatory tax relief fund that diverts surplus monies from education.
Contact your Legislator and let them know:
1) Legislators heard loud and clear from you that Statewide Voluntary Preschool promotes quality and excellence. Now they need to hear that cutting this (free for only 10 hours per week) program will drastically affect access in communities all across the state. We went from 19 percent enrollment to 60 percent enrollment in just under 4 years. We will fall drastically behind again if Legislators drop this top-quality program and communities lose availability. Contact your Legislator now and let them know that your community should have the same access to preschool as your neighbors.
Congratulations to Iowa's Community Colleges!
Senate Resolution 1 and House Resolution 5 recognize today, January 27, 2011, as a day to honor the 15 community colleges in Iowa on the 45th anniversary of their founding.
There are Legislative Forums scheduled beginning tomorrow (Friday) and going through the weekend. Please try to attend a forum in your area to ask your Legislator these important questions. Bring your Hotline with you so you have your questions handy and don't forget to report back to us to let us know how your forum went.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
More Then Just A Facebook Friend
Post written by Chris at "A Cloudy Mirror"
I'm sure this has never happened to you before.
You meet someone at a party or some other event and when you get home, you have a friend request on Facebook from this random person with whom you had a five minute conversation. Do you accept or reject the request? Thankfully, there's always the third option. You can ignore the request entirely and hope the person forgets about you. Not that I've ever done that before…
Now if you're anything like me, there are probably a few people on your "friends" list that you hardly see. Maybe you don't even talk to them at all. You'll check out some of their photos and comment on their status updates, but you don't really have an active friendship. You may know a lot about them, but you don't really know them. At the heart level, you have no idea what's going on inside.
If there's one thing that we as humans crave the most, it's relationship. Part of the reason why Facebook is so appealing is because we all want to be connected. We want to know what's happening in people's lives. Social networking has enabled us to stay in touch with hundreds of people with only a few clicks of the mouse. But to what extent can it really help develop authentic relationships?
For the longest time, that's the way it was between me and God. He was just a Facebook friend. I first accepted his friend request when I was only five or six. Then I began following his updates. I read all about the amazing things he had done through people like Joseph, Moses, and David. I talked to God occasionally, but I really didn't get to know him all that well. I knew a lot about him, but I didn't know him. I didn't know his heart.
Over the last eight months, I've come to know God so much more intimately. As he's revealed his Father heart, I've begun to understand the width, depth, and height of his love. It's not about what I can do for him, but about what He has done for me through his son Jesus. I don't need to perform for God because he already accepts me. And I don't need to worry about the crap that life throws at me because I know that Father will take care of me.
God doesn't just want you to know stuff about him… but to truly know him. To know how much he loves you. He wants to be more than just a Facebook friend.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Christmas Is Coming!
I have been learning Christmas music the last few weeks on the piano! "Angels We Have Heard On High" and a new one that my teacher Emily gave me, it's called "Christmas Is A Time To Love". It's very pretty. Shawn is learning it on the guitar to play with me too.
Baking will start this week (Lord willing!), I am hoping to make the family favorites as well as a new recipe or two. I have set up the wrapping center to start wrapping this week as well.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Have a great week everyone!
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A Weekend Away/ Hunting
Monday, November 15, 2010
Happy Birthday Mom!
I love you, Mom! Thank-you for always being here for Dad and us kids. I hope you have a lovely day.
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Time with Tannis
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
An Interesting Find!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Getting ready for hunting
Mom took this yesterday after we had been working on the deer blinds and Dad had been sighting in his rifle - it was a cold evening!
"Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall upon all of the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, now I give you everything."
Genesis 9:1-3
Shawn's 23rd Birthday Post
The Birthday Table
The fries - they turned out so nice I had to show you! For dinner the menu was - Barbequed Hamburgers, Ceasar Salad, Homemade Fries, junk food and Chocolate cake with ice cream.
Gift opening
Blowing out the candles, all 23 of them...
There seems to be more smoke every year! :)
Pumpkin Pie Wins!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Happy 23rd Birthday Shawn!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Girls Lunch Out
We also got a new group picture. From L - R Caroline, Rosemary, Louise (the Birthday girl), Tannis and I.
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
Scott's 20th Birthday Post
Making Pizza
Opening gifts
Scott's cake - carrot with cream cheese icing
Blowing out all the candles...
... all this smoke!
Taste and see that the LORD is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
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The rich and the poor in Brussels
Last weekend the rich and the poor, though at different levels, were in Brussels. Sometimes they met, but maybe not always!
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I'm shocked and thrilled! I never expected that many views ;)
I've been tossing ideas around to talk about, but haven't found the time to construct a post. I need suggestions!
I had a discussion with my cousin's wife about a rather touchy issue and it was really nice to have a DISCUSSION and not a battle of opinions, because as I've mentioned before, I love to discuss things and am open to other opinions and even open to changing my own when I receive valid information. To find someone and have her discuss and talk with me was wonderful and not something I easily find around here. Most people get really defensive about their views and think their opinion is the only correct way to think.
Anyhoo, it's been a crazy couple of weeks and hope to have a catch up post soon!


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Sunday, June 28, 2015
The 10 most overrated things in sports
I cannot claim ownership of what follows. I discovered it, of all places, on Time-Warner Cable's web site. But, for the most part, I agree with the thoughts. The items are not listed in any particular order, so regard them as all equally overrated.
The Olympic Games: Without even bothering to mention the festering cesspool that has been FIFA and international soccer for the last few decades, it's important to bear in mind that the International Olympic Committee bears all the same hallmarks of corruption and ludicrous overspending on facilities that will never be used again. The Winter Olympics are a more egregious culprit in this, as the events require a remote location with snowy mountains for skiing and alpine tracks for bobsledding and such. The shocking $51 billion price tag on the 2014 Sochi Olympics led to a dearth of bidders for the 2022 Winter Olympiad. Sweden and Norway, which already have all the necessary facilities, both dropped out of the gambit, leaving only China and -- wait for it -- Kazakhstan, land of superior potassium. The Olympics are fun to watch on a non-annual basis, but they're also outrageously wasteful.
Sliding Head-First into First Base: If it was quicker to slide into first base, then you would see Olympic sprinters diving across the finish line. They don't, because it slows you down. Yes, head-first slides look cool (bonus points if you're batting helmet comes tumbling off), but it's a stupid tactic unless you're trying to avoid a tag.
Floyd Mayweather Boxing Matches: Never, ever pay to watch Floyd Mayweather box. You're buying a ticket to 12 of the most boring rounds in existence. The prime minister of Cambodia was so convinced Manny Pacquiao beat him, he refused to pay up on a large bet he had placed on the long-awaited bout. Also, Mayweather is a human slug, as proven by googling the term "mayweather domestic abuse."
Mock Drafts: Mock drafts are among the most pointless, tedious, speculative, and unjournalistic exercises in sportswriting, and yet, the NBA and NFL drafts launch repeated mocks beginning months before draft night and culminating in crescendo of rumor and misinformation. Sports fans devour these and bicker over the merits of each imagined selection. Immediately after the draft is done, all mocks are useless. Here's the secret: No one knows! It's really just a vehicle for Mel Kiper and Todd McShay to argue over how high to draft a quarterback.
Televising the NBA Draft Lottery Selection: The NBA lottery selection program is televised (because money), but it's a silly, contrived exercise in staging. This year, it seemed to exist solely as a showcase for New York Knicks general manager Steve Mills' devastation at landing the No. 4 pick. The entire lottery selection has already been picked earlier in day under watch of an independent auditor, so the league could simply have a press release about the draft order.
MLB Draft: The first-year player draft lasts for an exhausting 40 rounds, plus compensation picks. Compare that to drafts in the NBA (two rounds), NFL and NHL (seven rounds each). Baseball's lengthy amateur draft is also known as the "rule 4 draft," and of course there is a separate rule 5 draft as well, though this is a brief affair during the winter meetings aimed at preventing teams from hording too much young talent. Moreover, if you ever see any of the players from the draft in the MLB, it'll be several years later.
Silence: When you watch tennis and golf, you have to be silent most of the time, and we have only decorum to blame. If a baseball player can hit a round ball traveling 90-plus miles per hour using a round bat as tens of thousands of fans roar with anticipation, then Novak Djokovic should be able to get his racquet on a tennis ball regardless of noise. Smart fans know when to be quiet, like when the home football team's offense is operating, so they can keep a lid on it during a golfer's backswing. Other than that, go nuts! The Big 12 already encourages cheering during their conference's college tennis matches, partly due to youth tennis' plummeting popularity.
Men's College Football and Basketball: Yes, college football and basketball are very exciting, and that will only increase once the agonizing 35-second shot clock drops to 30 seconds. But the NCAA is one of the most hypocritical, exploitative, money-grubbing organizations in all of sports. Between heavy time requirements each week for the "student-athletes," their miniscule chance of going pro, and the deplorable graduation rates across the board, major college sports are very hard to root for with pangs of guilt. It's no wonder that Northwestern football players voted last year to unionize. While football and basketball do fund many smaller college sports in certain aspects, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran pointed out last year that a head coach of a sports team was the highest paid public employee in 40 different states -- 27 football coaches and 13 basketball coaches, as noted by Deadspin. Those are your taxes at "work."
All-Star Games and the Pro Bowl: From the non-contact farce that is the Pro Bowl and NHL All-Star Game to the excruciatingly long and cripplingly boring Home Run Derby and Slam Dunk Contest, every single All-Star affair is simply terrible and a waste of everyone's time. And the fan voting could be the worst part of all, because we're responsible. Aside from hoops fans voting an injured Kobe Bryant an NBA All-Star starter, Kansas City Royals fans have Omar Infante currently leading the balloting at second base. (He's hitting .227 with only three walks in 62 games, so literally every other AL second baseman is a worthier choice.) Either way, the winning league will have home-field advantage in the World Series -- for no logical reason whatsoever.
NASCAR: As Forbes reported in 2012, NASCAR "has become the No. 1 spectator sport, and 17 of the top 20 most attended sporting events in the United States are NASCAR events." Formula One fans around the world think that's hilarious, because instead of the myriad intricacies of road racing, each event simply involves a few dozen cars turning left and occasionally getting a tire change.
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If you are planning to visit New York between now and August 7th I highly recommend a visit to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and in particular the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.
Even if you are not a McQueen fan you can not argue that this exhibition isn't hauntingly beautiful. An incredible tailor each piece is perfectly constructed by a highly skilled craftsman. He once said, "Everything I do is based on tailoring." McQueen's approach to design combined the precision and traditions of tailoring and patternmaking with the spontaneity and improvisations of draping and dressmaking. It is this ability to blend discipline and impulse, that defines McQueen's uniqueness. A quality that can't be taught or replicated.
The Savage Beauty exhibition also offers an insight into McQueen's design inspirations. He was incredibly imaginative and innovative. He was passionate about history and politics, being particularly inspired by the Victorian Gothic era of the nineteenth century. He was also very proud of his Scottish heritage, as referenced by the use of his family tartan in some of his most famous designs.
There was so much to see. It was an incredible exhibition and I plan to go back again before it is over. Here is a look at some of my favourite pieces from the exhibition...
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A good relationship is not a game that we play or an ego trip we take. It is about love and two people. Loving someone can give us the greatest joy we can ever know but it can also hurt us more that we can ever believe. If we love someone we should be ready to experience not only happiness but heartache as well. That's the reward and risk that it takes. Unless we are willing to experience it, we will never really know what it's like to love and be loved.
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So, our first vacation as sisters only was in Gatlinburg, TN. We had already visited the area with the hubbies and kids. We knew there were a lot more things we wanted to do so we went back. This year we actually had a guy as an honorary member of the SOV Club...our new nephew! This was a great chance for us Michigan gals to see him...since he lived in Florida!
We stayed in a suite right on the main strip. We did lots of shopping. One of our favorite places this year was seeing the show Sweet Fanny Adams. Great show! We laughed so hard, our cheeks hurt! They even made our nephew part of the show. My favorite was "The Paper Dance".
If you ever get the chance to go, I give it 4 stars!


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Well... I'm sitting at work right now with a broken computer and with nothing to do so I thought I would write a bit. Well, to answer a few questions, our new house is in Riverton right on the border of Herriman. And yes, we celebrated our anniversary/my birthday about one month ago. The big 1st and 28th respectively. It took us about a week of scheduling and rescheduling to actually get a day off work because of Omai's promotion, but we finally got a day off to celebrate. We've had a few adventures lately... I found a HUGE spider in our garage. I should've taken a picture, but I was too worried about it running up my leg or into the house that all I could do was try smashing it with the broom. I was unsuccessful and it found refuge in a nearby corner. The next day it was out and about again and this time I employed the help of Omai to be the spider smasher. It was hiding under my car so I quickly pulled my car out while Omai stood guard with an old sandle ready to smash away. He was successful and I had to clean up the guts that were smeared all over the garage floor. It's okay--no more huge spider. Another fun adventure recently was locking ourselves out of our house while we took a trip up to the Maverik for a treat. The locksmith said he'd be to our house in a half hour to let us in so weren't too worried. Two hours later and after getting to know our neighbors, the locksmith arrived and within 2 minutes and a $85 check later, viola, we were in. Let this be a lesson to anyone who is no longer living with their parents and are responsible for securing your own home, have a spare key or some equivelant. This summer has also been full of a lot of soccer... both playing and watching. We (and by we, I mean I) are playing on an outdoor co-ed soccer team with some people from our old singles ward. It's been fun, but a continual reminder that I'm older than I was in high school and my muscles have gone through a period of atrophy as well. Isn't that fun. The soccer watching has been mostly of Real Salt Lake. They have a great team and are improving a lot making it fun to watch. Mostly I go for the Kettle Corn, but watching the matches is fun too. Omai's totally stoked for the new stadium to be completed. He can see it from work so he sees the progress everyday. Well, that's all for now. I'm going to go see if I can get back to work on a computer that's actually working. I love technology...
it's been funTuesday, July 22, 2008
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