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We are inching closer and closer to the end of the semester, and that means less Red Wings hockey and Pistons basketball and more Tigers baseball. The Tigers are continuing their dominance in Spring Training with the regular season looming, the Pistons are slumping as of late, and the Red Wings finally won their first in seven games.
Detroit Tigers: Spring Training is now over as the Tigers have won 16 games, only lost four, and tied four games. That is good enough for the best record in the Grapefruit League, and all of Spring Training.
Among the 16 wins, they have beaten the following teams (some more than others): Florida Southern College, Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Tigers did get a scare early last week, as Miguel Cabrera took a ground ball to the face, just under his right eye. The ball, which took a weird bounce, came up and hit him in the orbital bone, which left him bloodied and with a broken bone. It's not serious, and he will only be out for a few more days. It sounds like he will be ready for Opening Day.
The Tigers will open the 2012 Major League Baseball season against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, April 5 at 1:05 p.m. The gates will open at 10:30 a.m. for all fans to come and experience Tigers batting practice.
Detroit Pistons: The Pistons have lost their past five games, and have been rumored to draft Ohio State University player Jared Sullinger in the 2012 NBA Draft. Well, rumors will be rumors, but until then, the rest of the season must be played out. Their five game losing streak started a couple of Fridays ago, against the the Phoenix Suns, falling 109-101.
They then fell to the Los Angeles Clippers 85-83 in overtime. It was a close one against the Denver Nuggets, but they couldn't pull it out, losing by one point, 116-115. The Miami Heat came to town this past Friday, but the Pistons couldn't come together for this game either, dropping it 88-73. Finally, the New York Knicks were up next, at Madison Square Garden. They lost that too, though, 101-79.
So, now the Pistons can look to the draft, as they have a 0.0% chance of making the playoffs, according to ESPN.com's John Hollinger.
Upcoming home games for the Pistons include the Charlotte Bobcats, on Saturday, March 31 at 7:3 0.pm., Tuesday, April 3 against the Orlando Magic at 7:30 p.m., and the Washington Wizards on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings: "It's a game we knew we needed, not just for the standings, but just to feel good again," said Drew Miller, who scored the game winner to end the Wings' six game losing streak.
During the streak, the Red Wings lost to the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals, and the New York Rangers. The Red Wings are still experiencing a bit of the injury bug. Captain Nicklas Lidstrom, who returned against the Hurricanes after suffering a deep bone bruise in his ankle, had an assist on Todd Bertuzzi's goal, which cut the lead to one in the second period.
With Joey MacDonald and Jimmy Howard out, Ty Conklin earned his fourth win of the year, his first since January 17. He has been in the minors, but with MacDonald out, the Red Wings had to call him up. The Wings will also be getting back more defensemen, making their roster look a lot more like the start of the year. Jakub Kindl and Jonathan Ericsson should return within the week, causing some players to head back to the minors. Those players include Doug Janik and phenom Brendan Smith. Both are expected to be recalled for the playoff run.
Leading goal scorer Johan Franzen is expected back next week as well. Unfortunately, third-line center and grinder Darren Helm will probably be out until the first round of the playoffs.
There are seven games remaining in the season for the Red Wings, five of which are at home. Their next home game is against the surging Nashville Predators on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings are currently in fifth place in the Western Conference with 95 points, one point behind the Predators, a team they could possibly play in the first round.
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I don't even really know how to start this blog. I don't have any wonderful insights, or knowledge. I pretty much don't have a thing, besides just typing what's on my heart. Which is a lot. My goodness, you'd better tighten your seatbelt there... here goes a deep dive into one incredibly boggled mind.
Have you ever heard the song "You Won't Relent" by Chris Quilala & Kim Walker? Well, I have. Many times actually. It's one of my favorite songs on the album. We've sung it at church on multiple occasions (shortened versions, of course, as it is about a 13 and half minute long song). There's something about the full version that I love. But here's the funny thing. As many times as I've listened to it, laying in bed, listening to my iPod the other night, I heard something I hadn't really heard in the song before. Well, don't get me wrong, I'd heard the words, and even sang them word for word before. But never had they resonated like this. The words I heard were these:
I don't wanna talk about you
Like you're not in the room
I wanna look right at you,
I wanna sing right to you
... All of a sudden, it felt a little harder to breathe- like a 20lb weight was just laid on my chest...
"I don't wanna talk about you like you're not in the room..." I pictured looking out into an empty room, singing into a mic with all my might... looking straight ahead, knowing that the room was, in fact, not empty at all. The presence of God, so strong and powerful that it took everything I had to stand there and sing. "I wanna look right at you..." wait, look right at God?! "I wanna sing r--"... I choked. My tongue couldn't form the words. Sing... right to... God?
The words sat in the forefront of my mind for a few moments, then began to form again in my mouth... "I wanna sing... right to you, God"... will you have me? Something about it felt strange. But incredible.
Now, the concept of singing to God wasn't a new idea to me, and if you've ever sang a worship song or attended any kind of worship service I'm sure it's not to you either. But this was different. This, is looking deeply into the eyes of the God whose love and passion for you is unparalleled by any other. His eyes that have seen every shortcoming, every sin, but look on in forgiveness, love, and longing... for you. How undeserving am I, how ugly must the scar be that I left on the back of Christ, BUT STOP. This isn't what He sees. When I sing to my Jesus, to my God... he sees my weak expression of love, and he loves it. He rejoices over it! What amazing love, amazing grace. The father picks up his robe, and runs, unashamedly to his dirty, smelly, undeserving, humbled daughter... and embraces her without the slightest hesitation!
I don't understand it. I don't. I wish I did. And I'll keep trying to, as long as I live. But you know what I love? I don't have to understand it in order for it to be so. The closest I've come to understanding God's love for me, has been seeing Christ's body, battered, and hanging on the cross, and thinking... that has to be enough... to make anything possible.
So I will sing to God. Right to God. And strive to let his love change me.

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- 3 chicken breasts, sliced into strips
- 1/3 cup Sriracha sauce
- 1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup flour
- 1 egg, mixed with 1 tbsp. water
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
In a large freezer bag, mix Sriracha, vinegar, and garlic. Add chicken and mix well. Let sit in the fridge for at leats one hour to marinate.
In 3 separate bowl, put together an assembly line, the first bowl containing the flour, the second bowl with the egg and water, and the last bowl with the panko.
Take the chicken strips out and one at a time, cover completely in flour, then dip in egg, and finally in the panko. Line in a baking sheet and preheat the overn to 400 degrees F.
Cook the chicken for 20 minutes, then flip and turn up the heat to broil. Cook on each side for 5 minutes under broil. Serve immediately.


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The only thing worse than schlepping to the store to buy Mother's Day cards in May is enduring the search for a decent Father's Day card in June.
There's less selection — it seems as though there are half as many to choose from — and the tone of the cards is all over the map.
Out on a hunting expedition with my 14-year-old son, we pored over representations of Neanderthals swearing and images of pizza and beer.
There were innumerable cartoon dogs — in suits, in laborer attire, in superhero costumes. And caricatures of aged, broken men illustrating the horrible physical aftereffects of decades of child rearing — with plenty of vague references to kid-annoyance-induced drinking.
"All of these cards involve farts, butts or nose-picking," observed my son, who is not immune to the charms of these topics in certain well-timed contexts. But he was frustrated at not being able to find something right for either his dad or grandfather.
There were wildly crass cards such as the one with nothing more than a line drawing of a bull over the word "CRAP" on the cover. And laughably sappy ones: "It's not just mama bears who are fierce, devoted and protective. It's papa bears, too."
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Kansas City's Travis Kelce is searching for his soul mate, and starting Wednesday night you get to watch his journey begin as the Chiefs tight end kicks off his very own reality dating show.
To celebrate 'Catching Kelce,' dozens of people gathered at Johnny's Tavern near 119th and Glenwood in Overland Park for a season premiere watch party.
Johnny's is known for its big screen TVs and broadcasting big games, but Wednesday night, the restaurant tuned in to a different kind of competition.
"I am really excited," said Madison Folsom. "He is a gorgeous man and I wish I could've gone on the show myself. I love him!"
All eyes were on the screens as the E! Network premiered Catching Kelce and introduced him to the rest of the world.
During the premiere, the professional football star met all of his potential girlfriends: 50 women from 50 states with 60 seconds to make a good impression and hoping to steal Kelce's heart.
It's a new spin on your typical reality dating show, and you can bet women across the metro will be tuning in this entire season.
"From what I've seen, he has a really goofy personality," said Folsom. "I think he's going to make it a lot of fun for the girls and the girls definitely seem unique."
Folsom added, "I watched one of the sneak peek shows and they seem a little different than the Bachelor crew, so i'm looking forward to it."
In past interviews, Kelce has said he's looking for someone who can compliment his lifestyle and get along with the other football wives and girlfriends.
He told E! he picked one lucky lady, but says they're still getting to know each other.
Whatever the outcome, one thing is for sure – Kelce fans think the show will attract a lot of viewers and put a positive spotlight on the Chiefs organization.
"I think it will be great for the city," Folsom said. "Our sports have already given us so much attention in the past few years that, to put this highlight on the Chiefs, I think it will be great for Travis Kelce and for Kansas City."


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We are really 'sole-struck' this Friday, as we lay our eyes on these gorgeous pair of stationery inspired shoes! The Pencil in Me shoes by Jeffery Campbell would literally take you back to your school days. If you want to look as twee as possible, pair these pencil-shaped flats with a puffy circle skirt, cardigan, and thick-framed glasses. Or maybe just watch a New Girl rerun and call it a day? From the pink eraser heel, the yellow body, the cream and black point toe, these leather flats are wonderfully outrageous.
For $99, you can get your hands on these super cute Pencil in Me shoes, and draw up the perfect outfit, so you'll school everyone with your clever fashion sense.
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Two magical weeks of Windsurf Beauties camp on Mauritius went on very fast with steady winds blowing our minds away every day and beautiful warm waters clearing our heads and bodies.
We met with the girls and our only windsurf guy Arseniy every morning at 8-30am at club Mistral for a video analysis, warming up session and a good motivation to learn new amazing things on the water. I have to say that it was not so easy to wake up that early every single day, but after 11am it got so crowded on the water that our early private sessions were the best ones ever.
We worked hard on the simulator correcting mistakes, getting a good sailing stance and trying all turns first. Then came the hard work on the water.
Our only man Arseniy came as a beginner and left the camp planning in the harness and catching many waves at little reef. Hoping to see Arseniy more often at our camps, so that we can go to One Eye next time together.
Marina after an amazing surf..
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Well the good weather did not last long, but lets hope it returns soon.
With the Royal Wedding coming up soon, I thought I would embark on making a wedding card, as I dont make many of these.
I have decided to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafts & me challenge 30# Ribbon
Sweet Sketch Wednesday
Bearly Mine Inside out
The Shabby team room - doilies and lace
Scrapbook sisters - Wedding or Anniversary
Lexis creations
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Margaret Mitchell quotes (American author of "gone with the wind", 1900-1949)
Henry Rollins quotes (American Rock Singer, Author, Actor and Poet, b.1961)
Martin Luther quotes (German Priest and Scholar whose questioning of certain church practices led to the Protestant Reformation. 1483-1546)
Francis Bacon, Sr. quotes (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)
William Osler quotes (Canadian Physician, 1849-1919)
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This giveaway has variety of prizes and I'm so excited because she always have great stuff, so if you aren't following her blog... Well, why aren't you following her blog!? Get on it NOW! LOL
This giveaway ends on Nov 1st, so don't dwaddle (that's a word, right) if you want a chance to win. No pressure though because I would love not to have the competition, lol
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Sunday, November 4th 2012
Post Game Recap
Final Score: Philadelphia 76ers: 84 New York Knicks: 100
Knicks Take First of Home-and-Home in Rout
The Knicks continued their strong start to the season, showing people that Friday night's victory over the Heat was no fluke in dismantling the 76ers 100-84 Sunday afternoon. Granted, Andrew Bynum was not playing because of a knee injury and Jason Richardson went down with a twisted ankle shortly after tip-off, but a win is a win especially against a divisional opponent. The Knicks moved to 2-0 with the victory, giving them their first 2-0 start since the 1999-2000 season.
Carmelo Anthony once again led the way for the Knicks on the offensive side of the court, scoring 27 points. This 27 was more impressive than his 30 in the season opening win against the Heat in my opinion though, as it was a much more efficient game for Anthony, as he went 10 of 18 from the field in scoring his 27, compared to the 10 of 28 it took for the 30 Friday night.
Break the numbers down even more, Anthony was even more efficient; inside the 3-point line, Anthony shot nine of 14. Anthony also grabbed six rebounds and showed supreme effort on the defensive end of the court causing multiple turnovers, getting one steal and two blocks of his own.
For at least one game, Anthony had a sidekick in the scoring department without Amar'e Stoudemire in the lineup. J.R. Smith lit the 76ers up from all over the court en route to scoring 20 points on eight of 15 shooting. Coming off the bench in his sixth man role, Smith was on fire from deep knocking down four of his five attempts. Smith also made his presence felt on the boards, securing a team high nine rebounds in the game.
Smith will play an integral part for the Knicks until Stoudemire returns, as he will be relied on as the second scorer to Anthony most nights. Even when Stoudemire returns, Smith will have to keep the scoring up as the top option off the bench.
Smith is an x-factor for the Knicks this season, as he can either play the Knicks into or out of games any night. So far, it looks like he will play them into more games than out, as head coach Mike Woodson seems to finally be getting to Smith, something no other head coach has been able to do thus far throughout his career.
For a second straight game and against another potential power in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks played stellar defense. The Knicks held the 76ers to 84 points, the same amount they surrendered to the Heat Friday night. The 76ers shot only 43 percent from the field and were forced into 18 turnovers. The Knicks were precise with their rotations and played great help defense, constantly talking on the defensive end.
One player the Knicks did have trouble containing was Jrue Holiday, who went for 27 points, seven assists and two rebounds. Holiday made a killing from 3-point range, going five out of six and 11 of 18 overall. Holiday was not immune to the Knicks stifling defense though, as he did commit six turnovers.
For how well the defense was, the offense was just as much in rhythm. The ball movement was on point, with every player willing to make the extra pass to get the best shot possible. Nothing looked forced this afternoon, as the Knicks seemed to always have good looks at the basket and rarely forced a shot. The Knicks ended up with 18 assists on 39 shots made but does not tell the whole story on how well they shared the ball throughout the game.
For the second straight home game, the Knicks faithful chanted Rasheed Wallace's name and again they were rewarded with seeing him play. Woodson summoned Wallace from the bench with just less than four minutes left and the crowd went nuts. When he scored his basket, the crowd exploded into a frenzy. It only means good things for the Knicks if Wallace is seen more and more on the court.
Next up for the Knicks is a quick turnaround, as the second game of the home-and-home will be played in Philadelphia Monday night. The Knicks will then have three days off until playing against the Dallas Mavericks Friday night, by which time Marcus Camby is expected to be healthy enough to crack the rotation.


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So we are in Texas for most of our final tour. Texas is really amazing. its warm enough to go swimming and play volleyball. we have had a lot of "down time" this tour, that basically means that we only play maybe two or three times a week. (not a lot). but we are really enjoying our time on the road. even though knowing we are on our last tour together is really hard... believe it or not, we have grown pretty close together and its going to be a hard split. so please be praying for us in these final weeks, that our eyes remain focused on the true goal of the year. and i also want to take this time to thank everyone who has hosted us though out our journey together. without your spiritual, financial, and housing support our ministry really would not be possible. and our ministry really is a two sided thing, we bring a message to the world, but there is something special that each of us already has and will bring from this year. i know that i will never forget this year.
thank you so much for all that you guys do.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
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The City of Kelowna,BC Canada and its residents are proud to host this years International Children's Winter Games (ICWG) event from January 26 - 31, 2011. Children from all over the world will compete in sporting events such as: Hockey, Snowboarding, Speed Skating, Figure Skating Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing and Curling. Lots of energy in and around the city right now!
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Two figure skaters from Iceland were the first to arrive in Kelowna ahead of the International Children's Winter Games (ICWG), which gets underway Wednesday.
Gunnarsdottir says the two figure skaters, Julia Gretarsdottir, 15, and Thuridur Bjorgvinsdottir, 13, have been eagerly anticipating the games.
ICWG Kelowna organizing chair Heather Schneider says Kelowna seems to be looking forward to the games.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
I went to my local Rite Aid this afternoon. When I started looking for the Johnson & Johnson deals they weren't posted. I also went to get the Ester C B1G1 and it wasn't posted. Apparently, there are different ads/sales for different regions/cities. I put the zip code in of a neighboring city and they are running the above ads so I will have to go there to do my deals.
I did do 2 transactions but felt I was in the twilight zone as I was roaming around Rite Aid trying to figure out why the deals that are posted on the blogs weren't available in my store. I also had a cashier that didn't want to honor any of my coupons. Why didn't I just walk away??????
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- Program: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Course: Hydronic Heat Systems
- Course #: HVAC1151
- Total Credits: 2
Course DescriptionThis course is designed to teach the safety concerns and operation of hydronic heating systems. The student will learn troubleshooting, installation concerns, and repair of hydronic heating systems.
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Refer to Course Syllabus for detailed information regarding the requirements and evaluation standards for this course. The Course Syllabus will be distributed the first week of the course.
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Course Goals
The following goals will be addressed in the course:
Calculate water flows
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- Lecture: 1
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(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with major indexes hitting records and on track for a second straight weekly advance, though trading was light with many traders still out for the Christmas holiday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.27 percent at 18,078.17, the S&P 500 was up 0.42 percent at 2,090.57 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.40 percent at 4,792.52.
** ELDORADO GOLD CORP, $6.08, +1.84 pct
** AGNICO EAGLE MINE LTD, $24.3, +2.75 pct
** SILVER WHEATON CORP, $20.3, +1.75 pct
** BARRICK GOLD CORP, $10.65, +3.30 pct
** IAMGOLD CORP, $2.445, +1.45 pct
** HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD, $1.945, +5.14 pct
** SILVER STANDARD RESOURCES INC, $5, +7.30 pct
Gold gained in thin post-Christmas trading as dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies.
Spot gold rose as much as 2.2 percent to $1,199 an ounce by 07:20 ET, while silver prices rose 3.8 percent to $16.30 an ounce.
** AMAZON.COM INC, $306.91, +1.28 pct
The company said more than 10 million new members worldwide tried its Prime subscription service for the first time during the current holiday season.
** GILEAD SCIENCES INC, $93.55, +2.48 pct
The hepatitis C drugmaker should aggressively repurchase shares after the stock fell last week following reimbursement concerns, RBC Capital Markets' analysts said.
"Gilead could easily buy $10 billion over next year without issues," RBC analysts wrote in their note.
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The drugmaker said it has submitted marketing application for its injectable blood cancer drug to be used in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing stem cell transplants.
Spectrum gained development and marketing rights for the injection from Ligand Pharmaceuticals in 2013.
** YANDEX NV, $17.9, +1.36 pct
** QIWI PLC, $21.64, +3.64 pct
U.S.-listed shares of Russian stocks, including those of search engine operator Yandex and payment processor Qiwi, rose as rouble rose to its strongest level against the dollar since Dec. 1.
The sharp rouble recovery comes after government ordered exporters to sell some of their dollar revenues. Russia said on Thursday its currency crises was over. (Compiled by Shailaja Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)


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Well, tonight is the night.
If you read my Random Tuesday Thoughts this week you will know that I have been volunteered to take a "Pie in the Eye" for our Kids Crusade at church.
Monday night the boys won. Tuesday night (which I missed due to J's crazy work hours) the girls won. Wednesday night the girls blew the boys away! Only tonight is left. I refuse to let myself get comfortable with the girls win last night. I'm afraid the boys are really going to step it up tonight and then I'll be in trouble!
I would rather not receive a "pie in the eye" tonight buy I'm sure either way, whether its myself or Caleb (Let's all hope it's Caleb), the kids will love every minute of it.
Once again, please continue to send your prayer's, happy thoughts and checks to the girls at our Kids Crusade! Thanks so much!!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Pie in the Eye
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The suspect, wedding photographer Charles Richard Mozdir, was recently featured on a CNN show about fugitives. He was wanted in a San Diego case and charged with five counts of lewd acts upon a child younger than 14, according to a criminal complaint.
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At the Farm in Thailand
By the duck pond, before setting out for a tromp.
In the hot Thai sun.
The big house.
From across the garlic fields.
Coffee trees shaded by lichee trees.
Moon rise at the farm.
The moon through the dawk kaa trees.
The whole gang on Christmas Eve.
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A few years ago, one of Mr. D's cousins had a baby and she was obsessed with and would sing this "Hot Dog" song whenever they came to visit in Utah. We always joked around pretending to sing that song... until we had little d and through channel surfing realized that it was a real song and came from "The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse". I still can't get little d to sit still for a 20 minute TV show, but he sure does love the opening and closing songs to that show. He jams out every time, and ALWAYS brings out his Blake-esque arm flap. NO idea where he got that one from but it is so stinking cute we encourage it.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme song:
[in the very beginning it asks him "do you want to come inside my clubhouse?"]
And the "Hot Dog" song... Mr. D and I have both songs completely memorized now.
And for those of you who can't get enough of ballboy and his kevs getting prepped for Halloween:


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I found this idea online, and I think it's complete brilliance. Basically, you give your readers a sample of a day in your life by taking a picture of wherever you are every hour. So I took a bunch of pictures of my school day both last Friday and Monday, as hourly as I could manage (yeah, I messed up on Friday afternoon). They're posted below for you. Enjoy! *Editor's Note: Some faces are blurred for privacy reasons.*
Well, that was exciting. See you next time for a post on first memories!


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Dear BCS Computers,
Well, it's official. You did it. We have a National Championship college football game set up-- LSU vs. Ohio State. We owe it all to you computers. Sure, there were polls conducted by humans that also played a part in the final rankings, but you crunched the numbers, analyzed the data and made the calculations. We relied on you to make sense of the madness of the 2007 College Football season, and you did it! Right?
Actually, you computers chose Virginia Tech as the number one team and LSU as number two. This is despite the fact that when these two teams played earlier this year, LSU won by 41 points! And let's not forget that you relegated 11-1 Ohio State to third in your final poll. Something isn't right...
The thing is, I don't think you analyzed any data at all. I think you pulled these two teams out of your proverbial hat. I think you fooled the computer geeks that were watching you into thinking you were number crunching, when really, you were just playing computer solitaire. (Do computers call it computer solitaire or just solitaire?)
I bet you had flashing lights and made a bunch of beeping noises, maybe you threw in some whirring and clunking sounds for good measure. I'm sure it was quite a show.
In any case, you fooled us all. If anyone ever said humans aren't as dumb as they look, you just proved them wrong.
Well done, BCS computers-- you win again, and your secret is safe with me.
R. LeBaron
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Your secret is safe with me: BCS Computers
Dear BCS Computers,


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I wonder, what could you be doing this very instant, this very moment I'm thinking of you?
Are you thinking of me too?
Missing me, like I'm missing you?
As I lay awake, dead in the night, in this darkened room, I think of you, and all that's happened between us these last few weeks.
And I smile.
So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
It just seems as if we're both "The One" for each other. Yes, maybe we've both been in a relationship before, but….we've never felt more alive in it, as we do now. We can speak so openly with each other, so freely, it's like we've both found outlets for our thoughts – we've both finally found an ardent listener to our random, spoken-out-loud thoughts.
I think about you, and all the jokes, all thoughts, all the things we shared between us.
And I smile.
Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters
We'd both reached a stage, where we needed someone to hang on to, someone to rely on, that one magical person, whom we could always depend on to save the day. We needed someone to trust, someone to have faith in. We had both been broken, shattered by the previous person in our lives, our respective first's.
…..And then, we found each other. We needed each other. We'd just realized it then, but we were also quite unsure, fearing a repetition of history...
…and we didn't want that to happen at all, considering we'd always been the best of friends.
….and so we explored our feelings together. We needed to know, what was this we felt for each other? Was it love, or only some strong infatuation? Or the latter, which could evolve into the former and so much more?
I think about you, and all the conflicts we had in our minds, all the uncertainties, how all of it just went away – once we spent more and more time with each other, once we got to know each other so well….
And I smile.
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
I think about you all the time, now. And it's getting worse by the day. You've been invading my dreams,invading my mind,invading my heart, and you've been ruling, like a goddess, over all of them.
….And I'm glad to have experienced that.
And I smile.
So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
There were always naysayers. There have always been. It's human nature. People who've been jealous of us, been apprehensive of us together. Warning us both against each other. Our respective circle of friends – and their cynicism. People who predict the failure of our relationship…only and just because - it's YOU who I've chosen for ME...or sometimes, they say it the other way round, just because of YOU having chosen ME.
I think about you, and all the things people have done – all the ends they've gone – just to construct a barrier between me and you, and how they've failed…
And I smile.
Never cared for words they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know -
Yes, I know. We're both that special someone for each other. We're both that strength, that hope, that support, that….that LOVE….for each other.
And so, I think of you, and of what I feel right now :-
So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And, nothing else matters.
..I smile…
.... I realize,
No, nothing else matters to me now.
.... nothing else but…....us being together
.....and You.
A/N : Thanks, Metallica, for a song that absolutely drips awesomeness!


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I just got my sampler back from the quilter and I'm so happy it's done!
I've never used a professional quilter before, as I'm kind of a stitch in the ditch sorta gal, but I have to say I'm loving how smooth and straight the layers are and how EASY it is to have someone with a long arm do the dirty work.
This quilt is made up of all the block patterns chosen in 2012.
Apparently, I have a lot of red and blue fabric.


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March 20, 2017
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION (AND NEGLECT): Tammy Baldwin Paid Clinton Lawyer $90K For Crisis Control After VA Scandal.
Baldwin, who was first elected to the Senate in 2012, was the only member of Congress from Wisconsin to receive an official federal government inspector general report warning of the over-prescription of narcotics given to veterans at the Tomah VA facility in her state. The abuses at the facility ultimately led to the death of a Marine.
A memo was first circulated in 2009 warning of the dangerous amounts of narcotics prescribed to veterans at the Tomah VA facility by Dr. David Houlihan, the Tomah VA chief of staff.
Workers at the facility were hesitant to speak out against Dr. Houlihan, who earned the nickname "the candy man" from his prescriptions, due to fear of losing their jobs.
"It is a known fact that if providers or pharmacists refuse to follow Dr. Houlihan's orders, they will be yelled at and perhaps fired," the memo stated.
In 2014, five years after the initial warning, a Marine was prescribed a deadly amount of drugs by the medical center and overdosed. Dr. Houlihan was fired from the Tomah VA in 2015.
It was later discovered that Baldwin was the only member of Congress from Wisconsin to receive the inspector general report on the abuses at Tomah. Baldwin did not take action until it became public nearly four months later and the veteran had died.
Marquette Baylor, the former deputy state director for Baldwin, was fired from her position following the controversy. Baylor was offered a severance package if she were to sign a confidentiality agreement on the matter. Baylor rejected the offer.
Baldwin tapped Marc Elias, a partner at the D.C.-based Perkins Coie law firm, to help with crisis control on the scandal.
"Shameful" doesn't even begin to cover Baldwin's inaction, but give her credit for being pro-active enough to hire "the 'go-to fixer' for Democrats in trouble."


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I don't know whether to cry or to scream or to do both, simultaneously. I seemed to have lost the other mitten of the Broadstreet Mitten pair I've been working on, for what seems like forever, for Anthony. The glove part was finished, all the 85 ends weaved in, and all that needed to be done was the mitten flap. I finished the other glove, flap and all, and was ready to start the other flap when I noticed the mitten was missing. The worst part is that it's the right hand mitten. The one that the pattern tells you to just "reverse the pattern" for. I already knitted the thing twice because the first time I placed the thumb gusset in the wrong spot. I frogged the ENTIRE MITTEN, and started over when I figured out how I was supposed to knit it. Now, seeing as I did this about a month ago, I have forgotten how I did this. I know that I'm going to mess it up again. Yep, that's right, I'm knitting a-whole-nother mitten.
This is crazy. I searched for over 3 hours last night and the missing mitten is nowhere to be found. I'm afraid I might have thrown it away when I was moving in. There were just so many boxes, and papers, and crap scattered about our apartment that I fear it got thrown into something and mistaken for trash. How could this be possible? I've been asking myself the same thing. Over and over. There is no way in hell I would throw out this mitten. I've worked way to hard on it. I clearly remember taking it out of my bag and placing it on top of my dresser. That was about 2 weeks ago. It just vanished. I guess the moral of the story is to always keep your knitting project together at all times. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Oh, the best part is that I can't even start the new one because I could only find 4 of the 5 #2 dpn's that I need. Booooooooo.


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I'm in Dallas, TX this week for a leadership conference called Catalyst. This is my second time in Texas that I can remember. I am here with three friends; Mike Andrews, Jon Arnold, and Ted Grant.
We had the pre-conference labs today and already there are lots of ideas flowing and swirling around in my mind. One of the issues I always have with these conferences is how do I take what I'm hearing and apply it to real life, life in western Nebraska with the Church Body at WestWay? I don't have all the right answers for that at this point, but at least I'm thinking right?
Our friend Rodd Hall has informed me that I'm not tweeting my conference finds enough today, so I write this blog to make up for that. Here are some of the things I heard today.
- Let scripture, not culture, dictate your relationships.
- Don't build a city in your city. Engage it!
- Push back the darkness where your life exists. (in connection with rehabilitating your city)
- Transformational leadership always requires significantly more than you have because God wants to restore His wonder in you.
- Every opportunity that you face has an expiration date...and often missing out will cost you more than messing up.
- What if the church set an expiration date for itself? Self-preservation would not be an issue. We would be free to set out and do what we set out to do.
- Transformational leadership requires God-sized obedience, not me-sized solutions.
- A leader's job is to reveal possibility. Other people are always defining reality.
- Transformational leadership does not rely on answers, but on God's promises.
- Does your vision add up? If it does, it is too small.
- Don't let budget determine your vision.
- If you want God to come out of nowhere and do the miraculous, consecrate yourself and continually submit yourself to seeking and being obedient.
- Don't worry about working for the miracles. All you can control is whether you are living a life consecrated to Jesus.


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Well, since I did post something a while back on this story, about the atheist sign in Washington, it seems obligatory to follow up on any updates. The latest is that 500 people were protesting this little atheist sign, which most likely would have been otherwise nationally ignored. I suppose publicity is a good thing?
The protest — organized late last week by a Federal Way man who said he was offended by the sign installed by Wisconsin's Freedom From Religion Foundation — drew Christian pastors, at least one state legislator and a handful of counter-protesters.
Aside from noting that some people just have too much time on their hands (something about the devil and idle hands?), I have to wonder what it is that offends them. Is being reminded that not everybody believes as they do offensive? By this logic, I ought to be offended everyday, when I drive by this large cross on a hill off the road. I may think it is silly, maybe obnoxious, but I have no rights to not be offended. Perhaps it is offensive that since the government can not condone or sanction any one religion, all ideas must be allowed to be represented or none. Perhaps being reminded that government can not sanction only Christianity, but was designed to be secular from the beginning is offensive. The irony of using political correctness backwards is lost on these protesters.
Of course, the simplest solution is to have no overtly religious symbols in government buildings at all. Otherwise, things could get pretty crowded and make things difficult for the people's business to be done. Seasonal symbols, such as a Christmas tree, are probably fairly innocuous and can (in my opinion) be appreciated without the religious overtones, whereas a nativity scene, could be seen as condoning a specific story or myth. Put up nativity scenes in home, your outside lawn, around churches, wherever, but they are probably not appropriate in government buildings. The government is the people's government, including people who are Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Great Spirit followers, atheist, or Flying Spaghetti Monster devotees. For a government to display religious symbols is to inherently lend official credence to that religion to the exclusion of others not so represented.
But, wait, there's more! Again from the article:
State Rep. Jim Dunn, a Vancouver Republican, called for the crowd to continue their energy and prayers.
"It is time to chase out of the house of God all the unbelievers and evildoers," Dunn said.
First a comment on the second sentence. State Rep. Dunn seems to be confusing a Capitol building with a church. I suggest he go back and study up on our form of government and the Constitution, as he seems to not understand that we are not (yet) a theocracy. Perhaps putting religiously themed decorations in the Capitol is what confused him and shows why this might be a hazardous thing to do.
On the first sentence, I'm curious as to for what he would like people to pray exactly. That God will magically make the atheist sign disappear? That the Freedom from Religion Foundation will turn into the Freedom to be Whatever Brand of Christian You Want Foundation? Perhaps he is praying that all we atheists will be raptured so we won't bother him anymore.
Next, he is urging his listeners to "continue their energy". O.K., this captured my inner geek's interest. What does this mean? Does he mean to keep whatever kinetic energy they have at the moment ongoing, that is never stop but either keep moving at the same speed or compensate with increased mass? Or is he including potential energy to mean total energy? Is he talking about motion at velocities at a significant fraction of the speed of light so that relativistic formula are to be used? Perhaps he means simply to keep eating so the body has fuel to burn for energy? That would probably mean a call to not do a hunger strike. That's advice even I can follow.


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Monday, April 16, 2012
After I finished reading "As Nature Made Him" I couldn't stop thinking about how hard it had to have been for David growing up. As the book progressed it was obvious that as David's life went on, the troubles didn't exactly go away easily. All because of a freak accident David's and his whole family's life would never be the same. It was very hard for me to read and get through this book and not only because of my reading level, but also because the book described many scenarios in great detail. Gender construction played a very important role in this book, but not in the way that some other material we have used had. In the movie Gamer, and the graphic novel Surrogates, the gender construction was very much focused on being who you want to be while in this book, the gender construction took place when David was growing up and being taught to act like and dress like a girl. The thing I've noticed about gender construction is that it is almost always used to mask something. In David's case it was used to mask a mistake and give him a normal life, then later in the book gender construction happens as David rejects being a female and returns to being a male.
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Looking forward to 2014 - it's sure to be filled with lots of seasoning, mixing, baking, and eating!
Like everyone else, we'll be looking to get leaner and meaner in the new year, and it'll be tough with all my new kitchen gadgets begging to be coated in sugary, buttery goodness.
I also got a new collection of delicious-smelling Yankee Candles for my office. I have the best sister.
Here's a look at them and the bright, new items and carousels in my kitchen:


text: Hey guys I am really getting sick of eBay and Amazon. I was banned from Amazon for no apparent reason. I called them 3 times to find out why I was banned and none of the unprofessional reps could tell me anything. All they said was to file an appeal. So I went ahead and did it and got an email back a couple days later that said my appeal was denied and I am banned for life!!! They gave me absolutely no reason whatsoever which is f'ing ridiculous. I have no idea why I was banned. A friend told me that I might have been selling too fast for them and I didnt have a chance to get any positive feedback. And as for eBay, I am just fed up with the damn expensive fees. Does anybody have any experience in getting banned from Amazon? Is there a way around it?


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US Supreme Court blocks transgender toilet ruling
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has temporarily overturned a ruling that allowed a transgender high school student to use the bathroom of his choice.
The school board in Gloucester county, Virginia, is challenging a decision by a federal appeals court that ruled it must allow a student, who was born a girl but now identifies as male, to use the boys' bathroom during the coming school year, NBC News reported.
While the board prepares to appeal the decision, it asked the Supreme Court to block the lower court order. On Wednesday, the justices granted that request in a brief order.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented and said they would not have put the ruling on hold.
Wednesday's order means the student, Gavin Grimm, 17, will not be able to use the restroom of his choice when school starts, NBC News said.
It is the first time that the fraught discussion over transgender bathroom rights has reached the country's highest court.
An appeals court ruled earlier this year that the ban was discriminatory and violated Title IX, a federal law that bans sex discrimination by schools receiving federal funds, NBC News noted.
The court is yet to give a definite ruling on the matter.
A number of places in the US – most recently North Carolina – have passed laws requiring transgender people to use a public toilet that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth certificate.


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Monday, January 16, 2012
Weekly Reading Recap
Good morning. This year already seems to be flying by! I can't believe we're halfway through January already. I got a lot of reading done last week. I finished reading No Story to Tell by KJ Steele. Then I read The Secret of the Sacred Scarab by Fiona Ingram, which is a middle-grade adventure novel. And I started reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, although I didn't get very far yet and our book club meeting is on Wednesday!!
I didn't get any reviews written last week, though. I'm due to participate in the book tour for The Secret of the Sacred Scarab tomorrow. Then I hope to find time to write reviews for No Story to Tell and The Art of Life by Sabin Howard and Traci L. Slatton, which I finished a couple weeks ago.
I did manage to write about some of the winter-themed children's books we read last week. And I wrote a recap of the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge. I also put together some Goals for 2012.
Currently Reading
I'm trying to finish Unbroken by Wednesday. I'm not sure that's going to happen!
Up Next
Next, I'll be moving on to The Ruins of Us by Kaija Parssinen.
What are you reading this week? This meme is being hosted by Sheila at Book Journey, so hop over there if you'd like to see what others are reading too.
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I've read good reviews for Unbroken. Hope you are able to finish before your meeting.ReplyDelete
Hey Happy Monday! I'm definitely checking out Kill Alex Cross and a few Middle Grade books this week!ReplyDelete
La Toya (La Toya, Literally.)
I'm not familiar with any of these titles, unfortunately. Hope you have a great week.ReplyDelete
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by A Lump of Clay
A funny thing happened the other day. I was at the mamak stall having a relaxing chat with some friends. I needed that before going on the compulsory annual stress-test called Christmas shopping. As usual, (when I am lured into a conversation and teh-tarik lebih manis is within reach), the topic veered, like a car badly in need of alignment, towards the subject of the Supreme Being. As the banter rolled across the various definitions, forms and formulae of the various entities that are touted to be "god", it eventually morphed into the inevitable "feverish debate" stage.


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In the last five months I have realized two things
1) I have insomnia and I mean serious insomnia
2) I am a poker addict
Just a little bit of flashback, since the age of 15 I have been sleeping for around 6 hours a day and throughout college even lesser. But now when I started working somehow everybody around me thinks its not normal.
As suggest one should sleep for atleast 7 hours a day.
Interesting point to note here is that both these things are not completely unrelated. It goes like this,
You come back from office @8:30 and have dinner by 9 and just at that time your flatmates and other friends arrive. These are the people who love spending time in office as much as I enjoyed Whats your Rashi ...... they are always on time. So you start playing by 9:15 and once the chips are stacked and cards are dealt I am like Shakti Kapoor on Red Bull .... Nothing can stop me then.
Generally around 12:30 -1.00 some people leave but like the Spartans I never leave my ground .... also by 12:30-1:00 I am usually losing and its difficult to get up when you are losing money.
For all those people who think that I am one of those sharaabi, Juaari & kebaabi basically Veeru as explained in the words of Jai ...MIND IT!!!!!!!!!!!! (Eventhough I am a non vegeterian and I do indulge in alcohol but who doesn't right) but I am no gambler.
POKER my friend is no gambling. This was proved and argued by the dude who won an Oscar for the best Original Screenplay .. Matt Damon. Do you have the balls to argue with him??? This is what he said in rounders "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?" Now I don't claim to the smartest tool in the shed but that my friend is one hell of an argument.
I am not gonna bore you guys with how great poker is and etc.
I am talented enough to do that without using poker as a prop.
So yeah I end up playing till 3-4 in the morning and next morning I show up at office @9:15 sharp.... well and to my surprise I don't feel sleepy... I am scared as I have seen "The Machinist" and I know what lack of sleep can do to you.
Somehow my mom knows that I don't sleep enough. Every mother's regular question is beta dinner kar liya?? How is office going??. But nahin my mom always asks me did you sleep well yesterday night and I always say haan haan achche se soya tha(lies ) but after so many years of practice, lying to my mom comes so naturally to me.
You can't trust anything these days right people kill somebody and walk away with 3 years of imprisonment, Ready is a super block buster , and Mithunda's beta getting second movie.
But there are some things in life you can always trust and that my friend is a deck of 52 cards.
Now Insomnia is bad not just for your health but it kinda screws you mentally. In my case the after effects are not that obvious but I could feel it.
So now I literally have dark circles my eyes are generally red and they are fluttering all the time. Its not like I didn't try to do something about my dark circles. But damn you John Abrahim, that cream is oily and it doesn't fucking do anything.
Also your brain works slightly weird, like somebody will be talking to you and your mind will kinda wander off. Now in college it was all fine coz nobody cares right, but in office people don't take that lightly. Once in a while the excuse of not sleeping enough will help you to get through. But if you show up like a brain dead zombie way too often the deadly pink slip might be around the corner.
Good new I have survived most of it till... so now its 7 and its a Friday night, so tonight I can actually play all night without any guilt or regret.


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It truly is a amazing how much can happen in one year when you sit back and reflect upon it. Before logging any weekly training or talking about all those athletes that have inspired me to grow not only as an athlete, but as a person as well, I wanted to talk about what this past year has been like as quickly and concisely as possible. The posts following this one will simply be playing catch up with race reports, adventures, and inspirations that I have wanted to talk about but have not yet had the chance.
In the past year...
Becoming a triathlete:
A year ago today, I had never run more than 6 miles, never biked more than 12, and never swam more than 200 yards in a row. So here we go!
It was about a year ago at this time that I decided that I was really bored. I had been playing soccer my entire life and had a very fun/successful career in college with some of my best friends in the world. It was due to this experience that I decided to pursue my dream of becoming a college soccer coach. After a season of this and watching others compete while I had to now sit on the sideline with little control over the results, I decided that I needed to find a hobby.
I always loved to compete and was always a decent runner, so I began to enter some road races last June. The furthest that I had ever run up to that point minus the miles covered in your average soccer match was about 6 miles. In my first 5K last June, I posted a time of 19:20 which I was very excited about and thought that I was SOOOO fast. Then I went and told our Cross Country Coach at the college I coach at about my time and he laughed and said that I would struggled to compete with the women on his squad.
|After my 5K PR with my dad
It was also around this time that I was simply getting bored of running. At the 5K where I ran the above time, I was chasing a guy with an MDOT tattoo the whole race. After the race, I asked him what it was. He explained and I went home looked up Ironman and decided to sign up for my first triathlon, figuring "Hey, I'm pretty athletic. How hard could this be?"
Then I got into a pool for the first time. For those of you non-swimmers who can relate, I swam about 400 yards which took about 20 minutes, was gassed, and called it a day. Since that day 9 months ago, I have joined a Masters group which did a workout last night that consisted of over 4400 yards. My form is still brutal and I get yelled at by the instructor nearly every session, but I am slowly improving and loving every minute of it.
I also thought that cycling would be a natural transition as well. I road a mountain bike about 2 times a week for fun. I figured that I would be pretty good at this whole cycling this right away. I bought my first TT bike last October and immediately started putting miles on it in order to get as much as I could before the brutal Chicago winter. I thought I was pretty fast and strong until I went to my first Computrainer class. We threshold tested the second time that I was there and I averaged out to 224 for a 30 minute test which was significantly lower than every other person there.
It was at this point where I decided that I was going to get better at this and as good as everyone else. I was consistent and went 4 days a week at 5:30am. I tested back in March again at 258 which was definitely improvement, but I still have soooooo far to go; however, I love my bike and am excited to see where I can go from here.
I realize that this is beginning to get long-winded, and I am nearly done. To finish this first post I am going to preview the next few posts.
In no particular order:
Race reports for Ironman 70.3 San Juan, Rev3 Knoxville, Sunburst Marathon
Year in Review of my family and friends
Weekly training logs.
Anything else I deem interesting(even if you don't)
Hope that you enjoy reading, and I love feedback. Keep running or biking or swimming.


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This blog is a "Blogs of Note" It was chosen by the Blogger Team at Google as being Interesting and noteworthy. It is a once a week look at what I photograph. Please check out my new book on Amazon. "Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography". It is available in hardbound as well as an ebook. http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Backyard-Photography-Chris-Hansen/dp/1937538559 It would make a great gift for a birder or photographer that you know or just buy it for yourself!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
A Few More from the Backyard
Yesterday was a non photo day. I was searching out a new location to place a photo blind for photographing some Belted Kingfishers. I spent well over an hour tromping through the brush getting all scratched up only to find the location I had chosen wasn't going to work. The perch the Kingfishers had been using got blown over in the last storm we had. So I'm going to have to watch them for awhile more and find a new spot.
Today I spent a little more in the backyard with the Western Gray Squirrels and the Steller's Jays. A good time was had by all. They loved the sunflower seeds and I loved watching and photographing them.
God's love and blessings to all,
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- Fixes some discrepancies in School Board voting eligibility, bringing the age requirement from 21 to 18. Trivial.
- Makes various small changes to how redistricting works. Trivial and filled with random junk.
- Removes a requirement that was put in place in 1996 by ballot measure 47. The requirement was a mandate that if less than 51% voted (for or against) a measure, and that measure increased property taxes, it was automatically struck down. This is clearly warranted because there's nothing special about tax increases relative to any other ballot measure change. It follows that a uniform procedure be used.
- Creates minimum sentences for certain drug and property crimes. This is unwarranted. Drug use and property crime can't be effectively addressed in this way. Virtually all methodologically sound scholarly work suggests the ineffectiveness of minimum sentencing. Judges also lose discretion to reduce sentences for mitigating circumstances. On the other hand, the prison industry will be booming. I talked to some coworkers about this one and I guess both it and 61 are slated to pass this year. The one with the most votes will become law. I'm left with the grim task of saying "vote for this" just so that 61 doesn't go into effect.
- Increases funding for drug treatment programs. Despite the gloriousness that is drug treatment programs, such glitter isn't enough to make the measure worth voting for as a whole. Darn, if we only had line-item balloting.
- Establishes limitations to ESL instruction for kids who do not speak english. This is a complex matter. Much research suggests that kids will learn more quickly in an immersion environment. The problem is that while they learn English, they don't learn the subject matters that are taught to them in English. This measure would also bring Oregon out of Federal Standards, costing the state some federal education funding. I'm personally inclined to support the measure because I actually believe that ESL is more or less a failure and a bloated waste. The groups that oppose the measure are connected to the teacher unions and motivated to protect a few ESL teachers that would lose their jobs or programs. I have a hard time believing that the problems that immigrants face in coming to America, and in rasing children in a foreign culture like ours, can be addressed by educational methods. It is also probably true that underperformance by these kids shouldn't be viewed as alarming or something that needs to be fixed considering their background and lack of guidance or support.
- Removes federal deduction cap from state income tax liability. Currently, federal tax liability is subtracted from income for state tax assessment purposes, but the cap is $5,500. Therefore this measure allows "complete" deduction of federal tax paid. My opposition to this measure is mostly because I believe in balanced budgets and this would drive the budget further out of balance. To be honest, there is no philosophic reason why there should be any deduction at all. I'd rather there wasn't. Removing the cap would only benefit people who make more than $89,000 a year, and that means shifting the tax burden to the poor. That's antithetical to the way I play.
- Makes teacher pay based on "classroom performance", not seniority. Classroom performance is going to mean giving kids with angry parents that A+ that they obviously deserved. Naturally since it is possible for all teachers to do badly, no raises would be given. Seniority isn't as bad as people think, and at least it mandates certain levels of pay.
- Least qualified teachers will be laid off first. This will mandate excessive, irrelevant education.
- Shall be known as the Kids First Act. Hurray!
- Limits future contracts (teacher hires) but preserves existing ones. Essentially this means that any benefits of this will be long delayed.
- Mandates minimum sentences for a long list of nonviolent crimes. This is just a much worse version of 57. The problem is that there are limited prison beds. All that is going to happen is musical chairs. I'd rather slap nonviolent criminals on the wrist and throw the book at the violent ones to ensure that we have and keep a safe society.
- Sends 15% of lottery profits to a public safety fund. This is a redirection of funds from other uses, such as education. It isn't a good fix for public safety because none of the money goes to hiring more judges and increasing court services, which are the bottleneck in the whole system currently.
- Allows limited improvements to existing structures without a building permit. The truth here is in the small print. Since this will cost the government revenue, it means that building permits are being used as a source of revenue. That's crazy and unfair. Allowing limited improvements without a permit is just one step toward making a betting housing policy in the USA.
- Stops unions and other "public" organizations from participating in politics. This is just an orwellian screw-job. Unions are inherently political organizations and they exist because businesses tend to screw their workers over. We can better all workers by supporting unions and working toward workers' rights, or we can worsen ourselves and all workers through jealous bickering over the scraps of justice others have earned.
- Creates an open, "jungle" primary where the top two candidates advance. Please see the next post, it deals specifically with this issue. I've actually changed my mind on this one.
There you have it: my feelings. Enjoy.


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---I believe that thought and what we think, is at the core of a lot we find wrong with ourselves. It isn't like the hypochondriac who reads his own symptoms and decides that he has this or that. It goes to the next level where thinking negative thoughts doesn't help the illness one bit.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ''We are what we think all day long.'' If we keep so much negative energy coming into the system, it can't be good. The reason I say this is that the system responds positively to positive stimulus. Keep it a positive experience. Negativity goes against the grain.
---If we have an attitude of goodwill for ALL. If we want the best for everyone, if we are concerned with making a positive mark on our neighbor and the world, we are also making a positive mark on ourselves. This is the repercussions of doing good-type works and having good thoughts. You find that you stay positive, and find yourself unfolding.
---We die daily this way (the negative dies away.) Eventually, we see the ''Big PIcture.'' We see that being positive really is the way to be. You feel better and are better. When you have a fun outlook, you are happier. To a trained professional, the simplicity of what I say may sound like wishful thinking, but the latest literature bears this out. Look at the havoc that stress reeks.
---When we have a ''Big Picture'' that is Healthy, Non-judgmental and Positive, we are, for all-intents-and-purposes, ready for just about anything. We enjoy waking up in the morning. We are all set to begin the day. We even look forward to the challenges that Life has in store for us. We don't have to seek them out, they will find us if we have some business to do, today.
---Enjoy the day the best you can. Use your head and common sense. It really doesn't make sense not to. Be sure someone else has a good day, too. Don't be petty. Open up. Show the world it is ALL good. DO the best you can. Be Well.
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Aramark, concessionaire at Citizens Bank Park, did an online poll to ask fans about their favorite food served in Ashburn Alley.
With 1,300 votes cast, Chickie's & Pete's Crab Fries were ranked tops, but an Aramark spokesman cautioned that the polling was tight among the others: Bull's BBQ ribs, Campo's cheesesteaks, Planet Hoagie's sandwiches, Seasons Pizza's slices, the Schmitter sandwich, and Tony Luke's roast pork sandwich.
Numbers were not divulged, and the prize is only bragging rights.
Aramark separately polled the ballgirls, who preferred Bull's BBQ and the Schmitter. The Phillie Phanatic supposedly was unable to choose just one item.


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ICAD #5- Galaxy. This was my first attempt at painting. I had another ideas about the stars but I made a mistake so I had to do something different. I was hoping for a paint splatter effect but I basically ended up painting my finger instead..lol
I created this card by marbling nail polish and then dipping my card in a few times. I like it. One of the polishes was a sparkly purple so it looks glittery in person.


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Vintage Crates Special: Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
We lost one of the great ones Monday. I hadn't thought in a while how much Guru influenced me as an emcee. Back in my teenage years, Gang Starr was one of the crews that were dropping material of real substance, instead of mindless garbage. That being said,the beauty of artistry is it lives forever. His influence and inspiration will shine.
RIP Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
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Rest in peace Guru. Many blessings for this podcast my dude. Can't wait to check it out.
Amazing playlist.
Nice son. I was listening to Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 yesterday. Definitely hear the influence on your flow.


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The mission of Brother Martin High School is to form young people through a holistic education that fosters academic excellence in a caring, disciplined community which integrates Catholic tradition and the charism of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart to meet the needs of a changing world.
On Tuesday night (Senior Night), the Crusader baseball team (16-12-1) defeated the Jesuit Blue Jays by a score of 2-1. The strong pitching duo of Brandon Bonura and Lance Malter combined to limit the Blue Jays to one run on four hits in a game that lasted nine innings. With the scored tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Zach Repath drew a walk to lead things off. Then, Dominic Robert moved Repath to second on a bunt-single. Brendan Brown followed with a fielder's-choice grounder that advanced Repath to third and a wild pitch to the next batter allowed Repath to score and complete the winning rally.
On Thursday, the Crusaders return to the baseball field to play the Blue Jays at John Ryan Stadium for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on SportsNOLA.com and will start a few minutes prior the scheduled first pitch. This is also part of the First NBC Bank Prep Showcase on WHNO TV 20 and SportsNOLA.com. The game will also air on WHNO TV 20 on Saturday, April 22 for 11 a.m. Ken Trahan and Danny Riehm will broadcast Thursday's district matchup. To watch events on SportsNOLA.com, either click the "Live" tab at the top of the page on gameday or open the "Live Games" page in the video section of the website.


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I'm reading on a jet plane. I don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go.
This weekend I travelled up to Townsville for my Nonna's funeral. Despite the sad occasion, I had a wonderful time seeing my extended family again; there was no shortage of love and laughter to balance out all the tears.
And now it's back to real life. At least until I travel to Melbourne on Thursday.


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Right before you may commence some hardwood floors protection measures, you primarily should evaluate which could almost certainly injured your flooring. Basically, your hardwood terrain has 5 enormous foes: filth, dust, splatters, water and daylight. We'll protect just about every of those inside the following paragraphs:
- Like other liquids, h2o may cause exploitation on hard wood flooring surfaces. H2o could potentially cause the panels.
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Foot website traffic is when muck generally gets on as well as in your floors. Once you, other consumers from the homes and site visitors occur in in the outside, your footwear bring dust particles along with them. Not just does dirt and grime make your floor coverings look for bad, it could also damage your soil.
Dust particles is pretty challenging to completely clean. You could possibly both should mop the soil off of or mark it well using a musical instrument. Each remedies can devastation your flooring. In the event you use excessive h2o from the mop, h2o could get absorbed and result in the floor boards to increase. In the event you utilize a resource to mark in the dirt, you may probably damage a floor.
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Finest concern to try to do in an attempt to prevent it is actually to routinely sweep the ground, preventing the soil from choosing the floor plus in regarding the grooves and solidifying. As a result the debris will not be likely to harden and won't be tough to remove after on.
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It can be unachievable to circumvent your hard wood terrain from getting dusty. What you is capable of doing must be to be certain your ground is protected in opposition to the outcome of dirt. Capturing, vacuum-cleaning and at times mopping are a few through the measures you could possibly just take. These steps stop dust particles from choosing the surface and leading to your floor to rust and age.
Splatters are inescapable. Stains in all of the manners will require their cost on solid wood flooring. It is possible to defend your hardwood flooring surfaces from spillages by inserting mats or carpets all over these locations which can be feasible to obtain spills. These pieces are usually about dining tables, counters and workstations. Really should a spill arise, actually don't select a sweeper right missing. Purchase an absorbing cloth and look into to absorb just as much of your liquefied as attainable.
Like other liquids, water could potentially cause damage on hard wood flooring surfaces. Water could potentially cause the panels in your floors to enlarge and offer. This soreness and contraction are what pushes the surface into the facet wall surfaces, finished in holes.
Help save for regular stains, h2o might get around the solid wood floor in two strategies: a mop that utilizes an too much volume drinking water or normal water that seeps together with the outside (e.g., rainwater or flood). Greatest should be to make certain you never ever allow h2o to be on your own ground more hours than the normal husband and wife minutes. In case you detox your floor coverings having a damp mop, make sure to stop off of your mopping by wiping off the soil using a dried up cloth.
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If pieces of your particular hard wood floors are continuously found to sunlight, they would increase being discolored. Based on the design of wood hired, these exposed areas of your soil would probably come to be lighter or more dark. Whichever the truth, your solid wood floor goes to appear to be aged and unpleasant. To guard your hard wood soil from daylight, use drapes by yourself home windows. You may also cover up regions of your ground that get subjected to daylight with rugs, mats along with residence home furniture.
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The Japanese Maple
Arriving in Garberville from the oft sweltering heat and dangerous flash-floods of central Texas last June, I found myself on a new adventure in a new place with no idea of what I was going to do. I remember my sister picking me up from amongst the red-eyed street people and driving me up a mountain and down a maze of driveways to get to my new home. I had come to Milewide Nursery, and I was shortly introduced to one of the most striking features I have ever seen on a farm: I stood in the middle of thousands Bloodgood Japanese Maples in full-color bloom in the middle of summer.
As I moved in and started working, I became the primary caretaker for the Japanese Maples from July to October, watering them under their cooling shade in the summer, and listening to the rustling of the trees as the dazzling array of multi-colored leaves sway in the breeze. Nothing feels quite as zen as slowly counting out the seconds as you water 1000 plants and become a part of them, lost under the red-green-orange-yellow purple canopy of leaves. The endless combination of size, leaf shape, and color makes every plant a stunningly unique individual. I have to say this personal tidbit is one of my fondest memories of working here at Milewide Nursery.
The Japanese Maple
It belong to the maple family
And it's common name Japanese Maple Tree
And it's leaves for maple seem so very small
And the tree itself doesn't grow to be very tall.
And though of trees I do not profess to know
Where bigger trees not suited they can grow
In garden they do not take up much space
And some of the 'garden proud' afford them pride of place.
From Spring to Fall their beauty to be seen
They look resplendent in their lighter green
But in latter Fall their beauty in decay
And they stand nude on Winter's coldest day.
A smaller species of the maple tree
And they look great in their Summer greenery
And their Homeland Japan so their name imply
And if you wish to know more ask other than I.
The many interesting qualities coupled with singular beauty makes the Japanese Maple an excellent choice for a household or outdoor plant. Smaller versions can be kept indoors, including the gorgeous bonsai variety,while some varieties become larger and would look impressive in any outdoor garden.
The shallow root profile means it can grow in shallow or rocky soils while it also thrives in pots and just about any soil you can give it. They do well without direct sunlight especially in the summertime. One of the important things to note when taking care of a Japanese Maple is watering, while they do not have any unusual water requirements it is important that they do not receive any sudden shocks. Meaning: if they are growing in soil that is usually moist, do not let them dry out for long periods, and if it grows where it is more often dry, it does not need to be inundated with water, consistency is key.Now that you are suitably dazzled and enchanted by the Japanese Maple with it's mesmeric beauty and variety, it has just occurred to me that we have a plethora of them around here on the ranch wanting, waiting to be taken to new homes. They don't need much, just loving homes (also water and sunlight, and some form of air containing carbon dioxide.) Could you say no to these faces?
We have boxes ready to ship you this most exciting new flora to add to your home, just let us know if you are interested and by next spring you'll be the one posting ridiculously good-looking tree photos that all of your friends will be envious of.


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Hilton HHonors has been running an official status match programme for a few months.
This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your existing status in another hotel scheme to get Gold or Diamond status until March 2018.
However, if you haven't applied yet, your life has just got harder.
That said, it is still worth a go.
First, this is what Hilton HHonors offers top tier Diamond members. You would normally need 30 stays or 60 nights in a calendar year to get this.
To be honest, the Diamond benefits are not as good as, say, Hyatt Diamond and are not substantially different to the mid-tier Gold level. The main additional benefit is guaranteed lounge access when staying at a Conrad, Hilton or Doubletree hotel even if you are not upgraded to the club floor.
Even Hilton Gold is worth having if you have a mid tier card from another chain. You receive free breakfast at most brands (not Waldorf Astoria) and some sort of upgrade. At worse, you will get the best room left in the category booked.
What has changed?
You can request a match via this website here.
Until earlier this week, all you had to do was send a screenshot showing your current status and, importantly, a screenshot showing a stay with that chain during the last 12 months. That was it.
The terms have now changed.
Hilton will now give you Gold or Diamond status for just 90 days.
To keep your Gold status until March 2018, you need to complete four stays (not nights) in those 90 days. To keep Diamond, you need to complete eight stays.
To be fair to Hilton, this is still a generous deal. You are getting 20 months of Diamond status out of it. The only issue is that you need to do eight stays and not eight nights. This requires substantially more dedication, unless you are working in an area with multiple Hilton properties and change hotel each night. The upside is that you will already be getting Gold or Diamond benefits whilst you do those four or eight stays.
Even having Gold or Diamond status for just 90 days is valuable if you know you will have stays during that period.
If this seems too tricky now, remember that you can Hilton HHonors Gold as one of the benefits of holding the American Express Platinum card. My full review of the benefits is here.
(Want to earn more hotel points? Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the 'Hotel Promos' link in the menu bar at the top of the page.)


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Sectoral Telecommunication Union Belarus (TOC), the reasons for which the country from April 1, stopped transmission of Russian television channels on cable networks. The representatives of T & E, as states said, referring to the need to support the local channels in the fight for advertising revenue.
To refine the data from the cable operators broadcast nets will be removed five Russian channels: First Channel - The World Network, RTR-Planeta, NTV-Mir, REN-TV and TVC-International. Correspondingly the decision, according to the agency, was adopted on 1 April at a meeting of the board TOS, which includes more than 90 broadcasters Belarus.
According to the Executive Director of Union Sergei Kazannikova off associated with disadvantageous to the Belarusian side the distribution of revenues from advertising. As the representative of PICs, because of the loss of advertising on Russian TV channels that broadcast in the country, the Belarusian channels are losing big money. Kazannikov argues that the decision to terminate the retransmission of these channels the Russian side "did understand." There was no political motivation, he said, in the actions of the Belarusian side is not.
Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Vasily Hrol, commenting on the situation, said that the reason for switching off a "dispute of business entities." What specifically described, it is not explained. Earlier, the representative of the cable operator Cosmos TV Elena Klyuykova stated that the Russian TV channels will be disabled because they did not receive the necessary permission to continue broadcasting in Belarus. It was also reported that the decision was made not by the operators and the Ministry of Information of the country.
The Ministry of Information argued that the audience in this situation should not be affected. Free up space in the broadcasting schedule of cable operators will, inter alia, the joint version of the TV channels: NTV-Belarus and RTR-Belarus.
Earlier, as reported by Interfax, the Russian embassy in Minsk said that he expects the official comments of Belarusian authorities in connection with the disconnection of Russian channels.
In previous years, the recall, during the exacerbation of relations between Moscow and Minsk have appeared rumors about the possible banning of Russian media in the territory of Belarus. But they have not received confirmation.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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There is a passage in a novel I was reading where the author describes a person riding on a bus as "radiating despair." That image resonated with me. I have been with people who radiated sadness and despair. I have also been with people who radiate hope and joy.
Throughout these holy seasons of Lent and Easter, I have been praying with this image. What does it mean to radiate faith?
In Lent, when the priest preached about the raising of Lazarus, he reminded us that there is a tomb for each of us, and each of us can look forward to Jesus telling us to "come out!" I saw the look on an older woman in my pew. Her face said, "Yes, I believe this." She was radiating faith.
On Easter Sunday, as the catechumen immersed themselves in the waters of baptism, I felt faith radiating. I pictured faith and joy deep in the hearts of the community gathered. It was rising the way heat rises from a sidewalk on a hot summer day. I sensed that this faith, so new and fresh, was palpable; the neighborhood should be able to feel it! As Catholics throughout the world said "yes" to their baptism, the world would feel it too.
I also invite you to take a moment in prayer to imagine your faith and joy welling up inside you and extending to your community, your neighborhood and to the world. Your commitment to discipleship, your care for young people and families, your work and dedication extend beyond you – you radiate joy and faith!


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Ngân sách $30-250 USD
The studio requires a maya artist to convert sketches into 3d characters containing basic motion animations.
The characters (toons) are expected to be rendered with skin, bones, and movements. A number of 8 characters will be required to be rendered. The artist will bee expected to work in close association with the studio during the development process.
The sketches will be provided on finalization of project bid.
The bidders should include a qualitative portfolio of work from maya and other dcc tools.
A portfolio focussed on character modelling is expected. These characters will be used in 3d Game development, hence an experience in modelling for games will be preferred.
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A blast of wind ruffles my hair. I'm desperately maneuvering my WW2 Spitfire through treacherous skies, getting blasted at by Grammar Nazis. They're all in Messerschmitt Bf 109s. When I scream by them I shout, "YOU REALIZE THAT'S WHAT REAL NAZIS FLEW!" Their faces twist in hate and they furiously reply, "IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE, DAMN YOU!" I'm getting picked apart by a hail of machine gun fire, when my engines blow into a storm of fire and smoke. I'm falling in a steep dive. I desperately open my eReader to Echo. Magic flash. Suddenly I'm in the black lion seat of a fully formed Voltron (Activate Dyno-therms, fools!) That badass theme plays while I form Blazing Sword and rear back. The grammar nazis' cockpits are flooding with terror-piss as they witness the majesty of the motha duckin' Defender of the Universe. Just like in a cartoon, I'm enveloped by speed lines as I crash through their formation, sending these putrid scum to their well-deserved deaths.
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The cheap thrill nuclear family
waddles up to the swarming ducks
and each group becomes enthralled by the other.
The humans are armed with unwanted
white bread, and the ducks are trumpeting
hunger songs like battle chants.
The little girl screams as the outnumbering
ducks overtake her and she slackens her grip
on the bag of bread. The dad says
Don't drop it, but she does, and the beaked ones
peck at the bag's opening to extract its innards.
The girl backs up against her father and watches
nature remove her from the equation.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Not Just a Bag of Bread
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Hello, Welcome to the Creative Hearts Floral Design Blog! I'm Sally. A Yorkshire Grown Florist, Wedding Planner and Event Stylist. I use my natural talent for mixing together, colours, textures and patterns to design and make YOUR wedding flowers to create YOUR vision for YOUR wedding or event!
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Cindy at Contests and Challenges blog read my previous post about the Animal Rescue site needing help, and she has started a contest to band all of us animal loving bloggers together for the sake of the animals. Even if you've had this widget on your site for a long time, you can still enter the contest. All you have to do is leave a comment on Cindy's site. Here are the details of the contest from her site. If you enter the contest, please be sure you leave the comments on her site, as she is running the contest:
"Because I feel that this is an important cause this will be the first contest I sponsor. Since it's my first and because I don't have any experience hosting contests, it's going to be a real easy one.
First, a brief introduction and then we'll get to the contest part.
On a visit to Wild Cats Three this morning, I found the following post:I received word from a friend of mine who is a foster mom for Lil Paws Rescue that the Animal Rescue site is experiencing a low number of clicks, and therefore is not getting enough sponsor money to buy food for the rescued animals.
If you have a website or blog, and would like to help the Animal Rescue Site by displaying their clickable widget on your site, click here. Once on the page, look in the upper left corner for "Link to us." That will take you to the page where you can choose your widget, and get the code to paste into your template.
This is such a worthy cause. It costs you nothing, but can go a long way in helping feed the rescued animals until a permanent home is found for them.
I'd like to see this widget on thousands of blogs and web pages all over the internet so here are the guidelines for this contest.
1.) Get the widget and place it on your blog or web page. (the instructions for doing this are in the italicized portion above)
2.) Leave a comment on this post linking to your post and telling me that you've placed the widget on your page. Please, and this is important: include your e-mail address in your comment so I can reach you if you're the winner.
3.) This one's optional, but it would help spread the word. Write a post like the one I copied (above) from Wild Cats Three and include the appropriate links.
That's it. A winner will be selected randomly thirty one days from today (February 29th)from the list of comments.
The prize is twofold.First the winner will receive this pin.
It's all gold in color (camera made shadows) and that's a real pearl in its' paws.
and second, a donation of $20 worth of pet food will be given to our local chapter of the SPCA in the winners' name.
You may comment once daily throughout the contest for multiple chances at winning."


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Sumita Beauty is making a difference. They are reminding customers to give back to their favorite charitable cause by purchasing a Shukar bead bracelet. The Shukar bead bracelets, where Shukar means "gratitude" in Hindu, are priced at $11 and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the customer's charity of choice.
Additionally, on 11/11/11, Sumita Beauty® is offering customers, who receive an eyebrow threading service, a free Shukar Bead Bracelet. Sumita Beauty® will donate $11 for each bracelet on the client's behalf to the company's chosen charity, whose mission is to assist under privileged women and children.
Customers are encouraged to visit www.sumitabeauty.com to purchase the beads online. They may also purchase the bracelets at the Fashion Show Mall studio and visit the website to select their charity of choice for the Shukar bead bracelet donation.