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§ Development, rollout and maintenance of global and regional systems and tools for procurement as well as master data strategies, templates and technical files to coverprioritized materials, vendors and services
§ Support and drive the global spend management, reporting and forecasting tools for procurement within the region
§ Development and sharing of best observed practices for ERP system use
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§ Maintenance and utilization of global and regional e-sourcing and e-procurement tools
§ A Bachelor, MBA or University Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics or IT
§ Minimum 5 years in procurement management with exposure to supply chain management, complex strategic sourcing and optimal procurement processes and standards
§ Proven performance in managing and developing a regional or complex procurement function, with requisite drive and energy to ensure a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered
§ Minimum 3 years of experience in project management and IT support
§ Ability to communicate effectively/convincingly at all levels and with all functions as well as strong planning and organization skills
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§ Prepared to travel within the region between 30-50%
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This weekend it rained. All. Weekend. Shew!
Having a bit of cabin fever, we decided to head up to Carter's Mountain to grab a few apples and a pumpkin. Not surprisingly, Henry was not a fan of the mud. He wouldn't pose with me in front of the scarecrow. But I did manage to snap a shot of him with the pumpkins.
This sweet pic is probably the last one I'll take with Beckett in this precious hat Krista's mom, Connie, made for him when he was born. So sweet.
Happy fall, everyone!

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Since I first discovered the fun of reading The Onion, I've enjoyed expository fiction. Even if you're not aware of the term (which I may have made up), you've probably read this kind of text. Expository fiction is written like an expository piece, but includes entirely made-up details.
Kids enjoy this kind of text, too. It's even more fun when the expository fiction goes along with an interesting fiction text. For example, the authors of The Spiderwick Chronicles also wrote an "actual" field guide to the magical creatures. It has all of the conventions and features of a regular field guide--entries, habitat notes, captions, and the like--for all that it is completely made up. Readers can follow up with The Care and Feeding of Sprites. Written like a typical guide to pets, it tells kids how they can capture and keep sprites!
More recently, DK Readers published Star Wars Epic Battles. From the outside, this looks like a regular DK Reader, the kind that might tell about vehicles, space travel, or interesting jobs. But on the inside, it explains various battles from Star Wars. And it uses a variety of text structures to do so, explaining how the battles were fought and won. I can see this as a book that will hook even the most reluctant reader.
What can you do with expository fiction? For one thing, it's another great way to teach text features. As I read aloud the novels from the Spiderwick Chronicles to my students, they passed around the Field Guide to find pictures of the creatures that were mentioned. They quickly learned to use the Table of Contents to help them navigate through the book!
Expository fiction also has great applications as a tool for helping students to write quality expository text. Writing a research report is a tough task for a young learner. Not only does she have to read and understand the new information, but she also has to put that information into an unfamiliar genre. Expository fiction relieves some of this pressure. Instead of having to learn and remember new information, the learner just has to make up some details. What fun! Kids can learn how to write cohesive paragraphs by putting together their own field guides to imaginary creatures, writing their own pet care guides to imaginary creatures, or making imaginary newspapers.
I started using expository fiction with my sixth graders several years ago. Students created their own country, and then wrote a five-paragraph essay to describe the features of that country. It was a fun and interesting way to introduce expository writing. If you'd like to take a look, the entire unit is posted for free at TeacherPayTeachers.com.


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Top Ten Reasons Adult Children React Negatively When Parents Divorce
1. The adult child's sense of normalcy, security and support is taken away.
2. The adult child is positioned between his or her parents and often a difficult decision of supporting one over the other is forced upon them.
3. The adult child is put in a situations of answering to family and friends about a parents poor choices.
4. The adult child often is a part of conflict with his or her siblings as a result of the parent's divorce and the way each sibling thinks and acts as a result.
5. The adult child has to answer to his or her children about compromising lifestyle choices of their grandparent and may watch as family values decline as the younger generation watches the older generations behavior.
6. The adult child may need to make sacrifices in their own life to help and support a parent that is alone.
7. The adult child may see strain and conflict in their own marriage resulting in the stress that the profound changes in the family have caused.
8. The adult child may lose relationship with long-time family and friends when allegiances are made.
9. The adult child will make their own decisions , as an adult, and often a parent will not respect that, still viewing their child as a child.
10. The adult child cannot feel the love of a parent who has initiated the divorce, instead, the pain is overwhelming, having come from a former viewed trusted, and loving parent.


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We have received quite a few comments to the effect that President Obama will find some way to deny or reduce whatever COLA is paid, or that he was somehow responsible for there being no COLA the last two years. He doesn't technically have the authority. I know, when has this stopped him in the past? But there would be a terrible political cost going into a Presidential election year that I doubt he would be willing to pay.
What do the applicable law and regulations say about SSA's COLA? First, the law. I'll start with some definitions from the law:
From Section 215(i)(1) of the Social Security Act, which provides the legal basis for Social Security COLAs:
Section 215(i)(1)(A)
"… the term "base quarter" means (i) the calendar quarter ending on September 30 in each year after 1982…"
Every year, the period from July through September is that year's "base quarter."
Section 215(i)(1)(B)
"… the term "cost-of-living computation quarter" means a base quarter, as defined in subparagraph (A)(i), with respect to which the applicable increase percentage is greater than zero…"
In other words if the current "base quarter" has a higher average CPI than the previous "cost-of-living computation quarter," it becomes the new "cost-of-living computation quarter."
Section 215(i)(1)(D)
"… the term "CPI increase percentage", with respect to a … cost-of-living computation quarter in any calendar year, means the percentage (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) by which the Consumer Price Index for that quarter…exceeds such index for the prior calendar quarter which was … the most recent cost-of-living computation quarter under subparagraph (B)…"
In English, the "CPI increase percentage" is the percentage by which the CPI for the current "cost-of-living computation quarter" exceeds the CPI for the most recent "cost-of-living computation quarter" rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
This year we will be comparing the CPI for July through September, 2011 (the current "cost-of-living computation quarter") against the CPI for July through September 2008 (the most recent "cost-of-living computation quarter.")
One thing that Section 215(i)(1)(D) doesn't specify is which CPI index SSA is to use for all these comparisons and computations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes three of them, the CPI-U, the CPI-W, and the C-CPI-U.
However, the implementing regulations (20 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) §404.272) provide that the COLA will be based on
"(t)he revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban wage earners and clerical workers as published by the Department of Labor."
In other words, the CPI-W is the applicable index for the foreseeable future. There is a provision that would base the COLA on a different metric, but that only will take effect when the combined OASI and DI trust funds are virtually exhausted, in around 2035 if the law is not changed.
What are the specific instructions to SSA in the Act? What does SSA do with it? According to Section 215(i)(2)(A)(i) of the Act,
"The Commissioner of Social Security shall determine each year beginning with 1975 (subject to the limitation in paragraph (1)(B)) whether the base quarter…in such year is a cost-of-living computation quarter.
Section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii) provides,
If the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the base quarter in any year is a cost–of–living computation quarter, the Commissioner shall, effective with the month of December of that year as provided in subparagraph (B) increase…" the benefit amount, the primary insurance amount, and the monthly payment amount. The amount of the increase will be the "CPI increase percentage" as defined above.
In other words, the authority is delegated directly to the Commissioner of Social Security to determine whether or not the "base quarter" is also a "cost-of-living computation quarter." If it is, a COLA is due. The Commissioner shall increase the benefit amount, the primary insurance amount, and the monthly payment amount. The amount of the increase will be the "CPI increase percentage" as defined in Section 215(i)(1)(D) of the law. Note that the Act refers to December. The payment for December is the one which is received in January of the following year.
This is the law. For President Obama to change the COLA amount, or cancel it outright, would be a blatant violation of law, technically an impeachable offense. I just don't see this happening.
I hope this reassures those who are afraid that somehow the COLA we have been predicting for months would be taken away or somehow evaporate.


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Yet another shop for the DIYbride, this time in the realm of baking. If you're looking to create a cupcake tower in lieu of the traditional wedding cake, than this Etsy shop is for you. CupCakeSocial contains the most adorable patterned cupcake papers, cupcake toppers, and even sprinkles in various colors and shapes. All of these cupcake extras will surely enhance the cute factor on your cupcake tower during your wedding, shower, engagement party, or any other soireé you'll have before or after your nuptials. CupcakeSocial has all you need to add the perfect touch of whimsy to your perfect day.
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Why, hello! Today I wanted to tell you about a quick but lovely little project I worked on the other day. It needs a bit of back story, though, so hang tight for the crafty action! Last month the kids and I went up to Michigan to visit my parents for a week, and tons of fun was had by all. Lily climbed on the rocks:
Look how red his little face got from trying to push that 2 ton boulder! What a boy :) They even watched some driveway fireworks together:
I think my dad had just lit a firecracker, hence Lily's face. Anyway, I digress. While we were there I went to my favorite secondhand shop and found some seriously great treasures. When I got back and showed my mom my haul she casually said something like, "Oh, I have this box of old skeleton keys that your grandmother saved throughout her life. Would you like some of them? I just keep them in this box." Um, what?! Gorgeous old skeleton keys with a real family history? Yes please, I'll take the lot. I would have, too, but Mom said I had to leave some for my pesky little sister. Drat.
When I got home with my babies and all my antique treasures, I started thinking of ways I could combine some of my finds. I've been really loving terrariums lately, so I thought I'd try to throw one together. While the woods behind our house are blessed with lots of beautiful varieties of moss, I'm not overly fond of crawling through the thick, mosquito-y Florida undergrowth to collect it, so I decided to raid my stash of the dried stuff. Here's what I came up with:
That gorgeous glass cloche and stand came from the secondhand shop. Isn't it perfect? To make the little hill for the moss, I just molded some aluminum foil into a ball and then flattened it on one side. The mushroom, which I got in Tennessee, is made from some carved wood and a nut from the walnut family (I can't remember what type exactly). Lily loves the little key from my grandmother's stash. She says it's the key to a secret castle in the forest.
I love how this little beauty turned out! It only took about 15 minutes to put together, and I'll never have to mist it to keep the moss alive. Win. Win.


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Design: Pinball Machine Backglass
Some real design and illustration talent have gone into pinball machine backglass – especially the older pieces. Multicolor silk screens on heavy glass – none of that photo on plastic crap of the new ones – these are beautifully realized pieces of art all on their own. Most early machines had some sort of theme, mostly exotic, as if playing pinball in your local bar or restaurant would magically whisk you away to a circus, or Hollywood or a swamp filled with alligators (?) -the TV and band tie-ins would come later (Kiss, 6 Million $ Man, Evil Knievel, etc). These are the coolest though.
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Internet universe hello,
Last year I wrote a blog about setting a goal for yourself to be able to achieve what you want.
I just was posting an update about how it helps me to prove that it is a good idea.
In the last 2 months, even while performing 70 hours a week at my day job, I have written 68 pages. I gave myself until Christmas to write 64,000 words (which is the average for many novels that have been published). In those 68 pages I have reached 50,500 word count and still have a week or so to hit my mark. If I wouldn't had set the goal for myself, I probably would not have made it this far.
Having a goal and making it is a better way to be able to motivate yourself in order to put words on the page. Sometimes life does get in the way and you cannot make your goals, that is understandable. And sometimes you just push yourself with words without taking quality into consideration.
One thing, however, about writing books (novels, short stories, nearly everything), revision is key. So if you feel as though your quality is suffering just remember you can always fix it in your revision stages. You're main goal when writing your first draft is this: finish it.
It may suck at first, fix it. That's why there are so many stages to writing because that gives us opportunities in order to fix what we feel isn't the best.
Keep that in mind when you're working towards your goals. Everything can be fixed later, just finish your first draft and pick up on the problems during revisions.


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Jenna Presley Net Worth
Jenna Presley net worth: Jenna Presley is an American former pornographic actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Jenna Presley was born in Chula Vista, California in April 1987. At 14 years old she was sexually assaulted and then started stripping topless in Tijuana, Mexico. While she was in college she started stripping at the Spearmint Rhino in Santa Barbara, California. Presley was discovered by the owners of the porn studio Astrux and entered the adult film industry at 18 years old. During her career she starred in more than 275 adult films. She finished second in the reality series Jenna's American Sex Star. She was named one of the twelve top female stars in porn by Maxim in 2010. She retired from the adult film industry in 2012. In 2006 she won a NightMoves Award for Best New Starlet (Fan Choice).


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The national media literacy awareness week will be held from November 5-9, 2012. We hope students, teachers and parents alike will take some time to explore, consider and converse with each other regarding this important issue.
The purpose of the event is to promote media literacy awareness within schools, at all levels, in the Prince Edward Island K-12 public school system. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development subscribes to Media Smarts resources which provides media education relating to: digital and media fundamentals, Internet, television, movies, video games, music, body image, gender representation, intellectual property, marketing, violence, cyber security, cyber bullying, online hate, privacy and many other topics.
The theme of this years' Media Smarts literacy awareness week is Privacy Matters.
The following links provide further information:
Media awareness week http://tiepei.wordpress.com/media-awareness/media-awareness-week/
Media literacy resources http://tiepei.wordpress.com/media-awareness/background-materials-for-teachers-parents/
Contest and suggested activities http://tiepei.wordpress.com/media-awareness/contest/
Media literacy week is a joint project of Media Smarts and the Canadian Teachers Federation
Materials may be found in French at http://tiefrancais.wordpress.com/pourquoi-une-semaine-deducation-aux-medias/


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Long time, no read. It is holiday time here in Denmark and the girls went to visit their grandparents last week. So hubby and I decided to do things we rarely have time to: Dining with friends, going to the movies and other great things...and no blogging whatsoever ;).
The next couple of days on the blog will be franken related, I have received 5 franken polishes during January and really want to show you guys how talented some of my friends are.
First up is a franken polish I received in a giveaway hosted by the wonderful Stinna who runs Nailant. I was so excited when I won it 'cause Stinna really make some awesome polishes!!!
This is three coats:
What I really like about it is that the shreds aren't drowned in the black base but shines through.
The polish on my ring finger is the second half of my prize but that one will be featured tomorrow ;)
I am looking forward to showing you that one in all its glory - see you then.


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I woke up feeling so sad today. I think I'm lonely being back and I'm haunted by feelings of stupidity. I don't really understand why but I just can't express myself. When I speak no one seems to understand what I'm saying. I went out with my sister and her friend last night and I can see the old patterns of childhood communication. My sister is very smart and she can talk for a long time without taking a break. She gets upset when I interrupt her so I try really hard not to but I guess by the time she stops everyone wants to speak because when I start talking people stop me two words in to ask a question and then go off on a tangent and I'm not really sure if maybe my difficulties expressing myself are rooted in the fact that I was never allowed to finish a sentence as a child so I just don't have much practice… and then I overcompensate by trying to simplify things down into a brief interjection but even that doesn't work… I feel stupid and at a complete loss as to how I can improve on this. How can I make what I say clearer, be able to finish what I'm saying, be interesting enough that people want to listen?
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|Mike Corthell, Editor
Officers from the Maine Public Utilities Commission will be at the Fryeburg American Legion Hall at 6:00 PM to hear citizens and political organizers opinions on Fryeburg Water Company's proposal to lease one of its wells to Nestlé Waters North America, the parent company of the Poland Spring. If you care about your town - YOUR Fryeburg, come out and add your voice.
This meeting is IMPORTANT. I am a resident of Fryeburg and I will be there. It is my hope that most of the people there will be FRYEBURG residents. I can't emphasize enough the importance of citizen participation in this public forum.
This morning I read a letter to the editor that was stunning in it's logic, or lack there of. A Conway woman writes, ''Why would Nestle take care of our water sources? If (I mean when) the wells in Fryeburg run dry, Nestle will move to other locations. Do you really believe Nestle will offer us a discount when we have to buy our water from them?''
First of all, the wells will not run dry. Even if it were possible to transport the billions of gallons that lie under Fryeburg in the massive, underground lake we call an aquifer, why would a company ''Kill the goose that lays the golden egg''? Answer: They wouldn't! The water that becomes the world famous Poland Spring brand is well managed - protected, sustainable and a quickly renewable resource.
The writer also stated, in her opening line, ''I read Nestle corporation's large color advertisement in The Conway Daily Sun yesterday (March 5) with interest. Then confusion and this morning outrage! Nestle, aka Poland Spring, has the audacity to suggest they are a Maine corporation, false, they are a huge conglomerate based in Switzerland.'' Well, excuse my false nativity, Really!! Oh my God! Excuse me again but the majority of the residents in beautiful and engaged Fryeburg know that Nestlé owns the well regarded Poland Spring brand. What is the problem here?? I'll take all the money I can get from Switzerland. They have lots of it and Fryeburg needs it to expand it's tax base. How about some jobs for local people? Do we need more of those? Let's grab some overseas jobs and bring them to our country for a change.
A healthy, sustainable relationship with the well regarded and world famous Poland Spring brand is healthy for Fryeburg - period.
Come out tonight and be heard - Let's talk about this! Just one more thing, and I say this to Fryeburg citizens exclusively; Let's make sure that most of the voices heard tonight are Fryeburg voices, not voices from away with a political ax to grind like Nisha Swinton a political organizer.
See you there!
Mike Corthell, Editor
Fryeburg Free Press
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So I've been helping out a friend with his website. I gotta admit that I was a bit nervous about doing a site that actually needed to function properly.
It's not like doing sites for myself. With those, I can experiment to my heart's content. If I mess up, it's no big deal. I can easily start again from scratch (that's happened a few times). With Todd's, we have information about events he's organized, information about his business, and articles he's written. No time for experimentation here. We need it to function.
Through all of this I've learned that EVERY theme needs fine-tuning. There's not a single one that works as it should right out of the box. However, I like that. It gives me the chance to learn by necessity. Things would be a tad boring if it was all smooth sailing.


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My story of what its like to be married to an Amway cult follower. I expose the lies that our upline told and what happens at Amway meetings and functions. I leave the explanations of why Amway is a poor business opportunity or the tool scam to other bloggers. This blog mainly exists to curse out my former upline, aka the cult leaders, and to let everyone know what kind of idiots I had to put up with. Feel free to join in or live vicariously!
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Amway Royalty
I get brainwashed ambots doing Google searches for "Amway is awesome" or "World Wide Dream Builders WWDB is awesome" and they end up at this blog. I can hardly help it that this blog is so high up on the search engine! Gotta get those keywords in!
Then these ambots see how I feel about my upline, particulary the asshole who sponsored us into Amway, Captain Fuck Up, and the fucking sack of shit Platinum.
Not to mention my reviews of the overpriced shitty Amway products.
These ambots who are brainwashed to believe that Amway and WWDB are awesome are shocked to show up on a blog where someone is writing about all the dirty little Amway cult secrets. Then they become outraged because of their fierce loyalty to their upline cult leaders who they put on a pedestal and refer to as Amway royalty. How dare anyone tell the truth about what happens inside the Amway cult! How dare anyone disrespect their Amway upline! How dare anyone tell about how much money that Amway cult followers spend each month purchasing overpriced shitty Amway products, buying motivational tools - CDs and books - signing up for Communikate and WWDB premier membership, how much it costs to go to Amway meetings and functions! How dare anyone reveal the amount of the small commission check Amway issues each month if the IBO meets the minimum requirements! I'll say it again! You might get $10 back after investing $700 in a month! These prudes are shocked by my language and my honesty and feel compelled to leave a comment bitching about my blog with the usual Amspeak canned response when they only read the one post the search engine pointed them to.
Amway cult followers are brainwashed to believe that their Amway upline are the most wonderful human beings that ever walked the face of the earth who can do no wrong. These god-like Amway upline ambots are supposed to be worshipped and praised and referred to in glowing terms.
No one would ever DARE be disrespectful and speak negative of the Amway upline and curse out the bastards.
Except Anna Banana. I'll even go one further. I've been speaking negative of the asshole that sponsored us into Amway for at least 10 years before getting involved in Amway so I had plenty of practice at disliking that fucking troublemaker before the Amway cult became part of our lives.
I write about how the Amway upline cult leaders fuck over their downline. How the Amway cult leaders destroy marriages. How the Amway cult leaders destroy their downline's finances. How the Amway cult leaders are dream stealers. Amway cult leaders have a fucked up view of people who work jobs instead of being self employed business owners. How the Amway cult leaders have an intense obsession for listening to motivational CD's where their beloved Diamonds are the speakers. How the Amway cult leaders are liars. How the Amway cult leaders can't mind their own business. How the Amway cult leaders are only your friends as long as you're investing in the Amway pyramid scheme. How the Amway cult leaders cause emotional distress. How the Amway cult leaders are greedy. How the Amway cult leaders are the biggest troublemaking assholes I've ever met.
I've also talked about the bullshit that goes on inside Amway cult meetings.
The crippling grief that these upline Amway bastards bring to the lives of the victims they sign up for the Amway scam is revolting. Those fuckers deserve to be cursed out. And this blog was created to fill that niche!
Amway cult followers and Amway's head office might not like me revealing the dirty secrets of the leaders in the Amway cult but I am here to let the world know that the Amway upline are shitless cowards who need to go straight to hell for the misery they bring to their victim's lives.
That's what I think of the Amway royalty!


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After the election, says Frum, after the GOP has recovered in record time, either it's going to have to move away from its campaign rhetoric or it's going to be unable to govern. "What happens in January," Frum says, "when the GOP majority arrives and the Bush tax cuts expire, the U.S. economy has deflationary shock, we don't have a program for pulling the economy out of inflation, and we don't have permission from party supporters or permission from voters to compromise? You have people arriving in office with highly apocalyptic vision of a president but programs they don't know how to execute on their own. It's a formula for crisis."Yeah, sounds about right. I've been thinking all along that Republicans running now are nothing more than populists who really have no idea what they're going to do once they find themselves with some measure of power. They aren't going to get anything past the Obama veto juggernaut, and so then they'll be forced to run in 2012 with a do-nothing record, worse than the Democrats from '08-'10 because stuff actually did get done (just not to their liking).
In astronomical terms, the Republican Party, heated up by the Tea Party movement, is a red giant, soon to implode and burn itself out, turning into a black hole of socially conservative rhetoric where absolutely no good idea ever escapes.


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busy busy busy
I love being a mommy! I love that my social calendar is filled now where as before I would work and do nothing else. This whole mommy gig is what I was put on this earth for. I cannot wait for the next couple of weeks to play out. We are going to our first gymboree gym class/ play date tomorrow with a few other S.Durham moms! I can't wait. Sunday, we are meeting with some girls I went to college with and lived with in Shaw. (shawla hollllla!) ;) I hang out with Heidi and Dillon pretty frequently, but I haven't seen Nicole or Jenna in years and I haven't even met Jenna's little boy, Brayden! I can't wait! We are going to lunch and then either Pullen Park or Marbles. Monday morning, we have story time at BT and my Pampered Chef party... Wednesday, we have a play date set for Daisy Cakes and the Farmer's Market. And the best of all is our surprise fun for next Sunday. I cannot wait to share, but must wait another day or two to insure I do not spoil anything. ;)
So, if you don't catch any blogs from me in the next little while- this is why! I look forward to all of the fun ahead and plan to share all of the details when it is over. Be on the lookout for pictures!
And last but not least, early voting starts TOMORROW- get out there and VOTE AGAINST! I will be picking up my yard sign on Sunday and plan to spread the word between now and May 8th as loud and as proud as I can!
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Darren Maddy and Jonathan Trott have flown out to play in the England side that will take part in the annual Hong Kong 6s which will be held over next weekend. Ashley Giles will be taking time out from his regal duties as King of Spain to be the team manager. The rest of the squad btw is Dimitri Mascarenhas, Tim Bresnan, Ed Joyce, Graham Napier and Graham Wagg (who is an ex-Bear of course).
I was in HK a few years ago just before the HK 6s was to be held, and it is quite a well promoted event there. Of course i had to return home just before the event started. I always seem to be the nearly man!


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I pop-dotted the Recipe for Friendship and distressed the background with distress inks (Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Fire Brick, Weathered Wood, Broken China, Vintage Photo). The fun part was adding the cotton balls for the "whipped cream" and the twines! I added the shine with blue Stickles and glossy Accent on the cooking utensils. Don't you just love the "recipe"?
I was so lucky (again!) to be able to meet Sharon in Ottawa while I visited my in-laws during the Christmas holiday. I met Sharon through Hero Arts Flickr. Sharon came across to me as caring, kind and sweet! And yes, she was just as I thought as soon as I sat down with her.


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*Not looking forward to turning 30 this weekend
*Loving my husband who was patiently sitting in the chair waiting with Berean when I blew in at 0515 (over an hour late) this morning from work. I had left him with no milk thawed, thinking it was going to be a short shift- but of course crisis developed and my time table crumbled.
*Laughing at my Noah's 2 new jokes. Ready for them?
"Why did Anakin Skywalker Cross the Road?"
"How did Wicket Cross the road?"
(see end of post for answers).
*Thinking my husband is weird for always making up his own jokes.
*hitting the neighborhood garage sales!
*Going to start working on my VBS crafts today- it is only 4 days away after all
*Proud of how we did at the race over the weekend. Everytime someone passed me I said to myself, "I just had a baby 3 months ago. I will get faster". It was fun and I like my tee-shirt.
*Wishing my boys would stop wacking each other and waking the baby up. They all seemed to get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
*Pleased that at the grocery store manager had to approve my transaction because I saved so much money :) Basically I "saved" $69, spend $70 and got $13 in money off coupons for my purchases next week. Oh, and a movie ticket to Toy Story.
*Thankful for all that money savings because Noah's car is in the shop again :(
*Grateful that my parents always let us use their extra car when one of ours is on the fritz :)
*Amazed at how fast Berean is growing, how much Deacon is improving on his reading (and skateboarding), the progress Lincoln is making on his speech and the lego structures that Roman is able to make.
*Wondering what will happen with the nurses strike and thinking of nurses everywhere today!
If I can finish all my day's work in a day, then I am not dreaming big enough.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
To Catch Up, I'm...
Posted by The Three 22nds at 1:53 PM
6 comments:
- Thia said...
Happy Birthday, early!
What are the answers to the jokes?
- June 10, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- The Three 22nds said...
I totally forgot to put in the answers to the jokes!
Answer #1 "Why did Anakin cross the road?" To get to the dark side.
Answer #2 "How did Wicket cross the road?" E- woked. (he walked)
Pretty clever, huh?
- June 10, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Thia said...
Too cute!
- June 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Karla said...
Noah is too funny (or weird)hehe
- June 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- Lesley said...
Funny jokes! And you are one busy mama! And I just love the name Berean. Hope you're enjoying summer so far! :)
- June 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM
so glad the jokes are in here! whew! quite clever, Noah. :D
- June 14, 2010 at 6:14 PM
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"Peace, land, and bread", these are the words being said by the Russian proletariat and the peasantry during the Russian Revolution. These words also signify a basic but absolute just call in a land suffered by strife, poverty, and hunger. And so was moral degeneration due to the harsh practises laid by ruling class against the majority.
In these words beings aid also lies an idea coming from the thoughts of every sayer in an entire event: "Justice." And why is that they indirectly call for that? Of shouting "Peace, land, and bread" as well as "Justice?" Justice does not mean justice for the martyrs, the oppressed or whatsoever, but a "revolutionary justice" that calls for a total victory of the majority over the few, of an end to their oppression and realization of basic calls in which the minority didn't give through.
Once, I read Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (Founder of the Fascist group Falange)s "Bread and Justice," and it shows that he tries to imitate Lenin and the call of the people while preserving the "traditions" of the old order which was and is battered by the anger of the Spanish working class! For he was trying to "synthesize reactionary patriotism and revolutionary syndicalism that could benefit workers."
In his concept, Primo de Rivera, trying to imitate Lenin, speaks of an idea out of of his own mindset "a system neither capitalist nor communist," and yet the Spanish economy during the Falange-dominated Franco era was entirely "state capitalist," "militarist," and "conservative" that retains much of the reactionary system too contrary to the supposed "revolutionary" ideas of Falange-whose workers were entirely like cogs in the machinery of "militarist-dominated state production," the worse? "Only to gain corrupt practises within the military, and to curry favor with the ruling class like the old nobility, the reactionary inclined clergy, and even the imperialists who supported Spain's or rather say the Falange's anti-communist stance at that time.
And somehow, despite his own concept which was somewhat good, it does not mean that you don't need revolution to change a rotten society -since he, like any other right-wing personalities tried much to create an ideology to counter Marxism and its progressive ideas of its succeeding idea-concepts like Mao; and in a century where revolution is protracted and patriotism is progressive, it lies the same slogan what the Russians and other working class citizens of the world has spoken-this time being spoken again by the oppressed masses of today and not those people who advocates change but trying to negate class struggle, revolution, while at the same time imitating the ones who deals with it or even lives by looking at them,thinking of it as an opportunity and not joining in it! Remember: National unity does not mean unifying the nation, but rather unifying the oppressed majorities of the nation (Worker, peasant, intellectual) in order to counter the ones who rule driven by greed and oppression.
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The end of Sept was my Grandma's 93rd bday. We were told she had only up to a few months to live. She had an infection that would take her. She chose not to fight it, she was ready to be with Grandpa again. We all felt like she knew what she was doing. Because us until this point she hadn't been ready to pass away and would fight every health battle. I believe Grandpa came to get her. He was preparing her for greater things. Before her bday party we had the opportunity to go the the Bountiful LDS Temple to do some work for family members that had passed on. It was so special and most of my cousin's and their spouses, and most of my Aunts and Uncles were there. I believe it was Grandma's last mission on earth to fulfill before she passed away. I don't want to get into the personal experiences we had in the Temple, but I will share that it is true. The LDS Church is true. Temples are amazing and the work we do in the Temple is beyond this world. The veil is so much thinner than you know. I am so thankful to be sealed to Brody and my children, my parents and siblings, Brody's parents and siblings, on back through the generations. It is such a blessing to me to know that we will be a Family Forever. After we went to the Temple we met up with everyone else and Grandma Ruby at the park for a big bday celebration. It was so fun and special to celebrate her! She looked so beautiful and I will always remember her that day, just sweet as ever.
We visited her about a week later. She had already begun to go downhill. It was hard to see her like that. She was struggling but of course didn't complain a bit. We ate dinner with her and visited. Bingham Boen and Paisli always loved to visit with her. Little did we know this would be the last time we saw her alive on this earth. I am glad we got to spend this time with her, it will be some good memories to keep with us forever.
One last picture with Grandma Ruby and the kiddos.
Grandma Ruby passed away not too long after that day. My dad had called me earlier in the day telling me she was not doing well. My mom also visited that day. It was hard to hear. I planned on going the next morning, but she didn't make it through the night. She passed before she was in too much pain and I think my Grandpa couldn't wait anymore. It had been three years since he passed away, at 93yrs as well. He came during the night to take her from her earthly home. So many spiritual things happened that night and I am so happy to have the knowledge I do. I love her and can't wait to see her again!
a few days later we had her viewing here in town. This is a picture of some of the siblings my dad is the tall one in the middle. I have a few more pictures that are very personal that I chose not to post on my blog. I will be sending those to the family at a later time.
The funeral was the next day, it was such a beautiful tribute to Grandma. I loved to hear her stories of her life and how she and Grandpa loved eachother so much. They wrote EVERY SINGLE day while he was in the Navy during WWII. The letters are cherished by our family and were so personal to Grandma, but it will be fun to read through each of them. After the family prayer when they close the casket they were taking the casket into the funeral and Paisli said, "Bye Grandma Ruby! Bye Grandma Ruby." She loved her and a few days after we went shopping and an old lady looked similar to Grandma, Paisli kept crying that she wanted to go sit with grandma Ruby and say Hi. I tried to explain, but she didn't understand. It was heart breaking! Bingham cried during the funeral. He is at the age where they know just enough and it was hard on him. We love her and will miss her but made sure to explain how lucky we are to get to see her again!
Here are a few pics of the burial service.
My dad and Uncle Richard
My cousins
Beautiful casket and flowers
The siblings and the spouses.
Grandma's youngest brother, Dee, and my cousin Nate.
Dee is one of two left out of 12 children.
Jeff and Cousin Shaun
My dad taking it all in.
Dad and his couisn
Uncle Craig
My boy cousins. Seriously, 5 boy cousins and 19 girl cousins we sure had a lot of fun growing up, not sure i could say the same for the boys. They were all spread out and surrounded by girls!
Paisli and Brody
Grandma's favorite, pink roses.
Sammy and my mom
and April
Grandma's sister, Delta, the other one of the two siblings of Grandma's remaining.
Love you Grandma Ruby we miss you and love you,
but know that you are already busy doing work up in Heaven. You were always such an inspiration to me.
Give Grandpa a hug for me! xxoo


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This week finds us on the cusp of Winter Solstice – and I suspect many are ready for the light to start growing again, in all respects. We've got some lovely poetry this week, from Amy Lowell to Emerson to Whitman, as well as a double-dose of Tom Jones.
The Taxi, by Amy Lowell
Read by Xe Sands
Xe writes…
So why this piece…
I wish I had a few words to spare for this, but my mind seems too quiet in the ways that matter to find them. Maybe you only have a finite number of them available at a given time, and once depleted, you have to wait until there is a build-up of letters and meaning before trying to adequately express yourself. It took a lot of words to make it through last week. There aren't many left rattling around in my head.
So this poem, well…
Leaving my family last weekend – after spending a week grieving together, after being forced to acknowledge the loss constantly – was…well it was a relief. By putting distance between us, I put distance between KNOWING and FEELING an impossible loss. And I was so very tired of feeling. Like we get to pick the duration of such a thing…
But with that distance, there was a price to pay. As each mile passed on our way to the airport, as my father's house grew more distant, so too did his presence – as Lowell writes,
"Streets coming fast,
One after the other,
Wedge you away from me,"
Indeed. And I don't want to be disconnected from my father. And yet I cannot live in a constant state of loss. So therein lies the contradiction: distance is necessary, and yet distance is abhorrent.
Read by Diane Havens
Diane writes…
Some truly beautiful early winter snowfalls here brought this poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson to mind. "The frolic architecture of the snow."
Read by Paul Birchard
Tom Jones, Book VII, Chapter 2, by Henry Fielding
Read by Mark Turetsky
Book 7 Chapter 2 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
This is a fairly short chapter, in which Tom received a letter from Blifil, informing him that Allworthy wants nothing more to do with him, and that the best thing he could do would be to leave. Tom, realizing that, since all of his contacts in the world came through Allworthy, there's nobody else who might help him out. Tom makes the decision to go to sea.
Tom Jones, Book VII, Chapter 1, by Henry Fielding
Read by Mark Turetsky
Book 7 Chapter 1 of Tom Jones.
This is part of an ongoing project in which I will record and post one chapter per week of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones over the course of four years.
It's the start of another book, meaning we get another discursive chapter from Fielding. This time, Fielding discusses comparisons of the stage to real life, and points out the use of stage metaphor has grown commonplace. He uses as an example the phrase "behind the curtain" being used more often outside of the theater than in. I'm sure we could come up with even more examples, and, if we were to subscribe to the modern idea that our language has a profound effect on our neurological processes, and also take into account the modern study of Performance Theory, we might say Fielding was somewhat ahead of his time.
He dismisses Shakespeare's profound "poor player" from Macbeth as being hackneyed, and tries to revive a work called "The Deity" which had already been forgotten nine years after its publication, when Fielding was writing. The Deity was written by Samuel Boyse, who seems to be largely forgotten. Go ahead, Google a few lines of his poem, and see that the first page of hits goes directly to Tom Jones, rather than Boyse. Probably not a fair test, but there it is.
Anyway, Fielding echoes one of Shakespeare's other famous stage metaphors, in saying that, well, one man, in his time, plays many parts. He cites as an example, David Garrick (pictured here in the role of Richard III), the most celebrated actor of his time. In addition to playing the great parts, he's also played fools. So too might Black George, in stealing Tom Jones' 500 pounds play the knave. But he may at some point play a more heroic role in this story, as nobody is ever wholly hero or wholly villain. We certainly see this dichotomy with this book's hero.


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So where is the irony you ask.
The irony lies with those doing the attacking. As an example, one blogger has spent the past five months writing two, three, sometimes four blogs a day doing nothing but defaming us and the guy we support. To me, that smacks of obsession - albeit the negative side of obsession. He scours the Internet day after day for information and photographs of fans. He is not alone. He has been joined by other obsessed haters who have been only too happy to help with the attacks.
The best part of this? They don't see the irony. They don't see their own obsession.
In the words of H. W. Fowler: "Irony is a form of utterance that postulates a double audience, consisting of one party that hearing shall hear and shall not understand, and another party that, when more is meant than meets the ear, is aware, both of that "more" and of the outsider's incomprehension. "


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Friday, 27 July 2012
Friend & Foe...
How important is winning? We play sports to win, we strive to be successful and reach our goal. Others have something to prove, be it for insecure statement or harmless fun in an event. For some Martial Artists it could mean competing at a match or a forms stand off. Beyond your opponents there will be that one being, that one person who has been with you all along. He, or she will have tormented and spurred you on...helped you cry and helped you to smile.
It is YOU! The core of the word SELFISH. It is the ISH ness of the SELF that has been with you from day one, a blessing or a burden...this is the US in the YOU, the AM in the I. At times the self is naughty, at times is good. Our friend will at times in our life have gotten us into trouble and then again... maybe they have helped us out. Never give in to the self of shadows, but look for the self of light. This is your internal YIN/YANG speaking volumes, and how many Olympic athletes have prepared the SELF through battle until now. The moment is NOW. So we all fight against our true selves, not others. If THEY are a YOU, in the meaning a human viewpoint then ultimately there is nothing to prove. Only SELVES who have yet to awaken to the duel of their natures...just like me, and just like you reading this now had too, or still are... will be forever lost until we experience spiritual awakening. It is natures way for us to "Penny drop" to REALISE... it is inner OCCURRENCES that pivot us so that we point the way we wish to lead. That my readers is DESTINATION UNKNOWN...
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first edition
1989 · Frankfurt
by VEDOVA, Emilio and Katharina Hegewisch
Frankfurt: Galeria Neuendorf, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 13 through May 10, 1989. Text in English and German by Katharina Hegewisch. Includes 30 color illustrations. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some minor wear. (Inventory #: 145781)


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Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
As Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro's unsettling story of a community of clones, comes to cinema screens, Rachel Cusk finds herself both intrigued and repelled by the novel
Rachel Cusk
Saturday 29 January 2011 00.06 GMT
n Kazuo Ishiguro's 1995 novel The Unconsoled, Ryder, a pianist, is due to give an important concert in a foreign city. The novel is written in the form of an extended anxiety dream: manifold impediments spring up to delay his arrival at the concert hall; at one point he realises he hasn't practised the pieces he intends to play. In a field outside the city where, through labyrinthine causes, he finds himself, he comes across the dilapidated wreck of his old childhood family car. "I stared through the spiderweb cracks [in the window] into the rear seat where I had once spent so many contented hours. Much of it, I could see, was covered with fungus." The elasticity of the subconscious is also the novel's elasticity – it is more than 500 pages long – and likewise the novel's procedures are those of its adopted system of Freudian values.


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Just had my final pre-printing chat with my Red Deer editor, Peter Carver. I've read this manuscript soooo… many times, that it's completely impossible to be objective. There has to be a point of no return on revising, and the paltry fifteen or so changes I made during this final pass-through probably didn't really matter in the big picture, but I'm content that I've done the best I can with the story. Now it's on to the book launch (Oct. 13th at St. Mary's U. in Halifax)…and more writing!
Month: August 2010
A very good reason to be a children's writer…
I just came upon the following entry on Verla Kay's Blueboards for children's writers (an amazing source of writerly information of all varieties, btw):
"I heard Bruce Colville speak at a SCBWI conference several years ago. What he said has inspired and motivated me ever since:
"I write books to help children become braver, kinder, and gentler.""
Book Launch and Final Proofs…
The book launch is set for Wednesday, October 13th in a conference room at St. Mary's University. Jacob and I are working to get together lists of people to invite. The marketing person at Red Deer Press was asking for numbers, but it's tough to estimate. Jacob's going to try to arrange for some Sudanese musicians to play for part of it, I'll read and he'll speak about Wadeng and his visits to Southern Sudan in 2005 and 2008.
I think my part of the editing is finished; Peter should be back from vacation and hopefully we'll touch base in the next few days. It's a little scary thinking the novel is about to go to print; there's no looking back at that point…
I'm having so much fun with my WIP, tentatively called "A Pregnant Orphan Mother"; I know my protagonist so well, and it's fascinating to follow her around on the page as she makes her way through the story. When I met with Laura Best in New Ross last weekend, we were talking about different styles of writing a novel. Some people have the entire plot structure worked out before they even begin; this one is evolving on a daily basis. Laura and I hadn't met before, but I'm sure the women working at the coffee shop were convinced we were long-lost friends the way we were laughing and carrying on over coffee. I don't know very many writers, so it was a real treat for me to meet her. Her novel, "Bitter, Sweet", has just been nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson award for historical fiction for young readers (one of only five nominees), so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for her.


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will never be sacked because he keeps making money, says Paul Merson
Paul Merson has slammed Arsenal football club insisting the board will never dismiss Arsene Wenger because he gives them exactly what they want, a profit.
Arsenal are celebrating 20 years of Wenger at the helm with the Frenchman delivering three Premier League titles and 19 seasons in a row of Champions League football.
However Merson, a former Arsenal player, says the lack of any title challenge in recent years should warrant the sacking of Wenger, but admitted he will never be booted with the current board members holding the purse strings.
'Finishing in the top four is enough for the board,' said Merson in his Daily Star column.
Wenger's trophy haul
FA Cup x 6 (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015)
FA Community Shield x 6 (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015)
'So it will just go on.
'Twenty years, my God. I've been married three times since then.
'He is being linked with the England job again and he might do a good job of it if he ever took it. But I don't think he really wants it.
'Wenger's almost certain to be at Arsenal next year because he gives them exactly what they want. A profit.'
Arsenal have not won the league since 2004 and have failed to mount anything resembling a sustained title charge in recent years, but Merson says Wenger's stubbornness is as much to blame as the owners.
When Wenger arrived in England from coaching in Japan, he was virtually unheard of in football, but the 66-year-old went on to revolutionise the way the Gunners play.Rumour Mill: our round-up of football gossip, rumours and speculation
'Wenger was ahead of his time when he first arrived in the Premier League,' said Merson.
'But football has caught up. Eight or nine years ago everybody wanted to play for him, I really believe that.
'But since then it's changed. He's stuck in his ways and he refuses to change.
'It's actually hurting the club now. But they won't sack him. He still makes the club money.'
MORE: Emmanuel Adebayor slammed as the biggest disappointment of Arsene Wenger's 20-year Arsenal reign


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin and her partner of nearly 15 years are separating.
Baldwin, a Madison Democrat and first open lesbian elected to Congress, issued a statement through her office Friday saying she and Lauren Azar are terminating their domestic partnership.
They were among the first to sign up for Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry for same-sex couples last year.
Azar is a member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities. She was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle in 2007.
The statement said Baldwin and Azar would have no more comment about the private matter.
Baldwin, 48, was first elected to Congress in 1998.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Up Close & Personal With the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
It's always good to have your camera nearby, and it's even better when it has a macro function (ability to take extreme clear closeup images).
Though I've probably seen a million of these beautiful butterflies in my lifetime, for some reason I've never had an inclination to look at one of these at close range. Yesterday, for some odd reason, I became fixated on this eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. And I decided to start a little photo shoot.
As usual, after taking my pictures, I went inside to "develop" (download & edit) my digital photographs and do research on this common, yet remarkably beautiful butterfly.
All my life I had simply known & described this butterfly as large, colorful, and/or beautiful without ever knowing its name.
With a little online research I come to find that it's called the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly.
"Eastern," because it's a native butterfly primarily found in the eastern United States (see range map below).
"Tiger," because of the distinct tiger-like markings, especially found on the male.
"Swallowtail," because their long "tail" on their hind wings is similar to that of swallows (birds).
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (known scientifically as papilio glaucus) is not considered to be a threatened species, due to its ability to live nearly everywhere that some foliage or forestation is present. This includes rural fields & woodlands, rivers & creeks, roadsides & gardens, and even in many urban locations.
It's so popular that four states (South Carolina, George, Delaware & Alabama) have named this butterfly their official state butterfly. Virginia (my state) decided to go one step further, labeling it their official state insect.
Known as powerful, quick & strong fliers, adults can frequently be seen above tree canopies. With their colorful appearance and wide wing span between 3 & 5 1/2 inches, they are hard to miss.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly is diurnal (only active during the day). Though generally solitary, males are known to congregate in "puddling," where they huddle near each other around puddles, mud or damp rocks. These activities are believed to help them extract necessary amino acids & sodium ions beneficial for reproduction.
Adults have a wide range of food sources, but prefer nectar from sturdy plants having pink or red flowers. But they also may feed on urine or dung from other insects or animals.
To eat food, it uses a long & flexible tube-like proboscis tongue (as seen clearly in my picture below) to sip liquids. This proboscis can coil & uncoil as needed.
The lifespan of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly extends from Spring through Fall, during which time they produce two or three broods (two in northern climates - where lifespan is slightly shorter, and three farther south).
As with most butterflies, birds are their chief predator. In caterpillar stage, squirrels, raccoons & shrews (among others) may find them appetizing.
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Having recently returned from a great backpacking trip, I found myself locked out of my house with no way in and nowhere to go. I arrived home a day early with only my backpacking gear, a single dollar, my phone, my driver's license and my credit card. I carpooled and was planning to have Allison let me in so I had no keys. I remembered that she was going to the beach, on the coast, two hours away. That would have been good to remember earlier. I was able to get into the garage via keypad entry but that is as far as I got. Trying all other doors, knowing they would be locked, I considered other possibilities. Of course my first thought was to call Allison but her phone was out of range. My mom has a key but she is out of town. I asked my law enforcement neighbor if he his lock-picking kit but he no longer had one. I was a mess too, having not showered for several days. I couldn't drive anywhere since I had no keys. Exhausted from the long hike that day, I wasn't up for trekking anywhere on foot. What was I going to do?
An experiment of sorts was under way. I unpacked all my gear and put away what I could and piled the rest by the door. Then I decided to do some garage organization, getting to some garage related chores I'd had for months and even years. I discovered a few things I forgot that we even had. Allison called me once she received my voice mail, having gotten into range. She gave me the idea to order a pizza and have it delivered, which I did. While I waited for the pizza I did some light pruning. I spotted my old boom box and got some CD's out of my car. Now armed with music, my time was getting better. The pizza arrived and then I was wishing the pizza guy could also bring me a cold beer. I was thirsty and relying on hose water. The obvious trick is to remove the hose and let the bib run a little bit before drinking any of the water, otherwise it's warm. Armed with tunes and a pizza, I pulled up a chair and sat in the backyard. I was beginning to enjoy myself. When do I ever get to sit in my yard, uninterrupted, and just think and relax. Turns out, it only happens when I lock myself out of the house.
In a lapse of judgment I opened the side door from inside the garage and set off my house alarm. It screamed while I stand outside, unable to do anything about it. The alarm company called Allison and she let them know to not call the police, which is good because I had made my way to the spa. Sitting in the spa, in my underwear, may have seemed suspicious had the police arrived. My family returned after I had already been home for four hours. My little time alone was kinda nice after all. It could have been worse had my phone been completely out of battery (it was very close). Having no pizza would have been rough because I was starving. My neighbor invited me over for pasta but I was dirty and smelly and there was no way I was stepping foot in their house.
So how good or bad would your experience be if you were put in my situation?


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February 7-11, 2011 Wish Week in Vista, CA
February 23, 2011 Check Presentation @ Moonlight 6:30PM
Start planning on what you want to do to for BIG Give! February is just a few months away!
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Dr. Kjeldsen
Dr. Kjeldsen (pronounced Kelson) has been serving Petaluma as a General Dentist since 1996, and has established a reputation as being professional, gentle and kind with high integrity, listening and having a genuine concern for his patients. He strives to make every visit a great experience.
Dr. Kjeldsen knew that he wanted to become a dentist when he was a young child. After studying biology at UC Davis and Sonoma State, he continued his education at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, where he became a Doctor of Dental Surgery. After graduating in 1995, he achieved his goal of starting a dental practice in Sonoma County, where he was raised. Through his strong work ethic and kind and caring personality, he has built up a thriving practice.
In 2010 Dr. Kjeldsen moved his office to a more central location in Petaluma, providing his patients with a brand new office and leading edge dental equipment. This enables him to use all of the newest and best techniques in order to provide the highest quality of dentistry to his patients. Dr. Kjeldsen frequently attends continuing education courses on all aspects of dentistry and enjoys learning about and mastering the latest dental techniques. Dr. Kjeldsen has a genuine concern for his patients and their dental health, makes it his goal to provide an excellent dental experience.
Dr. Kjeldsen lives in West Petaluma with his wife, Whitney, and their three sons. Dr. Kjeldsen loves spending time with his family and in his spare time, enjoys biking, hiking, playing basketball, reading, good food and traveling.
Member of:
University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, Alumni Association
American Dental Association
California Dental Association
Redwood Empire Dental Society
Trale Broudy, RDH:
Trale graduated from Santa Rosa Junior College's Dental Hygiene Program in 2010 and has been working for Dr. Kjeldsen since. His primary concern is always for the patient's health and he works hard to make sure that each patient receives optimal care. Trale is also an adjunct faculty instructor in the SRJC's dental programs and a board member of the Redwood Dental Hygienists' Society. As a former professional baker, Trale founded the Village Bakery in Sebastopol and now enjoys baking as a hobby. He lives in Sebastopol with his wife, two daughters and dog.
Lexi Hanson, Office Manager :
Lexi has been part of Dr. Kjeldsen's staff since early 2014 after returning to California from Washington, D.C., where her interest in politics led her to work in the government sector. As the Office Manager, she welcomes patients with a smile and helps make the office a place where patients feel comfortable, at ease, and cared for at each appointment. Born and raised in Northern California, she enjoys hiking, swimming, horseback riding, and spending time with family and friends.
Erica Park, Office Assistant :
Erica joined Dr. Kjeldsen's staff in October 2016. She has a background in youth ministry and caregiving. She is currently attending Sonoma State University to pursue a bachelor's degree in Psychology. She hopes to later attend graduate school in order to be a counselor. Outside of work she enjoys knitting, reading, hiking, continuing to serve in youth ministry, and spending time with family and friends.
Ysabella Esponda, Dental Assistant :
Ysabella became a member Dr. Kjeldsen's staff in November 2016. For the past four years, she has been working in the customer service industry. As the Dental Assistant, she enjoys listening to our patients and helping them feel comfortable and cared for. She assists Dr. Kjeldsen with all procedures and makes sure everything runs smoothly in the back office. When she's not working, she enjoys volunteering as a high school counselor and spending time with family.


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Decided: October 14, 1994.
NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,v.NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
On appeal from the Public Employment Relations Commission.
Before Judges J.h. Coleman, Villanueva and Wefing.
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This case involves a gender-hostile work environment claim of sexual harassment against a supervisor. The significant issue raised is whether arbitration, as part of a contractual disciplinary grievance procedure, is preempted by state law. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) held that arbitration contemplated by the collective negotiations agreement (CNA) is not preempted. We agree and affirm.
Plaintiff is the public employer of toll collectors and supervisors for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (Turnpike Authority). See N.J.S.A. 34:13A-3(c). Defendant New Jersey Turnpike Supervisors Association (Supervisors Association) is the collective negotiations representative for the toll supervisors within the meaning of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 34:13A-3(d). The incident involved in this appeal occurred January 13, 1992, when a female toll collector complained that she had been sexually harassed by her supervisor. When asked for details:
she asserted that while looking for a lost pass with her supervisor, she got down on her hands and knees to search the floor; her supervisor then made a humping motion with his groin and said "Hey, look, she's on her hands and knees to me" and "you have to have a sense of humor on the Turnpike in order to survive"; and she became traumatized, causing her to vomit and suffer severe muscle spasms.
On April 14, 1992, the Turnpike Authority conducted a hearing on the female employee's charge of sexual harassment. At that hearing both parties were allowed to present witnesses, but the
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supervisor was not allowed to cross-examine witnesses. At the Conclusion of the hearing, the Turnpike Authority found the supervisor had committed an act of sexual harassment and imposed a three-day suspension.
On July 21, 1992, the Supervisors Association filed a grievance on behalf of the supervisor, alleging a violation of the disciplinary procedures contained in the CNA. The Turnpike Authority responded by asserting it had not violated the CNA and that claim was "preempted by federal and state statutes and is not grievable." That response prompted the Supervisors Association to file with PERC a demand for binding arbitration. On September 21, 1992, the Turnpike Authority filed with PERC a scope of negotiations petition. PERC issued its decision in favor of the Supervisors Association on June 24, 1992.
The Turnpike Authority has appealed, contending essentially the manner in which a public employer seeks to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and the manner in which it seeks to enforce its sexual harassment policy in the workplace are preempted by New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. (LAD), and Executive Order No. 88. Executive Order No. 88 requires state employers to adopt policies to eradicate sexual harassment from the workplace.
The controlling CNA and the Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-3, inform our decision. Article XV of the CNA details the procedures for imposing discipline on employees who have violated the Turnpike Authority's rules and procedures. In cases of minor discipline, defined as a suspension for not more than five days, the aggrieved employee is entitled to a hearing, an appeal to the executive director, and, finally, binding arbitration. The agreement also stipulates a grievance procedure (Article XIV), which also permits an appeal to the executive director followed by binding arbitration. Another provision of interest in this ...
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As Producer, pre-production experience includes overseeing two successful crowdfunding campaigns; budgeting; casting; storyboarding; scouting locations; scheduling; overseeing Production Designer, Director of Photography, Script Supervisor, Props Master, Set Dresser, Costumer, Stylist, Special Effects Master, Stunt Coordinator, Craft Services.
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I'm currently working as a background actor, having appeared as a regular on Great News, as well as many other television series and a few feature films
I've created a one-hour primetime supernatural/mystery/action/coming-of-age/dramedy series titled Arcturo and a one-hour dramedy/mystery series Tomorrow Waits For No One. I self-produced the pilot episode, which premiered in 2009. We shot it for $800 (no, no missing zeros), mostly with people who'd never made a film. I love soap operas and have been hooked on them since I was a toddler.
I'm currently trying to get the treatment into the hands of Hollywood decision-makers. Tomorrow Waits For No One's gripping storylines, compelling mystery, dynamic characters, and absurdist comedy will appeal to a very broad audience.
Both shows would fit well in the lineup of networks such as The CW, TNT, or USA.
I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and am honestly thrilled to live in LA again, after a 27-year absence.
Name: Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi
Lives in: Los Angeles, California
Company: Santa Lorena Productions
Occupation: Producer, Screenwriter and Actor
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After I wrote my blog post earlier this evening, I went to meet Vicky, a lovely girl from Birmingham, England who I met on my last night at the Hostel de 7 Santi in Florence. We compared notes on our travel plans, and realized we would be in Rome at the same time, so we decided to have dinner together. We met at the Arch of Constantine, and then we took advantage of each other's photo taking abilities, since we've both been traveling alone and using our own arms, for the most part.
Here I am in front of something recognizable:
We left the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine behind and walked across the city, trying to find some evidence of the old Jewish ghetto and maybe some dinner. Along the way, we paused for this amazing vista of the Foro Romano:
We found the Ghetto, and had rather a charming dinner outside a small cafe. I ordered a pizza, but somehow it got lost in translation, and I ended up with a turkey sandwich. It's okay though, because the turkey sandwich was pretty tasty. Here we are after dinner:
And then we went for a walk around the Isola Tiburina, a little island in the middle of the Tiber. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite spots to visit in Rome at night (I was there the past two nights). Here's a view of the river, all full of lights:
All in all, an excellent evening with excellent company.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Sounds like a lovely evening, Sarah. How interesting the walk must have been. You are learning so much about a wonderful city.ReplyDelete
Did you tell Vicky that you have cousins in Birmingham?
I didn't know that I have cousins in Birmingham, actually. :)ReplyDelete
Four girls: Mary Jo, Margaret, Kathleen and Annette Cruise. Their mom Sarah is now deceased. She lived in Bayonne for awhile but returned to Ireland, married and moved to Birmingham with her husband. We used to see them in rathlee every summer.ReplyDelete
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Actually, I spent most of the morning reading The Hound of the Baskervilles and writing in my journal. When I did finally get out of bed, I put on my Bee Gees Greatest Hits album while making Banana Brown Sugar Pancakes. (Which came out quite nicely.) Some of my favorite Bee Gees songs came out in the later 70's - early 80's, when disco was just on the wane. Among the numbers I fondly recall dancing to with Rose during my early childhood are "Winds of Change," "Nights On Broadway," "Love You Inside Out," and "Spirits (Having Flown)."
Headed to work as soon as I finished breakfast, changed, and packed lunch. I was bagging today, and I was glad. It was too nice of a day to spend entirely indoors. I did get to round up carts for an hour, but they already had two other guys out doing the same thing, and they weren't eager to share duties. I spent the rest of the day doing returns (and was in the register for 20 minutes). There were no really major problems, and I was able to head out with no complaints.
It was such a lovely day, I rode home the long way down Nicholson Road. Though it was busy with Sunday traffic heading to the Shore, I still enjoyed the ride. The sky was a brilliant, hurts-your-eyes blue, the sun shown softly, and the wind was down to a gentle breeze. Once I got onto Manor Avenue, it was downright perfect. There were lots of people out and about - I dodged a ton of fellow bike riders, including a pack of kids on Nicholson and some pleasure riders near Audubon Park.
Spent the next few hours working on my story. Han and Leia have arrived at the Kingdom of the Clouds in the Bespin Mountains. It's an elegant, airy land of fine gingerbread mansions and lovely old cobblestone streets. Han's friend Lando Calrissian lives in the largest of the gingerbread Tudor estates on the end of the main road. He seems a bit antagonistic at first, but eventually welcomes them in. Leia, however, senses that all is not well under Cloud Village's glittering facade...and Cecil gets a similar idea when he accidentally runs into Imperial guards who knock him out and toss him in the dungeon.
Luke also senses the growing unease, even in Dagobah. He does end up leaving to help them. Yoda and the ghost of Sir Ben Kenobi are in despair...but as the ghost of Ben's former mentor reminds them, there is someone else who will defeat Vader...
I listened to the original cast album for My Favorite Year while making scrambled eggs with broccoli and mushrooms for dinner and Pineapple Muffins to take to work this week. This musical version of the 1982 comedy about a young writer who has to chaperon a drunk, once-beloved actor around New York before a big variety show is better in its comedy numbers than the dramatic ones, despite the presence of Tim Curry as the former swashbuckler. Andrea Martin also gets to have fun as the show's only female writer.


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Peter Tolan launches production firm
MUMBAI: Writer-producer Peter Tolan is soon launching a TV production company
For the last five years, Tolan has had close ties with Sony TV through FX's drama Rescue Me which was Sony TV had produced. He co-created the series with Denis Leary and serves as an executive producer. It is for this relation that the new unnamed company landed at Sony after talking to several studios.
Tolan started off with sitcoms like Murphy Brown and Home Improvement before moving into darker territory with comedies like The Larry Sanders Show -- for which he won a writing Emmy -- and The Job and darkly comic drama Rescue Me.
"After six to seven years shooting for Rescue Me in fire and smoke on the streets of New York, I'm looking to go back to a soundstage to do a multi-camera comedy series so I can relax a little bit," he said.
Tolan is already working on several comedy and drama ideas targeted for broadcast. He is also developing a drama earmarked for FX as a potential replacement for Rescue Me which is slated for a sixth and final season next year.


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Since Ethiopia is 9 hours ahead of us, we are praying we will know the outcome of the hearing this morning. We will post as soon as we hear anything!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Art Dump
So I know the title of this blog is DARAF's Daily Doodles, but I don't post here daily, nor are the post always doodles. I do however sketch, doodle and experiment with my art on a daily basis. Here are a bunch of the sketches (not all of them) and experimental art studies that I do on a daily basis. Some here are done in Mischief , some painted with my finger on my Samsung galaxy tablet (using the Sketchbook App) and others in ZBrush and rendered in Keyshot. The tiger was painted in the latest version of Corel Painter. There is also a Google Sketch up model that was blocked in quickly with the intention of drawing over the model. Thanks for stopping by, Enjoy !!!!
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If I think of my life, as what I really learned – I've learned few things.
You are here for a reason
First, I am aware, that I'm a human being…
I remember my brother studying at school. He didn't like to study, he received bad notes for his class-works. So one day, my father had to come to director's office and heard the question: " Who do you think your son would be? With such notes?"
And my father answered : " I know that my son is a human being. And I hope he'll be the best human being he can be."
After all, my brother found his passion in life, learned a lot about it, got what he wanted.
But I still can't forget my father's words and to me now, after all these years, my brother is the kindest human being I know. My confidence comes from knowing that there's something greater than myself. Not everything depends on me. You can not survive in this world by yourself just believing in yourself. You are not big enough to do it. I am not big enough to do it. Nobody's big enough to do it.
Do right
I am 31. But still sometimes, as I face some hard moments in my life and I think: What would my father do? What would he say? – I can almost hear his voice:
– Daughter, you know, what's right. Just do right.
Right may not be convenient. Right may not seem profitable. But it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection, that bodyguards can't give you. Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your work, try to be that in your home, do it, because it is right to do.
Know your purpose
Some people don't know their purpose. And if you don't know your purpose – your real job is to figure that out. It is your immediate goal. I believe, that everybody has a calling.
If I ask most of the people :
– What is your calling in life? – People would know. You would know.
You would know it- it would be a secret in your heart : " I know I should do this." Anybody , pretending to be anything, other than who you really are – you will never reach your personal potential. You can not do it.
No matter how beautiful you are – one day your eyes are going to bag and you are not going to be as beautiful. It doesn't matter how much botox or how many makeovers you do.
It doesn't last. It is just like the most beautiful flower in tree. Everything passes in its time.
It doesn't matter how much money you have, how much power you have- all that changes… But what is real, what is lasting is WHO YOU ARE and what you are meant to bring. What is the gift you are meant to give.
And nobody can take it away from you.


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This blog is no longer devoted exclusively to discussion of class bias in higher education although it is pervasive. But then, again, it is pervasive everywhere in the US. I've run out of gas on that. Not only that, I've lost some of my rile about my own law school. So I'm just winging it.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Law Suit
I really cannot. I have thankfully been out of the loop on virtually all of the details. This is a huge Law School and I doubt very seriously that one person's take would be accurate.
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- Anonymous said...
I wish you would shed some light on the litigation. Is is pretty harsh and damaging to the School, the students and faculty who are not involved. Is it really that bad.
- Jeffrey Harrison said...
I know nothing about the procedural aspects of Professor Russell-Brown's departure. I do think it will be revealed that some of the more sensational aspects of the complaint are misleading. For example, it appears that the shoving and snubbing incidents, if they occurred at all, involved African American faculty. In addition, it is not my recollection that Pat Shannon made the statement that the School was not ready for and African American Dean. At the most basic level I think that statement itself is false and I believe that the identity of the actual person who said it, if it was said, will deflate any sentiment that it was motivated by racial animous.


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EURUSD 4H, potential BAT pattern
FX:EURUSD Euro / U.S. Dollar
Potential Bat pattern . The price has broken below the support level of the channel at 1.08120. Also there is an AB=CD pattern completion, expecting a retracement to the previous support level first. For those who trade AB=CD pattern, here is an opportunity to go long as well. Or wait for the Bat pattern
Bearish Bat got filled, Trade active, TP1 at fib 0,382 and trailing TP2 with an extended target.
Extra confirmation: Hidden divergent (bearish trend continuation) & RSI oversold
At 1H chart, there is a potential Bearish Bat pattern. The D point completion is at the previous structure, which it gives us a confirmation for a good short opportunity.


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O.K. what is up with the 8 ball? It seems that the powers that be really want your attention focused on this in an innocent way such as a toy or a game or comic book or cartoon.
In Gravity Falls, 8 Ball is an interdimensional demon who shows up in Weirdmaggedon . Santa(satan) and the eight ball kind of speaks for itself.
8 ball is a Marvel comic character. Then there is the game of pool with the 8 ball being important and racked up in a triangle. I grew up with the magic 8 ball toy. It has a floating triangle that answers your questions. You don't want to be behind the 8 ball. That means you are in a bad spot.
In the Syfy show Dominion, the lower angels are called dogs of heaven or 8 balls. They are lower angels that posses humans and those possessed by them are called 8 balls. They are foot soldiers for the other angels.
8-ball (zucchini), a variety of summer squash. "Eight-ball", nickname for a 40-ounce bottle of Olde English 800, a brand of malt liquor. Eight-ball, street slang for one-eighth ounce of powdered cocaine, amphetamine, or other illegal drug. A bloody mary made with V8 juice instead of tomato juice.
As far as Gematia goes, magic ball =33 I did the numbers on eight of the twenty phrases a 8 ball gives and got :
- It is certain. = 55
- It is decidedly so.= 72
- Without a doubt.= 53
- Yes, definitely. = 59
- You may rely on it. = 74
- As I see it, yes.= 46
- Most likely.= 42
- Outlook good = 51
Origin[edit]An 8-ball was used as a fortune-telling device in the 1940 Three Stooges short, You Nazty Spy, and called a "magic ball". While Magic 8 Ball didn't exist in its current form until 1950, the functional component was invented by Albert C. Carter, inspired by a spirit writing device used by his mother, Mary, a Cincinnati clairvoyant. per wikipedia
"Eight" beckons us to transcend the constrictions of time and space, to see through a world that disguises G-dliness and threatens to engulf our souls in materiality. "Eight" calls us to see miracles in the order of nature, in confusing events of our individual and collective lives, in the hidden pathways of Divine Providence that guide us.
"Eight" can rouse us from our collective slumber. By reminding us of the time when G-d did indeed overtly "interfere" with and "alter" the "natural" course of history, it quickens our anticipation of the revelation of G-d's salvation that we await in our time.
Maybe this gives us some insight into what tptb see in the number 8. They seem to be worshipping a G-d but not the same one that I am.


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June 1, 2013
Preparing for the summer in the desert
It's June 1st and the desert heat is starting to come on strong. It will stay brutally hot until the end of September, which is when the winter tourists will start to return. That means four months of very extreme temperatures. And really, it's the best time to have a cool-looking oasis in your backyard. In order to do this, this is what you need to do.
Provide shade wherever possible. I bought this house with a garden in mind, so the back yard faces the east. After noon the house shades the backyard completely. There is also a nice big tree in the southern part of the yard, which provides a fair amount of shade even earlier than noon. The shadow doesn't quite extend to the northern edge of the yard, so I have put up a umbrella shade over the outdoor table.
Avoid the garden in the middle of the day. There's an old saying that "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun" so the best way to enjoy a garden in the desert is in the early morning and evening. Twilight is the best here, and the evenings, while warm, are still great if you're a "desert rat" like me. That's why I have the Malibu lights. Ah, there's nothing like the reflection of Malibu lights off of a glass of Stella!
Make sure your automatic watering system is working properly. I did a fair amount of maintenance on my automatic watering system last month, as I don't want to get caught with a problem in the middle of the afternoon in August. If you're thinking that you can water everything with a hose, you're gonna have a bad time. Sorry, it can't be done. By the way, that's artificial turf that Macintosh, the good little wiener dog, is standing on. Don't even think about taking care of real grass when it's over 100 degrees. I had my artificial turf installed seven years ago and it still looks great. Yes, it's perforated so that she can do her "business" on it, and the water goes right through.
Your annual flowers will start to die now, so it's time to clean them up. Remember that the seasons are kind'a backwards here if you're from the east. "Summer annuals" are planted in winter here. If you're tempted to plant annuals now, wait until September.
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