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So "skilled labor" is a pretty firm part of my fluctuating list of research interests now, and I've been collecting a bunch of research resources - mostly data - that I'd like to use one day for some work on it. Some is on the high skill labor market, some on innovation in general (patents, R&D spending, etc.)
1. SESTAT is a collection of datasets maintained by the National Science Foundation, and I believe the surveys themselves are done by Mathematica. SESTAT focuses on college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM). The most interesting dataset in SESTAT to me is the survey of recent college graduates. This survey has detailed employment information on recent STEM graduates - including job search variables and information on how much they use what they learned in school on the job. I could think of some great "human capital utilization" variables that could be constructed from this that would be comparable to the "capital utilization" data collected on manufacturing plants by the federal reserve banks. There is also a survey of all college graduates that surveys a sample drawn from the decennial census. The advantage of this data is that it provides a cross section of the skilled laborforce. The disadvantage is that since these aren't recent graduates it doesn't give a good picture of recent changes to skilled labor supply, or what to expect in the future.
2. NSF provides lots of other data as well - the most interesting to me being a long time-series on R&D funding by source. It would be interesting to track how federal vs. state R&D funding has changed over time, and where they've been spending it.
3. Just yesterday I discovered the National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER's) Science and Engineering Workforce Project. It's just a general forum and resource for relevant research - the usual suspects are here: George Borjas, Richard Freeman, etc. It also has a link to an intriguing project called the "Nanobank". This is how the Nanobank describes it's work:
This project uses econometric methods to estimate the impact of nanoscale science and technology (nano S&T) research, and associated interdisciplinary research, directly on firms' entry and success and hence on U.S. economic growth, standard of living, and competitiveness. The research team also performs scientometric and institutional analyses of diffusion and networks in nano S&T and converging fields, and the reciprocal effects of institutions on nano S&T and of academic scientists' involvement in commercialization on their scientific productivity and teaching.
It also has some beta test data available for download on patents, patent citations, NSF grants, and NIH grants. I assume it is all nano-specific patents and grants here. The patent data interest me most. Another NBER source for patent data is Hall, Jaffe, and Tratjenberg's (2001) file. It looks like these patents are from 1963 to 1999 - roughly 3 million of them, with data on 16 million citations. I get the impression these are only specific industries, though - much like the nano-data. That's not a major constraint for me with the "innovation diffusion" modeling I have in mind, but if you need more than that you can always go to the Patent Office website. It's REALLY obnoxious to get data from here - you have to do it a page at a time so extracting millions of patents right from the website is not an option - but you do have access to information on every single patent ever issued since the beginning of the republic... that's pretty freaking cool.
4. The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), produced by the National Center for Education Statistics in the Department of Education has detailed graduate data for every postsecondary institution in the country - including graduations by field, race, and gender. It also has lots of finance information at the school level, although unfortunately not at the degree program level (i.e. - you can track federal grants going to the school, but not federal grants going to the school's physics department). I used this data in a report by Hal Salzman on the STEM workforce , but I think there is a LOT more that could have been done with it. I still need to read the final product, but I think I would take issue with some of the intepretations that Hal applied (more related to the labor demand side of the skilled labor market, which I didn't not help him with or even read yet - rather than the labor supply side which I'm more familiar with).
More resources to come, potentially... maybe I should put up some international resources for potential research on comparing the U.S. to other countries.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Interesting Science, Technology, and Innovation Research Resources
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Hey everyone! So I'm here for another week of In My Mailbox. (Which, just as a side note, is an ironic title in my case because unlike the Story Siren, I don't fifteen to twenty books in the mail every week. I can barely afford the three books I get from Amazon every month.) But speaking of three books from Amazon! That's what I got this week!
*clicketh to enbiggify*
First up!
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer - The Artemis Fowl series racks right up there with Ranger's Apprentice (John Flanagan) and Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling). So I say, "I'm so excited to read this book" while stocking my freezer with Ben & Jerry's cartons because I love the books but for that reason, I don't want the series to end. :(
Fever by Lauren DeStefano - Lauren DeStefano probably thinks I'm a total creeper because I "heart" almost all her pictures on Instagram. Ms. DeStefano, I am not a creeper! I just like pics of cats! I am really excited to have the second book in your Chemical Garden trilogy -- thus proving, essentially, that I am not a freak.
Non-blog related item: Writer's Guide to Character Traits (second edition) by Linda N. Edelstein, PH.D - This book is awesome. I am a writer, after all. And it has bulleted lists! This makes it awesome! Lists make the world go round; it's what separates us from the animals!
On my kindle: The Shadow Cats (novella) by Rae Carson - Best three and a half bucks I've ever spent in the Kindle Store. I loved Ms. Carson's book, The Girl of Fire and Thorns so a novella set in the same world!? Gimme that!
All these (with the exception of my non-blog related item) are listed on my to-read list for August, so look out for these reviews next month!
Oh, but don't go yet. I have one more thing. I saved the best for last. Some of my twitter pals and instagramians may have already seen this but Ms. Robin LaFevers, author of Grave Mercy, sent me my prize for one of her giveaways. I got a Grave Mercy tee shirt! My first book-related non-book prize ever! As I related to Racquel @ The Book Barbies on Twitter, "If I had a glass case, this would be under it."
So that's my awesome week in books! I hope yours was equally awesome, so link up! :)
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Since "self-referential means" referring to itself, a self-referential data structure is something that contains a reference to an object of the same type as itself.
To be more specific, a self-referential structure is a class, one of whose fields is a reference to a (different) copy of the same class.
A specific example of a self-referential class is the class that describes an element of a list. An element of a list not only has a value, but also should contain information about where it is in that list. This could be done by storing the index number of that element (is it the first, second, third,... element in the list?) as well as its value, but this proves to be less effective than having a data structure which "tells" each element what its predecessor in the list is, and what its successor in the list is. Here is some (Pascal) code which would define such a structure:
TListElement = class Record
Val: Integer;
Prior: TListElement;
Next: TListElement;
Note that there are fields inside the TLIstElement class which are of type TListElement - that is why this is a self-referential data structure.
A list consisting of a single value \(10\) would be contained in a single variable \(a\) of type TListElement with
a.Val := 10; a.Prior := null; a.Next := null;
A list consisting of the number \(23\) followed by the number \(25\) would be contained in two variables \(a,b\) of type TListElement with
a.Val := 23; a.Prior := null; a.Next := b; b.Val := 25; b.Prior := a; b.Next := null;
and an element z of value \(25\) can be inserted between successive elements x and y in a list by defining:
z.Val := 25; z.Prior := x; z.Next := y; x.Next := z; y.Prior := z;
This structure enables you to find things like "the value of the term in the list three places earlier than the element with the variable name a" as
Of course, if the element a is the first, second or third element of the list, then this code will throw an exception, dealing with that sort of problem is what programming is about!
The first element in the list is the single element of the list whose "Prior" field is null. The last element in the list is the single element whose "Next" field is null.


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Saturdays at the Atelier we have a model come in and hold the same pose for five hours, for five weeks in a row. Gruelling for a model, and the rest of us work reasonably hard too, trying to push our drawings as far as we can, or to churn out a painting from life. I finished my first full five week pose just before Christmas, under the attentive guidance of Ryan.
Having done quick pencil sketches of several poses, and the group having selected the loveliest of these poses for the long haul, I was putting paintbrush directly to canvas, sketching out a raw umber underpainting of Allanah, complete with contour lines. She already had something of a presence about her.
The second week I busted out my colours, and Ryan insisted it was time I sampled the intoxicating delight of using lead white. We mixed a simple palette of white, yellow ochre, alizarin crimson and French ultramarine to get the rich colours of skin under a yellow spotlight. The blue took the place of black, so our shadows were a heavy purple, while skin in the full light was an orange only neutralised by white. We mixed a small range of tones and I blocked in the rough colours, thinking of light and shadow zones, tanned and untanned skin, and the relations of each tone to the others in the context of the painting and under a yellow light.
The third week we talked planes, half-tones and knees, and began carefully modelling the form over anatomical structures. The light was shining from a particular angle, hitting certain upward-facing planes with the fullest light–such as Allanah's right thigh. We made decisions about how far away other planes turned from the light, and how much they were foreshortened as they wrapped around the form, and set off tones against each other to convey this. Then I went to Sydney, and skipped a week, occupying myself thus.
The final week saw more careful modelling, many discussions about twisting clavicles and how they fit on the shoulder, lightening of half-tones that had gotten carried away, and softening of sharp turns. I finished in time for the customary end-of-five-week-pose party, and cracked open a much-needed beer while Allanah knocked back a well-deserved wine.


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USD/JPY Forecast: Bears in control after Head and Shoulders breakdown
The US dollar was offered across the board on Friday after the US data missed already low expectations - CPI, Retails Sales, IP and Consumer Confidence all printed weak. The Washington tax reform delay isn't helping matters either.
The Dollar-Yen pair fell to a low of 112.25 on Friday before witnessing a moderate technical recovery this Monday morning in Asia. The spot was last seen trading around 112.60. Upbeat China data released earlier today may lift European stock markets and keep Yen under pressure, although upticks in USD/JPY could be met with fresh offers, courtesy of the falling inflation expectations in the US.
112.89 (head and shoulders neckline - now acting as resistance)
113.10-113.00 (5-DMA + sliding trend line hurdle on the 1-hour chart)
113.58 (right shoulder high)
113.69 (July 5 high)
112.32 (38.2% Fib R of 108.80-114.49)
111.67 (4-hour 200-MA) - 111.65 (50% Fib R of 108.80-114.49 + 100-DMA)
111.14 (June 26 low)
111.00 (zero levels)
1-hour chart
Head and Shoulders breakdown
Bearish 100-MA & 200-MA crossover
Head and shoulders breakdown has opened doors for 111.29 (target as per measured height method). The 1-hour RSI's recovery from the oversold territory is falling apart near 50.00 levels. Meanwhile, the 4-hour RSI is yet to hit the oversold territory, thus suggesting room for further losses in the pair. The downward sloping 1-hour 50-MA (currently at 113.00) is likely to cap gains in the pair. Failure to hold Asian session gains followed by a break below 112.32 could yield another leg lower to 111.65 levels.
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Whatever the case may be, there are a couple of things you can do to reach a compromise. First, make sure the two of you review bank statements and cash flow together every week, so that you're both aware of how much money is coming in, how much is going out and where money is being spent. From there, discuss the family budget and determine how much of your income should go toward food. In his most recent book The Total Money Makeover, personal finance expert Dave Ramsey recommends spending five to 15 percent of your budget on food. You might consider using this recommendation as a benchmark for starting your discussion.
Since healthy eating is obviously important to your wife though, and saving money seems important to you, the two of you are going to have to find some middle ground. You could work on creating other ways to obtain organic foods without overspending, like gardening or seeking out local organic farmers who charge less than Trader Joe's. You could also try to identify certain foods that your wife would be willing to purchase that are un-organic. And finally, I'd recommend keeping things in perspective. After all, in the grand scheme of things, is $40 per week worth arguing over?
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She's 17. It's Saturday. I'm flying around the house stripping beds, unloading the dishwasher, dragging out the weeklong pile of recycling, folding a load, feeding the dog, and telling him he'll get his walk later. I'll be ready to run errands shortly. Will she be ready to go in a half hour? She wants to hang out with me and talk.
I sit down on her bed, and rest my chin on a pile of sweet folded laundry. She's holding a copy of The Grapes of Wrath and begins to talk. "The kids laughed at the last page mom." "Yesterday in class we talked about the ending and they thought it was gross."
"Mom, I think it's beautiful." "Can't they think about the deeper meaning?" She began reading beautiful passages of the book. I hadn't read it in years and was quickly drawn in and remembered how the younger me also fell in love with the rawness and the beauty of the language. "It's been years since I read this Maggie. You make me want to read it again," I responded. We sat and talked, holding the best book discussion I'd had in years and I realized yet again how much I will miss her when she leaves for college next year.
I watched her as she talked, listening to her thoughts but deep within my own. My eyes wandered to the stack of journals on her nightstand, many of which I'd purchased for her….Carpe Diem….We are Music -Makers and We are the Dreamers of Dreams, The Happy Book, 642 Things to Write About, Say Things to the World that are True, and a few marbled compositions notebooks. "Mumford and Sons" floated in the room. The field hockey photos, the banjo and guitars, hanging on the walls. I turned my head into the soft clean laundry so she wouldn't see the tears. Some people call their husbands their soul mate. This beautiful daughter of mine is just that. My soul mate.
This is what Saturday is really about. I've slowed myself down. I notice the sun on the crusty March snow outside. Maybe the two of us will take the dog for a walk and continue our talk.


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Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Dark Side Of The Moon..
Hey guys! I hope you're all having a good week! In my last post I mentioned I got a new camera and as promised I said I'd start making more outfit posts! It feels so good to blog properly with my own camera, before I was borrowing my sisters and it just didn't feel right but now I have my own I will definatly be doing post like this more often!
Moving on.. I'm not going to lie, going out and taking these pictures was torture, I cant even begin to describe how cold it was, me and my friend Holly were freezing our butts off, however I am actually pretty pleased with the outcome of these pictures!
I hope you like my outfit, I got this new duster from gypsy warrior and its seriously my new baby! definitely a peice im going to wear a lot in the summer, I love the dark florals, I feel like a grunge princess in this!
From top to bottom...
Beacon Floral Duster - Gypsy Warrior
Velvet Crop Tee - American Apparel
Vinyl Skirt - Topshop
Dr Martens Agyness Deyn Aggy 1490 Black Boots
Black Beanie - Topshop
Round Sunglasses - Ebay
Fishnet Tights - Primark
Silver Stone Rings - Gift
Pentacle Ring - Ebay
Amy xoxo
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Christmas Favourites Haul..
|Bloom Dress (Dropdead)
|Wiredo Tank (Killstar)
|Silver Star Headdress (Beauxoxo)
|Silver Stone Rings
|Amethyst Necklace
|Cannon 500D
I just wanted to show you some of the things I got and I hope you all got everything you wanted and had an awesome Christmas!
Ill be doing some outfit posts soon with my new camera!
Amy xoxo
Friday, 14 November 2014
As above, so below.
Hello my lovely's ^-^
The weather was actually not bad today to I finally had a chance to get some pictures of this lovely dress I got from MotelRocks! this dress is like beyond perfect, as you can tell by my tattoos I love sun and moon print and the baby-doll style of this dress just makes it so cute and a little grungy I think.
I thought I'd pair it with this new hat I got from Matalan for only £8! I literally wear it everywhere now, however I have a small head so I have to keep hold of it sometimes when I'm outside otherwise it might blow away! :o
I hope you all like my outfit anyway!
From top to bottom..
Fadora hat - Matalan
Black round sun glasses - Ebay
Sun and Moon baby doll dress - Motelrocks
Fishnet tights - Primark
Buckle boots - Aliexpress
Amy xoxo
Sunday, 2 November 2014
Seven Wonders
Hello there, its been a while...
I thought I'd show you guys what I wore on Halloween, this outfit was inspired by the witches from American Horror Story Coven, I LOVE that season of AHS, all there outfits are so on point.
Me and my friend Holly went to this spooky graveyard to shoot these pictures, it was the perfect time of year to shoot there because all the leaves had fallen and it just looked beautiful.
Funny story about my outfit actually, I brought a velvet bodysuit to go underneath the dress and I thought I'd get a size 6 because I'm very small chested and I didn't want it to be to baggy on me, but when it finally got delivered it was so fucking small on me I'm surprised I even got it on. luckily I was able to send it back but when I looked for a bigger size they only had a 10 left, but at the time I was pretty certain it would fit considering how small the size 6 was on me... I was wrong.. The size 10 was still way to small even though I'm usually a size 8, but it was the day before Halloween and I didn't have time to look for something else so I manged to quickly ulter it. Even though I wasnt as comfortable as I wanted it to be I was still happy with the outcome of it all :3!
I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween, only 362 days left until next Halloween :o!
From top to bottom..
Fedora hat - Primark
Round sun glasses - Ebay
Mesh baby doll dress - Prettylittlethings
Velvet body suit -Prettlittlethings
Sun and moon scarf - Thrift store
Distressed tights - Topshop
Chunky buckle boots - Aliexpress
Amy xoxo
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Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Follow Me Down.
Hey guys! I thought I'd show you another piece I got from the vintage fair I went to a few days ago. This tartan skirt is now my favorite item in my wardrobe and it was only £12!
I do have one similar but unfortunately its way to long and looks more like a kilt that a skirt, because I'm so small I always prefer my skirts to be short so it makes my legs look longer ^-^
To punk it up a bit I thought I'd wear this with my leather jacket I got from Nasty Gal and my Aggy strap boots, I'd probably even wear fish net tights instead of plain black ones if i was feeling adventurous.
From top to bottom..
Velvet bow clip - American Apparel
Leather jacket - Nasty Gal
Black velvet crop tee - American Apparel
Satchel - Primark
Tartan pleated skirt - Vintage fair
Black tights - Primark
Aggy strap boots - Aliexpress
Hope you like me look ^-^
Amy xoxo
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Bad Habits...
So I went to a vintage fair today with my mum and sister and brought some really nice vintage pieces, including this jumper which was £10! Bargain!
I thought I'd wear it with some high waisted shorts which I got from Primark in the sale for only £1.00! So now I have the choice to tuck it in or not, I cant decided which way is best though..I was mostly drawn to this jumper because the colors go quite well with my hair, its also hand knitted and very thin so I could still wear it in the summer hopefully <3
From top to bottom ..
Glasses - Ebay
Jumper - Vintage fair
Disco shorts - Primark
Tights - Primark
Aggy strap boots - Aliexpress
Hope you like my look ❤
Amy xoxo


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An early morning stroll through the gardens in mid-July is a delight for all the senses. The melodies of songbirds fill the air at dawn's early light. Tiny droplets of dew cling to spider webs highlighting their intricate patterns.
An early morning stroll through the gardens in mid-July is a delight for all the senses. The melodies of songbirds fill the air at dawn's early light. Tiny droplets of dew cling to spider webs highlighting their intricate patterns. As the sun rises above the trees, its slanted rays electrify their delicate silky strands, the dewdrops sparkling like tiny jewels. The sweet scents of tall phlox, Echinacea, and heliotrope fill the air as hummingbirds zip through the garden, hovering briefly at beebalm and fuchsias while graceful butterflies float among the flowers. A highlight of the day was the sighting of a Monarch butterfly, the first I have seen in my garden during the past two years.
Unfortunately, it became quickly apparent that deer had visited overnight as dozens of hostas were devastated, with only a few leaf stalks left behind. Despite my best intentions to renew repellents, planting and weeding took priority in recent weeks. Applications of Milorganite (an organic fertilizer and deer repellent) in early spring seemed to deter the voracious creatures, but should have been spread again, especially in the wake of Hurricane Arthur's bountiful rainfall. Hopefully, my quick response to broadcast more of the rather odiferous granules will limit future invasions but additional measures including spraying liquid deer repellents may be required to ensure protection.
Weeds and misplaced wildflowers seem to thrive no matter what Mother Nature offers in the way of heat and moisture. Our recent rainfall generated a remarkable resurgence in weedy intruders, just as many of my borders were beginning to appear fairly neat and tidy. Lurking in our gardens, weeds deprive our desirable plants of precious moisture and nutrients, eventually producing plentiful quantities of seed. Some are sneaky, their foliage similar in appearance to our desirable plants. Others are brazen right from the start, growing by leaps and bounds and crowding out the good guys.
Chemicals are not my preferred means of weed prevention but sometimes even the most dedicated gardener must resort to drastic measures to break the cycle. Some weeds are easily extricated with a simple tug, but others are more persistent with taproots or underground runners. For these intruders, the careful application of an herbicide like Roundup to the leaf surface of the unwanted guests may be the only solution, but keep in mind that these chemicals are nonselective and cannot recognize a weed from your desirable plants. In tight spaces or in instances where the weed has infiltrated an established clump, apply the herbicide with a small sponge brush or paint brush. Multiple applications may be necessary for persistent weeds.
Once the gardens have been weeded, application of a weed preventative chemical like Preen (there is a new organic version) will minimize the emergence of weeds from seeds but does not prevent intruders that spread by runners. Often the best approach to a relatively weed-free garden is to pull existing weeds, apply an herbicide to the most difficult invaders, broadcast a weed preventative, and then apply a layer of mulch.
The routine practice of 'deadheading' to eliminate spent flowers and seedpods is essential for creating a tidy, ever-blooming garden. Shriveled blooms and dead flower stalks are usually unsightly, spoiling the appearance of plants that are still in bloom. Perhaps an even more important reason to deadhead is to prevent the formation of seedpods. Annuals, in particular, keep bearing flowers in a never-ending effort to produce seeds for the following year. If these plants are allowed to produce numerous seedpods, they tend to bloom less or may even cease to bloom. Continuous deadheading of daisies, zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, petunias, verbena, salvia, snapdragons, dianthus, and dahlias encourages these plants to keep bearing flowers.
While many perennials have a limited bloom span, deadheading Echinacea, Gaillardia, Coreopsis, Heliopsis, Veronica, and tall phlox will promote continuous bloom. Drastic shearing of threadleaf coreopsis, catmints, and perennial salvias in mid-summer rejuvenates these plants and initiates a new wave of blossoms. Removal of the spent stalks and supplemental watering of reblooming daylilies like Stella de Oro and Happy Returns will encourage new flower scapes to form.
A tarp full of weeds and deadheads at the end of the day provides every gardener with a tremendous sense of accomplishment and inspires us to repeat the process all summer long. Be sure to take a step back and admire your efforts!
Suzanne Mahler is an avid gardener, photographer and lecturer who has been developing the 1.5-acre property surrounding her home in Hanover for more than 30 years. Her weekly gardening column 'Green Thumbs Up' has appeared in GateHouse Media New England newspapers for more than a decade. She is a member of a local garden club, past president of the New England Daylily Society, an overseer for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and employed at a garden center.


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Dont know if you guys realize but there's only 53 days left after today. In the words of GPA Crews "HOOOOOLYYYYY COOOOOOW"
Gift L: We didint really have a guess for this one, but we did receive milk storage bags, breast pads, breast cream, onesies and socks.
Clue M: Making baby smell so clean and look more cute than anything you've ever seen.
-Our guess is bath supplies.


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By Whitney
Happy Monday everyone and happy Saks' Friends and Family. 25% off of everything with code FRNFAM through next Monday April 28th(!!). There's a ton of great stuff for spring out there but I always use this F&F to take a peek at my favorite shoes, Ferragamos. I'm not saying these are great deals, but for shoes that I wear for almost every occasion (work, holidays, weddings) it's always nice to get at least a little something off!!! Not every pair is eligible for F&F but the below are (and see the rest here).
My Muse Flats (in black or pink) – $281 (were $375)
Pakuna T Strap Wedge Sandals ($$$ but so gorgeous!) – $506 (were $675)
Pola Patent Pump (these are a classic in the nude or the black. Get them rubber soled and wear them for ten years like I have with the closed pump version) – $431 ( were $575)
Varina Bow Flat (the all time classic) – $338 (were $450)


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MARY AND PETER SCHIVARELLI, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES,v.THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Aaron Jaffe, Judge Presiding.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Justice Quinn
In March 1983, plaintiffs, Mary and Peter Schivarelli, entered into a lease agreement with defendant, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), to lease the unused space under the Fullerton El stop in Chicago. Under the agreement, plaintiffs agreed to construct and operate a hot dog stand, Demon Dogs, at the site. In 1997, the CTA discovered that it had mistakenly been paying the utility expenses for Demon Dogs with its own utility bills for the Fullerton station. The CTA sent plaintiffs a notice of default for the accrued utility costs, and in response, plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory judgment as to who was obligated to pay the utilities. In June 2002, following a bench trial, the trial court ruled in favor of plaintiffs by finding that the CTA was responsible for paying the utilities at plaintiffs' hot dog stand. The court reformed the written lease to reflect this obligation.
[9] The CTA appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in reforming the lease agreement when (1) the alleged modification of the lease agreement was oral and not intended to be reduced to writing, (2) the CTA did not agree to this oral modification, and (3) plaintiffs' evidence did not support a finding by clear and convincing evidence. We reverse and remand.*fn1
In the early 1980s, Peter Schivarelli approached Merritt Kotin, head of the CTA's real estate department, to inquire about leasing the unused space underneath the elevated tracks across from the Fullerton Avenue station, at 940-44 W. Fullerton Avenue. On March 1, 1983, Schivarelli and Kotin executed a lease agreement for the property, which had been drafted by Kotin. The lease contained preprinted form lease provisions as well as typewritten additions.
Under the written lease agreement, the rent was set at $325 per month, fixed for a five-year term, with annual escalations of, at most, 25% of the rate of inflation. This monthly rent was set below market rates. The March 1983 lease also contained an investment guarantee for plaintiffs' financial investment. Plaintiffs agreed to construct and operate a freestanding hot dog stand on the property. The CTA agreed to reimburse plaintiffs for the costs of construction in the event the lease was terminated for any reason. The amount of the CTA's obligation was set by amortizing the initial construction cost of $152,513 by straight-line depreciation over 20 years. As written, the lease compelled the CTA to purchase the hot dog stand at the end of its 10-year term for approximately $76,250.
The March 1983 lease provided plaintiffs with one option to renew the lease for an additional five-year term, to begin March 1, 1988. Rent was to be set by an appraiser at the end of the first five-year term. The lease directed the appraiser to consider the value of plaintiffs' unamortized investment in the hot dog stand when setting the rent for the second term.
Section 3 of the March 1983 lease provided for the payment of utilities. Section 3(a) of the lease stated that "Lessee shall pay, as additional rent, all water rents and gas, light, power and other bills and charges." This section also provided that if the utilities were not billed separately then the lessee shall pay an equitable part as determined by the Chicago Transit Authority Board.
The lease also contained sections that were lined out. One of these was section 11. Section 11 contained a preprinted sentence that said: "Lessor shall be under no obligation as to heating, lighting or furnishing power to said premises."
In February 1983, Kotin presented the lease to the Chicago Transit Authority Board (the Board), who approved the lease by a majority vote. During his trial testimony, Kotin said that every agreement between the CTA and an outside party needed to be presented and approved by the Board in order to be final and legally binding. To aid in his presentation, Kotin prepared a lease summary for the Board outlining the terms of the lease. Kotin's summary did not mention the payment of utility expenses.
In August 1985, the parties entered into an amended lease agreement. On its face, the amended lease "cancels and supercedes all leases previously issued for this location." The amended lease contained the same provisions with respect to utilities as the March 1983 lease. The lease gave plaintiffs additional five-year options to renew the lease. Under the amended lease, the rent for 1983 to 1988 was set at $325, for 1988 to 1993 at $425, for 1993 to 1998 at $525, and for 1998 to 2003 at $625. The CTA continued to guarantee plaintiffs' investment, and the amended lease now provided that the CTA buy the building for the unamortized original cost using straight-line depreciation for a 20-year term.
The amended lease was reviewed by the CTA's appraisers, James O. Hamilton & Co. The appraisers concluded that the proposed lease was equitable and in the CTA's best interests. According to the appraisal report, the rent charged under the March 1983 lease was set below fair market value due to a number of factors, one of which was that plaintiffs had "constructed a glass foyer and [they allow] CTA patrons to use this foyer as well as the front (south) portion of the restaurant. This is a valuable rider service in inclement weather."
Again, Kotin presented the amended lease to the Board for approval. On its face, the amended lease stated that plaintiffs were responsible for utilities, and Kotin's lease summary to the Board did not contradict the lease as to who was responsible for payment of the utilities. The Board approved the amended lease.
In 1988, plaintiffs exercised their first option to renew for a second five-year term, and they did so again in 1993. At that time, CTA did not consider plaintiffs in default under the lease for failure to pay utilities.
During 1996 and 1997, Peter Schivarelli negotiated with the CTA for a further extension of the lease agreement that would allow plaintiffs to remain at the property beyond the final expiration in March 2003. A final proposed lease agreement was circulated in October 1997. While in negotiations, the topic of utilities was discussed. An early draft of the proposed lease repeated the earlier lease agreements that plaintiffs pay the utilities. Plaintiffs' attorney edited the draft to change responsibility from "lessee" to "lessor." Upon noticing this edit, counsel for the CTA contacted plaintiffs' attorney to inquire about the change. At that point, plaintiffs' attorney "dropped the whole idea" and returned a draft that made plaintiffs responsible for utility payments.
Peter Schivarelli signed the final copy of the proposed lease agreement, but the CTA never executed it. Plaintiffs contended at trial that an ordinance passed by the Board in December 1995 authorized the chairman of the CTA to execute two additional options to renew and bound both parties to the final draft of the proposed lease agreement.
In late 1997, the CTA discovered that it had inadvertently been paying all of the utilities for plaintiffs' business. The CTA's maintenance department was responsible for receiving, reviewing, and paying utility bills. From the time of construction of Demon Dogs in 1983 until late 1997, the utility bills were sent to the CTA maintenance department and paid in the normal course of business. When CTA senior management learned of the error, it began an investigation. It was revealed that the written leases with plaintiffs obligated plaintiffs to pay for the utilities. In December 1997, the CTA sent plaintiffs a letter requesting that plaintiffs provide the CTA with evidence of payment of the utilities. Plaintiffs' response ...
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Cause you hit like a what? A GIRL!
Thanks to some suggestions we got from Srah's blog while she was in Chile, we decided to buy a new movie in addition to our purchase of Shanghai Noon. Aren't you so happy that you're coming home now?
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Book Binge
Um. 750 pages in the last 2 or 3 days. I've had a hard time pulling myself out of the clouds and areal dragon battles enough to write blogs. I'm a new Naomi Novik fan.
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When creating BSD shell scripts, you are limited to the input and output of the applications being scripted. Complex applications are often impossible to control because of their inability to process standard input. AppleScript works at an entirely different level—within the applications themselves.
To be controlled by AppleScript, an application must implement a scripting dictionary. A scripting dictionary is a collection of commands and functions that can be invoked through AppleScript. Each application determines the features that it makes available for scripting. The result of this approach is that applications can make their most useful functions available through a script, making it possible to create far more complex scripts.


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I was in grade school when a radical concept occurred to me. I can't remember exactly how old I was--old enough to be walking the three short blocks home unchaperoned. It was one of those halcyon childhood afternoons--blue sky, warm sun. The additional boon of an earlier rain had left residual puddles, and I was dragging my feet through, stomping, dallying, thinking whatever I was thinking, and very much the center of my own universe when I had an idea that stopped me dead.
Perhaps if I were not in fact me but some other little girl splashing around in a puddle, I might not be thinking this very thought. Perhaps I would be thinking something else entirely. This thinking thing that was happening inside of me--it might just be happening in other people, too.
Maybe other people were the centers of their own universes just like I was.
It was so unsettling a thought, so radical, that I wasn't certain it could be true. Being me was a full time job. Literally every hour of the day was devoted to it; it required all my time. What were the odds that other people were their own full time jobs? It seemed unlikely. It was too vast.
(I also sometimes wondered if I wasn't a character in a book being read by some other little girl, and fretted over how I could be certain that I wasn't.)
This idea seemed just as unlikely. Could the same kind of maelstrom that regularly occurred in me be simultaneously occurring all the time in everyone else, too? I got tired just thinking about it.
Sometimes, even now, it makes me lonely. Each of us a universe that can press close to another universe, bump up against but never truly inhabit it. Each of us a planet who will have lots of contact with alien life but never be truly occupied by it.
Of course, most days I know that it's the connections we make that hold life's meaning. The bonds forged on purpose between ourselves and another are more precious than any house, car, or granite countered kitchen.
There are relationships, friendships, those who hold us in their gravitational pull, those we orbit around, those who orbit us, those by whom we are touched, and the impressions they leave upon us. There is of course art: literature, poetry, music; those great works that take on life of their own, greater than their creators or than just any one person, and make the leap from one heart to another.
Just yesterday I encountered this quote from Rilke:
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."
Beautiful, no?
No matter how well we think we know someone they remain in ways large or small, a mystery. We can't ever know the entirety of another heart. In a world that is always expanding, we can't even know the entirety of our own.
I take as my premise that everything we humans do we do in attempt to make ourselves happy. No matter how skillful or misguided, I believe that is what humans want. I've heard my teacher say many times that we are free enough to make ourselves perfectly miserable if we want to. All too often we do that in unskillfuly endeavoring happiness.
Other people, centers of their own universes, want happiness too. Like us, they may be skillful or unskillful in the ways they go about it. They may profoundly impact us, or just a little, or not at all. They may ruffle our surfaces, touch us in deep places, waltz with us, change us, lacerate us, break our hearts. We may be baffled by other humans. Their actions may be as unfathomable as on that day so long ago when I stomped puddles.
Republican or Democrat; hedgefunder or yoga teacher. We're not so very different underneath it all--not really. We're all living in worlds of infinite distance, seeking points of contact at our edges, and maybe even wormholes to the center.


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At the office, records management is something you do collaboratively, working within a network people, structured by departmental policies and laws, and supported by IT staff and infrastructure. At home, though, it may just be you and another person keeping track of everything, including historical materials from generations past. The State Archives and the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) will create tutorials for the general public about the care and handling of family papers.
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At 53, I finally have my own desk! Break out the camcorder!
OK, I guess it's not a big deal. But for years, I've been conducting household business, journaling, etc., on a cramped, narrow little table that we bought years ago for the kids to do their homework on (they never used it, of course; they preferred their bedroom floor, when they did homework at all). It has two tiny, shallow drawers, not nearly enough room for all the junk accumulated in running a household, and a little wooden chair that's painful to sit on if you have arthritic hips. So when my husband and I stumbled across the discontinued rolltop desk in an unfinished furniture store, we got it as my birthday present.
It's monstrous, and takes up a whole wall of my little study. It has every nook and cranny that I could possibly desire: little drawers for stamps and paper clips, little doors that open to reveal secret cubbies, and three big drawers down each side of the knee-hole ... it's heaven!
I know I said this blog was to be about my spiritual life, but getting my own desk has been a spiritual experience for me!


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Only a few weeks after writing out my universe wish list, everything seems to have fallen into place.
My new housemates are kind people who are into yoga and sustainable living. We eat organic, vegetarian food and very little dairy; only a bit of cheese every now and again. I spoke to my mum on Skype last week and she asked if I was eating well enough. I had to laugh because I have never eaten so well in my life. Meals here consist of rice and quinoa and vegetables from the garden.
I spent a bit of time in the garden with one of my housemates, planting beans and cucumbers. Who would have guessed that I would one day do gardening for fun? Another housemate showed me how to knit and has lent me her needles and wool so I can practice for a bit and work my way up to yarn bombing something. The third housemate hooked me up with some work in a shop. I'm grateful to all of them for their help.
The shop sells Goth style clothing: chunky, buckle clad boots, floor length black coats and PVC corsets. It only opened last week so we still get respectable looking, middle-aged business women coming in to browse, then gradually looking more and more perplexed until they realise that the store they thought they were in has gone.
There's a whole heap of new vocabulary that goes with the shoes we sell: punknews zip up sky hi six eye neon peacock creeper… Luckily the customers know what they're looking for, even if I don't. Not yet, anyway. I'm still working on my opening line to greet people who come into the store. The standard "How're you going?" over here sounds fine in an easy going Aussie accent but unnatural in my tightly done up Scottish one.
I've got another job too, teaching English as a foreign language. My accent is causing me some grief there too. The other day I gave a pronunciation lesson. The students played a game where they had to identify words that rhymed. "No, no, no," I insisted. "'War' does not rhyme with 'sport'." Well, they looked up the words in their phonetic dictionaries, and wouldn't you know it? They do rhyme. But try as I might, I cannot say 'war' and 'sport' and make them sound the same.
You know you're in a good place when the worst of your problems is a little bit of trouble with rhyming. Every so often I roll my eyes skywards and smile and say a silent thank you to the universe.


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Here are some pictures from the Young Female Entrepreneurs Los Angeles (YFE) event in March. The event, that took place at Magnolia Place in Pasadena, featured Caroline Tran, who shared her story about how she transitioned from a 9-5 teaching job to working full time doing photography. This YFE was hosted by the lovely trio Dorothy, Kat Rogers, and Kristine.
Young Female Entrepreneurs is an online platform that connects entrepreneurial women in their 20s and 30s with new people, brands, and headlines that help them start and grow businesses. The YFE mission is to help young women on their path to profitable businesses while building a collective reputation that is philanthropic, successful, multi-faceted, and collaborative.
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along the way.
In the light blue of your
Leaving me, I could not speak the
Correct words as they traveled through
My fancy spring time, poorly
I ran to our pond that
Stood, deeply opaque
It did not lend an embrace
- But bargained with all around
To match its wistful manner
And I felt as faint as a scene
Cut out of a playwrights dream
The pond fashioned perfectly
A sorry reflection of me
Then moving its indigo precision
Loaning to me, Us - as a vision
I tried to catch it, still
No sanity could break my will
Falling in, a well dressed rock
Saving myself, upon the dock
I lied breathless amidst butterfly's laughter
Energy spent on nothing to capture
I suppose that is what all love will do
Or perhaps, just I
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I am on holidays. Probably I am on holiday for long which I don't realise.
Now I am completely jobless. What I will do daily is cleaning partial of our home, online, cooking, washing... n thinking.
Life is funny. I enjoy my life like this but at the same time it sound not meaningful. then how could I decide whether my life is good or bad, meaningful or less meaningful... basically who can even help me... Hmmm........
Hopefully this holiday last as long as Gods gift....
Saturday, April 18, 2009
My Holiday
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Dustbowl Arts Market is proud to announce that we will be blocking off Buchanan Street on Norman's Campus Corner for the show!
We are so grateful to the wonderful people affiliated with Campus Corner Merchants Association for arranging this for us.
What an amazing opportunity for vendors to introduce their work to folks around Norman and OU that wouldn't normally attend an art/craft market.
Time to get those applications in...tell your friends!
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My Jamo found this little nest just outside our front door. The babies did not eat for 3 days, we did give them some water with a syringe. Thank God the mama came back because they started calling for her. We had already contacted the wildlife reserve folks, but it all worked out.
These beauties I found all around our local metal dump. I'm not use to this good fertile soil, thing just grow everywhere. I have a feeling that when I'm ready to garden I won't be doing much soil amending.


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Saturday, June 4, 2011
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My comment's gonna be long, since I tried to email you. The "alovelessday@yahoo" account doesn't seem to be active...i have some information that might be of interest to you. It's concerning the man named Mo on this blog. Here it goes...
A few years ago I met a person named K Williams. The first time I "saw" him was on Myspace. We've been using iChat and other things to talk since '07. Every since then, he's been sending me pictures. Pictures that I discovered have been coming from this blog.
I guess he's been using them for years now, sending them to people and passing your family off as his own. More specifically he calls himself Mo/Cool Hand K etc and poses as this Morgan gentleman that I see on your blog. You can see proof of this on his blog at Mo-Visualmixtape.Blogspot.com. There's been several accounts like through the years, but they've all been deleted.
Forgive me if you've known about K or if he's a creation of yours. I just wanted to reach out to you once I found out that he was a fraud. I've always known something was off about him, but couldn't put my finger on it. Now I know the truth. It's such a relief to finally know where these pictures came from, who they are showing, and who they belong to (especially since they are what I found most interesting about k).
To think about all the pictures he 'stole' and the stories he made up to go along with each one. It's actually pretty hysterical. He made up TONS of stories about where he (K) was born and where he works and how he lives...I think he even told me he was adopted(??)..Idk There's so many stories. If you'd ever like to hear them, feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to talk to you.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Twin Wonder
I think it's cute, in a way. Mom smiles at me and I know from her look that she does, as well, but she can't let the twins know this. She's doomed if she does. Doubly-doomed.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday, March 12; 11:01pm
I had a conversation with a wonderful family last night after our annual Spring Chorus Concert. They had come to see their 4th grade daughter sing, and had stuck around afterward for the ice cream. It was a combination night - concert, book fair and ice cream social. A great turnout, overall. Anyway, we struck up a conversation over a "ribbing" I had given their daughter, teasing her over a joke she had played on me. It was all really quite funny, and I cherish the relationships I have with the families in my school community. We got to talking about families and cultures, and eventually I asked them if they had to do it all over again (they are from Mexico and had raised their two older children, for a good number of their formative years, in Mexico; the 4th grader has grown up thus far in the United States public education system), would they do it the same way, or would they stay in Mexico? Raise their family in Mexico?
Mom answered almost immediately: Mexico. Dad became quite passionate and went into great detail to explain his position. Everything he has is because of the opportunities the United States has afforded him. He wanted to assure me that, throughout his story, he meant no disrespect toward Americans or the United States. I assured him I was not easily offended. Feeling comfortable, he pressed on, explaining that he felt it very important for his children to understand that they were Mexican. They were living in the United States, and felt a connection with the United States and other Americans, but they were most definitely Mexican.
He began to explain to me that he felt like kids in the United States seem different than kids in Mexico. He couldn't quite come up with the word, so I went out on a limb: "spoiled?" I asked. Yes, he said. That was it. Kids in the United States seemed more spoiled than kids in Mexico. Kids in the United States (some, not all, he was sure to point out) seem to take things for granted, including their parents, as evidenced by the way many kids talk to and treat their parents these days.
We did not get to finish our conversation, as I was pulled away to conduct the book raffle and thank people for coming out tonight. I understood where they were coming from, though, and vowed to continue the conversation. It is intriguing to me. I wonder just how different kids in other countries are from kids in America. I wonder about kids and families coming to America to find the "good life," do they ever find it? Is it all they hoped and dreamed for? And what happens when kids begin learning in our public education system? What happens to the bond between the family? Do they begin thinking in different languages? Does this do something to the deep, personal connection to heritage? I vowed to find out.
I found the family after the raffle was over and asked them if they would be interested in continuing our conversation. Of course they would, they said. We shook hands, I gave the kids hugs goodbye, and we parted for the evening. On Monday I will call to invite myself over for dinner.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Friday, March 5
Long few days, wish I'd had more time to write.
ISAT Week.
Enough said, for anyone who understands what state testing week is like in a public school: Discipline gets put on hold (except for the extreme cases, of which there was only one), emails go unanswered, projects have to wait, classroom walkthroughs thin out, and the office is turned into "ISAT Central." We all do our best not to let the world stop during this week, but with pressures coming from all angles to succeed on this one, it's hard not to.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, 9:00pm
Went to see Bob Marzano speak today. Drove two hours to get there, and it was worth every minute of it. The discussion was mostly on assessment and standards-based grading. We will initiate a standards-based report card committee in the district at the start of next year.
It was good to get out out for the day. The conference was invigorating, Marzano is an excellent speaker, and I am refreshed and ready for Friday. It is important for us to leave the building every now and then in the name of personal professional development. I missed the kids today, but it was good to get out and surround myself with professionals who are in the same boat as me, listen to their stories.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wednesday, 9:28pm
I ate it, though. I was hungry.
Learned that one of my little girls had to go back in to the hospital to have a tube inserted into her chest. Two weeks ago she had surgery and had a piece of her lung removed. I spent a lot of time in her classroom today. Her friends are worried about her. I don't know how to comfort them.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, 10:00pm
Tuesday, 7:20am
District Admin meeting last night. First item on the docket – Budget Cuts. I am taking this news particularly hard. We are looking at a $600 dollar per child reduction in state aid next year; not especially good news, as we are already well below average in funding already. Became more depressed as the meeting wore on, discussing probable areas that would be cut.
Nonetheless, we must always remember that no amount of money or "things" can replace an excellent teacher. Much research has shown that the teacher has more direct impact on a child's education than any other school-related factor. We must not let things we cannot control keeps the cogs of education from churning.
"That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends." ~~ Maria Callas
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, 12:50pm
Late for articulation meetings this afternoon. I am supposed to sit in for 5th graders going to 6th. Lunchtime exploded. Again. Jorge was running around trying to kiss girls, a teacher needed information on FMLA (and she needed it right then), someone wanted to talk to me about their evaluation, and I had to go and extract a 1st graders from recess. He refused to leave and was running from the supervisor. I never would have run after him. By the time I got out there, he was sitting on a pile of snow with his coat off, shirt hanging off his shoulder, nose running all over the place. I picked his coat off the ground, helped him put it on, wiped his nose with the extra tissue I always keep in my pocket, and put my arm around him. The supervisor, I'm sure, was angered that I was showing him affection, but I did not need to run after him. And he came inside for me. Lesson learned. Oh, and then I called the truancy officer to come and take him home for the afternoon. I thought my brief check-in with him this morning would be enough. Not every day, I guess.
9:00am Monday
Okay, so emailing to my blog works. That is pretty cool. I am here, sitting at the Round Table in my Office. My tie is not yet done up, but the coffee is made. I have butterflies in my stomach because I am looking over my calendar for the day, my list of things-to-do that I created yesterday, and realized I forgot to prioritize them. Doug Reeves would not be happy with me. As he points out, I need to break my tasks down into prioritized lists… Until I do this, my butterflies will continue to flutter.
I hope to post throughout the day. Must go tie the tie. It is always the last thing I do in the morning…
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Later That Day
I think people are used to seeing me running down the hallway, always off to the next thing. That still doesn't stop them from stopping me to ask if I have a minute. I never understood this, yet I do. I mean, who else are they going to tell? I've always wanted to ask if it looks like I have minute, but I realize there is just no way this can come out sounding even remotely professional. All I ask, however, is that they write it down in addition to telling me. I will never be able to remember the hundreds of things I need to remember unless I have it in writing. When I first started asking people to do this, they looked at me questioningly, no doubt wondering if I was capable of this job. I have since moved beyond their befuddled looks, knowing that if it is to get done, I must have a written reminder. More later, friends. Wait till you hear what happened next...
Above is a picture of the hallway down which I went running, and continue to traverse nine million times daily. I don't really run, though. Someone once told me that if the leader runs, someone will think there is a fire somewhere, thus causing them and everyone else to run as well. I haven't tested this theory out, but it could be true.
Tequila and the Mitten
Oh boy. I guess I'll be spending more time in the classroom than out of it...
The Shoe
A New Direction
And so I come back to my resting point at the table, my son keeps asking me to come and watch his progress on our Wii - he is addicted to Super Mario Bros. I can't help but feel guilty about letting him sit in front of the video game for the next hour (or two) while I try and pound out some words. I try and rationalize it all away by convincing myself that he's doing what he wants to do, and I'm doing what I want to do, so it all must come out in the wash... right?
So here is a typical day for me last week. Enjoy, because my plan is to blog my daily experiences as an elementary school principal. Thus the title of this post: A New Direction. Because I need one.
The alarm goes off and I really don't want to get up but Louie (my 125 lb. English Mastiff... he's not done growing. He's only 11 months old) has made his way up on my bed and the warm breath in my ear that I thought was my wife's is really his. I get up and tackle my morning ritual.
Downstairs, the kids are having cereal and arguing over who will get the last yogurt in their lunch today. I solve this problem (I am a principal, after all) by putting it into my own lunch sack. After kissing everyone goodbye and wishing them all a wonderful day (for my 13 year old, this means hoping she has a day without tears over the next friend-break-up-or-boy-dilemna-or-the-teacher-is-ignoring-me" issue.
I am just about to work and realize that I have forgotten my lunch on the island in the kitchen. Again.
Thus prompting a renewed fight over the yogurt...
Unlocking the office door, I am the first one here (besides the custodian) and am able to find a few golden moments of silence in which to make the coffee and maybe even take one precious sip before the chaos begins... It is orderly chaos. Really, it is. I'm not kidding. I really do know what I am doing... Really.
The phone rings on my cluttered desk. I take a peek at the caller i.d. display. It's the parent I forgot to call back in my haste to get to the board meeting the night before; the one that didn't go into closed session until 9:15pm, thus finding me rolling into the driveway at almost 10:00.
So here we go.
I answer the phone.
To be continued...
Don't worry, it really will be continued. I'm only at 7:05am, after all. But I need more coffee. And Louie needs to go out again.


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and GO! March 2010
–> pain that feels like a kidney stone in my bladder (no biggie, I'll just pass it)
–> + one week, still have pain and have not passed anything
–> trip to primary physician
–> off to CT Scan
–> off to urologist
–> found a mass near an ovary AND a kidney stone in my kidney
–> off to gynecologist
–> 1st it is a stuck unfertilized, it will pass
–> SHOCKER, it doesn't pass
–> off for a pelvic sonogram (NO comment), then a contrast CT scan
–> 2nd its a pedactulated tumor on my left ovary (look it up)
–> lets go get it –> found 2 tumors AND stage four endometriosis (I told you it hurt)
–> tissue damage to girlie bits too extensive
–> hysterectomy to remove endo and try to clean up my kidneys and large intestine from the legions
–> HOLY CRAP months of sucky recovery
–> still have the pain
–> another surgery to look for scar tissue
–> found two more cysts
–> still have pain plus a great new pain that shots down my left leg and makes my foot numb
–> off to neurologist –> tested for MS
–> confirmed I have a Brain!!! –> no MS
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I was taken aback when Mr. Fancy Schmancy shouted "A pox on both your houses!" as I was unaware that he knew of my summer home. Founding member of the Hogtown Irregulars, and former indentured short order cook still on the run. Professional Zamboni racer and bronze medal recipient in the 2010 All-Miami Outdoor Zamboni Championships.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Sac Me Blue!! Chirac Throws Hissy Fit...
Jacques Chirac, French president, Thursday night stormed out of a European Union summit after a French industrialist began addressing leaders of the bloc in English.
Mr Chirac and two senior French ministers walked out in protest at the decision of Ernest-Antoine Seillière, head of the Unice employers organisation, to make a plea for economic reform in what he called "the language of business".
Sweet mother of pearl but thank heavens for the Fwench. Just when the world seems to be a more dangerous, complicated place than ever, they give us the Retreat of The Frightened Brigade to banish our anxieties and replace them with a chuckle.
"FLEE!! The man speaks ENGLISH!!"
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Pink Romper (Loehmanns $25)
Yellow Calvin Klein Jacket (Loehmanns $30)
Fun Earrings (Second Time Around $10)
Yellow Calvin Klein Jacket (Loehmanns $30)
Fun Earrings (Second Time Around $10)
I leave today but thought I would post these before I go! Last time with the white wall background. Next up...ocean views and red carpets (I HOPE!!)
Anyways, I don't know how consistently I will be able to update you all but please keep checking on Gathered Garments and following all the other media sites and shows. I am sure you will be seeing me interviewed, cast, etc. haha. I kid I kid.
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Three local schools have been awarded directional signage by the City of Rockingham to support families who walk or ride to school.
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Transportation Cancelled Today – Monday, December 17
Good morning all EPPS families!
All transportation is cancelled today due to inclement weather. This applies to morning, midday and afternoon buses and vans. If you have dropped your child(ren) off at school, you must pick them up again at 3:30pm. The school is open and classes are running.
Please call our office at 613-523-5406 if your child(ren) will be absent, even if it is because of the transportation cancellation.
Please note that when school buses are cancelled this applies to the whole day, although schools remain open for students. Parents who choose to drive their children to school must also pick them up at the regular dismissal time.
The safety of students is always the first consideration when the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) makes the decision to cancel transportation services.
If you decide to drive your child to school, please arrange to pick up at 3:30 pm. Please drive carefully and be mindful of other vehicles and children in the parking lot.
Mrs. Paynter