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For exampla start with whatever is popluar and gradually show how all music is related. Maybe it's possible to reach some students, some is better than none. I'm not a teacher, so I don't know if this approach is possible or would work. I just think if you start with what the kids know and listen to, at least you have their attention for 2 seconds. There is/was a program to bring music back to the schools in New York City, but lack of funds and every other kind of lame excuse have been made. Here I go again with what my father said, music or any of the arts is a discipline and learning will help in schoolwork - he said it a lot better than I just did. I think that some of the better public shools and some private schools have programs that have music programs, though I'm not sure. Sometimes I see school buses parked alongside Lincoln Center - maybe there's hope. It's good to know there are educators who are bringing and teaching music to all students - you never can tell, exposure to music is what counts. They might squirm in their seats now, but end up enjoying music has they get older. ------------------------- By: Pete at 8/5/2005 at 4:16:19 AM ET Many of the problems you mention are addressed down here by schools involvement in music on a National level, called Crocfest http://www.crocfestivals.org.au/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=0&page_id=27 I have two groups performing this year, but classical music does not get a run. Take me to your Lieder... ------------------------- By: imnidiot at 8/4/2005 at 10:54:39 PM ET I agree with Pete about exposure. It is very important at an early age, even while still in the womb. Kids who grow up listening to rap, rock, country etc., and have no exposure to classical music, will probably not even know it exists. I grew up with classical music, as my mother was a concert percussionist, and have embraced it ever since I can remember. I do however like many other types of music as well. I have tried to pass this love on to my three boys, but only time will tell. As suzyq put it, prices are quite high, especially in the larger cities, but the same holds true for other types of music. I have seen sold out classical concerts in my area, as well as rock, rap or country, and I have been to shows that barely cover the expenses. I know one thing for sure, the drastic changes in our society in general weigh heavily in this problem. When a society's values and moral fabric deteriorate, then entertainment becomes tasteless drivel. The amount of anger many people harbor is evidenced in music, cinema, television, and many facets of everyday life. This stems from an alarming exodus from religion and belief in God. Our world has become far to secular and self absorbed, with the gold standard replacing the "Golden Rule" As long as the "Moral Majority" remains held in check by liberal extremists, the problem will only escalate. We must find a way to groom our children for change. This can be accomplished by loving parents who can foster respect for life, and do everything possible to keep their children from becoming immune to the social evils which are ever increasing. I work in our local school district, and I see the evidence first hand. Many students have absolutely no respect for people or property, so how can they possibly appreciate culture. I hope and pray that this alarming trend makes a u-turn soon. I am cautiously hopeful that this will happen in my lifetime. I am a fragment of my imagination ------------------------- By: Pete at 8/4/2005 at 6:58:06 PM ET I would like to echo suzyq's last comment, the points you raise are important ones for anyone involved in music education. ""Unfortunately, the trends of composition in the middle and late 20th century contributed greatly to this problem""..and in the first half, as well..Stravinsky is a prime example of ""Sovietization"" and a sure-fire way to cure a kid of any attraction to Art music. Khachaturian's Piano Concerto In Db Major is another formless mess (although Sparatus is brilliant) "'Art"" music, suzyq, is what is called "'Classical"" in the popular press, ie: music not written just as an entertainment. I think that admission prices are a large part of the problem, but much of the blame can be sheeted to to parents..if there is no exposure to Art music in the home, the teachers job is twice as hard. It is not impossible, however. I have just come home from teaching the composition techniques of Saint Saens and Debussy to classrooms filled with Aboriginal and Pacific Islander kids whose musical tastes run to rap, and rap, and for a change, hip-hop, and Carnival Of The Animals held them enthralled Take me to your Lieder... ------------------------- By: suzyq at 8/4/2005 at 11:27:01 AM ET Hello Dr. Brandon, I enjoyed reading your post, and agree that music should be taught in schools, starting with grade school. There is one thing I'm not clear on - I love music, classical, broadway musicals (not all), dixieland jazz etc.. I don't like contemporary music, it sounds like loud noise to me. In fact, I've been taking piano lessons for about 4 1/2 years and I'm in my 60's talk about a late start - I'm not clear on what art music is. Both my father and mother were musicians. My mother was a contralto (Juiliard Graduate) and my faher was an accompianist. I remember that my mother said she liked German Leider - as crazy as this seems, I don't know how this is classified. I usually go to the freebe's that Juilliard gives. Sometimes I attend the pre-college concerts, I wish you could see and hear the beautiful music that these young kids make. I also attend the concerts given by the College Level group - I sometimes wonder how all these talented musicians will make out once they graduate. It's a rough business, and multiply these grads with all the other conservatories. As for concert attendance, it can be expensive. Carnegie Hall charges $35-45 to sit in the "ski-slope" section. The better locations can be over $100 depending whose performing, the same holds true for Avery Fisher Hall. I think Avery Fisher hall has a special deal for students. I'm not sure about Carnegie Hall. Maybe it comes from being raised in a musical family, but I think there will always be an audience for music, can't imagine not having music. Now back to practicing - if I only could come close to playing what I "hear". Many thanks for taking the time to write a very important and interesting post. ------------------------- By: retiredprof55 at 8/4/2005 at 9:13:10 AM ET As a composer, performer, and educator, I am constantly concerned with the future of art music. A recent newspaper article about the Pittsburgh Symphony budget deficit is the impetus for this posting. The article mentioned a deficit of $500,000 or more for the 2004-05 season and attributed the deficit to lower than expected ticket sales for the classical subscription series. Ticket sales for the classical subscription series have grown only 2% over the past 22 years while ticket sales for the pops concerts have grown 8%. In my opinion, this is reflective of three national trends that I feel need to be addressed. Because of outside influences, music education in our schools has been watered down. In an effort to be more inclusive, classroom music, music ensembles, and college music courses for the general student have indirectly equated vernacular music and art music. There is nothing wrong with being inclusive, but I feel it is the music teacher's responsibility to point out the similarities and differences between vernacular music and art music. Each offers its own rewards, but art music involves more understanding of musical elements and their relationships, and therefore functions on a higher intellectual plane. I feel it is the educator's responsibility to help the student grow in the intellectual understanding of music and not succumb to pressure from administration, parents and students by allowing vernacular music to be equated with art music. Most performers display a lack of interest in music being written by living composers. Unfortunately, the trends of composition in the middle and late 20th century contributed greatly to this problem. However, performers should realize that there are many composers writing art music that is accessible to both performers and listeners as it is based on the traditions established prior to the mid- 20th century. John Winsor, in his book "Breaking the Sound Barrier: An Argument for Mainstream Literary Music", makes a wonderful case explaining why music went astray in the mid-20th century. I feel his book is a "must read" for any educator, performer or composer. A way for performers to show their audiences that music composition is an art that is still alive and vital is to include a recent composition composed in a "mainstream literary music" style on every program. Many of today's composers emphasize intellectualism and innovation over perceivable craft. There is nothing wrong with innovation except that it has become an end within itself. Intellectualism and innovation are rewarded through composition contest prizes and grants that are judged by other composers, therefore perpetuating a style of music that is no longer accessible to both performers and audiences. I would like to quote from the final chapter of my book "A Composer's Guide to Understanding Music with Activities for Listeners, Interpreters, and Composers" regarding composing trends. "Throughout musical history, the balance between the classic (of the mind) and romantic (of the heart) modes of thinking has alternated. The center of the pendulum can be thought of as equal treatment intellectualism and emotionalism. The pendulum swings that occurred prior to the twentieth century have not eliminated the other mode of thought. They have just changed the emphasis. During the early to mid-twentieth century, the swing towards classicism went to extremes by over emphasizing the intellectualism and rejected anything associated with emotionalism. The composer, Igor Stravinsky, stated that "music is powerless to express anything at all". He later retracted that statement, but it clearly illustrates the rejection of emotionalism in music. The intellectualism that dominated much of twentieth century music, and still exists today, has been a contributing factor to alienating audiences and performers from new music. The majority of the relationships between unity and variety are mostly perceivable through in-depth score study, rather than by active or passive listening." Educators, performers and composers must work together to ensure the future of art music. I welcome your feedback regarding my comments and invite you to visit my web site at http://cooppress.hostrack.net to learn about the programs that Co-op Press has established to encourage partnerships between composer, performer and audience. Dr. Sy Brandon Professor Emeritus Millersville University of Pennsylvania -------------------------
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How will South Carolina's win over UGA impact recruiting?
How will South Carolina's win over UGA impact recruiting?
And how much does any team's one particular win or loss impact recruiting?
Not as much as you would think, but there are some differences with South Carolina and UGA because the Gamecocks recruit so heavily in the Atlanta area.
The AJC's Michael Carvell discusses the topic in the below video:
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With Vandy leading SC 14-0, it might make them think twice about whether they'd want to play for either SC or UGA. Then again, Georgia did have a big win today.
We could have the country's #1 recruiting classes for 5 straight years and it won't matter. Richt teams will find a way to lose in the biggest games. If we've learned anything since 2001, that's it.
Keep on hatin'. Does it do you any good?
@UncleTom Let us get the #1 class 5 years in a row and see if your hypothetical opinion is close to being right. UGA JUST started getting more 4 and 5 stars than EVER before starting last year. For all you know UGA's defense will improve and UGA wins it all this year. But I doubt it because the defense is too inexperienced and lacks depth.
Let us ALL get this fact. Richt is an OFFENSIVE coach and offense is not holding UGA back nor Richt,...it is the DEFENSE and has been for years except for Murray's rookie season and the Joe Cox season, which BOTH were easily understandable. Richt's offense is AWESOME but he does not know defense and MUST rely on his defensive coordinator and assistant coaches. This is true with all teams on one side of the ball. So stop whining and see the facts. Pruitt and his defense has to STOP other teams from getting 30 plus points a game. I beleive Pruitt will BUT he does not have much to work with this year and they must grow up quick. The offense will be fine even with Mason at QB this year.
So look at ALL factors and not just the bottomline when casting stones and blame. Defense is the weak link and has been. Richt is no way is part of the defense or the problem. Richt hs given us one of the best offenses in the nation consistently. Now if we can just get an above average defense we will be in the playoffs EVERY season. Cant ask for more than that.
And on the topic does the SC/UGA game impact recruiting? Not much. Heck the game was in Columbia and only a 3 point difference. Looks like a basic tie to most people. COnsidered UGA had a Gurley TD stole from us unjustly, we had no pass rush and weak inexperienced secondary....you should all be THANKING Richt and HIS offense or UGA would not have been in the game period. That offense scored 42 points with a considering the TD called back and had 2 EASY FG's missed! Consider Richt's offense has to be our savior all season and will be again while the DEFENSE is below average...AGAIN. Hope Pruitt gets them straight QUICK and that Richt NEVER leaves. Then you will be the happiest fans on the planet. Defense is not Richts thing.....OK? You all get it?!!! Then never show your ignorant Richt hatin again OK? Sheesh
It will not hurt recruiting as UGA is one of the top recruiting schools in the nation. But will MR continue to do less with more!!!!!!!
Two words...It won't.
Not at all! UGA racking a top 5 class! Win the East and win the recruits!
filler...go dogs
Shouldn't hurt at all, especially on the defensive side of the ball. After watching that debacle of a defensive effort, a kid has to know he has an outstanding chance to hit the field very early at UGA.
It has no impact unless a team wins the National Championship. Most kids go where they may play earlier.
Losing 4 of 5 to a inner division rival can certainly have an impact IMHO. How much has it hurt is anybody's guess but, Richt without question recruits excellent talent. What happens next has been the bigger problem at Georgia
@DawginCO @ARdawg I agree. I'd further add that "controlling one's destiny" is BS. That is all winning the SC game is, an opportunity to "control ones own destiny". A Destiny that any team can fumble along the way. To many variables and too much football left to play after the SC game every year.
Losing to SC and then winning the East has nothing to do with backing in, or vice versa if it happens to be SC winning the East after losing to Georgia. The SC game is too early in the year to define either teams year. But, to a recruit looking at only Georgia or SC, it's likely going to make quite a bit of difference
@ARdawg @DawginCO Don't think so. Very few kids are deciding on SC because they defeated UGA, plus how many more years will Spurrier coach? Plus, these kids are primarily deciding on UGA vs Auburn, Bama or other team. SC is winning because they are keeping their players in-State. Also, SC will feel it when Spurrier leaves...there simply is no replacement. UGA will also feel it when Richt decides to leave.
@ARdawg The loss 2 years ago was much more damaging than this one. The way you lose or win has alot to do with shaping perception. If you look at a team and see need at your position, well that has to go a ways toward sifting through the playing time slant. I think the final result of the season has more to do with it than anything. SC has played in 1 SEC CG since Spurrier has been there. The Dawgs have played in 2 due, in part, to SC fumbling opportunity away. The loss will be virtually forgotten if Georgia or another team gets there instead of the Chickens.
@ARdawg Yeah like what happens on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball but that is about to change. Just give Pruitt a minute....hope that is all he needs our we waste another season of GREAT RICHT OFFENSE!
Only someone who will probably end up working on a garbage truck if his pro career doesn't work out would let one game decide his school choice. Sad, but true. I truly wonder how many young lives are ruined by major college football and this fluffed up recruiting nonsense.
I think anytime you lose especially a conference game it will hurt your recruiting those highly ranked players that may leaning either one way or the other. Top players want to play for top teams. I think the dawgs were off to a good start w/a new DC, a convincing win over Clemson then it all was derailed by arguably a poor showing in Columbia, especially the defense and coaching decisions. Given GA's past 10 or so seasons it seems to many that history keeps repeating itself. Cannot argue GA loses more top in state recruits to other SEC teams then it retains. So agree there are other factors to weigh but IMO winning the SEC and NC's are at the top of a 5 * recruits list
I would think it would help UGA in one way, If recruit is real good he's got to be thinking my odds of starting/playing at UGA are a lot better then at USCe.
I hope the Recruits wouldn't let one game influence their pick. There are approx. 200 Division 1 Recruits from the state of Georgia every year and they have to go somewhere. South Carolina, Auburn, Clemson and Alabama are close enough to Atlanta that friends and relative, especially older relative can make any of those Schools games.
Some may not see it the way I do but in my opinion Georgia beat South Carolina but not on the score board. One very bad official call, two missed field goal chip shots from an All Conference field goal kicker , and one very bad call from our Offensive Coordinator left 17 points on the field. South Carolina left nothing on the field.
Recruits need to know that Steve Spurrier will be 70 years old in April and that means he will be 75 when they leave South Carolina if they stay 5 years. It is amazing how time catches up with all of us eventually . When South Carolina losses Spurrier they will not be near as good of a team.
@C-Kirk I would rather tell my kids i played for Spurrier than Richt..........nothing personal just business.
@C-Kirk And no matter how you spin it.............ya'll lost, it was a great game. But SC won, again.
The scoreboard is the only thing that matters. I would also add that this isn't just one game. This coaching staff largely fails to put players in the best position to win big games. That's where UGA football is right now. Whether that's perception or reality, some recruits and their families are influenced by that. Spurrier can always flash that National Championship Ring from UF, no matter how long it's been.
@C-Kirk Spurrier said that SC does not recruit against UGA and Clemson head to head but for 1 or 2 players a year. I think SC beating UGA almost every year in recent history helps SC some. Being in the SEC and getting the ESPN dollars is making SC a power. SC is on TV a lot. SC facilities are as good as any ones in the SEC thanks to big booster coming through to build The Dody and such.
I disagree that Georgia won except on the scoreboard. SC had more first downs. 27-18 More total yards. More possession time. SC had the more dominate QB, WR's and O-line...UGA has the best RB's in the world, but Wilds was running well. And, the peneties went both ways. Gurleys headbutt and swing should have made offsetting penalties and stopped that drive.
Great game but don't be a bad loser like Bo Pelini. SC won 30-13 in 2011 and Pelini said, "SC did not win, we beat ourselves.."
@delane1212 @C-Kirk That was exactly the point I was making when I said South Carolina left everything on the field. They could not have scored anymore point. Georgia should have scored at least 10 more points.
If you saw the Auburn game last night , the same thing happened to Kansas State but to a greater degree. Kansas State should have won that game by no fewer than 7 points.
Oh, stop with the excuses already. They moved up/down the field on us like they were playing against air. By the way, winning on the scoreboard is the only one that counts.
I wouldn't think a game that was that close would be an impact for either team. Those recruits probably watched the Aggie game.........will they flip to aTm?
Get back to us in 2-3 years.
The graphic listing things recruits consider says "play time" -- like recess? -- instead of playing time which is what Michael said. Oops.
From what I have been reading and hearing from the homer media is how losing to SC actually helps UGA win the SEC East, because that's what happened in 2012! The game versus SC was only important IF UGA won. See how this works.
Towers earlier in the week said UGA was right where we thought they would be before season, and that may be. But once UGA beat Clemson, it was all playoffs and Nat Champ talk for the Dawgs. And the Heisman. And Bobo is a great OC, and all that other Dawg junk.
Now you are gonna win out, win them all, bla, blah, blah..
Actually, you ain't gonna do jack squat!
@WeRunTheEast Congrats on the win WRTE..............were your nerves a little frazzled by the end of that game?
@WeRunTheEast we got you right where we want you...losing ro Bama in the SECCG catapulting UGA into the fourth spot in the play-offs. ;-)
@WeRunTheEast Blah blah blah. What happened to all of those preseason predictions that SC was going to win the East? They seemed to have dissipated rather quickly after A&M hung a half of a hundred on you chumps. Lighten up Francis
Keep your hands of my stuff...and none of you better be looking at me...
Yep, guys, I am very nervous for every SC game, and I admitted before the game logic and reason would tell anyone UGA should win...but emotion, home field, much better offensive execution, just enough slowing of Gurley, and the UGA coaches pulled us through. Hurray. Everything has yet to be decided, and I do not think SC looks to be championship material (defense for sure), but if we make it through and win East I will be thrilled. All bets would be off then as Spurrier would be ready for a SECCG.
Very much so. And Tech 3-0 and technically stronger than Gators. Gtech>GaSouthern>Gators
@WeRunTheEast Giddy up!

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Manchester City have received widespread criticism for the sacking, however, Cook has insisted that talk of a player rebellion at the club is false.
"The decision to seriously look at other managerial options was taken just three weeks ago following the Hull City game [Nov 28]," said Cook.
"I think it is important to know that Roberto was only offered the job after the Spurs game [Dec 16].
"We negotiated on Thursday, finalised an agreement on Friday and he was not in the stadium on Saturday as was falsely reported."
"The intention was to tell Mark immediately after the game on Saturday. That would give Roberto and his team a full week to prepare for the next game.
"Regrettably, and despite our best efforts, rumours of discussions with Roberto Mancini became public before the game.
"Once Mark was informed, I informed his coaching staff and the players were then informed. That is why Kolo Toure and Shay Given were asked to attend a meeting after the game."
Cook insists the players did not react badly to Hughes's sacking despite reports to the contrary.
"There was no player rebellion, the playing and training staff are going about their business today as usual, most professionally led by Roberto and Brian Kidd."
Cook, who appeared irked by some of the question from the press, continued: "I really think we need to know that everybody is committed to making this club one of greatest in the world.
"There are no conspiracy theories. We are working hard every day to make this a successful football club.
"We need to draw a line and move on to the future, and that's all I'll say on that subject, thank you."
Meanwhile, Mancini, who won three successive Serie A titles with Inter Milan before he resigned from his post in 2008, compared his new club to the San Siro outfit.
"I am proud to get the job because City is a good club with good players. Manchester is similar to Milan in its football passion.
"In Milan there are two big teams there fighting for supremacy and silverware and here it is the same. I like the challenge of that."
The Italian added that he hopes to bring silverware to Eastlands and end their 33-year wait for success.
"I hope history repeats itself," he said.
"My squad usually play to win, always. My target is to arrive in the top four - but it's my objective, my target. I think it's possible. Next year we want to win the Premier League.
"City is a big club. I want to stay here for many, many years and I want to contribute to winning many trophies because City has great supporters and I hope we do a good job for them.
"My job is to work hard every day to improve the play, to improve the victories. This is all. I think I can do a good job because we have good players."


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Cambodia's splashing Sea Festival
Swimming, water races and beach volleyball are some of the events featured at Sihanouk Ville's Sea Festival in Cambodia.
Locals and foreigners gathered together to welcome the New Year,
The government hopes the festival would also give a boost to tourism.
'What makes me happy is that there are many people from all over the country to watch the event and furthermore is that Cambodia has another new festival and it is the Sea Festival,' Kim Sereyrath from Phnom Penh told Reuters.
You Sophana, from Kompong Chnang Province told Reuters that when she arrives, she feels happier than anywhere else. 'I can see many Khmers and many foreigners from many different countries here at the beach of Sihanouk Ville,' she told Reuters.
According to the Phnom Penh post, on seventh General Assembly in Senegal, the Paris-based Les Plus Belles Baies Du Monde named Cambodia as the newest member of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club.
The Sea Festival was expected to draw crowds of at least 50,000 people, as it also includes a New Year's Eve fireworks display.
"This Sea Festival is aimed at promoting sea tourism because all other countries gain at least fifteen percent in tourist numbers after sea festivals. So through this Sea Festival we encourage people and institutions to join hands to protect and develop our sea area," Cambodia's Tourism Minister Thong Khon told Reuters.


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|Acrylic Painting on Canvas- Jelly Fish: Underwater world by ChanArt on Etsy
Creatures of the ocean are so cool! Bring this acrylic painting on canvas of Jelly fish home to enjoy the wonders of the sea every day! This underwater world painting is from ChanArt.
|Lemonade, summer serving box from CarriageOnCherry on Etsy
The flavor of summertime? Lemonade of course! This cute Lemonade, summer serving box from CarriageOnCherry is perfect for displaying all your fresh lemons and a pitcher of delicious refreshment!
|Vintage lidded basket from bauble2bijou on Etsy
Gather your picnic essentials together and store them in style with this vintage lidded basket from bauble2bijou. You know the ants are waiting for you to bring them a feast, don't you?
|Daisy Photograph by AgaFarrell on Etsy
We can't celebrate summertime without flowers. This sunny Daisy Photograph from AgaFarrell will bring a touch of summer inside any day of the year.
Thanks so much for joining me today here on the Ingenuity team blog. I hope you've enjoyed this summery look at treasures for your home. Show these featured shops a little love and stop by their Etsy shops to favorite an item or two, let's share the team spirit! Don't forget to stop back by on Friday to see what Jessica has found in her Friday Finds post!
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Grocery Shopping aka My Least Favorite thing in the world
And while I totally and completely understood the point, I had to disagree. Yes, I understand how incredibly lucky we have it as Americans. I am not taking away anything from the thousands of people who would do anything to shop in a grocery store BUT as a military mommy, I detest and utterly despise grocery shopping.
Let's just say that dragging along your child who is in a catatonic and overtired state of mind after 8 hours at daycare to the local Target is no fun trip. When said child conks out in the backseat after you finally make it out of the store alive, all is great...until you get home, to an empty house, and you try to figure out how to juggle sleeping baby tiger and bag upon bag of grocery items.
Do you let the Weight Watchers ice creams bars melt as you deal with the screeching baby, or do you try to juggle both, or do you turn off the car, close the garage door, open the car doors, and run back and forth like a mad woman, dumping grocery bags in the entryway, allowing yourself 3-4 minutes of unloading before you unbuckle the sleeping dragon that is your tired 10 month old?
Why are the simplest things so dang hard when you are doing it alone? Grocery shopping as a military mommy quickly became my least favorite thing in the world....that is until the dog bed story, but that's another story for another day.
What's your least favorite everyday task in the world as a military mommy?
3 comments:
- Jenn said...
I'm getting ready to do this today and feeling the same way.
- October 27, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- it's me, just me, nothing fancy, just simple me said...
i must say that we love grocery shopping, but then again thus far, 11 months and counting into this deployment, we've lived back home with my parents. so, our shopping consists of a few bags. but come december, i'll be doing my own juggling act for two months.
my least favorite task: the bedtime routine. it's bittersweet. i don't like having to do it all, by the end of the day i'm tired too. but the hardest part is praying for aaron and watching the bedtime story and saying 'good night' all by myself. and then tucking myself into bed.
- October 27, 2008 at 8:41 PM
- Jesi said...
Ahhhh, the bedtime routine is hard! The worst was when Max was little and wouldn't go to sleep. I spent many nights, both of us crying in the chair in his nursery....lots of praying happened in that chair at bedtime.
- October 28, 2008 at 7:31 AM


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Serveathon Photo Contest & Results
This April, the Sodexo Foundation facilitated a photo contest centered around the platform Help Stop Hunger. The participants' goal was to submit a photo that depicted a serveathon to Sodexo Foundation's Facebook page, and have the public vote for their favorite one by "liking" it.
On April 30th, the voting period came to an end, and we are proud to announce that Zag Dining came in 1st place!!! I know, I know, you're dying to know what the prize is, right?! First place receives a $3,000 grant that will be awarded to the charity of their choice. Pretty cool! Many thanks to everyone who "liked" our photo, and encouraged others to do the same — this was truly a joint effort! We look forward to furthering our community service efforts.
Real Food Challenge
The Real Food Challenge is a commitment to have 25% of the food served on campus be "real" by the year 2020. This means that 25% of the food that is served will be sourced from local and community-based providers who are fair, humane, and ecologically sound. Thayne McCulloh (President of Gonzaga), Chuck Faulkinberry (Sodexo's District Manager), and Breanne Flynn (President of GU's EAT Club), came together to speak briefly about the pledge and sign it in front of a crowd. It should be noted that we are receiving a lot of praise for our participation in this, as we are the FIRST Jesuit University to sign this pledge. Click here to see photos!
Earth Day & iCommit
To celebrate Earth Day, some of Zag Dining's retail locations, along with the BARC served up some meals on firsbees instead of dishes {hello water conservation!}, and also put on a photo campaign! Individuals wrote how they were going to commit to being more green on a piece of recycled cardboard. They then posed for a photo holding their hand-made signs that were uploaded into an album that can be found here on our Facebook page.
Congratulations to all of the Zag Dining employees who participated in and survived this widely popular event! We produced 3 teams, one of which — Team Ketchup! — came in 10th place in the Corporate Cup. Amazing! This was a wonderful way for us to get involved with the community and get a little (okay, a LOT of) exercise. Go team!


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Like many of you, I have mixed feelings about Valentine's Day. I'm all for telling our loved ones that they are…well, loved. But needing a special day to do it is kind of like needing New Year's to make a resolution. Mostly, the whole day is a commercialized fiasco that wastes a bunch of paper, feeds kids too much sugar, and makes single people feel like they are missing something. All the while, real and lasting love dissolves into Hallmark processed cheese, and all the sparkly princess garbage that I hate. I think my neighborhood grocery store said it best with this display…
While I'd like to think this bit of decorative flair was devised by a smart person with a brilliant sense of irony, I'm pretty sure it was just a floor manager who is missing an aesthetic filter. Anway, much as it scathes my eyeballs, it pretty much sums up What Valentine's Day Means to Me.
That said…whether you are single and happy, single and bitter, newly in love, or old married people, I'm pretty sure there is one component of this blessed day that we can all get behind. DESSERT. Chocolate. Decadence. Indulgence in something that might be forbidden fruit on any other day of the year (except maybe Thanksgiving. Or Christmas. Or your birthday…OK, i love dessert).
Anyway, in keeping with my English Major Diet series, here's a run-down of the best sweet splurges on the planet. If you are single, it will make you feel better. (And if you are in love, you might want to spend the evening by yourself, just so you don't have to share your dessert). These are in no particular order:
Opal's Homemade Hot Fudge Cake (Opal being my Mamaw) I don't have the recipe, but i do know the sauce involves a whole can of EagleBrand, and really, what more do you need to know?
Opal's Strawberry Pie A little slice of summer–with crust! There's a light, fluffy, cheesecakey-layer, topped with berries–preferably from her garden, if there are any left from making jam–and a sugary gel. This particular dessert will be featured in another 'best meal ever' post to come later…
Opal's anything else.Because really, doesn't everything taste better on your Mamaw's porch?
Good *Kentucky Horse Race* Pie (because, you know, there's a copyright on even desserts these days) made by somebody who knows what's up. My mother-in-law's is my favorite. Many Kentucky restaurants make a great one too, but if you're in some other state, you're better off just making your own. I do mine with a splash of bourbon. Serve with whipped topping. You can even go so far as to make BOURBON whipped topping. If a dessert can be R-rated, this is it.
Rasberry Chocolate Cheesecake at the late Flag Fork Herb Farm in Lexington. Breaks my heart that place closed. I hear that you can still get some of their stuff at the Good Foods Coop, and the Liquor Barn, but i don't know if this is one of the items they carry. This dessert is so good, you could talk even your most figure-conscious girlfriend into sharing a slice at lunchtime.
Coconut-Chip Ice Cream from Graeters Ice Cream.Kentucky friends living in California say you can by it at the Kroger affiliates out there, but the westward migration somehow skipped the desert.
Tiramisu from not just an Italian restaurant, but a restaurant in actual Italy. Your life will never be the same.
Real, homemade from scratch, chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream frosting.No part of this endeavor can come from a can or a box.
My mom's chess pie How many desserts can you think of that involve a healthy dose of vinegar? This one makes the list just for being strange but to-die-for.
Homemade Shortbread The fewer ingredients, the better. It's basically lightly sweetened butter with some flour to hold it together.
Church Lady Blackberry Cobbler Preferably said church and said lady hailing from the Bible Belt.
And finally, I challenge you to find something better than a fresh-out-of-the-oven Homemade chocolate chip cookie. If my Valentine is reading this, he knows how i feel about carnations, princesses and crowded restaurants with pre-fix menus. However, I hope he also knows the power of a hot cookie. And no, that's not a euphemism. I mean an actual hot cookie.
Notice something about these desserts. None of them are super easy to come by. They are seasonal, or regional, or in some cases, unique to one person's kitchen or company. Suppose I ONLY EVER ATE DESSERT when it was one of these very specific times/places/occasions. I'd be so skinny, you'd hate me. I don't know that i will set the challenge that high. I mean, i have 2 small children and a full-time job. Some days, a king-size bag of Peanut M&Ms will just have to do.
However…well, i can remind myself that the rare, the memorable, and the good-prose-making desserts are the real thing. They are the love that endures change and disappiontment, the love that produces children (though more often is just for fun), love that finds its own lasting rhythm; they are the love of friends and family that sustain us through transition, give us a lift on bad days, and welcome us home, even when we've been impossible to live with; the love that challenges us to be our better selves, every single day. With those kinds of indulgences in mind, the Twinkies and the Oreos start to look like…well, like a Cinderella mannequin gracing a carnation display. A little ironic, in poor taste, and presenting no real temptation.


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Friday, January 13, 2012
Bad Teacher
Ted and I watched Bad Teacher this evening. I slept through half of the movie but the parts I did see were pretty funny.
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I got this idea from a friend of mine who decided to document her life one picture at a time. I often hear people say that life moves by so quickly. What better way to look back on the big and small moments that help define our life than through pictures? I look forward to looking back and seeing where life has taken me.


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Are you obnoxious? Do you get an 'A' in personality? Sam and I were just wondering because we read a Wall Street Journal article about so-called scientific attempts to identify specific aspects of our personalities. This assumes, of course, that everyone has a personality.
Personally, I consider myself to be a Sunny Jim. There might be a whiskey by that name too, but I'm sure that's just coincidence; I swear there's no connection. On the other hand I've often wondered if the secret to living harmoniously with others might just be to keep a nice little buzz going – a semi-alcoholic haze as it were. Type-A personalities might want to take a closer look at this theory.
Uh hum, anyway, The Wall Street Journal reported that a personality test called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is administered by some psychologists, therapists, counselors and employers, to determine a person's fitness for a certain style of work, for marital compatibility, for successful life coaching and so on. You should know that the Myers-Briggs test ostensibly was developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Cook Briggs, who read a lot of the work of Carl Jung; that's pretty solid credentialing, eh? Sam and I recommend reading Cosmo or other women's magazines too.
Actually, Sam and I think it might be more important to determine whether a person is obnoxious rather than what personality type he/she is. Any personality can be obnoxious, even sunny disposition types (sometimes they're the most obnoxious). Here's a little test Sam and I have developed to determine if you are obnoxious, assuming of course, that you give a rip. You may be obnoxious if you don't or if:
1. You constantly urge people to have a nice day.
2. You speed around the person in front of you on the on-ramp to enter the freeway first
3. Your order at a fast-food drive up takes longer than a minute or two
4. You don't slide your debit card and enter your ID number at the grocery store until you've argued about the prices, until you've searched your purse for an expired coupon, until the clerk sends someone clear to the back of the store to find an item not in stock anymore.
5. You constantly insist that you're vegan or insist that I try sushi (I'm not a shark)
6. You litter, throwing your danged cigarette butts on the ground or out your car window
7. You get in my face to ask me if I'm saved (yes I am, thank you)
8. Your dog poops on other people's lawns or you don't pick up behind your dog in public places
9. You don't replace toilet paper when the roll is empty
10. You need to regale me with details of your surgery
You probably can come up with a few indicators of obnoxicity (?) yourself. If you have a good one or two, please share. Sam and I would like to hear from you.


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You're probably wrong about Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
You're wrong about Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask.
That is if you truly believe that Rask doesn't want to play in big games. That is if you sincerely believe that Rask fakes an injury every time he needs to step up with a big game. That is if you buy into any of the sports radio hyperbole drummed up whenever the 30-year-old Rask misses a start of any sort, and that is if you for a single second believe that Rask is 'stealing' his $7 million salary from the Black and Gold.
Not only are you wrong, actually, but you sound like a good old fashioned dummy and need to stop.
Listen, I'll be the first to tell you that Rask stunk up the joint last week against the Lightning. But consider the fact that it was his third game in four nights (a stupidly dangerous workload for late March, no matter your salary), and he said that he suffered a lower-body injury during the game. Given how dominant Rask was in the beginning stages of that game -- the Bruins do not escape that first period tied if not for Rask's stellar play in his crease, as Rask came up big stop after big stop -- and the fact that the later the game went on, the worse Rask got, that seems totally believable.
But don't worry, he was faking and he just wants the offseason to come at the same time it has the last two seasons. Not because that's factually correct (it's absolutely not), but because that's what will sell and Rask is the easiest of targets now that Claude Julien is finally gone.
Now, has Rask struggled for large chunks of the second half? Of course. Like I said, there are some things you just can't deny and his numbers tell a bummer of a tale for Bruins fans. But let's not act as if this is happening because it's the most important time of the season.
The truth is actually that the B's screwed this one up long ago.
Before Bruce Cassidy replaced Julien as the team's coach, even.
From Oct. 22 to Feb. 2 (103 days), the Bruins played a league-high 50 games. Rask played in 40 (40!) of those 50 games, which ranked as the third-most in the NHL over that span, and that number likely would have been even higher had it not been for a three-game absence because of a lower-body injury in late October. The Bruins went on to lose all three of those games, by the way, and they weren't even close. That was also an injury that Rask, at the time, said would take at least a month of rest to fully heal (which is something he acknowledged as not even remotely possible). Still, Rask rolled with 22 wins and a .910 save percentage (13th-best among starters over that span). The worst part of that run for Rask came in its final weeks, as he had just seven wins and an .882 save percentage (the worst among NHL starters) in the final 15 games of that segment. Rask was thrice injured in that span, too, once with a puck to the throat, another time with a 'popped' groin in Washington, and the migraine that forced him out of action in a Sunday matinee in Pittsburgh.
Julien, desperate by late January after the B's blew points left and right, had Rask on a grueling 66-start pace.
If this were the Oregon Trail, Rask would've been dead before hitting Nebraska.
"He wants to play as many games as possible," Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said of Rask back in October. "We've looked at the balance of the schedule and the compression of things to try and put Tuukka and our team in the best situation. Having Anton [Khudobin] and Malcolm [Subban] as part of that is very important. You're going to need the depth of your hockey club this year to get through the type of season we're going to face this year with the scheduling challenges."
(Subban, a former first-round pick, was not and has not been of the equation for the B's, and Khudobin was rocky at best back then.)
This team should have known better. Their utter lack of awareness when it came to managing Rask's workload that early in the season, especially after they watched him and their playoff chances -- a coincidence, I'm sure -- fade into dust in back-to-back stretch runs, borders on criminal.
After all, 2015 and 2016 told you that Rask is not a workhorse that you can roll out for 60-plus games and still get his best from him. After the 55th game of his season in 2015, Rask had seven wins and a .925 save percentage in 15 games to finish the season. After his 55th game last year, Rask had three wins and an .889 save percentage in nine games to close out the campaign. And following 55th game of this season, Rask has one win and an .867 save percentage in five games, and that one win came with last night's 24-of-25 show-you-up effort against the Predators.
That's not a slight against Rask, either, but moreso a commentary on how his frame (6-foot-3 and about 180 pounds) is not necessarily one built for the rigors of 70-game grinds. That is a workload best left to the likes of goalies such as Martin Brodeur, who in between eating bagels and drinking Sprite, posted 70-start seasons in 10 of 11 seasons from 1998 to 2010.
That's something that Cassidy admitted, too, but long after the damage was already done.
"He's not a 240-pound goaltender who can handle all that workload - every game, every year," Cassidy said after Monday's practice, Rask's first after a weekend off. "And we probably overused him at the start of the year and it's been documented again so that this time of the year it gets tougher and tougher -- on any player that's overplayed. You've seen it with other players as well."
One of two goaltenders to skate in over 11,000 minutes since 2014 (Capitals goalie Braden Holtby is the other), and behind a defense that's gotten worse and older and/or younger (read as: inexperienced) for the most part over that span, the workload has become the club's yearly nightmare.
"The workload for Tuukka has to be monitored, and whether the whole world agrees with it or not, that's the situation. I think the data backs up that he's better with X amount of rest and that's just the way it is. It's an inexact science and we're trying to do a better job with that," Cassidy said of Rask. "The second half we've really tried to monitor it and last week was a bit of an exception."
The numbers back Cassidy up, too. Rask has 17 wins and a .917 save percentage in 27 games this year with at least two days of rest between starts in (including a potent 10-4-0 record and .933 save percentage with three-plus days between games), versus 17 wins and a .908 save percentage in 33 games with fewer than two days of rest.
Rest, in those rare situations where it's actually given to No. 40, clearly works.
So when we look at the struggles of Rask in recent days, it's straight-up stupid to suggest that it's because it's closer to crunch time and that Rask is packing it in and not because he's been spent since about February. It's also hilarious when Rask is viciously hammered when he struggles in his third game in three nights -- the performances got worse as the week went on, which clearly indicated Rask's need for a night off -- but is not credited with putting this team on his back to even put them in a playoff position in the first place when the team regularly struggled to score two goals a night from October to December.
It's similar to when Rask is blamed for the team's Game 6 loss in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final to the Blackhawks with two goals allowed in 17 seconds, but failed to get credit for his historic numbers in a four-game sweep of the Penguins the round before to even get them there in the first place. Or like when his $7 million contract is held against him while forgetting that it was right after he backstopped the club to that Cup Final appearance (something that, again, doesn't happen without him), and that Rask took a team-friendly, prove-it deal the season before to show that he could be this team's ace. Or when he's blamed for not playing through food poisoning last year, as if that would have benefitted anybody, and as if the Bruins needed Rask to beat a Sens group that was pure garbage.
Laziness is the name of the game when it comes to most Rask narratives thrown out there by a fanbase that absolutely needs a scapegoat at all times. The stubborn refusal to look back at how you got there in the first place is often a close second, and sometimes takes the lead given the situation.
But this crowd does have a point: At this time of year, with the B's clinging to their playoff lives, the club needs Rask to be on top of his game and y'know, in the game. That doesn't happen if the Bruins are dragging him onto the ice Weekend At Bernie's style as they have in back-to-back playoff missed, though, and it's on Cassidy, who has already said Rask will not play every game between now and the season finale, to find the middle where it's playing time but also some rest in between those nights.
"At crunch time things change a little bit, and that's what we're trying to balance," Cassidy said.
It would be nice if the fans followed and properly balanced their assignments of both blame and credit for the goalie, too.
For once.


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Considering Meta-TimeApril 6, 2008
I believe Time is elastic. However, some states keep fighting over space and drawing imaginary lines and "national boundaries". Hey dear states of the earth wake up! Fighting over land is a post-colonial matter, not to say a medieval issue. Some other states fight over identity: Kurds, Amazigh, Aboriginals, Gays, and Women… All want rights and space where to practice these rights. Hey dear communities of the earth wake up! Fighting over recognition is a twentieth century thing. I see no groups seriously fighting over time! Does the US have power over time? NO. So it's not the twenty-first century first power in any way.
As a graduate student in International Relations, I find nowhere a theory dealing with strategic time management in International Relations, or at least, a Time-Space theory other than the old-fashion geopolitics of Uncle Kissinger.
As a passenger of that speedy wheel, I seriously consider what would be waiting for me once down when the tour would be finished. Are we heading towards the Holy Scriptures' apocalypse or Kaplan's disaster or something else? Anyway, it seems to be the end of an era, or an eon as would say some, in the universe.
I'm not a prophet, and not even a proper researcher. I'm just like birds sensing the upheaval when it's near. Then, I would just like to ask real specialists to stop analyzing the means (oil, nuclear power, military, water…), or the events or even the personalities of the leaders, because "there is no logic to human behavior" as thought me Dr. Kalpakian. Maybe it's more efficient to start looking at the wider picture, while drawing on physics for instance, and studying Meta-Time. Our real future enemy can't be defeated with soft or hard power it's beyond that. It's up to you to figure out how to beat it. It's Time.


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I am in the running for a promotion at work that would require I move across the country.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
My baby turned one!
Here is a picture of my baby E, from her 1 year photo shoot.
I enhanced it with a little photo editing using Storybook Creator Plus 3.0.
I used the Custom cut option on the Cut & Fill Ribbon, cut around the chair and E, made the chair part shaded, made a copy, then cut out the holes in the arms of the chair. Then I used 2 overlays, used the same two color gradient on both, one pink on top, the other the opposite. The last thing I did was make a rubber stamp of the background photo using the blended rubber stamp option, shaded it pink, turned down the opacity and put it on top of the background layer and the overlays.
So from bottom to top, I have background photo, overlay 1, overlay 2, stamp image and cutout image. On the top image, I used the 3-d filter on very lightly, and put a heavy shadow on it. I think it turned out super cute!
Photo by Giraffe Photography in the Village of East Davenport.
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Well!! What a weekend! Our quartet, Hearts Afire, had a great coaching session with Jana Gutenson, baritone of Scottsdale Chorus. Our first coaching session felt like we (at least to Carol & I) were just yelling, but now that I've had a lesson with Kim Hulbert, I understand better the vocal production issues at hand, and how to safely achieve that forward sound Jana is after. I think if bass Carol has voice lessons with Chandler, AZ resident Charla Esser, she'll find her voice -- and her vocal production challenges overcome. This second session was excellent in Barbershop Interp ~ making the song a higher scoring song with "Putting Points In The Bank" or, the scoresheet. I was quite exhausted on Monday, though. It is truly amazing how singing uses mind and body.
Monday night I went with good friends Marie & Rosalie to visit the Foothills Women's Chorus. This is a chorus I've had a small bit of history with in the past, and former Arizona Rose company member K M's mom is still a member. Ann M has a thousand-watt smile, and she is one of the kindest, sweetest people I know. She had called up Fellowship Square last year as the chorus's 'get gigs' person, and I spoke to her -- it was that conversation awhile back that was partly responsible to what led next... she is currently working as an independent contractor for senior citizen assisted living places as an occupational therapist who reaches them via crafts. She goes in for an hour, charges anywhere from $30 to $50 and teaches crafts. But she says that hour spent with them could be anything... music (scrapbooking - which is in the craft family), anything, really. She has a structure already in place, she has places that know her and trust her, and she's been wanting to let it go, but doesn't want to leave these people without anyone to follow in her footsteps.
And she says I'd be a perfect replacement! I sing, I craft, and I've been an Activities Person! Right now she's working 20 hours a week, but that is flexible. So she & I are meeting for lunch next week so she can talk to me more in depth about what it involves, and kinda walk me through things.
And I wasn't going to go to the chorus last night with my friends because I was tired (!!) God is so good.
So today I've been recording the coaching sessions onto the pc to create CD's for all quartet members, and have been filing papers and throwing away papers that have been stacking up. I will go do himself's laundry and go to Curves as soon as the Charla session is through recording, and then it is chorus night. I'm also planning to join Weight Watchers online, so need to plan something for himself's dinner.
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- (30-45 minutes)The students have yellow vocabulary sheets that I gave them last class. They are to write the definition of each word in their own words in SPANISH. Then they draw a picture for each word.
- Have each table get Beisbol en Abril from the bookshelf for every person. They will read El Karate Kid p. 90-105. They will read out loud in their groups. Each person reads a paragraph or half a page before switching.
- If they finish early, they can practice reading their Spanish is like poems out loud to practice for their presentation on Tuesday.
Homework: Read your Espanol es como poem out loud at least 5 times to someone else.


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Thank you to the kind, honest gentleman who found and turned my wallet in to customer service at Kmart in Pottstown. That gesture, your honesty, is truly appreciated and has reminded me that there are still people in this community who are decent, honorable and respectable, all of which you are. I will continue your kindness by paying it forward everyday.
Having been to Australia six times and having spent lots of time there, let me assure you that that country is going down the same socialist toilet that America is heading down. America is truly the freest country in the world and my Australian friends always confirm that when they come to America. The Australian government is very intrusive and imposes on people's rights. Trust me.
When shoveling snow, please keep the gutters along your curbing free of snow and ice. When things begin to thaw, the water will drain as intended. Otherwise, you're creating a dam that leads to flooded streets and wet basements. It's common sense but so many people forget this simple thing.
I wish the CEO of Exelon would close down all the nuclear power plants and soon. Maybe there would be less cancer around. Please close it down. We get no profit from it.
To the person who commented about getting rid of the lights in town, I think it's a great idea. There's way too many in this town. Take the one on High Street at the old Pottstown hospital. Why are we stopping there anyway? Who's coming? No one. This isn't a booming industrial town anymore. All those things are gone. We are responsible enough to get through these areas without problems. Some of the stop signs need to go too.
This is for Lisa, the mail woman who runs the delivery on my road being Hill Camp Road. You are appreciated and loved. People do not take the time to thank you for all you do, for always being there and for being so pleasant. We love you.
I would truly like Phoenixville Borough to stick to their snow emergency route policy of six inches or more you call a snow emergency route on the marked special snow emergency routes. With another foot of snow where did they expect us to park? Clear these emergency routes and it will make us very happy. Please do your job right.
If anybody wants to get warmed up, just read the letter from Gov. Corbett in Another View on Wednesday. That is enough to make your blood boil. Sounds like someone is running scared. He says nearly every job lost in the great recession is back. Come on.
I'm responding to the person who commented that CVS is going to stop selling cigarettes and they should also stop selling snacks. There's a big difference between the two. Your cigarette smoke is causing me to be sick whereas if you want to eat a whole bag of chips, that's on you; it's not affecting my health in any way unlike cigarettes.
I'd like to thank the Borough of Phoenixville for the lousy job they do every time it snows. At least they used to clean Bridge Street, the main drag, downtown. They don't even clean the curbs so you can cross the streets downtown. Then they want to fine the people in the neighborhoods for not shoveling their sidewalks. That's our great taxpayer money going to the gov. What a bad deal this is. You're spending money like mad other places.
Every time I drive through Pottstown I see people shoveling snow around their cars and off their sidewalks and throwing it back into the street. Then everybody complains about the streets not being done right. They can't do a good job if they have lazy people throwing the snow back on the street. I even saw a guy snow blowing it out onto the street. Then it packed down and froze into ice. The borough should ride around and fine those people.
To the Boyertown atheist who was concerned that a religious leader in the area was preaching against the gay community, please note that the world is full of people who hate who think they have the right to judge. Only God can judge. The caller also said you cannot pray away the gay. I say, you can pray away the dismay.
I think I have a good idea but I'm afraid it wouldn't please everybody. Anytime you go into a place of business if you have a hooded sweatshirt on, you should not be able to enter the store with the hood over your head and no sunglasses. All they do is cover up their face and you can't identify them. It should be a new law because these places are easy targets.


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When a new generation took over a landmark Mount Dora store, things began to change. The downtown store slowly took on a younger and more artsy vibe.
In early December more change is coming to Every Nook & Cranny art collective. The expansive and eclectic shop, full of local artists' creations, plans to open Cafe 334 to serve locally roasted coffees and fresh tea blends. Eventually, the cafe will dish out light vegan fare to fill that void in the downtown area.
After 25 years, Kaitlyn Zill's grandparents turned over the store's reins to her in 2014. Since then she has put the emphasis back on featuring locally handmade goods ranging from paintings and jewelry to pottery and furniture and more.
Cafe 334 will feature coffee roasted by Tavares' Wild Bear Coffee, and will offer specialty hot and iced coffee and tea drinks. Patrons can also purchase a canister of their favorite blended tea to enjoy at home and return the canister for a discounted refill of any tea. To accompany the beverages, the cafe will also sell donuts and baked goods from Market on South in Orlando.
Zill, a Eustis High School graduate, spent much of her life on the West Coast of the U.S. Now a local resident again, she enjoys daily visits at the store from her grandfather, Wayne Pritt. Pritt formerly managed the Mount Dora Craft Fair and ran the store with his wife, Barbara, who passed away in 2014. The couple was well-known for their years of volunteering with Mount Dora Merchants Association until it disbanded in approximately 2009.
Now as part of a new generation of downtown retailers, Zill hopes to provide an eclectic and relaxing destination for the area's artists and younger demographic. The cafe is located at 334 N. Donnelly Street in downtown Mount Dora inside Every Nook + Cranny.
For more news and events in Mount Dora, Tavares & Eustis, click here. Find out what's happening locally with just a tap on your phone by downloading the area's free mobile app. Monthly issues of Mount Dora Buzz are available here.
10/30/2017 08:36:34 am
I am SO happy to hear your cafe will be offering vegan fare. Hopefully this will start a trend in this area!
Monica Poorbaugh
10/30/2017 10:24:55 am
Sooo excited. Won't have to drive into Orlando anymore for my husband's and my donut fix! Please add me to any mailing list. Thank you.
11/1/2017 09:52:19 am
YAY!! Bless you for bringing in some of the incredible treats from Market on South. I'm a vegan who has been begging local food store owners to provide something for vegans! I know I am not the only one here in Mt. Dora. You've made my day!
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How's everyone enjoying their weekday off? Since I'm just chillin' out at home, I decided to update this blog. So for today, I have a review for you and it's all about this eyebrow powder I discovered in the newly-opened Suesh store in SM Megamall.
Like I said in my blog post title, it's a nameless and brandless eyebrow powder. The only information I have about it are the ingredients at the back and that it's made from Canada. It came in a box, too. Actually, these are sold in many variable shades like gray, light brown, ash brown, and this chocolate brown shade which I got. But before I move on, let's see the basics....
Place Bought: Suesh Store, SM Megamall (You gotta visit this place! Aside from their wide array of makeup brushes, they also have many professional makeup tools and makeup products.)
Price: Php495.00 (yeah, pretty expensive for a brandless product, but since it's 3g, it should be worth it.)
Packaging: It came in a box, and the product is housed in a basic circular pot, like most eyeshadow powders. But it's big, it has 3g of powder in it.
Shade: I got the shade Walnut - which is a basic chocolate or dark brown shade.


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On Friday, in the middle of my Introduction to Mathematics class, I brought out my laptop to check my email; the inbox subject read: One Show College Competition Finalist Announced. I opened up the email and downloaded the pdf that was attached, and I saw that I was selected as a finalist for both the Innovative Marketing category and the Design category. I almost jumped out of my desk. I'm very excited about this opportunity, and on May 8th we'll see if I win a pencil.
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June is PTSD Awareness Month…
Although the vetrans of WWII considered it "taboo" to speak anything about the war they experienced, we know today that escaping the everyday battles of #PTSD (aka shell shock, 1,000 yard stare, and so on) was as probable as it is for post 911 vets.
I'd like to pay tribute to those warriors of the greatest generation our nation has seen who quietly lived with their inner battles long after the fires in Europe and the Pacific were extinguished.
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ROSEMARY THOMAS, As Administratrix of the estate of HUTSON THOMAS, ROSEMARY THOMAS, Individually, MORRIS THOMAS AND ROSEMARY THOMAS, Plaintiffs, against MITCHELL-BRADFORD CHEMICAL COMPANY, A Division Of MESSING CORPORATION, Defendant; MITCHELL-BRADFORD CHEMICAL CO., INC., Third-Party Plaintiff, against PRECISION HEAT TREATING COMPANY, INC., E.I. DUPONT de NEMOURS COMPANY AND INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendants.
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This is a motion by plaintiffs to amend their complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15. Defendant Mitchell-Bradford Chemical Co., Inc. ("Mitchell-Bradford") and third-party defendant Precision Heat Treating Company, Inc. ("Precision Heat Treating Company, Inc. ("Precision") oppose the motion and cross-move for summary judgment dismissing the original complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff's motion to amend is granted, and the amendment relates back to the date of the filing of the original complaint for statute of limitations purposes.
Plaintiff, Rosemary Thomas, brought this action in the New York State Supreme Court "as administratrix" of the estate of Hutson Thomas, her father. (It turns out that she is not the administratrix.) She alleged that defendant Mitchell-Bradford supplied certain chemicals, including one known as "Black Magic," to decedents employer, and that exposure to this chemical resulted in Hutson Thomas' death. Defendant removed this action to this Court based upon diversity of citizenship and subsequently impleaded third-party defendants Precision (the decedent's employer), E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company ("DuPont") and Independent Chemical Corporation ("Independent").
Plaintiff now seeks to amend the complaint to name Louleta Thomas, decedent's wife and executrix of his estate, as plaintiff. Rosemary Thomas states that she was inadvertently named as administratrix in the original complaint. The error was not discovered until pretrial discovery revealed that Louleta Thomas had been named executrix of the estate of Hutson Thomas. Plaintiffs, therefore, seek to amend the caption of their complaint to reflect the real party in interest.
Defendant Mitchell-Bradford and third-party defendant Precision claim that under the New York law which governs the case, plaintiff Rosemary Thomas lacks the capacity to sue and that defendants are therefore entitled to summary judgment dismissing the complaint.Mitchell-Bradford also argues that amendment should be denied on the ground that plaintiffs' undue delay in making their motion has resulted in prejudice to the defendants. Finally, Mitchell-Bradford contends that even if amendment of the complaint is allowed under Rule 15(a), it should not relate back under Rule 15(c). In that case, the complaint would have to be dismissed because the applicable statutes of limitation have run.
I. Choice of Law
In this diversity-based action, state substantive law controls. Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78, 82 L. Ed. 1188, 58 S. Ct. 817 (1938). The New York statute creating the cause of action for wrongful death (Estates, Powers and Trusts Law ("EPTL") § 5-4.1) states that such an action may be brought by the duly appointed personal representative of a decedent who is survived by distributees. Similarly, EPTL § 11-3.2 states that, while a personal injury action survives the death of the injured party, it may be brought only by the decedent's personal representative. It is clear, therefore, that Louleta Thomas, the executrix, not plaintiff Rosemary Thomas, is the only person who may bring this suit. Because State law determines capacity to sue, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 17 (b), this action may be maintained only if a curative amendment is permitted.
This determination requires inquiry into "whether state or federal law controls the allowance and relation back of the amendment sought here." Davis v. Piper Aircraft Corp., 615 F.2d 606, 610 (4th Cir., cert. dismissed, 448 U.S. 911, 101 S. Ct. 25, 65 L. Ed. 2d 1141 (1980). Under New York law and amendment would not be permitted because the naming of the wrong plaintiff is a "jurisdictional" defect that cannot be saved from the statute of limitations by the device of an amendment that relates back. Goldberg v. Camp Mikan-Recro, 42 N.Y. 2d 1029, 369 N.E.2d 8, 398 N.Y.S.2d 1008 (1977). Under federal law, however, amendment and relation back clearly could be granted. See discussion infra. I hold that federal law applies.
This is not a question of first impression in the Second Circuit. In Ingram v. Kumar, 585 F.2d 566 (2d Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 940, 59 L. Ed. 2d 499, 99 S. Ct. 1289 (1979), the court stated:
We have no problem in finding that Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 15(c) applies in federal courts notwithstanding a possibly more restrictive state practice. Strong federal policies underlie Rule 15(c). . . . Application of the federal standards for relation back will not significantly impair state interests or encourage forum shopping.
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The temple in Bhadrachalam is closely connected with the lifetime of the 17th-century saint musician Kancharla Gopanna who was called Bhakta Ramadas. Gopanna was the Tahasildar of Bhadrachalam (second half the seventeenth century), is said to possess used cash from the govt. treasury to make this temple, and was captive during a dungeon at Golconda. Lord avatar is claimed to possess miraculously given the ruler the cash spent by Gopanna, when that he was released. Gopanna then became Bhadrachala Ramadasa and went on to compose myriad range of songs in Telugu in praise of avatar.
Bhadrachalam and Vijayanagara square measure sites aforementioned to possess been closely related to the Sanskrit literature. Rama, Sita and Lakshmana square measure aforementioned to possess stayed at Parnasala, thirty five kilometre aloof from Bhadrachalam. avatar is claimed to possess crossed the river Godavari on his thanks to land to rescue mythical being, at the spot wherever the Bhadrachalam temple stands, on the northern bank of the stream. Legend has it that the son of Meru and Menaka, Bhadra, performed penances towards avatar here. Kabirdas, a Muslim by birth is additionally closely related to this temple. it's believed that the photographs of the deities miraculously disappeared once Kabir was refused entry into the temple which they reappeared miraculously upon his being permissible to enter.
Bhadrachalam attracts many thousands of devotees from everywhere the planet. This hill place that's encircled by Holy stream Godavari flowing towards southern direction is that the known shrine Bhadrachalam. The name comes from Bhadragiri (Mountain of Bhadra: a boon kid of Meru and Menaka). The history of this shrine stands for the importance of Sanskrit literature Era, the coherent hill place existed in "Dandakaranya" of Sanskrit literature amount wherever avatar together with his consort Sita and brother Lakshmana had spent their vanavasa. The neighborhood of the temple had its inconsistent mixture in another story that depicts the exigency of "Sri Mahavishnu" to manifest himself as avatar and shuffled once more to the mortal coil — long when Ramavatara was to satisfy his promise to his Bhakta Bhadra (a mountain king), a sage UN agency had been continuing the extraordinary penance to induce grace of Lord avatar.
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