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eCommerce Customer Service/Order Fulfillment
Our client, a leading online retailer, is looking for Drop Ship Vendor Associates for immediate seasonal contract roles.
The DSV Operations Associate supports the DSV Ops team to ensure our DSV operations teams are shipping orders on time to our customers. They will help our DSV's troubleshoot any operational problems and follow up on exceptions to ensure orders are updated on time Additionally, will work one off requests from internal and external partners and will perform tasks focused on the customer experience.
Essential duties and responsibilities include:
1. running daily throughput reports to identify poor performing vendors
2. External communication to DSV's to resolve issues
3. Provide company portal training to new and existing DSV's
4. Assist with customer service escalations
5. Monitor daily DSV capacity.
Required Qualifications:
• MS Excel a must
• Strong focus on the customer experience
• Fast learner
• Detail oriented with good analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritize and successfully drive multiple tasks appropriately
• Ability to balance multiple priorities at once and manage time appropriately
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external fulfillment partner stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to internal and external partners.

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Shimano Deore M591 9 Speed Rear Derailleur
Out of Stock
Code: RDM591SGSL
Deore top normal rear mech in black.
- Wide link top normal Deore rear derailleur
- Wide link design increases rigidity and service life
- Top normal return spring lends to incredibly intuitive operation when combined with Rapidfire shifters
- Alloy and steel construction leads to lower weight without compromising strength and durability
- Large 11 tooth pulleys are used for longer life
- Two fluorine-coated link bushings for low-friction operation
- 8- and 9-speed compatible
- Compatible with 28-34T low sprocket
- Average weight 299 grams
JonathanWorks well, shifting is very smooth
Mr DonmezAbsolutely original. I have been using it for 2 years. Had no problems yet.
Dr RochesterBought as a replacement for a 9 speed Sora rear derailleur. Is functioning perfectly so far.
simpsonThis rear mech is good quality and easy to fit. Always bought this type of mech because they last and are very robust. Price and delivery are good as well
Mr GleggMy old rear mech was very worn, fitted this new one & the changes are very slick & smooth now. The price from Merlin was the best I could find & speed of delivery impressive.
Mr BoyesUpgraded from an Alvio. Chalk and cheese.
Mr DonnachieUpgrade from Alivio rear mech destroyed on the trail. This solved the vague shifting I'd been putting up with since I bought the bike! Very quick to install and set up. Highly recommended
Mr whiteThis was a straight swap for a damaged rear mech that had lasted me an incredible 11 years. As always top quality service from Merlin, I vowed to use them as much as possible and I`m finding all my cycle needs are all stocked here. Quality product as always.
Mr PLANTI would not have thought it but this mech runs better on my drive train than my old XT did before it was damaged. Top marks to Merlin too for good advice before my purchase and excellent delivery time
Mr BoveyA very well priced mech with features which were just available on higher end mechs a few years ago. Seems strong and just the job for an everyday bike.
FKuoUsed this derailleur with a SRAM 1070 12-32 cassette and Ultegra 10sp shifter to add a lower gear. Shifts as smoothly as the Ultegra derailleur it replaced. Much cheaper to go this route than to upgrade to Ultegra 6800 just to add a 32.
Miss HerdsmanGreat rear mech accurate shifting easy to set up, a massive improvement on my old Alivio 8sp. Great price and quick delivery from merlin too.
Mr AtkinsonGreat quality cheap mech! Not quite XT but very good for the money. Using it on a 10 speed mtb cassette with 105 shifters as the dyna-sys mechs were not compatible. Shifting not quite as slick as the original 105 mech but still works fine.
Mr HarrisonGreat rear mech at a great price. Get yourself a brand new cable, too and once adjusted correctly, it shifts like a dream. Together with a new cassette, it really breathes new life into a worn drivetrain.
Mr SmithExcellent quality and price.
Mr D K RobertsFor the price it is an excellent derailleur and again great savings when purchased from Merlin
Mr SchmittIt's very good. It's very fast.
Mr RebelloI love it! Much better than my old Shimano Alivio's rear mech.
Mr GillhamGood value for money product as a direct replacement for the worn out Deore mech on my bike. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain these older parts as Shimano have introduced newer lines.
Dr WGood value rear mech. Fitted it to a road bike so that I could use a cassette with a 30 sprocket. Runs well with 8 speed down tube shifters. I understand that newer version of Shimano MTB rear mech will not work with road gear levers.
Mr ParkCheapest I can find and best delivery and customer service I have found. Thankyou will be back soon
Mr LovelockThe perfect replacement, easy to fit, and the cheapest price to be found.
Mr SeagroattBought this to go with a 10/34 cassette on my road bike (lots of steep hills locally & I'm getting older!) Reasonably easy to fit, looks good and works well. Arived very quickly after the order - good service.
Mr FarrellA replacement for a very worn out Deore rear mech on my Sirrus Sport which has done nearly 5000 miles. Absolutely brilliant for the money and shifting is smooth and accurate again. Service from Merlin was faultless.
Mr BurtonIt's a rear mech, it changes gear at the rear. It looks good in black because everything does. What makes it special is it's the cheapest on the web and it was delivered the next day by Merlin, first class as per usual.
Mr PringI purchased this item to get the long arm to put onto an Ultegra 10 speed derailleur, which had the same pin type mount fix. It allows me to use a 36 tooth rear cassette with a compact two speed crank with no problems. I just swap the arms. There seems to be two different types of locks to hold the derailleur arms to the bodies, even for the same named derailleur. One type has a pin at 90 degrees to the shaft and the other has a slip-over arm with a bolt through the swinging arm, so please be careful. The arm is longer than the 'GS' models of 105, Ultegra and Dura-Ace. The Deore body is not used.
HIDEKUNAlthough ALIVIO was used until now, the gear became smooth after changing into DEORE.
Mr lovelessexcellent rear mech for the cost - looks good, easy to fit and smooth changing once on; would happily purchase again


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Showing the Top Rated Comedy Movies
Some guys will do anything for a little somethin' somethin'.
Rating: 5.3/10
Comedy, Romance,
Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Amy Monique Waddell, Wiley Moore, Vivica A. Fox,
Gone Fishin' (1997)
Even the fish are laughing!
Rating: 4.7/10
Comedy, Crime,
Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, Willie Nelson,
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Follow that cat... as a sassy, Siamese secret agent leads the F.B.I. through WALT DISNEY'S MOST HILARIOUS COMEDY!
Rating: 6.7/10
Comedy, Crime, Family, Thriller,
Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand,
That Old Feeling (1997)
It was the perfect wedding except for two things ...the bride's parents
Rating: 6.1/10
Comedy, Romance,
Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady, David Rasche,
RocketMan (1997)
He's just taking up space!
Rating: 5.9/10
Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi,
Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, James Pickens Jr.,
The Player (1992)
Now more than ever!
Rating: 7.6/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher,
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
He's on a mission so secret, even he doesn't know about it.
Rating: 6.6/10
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller,
Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson,
Trial and Error (1997)
A defense this dumb, has got to be a crime!
Rating: 5.7/10
Comedy, Romance,
Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, Austin Pendleton,
Yat goh ho yan (1997)
Fight first. Apologize later.
Rating: 6.2/10
Action, Comedy, Crime,
Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee, Karen McLymont, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick,
The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
Once upon a time...
Rating: 5.3/10
Comedy, Romance,
Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide, Lisa Jakub,
Double Team (1997)
He's a one-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world.
Rating: 4.7/10
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger,
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
Rating: 7.6/10
Comedy, Family,
Barbara Billingsley, Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, Ken Osmond,
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends. Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.
Rating: 7.4/10
Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Dan Frazer, Joel Leffert,
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Don't pet them.
Rating: 6.4/10
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett,
A Simple Wish (1997)
Your wish is his command... sort of.
Rating: 5.4/10
Comedy, Family, Fantasy,
Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee, Francis Capra, Jonathan Hadary, Deborah Odell,
Sprung (1997)
Way Past Whipped!
Rating: 5.0/10
Comedy, Romance,
Tisha Campbell-Martin, Rusty Cundieff, Paula Jai Parker, Joe Torry, John Witherspoon,
Wild America (1997)
take a ride on the wild side.
Rating: 6.3/10
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family,
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, Frances Fisher, Jamey Sheridan,
These Pretty Women... Are Clueless!
Rating: 4.1/10
Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle Reid, Troy Byer,
Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
Rating: 5.2/10
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance,
Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Arnold Vosloo, Dawn McMillan, Miko Hughes,
Gridlock'd (1997)
Good time to kick.. Bad day to pick.
Rating: 7.0/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Charles Fleischer, Howard Hesseman,
McHale's Navy (1997)
Dare to rock the boat.
Rating: 4.4/10
Action, Comedy,
Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing, David Alan Grier, Tim Curry,
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A comedy for anyone who's ever been in danger...of falling in love.
Rating: 6.4/10
Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance,
Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya, Cameron Diaz, Ian McNeice,
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
For a Bunch of Funny Friends Trying to Break Into Show Business...
Rating: 6.9/10
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical,
Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, Ashley Peldon, Lindsay Ridgeway,
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
Meet Tommy Spinelli. He's got two days to deliver this bag, or more heads are gonna roll.
Rating: 5.3/10
Comedy, Crime,
Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon,
The Pest (1997)
What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000? Next question.
Rating: 5.0/10
John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Freddy Rodríguez, Pat Skipper, Edoardo Ballerini,
'Til There Was You (1997)
It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
Rating: 4.8/10
Romance, Comedy,
John Plumpis, Janel Moloney, Yvonne Zima, Christine Ebersole, Kellen Fink,
The MatchMaker (1997)
A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
Rating: 6.5/10
Comedy, Romance,
Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders, Rosaleen Linehan,
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
A comedy about the inconceivable.
Rating: 4.8/10
Comedy, Romance,
Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack, Jay Thomas, Jill Hennessy,
How to Be a Player (1997)
Rating: 5.3/10
Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle Reid, Lark Voorhies, Mari Morrow, Pierre Edwards,
"McHale's Navy" (1962)
Batten down the hatches!
Rating: 7.5/10
Comedy, War,
Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway, Carl Ballantine, Gary Vinson,
Afterglow (1997)
Rating: 6.1/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Jay Underwood,
The Sixth Man (1997)
They're lifting the game to a higher level.
Rating: 5.6/10
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport,
Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Michael Michele, Kevin Dunn,
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
Eight men. One summer. Figure it out.
Rating: 6.8/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus, Randy Becker, John Benjamin Hickey,
Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
Thanks to his two girlfriends Blake is about to learn a new sexual position. Honesty.
Rating: 5.6/10
Comedy, Drama,
Natasha Gregson Wagner, Heather Graham, Angel David, Frederique Van Der Wal, Robert Downey Jr.,
The Butcher Boy (1997)
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
Rating: 7.2/10
Comedy, Drama,
Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton,
Auntie Mame (1958)
All Set to Convulse America All Over Again!
Rating: 8.0/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Roger Smith,
Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
He's a menace to High Society.
Rating: 5.1/10
Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, David Ogden Stiers, Burt Reynolds, Rita McKenzie,
In the Company of Men (1997)
Are all men bastards...or just misunderstood?
Rating: 7.3/10
Comedy, Drama,
Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy, Michael Martin, Mark Rector,
Henry Fool (1997)
Rating: 7.3/10
Comedy, Drama,
Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Parker Posey, Maria Porter, James Saito,
The Castle (1997)
The No. 1 Australian comedy that sticks it up the big guys.
Rating: 7.7/10
Comedy, Drama,
Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee,
Star Maps (1997)
In Hollywood every dream has a price.
Rating: 5.9/10
Comedy, Drama,
Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa, Kandeyce Jorden, Martha Velez, Lysa Flores,
Orgazmo (1997)
From the Creators of "South Park"
Rating: 6.2/10
Comedy, Sci-Fi,
Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne Raab, Michael Dean Jacobs, Ron Jeremy,
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Watch out! They've got to clean up the worst crime district in the world. But that's no problem. They're the wors
Rating: 5.6/10
Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler,
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
Rating: 4.5/10
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family,
Jamie Williams, Billy Campbell, Roddy McDowall, David Paul Francis, Gulshan Grover,
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
An oddball odyssey about voyeurism, LSD and nude bowling!
Rating: 7.0/10
Comedy, Drama,
David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty, Kathryn Erbe, Patrick McGaw,
Clockwatchers (1997)
Rating: 6.4/10
Comedy, Drama,
Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach, Helen FitzGerald,
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them
Rating: 6.6/10
Comedy, Drama,
Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart,
After Sex (2000)
Everything changes... after sex.
Rating: 4.5/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Dan Cortese, Virginia Madsen, Maria Pitillo, Johnathon Schaech, Brooke Shields,
Shooting Fish (1997)
As con artists they were hard to beat. But they were easy targets for LOVE.
Rating: 6.6/10
Comedy, Crime, Romance,
Rowena Cooper, Scott Charles, Antonia Corrigan, Myles Anderson, Jane Lapotaire,
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Rating: 6.4/10
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter, Harriet Walter,
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Cooper laughed for the first time tonight!! An actual real baby laugh! It was the cutest thing. I had him in the bathtub and was being goofy, and he laughed! That has got to be one of the sweetest sounds- to hear a baby laugh. :)
Sunday, December 23, 2007
He Laughed!!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Saturday, December 22, 2007
My Hubby Has a Blog!
Check it out!! The link is to the left. :)
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Getting to Know Your Friends: Christmas Edition!
Alright, so read mine then lets see your answers! I tag Kelly, Leah, Anita and Melissa to do it on their blog!!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper, but sometimes gift bags. I think it is more fun to unwrap wrapping paper!
2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial. Although eventually I would like to get a real one when we move to a bigger house.
3. When do you put up your tree? The weekend after Thanksgiving.
4. When do you take the tree down? New Year's week
5. Do you like eggnog? Ewwww....no
6. Favorite gift rec'd as a child? One gift that I distinctly remember getting was a little casio keyboard. I loved that!
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes-if the Fisher Price one counts ;)
8. Hardest person to buy for? Guys in general. They like expensive stuff!
9. Easiest to buy for? My kiddos
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't really think of anything right now
11. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail for sure!
12. Favorite Christmas movie? White Christmas and Elf
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? This year I didn't start until the end of October. Usually I like to start earlier.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes-I think a candle or two to take to a gift exchange type thing.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas morning breakfast. Egg/Cheese Casserole, Bacon and my Mom's homemade Christmas bread...YUMMY!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? Definitely NOT Veggie Tales Christmas Album, I can tell you that ;)
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay at home, then travel after Christmas.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have a star on the top of ours.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning for sure! Santa doesn't come until then...DUH! ;)
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Soooo many people at all the retail stores and all the traffic!
23. Do you decorate your tree in any specific theme or color? It's a kid theme. White and colored lights. Colorful glass balls, and all of the kids ornaments.
24. What did you leave for Santa? We leave cookies and milk, and carrots for the reindeer.This year we are also leaving reindeer food that Ella made at school. It consists of oatmeal and red and green glitter. :)
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Mommy Brag Moment
Cooper has been sleeping for 9-9 1/2 hours without waking up to eat just about every night this week! This could be due to the fact that during the day he eats like it is going out of style. haha! And last night, I didn't even have to get up to put the paci in! Can I get a what, what?! Go Cooper!! :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Friday, December 21, 2007
Ella's Christmas Program
Ella had her Christmas program at school this past Tuesday-it was very cute! They all wore shirts that they made in class. It had a little reindeer on the front made out of their hands and foot. So cute! Here are a couple of pictures.
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Labels: Ella Updates
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Girls Night!
This past Sunday, Ella and I had a chance to have a girls night! We went and saw the Sawnee Ballet Theater's Production of "The Nutcracker". It was Ella's first time to see a ballet, and she loved it! She did great until about the middle of the second half, so we decided to head out. We had lots of fun!
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Labels: Ella Updates, Good Things
Sunday, December 16, 2007
It's Business Time
This is so funny!! You have to watch ...
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Labels: Funny
Saturday, December 15, 2007
It's Saturday! So put on your fancy shoes....and take a nap!
I had to wake Ella up from her nap today so that she would be able to go to sleep tonight. I walked in and this is what I found. :) So cute....
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Labels: Ella Updates
Wedding Bells Are Ringing!
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Labels: Family
Friday, December 14, 2007
Healthy Baby! 2 Month Check-Up
Cooper had his 2 month check-up today! Can you believe that he is 2 months already? He weighed in at 13 lbs. 4 oz. and 23 1/2 inches long! Both in the 75th percentile. He is meeting all of his milestones and the doctor said that he looked great! He even flashed her a smile. :) He got a couple of shots today, but not all of them. We are following Dr. Bob Sears's alternative vaccination schedule outlined in his book "The Vaccine Book" for Cooper-which reduces the amount of shots that they get at an appointment, but results in a fully vaccinated child when it is all said and done. So basically, he gets one live virus vaccine, and one aluminum containing vaccine at each appointment. It means more trips to the doctor, but it also means his system won't be overloaded with metals and viruses at one time. So, we go back next month for a "shots only" appointment to make up the difference.
So all is well with Mr. Cooper! He is growing great, and is a happy, healthy, BIG boy!! :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Ella's Second Dentist Trip
Ella had her second trip to the dentist today! Daddy took her this morning before work. and he said she did so well! All is good-no cavities! She has been playing with her new tooth brush and tooth paste all day. I think she has brushed her teeth like 5 times already today. :)
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Labels: Ella Updates
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Can you please pass the butter?
To go with all these ROLLS!! :) You gotta love this chunky monkey! :) Check out the "calf roll" on his left leg...hehehehe
Posted by Jen Greven at 11:29 PM 3 comments
Labels: Cooper's Updates
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Couple's First Dance
I saw this on Good Morning America today. You have to watch!
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Labels: Funny
Paci: 1 Mommy: 0
Well, that was short lived....
Paci Boot Camp is over. The crying and guilt put me over the edge.
Onward with the paci we go.....
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8 Weeks Old!
Cooper is 8 weeks old today! I can't believe he is just about at that 2 month mark. He is getting so big and is our little chunky monkey! Currently he is sleeping 7-8 hours in a row at night, eating, then going back down for 3-4 more hours which is great. He is cooing and "talking" a lot which is so cute. The beginnings of a laugh are even starting to emerge. He loves to play on the playmat and talk to all the toys hanging from it. :) He also likes to bat at them, which I find amazing that he can do! He loves being outside-especially if he is in the Baby Bjorn baby carrier-it knocks him right out! He is a snuggler and loves to be held and snuggle up. He loves bathtime, which he enjoys every night with big sister. He is a happy little guy and smiles all the time. He is a joy to have in our lives!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Silent Night, HO HO Holy Night
Yesterday after her nap, Ella and i were in her room playing with the Fisher Price nativity set that is on her night stand. I was asking her different questions:
Me: "Who was Jesus' Mommy?"
Ella: Mary
Me: Who was Jesus' Daddy?
Ella: Joseph
Me: Who told the shepherds that Jesus was born?
Ella: (She points to the angel)
Me: Who came from far away and brought Jesus presents?
Ella; Santa!
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Labels: Ella Updates
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Paci Boot Camp
Yep, that's right-Cooper's paci is getting the boot as of today. I am taking it away cold turkey. Why take a paci away from a 2 month old you ask? Because I was having to get up 5 million times during the night to pop that gall darned thing back in-not to mention last night it took me 2 hours-yep, 2 HOURS of going in and putting the paci back in before he finally went to sleep for the night. So, for my sanity and for both him and me getting a good nights sleep the paci is going bye, bye. So, we had a bit of a rough day today. He did great with going down for his naps-only a few minutes of crying (don't worry, I didn't leave him in his bed without a paci crying away-I held him :) ) Now bedtime on the other hand-that was ROUGH. I fed him at about 7:00 for his last feeding and then was going to put him to bed. After an hour of on and off crying, I fed him again. Then another hour of on an off crying. Finally alseep. WOW-let's hope this gets easier. I can only assume that it will. He is trying so hard to put his fingers in his mouth and suck on them. He is almost there. I try to help him with it, but he just balls up his fist and gets mad.
Special thanks to my awesome Mom for coming tonight and helping out with Ella while Reid was working and I was dealing with the the no-paci saga!! You are the best, Mom!! :)
Send some "sleeping without a paci" prayers our way! :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Friday, November 30, 2007
I posted more pictures in the November section of our website!
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For all you Moms out there-this is great!
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Labels: Funny
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Terrible Threes
This poem pretty much sums it all up for us lately...grrrr.....
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Those of you with three year olds, does it not feel like you are living with Jeckle and Hyde sometimes?? Because quite frankly, I feel like I am, and she is dragging me over to the dark side right alongside her! eek
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It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Look at this sweet baby :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Saturday, November 24, 2007
I'm gonna be SOOOO sore!
I got to go back to the gym today! woohoo! I know I am going to be so sore tomorrow, but it's gonna feel good. ;) I don't start back to teaching my classes until after Christmas, so I have to get back in to shape! (insert crack of whip sound effect here)
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Labels: Good Things
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thanksgiving or Easter?
So, I just have to rave about the weather today! It is like in the low 70's, sunny and breezy outside-BEAUTIFUL!! We took advantage of the awesome weather and went to the playground again-this time with my friend Anita and her two girls. We plan on taking full advantage of the day by playing outside after naptime too! Gotta get it in, because tomorrow it is suppose to be cold and rainy...ewww
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Labels: Raves
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Exchange Policy?
Conversation with Ella tonight as I was running a bath for her and Cooper:
Ella: Why do we have a boy baby?
Me: Because that is what God gave us! Isn't that great?
Ella: I want a girl baby!
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Labels: Ella Updates, Funny
Oh yeah....
It is 8:00. Both children are in bed. The house is picked up. The kichen is cleaned up. I have my jammies on, and I am sitting in my bed with my laptop and watching "Biggest Loser"...LOVE IT!! (Reid had rehearsal tonight ;) )
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Labels: Good Things
He laughed!
Cooper laughed in his sleep as I was rocking him in the middle of the night! It was SOOO adorable! I hope this is a sign that he will start laughing when he is awake soon!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Monday, November 19, 2007
Operation Playground: Success!!
So today was my second attempt at taking both kids to the playground by myself and it was a success-thanks to sweet little Ella for being so patient and to the Baby Bjorn! Seriously, I am SO glad I bought that thing!!
The weather was beautiful-like in the 60's and sunny. Cooper slept in the bjorn the entire time, so I was able to just play with Ella. After an hour and a half on the playground, we went for a walk around the park.Well, I walked at a brisk pace while Ella ran the entire way. :) We had a great time!!
Then to top it all off, Cooper woke up as I was putting him back in his car seat, but was perfectly content all the way home, and he was in such a hapy mood when I took him out at home! Nothing like a little fresh air to put everyone in a good mood!
Here's to more fun times at the playground!!
Edited to add: For those of you that don't know, my first attempt at taking both of them to the playground by myself was horrible! Ella was perfectly fine, but poor Cooper cried bloody murder the entire time-I think because he didn't like being in the stroller...who knows...
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Labels: Good Things
Saturday, November 17, 2007
5 Reasons why this day is already a good day....
1. I got to sleep until 7:00!
2. Ella got 12 hours of sleep last night.
3. I have already unloaded the dishwasher, swept and wet swiffered the kitchen floor and it isn't even 8:00 a.m.
4. I got to eat breakfast sitting down.
5. The baby is still sleeping, and Ella is quietly eating her breakfast and watching a movie that her Daddy rented for her yesterday.
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Labels: Good Things
Friday, November 16, 2007
One Month Check-Up!
Cooper had his one month check-up today and he is doing great! He weighed 10 lbs. 15 oz. and was 22 inches long. He is in the 75th percentile for both! Big boy! :) If I am remembering correctly, those were Ella's exact measurements at her one month appointment-weird, huh? The doctor said that he looked great, and he is meeting his milestones of smiling and cooing at this point. We have still yet to totally kick the thrush, so the doctor gave us a stronger medication that should get rid of it totally. He only has to take this medication once a day, instead of with every daytime feeding-now that was really getting tiresome!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Indian Princess
Today Ella had her preschool Thanksgiving program and feast! It was so cute and so much fun!! She was so cute and sang so well! :) They spent so much time preparing for today. From the hand beaded costumes, to the handmade placemats, cards, napkin rings and art work. It was so well done! More pictures on the website, and I will have some video of it up in a few days!
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Labels: Ella Updates
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Four Weeks Old!
Cooper is 4 weeks old today! He is doing great with the sleeping,eating, pooping and laying there all day. haha :) He has started smiling a lot recently and it is so cute! He has also started "Cooing" too, which I just love! He is a very content and happy baby and we love having him around! :) Here are a couple pictures. More on the website!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Ahhhhhhhhh.....Feelin' Good!
Cooper did great last night! I fed him at 9:00 p.m., he woke up to eat at 1:30 then 6:15. I've already got my shower for today. I'm feeling good! :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Good Things
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Three Weeks Old and Halloween Fun!
Wow! It's November and Cooper is already three weeks old! Yesterday was Cooper's first ever trick-or-treat experience. He did sleep through most of it, so I think he enjoyed it! :) Cooper is doing great and is really filling out those little chicken legs! I think I see the beginnings of some chunky monkey thighs just like Ella had. He is doing great sleeping in his bed, and is really doing well with going right back to sleep in the middle of the night after eating and getting his diaper changed. Hopefully this trend will continue! I've got it to where I can feed him, change him and have him back to bed in a half hour-yay! He is such a sweet boy and we aare really enjoying him!
Ella has had a lot of fun this week! This past Tuesday she had a Halloween parade and a party at school and she got to wear her costume! Cooper and I came to watch the parade and we also went to the party. She was very excited to have us there with her, and it was fun to see her with her friends. She of course loved trick-or-treating!!! She was running from house to house-it was so funny! After every house she would say "Mommy! I got candy!!" haha! Aunt Kelly came over to go with us while Daddy dressed up like a rock star and passed out candy. We all had a fun time!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Ella Updates
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween!!
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Look at my beautiful babies!
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Two Weeks Old!
Look at him! Is he a little dude or what?! :)
Cooper is two weeks old today! Everything is going great! He is just about over the thrush-woohoo! We will continue with the meds for at least another week to make sure it is totally gone. Cooper is doing well with sleeping in his bed. He takes a morning and afternoon nap in his bed, as well as sleeping in his bed at night time. He wakes up around 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. after his last night time feeding, so he is doing pretty well! Sometimes he likes to stay up for a while around that 3 a.m. feeding, which is a little tiring, but that is not every night. He is still eating really well, and starting to fill out a little in his face. He has also been smiling every once in a while-and not just when he is sleeping! :) He definitely will react and smile when we are playing and talking to him. It is very cute. I have yet to capture it in a picture though!
So far I am surviving being at home with both of them! Actually, it has been a really great week! Everyday this week they have been napping at the same time in the afternoon, so that has really helped with getting stuff done! I also have managed to get showered, hair and make-up done everyday! woohoo! It's nice to feel like a "normal person."
Ella has been such a huge help and is a great big sister! She loves to help me get his diapers, and give him baths. Her new favorite thing is to play with him on his playmat. It is so cute to listen to her tell him what everything is. :) You can tell he really enjoys her. His little face just lights up when she plays with him!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Ella Updates
Monday, October 22, 2007
Just Playin'
We got out the play yard gym for Cooper today, and Ella and Cooper had some quality bonding playtime. :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Ella Updates
Saturday, October 20, 2007
So things are looking up from earlier today. :) I am feeling better from my cold, and I think the meds are working for the thrush. I think Cooper's tummy troubles may have been from getting use to taking the meds, or from something I ate because he has been fine the rest of today. We shall see how tonight goes.
On a happier note, more pictures are up on the website in the October section! (Kelly, I promise I will try and use the programs you set up soon-I haven't had time to look at them!)
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Sailing in a boat with a hole in it....
DANG! That is what it feels like lately! I came down with Ella's head cold, and believe me-a cold and sleep deprivation is not a good combo. Then on top of that, Cooper and I have thrush. :( Poor baby went from being content and happy all the time, to being just plain miserable! His mouth hurts, so he is reluctant to eat, and I think the medication makes his poor little tummy hurt. We were up most of the night last night. So, send any extra prayers you have our way. It would be much appreciated!
Anyone have any tips for knocking out thrush in one round??
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
One Week Old!
It's already been a week! Cooper is doing so great and he is such a sweet little baby. He is on a good night schedule now. For the past two nights I have fed him at 10:30 p.m., and then he wakes up at 3:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. to eat. Not bad for a one week old! He spends his days sleeping, eating,making dirty diapers, being loved on and being his cute little self...what a life!:)
We are all adjusting well to having a new little one in the house! Now everyone needs to start sending me prayers and positive thoughts for next week when I am *gulp* ON MY OWN! eek! ;)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Healthy Boy! Cooper's First Doctor Appointment
Cooper had his first check-up with the pediatrician today to make sure he is growing. He is doing great! He weighed in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. He left the hospital weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz- the doctor thinks there is a difference in the scale at the hospital and the one in the office, because it seemed like a big jump. But needless to say, he is eating well! He also measured 20 inches long-up 1/2 inch from birth! Everything looked great, and we go back in a month for his one month check-up.
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Monday, October 15, 2007
We're Home!
Well, we are home and happily trying to adjust to life with another person in our life!
Cooper is doing great and is such a sweet little guy! He has his days and nights a little mixed up, but we have been working on it a bit and he is switching them. Last night he slept for 4 hours in a row, so we are getting there! The sleepless nights are worth it though-there is nothing like having a newborn baby around. :) Tonight he had is first bath at home. He was deinitely not a happy camper about it and tinkled all over. haha!
Ella has been such a great big sister and is a super helper! She definitely loves her baby brother and wants to hold him ALL the time! She is such the little Mother. :)
Reid is staying home this week which is SO nice! He got up with Ella the past couple of days and let me sleep in-it was SO great! He has been entertaining Ella and taking her where she needs to go which has been a great help. Today they were gone all day at various places, which gave me the day to spend some quality time with Cooper and some time to get things done around the house.
Here are a couple of pictures since we have been home! More pictures on the website as usual.
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Ella Updates
Thursday, October 11, 2007
He's HERE!!!!!!!!!!!
Cooper Thomas Greven arrived this afternoon at 4:13 p.m.!! He weighed in at 7 pounds 1 oz, and he is 19.5 inches. He was born after 5 hours of labor-and less than 15 minutes of pushing! go me! ;) Dr. Lewis (My primary doctor) delivered him and he said he was fighting and pushing his way out. Must have been all those kickboxing classes! haha! ;) He is doing GREAT and is such a sweet little baby. He is nursing like a pro and is just as cute as can be. He has light red hair just like his big sister and dark eyes. There are lots of pictures on the October section of our website, but here are a couple of pictures for your viewing enjoyment.
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
The Big Day!
Today is the day! We will keep everyone posted! Pics to follow tonight hopefully!!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
I just have to brag on Ella for a minute. For the past three weeks she has woken up in the morning with a DRY pull-up! She has been day trained since she was about 27 months, but the night time has been a slower process. We just decided to let her body be ready when it was ready at night time-and now she is!! Yay!! Last night she wore panties to bed (which she was SO excited about!) and she woke up dry again!
Horray for Ella!! :)
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Labels: Ella Updates
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
A Wet but FUN night at the fair!
Tonight we made our annual trip to the Cumming Country Fair! We were starting to wonder about our fair plans for the night when it started thunderstorming at about 3:30 this afternoon and continued to rain throughout dinner until about 5:30. We were SO glad it stopped because we would have had one seriously dissappointed little girl on our hands if we couldn't have gone! She had been looking forward to the fair for a while now! So, we finished up dinner and headed to the fair. We get there, pay to get in, and purchase our ride tickets....then about 10 minutes later it starts raining again. We decided to stick it out and we had a BLAST! Yes, we got pretty wet, but we had tons of fun none the less! It ended up being a great time to go because the rain was keeping people away! We didn't have to wait in any lines. Once the ride tickets were gone, the ice cream cone was eaten and a few tears of sadness over leaving were shed-we headed home, took all the wet clothes and tossed them in the washer, gave Ella a nice warm bath and put her to bed. She is already saying that we need to go again "next time." :) More pictures on our website in the October section! The link is to the left.
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Labels: Family Pictures
Friday, October 5, 2007
39 weeks!
Today I had my 39 week appointment. No change from last week, and my induction is scheduled for next Thursday morning! woohoo!
Ella, my Mom and I had a nice girls day today! (Daddy had to work today) We went to get pedicures then for lunch. It was lots of fun! I think after naptime we are going to head to the mall for a bit since it is a rainy day here. Ella wants to take a ride on the "Miggly Round" as she calls it. :)
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Labels: Cooper's Updates, Ella Updates
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Marissa Kate and Scout! :)
Here are a few pictures from our visit with JJ and baby Marissa last week and today! The dog in the pictures is Scout-Ella's BFF at Miss JJ's house ;)
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Labels: Ella Updates, Friends
Friday, September 28, 2007
38 Weeks!
Today I had my 38 week appointment-same as usual, except they did an internal too. Warning-TMI coming:
I was 1 cm. dilated and 70% effaced, which basically means nothing! It could mean I could go into labor tonight, or in 2 weeks! ;) So, we have an induction scheduled for October 11th if nothing happens before then.
My next appointment and LAST appointment is next Friday!
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Labels: Cooper's Updates
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Girl's Night!
Ella and I had a great day today! After gymnastics we headed to the playground for a good (HOT!) play and some lunch! My friend Anita and her girls-Savannah Grace and Riley came too, and they had lots of fun playing! After nap and some playtime at home, Ella and I headed out for a girls night, since Daddy works on Wednesday nights! We went to Target and to McDonald's :) Of course, we got milkshakes too!! Ella LOVES when we get to have a girls night-and I have to say, I do too! :) Here are a couple of pictures.
p.s. For those who are interested-I finally put up the September section on our website! Check it out! The link is to the left.
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Labels: Ella Updates, Good Things
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tough Love vs. Spanking
Tough Love vs. Spanking ~
(a psychological conundrum )
Most of America 's populace thinks it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of "those moments."
One that I found effective is for me to just take the child
for a car ride and talk.
They usually calm down and stop misbehaving
after our car ride together.
I've included a photo below of one of my sessions
with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.
A Friend
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On Monday, Tristan and I delivered a webinar.
NoSQL, No sweat wtih JBoss Data Grid
We discussed:
- How data grids fit into the NOSQL landscape.
- The NOSQL influence on JBoss Data Grid.
- The future of data grids in Java.
- Big Data with JBoss Data Grid
- Real world use cases for data grids.
Update: The links to play or download the webinar have been fixed.
We planned for Q & A, and a number of questions were submitted. Unfortunately we ran out of time, so I decided to publish the answers here.
The webinar is available to play or for download.
I'll be spending October and November working on JBoss Data Grid, and I plan to publish a number of posts during that time.
And now on to the questions…
Is JBoss Data Grid an in memory database?
No. JBoss Data Grid is an in memory data grid (IMDG). It is a key / value store, a distributed hash table (DHT), with query capabilities (e.g. map / reduce).
If a node goes down, is its data mirrored on another node?
Yes. However, it depends on the configuration. If the data is replicated, then the data is mirrored on every node. If the data is distributed, it depends on the number of owners. If the number of owners is greater than one, then a node's data is in fact mirrored on one or more other nodes.
How do we decide what the key is?
That is up to you. However, JBoss Data Grid is responsible for the internal hash of the key. It uses a MurmurHash3 implementation.
How do we ensure that the data is distributed evenly?
JBoss Data Grid implements consistent hashing. Virtual nodes can be used to improve the distribution of data.
Resource #1: Consistent Hashing – Tom White (link)
When we add a new node, do we need to redistribute the data?
No. That is the benefit of consistent hashing. Rather than rebalancing the entire data grid, the new node will take ownership of a subset of entries from its neighbor.
Resource #2: Programmer's Toolbox Part 3: Consistent Hashing (link)
What about our stored procedures?
The JBoss Data Grid equivalent would be distributed tasks and map / reduce tasks.
In the context of the CAP Theorem, can separate caches within the same container be configured with different guarantees such that one cache guarantees Consistency and Partition Tolerance while another guarantees Availability and Partition Tolerance?
Yes. One cache can be configured to use asynchronous communication (AP) while another to use synchronous communication (CP).
How do distributed tasks differ from map / reduce tasks?
A distributed task is executed on multiple nodes, and it returns multiple values. A map / reduce task is executed on multiple nodes, but it returns a single value. A distributed task is executed as multiple independent function whereas a map / reduce task is executed in the context of a single function.
Another way to look at it is that a distributed task is executed once per node whereas a map / reduce task is executed once per entry.
How do you see Hibernate OGM fitting into the JBoss Data Grid roadmap?
To be honest, we are still evaluating the role of Hibernate OGM as it relates to JBoss Data Grid.


text: When a hazing event at team camp leads to sexual abuse against a fellow player, co-captain and star running back Matt Rydek is caught in the middle. What do you do when doing the right thing would wreck the football program, get people arrested and cost him a Division One scholarship? In a sports novel that packs a wallop, Lipsyte takes readers into the dark corners of the locker room and Jock Culture and doesn't let them look away. It's a sordid tale of steroids and painkillers, racism and homophobia, bullies, and misguided businessmen and fathers. It's a world where team overrides conscience, until Matt comes to know what he must do to set things right, even if it means losing everything he thought he had. An important work for the high-school athlete and anyone concerned about what sports might be doing to today's kids. (acknowledgments) (Fiction. 14+)


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A recent leak from Facebook's Australian offices revealed how the social network has allegedly been deliberately targeting vulnerable teenagers, some as young as 14, with advertising specifically designed to exploit their emotional state. Facebook have denied the allegations.
Some people have been shocked by this leak, but I'm not. It's far from the "dark turn in the evolution of social media advertising" that some pundits have suggested. It's been obvious that Facebook have been targeting content and advertising based on emotional state for some time, and there's only going to be more of it. Here's why…
Understanding how a social network is "monetised"
Monetising something used by called "making a profit from". But saying that they are "making a profit" from their users is not something social networks are very comfortable with. They don't like their users to realize, much less think about, the fact that they (the users) are the product.
So, when we want to
make a profit "monetise", monetisation looks like this:
Number of Users x Engagement Percentage x £/Engagement = MONEY
Social networks thrive on having lots of users. Lots of users means lots of content and therefore lots of reasons for other users to come back. It's a self-perpetuating system. Our friends post to Facebook, so we go to Facebook to see their posts and, whilst we are there, we post something too and the cycle continues.
But all of these "engagements" are non-profitable for the social networks. Facebook does not make one red cent out of you sharing pictures of your cousin's wedding so that Aunt Mavis can look at them on her iPad from Australia. Facebook make money when you click on advertising.
The Challenge of Advertising on a Social Network
Advertising on social networks is not the same as advertising with a search engine, such as Google.
When you set up a "cost per click" advert with Google, you link it to a search phrase. We select the phrases that we advertise against with the intent of capture the user when they have the intention to buy the product or service that we are selling. For example, if you are selling kitchens then you might want your advert to appear when the users runs a search for "new kitchen". Pretty logical, right?
When you set up a cost per click advert on Facebook, you don't link it to a search phrase. Instead, you link it to a set of demographics that you think represents your ideal customer. You can filter by age, race, gender, location, interests and other factors. The better your targeting of your advert the more likely you are to get clicks that will convert (e.g. the person will buy your product or service after clicking through on your advert). Conversion percentage is a fundamental metric when assessing how effective a piece of online advertising is. You might get clicks on your advert but no conversions and, if that is the case, then you will have wasted your money.
So, it's in Facebook's interest to give advertisers as many tools, and as much data, as possible to target their advert.
Facebook are also limited in the number of adverts that they can show to a user. Adverts are injected into your news feed and if Facebook overload you with adverts, then it's possible that you will get bored or annoyed with the platform and stop using it. They can't have that, so they have to control the number of adverts you see, and how often you see them. Again, it's completely in their interest to ensure that they are showing you the adverts that you are most likely to engage with so that they are not wasting the opportunity they have to get you clicking on an advert and generating cash for them.
Slipping on your Social Media Mood Ring
Google have invested vast amount of money in improving their search engines ability to measure "intent" – e.g. what it is you are most likely to do with the information you request from them. For example, if you search using the name of the restaurant Google will look at a range of factors such as the time of day, the type of device you are searching from, and your location to predict your "intent".
You can try this out for yourself – perform the same search from two different devices and two different Google profiles and see if you get the same result. The answer might surprise you.
The reason for this example is it shows that the more information a system has about you, the better it can be at predicting your preferences and measuring your intent. What more potent information could there be than understanding what emotional state you are in at any moment?
The problem for Facebook is that reading emotional state from text is hard. Human's aren't good at it – some people spend their entire professional lives studying literature, learning to read subtext and nuance. Think about all the times you've misunderstood the mean of a text message or an email – where do we start in building an algorithm to understand a user's emotions?
Of course, such algorithms do exist and AI is getting better at this all the time as well. You can actually try a demo of this here, using IBM's Watson AI.
But, AI is computationally expensive and not everyone buying advertising is a computer scientist, psychologist, or both. Social networks need simple emotions, simply expressed, to shift advertising. Wouldn't it be great if there was an easy way to do this? Wouldn't it be brilliant if users just told us what they were feeling from a simple list of possible emotions?
Enter the "feeling/doing" drop down and emojis…
How Facebook Codified Your Life
Facebook changed the way that we post status updates some time ago to include a drop down selection of what we are doing and feeling.
Take a look at this list, really look at it. Why is there a special option for McDonald's in the eating menu? Why are there specific films and TV shows in the "watching" menu? Are mine the same as yours, or different? And what the hell is Facebook doing with all this data?
Getting data into neatly organized categories like this is called codification. Software engineers use codification all the time to turn nasty, dirty, difficult to interpret information into something structured that can be manipulated mathematically. Instead of using AI to find people how like McDonald's food by running status messages through an AI, isn't is so much easier to just get a list of people who specifically told you they were eating it and how it made them feel?
Given the availability of this data, I think it is exceptionally naive to believe that Facebook isn't processing this data to do the one thing that it needs to consistently do better than any other platform – sell and target and advertising.
Facebook vs. The Moral Imperative
If you expect Facebook to take a moral high ground on this issue, I wouldn't set your status to "Holding Breath".
Facebook have a pretty atrocious record when it comes to dealing with hate speech, revenge porn, and cyber bullying. I personally find it quite hard to believe that the moral imperative will suddenly overtake them on the matter of what they do with customer data. Turning customer data into profitable advertising opportunities is the entirety of their business model and there are new networks popping up all the time claiming that they can offer better engagement for a lower price.
The choice lies with you – do you want to hand this information over to Facebook or not?
If you don't, here are a few tips on how you can continue to use Facebook without becoming a codified member of The Matrix.
1. Stop using codified states
If you're happy, tell people you're happy. You really don't need a drop down or an emoji to do that. People used the word "happy" for centuries before the emoji was invented and it pretty much did the job.
If you're feeling adventurous, branch out from "happy". Get a thesaurus, go nuts.
2. Write a response, don't just hit "Like" or share
When Facebook introduced alternatives to "Like" they got us to pass on more codified information about how we felt about the content that we were looking at. They were already showing us more of the type of things we "Like", now they have the choice to show us more or less of the content that we "Love", "Hate", or that makes us "Sad".
If you don't mind your feed getting pretty screwy for a while, respond differently for a while. Try sending a message or leaving a comment on content that you like. Post to someone's wall or send a direct message. You will notice a difference in the content of your feed very quickly.
3. Poison the Well
If you are feeling very adventurous, and have the kind of friends that will understand if you start to react strangely to their posts, try poisoning the well for a week.
- If you like something, say it makes you angry.
- If something makes you angry, say you love it
- Etc.
Flip or shift every emotional reaction and see how quickly Facebook adjusts not only the content that you are seeing, but also the advertising.
The results might shock you.
If you give this a try, I'd love to hear how it goes – leave a comment on the blog and I'll get back to you!


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1. Apply the lapping compound to the lap and the bottom halves of the rings.2. Install the top halves of the rings. I make sure that I have an even gap on both sides between the tops and bottoms of the rings. I want to snug the tops down enough that I can just work the lap.
3. Work the lap back and forth, and in a twisting motion. Only work it for about 30 seconds on the first go 'round. Remove the lap and wipe all the lapping compound of the rings (I use denatured alcohol) so that you can check for contact. Don't try to get 100% contact. Every time I've seen someone get 100% contact they end up removing too much metal from the rings, ruining them, and good rings ain't cheap. I usually go for about 75 to 90% contact.
If you haven't achieved the proper contact on the first cycle, start again at Step 1 and repeat until you do.4. Once you get proper contact, remove the top halves and insure that you get all the lapping compound off your rings, you don't want to grind it into your scope. If they're steel rings, I'll hit the freshly lapped surfaces with some OxphoBlue from Brownell's.5. Go back to the scope mounting instructions and mount your scope. Viola!


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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Where Were You?
I honestly had no idea that Mattel had started pimping out the most obscure of its Barbie spin-offs - her baby sister Kelly, the doll for people who found Skipper too stimulating - but seeing that they have, I can't think of anything more fabulous than these faintly terrifying tiny-tot Charlie's Angels.
They're probably not the most apropos of ways in which to note this sad day, but much as one might revere the memory of the late Miss Farrah Fawcett, it has to be admitted that hers is not a name all that closely associated with quiet good taste to start with.
In any case, she left us five years ago today. Where were you?
We were in Berlin, of all places. Like much of the world, the news of her passing came to us as a second wave of bad tidings that day, that inexplicably popular pop star who also died that day having hit the headlines at nearly the same time. We sat in the executive lounge of the hotel, having a complimentary cocktail or four before going on to meet up with friends. They had suggested the location, which turned out to be a particularly - even by Berlin's standards, which are not low - intimidating leather bar.
The usual sense of menace that I would have expected, however, was cut pretty significantly by the fact that many of the regulars were intermittently getting teary, and that the music was more or less "Pretty Young Thing" on a loop. So it was a memorable night, and not just for the moments that I had to spend convincing bathos-prone German leather queens that Mr. Muscato was in fact taken and no, they would not be coming back to the hotel with us.
Five years on, Michael Jackson seems to me at least a fading memory; Farrah, though - well, we'll always have Charlie. And I really might be having to find my own set of Kelly's Angels.
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Poor Farrah, I had a special affection for her. To this day I actually have dreams where she visits or I meet her at a party. To me as a young teenage boy watching Charlie's Angels, she had more "it" than I had ever seen before. She had a whirlwind of sensation too, everybody wanted to be Farrah until Madonna came along and everybody wanted to be her. Don't have many sensational girls with "it" these days.ReplyDelete
As usual I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard the news of her passing as I did when 9/11 happened as well as the space shuttle disaster.
I now secretly fear that my showering unleashes death and destruction on the Earth.
They can try to pass off Kelly as Barbie's "sister" all they want, but I can recognize Ken's DNA.ReplyDelete
I could never understand the hypocritical levels of hysteria over The Artist Who Was Formerly Black, especially given the fact that the journos crying crocodile tears at his passing were the same ones who hounded him as a "predatory" "molester" for so many years...ReplyDelete
RIP Farrah.
Farrah Fawcett will for me always be Mary Ann Pringle, the starlet wannabe who regularly got boffed by Rusty Godowski, played by the eminently boffable Roger Herren, in "Myra Breckinridge." She and Raquel climb the dramatic heights together in bed. Once seen, never forgotten.ReplyDelete
"the doll for people who found Skipper too stimulating" just made me laugh long and loud!ReplyDelete


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Darren Proulx works at Slow Streets, an organization that uses research to show why building human-centered (and not car-centered) places provides the best return on investment and leads to healthier, more productive cities. Today's essay is republished from the Slow Streets blog.
Next week is Bike Week at Strong Towns, so make sure to join us starting October 17 for a look at several bikeability issues that are impacting towns across the continent.
As cities across North America move towards implementing networks of protected cycling lanes, they are often hamstrung by limited budgets. For those cities trying to kick off the process, deciding where to install the first protected bike lanes can be like taking a shot in the dark. A good phrase that comes to mind is that it is difficult to judge the need for a bridge by the amount of people swimming across the river. In this sense, it is difficult to determine which bike lane locations will generate the highest usage when there are limited people cycling on the roads because of conditions that are not safe nor comfortable enough to invite people to cycle in the first place.
So how do you start deciding where to place bike lanes? The best strategy is to build bike lanes where people are already cycling. Usually there will be people cycling in your city along certain corridors regardless of the lackluster state of cycling infrastructure. This may include streets like 102 Avenue in Edmonton or 10th Avenue in Vancouver. These are often called desire lines, which represent a disconnect between how we design our cities and how people actually want to use them. The best way to understand a desire line is to go to your local park and look for the diagonal dirt lines cutting through a grassy area. People will always opt to take the shortest route regardless of how you want them to behave. Besides the small sampling of corridors that people may be using, how else can we find these desire lines?
Luckily insurance companies and police often keep detailed records of the vehicle collisions with people walking and cycling. Take, for example, the City of Edmonton's 1,070 vehicle collisions (2009-2014) with people cycling that is now available thanks to the hard work of the Paths for People advocacy group (unfortunately the city uses an arcane in-house geocoding format for the collision locations and fortunately wewent through and manually entered each of the collisions into a map so that no one ever has to do this again. The geocoded data can be downloaded here).
Typically collision data is used for safety improvement projects. However, mapping this data can serve as a proxy for cycling volumes to reveal patterns about where people are cycling. These patterns often materialize along corridors demonstrating latent demand for safe, convenient and comfortable protected cycling lanes. For example with Edmonton it is very clear that people want to be cycling on 76 Avenue, 82 Avenue, 100 Avenue, 103 Avenue, 104 Avenue, 107 Avenue, 109 Street and so on. Of course, you have to take the road dimensions into account when considering bike lanes on these streets, and the political willingness to tackle the public's perceptions.
Often these desire lines form on the main streets that were the original street car corridors from long ago that still foster the exciting, fine-grain retail environment that people still love today. This can also be seen in a recent cycling safety report from the city of Vancouver. This makes sense, since people want to be where the action is. They want to see and be seen. These routes are usually also the most direct and offer the most convenience in terms of being able to see the businesses and stop spontaneously. The only caveat is to ensure that these collisions are not the result from trying to cross these corridors.
Collision data can also give you an indication of when people are cycling the most. From the chart above it is clear that people start to pick up cycling again in March, until it peaks in July and declines through the winter months.
Of course you can also do more a sophisticated analysis as shown in the example above using the ArcGIS Hot Spot tool. Based on this map, the city would get the highest return on investment with the highest reduction in collisions per dollar spent in the downtown and Old Strathcona areas. Incidentally this will also increase the rate of cycling and therefore improving cycling safety even further in a virtuous cycle.
For those cities and advocacy groups on a tight budget, collision data is a low hanging fruit that is often already being collected. Some data cleaning and geocoding may be necessary to transform into a usable format. Once ready it can be a inexpensive way to determine the desire lines for cycling.
Don't forget to join us for Bike Week, October 17-21, 2016.


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My vote would be on not introducing additional properties for columns breaks, from an implementation/performance perspective. From a html/css author point of view, I would prefer to not mix up column and pages as it makes it unclear how to use the property. How about mixing it up in the values instead, so instead of having "page-break-<whatever>:<value>" and "column-break-<whatever>:<value>" we would have "break-<whatever>:<page-value>|<column-value>". For example: "break-inside: page", "break-inside:column", "break-inside:any", "break-inside:none", etc. I think this would be less ambiguous to the user as well as allow for an efficient implementation. This is roughly what is already proposed, with the difference that the wording "page-" be removed from the property name and used in the property values instead. Haven't really considered how these properties are used though. Regards, Em2 Solutions AB Michael Jansson Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > Also sprach Philip TAYLOR: > > > > It should also be noted that using the page-* propoerties to set > > > preferences on columns is not ideal. However, introducing three new > > > properties to describe column behavior seems excessive. > > > > I don't agree. A page is a page and a column is a column. > > Adding "column-break-<whatever>" seems to me to be both > > necessary and sufficient, and /infinitely/ preferable to > > overloading "page-break-<whatever>" as currently proposed. > > To infinity, and beyond! :) > > I can go both ways on this. The current draft is a result of this > discussion: > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Dec/0046.html > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Dec/0053.html > > -h&kon > Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª > email@example.com http://people.opera.com/howcome > >Received on Thursday, 2 April 2009 12:22:29 UTC
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Smart grid is a strategic initiative for many developed countries with an aging electric infrastructure. For the Canadian Province of Ontario, it has already become a reality after its utilities deployed smart meters (picture right) to more than 80% of its 5 million electricity users. And this was done despite a sparse geography and a challenging climate. The determination can be traced back to its political leadership in green sector that wants to transform a massive infrastructure challenge into a vector of economic development.
The Minister of Energy, Chris Bentley, noted during my recent visit in Toronto that great hockey players "skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been". Blue Chip companies like GE and IBM have long been in Ontario, which benefits from an advanced manufacturing industry and world-class research & education institutions. But Canadians have more difficulty to commercialize innovation than their US neighbors. Are people in Ontario up to the challenge?
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Anna and the boys find themselves on the run and they must decide who they can trust and where they can go for information. It doesn't help that one of their own is betraying them. In the end Anna must decide where her loyalties lie and how her hidden past ties in to the four boys'.
I was so excited about this book. I'll own it. Obviously I didn't expect it to be Shakespeare but I thought that it would be gripping in an emotional-sense. There were so many elements that I usually enjoy: emotionally distant love interest, enhanced boys, girls that learn that they are capable of more than they though... I loved the idea that Anna had this double-blind secret that unveils throughout the book. Her love for Sam seemed like icing on the cake!
Alas and alack. The actual follow through was not so good. There were elements that were good. Some of the mystery was well done, interesting twists and great action.
But then there's Anna. Not so great. Anna is pretty Mary Sue-ish and her love for Sam was one-dimensional. There just wasn't really any basis for her devotion nor for his feeling grow for her. Especially as the truth comes out that Sam used to be in a very serious relationship with Anna's older sister. Did I forget to mention that Sam is almost ten years older than Anna? Ick.
You know who I did like? Nick, Cas, and Trev. Much more interesting and dynamic. Who got the short end of the stick when it came to character development and plot time? Nick, Cas, and Trey. Lame.
I've read Erased as well, I hope to have that review up soon-ish, which was better but not at the same time... Ahh well.
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A quick tip. When it comes to self-tanning, no one wants to be a Streaky McGee. A simple lemon wedge can remove excess/streaky self-tanner in a snap.
Ones to try:
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Willa's Roaring Comeback
Willa Havisham, the titular heroine of Coleen Murtagh Paratore's The Wedding Planner's Daughter series (Simon & Schuster) is returning, but to a new publishing house: Little Pickle Press! Roar Like a Girl (9781939775078, Trade Paper, $9.95). is the first installment … Continue reading
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INVISIBLE MAN, GOT THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING: A Young Black Man's Education
One of the country's most prominent young writers on race delivers an unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one … Continue reading
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Annick, Groundwood, and Owlkids in SLJ!
Annick Press, Groundwood, and Owlkids Books have been featured in a School Library Journal article highlighting diversity in Canadian children's book publishing! This article focuses on diversity and "the inclusivity of—and the collaboration between—the publishing industry and public libraries in … Continue reading
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Maxwell the Monkey Barber Book Trailer!
Cale Atkinson has developed an adorable 8-bit book trailer for Maxwell the Monkey Barber (Atkinson; 9781771471039; Owlkids Books; Trade Cloth, Picture Book; $16.95) over at All the Wonders! Check it out here, along with an interview about Cale's creative process … Continue reading
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Travels with Henry James
Chock full of charm, wit, and biting criticism, this new collection of travel essays by Henry James will reintroduce the novelist as a formidable travel companion—whether for a trip from Lake George to Burlington, an evening at the theater in … Continue reading
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Video: Formula E Race Car Drives Down The Vegas Strip
Every year millions of cars take a drive down the famous Las Vegas strip, but few are worthy of a police escort, and even fewer are all-out race cars. In town for the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the Formula E series gave the public its first look at the final form of the all-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car, shutting down the Vegas strip to do so.
Requiring the culmitive efforts of not just Spark and Renault, but Dallara (which provided the chassis) and McLaren (which designed the drivetrain) among others. Driving the electric race car was Lucas di Grassi, who has been instrumental in helping test and tune this cutting edge vehicle. More than once he goosed the accelerator pedal, easily kicking the backend out, just as you'd expect from a conventional Formula 1 car.
The Formula E schedule kicks off this September in Beijing, before hopping all over the world, from Shanghai to Miami and many places in-between. This is just the opening salvo in a marketing blitz designed to hype up a racing series that has a lot more riding on it than any established racing series.
Not to be dramatic, but the success or failure of Formula E may affect the future design of electric vehicles, as well as the hopes for other, equally-ambitious zero-emissions racing series. I'll do my part in pumping up the series, but will you?


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The mission of OLL Parish School is to uphold the tradition of excellence in Catholic Education by forming minds of children through exemplary academic preparation, developing spirits immersed in the Catholic faith and nurturing hearts through service and prayer.
OLL Parish School believes that parents are the primary educators of their children especially when it comes to faith formation. As a ministry of OLL parish, the school sees the spiritual formation of children as the heart of Catholic education. Teaching children to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and to have a mindfulness of His presence in our lives are part of every subject every day. As such, Catholic education is complete when a strong partnership exists between school and families.


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Important Numbers
Fire and Rescue Non Emergency
Park Police Non Emergency
BCC Regional Services Center (Montgomery County)
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WSSC (Water)
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301-949-8010 Emergency: 301-949-3010
Online Citizen Reporting
Starting September 21st, members of the public who are victims of certain crimes can file reports online. The crimes include theft (under $10,000.00), Theft from Autos, Indentity theft, Vandalism, Vandalism to Vehicle, Tips, and Lost property.
When a user fills out the report, the information will be emailed to the Citizen Reporting Section. For more information about the new system, call Peggy Lyles at 240-773-5393.
Helpful Information
EBCA Residential Parking Permits
Many streets in East Bethesda have Residential Permit Parking signs to prevent commuters and patrons of the Central Business District from parking on our narrow streets. To obtain a permit, visit the parking garage on Cheltenham Drive across from the Midas shop. If you are interested in getting permit parking signs posted on your block, contact DPWT Parking Director Joe Posposil at 240-777-2190 .
Public Safety Update
Visit the B-CC Regional Services Center's Public Safety Update page for imformation regarding the October 6, 2008 public safety meeting held at Walt Whitman High School.
Montgomery County Improves
Plastic Recycling
As of July 1, single-family homes in Montgomery County will be able to recycle all plastic bottles, containers and lids, jars, pails, buckets, and food-grade plastic tubs. Items previously not allowed - yogurt/sour cream/deli containers, peanut butter/mayonnaise jars, ice cream/margarine tubs, plastic beverage cups, flowerpots, kitty litter containers, and detergent tubs - will now be recyclable, beginning July 1, 2008. To see the full list download Solid Waste's Civic Loop here.


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