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Rivaled only by a long walk through a botanical garden or a forest, an outdoor brick fire pit can be considered as the closest one can ever get to nature. Imagine you and your love ones huddled around a warm place sharing stories, enjoying laughs and drinks. A brick fire pit can even take you back to the time where ranchers in the old west use to do all their grilling outdoors; at one with nature forgetting about that stainless steel kitchen.
Brick fire pits are very simple and easy to build once you possess the correct tools and materials.
Required Tools
- trowel
- hammer
- shovel
- level
- stakes
- string
- chisel
- Required Materials
- bricks (fire bricks and regular bricks)
- sand
- gravel
- rocks
- water
- quick-set cement
- Find a suitable location for the construction of your brick fire pit (ensure that its located a reasonable distance for electrical lines, trees, ground vegetation, children play areas and your home)
- Use the shovel to dig a hole at the chosen site, the depth of which should at least be 12 inches. The hole may be of any diameter and shape you chose. Use the level to ensure that the bottom of the hole is flat and even.
- Add the rocks into the hole using the level to ensure that they evenly placed in the hole. You can also some gravel on top of the rocks for further smoothness.
- Make a mixture of sand and cement ensuring that the ratio is 3:1 respectively, and then add water.
- Apply this mixture using the trowel over the rocks and gravel while scraping off the excess. Use the level to ensure that it's perfectly flat. This is the base of the pit and should not be above ground level.
- The next phase is to construct the pit wall. To do this, you mark where you want your bricks to run along. Upon completion, place the mixture along these lines and lay the bricks firmly into place using the string and the level to ensure that they are even. Ensure that the bricks are not place EXACTLY on top of the other as this will make the structure weak. Instead each brick should be halfway the other. Continue laying bricks until the pit has reached the desired height. Use the chisel to chip the bricks in instances where you don't need an entire brick
- The fire bricks should be placed on the inside of the pit wall while the regular bricks are placed on the outside.
- Leave a few small spaces in the walls of the pit. This will allow air to flow through to aid the fire.
- Do not construct the pit too high so as to be negatively affected by strong wind making it difficult to manage the fire
- Use proper safety gear such as protective eye wear and hand gloves when constructing the pit.
- Ensure that the construction of a fire pit is permitted by the local authority in your area.
- Ensure that you put out the fire from the pit once you've finished with it.


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Classified Sheer Lace Crotchless Knickers
Average customer review 2.5 out of 5 stars26 reviews
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Product Description
Much more than just your average lacy knick-knacks, Classified's pretty panties feature a daring open crotch that's ideal to reveal to wandering hands. A lace trim to the waistband creates a feminine and flattering shape to dazzle your lover.
To the centre of the waist, a single satin bow finishes your look. Wear with a matching bra and some hold-up stockings, or simply add nipple pasties for a barely-there look.
Key Features:
- Flirty lace knickers with open crotch for sensual seduction
- Lace trim flatters your hips
- Satin bows add a cute touch
- Crotchless cut gives totally uninhibited access
- Pair with other lingerie or wear on their own
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Classified Sheer Lace Crotchless Knickers
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Very sexy knickers
Reviewed: 07 December 2014 by digdog2001, a Straight Married Male
I bought these for my wife to spice things up, and she certainly enjoyed wearing them.
They are well made, albeit there's not a lot to them, but they are very sexy, and when things hot up, you don't have to worry about pulling them off, as crotchless is perfect for hot sex.
They're even better when she wears them underneath her skirt while we go out.
- Pros
- Sexy and well made.
- Cons
- Could do with more colour choice.
- Bottom line
- Great sexy gift for couples or for women to feel sexy.
- 3 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Nice for price
Reviewed: 05 October 2013 by yesyesyes2013
My first pair of crotchless knickers so went for cheaper pair (just in case I didn't like them lol).
Very excited when they arrived. Lace not the softest but good enough. Was a bit worried about the size but they fit nicely and feel very sexy when on.
Couldn't wait to surprise the OH so on went the stockings and babydoll. Teased him for a while before letting him find them. The look on his face was like he'd won the lottery.
My favourite pair of knickers now.
- Pros
- Everything.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- Very sexy for a bargain.
- 2 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
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Reviewed: 18 August 2007 by rampant123
This has an opening which shows of your cute labia lips and trust me it's cute. The good thing about this product is you can have sex with them on and trust me my man loved that idea.
- Pros
- The seductivity
- Cons
- Nothing
- Bottom line
- Great
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1935 - 2018
Visitation at Funeral Home
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Obituary of Anita L. Zakala
Anita L. Zakala, 82, of Rome, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. She was born in Rome, NY, on October 8,1935, the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Page Mastrangelo. On May 11,1957, she was united in marriage to Peter P. Zakala, also of Rome.
Anita was a graduate of Rome Free Academy, Class of 1955. Following high school, she gained employment at the Strand Theater and later as a telephone operator at the New York Telephone Company. Following the birth of her first child, Paula, she "retired" from work to be a housewife and stay-at-home Mom.
Anita was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She had a very generous heart and truly enjoyed spending time with her loved ones. Anita especially loved spending quality time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. The happiness that the children brought her was like no other. She adored all of them.
Anita is survived by a daughter, Paula (Larry) DeFrees; two sons, Mark Zakala, David (Allison) Zakala, and a very special family friend, John Prendergast, who was like a third son to Anita; 8 grandchildren, Heather DeFrees and Rob Sharpe, Angel Rotach, Amber (Shaun) Lewis, April Zakala, Brianna and Ava Zakala, and Brianna and Samantha Prendergast; four great grandchildren, Matthew and Olivia Sharpe, Alessondra Rotach, and Hunter Lewis; and a special sister in law, Sharon Mastrangelo. Anita was predeceased by her husband, Peter Zakala; her parents, Joseph and Margaret Mastrangelo; and a brother, Anthony Mastrangelo.
Family and friends are invited to call at the Nicholas J. Bush Funeral Home, Inc., 7751 Merrick Rd., on Friday, April 13, 2018, from 4 – 7 p.m. A prayer service will immediately follow for those wishing to attend.
To offer online condolences, please visit www.njbushfuneralhome.com
The Nicholas J. Bush Funeral Home is committed to serving the personal needs of each family through compassion, attentiveness, and dedicated service before and after a loved one's passing.
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text: Air Canada cuts fares in battle with WestJet Air Canada says it has cut fares in recent months as competition increases in the airline industry. WestJet in particular has taken a slice of Air Canada's business as lower fuel costs and increasing passenger numbers create new opportunities. BMO Capital Markets said in a client note that low air fares may not last too much longer, especially if oil prices increase. However it noted that WestJet was keen to expand will want to be highly competitive against its larger rival. More market talk: Could oil hit $30? Resources prices, stocks continue to weaken Big data day SHARE


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You don't use Google because it's "Google". You use "Google" because it offers relevant and meaningful results.
Back in the year 2000 – web search was largely dominated by short web queries and the results were very "generalized", users had to click through multiple links until they were able to find the exact webpage they were looking for. The search volume was fairly low, hence the requirement for a polished algorithm was not laid forward.
Also Read: Hey Google, Here is How You Can Make Google News Spam Free
Then came Google and web search took a significant turn in it's "relevancy", "exactness" and "value". Google changed the way folks used to find content, people started writing blogs, created information and Google organized all the information in their "index".
The sad part – Newton's third law of motion holds true universally.
The reaction: Google's way of ranking webpages was huge, so big that it gave birth to a giant search marketing industry. The welcome mat for SEO Firms was laid out, which consequently gave birth to content farms, aggregators and scraped websites. Their entire goal of producing content is from the outside in – find the phrases which are profitable, judge the competition, gain a good amount of links and make your way to the SERP's.
In recent times, there has been much speculation on the way Google search is populated with content aggregators and AdSense scraped websites. TechCrunch, Venture Beat and other tech blogs have put down their observations earlier.
It's not that only we are saying this. Jeff Atwood from Coding Horror recently nailed down their observations
In 2010, our mailboxes suddenly started overflowing with complaints from users complaints that they were doing perfectly reasonable Google searches, and ending up on scraper sites that mirrored Stack Overflow content with added advertisements. Even worse, in some cases, the original Stack Overflow question was nowhere to be found in the search results!
Why Do Content Aggregators Beat The Source In Search Results ?
Let's take a look on the factors that influence the ranking of a webpage in search results.
Google says that there are more than 200 signals but practice shows that the most important factors which determine whether you page is going to rank well or not are:
1. The quality of the content
2. Number and authority of the links to your content.
3. The Title Of the page.
Let's say you wrote an informative article on "iPhone cases" and published it on your blog. Since "iPhone cases" is a profitable phrase, this will alert the content aggregators, link farms and scraper sites running AdSense ads. These guys have set up Google Alerts and other ways to get instant notifications whenever a phrase they are targeting, gets found by Google.
They come to your blog, copy an excerpt from your article, publish a new post on their "Aggregation channels" with a link back to your post.
You think it's cool? " "Hey Mike, I just got a backlink from xyz.com they have 60,000 RSS readers. I am famous !"
Yes, a lot of people will read your thought but not on your blog. The majority will read it on the "Aggregation channel".
The Result
Since a large portion of the blogosphere is paying attention to that Aggregation channel, who do you think is going to attract more links?
As soon as the scraped post hits an "Aggregation channel", a huge number of blogs will start linking to them (not you). They have an enormous amount of social media subscribers, Twitter followers, newsletter readers and getting 6 dozen backlinks to their own article is child's play.
Yes, you have written that 900 word article but that doesn't qualify your post to be linked from other sites. Social media influences search rankings and these content aggregators use huge social media influence to dominate SERP's.
Conrad Sam from Search Engine Land performed an internal study on profitable keywords, in order to find out which search engine (Google or Bing) returns relevant results. The SEL team followed this convention:
- 5 points were awarded for a good quality result ranking first, 3 for second and 1 for third.
- 2 bonus points were added for top 3 results being on a highly authoritative site.
- 5 points were subtracted if the entire first page didn't contain any good results.
It's no wonder that Google is losing it's ground on relevancy and exactness. Richard MacManus from Read Write Web puts an interesting comment on why blogs and search engines need to embrace a "change"
I can only hope that Google and other search engines find better ways to surface quality content, for its own sake as well as ours. Because right now Google is being infiltrated on a vast scale by content farms.
That pretty much sums it up. Google has been promoting leechers more than the actual publishers and we ourselves have been victim of this problem. You can read more about it on this post.
What is your opinion of the quality of search results in Google? Are you happy with them? Do you think that they need to improve? Are you a victim of RSS scrapers? Don't forget to tell me your thoughts through your comments.


text: I started teaching at Coosa Elemenetary School last school year, 2016-2017 school year. I enjoy being in the classroom after being an administrator in NC for the last 12 years of my career prior to coming to Coosa. The classroom is where the most important work is done, and it reminds me of one of most favorite quotes which is by Thomas Edison, "work is more fun than fun."


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4 Dec 2013
The Libel and Defamation (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was introduced in the House of Representatives on Sept 6, by The Attorney General.
To learn more about this piece of legislation, read the document below, prepared by the Parliament Secretariat, which explains the Bill in detail. Follow the second link to access the text of the Bill.
Bill Essentials - The Libel and Defamation (Amendment) Bill, 2013


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Photographed on January 8, 2005, Kailani looks pensive as a somewhat irritated Erin walks by. There was growing tension between mother and daughter which only grew worse over time.
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If you're looking for something unusual to do with your kids this Easter, then the Beijing Agricultural Carnival might be just the thing.
Now in its sixth year, this annual celebration of all things farm-related promises "creative hands-on" activities as well as the opportunity to buy produce, clothing, handicrafts and furniture. There's also 180 horticultural displays.
The Carnival is open now and runs until May 13 at Strawberry Expo Park in Changping. It may seem a little out of the way if you live downtown, but shuttle buses run regularly from Tiantonyuan North, the northern terminal of line 5. They take about 40 minutes to reach the site, and cost RMB 5 (RMB 3 if you have a subway card.) Entrance to the expo itself is a mere RMB 50, or RMB 40 if you book online. School age kids are half price, and little ones under 1 meter get in free.
For more information, and to book online, check out the event's website (in Chinese only).
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Ways to Avoid Roommates with Horrible Attitude
"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature." – Mahatma Gandhi
By nature, we are all friendly. We tend to smile and make friends with strangers. To some, they even welcome them as their roommates. Whether you invest in a Makati condo for rent or real estate property, there are a lot of advantages when we have someone to share our home with. There will be fun and excitement every day. They can also be your life savior when in times you need them.
However, there are just some roommates that are a total opposite of what you have expected them to be. They might be rude, no manners, horrible, discourteous, inconsiderate, insulting or even worse. Well, for some reasons, you will eventually learn their right color on the later part of their stay. For some, having a roommate is a blessing. While for others, they considered it as a nightmare! To avoid ruining your day, here are some ways on how you can prevent such.
Communication is the key
Communication is one of the crucial factors that you should not miss to do. When communicating, it is a two-way process. For instance, you're going to talk about a particular issue with your roommate, and he listens. Vice versa. Talking about the problem is one of the standard solutions whenever a problem arises. Yes, you might feel awkward about it, but who cares? You both need to solve the problem immediately to avoid making it worse.
If you think that your roommate doesn't have any plans to talk about the problem with you at all, then you might want to try initiating it first. You might not know, they are just shy to talk to your first. When you both communicate, you will understand what the problem is and why it is a problem. Of course, if you both understand each other, there will be a harmony between the both of you.
Off-the-record roommates
There are just times that we sense something that is so off when it comes to our roommate. Later did we know that they are an off-the-record tenant (e.g.,. an inhabitant who has not signed a lease of agreement). With this matter, communication might be useful, but make sure that you include the landlord when you talk about the issue. This matter already involves the landlord, since he/she is the one who will decide who gets in and goes out. Of course, you have the right to know how come they are living with you when he/she is not a legal tenant of the house. You are just concern with your safety.
When this happen, and you want to get rid of your roommate, you have to make sure that there will be a written statement declaring that the roommate arrangement has ended should suffice. If not, then at least, provide your roommate with a deadline for leaving, at least 15-3o days from the date of the notice. Just make sure that the roommate receives the document and understands what he/she is reading.
Settle the problem in court
When talks are already not useful, then seeing them in court might help. Usually, courts are the least one wants to do since it is already a hassle on the part of the complainant, and of course, for your roommate. But if there is a need to settle things once and for all, the court is what you need. You just want to hope that your roommate will take the hint and gracefully exit to avoid inconvenience on both parties.
Usually, the court staff will give you a date and time for an eviction hearing, and you must be prepared for the legal documents that you need to present to them. With that, the court will likely grant the petition, and your roommate will have no choice but to leave.
Home Decluttering 101: How to Overcome Emotional Attachment to Unnecessary Things at Home
Clutter is anything that doesn't belong in space – whether because it belongs elsewhere in your home, or it doesn't belong in your home any longer. ~Chrissy Halton
Whether you realize it or not, we have this tendency to keep things in our possession no matter how long or old it is. We just want to have it for as long as we want, since it is our belongings. For some people, getting rid of their things might be a challenge since there is a sentimental value on it, or merely because they grew fond of it. Did you know that this stuff add clutter to your home?
Regardless of the property you're in—may it be in a house and lot for sale in Laguna or a condo unit anywhere in the Philippines, decluttering is a must if you want to have a clean and healthy environment at home. If you're one of those people who is having a hard time getting rid of his/her stuff, then these tips below will help you with that matter.
How to declutter your home
Don't hang on the past
There are just things that remind us of our memories from the past – of what and who we are before. If that particular thing holds a bad memory, then you better get rid of it. This is not the time for you to hang on the past, you have to move on by getting rid of the things that reflect who you are before.
Getting rid of the things that remind of your past is not that hard as you think it is. You just have to make sure that you get rid of that particular thing together with those bad memories that you have with that thing. Well, you will eventually realize that getting rid of it is much better than keeping it in your home.
Don't get too wrapped up in the future either
Sometimes, we are tempted to buy things for our home even if we don't need it at all yet. Yes, this might be an inspiration for dreaming of a home where you can have that particular furniture, but if you think that that doesn't suit your home just yet, then don't buy it ahead of time. It will only add up to the things in your home.
Limit your emotional attachment to physical things, especially if they're large things.
One of the main reasons why you can easily get rid of your stuff at home is that you have some emotional attachment to it. Even if those particular things don't hold any value to you at all, you still want to keep things at home. And if you can't easily get rid of it, then. As a result, more and more things are placed at home.
However, if you know how to control yourself by limiting your emotional attachment to each of your belongings, then getting rid of it would be much easier for you to do. Yes, there might be things that hold sentimental value for you. But to those things that are not that useful to you or for your home, then you better get rid of it now.
Take photographs
If you are a kind of person who just loves to keep souvenirs even if it's not that useful to you, then you may want to take some alternatives without taking or bringing things at home. Well, you can take some photographs or pictures with the events that happened in your life. It doesn't necessarily mean that you should store some things at home for you to keep those memories forever. You can store it on pictures.
When you do such, you don't just keep your memories in life; you will also have much bigger space at home. Moreover, this is also one of the many ways you can organize your things in an easier way. Well, you don't have to worry about too many furniture or things in your home. Just have some fun and take some pictures of your life experience.


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The Chagos Islands is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, situated some 500 km due south of the Maldives.
Officially part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Chagos were home to the Chagossians for more than a century and a half. The UK evicted them in the early 1970s and allowed the USA to build a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands. Today the Chagossians live in diaspora mainly in the Seychelles and the UK.
The Chagos Football Association (CFA) was established in 2003 and is led by Mariesabrina Jean. Until today the Chagos Islands national team only played 3 friendly matches, all against Sealand (3-1, 2-4 and 1-1). The Chagos Islands national team now aims to step forward and play in their first international tournament in CONIFA as soon as possible.
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Dedicated to my Didi, Joy Dada, Tupam Dada(Abhi), Ronnie Dada, Piku and Sags! I really miss us being together.
Almost after 2 weeks, I return! *claps claps*
Every vacation for me used to mean a trip to Nani's place, getting together with 5 of my cousins and playing everything that would come our way. Computer came a lot later(when we were hooked to NFS!). Here are few of the games which we played and are still in love with them! I'm sure many of you have must have played them too!
Nothing beats this game. We had this love for proving ourselves the "most intelligent" of the whole lot! And I was never allowed to play on my own initially, I was always someone's team mate. Then I learnt playing it and believe me its the most beautiful game on this earth. I mean you are just introduced to a whole new world of planning, plotting and violence - 10 year old me. A big bungalow, one Mr. Black and his murder mystery to solve. We used to play this game in between all our other fun in the summer vacations:) When the old game worn out, my brother, Piku, gifted me this game on my birthday so that we can continue the legacy.
The photograph here is the legendary Miss Scarlet's card! We have got a strong memory with this card, Thanks to li'l Sags.
The Game of LIFE
We actually played this game for hours and for days. It took almost 2-3 hours to finish one game but we were hooked to it for the whole day!(God, I just wish we could have those days back again, when we practically did nothing but played so many games and nothing else!)
In this game you get a profession(of your dream, yes, Lawyer, engineer, doctor), you get married during the course of the game, have kids, deal with the expenses and enjoy the windfalls!
The great GAMBLER
This is our family game(no no no, don't go by the name, no one of us is a Gambler!). Every family of our house has got this game. This is probably the oldest of all our board games. Vintage hai.
I don't know what makes me write on these board games but somethings in life sometime deserve an acknowledgement. Nothing so amazing about this game but we played it and its very close to my heart. It is just the basic game of rolling dice and earning money and then the person with the highest bucks win.
I still don't know how to play chess . I'm very bleakly aware of the pieces used to play this game though I feel its dumb to name them what they are named- seeing their shapes and sizes.
The games I played with my Didi--SCRABBLE and PAY DAY
Me and my sister, we both played Scrabble and Pay Day whenever we liked.
P.S. 1) I and Piku did a lot of treasure hunting- playing loads of games of "Treasure Hunt" in our drawing rooms. But I guess it does not meet the criteria of the board game here, so couldn't mention it.


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I spent the weekend of August 24th speaking and mentoring at a seminar in Visalia, CA, then at two days of pro-life outreach at College of the Sequoias. I am a mentor and speaker through Right to Life of Central California's (RLCC) Justice For All (JFA) program. RLCC is the organization that holds the seminars and puts together the outreach. RLCC and JFA decry abortion-related violence in any form, be it against the unborn, against pro-life or pro-choice people, abortionists, abortion clinics, etc. Everyone who is out at the outreach signs a form that states that they denounce all forms of violence in the abortion issue.
We believe that the best way to change hearts and minds on the issue is to treat the other person with respect, and to have good conversations with them. We teach that there are three essential skills to any conversation: Listen to understand, ask questions, and find common ground (without compromise).
I'd like to briefly tell a story that underscores the importance of the three essential skills for a conversation. Names of non-JFA volunteers have been changed to protect identities. Language warning, though the offensive word has been censored.
I was standing by our poll table, which just asks a simple question: "Should abortion remain legal?" Someone can sign their name on the "yes" or "no" side, and give a reason. Before they leave we like to engage them in conversation to get a more specific idea of their views. I started talking to a pro-choice Libertarian whom I'll call Arthur. We were having a very good conversation. I was asking him questions about his views, listening to him and asking him to clarify his views where needed. He believes that late-term abortions are wrong, which is a point where we can find common ground. So I went from there and started asking him questions about what the relevant difference was between an early-term embryo and a late-term fetus that would justify our killing it.
After about ten minutes or so, a pro-life guy whom I'll call Dennis approached the conversation. Dennis and Arthur had both been around the JFA exhibit earlier in the day. Dennis had overheard my conversation with Arthur. It's true that Arthur was saying some things that don't sit well with pro-life people, such as that the unborn are less valuable than born human beings. I was using the essential skills that we teach at our seminar, listening to his arguments and using questions to understand his view and to see if the views that he holds are really true. But Dennis, not having had the benefit of JFA training, took it upon himself to hijack the conversation and argue with Arthur. I don't mean argue in a philosophical sense, where one presents premises and a conclusion, I'm talking about doing the things we teach not to do -- raising your voice and yelling back and forth.
At this point, I went into referee mode. I wasn't sure whether I should step in or not. It started somewhat cordial and grew in intensity as it went on. I was paying close attention to what both parties were saying to make sure that no one crossed any lines. And then it happened -- Dennis compared abortion with the Nazi Holocaust. Now I believe that there are parallels we can draw between abortion and the Holocaust, but we want to make absolutely sure that we are not giving the impression that we think that pro-choice people are like Nazis. That's not what we think at all. Now I didn't step in at this point because Dennis said, "that's just like what the Nazis did." He didn't call Arthur a Nazi, so I didn't see the need to step in. But my friend Charles was there listening in, and he told me afterward that Arthur may have perceived that Dennis was calling him a Nazi, so it was probably appropriate to step in there.
The argument went on a little further and Dennis continued to raise his level of belligerance. This is where Charles stepped in, like a boss, to start "narrating the debate." This simply means that Charles was giving his examination of what was happening so far in the discussion. Dennis wasn't listening to really anything that Arthur was saying. This certainly helped to diffuse the situation a bit, but it would get heated again.
Dennis was keeping the conversation focused on what the unborn is, but due to raising his voice and not listening, everything he was saying was lost on Arthur. He continually accused Arthur of supporting murder, which wasn't his position at all. Additionally, I'm afraid that most of what I was talking about with Arthur had been lost. But one thing was clear -- Arthur definitely noticed that there's a difference between what we do at JFA and what he feels that pro-life people usually do. After more argument from Dennis and Arthur, Arthur pointed at me and told Dennis that he enjoyed the conversation that he and I were having, and that he wasn't enjoying his conversation with Dennis.
Finally the conversation came to a head and Arthur was finished arguing with Dennis. He walked away, furious at Dennis. To make matters worse, Dennis, very sarcastically, waved at Arthur and said "have a nice day!" That was too much for Arthur. Arthur turned around and said, incredulously, "are you f---ing kidding me?!" At that point Dennis snapped. He walked up to Arthur, puffing up his chest and he was about to take a swing at Arthur. This is the point that I placed myself between Dennis and Arthur, turned Dennis around, and encouraged him to walk away. This was the first time, at any of my JFA outreaches, that I've seen a discussion on the precipice of coming to blows.
At the very least, Arthur left knowing that there are reasonable pro-life people. He said that he appreciates what JFA is doing, to come here to talk about abortion without getting in peoples' faces about it. I don't think that Dennis is a bad guy. He's obviously passionate about the pro-life issue, but he just hasn't been trained on how to present the pro-life case effectively or persuasively. But what happened next is the best part.
The next day, Dennis came back. Another JFA mentor, Sierra, talked to him. Dennis realized that he wasn't effective in his conversation with Arthur, telling Sierra that he lost his cool and that he would be interested in learning how to discuss abortion the same way that we do. Sierra invited him to our next JFA seminar which will be in Fresno two weeks later.
This is the cold-hard reality: I don't consider myself a very strong conversationalist. But you'd be amazed that just by learning the three essential skills that we teach at our seminar, your conversations will be transformed. Just by listening to them and asking questions, the people that you talk to will think that it's one of the best conversations you've ever had. If I can learn to do it, anyone can. I know that sounds cliche, but it's absolutely true.
It's because of things like this that I am very happy to support the JFA method and to give so much of my time. Justice For All is an organization that can change how people perceive the pro-life movement and pro-life people in general, in turn having been heavily influenced by Greg Koukl and the rest of the apologists at Stand to Reason who have done great work in helping pro-life people to talk about abortion more effectively and more persuasively. If you ever hear about a JFA seminar in your city or state, I think you owe it to yourself, to the pro-choice people you have in your sphere of influence, and to the unborn children that you could potentially save to go to the seminar and learn a better way to talk to pro-choice people.
The preceding post has also appeared on the Secular Pro-Life blog, as well as the LifeNews blog under the title Civility in the Abortion Debate: How Not to Share the Pro-Life Message.
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It pays to have a famous rock star as your neighbour, since you never know when they'll show up and perform at your house. As reported by a user on Reddit this past weekend, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke performed an impromptu set at his Oxford neighbour's garden party, presumably a celebratory event thrown for Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday.
The Reddit user's dad had apparently sent him a text message that said he was "in Oxford at [a] garden party with Suzie's neighbours, about to hear entertainment from neighbour Tom York [sic] of Radiohead!"
According to the user, Yorke performed a 30-minute set that included Radiohead songs "Desert Island Disk," "Reckoner," "I Might Be Wrong" and "No Surprises." He also uploaded a photo of Yorke sitting and performing in the garden.
In other Radiohead news, the band will host a global streaming event called Live From a Moon Shaped Pool this Friday, June 17. According to the band's website, this will be "an exclusive day-long audio stream from the band, competitions, instructional artworks and more," and will be taking place at record stores around the world (locations are listed on Radiohead's site).


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Singer songwriter and guitarist Bowe is always writing, editing or finetuning pop songs. On his telephone you'll always find hundreds of ideas he's currently working on. So far his unstoppable urge to write music has lead to two studio albums and seven single releases. His most well known songs are Relax Relax Relax, which is used in a Dutch TV and Radio campaign, and Tired of giving good things up that also did well on Dutch radio. Bowe has just released his first track in Dutch, called Rum Cola. Read a full Bio here, or check Bowe on Wikipedia.
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Why the Best Leaders Want Their Superstar Employees to Leave by Sydney Finkelstein on WSJ
Are you a leader that's clinging too tightly to your top performing employees? This article might surprise you.
I've spent the past 10 years studying the world's greatest bosses across 18 industries, luminaries such as Ralph Lauren in fashion, Julian Robertson in hedge funds, Norman Brinker in casual restaurants, Larry Ellison in technology, Michael Miles in packaged food, Jay Chiat in advertising and Tommy Frist Jr. in hospitals, to name a few.
As I was surprised to discover, these extraordinary leaders achieved outstanding results in large part because they abandoned conventional thinking about keeping the best employees.
Seven Better Questions You Can Ask in the Midst of Adversity by Michael Hyatt
Adversity doesn't skip over anyone. There will be hardship in your life at one time or another, and these questions by Michael are really empowering to shift your perspective.
I learned a valuable lesson: the answers we get are often determined by the questions we ask. If we ask bad questions, we will get bad answers. If we ask better questions—empowering questions—we will get better answers.
How the Smartest Leaders Use Humility as a Weapon to Improve Their Team by Marcel Schwantes
As leaders of faith we know the importance of humility, but often ego and pride sneak in. This article featured on Inc. dives into how humility leads to successful business outcomes.
As mega pastor Rick Warren once said in The Purpose Driven Life, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."
In essence, humble leaders achieve greatness without arrogance. They shift from ego to humility which can drastically alter the outcome to their advantage.
4 Cultural Trends Leading to the Decline of Religious Liberty by Trevin Wax
Trevin dives into the recent cultural trends in America away from religious liberty, which is a sobering reality.
Religious liberty, America's "first freedom," has fallen on hard times lately.
A few years ago, a survey showed that nearly 40 percent of Americans believed the First Amendment's protections "go too far." That number has decreased in later surveys (thankfully), but it's still a troubling sign. Meanwhile, we are seeing more and more legal battles against religious people whose convictions are not in line with the ideology of the Sexual Revolution.
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5 Important Questions to Ask About Your Child's Future by Dr. Jamie Drew
If you're a parent of younger children, you might wonder what you're child will be like when they grow up. Dr. Drew beautifully shares about this and gives us five questions that can help us parent better.
What kind of men and women will my children be when every opportunity I have to shape them has been spent? Will they love God and love people? Will they be strong? Will they be marked by wisdom? Will they be good husbands and wives? What kind of parents will they make? Will they be ready to lead when I am gone?
These are the things I wonder. I can't know the answers to these questions. But I can let these questions remind me of the responsibility I have as a father, and begin answering other important questions that will help me be a more faithful father.


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There are a bunch of women whining on twitter for the last several days under the hashtag, #mencallmethings. PM/AFT had the good sense to declare on trolling contest on it.
#mencallmethings is just another example of how women (in first world countries) don't have any actual problems. Between the government and manginas doing everything for women, no woman has any true problems. Any "problem" a woman has is because of one of these reasons:
1. A desire for the equivalent of fried ice. IOW she wants something that is physically impossible.
2. Failed attempts at defrauding, stealing from, or otherwise attempting to enslave men.
That's it. When a woman has to go through 1% of what a typical non-alpha man has to go through then maybe she can talk about having actual problems. Until that happens women should keep their mouths shut.


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Thursday, October 8, 2009
That post was about driving through on the interstate.
This post is about driving through Missouri yesterday, but on the back roads.
The fact that I'm writing this post while amazingly tired is the same as last time, only the roads have changed.....
Missouri - now, don't get me wrong, I know that other states have the same type of towns and just because I happened to be driving through Missouri both times that I post about the oddness of a state and it happens to be Missouri, well, it's just coincidence.....
I saw three towns while driving the beautiful, very curvy, very dangerous backroads of Missouri yesterday..............
and Bourbon.
What is going on?
Who are these people that name these towns???
Not my relatives.
Oh, please, not my relatives.
As I drove I kept my eyes peeled for even better town names...............
I kept looking for Panties.
Can'a Whoop Ass
and Bite Me.
Never have I been so disappointed.
13 comments:
- the wild raspberry said...
you've just hit the tip of the iceberg ,my friend
- October 8, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- Debra @ Common Ground said...
Gosh Jan, I guess you must have blinked when you drove thru Purdy, Defiance,and Conception! Ha Ha. Aren't you sorry you missed those? LOL!
Your favorite Missouri Sista,
- October 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- summersundays-jw said...
How about Climax Springs, Dogtown, Tintown & Clever!!! From another good friend in Mo. Jan
- October 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- Sweetina said...
Once again I have tears rollin down
my cheeks with laughter! Such a great post!
Imma go get me a map and have a good giggle tonight!
Love ya Sweets!
- October 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- Lynn Richards said...
Oh, have mercy!!! Best not to even ASK....
Thanks for the reminder of MO-we made our way through that state(along with way too many others) on the bike race....all I remember is rain.
- October 9, 2009 at 12:12 AM
- Itch2stitch.com said...
You made me laugh! So funny. Sorry still haven't replied to your email. I will! I have some lurgy this week, only just resurfacing! suzie. xxx
- October 9, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Artistic Accents by Darla said...
No lie, in a MN newspaper the headline read: 'Fertile woman dies in Climax'
Yes, two small towns near each other in Minnesota!
It's crazy I tell ya!
Have a good weekend!
- October 9, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Nancy said...
This is all way too, I said WAY TOO funny, especially the last comment from Darla. Jan, you may have been gone from Michigan too long to remember but just a few short miles from Kalamazoo, there is a Climax as well. I am sure Michigan is not the only state to have a town called Hell and so of course in our wonderful Michigan winters, Hell really does freeze over.
Love your blogs!
- October 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- summersundays-jw said...
My email is email@example.com. So sorry to have to tell you but they closed the Precious Moments museum. Now all those collectors have no place to gather. Jan
- October 9, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- cindy said...
yapping cat
- October 10, 2009 at 12:13 AM
- jeanne said...
Hi Jan, your post is very amusing and I really had a good laugh. My aunt once made a list of every crazy named town as they drove cross country. She read them at a family party and had us in stitches. It could be a fun study huh?
I am guessing you are worn out and home safe now. I hope so. Not worn out...safe.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs, Jeanne
- October 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM
- debsea said...
oh, i have missed your funnies while i've been away! i just had a great time catching up on your blog. what an awesome pair of shiners! i'm awfully sad to read about your friend tina, and that i missed the tagging, but will be thinking of her. i'm a bit jealous of those catchy town names, around here averything is named after either local fish or mammals, or unpronouncable russian explorers...
- October 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM
- Mija said...
hee hee Too funny! In Oregon we have towns named Nimrod, Boring and Drain. Growing up in California, I'd never heard such hokey names before. I don't know how someone can say they live in Licky with a straight face?!? I can't stop giggling and I haven't even said it out loud!
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i don't know how we did it, but the boy and i managed to get out lazy selves out of the house on a late saturday afternoon for a walk at macritchie!
most of the time we just nua at home, watch a movie, bake (i do all the work pfft) or try new food around spore!
anyway, it was a really nice, relaxing experience:)
there's something calming about the waters and greenery don't you think?
oh wait, it was relaxing until the part where tonsss of monkeys appeared and i got scared haha!
i went out before meeting daniel so i was abit too dressed up for a walk heh.
but macritchie is a beautiful place, so i just took the chance to snap a few pictures!
its my fav spring/summer now, and though spore doesn't have 4 seasons, i'd still like to dress according to season hehe.
so what am i loving this spring/summer?
eyelet and stripes :)
my idea of a perfect summer dress would be a white eyelet dress, effortless and fuss free.
stripes are also very popular this season, but i don't wear it just cos its on trend, but because i genuinely think its so chic and suits my personal style.
my top is from ohvola, skirt from agneselle, flats from h&m.
silly daniel looking sad cos he was hungry hahaha.
oh yes, daniel is still very new at photography so i'm already very proud of him for capturing these shots for me!
most of the time i just position it for him and he clicks the button but well, its a start right? hehe.
btw... noticed my new haircut and colour?;)
i reluctantly cut off a few inches cos my hair ends are like grass (honestly!) and the colour is fading to a yellowish hue which is urgh.
feeling much fresher with the new hair do!:)
we went to upper thomson for some prata afterwards!
cheap and good hehe!
went home with very happy tummies indeed :)
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Since childhood, there has been plenty of insecurity. Trust is not native to me. Faith is like excercise to me.....I was going to start today but I got caught up.
People like me need a backup plan in order to give 100% to anything.
I'm a firm believer in doing what works for you, especially when choosing a career. If you need that type of security, then that is what you need.
The challenge is to be aware if how much time and energy you devote to your endeavors. I encourage you to give your all. I challenge you to put all your eggs in one basket......if that is what works for you.


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Scraptoft Golf Club is the only Golf Club in the East Midlands to achieve the Golf Mark Award as well as the Clubmark Accreditation awarded for being high achievers in the management of Juniors in Golf.
We have a very active Junior Section. It is run by four Junior Organisers alongside our Junior Captain and Vice Captain. There are currently a large number of Juniors at the time of writing with further Juniors continually joining.
Half the Junior section is made up of young, inexperienced beginners who receive subsidised coaching during the Summer Holidays. These Juniors also get the opportunity to get onto the golf course for suprevised rounds. They are also entered into competitions around the County alongside other beginners and younger players.
The older and more establised players also receive subsidised coaching whilst also playing in a full programme of Junior competitions at Scraptoft from March through to October. The Club currently has a team which participate in the Leicestershire League, which involves playing against five local clubs and we also enter many of our Juniors into Junior Order of Merit events around the County. We appreciate that many parents have to work and we have a good transport system set up which allows us to get the Juniors to and from games and competitions.
The season is rounded off with a 36 hole competition, dinner and A.G.M. in the October half-term, where we elect a Player of the Year plus next year's Captain and Vice Captain. A Winter Competition is held for those keen players who want to play on into the football season.
Finally, the progression from a Junior to an Adult member is a lot smoother at Scrapoft than at many Golf Clubs. We currently allow Juniors to play in most adult competitions and once they are at the appropriate level many of the Juniors are called upon to play in Adult Team matches.
Although the usual dress rules apply, we try to be sensible where young players are concerned.
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The contents of the Limited Edition version of Halo 4 is now online. Lots of DLC.
Diablo 3 is out now, but didn't have a great launch day.
The reboot of Tomb Raider has been delayed until Quarter 1 next year.


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"Why do you weep, my son?" Jesus asked him.
"Because I am blind," the man told him, so Jesus touched him and he could see.
Further down the road, Jesus came upon another man who was weeping.
"And why do you weep, my son?" Jesus again asked.
"Because, my Lord, I have leprosy," the man explained, so Jesus touched HIM and he was healed.
Still further down the road, Jesus came upon a third man and he was weeping most bitterly of all.
"Tell me, my son," Jesus said softly, "why do YOU weep?"
"Because," the man answered, "my widowed father has come to live with me in his old age."
And so Jesus sat by him and they BOTH wept together.
Thus sayeth the Lord.
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Acknowledge the Liability
The first thing you need to do when returning to the workforce after a hiatus is to acknowledge to yourself that your absence is a liability. A nurse who hasn't worked in two, four, ten, or fourteen years certainly has a lot to catch up on, and I won't sugarcoat that it takes effort to get a foot in the door.
If you can come to terms with the fact that it will take a lot of due diligence, sweat equity, and skin in the game to get back on your nursing feet, then you're on your way. If you fool yourself that it's going to be easy, then you may have another thing coming.
This is definitely tough love, but it's tough love with a purpose: to steel you for the challenging road ahead in pursuit of your (wholly attainable) goal of working as a nurse once again.
Make a Plan
Trying to reenter the nursing workforce without a plan is like trying to get to a distant destination without a map or GPS. If your plan involves nothing more than searching Monster and Indeed for jobs and blindly applying to anything that catches your eye, that's really not a plan.
Your reentry plan must include:
- A professional overhaul of your resume
- Establishment of an online brand (LinkedIn at the very least)
- Cover letters that tell a convincing story
- Enrollment in a nurse refresher course if it's been more than a year or two
- A business card for face-to-face networking
- Concerted research about favorable employers, jobs, and the overall market
- A commitment to assiduous and consistent networking
- Requesting informational interviews with key individuals
- Identifying your allies
- Outreach about your job search to everyone you know
- And a whole lot more
Check your Expectations
Before you begin this process, it's very important that you check your expectations at the door. You probably won't be able to hop right back into the ICU or PICU after eight years on the sidelines. You may need to embrace a different area of nursing where someone without recent experience may be welcome. Remember, this first job is just a stepping stone, a place to begin. You're not signing away your life and career -- you're just taking a position in order to reestablish your "street cred" as a nurse.
You may be very lucky and find a new nursing job fairly quickly -- this does happen. However, most nurses in this type of situation will need to be patient with the process. The nursing profession has both a forgiving side and an unforgiving side -- you'll need to look both sides squarely in the face.
Do the Work
As stated above, you need a plan in order to tackle this very challenging task, and then you need to follow through with that plan. If you're a spreadsheet kind of person, create a contact list on a spreadsheet, and use it to record the vital data on every person with whom you interact or network (eg: name, address, employer, position, phone number, email, LinkedIn URL, other social media platforms, date you met, target dates for follow up, etc). If you can't or won't use a spreadsheet, a dedicated notebook or index cards will do. You can become a guerilla networker, and you can work that network like nobody's business.
As far as your resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, business card, and other essential tools in your nursing career toolbox, you can handle these on your own, seek the help of a savvy friend, colleague, or family member, or you can hire a career coach like myself to help get things on the right track. Whatever you do, don't shortchange your search by not working prodigiously on these aspects of your nursing career reinvigoration.
It Can Be Done
A number of my clients have indeed landed very satisfying jobs after being away from the nursing workforce for a while, and make no mistake that they worked hard to secure those positions. Most of them worked LinkedIn like pros, updated their resumes until they shined, practiced their responses to difficult interview questions, networked like crazy, and used their wit, charm, intelligence, and savvy to convince a potential employer that they were worth "taking a chance on".
Many jobs are found through a "side door" or "back door", and this is where networking, personal connections, and warm introductions come into play. That nice man you always talk to who owns the stationary store? His cousin is a DON at a local home health agency. Your former colleague who you keep in touch with on Facebook? Her dialysis center is hiring and she can introduce you to the hiring manager. You never know where an introduction or lead may come from -- don't discount anything or anyone. After all, so many people know people who work in healthcare.
In this process, you need to take off your blinders in terms of what kind of job you may need to land at first. Like I mentioned above, this position is just a stepping stone, and a very important one at that. You're actively rebuilding your resume and your confidence, and you can view this process as the planting of seeds in the interest of the near and distant future.
I know from experience that you can get this done. I also know that you need to be willing to really dig deep to make it happen. Rejection can be a debilitating experience, but you need to be ready to accept rejection, learn from it, and then take inspired action once again.
Returning to the nursing workforce is worth it. We need you, and you need us. Whether you were temporarily disabled, caring for an aging parent or spouse, raising children, or traveling around the world, you deserve to continue to be a nurse if that's what you truly want.
There is no shortage of opportunities for nurses, and if you're willing to think outside the box, you'll be more likely to land a fresh start and a new lease on your career.
If you need help, ask for it. This can be a lonely business, and having allies in your corner is paramount. Come back to nursing and rejoin the profession you love.
Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC, is the Board Certified Nurse Coach behind NurseKeith.com and the well-known nursing blog, Digital Doorway. Please visit his online platforms and reach out for his support when you need it most.
Keith is co-host of RNFMRadio.com, a wildly popular nursing podcast; he also hosts The Nurse Keith Show, his own podcast focused on career advice and inspiration for nurses.
A widely published nurse writer, Keith is the author of "Savvy Networking For Nurses: Getting Connected and Staying Connected in the 21st Century," and has contributed chapters to a number of books related to the nursing profession. Keith has written for Nurse.com, Nurse.org, MultiViews News Service, LPNtoBSNOnline, StaffGarden, AusMed, American Sentinel University, the ANA blog, Working Nurse Magazine, and other online publications.
Mr. Carlson brings a plethora of experience as a nurse thought leader, online nurse personality, podcaster, holistic career coach, writer, and well-known successful nurse entrepreneur. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his lovely and talented wife, Mary Rives.


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- 10-30-13: I picked out an alternate pumpkin story, in case my audience was too young. I love Kohara's Ghosts in the house, but it always makes me nervous that I'm going to have an anti-ghost or anti-witch family get upset, especially since I am getting more homeschooling families who are pretty conservative, so I replaced it with Lois Ehlert's Boo to you. I also changed over the ghost craft for take home. It probably doesn't matter, since I think most of those families just don't come to the library in October, but better safe than sorry. This was a younger group overall so we didn't read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever and our favorite title was Just Say Boo!
- 10-10-12: I picked out bits of Awesome Autumn to read, as it was a bit long. Half the kids suddenly appeared with food, so I'll have to make an announcement if this happens again - this is supposed to be an allergy-safe program. Some people peeled off their tape, some didn't. I had extra bags ready in case some people didn't want ghosts, but didn't have anybody there who objected.
Introduction, welcome, and announcements:
Messy Art Club monster boxes tomorrow, library closed Nov. 1
Early Literacy Theme: Letter knowledge is knowing that the same letter can look different, that letters have names and are related to sounds
Opening name song: The more we get together
Long story: The biggest pumpkin ever by Steven Kroll
Alternate: Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas
Movement: Autumn Leaves
Early Literacy Aside: One of the ways we practice letter knowledge is by looking at letters in books. This book has lots of big letters and we're going to look closely at the different ways they are written.
Nonfiction: Awesome autumn by Bruce Goldstone
Song: I'm a little pumpkin
Short story: Boo to you by Lois Ehlert
Short story: Just say boo! by Susan Hood
Closing song: Sunny Day
Process art: Tape art/masking tape letters
Prep: Masking tape, paper, crayons, markers
Kids make art with the tape or letters, draw, peel the tape off to reveal white letters (paper will rip a little)
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Thank you for attending today's Preschool Interactive!
Our early literacy skill was: Letter knowledge; knowing that the same letter can look different, that letters have names and are related to sounds
You can practice this skill at home by making letters out of playdough, bread dough, paper, yarn, and other things. Tactile learning is one of the ways to keep children's attention and they will be more likely to remember their letters if you teach them in fun ways rather than drilling the alphabet.
Our stories today included:
The biggest pumpkin ever by Steven Kroll
Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas
Awesome autumn by Bruce Goldstone
Boo to you by Lois Ehlert
Just say boo! by Susan Hood
More stories to try at home:
To practice recognizing letters, try reading easy readers together. They often have simple words and large print that is easy to follow. Look for easy readers by Mo Willems, Stan and Jan Berenstain, and the We Both Read series by various authors.
Our take home craft is: Seed pumpkin!
You will need: Glue, optional decorations
Tape or glue your pumpkin to your popsicle stick. Decorate with seeds or other items.
Library events for ages 3-6 coming soon:
Oct. 31, 3:30-5pm Messy Art Club: Monster boxes
Nov. 1, Library closed
For more library events, new books, and more, check out our website at www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us, join us on Facebook, or talk to a librarian. Please let me know if you have suggestions or questions!
Jennifer Wharton
Youth Services Librarian
262-723-2678 ext. 14


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The Forum newspaper is continuing, both on-line and in print!
Thanks so much for your continuing interest in the Denver Forum.
As you know, my brother, Bob Adams, publisher of the Forum newspaper, passed away suddenly Nov. 17, 2008. It's been a difficult time adjusting both personally, and professionally.
As co-executor of his estate, I have, by default, taken over publication of the Forum. Bob and I started the Forum together in June, 1976 and I migrated to Jesup in 1978, where I continue to publish the Jesup Citizen Herald newspaper.
We have closed the Denver Forum office on Franklin Street in Denver, and moved production to my office in Jesup, in order to be able to continue to publish the newspaper.
The response of the community has been both overwhelming and endearing. We are so grateful for your support and encouragement.
Denver Savings Bank has become a voluntary "collection point" for news, photos, ads, subscriptions, classifieds. Please feel free to drop off items there during regular business hours, or at the drive-through.
The local phone number, 984-6179, has been transferred to a cell phone, which is normally kept in the Jesup office to answer local calls. We will continue to receive mail at PO Box 509, Denver, Iowa 50622.
We have established new email addresses for news and advertising through the new website. These email addresses are: and .
Please feel free to share the information above with anyone in the Denver Community you wish.
Kim Edward Adams
Robert P. Adams Estate
Full color reprints of most photos appearing in this on-line edition, as well as in the print edition are available to purchase. Please contact the office for more information.
Deadlines for the printed newspaper are Friday at noon for display advertising and Monday 10 a.m. for classified ads. The news deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. for publication in the following Wednesday's edition. Updates to this website are normally made each Tuesday afternoon, although death notices or other fast-breaking news could be added any time during the week.
Mail can be addressed to the Denver Forum, Post Office Box 509, Denver, Iowa 50622.
To make suggestions or to report a problem with the website please contact our webmaster.


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I've toyed around for the past few months with the idea of tracking the effectiveness of our forecasts. Since we started offering memberships again this week [AVAILABLE HERE*], it seems the logical thing to do. Folks want to know what they're buying.
For those who don't know, I stopped offering memberships in 2013 when I took time off to start and manage a hedge fund. It didn't work out as well as I had hoped. I'm really, really good at forecasting [see: 2012-2013 Results] — not so much at trading.
For one thing, it had been a while since I had managed a portfolio of other people's money. It was harder than I expected, especially since most of my investors were friends and family. And, though I had some solid service partners, I was routinely working 70-80 hour weeks trying to keep up with the paperwork.
There were other issues, too, such as the "markets" evolving from occasionally to constantly manipulated — by everyone from central banks and their proxies to predatory high-frequency traders. It has taken a while to learn how to anticipate their actions. But, the past six months have proven to me that it can be done.
The bottom line is I enjoy analysis more than I enjoy trading. Puzzling things out, finding patterns, discerning the hidden mechanisms at work — these things are a lot of fun for me.
When I stopped taking on memberships, the site was attracting about 2,000 investors daily. Members were paying up to $1,800 annually. My hope is that enough former members — as well as some new ones — will return to the fold that I can make the site the entire focus of my professional life.
While I'll no doubt take on a few institutional clients, I'm not keen on going back to work for one of those Wall Street firms that has, in my opinion, so badly screwed up the financial markets.
To active investors: in the spirit of making calls more obvious and easily verifiable, I'll resume using the blue boxes to highlight future forecasts. For newcomers, they look like the one below (from one of our better shorts on September 14, 2012):
I will tweet a notice of each position change (not the actual forecast, but a notice to check the site.) So, if you haven't signed up to follow @pebblewriter yet, it would be a good idea to do so. It will give active traders a chance to get the information fairly quickly. I'll also look into a texting service for those who are interested.
For buy and hold types, I'll use the Current Forecast page [CLICK HERE] to keep you up to speed on larger, longer-term trends. I'll also tweet and email notices when things change.
A few technical notes about how results are calculated…
- These are theoretical, not actual, trading results that assume the S&P 500 index (SPX) is bought or shorted based on signals generated by my research.
- This data includes the price at which I made the initial call, the forecast price(s) and the results. Prices are believed, but not guaranteed, to be accurate.
- Assumes no leverage (100% long, 100% short or 100% cash) and no dividends.
- Any gain/loss is limited to no more than the forecast price; e.g., if I forecast a rally from 2050 to 2060, but it runs up to 2065, I'll only take credit for the 10 points up to 2060. The only exception is when I post an amendment to the original forecast.
- I recommend using reasonable stops and being very cautious about open positions overnight or over weekends. What's a reasonable stop for one investor might not be reasonable for another. But, we'll assume a 1% stop loss from "trade" inception.
- Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results. See Disclosures and Use Agreement for important information.
It'll take a while to go back and identify each long/short call and tally the results. I'll work backwards until all six months of 2015 are posted. With that out of the way, here are the June 2015 results:
* We've had so many requests for this data since announcing the availability of memberships that we're extending the discounted pricing through Saturday, July 4. For more info, CLICK HERE.


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Along with being a big movie fan, I'm also a huge comic geek, so as it's 'new comic Wednesday' I thought I'd share with you these fun Marvel Comics variant covers today.
As part of the celebrations to commemorate their seven decades of publishing comics, Marvel will be releasing these homages to popular culture during June and July (with I'm sure more to follow).
1970's decade variant:
Agents of Atlas 'Saturday Night Fever' cover
The simian Agent of Atlas goes all 'Travolta', as Ken Hale, Gorilla-Man, takes to the disco dancefloor.
1970's decade variant:
Amazing Spider-man 'President Nixon' cover
Spider-man steps back in time to meet President Nixon, in not only a tribute to the 70's, but also a political homage to the recent President Obama inauguration story-line of The Amazing Spider-man issue #583.
1980's decade variant:
Marvel Zombies 4 'Thriller' cover
A whole host of Marvel Universe characters re-enact Michael Jackson's infamous 'Thriller' video on this cover to Marvel Zombie series 4.
Disco diva Dazzler leads fellow heroes and villains Longshot, Dagger, Captain Marvel, Spiral, Cannonball and 'blast from the past' Crystar.
1980's decade variant:
Nova 'Flashdance' cover
Cosmic policeman Nova and Gamora, the 'Deadliest woman in the Universe', reinterpret another 80's classic, this time the movie 'Flashdance'.
1980's decade variant:
Uncanny X-Men 'New Wave' cover
The Uncanny X-women Psylocke, Storm, Dazzler and Rogue go all 'new wave' for this 1980's variant cover.
1990's decade variant:
War Machine 'Nirvana' cover
War Machine rocks the Nirvana 'Smells like Teen Spirit' video look from 1991.
1990's decade variant:
X-Men Legacy 'Vogue' cover
Southern belle Rogue strikes a pose in an homage to Madonna's iconic 'Vogue' 1993 song and style.
1990's decade variant:
Savage She-Hulk 'techno rave flyer' cover
Finally we have the All New Savage She-Hulk with a 90's decade variant to evoke the techno rave flyers for the clubbing generation.
How cool is this cover art? Sure it's a gimmick to sell more copies, but they look fantastic and it's nice to see Marvel willing to be so creative and embrace it's amazing 70th anniversary in such a quirky way.
I'm sure these aren't the last covers we'll see to mark this milestone...


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Spain's sizeable Barcelona contingent may be forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu when they face Ireland on Thursday in their second Group B match at Euro 2012.
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Just as Barca did in the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, the European and world champions will likely spend huge chunks of the game with the ball at their feet, plotting and scheming a way through a forest of opposing defenders.
Ireland's intentions will be even more limited than those of Chelsea, who somehow managed to score three times against the Catalans over two legs having spent most of the tie watching the ball fizz around in front of them.
After misfiring in a 1-1 draw against Italy, when coach Vicente del Bosque refrained from using a specialist striker until Chelsea's unlikely Nou Camp hero Fernando Torres came on 15 minutes from time, Spain desperately need a win.
The prospect of a green barricade in front of them in Gdansk could be the source of unease, even more so because of the recent trend favouring teams who sit back in their own half and soak up punishment.
Chelsea also did it against Bayern Munich in the final, Denmark succeeded with it against the Netherlands and England, to a lesser extent, used the tactic against France as they eked out a 1-1 draw.
Boxing great Muhammad Ali's famous "rope-a-dope" tactics that slowly extinguished George Foreman's fire all those years ago seems to be catching on in football and Ireland will be hoping to avoid a knockout blow after a 3-1 loss to Croatia.
Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets, one of the Barca players driven to distraction by Chelsea, knows exactly what to expect.
"Patience will be key," he told reporters at Spain's training base in Gniewino on Tuesday.
"The most important thing is our style and philosophy. We will try to control possession and play the ball around quickly.
"Hopefully we can score an early goal to settle ourselves and maybe then they will have to open up a bit more."
Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland are 10-1 with bookmakers to win the game but Busquets warned against predictions of a one-sided contest.
"In the finals of a competition like this no team will gift you anything and there are not going to be any thrashings handed out," he said. "At the last World Cup, for example, the matches were decided by one goal."
Trapattoni, Ireland's wily 73-year-old coach, expects Spain to operate with a striker, probably in the form of Torres, a former Liverpool team mate of Ireland's record scorer Robbie Keane.
"He is a great player and great guy too," said Keane at Ireland's training base in Gydnia.
"I'm not sure if he will play but whether he does, or they play with six midfielders it doesn't matter because they have so much quality in their side."
Keane, who could find himself up front alongside Jonathan Walters with Kevin Doyle dropping to the bench, said there were parallels between Chelsea's task and the one they face.
"We know it will be a tall order against one of the best teams in the world but we are not going in believing that we are there to just make the numbers," said Keane, a survivor from the 2002 World Cup finals meeting between the sides which ended 1-1 before Spain squeezed through on penalties.
"People expect Spain to win every game but in football it doesn't always happen."
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To a lender, interest represents compensation for the service and risk of lending money. In addition to giving up the opportunity to spend the money right away, a lender assumes certain risks. One obvious risk is that the borrower will not pay back the loan in a timely manner, if ever. Inflation creates another risk. Typically, prices tend to rise over time; therefore, goods and services will likely cost more by the time a lender is paid back. In effect, the future spending power of the money borrowed is reduced by inflation because more dollars are needed to purchase the same amount of goods and services. Interest paid on a loan helps to cushion the effects of inflation for the lender.
In order to influence the economy, the Fed buys or sells previously issued government securities, which affects the Federal funds rate. This is the interest rate that institutions charge each other for very short-term loans, as well as the interest rates banks use for commercial lending. For example, when the Fed sells securities, money from banks is used for these transactions; this lowers the amount available for lending, which raises interest rates. By contrast, when the Fed buys government securities, banks are left with more money than is needed for lending; this increase in supply of credit, in turn, lowers interest rates.
Lower interest rates tend to make it easier for individuals to borrow. Since less money is spent on interest, more funds may be available to spend on other goods and services. Higher interest rates are often an incentive for individuals to save and invest, in order to take advantage of the greater amount of interest to be earned. As a lender or a borrower, it is important to understand how changing interest rates may affect your saving and borrowing habits. This knowledge can help with your decision-making as you pursue your financial objectives.
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(I sent this to "www-html" first. I probably belongs here. Sorry!) For the "cite" element the draft text for XHTML 2 now has this: The cite element contains a citation or a reference to other sources. [...] In the following example, the cite element is used to delineate the speaker: As Harry S. Truman said, <quote lang="en-us">The buck stops here.</quote> More information can be found in [XML]. That is more or less in line with the definition in HTML 4.01 (and thus also in XHTML 1.0 and XHTML 1.1). The use of "cite" to delineate the speker is however not in accordance with common practice. Normally "cite" is used _only for the title_ of a source. The recommendation for HTML 2.0 had no example with "cite" marking a speaker: The  element is used to indicate the title of a book or other citation. It is typically rendered as italics. For example: He just couldn't get enough of The Grapes of Wrath. I propose that "cite" in XHTML 2 be defined clearer and stricter, and according to the common practice of using it only for actual titles of sources (and for various abbrieviations of a title etc.), not for the name of an author, and not for quotations from such a source. The XHTML 2 draft also includes a "cite" attribute of the "cite" element. That will probably be confusing for many users. I propose that one of them receive a different and unique name. Since there has been some confusion about the true use of the element "cite", perhaps that is the one that could fare better with a new and different name. "title" would be logical, but "title" is already used for the title of the current document (in the structure module). Perhaps a richer element repertoire would be better, e.g. "citation" for a whole citation, possibly including both the name of a source and it's author, and a "cite" attribute. I borrow the example from a similar proposal in this list (Toby Inkster, Mon, Aug 12 2002), but changing slightly the element names:
 According to <citation><author>Bill Bryson</author>'s book <title cite="http://whatever">A Walk in the Woods</title></citation> there has been a huge fire burning in Centralia, Pennsylvania since 1962. No-one has put it out because <quote>'no-one was empowered to spend that kind of money.'</quote>
 Toby Inkster proposed that "Title" be used instead of "title" to distinguish it from the "title" of the structure module. I don't think it is a good idea to start using upper case in XHTML element names. Many people have learned that everything is lower case in XHTML, and it is probably better to let it stay that way. I hope someone will come up with a better name than "title". Perhaps "ref" could do. The "citation" group could be enriched with "publisher", "year" etc., but that would probably be a bit to rich for XHTML that should stay a reasonably simple mark-up language. Otherwise we could simply adopt TEI or DocBook, add XLink, and be more or less done with it. -- Bertilo Wennergren <firstname.lastname@example.com> <http://www.bertilow.com>Received on Wednesday, 25 September 2002 19:01:00 UTC
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Woodside Hall offers an alternative either for breakout groups from large events or for medium sized gatherings that do not require the space of the main hall. It also provides an excellent location for hosting food onsite, with it's direct servery connection to the kitchen.
Woodside Hall is well suited for medium-sized gatherings and for those events where kitchen access is required. It's exit door connecting to the Garden adds a touch of elegance to this space in the summer.
Dimensions: 38 x 69 feet
- 2 double door exits to west hallway
- 1 exterior exit to the Garden
- 1 connecting doorway to Kitchen
- Fluorescent lighting (2 zones)
- 4 Electro-Voice ZX-1 Speakers, 2 at each end of the room. They can be switched on/off
in pairs to allow set-up at either end of the room. Or if required, all 4 speakers can be active
at once.
- One Shure wireless handheld microphone, model ULX-SM58
- One Stanton single disc CD player
- Additional wired microphones can be requested: 2 maximum
- Line input for external audio devices (MP3 players, DVD etc - not provided)
- Laptop audio interface - audio connection available for laptop computer
- 4 Electro-Voice ZX-1 Speakers, 2 at each end of the room. They can be switched on/off
- 12' video screen (front projection, ceiling mounted at South end of room)
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If Aaron Rodgers wins the Super Bowl, he will most certainly take his place in the uppermost echelon of quarterbacks. When ESPN and the NFL Network endlessly debate the best quarterback in the game, he will be considered with established greats like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Patriots fans should not feel threatened by this: there is a difference between "best in the game" and "best of the 21st century."
Quarterbacks du jour show up, are talked about for a few years, then fade back into obscurity until they win again. When was the last time anyone really talked about Donovan McNabb? How about Daunte Culpepper? Or Chad Pennington? Rodgers winning a Super Bowl will extend his celebrity, but not indefinitely. Brady had to win two to earn a permanent sport on the public's radar, and a third to cement his place near the top. There's no conflict of interest in rooting for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, because Rodgers poses no real threat to Brady's legacy.
But what if Rodgers doesn't win? What if the Pittsburgh Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger win? Two things would then happen:
• Roethlisberger would be inducted into the Hall of Fame when he retires. Only four quarterbacks have won three or more Super Bowls: Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman and Brady. Montana, Bradshaw and Aikman are all in the Hall of Fame. It seems unthinkable that Brady would not get in when his career ends. A third Lombardi trophy for Roethlisberger would probably assure his eventual induction as well.
• The conversation for "best quarterback of the 21st century" would get a whole lot more complicated. Up until now, the debate is exclusively a two-man argument, between Brady and Manning. Brady has the hardware, Manning has some of the better stats and regular-season accolades. But if Roethlisberger wins a third Super Bowl, football analysts will have to include him in the conversation.
Statistically, It's Still No Contest
Neither Manning nor Brady need fear Roethlisberger ever passing them in passing stats, unless Roethlisberger's career extends significantly longer than Manning's or Brady's. Roethlisberger trails in passing yardage, accuracy, touchdowns and quarterback rating. Manning dwarfs Roethlisberger in yardage (54,828 vs. 22,502) and touchdowns (399 vs. 144), and Brady's 122-touchdown lead (266) will be hard for Roethlisberger to beat, given that Brady's only been in the NFL three more seasons. Even if we give Roethlisberger a fourth post-Brady year due to Brady losing a year to knee injury, he would still have to average 30 touchdown passes per season to make up the difference, a feat Roethlisberger has only accomplished once.
Brady is also the only quarterback of the three to average less than 10 interceptions a season, which explains why he leads with a quarterback rating of 95.2. He started the 2010 season behind Manning, but a 19-point difference in quarterback rating (111 vs. 91.9) this season gave Brady the lead. For Roethlisberger, whose quarterback rating is weakest at 92.5, to catch Brady would require a similar meltdown. Roethlisberger is unlikely to ever catch either of the other transcendent quarterbacks, so he'll have to earn his spot in the playoffs.
Winning Isn't Everything, but It's the Only Thing
Roethlisberger's lack of stats has hurt him in the awards category. After winning Rookie of the Year in 2004, he hasn't done much. No regular season MVPs. No Super Bowl MVPs, despite winning two titles. Only one Pro Bowl selection, in 2007. And he hasn't performed noticeably in the playoffs than in the regular season. His two best playoff games came in 2005. He has thrown 14 interceptions and been sacked 30 times. He plays worse in the playoffs, where his quarterback rating drops from 91.9 to 85.0. And in 2005, he set a Super Bowl record for worst passer-rating by a winning quarterback, at 22.6 (9/21, 123 yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions).
But if he wins, Roethlisberger will be 11-2 in the playoffs. By comparison, Brady is 14-5, and Manning 9-9. Roethlisberger's winning percentage, .833, is currently second only to Bart Starr (.900) and a couple of one-and-done quarterbacks nobody's heard of (Frank Reich, anyone?). By the end of Roethlisberger's career it will likely be lower. But Brady will never have a winning percentage like that again, and Manning never has. Roethlisberger gets it done in the playoffs. If teams are defined exclusively by winning or losing, then we won't be able to look at Roethlisberger's accomplishments and deny his place as one of the all-time greats. As good as Brady or Manning? Maybe, maybe not. But no longer a third wheel to their dynamic duo? Absolutely.
On Sunday, a Green Bay victory will catapult Rodgers name to the top level, but his legacy will still be defined within the context of a single season. But a Pittsburgh win (especially if Roethlisberger wins MVP) will put Roethlisberger in the realm of best of the new millenium. Patriots fans don't want a third choice muddying up this conversation. So on Sunday, red and blue shirts should be swapped for green and gold ones. Break out the Styrofoam cheese wedges, and put down the Sam Adams in favor of a Spotted Cow (you'll thank me… if you can find one). Sing "Teach Me How to Raji," or whatever strange new YouTube video comes out of the Frozen Tundra. But most of all, hope and pray that the quarterback with the rape allegations chokes away his chance at history. Otherwise, he may never go away.


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Little Black Skirts
If you've followed my blog for a bit you know I'm a huge fan of wearing all black outfits and I love a great black dress (post here). I feel elegant and like a boss babe when I'm wearing all black. I can't explain it and I'm not even going to try. Just take my word for it, put on an all-black outfit and let me know how you feel. A little black skirt is equally as great as an all-black outfit and a great fitting LDB. In fact, I may love a little black skirt more than an LBD. If not, then very very close. Just as I'm falling in love with skirts and dresses two issue always popup over and over again. Fit and weather. Both of these suck the life out of my style.
Invest in Alterations
Skirts and dresses are often trouble for me. I've posted before about dressing for my shape and the struggles I have. I'm pear shaped and though I love the shape of my body it can be very hard to find a skirt that fits my waits, hips, and height. I'm 5'9 and a common clothing issue for me is skirts and dresses are too short. Most of the time dresses are more of a shirt than a dress. If I do find a skirt or dress that is long enough I can have the waist or hip adjusted to fit. Most of the time this works out nicely but it is a pain to get done.
I live in an area where the options are limited and it's a take what you can get kind of thing. In summary, I hate having altrnations done. As much as I hate it, I have to do it. Clothes just feel better when they are altered to fit your body. If you're not having alterations done, start now. It may seem pricey at first but for me, I feel like I get more wear out of what I buy instead of trying to replace pieces that just don't fit comfortably. Pay for alteration and get more bang for your buck is my advice. Occasionally, something will fit off the rack and when that happens it is amazing. It took awhile for me to find a black skirt that was unique and had a great fit but I finally found it! Imagine how excited I was when I put this little black skirt on and it fit everywhere! Such joy!
Transition Your Dresses and Skirts into Winter
I've worn this skirt so many ways with everything from duster cardigans to thigh-high boots. The options are pretty much endless. As the weather gets colder I'll easily transition this skirt into Winter with tights and ankle boots. Isn't it amazing what a pair of tights can do? Almost every summer dress I own looks great with tights and a cardigan. If you live in an area that's cold and bitter all Winter long, don't let Winter get you down. Experiment with tights and textures of tights, you're sure to find a combination you love. I don't experiment with colored tights very often but I do love fleece lined tights. It's like a warm hug on my legs all day long. I don't know about you but how I dress affects my mood so I try to stay stylish and warm to keep my mood up in the Winter. Sounds silly but it works.
This skirt is from Express and I did pick it up on sale. Sadly, I can't link the exact skirt for you but I've gathered up some very comparable options for you. If you don't own a LBS (Is that a thing?) get one asap. You'll feel like a babe and have endless style options through each season. Enjoy!


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New card design
I am feeling rather chuffed with my new business cards, logo and design elements. What are your thoughts?
I drew most of the inspiration from product packaging and one card that I particularly liked was that of Stitch.
I love business cards with a difference, but I do need to say that I find the printing options in Durban rather disappointing. There seems to be a philosophy that the cheaper the better with which I can agree with to a certain extent, but quality says a lot more about a business. A well printed card...cut with precision is a level of perfection that can't be beaten.
Thank you Lauren for the photos! Pictured with my card is a lomo badge - these will be available on Saturday at I heart Market.
Wishing you all a good week!
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Lovely! You can be very proud handing them out!ReplyDelete
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I always love hearing your thoughts.
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WOW! These are awesome, congrats girl!ReplyDelete
And I agree with you on the printing - my wedding stationary proved very difficult in the end (and very pricey too!)
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Lauren - aaah thanks!
Caley - my wedding invites too. They got messed up and had to be redone!
Thanks Moniek for visiting.
Lovely! I agree - you should be chuffed.ReplyDelete
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