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Student investors receive more money to benefit universityBy Sookhan Ho
Spectrum Volume 18 Issue 31 - May 9, 1996
Pamplin's student-investors, who have been managing $1 million of Virginia Tech's endowment over the past three years, have received another $1 million to invest in the stock market on the university's behalf.
Their fund, now valued at $2.35 million, is among the three largest funds of some three dozen student-run investment programs in the nation. Finance senior Lori Ratliff, who serves as executive chair of the student group known as Student-managed Endowment for Educational Development, says that SEED is distinct among the top programs. "The funds we manage are an actual part of the school's endowment-not money donated or set aside specifically for student investing."
The funds are also managed entirely by a select group of 17 students as an extracurricular activity, not as part of a course taught by a faculty member. "We're the only one among the top three funds with both these characteristics," she says.
Finance professor Don Chance, one of SEED's two faculty advisors, says that the past year was "an excellent one" for SEED. "Although it did not beat its own extremely challenging benchmark-a 50-50 combination of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ index-its performance in comparison to that of professional money managers was outstanding."
SEED achieved an annual return of 32.5 percent last year-outperforming two of the university's four professional fund managers in the third quarter. It beat 18 mutual fund groups last year, and was bested by only three groups, Health and Biotechnology, Financial Services, and Science and Technology-but these, Chance says, "are highly specialized types of funds." Compared to groups with objectives more like its own, SEED outperformed, by more than 200 basis points, the Growth and Capital Appreciation fund groups, he says. "It beat the Russell 2000 by over 600 basis points."
SEED members have also been delighted to discover that their program is regarded as a model by other schools. "We seem to have earned a reputation for being one of the best organized funds," Ratliff says. "Other schools have called us to find out how we do things."
The students work in four committees: executive, administrative, accounting, and investment. The decision to buy or sell stocks is made by investment-committee members, who each specialize in three or four industries. Chance says that while he or co-advisor Greg Kadlec may occasionally suggest a particular stock or industry, the students do all the research and come up with their own recommendations. The university's Director of Investments and Debt Management, John Cusimano (FIN '83/MBA '94), monitors the students' performance to ensure that it conforms to foundation guidelines.
The students are among the college's best. To apply to join SEED, students must be either upperclass undergraduates or graduate students and have a grade-point average of at least 2.75 overall-though the qualifications of those chosen typically far exceed this minimum requirement. Candidates must describe how they can contribute to the program and what they expect to gain from it. They have to supply references, a resumé, and a transcript of previous course work. Those selected volunteer their time and don't earn any academic credits by participating.
Last fall, SEED members met to "brainstorm" on how they could "take their project to the next level." Says Ratliff: "We really went to work on a detailed proposal that set out our performance to date, our reasons for wanting more funding, our philosophy, and our hopes for the future." Ratliff and the heads of the other three committees presented the proposal to the members of the Virginia Tech Foundation, which manages and disburses private funds donated to the university.
SEED sought additional moneys for a number of reasons. "First, we wanted new opportunities to improve our performance," said John Pataki, an MBA student who chairs the investment committee.
"Additional funding would permit us to diversify without restructuring our current portfolio extensively, which would result in huge transaction costs and force us to sell securities that we'd rather hold on to for now," says Ratliff. The new funding, she said, will also improve cost efficiency and increase educational opportunities through recruitment of new members.
Though the student-investors have had their share of "Maalox moments," they have learned to stay calm and focused. "With a high-return, high-risk stock-sometimes that risk turns around and bites you. It happens to professional money managers too," Pataki said. "We have to accept the loss, analyze and learn from the mistake, and move on and try and make money elsewhere. We've learned to watch stocks that take off abnormally and not be afraid to take our gains while we can."
SEED now operates out of its own offices in Pamplin Hall. It publishes an annual newsletter and a Web page (http://www.vt.edu:10021/org/seed/). It is eyeing fresh challenges. Members are working with Trey Snow (FIN '93, MBA '95), a SEED alumnus who now works in the university's investments and debt management office, to establish a national association and an annual, national conference of student-run investment funds.
The fact that the university has doubled the amount for SEED to manage, Ratliff says, is not only a reflection of SEED's good performance, but also "a progressive and bold statement" that the university is genuinely interested in enhancing learning opportunities for students.
"We don't just teach strictly theory, but we also support it by giving our students practical experience."


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- paid off my car
- paid off all my credit cards
- become completely consumer debt free
- started multiple savings accounts
- created multiple (albeit small) income streams
- taken advantage of special rate offers from multiple banks to maximize return
- started a Roth IRA
- worked up to the point where I am able to fully fund a Roth within one calendar year
- contributed enough to my regular retirement to get the full company match
- established annual savings goals and am on my way to reaching them
- started planning ahead so my expenses are easy to cover without using credit
- have reduced my monthly expenses by more than half
- have saved over four months' worth of expenses in an Emergency Fund
- have kept more than $2,000 of "short term emergency" money in the bank for over a year
- have paid off a combined total of $29,638.63 worth of debt (including the car, cards, loan, and payments toward the school loan)
- put 63% of my income for year one toward getting debt free
- have so far this year saved over 50% of my income (yes, really!)
Monday, November 16, 2009
What two (years) can do
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- K.R. said...
I won't embarrass myself by dancing but I will say how freakin' proud I am to see you acknowledging all that you've done! The simple passing of time does not accomplish anything, making changes and sticking to them does! You're really an inspiration for all those people who think small incomes or large debt amounts are insurmountable. Congrats!
- November 21, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- noneehartley said...
Sorry it's taken me so long to comment.Suffice it to say I'm as bad as someone else about getting back to things!I can't begin to tell you how proud I am of you. Dad and I NEVER were disciplined or smart enough to get our ducks in a row while you were young. We are only now beginning to get ahead, own things and take vacations with out paying for it the rest of the year.We're starting to help the grandkids because of you. Let's hope a small start on college will set them on the right path.You have had a major impact on your family. Now if we can only get your brother on board! That Airbear is one lucky fellow. XO to infinity and beyond!!!!
- December 3, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- nitza said...
I am just speechless. xo
- December 17, 2009 at 8:23 PM

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Don has a new idea for a building, which he wants to start on right away. This will be a cylindrical building with straight, not sloped, walls. The diameter will be 24 feet ( on the inside ), making the square footage 452 feet. Since the walls will be two feet thick adobe, the diameter from the outside will be 28 feet. We'll come back to the dome, but right now we'll be working on this new project. The past couple of days, we have been digging the foundation ditch, about two feet thick and a foot deep. I proposed making an arm out of C-bars and pitched the idea to Don. He said "what doesn't work is doing nothing", so we did it. The arm is a lo-fi version of one that Don has made for a giant 45 foot diameter structure that he has planned. The arm helps us keep consistent with our circumference. Don questioned whether or not we even need to dig a foundation, being that the ground is very rocky and thus very stout. He looked at the mountains and said, "Look, the mountains sit on the dirt just fine. We'll be putting into the foundation the same stuff we are taking out". We decided to go ahead and finish the foundation, since we had already started it. Don sits and breaks up the soil with his pick axe, and then I shovel the dirt away. Don said "sitting is the best way to work. You don't get tired and backached". Yesterday, while Don was taking a siesta, I sorted our excavation into three piles...Big rocks, gravel, and adobe dirt. I used a lathe screen as a filter, which made it easy. We'll be using the Rock, gravel, and adobe in the structure later on. I made a fourth pile of fossils and gem stones that I found during the sorting. Don mentioned that you can pay someone with a tractor to dig the foundation in a few hours, but they "always get it wrong." We also would be missing out on the free workout and jewels.
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new structure
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
I was very fortunate to find a rideshare partner out to Terlingua ( who'd have thunk ? ). Cynthia is spending two weeks out in the Big Bend area to visit friends before she heads down to Mexico. Splitting expenses from Central Texas, we each only spent $25 in gas. We found that we have some friends in common, though she is friends with Lucinda Williams and I only wish I was. Ridesharing out here is a huge help, being that distances are far in this remote region. There is no area Craigslist ( where I've had the most success with rideshares ), but there is a Big Bend Bulletin Board where rides ( and other things ) can be posted. The pictures in this post were taken by Cynthia. Click on them for larger photos. Cynthia also has a blog, where you can find out about the papercrete studio she built in San Marcos, among other things.
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Monday, October 1, 2007
I have a phone now
For $10, the Big Bend Phone COOP not only extended an underground phone cable a half mile to get to my property, but they also cleared me a driveway. My new phone number is 432-371-3002. Good luck reaching me there at the moment. It's still just a outdoor phone box. I'll try to remember to plug in a phone when I am around.
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One of the highlights of my weekend at the Food & Wine Classic at Aspen was the blind tasting seminar I conducted in conjunction with Aldo Sohm, the deeply knowledgeable and articulate World Champ Sommelier and Wine Director of Le Bernardin in New York (depicted above holding his winner's hardware.)
I had been inspired to put together the tasting after reading a study made by the American Association of Wine Economists that found (after many tastings over quite a bit of time) that only experts actually appreciated expensive wine.
I put together eight wines - all excellent examples- served in pairs. Aldo and I challenged the crowd to name which wines, tasted blind, they thought were cheap and which wines were expensive. "Don't say cheap," Aldo admonished me at one point. "We never say cheap at Le Bernardin." I don't doubt that.
The wines we tasted included a lively 2007 Jadot Macon Villages ($15); a richer and oakier 2006 Jadot Puligny Montrachet ($50); a deliciously bright 2007 Domaine de la Janasse Cotes du Rhone ($15) and the brooding 2006 Domaine de la Janasse Chaupin ($75); the 2006 Feudi di San Gregorio Rubrato ($20) and its Aglianico-based "counterpart" the 2005 Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico ($90) as well as two Cabernets from Santa Rita winery in Chile: the 2006 Casa Real and the 2005 Medalla Real ($15 and $75 respectively). The wines all showed beautifully - in fact, the crowd was often evenly divided over their preferences in each pairing.
The conclusion? Well, it was interesting albeit quite unscientific: the crowd loved all the wines- regardless of price.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Where's Aldo?
Posted by Lettie Teague at Monday, June 22, 2009
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This deserves wider coverage and should be very disturbing to producers and retailers alike. Your session substantiated what the wine economists foundReplyDelete
However, you didn't report on the outcome of whether the attendees were able to distinguish the inexpensive from the expensive.ReplyDelete
Hi Tom,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the thought- there were a few members of the audience who consistently identified the wines correctly but it was interesting how often the cheap wines were (equally) preferred. On the other hand, these were all very good 'cheap' wines - all from first-rate producers. (Aldo would NOT like me saying 'cheap' so many times!)
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Time sure does fly when you're having fun and unfortunately, so does my blog. Sad to say, but my blog will be coming to an end. I have learned so much creating blogs via audio, videos, and pictures. I have gained so much experience in the technology aspect of this blog alone. I have learned how to reach people using different variables than just writing. I have met wonderful, inspirational people through conducting interviews. I have especially learned how to loosen up a bit and feeling more confident when it comes to audio and video, especially.
One of the most important qualities that I can take away from creating this blog, is the comfort aspect. This is something that I always tend to struggle with, regardless of what it is I am doing. I am in school to become a teacher and part of that responsibility is to be comfortable with yourself. Some may ask why that is and I believe if you are comfortable with yourself, than you can pass that on to your students. You can show them it is okay to go outside of your comfort zone and take a risk. This is something I did often throughout this semester. I was videoing and recording in places and with people I would never think of. I was learning it is okay to go that extra mile to create something great! I hope you all have enjoyed my posts!
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- Rescues are my favorite breed: Quick tips on how to rescue your perfect rescue!
- Behind the scenes: Q & A with volunteer from Newark Humane Society
- Photo Gallery taken at the Moorestown PetSmart Adoption Event, by Don't Bully Us Pit Bull Rescue!
- Dogfighting is wrong: Learn how you can get involved in the "fight" against "dogfighting!" and you'll have the dogs "jumping" for joy!
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Friday, October 26, 2012
What's the deal with Rep. Thomas?
The suggestion of a conflict is rooted in two facts: Thomas himself is a commercial fisherman, and he holds considerable sway over the Department of Fish and Game budget as co-chair of the House Finance Committee.
The Haines Republican appears to be in quite a battle for re-election this year.
Since that initial report, Deckboss has acquired a raft of public records, including email and other documents, from Fish and Game that shed light on Thomas and his dealings with the department.
The records center on the state's management of the 2011 salmon fisheries in northern Southeast, the legislator's home region, and the rivalry between two gear groups — gillnetters and seiners.
Thomas, a gillnetter, appears to push managers for actions that would benefit the gillnetters.
As an example of the records we obtained, here is an internal memo known as a notification of legislative contact in which a Fish and Game supervisory biologist details a call from Thomas.
Thomas, according to the memo, complained that gillnetters had been restricted but not seiners.
He said he would take his concerns to the Fish and Game commissioner and the state Board of Fisheries.
He asserted he was the only commercial fisherman in the Legislature.
And he noted that he "had done a lot for ADF&G's budgets."
More instances of Thomas contacting department staff can be found in this string of documents. Note that some sections have been redacted.
The Petersburg Vessel Owners Association endorsed Thomas, but told him his in-season interactions with Fish and Game managers constituted a "conflict of interest."
"Salmon management and allocation issues should be addressed in the appropriate forums and through the proper channels, allowing due process to take its course," the group said.
Deckboss has not contacted Thomas regarding this issue. But certainly he is welcome to respond.
61 comments:
2011,early in the season gill netters in lower Lynn Canal had a 6" mesh size restriction and only 2 days a week on the Mab Island side, this was to help the Chilkoot sockeye escapement.
Gill netters gave up time & area and had a mesh restriction to help rebuild that run. Then they turn the seiners loose below us.
I'm sure Bill's phone was ringing off the hook getting calls from pissed off gill netters.
August 2011 was the worst sockeye fishing I have seen in 32 years,
would have been better off keeping the boat tied up.
I think fish&game deserves a good ass chewing now and then, they can't seem to rebuild or improve the natural runs but they all end up with a nice retirement.
- October 26, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Turn seiners loose below you? A couple 6 hour openings at Amalga Harbor in a postage stamp area? Whoa stand back were wiping out the area.
- October 26, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Amalga was this year, 2012.
Maybe you can read it again
and this time notice it says 2011.
- October 26, 2012 at 10:15 PM
I think the point is having the Co-Chairman of the House Finance Committee pressuring ADFG to change it's conservative management of a long established fishery for his personal gain and to the detriment of some of his constituents.
- October 27, 2012 at 5:04 AM
- October 27, 2012 at 5:34 AM
After reading that string of documents, I really don't see any inappropriate behavior on the part of Bill Thomas. Apparently, some people believe being a legislator precludes Bill from questioning and asking for data about fisheries and fisheries management. I really don't think that is the case. It is certainly o.k. for John Peckam to e-mail and remind Kevin HOW to manage a fishery, so it should be fine for a gillnetter to ask why. Nobody can control how certain people react to actions taken. The biggest thing that came to light to me out of this is HOW OUR BIOLOGIST, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MANAGEING OUR SALMON, ARE OFF DIVING FOR SOME OTHER FISHERY. As we all know, timing for salmon is critical.
Not sure where you got this Lesley, but I would guess the department. It appears they are on board with Bobby T's character assassination of Bill Thomas. It makes sense that they would be, as he is in the majority and their budget has to go through him.
This whole string of events, from the PVOA critique, to these e-mails, and especially who is behind this attack on Bill, has me rooting for the guy.
- October 27, 2012 at 6:08 AM
I wish he would say something to them for letting the seiners fish five days a week in 2012 to supposedly target Kendrick chums.
- October 27, 2012 at 6:12 AM
Send Thomas money for re election.He has been advocating com fish in the legislature since he has been in. Another case of eating our own over trivial matters.
- October 27, 2012 at 6:25 AM
What a surprise, a state legislator poking his or her nose into fisheries policy and management. The legislature, because of fear of of having to make unpopular decisions turned over the policy of fish management to the Alaska Fish Board. Ever since, they have tried to influence allocation decisions left to the Board. Sometimes their meddling does not serve their careers very well. Remember a Senator named Tom Wagoner, who was a commercial fisherman. After continually trying to mess with policy on the Kenai to favor his commercial fishing friends the voters decided they had enough and he is history. It is very unseemly when a person like Thomas who can control the purse strings of the Dept. uses that position to get the Dept. to make decisions it might not otherwise make. Even PVOA, an organization that has never been known for its conservation stands said that Thomas has a conflict of interest. Deck Boss said they have asked Thomas to respond. Don't count on it.
- October 27, 2012 at 7:04 AM
I to have had issuses with fish management, however i dont call
My local politician to do my battles for me, sounds like this may have been a common theme in the gillnet fishery.
The fact that bill is in a tight political race at all against a virtual unknown is testimony to the point he has pissed plenty of people off. I have supported Bill in the past but dont support him throwing his political power around in
Fish management.
If he loses this political race he only has his own actions to blame.
- October 27, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Chilkat River does NOT meet minimum escapement goal in 2011, seiners
caught a lot of sockeyes in areas
12 & 14 and Bill Thomas doesn't
have the right to complain?
Chilkat is the big sockeye run in August on the North end.
A major sockeye producer does NOT get minimum escapement and no one
at Fish & Game is chastised or fired over their actions,,or inaction.??
This whole thing REEKS of BobbyT.
- October 27, 2012 at 9:01 PM
Go to the SEAS website and do a
little reading and it's hard not to come away with the impression that this kid from Sitka is going to owe
the seiners big time if he wins.
Careful kid, you are swimming
in the dirty end of the pool.
- October 27, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Bobbyt can't get Bill Thomas in his pocket so bobbyt is throwing a hissy fit.. In fact Bobbyt's got thrown out of Represenative Thomas's office and is no longer allowed.
- October 27, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Bill Thomas didn't complain he threatened and harassed he tried to used his co chair position for personal gain. F/g management didn't buckle, they did a great job in Lynn canal. So if any gillnetting org out there that condones Thomas's behavior please say so, also where's bill ??
- October 28, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Sounds like the real issue here is that there is not enough salmon to go around.How does ADF&G get away with poor management? They say it is allocative and turn it over to the BOF. Does anyone realize how political the BOF process is? So Thomas has not done enough to direct the Department into properly managing for the fisheries in my book. It is the lesser of two evils; better to have one that creates controversy because he is passionate for commercial fisheries or is it better to elect more Craig Johnson, Bill Stoltze, Lesil McGuire and other not so freindly to commercial fishermen politicos. Better yet, how about someone that is totaly inept when it comes to commercial fishing lifestyles and will raise the banner of conservation whenever the question of sustainability comes up. This must be the correct choice; less commercial fishermen and more sports and environmentalists. Here comes CCA and they are making their way to a legislature near you!Commercial fishermen truely "eat their own".
- October 28, 2012 at 11:45 PM
"threatened and harassed." And to what good? Hot air is all it was, since NOBODY GOT FIRED OR EVEN CHASTISED. No blood, no foul. Apparently, people feel if they work for ADF&G, they are above reproach or criticism. The idea that Bobby is throwing around that Bill Thomas impeded Or somehow affected the seine management in Chatham is ridiculous. Bill's push for DNA stock of origin testing for sockeyes in Chatham, NOW that may impede or restrict seining, and might be what this whole I HATE BILL campaign is all about.
- October 29, 2012 at 5:35 AM
What bill Thomas did was create a conflict of interest. Fishing is involved but shouldn't be the focus. If you are co chair of finance, you can't come out and say f/g do it my way or you won't get any monie next year, also the fact that it appears that he will never be able to be unbiased about the two gear groups. I agree with the poster above f/g did a wonderful job in 2011.
- October 29, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Bill can certainly have questions about the fishery just like any other fishermen. But no other fishermen can talk about their influence on the ADF&G budget. Reminds me of Kookesh in Craig telling the council to support the Sealaska bill.
"I see you're going to have your 2020 capital project on the table here tonight. And who's it going to go to? It's going to go to me," Kookesh said during the meeting in Craig. Kookesh also noted that fellow Sealaska board member Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, would also play a role in the capital budget."
- October 29, 2012 at 7:31 AM
If Mr. Thomas were just Mr. Thomas the gillnetter and not Rep. Bill "your budget crosses my desk" Thomas then this discussion wouldn't be happening. It is unethical/illegal to use your office to pursue personal financial gain reguardless of the level success. It sure seems that gillnetters are blind to this. Why? Gillnets seem much more concerned with the possible results of bobbyt's efforts than the cause.
And why the constant bashing of the department? Without question it is the best resource management agency in the world. It manages Alaska's resource in a sustainable manner in a difficult political environment. What more should we expect. When ADFG staff work on other fisheries or go on vacation is irrelevant.
- October 29, 2012 at 8:29 AM
The seiners promised the gillnetters in their buyback scam that they would not mess with the gillnetters. However, when I posted the information that Rob Z. tried to screw the Puget Sound gillnetters, Seattle resident and Washington seiner Bobby T said it would never happen.
Well, here it has already started. Bobby T had State Senator Ben Stevens and US Senator Ted Stevens messing around in fishing on behalf of the seiners, asking questions, asking for records from NMFS, NOAA, ADFG, but it didn't bother him when it advanced his personal agenda. Rob Z & Trevor helped him quite a bit and anyone who pointed this out was personally attacked by Bobby T.
Bill Thomas helped Bobby T & the seiners for years, but now Bobby T seen someone new that he can manipulate since Thomas is a gillnetter.
- October 29, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Oh my god that is so off point, nobody is messing with gillneting, seiners didn't ask for this lyn canal Gillnet assoc did. They requested the info from f/g.
Bill abused his power which is different than a lobbyist pushing for a cause that he is payed to push for.
The question, why did lyn canal have to ask for it? Who was bill representing, did he harass on his own. We got f/g side
But bill Thomas's side he used his office, phone logs, emails, and anything else might help his cause right now, but we get nothing from that side, not even why lyn canal ask for it? Where's bill?
- October 29, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Check out all the outside money sent to Kreiss-Tomkins from the seine fleet outside district 34. Look closely and you can see where some was sent back because it came in a lump sum, then the seine fleet sent them back in individualy.
- October 29, 2012 at 9:40 AM
So what. Obviously, the seine fleet fishes in SE alaska so they have an interest in the election. Sealaska formed a PAC to elect Thomas. Do you think it is because he is a fishermen, or is it because he didn't give a crap if Sealaska logs in stream buffers?
- October 29, 2012 at 9:53 AM
What lump sum I didn't see that, also the contributions for bill and Jonathan look about the same from inside and out side the district. What a waste of time, bill's way up but that's because he's the incumbent. The line that say's do you have a Huge Conflict Of interest , or Ethics violation coming you're way isn't on the form, but should be!!!!
- October 29, 2012 at 10:37 AM
the only people i see distroying fishing streams are the people from the new reality tv program gold rush,right in bill's back yard!oh yeah bill please quit picking on the poor seiners they don't do any harm to any fisherie!hahahahahahaahha!
- October 29, 2012 at 12:52 PM
10:37 your are wrong. Petersburg and Seattle are not in district 34. The lump sum was listed aa a payout from Christ Tomkins because it exceeded out of state donation amount. Christ Tomkins talks about big oil money, but he to naive to figure out he also igoing deep with big bobt.
- October 29, 2012 at 5:35 PM
His name is Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. I'm not sure what, if anything, you are trying to accomplish by calling him Christ Tomkins.
- October 29, 2012 at 7:14 PM
A classic case of a Fall from Access (29th 0908 hrs gets it right). It's probably getting tough to look out the window of the Calhoun Building at the increasingly friendless Capitol these days. If you'd get together and dry up the flow of rents going in that blue door, before long UFA could buy the place at fire-sale prices. -- be a groundswell.
- October 30, 2012 at 9:42 AM
we call him JKT for short.
- October 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Well Jesus Christ, that's cute JKT, from Yale. like BTJ to Jail?
- October 30, 2012 at 11:04 AM
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Thank you deckboss for posting these memo's. I read through all of them and attended the gillnet task force meeting last year where Representative Thomas questioned area manager Kevin Monagle (deceased now) extensively about his gillnet and seine management of Lynn Canal and Icy Strait.
I did not and do not see anything illegal in Representative Thomas's behavior. What I did see was a lot of passionate advocacy for his personal and gear group interest.
If you are a gillnetter in northern SE Thomas has your back. If you are an oil company in Alaska Thomas has your back. If you are Governor Parnell you can count on Thomas to support your policies and appointments.
I am not a gillnetter, I believe Parnell's oil tax reform, supported by Thomas was extremely bad legislation for Alaska.
So, while I respect Thomas, gillnetters who are supporting him, and understand the oil companies donating to his campaign, I am going to support JKT, the most talented, hardworking, and tough minded candidate for an Alaska House seat I have ever met.
- October 30, 2012 at 12:16 PM
If elected, JKT is bound to get choice committee assignments in the House. Like the Co-Chair of Finance.
That will obviously be the reward for being the most talented, hardworking, tough-minded candidate in the history of Alaska.
- October 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM
And who propganda committee are you on, SEAS?
- October 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM
On BILL THOMAS APOC LIST
- October 31, 2012 at 2:15 AM
Word on the street is that Rep Thomas under ethics investigation- someone at adfg squealed. Stay tuned
- October 31, 2012 at 2:38 AM
What a soap opera-- looks like DENKINGER Zuanich and Riggs gave to Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins just as much so does that make them stupid smart or what? And so they are afraid of Kreiss-Tomkins or Thomas retribution? Looks like a 3 time loser for the guys on eight way Santa-shock will soon be legal in Washington
For the guy or gal who turned Thomas in to the authorities let's give him a Daniel Webster cigar
- October 31, 2012 at 7:44 AM
You malcontent's all loose,JKT knows nothing about fishermen and SE will loose another advocate in the Capital period! While the Department continues to make huge mistakes. That is OK, we could use the money that you used to suck up in SE here in the Mat-Su. That's right, we just grabbed one of your Representatives. I love when so-called fishermen scrap over the bones.It leaves the meat for us in Anchorage.
- November 1, 2012 at 1:47 AM
Well the fare unbiased represention, that we strive to reach in our government, is now thrown out the window it's all about the money. The departments that are managing our natural resources are subject to what the people that hold the purse strings tell them to do. With that approach we could save a lot of money and contract out the government to the sealaska board as long as they don't vote in those pesky term limits.
I know we could talk bill into that, but I don't know about jkt, He's still into that right and wrong thing!
- November 1, 2012 at 8:16 AM
You can talk to Bill He gave out his cell phone number on a Sitka radio show. 907 723 2365. Tell him how you want your fishery managed and he'll get right on it.
- November 1, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Fair unbiased representation is hard to buy, it's actually free. Like access to any government office, waters, or natural resources. Where's Bill Egan when you need him, as if it's bought and sold on the futures market. Like bottled water!
Art. 1, § 1. Inherent Rights
This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own industry; that all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law; and that all persons have corresponding obligations to the people and to the State.
And § 14. Access to Navigable Waters
Free access to the navigable or public waters of the State, as defined by the legislature, shall not be denied any citizen of the United States or resident of the State, except that the legislature may by general law regulate and limit such access for other beneficial uses or public purposes.
- November 1, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Tell him to shut down that Chatham fishery so we can all drive south to fish with the Sitka Craig klawock metkakatla and Hydaburg and kake seiners
It was so crowded down south this summer
It will be like that every summer if bill Thomas gets re elected
- November 1, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Go to www.seiners.net
Click on news for the entire story
This records search was instigated by none other than the Lynn Canal Gillnetters Association
- November 1, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Seiners let 10 million pinks swim by while hawk inlet was closed from July 19 to august 2 in 2011
- November 1, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Well, Facebook, survey says #1
- November 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Fair and unbiased? What planet do you live on, oh you can't be the landlord of the purple monstrocity, you must be the idealist that thinks the guy from the blue nose schools of the east can better figure it out then a native Alaskan, or maybe it is just Scandanavians pull the noose (purse) tighter. Whatever! I like to see you commie guys fight, it leaves more for my out of state sporty folks. They bring more money into the economy anyway and the gave better hedge money to my campaign than you slimey types. The only group I hate worse is the free loading locals who think they have a priority over my right as a non resident to catch my fist, wait that's right, about half of you are out of state'rs anyway.
- November 1, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Lets find a lawmaker to get a "Bill" on the table to address this "conflict of interest" issue statewide as soon as possible.
We are governed by a Constitution that guarantees fair and equal representation for all stakeholders. Our state is being runned by Bullies and it's no wonder we have the problem in many of our institutions for the youth. It's becoming a Civil War between the Haves and the Have Nots especialling in the Fisheries arena.
- November 2, 2012 at 6:00 AM
If Bobby T. has his axle all wrapped up over Bill Thomas, then why has Rob Z, Troy Denkinger, and Rich Riggs of Silver Bay each donated $500 (for a total of $1,500) to Bill Thomas' re-election campaign? I see a donation from a UFA member of $500 as well.
- November 2, 2012 at 11:56 AM
They also donated equal amounts to the kid too. Seems like they're covering their asses well
- November 2, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Not well at all. Thomas probably told them he'd use a wrecking ball on their plants in Craig and Sitka if he squeaked out a win. What is the old adage, no honor among ------s
Note that the older,wiser processors, Trident, AGS, NPPI and OBSI are on the sidelines on this one. Icicle was too close with Kito as their lobbyist and Noroscz as their Government affair. So SBS and ISI meet on the same team at last.
The amazing thing is that Kreiss-Tomkins raised so much money from so many individuals. And so little corporate money. Thomas had $40,000 leftover from the last 2 campaigns, so he had a $40,000 head start. Might as well just keep it this weekend and use it for his transition back to lobbying.
His own pollsters have him at a dead heat. And now the mayor of Angoon and the majority of the Kookesh family is against him, as is the CEO of Kootznawoo. Thomas must have pissed off alot of natives as well as non-natives. And not just seiners. Folks back home never forgave him for selling out the clan artifacts to the New York museum. Just missed jail on that one too.
He is on the record saying that if he had to run against Munoz that he was just going back to lobbying. Too bad he'll have to wait 12 months and too bad he's not a USAG member. They could use a good lobbyist.
- November 2, 2012 at 10:28 PM
The other item not mentioned on this blog much as it is a fish blog, is that this district isn't all that keen on the $2 billion giveaway that Thomas voted in for exxon, BP, et. al.
Stedman was the champion on this one. Even Kookesh was on the right side of history on this one.
Looks like a Stedman-Kreiss-Tomkins team. The money from the norweigan and the brains from the new guy. Not that norweigans don't have brains, but Stedmans got so much money to spread around that it's hard to get past that to the fact that he's really a pretty smart guy.
2 politicians from Sitka that couldn't be much more different. But then the district has all bases covered. And Thomas couldn't get around the district because his knees hurt and he had to attend too many funerals according to his own testimony. As if Thomas went door to door in his younger days!!
The best part is Thomas saying in the debates that he had to raise all the oil money and special interest money because the folks back home in Haines were too poor to contribute to his campaign.
- November 2, 2012 at 10:35 PM
oh well if mr thomas doesn't get reellected he can sit on the board of sealaska for the next 40 years like his good buddy byron mallot and friends milking the shareholders for all there worth!i think this approach would be a lot more profitable with a lot less oversight wink wink!!!!!
- November 3, 2012 at 7:01 AM
Oversight is the key for progressivim in any entity serving people. Stop the winking and start demanding accountability especially if there are Federal tax dollars involved. The cronyism in Fisheries related agencies is exclusive and discriminatory. It hurts a lot of poor people. If we can't hold our leaders accountable then we have to move them aside and move on.
- November 3, 2012 at 7:58 AM
Looks like Thomas & Kookesh will remain Sealaska Board members but may not be members of the Alaska State Legislature.
As for members of Silver Bay donating to both JKT & Thomas, they could have saved themselves $3K and just sat on the sidelines without spending any money.
Thomas historically receives a lot of cruise ship money & it is now rolling in. He even got $500 from DCCED Commissioner Susan Bell, who has worked with the cruise ship industry.
- November 3, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Oh, you mean Ms. Susan "Confllict of Interest" Bell herself?
- November 3, 2012 at 1:46 PM
Seems like we hit a nerve here, so Santa does come from Washington State and he is bald with a pot belly. History has it that fisheries in OUR state were controlled by outsiders and that is one reason why we banned trap nets. Things never change, out of state interests still are controlling instate issues and elections. You forgot 'brown nose' on your list of probascus, to which most of you appendages out of staters are very good at. Let's see, Federal intervention a must for you outlanders. You fish in State waters but want Federal control to protect your out of state interest. You ever heard of the Alaska Act and State sovereignty? How about Federalism? Why don't you foreigners just do your buy out of non residents and go back to Washington State. They love commercial fishermen there, oh that's right, the new governors that share the Columbia want to get rid of gillnets, more exclusive fisheries for non-commercial fishermen. Oh,I see, you have to be a seine commie. There the only ones that should survive. They are like the scurge of the sea, they takes volumes of herring and strip the sea of forage fish that are essential for a multitude of salmon. You can take that Carlson list and see who really is raping the Alaskan waters, leaving us locals to deal with your mess as you travel back to wherever. We stay behind and pay for all the essentials and the infrastructure. Limited entry has failed in that it did not require more of a community quota for local participants only.How much money do your outside fishing groups really put into local elections. You think you have the right to question ethics? Really?
- November 4, 2012 at 12:28 AM
2 Billion, nobody gets more steak than you guys in Southeast. You couldn't survive without the breast of mother Alaska. Your ferries,contract subsidies with Alaksa Air, your services, your dwindling population. It is lucky that you have native money still building essential services through resource development. It is time that SE pays it's own way. No more ports and harbor give a ways to you guys and money for ghost ship processing facilities. If the Capital were moved to my valley you guys would end up homeless, hey, that might get rid of you transients, maybe you could move your millions of dollars of seine boats to Canada, oh, thats right, they limit the commie guys down there to sustainable levels.
- November 4, 2012 at 12:35 AM
Where farmed salmon exceed wild by 4-1 on average
This is one area even bill Thomas is right
He supports our approach to commercial fisheries in general
Just has a 'conflict of interest' he cannot let go
We all have conflicts of interest
But we aren't all endowed with being the 5 th most powerful politician in alaska
- November 4, 2012 at 3:57 PM
But of course when your a outsider, it could be confusing #5.
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to Magna Carta in 1215. For instance, grand juries and the phrase due process (also found in the 14th Amendment) both trace their origin to Magna Carta.
- November 4, 2012 at 4:28 PM
You must have aquired your legal history from a Norweigan version taught in Petersburg.Common law is case law based on precedence.The Public Trust Doctrine is as old as Greek law and it is what the SOA by common law agreed to. The rest I will not waste my time on the other ignorance,just that I beleive to what you are referring to is that you cannot be convicted of a crime without a trial of your peers, something that you cannot possibly understand as you have been the judge, jury and hangman for Representative Bill Thomas who is innocent until proven guilty. It is your false accusations and inuendo that make me question your true motivations and your candidates morality. Is this the position of JKT? Are you and others like you supportive of public condemnation for your own person
and financial gain? If so I find you disgusting and no differnet than the swine you so readily use as and example! Self expression is healthy, for you a simple oink tells it all.
- November 4, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Google Poc and bill Thomas
The state does not oink
Bill Thomas Oinks
Also google bill Thomas conflict of interest
Interesting reading on the ultimate oinker
- November 5, 2012 at 2:14 AM
Google APOC and bill Thomas
- November 5, 2012 at 2:16 AM


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US FOI: Is there a "Secret Hold" on the Freedom of Information bill?
I've reported a few times here about the progress of the Open Govt Bill through the US Congrees, this article on open the government.org points to a delaying tactic holding it up, things may obviously change now
"The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Sept. 21 that would greatly strengthen government openness - but one sponsor suspects it is being blocked by a parliamentary device called a "secret hold."
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George Monbiot sums it up well: "No expense is spared saving the banks. Every expense is spared saving the biosphere".
A trillion here, a trillion there for the banking system. (How the trillions trip off the tongue). An unspecified amount to "make the transition to clean, innovative, resource efficient low carbon technologies and infrastructure".
The strength lies in the fact that the world leaders are agreed in the Keynesian approach of Government investment into the economy; they are deaf to the ultra-conservative and libertarian ideologues, of which David Cameron's conservatism, or at least one phase of it's confused hodge-podge of sound bite policies, is a small part.
The weakness is that despite the best efforts of Sarkozy and Merkel (and fair play to them for pushing for regulation against the obsessive Anglo-Saxon free marketeers), the toxic assets are still at large, dark winged carrion eaters waiting to come home and feast on the cadavers of the world's banking system. The more Governments pump into the banks, the more they can dive their beaked and bloody faces into the swollen bellies of the system.
What is needed is the registration of all derivatives, their detailed examination for evidence of fraud, and to bring the astronomical debts back to bankrupt the accounts of the CEOs and bonus boys who bought into them. In this way, the debt will die with the bankruptcies. Without this, all the fiscal stimuli, past, present and future, paid into the system will disappear into cyberspace.
What is also missing is a clear, detailed and specific investment into a global Green New Deal.
This is the reality aspect of the whole affair. It is not just a financial problem that we face; there is also Global Warming and Peak Oil challenges to be addressed.
And another thing: there is a civil liberties problem. While the world leaders were inside the ExCel centre, socialising, concerned citizens were having a different sort of interaction: kettling.
The politicians have a choice; either they listen to the voice of the people, and bring us on board to work together to save people and planet, or they impose a perverse form of social order with shields and truncheons. The former leads to success; the latter leads to conflict and war.
The choice is ours.
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On Monday, the day before Sherman was expected in Winnsboro, the citizens met and appointed a committee to meet the army beyond the limit of the town with a white flag in order to surrender the town. On this committee were Rev. Dr. Lord, Rev. J. Obear, James McCreight, and Dr. Horlbeck. The enemy came in early Tuesday morning,and Dr. Madden says he was near the town hall, and the Yankee soldiers seemed to rush in and suddenly fill the town. Their hands and faces in many cases smeared with sugar and syrup. One man stared in his face and said, "What do you think of our president now?"
On the farm of John McMaster, one mile below Winnsboro, the negroes were on the watch in the direction of Columbia for the Yankees, intending to hide out, but as they said, the whole face of the earth was suddenly filled as it were, by piss-ants as they said, so as to cut off any chance of escape. While standing near the town hall, Dr. Madden saw an officer mounted on a small gray stallion ride up and just then some soldiers brought up to him old Dr. Horlbeck. Who explained that he had fought the soldiers and resisted an attempt to burn his house. The officer only said, "Speak quickly, talk fast," and rode off and replied to a question asked him, "Yes, I think all of the cotton will be burned, but it will be rolled out."
Soon after that, fire was set to McCully's cotton warehouse, which swept Lauderdale's house and everything down to Levenstreet's brick building and crossed to the west side of the street and burnt from Odd (Old) Fellows Hall to the brick building. An officer said to Dr. M., "Why don't you assist in saving the movable property?" He replied he thought the soldiers would not permit him to do so. All the houses in the track of the flames were emptied of their contents which were moved to the lots in the rear.
Three soldiers were standing near the court house yard talking. One said to Dr. M., "Do you know the lady who set fire to this town?" Dr. M. replied that he did not know that a lady had done so. The soldier replied, "Yes, a lady did do so, and if we could get her, we would hang her to the highest limb of that tree." As two of the men walked off, the one remaining said, "You need not believe a word those men say. Nobody set fire to this town but our own soldiers. "I'll tell you there are ten thousand men in this town who would take pleasure in burning every house in it." An officer on a large black horse rode up and said to Dr. M., "I am utterly opposed to this burning from beginning to end. It must stop." Saying, "I am General Williams." At that time fire was beginning to appear on the roof of the law offices in the rear of the court house. It was immediately extinguished.
About noon on Wednesday, the 17th Corps under Jeff Davis entered town, and the Pennsylvanians lined the street of the northern end of the town. Some of them prized off the planks from the shutter of an outhouse next to Dr. Boyleston's residence, where a few bales of cotton were stored, and soon the flames burst forth and burned Dr. B's house, Miller's and John N. Cathcart's. An officer ordered soldiers to save the next house (Alex Chambers' house) and they ascended the roof and saved it, but the soldiers hurled imprecations upon them, crying out, "Remember Chambersburg!"
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Sierra Point, Brisbane, south of San Francisco. Part of the Bay Area Super Prestige cyclocross series put on by Pilarcitos.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Black and Gold. . .
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- Holly Loves Art said...
Great post Vicki! Happy Halloween!
- October 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM
- June said...
Much the same Vicki. I loved Halloween as a child and as a mother. So much fun! I never knew what the kids would want to be so there was always last minute things to be done and boy did we come up with some crazy costumes!
sending hugs...
- October 29, 2013 at 11:49 AM
- Julie Marie said...
Oooh Vicki, I just love this post... you and I share so many of the same childhood memories... with Halloween being especially wonderful!... love the poem, and your photos... especially the doggies trick or treating!... hope you have a bewitching All Hallows Eve... wish I was going out with you!... much love, xoxo Julie Marie
- October 29, 2013 at 12:02 PM
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
I used to love to trick or treat, and my mother sometimes did a spook house for my class. It I loved the fair in the fall and also the candy apples that my grandmother would make.
- October 29, 2013 at 4:40 PM
- GardenOfDaisies said...
What a fun little poem. I had not heard that one before.
- October 29, 2013 at 9:44 PM
- Mari said...
When I was a little girl I couldn't wait till halloween, just to get all dressed up and have lots of candy ;)
Great post my sweet friend....
Wishing you and yours a very Happy Halloween ;)
- October 30, 2013 at 7:15 AM
Hello dear Vicki,
What a delightful poem...I'm so happy you shared that. I love your illustrations that go with it, too.
I have fond memories of Halloweens past, like how the candy bars were the BIG size, and my mother always made it fun, even if we had to wear our coats over our costumes (New Jersey got cold about that time of year). Then Halloween with my son, when we was little - all good stuff!
Have a happy, happy day,
Marianne xo
- October 30, 2013 at 8:27 AM
- Shirley said...
What a lovely Halloween post. How fun that photo of the dogs under sheets were..Made me smile for sure..
Happy Halloween....
- October 30, 2013 at 1:51 PM
- Pom Pom said...
I loved the old Halloween songs we sang in school. Did you sing, "A Goblin Lives in Our House"?
We had parties in the church basement.
- November 3, 2013 at 3:14 PM
- Alicia said...
I love the picture of the dogs and the cat!!!!
- November 15, 2013 at 12:48 PM


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Hi guys!
Seeing this tag on a fair few blogs has made me super excited for autumn, so I thought I participate in completing the autumn tag for you guys too! Autumn and winter are my 2 favourite months. This is because I love the colour change, wrapping up warm, experimental drinks in Costa and preparing for Christmas! Anyway, I seem to be getting carried away so lets get started!
1. Favourite thing about autumn?
My favourite thing about autumn is that Christmas is just around the corner, the cold weather and the dark nights. I absolutely love wrapping up warm and going for long walks in pretty places.
2. Favourite drink?
My favourite drink is the Honeycomb Hot Chocolate from Costa. These are the most perfect drinks whilst studying for January mocks, or even just to sit with in the school common room when I have free periods!
3. Favourite scent?
My favourite sent is the Green Fig room spray and oil burner oil. It reminds me so much of my nans house, which is where I spend the majority of my time all year round, let alone during winter.
4. Best lipstick?
I like to go for dark lipsticks in the autumn period. My favourite lipstick during this season is Chanel Rouge Allure in Prodigious.
5. Go to moisturiser?
My 'go to moisturiser' is the moisturiser that I go to all year round. It is the Soap and Glory Body Milk in Smoothie Star. It has a cookie and cream scent, and it smells so yummy that I just want to eat it!
6. Go to colour for the eyes?
I like a subtle, brown smokey eye for the eyes in the autumn period. This is because it adds character to outfits and makes the face look fit for autumn. It looks so much better with dark lipsticks too.
7. Favourite music/band to listen to?
I don't necessarily have a favourite band that I like to listen too. It just depends what music is on the radio, or who I have taken an appeal to!
8. Favourite outfit to wear?
I like the classic 'jeans and jumper' kinda outfit. I would make this complete with either loafers or boots, and a duffle coat. I would probably also add a snood or a standard scarf, gloves and a head warmer. :)
9. Autumn treat?
I love a good bowl of popcorn in the autumn time! I don't know why, but it is the perfect seasonal comfort food whilst painting your nails or reading a book!
10. Favourite place to be?
My all-time favourite place to be is my nans house. This is because I find it so calming and serene here. I would say that it is my happy place.
What are your favourite autumn things?


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Shoes from much love, illy
Necklace from Meg's Musings
Scarflette from Fringe
Bed and Jacket from Peace & Posies
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i <3 ruffles.
i love love love that bedspread.
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love it! i am all about ruffles. i'm actually wearing some grey ruffle boots right now :) thanks so much for the feature!ReplyDelete
I love your choices! I love ruffles as well :)
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Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke has been named a National Jewish Book Award Finalist! Many thanks to the Jewish Book Council for this wonderful honor.
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Dear Macy, I am so excited to dog sit for you this weekend. You are the prettiest yellow lab ever :) Dear March Madness, There is no way I will win now, but thats okay because Michigan is still in play and I am in LOVE with Florida Golf Coast :) When I was 18 I went on a college visit there and decided that was where I wanted to go to school, but being the first child off to college, my parents had a hard time allowing me to move away from the mitten (ironic because two years later my two little sisters moved to Pennsylvania and Indiana for college, I guess thats just part of being the oldest though :) )
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Each year, one of the most popular New Year's Resolutions is either to lose weight or to eat healthier. Fareway Dietitian Whitney Packebush said it isn't about dieting or depriving yourself, but instead choosing healthier foods.
Packebush recommended eating more whole grains and whole wheat as well as incorporating much more fruits and vegetables in your daily diet.
Packebush recommended snacking smart, not eating out of boredom, be adventurous and try new foods and to never skip breakfast.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Visualizing our goals for tutoring/mentoring, violence prevention, education, etc.
I received an email today from a friend at UCLA. In part it read, "A central concern of school improvement efforts is to enable all
students to have an equal opportunity to succeed at school. A key
facet of this not only involves engaging students but also
re-engaging those who have actively disengaged from learning what
schools are trying to teach them.
And, it should be clear to everyone that schools experiencing the
most problems are the ones most in need of a school improvement
process that not only directly improves instruction, but also
includes strategies for developing a comprehensive system of
student/learning supports.
At this time, every indication is that these matters continue to be
marginalized in discussions of school improvement, in general, and
the reauthorization of the Elementary and Education Act, in particular.
It is clear that the many specific agenda items currently competing
for sparse resources tend to maintain the unsatisfactory status quo
that characterizes the nation's efforts to address major barriers to
learning, development, and teaching.
Thus, for many of us, the critical question at this juncture is how
to coalesce strategically around a unifying concept so that our
combined efforts can break through the policy barrier that is
preventing an appropriate exploration of what must happen so that all
students truly have an equal opportunity to succeed at school. We
know, however, that developing the desired coalition requires setting
aside competing agenda, and this may prove undoable. "
On the Tutor/Mentor Connection web site I've used maps and charts to illustrate how we need to focus on all of the high poverty neighborhoods where kids need extra help in order to succeed in school and live free of poverty.
Today, I listened to a presentation by the rock star BONO, as he called for 1 million activist to get involved in creating social justice for people living in Africa. Imagine if he were using maps like those I'm trying to create, to draw people who could help to all of the places where help is needed, and will be needed for the next 20 or more years.
My friend at UCLA, BONO and the T/MC all have the same challenge. We need to get millions of people to look at our maps, read the information we provide on our web sites, and then act in one way or another, over-and-over, for many years, and in many places at the same time.
Even with all of the power and celebrity that BONO has, he is asking for help. Even with all of the resources at UCLA, my friend is asking for help. I don't have nearly as much power or wealth as either of these leaders, yet I'm asking for the same type of help, and so are the thousand of people working in isolation and obscurity in high poverty neighborhoods around the world.
There are many entry points to getting involved, (such as the May 29 and 30 conference in Chicago), and individual calls to action can each attract some people to some of these places. However, until we connect these entry points, and tie them to maps, we'll never get enough people, looking at all of the places where help is needed, nor staying involved as long as they need to be involved.
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Well, look at what we have here. Some discontinued OPI's. How did I find them? Well today I happened to be doing my volunteer hours at the thrift store and was sorting donations to go on the racks. I see one of the managers holding up a plastic box, like on of those Sterlite containers, of what looks like OPI nail polish. What? I run over there to him and the conversation goes like this:
Me:"Wow, you dont know how much I love nail polish, How much?!"
Him: "One dollar"
Me: "That's it?!"
Him:"Well then 2 dollars!"
Me: "No , that's okay,I'll take them for one dollar!"
Then I proceeded to run around the counter to dig in. There were a lot of reds, and I have yet to add a red to my collection. There's just something about red polish and my hands that I dont think looks good. So I figured I take a chance on these for a buck. Also I threw in a purple shimmer because I had to have it.
They are the old OPI formulas so they are not big three free. Also they are a bit thick so I will add some Zoya Renew to them and see how that goes.
Sooo...how will these work out for me? Check back and see!
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The working title for the story is Dear Sarah.
I've been following you for a long time. I have to say, you're an amazing artist and person. My favourite painting of yours has to be "Memoirs of a self-portrait." You described it as being of yourself, but also what others perceive you to be. The eyes reached me the most. They were the most vibrant blue. I know you flecked them in the painting with silver and white, but the blue behind, the blue of the sky, that was the real you. The use of all your previous hair colours was interesting. You've certainly gone through the rainbow. My favourite is your natural colour, that rich, chocolate brown, though I know right now your hair is a delicious golden brown with fine streaks of blonde. It is very modern of you, though I think you're a classic beauty.
This is just the first paragraph. I know where I want the story to go, I'm just not sure how to get there.


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Pumpkin & Caterpillar, originally uploaded by BeckyKay Designs.
It's getting chilly here in Kansas. The expected low for tonight is 25 degrees. I adore fall, but it's super-hard to get out of my warm toasty bed in the mornings when it's this cold.
All our pumpkins are happily waiting on the porch for our pumpkin carving party on Thursday evening. Just gotta get the house cleaned for our guests!
I got to do a little needle felting last night after Lil' Kay went to bed. I'm working on some Christmas ornaments. I really hope they turn out well!
Lil' Kay found this little caterpillar in the yard about a week ago. After the photo shoot, he let him go in the grass. Poor caterpillar! I'm pretty sure he nearly had a heart attack from all the attention.


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Northeast Philadelphia Physician
AUG 3 -- PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge James M. Kasson announced today the unsealing of an indictment against DR. ALBERT KOFSKY, D.O., charging him with trafficking in massive quantities of Schedule III and Schedule IV diet pills, including phentermine, from a small office in Northeast Philadelphia. Dr. Kofsky was licensed to dispense these drugs only in the course of a legitimate medical practice and is alleged to have made more than $8.7 million from the illegal sales. During a five-year period between August 2001 and August 2006, Kofsky is alleged to have acquired 2,500,000 diet pills from pharmaceutical wholesalers for potential distribution.
According to Special Agent in Charge James M. Kasson of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Philadelphia Office, "The overwhelming success of this investigation is the direct result of the commitment, hard work and cooperation of our federal, state, and local counterparts. Let the message ring clear, if you illegally sell drugs over the internet you will be arrested and prosecuted. Electronic drug dealers cannot evade the resources and the commitment of the DEA and our partners in law enforcement."
Over the last decade, to protect and conceal his illegal diet pill sales business, Dr. Kofsky tried to make it appear to government regulators, to his suppliers, and to others that he was dispensing these medicines as part of a legitimate medical practice, when in fact, the indictment charges, Dr. Kofsky sold these diet pills on a first-come, first-served basis, to anyone with the cash to buy them. He hired his former cleaning lady to help with sales and called her his "nurse." He called his customers "patients" and usually without even going through the process, had those working with him, write down names, weights, and blood pressures of customers on index cards and called them "diet patient records." At the time of the indictment, virtually all of Dr. Kofsky's customers were repeat buyers of diet pills.
To evade currency reporting requirements imposed on banks for large cash transactions, which he believed might raise questions about the true nature of his drug business, every week Dr. Kofsky structured cash deposits into his business account, so that he did not deposit in excess of $10,000. Over the course of the last five years, each year he structured cash deposits of over $500,000. In total over this period he structured about $2.5 million in cash and generated from the illegal sales of diet pills in excess of $8.7 million. Dr. Kofsky kept over $1 million in cash in his home.
If convicted the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 1,394 years imprisonment, three years to a lifetime of supervised release, a fine of $57 million, and a special assessment of $12,800.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and has been assigned to the Assistant United States Attorney Pamela Foa.
For more information, contact: William Hocker at (215) 861-3436


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Monday, July 4, 2016
Lame Cherry, not a god by any language
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
The following is not going to make a great deal of sense my children, because it is a private letter to someone in Europe who happened upon the blog and contacted me. In it though is going to be information which is Wisdom from God in life's lessons learned.
First, here am I not a god, not even a fair exchange rate for Jesus the Christ. I have disciplined myself to not fall into the folly or perhaps I should say the Holy Ghost has me like the Holy Angels recoiling to praise or adoration, because in that one can find throughout history that gifted people have fallen, and some of the worst are Christians who take to the stage, get a following, and then with numbers of people needing their advice, they start thinking they are Jim Jones in going into a self destructive mode.
Praise is a two sided hand, for there is always the hand that caresses and then there is the hand that slaps hard. People are odd creatures in always being attracted to the thing that is missing in them, and then when they get close to it through fawning, they become jealous and then savage and attack it.
For the most part in this, those who attack what God has going on here, are at root furious that they do not know things, and then when they think they know something, they post it and look like fools in a short time.
For my world personally, I keep the Father in Heaven always first, with Christ and the Holy Ghost at God's hand equally. The Tiger Lily completes me. There is Mom who we care for and the few friends who we have had contact by the blog. I make it a practice though to not email people to keep them off the NSA grid as they have enough to deal with, without interesting things taking place in their lives to frighten them.
So I communicate a great deal here when the need arises.
Now comes the experience, advice and the Wisdom.
People have to have money to pay the bills, but this "work" is all wrong in the sense that most people are miserable or it becomes who they are. I give you the example of the Viking who is quite brilliant, a classical musical aficionado and a gentle giant of a man with a heart as large. His job does not get in the way of his true calling of who he is, and he enjoys and cherishes who he is, and this is wonderful in God's eyes.
As for me, I happen to be the best blogger. I had no idea I would be moved to do this as blogging did not even exist when I was a child. I always liked writing and telling stories, but for this moment in time as God requires, I am a blogger.
So do the things you are already doing which delight you, because your delighted heart delights God. As for me, I have been rejected by hosts of the "always experts" who knew the way things should be done, but in blogging God changed it and blessed it, as I give God all credit as this is His Holy Spirit's working.
What I am attempting to convey is, you have a personal story. Include this in your artwork as TL and Jeanniejo when I started this, were telling me "write something about yourself". Understand though that there are predators out there who will use your personal story to attack you, but people who are good, will respond to personal information.
As you have a blog site, feature yourself on it and not me. It was kind of you to mention me, but you must grow as God intends for you. Always know that people like the exotic or different. The artist from Belgium plays well in America, and when in Belgium, "I am the artist who plays well in America".
No prophet is loved in their own country. The people will respond to a foreign voice, and a voice within their midst if they think the foreigners have recognized your genius.
Do not chase those who are established, because there is nothing in this for them, but enjoying rejecting you, as they have rejected me. Build your own following and then let your fans be your inroad past the elite.
Do not put monetary values on things, hanging paintings in the Louvre or being adored by galleries who would not recognize art unless they were told it was art.
PT Barnum of the circus success as much as if you look at Cher, Madonna and that horrid Katie Perry, are all whorish self promoters. I am not stating that one degrades oneself, but when you have artwork, think about self promoting your own showing in small towns and cities. There are always people like you in not knowing how to become artists and this might be a self promotion which would work.
In addition, if you could gain some following this way, "the cause celeb" is an avenue where contacting some charity which plays well, that houses wealthy people who like having their photos in the paper to prove how godlike they are, could bid on a work you donate, and then suddenly your art pieces are worth in thousands of dollars, which again is your self promotion.
Be Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.....always smile and act vulnerable aloof and trusting no one, people will be attracted to that, as following around self important people like a dog only makes one look like they belong on a leash.
Write about the things you cherish, paint the things you cherish, cherish you, and you will find that people will cherish you.
In Christ, do Christian things, but do not expect your Christians audience to be any different than the condescending frauds on the right or the left.
Most of the above, I can not employ due to I need to keep distances from people and to not be caught up in the flow of popularity. I also dislike the public and fame.
The thing I can promise you though, that the only difference between you and Rembrandt is where your paintings hang. I mean by this, there were in reality 100,000 greater boxers than the late Mohammed Ali. Most of them were stuck in some junk yard, or driving truck as they never had the luxury of indulging in a sport or they simply could have cared less about boxing.
Most of the people you see in media are frauds. They are not more talented than you or any more gifted than you, and that goes for politicians or corporate heads. They either sold out for the job or they sold out for the job. Just be yourself, make success that you get up each day pleased you are doing the work you choose to do, and glorify God by it, live that day with honor and virtue, and after prayers at night, your sleep will be sweet, because this scam of having to be in this fraud media, or having to be accepted by the insiders is their exploitation of the masses and how they keep control and make money off of others.
That is what they hate about Donald Trump in he refuses to play their game when it will not benefit him. Like all people though, always put your foundation on God and Christ as They will never let you down and be always there to help you.
I am going to close this with some advice my Auntie who was around 75, never gave me but decided upon at that age. She said, "LC, I am too old for this putting up with things I do not like and people I do not like. I wasted years in that nonsense and I am doing that no more".
Of course we have to cordial in getting along with people in being polite, but putting up with overbearing trolls is ridiculous, as much as trying to gather morons around you who are a burden. There are always these experts trolling around ready to tell you how you should do things this way or you should live your life that way, when the fact is they have never accomplished a thing and never will, and they are trying to fix your life, because they can not fix their own misery.
Pray to God for good and always be discerning enough that satan always tries to put evil into your life wrapped in an attractive package.
Always listen to God first, in having the Holy Ghost lead you through advice for the best outcome in the life God has given you. For your purpose is to choose God, discipline yourself in His Word and Teachings for Good, to have the Holy Ghost sow the Spirit of Light into your soul, and for you to become a forever Light in the Family of God.
That is all of our primary mandated work,which the majority fail at, a they want the adoration, instead of understanding it all belongs to God.
As for coming to America or for that matter Canada, it seems the doors are open. Lutheran Social Services seems open for business in that too. As long as one is not in the lowlands, Belgium seems like a nice land too, as much as the cool of Canada as it is pretty. As for America, small town America does like having their own exotic Christians too, as big city sure went insane over Obama in all images much to their regret.
Prayer though in God and confirmation is the only way to proceed. Instinct would tell me to stay out of Africa as it is a corrupt continent managed by the elite to exploit it and it is not going to be any garden in the Great Tribulation.
I sincerely hope this helps, because you are special to God and each person is special, and your vocation is serving God by nurturing you in Him. I am not some pretty thing on the shelf to be written of as I feel more like the spoon I found on a walk with TL today. it was a wrapped into a ball, gone through a gravel sifter, driven over by hundreds of tires, but I unwound it, beat on it, and sort of have it looking like a spoon again.
Now that spoon is never going to be welcome with the Queen's gold plated sets, but as I told TL and Mom, "Not much of a spoon, but when it is all you have to eat soup with, it is a pretty good spoon".
I intend to put it in a Girl Scout survival pack I purchased for a 1.50 a month ago, and hope I never have to use it in flight, but it is going to be there when I need it.
In Christ, Nuff Said
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Poetry / Pet Portrait Contest / Final days
Tomorrow is the last day to enter the poetry contest on facebook for the chance to win a free pet portrait from Art Paw. Check out the many great submissions on our facebook wall. Below is a great submission from someone working in Pug Rescue. Lots of pet rescue folks have written poems. There are many that will make you laugh and cry. Dan will have a tough time judging this one.
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I found this article via Simplesong and it brought back so many memories of growing up in Minnesota. I certainly don't miss the mosquitos though...
30 May 2009
Going to the cottage
I found this article via Simplesong and it brought back so many memories of growing up in Minnesota. I certainly don't miss the mosquitos though...
10 comments:
- blackbird said...
I would love a cabin of my own.
I grew up in the city and when I was young, our family camped and stayed in small cabins out on the coast. But, I've always wished that we had found a cabin to return to year after year.
With my own children, we have always had so many pets that getting away was hard. Now that the last one is almost finishing up high school- maybe it's time to shop for a cabin.
- May 30, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Cottage Lifestyle said...
I grew up in northern Minnesota and we spent the summer at our family cabins. Fabulous memories.
- May 30, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Kasey said...
did you say mosquitos?!
dear god....i've lived here in the midwest for 2 years and they can keep their humidity and bugs...oh and the wind and the ice and cold....
but i love a good cabin on a lake.
- May 30, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Debra said...
I have many of those same memories. That 5th image of the tiny cottage-is, to me just about prefection for the little studio I would love to have.
- May 31, 2009 at 4:34 AM
- Debra said...
Sorry...there is no 5th image... it's Sunday morning-not enough coffee!!! 4th image!
- May 31, 2009 at 4:36 AM
- Mamaoftwins said...
Love those pictures. They seem so tranquil and peaceful. Its a place that makes me feel like I want to sit and read a good book or take a nap under the trees.
- May 31, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Farmgirl Paints said...
Love the picture you painted in my mind just then.
We live in Minnesota and I think we are the only people I know that DON'T have a cabin. It's a cryin' shame!!
- May 31, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Leen said...
Oh, imagine a cabin by the lake with a sleeping porch! My dream cabin would definitely have a sleeping porch with lots of old quilts :)
- May 31, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Ciara said...
Does it count if you live in your dream cottage-by-the-sea all the time? Hmm... I guess not. It's all about the escape isn't it?
Still... having the sea in the background all the time does make me feel like we are on holidays even when I'm just hanging out the laundry! Which I guess means I am blessed too!
Gorgeous post!
- May 31, 2009 at 2:57 PM
What lovely memories...except for the misquiots, I wish we had a little place like that to escape to when the world got to be a little too big...thanks for sharing, love the images as well~
Happy Monday!
- June 1, 2009 at 6:57 AM