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The New York Times must really be trying to shed the "bias" shadow, as it has released another article today about the economy, and instead of starting with evidence that the country is near or heading into a recession, it started with the good news first.
So here, in my investigation to show that the New York Times has a liberal slant, I'm almost tempted to say it doesn't exist. Still my sample is small, but I'm impressed at this point in time.
It always seems that in the past few election cycles when a republican is in office, the media tended to try to make the economy look worse. They can't really lie about the news, but they can shape their articles so that the worse news comes first and then, later in the story, get into the news that makes the economy look good. They shape the story this way because they know that most people, as I stated yesterday, read the first few paragraphs of a story and then move on.
In trying to think of a reason the NYTimes reporters would want to make the economy look good, if that is in actuality what they are doing, I'm now forced to wonder if maybe they think that Americans might not necessarily blame the republican president for the ailing economy but the democrats, who control both the House and the Senate, who do have the power to make some changes that would in effect benefit or hurt the economy.
One of the things we learn as journalists is that when we start our stories we start with the most important news, and in a reverse pyramid form, end the story with the least important. The purpose of this is because if someone only reads the first couple paragraphs, which happens most of the time, he will get the most important news. And, if something has to be cut to fit the story in the press, the editor simply starts cutting from the bottom up.
Thus is why it is impressive as the times article starts with the unfortunate note that 20,000 more workers lost their jobs in April, which is evidence the "economy is ensnared in a recession." But, it sets a more positive note in the next paragraph:
"But the size of the loss was significantly smaller than many analysts predicted, and the unemployment rate nudged down to 5 percent, sowing hopes that the economy may not suffer as severely as some have feared."
Then, as the Times did in yesterdays optimistic story about the economy, the reporter reiterates the "optimistic" economic picture with a quote:
"The good news is it strongly argues that this downturn will be mild and short lived," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com. "As long as businesses hold the line on their layoffs, the economy will weaken, but it won't unravel."
While this more optimistic trend is true, the Times EASILY could have started this story with more pessimistic news, which it got into as the article wore on, as it was noted later that the average weekly wages fell $3.55 to $602.56.
That, coupled with the fact that the number of people taking on a second job, are proof that inflation, rising food, and rising gas prices, plummeting real estate prices, and rising foreclosure rates, and "and tightening credit conditions as jittery banks hold on to their dollars," are forcing Americans to "feel the pinch."
This "feeling the pinch" is also evidenced by the rising number of people who are now working part time jobs, which is something I myself have been pondering.
Plus, the article could have started with the FACT that the unemployment rate does not necessarily represent the number of unemployed, as the number of people who have simply given up looking for work rose to 412,000.
Yet, while there was a ton of pessimistic news about the economy that would have allowed for this reporter to set a more pessimistic tone regarding the economy, the reporter was fair in his reporting once again today and reported the news in a positive way.
Thus, as the election dawns closer, this reporter sees no evidence yet of media bias, at least as it comes to the economy. Thus, once again, I am impressed.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Another optomistic economic spin by the Times
Labels: economy, media, media bias
2 comments:
- Khaki Elephant said...
It seems that the NYT's declining circulation may be taking its toll on their writing. Are they trying to bring some conservatives back into the fold?
- May 3, 2008 at 12:24 AM
- Nikki said...
I also see that CNN has hired Tony Snow. He filled in for Bill O'Reilly on the radio a couple of weeks ago and he was outstanding. He will be a force to be reckoned with on that station. CNN also seems like they are trying to be a little more sympathetic to the right they haven't been making me throw up as much lately. The NYT's has lost a lot of credibility because there are those willing to slam the paper like the O'Reillys. Love it! :)N
- May 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM
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And so it begins.
We wanted exciting, we got exciting.
As this is written, late on the night of the caucuses, the outlines of the decisions seem clear: Barack Obama won.
Hillary Clinton, the inevitable, the avatar of the machine, lost.
It's huge. Even though people have been talking about this possibility for six weeks now, it's still huge. She had the money, she had the organization, the party's stars, she had Elvis behind her, and the Clinton name in a base that loved Bill. And she lost. There are always a lot of reasons for a loss, but the Ur reason in this case, the thing it all comes down to? There's something about her that makes you look, watch, think, look again, weigh and say: No.
She started out way ahead, met everyone, and lost.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Peggy Noonan on Iowa, Obama and Huckabee
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I thought I had an appointment with an audiologist this morning but apparently I was mistaken. While talking to the front desk person, I realized I was relying on lip reading. My tinnitus is loud. I didn't get a full night's sleep last night due to drinking a Diet Coke around 2 or 3 yesterday afternoon. I assured the guy I was fine (thinking bad hearing day) and I would come in if needed. If this bad hearing day doesn't get any better in the next few weeks, I might be showing back up soon.
Off I went onto other errands, asking people to face me. It really does help.
I went to lunch starving after running errands for too long. I tried a new place up the street with loud music, Wing Nutz. Again, more of asking people to face me when talking. My phone rang while I was eating, in my purse, right near me and I never heard it. I often wonder how many people hear my phone when I don't. Do they think, "Man! I wish she'd answer that." Or maybe they wonder who I'm avoiding.
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The central act made it mandatory for the state governments to form RERA authority as well as the tribunal by 30th April 2017.
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The Maharashtra RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority) is yet to form its appellate tribunal. In the meanwhile, the state's revenue tribunal has been empowered to hear all the appeals of the MAHA RERA, said housing department sources.
The notification for this is expected to come out within the next 8 days.
The central act made it mandatory for the state governments to form RERA authority as well as the tribunal by April 30, 2017. Although Maharashtra has the regulatory authority in place the tribunal is yet to be set up.
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What We Just Bought Using Swagbucks
My husband and I have been growing increasingly agitated at our 6 year old cookware. Well, actually just the skillet. Somehow it has lost its non-stickyness. After not being able to flip over an egg without it breaking this morning, my husband had had enough.
Knowing we had some money stashed away in Amazon certificates from Swagbucks (yes, I know I said those were for Christmas presents ...), he went searching for a good deal on some new skillets. I think what he found is a pretty great deal, even though it is regular price! It is a triple pack of Farberware Cookware that includes an 8in and 10 skillet, as well as an 11in square griddle (which we've also been talking about getting for some time now) for only $24.99. The item does qualify for Free Supersaver Shipping, but you will have to add another penny to your total.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Home Spun comic strip #120
4 comments:
- ComfyDenim said...
Silly mommy.
I'm getting this type of response a LOT lately from G. He's apparently become a know it all.
It's getting annoying. *L* Because I know it all. (not.)
- August 1, 2007 at 1:35 PM
- TobyBo said...
*I* know nothing about dinosaurs. I have a baby brother who believes they never existed, that God put their remains into the earth to provide fossil fuels (that's his master's degree). Anyhow.
I came up as Galadriel. It had been so long since I read the books (and have never watched the movies) I did not know if it was a good thing or not. Miss Language says it is a good thing. Although I agree that Yoda holds a lot of appeal.
I am not using the poetry book you mentioned. I just made that WCW thing up on my own, not even part of school, just looking for a blog entry. :)
- August 1, 2007 at 2:50 PM
- appleleaf said...
Yeah, we get to learn as much from the kids as they do from us. As you were saying before, they reach a stage where mother does'nt know everything, anymore.
Reading the new Harry Potter did take a big chunk of last week. I was pleased with the way things ended (Can't say too much on line, can we?)
Over here, we need to register for an ISBN number and a library catalouging number before publishing, with two different agencies. You'd surely have a similar set-up and would need to look them up if you were to publish. You'd start with your government listings, to find them. It's pretty easy. Just red tape.
Hope you have a great weekend,
- August 1, 2007 at 6:37 PM
- TobyBo said...
#1,121 (Scratching my head... why does that seem like an important number?)
You are no doubt right about the Hitchhiker's thing. If anyone is likely from Betelgeuse, it would be my brother (spoken like the loving sister I am).
and there is no airco at this ice cream place. It is an old garage so you eat outside. Part of the challenge is beating the meltage.
Hope I can figure out that number thing...
- August 2, 2007 at 9:42 AM


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Away For A Few Days
My aunt and my cousin have been telling my G'pa that it is okay for him to let go, but he's a fighter and he isn't ready to leave yet. I'm hoping he hangs on so that I can be with him a while, but if he doesn't, I'll be able to be there with my family, and that's very important, too.
I'm taking a lot of small, rather mindless projects with me to work on while I'm there because I will have a lot of time on the plane and at the hospital and I know I'll want to keep my hands busy but be able to have conversations. I'm taking the second Booga bag, yarn for a child's poncho, and maybe the yarn for a French Market Bag, I'm not sure yet.
Because music is so important to Mike, he is making a cd for me to bring with me as a small way for us to feel close to each other.
I'll be back on Wednesday evening and hopefully I will post on Thursday. I already miss my online friends.
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union jack, some days you want to rep Colin Edwards. Either way, really. It's pretty cool though.
In other news, the roommate got a new Bowflex Xtreme 2 SE for the garage. (Apparently It's so extreme that the 'e' couldn't handle it and bailed.) It will make all the exercise he's not getting a lot more convenient, if a bit pricey. He mentioned to me that he had a hard time getting to the gym because he wanted to get home to the dog. I said that the dog didn't seem to be an issue when he went to his girlfriend's house. So I'm skeptical, but whatever. He probably thinks motorcycles are silly. EVEN THOUGH THEY TOTALLY AREN'T. pffffffft.
The Harry Potter movie comes out today. I opted against the midnight showing but I'll make sure to get current early next week after the crowds thin out a little.
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In school, particularly the younger grades, counting the days of school is a big deal. Especially when they get to the 100th day. There are celebrations. There are books written about it. It's kind of a big deal.
So, you can imagine my excitement the other day when I received a WordPress notification that I just got my 100th follower.
Thanks OM (an opinionated man, who, unfortunately, has gracefully bowed out of the blogging world) for giving me a boost when he reblogged "Where's the line". Apparently, he was known for helping everyone and I'm proud to be one of his last acts of kindness. Because of his boost, I not only reached my 100th follower but I received as many followers in that one day than I did for the entire month of April.
Coming in at 98 was Mom Meets Blog
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I have more papers to grade this weekend. Will it never end? Probably not. The English 15 class here that all Freshmen have to take is ridiculous. 5 papers and one final portfolio. That's a bit much if you ask me. Plus, I've gotta figure out some ways to liven up 8:00 in the morning. Because really, none of us want to be there at 8:00 in the morning. But I want to make it enjoyable while we're there.
I also met with my Mentoring group today. The idea is that we have one full-time faculty member who knows what's up and five to six new grad students like me; we meet together and talk about problems and whatnot. (By the way, "whatnot" should be used more frequently. Discuss.) But our group doesn't really click, and our mentor, though a nice guy, wants these to be fun lunch meetings so he keeps scheduling them at coffeeshops and restraunts, but all of us are somewhat poor grad students, so that doesn't fly. Plus we all just kind of have our own ideas, so we're not very collaborative. Basically it's just a waste of time.
However, this week is 60s Cinema in my American Culture 1945-1975 class, so that's fun. I just finished North by Northwest and earlier this week The Wife and I watched Dr. Strangelove, which is quite entertaining. Now I've got Manchurian Candidate (the original: Go Frank Sinatra!) left, and then I'm done with that class for the week. Which means I might actually have time to do some research on my baseball project this week. Woot!
Also, I've just started Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. So far it's actually quite good, though I've heard there's some strong graphic violence later on. She's a good writer though. I'm impressed. And that reminds me: I need to start taking the time to actually write more. Not blog writing, because I probably still do too much of that for all 3 people that actually read this ever. But fiction writing. I haven't written in a while. Yargh.
Oh, I think I'm going to wait on a laptop for a little longer. I want to wait untill we've saved the money for it, because I feel bad spending that much and then also leaving us with $400-500 on the credit card for something I'll be using alone the majority of the time. Maybe after Christmas, when I get my second extra funds bonus. (Unless anyone can get me an awesome 5-6 lb. laptop for $600. Then contact me on the sly, yo!)


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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
One more down
Posted by Gardner Grafix
This is a big thanks to Sammie for being so cooperative so I can get my workouts in. Also, a big thanks to A2 (supposed to be A squared for my two competitors) who motivated me in my competition and asked me to commit to working out!! A be thank you to Grant for getting me this workout that I love doing! So THANKS!!!! to all.
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- Andrea said...
which turbos did you get?
- June 13, 2008 at 10:47 AM
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I didn't get to post this in time (even though I took it on time), but I still wanted to post it.
Every year after Easter, I buy a ton of Cadbury Creme Eggs because my husband loves them. I hide them from him, and then give him one at a time throughout the year as he "earns" them. Usually it's for doing something really nice for me, or being especially great when I've had a bad day.
(See my runners up here.)
Friday, May 29, 2009
Sweet: Sweets for my Sweetie
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- Brittney said...
Oooooh I want one! You guys are KILLING me here, taunting me with all these delicious treats. I love that you post your runnerups. In fact I love that you always try a few different takes on the challenge. They were all REALLY good. The bubble wrap one made me laugh.
- May 29, 2009 at 7:01 AM
- Katy said...
I agree, I love all your different takes and ideas... the bubble wrap was so unique!! Great shot, I LOVE Cadbury creme eggs!!!!!!!! If I were your hubby, I'd behave like an ANGEL all the time to get one of those!!!
- May 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- Mindy said...
Your hubby must be easy to please! ;) And I don't have any idea how you keep from eating those yourself! ;)
- May 29, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Janelle said...
It's easy Mindy...I don't like them!
- May 29, 2009 at 10:15 PM
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Johns Hopkins Falls to Fordham, 13-10, in League Opener
The Basics
• Score: Fordham-13, Johns Hopkins-10
• Records: JHU (8-3, 0-1 MAWP) • FU (5-3, 1-0, MAWPC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Newton White Aquatic Center
• The Short Story: Visiting Fordham used a six-goal run to fuel a come-from-behind 13-10 win over the Johns Hopkins water polo team Saturday morning in both teams' Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) opener.
How it Happened
• Seniors Jono Gillette and junior Giorgio Cico staked Hopkins to an early 2-1 lead with 3:06 to play in the opening quarter. Fordham answered with three straight goals, from three different players, to take a 4-2 lead early in the second quarter.
• Sophomore Finn Banks converted a five-meter shot at the 5:13-mark to cut the deficit to one. Jake Miller-Tolt answered for the Rams to push the lead back to two with 3:37 to play.
• Gillette scored with 1:06 to go in the second to spark a five-goal Blue Jay ran that saw JHU go up 8-5 at 5:57 in the third. Massimiliano Mirarchi got two quick goals midway through the period to cut the deficit to one. Miller-Tolt scored with 1:02 to play to knot the score and then 30 seconds later, Ethan Vandeventer gave the visitors the lead, 9-8.
• Mirarchi scored back-to-back goals to open the final quarter and Fordham led 11-8 with 5:51 to go. Junior Ryan Masi sandwiched a pair of goals around one from Miller-Tolt and the Blue Jays trailed 12-10 with 1:27 left. Cole Donelly capped the scoring and gave the Rams a 13-10 lead with 41 ticks on the clock.
What it Means
• Hopkins falls to 19-5 all-time against Fordham, which has won the last two meetings and three of the last four.
Inside the Box Score
• Cico, Gillette, Masi and junior Josh Kurtz all had two-goal, one-assist performances for the Blue Jays. Banks also had two goals in the loss.
• Masi had three steals to go with his three points. Senior John Wilson tied his career high with 18 saves and also had three steals.
For the Record
• Wilson now has 644 career saves, 18 shy of the school record held by Jeremy Selbst.
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in the pool at 3:00 pm against 17th-ranked Bucknell in MAWPC action.


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The Red Sox have a one-and-a-half-game lead in the American League wild-card race, but having chopped off more than half of the Yankees' 10½-game lead in the past two weeks, they cannot help but indulge in bigger thoughts, particularly since the teams will meet six times in September. Only once in their history have the Red Sox overtaken a first-place Yankees team after Aug. 15 and finished first themselves, and that was 100 years ago, when the Yankees were known as the Highlanders.Ugh. Is that good? Berkow goes on to look at the 2004 season, and specifically considers all that's transpired with the whole Nomar controversy:
...What the Red Sox changed was their lineup, trading away a somewhat aloof and seemingly unhappy Garciaparra, who seemed to still resent Boston's attempts to replace him with Alex Rodriguez in the off-season, and acquiring a new shortstop, Orlando Cabrera, and a new first basemen, Doug Mientkiewicz. Boston's defense has tightened, its starting pitching has become more consistent and the hitting remains imposing, even without Garciaparra.When Berkow describes Schilling as imposing and talkative, he should qualify that by saying, "in reverse order,..."
The Red Sox also added the imposing, and talkative, Curt Schilling to their starting pitching staff for this season, and Schilling, a 37-year-old right-hander, has done his part by going 16-6.
Anyway, the article follows the (seemingly) continuous struggles of both teams, but Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School, who also wrote the book, "Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End," describes the Pedro/Zimmer scrum last post-season thusly:
"We in Boston are too often sore losers,'' she said. "Why should we engage in a brawl with the Yankees, like we have? That's not going to help score runs. It's negative thinking, unfocused energy. And you especially can't do that against the Yankees. They're too good. And then they blame the manager, Grady Little, for not taking out Pedro Martínez in a critical moment in last season's Game 7. But it's not just one moment that wins games, it's a series of moments."Let me get this right, Red Sox fans are accused of being sore losers? Since when? Who was mad at Grady, anyway? That's nearly blasphemous -- if it weren't so true (see here, here and here). Plus, you really can't take anything a blow-hard academic says seriously, right?
I'll take Joe Fan's perspective every time:
At the Red Sox-Tigers game the other night...Rob Reichert, a Red Sox fan from Swampscott, Mass., had a simple explanation for the frustrations of the past.Of course saying the Red Sox have "been unlucky" is like saying Derek Jeter is mildly annoying, but hey, we have 40 more games until the heartbreak commences.
"We've just been unlucky through history," he said. "The ball always seems to bounce wrong at the wrong time."
But bad bounces for 85 years?
"Well, this year will be different," said Gary McNeill, a Bostonian who was wearing a Red Sox jersey with Garciaparra's name on the back. "I still miss Nomar. And I expect to see him again in Fenway Park in October, playing the Red Sox in the World Series."
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Another bank of lockers later, Kevin and Stevie turn left into the janitorial hallway. The door at the end leads to a grassy area beside a large tree. Stevie leans into an odd crevice where the old building joins the new and kicks at an empty beer bottle. Her breathing is fast, laboured, and quickly heading towards uncontrollable.
Kevin leans against the tree, waiting. His quiet calm from the hallway gone. She can feel the waves of anger rolling off him. Stevie pushes away from the building and silently leads them towards the parking lot. They climb into Kevin's truck. They drive in silence until Kevin turns into the driveway of his house.
"Here?" Stevie looks towards the house she's been coming to for years.
"No one will interrupt us here." With that, Kevin hops from the vehicle and heads towards the door. He's in the kitchen switching on the coffee machine before she even makes it through the foyer. He pulls a bottle of beer from the fridge for himself. Stevie raises her eyebrows as he twists off the top. "You no longer have any say in my life." He says without looking at her.
"I know." They wait silently until the machine finishes her drink. She picks up and the cup and inhales the smell of the rich, dark liquid. The feel of the distinct square cup in her hand is too familiar; she opens the french doors and steps out into the pool area, the confines of the house driving her outside where she can breathe.
"What the hell, Stevie?" Kevin throws himself into a lounge chair only to get back up against almost immediately.
"About what happened Saturday night…" Stevie curls into a deck chair "That was not how I wanted this to happen. I mean, it's not how I wanted you to find out."
He paces the edge of the pool. "Find out what? That you're fucking gay, Stevie?! Since when?"
"I just … I don't know, Kevin. It's complicated."
"You didn't screw me like a lesbian. Are you saying that all those times? Every time… you were what…? Thinking about some chick?"
"No! Kevin. God. I really did love you. I think. I don't know. You were important to me. I've spent two years of my life with you. I couldn't have done that if I didn't love you. But I can't stay with you just to make you happy. To make Chels happy."
"Is that why you've been so distant the last few months? Have you been fucking some girl?" Anger and disgust meld on his face.
"I'm not going to talk about that, Kevin." Stevie's determination to protect Quinn strengthens her resolve. It reminds her of why this is all happening. "Besides, you're not exactly in the clear here. You've been fucking another girl. My best friend."
"That's not the point!" Kevin brushes her off.
"How?! How is that not the point? The whole entire point." Stevie throws herself out of her chair, kicking at the air. "Yes. I wasn't be honest with you, and that's my bad, but if I hadn't found out about you guys, this would have happened a completely different way."
"How did you find out, anyway?" Kevin's anger levels off. Defeated, he sinks into the lounge chair he originally rejected.
"Someone saw you guys together at Mabel's. In a store! Right there in public. Really? You weren't even hiding it."
"Who do you know that shops at Mabel's?"
"I shop there, dumbass."
"Oh." Kevin shrugs "I didn't know that."
Stevie sinks into the chair beside him. "Two years. Two years, Kev. Most of our high school life. It's been you and I. Now what?"
"Now we figure it out." Reaching over, he brushes his fingers against her hand. Not a romantic gesture, one of comfort and habit. "Clearly, we're not getting back together." He chuckles.
"Clearly!" Stevie laughs halfheartedly.
Kevin puts the beer bottle, still half-full, on the ground. "This isn't a phase, is it?"
"No. It isn't." Stevie's stomach clenches as she speaks the words aloud, giving them life.
"I wish you'd talked to me about this."
"I wish I had, too. But, would it have been easier?"
"No. I still don't know how I feel about this." Kevin adjusts his ball cap on his head. "I'm not really okay with this. I don't understand how you can want to be with girls. Are you sure that this isn't…" he pauses.
"Something you did?" Stevie crosses her legs under her, turning to face her former boyfriend. "Don't be stupid."
"But what can you do with girls? I don't understand."
"If you'd like, I can go to the store, buy you some magazines. Or I think you may have some of them hidden in your closet…" leaning over she punches him lightly in the arm.
"I did not know you knew about those." He blushes.
"Never underestimate how much your girlfriend knows about you."
"I'm just trying to picture you doing those things." Kevin grimaces.
"Please stop!" Stevie presses her fingers to her mouth.
"Darling, I've seen you in all your glory already."
"Well, now that we're just friends, you're not allowed to do that anymore."
"Yeah, about that…" Kevin mumbles.
"About what?"
"Being friends."
"You don't want to be friends?" Her voice drops, genuinely hurt.
"You know how complicated this situation is, right?" Kevin brushes his hair back. "You heard Chelsea's ultimatum."
"God, why is everything in my life so damn complicated all of a sudden?" Stevie's face sinks into her hands.
"Maybe we can be friends. After a while." He reaches over to squeeze her knee. "I've always been able to confide in you, but you really burned your bridges with Chelsea, and she's a horror show when she doesn't get her way."
"Are you going to keep seeing her?" Stevie needs to know. She can deal with everything else, but to have to see them date would break her.
"God no." He insists "And we were never seeing each other. It was just sex. I don't know what the hell I was thinking."
"How long?"
"How long were you guys…?"
"Since school started. After you started pulling away from me."
"Don't blame your inability to keep it in your pants on me…" Stevie snaps, her anger starting to rise again.
"That's not what I meant. I'm not saying it was all your fault, but you have to take some of the blame, Stevie." Kevin sits up, turning towards her, his arms folded across his chest. "Clearly you were going through something huge or whatever, but it was unfair to just let me think that things were normal. Especially when you don't seem to have been keeping it in your pants either…"
"I know that!" Stevie stands again, hugging herself as she walks towards the pool. She dips her toe into the cool water.
"Don't do anything dramatic like jumping in that pool." He mocks her from his chair.
"Yeah, cause I'm the super dramatic one, right?" She raises her eyebrows. "Why are you letting her control your life?"
"Chelsea? Yeah, she's a problem." He leans forward, arms on his knees. "You may be willing to give up everything we've spent the last few years building, but I'm not. Who am I going to hang out with if I lose my friends? The nerd herd? The wannabe hippy stoners? The goths? Like that's going to happen. I'd rather put up with Chelsea and be popular."
"You're making your own bed, Kev." Stevie turns and walks back to the house. "Can we go back to school now?"
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Quinn forages under a pile of books in her locker, trying to find her calculator. "Why do you never stay where I put you?" She mumbles.
"I'm right here." A voice whispers in her ear.
"Jesus Christ!" She yelps, jumping back, her arm scraping against metal, a rough edge ripping through. Red bubbles rise to the surface. "Mother of…" She brings her arm to her lips. The coppery taste fills her mouth.
"Shit!" Terry's voice is full of concern. "I am so sorry! Are you okay?"
"No biggie. Look, the blood's already stopped." She jams her arm in his face.
"Alright, alright. I see." He pulls her close to him. Arms wrapping around her waist, he tilts his head down towards her. Quinn meets his lips quickly before prying herself loose to continue the search for her missing calculator.
"Ah ha!" She pulls her arm back out of her locker, more carefully this time, the large graphing calculator between her fingers. Throwing it onto the textbook at her feet, she stands and does a little dance. Her skirt swishes against her skin. "Take that calculator!" She turns to Terry. "Go get your books. It's almost time for class."
"Why don't we blow off first period? Go have a replay of Saturday night?" Terry raises his eyebrows. Quinn's forehead creases. Her thoughts immediately fill with the image of Stevie facing off with Chelsea. Stevie standing in the doorway looking miserable. Stevie standing in her bedroom, telling her that they would be together no matter what. It takes her a minute to realize what Terry is talking about. She smacks him playfully, though she's serious.
"You've known me long enough to know that I do not blow off class!" She tries to squirm out of his arms but they tighten around her waist playfully. The sound of angry voices drifts around the corner. Quinn's muscles tense instinctively as she hears Stevie's voice. People around the hall stop moving. Ellie breaks away from Jason, turning towards the sound of the voices. She enjoys nothing more than a good spat.
Chelsea and Brianne flounce around the corner, arm in arm. The grin on the blonde's face is perhaps one of the most genuine Quinn has ever seen. It's weird to see the class mean girl on her arm instead of Stevie. As they pass, Brianne reaches over and slaps the books out of the hands of a girl standing along the wall. Chelsea and Brianne laugh without breaking stride. They thrive on drama. Quinn's fingers tighten around Terry's arms. She suppresses an urge to hurtle herself across the hallway, slamming her body into the cheerleader, ripping out strands of long blond hair. The smile that spreads across her face is irrepressible. She buried her face in Terry's shoulder.
"You sure you don't want to blow off first period?" Terry responds to her perceived advance, pulling Quinn tightly against him, his desire obvious. Before she can answer him, the din in the hallway dies completely. They both look down the hall as Stevie rounds the corner with Kevin. Not touching him, but clearly with him. Her pulled together appearance startles Quinn. She takes in the pretty, yellow dress with black lace and can't help but notice that their clothes echo each other. She bites the corner of her lip, catches Stevie's eye, and knows everything is okay. They watch as Stevie hurries down the hall, leaving Kevin in her wake.
"Awe, poor little cheer girl. How the mighty will fall." Ellie taps her fingers together maniacally.
"Give it a rest, Ellie." The words are out of Quinn's mouth before she can stop them. Ellie says nothing, merely raises an eyebrow. "I just mean that it looks like things aren't that bad. Seems like they're still dating. Let's not gloat until we're sure they're really falling apart, alright?" Silence hangs over their small group. The boys become edgy as neither girl says anything.
"Meanwhile, back on the ranch…" Geoff drawls, breaking the tension from his post against the side of the lockers. Four heads pivot slowly towards him.
"Weirdo." Quinn breaks out into a genuine laugh, chucking a pencil in his direction. Everyone's mood instantly lightens. "Oh Ter, I hear our fathers spent the weekend golfing together."
"Yeah. Did you like your lamp?" He chuckles.
"Oh my god! That thing…" she shudders "Hideous. Did you get something equally charming?"
"A collection of miniature spoons. What the hell am I supposed to do with those?"
"At least they were never alive." Quinn counters.
"True story." Terry's hands have maneuver their way back to Quinn's waist.
"It's almost time for class, guys. Get your crap together." She breaks away gently and pulls Terry by the hand. "You come with me." She leads him down the hall and out into the parking lot. Her heart stops for a moment when she sees the bright yellow dress in a sea of steel. She pulls Terry towards her jeep, watching as Stevie and Kevin drive away, hoping Stevie is alright.
"Alright, we're skipping class." Terry smiles, sliding his hand around her neck.
"We are, but not for the reason you think." She pulls back until she's leaning against the driver's door.
"What's up, Quinn?" Terry frowns, turning to face her. "You're being weird."
"I just…" She reaches forward and brushes her fingers against his "We've been friends for a really long time."
"Yes." Terry stares at her uncertainly.
"And I just… I feel like this is moving too fast. Like I made a mistake this weekend."
"You don't want to date me? Dating me is a mistake?" He straightens up in his seat.
"Sleeping with you was a mistake." She holds up her hand so she can keep speaking. "Having sex with you two days after we started dating, after we've been friends for so long, was a mistake. I should have taken this more seriously."
"It's just sex, Quinn." Terry shrugs. "It's not the end of the world."
"It might be for you, but for me, it's different." She plays with his fingers. "I think we should slow things down a little bit. Maybe pull back on the physical stuff for a while."
"But keep dating, right?" Terry tries to keep his tone relaxed, but she can see the panic in his eyes.
"If you think we can do that without jumping into bed again right away, then yes, fine, keep dating."
"Good." He leans forward plants a gentle kiss on her lips. "Cause I really like you, Quinn. I've wanted to date you for a really long time. I don't want to lose you when I've finally got you."
Quinn places a hand on his face and smiles at him, gripping her leg with her other hand to press down the guilt. She's starting to think that she's a terrible person.


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Sunday, January 3, 2010
How our journey began....
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So thankful to be so close to this miracle! Love you!!!ReplyDelete
"...I didn't nag him..." There's the key sister. Let's resign to letting God be God. He chases us perfectly well on his own.ReplyDelete
Micah is miracle. Thank you for your obedience!
I'm thrilled for Micah and for your entire family! You are going to have MUCH to write:)ReplyDelete
So glad we can follow your journey to Micah. I'll never forget Mark at our first travel reunion at Tracy's. The Lord has worked a beautiful miracle into your family. Let the blessings flow.
we just got home from adopting our first child, our baby boy from Hannah's Hope on the Dec 12-17 trip!!! Tears are streaming as I have been reading your posts. Micah is a precious gift. I remember meeting him while we were there! So grateful that he is with his forever family!! LOVEd hearing about the flight home and all his firsts!!ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Our Hands, Chico, California
I drive by these great hands a couple times a week. Each hand is six feet wide and 12 feet high. The artist. Donna Billick of Davis California, created the sculpture using terazzo mosaic tiles. I love that I live in a small college town that would commission an artist to create big giant mosaic hands.
USA Today article: 10 great places for big-city art, small-town feel
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This is cool.ReplyDelete
I'm trying to remember what video game it is reminding me of. All I can remember is at some point in one level, a big hand drops down from out of nowhere and tries to grab you.......and if it does, I think you have to start again.
I'll have to ask Hubby. I'm sure he knows what game I am thinking of.
This is so cool! And thanks for introducing me to a new-to-me mosaic artist. Off to look up more of her work.ReplyDelete
To me, the sculpture looks as though it is poised to squish some super- scary, massive, post-apocalyptic mega-mosquito.ReplyDelete
I love the up-close details as well as the large scale of this sculpture.ReplyDelete
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500th post and it's the seventh month don't know how many days liao.
i think starting tomorrow morning, i must start to go to the void deck 神台 to 拜拜。must 拜 for the following.
1) Everything better go smoothly with the testing - as is now, struggling like mad
2) Lesser meetings, coz they can be super brain drain tiring!
oh well, who am i kidding?!? Seriously i aint a saint, i'm just a small fry. Like i really care about the above if my below wish comes true!!!!
Anyway, starting tomorrow, i am going to 求神拜佛 that i'd strike toto soon!! if not, points (1) and (2) will haunt me till the end of November or longer? who knows?!?!
sian ah!!!!!!!


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A very well written article-2 comments
1. I hope the victims have the healthcare insurance they need to overcome this tragedy...ironic that Gabby Gifford voted to establish a sort of universal healthcare and was targeted fo it.
2. This actually wasn't random violence-it was very directed violence, the others were "collateral damage." Palin has only one more person left on her hit-list and I would be very afaid if it were me.
Much lies ahead for those impacted by the tragic shooting incident in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 8, 2011. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head, is currently undergoing treatment and her doctors say they are guardedly optimistic she will recover from her injuries. While it is impossible to provide an exact scenario for a patient who sustains this type of injury, the following link from the Brain Injury Association of America provides broad details on the treatment and recovery process brain injury patients face. http://www.biausa.org/brain-injury-treatment.htm
The shooting victims will face many personal challenges in their journey, and EmpowHER member Jennifer Longdon understands them. She was the victim of a random shooting in Phoenix, Ariz. on Nov. 15, 2004. Her finance sustained brain injuries from the bullets, which left long term effects including cognitive challenges and blindness. Longdon's spinal cord was struck, and parts of both lungs had to be surgically removed. She now has no sensation or function from her chest down, and no muscle power in her stomach or back to help her do things as simple as sitting up. (That movement alone took her two weeks to learn.) The people who shot Longdon and her fiance were never found.
Today Longdon, 50, has an active life that includes working as a realtor specializing in accessible housing services, being an athlete who has participated in several marathons, serving her community in distinguished roles and more. She has a unique, real-world perspective on the process involved in recovering from senseless gun violence, so we asked for her thoughts.
An Advocate's Prayer for the Victims of the Tucson Shooting Tragedy
By Jennifer Longdon
For most Americans, the Tucson shooting tragedy will lead to discussions ranging from free speech to gun rights to the way we diagnose and treat the mentally ill. For the 19 individuals who were shot and their families and friends, the conversations will be very different.
For some, the priorities will be funeral arrangements and the myriad details that mark the too-soon passage of their loved ones.
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In 1992, Donald Trump lobbied to keep heavyweight-boxing champion Mike Tyson out of jail for raping 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington, video dug up by Buzzfeed reveals.
But in the course of publicly defending the boxer — who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping Washington — Trump sidled into victim-blaming territory, telling NBC at the time that Washington set herself up to be sexually assaulted by Tyson.
"You have a young woman that was in his hotel room late in the evening at her own will," Trump told NBC "Nightly News" in February of 1992. "You have a young woman seen dancing for the beauty contest — dancing with a big smile on her face, looked as happy as can be."
"It's my opinion that to a large extent, Mike Tyson was railroaded in this case," the business mogul said.
At the time, many people, including Black religious and community leaders, sought to have Tyson's sentence reduced. Observers said that in Trump's case, the businessman was poised to lose millions if Tyson was locked up and could not participate in fights at his resorts and casinos.
Mother Jones reported on Trump's defense of the boxer back in December, noting that the candidate floated the idea of compensating Washington with money from a fight.
In October of last year, Tyson told the Huffington Post that Trump "should be president of the United States." "Hell yeah, big time," he said.
Tyson continued: "The guy is winning fair and square, he's not bribing anybody."
It's not the first time a 2016 presidential candidate has been criticized for victim-blaming. Earlier in April, John Kasich said that female college students should avoid parties with a lot of alcohol if they want to avoid being sexually assaulted.


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Sony Ericsson P990i,M600i :
The P990 smartphone and M600 messaging device have different "QWERTY" keyboard layouts supporting different language options. In addition to QWERTY, the P990 supports Russian, AZERTY and QWERTZ, and the M600 supports Cyrillic, Chinese, AZERTY and QWERTZ. This allows developers to create and translate applications that can use these keyboard layouts.
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Released 2006, August
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It seems like the bad stuff lasts for 3 days regardless of how many days I do the infusions. Well maybe it is worse with the 3 and 4 day a month at a time stuff. I will have to be a bit more diligent in recording the side effects as I go along. I have next week then have the 2 day treatment again on the 24th and 25th. We will see how that goes before I make a decision on which plan I like better.
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The Early Childhood Education Program will no longer accept new students after September 2015
EDUC 526 Introduction to Early Childhood Education (1 credit) History of early childhood programs for children birth through age eight. Considers developmentally appropriate practice, Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards, legal and ethical responsibilities, and program expectations including portfolio development.
EDUC 530 Movement and Play in Early Childhood Education (2 credits) Elements and characteristics of motor development and play and their roles in the growth and progress of children from infancy through kindergarten. Assessment of individual stages of play and movement will form the basis for planning developmentally appropriate curricula and evaluation in these areas.
EDUC 552 Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment I (2 credits) Current philosophies, methodology and materials for facilitating health and physical development, social and emotional development, language and communication growth, cognition and effective approaches to learning in an inclusive, integrated setting. Emphasis on process skills while fostering foundational knowledge in all areas for children infant through age five.
EDUC 553 Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment II (2 credits) Development of competencies in planning, teaching, and evaluating the integrated curriculum for young children in the areas of literacy skills, language development, math, science, social studies, health, and physical education in an inclusive, integrated setting. Examines process, ethics, and methods of observing documenting children's behavior, progress, and development.
EDUC 557 Creative Arts for Young Children (2 credits) Philosophy and role of creative drama, music, and art in early childhood education with emphasis on the creative activity as it relates to developmental stages in the child's life. Focus on appreciation of the value and function of creativity and construction of developmentally appropriate curriculum.
EDUC 681 Emergent Literacy PreK-3 (3 credits) The focus of this course is the literacy development of the pre-K-3 child. The course covers the developmental process of literacy acquisition and the use of appropriate methods, models, and strategies for encouraging literacy growth. Early literacy concepts of phonemic awareness, word identification, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension cultural and linguistic diversity, and language differences and delays are examined. The role of parents, community, and assessment tools will be explored.
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EDUC 581 Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education (1–3 credits) Teaching at pre-kindergarten or kindergarten level integrating prior early childhood coursework through the preparation and delivery of developmentally appropriate instruction in a child-centered environment. Capstone experience. May be repeated for credit.


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One of the main goals of accounting is to be able to fairly measure the value of a business at any given point in time. Bookkeepers can use a check book to keep track of all the bills they pay and any deposits they receive.
Accountants, on the other hand, need to know more than just what checks have been written. They have to know what the company is responsible for paying, even if they haven't cut the checks yet. So, a system was developed for tracking everything, even stuff that hasn't been paid for. This system is called accrual accounting
Cash Based Accounting
A cash system is what most individuals use. Deposits are recorded in the checkbook when the money is received. Checks are recorded when they are written.
If things are properly recorded, a person can look at the checkbook at any time and know how much cash they have. This is usually good enough for most people, but not for large businesses.
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Accrual accounting looks at more than just the cash position, and attempts to determine where the business would be if everything that was owed had been paid as of a particular date. Most businesses of any size use accrual accounting.
The technical terminology is that revenues and expenses should be recorded in the period that they are incurred (not necessarily when they are paid.)
Example of Accrual Accounting
Let's use the example of buying furniture:
In a cash accounting system, if you buy a couch and have it delivered in January, but the bill is due in February, you record the amount in your checkbook in February.
In an accrual system, the accountant would record the expense for the couch in January, even if they paid the bill in February. Why? Because it doesn't matter when the bill is paid. The company knows they owe the money in January. So that's when they book it.
Individuals can get away with using cash basis because they usually keep track of how much they have spent each month fairly easily. Businesses need to have a good handle how much they owe for things that haven't been paid yet. Accountants work each month to make sure they record all the revenue and expense each month on an accrual basis.


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When I say I enjoy reading laws and regulations, it's not that I like laws and regulations, it's that I like to dig in and see what they really say so that I can think for myself rather than relying on others or the media to tell me what's what.
I made an exception with Obamacare. I started to read it and then stopped. There's just so much there and it seemed like a moving target. I now see that I should have done my own homework because as a small business owner who provides health insurance benefits to employees, I got the impression from the media that Obamacare wasn't going to impact to us. WRONG.
Let me start by explaining how we have our health insurance set up. We are members of the Chamber of Commerce and we participate in their group coverage under the ChamberChoice program. We pay a flat annual amount for each employee towards benefits. All full time employees get the same flat amount regardless of salary. The employees get to choose between two programs, one with a higher premium and lower deductible and one with a lower premium and high deductible. The employee pays the difference between the benefit coverage paid by the company and the premium for whichever program they select.
Over the years, as we are able to do so, employees receive increases in salaries and annual benefit contributions by the company. Just last month everyone got a raise and the annual benefit contribution was raised. Everyone was happy.
Then we got a notice from ChamberChoice that all of their program packages were going to be amended under Obamacare and they don't yet know what kinds of coverage will be offered or what they will cost. This notice came with an offer to renew our existing style of insurance at the end of December so that we could buy time until December of 2014 to figure out what to do. WOW. I now knew that even as a small business owner we were impacted because the programs that we knew and like are going away and we don't even know what's to come as replacement.
We contacted ChamberChoice for more information and then got our second WOW. The news is that even though we are a small business, we have to follow a rule that limits the amount of health insurance premiums paid by the employee to 9.5% of their salary. This changes the entire structure of our salary and benefits. We're running figures now and I don't yet know how we will need to adjust. I have no idea what premiums will be under the new programs that will follow after December 2014. I have an inkling that they won't go down. The outcome will be a rebalancing of benefits versus salary. Our game plan will be to keep the net the same but juggle salary versus benefits to fit the Obamacare world. I can only guess that the real bottom line will be less in our pockets, no matter what. This stinks.
I hope everyone remembers this at the ballot box. As we have the opportunity to replace politicians who support Obamacare with those who might repeal it, let's do it.
While thinking this through, another email arrived from ChamberChoice and I will share it with you in case you haven't heard this good news yet.
"Health Care Reform impacts ALL of your employees - even those who are part-time, seasonal, and currently not eligible for or purchasing benefits - as well as all of their family members. A key provision of the Affordable Care Act is the "Individual Mandate," which requires most individuals to purchase health insurance coverage or pay a penalty.
On August 27, 2013, the IRS issued final regulations on the individual mandate. The rules clarify whether certain types of coverage are acceptable.
The penalty for not obtaining health insurance coverage will be phased in over a three-year period, as follows:
2014: The penalty will start at $95 per person or up to 1 percent of income.
2015: The penalty will increase to $325 per person or up to 2 percent of income.
2016 and after: The penalty increases to $695 per person or up to 2.5 percent of income.The penalty is calculated on a monthly basis and will be assessed for each month in which an individual goes without coverage!
The ChamberChoice Client Resource Center can help your employees and their family members understand the Individual Mandate. The health care arena is changing and all individuals have a responsibility to comply with new legislation or pay a penalty. Our representatives can help any individual sort through the confusion, understand their options and responsibilities, and find the solution to meet their specific needs.
Please share the enclosed Health Care Reform bulletin with your employees and encourage them to call our CRC at 1-800-377-3539 to speak with one of our licensed representatives."